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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-27
BLOOD AT THE DANCE
ONE MAN sLAsHED WITH A KNIFE
AND TWO OTHERS SHOT.
Gang of Counterfeiters, with Tools
New C~astle-State News.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

ORCCldl " lAlC 4LiA4lAaROA.o
RUSHVILLE, Ind, March peo-
pie were fatally wounded in a fight last
night in Andrews Chapel neighborhood,
near Buena Vista. Franklin county. and six
or seven others were injured. The fight was
caused by the jealousy Of rival lovers. Sam
uel Templeton and Henry Wilson are both
admirers of Miss Nora Mcintyre. daughter
of Thomas Mcintyre, a leading farmer of
that section. Templeton and Wilson last
night attended a dance at the home of a
farme named Adam Draper, the young
woman going with Templeton. Wilson made
threats to .'get even," and shortly before IL
o'clock Templeton, while outside the house,
was set upon by Wilson. armed with a
sharp knife. Wilson made a slash at his
enemy's throat and nearly cut off Temple
toms lower lip. Templeton sprang backward
and Wilson advanced a second time. Tenn
pleton drew a revolver and fired, but missed.
The men clinched and rolled on the ground.
Wilson used his knife with deadly effect
until his arm was seized by Templeton. The
latter fired a second shot, but Wilson
seized his right arm and prevented a further
use of the weapon for a few minutes.
The shooting drew a large crowd of
thizers were first to act and had about
wrested the knife from Wilson's hand when
q crowd Of Wilson supporters took part.
Templeton, his arm again free, began shoot
ing. One shot caught Wilson in the right
leg near the groin and lodged just above
the knee. The fourth shot struck a by
stander, a friend of Templeton, named
Charles Bolster. A bad wound was made
in the muscles Of the right side Of the neck
and the wounded man nearly died of hem
orrhage. His wounds are considered fatal.
The sympathizers Of the two combatants
engaged in a free-for-all fight, resulting in
many broken heads, BACKED eyes and
bruised bodies. The fight was finally ended
by friends separating the principals, who
were both about exhausted from loss of
blood. Both men are feared TO be fatally
hurt. Medical aid was secured as soon as
possible and the Draper house converted
into a hospital. Miss Mcintyre, the young
woman over whom her lovers fought, was
taken home by a neighbor. News Of the
affair was brought to town by a farmer
named Burrows. The locality In which the
fight took place Is about eighteen miles
southeast Of here and is about the same dis
lance from Brookville, Connersville and
Greensburg. Neither railway lines, tele-
phone or telegranh wires reach the locality.
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Favorable Report ON the Measure
Presented by eaafor

WASHINGTON. March Ex-senator Per-
kins. from the committee on educs ion and
labor, to-day presented a favorable report
on the bin authorizing the appointment OF
a nonDartisan commission on labor. agri-
culture and capital. The committee
amended the bill 50 as to provide that the
commission shall consist of five members
In the interest Of labor to be designated,
one frops each Of FIVE labor organizations;
i've In the interest of agriculture, three of
whom shall be designated by the Farmers
Alliance and two by the National Grange.
and OF five In the interest Of capital, 10 be
selected from among the manufacturer
and those representing other business pur-
suits.
The report says: "'Th problems presented
In the various fields OF labor and in the
different departments OF business have be-
come and are becoming more complicated
through the progress which marks this in
duStrfa. age. The relations Of labOrers to
each other on the one hand and 10 capital
on the other are now SO varied and differ
so greatly In widely separated sections of
our country that IL has become necessary
TO establish some central bureau or com
mission which shall be able to view COM
prehensiyesy the entire field and ascertain
the true relation to each other of the facts
presented In no other way can the many
interests of hall a continent be brought into
OF GOOD viii of all classes toward each
other be aroused which is essential TO the
happiness, prosperity and progress Of the
Nation"
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other Fires.

