Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1891 — Page 6

©he D.ECLA.TUJR, IND. H. BLACKBURN, - - - PuMaama, ONLY HALF A GLANCE WILL SHOW YOU THAT THE NEWS IS ALL HERE. Englishmen Take Possession of a Turkish Port—Down an Embankment—George B. Loring Dead—Attempt to Wreck a Train. A BOID FIAT. - Englishmen Take Possession of a Turkish Port in the Name of Their Queen. Paris special: A decided feeling of uneasiness has been caused in diplomatic and financial circles here by the receipt of an alarming dispatch announcing that Sigri, on the west coast of the Island of Mitylene, an Island belonging to Turkey, near the coast of Asia Minor, and within easy steaming distance of the Dardanelles, has been occupied by a detachment of British troops or marines, landed there from a British ironclad. The island of Mitylene, is within twenty-five miles of the Hellespont, has an area of 276 square miles and a population of 40,000. It has good harbors and a fertile soil. The principal towns are Castro (or Mitylene) and Molive. Under ordinary circumstances little or no credence would have been placed in the alarming rumor, but coupled with the story broadly circulated that Great Britain, in view of Russia’s practical coercion of Turkey in regard to the passage through the Dardanelles of vessels belonging to her volunteer fleet intended to occupy the island of Tenedos at the entrance to the Hellespont or Dardanelles, more serious attention is ,• paid to this dispatch from Constantinople. The islands of Mitylene would form a most advantageous position from which Great Britain could control the waters of the Hellespont. Constantinople special: A detachment of blue-jackets and marines from a British ironclad accompanied by a battery of light field-pieces and several Gatling guns, was landed at Sigri, on the Island of Mitylene, formally occupying that place in the name of the Queen of England. There is a good harbor at Sigri, and it is supposed that the British naval officers at Mitylene sintended to fortify the island and make it a coaling station and rendezvous for the British Mediterranean fleets. Sigri is on the coast of Mitylene, and is about sixty miles from the mouth of the Dardanelles. Fastest Time Ever Made on a Railroad. Buffalo special: The fastest time ever made in the history of railroad traveling was made on the New York Central recently. The fast mail train leaving New York at 7:20 in the morning arrived here at 2:50 in the t afternoon, making a run 436% miles in 440 minutes, which included three stops. A number of railroad officials and newspaper men were on board. The fastest previous run ever made was by the Scotch mail—soo miles at the rate of 55.4 miles per hour, three weeks ago. O’Brien’s Safe Opened. The fate of defaulting and absconding M. J. O’Brien, Supreme Treasurer of Catholic Knights of America, was opened at Chattanooga. The priest and trustees and representatives of Fidelity and Casualty Company, of New York, and of O’Brien’s local bondsmen were present. A thorough inventory was made, but the resnlt will not be made public ’till later. The officers are satisfied that O’Brien’s defalcations will amount to a large sum. Wheat Inspection. Judge Caldwell, in the District Court at Fargo, N. D., delivered an opinion in wheat inspection cases. It was against the railway commission on the ground that the statute under which they claim to act only authorizes them to inspect grain to be placed in a warehouse within the State of North Dakota, and the court held that the stopping of wheat in transit to another State is an unwarrantable interference with inter-State commerce. Attempt to Wreck a Train. A bold attempt was made to wreck the Cannon ball express on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad near Whiting, Ind. Engineer Pierson saw an obstruction on the track and reversing the lever the engine came to a stop, just as the pilot pushed against a barrier of railroad ties. One man has confessed that him and five others done it for the purpose of robbery. Disastrous Fire. The works of the Menasha, Wis., Wood Split Pulley Co., the flour mill of James Jones, and the warehouse of the Menasha Woodenware Company burned. Loss, 585,000; insurance, 533,000. Several firemen were injured by falling walls. About 100 men are thrown out of employment by the fire. Big Fire on a Salvage Island. London special: News has been received in this city that the Salvage, a group of islands, were recently the scene of a disastrous fire. Several houses were destroyed by the flames, while others were demolished to prevent conflagration spreading. The loss was about $1,000,000. Niue Ice Houses Burned. Nine ice houses belonging to the Indiapolis Ice Company were destroyed by fire. A young lad named John Thurber, aged 9, was arrested shortly afterward and confessed that he set the houses ori fire. He says another boy told him to. The loss will exceed $30,000; partly insured. Ten Murders in Ten Days. Information just received from Screedville, Tenn., says that there have been ten murders in that county in the past ten days. Four Persons Killed. By the explosion on the Rockberrln vessel on the Danube, four persons are now known to have been killed. Down an Embankment. A disastrous freight wreck occurred on the middle division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, east of Altoona. Two