Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 9 February 1900 — Page 1

A PAPER WITH CONVICTIONS AND THE COURAGE TO EXPRESS TMEM.

Established in 1835.

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 9 1900

Printed Friday Evening.

DSOLUTELY "PURE

Makes the food more delicious and wholesome

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.

THE SMALLPOX FIGHT,

STATE MAY LOSE.

Is Showing Its Effects In Saline City.

The state board of health was informed, Tuesday, that there was one new case of smallpox in Saline City, Clay county. The disease has been fought so bard that

this is now the onlv case in town.

Insurance Policies That Are No Good.

The state of Indiana will probably lose part of the insurance on the State Reform School at Plainfield, which burned in December. The building was insured in the

Indiana Underwriters, composed

TW honk have Iron closed three , of the Vernon Insurance and Trust

weeks. The health officer, Dr. Company of Indianapolis and the

R. Gantz, reports that the autivaccination society in Fort Wayne

is spending a great deal of money

distributing circulars and sending

out men to talk

tion

against vaccina-

Fort Wayne Fire Insurance Com

pany, but unfortunately the Fort Wayne had failed and a receiver had been appointed before the fire. The Vernon has paid its loss, but it is not responsible for

Dr. Hurtv was in Brazil onfthe F Wayne's share of the

Monday to deliver to the county j policy. The state will have to board of health, instructions from j wai for a settlement by the rethe state board on the manner of before it will get any pay fighting the disease. The county ment on the claim, and as the board was ordered to appoint a company failed with heavy liabilideputy to diagnose smallpox for ties, the chances are not good for each infected township, and have j much more than 25 cents on the him make a house-to-house can- j dollar. vass, quarantining for fourteen! The Fort Wayne Insurance days all who have been exposed j Company operated under a special and are not vaccinated. All in- j charter and did not have to report fected houses are to be disinfected j to the Insurance Department, and free vaccination is to be of-1 Early in 1899 the officers notified fered. If the county council re- j Auditor of State Hart of their infuses to make an appropriation to I tention to comply with the insurcover the expense, the state board j ance laws of Indiana, and make will bring a suit of mandamus, j regular reports to the department. The same instructions were given ! Auditor Hart had an examination tn th Washington countv board. ! of the affairs of the company

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Tuesday.

made by an expert, and refused to

accept some of the securities listed

Table Talk. ! y the company as valid assets.

"Table Talk" for February A license was refused and the .A, 1 j ,. public notified that the investigaopens with a most interesting ar- j 1 tide on "Domestic Life in the j tioD had beeu satisfactory, but Philippines" by Katherine Brain, i that "nder its charter the comPany erd Barber, the wife of an array could contine t0 do busines.s in officer. The writer gives from j the State- Underwriters express practical experience an insite into rprto that State officials, in the home life of the Filipinos j vlew of these fact3 would a which will interest and amuse j P0"0? in the company, for state

Plants for Table Decoration" will be of interest to women who give attention to the attractiveness of their table. "A St. Valentine Festival" giving Menu and entertainment is timely and helpful to those who give entertainments on that day. "Up-Stairs, DownStairs, and in My Lady's Chamber," it a valuable article to all

who desire to be tidy housekeep-1 The official call for the annual ers. The department "All Through convention of the Indiana State the Year" is filled with choicest j League of Republican clubs at information for women. The j Anderson, Monday and Tuesday, Housekeepers' Inquiry Depart- February 12 and 13, has been

inent if a school of practical in j issued by President Newton Gil-

STATE CLUB CONVENTION.

Republican Meetings at Anderson Next Week,

Thousand Men Expected to Att end-

Candidates Will be There

State Politics.

struction on the preparation of

various dishes: It gives the latest on table decoration and service. "Table Talk" is just what every woman wants every day. It teaches exhaustively the art of good cooking, of wise and economical living. Our readers can

bert and Secretary J. W. Egnew

The basis of representation for each county is to be one delegate and one alternate for each 200 votes and for each fraction of one hundred or more votes Ckst for Union H. Hunt for Secretary of State in 1898. The county man-

obtain a free sample copy of this agers are to apportion the delemagazine by sending their name , gates and give them credentials and address to the Table Talk using due discretion in regard to Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. the clubs in working condition

and the parts of the county in which the organizations have been discontinued between campaigns. Each Republican college club is to bo entitled to two delegates if certified for by the president of the Republican College League. Ii is likely that the conven

tion will bring

n

together

over a

thousand men and great preparations are being made at Anderson for their entertainment. The committee on resolutions will meet at the Grand Hotel, Anderson, at 1 p. 111., February 12, the credentials committee at the Doxev House at the same hour, and the committee on rules aud business at the Anderson House. During the afternoon the spellbinders of the party will hold forth and in the evening there will be an elaborate banquet. The convention will be held Tuesday morning. All of the candidates for Governor will probably have headquarters there during the meeting:

WATCH THE STEAL,

THE RECORD.

Large Numbers of People Dealing in Liquor in the U. S.

