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sfppssf 1 i'. v. LOGANSPORT, INDIANA- TUJESDAY MORNING. APRIL 16. 1S95 STATE NEWS BY DEATH'S SUMMONS.

Sudden Calling Away of James Scott, Journalist, Well Known as the Founder and Publisher of Chicago Herald and Chicago Evening Post. NEW YORK, April W. Scott, proprietor and editor of the Chicago Times-Herald, died suddenly of apoplexy in his room in the Holland house, Thirtieth street and fifth avenue, at o'clock Sunday afternoon. His death was as peaceful as it was Tilr. Scott arrived in this city from Chicago last Friday evening He was accompanied by Mrs.

Scott and their niece, Miss Grace Hatch. Mr. Scott was then apparently in the pink of health. Mr Scott was in his usual health when lie awoke Sunday morning-and he did not complain of until niter breakfast. This was at 10 o'clock.

Then lie fered considerable pain in tbdomcn and Dr. J. A. Irwin ailed in. The doctor found Mr.

Scott was afflicted with It Bives as pleasure to inform you that the Princess of Wales Co. m.nufa5nre. of HER MAJESTY'S CORSET, will have at oar store on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday and Saturday, April MISS ALCUTT, Ono of their EXPERT FITTERS, for the of Ladies the many merits of Her Majesty's Corset, and the reason why it is suoerior to any other Corset made in the World, 8 We have aVi room prepared and it will give Miss Atoutt gjjj pleasure to trv upon all those Ladies who wish it, a pair of HER MAJESri'S CORSETS, thus illustrating without douot, that they will £te the most Perfe rt Satiafactiou ud.0r.at. a Magnificent We trust that all Ladies will avail themselves of this Srand Opportunity to learn wbat a Perfect Fitting Corset reallyis. We desire It distinctly understood that Ladies will not be expected to purchase a Corset if they do not desire to do so after a fitting is Yours Truly, Sole Agents for Logansport.

1895 SPRING 1895 We take Pleasure in Announcing the Arrival Our Spring Suitings! And we feel justly proud ia the success of our untiring efforts which enable us to yoi; this season the Latest, Most Stylish, Most Attractive and 'Exclusive Line of woolens in the city. Carl W. Keller, Tailor Draper. 311 Market St. BKBK9K-K See The Specialists For Chronic and Private Diseases and i Deformities.

Diseases of Women treated by the new electrical method that has lftr treatment for all Chronic Long Troubles jjets the remedies to the diseased spots and cure, when else falls. Call ard investigate anyway. It ooats you nothing for consultation. Drs. Christoptier Longenecker, AtTic Medicalianfl 417 Market St.

Logansport. Ind the vms that renal alculas, or stone in the kidney. L'he substance passed from the kid- iey to the bladder, and this caused Mr. Scott intense pain. His suffer- ngs threw him into a nervous state ind he was obliged to go to bed.

No erious results, however, were anticipated and Dr. Irwin thought that with few clays rest aud treatment Scott would come out all right. The pain ceased at noon and Vlr. Scott sank apparently intoapeace- 'ul- slumber soon afterwards but at o'clock Mrs. Scott, who was alarmed by his stertorious breathing, hastily summoned Dr.

irwin, who had left the hotel hardly an iour before. The doctor, after a brief examination, said Mr. Scott had suffered an attack of apoplexy and was in a serious condition. At his sugges- Dr. Crook was called in con- iultation.

Dr. Crook agreed with Dr. Irwin that Mr. Scott had suffered a stroke of apoplexy. It was ten minutes past 2 o'clock when Dr.

Crook reached the hotel and twenty minutes later Mr. Scott passed peacefully away without refraining- consciousness. At his bedside when the end came were Mrs. Scott, Miss Batch and the two physicians. The remains will be taken to Chicago this afternoon.

Mrs. Scott and her niece will n-ccom- paiiy them. Sorrow in CHICAGO, April announce ment of the sudden death in New York of Mr. W. Scott was received with expressions profound so'r 1 IJLI 1 row and regret at the down town hotels and clubs.