engines and several freight cars were thrown over an embankment and totally demolished. One of the engineers is said to have received serious injuries. George B. Boring Dead. Hon. Geo. B. Loring, ex-Minister tc Portugal, and former Commissioner ol Agriculture, died suddenly at his home in Salem, Mass., from heart trouble. He •%s 74 years old. Embezzler and Fugitive. Chattanooga special: J. J. Duff, oi Memphis, and John Barr, of Lebanon, Ky., respectively Supreme Trustee and Sinking Fund Commissioner and Supreme - Secretary of the Catholic Knights oi America, and President Colemon, have arrived in this city to investigate the shortage of M. J. O’Brien, Supreme Treasurer of the Order, who, after assigning all his property,'a large portion of it to his bondsmen, left the city. No clue exists as to his whereabouts. There can be no doubt but there is a deficit in his accounts. The only ques£on is as to the amount which is now supposed to be about $30,000. Major O’Brien was

thought to be the soul of honor. [He had served four terms as treasurer, and in eight years he handled over three million dollars. ■ SENDING VESSELS TO CHINA. The United States Government Called Upon to Protect American Interests There. The Department of State has received a telegraphic dispatch from the Minister at Pekin, reporting that a riot has occurred at Yehang on the Yangtse Kiang River in the province of SooPe, and that an establishment of American missionaries there has been destroyed. No further particulars were given. The gravity of the situation in China increases daily. The Army and Navy Department is lending its protection to American interests in answer to representations of the Department of State. The Charleston is now on her way to China from San Francisco and the Petrol in the neighborhood of New York is under orders to proceed to the same destination to strengthen Admiral Belknap’s fleets, but they can hardly reach their destination inside of three months. Particular concern is felt at the departments in this last riot because of its location. Gehana is about 200 miles further up the Yong Tee Kiang than Hong Kow, which is as far above the mouth as vessels of war can make their way under ordinary circumstances. In time of high water light draft war vessels may get above there, in 4 fact the Ashuelot and Monarchy have each succeeded in reaching Ichang, but. unless there is high water in the river at present, Admiral Belknap will have difficulty in getting a vessel up to the scene of the trouble. LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION. Frightful Accident Which Befell a Long Island Train Crew at Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay (L. I.) special: The boiler of a locomotive of a regular passenger train on the Long Island Railroad exploded with terrific force while the train was standing at the station here. Engineer Donaldson, FfJeman Dickinson, and Brakeman Mahoney were instantly killed, their bodies being thrown some distance and horribly mutilated. The locomotive was completely wrecked. There were a large number of passengers on board the train, but so far as is known none were seriously hurt. The windows of the cars were shattered and some of the passengers thrown to the floor, receiving slight cuts and bruises, besides being badly shaken up. The train was known as No. 6, and usually carried residents of Oyster Bay who have to attend to business in New York every day. Conductor Jones, of the train, who was standing near the locomotive at the time of the explosion, was thrown several yards and badly scalded. His condition is critical. It is supposed that low water caused the explosion. The engine was inspected but a short time ago. SAM’L OF POSEN, M. B. Curtis, the Actor. Kills a Policeman Who Attempts to Arrest Blm, San Francisco special: The policemen in the Southern Police Station were startled by a pistol shot just outside the door. Running out they found Officer Grant lying dead on the pavement with a bullet wound in his head. A man was seen running away and, being pursued and caught, was found to have Grant’s hand-cuffs on his wrist. On the pavement, near the dead policeman, was found a discharged pistol. The man gave his name as Maurice Curtis and denied shooting Grant. Curtis is the M. B. Curtis well known in theatrical circles as “Sam’l of Posen.” He had come to tills city from his home in Berkeley and had been drinking all the evening with friends. Why he was arrested is not known, but it is supposed he had been creating a disturbance. Two men saw Curtis and the officer have a struggle in fronfc of the police station and then saw the flash of a pistol. Curtis was seen at the police station, but would not talk. He was under the influence of liquor. KIDNAPPED TWO MEN. Millionaire William Bally and His Attorney Forced Into a Carriage and Driven Away. A special from Seattle, Wash., dated the 13th inst., says: The city was thrown into the wildest excitement by the kidnapping of Wm. E. Baily, the young millionaire, and R. B. Albertson, his attorney, yesterday afternoon, by Detective M. O. Sullivan. Although the abduction was made at 5:30 o’clock on Second street, where it was crowded, few facts were obtainable and the whereabouts of the men are unknown, although it is supposed the party is heading for Tacoma. Sullivan enticed the two into a closed carriage