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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12
TAYLOR IN MEMPHIS.
Reported to Have Been Arrested and
Afterward Released.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan. IL. William
Walter Taylor, the absconding South Da-
kota treasurer, was under arrest here yes
terday and to-day. but late this evening,
according to Chief of Police Davis, he was
released. Letters on his person from Pierre,
Chicago and New York leave no room for
doubt, says Chief Davis, that he is the
man wanted, but as no replies We're
ceived from telegrams sent to those cities,
Taylor was turned loose. An air of mys-
terry hangs over the case, as Taylor was
not locked up, and the fact cf his arrest
carefully kept even from the policemen
until after it claimed he was given his
liberty. Chief Davis was loath to speak.
but says Taylor is under surveillance and
will be rearrested if wanted. The opinion
prevails that Taylor is still in custody and
will be produced when wanted.
At 2 O'Clock this Saturday morning
Chief Davis said the prisoner he had un-
der arrest, reported TO be the South Da-
kota defaulter, was a negro by the name
of Taylor. There are suspicious circum-
stances connected with the case, as for
instance the rumor that the Pierre author
tiles were wired by the authorities here
and the evident retlcence of the officers TO
discuss the matter.
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derstood that Taylor's father, who was
supposed to be wealthy, cannot be collected

supposed to be wealthy, cannot be collected
from.
AN ALLEGED SCHEME.
Another dispatch says: Facts have come
into possession of the State officials which
make them reasonably certain that Treas
urer Taylor and certain confederates. who
deliberately went to work after it became
evident that he would not square his ac-
counts to ''hold the State up and compel
a compromise by which he would escape
from the penalty and his bondsmen should
be protected from loss. The State was in
hard place financially. If not cent had
been lost there would have been deficit
on the first day of next July of fully $780,
on account of the short crops. How to ex-
tricate the Commonwealth has been the
Thought thought ~ and anxiety of "e the Stat State oficiais
for several months past. The permanent
appropriations are SO high that the Legis-
within the revenue. There was due on the
5th of January $4,000 worth of funding
warrants held by Eastern parties. There
was due considerable sum On the coupon
bonds, while the sinking fund was prepar-
Ing to take up II the S semI-annuai interest to
in session, and immediate calls would be
made on the treasury for at least $1,000.
OF course, the treasurer knew all this. 1t
is believed by State authorities that, real
izing that he would be short 100000 when
tn the :. transfer . was to be made on n, the Sth,
and hackers, and they decided that the
best thing to do was to seize all the money
in the treasury and put it in place of
hiding, where it could be gotten at when
desired. Then, when the default dis
covered, the State would be found bank
rupt. Were it to sue the bonds of the
Treasurer. two years or more would
elapse before any money could be recov-
cred, and during that time the credit of
South Dakota would sink very low. The
parties to the plan concluded that, rather
than let this come to pass the State officers
would do almost anything in reason. Then
Taylors friends were to come forward
through agent and propose to pay back
to the State $250,000 which the Treasurer
had carried off, condition that the
bondsmen should be released and that Tay
lor should be relieved from further pros
ecutiorl 1t is impossible to give the de-
tails of the evidence which this suppos-
tion is based on, but it is regarded con-
pie were aware OF the condition some
time before the defalcation took place. and
1t is understood that Taylor has an agent
in this city watching the progress of the
inquiry.
All the property in the State belonging
to Taylor any of his bondsmen is being
attached. The condition in which this de-
fortunate. The ordinary running expenses,
interest payments and warrants already
issued Will amount, the 1st of July, to half
a million. The expected revenue to that
time is not half that sum. To-day some
coupons were defaulted on for lack of
funds, and. of course, until the method of
handling the matter is devised no war
dollars of the money lost belonged to the
school fund, and there is way of re-
plenshing that fund until the bonds can
be collected
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GUTHRIE, o. T., Jan. 11.-Maj. Henry Z.
Algord, president of the Agricultural and
Mercantile College, at Saltwater, in his
annual report, made public to-day makes
sensational charges against the college
officials He declares both the Republican
and Democratic boards of regents have
plundered the institution. During the first
seven months of the existence OF the col
lege, he says, $4,000 was spent, though
not dollar went into the buildings and the
He says that in less than two years the
members of the board of regents drew
S8 600 in mileage per diem and that secre-
tary has been employed TO fill an imaginary
office, he drawing $125 a month. The treas
urer he says although he handled nearly
$4,000. turned over no records and has
never made a settlement with the new
troa
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MIR. ELKINS CHOSEN
NOMINATED FOR SENATOR by WEST
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
Carter to he Mantclle's Colleague
from MOntana-Budd sworn In
Scheme to Seat Turney.

