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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-03
MRS. SEIBERT WAS GAY
WEALTHY AGED MANS DARLING
SUED BY NEIGHBOR WOMAN.
Charge of Alternating a Husbands Af-
fectiOns Exposes a LOng-Standing
Scandal at Paris, Ill.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PARIS, ILL.,, Sept. "A bill was filed to-
day in a damage suit in the Edgar county
Circuit Court, which has set the tongues
of the gosspers wagging afresh. The de-
PENDANT is Mrs. Emma Z. Seibert, wife of
an aged and blind capitalist here. The
plaintiff is Mrs Ada Sheppard who charges
Mrs. Seibert with gross misconduct with
Robert Sheppard, husband of the plaintiff
The subject matter in the bill has caused
the friends and acquaintances to recall
many incidents on which 1t is based and
which amount to a series of social scandals
extending over five years. Mrs. Sheppard
estimates her damages for the alienation
Of her husbands affections at $1,000, and is
firm in her determination to push the case
Mrs Seibert claims to be equally willing
to fight the suit on the ground that it is
blackmail, in which Sheppard and his wife
are in colusion and by means of which she
claims they have already mulcted her of
money and house rent for several years on
account of her admitted former attachment
for Sheppard.
Mr.. Seibert only recently became totally
blind and has not yet been informed of the
troubles of his young and pretty wife,
whom he married eight years ago The
marriage itself was a sensation because Of
the disparity in the ages of the couple they
carried out an elopement because of the
objections of Mr.. Seberts sister-in-law.
with whom he was living. AZ that time
the aged husband was cashier Of the First
National Bank of this city position which
he held from the foundation Of the bank
until few years ago, wnen he retired be-
cause of advanced years. Since then he
has managed his increased property inter-
ests In less than year after the mar
riage a daughter was born. Soon after the
birth of the daughter the facts related in
Mrs Sheppards 5 bill began to transpir,a
At that time Robert Sheppard was unrnar-
ried and lived with his father, whose res
idence adjoins that of the Seberts on Ed
gar street. The young man had no settled
occupation and spent his time playing bali
and doing small jobs of carpentering While
building a chicken coop for the wife OF his
wealthy neghbor, the intimate acquajn-
tance is said to have been formed The
neighbors who will appear as witnesses If
the case comes To trial have no hesitation
in saying that Sheppard was a frequent
visitor at the Seibert residence long after
there were no more chicken coops to build
They even go far as to say that Shep-
pard was known TO have been three or four
days planning door on Ons occasion
Then another chapter was added 10 the
note books OF the gossips, when two young
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TEMPER OF MINERS.
They Want the Full Amount for
Which They Struck or Nothing.

They Want the Full Amount for
which They Struck or Nothing.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 2.-Judging from sur
face indications it seems reasonably GER
tain that President Ratchford, of the
United Mine Workers. and his colleagues
in office will reject the offer of the opera
tors to return to work at the 64-cent rate
pending arbitration. Great influence has
been brought to bear upon the strike lead
ers from this district to induce them to
assume such an attitude. The sentiment
among the miners here is so intense for
a 80 cents or nothing" settlement that all
the local labor leaders now in the city have
advised strongly for a continuation of the
fight along the present lines and to the
bitter end Secretary Warner wired this
morning to Ratchford that the miners here
wanted 60 cents or defeat and to submit
the Hanna proposition, as it is called, to a
vote would only entail needless expendi-
ture of time and money. The result he
said would not be in doubt for an instant.
The miners believe they have victory well
within their grasp. and having a firm be-
lief in the justice of their cause, they will
not submit to anything that savors of tenn
porizing or partial retreat from the original
stand. The members of the district execu-
tive DOafQ are III ASdIly accord Win tnlS
view of the case.
One of the miners leaders said to-day:
There is an important phase of the present
status of affairs which seems to have been
entirely overlooked, but which will have
a most important bearing upon the deliber-
ations of the committees in Columbus to-
day and upon the strike situation in gem
eraI. At the last meeting of the national
executive board of the United Mine Work
ers of America, q resolution Nas passed 10
allow the miners to decide by IL referendum
Therefore, If the miners leaders look ia
Vorably upon the operators proposition OF
81 cents pending arbitration the matter will
have to go 10 the miners all over the coun-
try for q vote and such procedure will not
only entail Il large expenditure of money
is certain that it would require fully two
weeks. perhaps longer to get such vote
in This referendum resolution in itself is
looked upon as one of the principal OBJ
stacles in the way of speedy compro-
mise.
ager OF the Pittsburg and Chicago Gas
Coal Company went TO Washington this
morning for the purpose OF securing depu-
ties The company, he says, is determined
10 start the mines Tuesday next and the
miners now occupying the cCmpany's
houses there have been notified TO vacate
on that day as new men win be put in
them unless the old force goes to work by
that time. Van Ernan fears trouble and
wants the deputies for that occasion II Is
said there was at first a demand for fifty
deputies.
who is visiting Beaver, Pa, just below the
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RIOT At NAIL WORKS.
of Negroes Resented and
Braggart Assaulted.

