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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25

The Glass workers. War.

HARTFORD CITY. Ind. Oct. 2S.-Tacked
on a bulletin board next to the postoftice
this morning was a circular printed in red.
1t was ornamented with picture of a
hearse. skull and cross bones and bloody
heart 1t purported to be a copy of the
ante-room obligation of the Window-glass
Cutters and Flatteners' League and it
gave the alleged blood-curdIing oaths adj
ministered to members of that organization.
The sheet was headed, THE Modern Molly
Maguires." The evident intent of the pos
ter was to hurt the cutters and fiatteners
in the estimation of the public. AT the
side OF the circular was posted a sheet in
which written in French, a translation
of which is: The oath which Larmoreox
has made and the devil was with him when
he took it. Amen.''
After the poster had been up some time
1t was taken down and under the cutters
oath was tackled: above is the dying gasp
of the blowers and gatherers."
Fully a thousand people read the notices.
as it caused great deal of excitement. and
constant stream of people was coming
and going from the bulletin board all day
long. The whole thing shows that most
intensely bitter feeling exists between the
factions, and that the prospects of their
coming together are growing DINNER every
day.
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Secretary Sherman's Wealth.
washington Letter.


If Mr.. sherman were to leave his office
he could manage to exist without the salary
secretary of state is a very rich man, al
though he is entirely transformations. His
life is simpler and his habits more frugal
thousands where ne has millions. There is
one real estate agent in this city who has
on his rent roll eighty-seven houses belong
ing to Secretary Sherman. rms VIII give
some idea of the latter's wealth.
The insinuatioa has often been made by
Mr. Shermans enemies that he could not
have come nv This wealth honestly. but
anyone who has observed the wonderful in
crease In the value Of real estate in the
District OF Columbia viii not be surprised
that Mr.. sherman has acquired millions by
simply investing a few thousands and sit
ting down and allowing the property TO in
crease in value hundred fold
It must be remembered that Mr.. Sherman
came TO Washington more than forty years
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His Explanation When 1t Was Once
Called in Question.
New york Times,


For about eighteen years a story has been
in circulation about Charles A. Dana and
frequently has been repeated to his dis
credit, although early explained by him.
reaches of East river of the steamboat
Seawanha.ka 1t was asserted by a hostile
publication that Mr.. Dana had brutality re-
fused assistance TO young woman who
was dne of the passengers, and who
reached the shore to tell of her experience.
The writer of this dispatch was requested
by the managing editor OF the New York
Times to cali upon Mr. Dana in his Office
and ask him to make a statement con-
corning the girls story as published. The
most important line in the account said
that Mr. Dana brusquely refused to aid the
girl, and said that it was case of every
body for himself
Mr.. Dana was found in his office and
rather quizzically inquired What in the
world can you want of me?'
The clipping was handed to him, and the
reporter said: THE managing editor of the
Times presents his compliments. Mr.. Dana,
and would be glad to hear what you have
to say for publication about this story"
Mr.. Dana adjusted his spectacles as he
took up the clipping, held 1t so that the
light might fail favorably upon it., and read
1t through. Then he put 1t down and said:
Well, that story Is substantially true,
but 1t is misleading in the manner of its
relation. 1t was this way: Barlow (the late
s. l.. M. BarlOw) and l were in a state
room upstairs engaged in our usual con-
troversy when the fire broke out. Pretty
soon It became so hot and smoky that we
were admonished to get out The forward
part of the boat was by that time en-
yeloped in mass of smoke and flame, and
the steamer was heading for the shore
which it presently reached Barrow and
went down to the lower deck By the after
stairway and out on the after lower deck
along with other passengers, some of whom
were dropping off and making for the near
by shore.
while the boat was swinging, around
closer to the marshy shore young woman
came TO me and begged of me TO tell her
how she should reach the land. / looked
81 w hnf he tor
was very shallow, and that it would be
necessary only to drop over and wade
ashore. So / told her that everybody would
have to do the same thing-jump over and
wade. That is what Barlow and l did.
And l suppose that is what the young
woman did
You see, the story is substantially true.
1t is not quite accurate as to my manner
and my language to the young woman"
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champion Cattle Feeder.
kansas city Journal.

