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The record-union., 1897-02-27
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN UTAH.
John Nichols Fatally Wounds JOSEPH
Lewis and Then Suicides.

SALT LAKE, Feb. 26.-A special to
the Tribune" from Plain City, Utah,
says:
John Nichols shot and fatally wound
ed Joseph Lewis to-day, and then
turned the gun on himself with fatal
effect.
Lewis had sworn out a warrant
charging Nichols with stealing a watch,
and the Sheriff was on his way to
to make the arrest
Nichols heard of it, and rode two
miles to where Lewis was at work, and
after few words began to shoot
When Lewis fell Nichols went home
and reported that he had killed Lewis
and said he would kill himself In the
presence of his wife and others he took
out his pistol and shot himself in the
forehead, dying almost instantly.
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BLOW AT PRIZE FIGHTS.
Newspapers Advertising Them Cam
not Pass Through the rlaiI.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The ques-
ton of newspaper publications of prize
fights was discussed to-day by the
House Committee on Commerce.
The Committee directed Representa-
tive AldriCh of Illinois to report to the
House a bin prohibiting the transpor-
tation of pictures or descriptions of
prize fights by mail or Interstate COM
merce, and fixing the maximum pen
atty at ten years Imprisonment for vio-
lation of the law.
This bill applies TO the transmission
of reports from one State to another
by telegraph, but is not intended to in
terfere with the announcements of the
occurrence and the result of fights
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Regard His Action as "Intolerably
High-Handed"
Americans Charged With Awaiting
Themselves of European Troubles
in Crete to Precipitate Quarrel
With Spain-The Government Ad-
vised to Prepare Spain's Defenses
by Land and Sea-SanguiIIy Re-
leased From Prison.

MADRID, Feb. 26.-EXtreme reserve
is maintained in official circles. Much
Importance is attached to the secret
conference between the Premier and
the Ministers on the state of the war in
Cuba. The procedure of the United
States Consul General is regarded in
tolerably high h-handed." The Govern
ment is disposed to investigate and
meet the reasonable demands of the
United States and the claims of Amer-
can citizens. 1t is further determined
to punish those who are found guilty
of having inflicted violence upon DR..
Ruiz, the American citizen alleged to
have been beaten to death in prison.
WAR TALK IN SPAIN.
MADRID, Feb. Z6.-The impartial"
says: 1.-The Americans are availing
themselves of the European troubles
over Crete, and mean to precipitate
Mckinley into a quarrel with Spain"
1t advises the Government to prepare
Spains defenses by sea and land main
tanning that Spain has less to lose than
the United States in case of a war
THE VESUVIUS ORDERED TO SEA.
JACKSONVILLE, F'la), Feb. DC
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius now in
this port, has been ordered to leave
here at once and join the cruiser Mar
blehead, which left the mouth of the St.
Johns River Tuesday, and is now at
Key West.
y dispatch received from Washing
ton by Captain Pillsbury of the Vesu-
vius, said that a superior naval officer
would arrive in the city to-day, when
the vessel will proceed south with him.
Immediately upon receipt of the tele
gram, the Vesuvius began filling her
bunkers with coal; groceries and other
supplies We're also taken aboard in
large quantities.
No one seems to know what is up
Several cipher messages have been sent
to and fror. Washington.
SANGUILLY RELEASED.
WASHINGTON Feb. 26.-Secretary
of State Olney received a cablegram
from Consul General Lee announcing
that Julio Sanguilly had been released
from prison to-day.
Secretary Olney, with. the official no.
tification of Sanguilly's pardon by the
Queen of Spain IN his hand, visited
President Cleveland an hour before the
Cabinet met. The anticipation is that
a similar notification has been cabled
to Acting Captain-G Ahumada
at Havana, and that Sangully will
leave Havana for the United States on
the steamer which leaves Havana to-
morrow, having first given his parole
to participate no further in the Cuban
insurrecton.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
Leasing of COnvicts Valid

PHOENIX (Ariz.), Feb. 26.-In the
Territorial Supreme Court to-day, the
decision of the lower court was af-
firmed in the case of the State of Ari-
zona Improvement Company against
the Territory This decision establishes
the validity of the famous contract en-
tered into by the company with the
Territorial Board of Control, whereby
the labor of the convicts at the Yuma
penitentiary is leased to the company
for a period Of ten years.
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insurreCtior at Manila.

