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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-22
MIXED THE ORE.
Two Brothers Arrested for Secretly
Taking Gold from Mined Quartz.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. March H.
Solon McLoskey and fremont McLoskey,
arrested at Cripple Creek the charge
of stealing ore from the Union Cod Mining
Company, We're brought to this city and
released after furnishing 5000 bail eacl.
The complaint alleges that systematic steal
ing was carried on for about one year and
aggregates a sum of between $4,000 and
100000. The McLoskey brothers had
lease on the main workings of the Pixies
Peak lode which they secured from the
Union company. Some time ago the royal
ity on from the lease dropped to a
very low figure. The company began an
investigation, which ended in the arrest
of the brothers. 1t is claimed that their
method was to clip off gold bearing rock
from the quartz they mined and subject it
to a process OF their own in order to get
the gold out OF it. The ore they had sub
jected to this treatment was then, it is
charged, mixed with common rock on the
dump and shipped to the smelters. Con-
sequently the smelter returns were not half
what they would have been had not the
greater part of the gold been cut out of
the quartz.
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TORTURED AED ROBBED.
Aged PennsyIvanga Couple Forced to
Divulge the Hiding Place of 5000.

BRADFORD, Pa. March 21.-Last night
at Palmer's Mil, a lonely spot on Marvin's
creek, an aged couple were tortured and
robbed by masked men, the robbers Sc
curing over $500. The couple, Mr.. and Mrs.
Merritt Childs, who are over seventy years
of age, were about to retire when a knock
came at the door. The old lady answered
the summons and was met with blow
on the head which felled her to the floor.
The husband, who came to her assistance,
was similarly treated, and three masked
men entered the house. The husband and
wife were then bound and gagged while
the robbers ransacked the uises, find
ing $500. This did not sati hem, and
Mrs. Childs was asked to vhere the
remainder of the money wa dden. She
refused to divuge whereupon ne robbers
barred her feet and pressed them against
the red hot stove. She stood the torture
until her feet were terribly burned, and
then made known the place where another
800 was secreted. This experiment en-
couraged the robbers and both the old peo-
pie were put through the torture again for
the purpose of extorting more money. All
that remained of the savings of the hus-
cured by the men. Then Mr.. and Mrs.
Chiids were again bound and left to their
fate. They were discovered this morning
by neighbors in a pitable condition. Mrs.
Childs will probably die from the effects
of the shock and torture, but the old gentle
man will recover. Three suspects are being
hunted by officers. If captured they will
against them is very bitter in the neigh
borhood
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DESPERATE KILLED.
The Jesse James of the Northwest
Shot to Death by officers.

SEATTLE, Wash, March H.-Thomas
Blanck, the desperado, was shot and killed
by John Shepich, a deputy sheriff, near
Kent, Wash, tonight The fight was one
of the most desperate imaginable and was
fought out with only ten feet separating
the foes. This afternoon a report came
to Kent that Blanck. was penned in near
Orilla. Bob Crow and John Shepich, who
carried Winchester rifles, started up the
Northern Pacific railroad tracks. When
they We're about a mile north they saw
man coming towards them down the track.
They had no idea it was the desperate.
The stranger walked along without saying
a word and finally Grow and Shepich called
to him: Throw up your hands" The man,
without further delay, drew a five-shooter
from his pocket and opened fire. Then
the men with the Winchesters commenced
putting bullets into their magazines. 1t was
regular fusillade and not until the desper-
ado had emptied his revolver of all its
shots, woundng Shepich and being him
self bored through and through was the fight
over. Shepch and Crow had killed the Jesse
James of the Pacific Northwest, Thomas
Blanck, alias Frank Hamilton.
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A CHICAGO MYSTERY.
Sudden Disappearance of Woman
from a Prominent Hotel.