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Jan. 1.-THE
joint Republican caucus, tonight, nomi-
mated Hon. S. B. Elkins for the United
States Senate, to succeed j. II. Camden
The name of Hon. Nelson f.. Whitaker
of Wheeling, was placed before tho caucus
but withdrawn, and Elkins was nominated
without opposition.
Stephen B. Elkins was born Sept. 26, 1884,
in Perry county, Ohio, the son of farmer
In early life his family removed to Mis-
souri,, Where he graduated from the State
University in 1859. He then studied law and
was admitted to the bar in 1864 He shortly
afterward removed to New Mexico and
during the first year of his residence there,
was elected to the Legislature. He was
shortly afterwards, appointed by President
attorney for the Territory, an office which
he held until 1872, when he elected
member of the Forty-third Congress and
was reelected in 1874 While in Congress
he married daughter of Senator Henry c.
Davis, of West Virginia. They have sew
eral children. Mr.. Elkins was appointed
Secretary of War by President Harrison
and, since the close of Harrison's term, has
been devoting his attention to his railroad
and coal interests. The Republican victory
In West Virginia, last year. largely
due to the energy and ability which he
has been very successful in speculation
in lands and railroad stocks in New Mexico
and West Virginia and is several times a
millionaire.
Carter to he Senator.
HELENA. Mont. Jan. u.-Thomas II.
Carter was nominated, tonight. for Sena-
for by the Republican caucus.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. 11.--George
Mapn and Buddy Wooten, two young ne
groes. were hanged in the execution room
OF the county jail at o'clock this morn
ing. Wooten died a Catholic and Rev.
Father Walsh was with him the scaffold
Mapp. however, refused to have a minister
with him. He requested that his body be
thrown In the river and said he would be
back tonight to haunt the sheriff and
others who had anything to do with his
conviction. The two negroes murdered
Marion il. Ross. an aged white saloon
keeper. on Saturday night Dec. II, 1892.
RICHMOND. Ky, Jam 11-william Tay-
1or. colored, was hanged here to-day for
the murder a few weeks ago of David
Doty. a popular farmer. About five thou
sand men stcod ankle deep in the mud.
while two hundred or three hundred more
were in various buildings near the scene OF
the hanging.
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shot by Masked Robbers.

COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 11.-This evening
two masked robbers entered the residence
of James Jamson, residing near Dublin.
twelve miles north of this city, and. COW
their revolvers. demanded the formers
money Janison reached into his pocket
revolver held by the robber discharged.
the bullet entering his brain. The robbers
beat a hasty retreat without stopping to
pick up the money. Jamison died an hour
later The robber is believed to have dis
charged his weapon from sheer nervous
npsS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12
change. I'm the cnrnegie compan,.

PITTSBITRG. Pa, Jan. n.-At meeting
of the Carnegie Steel Company, limited, the
following change in organization was made
II. C.. FricE, chairman board of managers;
John CT. A. Leiseman president Ii is
stated that this change has long been de-
sired by Mr.. Frick, as ID viii relieve him
IL much detail work and give him more time
for the broader questions Of business policy
and management There will be no other
change OF officials. and no change Of the
business policy Of the company by this nom
inal reorganization.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12

for the purpose of carrying into effect the
resumption act of 1875, the bonds to be pay
able at the pleasure of the government
after five years. Another section provides
for the coinage of the silver seigniorage 10
the amount of 5000, 600 to be paid for pub
bill shall change the law relating to treas
ury notes now outstanding. A section or
the bill authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury. in lieu Of the issue of bonds, to
require one-half of the customs duties TO
be paid in gold gold certificates or United
States government notes. All national
banks are to be allowed to issue currency to
the full par value of the bonds deposited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12
The nnker.viile Riot Faker Dc.a.

IRISTOL. Tenn. Jan. III Wallace
BaEersyiile. y g. riot fakir. sied a. a. Inc Inc
scene OF the supposed riot several days
ago OF pneumonia. He leaves wife and
child. The story Hyams started two years
ago was that fifty men had been killed in
a rot AZ the little town in North Caro-
iiia's mountains. II was tcIegraphed every
where. Its falsity was not discovered FOR
several days
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12

REDFIELD, S. D., Ja1-s H.-Advices re-
ceived here. in letter from New York.
would indicate that party representing
Taylor, suggests meeting of bondsmen at
the Great Northern Hotel. in Chicago, Jan.
H. to consider a settlement. The impress
sion prevails here that Taylor is not out
of this country, but is hiding, awaiting a
compromise. which will relieve his bonds
men The depositors of the bank held a
meeting, Tonight to discuss what action
to take in regard to the closed bank.
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HIS DESIRE GRATIFIED.
Windows Smashed by an Anarchist
WhU Wanted to Go to Jail.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. n.-August Ellsneri
who declares himself to be an Anarchist.
created a mild sensation in the Kansas
State Bank, at Seventh and Delaware
streets. shortly before noon to-day. He
was standing in front of the bank when he
pulled from his pocket three pieces of bar
iron and threw them through the plate
glass windows The bars looked very much
like dynamite bombs, hence the excitement
At the station Ellsner said he wanted to go
to jail for shelter, and took this plan for
Raining his end. He got what he wanted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12
Cannot Go behind the Returns.

