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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
WHITE CAPS RUN DOWN.
Part of u Decatur Gang Plead Guilty
to the Charge.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR, Ind, Dec. 1.-The grand jury
now in session is making q thorough inves-
tigation of the recent whitecapping affair
in this city. Indictments were returned
against Henry Ashbaucher son of Sheriff
Ashbaucher, Edward and Buck Rhoer,
Leo Smith, Jacob Gross and Alva Nichols.
All are prominent citizens of Decatur. Ash
baucher, Edward and Buck" Rhoer and
Nichols have been arrested while Smith
and Gross have fled. To-day Ashbaucher
and Nichols, both of whom are minors
pleaded guilty, but Judge Heller refused to
sentence them until he heard evidence in
the cases. 1t is thought he will not pass
sentence on either until the others are
tried. ON the night of Oct. 2 whiteeaps
dragged Constable James Parrish from his
home and dashed him nearly to death with
a cat o nine tails, since which time Off
GERS have been unceasing in their efforts
TO capture the perpetrators of the crime
1t is thought other arrests will be made
soon. The prominence of the parties ar
rested has caused a sensation
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w. D. ChipIey was born in Alabama
about sixty years ago. He engaged in mer-
camille pursuits with success at Columbus
Ga, until late in the seventies, when he re-
moved to Pensacola, Fla. where he had
since resided. He became prominently iden-
titled with the building of railroads in
Florida, and at the time of his death was
president of the Pensacola & Atlanta Com
pany. He represented his county in the
State Senate for several years and was
one of the most prominent men in the State
both in business and social circles. He was
mentioned as the most probable nominee of
the Democrats for the governorship and
in the contest for the United States SEN
atorship year ago was the leading cam
dldate. Colonel Chipley was a man of
wealth and was noted for philanthropy.
His Older sons are prominent in business in
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MANY WILL SEEK GOLD
GREAT RUSH TO THE KLoNDIIxE IS
EXPECTED IN THE SPRING.
Report from Consul Smith at Victoria
Plenty of Nuggets i'm Alaska.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Consul Smith, at
Victoria, in report to the State Depart
ment. discusses the subject f the Klondike
gold fields. The advices received at Victoria
he says, indicate that the rush in 1s49 to
California and later to South Africa will
be eclipsed by the gold seekers headed for
the Yukon in the early months of 1885,
Agents from England have been at Victoria
making arrangements for 5000 or 1900 gold
seekers. Merchants there have secured
great supplies of outfit goods and the trans
portation companies have made arrange
ments sufficient to make daily lines between
that port and st. Michaers, Dyea, Skaguay
and Fort Wrangle. The Canadian author
tiles have made every possible arrange
ment for an all-Canadian route TO the gold
fields and are trying to make it to the in
terest of miners TO purchase their outfits
in Canada. This is TO be done through tariff
laws. Hon. Clifford Sifton, the Canadian
minister of the interior made a trip to the
Northwest recently and in an address inti-
mated that the hundred pounds exemption
now allowed by the Canadian government
to the miners would be abrogated by JAM
l, and that probably everything not bought
in Canada would have to pay duty. He de
clined to give any assurance that the raX
mining would be reduced or the "alter-
nate claim outrage be alleviated.
The consul goes to some extent into q
description of the methods of mining in
Alaska gathered from people who have re-
turned from there. One man told him that
he regarded Alaska as a more profitable
place for miners to go than to Canada, ow-
ing TO the excessive royalty charged by the
DOW tVHfT Nfnl,
there is no expectation of having repealed.
The Klondike stratum runs in the direction
Of Alaska and those men who have interest
in mines there are doing well those
in Canada.
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PLATE GLASS MEN STRIKE.
POlishers and Grinders Object to
Changing the Wage system.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. IA strike started
at the plate-glass works here to-day and
two hundred men are out tonight. The
Pittsburg Plate-glass Company inaugurated
a new wage system in the polishing depart
ment to-day putting the men on piece
work instead of on weekly salaries. The
tenn and left the factory, and tonight the
grinding men also quit The men declare
the new system means cut in wages by
making the operatives responsible for
faulty and broken glass. After a confer
ence tonight the men agreed to return to
work on the comDanyS terms.
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Indiana nhitnnrr.

