Logansport Pharos-Tribune from Logansport, Indiana • Page 1

FOR TOMORROW! AND SILK, ZEPHYR AND AND MOTS In Endless Variety, tt moderate prices now on Display and Sale at the new and elegant ife aluable articles at unapproachably low prices 109-411 Broadway. WILER WISE. OVEE THE STATE. News from Various Towns In Indiana. fliuy Festival JndlnnnpolU.

I INDIANAPOLIS. May Jixth annual Indiana May music fcsti- lal will be given at Tomlinson's hall, Indianapolis, on May 15, 1C and un- ler the direction of the Indianapolis llay Music Festival association. The rectors say: "In matting selections wo have arranwd onlj rtho appearance of tanso whose musicals nmcnts of tho honest order, several of Ihom havo reputations lu the old world as well the new, and In this wo havo striven I the best talent possible, no mattei at tho expose. No such an array ol artists ever appeared In Indianapolis as Mmo. nima Eames.

ono of tho famous prtroft donna tho Now York Metropolitan Grand Onora Impany; the trio ot English nrtlsw. Mile. ntolnotto Tr -HI, soprano: Hon Davloa, and Mills, oasso; the great Intralto, Mnic. Clara Poole-Klntf: Kama Juch, whose well known Ire- Miss Gertrude Way stein; tho no- ImpliKhcd baritone, Max Helnrlch: the tonor, Towno: the banso, D. M.

Uaboock, and me tollowlns Arthur Fried- llm pianist; Fritz Oloso, 'ccllolst; Follx IlntcrnlU, violinist, and Van Vechten Hog- harpist. In addition to thin array rxsclal has been made of Henri Marirnti. tho younu French kullat. The festival orchoy which beeu enlaced, is an orgunlza- of flf ty skilled rausluians. unaor tho oonduc- of Prof.

Emil Mollliihnuor, who it Blaylng for sovoral yearn, and bttvi been tho feature of tho annual mu- iftl festivals In the Now EnnUnd and eastern Forte Antllence Dlnappolnted. U.POBTE, May James Whit- Db Kiley and Douglass Sherley were oked for eutortainmont nt opera house here Wednos- ftj niftht, and one of the larg- audiences of the season as- -nbled to hear them. The Rentle- tn failed to appear and noihiutf has heard from them up to dote. The anger of the opera house suffered a by tncir non-appearance, and both and Shirley will be made defend- in damage suit May The town of Ew London, miles west of this city, terrorized by a disreputable band Irobbers Thursday nlsrht. They en- od a dozen or more residences, con- uinff their pillnjf vintil the viUftKers drove them out of town.

marauders, who secured booty lountlntf to several hundred dollars, Liupposed to be roving gy.p»ie^ a were In camp near by that to a Branck. Mv Chicago a branon Irom Anflersou to City, thus connecting those two places by a direct line. The new line will cross the Lake Erie West- crn railway line 15 miles cast of the city, and will furnish railway transportation to at least six towns that have heretofore not been on any line of railway. to an of INDIANAPOLIS, May Brown, an aged clerk in the county clerk's office here, and W. J.

Elstun, of Irvington, have secured evidence showing themselves to be entitled to part of the Ball estate iu Pennsylvania, including 8,000 acres of coal and gas land, and real estate in Philadelphia- The estate is estimated to bo worth $7,000,000. Modlums to Meet. ANDERSON, May call was issued Friday by Dr. Westerflold, prcsl- dept of the Indiana Spiritualist association, for the fourth annual Indiana camp meeting, which will be held at Chesterfield from July 19 to August 13. Tho conference is set for July 20.

The annual convention for tho election of officers for the ensuing year and for the settlement of all business for tha past year will be held August S. Odd Fellowi I'riipuro to Celobrnte. INDIANAPOLIS, May Odd Fellows of Indiana are making exten- sive preparations for the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of tho order, A groat parade, with a largo number of floats, will be a. feature of the occasion here. J.

T. Campbell, of London, grand sire of the order of the world, has notified i the Grand hotel management to reserve quarters for him. Corpse Bmallpni. BoumtoN, May In rapidly spreading over the southwest part of this county. There were three deaths Thursday at DeLong and one ut Kewanna.

A corpse from Chicago was brought to the latter place for burial and in viewing remains over 200 persons were exposed. The towns are being quarantined. llloodhoumln Trall'lug Ilnrglart, OKLKANS, May forced an entrance into the post office here 2 o'clock Friday morning, and after blowing the safe secured 1163 In money and in stamps. The safe was demolished and the windows shatj tered by the explosion. Bloodhounds seat for and are now on the trail near Salem.