kansas ClIy journal
David Rankin, the largest cattle feeder
In the United States, whose farms cover
rs. 600 acres in NOdaway county, was at the
Blossom House last evening with his help
ers on his way to Texas, where he has
bought 5000 cattle that he will ship to his
ranch and feed for market. He has al
ready 5000 cattle there being prepared for
market, but he bought the Texas lot to
eat up the surplus corn he has on hand
He Will begin shipping from Texas on Mon
day and Will have fifteen trainloads in the
lot. He has recently purchased about 4O 900
bushels of corn from his neighbours to make
his supply sufficient He raised about u 900
acres of corn on his farms.
Mr. Rankin has with him on the trip Will
liam Liant, of Illinois. They were boys to-
gether back in Illinois many years ago and
for time worked together wheeling brick
In brick yard and earned the large salary
Of 30 cents a day
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PULLMAN CAR INVENTOR.
Andrew Carnegie's story Of How He
Discovered Him.

L. Z
Express.
The death Of George M. Pullman recalls
in interesting story in relation to the in
ventor of the sleeping car, which Mr.. An
drew Carnegie tells. Some years ago, when
collaborating some statistical facts on the
progress of the United States with the ia
nous Pennsylvania ironmaster. he told me
a most interesting story in relation TO his
first financial speculation, and the story
was afterward incorporated In Triumph
ant Democracy" 1t is of special interest
just now, in view of the fact that some of
the Biographies of Mr. Pullman published
in to-days papers carry the idea that Pull
man was the inventor, not the promoter, of
Wei do / remember said Mr.. Car
negie, that, when clerk in the service Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. q
tall, spare, farmer-looking kind OF man
came to me once when / was sitting on the
end seat of the rear car looking over the
line tb sad ne had Pesa f9G ~ the the
way company, and he wished me to look at
an invention he had made. With that he
drew from green bag a. small model Of a
sleeping birth for railway cars. He had not
spoken a minute when, like a fash the
whole range of the discovery burst upon
me. Yes / said, that is something which
this continent must have" ! promised TO
address him upon the subject as soon as L
had talked over the matter with my SUI
did you do anything about it?'
'Of course l did could not get that
blessed sleeping car out of my head. Upon
claring that ii was one Of the inventions
of the age He remarked: You are enthu-
siastic. young man; but you may ask the
inventor to come and let me see it, ! did
so and arrangements were made 10 build
two trial cars and run them on the Penn
sylvania railroad. / was offered an interest
in the venture, which, of course, l gladly
accepted. Payments were TO be made 10
per cent. per month after the cars were
delivered. the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany guaranteeing to the builders that the
cars would be kept upon its line and under
their control"
How did the enterprise come out?"
"All very satisfactory until the notice
came that my share of the first payment
was $2i750 How well / remember the ex-
act sum; but S217.50 was as far beyond my
means as If II had been millions. ! Was
earning $50 per month, however, and had
prospects, or at least / always felt that /
had What was TO be done2 / decided 10
call on the local banker. MIR, Lloyd. state
the case and boldly ask him TO advance the
sum uIon my interest in the affair. lie put
his hand upon my shoulder and said: Why,
OF course Andie; you are all right Go
ahead Here Is the money Ii Is a proud
day for man when he pays his last note,
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TONNAGE STILL HEAVY
OVER 1000 LOADED CARS HANDLED
AT THIS POINT LAST WEEK.
The VandaIia, the Panhandle and the
Big Four Lines Handling a Maxi
mum Volume of Business.

