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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
LAWLESS MEN INDICTED
FOR WAGING A RELENTLESS WAR ON
ARKANSAS NEGROES.
Arrest of Part of a Gang of Murderers
and 'IntimidatOrs Who Drove
Blacks Away from Work.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 25.-The Ne
vada county grand jury has indicted Deal
Beck, Willet Beck, Tom Johnson and Allen
Sherry each for arson and assault with in
tent to kill. The four are a part of the
lawless element of white men who have
been waging relentless warfare on the ne
groes in the lumber districts of south Ar
kansas in an attempt to drive the blacks
out of those localities The crime for which
the four men named were arrested was
committed some days ago, and their arrest
was brought about through the efforts of
Detective Clay of Little Rock. The Becks
Johnson and Sherry, all of whom are
whites were arrested on bench warrants
yesterday and are now in Jail at Prescott
The Sayre Lumber Company operates an
extensive plant in Nevada county and en-
ploys large number of laborers, both
white and black. Two months ago an eff
fort was made to run the blacks out of the
camp. The negrOs were repeatedly warned
that they must leave or suffer the conse-
quences. One night a house occupied by
ten negroes was attacked by a mob of
white men. The negroes barricaded the
doors and refused to vacate. The mob then
set fire to the building and besieged the
doors with shotguns. OF the alternatives
of being roasted alive or running the
gauntlet of the mob, the besieged chose the
latter, and just before the cracking tim
bers Of the burning building were ready to
engulf them in fire they made a dash
through the doors. The besiegers poured a
Volley of shot into them as they ran, with
the result that four blacks We're brought to
the ground. Others were shot in the melee,
but continued their flight The mob dis
persed and the four wounded negroes We're
left lying on the ground. They received
medical attention next day and all recov-
cred. The affair served to terrorize the
negroes, and those who had been warned
to leave lost no further time in taking their
departure. The law-abiding citizens of the
community made an effort 70 run down the
perpetrators of the outrage, but were them
selves intimidated by mysterious notices
posted conspicuously throughout the To-
cality warning the public not to push their
Investigations. These notices were deco
rated with cross bones, and contained
threats to murder and burn the property
of citizens who prosecuted the outlaws.
Detectives were then put on the case and
their efforts resulted in the arrest of the
four men. The prisoners are not residents
of Nevada county. They are all transient
laborers and have bad records.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26

c. Briant, one Of the Oldest and most
prominent POpulists in the county. In his
communication, which is published in one
Of the county papers, he says:
The very idea of Populist pleading for
the election of Mr.. Griffith. a schemng
politician, whose whole record shows him
to be after the loaves and fishes, rather
than for the good of the people, IS simply
absurd, and more especially in the face OF
the fact that the PopuHst candidate for
the same Office, Mr.. Browder, is by far the
superior of Mr.. Griffith" The captain also
pays his respects to the Ripley Journal as
follows:
In the campaign last fall the Topulists
took Mr.. Cope off the track and rallied to
the support Of Mr. Holman and elected him,
and but for our vote he never would have
been elected"
The captain advises the Democrats to
draw off Mr. Griffith and rally TO the sup
port of Mr. Browder. II calls attention to
the fact that the professed love of the
Democrats for the Populists is only of re-
cent date, and that they have adopted only
one idea of the Populists.
The coming of Major Charles W. Lee, the
Republican nominee. to this county next
week is awaited with considerable interest.
He viii address the citizens of the busy
and prosperous manufacturing town of
Batesville Wednesday evening, July Is, and
will visit the Osgood fair on Thursday,
the 2Qtn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
SHOOTING ARRAY.
A Sunday Night Row in South Della
ware-Street House.