There are 199,729 persons holding licenses granted by the government of the United States to sell spirituous liquors, an increase from 195,964 on Jan. 1, 1899. In addition to these there are 12,327 persons licensed to sell malt liquers only, an increase of 2-14 from the previous year, making a total of 212,156 retail liquor dealers iu the United States 4,121 more than in 1898. There are 4,490 persons licensed as wholesale dealers, 1,959 brewers and 1,907 rectifiers, making a total of 220,518 licenses granted for the manufacture and sale of liquor. It is fair to estimate that at least three persons are employed under every license. This is undoubtedly a small average, because some of the brewers and distillers employ several thousand men, but even . at that rate there are not less than 661,554 persons engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquor in the United States. Estimating the population of the country at 75,000,000, this would make an average of one liquor seller to every 114 of the population. During the last year 25,202,901 bushels of grain and 2,198,513 gallons of molasses were used for the manufacture of liquor in this country,which produced 107,618,120 gallons of spirits and 1,657,808 gallons of rum, making a total of 109,275,928, which is about 11 1 1 1 n j

one gallon ana a nan to every

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Another Pike Petition. George East and Arthur Sare piesented a pike petition to the Commissioners yesterday. The proposed road is 6 miles long and consists of several short stretches in Van Buren township. The cost is estimated at $2000 per mile and as the total amount would succeed the lawful per cent of the tax levy, a new petition must be secured and the road shortened about a mile before the commissioners can grant the request.

The Trust Editors Will Swipe County Funds-

The citizens of Monroe county should be on their guard. From present indications Messrs. Bradfute and. Cravens, editors of the telephone und World, respectively will present big bills to the county for an allowance for the publication of an alleged State Board of Health notice that appeared in these papers some few days ago. Under the present law there is no appropriation for such work, and the method pursued by Bradfute to work the taxpayers is amusing in the extreme. Just previous to the death of Dr. Axtell, the secretary of the County Board of Health, a notice was received from Dr. Hurty at ludianapoiis. On the next train Mr. K. O. Hert, a son-in-law of Dr. Axtell, arrived from Indianapolis, and on his authority the notice four columns of plate matter was published in the Telephone three consecutive days. The cost of this publication will amount to

over 200 at a legal authorized rate and it remains to be seen whether Bradfute and Cravens will succeed in "working" the commissioners for the amount. As there is no law authorizing such a publication, the matter smacks of a "steal."

SIXTY

is the Majority Against the 0. B. & T. H.

ELECTION IN PERRY TOWNSHIP.

The vote today in Perry township complete gives a majority of 60 votes against the new enterprise. It would seem the Monon got xii its work quitely and effectively. The next thing now in order is to donate the dry plant to Perry township as soon as the citizens select a suitable site. They do not seem to want any new enterprise so it is time to give them that $800 monument. Poor Perry. We pity you.

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A Disastrous Fire. From Wednesday's Daily: A most severe and trous fire occurred this

noon at, 12:05. The large brick, stone trimmed building known as the Wylie Hall at the State University was entirely destroyed by fire. The conflagration was caused by an explosion in the chemical labaratory during the absence of the class

the department. The fire

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originated

in

the

TRAINS COLLIDE IN A FOG.

Fireman Killed and an Engineer and Passenger Badly Hurt.

Dubuque, lo. , Feb. 8. A head end collision between a passenger train going north and a freight train occurred this morning on the Calm a r division of the Chicago, Milwaukee aud St. Paul, at Donnan station. Fireman Humble of the passenger train, was killed. Engineer Schaeffer, of the passenger was badly scalded, S. C. Wyman, of Wacotna, had a leg crushed, and it is thought it must be amputated. Several others suffered injuries. Both engines and several cars were wrecked. The mishap was owing to a dense fog. A Disastrous Wreck on the New York CentralWilliamsport, Pa., Feb. 8. (S.-M. T.) Three men were killed and three seriously injured in a freight collision on the New York Central railroad near Peale Tunnel this morning. The dead are Oliver Bennett and Mark McFarland, engineers, and A. M. McAvenue, fireman.

John D. Morgan has concluded not to be a candidate for the nomination of auditor, giving way to Col. C. li. Worral who is hot after the plum.

Maj. Theo. J. Louden has received notice from Adjutant General Gore that he would be here on Wednesday night, Feb. 14, to muster in the new militia company. P. K. Buskirk is transacting business at Indianapolis.

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room of the second floor, and spread with great rapidity. The fire department was soon on the scene and did good work. The building was erected in the fall of 1883 at a cost of $37,000. The structure was a most pretentious one, three stories and a half with basement. It was erected by Messrs. J. L; Nichols and Wilson Adams. The building was named in honor of the late T. A. Wylie, ex-president of the institution. The structure contained a number of recitation and class rooms, the contents being worth probably $29,000. Insured for $35,000. The engine was stationed at the big fire cistern in the campus, but the water supply was soon exhausted The waterworks hydrant near by was tapped and a stream directed into the cistern, affording the department a sufficient supply of water. More than 2,500 people were attracted to the scene and witnessed the work of the flames. This is the second big fire the university has suffered. The first took place in June '83 the University sustained a severe loss by the distruction of the old labralory huilding, South College Avenue, due to lightning. This building was erected in 1873 and contained a museum of rare value, known as the Owen collection, the corner stone of which was laid by Thomas A. Hendricks, July 2d, 1873.

O. M. Fulwider has returned from Benton county Missouri where he has been the past few days looking after some land in terests. He owns 160 acres at that point and has formed a company to develope the land which experts claim is underlaid with lead and zinc ore. A company was organized with $10,000 capital to push the matter.