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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21
SENSATION AT Upton
FREDERICK KINDER CRIMINALLY
ASSAULTS BULAH GLEASON.
Treasurer KirtIey, Who Took His
Life. short Observation-Disclosures by
Wednesday, Nights Storm.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
Upton, Ind, Jan. 20.-Last evening at
about 6 o'clock Frederick Kinder, aged
nineteen. made a criminal assault on Miss
RIlah Gleason, aged sixteen, a block dis
tant from her home. Both are of we'll
known and highly respected parents and
there is no little excitement over the event.
The young man had followed the girl from
down town and when near an alley he
caught her by the shoulder and thrust a
revolver in her face, cautioned her not to
scream and commanded her to follow him.
The girl was so frightened that she
screamed and broke loose from him, but he
again caught her, when she fought him
with an umbrella and succeeded in getting
away from him. She ran home, where she
related the circumstance to her father, who
Immediately came down town and secured
revolver and started on the hunt for the
young man. In the mean time officer Rood
had arrested young Kinder and brought
him down town and on meeting Mr.. Gleas-
on the latter pulled his revolver, but was
prevented from shooting Kinder. The young
man was hustled off TO Jail for protection.
This morning he waived preliminary exami-
nation and was sent to Jail to await grand
jury action. Young Kinder was at one time
in the Plainfield Reform School, but was
discharged for good behavior Thomas Kin
der, his father, is a bridge carpenter for the
Lake Erie Railway. Mr.. Gleason is re-
tired merchant.
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A TERRIBLE VARMINT
Infests the NeighbOrhOod of Mcnden,
East of Here.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PENDLETON, Ind, Jan. 2O.-Reports
from the Menden neghborhood, south of
this town, bring information of a panic
among the people there on account of a
ferocious wild animal which has made it's
appearance there. The daughter of Mel
Russell was the first to see the beast and
she describes it as looking like a baboon
or gorilla. 1t is too large for any ordinary
monkey. Charles Patterson, a well-to-do
farmer, saw its tracks in the snow and he
says it had toe-nails fully eight inches long.
Others who have seen the tracks corrob-
crate Pattersons story. John Brough
who saw 1t at night in a tree. where his
dogs had tracked it, says that when he
approached the animal easily swung to the
ground and that his dogs fed and he after
them as he was not armed. The animal
disappeared in the darkness unmolested
These stories have been coming in for sew
eral days and people here are beginning to
believe some ferocious beast has actually
taken up its haunts in this locality. Dogs
prevail on them to "close in and give it
fight. Some say it is monkey while others
think it crazy man, and still others a
panther Whatever 1t is it is creating con-
siderable terror in the Menden neighbor-
hood and the men are preparing TO hunt
it down if for no other purpose than to
quiet the alarm of the women and children.
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VIEWS OF MIR. AKERs.
London Times Man Thinks the AutOn-
OmY scheme VIII Fnil.


MEXICO CITY, Jan. 2O.-Charles .Akers,
a special correspondent of the London
Times, left here this morning for Cuba, via
Tampico Mr.. AIxers has just completed an
extended tour of more Than six months du-
ration through the republics of South Amer
lea. The severest arraignment of Weylers
Cuban policy was that of Mr.. Akers, which
appeared in a New York. daily and Mr..
Alxers called on the American people to
leave Armenia to be dealt with by the Eu-
ropeans and think of the Armenia at their
own doors. Mr.. Akers, before leaving, ex-
pressed himself as profoundly skeptical as
to the success of autonomy in Cuba. such
a system" said he, might have succeeded
years ago. but now it will fail. Neither
Spanish nor Cuban minds are in a fit state
for the introduction of a colonial regime.
The idea of the SpaniardS is that they will
be able to secure certain trade advantages
by retaining Cuba as Self-governing col
ony but they are woefuliy mistaken. In
fair field for all the Spanish trade will stand
no show in Cuba. but will assuredly be
ousted by American competition. Even now,
in the single item Of flour which is q sta
pie article of importation into Cuba. Amer
lean competition is severely felt, and a good
deal Of that article that comes from Spain
Is only re-exported from that country, be-
ing really of American production The
of the production would, under anything APP
preaching an equal trade policy, give the
United States an advantage in the Cuban
market against which Spain could not hope
for moment to contend"
Mr.. Akers remarked that the trouble
which is being given to Spain now in Ha-
yana is caused by Spaniards, and not by
Cubans.