The train records show that in the week
ending Oct. % there were received and for
warded at Indi tnapolis 26,421 cars, 2l,225
being loaded, 139 fewer than were handled
at this point in the week ending Oct. Is,
but 3,03S more than were handled in the
corresponding week of 1885, and 25S more
than in the corresponding week Of 1880,
which was the heaviest business done i'll
any week of that year. The Big -Four and
the Pennsylvania lines seldom move, on all
divisions, as many loaded cars as were
handled last week. The Bee-line and the
st. Louis division handled in this city last
week more loaded cars than in any week
since the Big Four consolidation; especial
ly does the st. Louis division make an UNI
usually favorable exhibit, while the Van
dalia exceeded all former records, lacking
but one car of handling 2,4O0 loaded cars
at Indianapolis, forwarding west l,105 and
bringing in 1884 loaded cars; Of the in
bound business ISL cars were loaded with
live stock. A study of the east-bound ton
mage shows a falling off in grain ship
ments and flour, and increased tonnage of
cotton, hardwood lumber hides, provisions
and produce. The shipments of horses and
cattle for export have become an important
item in east-bound business, and this
month the shipments of dressed meats and
cerealine products have been much heavier
than for some months past; and as bust
ness improves with Eastern manufacturers
the shipments of veneering and dimension
stuff, brentwood material, ETC., have large
ly increased. West bound, the tonnage of
the higher class freights is not as heavy as
last month, but considerably in excess of
those at the corresponding period last year,
and in the lower class freights an increased
tonnage is noticeable. The roads are hand
ling good deal of anthracite coal, coke
and Ohio Goals. and a good deal of coal
from mines on the Chesapeake g. Ohio is
now coming into this territory, especially
for points on the Big Four system. North
and-south lines are doing remarkably well.
The business is of a miscellaneous charac-
ter and good paying freight. Shipments OF
to the Vsrginlas and the Carolinas are
large Local business is at high tide; plat
forms at the city freight depots are crowd
ed with freight. Shipments OF products of
the local manufacturers are on the increase
and on the bulk tracks and private
switches an unusually large number of cars
are daily being loaded and unloaded. AT
the stock yards there is more push and
more business transacted than at any time
houses are dong more than in any former
years The winter packing establishments
are preparing to begin operations Nov. /.
Below is given the car movement for the
week ending Oct. % and for the correspond
ing periods of 1895 and 1896:
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Fat Jobs for Bridge builders.

GOSHEN, Ind, Oct. pas a result of
over weeks investigation the grand jury
to-day recommended that suit be brought
against the firm of Brumbaugh & Brum-
baugh to recover 81 500 wrongfully paid them
as extras on a county bridge recently erect
ed by them. The above firm for the past
two years has enjoyed monopoly of all
bridge contracts by special favor of the
Board of County Commissioners, contracts
being awarded to them without previous adj
vertising or competition. This gave rise to
charges against the board, which finally re-
suited in an investigation by the grand jury.
An affidavit has been made by John Brum-
baugh, who had access to the books of the
firm, that over $1,000 has been paid to the
two members of the Board of commissioners
during the past year as commission on
bridges let in the above manner. Much in
terest is taken in the grand jury's sitting
and many supposed-to-be interested parties
are wondering whom the investigation will
strike next. The county treasurer's office
is closed and is in charge of an expert, who
is endeavoring to find just how much Treas
urer Holderman's shortage is. The Board
of Commissioners claim it will reach So, 900.
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ago and had the business foresight that
recognized great possibilities In the future
for the city. BY frugal habits and atten-
ton to business Mr.. Sherman had saved up
several thousands of dollars before he first
came to Congress. Thirty or forty years
ago he was able to buy for a very small
price property that is now located in the
bought by the acre, not paying more than
$500 or $500 an acre for it. That same prop
erty is to-day worth anywhere from 81 to "a
a foot
This is the secret of Secretary Sherman's
wealth and no one can point to a single
that bears the slightest suspicion of dis
honesty
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Mellow the grapes are
Purple as cleaning that flee;
Yellow the In the husk
And scarlet the haws in the tree.
Wide-winged the geese GO
Swift and crying and crossing the stars,
Foreseeing the snow,
The hoar-frost lies white on the bars.
This is the royal time;
The partridges out Of their covers;
Each morning a rhyme
And the sun and the hill are as lovers;
The cattle IN stall:
The pasture forsaken and lone;
Eire-light IN the hall
And the thistle seeds withered and blown:
The last furrow turned,
With the great moon watching, alt white.
The oxen car rest now,
k'or the ponds VIII De frozen tonight.
-Theodore Roberts. in the Independent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25

RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. 23.-The special
session of the Wayne county grand jury
came to an end to-day. The object for
which the body was called together was to
investigate the assault and robbery of John
Williams Knox, was alone indicted The
charge placed against him was assault and
indicted for the robbery of Gray and for
larceny at the Silberstein junk store. VIII
Gray, a son Of John +. Gray and VIII Muir
ply, an associate, were not found by the
affair, and the former was released, while
the latter was held to answer for other
offanseS
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Rash Promises.
New York Commercial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Mr.. Henry George is making very free
and careless promises. In his speech Sat.
to make OF New York "a city In which no
poverty shall be known" This recalls the
famous promise of Jack Cade. There shall
for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall
have have ten hoops and VIII make II
felony 10 sell small beer. All the realm
shall be in common. and in Cheapside shall
my palfrey SO to grass Here seems 70 be
the original of the Henry George theory or
the naturalization OF land.
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COMPETE WITH CHICAGO
INDIANAPOLIS STOCK YARDS DRAW
ING BUSINESS AWAY FROM IT.
Shippers Get Better Prices Here-Mon-
ey to BE Made by the Local
Tomato Packers.

