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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-18
STREET CARS TIED UP.
Citizens of Galveston and Numerous
Visitors Forced to Walk.

GALVESTON, Tex, Feb. I.-About 140
men. employed by the Galveston Street-rail-
way Company, went OH strike to-day. The
company employs about thirty men ex-
tras to work in the places of regular men
and run extra cars. They have been paying
these extra men IA cents an hour. Last
Friday notice was given that the extras
would be paid Is cents, commencing to-day.
The men refused 10 accept and nearly all
the employees struck The system is entirely
tied up, TO the great inconvenience OF the
large number of visitors now in the city
a proposition was made to return to work
on the old scale. the matters 10 be adjusted
at the end of five or ten days. This propo-
sition was declined. Several men from
Houston came in tonight TO take positions
and were met at the train by committee
of citizens. The situation was explained TO
them and they declined 10 go TO work.
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Wants the states to Pay.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Representative
Sherman. of New York. to-day introduced
a bill providing that the secretary of the
treasury shall take measures to recover
the principal and interest on bonds and
stocks issued or guaranteed by the States,
the ownership OF which is invested In the
United States The bonds referred to COM
posed the Indian trust fund. The bill fur
ther provides that IL thought advisable the
secretary of the treasury may, with the
approval of the attorney general and secre-
tary of the interior. compromise the in
debtedneSS on such bonds ald stocks.
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LAZY MlSSISSIPPIANS.
They Force Two Negroes to Dig Their
Own Graves Before Being Lynched.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Feb. ia report
reached here to-day OF the lynching of two
negroes near Webb City. a remote village
near Greenviile. Miss. a week ago. The
negroes attacked the house OF a white man
and burned IL to the ground. The inmates
OF the house escaped the flames and car
FED With them trunk containing $500
The negroes seized the trunk and made way
with IL They were captured soon after
ward by posse ana ordered 10 dig their
own graves. After completing the grue-
some work the negroes were lynched The
matter was kept very quiet and details are
Eeager, no names being obtalnable.
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LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE suit for divorce
brought by Mrs. Virginia Shepherd Cropper
against her husband was heard to-day in
the divorce division of the High Court of
Justice The parties were married in San
Francisco on June A. 1874. by the Bishop of
California, and afterward lived near Seven
Oaks, England. 1t was testified In court
that Mr.. Cropper frequently left his wife
for other women. She went back to Amer
lea in 1857 and returned TO England in 1895.
After formal evidence had been presented
the divorce asked for was granted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-18
ELEVATOR RUNS AMUCK.
Crashes through Roof, Falls Five
Stories and Mangles Two People

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Feb. 17.-One OF
the passenger elevators in the ST. James
Hotel got beyond the control of the conduc-
tor to-day. 1t went up at full speed
crashed clear through the roof turned over
and fell down the air shaft "A distance of
five stories. The elevator conductor and
a guest were in the machine at the time
Both are dying.
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Killed Hf. UnfaithfuI Wife.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Feb. T.-About Z
o'clock tonight Christopher Conition, a
well-known fruit dealer killed his wife,
vainIy attempted to murder her alleged
paramour and then mortally wounded him.
self At dusk tonight he went home earlier
than his usual hour. A strange man was
seen in his wifes room. The jealous hus-
band. who had long suspected his wife, i'm
mediately blazed away with q six-shooter,
with the result stated above.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-18
Mine Manager Assassinated.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 17.-John d.
Heck, manager of the Royal coal mines, at
Coal Creek, was shot and killed by party
in ambush there at noon to-day when he
had come in from his work for dinner. He
was very popular, and the excitement is
high. He was married only four weeks
ago. The murderer is being pursued in the
direction of Careyyille
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-18
Greeks i'm America Want to Enlist.