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" regret. While deprecate the sufferings
in Cuba I would relieve them by Legitimate
means Our efforts along the line OF pacifl-
cation conducted through our President,
have been marvelously SUCCESSFUL.
by what logic do gentlemen who ala
not intervene months ago under the barbar-
GUS policy of Spain propose now 10 INFER
vene when the very things which we IN
sisted Spain shonId adopt as part or her
policy toward that island have been ac-
cepted by herr Everything we have de-
manded Of her In the way of stopping her
barbarities have been acceded to. Every in
dication Of our desire she has studiously
complied with. with view of avoiding diff
nculty with us. Shall now press her
TO that fmpass a bic point simply as mat
ter Of sentiment while indirectly we exer-
else the power to declare war which, the
Constitution imposes upon US but which we
have not the manhood to exercise directly!
Shall we provoke her into hostilities2 Shall
we shake the business interests % this
country shall we lay aside those ipteraal
reforms so necessary for the development
OF the country and the prosperity " re
peope2 How can we justify ourselves Ia we
do anything OF that kind?
The Democrats gained absolutely nothing
by their attempt to force the adminstra-
tons hands and they retire with the feel
ing that they have impressed the country
with the idea that they were merely trying
to emharrass the President and were insin-
cere in their display Of Cuban heroics.
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SUICIDE KIRTLEY's SHORTAGE.
Benton County Treasurer Had Got
Away with $1S,216.6O.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FOWLER, Ind, Jan. 20-The suicide
county treasurer, James Kirtley, turns out
to have been short $1S,2166O His bondsmen
have been called to meet the County Com
mssioners next Monday and make a set
tlemeLt. This announcement was made yes
terday a result of the examination of the
suicides books by experts. The investiga-
ton has been going on for three weeks and
was just finished yesterday. The few people
who have claimed to believe that Kirtley
was murdered are now furnished with the
motive for his sensation suicide. Kirtley
killed himself in such a way to make it
seem he had been murdered. Thursday
morning, Dec. 80, the wires flashed the in
telligence that James Kirtley, treasurer of
Benton county, had been murdered in his
office. A few hours investigation convinced
unprejudiced people that death had been
self-infiicted there being three bullet holes
in his head. Against the theory of suicide
was the absence of any known motive.
After his death the Commissioners placed
experts on the books. To offset the short
age, it is said that notes and tax receipts
amounting to nearly So, 900 have been discov-
cred. Kirtley had $1,000 life insurance.
5000 realty, and Mrs. Kirtley is worth
about $1,000 from her fathers estate. 1t is
not thought the county will lose anything
Kirtley was to have met with the Commits
sioners on the 30th to file a new bond for his
second term. Where the money went is
said to be a mystery to his friends.
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WILL WELCOME AN INQUIRY
Mr.. Blanchard Discusses the Proposed
investigation by the Senate.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2O.-Commissioner
Blanchard of the Joint Traffic Association,
speaking to-day on the resolution adopted
by the Senate in Washington yesterday
calling the committee on interstate
commerce to investigate the funds and
penalty clauses of the Joint Traffic Asso-
citation, said he had no doubt that the as
ISOLATION would welcome such inquiries. Re-
ferrlng to the penalty clauses, Commits
siioner Blanchard said that Article Is pro-
videS that each company in the associa-
ton, ii found guilty of breach of rules,
forfeit a sum not exceeding the gross re-
ceipts of the transaction involved.
Article IL, he said, provided that
each company party to the association
should deposit 5000 and further sums
monthly, based on the gross earnings Of
each company. These deposits, he stated
had been applied strictly to the payment
of the expenses of the association, which
We're incurred in maintaining rates under
the requirements of the interstate-commerce
act. The original deposits thanks to the
monthly rembursements, now remain in
tact Some small fines had been imposed
as matters of record, but he doubted ii any
had been collected.
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THE DANCE OF DEATH.