NEW CASTLE, Pa, Sept. 12-The strike
at the New Castle wire-nail works, which
has been progress fC- some time. this even
ing eliminated in very serious trouble. Yes
terday several negroes from near Braddock
arrived in the city to work at wire drawing,
which requires skilled labor. This evening
a crowd of at least five hundred strikers
gathered in front of the mill. Labor Boss
Patrick Mclaughlin, who has charge of the
negroes at work, was in the mill at the time
and he recklessly walked to the front door
and faced the strikers. Anybody that saws
I am a black sheep or a scab is a liar" he
said. ''and l am here to back it up'' He
had scarcely got the words out until there
was a crowd about him. He called for help
but the men hidden in the mill refused 10
come to his assistance and he was knocked
down and beaten in a terrible manner. IL
was at first thought he was dead bur he
was carried into the mill in an unconsciou.
condition and may recover. The entire po-
lice force of the city is now on the grounds
and will remain on guard all night The
men too will he there, for il is said thar
imported nonunion men Will come here be-
fore morning. The city is greatly excited
over the occurrence
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DIAMONDS In "COCOS."
Precious stones Reported to Have
Been Found in "a Mexican stone.

MEXICO CITY, Mex, Sept. 2. - Public
interest is again being awakened in the
existence of diamonds in Guerrero. It is
we'll known that the patriot Gen. Vincente
Guerrero, during the war of independence,
from 1910 TO 1921, was supplied with these
gems, which he used to sell for cash to
carry on the struggle. Some OF these
came at the time into the possession
Of an Englishman, the father Of Gillow. the
present archbishop of Oaxaca, but the dif1-
Guilty has been to discover exactly the To-
cality where Guerrero found and gathered
them. One authority says they We're found
in the Sierra MaGre mountains. a day and a
halfs journey from Teleta del Rio. on the
trail to Corronilla. They are reported as
being found inside hard egg-shaped stone
called by the Indians 'cocos." These be-
ing broken the diamonds were found In a
hollow in the center, and were always octa-
gon or dodecahedron in form. Another au-
thority says Guerrero found these cocos at
Ollas de Chilapa. In what is known now as
the State of Guerrero. General Guerrero
before his death. testified 10 men now living
that he had really found the diamonds. bur
he was then old and i'll and his description
OF localities was confused. Americans here
are fitting out an expedition 10 search for
the lost diamond fields Conditions in the
state of Guerrero are to-day propitious for
the prospectors The district may be plenti-
full in diamonds; IL certainly Is in gold.
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FUSION ACCOMPLISHED
ONE TICKET FOR DEMOCRATS, POPU-
LISTS AND SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Nominations of Nebraska Tripartite
by PennsyIvania Gold Democrats.