CHICAGO, Feb. f7.--Louis Choromokos. a
native Greek. has been in active cores
pondence with Greeks throughout the West
and has succeeded in organizing one hun
dred volunteers to fight for King George.
They come from Chicago, Rockford. Zanes-
Vile, o.. Houston, Tex. and elsewhere.
Mr.. Choromokos cabled Premier Theodorus
Delyannis as follows: Two hundred
Greeks in Chicago and other Western cit
les at my command to respond TO a call
from you in case their services are needed"
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labor union or organization, shall be an
unlawful conspiracy and punished as such
unless illegal acts were committed in con-
Any person injured by such conspiracy
may sue for damages sustained. and in
cases where malice is shown full exem-
pary damages may be recovered. Letters
were received from Il. NJ. Arthur, of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers; IL:
f.. Clark. OF the railway conductors. and
W. V. Powell. OF the railway telegraphers,
all approving the bill.
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SHOT HIMSELF DEAD.
Suicide Of 3. b. Campbell, n Leader In
the Glass Workers Association.

MILLvILLE. n. j., Feb. 17.--Samuel B.
Campbell. one of the leaders in the Ameri-
can Green Glass Workers Association OF
the United States. committed suicide at his
residence I'm this city to-day by shooting
himself through the head Family trouble
Is said to have been the cause.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-18
The Torey Bankruptcy Bill.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE strongest
argument against the Torey bankruptcy
bill. which passed the House and Is now
much discussed in the Senate, are based
on the facts and conclusions embodied in
the memorial contributed by Anson VOL
colt of Indiana. The opponents of the meas
ure regard IL as a powerful presentation
of reasons why the bill should not pass.
Wolcott goes deeply into the subject.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-18
Young Couple Murdered.

TYNDALL. S. d., Feb. 17.-Anton Shupe
and wife have been found lying dead in
their home the Yankton Reservation.
The womans throat was cut and she had
a shotgun wound in the breast. The man
was shot. They had $500 in the house. Rob-
bers probably committed the crime. The
victims had been married just three
months.
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No Hope for the Indianapolis Bill.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1I.-Representative
Henry says that there is not the faintest
chance for the passage Of the Indianapolis
public building bill this session and that
friends of the measure may as well get the
truth, He does not believe in self-deceit
and thinks that people who delude them
selves with false hopes are to be pitied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-18
Rebellion i'm the Congo state.

LONDON, Feb. IA special to the
Times from Brussels says that it is report
ed that rebellion has broken out in the
Equatorial district OF Congo State. Gov
burg.
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CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-Two thousand tam
ners and curriers'. employees OF half dozen
of the big tanneries in this city. were locked
out to-day until the trouble between en-
ployes and employers. which was precipi-
employed by w n. Eisendrath * Co, has
been settled. All the companies affiliated
with the Hide and Leather Manufacturers
Association have united in declaring a re-
duction of from 10 10 20 per cent. in wages
and raising the working hours from eight
TO ten hours per day. and when this was
put into effect at the Eisendrath tannery
yesterday "a strike occurred at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-18
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Bill of Importance to the Arid Re-
EiOns Pnssed-An Election Trick.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE House to-
day, after two hours debate. passed a
bill of considerable Importance to the arid
regions of the West. 1t opens to use and
occupation under the right of way act of
March ), 1891, all the reservoir sites reserved
by the geological survey. There are 13S of
these sites scattered throughout the arid
country, and this act will enable them to
be put to practical use by individuals
corporations. Two amendments were at
tached to the bill, one of which permits
States or Territories to occupy these sites
If they choose and the other empowers
States and Territories in which they are To-
Gated TO fix water rates. The consideration
of the Hopkins Kendall contested election
case from the Tenth Kentucky District
was entered upon and a vote will be taken
tomorrow. The conference reports on the
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill and the bill to fix the time
and places of holding the court In Utah
were adopted, and a bill was passed TO re-
move the political disabilities Of Col Will
liam r.. Simms, of Kentucky, who was a
member of the Thirty-fifth Congress.
Mr.. Daniels opened the argument in the
Hopkins Kendall contest of the majority
report. On the face OF the returns Kendall
had 253 plurality. The point at issue in the
case was as TO the vote of Clark county.
The election was conducted under an Aus
tralian ballot law, in accordance with
which each party had an emblem at the
head or each ticket Inc emplem or the
Democratic party was the rooster" that of
the Republican party an eagle about 20
fly" An illegal trick, ii is said. prac-
ticed by the clerk of Clark county by which
a 'raccoon' was placed at the head Of the
Republican ticket and the eagle about TO
fly" over "A bogus ticket. This bogus ticket
received 70 votes. but ii was claimed by the
minority that the change in the emblems
induced many illiterate Republicans TO de-
cline to vote. enough to overcome Ken
dalrs plurality Mr.. Daniels said there was
no legal warrant for this assumption and
no reason why the vote of Clark county
should be thrown out as the minority con-
tended. At the conclusion of Mr.. Daniels's
remarks the House. at 4:20 y. m. adjourned
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Murdered for n Nickel.