AS the result of a free-for-all fight, start
ed largely on account of a key of beer
Henry Colbert beer driver at the Schmidt
brewery, is locked up at the police sta
ton charged with shooting with intent to
kill Baltsur, and Michael Kuechler, father
and son, are under arrest for assault and
battery and Frank Jear is suffering from
bullet wound in the arm. The fight oc-
CURED at the home of Jearl, S07 new
South Delaware street. Colbert rents
room in the house. Last night the elder
Kuechler, his two sons, Michael and Peter,
and his wife called at the house for a So
ciable evening. About 1890 o'clock Colbert
came home, partially under the influence of
liquor. He had to pass through a hall and
pass the door opening into the sitting
<oom to get to his own room.
AS he paused in front of his door,
Michael Kuechler demanded TO know what
he was doing there He said he had a right
the other men in the sitting room went to
Kuechler's rescue. From the appearance of
the other men il seems that Colbert
Cleaned the place. The elder Kuechler
with a cane welded by Colbert The two
Kuechler brothers are more or less bat
tered up and Jearl has a bullet in his left
arm below the elbow.
The police heard of the trouble and ar
rived at the house in time to arrest Bait
sur and Michael Kuechler and Colbert. The
others will be arrested when found. Col
bert was dull with drink when taken to
the police station. and Michael Kuechler
was noisy from the effects of his libations.
fair Colbert declares that he did not have
a pistol and fired no shots.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
CHRISTIAN BAND DEFIED.
Several Muncie Merchants Refused to
Close Their stores on Sunday.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, July 25.-The threats
from the Young Mems Christian Band ten
days ago failed to brighten Muncie mer-
chants into refraining from opening their
places of business last Sunday and the fill
ing of a half dozen affidavits against last
Sundays violators of the blue law, yester-
day, had the same results, as business was
conducted to-day as usual, some stores
that observed the order last Sunday being
open for business to-day. Members of the
Christian Band were at work collecting evil
dence and Prosecutor Hopping will doubt
less be a busy man tomorrow. The threat
that bodily injury is liable to occur to the
prosecutors has caused the members of the
band to act with more caution and but one
of them, DR.. Hastings. boldly entered places
TO make purchases with a view of prOsecu-
ton In each instance the merchant re-
fused to sell TO the doctor. At the Bowles
drug store he was ordered out in a very
distinct manner, and Clerk Parsons at the
ST. John drug store, gave the doctor SIM
liar treatment when he ordered a cigar
there. The merchants announce that they
will fight all cases filed, and there is a pool
of 81 900 at their command TO do so. The
Christian people claim that they have
strong backing also and that some of the
merchants will furnish them legal talent to
push the prosecutions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Ounce of Laudanum Swallowed by a
Second Cousin of Col. InEersOII.

NEW YORK, July 25-Enoch Ingersoll,
who is said to be a second cousin of Robert
C. Ingersoll, tonight attempted to commit
suicide in a drug store in Bath beach,
Brooklyn, by taking an ounce of laudanum.
Mr.. IngersolI was in a respondent mood
on account of some troubles, the nature
of which he would not disclose. This even
ing he entered drug store and asked for
one ounce of laudanum, After getting the
poison Mr. lngersoll turned as if to leave
the store, and on reaching the door he called
out ''goOd-bye." and putting the bottle to
his lips swallowed the contents. Before the
druggist could reach the man he was I'M
conscious. Antidotes were administered
and an ambulance summoned from Coney
island. After three hours hard work by
several physicians who were summoned
Mr.. Ingersoll was restored to conscious
ness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
COUPLE ASPHYXIATED.
Lover and Sweetheart Found Dead In
Room at "a ROadhouse.