The directors of the. Press club and of the Union League club' a once called a meeting for to-day to take appropriate action. To Mr. Scott's as sociates in the management of tbj Times-Herald and the employes of tha paper the blow was a severe one. Korrminn to Beach Chicago Tuomlny.

CHICAGO, April arrangement for the funeral of James W. Scott wil he made until after the remains arrivi in Chicago. Mrs. Scott left New Yorl Monday afternoon with the body, iarrive over the Michigan Central 'road! at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon The body will be taken to the residence 184 Pine street. Many and othe organizations with which the 'deac newspaper publisher was connects held meetings during the afternoon take appropriate action and -to ar range for presentation at the funeral Uli Career.

James Wilmot Scott was born la Walwbrth county, In Juno. 18J9. He was the son ot D. Wllmot Scott, a llfc-lonir primer and Journalist, who removed to Galena, I1L, shortly after the birth of tha -sub- loot of this sketch, and became associated with Dr. Charles H.

Ray in the publication of the Jeffersonian. James W. Scott received his early education In the public schools at Galena, and later attended tho college at -Beloit, for years. He then wont to New York and Tas en- 'faged for a In floriculture, but dropped ibat business to talto a position In the government printing office at Washington, C. His first newspaper venture on nil own account was at Huntingdon, in 1872.

A year or two later, however, ho sold out and returned to Galena where he Joined father In a paper called the Industrial Press. In be moved to Chicago, and in company with F. Kice purchased the Daily National Hotel He porter, -which Is still published by Mr. Rice. Katabllsheit tha Chicago Herald.

In tho spring ot 1881 the Chicago Herald was founded by a stock comguny. of which Mr. Scott was the head, and from that time to his death ho had continued as publisher of that paper. In 18S3 John Walsh purohaied a controlling Interest In tto Herald; Mr. Scott remaining with' the neit Interest.

Mr. remained at the head until February 10 of this year, when Mr. Scott purchased hU stock and control. On the fourth day of last March the Herald was, consolidated with the Times, and the paper has since been known the Times-Herald. Founded the Everlne It was in April o( 1890 Scott, In conjunction -with Mr.

Walsh, founded the Evening Post At the time Mr. Scott bought the Interest of Mr. Walsh In the Herald he also took his stock in tho Evening Post. Held Many Honorable i'osltlons- Ho was a member of a number of the leading clubs of Chicago. He served four yeaja consecutively as president of the Press club, was for six years president the United Press, was four times elected president ot the American Newspaper Publishers' association and was pres'ldent of the Fellowship club at tao time ot his death.

Ho was also a member 'of- the Clover club, of Philadelphia, and the New York Press club. He was one of original atars tfc? World's Colttm- exposition, or- wnrcn srtcnraM. became a director, a member of the executive committee and chairman of the ommittce on printing. He was offered tho presidency of the local board of directors, but declined on account of the pressure of tua pri- business. Mr.

Seott was married In 1S73 Miss Carrie a of Napervllle, EL. who survives him. TWO HIDEOUS CRIMES. Mutllnted BoillM of Two ulrll Found In Frisco Chorch. AN FRA.VCISCO, April Ewan- uel Baptist church at Bartlett street, between Twenty-second and Twenty- third in this city, has been the scene of two of the most atrocious murders ever committed in the state.

Saturday the mutilated, bodr of Minnie Williams was found in the "library of the building. Sunday the nule body of Blanche Lamont was 'ound in the tower of the same church. The same hand, the authorities be- ieve, slew both girls, nnd W. IT. T.

Du-ant, the young man suspected of both is now in custody. lilancheLaniontand Minnie Williams ivere inem-hcrs of the Emanuol churcb ind members of tho Sunday school class. They were both 21 years old, brunettes and pretty and modest girls. Both hud been the recipients of attentions from a young- medical student named W. II.