In no one line have the markets of In
dianapolis developed more. unless in the
sale of horses than as a cattle market. In
years past, as a hog market Indianapolis
has stood we'll. but not until the last two
years has it made much pretensions of be-
ing a good cattle market. commanding the
best class of fat cattle and paying the best
prices. The indianapolis market now does
this. In the next twelve months marvel
Gus increase in the business is looked for,
as of late new buyers from the Middle and
New England States are coming to this
market for cattle. and under the new ar
rangements as an export market it is to
make rapid strides
Last week two large Western shippers to
the Chicago market turned their shipments
to the Indianapolis markets, where they
sold their cattle promptly at better prices
than could have been realized on the stock
at the Chicago market and the commission
men predict that this is but the beginning
of the establishment of one of the largest
cattle markets in the West at Indianapolis.
The proper officials of the roads centering
here have promised to do all in their power
to advance Indianapolis as a cattle market
AS hog market. for years it has led in
quality of hogs sold and in good prices paid
Tomato Packers VIII Make Money.
Two months ago the proprietors of the
several packing houses at indianapolis and
in it's immediate vicinity were feeling glUm.
The tomato crop was to be failure, so dry
was it, and there was to be frost which
would still further damage the crop. This
has proven great mistake, as the local
canning houses have put up more cans of
tomatoes than in any former year, not
wthstanding the fact that many thousand
bushels have been converted into tomato
catsup. One of the local establishments,
for number of days in succession, put UP
GO COO day, the house this season put
ting up already SO 600 cases, twenty-four
three-pound cans to the case, ard 1900
cases of gallon cans. eight to tHo case. The
other establishments have kept up their
usual record of canning tomatoes. This
week will wind up the business for this
fall Crops at so many points have been
failure that local Gamers will make good
profit on the goods canned, and have al
ready disposed of a large part of the pro-
duct,
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Reception to Miss Cisneros.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Miss Cosio y
Cisneros the Cuban girl who escaped from
prison in Havana. and her rescuer, Karl
Decker were rendered a reception tonight
bv the Washington friends of Mr.. Decker.
Convention Hall, where it took place, was
crowded 1900 persons being present. Cor
sions presided and presented Miss Cisneros
and Mr. Decker, who were greeted with
cheers Speeches were made by Corporal
Tanner and ex-senator Call 1t was an
nounced that Mr.. Decker had been commits
stoned a brigadier general in the Cuban
a
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RICHMOND, Ind, Oct 2S.--Louisville Sc
cured the next meeting of the Olive Branch
Synod of the Lutheran Church: New Cas-
tie was also candidate for it, but received
only a small vote. The sessions will be
held in the Second English Lutheran
Church of Louisville. Resolutions We're
adopted to-day. the chief ones being against
the LIQUOR traffic and Sunday excursions
The trus ees of Wittenberg College, Spring
field, o., submitted their report and COM
mittee was appointed to raise money for
the endowment fund. DR.. j. w. Kapp, of
this city and Rev. r. S. Prince, of Spring
field, o.. were chosen delegates to the Anti
Visiting clergymen will occupy several of
the local pulpits tomorrow, and in the
evening Rev Horner, of Cicero, will preach
the ordination sermon to a class OF four.
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Conductor Huehes Seriously Injured.

GREENSBURG, Ind, Oct. IN. 5.
Hughes. freight conductor on the c.. w. &
train near Watson and received severe in
iuries He was brought here this morning,
and is being cared for al the Seitz House.
His family arrived during the day from
Wabash on a special train. His worst in
jury is a fracture at the base of the brain,
and he is in a critical condition. IT is
thought by some of the trainmen that Con-
ductor Hughes was assaulted by tramps
and thrown from his train.
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GREENWOOD, Ind, Oct. 2S.--Two more
arrests have been made in the dynamiting
case. They are Richard Glass and kirt
Babbitt. Glass it is claimed has made a
confession of. guilt and says that he was
a few of the best people of the town. This
is not believed, however, as he has served
time in the penitenuary. They have been
taken to Franklin to jail to await hearing
Monday
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lndianapoIis.