NEW YORK, July 25.-At a small hotel
in Westchester village on the northeastern
boundary of the city Patrick Sullivan
twenty-five years of age, and his pretty
first cousin Annie Sullivan, were found
dead this morning. They had been asphyx-
lated by Illuminating gas, but whether the
pair had committed suicide were acciden-
tally smothered, or whether the young man
deliberately killed his sweetheart and then
himself, no one yet can say. The cousins,
who were of a well-to-do family have grown
up together, and from time to time there
has been talk among the nelghbors that
young Patrick and Annie Sullivan although
close blood relatives intended TO marry
each other. These stories were confirmed
recently when the young woman told her
father Of her engagement to her farmer
cousin The father declared the marriage
impossible. The village priest was con-
suited and he declared that the church
would never sanction such union. The
young couple seemingly bowed TO this de-
cision, and after that they We're not seen
much together. saturday evening Miss Sui
Ivan lett home for a short vacation
Whether by accident or design she met her
cousin Patrick, and after walking about
LOT ume tney hnaliy stopped at Martin
Ritz's little hotel at Westchester. There
they sat chatting until bedtime. Then Sui
livan,. who was well acquainted with the
proprietor of the roadhouse, said that no
and his cousin had just been married and
that they were gong to leave Unioi port on
account of the trouble il would cause in
the two families Ritz consented TO give
them a room for the night. This morning,
when the smell of gas was discovered the
Sullivans were found asphyxiated in the
windowless room. The young woman lay
dead upon the bed and Sullivan's corpse
was stretched on the floor. Both were
fully dressed. The gas bracket was broken
and when the door was forced q chair,
which had been fastened under the knob, re-
sisted pressure from the outside. The low
ers had been dead some hours when the
escaping gas attracted attention to them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26

hood When we preach Christ and His Cos
pei truly We preach TO men the supreme
worth of their own personality
For Christ has uplfted our conception of
the worth of each man and shown us that
each individual spirit, has a value that
cannot be measured by all the gold that
lies in the Yukon valleys And the aston
shing effect which Christianity had upon
so many thousands of men in the first three
hundred years of the Christian era was
due in part to the fact that they were
awakened to this truth, that they were not
mere drops falling into d great ocean, but
were distinct and forever existed personal
tiles dear to God Christianity makes it
clear beyond question that God regards
and cares for the Individual man: however
lowly, men to Him are not mere chess
pawns on lfe's bOard-nor does He sacri-
flee them for the sake of the game. He
moves them forward for their Individual
sakes to crown them at last as kings and
priests unto God.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
o. u. Morton Club Reception.

On Wednesday evening, July %, the o.
p. Morton Club Will give a social and re-
ception to the candidates for nomination
on the Republican city ticket at the club
rooms, corner of Shelby street and Cottage
avenue. Mrs. James Z. Twyname has
painted handsome picture, a bunch of
hollyhocks, which will be presented to the
most popular candidate for the nomination
for mayor, and a gold~headed cane VIII be
presented to the most popular candidate
will be handsomely decorated for the oc-
casion and refreshments will be served by
the ladies. The picture is now on exhibit
ton in the window of j. H. Clark. photog-
rapher and the cane is on exhibition at
Eiters drug store. on Shelby street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
REV. j. CUNNING SMITH.
Excerpt from the Discourse of the
Tabernacle Pastor.

"And I do now come to speak upon
local issue. 1 have not the data to speak
particularly. but have the facts to speak
generally, and you may fit the theme as you
choose. The real jury to render a verdict
upon the attitude of the Christian toward
pleasures must be the best class of men. A
plebiscite is of little value, even If attain
able for this reason: that on these issues
is not only precipice but ledge. A preci-
pce means a gulf on one side only, as
rule a ledge means q chasm on either
hand. If duty is a narrow ledge then the
proper jury to define that ledge is not COM
mon opinion but choice and the culture of
Christian opinion. The too strait-Faced
overpuritanical man often courts uncon-
SciOuSly the very evil he strives to Shun.
The libertine, again. leaps through the 9TH
er gorge | give it as my deliberate opin-
ion that since human nature is endowed
with appetiteS in every direction since IL
would be as suicidal to choke these pas
siOns as it would be to throttle the birds
longing to pour forth their song, and since
our modern complex civilization opens eV-
cry conceivable door to beckon the unwary
in 1 therefore believe one supreme duty Of
the church, as the best class, is not 10
scorn the classes below but to study their
needs and provide sports where the over
worked may enjoy q healthy spell from the
fever of the daily labor, pleasures being
nOrmal-and on that we could copy the
normal actions cf the lower order of brutes
which sin not. Let us aim to give pure re-
sorts, lit up with every ideal of attraction
if at present in your suburbs there are
spots with the gid and glimmer of rightness
where the front gateway wears the look OF
decency, but where if you take mother
a sister or a pure-minded young woman,
and if you ask them to look under the real
core of the entertainment, they become
tainted with it's possible influence, then
damn that spot. Damn it all the more be-
cause it carries forms that entice the guile
fos--
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
Services at Winona.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINONA PARK, Eagle Lake, Ind, July
25.-The Sunday services at Winona were
especially interesting to-day. AT the morn
ing service, Rev Dr. Aked, of Liverpool,
England, preached on The Royal Priest
hood" This afternoon there was a mems
meeting to discuss the spiritual outlook of
Winona, presided over by DR. Henry John
son. of Southland, and Thomas Kane, of
Chicago. Nearly LOCO people gathered on
the hillside for the twilight service at
which DR. Aked spoke on the spirituality
and catholcity of religion. The music for
the Sunday services was led by a quartet
composed of Mrs. S. c. Moffat, Miss Edith
Yarnelle, e. F. Yarnelle and c. H. Warden,
all of Fort Wayne.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
BOLD GAMBLERS.
Police Make Daylight Catch In a
CapitOI-Avenue House.