SALT LAKE ct, Jan. 1I.-Judge Bartch
to-day rendered a decision in the
San Pete county election cases. The
opinion defines the powers and duties of
the Utah commission and is an elaborate
review of the law relating to the conduct
no authority is found in any case to go
behind the returns and open ballot boxes
for the purpose of canyassing the ballots
to declare the result o. an election The
mandate is granted and the commission in
structed TO issue certificates of election as
shown by the face of the returns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12
In Favor of Woman Suffrage.

BOISE, Ida, JAN. IA resolution FOR an
amendment to the Constitution granting
suffrage to women passed the Senate to-
day without a dissenting vote There is no
change in the senatorial situation. Another
effort to hold caucus will be made to-
night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12
Eussineer killed and Fireman Hnr

KANSAS CITY, No., Jan. H.-About s
o'clock this morning a switch engine in the
Hannibal yards coilided with an incoming
Wabash passenger train and engineer O.
Woclman was killed. and fireman r. IT,
Wabash train were badl9 shaken up, but
escaped injury.
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TAYLOR HAS LITTLE MONEY.
District Attorney Miller Tells What
He Knows About the Matter.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Jam He. w. Miller
United States district attorney for the dis
trict of South Dakota, in an interview here
concerning ex-State Treasurer Tayior's
shortage. said: II have learned that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12
Carter to he u Senator

Curter 10 DC SeHHtOF.
HELENA, Mont Jan. u.-Thomas III.
Carter was nomina ted, tonight for Sena-|
tor by the Republican caucus.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-16

That, in brief. is the story of Mr.. AL
man, Swami & Co, Of New York. Nor
was this Mr.. A. S. Moore gambler of
the sort that name usually implies He
was in regular business, bookkeeper OF
large firm Of cotton brokers and deal
ers. To his acquaintance and friends
Moore always appeared to be quiet
man, with no bad habits. He didn't
drink. lie was literary in his tastes;
lived up in Harlem, with his wife and
two children; was a regular church-goer,
and was the superintendent Of Sunday
school
But despite all this, he was a gambler,
though not with cards or roulette. His
exceptional advantages to see what others
were doing led him TO gamble in cotton,
and he lost, and then, to cover his tracks
hoping to make up his losses, he forged.
The recent upward movement in stocks.
cotton. wheat, etc, has produced a pro-
digious amount of gambling, most of
which has probably been successful, and
the result will be that the lucky gam
blers will try it again some day, when
tide has turned the other way, and they
will be left high ard dry-perhaps strand
ed on the shoals of bankruptcy.
There is. beyond doubt, not only such
a thing as legitimate speculation but
such speculation is a necessary part OF
the business of the commercial world
But the wild and ignorant operations OF
those who do not understand the subject
and the nature OF the influences which
would guide a sober judgment about the
value of stocks or produce, is nothing but
gambling. ana that of the most dangerous
sort.
This is the very time when all who are
.in the market" should stop and think
whether they are spectators or gamblers.
and whether they are operating within
or without their means
Moore's case is warning'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-16

average height, feet inches; aver
age weight, IA pounds; average age, q
years months
This is the latest summing up OF the
physical record OF the graduating cicss
of Columbia College. We do not believe
that in regard 10 height and weight, the
record Is surpassed by that of oxford or
any other English university. We are
sure il is not equalled by that Of the Col
lege OF France or any other French In
stitution Of ieainrng; and, indeed. We Will
20 so far as 10 guess that IL Is better
by at least three or four inches and TWEEN
" or thirty pounds than that OF any
French collegiate institution. We cannot
be in error when we say 1t compares IA
vorably with the record OF any German
university. though we may add that We
have seen plenty OF big students at Hell
delberg and other German universities.
The students at the 81. Petersburg Uni
versity are Of good shape and size. stout
and hearty. as are those az the Univer-
stiles of Kief and Moscow.-New York
Sun.
The report from the University OF Vir-
ginia gives the following statistics of the
students OF our great southern university.
There were $50 students OF whom Sl5 were
Virgln.ans. . from Texas. p from Georgia.
is from Maryland. Il from Tennessee.
l6 each from Kentucky. Missouri. and
North Carolina. 10 from South Carolina,
and the rest widely scattered.
These students averaged p years and
2 months old. weighed $50 pounds. and
were feet inches high-a better show
ing than Columbia's. AS was 10 have
haap expectca I'm an institution founded
by Thomas Jefferson. 81 per cent. were
Democrats. per cent. Republicans. and
per cent, Proh.bition!s,s-the rest with
out.any political attachments.
With sound Democratic principles en-
trenched in such fine bodies. the future
OF the country-at least this part OF it
will be safe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-16
. NOZZLE LEADER FOR YIEGINIA's
FREY (Oy>tE>