CHICAGO, March H.-The proprietors of
the Sherman House considerably exer-
cised over the arrival and sudden departure
from their hotel this afternoon of wom-
an who gave her name and residence as
Mrs. Bessie Eldridge, of Buffalo. Still more
are they exercised on account of a note
that she left behind the purport of which
would imply that she had resolved to COM
NIT suicide. She came to the hotel alone
at o'clock and asked for letters saving
that she had expected one from her hus-
band. No letters had been received and
she asked for a room, saying she would
remain all night. After being in the room
short time she sent word to the clerk
that she wished to see him. He found the
room vacant and the following note on the
table. IF any one calls for me tell them l
am gone forever. expected to find money
awaiting me here. But my friends have
been false. They need not look for me.
! wish them no harm, as they have done
me-" The note was signed Mrs Eldridge."
Nothing is known of the woman nor is
there any clew to her. She was about thirty
years of age and a brunette of unusually
good appearance.
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gress legislation designed in their interests.
ar Victory made the following statement
The only possible foundation the report
can have is in the fact that Congress- in its
mental RUE 's requiring Hdsa the railroad postal
clerks should reside on the line OF their
tbn rnls was zone 9s an i Tba do 20
partment resented Congressional interfer-
eenee with what it considered its, preroga-
tive, by recalling all passes issued to such
clerks on lines beyond their own runs. This
action was severely criticised by a paper
which advised the clerks to deal directly
with Congress in the future in all proposed
legislation relating to their o
Michigan, in the last hours of Congress. in
troduced what has been called an omnibus
postoffice clerks and the letter Carriers car
have, for five years, labored to- have made
matter. The claims of both groups of clerks
have been indorsed by Postmaster-general
Bissel IN two annual repqTass 0ongress,,inn cnir
man of the committee on postomces ana
post roads in the last Congress, and many
other friends of the clerks and carriers. adj
vised the representatives of the. latter to
pool their issues-to have their claims en-
bodied in BILL which would receive their
united support in the next Congress. The
proposition will be acted on at the forth
eonafgons eog of nos5a eplones That postal
employees should conspire to demoralize the
service in which they are employed is pre-,
shall be introduced into the next Congress
with their consent cannot be known until
after the conventions referred to are held.
Postal employees in the future, as in the
past, relying on the justice of their claim.
will respectfully and persistently petition
Congress. They know, as most people should
know. that but little legislation is enacted
simply on it's merits. If, in exercising their
right to petition they are engaged in con-
spiracy, then 1t can be said they have been
SO occupied for years in securing the eight
hour and other laws. The postoffice em-
nj hardest
and poorest paid of any of the governments
servants. The average. salary OF a postoff1ce
clerk is less than 5000 per annum. There
are those in the service who receive only
$500 per annum The average salary OF the
letter carriers is 1907, and the average sal
ary of railway postal clerks is less than
$1,000. The right of postal employees to ask
Uncle Sam for an increase in their wages
cannot. in these days, be denied or in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-22
WILL ROW ON THE THAMES.
YaIe-Cornell Varsity Crew to Take
Part i'm the Henley Regatta.

NEW YORK, March H.-Passage to
Southampton and return was arranged to-
day for the Yale-Cornell Varsity crew. The
Ithaca oarsmen, taking their shells with
them. will sail from New York May 20
on the Paris, and at once proceed to Hen
ley, where they will train for the grand
challenge cup race, to be rowed on the
Thames in the second week of July. In
this event the American collegians will
meet the best crews of England, France and
other countries that may aspire to the
aquatic championship of the world The
Leander eight, composed of the best oars
of oxford and Cambridge Universities, will
be in the race. This will be the first Amer
lean eight-oared crew to visit England and
row in England's greatest regatta at Hen
lev although several four-oared varsity
in past years competed in England with
varying success.
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CREEDON WAS WEARY
SIX ROUNDS WITH JOE CHOYNsKI
WAS ALL HE WANTED.
Latter Proved to he the BETTER
Decision-BIoody Mill in Kansas.