MIDDLESBORO, KY. Feb. 17.-In a quar-
rel at Cosey Creek Over a nickel. Marsh
Winston killed John Wilson. Both are
prominent men. Wilson before he fefr
wounded Winston terribly with shot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-18
To Prevent BiackIi.ting.

WASHINGTON Feb. 1.-THE House
committee on labor to-day authorized IA
vorable report on bill introduced by Rep
resentative Lorimer. of Illinois. TO prevent
conspiracies TO blacklist. 1t provides that
a combination to prevent the employment
of any person on a transportation line be-
cause of participation In any strike or la
Dor trouble, or membership in any lawful
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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

DsforInity Apparatus Trusses. Elastic Hos
iery Largest stock OF Artificial Eyes In the
State Invalid Chairs OF all kinds and acces-
sories for the sick room. Trusses made and
properly adjusted. Store open every Saturday
night.
WM. III. ARMSTRONG a co.
u South Illinois Street. Indianapolis Ind.
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The RopI1Iar
MONoN ROUTE
I: IT. the = nhe'tCHICAGOTInImns re, l4s R0URS
FOUR DAILY TRAINS

Leave Indianapolis-7:oo a. m. 11:5o a. m. 2:s5
.. m, 1855 night.
Trains Arrive Indanapolis-3:3o a m, 7:45 a.
m, 2:35 y. m, 4:31 p.
Local sleeper in Indianapolis ready at $50 D.
m Leaves Chicago returning at 2i5 a. m. Can
be taken time after 9:30 p. m
Ticket Offices. West Washington street. Union
Station aad Massa a-huse,ts-avenuc Depot
GEO. w. HAYLER. ID. p. A.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
HORSEMEN WANT A CHANGE.
If They Were Not Raced So
Hard as Two-Year-OIds.

There is a decided opposition among East
ern horsemen to so many races and stakes
being arranged for 2-year-old colts and ill
lies. Some claim this has done much TO
reduce real racing to mere sprinting con-
tests for the benefits of the betting rings
and pool rooms. There is a growing de-
manG for long distance races between
4-year-olds and upwards, and it is not ur-
likely that the programme makers of the
race courses will keep out as many as pos
sible of the 2-year-old events. Excessive
2-ycar-old racing has furnished a lot of 3.
and 5-year-old horses that are crippled
ana often unfit to race. The glamour Of
the turf has never been created by the
young champions. 1t was the oldest cham
pions like Parole, Monitor, Eole, Grenada,
GiIofle. Barrett Longfellow. Harry Bas-
sett Tammany, Salvador, Tenny, Freeland,
Miss Woodford. Barnum George Kinney,
Pi2arro, Checkmate, Barnes, Troubadour,
Kingston, Hanover and The Bard that
made racing famous and drew enthusiastic
crowds. Freeland, Barnum, Salvador. Tam
many. Lamplighter, Troubadour, Kingston
and Hanover were not the champions of
their 2-year-old seasons. Now there are no
old champions because the 2-year-old divis-
any chance of developing three or four
great horses in the older divisions. Hand
spring, Hastings and One | Love went on
the shelf last season and spoiled the 3-year-
old racing. The still older horses lost the
head of their division, Henry of Navarro
in July. and there are promised worse hap
pCnings in the coming years.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
NO One CARED ABOUT Him.
so a FRIENDLESS STRANGER PUTS
An END TO HIS TROUBLES.
Had Been Drinking in Various North
End SnloOns-PnrtiaIly Identified
as Man Named Kelly
Nothing More Known.

