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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-14
SAD TENEMENT BLAZE.
Two Children Dead, Parents Dying
and Others Injured.

NEW YORK, July 1.-TWO children were
suffocated in a burning tenement house in
Jersey City early to-day; their parents are
both so badly injured that they may not
survive a girl of thirteen years was proba-
bly, fatally burned and policeman sus-
tanned burns and inhaled smoke in such
quantities that he may die. The fire broke
out about o'clock in the baker shop of
Edward Manser. So filled with smoke We're
the apartments and halls above the bakery
that it was difficult to breathe, but the po-
licemen remained at their posts and sue
ceeded in rescuing many women and chill
dren, whom they passed out of windows 10
firemen on the fire ladders. William Zeig-
Ter, third floor tenant had been i'll and
the flames and smoke drove him insane.
Scantilly attired, he rushed about the build
ing screaming and hindering the work of
the firemen. He interfered with the police
men and fought with them when they at
tempted to rescue his children, who lay
about the apartment unconscious from the
effects of the smoke. Finally a policeman
grappled with him and managed to hold
him while another officer picked up
Thomas, a ten-year-old boy, and Bertha,
his twelve year-old sister, and carried them
into the street. from which they were con-
ried out Edward Zeigler, eight years Old
and William Zeigler, six months old. The
latter was dead from suffocation. When
Zeigler saw his children taken from him
he broke away from the policeman and
rushing to the front window, sprang out
landing on the hagstones twenty five feet
below. He was picked up by firemen. For
q moment only Zeigler was quiet and then
dashed back into the burning building call
ing madly for his wife and children The
man was captured later and sent in pa
troll wagon to the hospital, where he was
placed in a straightforward Policeman
Bunnell tainted and was carried into the
hospital. where 1t was found that his neck
and arms were burned. He was also suf-
fering from the inhalation of smoke Zeig-
Ter had sustained internal injuries and his
condition is serious.
Shortly after Zeigler had jumped out of
the window Of his apartments, his wife,
despite the efforts of the policemen, fol-
lowed his example. The woman was I'M
conscious when picked up and her chance
of recovery is slight. Sadie campbell: thir-
teen years old, was Frustrated by smoke
and was found by policemen IN her he'd
room. Her face and legs were badly bun cd
and her recovery is doubtful. Bertha Zeigler
died at the hospital from the effects of
burns and smoke.
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Battle Ground Camp Meeting

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE. Ind, July 1S.-The date of
the camp meeting for 1897 has been fixed
for July 90 to Aug g. The meeting will
open on Thursday evening. the 29th On
Friday, the 30th, the third quarterly con
vention of the Tippecanoe County Sunday
school Union viii be held on the camp
grounds. This is the thirtyfirst year of the
county Organization. A basket dinner will
be enjoyed by all who can come prepared
Accommodations will be afforded ali who
wish in the dining han.
On Saturday. the 3lst, the w. c. T. u.
will hold it's annual meeting. The orator
for the day will be Mrs Clara Hoffman of
Missouri. Mrs. Hoffman will also deliver
an address on Sunday afternoon, Aug l.
The camp-meeting services viii be under
the management of the Rev George Stuart
OF Cleveland, Tenn Mr.. Stuart had charge
of the meeting last year. and his popularity
and efficiency made the board of managers
secure his services for the present season.
Mr.. Stuart viii preach twice a day and
have general charge of the meetings. Rev
S. r. Belk, d. D. of Rome. Ga. will be
present and assist during the entire meet
ing. DR.. Belk and Mr.. Stuart will begin
on Saturday night and remain until the
close of the meeting.
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DE ARMlTT PROPOSAL.
concluded from First Page)