BLACK RIVER FALLS. Wis. March 26.
Forest fires burned OYER a large territory
to the east Of this city yesterday and to-
day, doing damage to the extent of many
thousands OF dollars. They have destroyed
the prospects for the BURBERRY crop in that
particular region, which has in the past fur
nished employment TO hundreds of berry,
pickers at remarkably good wages during
the picking season.
MACHIAS. Me-. March 26.-The new Vose
stroyed by fire early to-day, and the sew
erai business firms and persons renting Of
fees in the building, as well as lodge rooms,
estimated at s125, COO: insurance. o.0O0. The
fire started in one of the lodge rooms. The
loss to the Vose building Is 100000; insur-
ance, 81, zoo.
LOUISVILLE, March 26.--The steamer,
Sam Brown. owned by Captain s. S. Brown.
OF Pittsburg. and valued at about So. 900.
burned at the foot of Market street, this
city, tonight. The Brown was a stern
wheeler. built at Pittsburg in 1881. and since
her construction had been in the coal car
rying trade between Pittsburg and the
lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
ANSONIA. Conn.,, March 26.-Fire to-day
destroyed Germania Hall, a brick block.
The ~janitor, John Erben, fell from an up
per landing. head foremost. and was fatally
injured. The loss is estimated at about S20,-
900.
CHAMBERSBURG. Pa. March 26.-Hiram
M. Whites block was almost destroyed by
fire to-day. The total loss will amount to
about $4,000.
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~TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Seventy-eight employees OF the King AK
Company, of Cleveland, are on strike be-
cause of a reduction of 10. per cent in
wages.
Ahrens & OFT, extensive brass and iron
manufacturers at Louisville, have shut down
for an indefinite period because Of dull trade.
The firm employs about six hundred men.
The Lake Carriers Association yesterday
decided to increase wages II per cent. over
the card figures of April, 1896. This prac-
t.cally embraces all the shipping on the
great lakes.
The Postal Telegraph Company has de-
clared a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent,
payable April 15. This Is the first dividend
Of the company, its surplus earnings herelo-
fore having been devoted TO extensions
Maggie Weber the wife Of a Cleveland
saloon keeper, arrested for drunkenness.
hung herself in a eel at the Central Police
Station yesterday. She is the third woman
prisoner who has hung herself in the Cleve-
land station in six months.
The Merino & Ross cotton mills, at Olney-
vile, r. l., and all the mills in the Woon-
asquatucket valley have decided to cut
large mills at Olneyville take a similar ac-
tion to-day, but in such a way as to prevent
a strike.
A certificate of Incorporation of the Amer
N. T., yesterday. The amount of the capital
stock is Sc, 100000, Of which $500, 900 Is paid in.
The company will buy and sell seed cotton
and manufacture machinery for ginning,
cleaning, baling. etc.
The c. n. Nelson Lumber Company has
sold It's interests in Cloquet, Mimi. and in
the adjoining county, for $4,000 coo. the buy
ers being the Frederick Weyer Hauser inter-
ests. The sale includes a sawmill with a
capacity of 125, COO. 1900 feet annually, vast
tracts Of timber and iron mines ard a rail-
road.
The twenty-six water companies that fur
nish most of the inhabitants of the Wyom-
ing and L~ackawanna valleys Of Pennsyl-
vania with water were purchased outright
yesterday by a syndicate of New York
capitalists. The price paid was nearly 81
OOO, 600. The companies will, be absorbed
by the Spring Brook Supply Company,
which will have a capital Of $5,oO0,0 900.
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..HOLYOKE. Mass, March 26.-Oficials of
the Smith, Wilson & Sears Paper Com
pany tonight announced that the COMPANY
was in financial difficulties and unable to
meet its obligations. Treasurer Bradley re-
fused to give out a statement of the as
sets and liabilities. 1t is believed, however,
the liabilities will be nearly $O0,001 De-
preston in business is assigned as the cause
of the company's difficulty. A meeting of
the creditors has been called for Monday.
ST. LOUIS, March 26.-Late yesterday
afternoon the Pulls Bros Iron Company
made an assignment to Henry Boemler as
trustee. Shortly before the assignment was
made a deed OF trust was filed on all the
property belonging to the firm. The total
amount OF the liabilities is said to be in
the neighborhood of $4,000. The assets are
given as 100000. A lack Of business and
poor collections caused the failure.
-HOLIISTON. Mass. March &C. Fl.
Goodwin a. Co., Of Haverhill, the principal
shoe manufacturers here, assigned to-day 10
James w. Goodwin. OF Haverhill. The LA
bilities OF their shoe business are about $2S,-
900. while 1t Is said that outside liabilities are
greatly in excess of this amount. o
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NEW CASTLE coUNTERFEITERs.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Wright and an Ac-
complete Arrested.