and it is supposed held a revolver at their heads until they were out of the city. The rumor has been circulated that Baily is suspected of having the securities stolen from the bank in his possession. A posse of police and deputy sheriffs are out on horse back chasing the hack and a special train with 100 leading citizens started in pursuit. JUDGE COOLEY. The Chairman of the Inter-State Commission Resigns. Washington special: The following letter from Judge Cooley, just received here, embodies his reasons for resigning his position as Chairman of the InterState Commerce Commission: Ann Arbor, Sept. 4,1891. E. A. Moseley, Secretary My Dear Sir —I have had within the last few days quite a serious relapse, which, though I have in some degree recovered from it, I think renders it imperative that I should resign my commission as Inter-State Commerce Commissioner and have sent my resignation to the President. I regret very greatly the necessity of withdrawing from the Commission, but feel that my duty to the public, as well as to myself, under the circumstances, demands it. I shall ever cherish with liveliest sentiments of affection and respect the recollections of my association with you while my connection with the Commission continued. Very respectfully yours, Thomas M. Cooley. Judge Cooley’s resignation following soon after Gen. Bragg’s death, leaves two vacancies in the Commission. TORN LIMB FROM LIMB, Thrilling Encounter Between Seamen and Sharks. Captain Spring, of the schooner General Banning, which arrived at Ban Francisco from the Flents Island with a cargo of cocoanuts, reports that while loading Lis cargo the vessel was twice blown out to sea by severe storms. On each occasion about 100 natives were on board, and they hastened ashore in canoes. The second time several canoes were upset and the occupants thrown into the water. The water swarmed with sharks and many of the natives were torn limb from limb before they could be picked up by other canoes. One young fellow plunged into the water with a long knife to save his father, but both were dragged down and torn to pieces. A young girl had almost reached a canoe when a shark seized her and dragged her down. Out of thirty-eight persons thrown into the water eight were killed by sharks and one man had a leg bitten off. Two Men Killed. A collision occurred at the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads in the lower part of Philadelphia by which two men were fatally Injured. Ulysses G. Hartman, the telegraph operator at the signal tower, gave the Baltimore and Ohio train the all-clear signal before the Pennsylvania train was

—i ' 1 '■ ■ out of the way and the former crashed into tiie latter. George Wright, the Baltimore and Ohio engineer and Henry Carroll, a brakeman employed by the same company, were caught in the wreck and there is little hope for their recovery. The telegraph operator was arrested and held to await the result of the men’s injuries. Tests of Death. Philadelphia special: Early the other morning Policeman Baker shot at a man whom he had arrested for burglary. The fellow dropped, and the officer thought him either dead or badly wonded. The policeman carried the prisoner to the Hahnemann Hospital, where the doctors could find no wound. The man was to all appearances dead. Heroic measures were restored to, the most severe being the sticking of pins in the parts of the body that are known to be sensitive. The man never moved a muscle. They placed him on a stone and pricked him with a scalpel. Still he gave no evidence-, of life. A galvanic battery was secured and tried on the bare soles of the man’s feet This settled it, and the fellow screamed lustily. He came near getting away, and fooled even the doctors for a time. Heinous Outrage. A most heinous outrage was committed on the person of a young lady school teacher near Arcadia, La. While returning to her home the other day she was seized by a negro on a lonely portion of the road and dragged to the woods. The negro tied her to a tree where he kept her for two days,’when she was found by people wao were, searching for her. She told them the story and requested them to hide as the negro would return. This they did and in a shot, time the negro made his appearance and was captured. He was fearfully tortured, being skinned alive and literally cut to pieces. Held Up a Train. The night express on the Central Railroad is reported to have been held up five miles west of Savannah, Ga., by two men and the Southern express car robbed. The robbers were passengers on the train and entered the express car as the train stopped at a crossing and compelled the messenger to open a safe, which contained the money. The sealed safe was not touched. The robbers left the car after firing several shots at random. A special train with detectives and Agent Cooper, of the Southern Express Company, have gone out on the road. Still Striking. Lima special: The Lake Erie and Western is still tied up on account of the striking switchmen, who have so far succeeded in holding everything their own way. Superintendent Hill, and Trainmaster Cook, made up the accommodation trains and also made up a freight train, but the strikers prevented their taking it out by spiking the switches. While making up the train Engineer Fisher was attacked by several of the strikers, but the police interfered