LINCOLN, Neb Sept. 2.-As predicted at
the start by the party leaders, the three
parties-Democratic Populist and silver
Republican-joined hands in fusion and the
ticket placed in the field is: For Supreme
Judge, John j. Sullivan, Democrat, Colum-
bus; for State University regents, E. Won
Forell of Kearney Populist, and George f.
REMOVER of Wisner, silver Republican.
Many delegates maintain that the fusion
was perfected harmoniously while there are
others who claim that there may yet be
dissension on the silver Republican side,
as about one-third of those delegates went
home early this morning before fusion was
affected. For a while in the three conven-
tions this morning it looked rather precari-
Gus for harmony, as the silver Republicans
had a very warm time, a number of the
"middle-of-the-road" delegates talking in
favor of the nomination of straight ticket
in order to preserve their organization. FL
nally it was announced that the Democrats
and silver Republicans had agreed on John
j. Sullivan for supreme judge and signs
of fusion began to appear. Even then 1t
was not until Judge Neville urged the In
dorsement of Mr.. Sullivan that the Popu-
lists gave in. At noon the agreement to
fuse was finally reached and the rest of
the proceedings was of short dura ton. 1t
became very evident near the close OF the
convention that neither Scott, Neville nor
Thompson could be nominated by any two
of the conventions, and the maneuver of
the Democrats in substituting Sullivan was
considered a coup d'etat that cut short
what might have resulted in a long drawn,
knotty convention, full of fight and ulti-
mately separating the three parties so
widely that fusion would have been an un-
known condition for years TO come. This is
the opinion freely expressed on every hand:
There were fifteen counties unrepreSented
in the Populist convention and about the
same number absent from the other gath
erings
The delegates began leaving the city as
soon as fusion became an assured thing
and by evening there were scarcely score
at any of the hotels.
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THE NI'CORD CLAIM.
Statement of the New Minister from
Peru-NO UItimntum.

Feru-NO JlIlmatum.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Secretary sher-
man and the new minister from Peru,
Senior Eguiguren, had conference at the
State Department to-day, the long pending
case Of Victor McCord being among the
subjects considered. 1t has been stated re-
Gently that the United States had present.
ed an ultimatum to Peru demanding the
immediate payment of $4,000 In settlement
Of the McCord case. 1t is learned from
official sources, however, that no ultimatum
has been presented. although a courteous
but firm note was addressed by Secretary
Sherman to Peru, urging that this long and
irritating controversy be speedily closed.
There IS good reason TO believe that Perl's
answer will be of such a nature as TO 40
away with any chance of friction between
the two countries, and that final adjust
ment will be made at an early day. Al the
same time Peru will make il clear that any
adjustment is due TO desire to continue
the friendly relations long existing between
the two countries and that the claim of
McCord is not regarded as a just one
Senor Eguiguren was seen at the Peruvian
legation tonight and consented TO give
Peru S side of the case. 1t differs in many
respects from the statements made IN con-
nection with the so-called ultimatum In
brief, ii Is contended, first that McCOrd
was not, as claimed, United States consul
at the time the alleged indgnity TO him oc-
CURED. hut WAS superintendent OF the Ma
tfOnal Railway of Peru, and without any
official connection with the United States:
second that the fine and Imprisonment inn
posed on McCord were justified by the fact
that his action during the revolution OF
1885 led to the transportation of a large
body OF armed troops from Mollendo TO
Arequpa, where a bloody conflict ensued
resulting in the death Of a large number OF
people; third. that any grievance McCOrd
may have had was long ago settled in writ
ing by MIR. Thorndike, his superior in tho
Peruvian railroad; and. finally, that Mo.
Cord himself is now a resident OF Peru, ana
is not desirous Of having the United StateE
ba claim
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 2.-Theodore Mar
burg the Organization" candidate for
mayor of Baltimore, and Col. ]. Frank
Supplee, his opponet in the Organization, ="
have withdrawn from the nomination con-
test, leaving the field clear for William r.
Master The Withdrawal OF Mr.. Marburg
is the direct result of the defeat admins
tered to the organization" forces under
the leadership of United States Senator
wellington, by the friends of Mr.. Malster
at the Ocean City convention last wee k
There now seems 20 be but little doubt that
the friends of Mr.. Malster will control the
new state central committee, and that Sen
atOr wellington will retire from the leader
shin Of the party in the State, in which
event the senatorial aspirations of Cover
nor Lloyd Lowndes will receive a severe
setback
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CnInrndn Politics.