CHICAGO, March 20.-The six-round con-
test between Joe Choynsli and Dan Cree
don was draw, no decision being given by
the referee. The conditions of the match
provided that ii both men were their
feet at the conclusion of the sixth round
no decision would be given. Choynski had
all the best of 1t, except in one round. He
knocked Creedon down twice, brought the
blood In a stream from his nose and had
his man very tired and going when the
sixth round closed Choynski weighed 161
pounds, and although Creedon's weight was
not given he looked to weigh fully as much
as his opponent.
In the first round Choynsk landed hard
on Creedon's head, and got a hot one on
the body in return. Several exchanges fol-
lowed, but no heavy blows were struck.
The second round was Choynskis, he doing
all the leading and landing frequently with
his left on Creedons heart and face. He
drew first blood with a wicked drive on the
nose, and had Creedon badly winded when
the gong sounded. Creedon had the best of
it in the third, getting in several hot blows
and driving Choynsk into the ropes with
blow over the kidneys as Choynski rose
from duck. In the fourth Creedon
reached Choynsk's wind several times, but
the latter kept polxing his left into Cree
uon race, with persistence that seemed
to demoralize the latter. Both were tired
at the close. In the fifth, Choynski landed
his left on Creedon's head and sent him to
the floor, Dan coming down as hard as
though he had fallen off a three-story
building. In the last round it was hammer
and tongs, with Choynski doing all the
hammering. He drove right and left into
Creedon's face. and finally gave him a
smash that laid him flat. Creedon clinched
repeatedly to save himself. and was a very
weary man -when-the round closed. He did
not look able to go two rounds more.
Jimmy Barry, of Chicago, the 105-pound
champion, practically knocked Joe Bert
rand, of California, out in a six-round con-
off. Bertrand was knocked down a dozen
times, and was not able to stand in the
sixth round, the fight being stopped NO save
a knockout. Bertrand fought gamely, how
ever, and scored knock-down in the third
round
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BRUTAL FIGHT IN KANSAS.
Johnson, the "Terrib1e Swede,'
MamgIed by ssPaddy', PurteIl.


KANSAS CITY, Mo-. March 21.-"Paddy''
Purtell made chopping block out of john
son, tho Terrible Swede.'' before the Ga
lena Athletic Club, at Galena, Kan, last
night putting him to sleep in the twenty
second round with three "corlxing'' jabs
with the left in the mouth. followed by a
swinging right in the face. Johnson wgs
terribly punished, his body looking like a
piece of raw liver. 1t was fully ten minutes
before he regained consciousness. Johnson
was not in the fight after the first round.
The mill was fought in the opera house,
and was witnessed by a large crowd of
sports, including the Mayor of Galena and
the sheriff, of Cherokee county. Notwith-
standing Governor Morrilrs strict orders
to the sheriff there was no attempt made to
put stop to the fight at any stage. After
1t was all over Johnson and Purtell were
both arrested but it was the supposition
that the arrest was only mere formality.
The citizens of Galena, which is a place
of some five thousand inhabitants, not only
did not sustain the Governor in his attempt
to prevent the mill, but seemed very indig-
nant that he should have endeavored to in
terfere. They talked freely of putting the
sheriff in jail until the fight was over in
case it had been understood that he would
take steps to carry out the Governors
ders. The citizens seemed determined to
have the fight, and they had it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-22
PLUM FOR A cINcINNATIAN.
William Aiken Made Supervising
Architect of the Trcnsurx.


Architect of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-The Secretary
of the Treasury has appointed William
Aiken, of Cincinnati, o., Supervising Archi-
tect of the Treasury, vice ORoufke, re-
signed. Some months ago a complete re-
organization of the Office was effected, by
which the Supervising Architect was re-
lieved of all administration of duties, save
that pertaining to architectural work. The
assistant architect now passes on all ques-
tions of material. and he alone formulates
all contracts and has general supervision
of all work. The general administration
of the Office and the appointing of drafts
men and clerks now under his excu-
sive control, being alone responsible to the
Secretary of the Treasury. The salary at
tached to the office of supervising architect
is 4505 per annum. Mr.. Aiken is a native
of Charleston, S. c., and is about forty
years old. He is a member of the Amer
lean Institute of Architects, and had the
support of twelve members of the Cincin-
natl Chapter of Masons. He also had in
dorsements of leading citizens of Cincn-
natl and Senator Brfce. under whose di-
rection he designed and constructed the
Brice Scientific Hall of Miami University
a oxford, O. Mr.. Aiken was pupil of Mr.
Richardson, the well-known architect of
Boston. He is a Democrat and a nephew
Of ex-Representative D. @. Aiken, OF South
Carolina.
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was some talk of an extended strike but
no decision was taken. When the opera
tives came to work this morning, those en-
ployed in mills Nos. and 2, with the ex-
ception of the flnishers, were informed
that the mills would be shut down indef-
niteIy. No. mill was run as usual. This
afternoon a mass meeting of operatives was
held in Textile Hall and committee depu-
tized to wait on the proprietors of the mill
DIR. Weedor. the manager, refused to give
an explanation of the lockout and also
declined to say whether or not a report
that the closing of the mill was the result
of an agreement between the various mill
owners of Olneyville was true. When
the committee reported it's failure,
the operatives voted to call
general meeting of the worsted union
Friday night, when definite action in the
matter will be taken. The Weybosset COM
pany is one of the largest in Rhode Island.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-22
THE WOMAN In BLACK.
She Is Charged with Attempting to
Burn Two Catholic Churches.

