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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Feb. S.-George
Steele has been running a quart saloon at
Waver,y, this county, for some time. he
took a jug of liquor some time last fall and
went out for a drive. He drove his horse
until ii dropped dead in the harness. In
court here to-day he was fined 500 and
sentenced to jail for fourteen days for
cruelty to animals. After the driving ex-
plot he got drunk again, went home and
beat his wife and tried to set her hair on
fire. For this he was fined $50 and given
a twenty-five days Jail sentence. Then he
was fined S. for intoxication.
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RESULT OF THE COLD.
Two Huntington Men May Lose Both
Hands and Feet.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON, Ind. Feb. S.-The cold
weather here developed a terrible case last
night. Two c~igarmakers, named Charles
Reichard and Jacob Frienstein, hired a
livery rig yesterday afternoon to- make a
trip to adjoining towns. Last night about 8
O'Clock John Hauenstern, Il farmer west of
the city, dicovered them in the road, both
out of the cutter, unconscious and nearly
perishing. They were brought to the city
for medical treatment. but both are so badly
frozen that it is doubtful if they can re-
cover. Amputation of their feet and hands
may nave to be resorted to.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb. S.-The Dia-
mond Match Company got a black eye to-
day in its suit against the Oshkosh Match
Company, wherein infringement OF patent
was alleged. Some time ago Judge Seaman
ordered the Oshkosh company to submit
machines in which infringement is alleged.
to James w. See, of Hamilton, o.; an eX-
Gates that there is no infringement and
says the machines are materially different
the Diamond company. The report will like
ly cut an important figure in the trial of the
of1if
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LYONS, n. Y, Feb. S.-The wind is blow
ing at the rate of sixty miles an hour, with
no abatement in sight. Apple and onion
shippers are growing nervous for fear their
stock in the cold-storage houses will freeze.
They are putting in kerosene oil heaters
to get the temperature up. 1t is believed
that the loss from freezing fruit in storage
in Wayne county will run up into the thou
sands Of dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Death of Mrs. Edward Aver.

Special 10 the I"ndlanapOI1S JOURNAL
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb. S.-Mrs. Ed
ward Ayers died at her home in this city,
last night, of consumption. A month ago
she had been away on a visit, and a mes
sage came here asking friends to meet her
at the train, stating that she was dead.
Preparations for a funeral were made and
a hearse was in waiting at the station
when she alighted from the train in COM
pany with her husband.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Coal Cars Crushed in n Wres

SpECIdI 10 tHc IIIOtufdPUIS 0NH
FRANKFORT, Ind, Feb. S.-Extra
freight No. IS, on the Vandalia. ~as
wrecked six miles south of this city at .
o'clock this morning, and eight cars loaded
with coal left the track. The morning pas
senger trains were delayed for several
hours, but damage to property was light.
The train crew escaped without injury. A
broker rail caused the trouble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
EquaI to the Great Flood.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb. 8.-The high
tide has done damage in this city almost
equal to the great food of September, 1868.
Easements were flooded all over the city.
The Narragansett Electric Lighting Com
pany's plant on Elk street was rendered
completely powerless, a tidal wave running
the belts and putting out the fires. Nearly
two hundred firms suffered all day from
lack of power, the engines and other ma
chinery being sWamped.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
A Fayorca Land.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.-California has
experienced most delightful weather dur
ing the past three weeks. The bountiful
rams of the early winter started every
thing to growing. and the warm weather
following has put all crops in fine shape.
There have been no damaging frosts dur
ing the entire winter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Fireman Badly Frozcn.