State Finance Board decides to pay off
another $780, 900 of the state debt tomorrow.
The Citizens Street-railroad Company is
dinance requiring it to heat its cars in win
ter.
The quinquennial conference of Quakers.
which adjourned Saturday, was conceded
to be one Of if not the most important
conference ever held by the Friends.
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His Bill Is Larger Now.

Jameson, travelling man of Germantown,
had dispute with DR.. Littell, of this city,
last evening in regard to a bill for pro-
fessional services. In the alteration jane
son pulled out his revolver and fired one
shot at the doctor, but without effect He
was arraigned before Justice of the Peace
Swain to-day and fined 81 and costs.
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Charged with Accepting Bribe..

MASCOUTAH, H., Oct. 2S.--President
James Carson, of the Illinois Coal Miners
Union, was found guilty of bribery in con-
nection with the recent strike and asked to
resign. He was charged with having ac-
was expected to have certain miners re-
sumo work regardless of the. scale paid.
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Two Collar Bones Rroken.

BUFFALO, N. Y. Oct. 23.--The football
too heavy for the Western Reserves of
Cleveland. and defeated them on the Buffa-
10 Athletic field this afternoon by 16 to T.
Harry Laborn, brothers, playing for the
local team, had their collar bones broken.
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STATIONS
alabama and 9TH Sts.-S. AIuhl.
@,,,siieiontalne ST., NO. 4v|-Cldude Flelus,
SSShiitrlstlan Ave-, No. l97--F. +. Dannettele.
Ssliliord Ave-, No. 3z4-Phlip Miller.
Scoliiege Ave and 9TH St.-Gec +. Fisher
Soiumoia ave. and 9TH St.-Geo G. kucn.
SSoitenola and Hill Aves-R. G. Hamlklofssir
delaware and McCarty Sts.-H. A. Iianlts.n,,a
Dillon and Fletcher Ave.-Hugo II. I.ehrritter.
last and McCsrty Sts.-E. G.. Reick. A,,ro
TT Oh, wayne Ave-, No. I9. -Ihos X lhotHSe
AnIside Ave, No. 19-H. w. Carter
4iInois and 1st Sts.--S. Muhl.
LIMOS and 18th Sts.-S Muhl
1n,,lnois ana 9TH Sts.-J. NJ. Scott.
Illinois and 22d Sts.-Frank Keegan
4linois and North Sts.-R. Nj. Navin- r,,oaan
44nGiana Ave- and Vermont Str r Diou@O'
SSndlana Ave, No 20I-John ID. (ianlo.
SSl1adlson. Ave, No. 427-Jos. NJ DNSef'
SS44ass. and Cornell Aves.-C E. Barihn'
94tter. and Morris Sts.-c II. Broicn.
her. and Ray Sts.-John E. Myers
Mef. and Russell Ave.--Ceo. Z. horst
1llch-l No. 1883 EASTMAN Arsdaie BROS
New York and Noble Sts.-E. IL; Enne.s.
new York, No. 378 West-F. z. Wolcott-
sine. No. POI South-A. J.. Walker.
senate Ave. and Cd STA. 81 Eyster.
senate Ave, No 1858 Nortii-E. L. Stewart
smelly St., No IS2-C. a. Eitel
lu,aaIbott Ave, No; 350-M. Schwartz
Virginia Ave. and Coburn--C. g. MueiIer.
Virginia Ave. and McCarty-M. G. Stacy.
Wash st. and State Aye.-N. S. Drigzs-
Wash. St., No. 703 East-Baron Bros. .
West ST., No. 503 North-C. w. Eichroot-
1aades and 9th Sts.-Dxon. ID
North indianapolis Library BuHdine-A- %.
Gauld & Bro Tel. 1884.
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gator Frank Gessinger shot.

DECATUR. Ind, Oct. 23.-An attempt
was made to assassinate Frank Gessinger,
local editor of the Daily Journal, at 5
O'Clock tonight. While he was standing in
front Of his Office youth named Brittson
came up and shot Gessinger, the bullet TAX
ing effect in his right side. The cause OF