and quelled the disturbance. Serious trouble is expected when freight trains are started. In the Lottery’s Stronghold. Under the old organization of Postoffice Inspectors’ divisions, the Austin division was composed of the States of Texas and Louisana, with headquarters at Austin. In order to wage war more effectually on the Louisana State Lottery, the headqudrters have been moved to New Orleans and the State of Mississippi added to the division. George C. Maynard will be in charge of this territory and prosecute the work already begun against the Lottery Company in its own stronghold. No Welcome for Destitute Jews. Montreal special: The Government has notified the steamship companies that it will not care for or lend any assistance to destitute Jews. Tne 110 destitute Russian Jews landed here last week are still in the city. The Dominion Line bad to pay S3OO to have them taken off their hands and not be obliged to return them. The Government has information that Russian Jews who were refused permission to land at New York are coming here. A Lynching Foiled. Liberty (Ind.) special: An awful mob of about 100 men came here from Oxford, Ohio, about 12 o’clock the other night, to get Bud Rial, the colored boy who has created so much excitement there, with the intention of lynching. The jail was surrounded, but the jailer opened the doors and let the building be searched. He was not there, having been taken away, it is thought, to Richmond or Brookville, Ind. They Will Meet. Chairmen Neal and Hahn, of the Onio Democratic and Republican State Committees respectively, have agreed upon the date for the joint debate between Gov. Campbell and Major McKinley. After correspondence between the two candidates the committees have fixed upon Thursday afternoon, October 8, at Ada, Hardin County. Bursting of a Jug. Mrs. Joseph Seaman, who lives six miles east of Winchester, Ohio, experienced a painful accident, which happened in a peculiar manner. She had filled a jug full of boiling water, and leaving it for a few minutes returned to remove the cork, when the jug burst, scalding her severely about the neck, face and arms. i Fought a Duel and Died. - Jesse Moore and R. P. Fletcher fought a duel at Albany, Ga., recently, during which Moore was so badly wounded that he died. THE MARKETS, CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime..... $3.50 0 6.60 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.00 @ 530 Shbxp—Fair to Choice 3.00 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. a Red 94%0 .96 Corn—No. 2 .62 0 .64 Oats—No. 2 38)40 .29 Rye—No. 2. .87 0 Butteb—Choice Creamery 92 0 .94 Cheese—Full Cream, fiatsoo @ .10 Eggs—Fresh 15)40 .hja Potatoes—New, per bn9s 0 .85 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.50 0 5.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 0 5.95 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.50 0 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red .94 @ .94)4 Cohn—No. 1 White 64 0 .65 Oats—No. 9 White32)4o 33 ST. LOUIS. . ' Cattle.... £SO 0 5.75 Hogs <.50 & 5.95 Wheat—No. 9 Red 93 @ .95 Cobn—No. 2....;63 @ .65 Oats—No. 9 .90 0 .31 Rye—No. 9 .82 at .84 CINCINNATI. Cattle. 8.50 0 6.00 Hogs 4.00 0 5.50 Shmp 8.00 0 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 0 .95 Corn—No. 2 66)40 .6754 Oats-No. 2Mixed.... I .32 @ 33 DETROIT. CATTLE. 8.00 0 5.95 Hogs 0 5.00 BHSBPee 3.00 ft 4.50 Wheat—No. 9 Red.. .84 @ .96 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 38 0 .60 Oats—No. 2 White .33 0 .34 „ TOLEDO. Wheat—New .94 0 M Cobn—Cash I ...... M& M Oats—No. 2 White. .80 @ .81 Cloves Seed.. 4.60 0 4.70 BUFFALO. Beep Cattle 630 0 7.00 Live Hogs 1..”. 4.95 0 5.50 Wheat—No. 1 Hard LOO 01.02 Corn—No. 9 70 0 69 MILWAUKEE. ’ Wheat—N°. 9 Spring .90 0 .99 Cohn—No. 3 .61 0 69 Oats-No awhite 31 0 38 —No. 1 .87)40 .88)4 Pork—Meas 9.75 Zin as NEW YORK. 0 M 0 H°g»-- 4.00 0 6.00

SCOTTISH HOME RULE. ADDRESS OF HON. JOHN ROMANS, OF SCOTLAND. la WM«h Be Illustrates the Necessity of Berne Rule la Scotland, Before a Fort Wayne,ln<L, Audience. The Hon. John Romans, J. P. and ▼ice-chairman of the Scottish Home Rule Association, who was at Fort Wayne, Ind., recently, the guest of Hon. J. B. White, ex-Congressman from the Twelfth Indiana district, was prevailed upon to deliver an address before the Caledonian Society of that city. The introduction of Mr. Romans to the society was given by Capt White in a soul stirring address, that put everybody in most hearty sympathy with the cause of home rule for the land of their birth. The Hon. Mr. Romans responded warmly to the kind greeting extended to him. He has given a great deal of thought and of time and labor with a view of securing for Scotland as well as for England, Wales and Ireland, home local legislatures, such as we have in the several States in this country, with a general Parliament akin to our Congress that will have charge, of matters of national, as distinguished from those of local interest He remarked that he had with them an address which he had carefully prepared for delivery to his friends and neighbors in his home beyond the sea and that gave in as compact a form as he was capable of stating It, a discussion of the subject of home rule for Scotland. Those present was nearly enough ’ike the friends and neighbors he had left behind to give to these written statements an interest —somewhat like that which would be left by the Scots at home. The address discusses these questions: 1. Has Scotland the right to home rule? 2. Would they be benefitted by it? 3. Are they qualified to manage their own affairs, and 4. Howshall they obtain it? Taking these questions up in their order, Mr. Romans said there is a persistent effort made by Englishmen across the border to convey the idea that it is a piece of audacity in the people of Scot'sland to ask for any such distinct existence. That the counties of York, Lancaster, Cornwall, etc., would have the same claim to a distinct national existence as has Scotland. “This,” said he, “is marvellous presumption and indicates a total ignorance of both ancient and modern history.” We have the right to expect that the editors of English newspapers are acquainted with the phraseology of the parliament in which frequent mention is made of Scotland as included in the sphere of the act, or excluded therefrom. Such terms alone show that it is regarded as having an existence quite in a different sense from that of York, Lancaster and even from England herself. He says that these expressions of English writers and speakers are but the voicings of a desire which has moved the heart of our English brethren for centuries —that Scotland’s existence should be completely submerged in that of in truth, such a submergence is quite as remote as it was on the eve of Bannockburn. The English ought to know, were they willing to observe facts that are patent to ali, that in ecclesiastical, educational and judical institutions Scotland differs widely from England. In many important branches of constitutional government she is ahead of her southern neighbors, and if she could only be unharnessed from her self-satisfied companion she would prove to old Mr. Bull that her national life was as energetic still, as self-reliant and as enterprising as ever. The volumes of history written by the learned professer of Oxford and Cambridge, that would teach directly or by inference that Scotland never was an independent State, do little honor to the I acknowledged valor of those English warriors who were not able in centuries to conquer the Highlanders. The treaty of 1707 proves clearly that the English were glad to form a partnership with these Northern races, whom their historians would haveus believe had always been vassals of England. On this point the speaker referred to the Scottish declaration of independence sent by the Scottish nation to the pope against the attempts of Edward IL. declaring that so long as there were 100 men alive in Scotland they would never submit to England. This instrument dates back to A. D. 1320, in the day of Robert the Bruce. Next them stands the “Resolution of the Estates of Scone,” in 1373, wherein the succession to the crown of Scotland was settled upon the heirs of Marjory, daughter to Robert the Bruce, whose son was the first of the Stuart line—a resolution still in force, though it dates back more than 500 years. Next comes the “Treaty of Union,” by which the kingdoms of Scotland and England are united under one crown, to be styled the kingdom of Great Britain. These documents, together with the treasured symbols of ancient royalty still preserved in Edinburg, the royal crown and sceptre of the King of Scotland, are refutation full and complete of the claim of historians that its national existence and importance are a myth. Mr. Romans insists that it should be clearly understood that there is no desire on the part of the people of Scotland to cut adrift from England. We quote here his exact words: “There is no Scotsman whose opinion is worth repeating who entertains for a moment an approximation to a desire for the repeal of the union; but having shown that there are many social and other questions in Scotland which differ from the same class of questions in England, and seeing the great increase of population, wealth and business in both nations since the union, it appears logical that the business of both peoples would be more efficiently, more economically and more satisfactorially conducted were each nation to conduct its domestic affairs, and uniting in an impartial parliament for the management of imperial questions, such as those relating to the army, the navy, diplomacy, the postoffice, excise and customs, bankruptcy laws, etc. Hence we submit that Scotland from any point of view, has a right to have a Legislative Assembly with an executive, to manage her own affairs. The second point relative to the benefits that would accrue to Scotland'from home rule, are quite to the point and the thbughts presented are suggistive to us, giving an insight into the .important question of political science. First the speaker pointed out that the removal of the capital of that nation to London, carried with it the emigration of their leading statesman and landowner, to London. Within sixty years after the removal of the National Parliament, their capital, Edenburg, was reduced to poverty, estates were sold for half their previous value, and the incomes of the great unsold estates were expended by their owners in London, so that Scotland was robbed of the incomes of its own landsand of the presence and influence of its National leaders. - The extent of the transfer of funds from Scotland to London, by reason of the residence of Scottish leaders in the capital, was estimated at $10,000,000 a year, so late as 1887. This Is by no means the full measure of the drain to which Scotland is subject on this account. The men who go to feonton