T. who is also the librarian of the church and the secretary of the young people's so- etv of the church. Durant's manner throughout the evening in the city prison was calm though not indifferent. His answers to questions were (riven without hesitancy or deliberation. When jnven a cell" and mattress Ourant went to sleep in five minutes and slept soundly.

MAY OIL SELLS AT S2.25. Ilnpld ContlniK-K and No One Where It Will Stop. PITTSBUKOII, April continued its upward climb Monday morning- and no one seems willing to predict when the return trip will begin. Tho Standard put its price up 25 cents to which gave prices on the exchange a lively impetus. May options opened at SS.05 bid, an advance of 0 cents over the closing on Saturday, The first sales were at $2.15 and the price kept going up until about 10:15, when 10,000 barrels sold at S2.3!i, the highest.

Cash sold at S2.21. and at 10:30 it was quoted at S2.17% bid. The normal difference between cash oil and May option should be about two cents. TolKDO, 0., April crude oil advanced 10 cents to-day. North of Lima is now SI.

17, South of Lima SI. 10 and Indiana 81.05. GIVES IT UP Alleged rroolnmatlon jHsuotl by tJio Km- poror of Clilnii. LOJTDON, April dispatch from Shanghai to a news agency here says that a proclamation bearing the em- peror's'name has been issued, describing empire as finished and asserting that he is unable longer to govern and that the officials he trusted are corrupt. It is added that the proclamation has caused great excitement and that, there are sterns of rebellion.

The document, however, is said to be the work of secret societies. LONDON, April Central News dispatch from Tokio says that Prince Komatsu, commander in chief of the Japanese army end navy, with a number of transports, escorted by three warships, passed Shimonoseki Sunday on his way to the seat of war. For KBhcarlnc of Income Tax Cam. WASJHSGTOS, April petition for a rehearing of the income tax cases of Charles Pollock vs. the Farmers' Loan and Trust company ct and Lewis H.

Hyde vs. the Continental Trust company of New York, was presented to the supreme court Monday by Mr. W. D. Guthrie, of counsel for the" appellants.

The court took the papers under advisement. CHICAGO, April Cooper Co. have been restrained by the United States circuit court from making any return on the income tax law. This action directly attacks the constitutionality of the tax. by Wiuihout.

PLATTSBUBO, N. April Montreal sleeper on the Delaware Hudson railroad was wrecked between Port Kent and Port Douglass, on the mountain side, at about 3:30 o'clock Monday morning The engine was thrown down the bank, and, the baggage and smoking cars left the track. Engineer Rich was badly injured internally. The was caused by a wash-out, occasioned by the heavy rams which have TALKS OF MONEY. President Cleveland's Letter to Chicago Business Men.

His Viewi on the Question of Sound Against Agitation. WASHINGTON, April 13- President Cleveland has declined tho invitation of Chicago'business men to visit that city and to speak iu the interests of sound In his letter of decimation he says: attachment to this cause is so great and I know so well the hospitality and kindness of tho people of Chicago that my personal inclination is strongly in favor of accepting your liatterlmr invitation, but my judgment and mv estimate of the proprieties of my official place oblige me to forego the enjoyment of narticinatin- In the occasion you contemplate. -I hope the event will mark the bcginninc or an'earnest and aiiurcsslve effort to dissemi- rrte the people safe and prudent linan- c'i'iVl ideas. Nothing more important can en- race the attention of patriotic because is so vital to tho welfare of out fellow-countrymen and to the strength, peritv and honor of our natioa. situation wo arc demands that those who appreciate the importance 0 this subject and those who outfit to be tbi llrst to see impending danger should no longer remain m'dlffereiitor overconfident.