Special TO the 1ndianapOls Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb. Sat a
fire in a Main-street dwelling, owned by
George McEldowney, a volunteer fireman,
John C. Sipe, had a narrow escape from
death by freezing. He is an old fireman,
and held the nozzle until the fire was ex-
tinguished, when he fell exhausted. He was
carried into Ayres Bros grocery and placed
on Il cot. A doctor was summoned, and
after an hours brisk rubbing and by aid
of restoratives he was pronounced out of
danger and sent home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
ouick Sentence for Robbers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Feb. s.-John Cum
mings, of Indianapolis; Richard Lamont, of
Pittsburg, and Edward Wilson, of Cairo,
who held up druggist Erwin, in his store
here, Tuesday night, and were captured the
next day after an exciting chase, pleaded
guilty to-day in the Cass Circuit Court
and were each sentenced to five years in
the Prison North,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Frozen in His Wagon.

Special TO the Ind1anapoIiS Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Feb. 8.-The
mercury went to 10 degrees below zero here
to-day, and the suffering among the poor
and the stock is great. The river is frozen
over so solidly that persons are crossing by
dozens on foot, no wagons having yet at
tempted it. Marion Kelly. an expressman,
unconscious from the cold. His horse came
home. and Kelly was taken out of the
wager by his friends. His recovery is UNI
oorfo;n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
wolves In oklahoma.

WICHITA, Kan. Feb. s.-Dispatches
from the Territory tell of severe suffering.
The cold snap, accompanied by a great
quantity of snow, still prevails. ana is
arriving wild animals from the woods to
the different settlements and causing much
alarm among the settlers. In * county, o.
T.. last night Mrs Abner johnson and her
two children. while returning home. were
chased by a pack of wolves, but reached
shelter before the animals aug up with
fhan.
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Fen Out of bed ana Fro

BEAVER FALLS, Pa, Feb. S.-Chris.
Straub. OF this place, was found lying on
the floor of his room, dead, this morning.
He had fallen out of bed during the night
and frozen to death.
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Zero at baltimore.

BALTIMORE. Feb. S.-Dispatches from
all sections of the State show that yester-
days storm approached in magnitude the
great blizzard. For the first time in years
serious railroad blockades have occurred.
In this city several suburban street-car lines
were at a standstill this afternoon. The
thermometer registered zero.
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Locai observations.

Bar. Their. Ri. Wind. W'ther. Pre-
Z a. IN. Bob IA 81 S'west Clear GEO
z p. m... 1925 p 81 West Clear 900
Maximum temperature, l.; minimum tenn
.perature, Ia.
Following is a comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation Feb. 8:
Temp. Pre-.
Normal 81 IL
Departure from normal. .....-...-39 IL
Excess or deficiency since Fee. 1.-1S5 Is
Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1.-311 %
c. =. r. WAPPENHANS,
Local Forecast Official.
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All Trafne DELAYED,

MONTREAL, Feb. S.-The blizzard has
delayed all trains. The Canadian Pacific re-
ports no trains have arrived since yester-
day afternoon. 1t has completely democrat
lied street-railway traffic. 1t is a god
send, however. to the unemployed, nine
hundred of whom have been engaged to
clear the streets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Hudson Bridgcd with lee.

NYACK, N. Y, Feb. S.-The Hudson river
at this point, which is three and ~one-lialf
miles wide, is solidly bridged with ice.
Many crossed over yesterday afternoon. A
the middle of the river nearly frozen to
death. William lAandy and Stewart. Dutch
er, of Nyack, picked him UP and brought
him here just in time to save his life. He
is terribly frozen.
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Tracks Buried out of Sight,

SUNBURY, Pa. Feb. S.-AH Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia & Reading railroad trains
are blocked. Freight trains nave been an
nulled and all passenger trains are about
five hours late. The Lewisburg & Tyrone
branch of the Pennsylvania between Mon
tandon and Bellefonte. in the mountains,
is drifted shut. The tracks are covered by
ten feet of snow and drifts and slides are
twenty feet deep at several points. All
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Trains ON c., w. & NJ. Blocked.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

WABASH, md, Feb. S.-Big Four pas
senger engine No. S24. which was assigned
to bring the south-bound Michigan division
express out tonight, ran into the turn-table
pit at Benton Harbor this afternoon, and
effectually blocked the roundhouse so that
no engines could be got out. The train
will not reach here until morning. The en-
CINE is considerably damaged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Proposed pythian sanitarium.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. S.-The exec
having in charge the matter OF BUILDING a
national Pythian Sc nitsrium at Hot Springs
has closed preliminary details. An assess
ment of 81 on each Pythian in the United
States will be levied which will yield a fund
of $500, 900, out of which the sanitarium la
to be built. The sanitarium will be exciu-
siyely for Pythians. Expenses of each per-
son going thither will be borne by the
lodge sending the member, but in cases
where indigent members of the order are
to be cared for, no charge will be made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Cold Succeeded by snow.