complete Arrested.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Ind, March 26.-For some
time past the city and county police officers
been trying to locate the origin of
some spurious coin which has been in
circulation in this community. Finally sus-
picion was directed to a house on Main
street and a watchs was kept on it for a
few days, when IL was learned that the
occupants. William r. Wright and his wife,
were sure enough engaged in the manufac-
ture and distribution of counterfeit coin.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Wright packed
her trunk and made arrangements TO go
to Cincinnati on the morning train to-day.
She had the trunk taken to the depot,
where last night 1t was opened by the Off
GERS and a full set of burglars tools and
pieces were found. Several bad coins were
also found. Deputy Sheriff Smith and Mar
shall Gaddis went to Wright's home and ar
rested the couple and placed them in Jail.
Mrs. Wright made a partial confession
and said she was going to Cincinnati to
mest Charles Williams, an accomplish. She
was directed to proceed to Cincinnati and
the city marshal accompanied her. The
meeting was held and the marshal sue
ceeded in arresting his man and will bring
him home. All the parties and others will
apolis.
A dispatch from Cincinnati says Williams
confessed. saying he had made the coin only
as an experiment. Some Of the spurious
money is said to have been circulated in
Anderson.
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AND FIRE.
Two Men Killed and Others Hurt I'm
N Grense Extracting Works..

NEWARK. n. j., March 26.-By an ex-
plosion in the Nickerson & Spence grease
extracting works tonight, two men were
killed and two badly burned. The fire re-
sulting from the explosion did several thou
a dollar damage. The killed are: AL
bert Ehrent, twenty-five years old. of this
city, and Frederick Gallagher. of Rocklcnd
Mass. Those injured are James Hayef.
superintendent Of the works, and Charles
Begler. a workman 1t is not known what
caused the explosion which occurred In the
extension of the main factory, but 1t is
supposed that it was from ~naphtha, which is
used extensively in that department. Per-
sons in the main building heard a roar and
saw the flames shoot up. Those who rushed
out saw Hayef and Begler stagger out of
the burning building. The bodies of Ehrent
and Gallagher, charred beyond recognition.
could be seen for some time in the build
ing before the fremen could take them from
the ruins.
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Other Death. I'm the State.

KOKOMO. Ind. March a.-Mrs. Louisa
W. Leeds. one Of the earliest settlers OF this
county and founder OF the orphans home of
this place, died on Monday at Turon, Kan.
daughter OF DR.. Corydon Richmond. who
survives. aged Lightweight. DIR. Richmond.
whose eyes began 10 fail some years ago. -
health.
BRAZIL Ind. March 2S.-Mrs. Winney,
wife OF p. T. Winney, a member of the city
School Board and superintendent CT the
this place, died suddenly last night OF heart
trouble. Mrs. Winney was apparently In
good health up 10 a short time OF her death.
MARTINSvILLE. Ind, March 26-Mrs.
Elvis Fowler. aged sixty, died to-day Of
pneumonia at her home at Wilbur, this coun-
~. Mr.. and Mrs. Elvis Fowler were among
the early settlers of this part OF the country.
WABASH. Ind. March 26.-Mathias
Lrkens. aged eighty. one OF the pioneer
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An Old VIII Found.

