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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
SINGS AND WORKS AT 1913.
Centenarian Who Marbles Campaign
Songs and Chops wood.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. Thomas Wells,
who lives on a farm four miles west of
Summitville and north of Anderson about
twelve miles, is the oldest man in Madison
county and one of the oldest in the State.
Should Mr.. Wells live till the Sth of March
he will celebrate the one-hundred-and-th
anniversary of his birth. Mr.. Wells is hale
and hearty and his favorite pastime is to
take an hours turn with. his AK in the
woods. His memory is excellent and he is
enjoying what he calls his second eye
sight" although his hearing is a little de-
fective. Mr.. Wells is stOnemason by
trade, having learned il in Kentucky. where
he was born in 1874, and just previous to
coming to Indiana, sixty-fiVe years ago, ne
held several political offices. For the past
tinuously in Madison county. He has been
ing was made his bride seventy years ago
in Kentucky.
Mr. Wells is Democrat of the old Jack
sonian school, having voted for old Hick-
Ory'' for President and for William Jen-
nings Bryan last fall walking ever two
miles to cast his vote for the champion OF
free silver" He says he hopes to live till
1900. The early history of Indiana and
Madison county are as an open book TO
him, but he does not care TO hemoriZe cur
rent events because, as, he says, there Is
nothing worth while" He likes music and
frequently amuses his friends and neigh
bors by singing the old campaign and war
songs with expression and vigor.
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Approves of sherman.
Leslie's Weekly.

Ordinarily We should consider that IL was
a perilous venture for n man OF MIR. Sher-
mans years TO take to himself new and
arduous administrative duties. But in Mr..
Shermans case We have no fears. The
duties can scarcely be called new. and his
temperament and long experience of public
life will combine TO keep him from suffer
ing from the opportunities OF the office
seekers. He is used to being pestered.
and now. a case-hardened veteran, he will
be- able 10 dispose Of the little patronage
OF his new post without turning hair. We
ton: we congratulate Senator Sherman on
his courage in accepting the place. and We
congratulate the country that so able.
wise and so brave a statesman is to con-
duet our foreign affairs during the new
administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
STEAMER NATCHEZ WRECKED.
Struck the Bank While Making a
Landing Below Vicksburg.

VICKSBURG. Miss, Feb. THE steamer
Natchez met with a serious accident at
$50 o'clock this morning twenty miles be-
low this city. Captain feathers and First
Clerk Morris reached this city at l o'clock
in buggy from the scene of the accident
The captain states that while making a
landing the boat struck the bank. The
great chimneys and stacks and riggings all
went down with crash. One stack went
overheard and is under the boat. One of
the chimneys fell directly across the cap
tain's room, in which ne and his wife were
sitting, but fortunately it did not crush
in the roof the bulkheads were double
thickness. The other stack struck one
corner of the pilot house and crashed on
through the decks. The shock opened
many of the forward bulks and caused the
hull to take considerable water The tug
Joe Seay went down this evening with a
barge and will bring up the freight. The
Natchez will return to New Orleans and be
locked for repairs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
weyIer's Speech at Santa Clara.

HAVANA, via Key West. Feb. Dur
ing the course of the recent remarks of
Captain General Weyler. at Villa Clara, the
Spanish commander said that he expected
to put an end TO the revolution in the
province of Santa Clara in the near future.
He said that the Cuban revolution vas not
being conducted as a war-that ii was real
ly only an organization of bandits on
large scale. He explained his reasons for
not authorizing the grinding of sugar cane,
stating that it was not in accordance with
his plan of campaign and that besides the
sugar crop only gave assistance to the in
surgents. The government had promised 10
establish reforms, but the establishment of
these reforms would depend upon the
triumphS of the Spanish army.
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Al.