NOBLESVILLE Ind, Dec. 1.-Francis NJ.
householder died at his home in this city
this morning. after being confined 10 his
ped for nearly six years with paralysis
lie was born in Stark county. Ohio. April 20,
ls4l. He was an old soldier and there con-
He came to Noblesville in 1870 and soon
was appointed prosecuting attorney for the
old circuit composed of Madison and Ham
iltOn counties. He was elected his own sue
Cessor at the following election. He was ap-
pointed postmaster in 1854 by President
Cleveland and served three years. He leaves
a widow and two children.
GREENCASTLE. Ind, Dec John II.
Tucker died at ROachdale this morning at
o'clock of pneumonia. He was sixty-six
years old and leaves a wife. He was a
be held at Mount Pisgah Church.
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. Miss Bessie
Pyle aged eighteen, died of diphtheria last
night at her home, in Whitewater She
was member of the senior class of the
Whitewater High School.
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OBITUARY.
John Il. jackson, Editor, Musical Crit
ic and Opera TranslRtOr.


PARIS. Dec John P. Jackson, of the
New York Herald staff, died in Paris to-
day after an illness of three weeks from
Bright's disease.
Mr.. Jackson before going abroad was for
eign editor at the home office of the New
York Herald. Prominent among the mus
ical critics of New York, he was also
writer of exceptional brilliancy upon Euro
pean politics. After explaining to the Eng
disappearing world the intricacies of
Wagner's "Nibelungen ring and translat-
ing two of the great composers operas, he
was sent as a correspondent of the Herald
to the relief of the jeanette expedition. lie
successfully performed the perilous mission
crossing northern Siberia and effecting the
rescue of the survivors of the Jeanette.
New York Opera-gOers will recall him as
the translator of fully three-quarters of
the text books used in the productions at
the Metropolitan Opera House In the Rus
so-Turkish war he was associated with
such famous correspondents as j. NJ Mac
Gahan, Archibald Forbes and Frank w.
Millet.
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They Prefer "auart shops"

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RUSSIAVILLE, Ind, Dec. 1.-The saloon
war is on again in this town. Notice ap-
peared in the Kokomo papers several weeks
ago of the application of three saloon men,
J. r. Mason, Dennis Kindrick and Benjamin
Bond, for license. Mason already holds
etail license and Kindrick is his bar
tender, so that the three applications are
really for two saloons. "Reminiscences,
with a large majority of the voters of the
township, have been filed. and all three of
the applications will be defeated under the
Nicholson law Quart shops will, more than
likely be the result.
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strike of Miners.

comes from Walker county tonight that
the miners at Corana: Pallon. Black Dia-
mond Coal Valley, Mountain Valley and
day, it is alleged because of the failure of
the operators to restore the 10 per cent. re-
duction in wages made last spring and
which the miners claim the operators prom
Used to restore Nov. l. The strike leaders
claim the strike will spread to other Walker
county mines.
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OwENs's VICTIM DIES.
rcrre Haute Tombstone Dealer Held
for MurderOus Assault.
,ial 10 the Inaianapolls journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE Ind, Dec. Alexander
Owens, a marble dealer. was arrested at an
early hour this morning for a murderous as
seult on Alexander Lawrence during quar-
rel yesterday at the side of grave in the
cemetery, where Owens was placing a
monument Lawrence died to-day. Owens
took one of the wooden rollers used in NOV
ing the monument and struck Lawrence on
the head. One eyewitness says Lawrence
had made no attempt 10 hit Owens. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
Turkey Disclaims Responsibility.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec 1.-The United
States minister to Turkey, James 3. An
CELL. has renewed the demand of the United
States for an indemnity from the Turkish
government for the pillage of the Ameri--
can missions at Kharput. Marash and
Haskongj Armenia. The Porte denies any
responsibility for the pillaging on the
ground that the government acted under
the stress of unavoidable circumstances
Minister Angel, however, insists upon the
governments responsibility. as Turkish
troops and gendarmes participated in the
OntraPeS
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Freight Train Demolished.