Sergeant Hyland and a squad of police
made a raid yesterday morning on the
house at the corner of Norwood street and
Capitol avenue and arrested three men,
whom they charged with gambling The
police have had complaints that gambling
was going on in the house for some time
ont nave never oeen ape 10 gSt near
number of men escaped yesterday morn
ing when the police approached.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Dispcnsary Doctors Save the Life of
Dora Adams.

Dora Adams twenty-eight years old, liv-
ing at 231 South Alabama street, attempted
to end her life last night by taking NOR
phine Drs Thomas and Marker, of the
Dispensary, attended her and saved her
life. People living with her say they know
of no reason for her attempt They say,she
was of a morose disposition and had shown
signs of melancholia recently.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Democrats BeyiIdered by the Attitude
of the POpuIists.
special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VERSAILLES. Ind, July 24.-The Dem
ocrats are getting desperately bewildered
by the refusal of the Populists to help
them out in the coming congressional cleo
ton They prevailed upon some one signing
himself "Populist' to contribute an article
10 the Ripley Journal the leading Demo-
cratic paper of the county. pleading with
the Populists to support Mr.. Grihith, the
Democratic nominee The plea has been
answered ably and at length by Captain c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
PrnhnhIe Murder.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, July 25.-Murder may re-
suit from a drunken fight that occurred in
Yorktown yesterday. The victim is John
Reed, of Pittsburg, employed in the glass
factory at that place. and his assaiant is
also a glass worker, named Walsh. The
men engaged in a fight on the street which
resulted in Reed being hit on the head with
a rock tied in a handkerchief. The doctors
say death will probably result from concus-
sion of the brain. Walsh cannot be found,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
Their skiR Upset.

BRADDOCk, Pa. July 25.-Two young
men, Richard Clair and James Schoonover,
were drowned in the Monongahela river at
this point this afternoon by the upsetting
of skiff in which they, with three com
panions, were crossing the river. The skiff
was upset by the swell from an excursion
steamer, and though assistance was
promptly sent to the party. Clair and
SchoOnover, who could not swim, We're
drowned Their bodies have not as yet
been recovered.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
SUNDAY DROWNINGS.
Three Young Men Lose Their Lives
in Detroit River.

DETROIT Mich, July 25.-Three Detroit
young men were drowned this afternoon by
the capsizing of a rowboat off Sugar island
near the mouth Of Detroit river. The
drowned are William w. Shier, Frank E.
Russell jr and Edwin Stubenski Young
RusselIs father and brother, who were also
in the boat which upset, swan ashore, but
narrowly escaped going under
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
Climbed on "A Moving Train.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, July 25.-Audrey. the
eight-year-old son of George Wolf. fell I'M
der Glover Leaf freight to-day His right
arm and leg were cut off. He had climbed
on the moving train for ride through
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26

EIItSDuFg DIspatcn.
Since Mr.. 70 v: Debs was telling the
workingmen of Chicago The other day that
they can gain nothing by strikes his
speeches in West Virginia must furnish an
interesting Illustration of the change which
comes over a labor leaders mind when he
travels into another State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
Youth Arrested for Burglary.