Several farmers in Madison county held a
meeting at Anderson last week and
solved that each one would plant and culti
Vate a field of sugar beets with the hope
grown there the past summer show a test
of IA per cent. of saccharine matter which is
said to be a high per cent. Our readers
may remember that samples grown in this
vicinity and tested at the Purdue expert
ment station showed them containing over
beets grown in one of the late dry seasons
From the result of the test then made here
we are fully satisfied that sugar beets can
be grown in the Eel river valley equally
rich in sugar with beets grown in Ne
braska, the best sugar producing State in
the Union.
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the commerce between the United States
and the island. AS q matter OF fact Spain
has lost materially more during tho two
years CT revolution in Cuba than she can
recover IN ten years. even IL she remains.
as she undoubtedly will. IL possession OF
the island. The moving spirit with the in
surSent leaders is partly ambition. partly
cupidity. Most OF them have little to lose
and everything 10 gain. They are doing
what the members OF the Cor -nune did in
Paris during the siege of that city. They
llred the first shot, not thinking of the con-
sequences nor reckoning the result of such
a course. and then they burnC, killed and
plundere6. L am we'll aware that. as a
BODY, they do not burn. kill and plumber
maiiciously, but they are forced TO such
courses il order. first, TO live, and, sec
emily, 10 impress the doubtful and weak
ones with their power
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. IAN ice gorge
fifteen feet high and twenty miles long,
which has been forming for several days.
gave way this afternoon. Several New Or
leans and Memphis packets have been
caught in the ice and compelled to lay UP.
If these have not succeeded in finding ref
uge in tributaries the loss may be large. A
telephone message from the scene late to-
night states that the Buckeye State ran into
Blue river to escape the ice. The water in
Blue river quickly rose with the passing
of the gorge and quickly receded, leaving
the steamer stranded on the shore. Her
pilot house and smockstack were demOl-
ished. and it now thought she will be a to-
tai loss Her value is $4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
REDKEY. Ind. Feb. Thirteen coaches
loaded with about one thousand union glass
workers from Muncie. Alexandria and FL
wood, accompanied by the American Tin
plate Band of Elwood. and the Indiana
Steel Mill Band. of Muncie. arrived here
this morning. and after parading the prin-
cipal streets. dispersed for dinner. AT 2
O'Clock u. IN. they assembled at Moneys
Hall to listen to an address by ID. a. Hayes,
president of the Glass Bottle Blowers AS
ISOLATION of the United States and Canada
and at the same hour at Comedies Hall
10 listen to Samuel Gompers. president of
the American Federation of Labor. Both
halls were crowded TO their utmost. The
subject of the speakers was Organized
W. nisorganiZed Labor" and was well
handled by both Mr.. Hayes and MIR. Com
pers. At the close OF the address the Wis
itors returned home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
LINTON MINER MURDERED
JAMES M'DONALD's SKULL CRUSHED
BY JESSE MAvERTY, A BOY.
Latter Shot by the Son of the Former,
but Not FataIly-isiisOn County
Centenarian-Howa ShOup Killed.
Special to the IudIanapolis Journal.

SptCIdI 10 IHt IIuIdHdptiIIs JUUIIdI.
LINTON. Ind. Feb. IA tragedy oc
CURED here last night which resulted in the
death of James Mcdonald. a miner. and
the wounding of Jesse Maverty. Both were
drinking heavily and Mcdonald. who was
forty years old, kicked and beat Maverty.
who is nothing but a boy. No one thought
any more ci the affair until Mcdonald
started home and was overtaken by Nav
erty, who struck him a blow with a pick
handle on the head, crushing his skull. He
died in two hours. Mcdonald was accom-
panied by his son. aged fourteen, who. see
ing his father at deaths door. fired four
shots at Maverty, one taking effect In his
hip. Maverty is not in serious condition
and will be placed under arrest as soon as
pOSSible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
Driving Park Property Sold.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind. Feb. All the nova
BILE property at the Richmond Driving Park
was yesterday sold at public sale to the
highest bidder, and Joseph Stevenson was
the purchaser. AS the grounds can be
leased again it is probable that fair asso-
citation will be organized. TO be composed
of well-known horsefnen the special object
being to get some races for the city. Some
years ago this city, which has one OF the
best race tracks in the country. was in the
Grand Circuit races. but the patronage was
not such as was anticipated, and there have
since been no races of consequence. 1t is
believed that a fair and races combined
will nav
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08

n voluntary visit to Washington to urge
the appointment of Shelby, saying ii was
the most popular thing the administrator
could do in Missouri Although he was
the most dangerous man We had 10 deal
with during the war" said Mr. Fletcher.
mo man was so widely instrumental in
helping us to bring order out of chaos when
the war was over. His influence with the
people of Missouri WHO had been in rebel
lion was nestimable. and he worked night
and day to restore peace by appealing to
them to nc .epj tho rev order of things in
a shirt of resignation"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
Good BOatinE Stage.