WATERFOWL, n. Y, Feb. 8.-The severe
cold wave which has prevailed over this
section for the past two days has been
succeeded by one Of the worst billiards
this year. The snow is heavy and packs
hard. The railroads are ali blockaded.
About a foot of snow has fallen and the
storm is still raging.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Blizzard Ragged All Day.

storm accompanied by high wind has ragged
here since 8 o'clock last night and this
morning the blizzard shows no signs of
abatement. But few electric cars are run
ming and the schools have been closed.
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DAVENPORT, Ia, Feb. LAS night
was the coolest of the winters fitting climax
to three weeks of as cold weather as was
ever known here. The signal service re-
ported twsnty-one degrees below, private
thermometers registering as low as twenty
There was little moderation to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Stuck i'm Davis Cut.

EBENSBURG, Pa, Feb. s.-The
Ebensburg branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad is closed up for the first time in
several years. The 7:3O train stuck fast in
the snow at Davis Cut and could not get
below zero, and nothing can be done to ex-
tricate the train, and Ebensburg will be
ISOLATED from the rest of the world until
the Weather moderates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09

TROY, N. Y, Feb. 8.-One of the Incl
dents of the storm here was the stalling of
a motor car on the East Side last night
with half a dozen persons on board, who
were obliged to spend the night in the car,
the binding blizzard making it unsafe to
venture out. They managed to get to a fire
engine house a quarter of a mile away at
reached if
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Mrs. oeIrich- Get. s1,soo,ooo

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.-By an order
of court made to-day Mrs. Theresa Dell
richs, daughter of the late James G.. Fair.
her mother. The money has been tied up
pending an appeal by Charles L. Fair. her
brother, to the Supreme Court over hia
interest In the estate. BY agreement tha
appeal was dismissed. evidencing an agree
ment among the heirs.
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Causing Intense Suffering.

CLEVELAND. Feb. S.-The blizzard RACED
with unabated fury throughout the day,
causing more or less delay to railroad traf-
fc and a Generalization Of street-car serv-
ice. A heavy gale from the west. with the
thermometer slightly below zero. prevailed
throughout the day. causing intense suffer
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Father chnrged with KiIllng Hi. Som

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Feb. ga series
George H. Arnold, who disappeared from
home Dec. is and whose body was found
in the river last Friday, eliminated late
last night when his father. Adam Arnold.
a pioneer of this city and worth about $780,
600, was arrested for his murder. 1t liz said
the father and SON had frequent quarrels
and on the night the son disappeared they
had a personal encounter.
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Alabama Catching 1t.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. S.-Alabama is
experiencing. the coolest weather for thirty
years. Another light snow fell last night,
and a northwest wind still prevails. The
thermometer stood at s above zero at 8
O'Clock this morning. The wind last night
broke many piate-giass windows here. Bust
ness in the small towns Is practically sus-
pended. TIL loss among cattle is heavy.
Judge NJ. i. Porter. who slipped on the ice,
was badly hurt. All fruit transportation
on the railroads has ceased. Banana trains
have been housed by the railroads. An
unknown white man was found frozen TO
death on the outskirts last night.
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Express. Safe stolen and Riaed.