MADRID, Feb. 26-Advices from
Manila says an insurrection broke out
there yesterday. Bands of Tagales and
natives attacked the barracks of the
revenue officers and gendarmes and
murdered the military officer and four
Spaniards in the streets. The troops
restored order, killing 200 insurgents
and arresting many others. The OBJ
ject of the rising was to prevent the
troops from attacking Cavite.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
An Editor Sued for Libel.

HARRISBURG, Pa), Feb. 26-The
first of a series of suits for libel We're
brought to-day against Rev. DR.. S. c.
Wailow OF this city, editor of the
Pennsylvania Methodist Union" for
charges of corruption and malfeasance,
made against high State officials Cap
tain j. c. Delaney, superintendent of
Public Buildings and Grounds, and
Representative W. f. Stewart of Phil
adelphia. are plaintiffs.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
Fire at Ferris.

RIVERSIDE, Feb. 26.-The Nance
Block at Ferris was burned this morn
ing. The loss on the building is S13,-
600; partly insured. The principal
losses are: j. E. Leeman, drug store.
$1,000 insurance $1,000; c. S. Define.
groceries, $4,000, insurance $4,000.
The postoffice was burned and all the
mail lost.
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jury Failed to Agree.

SANTA ROSA, Feb. 26.-After be-
ing locked up twentyfour hours the
jury in the case OF the People VS.. Hall
announced that they could not agree,
and were discharged. The case has
been continued until next week.
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A Lynching in Tennessee.

CHATTANOOGA CTenn), Feb. 26.-
Yesterday afternoon at Soddi Tenn,
Charlie Brown, young negro, at
tempted a criminal assault on Miss
Lille Walker, the 1S-year old daughter
of a respectable farmer Failing, he
hid in the barn. - When a posse at
tempted to arrest him he fatally shot
Deputy Sadler. A mob formed and
Brown was strung up to a tree and his
body riddled with bullets
The record-union., 1897-02-27