CnllH for I iiiint'ilititc Action. -If tho sound money sentiment abroad in the land is to save us from mischief and disaster it must be crystallized and combined and made active. is dangerous- to overlook the fact that a vast number of our people, with scant opportunity thus far to examine the ruestionIn all its aspects, have nevertheless been Ingeniously pressed with specious suggestions which in this time of misfortune and lind willing listeners, prepared to ctvc credence to any scheme which Is plausibly presented as a remedy tor their unrortunate 'is now needed more than anythino eNe is a plain and simple presentation of the argument in favor ot sound money. In othoi words it is a time for the American people to together as members of a groal nation which can promise them a continuance of protection and safety only lie long as Us insolvency is unsuspected, its honor unsullied and the soundness of its money unquestioned. These things are 111 exchanged for the illusions of debased currency and groundless hope of advantages to-be nc disregard of our financial credit and commercial standing among tho nations of tue people were isolated from all others nnd.

"if the Question ot our currency could be treated without regard to our relations to other countries its character would DC a matter of comparatively importance, Jf iho American people were only conce-ned in tho maintenance of then hto among themselves they might return to the old days of barter and in this primitive manner acquire from each other the materials to supply the wants of their existence. But II American civilization were saUsfiod Dispatches from Numerous PI in Indiana. Tent on the Beach. VALPARAISO, April Coulter, the affable assessor of Chester township, while strc among the sandhills along the of Lake Michigan seeking to find thing besides cactus to levy taxes csrne upon tent, and disclosed a large and robust family- occupancy. What is more, they there till winter, though knew it until Mr.

Coulter brougli the news. they have lived on how they managed to survive no knows outside the family, and this i forma lion oven Mr. Coulter's failed to elicit. Husband Mourned Heart. POKTK, April Rebecea of Auburn, made ff cation for a pension in under Mexican pension net.

her Henry AV. who was vote that war. being mourned as Shortly after she'had applied her. band, "who then lived at a applied. The two applications an investigation.

Jones knew that hiftv!) wife thought he was dead, nnd plained that he had not returned.toft his because he "could not fixed satisfactorily." Wan ViimiMir Mothodli-t. FIIAXKFOUT, April dism in Indiana lost one of its preachers in the death of Rev. Hill, which occurred at his home: this city, lie was 73 years old and been actively engaged iu the for more than forty years. During thiCjg period he was stationed at thirty" different towns and cities. Up to.

time of death Mr. Hill had preached 000 funerals, married GOO couples, tixed 1.300 people and taken into church 3,000 people. Wommi Probably Murdered LEBANON, April of Mrs. Anna aged found in the old log house 3 miles of this city in which she has lived tors the past iifty years aud the surround-1 ings strongly point toward foul play.V Mrs. JJcssiuger was supposed to amassed quite a snug sum of rnoi The contents of tlie house were state of confusion and, as nothing value was discovered, it is supposed was murdered for her money- Murlowe for Dlvoroa.

TrnUE HACTK, April UrilllS tO SUUI'IJ bllU nimu-i i tut it American civilization were satisfied peO pi Sullivan are made indiffE with this it would abjectly fail in its high aud of a divorce suit brouffh) noble mission. "bvProf. Marlowe, formerly in thehitfl UliS by the assurance thac.though our currency may be debased, redundant and uncertain, such a situation will improve tho price of his products. Let us remind him that he must buy wellui soil- that Ills dreams of plenty are shaded by the uncertainty that If tho price of the thing! Ho has to sell is nominally enhanced, the cosi of tho things he must buy will not remain stationary; that tho best prices which cheaj money proclaims, are unsubstantial and elusive, and that even if they were right and palpable ho must necessarily bo left lar behind In the race for their enjoyment. nd te race -It ought not to be dlfflcult to convince the ford university.

Mrs. Marlowe is ing- with her parents in Sullivan, she has been since her husband her from their home. In. the which has been served on her from California court she is accused ol sertion. Uenlei INDIANAPOLIS, April the United States court Judge refused a rehearing in the case of -It ought not to be dimcuit locouvuec m.

r( a. reueo.i-"s wage-earner that if there were benefits arising i Harrow company against from a degenerated currency they would roach diana pcople A cw days ago Baker held the harrow company monopoly and not entitled to hoi Now he denies a May Been Murder. ISDIAJTAPOLIS. April as Uayes, aged 40, gang foreman in machine department of the Big Fo shops at Brightwood, was found in a barn in the rear of a iialoon. circumstances surrounding his are such as to lead to a suspicion he was murdered.