PITTSBURG. Pa, Feb. both the AL
legheny and the Monongahela rivers are full
of floating ice and are rising rapidly, but a
dangerous flood is not apprehended. A
good boating stage Of water is assured.
however. and between seven and ten million
bushels of coal will be shipped to Southern
ports during Monday and Tuesday. Sew
eral lows were made up to-day and started.
but had TO lay up because of the ice. The
Morongahela above Brownsville and the
Allegheny above Kittaning are still frozen
over, and as the weather is getting cooler
they will probably not break up at this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
state of Georgia still Missing.

ST. JOHNS, n. F., Feb. THE steamer
Nimrod. which left here a week ago in
search Of the missing steamer State of
Georgia. was sighted from Cape Race this
evening. seventeen miles off, working her
way slowly and alone through the ice foe
1t is evident, therefore, that the Nimrod
has failed in her mission.
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Indiana Obituary.

PLAINFIELD Ind, Feb. William r.
Hadley. young business man of this place,
thirty-one years old, died at $50 O'Clock
last evening of consumption. He was son
of Harlan Hadley, formerly president of the
local bank. He was for a long time engaged
in the grocery business at Indianapolis.
MUNCIE. Ind, Feb. Mrs. Anna Hamil-
ton. widow of John Hamilton, died last
night from the effects of injuries received
in fall on the ice. She was eighty-nine
years old, and had resided in Muncie fifty
years.
A. l.. Straight. aged forty. died last night.
The remains will be taken 20 AnsOnia, y.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE condition of
Senator Harriso of Tennessee. has not been
as satisfactory during the day as had been
hoped for In the early hours Of the morn
ing he experienced relapse which left him
in weak condition. His pulse became
quite feeble. This afternoon and night he
appeared slightly stronger, and is apparent
ly more comfortable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08

handle railroad track. near tho Aylesworth
switch. at 4 clock this morning, by Barney
Ryan, a track walker. One arm and his
head were severed from his body. He, in
company with John Blanchard, left Hebron
for Kouts. nine miles distant. a fast
freight train Saturday night. The fact that
Blanchard is missing leads many TO believe
have been sent broadcast and nothing can
be found of his whereabouts. People have
gone in search for him. but they fear that
he has met fate similar to that OF Shoup.
1t is thought that Shoup's death was acct
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
Nov ements of Steamers

NEW YORK. Feb. 7-Arrived Aurania.
from Liverpool; La Normandie, from
Havre; Weimar, from Bremen; Burgundia
from Marseilles and Naples: Farnessia,
from Glasgow. Sailed: Fulda. for Genoa
and Naples; II. II. Meier. for Bremen.
HAVRE. Feb. 7.-Arrived La Gascogne.
from New York.
for New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08

At the meeting of branch No. 50, Ma
tional Association of Letter Carriers. held
yesterday. the following carriers were
elected TO represent the branch at the next
convention of the national association, to
be held in San Francisco in September:
Isaac n. Smock. carrier No. 81; Harry X
Milhouse. No. 80: George W. Sulgrove, No
"a; Charles +. Doran, No. IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
No Grievance Against Spain.
arth American Pay;aw

The most eager pan-American must, If
he stops to think, admit that, from an in
ternational point OF view the United States
have no grievances whatsoever against
Spain. To assert that they have. because
a few sugar and tobacco merchants have
lost money, would be absurd. Surely IL is
not Spain that has taken the initiative in
bringing about the perplexing conditions
now existing in Cuba. The wholesale dew
astation in the rural districts of Cuba was
not perpetrated by troops of the mother
country. 1t is not Spain that has laid waste
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
THE PROPOSED REFORMS.
CanOvas Says They May Soon he Put
Into Operation.