ST. LOUIS, March 26.-For many years
go acres Of valuable land in the southeast
ern section Of this city nave been In litiga-
ton by heirs of Solomon III. Sublette, an old
French trapper and hunter, who died here
In 1851. Most OF the property is unimprovei.
but is worth at least a million dollars. To-
hled with the Probate Court by one Of the
heirs, and the property which has so long
been In litigation Will lie divided among
those who are its rightful owners. James ].
Thompson, one of the witnesses to the will,
Is living in Springfield. Mo. He examined the
document and pronounced II all right. At
the time Ii was drawn up he was a banker
at Glasgow, Mo-, and was a friend Of the
Sublette amily.
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To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
In no other city in the world, as far as
/ know. can a band of men, probably not
fifty, all told, continue for months to so pur-
sue a few laboring men with biudgeons
and firearms as they go to and return from
their work that the civil authorities have
to guard them with armed police to prevent
serious bodily harm. IL not death. Just why
these same labcring men do not need a
bcdyguard al the time when not behind the
walls OF their workshop is not generally
known, though the fact that they cannot
go to or return from their place OF en-
pigment unguarded is well known TO the
civil authorities. There is something wrong
somewhere. No one alleges that Chandler
& Taylor are engaged In an unlawful bust
n IS, or that the men they employ are UNI
skilled or unworthy. The fact that for near
~ a year the city has paid the expenses OF
a ~bodyguard for these men implies that
It's authorities recognize the right OF the firm
to protection SO far as their interest Is In
VOWED, and the right of the laborlng men
to work IL they can get employment. What
is remarkable In this case is that the men
who cause all this personal Insecurity and
public expense are well known TO the civil
easily Identified, and yet this little army OF
policemen Is ordered to duty as regularly
as the day comes and the city foots the
the owners Of the plant. They have long
been recognized as worthy men: neither
can it be the workmen thus logged. for
liltt u hittt anu ny Gnu =
markab,e examples of seif-controk consider
ing their proyocations. Is IL because Their
enemies are representatives OF a body OF
men who are landed together for such a
purpose and who have such a pull upon the
civil. authorities that. they dare not act
in the suppression OF such a conspiracy?
Or Is 1t because we have no law to cover
such a case? II We have not, why nave
we not? Has this powerful organization
such a political influence that lawmakers
dare not leg.slate against such a crime? Or
Is their grip upon the administrators OF the
law? No one believes for a moment that II
the case were such that the United States
court could have jurisdiction the outrage
would continue twenty-four hours. There Is
something wrong somewhere and every civil
and commercial interest Of the city demands
that il be discovered and remedied. IL a
band of men in the lame OF organization
can require tho city TO thus escort enc set
OF employees IL may and probably will re-
qulre IL to escort others. IL we have no
law 10 cover such a case we must have,
and. II the officers are afraid to execute the
law, let US know why. u. l.. SEE.
indianapolis. March 26.
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New Wells I'm Territory Heretofore
UnwOrked.


Unworked.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER, Ind, March PA great
amount of new work is now under way in
the Indiana oil field. The nfiux Of East
ern oil men is remarkable. Territory is
being taken up in places that have hereto
fore been considered out Of the belt, and
new operations of a venture, kind are
springing up in all directions. The Stand
ard Oil Company's gusher. on the Vernon
farm, several miles west from this place,
has caused great activity in that direction.
In Wells county r.. F.. Cummins's No. z,
Ogle farm, Section Is, Nottingham town.
ship. is flowing 100 barrels: Rowland, Zieg-
Ter & Co.'S No. 1, Hardshell farm. Section
II, same township, 60 barrels; Fitzgerald &
Co.'S No. Z Nehr farm. Section Is. same
Groves farm. Section IA. Chester township,
90 barrels; Bettman. Watson & Co.'S Nos.
5 and s. Shade farm. Section q Chester
Akron Oil Company's No. 6, Shade farm,
Section Is. Chester township, 80 barrels; ;.
w. TAFT & Co.'S No. /, Banter farm. Sec
firms No. 3, Williams farm, Section 10.
same township, 40 barrels; b. +. Pyle's No.
z, Faust farm, Section /, same township, ~
farm, Section IA. same township. dry; Row
land, Ziegler & Co.'s No. i, Chopson farm,
Section 4. same township. dry Standard
ton 1, same township, 60 barrels; George
w. Barpes's No. 3, Myers farm. Section 70,
Chester township, 10 barrels.
In Blackboard County-The Fort wayne
Gas Company's No. 7, Keisling farm, Sec
ton Is. Harrison township. Blackford coun-
ty, 80 barrels Akron Oil Company's No. .,
Hoover farm, same section. 150 barrels:
Standard Oil Company's No. 2, Evers,s heirs
farm. Section 16, same township. 80 barrels;
same company's No. 3. Evers's farm. same
No. 2, Tewksbury farm, Section 2, same
township. 30 barrels; Mount & Twibelrs
No. /, Shields's farm, Section 2 same town
No. 4, shannon farm, Section IS, same town
ship. Is barrels; same company's NO. 8,
Brotherton farm, Section 3. washington
township, 30 barrels; Merring & Co.'S No.
8, McConkey farm, Section IL. same town.
ship, 30 barrels.
In Gray County-The Locus Oil Company's
No. 8, Ninde farm, Section q, Penn town
ship, Jay county, 80 barrels.
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SOUTHERN INDIANA EDITORS.
fourteenth Semi-Annua1 Meeting
Held mt Columbus.
. indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, March 26.-The South
ern Press Association here to-day opened its
fourteenth semi-annual, meeting. About
twenty editors were in attendance at the
morning session. A new constitution was
adopted abolishing the office Of corresponding
secretary and creating the office of financial
secretary. John w. Cockrum, Of the Oak
land City Journal, was elected to the office.
John Johnson. jr., of the Bedford Demo-
crat, was elected treasurer In the place Of
Frank E. Hitchcock, who recently died. In
the afternoon several papers were read by
the visiting editors. This evening the edi-
tors participated in the formal dedication Of
the new twenty-thousand-dollar City Hall.
Speeches were made by Mayor Beck. Hon.
George w. Cooper and Judge Marshall
Hacker. Gen. Jasper Packard, of the New
Albany Tribune, spoke for the visitors.
After the dedication a banquet was rendered
the visitors by the city officers and business
men. During the day the editors were given
a street-car ride over the city, and after the
afternoon session the citizens provided car
riages and the visitors were taken to visit
the various factories and other institutions
Of the city- ~ tFf
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON. March 2s.-William NJ.
Cobb, of Athens, Ga, has been appointed
private secretary of Secretary Hoke Smith.
W.. A. Wellons was to-day appointed post
master at Needmore. Brown county. vice
Douglas Neal. resigned.
Mr.. Merrill Moores, Of Indianapolis, and
Mr.. Joseph /. Irwin. Of Columbus. called on
Representative Henry to-day. Mr.. Moores
Is on his way home after an extensive tour
of the continent and of England, Scotland
and Ireland. Mr.. Irwin is a prominent
banker of Columbus, with extensive tin
plating factories at Anderson.
Mr.. A. II. Taylor. Of Petersburg. is at
the Raleigh, and L. G. Elston, of Craw-
louisville. is at the Ebbitt.
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Whipped by Women.