WASHINGTON. March 2.--Attempts were
made to-day to set on fire two of the larg-
est Catholic churches in the city, st. Pat
rick's and st. Dominic's. In both cases the
fire was discovered and extinguished be-
fore material damage had been done. The
colored janitor of st. Dominic's was pass
ing through the chapel shortly after noon.
when he smelled burning oil and smoke
and found fire under the stairway, which
he managed to beat out with his hat
Women in the church had seen an elderly
woman. tall and dressed in black, enter
the church and leave hurriediy, seeming
TO be very nervous. Half an hour later
the colored janitor at st. Patrick's, which
is q mile from st. Dominic's. found behind
q door leading to the belfry pile of blaz-
ing paper around a gallon can of OIL Sew
eral worshipers in the church had seen
woman clad in black pass down the aisle
who answered TO the description of the
woman who had been noticed at the other
church. Police and detectives are securing
tine city for her. All Catholic churches in
the city are being guarded. The incendiary
= supposed to be some fanatic whose brain
IS affected by constant attention to re-
ligfon.
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Three Days battle That Exhausted
Both the Forces of the Govern
ment and the RevoIutisnfsts.
AN ARMIsTICE AGREED TO
PRESIDENT CACERAs OUsTED AND
NEW GOVERNMENT FORMED.
Two Thousand Killed and Wounded
from Cuba and the Orient.

WASHINGTON, March 21-A dispatch
was received tonight by SeSetary Gresh-
am from Minister Mckenzie. in Peru, in
reference to the recent revolution there.
According to Mr.. Mckenzie, there was bit
ter and sustained fighting in and around
Lima for three days. At the end of this
time there were over a thousand dead bodies
lying unburied in the streets, and both
sides were exhausted. An armistice was
agreed on to permit the dead to be buried
and the wounded cared for. After this was
finished negotiations were still continued.
and finally an agreement of some sort was
reached by the leaders of the contending
factions, but the details of this were not
learned by the minister Some sort of a
provisional government now seems to be in
control
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THREE SCORE KILLED
wYOMING's NINE DISASTER WORSE
THAN FIRST REPORTED.
Fifty-Onc Married Men, All with
and Boys Perishcd in the Pit.