either for the purpose of opposing or of promoting legislation, spend on the average 5500.000 more. Add to this the fact that through the arrangement the government establishments and institutions are.largely maintained in England there being no attempt to give Scotland a fair show in this respect in proportion to the share she contributes to the imperial treasury. It may safely be said that the annual drain from Scotland, growing out of the centering cf the government in London amounts to not less than $15,000,000. It is worthy of note that while the average taxation for the three kingdoms is £2 Is. Id., that for Scotland is £2, 5 s., Bd. Another important disadvantage of the present system is that Scotland Is not only robbed in pocket but she is robbed of the most ingenious of her sons. If they cherish noble ambitions in law, science, or art, they find it is to their interest to go to London in search of a promising field. Bring the seat of government for Scotland back to Edinburg and all this would in a large measure be checked. There would be a home center to which wealth and talent would naturally flow—that now goes to London. Another gain which would result to Scotland would be that those interests in which she is specially concerned would be cherished there, whereas they are neglected now. In this connection he spoke of her fisheries: a mine of wealth beyond human estimation. He thought that ten years of such care as Scotland would bestow on them, had she a legislature of her own, would increase their income ten-fold. In this field and in the development of her mines thousands of her citizens would be able to find remunerative employment, to the great and permanent advantage of the Scottish people. Besides this, the game laws, the withdrawal of large areas of agricultural lands from culture to furnish parks for deer, questions of religious equality and education, judicial reforms, methods of appointment and tenure of office for the judges. All these calls for local government as the one and surest means for the great reforms needed for the weal of Scotland. As it now stands Scotland has but-seventy-two members in Parliament while England has 465. Under such a constitution of the law-making body, it is not strange that the opinions of Scotland’s sons and her interests are alike prone at the feet of her Southern neighbor and partner, and the sons of the heroes of Bannockburn endure in helplessness such humiliations as their fathers would have died rather than endure. The third head of his discourse was not elaborated at great length, and seeing that the world knows by heart the story of the triumphs of the sofas of Scotland in forum and in field, in science and the arts, there is no need to give space here to the few and well chosen words in which this part of his argument was clothed. The fourth division of his subject which was a consideration of the means of securing home rule, was developed at great length. The speaker evidently felt, as he said, that this was the most difficult problem to handle. To begin with, the ancient nobility of Scotland are in a large measure denationalized. Generations of expatriation and residence among the nobility of England have changed the descendants of the patriotic men who bled and died to secure independence for Scotland so that they can even abjure the proud name that their fathers bore and subscribe themselves as Englishmen, as any one may see who will take the trouble to look at the signatures on the hotel registers of Europe. They send their boys to be at Eton and Harrow, instead of, having them brought up in the schools of their own country. This is a very strong part of his address, and Mr. Romans well says that “this system of well-to-do Scotsmen will bear bitter fruit in time. A people so democratic, while at the same time so intensely patriotic as the i Scots, will not long remain indifferent observers of the absence of national spirit and kinship in the land-owning and wealthy classes,” The national faith and the desire for the maintenance of the national life will surely show itself by an unmistakable indifference, if not dislike, to the families of what arc called the upper classes. The first work that the speaker thought should be undertaken was the assiduous cultivation of the national spirit as it is breathed In the grand lines of her bards. The national songs should be taught and sung in their schools. Candidates for all offices should first pledge themselves to home rule for Scotland. Branches of the Home Rule Association should be formed in every town and village between Maiden Kirk and John O’Groat’s. One point most strongly insisted on was that they should never permit, without protest, such expressions as “The English Army,” ’“The English Navy,” “The English Government," “The English Queen.” They are not English any more than they are the property of Scotland. The speaker gave several amusing instances of tbo inconsistent use of the adjective English in such connections when there has not been since the union in 1707, such a thing in existence as an English Government, Queen, or Army. The proper term is British Army, British