Factory Burnt Frmnkfort. FBAKKJOBT, May large briok factory of BOM A Htdgerock frWay nlg-ht. LOM, 'y Mw foUojp UNDER WATER. ing- companies: Liverpool and London and Globe, German American, II art- ford, Phoenix of Brooklyn and Milwaukee Mechanics'. Olmrited with Attempted Bribery.

GiiEESBBuno. Ind, May 5. Carl Jacobs, a well-known ward politician, is under arrest charged with attempt- Ing to bribe a grand juror, Peter Grow, into using his Influence agninsl returning' indictments against certain saloonkeepers. Jacobs claims that he will show up all right at the proper timo. Chicago at Elwood.

ELWOOD, company of Chicago capitalists.which is erecting a tin plate plant at Summitville, a few miles east ot this city, is now trying to locate another and larger plant in this jity, and will doubtless succeed. FATE WHITE CITV. to Heel" Tearln Dowu the liulhllnei at Once. CHICAGO, May 11 of the world's fair buildings except the Art Palace Dave been finally sold by the South park commissioner to the Chicago Wrecking company for SSO.OOO, Of this sum $25 000 is paid in cash and the balance in time to suit the demands of the commissioners. It is stipulated in the sale that the buildings must be entirely removed at tbe end of two years.

The Chicago. Wrecking company is one of the largest concerns of this kind in the United States. In their world's fair purchase are included twenty buildings, seventeen of which will be removed insido of sixty This deal settles for all time the late of the White city. Contracts have been signed and the wreckers will begin their work immediately. Mr.

Harris, president of the company, said: "We not irolni to touch the Manufactures or lot until the last moment, they wUl ua- Ito Al of the structure, are (tolng be wreaked (or or tho Manufacture. bulldlU, vrhlchlajood tor Coney Tl'llind Go. NEW YORK. May of the town of tyof laloons Fulton, and the Surrounding Country Inundated. A Part of Kansas Swept by a Cyclone Buildings Are Ruined.

FLOOD IS AHKAN8AS. FULTON, May n. Red river continues to rise at rapid rate and nearly every business house on Main street has from i inchus to 2 feat of water running under it. The whole country north and south oi the Iron Mountain railway, between here and Clear lake, 13 miles distant, is oue vast expanse of water. The planters, with their families aud stock, have been compelled to flee to the hills for safety from the Hood.

Hogs and sheep are reported being drowned by the hundreds. Thousands of acres land are being-denuded of their crops of corn and cotton. No crops can be raised this year. The flood will prove the worst everknown in this section. Puriauit Storm lii KansJin.

WICHITA, May terrific storm swept over this section of Kansas Friday night. Rain fell in torrents here from 7 in the evening to early morning. West Wichita had several houses struck by lightning and ono man and his wife were knocked senseless by a bolt Several houses in West Wichita wera blown down and hardly an out-build- Ing is left standing. Plate glass windows in the Sunflower block were smashed like eggshells. The damage is considerable.

The storm at Olivett of ft cyclonic character. The residence of W. H. Peard, occupied by William Rattle, was torn to atoms. Mrs.

Battle and her babe were in the building but miraculously escaped with slight injury The school building is a partial wreck. Loaded cars on the siding were tossed about like paper structures and finally wrecked. Window lights were broken in all residences. A Badly Hurt. At LebP, in the southern part of Osage correty, the Baptist church and several duelling houses were blown down and a woman named Mrs.

Cochran badly hurt Several stables and granaries were also blown down. There was not much hail, but every one that fell was destructive. The windows of many dwellings were shattered, and the French plate glass and north fronts were broken. No serious damage was done to crops- The storm ranged from northwest to southeast. At Melvern, in the southern part of Osage county, the storm was very heavy, but did no considerable damage.

At Comiskey there was a waterspout which badly damaged crops. At Council Grove and Burlington, the ram and wind were heavy, but not much dam- agre- was done. KnlQB the Cropi. OSAOK CITI-, May terrific hail, rain and windstorm in the nature of a'cyclone passed across the southern part of Osage county and along the Meridoches valley and to the north of Bmporin last night, doing much dam ago to crops for 8 or 4 miles east Reading. The crops are reported washed out and the fruit destroyed.

An Ice Storm. Eiii'OMA, May hail storm und waterspout of Friday nigh was not so severe in this city, but at Reading, 15 northeast this place, considerable was. done. The hail was 60 forcible that in one instance some went through a shutter, win dow pane and heavy curtain. Lots them went through the roof.