The sneech which Tillman. of South
Carolina made at the Memphis silver
convention. as published by rs yesterday
shows 11llman and the character of the
people who cooperate with him in
clearer fcht than they have ever been
presented IN before. Mr.. Carlisle had
argued in his speeches that the poor peo-
nile and the workingmen Of the coun-
try had their savings deposited in the
savings banks, and that free silver would
cause these poor people TO get them
back at the rate of only fifty cents IN
the dollar. How does this demagogue
deal with this obvious fact? He makes
no attempt to prove that 1t will not hap
pen. but turns his entire attention 10
the man Carlisle. and the men who man
age savings banks. Carlisle, says he, Is
owned by the men who manage savings
banks, and they. of course, want con-
dition OF things in which they can pay
their depositors with ffty-cent dollars,
as they would thereby cheat those deposit
tors out of the other fifty cents. He
does not, therefore. believe that Carlisle
is sincere.
1t has never entered into this despera-
dos Imagination that Mr.. Carlisle and
the managers of the savings banks may
really have partially towards common
honesty. Nor IS he able to receive the
faintest comprehension OF the fact that
ordinary prudence would impel the man.
ayers of savings banks 10 be honest In
such a case. A cheap dollar would
cause a run on them which would play
the mischief with them. and 1t would
make panic that would overthrow
all business turn workingmen adrift
without employment. and stop them from
receiving any more deposits. All deposits
with them at this time would be drawn
out, until they were broken. and UNI
able TO pay checks. and all future bust
ness would be ended. Tillman hasn't
pels the managers OF savings banks 10
be honest. even If principle does not.
This leading light in the new Democra-
cy told the convention what he thought
Of an income tax also. lie said ne pro-
poses TO have constitutional amendments
until he can get a graduated income tax
that will exempt all incomes up to
certain point. that will cut into all in
comes above IL. and a little deeper into
those above certain series. increasing
In the cut as the income increases, until
after the income is of certain amount
he will take all. which was received with
applause. This is the first open avowal
of the intention of spoliation and robbery
that has yet been made by a leader OF
the new Democracy. How do the free
ooners OF Virginia like this spoliator
for a leader?
Tilman says his band are going to draw
q new Mason and Dixons line. 1t will
begin at the mouth of the Chesapeake
Bay and run to Chicago via Cincinnati.
lie proposes. therefore, 10 take Virginia
into his combination. We Vireinians are
very thankful 20 him. but We respectfully
decline. He must start his line TO the
south OF us. We hope Marion Butler
may fan 20 carry North Carolina into his
camp. and we are sure he will not be
able to start his line upon Virslnia's
coil.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-16

our paved" streets in the business and
chief promenade sections Of the city are
really unworthy a village In some respects
SO broken and rough, especially consplc-
uous along the fronts OF the city own
property. that waining is not only dis
agreeable and the thing unsightly, but
positively attended with danger.
Here Is one OF our citizens who goes
Just outside the corporate limits ana
OF himself. causes a very wilderness 10
blossom as the rose; magnificent boule-
wards stretch themselves out; unsiShuy
woodlands and marshes. bald hills ana
washed gullies are transformed into slofl-
Gus landscape. a pleasure TO all OF our
people. as IL is their pride, only detracleu
from In wet seasons by muck and mire,
and in dry seasons by ever-rlsing clouls.
OF vilest dust and dirt, because the cry
cannot afford (and the county too lethai-
gle and shOrt-sighted perhaps). 10 40
their little part In wiping out this Dioe
that marks the threshold there OF M
corporation. As long as these cohul-
tons exist, IL is idle TO talk OF anneNins
territory that must call for more from
the treasury than It is able 70 put INTO
IL. / have mentioned only a siDSie ita-
ture. street improvement. , -,
Why are We in this condition TT
,narily, because our money has been un-
wisely expended IN many directons, anu
the one question is. Are we Fronting oy
the pasty
The representatives from Jackson Ward
really hold the balance OF power IN
every contemplated public IMPROVEMENT
in this city to-day. our city needs 10 De
redistricted and that at once. lnstead OF
being one great city. We are SIX 'oMile
drawing from A common treasury. and
each one a competitor with the other.
4 house divided against Itself cannot
stand.
We need annexation right here within
our corporate limits, and until this -
done. we will not be in position 10 attach
the seventh town TO enlarge the complna-
tons that are made. the schemes that
are devised. the manipulations that are
entered into 10 use the public treasury for
class, local. and Individual ADVANCEMENT.
How long before the people VIII rise
In their might and stamp out these
things that are making 50 against Us
MANUFACTURER.