An Aged Woman Dies Suddenly at Her
Granddaughter's Weddfng.N

CHICAGO, Jan. 2O.-Mrs. Eliza Grazalski
was eighty years old, but she wanted to
dance at her granddaughter's wedding last
night, so she put on the old silk gown that
she brought from Poland, and hobbled from
her home, at McReynolds and Pauline
streets, to the residence of her son Anton,
on North Winchester avenue. The wedding
guests were assembled the feast was pre-
pared and the bride was arrayed in her
nuptial garments when the grandmother ar
rived. But before the latter had been in the
house more than a minute or two she was
seized with pain in her left side, and fell
to the floor. Her son Anton, father of the
bride, lifted her up. The grandmother
gasped for breadth, clutched her sons hand
and looked despairingly about the room
II am not going to die" she replied; mot
yet. l am going to dance at the wedding
tirs1. See-dont say l am going to die"
Mrs. Grazalsld kicked one foot in the air
and was about to follow it with the other
when she fell in a faint, and in a few min
utes she was dead. The wedding was not
postponed.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Jan. 2O.-Convicts
George Kuykendall, serving a term of five
years for assault with intent to kill. sent
from Posey county Sept g. 1896, and Simeon
Booker, colored, sent from Floyd county in
1894 for life, both employed as TRUSTEES, .
escaped from the Indiana State Prison Mon
day evening at o'clock and were cap
tured by the police at Harvey, ILL., yester-
day. The Bertillion system of measure
mcnts, now used in the prison, is proving
to be of great value in the identification and
capture of criminals DIR. Spinning who
has charge of this department. in one hour
and half after the prisoners had escaped
had printed one hundred photographs of
each prisoner by electric light. These, with
an accurate description, We're at once mailed
to the principal cities and towns within a
radius of two hundred miles of Michigan
City, with the above results. Parker the
Indianapolis carpet thief, was identified by
the Chicago police and returned to the
prison three weeks ago by means Of the
Bertillion system of measurements.
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Damage bx NIad DOGS.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FAIRMONT, Ind, Jan. 20.-Dogs' afflicted
with hydrophobia are attacking hogs, sheep
and cattle in Liberty township, four miles
west of this city. A week ago a black dog
suffering from the rabies passed through
this district biting stock in endless num-
bers, and since that large number of the
stricken animals have died with every
symptom of hydrophobia. The dog turned
his attention to Paramount, going entirely
through the corporation, biting at least
twenty others, until it was finally killed by
a posse of men. Since that time the mar
shall has been shooting the dogs that We're
attacked by this rabid animal, but in spite
of the care taken to prevent an outbreak
there were at least two new cases to-day.
Both dogs were promptly shot. So far no
person has been bitten.
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Surrender of Gen. MassO PARA and
Other Insurgents.


HAVANA, Jan. 20-The Spanish authori-
ties report that the insurgent Gen. Juan
Masso PARA, with the forces under his
command Lieutenant Colonies Augustine
Feria and Jose Carmen Hernandez, Majors
Feleciano Quesada, Saturnino Leon and Vic
torano Gomez, with six other officers and
10 privates well armed and well supplied
with ammunition have surrendered at Fo-
mention to the Spanish General Aguirre and
Senior Marcos Garcia, governor of Santa
Clara province. The insurgents are said to
have formed in line and delivered up their
arms according to the ordinance, shouting
Long live Spaini" Long live the Queen
Regent" Long live Spanish Cuba!" and
Long live autonomy
Cen Juan Masso PARA is a brother OF
Senior Bartolome Masso, President of the
Cuban republic During the last ten days
the insurgents are said 70 have lost lis
killed and thirty-four taken prisoners, with
242 Remington rifles. In addition to those
who surrendered with Gen. Juan Masso
PARA. according to the Spanish authori-
ties, fifty-six other armed men have sur
rendered, among them two lieutenant
colonies and three other officers. The Span
ish troops, on the other hand, are said to
have lost twelve killed and ninety-three
wounded.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O-The Spanish
minister received cablegram from General
BIanco confirming the preceding dispatch
ana giving the details as there stated. Gen.