CHICAGO, Feb. San express safe con-
tanning money was stolen from a Lake
Shore train to-day while being taken from
the stock yards brancf office of the Amer
lean Express Company to the I ain cfHce in
the civ. The safe was found later, in an
alley, opened and riied. The express COM
pany's officers say the amount of the loss
WAS not large.
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branch of the Pennsylvania railroad. The
train which left here at IL o'clock last night
for Weatherly Is stalled on the Beaver
Meadow branch. Not a mill or mine is
working. Two sleighing parties are lost On
the mountain road between here and TaIna-
THAR ca fotv
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Field Crop, Wiped Out.

SAVANNAH, Ca, Feb. S.-The tempera-
ture tonight promises to so lower than last
night, and by tomorrow morning it will
probably be down to five degrees above zero
in sections exposed. Peas, potatoes and
other field crops are wiped ont, but can be
replanted in time for early shipment. Great
suffering exists among the negroes, and a
number of deaths have resulted among
them from exposure.
Reports from all parts Of Florida to the
railroads show that the destruction of
orange, pineapple and other groves is almost
complete, and the financial loss will run
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Acme Company Will Comply.

Acme company Will Comply.
Derk DeRuiter, representing the Acme
Construction Company, appeared before the
Board of Works yesterday and said the
company would obey the wishes of the board
had been made to put all catch-basins, re-
garding which there has been complaints,
in proper condition.
The Water Company was instructed to
lay water mains on Fletcher avenue, from
Williams street to Hester.
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REDBANK, N. j., Feb. 8.-The blizzard
caused a virtual suspension of business here,
and the train service is Interrupted. TIL
New York morning mail and the newspa-
per train, due at $50 a. M, arrived at s:45
a. m, and remained at the depot until ]
O'Clock. A number of trains have been
hours late. No mail has been received from
points south of here on the New Jersey
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Disaster and distress.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. S.-The news from
all points in the eastern part of the State
n from Delaware and New Jersey is
replete with disaster and distress. AT Clear
field, in the mountain region, the home of
George Leopold was burned during a gale
with the thermometer s below zero. The
family barely escaped and the town was
saved by only the most heroic efforts. All
trains on the Beech Creek road have been
abandoned and the two passenger trains
on that section of the Pennsylvania are stuck
in snowdrifts. From Huntington comes the
report that the middle division OF the Penn
sylvania, the Huntingdon and Broad Top
and East Broad Top are an unable to move
trains. AT Bethlehem the Lehigh Valley,
the Jersey Central and the North Pennsyl-
wanna are in the same plight. q. F. Hoen-
ninger, an aged baker in Lancaster, was
frozen while delivering bread to ms GUS
toners. Trains on the Allegheny Valley
and Clearfield roads have been abandoned
at Dubois; the Cumberland valley, the
South Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and
Cumberland Valley roads in the southern
part of the State are in no better shape,
and coal mines all over the region are
idle on account of the storm.
Advices from Dover, Del, say that the
Delaware road is completely blockaded, and
that no mails nor newspapers can reach
that city before Saturday night. Trolley
lines in all localities have stopped running
and business is paralyzed.
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..Tar HeeIers, shivcrina.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Feb. with one
exception this is the coolest day here in
twenty-four years. Only about one-fourth
of an inch of snow fell. The wind
ragged from forty to forty-six miles an
hour. At 8 o'clock the thermometer regis
tered 10 degrees above zero. Jan. 6, 1884, it
stood at 8 degrees.
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other Fires.