NEW YORK. Feb. pa well-filled
house greeted w. j. Bryan to-day when
he appeared on the platform in Carnegie
Music Hail to deliver a lecture on
Money" under the auspices of the BIZ
metallic association. The platform was
filed with friends of the free coinage
theory.
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crying needs of the State are so we'll
understood and demanded by the inter-
ests of the public, it would be due to
the existence of causes that would seem
to make it useless to call the Legisla-
ture together for some time, or at all. -"
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the King and the Government for the
attitude which it has taken towards
the mother country in these serious
times? SKoT-ZFS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
CHANCE FOR KID MCCOY
MRS. "FITZ" RELEASES BOB FROM
HIS PROMISE NOT TO FIGHT,
And the Champion Will Defend His
Comply with Certain Conditions.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-Martin Julian to-day,
on behalf of Robert Fitzsimmons. made the
following signed statement:
''Fitzsimmons will defend his right to the
title of champion. Mrs. Fitzsimmols has
released him from his promise of retire
ment"
Referring to the conditions under which
Fitzsimmons will fight Corbett and Mccoy,
Julian's statement says: "These conditions
are as follows-Let Corbett beat a man like
Maher or Choynski and establish his right
as a member of Bobs class; let Mccoy heat
his way up to a commanding position and
come along with his challenge afterward.
But first Mccoy must fight fit opponent
at the middle-weight limit and not at catch
weights" The statement concludes IS fol-
lows: II am not going to allow Mr.. Fitz-
simmons to accept offers from inferior men.
When the proper time comes Fitzsimmons
will meet them ALL one after the other, in
the same ring, if needs be-" The statement
was signed: Martin Julian, manager of
Bob Ftzsimmons, Worlds Champion Middle
and Heavy Weight"
NEW YORK Dec. 2S.--"Kid" Mccoy an
nounced tonight that he had arranged to
meet AL Smith in this city tomorrow and
that he will then post 81 900 as a guarantee
that he will meet any man named by Fitz-
simmons 1t is TO meet Martin Julians con-
dition, announced in Chicago to-day, that
Mccoy has arranged to-morrow's confer
ence He is anxious, he says, to lind out
who Fitzsimmons wants him to fight
CINCINNATI, o., Dec. 2S.-James j. Cor
bett is playing an engagement here. When
shown Julian's statement tonight on be-
half of Fitzsimmons he said: Il have very
little to say. If / should beat Maher or
Choynski / would only be advancing Fitz-
simmons's reputation and leaving myself
Just where l am now, second to Bob Fftz-
simmons. 1 will do nothing of the kind.
Fitzsimmons is the only man l will fight.
/ shall follow his trail till | compel him
to fight me- That is all l have to say"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
WAR ON THE LOUD BILL.
Publishers Opposing the Proposed
Amendment to the Postal Laws.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.-The stated inten-
ton of Congressman E. f. Loud to press
his bill to amend the postal laws relating to
second-class mail matter has led to a re-
newal of the agitation which the measure
has before stirred up among publishers in
this city. Mr.. LIQUIDS bill admits mail
matter of the second class ''all newspapers
and periodical publications which are issued
at stated intervals and as frequently as
four times year." but proposes to prohibit
the admission to this class books or re-
prints of books and TO abolish the sample
copy privilege. At a meeting of publish
ers held to-day at the office of the Amer
lean Newspaper Company it was declared
by the speakers that the bill would be more
far reaching in it's effect than its provisions
would seem to imply. Orville j. Victor,
chairman of committee selected by the
publishers last year to work against the
bill, explained to the meeting his efforts
in Washington, but despite the protests
which he had made, he pointed out that
Mr.. Loud had refused to recede from his
position, that the bill had been restored to
the calendar and would be reached imme-
diately after the appropriations had been
passed. r. Alfred Vernon. John Elderkin
and others made brief addresses in oppoSi-
ton to the Loud bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
HAS LOST HIS SPEECH
FREAK OF PARALYSIS OF WHICH
CONDUCTOR DEAN Is VICTIM.
EarIham May Lose Number of Stu
dents Who Object to Certain
RuIes-Father Corby Dead.
10 the Indlananolis journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Dec. 2S.-H. w.
Dean, a conductor on the Vandalia, is dying
from peculiar paralytic stroke which has
deprived him of speech and of giving ex-
preston to his thoughts by writing as well.
For more than a month he has been unable
to speak. DR.. Payne, his physician, says
there is a pressure on one part of con-
volution of the brain that is thought TO be
of an aqueous nature, but that singularly
the pressure is confined to the one spot,
and therefore the paralysis is not general
as usually is the case when convolution of
the brain is affected. Physicians who have
been called in say they can find no report
in medical works of a like case. About a
week ago Dean was able to speak the word
yes" several times, and later explained
that he did so for the reason he did not
want to forget 1t. Since then he has not
given expression to his thoughts. He has
been walking about the house, and appeared
to be rational, but could not make himself
understood. He is steadily growing weaker,
and the belief is that his death will result in
a few days. If, as supposed, the pressure
on the brain is of an aqueous nature, the
only method of relief would be by absorp-
ton, but the condition of his stomach now
is such as to preclude this.
Dean has perfect record with the COM
pany, and is very popular among railroad
men, He was a temperate man, and was
family, consisting of wife and several
children.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
STATE SOLDIERS HOME.
A Christmas of Peace and Good
Will.

A veteran writes from the State Soldiers
Home that Christmas was a great day for
the men and women to whom it has become
a home indeed. The dining hall and hospi-
tai were beautifully decorated and the din
ner was the best. At the close of the din
ner the following resolutions were adopted
with unanimity and enthusiasm by the
members of the home:
Resolved, That we greatly enjoy and ap-
preciate the comforts OF life in this home
and the care bestowed upon us by the
grateful people of the State of Indiana, and
for their great and generous gift of this
home.
Resolved, That we are most comfortably
housed conditioned and furnished with
every convenience desirable.
Resolved, That we are the recipients OF
an abundance of food, excellent in quality
and we'll prepared for our consumption.
Resolved That this home is governed by
wisdom, justice and kindness, and no effort
is spared by the Board of Trustees and
Commandant Megrew to promote our COM
fort health and happiness.
A declaration was also made that no per-
son had left the home but for one of these
reasons nameIy--voluntarily or a refusal to
heed just and wise rules, which are neceS-
sary for the well-being of all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
STUDENTS THREATEN TO LEAVE.
Outsiders at Earlham Believe They
Are Not Treated Right.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND Ind, Dec. ga difficulty
has arisen at Earlham College that promises
to result in a number of students who at
tended last term going to other institutions
at the opening of the winter term. There
are quite number of students who attend
from this city and from the country who do
not board in the dormitory. For their bene-
fit a room is kept open in Lindey Hail.
where they eat their lunch. For consid-
cradle time past few of the students have
been guilty of destroying property and COM
hitting acts OF rowdyism in this room. and
at the close of the term President Mills
notified all the day students that the room
would be closed and that they would not be
admitted TO the dormitory. A protest was
made. but he said the decision was final
and they could go or stay. as they pleased.
An appeal has been made TO the trustees.
and unless they decide to have the room
reopened the students will enter other col
leges. Some of them will go to Indiana
University, some to Purdue and some to
Miami University, at oxford, O. The stu
dents who had no part in the disturbances
feel that a great injustice is being done
them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
THE ARMS ASSASSINATION.
Florida Governor Asked to Offer Re-
ward for the Murderers.