SALIDA. Col, Sept. 2.-Less than one
hundred delegates gathered here to attend
the state convention of the Populist party
to-day. Among them were two women.
The silver Republican convention meets to-
morrow at Glenwood Springs and the reg
uIar mckinley -WolcotD Republican con-
veution tomorrow in Denver. The Demo-
cratic state convention will also be held in
that city Monday Sept 6. Only one state
officer, a justice of the Supreme Court, is
to be elected this fall. 1t is understood
that the Wocott Republicans Will nominate
Judge Hayt the retiring member OF the Su-
prerne Court although he was silver Re
publican and voted for Bryan last year.
Judge Hayt is likely also to be the nominee
of the silver Republicans and the Demo-
cratic convention. The county officers are
to be elected throughout the State, and the
interest in the campaign will center mainly
in these contests. The Mckinley Republic
ans are seeking alliances with the other
wing of the party, and in a rev counties
their efforts In this direction have been sue
ceSSful.
This afternoon the Populists nominated
Judge William Gabbert for the supreme
Court bench on q rising vote. The plat
form demands the independent free coinage
of silver and a sufficient volume or paper
money to be issued by the government, and
denounces government by injunction. Judge
Gabbert is a native OF Ohio.
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FLIGHT OF A CASHIER.
Wore Three OvercOats, with Well
Filled Pockets and Carried SatcheI.

ROCKFORD, ILL.,, Sept. 2.-The Bank of
Durand failed to open it's doors to-day and
Charles A. Norton, cashier and general
manager of the institution. has disap-
peared. He is said to have forged the names
of prominent farmers to twenty-seven notes
for various amounts. The bank had depos-
its of about $30,0O0 but a time lock is on
the safe and 1t cannot be opened until
morning. Norton is thirty-six years of age
and was prominent in church and business
circles. The bank, a private one, has been
running six years anu was about to be re-
organized as a state bank. Norton wore
three overcoats with pockets filed, and
carried a satchel when he drove away last
night
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srR1kERs ON THE MARCH.
CoIIieries stopped, Fires Drawn anu "
Superintendent's House Attacked.