CINCINNATI, Feb. S.-The Japan depart
meEt Of the American Oak Leather Com
pany's works on Mclean avenue. was
burned to-day. loss over * 1900, fully in
sured. The main works narrowly escaped.
and a dozen or more OF them have frozen
hands and ears, none seriously, however.
DRESDEN, Tenn. Feb. 8.-Four business
goods, the Dresden Bank and w. FL. Kid
dafs grocery, and W. H. Rabbits drug
store, were totally DESTROYED by hre his
afternoon. Loss. $50, coo; fully insured. =
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Mail. GrcatIy Delaxed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S-General delays
in the postal service are reported here as
the result OF the severe storm that has
been raging during the past few days. Mails
from the East are delayed between six and
ten hours, and no Eastern mail is being
dispatched on time. All mails to and from
Washington are delayed. No Southern mails
had arrived or were dispatched up to 2
O'Clock this afternoon. The Southern and
Atlantic coast lines running into Alexandria
are blocked. and trains due here last night
and Ghis morning from Atlantic and from
South Carolina points are showed in just
cation is not known. None of the Washing
ton and Alexandria local trains Is. running.
and the Baltimore train service is irregular.
New York trains due here early this morn
ing will not arrive until late tonight. All
Western trains are more or less behind
time.
The Chicago Baltimore & Ohio limited got
in o-night many hours late. No New York
trains that left that city after daylight
have arrived UP to a late hour. Twelve
trains from the South were Stalled below
Alexandria, and their passengers drought to
the city In sleighs. Secretary Hoke Smith,
who was on his way to Washington from
Atlanta, was among the passengers OF the
stalled trains, and was obliged to spend
the night at Alexandria with a friend. All
trains are late, and most of those on the
way here have been stalled in the noun
ta.ns.
Many cases of frostbite were reported to-
day. Henry Glausman, a Baltimore & Ohio
trackwalker. was terribly, perhans fatally:
Charles Clark. homeless wanderers. were
yexrero1X froZap
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Twcnty-Five Below.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Feb. S.-The mer-
curry last might went down to Is degrees be-
low zero. At noon it was 9 degrees below.
and the weather is steadily moderating.
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SfaeI<

BURLINGTON. Ia. Feb. S.-The Their
mometer marked Is below zero to-day. Re
ports of much suffering among stock comes
from the country districts. The mercury
went to 80 below at New London, Ia, this
morning.
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Inn West Vireinia Mountains.

HINTON, w. Va, Feb. S.-The ther-
mometer was from fourteen to twenty be-
low in the mountains. Trains are delayed
from two to twelve hours.
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Strcet Cars Stalled.

TORONTO, Feb. S.-High gales began ear
ly this morning, with heavy snow. Street
cars are stalled and trains are delayed.
The thermometer indicates 10 degrees below.
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Lowest Since 1872.

LEXINGTON. KY. Feb. S.-The Their
mometer at the State College weather OBJ
servatory registered fourteen below zero at
8 O'Clock this morning, the lowest since 1872.
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New Mark Established.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. S.-The present cold
snap smashed all records for February in
this vicinity. Heretofore the record for
February was / degree below zero, which
occurred on Feb. II, 1885. The weather bu-
reau records show 1912 below zero early
this morning. but other thermometers re-
corded as low as Is below. The thermom-
eter tonight is creeping up slowly, register
Ing 2 below at midnight, and Saturday
promises to be much warmer.
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PITTSBURG, Feb. S.-The weather is
growing colder, and the local weather Office
has issued a bulletin predicting the worst
blizzard for years in this section. Railroad
and street-car traffic is seriously impeded,
all through trains being late. The supply
of natural gas is very short. The police
rescued ten persons from freezing last
night and took them to the station houses.
The lowest point the thermometer has
reached is 4 degrees below, but the high
wind. with fine cutting snow, keeps the
streets In an almost deserted condition.
Trains on all the roads are badly delayed.
In some cases abandoned. The Limited"
from New York on the Pennsylvania rail-
road was abandoned to-day for the first
time in its history. The 7:15 train for the
East was also abandoned to-night, and If
the storm continues the passenger service
on the Pennsylvania and Baltimore &. Ohio
East will be almost entirely given up.
Freight traffic has ceased, as it is a ply
steal impossibility to get heavy trains over
the mountains. Trains on the west end Of
all the roads are not keeping to schedule,
but are doing fairly we'll.
a number of the schools We're closed to-
day because of lack of natural gas, and
all householders have suffered intensely
from the same cause.
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wILKESBARRE, Pa, Feb. s.-Seventy-
six men were killed and 233 fatally injured
while mining coal in the Wyoming district
last year.