A man who was afterwards partially
identified as a stranger who had gone by
the name of Kelly was found unconscious
in the cellar under q saloon at SOl Main
street, at 1880 o'clock yesterday morning.
1t was thought at first that he was simply
intoxicated and he was removed TO Cen
tral police station.
Police Surgeon Hyde. after an examina-
tion. found him to be suffering from the
effects of morphine. The theory that he
had committed suicide proved correct when
in searching his clothing a small piece Of
Slate was found upon which these lines had
been scrTrCrut- with a pin:
.'So ont, tjyres for me. Why should I live
longer? Fareweu."
Nothing else was found in his clothing
excepting So cents in money. All efforts to
positively identity him proved unsuccessful
but several North end saloonkeepers and
hangers-on, who saw him ut the station,
said he had been drinking in various sa-
looms during the past few weeks and had
gone by the name Of Kelly.
After Surgeon Hyde and his assistant
had worked with the unconscious stranger
for three hours il was thought best TO
send him to the city hospital. lie appeared
to be in 4 fair way to recovery, but he
died on the way. The body was taken to
Stewards mOrgue
Kelly, if that is his name, had been Il
frequent visitor to the Buzzard saloons on
Main and Walnut streets and several ho-
boes who went over 10 the police station
TO see if they could tell who he was said
he had been known as Kelly and had
been in the city only q short time.
Kelly was a stoutly built man, , feet
10 inches high, with reddish cOlored hair
and mustache and was apparently p or
IS years of age. He wore ragged cloShiug
and = black soft hat.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
,rcLenn,s Pacific Rond.

The eastern portion OF Donald Mclean S
projected railroad, from Sioux City, Ia,
to San Francisco, is to be known as the
Sioux City & Western, and, according to
the promoter, the dirt will be flying by
April L. Mr.. Mclean viii visit Ogden. L.,
in q few days, where he expects to organize
the Salt Lake Valley & Eastern Railway
Company, to construct the proposed line
through Utah to the western boundary
line of Wyoming, near the Twin Creek
coal fields. In Wyoming, a similar COM
pany, known as the Wyoming Il Eastern
Railway Company, is to be organized for
the construction of the line across that
state. These lines will be connected with
the extension west from O'Neill. Neb.. and
the whole. when in operation, will be known
as the Sioux City & Western. Mr.. Mclean
has intimated that Illinois Central in
terests are back of his transcontinental
project
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
Personal.

II. c. Rev. Chicago, is at the Coates.
Sol Marks, Lawrence. is at the Coates.
k. G. Norris. Cincinnati is at the Coates.
]. +. Meyers, Louisville, is at the Coates.
R. NJ. strother. St Louis, is at the
Coates.
c. H. Mcfarland. Des Moines, is at the
Coates.
c. NJ. Ingram. New York, is at the
Coates.
Sam F. wooiard Wichita, is at the
Coates.
C l. Boone, Tucson. A. T, is at the
Coates.
o. G. KeiI. Chicago, is at the Savoy.
Hal Reid. New York. is at the Savoy.
T. L Molten. Chicago. is at the Savoy.
j. Baker, Slater. Mo-. is at the Savoy.
T. c Muzman, Circleville, is at the Sa-
voy.
L. r. Easley. Lexington, Mo, is at the
Savoy.
w C. Lee. Peoria, ILL.,, is at the New
Albany.
N. H. Lee, Purcell. I. T, is at the New
Albany.
II. Minehan, summerheld. Kas., is at the
New Albany
H. s Mitchell. Fort Scott, Kas.. is at
the Savoy.
w. 5. Bennett, Savannah, Ga, is at the
New Albany.
o. E. Dempsey. Clinton. Mo-. is at the
New Albany.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
Utah & CaIifornin Project.

The Mormon church authorities are said
to be back of the proposed Utah & Cali
fornia railroad project, which contemplates
the building of a line from Frisco. on the
line of the Utah & Northern tOregon Short
Line SYSTEM, TO Los Angeles. Its promot-
crs are heavily interest in mines and ag-
ricultural lands TO be reached by the pro-
posed route, and it is reported that the
work will be commenced early next spring
and pushed forward rapidly to the COM
Fiction of the line. 1t will work in close
connection with the Oregon Short Line &;
Utah Northern. which, according TO Salt
Lake City reports, will be as absolutely in
dependent of the Union Pacific as of any
of the other trans-Missouri lines.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
RECALLS WILLIAM PRESCOTT SMITH
His Son, j. Van Smith, Appointed
General superintendent of B. & o.