CLEVELAND. Dec. Ia disastrous
wreck occurred on the lake division of the
Pittsburg & Western Railway to-day.
While running at full speed Inbound
train jumped the track at Chamblins cut,
and before it could be stopped il crashed
through the Claridon bridge into the street
below. The locomotive and eleven ears
were demolished. A cargo of export grain
was spilled all over the street Both en-
gineer and fireman jumped.
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The German Rechstag yesterday re-
elected Baron Van Boul- Berenberg to the
presidency of the house and also reelected
the vice presidents. Herren r. Schmidt and
II. SPAIN. The next sitting of the Reichstag
will take place on Friday.
The German imperial budget for 1S9S-99
balances with an expenditure of 1.437 l39 979
marks. 1t includes an increase in expenses
of the office of the imperial chancellor
bringing his salary up TO the amount which
he received as stadthalter of the Reichs-
land. 1t includes, also, large increases in
the army and navy.
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AlIereh Shnrtnre.

LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. ACCORDING to
report submitted to Governor Holcomb to-
day by the legislative Investigating COM
mittee, ex-Superintendent j. H. Maialleu,
of the State Reform School, at kearney,
the committee claims unwarranted expend-
lures sufficient to make the total liability
of the late superintendent over $4,000. Mr..
Mallalleu claims that the figures are mis-
leading and that on his showing the appar-
ent shortage will be reduced If not wiped
out. The committee is investigating every
state institution.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Dee. Mai. pene-
dict +. Robson died to-day of Brights as
ease. aged sixty-tive years. For many years
the deceased was employed in an official ca
pacity on various railroads and was well
known in railroad circles He gained ma
tional prominence in 1894 through his lead
ershlp Of the great Missouri Pacific strike
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blow crushed the skull and completely
paralyzed Lawrence. He was conscious for
a short time, but could not speak. The po-
ing. They went to Owens to ask about the
accident and he told them that Lawrence
was struck by Piece of timber that flew
out of place while they were unloading a
monument. 1t was after midnight that the
police learned the facts about the affair
and then they arrested Owens. Lawrence
had been employed at the cemetery for
twelve years. Owens has been a marble
dealer for a number of years.
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FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. 1.-Seven COM
panies of the Second Regiment, it is stated
here, are under orders 10 be in readiness
for active service. Colonel Gather has been
confidently notified that if there is another
outbreak against tollgates on the state
road he will be placed in command. with
headquarters at Nicholasville, and will be
expected to- keep the troops on guard till
all of the turnpike interests of the State
are diSDOSed of
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80
lotai '-.............. 30 t4t5l-
After careful review of the advantages
and disadvantages of establishing plant,
in connection with armor factory. capa-
bqe of producing the steel ingotS needed in
aking plates tthe chief disadvantages be-
ing the first cost of S519, 1913 and the force
of labor that would have to be employed),
the board says: THE board considers that
the. capacity to produce the steel ingots is
so important to the successful and economic
administration of an armor factory that it
does not recommend an establishment de-
signed to obtain the ingots by purchase. A
casting department for the molds. anvils
a I'd such castings as need occasional re-
placement is necessary in either case, and
can be prOfitably combined with an open
he,lrth steel plant herein outlined. In
view of the advantages above mentioned,
and Notwithstanding the greater first cost
of the establishment, the board recommends
that the government armor factory includes
a plant for the production OF open-hearth
steel ingots.''
On the subject of sites the board says
1.-The board, in its Instructions, was not
charged with the selection of site or To-
cation for the armor factory. 1t appendS
to this report list of places recommended
to the board as sites and showing also the
names of the persons so recommending
them"
The report contains much in the way of
appendices. There are thrty-eight draw
ings besides the specifications, details of es-
Inmates. list of places to recommend for
sites, form of proposals, besides much other
matter. The board says it will be impossi-
BILE to furnish copies of all these matters
to applicants and intending bidders will lind
it imperative to come to Washington II they
would make intelligent bids.
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Prominent Negro Republican III.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Dec. IN. w.
Quincy. the most prominent negro Republic
an politician in the country. and for several
lican party in Texas, is Ill at Borne, a
health resort. His condition is pronounced
to be hopeless, as he has been suffering
from chronic disease for year. He was
President Harrison, and led the Texas dele
cation at every Republican national con-
vention for the past twelve years.
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An old Concern Changes Hands.