Blanco says the form of capitulation was
Of such a dignified character as will serve
as a model for those to follow The cable
continues: THE rank of Juan Masso, his
close family connection with Bartolome
1Iasso, President of the so-called Cuban re-
public, and the formal and military charac-
ter OF the capitulaton gives unusual i'm
Y,or.tauea RI the ecf
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NEW YORK, Jan. 2O.-Eugene r. Leland.
who for many years was associated in
business with former Senator Calvin S.
Brice, died at his home here to-day aged
sixty-four years. He was born in this city,
and at the age of fourteen went to Milwau-
kee, and there received the greater part of
his education. He became teller in George
Smiths bank there and afterward went to
Eu Claire, Wis, where he engaged in the
banking business with Clark q Ingraham.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2O-Mrs Isabelle Simp-
son Higbee, wife of Lieutenant Commander
John Henley Higbee, of the United States
Marine Corps, commander of the marine
barracks, Brooklyn hayward, died suddenly
to-day after q brief illness of pneumonia,
aged fifty years.
SANTA ROSA, Cal, Jan. 90 = Alonzo
Boyle, wealthy manufactures of Water
vile, Conn, died here to-day while visiting
his brother-in-law, II. w. Bington. He had
arrived here for recuperation few days
ago.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 2O.-Robert Rankin,
chairman of the Pacific Steam Navigation
Company, is dead.
HALLE. Jan. 20-Professor Taschenberg,
the entomologist is dead.
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Fear the United States Is COntem-
plating a Coup in Cuban Affairs.


WASHINGTON, JAM 20. = The Spanish
minister, Senior Dupuy De LONE, called at
the State Department to-day and spent
three-quarters of an hour in conversation
with Judge Day, the assistant secretary.
There was no late news from Havana,
which is taken as sign that all is quiet
there. But it is believed that the minister
is seriously disquieted by certain events of
the last few days in this country. First,
there was the speech yesterday in The House
by Representative Hit. chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs, which. while
from the Spanish view, serving the useful
purpose of consolidating the majority, in
support of the Presidents policy as to Gu
ba yet embodied certain statements in gen.
eral terms that are likely to be misinter-
preted In Spain. Then a few changes made
recently in the disposition of the United
States naval vessels are believed to be sub
1ect to the same mfSinterpretatlon by the
Spanish. The .gunboat Helena was on her
way to the Asiatic station, with permission
to make q slow passage and stop frequently
on the way. When she arrived at Funchal,
Madeira, she was authorized by cable to
stop at Lisbon. Portugal, somewhat off her
route, for a purpose that can only be con-
Jectured inasmuch as the naval officials
refuse TO discuss the movements at all, as
an indication of the departments intention
to have a ship within easy cable commune
cation and also perhaps of easy access to
Minister Woodford The department had
been preparing to send the gunboat Nash
vile to Europe To relieve the Raleigh and
take out a draft of men to the San Fran
cisco. but this plan has been suspended for
q time and the gunboat is now under orders
to go to Port Royal, S. c., to join the mon
itor Amphitrite there at target practice.
Two vessels of the South Atlantic squadron
1.-THE Cincinnati and the Castine-are COM
ing northward from the lower to the upper
portion of the station. The former is go
ing in dock probably at Rio de Janeiro,
while the CaStine comes to ISla Grande,
near the same port. There are no changes
yet in contemplation for the Asiatic and
Pacific stations, and while the movements
above are doubtless to be explained as
part of the regular routine orders it is be-
Ieved they have attracted the notice and
disapprOVal of the Spanish authorities.
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Movements oil steamers.

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 2O-Sailed: Ger
manic, for New York; Pennland, for Phil
adelphia.
SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 2O.-Arrived: New
York, from New York. Sailed: Aller, for
New York.
LIVERPOOL, JAN 2O-Arrived: Teutonic,
from New York. Sailed: Catalonia, for Bos-
ton.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20-Arrived: Phoenicia,
from Hamburg; Norge, from Copenhagen.
BREMEN, Jan. 20.-Arrived: Trave, from
New York, via Southampton.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 20.-Arrived: Stella,
from New York.
GENOA, Jan. 2O.-Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm
ii, for New York.
HAMBURG, Jan. 2o.-Arrived: Prussia,
from New York.
sTETTIN, Jan. 2O.-Arrived: Island. from
New York.