VJ prevailed here for thirty-six hours. Eich had a premonition of the accident, and was. running his engine slowly at the time. of all tho needs of his home must long bo hlj portion, while he Is at the same time vexed with vanishing visions of increased -wages and an easier lot. The pages of history and experience are full of this lesson.

a Matter ot "An insidious attempt la made to create a prejudice against the advocates of a safe anc sound currency by the insinuation, more 01 less directly made, that they belong to financial and business classes, and are not only out of sympathy with the commoi people of tho land, but for selflsh and wicked purposes are willing to sacrifice the interest! of those outside their circle. -1 believe that capital and wealth, through combination and other means, sometimes gait an undue advantage; and it must be conceded tnat tho malntainance of a sound currency may, in a be invested in a greater or less importance to individuals according to their con- dltion and circumstances. It Is however, onlj a difference in degree, since it is utterly Impossible tnat any one in our broad land, rich or poor, whatever maybe his occupation, and whether dwelling in a center of finance and commerce'or in a remote corner ol our domain, can be really benefited by a financial scheme not alike beneficial to all our people, or thai any one should bo excluded from a common and universal interest in the safe character and stable value of currency of the country. our relation to this question are all in business, lor -we all buy and sell, so we all have to do with financial for we all earn money and spend it. cannot escape our interdependence.

Merchants and dealers are in every neighborhood, and each has Its shops and manufactories. Wherever the lints o' man exist business and finance In some degree are found, related In tion to those whose wants they and in another to the more extensive business and finance to which they are "'butary. A fluctuation in prices at the seaboard Is known the some day or hour in the remotes! hamlet. The dbcrcditor depreciation in financial centers of utv form of money in the or the of immediate loss An Answer from If I April It is authoritatively stated that Nicaragua has made a reply to Great Britain's ultimatum. 'It is in the nature of a counterproposal and not a direct acceptance or rejection of the British demands, and as such, it --is not yet known whether Great Britain will accept it as responsive to the ultimatum.

Death ot Editor. TEKBE HAUTE, Wolfe. proprietor and editor of Daily Journal, the only German paper in the city, died in a bath Sunday. He 50 years of age I came here from Evansville ten ago. with the Old Bate.

AprU dele meeting of block coal miners 1 secret session here. Every mine district was represented. heated discussion it was decided not strike provided the old scale is cent' ued for another year. Saints closed their convention here ter 'deciding no person should any position in the church who Srbaccoinanyform. Tithingwas roved down.

discontent and wild experiment iSo'Jld'sweep our cunu-icy from Its safe support the most defenseless of all'who suffer IB that time of distress and national discredit will be the poor as they reckon the lost in their scanty support, and the laborer and workiacmaa as he sees the money he has received for bis toil shrink and shrivel in hand when he tenders it for the necessaries sunoly his humble home. Disguise it we may, the lino of battle is drawn between the forces of safe currency and those 0 silver monometallism. I will not believe that If our people are afforded an. intelligent opportunity for sober second thought they will sanction schemes that, however cloaked, mean disaster and confusion, nor that they will consent, by undermining the foundation of a safe currency, to endanger the benefli- cent character and purposes of their govern. GrMDOUitlo.

GREEXCASTLE, April 1 De Pauw university baseball team defeated in the opening game of season by the State Normal Terre llaute, the score being: Normal, 16; DC Pauw. 'J. Bu Good Thing. PETERSBURG. April last John E.

Willy, a coal miner of place, was granted a patent on a bined roller and harrow. he has received a cash offer of Sc for the patent from Philadelphia. Fought OH. GAKP.ETT. April attempted to hold up a passenger Baltimore Ohio train at this They were fought off and cw Two men were arrested on suspicion.

I Afilla. ALAJfV. April Carrie Davis, of this place, was fat injured at JeffiTsonviilu liy fall from a.