Some the chunks of ice measured 12 inche in length. Some cattle were killed and most of the herds stampeded. Al kinds of crops, gardens and fruits an ruined. Marshal Walsh was out in th- storm and has not been found yet. Drowned.

BKMLIN, May dreadful thunde storm passed over the town of Jauer, in Prussian Silesia. The tremendous fal of rain caused a flood of volume to s.veep down the river Neisse which overflowed its banks, carried away a number of bridges and swept off several houses. Half a dozen or more persons were drowned and tho damage to property will reach several million dollars. Col. tor LBXUTGTOJT, May Breek- inridge made his first speech in his campaign for reelection to congress to an enormous crowd in this city.

After referring to his past career and services, and stating his position on the tariff, he spoke at considerable length on his recent trial at Washington. He acknowledged his guilt, and said he had fallen in a moment of weakness and passion, but had done all within his power to prevent a public siandal except the one thing, marriage, which at no moment bad he considered. Did he think for a moment, as claimed Dy his enemies, that his sin had made him unBt to represent hearers In congresi; that reelection would looktd upon by world tion; that a vOM tor him WM a or ot of iis misdeeds, he A-ouia noc a i-eelection. uor accept the i-otes of his. hearers, nor live their midbU But of what he had been guilty he had made public ac- fnowledgment, and his reelection could neither lake from nor add to the pun- shment he had suffered.

He was glad exposure had come, lie cared not now for the closet door to be opened, for there was no skeleton there, He could now look up through the blue skies of ihe upper world, aud feel that there- was no cloud thcra. He would wear with him the scars of the past, but would no longer carry the dread of ex- posuvu. He would coino out of the itonn, in some respects, conqueror. Col. Hreckinridge Mud that the extent of his guilt was truthfully confessed by him without justification or palliation, aud he asked no condona- iion.

In conclusion he said: some one your ir.ic.sl uun Duller do the work you wunt done your rcprt'suutatlvu. chouse, him; I sliall submit; somo one wtoso "ifc UM been whoae monUs men cur. imitate with prollt; whose days mvo beer, pure anil whose uights liuvo bucn sinless; whose ability ample, wtosc ex norlenco Is wide. For 100 years this lUntrlct been roprusoniecl by men. They buvc not always been sinless men, and whcilicr yon ra- clcct or reject me, -licruaficr when some one cuuics lo wriw) Its history, whatever Marco may attach to mo, he will write of mo that, ovoa with that Wttino, he loved the poor tic toilucl for follow men, ho labored for Buod cauHOs; and aa historian turns over the pages of the record In which my utterances arc continued ho will from them with the belief that I was loyal to my principles, truth, (UivutcJ vo you." COXEY'S TRIAL.

Procrein of tbe CIMO Commonweal Leader. TOM, May was a fallinff off in the attendance of congressmen on the trial of the commonweal leaders, Coxey, Browne and Jones, which was resumed in Judge Miller's police court. Officer Law, of the police force told how Browne and Coxey ri across the ffnvss of the shrubbery and were arrested. Judge Miller asked the officer several questions, when Con- I'euce Neb.) arose and created something- of a sensation by dcclarin that it was evident the court was endeavoring to help the prosfecutr inj? oilkers out of a hole from they liad shown absolute incapacity to lift themselves. "Can you show any impropriety 'the questions?" asked the judffe.

"I can object that the questions were absolutely improper and leading," responded Mr. I'euce. Judse Miller declared with considerable show of warmth that it was his privilege and sworn duty to elicit all the facts in the matter. Mr. Pence askc.d some questions of the officer, which showed that, although he was recorded as the complainant in the case, he had not entered any complaint.

He could not tell how it happened that charges of disorderly conduct and assault had been entered against Browne and afterwards withdrawn. The officer denied that Browne had been clubbed and when he was asked Browne had not been roughly used the judge said that was not in the case. Officer Aldrich followed. Qo was on duty May 1 at the capitol grounds and identified Browne and Jones'as two the men he had seen there. Jones carried a stick and banner, which witness took away from bun.