EldridSe Harris, seventeen years old, liv-
ing at 81 North West street, was arrested
yesterday charged with burglary He was
captured in Charlottesville and returned To
this city by Detective Stout. He is said
TO have been the accomplice of Edward
Anderson, the thirteen-year-ol boy who
robbed house on East Tenth street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKFORT Ind, July 25.--Isaac Nc
Bride, Il well-known farmer, was killed by
a Glover Leaf passenger train at o'clock
this morning five miles west of this city.
Mcbride was returning home from Frank
fort, and went to sleep the track. He
was ont into DipceS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26
OF Course Not.


1iliCdSO rust
Il see that some scientist claims that
death Is largely a matter of habit, depend
ing upon thought and all that" he said
Nonsense" she replied did you ever
know any one who was in the habit OF dy-
ng?" she returned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-26

we can receive the most of God. Behold
that beggar clad in rags, feeding on crumbs
with dogs for his companions. But by that
humbling experience he is made so pure
and beautiful and lovely as to find a home
and eternal comfort in the bosom of Abra-
ham. That hero Of a hundred battles, Gen
Grant found that the clash or arms, the
rattle Of musketry. the boom or cannon
We're not enough to try his soul In his old
age he must lose his fortune and then for
months be racked with an aching cancer,
that he might be purified as by fire and
find lofty seat in heaven. Have you stood
by the bedside of a loved one and watched
the pain and suffering until your nerves
were strained to the utmost tension and
your heart ready TO burst with sorrow?
That is only one-half the picture Open yon
pearly gates, pass up the golden Streets
Who are those arrayed in white that stand
so close to the throne? These are they that
came up through great tribula ton, that
were baptized with the baptism that Christ
was baptized with"
LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT.
DIR. Martin chose a very interesting sub
ject in the eveIing: THE Law of Cause
and Effect" His text was Whatsoever a
man soweth that shall he also reap" This
text" said the doctor, sets forth a prin-
ciple of universal application, a principle
that Is found everywhere in Gods moral
government. We come into this life under
this law and it presses upon US at every
advancing step. There is no getting away
from it. 1t clings to us and has an i'm
portant bearing on every thought and deed
Of our mortal life. Whatsoever a man
soweth whether in the physical, mental or
spiritual realm. that shall he also reap. Phi
losophers and great men may dispute over
the law of evolution, but the plain unso-
phisticated farmer understands this law of
sowing and reaping. If he soWs sparingly
he expects to reap sparingly. But if he
sows bountifuly he expects to reap
bountiful harvest. And so he will.
But the law Of reaping and sowing ap
plies not only to matter but also to mind.
Like the sluggard who will not plow Ivy
reason of the cold, so the student that Will
not study will beg in harvest and have
nothing. 1t will not do 70 depend upon
great scholars any more than they happen
to become great statesman or great gen.
erals. Luck never made Newton. a Web
ster or a Clay. 1t is in the spiritual realm.
however. that this law finds its greatest
significance and in which the results are
the most glorious or the most fearful. Here
men may SOW to the flesh or they may sow
to the spirit but must in the nature OF
things reap a corresponding harvest. What
ever punishment God may infiict upon the
finally impentent soul will be the legiti-
mate results of its own doings."
To-day is memorial day at the camp,
when Revs. J. A. Sargent. J. T. ONeal.
F. NJ. Westhafer J. W. Duncan and others
will. make addresses in cOmmemoration of
DR.. s. Tincher. Or. G.. p. Jenkins. DR.. T. b.
McClain and various other members of the
association who have died in the past year.
The day will close by a lecture, The Sham
Family" to be delivered by James Clement
Ambrose of Chicago.