EVANSTON, wyo., March 21.-The total
number now known to have pershed in the
mine disaster at Red Canyon yesterday even
ing is sixty, of which fifty-one are married
and nine young men and boys. Up to
this hour the bodies of the following out
of a total of fifty-three who met death in
the mine, have been recovered and turned
over to their relatives:
w. G. B. CLARK.
JOHN NORRIS.
d. LAURIE.
G. HYDE
JOHN LOCKE.
w. II. GR1EyES.
SAMUEL HUTCHINSON
WILLIAM MORRIS.
THOMAS BOOTH.
BENJAMIN COLE.
WILLARD BROWN.
JAMES LIMB.
FRED MORGAN.
The first eight were single men and the
others all had large families. There are
thirty-eight unrecovered bodies in the mine
The timbering is largely blown out and the
walls and roof of the whole interior are
wrecked and shattered so that the vol
unteer searching party OF eighteen now
seeking the bodies of their comrades are
every moment in danger OF being buried A
coroners jury has been impaneied. which
views the remains as DrOuRnt up ana turned
over to the relatives. The agonizing screams
of widows and children about the mouth
of the mine beggar description. The mules
that were in the mine so burned that
they have to lie removed on account of the
odor before the work can proceed. About
thirty of the men killed belonged to the
A. o. L. W., in which order they were in
sured for 5000 apiece.
With the bodies of the seven men killed
at the surface the total recovered is twen-
ty-two. The work of recovery goes slowly
on because of the insecurity of the men
engaged in it. The first party to go down
had to be rescued. having been overcome
by the noxious gases and fumes of burnt
human flesh and the stencil of the singed and
charred mules that were caught with the
unfortunate men in the cave of death. The
violence and fatality of the explosion sur
passes belief. Out of sxty-one persons af-
fected fifty-eight were killed instantly.
One, a boy named Jerry Crawford, died in
his fathers arms while being carried home,
and within a few minutes another, Mr..
Maltby, who was one hundred feet from
the mouth of the mine at the time, fingered
about two hours. Andrew Mason is now
at the point of death, his skull having
been fractured by flying pieces of timber.
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POOR SHOW FOR BYNUM
SOutherners Want River COmmis-
siOner Taylor Retained.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-Representa-
tive Catchings, of Mississippi, called on
President Cleveland to-day about the can
didacy of Mr.. Bynum for the Mississippi
river commissionership, now held by Mr..
Taylor Mr.. Catchings declines to discuss
his interview with Mr. Cleveland. The
Mississippi statesman is in a peculiar posi-
ton. He promised Mr.. Bynum his active
assistance, and is now compelled to visit
the War Department almost every day to
present kilograms memorials from lead
ing citizens or commercial bodies of yieks-
burg. New Orleans and ether Southern citi-
zens, protesting against the removal of Mr..
TAYLOR 1t is impossible to know what atti-
tude Mr.. Catchings took in his conversa-
tion with the President. Meanwhile, there
is a strong impression here that President
Cleveland will scarcely be willing to remove
Mr. Taylor, in view of the earnest move
ment throughout the South in favor of his
retention.
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1000 killed and wounded.

LONDON, March "a dispatch to the
Times from Lima says that the loss in
killed and wounded on both sides in the
fighting about the capital was 1000. No
foreigners were killed. The city is now
quiet.
The dispatch adds that General Pierola,
the commander of the insurgents. entered
the city with two thousand men at dawn
Sunday. The government forces made a
brave defense and street fighting continued
until early Tuesday morning, when the
diplomates arranged a truce that was to be-
in force until o'clock Wednesday after
moor. This truce was arranged to allow both
sides to bury their dead. IL has now been
arranged that General Caceres and his
forces. as well as General Pierola, shall re-
tire from the city,
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Profecfion club i'm Georgia.

ATLANTA. Ca, March 21.-Local poll
ticians have movement foot in this
city to induce Governor Mckinley, of Ohio,
who is now at Thomasville, Ca, in search
of health, to come to Atlanta for the pur-
pose Of being the central figure in a rous-
ing protection rally This effort follows the
recent organization in Atlanta of Repub-
lican club and a protection club, both of
which make large claims as to the number
of their membership. The first movement
in this direction was the announcement by
a local politician J. d. Collins that he had
deserted Democracy for Republcansm. Col
Inns was recently defeated tor small county
office. A letter has been written to McKin-
lev begging that he come to Atlanta on his
return from Thomasyilie. and also suggest
ing that he hold a conference with Collins,
xlIa
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GOVERNOR M'KINLEY I'LL.
Confined to His Bed with a Cold at
ThOmasville. Ga.

u
COLUMBUS, O.. March 21-Private Sec
retary Boyle, this afternoon. received
dispatch from Governor Mckinley saying
that he was i'll with a cold and confined to
his bed at Thomasville, Ga. This will in
terfere with the Governors plans, as it
will likely keep him at Thomasville several
days longer than intended. 1t is expected
that the Governor will visit a number of
points in the South before his return to this
city. He was to have left Thomasville Ga.
this afternoon, for Jacksonville, Fla, where
he expected to spend several hours. reach
ing st. Augustine Friday night. Saturday
it was planned to visit Lake Worth, the
well-known resort spending Sunday there.
He expected to go from there to Savannah,
Monday, to remain till Wednesday morning.
1t may be that several points III North and
South Carolina win be visited also before
returning to this city, If public business will
permit the Governor to remain out of the
State that length of time. and his health
allows.
BROWNSVILLE. Ca, March 21-Gov-
ernor Mckinley has been confined to his
bed to-day with an attack of influenza. His
physician says that he must not leave his
room before Saturday when, with careful
nursing, he hopes to be able to go out