ST LOUIS. Dec 1.-The entire stock and
good will of the l.. c. Meacham Arms Com
pany was sold to-day 10 the Simmons
Hardware Company. hut the terms of the
sale were not made public. The Simmons
Hardware Company took immediate pos
session. The Meacham Arms Company Was
one of the largest sporting goods concerns
In the Southwest. Ii was capitalized at
100000. e. c. Meacham, the founder, died
three years ago.
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Strike at Elwood Branch.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD, Ind, Dec. 1.-The polishers
employed in the plate-glass factory walked
out this morning when orders were received
from headquarters requesting the men to
work by piece instead of by the week. Six
ty-four men are out, but it is thought the
differences will be adjusted before other
departments are affected. The factory is
doing an immense business.
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THE VOTE OF L. A. 500.
Plan to Divide Funds with Seceders
Probably Defeated.

PITTSBCRG, Dec. 1.-The executive COM
mittee of the Window-glass Workers As
ISOLATION tonight counted the vote of the
preceptories on the proposition to divide
the funds of the association with the cut
tiers and fiatteners, who have seeded. The
committee passed a resolution forbidding
any members from divulging the result of
the vote until their counsel had been con-
suited, but from what little can be CLEANED
the indications are that the proposition has
been defeated because of the legal compli-
cations
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 1.-Omar Comp
ton, aged eight, is at the home of his uncle
in this city, having run away from his
home in Anderson. He says that he was
whipped by his aunt with a 'blackSnake''
because he did not get UP quick enough to
suit her, and his body shows the stripes.
The case brought TO the notice of J.
Il. Tiff president of the Humane Society,"
and he has written to the prosecutor Of
Madison county.
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2oo-Barrel well at Gaston.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 1.-Another big strike
of oil has been made in the new Delaware
county field near Castor. A well on the
Henry Livingston farm is said to be pro-
ducing 2C0 barrels q day. Deep holes are
being made in the earth to store the
petroleum, as tanks cannot be made fast
enough to care for the output. This find
has renewed activity in the field, which
was being abandoned, and three other wells
will soon be sunk.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN, Ind, Dec This afternoon
about o'clock while Virgil Stratton was
painting on the roof of Miessenhelder's mill
he lost his balance and fell forty feet TO
the pavement. His injuries are very serious.
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Metemmh neserted hx Derxishes.