MADRID, Feb. Prime Minister Cano-
vas del Castillo in an interview announces
that the government intends to faithfully
execute the proposed Cuban reforms. and
that it will not be necessary to wait for
the complete pacification of Cuba. He says
that it will be sufficient if the rebellion is
confined to the western portion of the
island. The Marquis of ApeZteguia, the
leader of the constitutional party in Cuba;
whether the scheme of Cuban reforms will
serve to terminate the insurrection. He
adds that Captain General Weyler should
not be intrusted with their execution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
Want. a New Police Law.
he INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special 10 me IndlafaTOIlS JUurnaI.
RICHMOND. Ind. Feb. AT a special
meeting of the City Council held last night
TO consider. among other things the metro
politan police law. the resolution sent out
from New Albany asking for the repeal OF
the bill approved and an amendment
recommended that new bill make the
mayor a member OF the board This reso-
luton. with the amendment asked for. will
be sent to the Legislature. Mayor j. s. Os-
tranier Will go to Indianapolis to work in
the interest OF such a bill
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Feb. Fire de-
stroyed the large general store of j. w.
Pringle at Mahalasville. this county. causing
a loss of $500 on stock and building. The
building belongs to w. w. Davis. Small
salvage: but half insured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
Found MangIcd ON the Track.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
CROWN POINT. Ind. Feb Howard
Shoup. seventeen. years old son of ex-
Marshal Benjamin Shoup. OF Hebron. was
found dead In a horribly mangled condi-
ton along the right OF way OF the Pan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
Got sf.5OO on Second Trial.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLUFFTON, Ind, Feb. THE jury in
the case of Mrs. Mort McAf the City
of Bluffton, tried in the Adams County
Court gave the plaintiff 1880 damages for
injuries caused by defective sidewalk In
previous trial she was awarded 500, but
the Supreme Court reversed the decision.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
To Enthusiasts
Buffalo Courier

Buffalo Courier.
Enthusiastic disciples of Father Kneipp
seem TO be scarce these days. But they
say that IL is just az good for the health
10 walk In fresh snow I'm fresh dew
This counsel Is commended 20 those who
think Kneipping Is fine thing-in sum-
mee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
a NuisI nee.

Washington Post.
The man who reads the newspaper in
order to pick out the slight flaws that
nuisance as the man who sits at your side
at the theater and tells you what is going
to happen next.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08

Mrs j. r.. Pounds. wife Of the pastor of
the Central Christian Church, will give her
lecture on Child Characters of Dickens
this evening in the church at the corner of
Delaware and Walnut streets. The pro-
ceeds will be for the benefit Of the music
fnn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
GEN. 10 SHELBY DYING
ONE OF THE GREAT CHARACTERS OF
THE WAR OF TIE REBELLION.
A Confederate Idol Who often Ter
rOrixed the Union FOrces-His
Civil Career in Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. IA dispatch to the Re-
public from Adrian. Mo-, gives the following
physicians bulletin of the condition Of Gen.
10 Shelby: Gen. Shelby, at 10 a. m. to-
day, was gradually growing worse. his men,
tai faculties almost lost. He scarcely rec
ognizeS any one and fails TO respond TO any
questions. His temperature and pulse have
been gradually rising for the last twenty
four hours. At this time his temperature
is 102 Is; pulse, los"
Evening journal., 1897-02-05

ing the reading Of the paper his (Curtis)
name was vociferousl5 oheered by the COM
mandery generally. At the close of Gener.
al Ames' statement the demand was gen.
eral and emphatic for him (Curtis) to re.
spond at once, and he was recognized by
the commander, General Potter, to make
a statement. This statemens was made in
plain and direct terms. disputing some OF
the assertions which had been made by
General Ames concerning General Terry
and himself (Curtis)
Here General Curtis added that he did
not make use of the words coward, liar
or cur.
General Curtis further said that he did
not ask to defend himself, but distinctly
stated that he would take care OF himself
and his reputation when the proper time
came; that he disputed In plain and dis
tinct terms the unjustiflable assault on
the memory of General Terry, and also
several references made by Ames TO him
self (Curtis). The incident closed with an
invitation for General Curtis to prepare
and read paper before the society on the
capture of Fort Fisher, and this, General
Curtis says, he intends 20 do.
Evening journal., 1897-02-05
HE HAD A CLOSE CALL.
Major General Miles Thrilling Encounter
&ith Lame Deer.