Parliament, etc. He would have a careful inspection oi the books used in the schools and exclude those that are not,in their essential fibre, of a patriotic nature. He would give special attention to the instruction of the girls in sentiments of love to theii country. The closing part of his address which, be it remembered, was prepared for his countrymen at home, was an appeal tc the Scottish mothers. “In their hands are the future generations of our country, and I would remind them that a political philosopher has left on record that if he had the making the song of a people he oared not who made the laws." He appealed to them to teach every child to sing that immortal ballad of Burns, “A man’s a man for a’ that,” before the child had reached the age of 12 years. He would have them commit to memory these stirring lines: “Scots wha has wi Wallace bled," and this patriotic song of Reddell’s entitled “Scotland Yet.” “The heath waves wild upon her hills And foaming frae the fells, Her fountains sing of freedom still, As they dance down the dells. And weel I lo’e the land, my lads, That’s girded by the sea. Then Scotland’s dales and Scotland’s vales And Scotland’s hill’s for me; IH drink a cap to Scotland yet, Wi all the honors three. “In these three gems of poetry are contained sufficient lyric inspiration foi a nation of men resolved to be free, and to maintain their nationality against any and all odds.” Pat’s Report. There is nothing like strong common sense. An Irish soldier went to his station with the order to report anything remarkable that should happen during the night A drunken fellow fell off the wall and broke his neck, and no report was made. When questioned about it Pat replied: “Faith, and I obeyed orders. If the man had fallen offlhe wall and not broken his neck, I should certainly have reported it” Thb poet Gay has a word for sham and pretence which is not entirely out of place in our own society: By outward show let’s not be oheate£ An aaaehouW Uta an aaa be treated.

BI POCT AND WIRES COMBS THIS BATCH OF INDI" ANA NBWB. A Catalogue of the Week's Important Oeourreacos Throughout the State — Flree. AeaMoate. Crimea. Sulctdea. Eta, —The total enrollment in the public schools of the New Albany aggregates 3,858. —Three skeletons have been unearthed by laborers in the streets of Anderson. —Mark Posey, brakeman on the C.,W. & M., went to sleep on top of a car, fell off and was badly injured. —Xenia; lying on the edge of the gasbelt In Miami County, is said to be indulging in the luxury of a boom. —Thieves entered Dr. W. B. Duncan’s drug-store at Patoka, near Princeton and carried off 8400 worth of goods. —The fast pacing stallon Roy Wilkes, will pace to beat his record of 2:08% at Fort Wayne, on Thursday, Sept. 24th. —An explosion at the Huntington lime kiln blew Jacob Bowvis’s shin off and otherwise injured him. He will recover. —Notice has been served on Greencastle saloon-keepers that the practice of throwing dice for the drinks must cease. —Frederick Green died suddenly on his farm near'New Albany. He was one of the best-known farmers in the township. —Clarence B. Harrold, of Martinsville has a collection of relics that includes several pieces of stone from the Roman palace of Julius Caesar. —Mrs. R. H. Gaines, Vincennes, has been arrested charged with causing her child’s death. Coroner decided the child died from too many whippings. —Stephen Bassett, of Scott County, Is suing his son-in-law, William Shearer, for SI,BOO, which was given to the young man’s wife before she died. —Madison County farriters have de elded to do away with the old toll system of grinding wheat, and will hereafter pay five cents a bushel to the miller. —Juror John R. Mcßride, of Jeffersonville, after retiring in the hotel, arose in his sleep and walked out of a secondstory window. He was not seriously Injured. —Thomas Forcum, while in a drunken condition, fell down a flight of stairs In the Mount Vernon Court House, and received internal injuries from which he will die. —Alexander Porter, 93 years old, died at his residence, three miles southwest of Greensburg. He was, perhaps, the oldest man in the county, and one of the pioneers. —Fire destroyed the north sheds of the basket factory at Peru. They were filled with baskets awaiting shipment The loss will reach $1,200; no insurance. It was the work of tramps. —Bedford citizens are excited over the appearance of a detective in that place, who is making a search for the body of a Swede said to have been murdered there in March, and his ‘ body hid in§a cave. —A man at Crawfordsville wno was endeavoring to beat a tailor out of his money for a pair of trousers was captured and taken to the office of the Mayor, where the garment was taken off and returned to the tailor. —The opening meeting of the new mile track of the Fort Wayne Driving Club, promises to be thejgreatest event in the history of horse racing in Indiana. Two hundred and sixty-five entries have been received to the class races, and more than fifty horses are entered with records better than 2:20. The 2:14 pace on Thursday has nine entries all of them with records of 2:16 or better. —A veterinary surgeon held a postmortem on Mrs. Robinson’s cow that dropped dead in Niles and found in its stomach the following condition of Indigestibles: Several pieces 6t small wire, a number of carpet