ward Tor the MuF0ererS.
WEIR PARK, Fla, Dec. 2S.-The people
in the vicinity of Starke's Ferry, near where
Ira o. Arms was assassinated on the after
noon of the 22d inst, are greatly excited
over the crime, and are using the most dill
gent efforts to trace the assassins They
have become satisfied that there were three
men in the affair. The body was carried
fully a mile away from the scene of the
killing, to a lonely spot on the Ocklawaha
river, where effort was made to burn it,
in order to avoid detection. Tracks of two
men were found, leading in single file for
half of the distance. These two men were
evidently carrying the body. AT a slough
the tracks of a third man joined the party,
and he probably assisted the others in maxi
ing disposition of the corpse. Enough of the
remains of trinkets Mr.. Arms was known to
wear were found in the fire to determine
beyond question that he was the man killed.
The strange actions of a dog what
first led Mrs. Arms to suspect foul play. On
the evening of the killing the Jog came
home alone and Whined. Mr.. Arms did not
return that night, and Mrs. Arms told the
neighbors on the following morning Of her
fears. Parties were organized, and the fire
and the charred remains were found after
a search of half a day.
This same dog may possibly prove to be a
valuable witness to lead to the detection OF
the criminals. He is an unusually intelli-
gent animal, and will probably manifest
anger when he sees those who killed his
master.
Justice of the Peace c. ]. Smith held an
inquest on the day of the discovery of the
remains, and the jury's verdict was that the
deceased came to his death at the hands of
persons unknown.
Two of the brothers of the deceased are
now on their way here from Indiana, and
will make a strenuous effort to detect the
assassins The Governor will be asked to
offer a reward by the law and Order-lOvng
people of the community, who are incensed
that so revolving a crime should have been
committed. The whole community is taking
an active part in the search for the guilty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29

In order to prove the great merit OF
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for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have
prepared generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send l0c to
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Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls,
Mont, recommended Ely's Cream Balm to
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is positive cure for catarrh if used as di-
rected. Rev. Francis w. Poole, Pastor
Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Price,
so censA At druggists or by mail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
WILL ACCEPT REDUCTION.
Action of Fall River Cotton Opera
tives' Conference Committee.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 2S.-The OPP
eratives conference committee was in ses-
sion two hours tonight, after executive
committee meetings of the various unions
had been held. Secretary O'Donnell gave
out the following resolution, which had
been unanimously adopted by the COM
mittee:
Resolved, That we accept the reduction,
as 1t would not be good business policy on
our part to enter into a strike at the pres
ent time. But we inform our employers that
as soon as we think there is a margin of
profit sufficient for the restoration of the
present wage schedule we shall demand it.
even if we have to go to the extremity of
leaving our employment by going on
strike"
The feeling among the leaders tonight is
strong against the reduction. While the
committee offers the resolution to the
unions there is a possibility they will not
accept it. The spinners, slasher tenders
and loom fixers especially talk strike, and
it is possible that they may so vote at the
meeting on Thursday night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
DETROIT'S ARCADE BURNED.
Free Press Printing COmpany's Build
ing Flooded with Water.