Probably the closest call General
Miles ever had in all his experience as
an Indian fighter was that in his en-
counter with Lame Deer. Il was in
1877, when he was still colonel, dur
ing his campaign against the Sioux and
other hostile tribes in the northwest.
Lame Deer and his outlaws had been
making trouble in Dakota, and Colonel
Miles raided their village. He tells the
rest of the story in his personal recollec-
tions thus:
I'm the surprise and excitement of
the wild onset of the charge a group of
warriors was forced away from the rest
Before making the attack had ordered
our Sioux and Cheyenne Indians TO call
out to the Lame Deer Indians that If
they threw down their arms and sur
rendered we would spare their lives. As
we galloped up TO this group Of warriors
they apparently recognized the purport
Of the demand and dropped their arms
on the ground. In order TO assure them
of our good will / called out How
how-kola' (meaning friend), and ex-
tended my hand to the chief, Lame Deer,
which he grasped, and in a few seconds
more 1 would have secured him and the
others, as, although he was wild and
trembling with excitement, my adju-
tant, George w. Baird. was doing the
same with the head warrior, Iron Star.
Unfortunately just at that time one
of our white scouts rode up and joined
the group of officers and soldiers with
me. He had more enthusiasm than dis
cretion and, presume, desired TO insure
my safety, as he drew up his rifle and
covered the Indian with il. Lame Deer
saw this and evidently thought the
young scout was going TO shoot him. |
know of no other motive for his subse-
quent act than the belief that he was to
be killed whether he surrendered or not
As quick as thought, with one des-
perate, powerful effort, he wrenched his
hand from mine, although l tried to
hold it, and grasped his rife from the
ground, ran backward few steps, rails
ed his rife TO his eye and fired. Seeing
his determined face, his set jaw, wild
eye and the open muzzle of his rifle,
realized my danger and instantly whirl
ed my horse from him, and in this quicl
movement the horse slightly settled bacl
upon his launches. AT that moment th'
rifle flashed within ten feet of me, th'
bullet whizzed past my breast, leaving
me unharmed, but unfortunately killing
brave soldier near my side. Fl"
Naturally the whole scattered ban'
Of Indians was instantly wiped out by
close and deadly fire from the soldiers
The incident is typical Of the whole
series of Indian campaigns in whicl
General Miles figured in the last quartz
of a century. The desire to treat TIN
redskins as fellow men, CONSTANT.
thwarted by the natural suspicious o
the savages themselves, is apparent al
through the book.
Evening journal., 1897-02-05
operatIons Of a syndicate.

W1LKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. 5.-A. L. Spen-
n and Thomas Aubrey have been placed
1 trial here charged with conspiracy. g.
I. Koons of Audenried is the prosecutor.
he defendants are alleged TO be agents Of
Ie syndicate organized in New York some
lonths ago and which operated at various
)ints throughout the United States. This
Indicate, it is alleged, floated bonds and
ocks to the extent of $4,000, 900 and had
lly few hundred dollars behind it, The
istrict attorney in his address TO the jury
id the defendants defrauded the plaintiff
1t of 5000 The charter of the syndi-
lte, obtained in New Jersey, was pro-
iced in court. 1t entitled the company
do business in any state. A capital Of
100, 900 was claimed for the company.
pom these representations Koons sold the
afendant $40, 900 worth of goods. 1t is
legged that the goods were afterward sold
n half price and the money divided
nong the men composing the syndicate.
Evening journal., 1897-02-05
Another Lynching In Kentucky.

BOWLING GREEN. Ky, Feb 5-Near
Rockfleld, a little station on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, ten miles from
this city, negro, Robert Morton, was
hanged yesterday. Morton wrote an insult
ing and insinuating note to Miss johnson,
a white woman, and when it became
known posse went TO arrest him. He
ran, and they gave chase, capturing him
after shooting him several times. While
the officers were guarding Morton mob
oveIpnwered them and took the prisoner
out of their custody and, carrying him
three miles from town, ha- c-d him.