CAIRO, Dec. LIT is rumored here that
the Anglo Egyptian forces have occupied
Metemmh, on the Nile the main Dervish
position between Berber, the headquarters
of the expeditionary force, and Omdurman,
near Khartoum, the stronghold of the Der
wishes. The latter are said to have evacu-
ated Metemmh previous to it's occupation
by the Anglo-Egyptian troops. Metemmh is
less than $50 miles, as the crow flies, from
Omdurman
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CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 1.-Senator
Hanna has been suffering with a severe
cold for the last few days and to-day it
developed into u case of the grip and he
was ordered to bed by his physician. He
will probably be confined to his home for
several days and will not be able to be in
Washington at the opening of Congress.
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Crushed to Death in a Quarry.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, Dec. 1.-At quarry No.
4 of the consolidated qua,rries near this
city, this afternoon, Theodore Pigg. aged
twenty-three lost his life while working on
a foundation for new derrick. A block
of stone on which he was standing slipped
and fell. throwing him underneath. He was
crushed almost to pulp from the hips down.
He lived three hours, being conscious TO the
last. He had been married but three
months
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Grange Hall Pupils Asphyxiated.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. 1.-The forty pupils
of w. L. Benson, at Grange Hall School in
the suburbs of this city. were asphyxiated
by the fumes of burned natural gas yester-
day, occasioned by the clogging of the CHM
new The escaping gas was not noticed I'M
til the pupils began falling off their seats.
The teacher. who was partially overcome,
opened the doors and windows and the
prcstrate children were carried out. The
school is closed for the. remainder OF the
week
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Bottle Glass FACTORY Trust.

Special to the Indiana polls Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 1-Bottle manu-
facturers of the Indiana gas belt are form
ing a combination to control both the flint
and green-glass production. Both are hav-
ing rather slow demand and production
needs curtailing. About 70 per cent. of the
plants in the country have been gathered
in already. Thomas B. Hart, of Munc1e
who was al the head of the Western Win
dow-glass Association. is at the head of
this organization. There are about one
hundred plants turning out bottles.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Dec. 1.--Albert
Thompson. aged thirty years, fireman on
the b. & O. s. W, died suddenly at $50
o'clock this evening, while seated at the
supper table. His home is at Seymour, but
he has for several years resided with Mrs.
Catherine Steidenger. in this city.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Dec. 1.-Yester-
day while workmen were transferring bodies
from the old cemetery to the new, they
were surprised to find in lifting the remains
of the late Mary Dggins, woman who
was of small stature, to be very heavy. On
opening the casket the body was found to
be almost petrified and so we'll preserved
that recognition was easy. The body was
black and resembled II water-soaked log.
This is the third body taken from the ceme-
terry in a petrified condition.
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veteran soldier Cooks HimseIf.

LEAVENWORTH. Kan, Dec. IA vet
eran named Patrick Carr was found dead
to-day in a bath tub at the Soldiers Home.
the flesh so badly cooked that IL dropped
from the bones. The surroundings tended
to show that he had committed suicide by
jumping into the tub of scalding water.
He was married to a young woman and is
said TO have had domestic troubles.
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Gen. Nelson G.. Williams

NEW YORK, Dee. 1.-General Nelson G..
Williams died at his home in Brooklyn yes
terday. He was a classmate of L. S. Grant
at West Point. AT the battle of Shiloh he
had q horse shot under him and the ex-
plosion of shell rendered him totally deaf
For thirty years he had been in charge of
the public stores in this city.
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bicycle Rim FACTORY Burned.

MARIETTA, O., Dec. 1.-The L. J. Lob
dell bicycle rim factory was burned to the
ground tonight. Some departments were
running and the men Immediately turned
on the factory streams. but without avail.
Large quantities of benzine and paint were
saved at great risk to the firemen. The
storage house and adjoining dwellings were
saved, but all else was destroyed. The ruins
are burning fiercely yet. The loss is $4,000;
insurance $40 600.
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Death Penaltx for Natives.

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-The Colonial Council,
in discussing the penal code to-day, APP
proved the proposition to extend the death
penalty to natives of the German colonies
for crimes in the case of which there is
milder punishment in Germany. The men,
bers of the council took the ground that it
was necessary to ensure the Safety of the
white settlers and TO uphold German do
1niniOn-
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Fatal Third-story Fan.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Dec. 1-George
Winiger fell from the third story of new
building to the basement this afternoon,
sustaining injuries that caused his death
this evening He was a workman on the
building,