At the time, witness Jones was interfering with witness, who was near Browne, who was under arrest crying out in an excited manner that "It was an outrage." Jones returned to the charge a second time and then Aldrich and Officer Flather placed him under arrest The crowd about at that time, witness said, was large aud disorderly. On cross-examination Aldrich said he didn't see Jones strilte anyone, and that he didn't know how it came about that be was charged on the station house blotter with interfering with an officer. He hod made no complaint against him. Court adjourned until Monday. uo nuuurvu IVIMCH lu SAS SALVADOR, May Antonia Ezeta, vice president, and brother of President Carlos Ezeta, is cannonading Santa Ana.

which is still held by the rebels. Citizens-of the place, dreading bombardment, begged the rebel leaders to leave town, but entreaties were of no avail. A battle was fought yesterday in which 100 rebels were killed and many wounded, according to the government report, while the loyal army's lossjwaii smalL A 11 Becomet Deaf. WASHINGTON, May Griflen, of Detroit, who elected to succeed J. Lojran Chipman, has for a long time suffered from a defective hearing.

Within the past two weeks his trouble has grown so much worse that he now entirely deaf. He has consulted eminent physicmns, but they hold out no hope, and he will be compelled to retire from congress, his friends fear, although serving his first term. On ImyeotloU Tour. WASHINGTON, May Secretary Herbert, accompanied by his daughters, Mrs. Mlcau, Miss Herbert, and nieoe, Buell, of his Lieut Baarny, left WMh- Ington at 11 o'clock m.

over Baltimore Ohio railroad for of of the RIOTERS SLAIN. Strikes in Germany Result in ft. Fatal Conflict, Three Miners Killed and Fifteen Wounded by Police Coke gVon Filled with Armed Strikers. (SHOT DOWN. BF.M.IX.

May The colliers in mining district around Kalkenau, not far from Marburg-, struck because their many grievances concerning- the administration of the mines were uot remedied, Friday the strikers rioted in and near LVUkenau. They refused to disperse when a force of fifty police them, aud threw stones and of earth at the officers. Tbe police charged several times. As tha strikers fought back stubbornly, the police then fired two volleys from revolvers. Three strikers were killed and fifteen were wounded.

After the mob retreated troops were summoned by telegraph, and thav still occupy the district, as further disturbances feared. Further Ftartjd. SCOTTDALE, May sitna- tion in the coke region is one of unrest. No outbreak been reported, but trouble is expected at any moment. Armed bodies of strikers are marching through the region and are bound to coma into collision -with the guards.

At the Mayer works of the Rainey Coke company there are 1,000 Dungarian Strikers in camp determined to bring out all the men. There are bat ten jnen in the yard and twenty in tha pit, which leaves the in a crippled condition. The strikers jubilant over the fact that they have succeeded already in keeping away the greater part of the force, and ghould the other thirty join the stnk- ers the victory, it is claimed, will and the operators will have to guccumb to the scale adopted by the workmen. Other works that are only part operation, such the Valley la Frick company, w.Ul-*Uo tbc strikers and trouble is feared there, The Frick people are determined that the strikers shall not treipass on their property and deputies are on the ground with Winchesters. Few lire running.

Daniel Darbj, secretary of the United Mine Workers of America, has called general meeting for Sunday afternoon at Mount Vernon park, Uniontown. II is claimed by the strikers that every coke oven will be idle Monday and that they will starve before they will resume work at the now paid. Is Tying tip TralUo. ST. Louis, May A serious condt tion of affairs the street railway officials as a result of the com! miners' strike.

The present supply of coal at the different railway powerhouses will not last more than two weeks, and when it is exhausted the electric cars will have to be abandoned and horse cars substituted. Many factories are preparing to clofte down on account of inability to pet coal, and it is feared thousand. of employes will be thrown out of work. The railways this vicinity arc considering; the advisability of withdrawing freight trains from their lines, as tbe supply of coal is running low. A summarj of the mines shut down in this region shows nearly 4,000 miners out of work, A prominent coal dealer reports that unless the coal strike ends within weeks this city will experience a coal famine worse than ever known.

eiatett on Record. HivnK, May 5. -The steamship Tourainc, which left New York on SaV urday, April 08, 8:30 a. with John Jacob Astor and family, Mme. Calve and Henri N.

Braera, Danish consul tc Kevr York, among her passengers, M. rived at 0 m. The time of the voyage between New York and town, five days and sixteen hours, was tbe shortest on record. Antwerp Fair Openi. ANTWERP, May King Leopold.

companied by the queen of Belgium, the princess of the royal famUy.ttw countess of Flanders, Prince von Ho- henzollern, the cabinet and host of prominent persons, opened the world's exhibition Here to-day with appropriate ceremonies. There were OTWP S5.000 people present a Baler ID ROME, Mny Cancer of the larynx. nlmost identical with the disease wiUi which the late Emperor Frederick ol Germany was afflicted, has established its hold 'upon King Humbert of Italy. This has been known for some tlnw unions the confidants of the king, bnl it is only recently that the secret hml been divulged. ST.

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