HAIL ETON. Pa, Sept. 2.-The miners at
the Van Wicxle & Mines colliery resumed
to-day. The strikers in the Audenreid ols-
trict were surprised at this action and hve
hundred men began marching throughout
that valley. They drove the workmen from
the Lehigh valleys Yorktown coliery' DID
sons Beaver Brook, the Star, Monarch ana
Carson collieries, and have drawn the nres.
After stopping every colliery in that district
they attacked superintendent Jones' at MS
residence in Yorktown and smashed every
door in it, Mr.. Jones is in hiding some
where. The striking miners held meet
ing at McAdoo tonight and decided 10 con.
O'Clock in the morning. They intend stop
ping all the collieries on the North Side,
including Drifton, Jeddo and Lattimer. Citl-
zens tonight started a movement to bring
about a meeting for arbitration. The coal
operators, it is said, will hold a meeting
shortly to agree upon UNIFORM wage scale
for the region,
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VIII Not Nominate n Ticket.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 2.-The state ex-
ecutive committee of the Jeffersonian or
gold Democrats to-day decided by a vote
of II to 10 not to place any candidates in
the field for state treasurer and auditor
general. This decision was arrived at after
a general conference of the state commit
tee and large number of prominent gold
Democrats from all parts of the State,
which conference, by a vote of 80 to "a,
recommended to the state committee that
a ticket be placed in the field. When this
recommendation was made to the commit
tee an effort was made by those desiring a
ticket to have the report adopted. but the
decision TO nominate no one was carried
by the above vote, after which a set of
resolutions to that effect were adopted by
viva voce vote. The committee then ad-
journed to meet at the call of the chair.
The resolutions adopted deplored the ac-
tion of the recent Democratic state conven-
ton as 'again fastening on the Demo-
cratic organization me exploded heresies
Of populism, cheap money and repudia-
ffof -
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Free silver Democratic scheme.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, Sept. 2.-The mining situa-
ton remains unchanged here. Many of the
leaders were indignant when they read the
report that the strike had been settled on
the 64-cent basis. They claim they are en-
titled to 70 cents, and believe the operators
will accede to their demands soon. If it re-
quire a majority vote of the miners the
Eastern operators proposition would be re-
jected here. The strikers are making big
preparations for the Labor day celebra-
ton. President Dolan, of the Pittsburg
Miners Association, was invited to be pres
ent and speak, but was unable to respond.
The Democrats are taking advantage Of the
miners misfortunes by calling a. silver
demonstration for Wednesday, at which
Dolan will speak and extension Commits
scheme is being worked by Democrats to
infame the strikers against all Republican
legislation.
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Eccentric Money Lender KiIIed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2.-Henry Win
dell, an accentric money lender and furni-
ture broker, whose life for the past many
years has been one long chapter of trouble
with pretty women, was last evening
thrown from his buggy and killed. Windel
lived alone at 4 Burritt place. in a house
jealously protected from intrusion by a
trellis fence and barbed wire He was a
bachelor, over sixty years of age, and re-
puted to be very wealthy. Windell went
out for q drive yesterday with a young
lady, Miss Constance Kohl, musician. liv-
ing at 1872 Rush street, who claims to be
an adopted daughter of the deceased. When
opposite the almshouse the horse ran away
and the occupants were thrown out, Wen
We'll being instantly killed.
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JUVENILE MONSTER.
FOurteen-Year-oId BOY shoots His
Father for Five Dollars.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sept Edward
Register, a young farmer living near this
city. was last night shot and killed by his
fourteen-year-old adopted son Robert The
boy and man named Henry NJ. Tyre were
arrested. and to-day the lad confessed that
he committed the murder. 1t developed
that Tyre and Mrs. Register had been
clandestinely meeting. The husband caught
them together on several occasions, and
yesterday Tyre and the woman offered the
boy s. to nut his father out OF the way
After supper the boy slipped up behind
Register and emptied a load of birdshot
into his head, Then Tyre according TO the
boys statement finished the job by knock
ing Register in the head with an AK All
three are now in jail pending hearing.
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LONDON, Ont, Sept. 2.-While an east
bound express on the Grand Trunk road
was standing on the main line three miles
west of Strathroy to-day a freight train
came tearing down the grade and crashed
into the rear Pullman of the express, tele-
scoping it. The car contained nine passen-
gers, none of whom was seriously injured
Engineer John r. O'Hagan, Of Point Ed
ton, a brakeman, of Sarnia, had a leg
broken. and Walter Wallace, the fireman.
was badly cut and bruised.
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ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 2.-,Howell Cobb
son of Capt. John A. Cobb of Amercus,
and a grandson of Gen. Howell Cobb one
time speaker of the House of Represents
tives and secretary of the treasury in
Buchanans Cabinet. was instantly Killed
this morning by the explosion OF a boiler
twenty-seven years old and leaves a wife
and two little children.
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ST. LOUIS. Sept. "A freight elevator in
the Nelson Morris packing house in East
st. Louis dropped from the third story to
the basement to-day with four employees
Louis Breen William OBrien and Patrick
Gillian were picked up unconscious, the two
former with broken legs and the latter with
his head and face seriously cut. Daniel
'Brien was also badly bruised.
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UTICA. N. Y, Sept. 2.-Simon Lowenthal,
of Syracuse, well-known liquor man, aged
about seventy-five, and silent partner of
Uhlman, Einstein & Co., of Cleveland, O.,
was struck and instantly killed by a New
York Central fast freight at Oneida to-day.
He was very deaf and failed to hear the
cries of warning by bystanders. He was
reputed to be one of the wealthiest men
Of CxyraonSa
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Daviess County Miners Expected to
Disobey Any Injunction.

Disobey Any Injunction.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Ind, Sept. 2.-There Is
real danger of an uprising among DaViess
county coal miners. The speeches of Debs
and Sovereign at ST. Louis We're accepted
here by the majority of the miners as key
notes. They are willing to oppose injunction
and go to Jail. There will be others to take
their places. The injunction against Cabel
q Co.'s miners will be argued tomorrow
before Judge d. J. Hcfron. 1t is believed
that the miners will act on the suggestion
of the labor leaders at st. Louis and Will
resist IT, If they do there will be trouble.
The Cabel Coal Company will not make an
other attempt to operate it's mines until
the injunction has been granted.
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Anrches May Caune TrouhIe,

LAS CRUCES. n. NJ, Sept. 2-The gov
ernment has cut off all rations TO Apache
Indians except flour. They are threaten
ing rising and the settlers near the reser-
vations are very much exercised. There
are TO date about 800 Indians on the Apache
reservation.