DETROIT, Dec. 2S.-The Arcade building,
owned by the Heineman estate on West
Larned street, burned early this morning
completely destroying the paper stock of
William c. Jupp, the stock and plant of
Charles l.. Roehm & Son, wholesale sta
toners and the stock of perfume materials
of the Elysium Manufacturing Company.
The five-story structure to the west of the
Arcade building, occupied by the Detroit
Free Press Printing Company, was for a
time threatened with destruction. The build
ing was flooded with water, and the stocks
and plants of the Free Press Printing Com
pany, Cliff & Higgins, bookbinders, and
the Habbin Engraving Company were near
ly ruined. The total loss on the two build
ingS and their contents will reach $125OJ0.
of which the Free Press Printing Company
bears the heaviest share, aboHt~ $50, O00 with
$4,000 insurance. The other losses are fairly
covered by insurance. Cause of the fire is
unknown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS.
Newspapers Demand the Formation
of Strong Ministry.

YOKOHAMA, Dec. 2S-Owing to the
failure of the premier, Marquis Saigo. to
reconstruct the Cabinet, all the members
of that body have resigned. The newspa-
pers demand the formation of a very strong
Ministry capable of coping with the situa-
ton in the East
WASHINGTON, Dec 2S.-The Japanese
minister has not yet been advised of the
resignation of the entire Cabinet and he
feels that while the designations may have
been rendered, the Emperor will not accept
them unless 1t becomes apparent that an
entirely new Cabinet, under Marquis Ito,
can be framed. Ito has been in private life
much of the time since his notable achieve
ment during the China-Japan war, and II
is not believed that he is ready TO return
to the Cabinet. He is strong with all par
ties. however, and has the people behind
him. SO that he may again assume the
premiership If the emergencies demand it,
The Yokohama dispatch refers to Marquis
Saigo as the present premier. which is
said at the legation to be an inaccuracy
as Marquis Matsugata has been premier up
10 this time. with Marquis Saigo as min
lister of marine. The reference in the dis
patch to the public sentiment in Japan for
a strong Ministry, capable of coping with
the situation in the East is one of the
first intimations direct from Japan that
she may take a hand in the controversy
centertng in China. While he has received
no official adviceS as to the purposes of his
government. MIR. Hoshi expresses the per-
sonal conviction that Japan will not be
quick to enter the controversy. but will
maintain an independent and neutral atti-
tude for the present.
LONDON Dec ga dispatch to the
Times from Kobe. Japan, says the dissolu-
ton OF the Diet has greatly angered the
pontical parties. 1t is probable that the
MARQUIS Ito. former premier. and Count
Okuma, former foreign minister VII form
= coalition Ministry with a vigorous for
elgn policy The military party is eager
Tor ac1on: extraordinary activity prevails
AZ the military and naval depots and war
ships are assembling at Nagasaki
According to letter which the Times
published this morning from a correspond
ent at Toxic, Cabinet crisis occurred in
november, due to the refusal of the pro-
BIessists TO vote an increase in the land tax
which is necessary owing to the deficits
caused by the late war. Parliament would
Sists, with a general election i'm sight did
not desire to risk unpopuarity by voting 10
Increase taxation. However, Count OkliIna
the leader Of the Progressists, left the For.
eign ONCE, says the correspondent with ar
enhanced reputation. and next to MARQUIS
Ito occupies the largest space in the field
or the nations vision The Times, COM
menting editorially on this letter and its
dispatches, says: THE advent of a Cabinet
led by two such statesmen as Marquis tic
and Count Okllnla may be regarded as ar
event Of great Significance By the other
powers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
CASUALTY At SEA.
Three Sailors Killed by a Falling
Yard and Three Drowned.

HALIFAX N. S., Dec. 2S.-A special dis
patch from Bermuda reports an accident at
sea on the ship Vanloo, in which six lives
were lost. The Vanloo which is on a voy-
age from Cardiff to ST. Johns, N. b.. has
put in there with loss of sails. She reports
that on the 10th inst. the foreyard suddenly
parted and fell to the deck. A number of
men were at work in the rigging at the time
and others were on deck Immediately below.
OF nine who were carried down by the fall
ing yard or were struck when it descended
three were killed instantly and three others
who took the chances of escaping by jump
ing into the sea we're drowned. Only the
day before one of the crew was killed by
falling from aloft to the deck The ship
Vanloo belongs to Yarmouth, N. S.