on hand to supply the market more than
a week or ten days longer. The miners
pected to- and more than we ever thought
they could accomplish. They are in a po-
sition to dictate. II this strike is settled
it will be when the operators go to the
mine workers. The latter do not have to
go to the operators. l think the railroads
will soon refuse to haul West Virginia coal
In spite of the news from West Virginia
the operators in this city were inclined to-
day to take a hopeful view of the situation.
They believe they will ultimately win, and
they attribute most of the talk about a
probable coal famine to the SPECTATORS,
who are trying to bull the price of fuel. j.
b. Serb, of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal
Company returned from Pittsburg to-day.
He said: 1.-The situation is brighter to-day
than it was last Saturday The miners are
losing ground, and they Will be defeated.
They realize that fact There is plenty of
100000 tons in Pittsburg, and the miners are
working at various places in the Pennsyl-
vania field Furthermore coal is coming
from West Virginia"
A representative of the Cuddv-Mullen
Company, big shippers, declared that one
of the hopeful signs was the fact that buy
ing of coal at high prices had practically
ceased. The people. he said, were begin
ming to realize that there could be no
famine Il think, said he. that the min
ers are losing ground and that they will be
Gould the strike be settled if the Penn
sylvania operators would agree to pay the
rate demanded by the union?' he was
asked.
No 1 think not" was the reply. THAT
settlement would not last thirty days. The
trouble is there are too many mines and
too many miners The introduction of ma
chinery has increased the output of coal
and demoralized the market
All the dealers, say there is no danger
of a coal famine here They say they have
plenty of coal to supply their regular Gus
toners. Statements bearing on that point
were obtained from railway officials this
afternoon. The Valley has ,2G0 carloads in
its yards awaiting delivery The Cleveland
q Pittsburg has one thousand carloads
and the Erie also has a lot. The railway
companies say they have enough coal to
last them for six weeks for their own use
The Lake Shore appropriated a large guam
tity of coal at the beginning of the strike
but II is delivering that coal to the
dealers to whom it was consigned as rapid
ly as it is needed.
The strike of the miners in the Fleming
ton. w. Va. district is not considered of
much importance by the majority of the
operators. They say there only III
or four mines there and they do not count
much
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MISS COULTER'S BODY
Recovered After Dragging Eagle
Lake All Night Long.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WINONA PARK, Eagle Lake, Ind,
July 12-The prolonged search for the body
of Miss Georgia Coulter. who was drowned
with Miss Yarnelle yesterday, was re-
warded at o'clock this morning by the
discovery of the missing girls remains in
eighty feet of water. All night long men
with graphing hooks dragged the upper
bay where the boat capsized but were mis-
led as to the exact spot. The man who
saw the accident was George Ripple, of
Warsaw instead of Ritter as reported. and
this mistake cost much time. When Ripple
boarded the steamer this morning he
pointed out the place so nearly that after
ten minutes work the grapnel brought up
the body of the missing girl. BY good for
tune there was no Disagreement The body
was removed to the cottage of General
Manager Sol G. Dickey The funeral will
be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
and the remains will be placed in a receiV
ing vault at Warsaw for the present.
The Yarnele family accompanied the re-
mains of Miss Bertha the other victim, to
their home in Fort Wayne to-day, where
the funeral will be held tomorrow after
noon The short services here before de-
parture was most affecting. Miss Eunice
Munson, the third young girl in the party,
is now out of danger.
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GENERAL INDIANA NEWS
JACKSON COUNTY SEAT CASE.
Jason Brown Thinks the Action of
the Com mi ssinners Is Void.

Jason Brown Thinks the Action OF
the Commissioners Is Void.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR Ind, July 13.-Ex- Congress
man Jason B. Brown has prepared an ex-
hdustive article on the status of the Jack
son county-seat fight. AS is well known,
the constitutionahty of the law of 1895,
which authorized the present contest, has
been tested in the courts, and every de-
cison has been favorable to the removalists.
After the Supreme Court had passed upon
the case it was referred back to the Scott
Circuit Court to issue the mandamus to
compel the calling of a special election to
determine the question of removal of the
county seat from Brownstown to Seymour.
This mandamus was issued on June Is and
was served by the sheriff June 23 and di-
rected the commissioners to call the special
election at their next regular session after
the mandamus had been served on them.
This would compel them to issue the call
at their September meeting; but on June 10,
two days before the mandamus was issued,
two members of the board of commission
ers, the third member protesting, issued the
call for a special election to be held Aug. ).
The question of the validity of this election
was passed upon by Attorney General
Ketcham in his advice to Governor Mount
not to appoint the appraisers required by
the law, since the election called for Aug.
was not legal. Mr.. Brown also takes, the
ground that the action of the board of
commissioners is void, and sums UP his rea
sons briefly as follows:
''First-It had no jurisdiction of the re-
movaI proceedings at the time it made such
order
''Second-Its order was not made pursu-
ant to any order, mandate or direction
from the Scott Circuit Court, but it was
made in utter disregard and open violation
and contempt of the Judgment and proceed
ings of that court
''Third-Its order was not made at a time
designated by the judgment of the Scott
Circuit Court.
s'Fourth-The county board having at its
June term, 1895 dismissed the petition and
proceedings praying for a special election,
and having no power on its own motion to
reinstate them it's order for the special
election on Aug. 3, 1887 is as if no petition
whatever had been filed with it, and it is
fora Vol
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Lake of oil in AIo.Ixn