BERTRAND. Neb.. March 26.-H. H. will
ley. ex-Justice of the Peace and a prominent
citizen, was publicly whipped by a mob of
enraSed women on the streets Of the city
to-day. He was accused of making an in
decent proposal to a young girl and ordered
to leave town. He was arranging to do so
in the custody of the constable. when a
crowd OF women, led by the girls mother.
surrounded the officer and demanded his
prisoner. Revolvers were exhibited and
threats made to use them. The officer COM
piled and the prisoner was taken TO the
main street and given a terrible beating.
Citizens finally put a stop to the work and
the victim left town at once. Wlley's
family witnessed his punishment. which oc-
CURED in front Of his residence.
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Killed with n Club.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, March Blast Monday
night at Medora, this county, John Timer
struck Andrew Darkes over the head with
a hickory club, telling him to the ground
and fracturing his skull. from the effects OF
which he died Tuesday evening. Darkes
and a man named Oden were in Lahrmann's
saloon drinking. About closing-up time
Lahrmann refused TO let the men nave any
more drinks and told them TO go home.
A quarrel ensued and John Timer sided
with the saloon keeper. The men finally
left the saloon. but were followed by Timer.
who secured a hickory club. which he used
with deadly effect on Darkes. while Oden
rested and Is now in Jail at Brownstown.
He is weak minded.
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stitute perjury. amounted to a plain and In
territorial suggestion OF falsehood and a will
ful suppression of the truth. These offenses
or which the accused has been found guilty
involve 50 much that IL p~erilous 10 the high
sense Of honor that should characterize the
personnel OF our navy and 50 much that Is
dangerous 10 proper discipline In that branch
OF our service that IL seems to me a proper
regard for public duty precludes my inter-
ference with the sentence which the court
martial has imposed"
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Organising a California Colony.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind. March PA number
OF Andersonians and citizens OF Madison
county are organizing a colony TO remove
to Santa Clara county. California DR.. w.
III. Hubbard. of this city. is president. and
Mr.. A. j.. Wertz, a newspaper man, secre-
tary. Negotiations have been begun for a
location. 1t is proposed TO make the new
colony an Eden for Populists and spiritual
lists. They will canvass the county and State
for volunteers. The plans now laid are TO
'<"-o I~Sianarolis about Sept. 10 on a
special train. There are q number OF former
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A Glass Blower Carves Himself.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind-.. March 26.-James Har-
rold, a glass blower from Brooklyn, while
temporarily deranged from excessive drink
ing. to-day stuck a penknife into his throat
three times, then got a butcher knife and
attempted to cut the arteries in his wrists.
Mrs. Mary Crouch, at whose home he
boarded, secured the butcher knife. after a
struggle, but the man secured another
knife, which he attempted to plunge into
his abdomen, being bent on suicide. The
police disarmed the man, who is now
strapped to a bed at the City Hospital. His
chances for recovery are meager- He is
thirty-two years old and worked at Ball
Brothers factory.