HIS SON, d. Van Smith, Appointed
General Superintendent of B. tE o.
J. Van Smith, who has recently been ap-
pointed general superintendent of the B.
& .. at New York. is a son of the late
William Prescott Smith, who was master
of transportation of the B. & o railroad
during the war.
William Prescott Smith was very closely
identified with this road from 1855 TO 1865
He wrote the first recognized book on
transportation and was the leading spirit
in the great demonstration that took place
in 1851 when the B. & o. railroad was com
pleted to Parkersburg and when connection
was made between what was then the
Marietta Cincinnati railroad and the
Ohio & Mississippi and the Central Ohio
il was the dream of the projectors of the
j. & o. railroad to have an all rail route
from the Ohio river at Cincinnati to the
seaboard at Baltimore. and when this
dream became a realization there was great
rejoicing and tremendous demonstration
both in Baltimore and Cincinnati Mr.
Smith had charge of the festivities and
later wrote history of these railroads.
During the war he had charge of the
transportation of the troops along the line
of the 3. & o. railroad and it was chiefly
due to his ability as a railroad man that
the government was enabled to handle ex-
pedidously large bodies of soldiers. After
the war he was made revenue collector at
Baltimore by President Grant who was a
warm personal friend.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
BOWLING GAMES THIS WEEK.
TOURNAMENT WILL BE RESUMED
WITH RENEWED INTEREST.
Schedule for the Week Promises Some
Very Interesting COntests-Dou-
BILE Game This Evening
Sport News and Gossip.

After the break occasioned by the holi-
days there will be an active resumption of
the bowling games this week with renewed
interest among the actual participants and
the enthusiasts who crowd the alleys each
evening as spectators. There will be lots
of bowling during the coming week as, in
| addition to the five regularly scheduled
games there is a postponed game TO be
bowled off, which means a double game to-
night The teams are so matched that
while it is not likely that the leaders will
drop a game, they will have to work hard
for victory and all the contests of the week
should prove to be extremely well contested
and interesting.
A great deal of interest now centers in
the fight for the individual high average
honors, for which half a dozen of the crack
wielders of the sphere are having the hot
test kind of a race. AS the half mile post
in the tournament has nov been passed,
the bowlers are redoubling their energies
to roll up big scores, realizing that every
game counts from now to the end.
The weeks bowling will open this evening
with a double game. The regularly sched-
uled game will be bowled on the Brunswick
alleys, where all the games for this week
will be after this evening. The competing
teams will be those of the Pastimes and
Missouris and a very warm contest may
be looked for. While these teams are bowl
ing on the Brunswick the Electrics and
the Stockyards will be engaged in bowl
ing off q game postponed from last week
on the Grand alleys. These two teams are
very evenly matched and the result cannot
be safely predicted. Tomorrow evening
the Midnights will meet the Owls and
while the leaders will be on their home al
leys the Midnights may repeat the surprise
they gave them when they met on the
Grand alleys and again administer another
unexpected defeat.
On Wednesday evening the Bellevues and
the Stockyards will bowl and this should
furnish another excellent contest, judging
from the records of the teams. Thursday
evenings game will be between the Elec-
tries and the Acmes and the weeks bowl
ing will end on Friday evening with a game
between the Kansas Citys and the Vikings.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
FIGHT AT A FOOTBALL GAME.
NushviIle-SOuthern Athletic Contest
at New Orleans Ends in
Pitched RnttIe.

New Orleans. La, Jan. S.-The football
game between the Nashville team and the
Southern Athletic eleven terminated in a
disgraceful row. The game resulted in
tie, the score being 10 to 10. The game was
characterized by wrangling throughout. and
both sides were in an ugly mood when the
contest ceased. AS neither side had won
there was some doubt as TO who was enti-
tied to the ball.
Averill, of Nashville. strapping fellow of
195 pounds, started off with the ball. and
Wills. of the Southern Athletic team, who
tips the beam at about $50 pounds attempt
ed to take it, He was joined by six Others
who struck at the Nashville man with their
fists. canes and umbrellas. Averill proved
capable of taking care of himself, however,
AMI put up a game fight.
The crowd closed in on the combatants
and Il lively scrimmage followed. Most of
them went to the assistance of the visitors
and the latter do not complain much of
their treatment, saving Averill, who SAYS
one man drew knife on him.