SEATTLE. Wash, July 13.-What is said
to be the greatest discovery ever made is
reported from Alaska Some gold pros
pectors several months ago ran across what
seemed to be a lake of oil 1t was fed
by innumerabie springs and the surround
ing mountains were full of coal. They
brought samples to Seattle and tests proved
1t to be of as high grade as any ever taken
out of Pennsylvania wells. A local COM
pany was formed and experts sent up.
They have returned on the steamer Topeka
and their report has more than borne out
first reports. 1t is said there is enough
oil and coal in the discovery to supply the
world. 1t is close TO the ocean; III fact.
the experts say that the oil oozes out into
the salt water 1t is said that the Standard
Oil Company has already made an offer
for the property. The owners have filed
claims eight thousand acres and are
llsLturally vsrX- much excited over their
prospects for a fortune.
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Totals
-. .453, 379, 261 S336. SIS. 31

90
The above figures include the total pro-
duction of all kinds of mineral oils in this
country and are approximately correct. 1t
will be noticed that the production for 1895
was the greatest of any year in the history
Of the business. OF this total amount about
81, coo, coo barrels were produced in the fields
of Pennsylvania, southern New York
southeastern Ohio and West Virginia, and
about 24OO0,O00 barrels in the Ohio and IN
diana fields. This leaves about 5000, coo bar
rels TO be credited among the scattering
producing sections of California. Colorado,
Kansas, Wyoming, Illinois, Texas, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and other States where
Oil is found in merchantable quantities
Not only was a greater amount of oil pro-
duced in 1896 than in any previous year but
its value exceeded that of any preceding
year. Since 1887 the production of petroleum
in the United States has increased over 100
per cent. The Ohio and Indiana fields show
up much more prolific than any of the
others, while in values it would be much
smaller as the Eastern product brings
much better price per barrel.
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Car Thieves sentenced.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, July 13.--Several days
ago a freight car standing on the Penn
sylvania tracks at Cambridge City was
broken into and twenty-five pairs Of shoes
stolen. The case was reported to Detective
A. E. German and he located ct Cincinnati
Charles c. Chambers and Albert ShucII and
brought them to this city charged with
the offense. They were bound over to the
Circuit Court and this morning were ar
entered pleas of guilty to the charge of
grand larceny and were sentenced to. the
Jelfersonville Reformatory for from one to
fourteen years. Chambers Is twenty -seVcr
years old, is married and his home is at
Jeffersonville. Shuck is twenty-thlee and
his home is at Louisville. Detective Go1man
recovered all the stolen goods.
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INDIANA TUARY.
Prentice Garrett, Lifelong Resi-
dent of Randolph County.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, July 13.-Prentice
Garrett, aged ffty-nine years, died here
this morning of typhoid feves. Mr. Garrett
was born in this city in log cabin which
occupied part of the ground now covered
by the Pythian block. AT the breaking out
of the war he rendered his services TO his
country. being the fourth soldier to oalist
from this county. He first enlisted under
Colonel Silas Colgrove for three months in
the Eighth Indiana, and at the end of that
time re-enlisted in Company c, Sixty-ninth
Indiana He was not only :; veteran but
also son of a veteran, his father Nathan
Garrett, for many years auditor of this
county, having also served his country
along with four of his sons. The deceased
was brother of Duane Garrett and Col.
Fremont Garrett of this city; Welcome
Garrett, of Losantsville and half brother
of Sheriff SMaham, of this city. The fu-
neral will occur tomorrow.
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Rolling Mills Resuming.