SHIELDS. Jan. 2O.-sailed: Hekla. for
New York
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Mrs. schaaf Has Disappeared.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 90 = Carl
Schaaf, well-known newspaper man, re-
Gently on the Fort Wayne Journal, was
married in September in Chicago, the bride
being young lady whose parents reside in
Milwaukee. The young couple occupied a
pleasant home here until three weeks
ago, when the lady informed her husband
she must go home on a visit, as her mother
was sick and needed her. Her letters
ceased, and Schaaf becoming anxious, went
after her, and found that his mother-in-
law had not been sick and his wife had
not been there. The deserted husband will
attempt to trace her.
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Jennings County Republicans.
special to the indianapolis Journal.

NORTH VERNON, Ind, Jan. 20-A
spirited contest is in prospect in this county
for the election of delegates to the. district
convention soon to be held at Greensburg
to elect Republican member of the state
central committee. The Republican organi-
cation in this county, which is displeased
over the selection of postmasters at North
Vernon and elsewhere by Senator Fair
banks, is resolved to elect delegates that
will support an anti-Fairbanks organiza-
ton, while the postmasters and their
friends are anxious to elect delegates who
will make the Greensburg convention dis
tinctively Fairbanks meeting, the action of
which will be in the nature of an indorse-
ment of the senator
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Mrs. Loop Not for an Asylum.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Jan. 20.-After desper-
ate struggle in the courts Mrs. Anna B.
Loop, wife of wealthy farmer near town,
is free woman and will not be taken to
the asylum. A short time ago a commits
sion of lunacy declared the woman insane
and the papers were made out committing
courts for protection. alleging that the pro-
ceeding was the result of a conspiracy
between her husband and his children by
property Judge Mount to-day declared the
insanity proceedings Illegal and she was
accordingly released from the custody of
the sheriff
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CALLED .RUMPv CONVENTION.
Tactics of Anti-Overstreet Men in
Johnson County.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
FRANKLIN, Ind, Jan. 20.-It developed
to-day that q few of the Republicans OPP
posed to the denomination of Representa-
tive Overstreet, led by the chairman of Blue
River township, have a plan to hold pri-
mary tomorrow evening and elect anti
Overstreet delegates to the district conven-
ton. The call, regularly issued, provides
that these delegates shall be chosen at a
mass convention here on Saturday and the
great majority of the Republicans will stand
by the action of Saturdays mass meeting
declining to countenance the gathering to-
morrow night.
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business Embnrra~sments,

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2O-With to-day
expired the period set by the controller of
the currency for the receipt of depositors'
assents to the plan of voluntary liquidation
proposed for the CheStnut-Street National
Bank. Unanimous assent is necessary, and
it was stated tonight that all the deposit
tors had been favorably heard from except
few, representing About $4,000 While
this prevents the Plan from becoming at
once operative, it is hoped that it will soon
be effected.
CINCINNATI, o., JAN 20-The Hockett-
Puntenny Piano Company, for which a re-
ceiver was asked a few days ago, has as
signed to Charles II. Stephens. The assets
are placed at $175.0e0 and the debts at 500
eco 1t is understood that the effort to APP
point a receiver and set aside the assign
ment will be pushed.
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GOVERNOR MOUNT PRESIDED.
Foundation Day Exercises Mt the
State University.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. 20-Founda-
ton day. in honor of the ninety-seventh an
niversary of the establishment of Indiana
University was celebrated here with UNI
usually interesting exercises and was a hol-
iday generally for citizens and students.
Governor Mount arrived at 1890 o'clock and
presided at the chapel, where a large crowd
gathered. The University Glee Club fur
nished music, and a reception followed in
the library. After invocation by Rev. J.
III. Doddridge, of the Methodist Church,
Governor Mount was introduced as presd-
ing officer by President Joseph Swain.
There was an address on behalf of the
alumni by Frank H. Hatfield. class of 1890,
of Boonville Ind; an address on Annex
alton of Territory by Judge d. w Rob
inson, class of 1879, of Princeton. Ind, rep
resenting the board of trustees, and an
address on Higher Education" by DR. H.
r. Jesse, president of the University of
Missouri. The exercises closed tonight
with the presentation of Much Ado About
Nothing" by a dramatic club composed of
students