PITTSBURG, July 13.-The rolling mill of
J. Painter e. Sons was started to-day with
nonunion men. Only few men were at
work and they were under police protec-
ton. There was no disorder. line old men
say the firm will be unable to operate the
plant with nonunion men. The steel mill
of Jones & Laughlin resumed to-day, the
scale having been signed yesterday. All the
men were at work. The fnisharS viii meet
the firm this afternoon to arrange a settle
ment. If an agreement is not reached the
finishing department will be operated non
union as soon as men can be scored. 4 he
MOnongahela tin plate works, employing
six hundred men. started to-day in tMll.
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MIR. VESTS Good Fortune.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, July I'D. H.
West, a middle-aged man, of Farmers Sta
ton. Clinton county, o.. came to this city
on Thursday for treatment at one of the
sanitariums for paralysis. from a stroke
of which he had been suffering and grow
ing worse since Jan. IS. His entire right
side was affected, and he had lost audible
speech at the same time. He had tried
various remedies, but to no purpose Since
arriving he has taken but one bath day
and drank copiously of the mineral water,
not having taken any kind of medicine On
Sunday morning he spoke in almost his
natural voice, and has continued to do so
at will ever since de now walks without
the use of cane. anc has almost perfect
use of himself. This is looked upon as re-
markable because of the speedy relief af-
fOrded
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EIGHT GAS WELLS ABLAzE.
Thirty Million Cubic Feet VIII Be
Wasted Daily Till stopped.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, July 13.-Eight gas wells,
property of the. Richmond Natural Gas
Company. are on fire ten miles west of this
city on the farm of James Hensley. The
wells have a combined capacity of thirty
million feet per day and were fired during
severe storm this evening by lightning.
at a point where the product of all empty
into one pipe. The blaze shoots many feet
into the air. and the reflection can be seen
from Muncie tonight. There will be much
trouble in extinguishing the blaze. as the
pipes were torn out of two of the wells and
the gas is on fire as it comes from the
earth. Great crowds are watching the
phenomenal sight
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SERIOUSLY STABBED.
An UnprOvOI&ed Assault Which May
Result in Murder.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SHOALS, Ind, July l3.-At noon to day
Ellis Bledsoe, seventeen years Of age. son
of Henry Bledsoe residing near here, was
stabbed in the right breast the knife sew
ering the fifth rib near the breast hone
and entering the lung. The blow was struck
by John Biedsoe, a cousin If the wounded
boy, twenty-five years Of age The elder
Bledsoe was drinking and without proVoca-
ton had been harassing young Bledsoe all
morning. Finally catching him in a saloon
he made a rush upon The boy who was
sick and unable to defend himself infiict-
ing the probably fatal wound. Bledsoe was
arrested at once and is row in iail
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CITY NEWS NOTES.

Elmer BurleSon, a carpenter fell from a
building at Meridian and Fourteenth streets
yesterday and was slightly bruised. Dr.
Erdman, of the Dispensary, attended him.
He lives at "a Morris street, Brightwood
Some of the colored people living on Reno
street believe that the death of little Mag
gle Francis, which occurred last Thursday
was due TO an evil spell cast about the
child by an enemy. Others say she must
have been poisoned. Dr. Furnass, who at
tended the child, says she died of consump-
ton, which was the real cause of death.
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No !ndicntions of Foul Plov

Special to the indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, July 13.-The
family of Casper Decker the old soldier
alleged to have been beaten by thugs and
robbed of his pension draft had DR.. NJ. M
Clapper, of this city, examine the remains
The doctor found bruises and sores on the
back but claims they were caused by his
several weeks confinement to the bed. He
claims that there are no outward indica-
tons that would point to mistreatment.
however, and Attorney w. Fl. Spence, of
this city, has written to the Soldiers Home
at Marion concerning it. Mr.. Spence feels
sure that the guilty person can be easily
apprehended if the check has been unlaw-
fully presented for payment.
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Panhandle KiIls Mrs. Dabney.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, July ia Panhandle
special containing the officers of the Penn
sylvania road struck Mrs. Barbara Dabney
six miles south of here to-day, the woman
being hurled one hundred feet. Death was
instantaneous. The body was picked up and
cared for by Superintendent May. The
and the family cannot account for her be-
ing on the track, which is some distance
from her home She had not been out of
the house for many weeks before. She. was
four children, and is a sister of Joseph
Norton, of this city.
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Further Remembrance Useless.

LONDON July 13.-Advices from Con-
stamtinople indicate that the Sultan is OBJ
durate, regarding the acceptance Of the
peace proposals. Edhem Pasha is hasten
ing back to Domoko and the furloughs Of
ali Turkish officers have been Cancelled in
readiness for renewal of hostities The
foreign ambassadors to Turkey are recog-
nizing that further verbal remonstrance
is useless and are not inclined to continue
diplomatic proceedings until they know in
what way coercion is to be applied.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RIOT.
NOnuniOn Men at Crescent Works
Chased and Beaten by a Mob.

CLEVELAND, July 13.-Trouble broke
out in the neighborhood of the Crescent
plate mill this afternoon. Six nonunion
men entered crowd with their hands in
their pockets as if to draw revolvers. This
excited the ire of the union men, who seized
and searched them, but found no revolvers.
me nonunlon men He'd put We're pursued
by a gang of lOiterers. John Nanek one of
the nonunion men, was badly beaten. A
hOoting crowd of men, women and children
numbering thousands gathered when the
patrol wagon was summoned. The police
charged the rioters and dispersed them.
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$4,000 Nerdict Agntnst TeIegranh.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD Ind, July 18.-The celebrated
case of Mrs. Flora Henley against the
Western Union Telegraph Company for
damages for failure in delivering a mos-
sage brought here frorN Monroe county,
was concluded to-day. TIE jury after icing
out four hours returned a verdict in favor
of Mrs. Henley for s., COG. The case has lie en-
tried twice. The amount sued for was ST.
9e5 In the previous trial Judgment was Civ
en- her for only $500.
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Barefaeed Jobbery in steepIechnse.

BUFFALO, N. Y, July ls-There was
1obbery at the Fort Erie track to-day. and
the judges ruled off another jockey and de-
clared all bets off. II was in the steeple-
chase. Lady Lightfoot. the favorite on
form, and others entered We're neglected in
the books while Dodo was played for sew
ton, Lady Lightfoot's jockey slid off his
horse, Higgins pulled Morvena at every
jump so hard that he finally refused ana
Flynn let Tripoii bolt out of the course
Dodo walked in alone. a winner by a mile
Patrol judges saw the work and Naughton
was ruled off. A further investigation is
being held and several other rulings-off are
likely.
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Newly Elected officers Ousted.

Special to- the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. July 13-So.ne time
ago suit was filed here by Barnabas c.
Marine, clerk and treasurer of Fountain
City, Us. oliver c. Thomas the clerk and
treasurer elected al the hast corporation
election, 10 test the validity of the election.
The complaint alleged, for a number of
reasons. that the election was not legal.
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Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
PRINCETON, Ind, July 13.-Hugh Grace,
a well-to-do farmer three miles south of
here, went hunting yesterday and failed to
return home last night. This morning a
searching party found him a short distance
from home with his head blown nearly off.
1t is believed to be a case of suicide. He
leaves family
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COLUMBUS. O.. July 13.-When asked in
reference to the proposed action of the Of
fcials of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail
road in enjoining the miners from interior
ing with the operation of their mines. Pres
ident Ratchford said: If it is lawful for
men to cease work and strike against in
sufficient wages 10 support them We have
violated no law: if il is not lawful, plead
guilty. We do not fear 70 advise the men
to strike long they do so along law
full lines. and therefore we have no fear
of the proposed injunction.
President Ratchford said he was confident