tacks, some shingle nails, small buggy washer, one stone big as a hickory nut, piece of zinc two by one and a half Inches, and a ten-penny nail that had pierced the stomach and entered the heart —Postmaster Campbell, of Montpelier, has received a package by express from Chicago containing a fine silk quilt with a letter requesting him to hand it to the merchant who was roboed the night the express office was robbed. D. A. Walmer & Co.’s store was broken open and goods taken, but this quilt is not his. Mr. Campbell is very much 'pleased with the quilt, as it is of the finest silk, and worth $25. This makes the second package Mr. Campbell has received from the same alleged burglar. —Four well-known farmers of Wabash County were swindled by Bernerd and Hunter, the patent fence sharps who recently caught a number of Delaware County agriculturalists. Their names are Minus Farlow, Jacob France, Frederick Burkholder, and Frederick Burkhart. They gave them notes for large sums for the patent right in their townships. Before the swindlers left town, however, the farmers discovered that they had bought the right to sell a patent which had expired two years ago, and came in and adjusted the matter with the bank that had bought the notes by discounting the same at 15 per cent. —The onion crop raised by the farmers residing on the river bottom west of New Albany is said to be very large and fine this season. Four hundred barrels have already been shipped to Northern points. —As the west-bound fast train on the Wabash thundered through Burrow’s Station, a lad about twelye years of age jumped off the train. He was instantly killed. There was nothing on his person by which to identify him. He is thought to have hailed from Royal Center, Cass County. —The other night Marshall Mclntyre and William Gray, two Ice men at Crawfordsville, say they saw a strange monster in the shape of an aerial serpent. It was over 100 feet above the ground and was twenty feet long and eight feet wide and sailed around In the air with a pair of wings. It was a horrible sight, and as it twisted and circled arouqd In the air the men’s hair stood on end. This serpent is said to have no head and is supposed to have come to the wicked city of Crawfordsville from the moon. Rev. Swltxer, of the M. E. Church, and his wife also say they saw it.

CURBENT COMMENTS Open or Shut ? The movement to close the Worid*» Fair at Chicago Sundays is a movement hostile to the Fair itself. — New York World. There does not seem to be much occasion for difference of opinion. The debate is ail on the side of Sunday closing.—St Paul Globe. What the people will indorse is the application of common rense to tion. Beyond this neither custom nor law can go.—New York Press By a vote of 56 to 36, the lady man agers of the World’s Fair registered themselves in favor of the Fair closing Its doors on Sunday.—Milwaukee News. The wise course, and the one that will in all likelihood be adopted, is to admit the public to the Fair on seven days in the week with certain restrictions on Sunday.—lndianapolis Journal. Whatever position the reader may take upon the question of opening the World’s Fair on Sunday, he must admit that the American Sabbath Union made a powerful protest before the Board of Managers.—Omaha Bee. Open Fair gates would immensely diminish drukennesa. disorder, excursions, crime, and depredations of a various nature by engaging the attention and time of tena of thonaanda In an orderly, pleasant, and profitable manner.—TrOy Press. The exhibition Is being conducted under the auspices of the government, which has invited all other nations to participate therein, and it would be anomalous indeed it the managers should trample upon the laws which hedge the institution of the Sabbath and fling an insult into the faces of every Christian in the land.—Pittsburg CommercialGazette. k The machinery of the Fair may be stopped on Sunday to prevent the noise and give Its attendants rest But to close the Exposition on the one day when hundreds of thousands of people can alone visit It would not only be an injustice to them, and a fatal blow to the financial success of the Fair, but a foolish concession to a superstition which no longer dominates America or any other civilized country.—New York World. Foreign War Clouds. Everybody has been watching so long for an outbreak of war in Europe that'.t would now be about tiie most surprising thing that could happen.—Philadelphia Inquirer. There Is one good material reason for keeping the peace at present. Russia ha» just ordered a new rifle for her infantry and would probably rather not fight until rearmament is completed.—San Francisco Bulletin. Certainly if the Emperor desired war he could find a better pretext in this (Dardanelles) incident than has served for many a previous outbreak, and an occasion which would give him an active ally in England, whether this latter country desired it or not. But William has said he was for peace, and evidently . meant it—Springfield Republican. The Dardanelles incident would probably have cauasd.war had it occurred a dozen years ago present, however, France is on Russia’s side, Turkey is partially acquiescent on account of her opposition to England on the Egyptian question, and England will make’ no formidable protest unde.* present conditions. Slowly, but adroitly and surely, Russia is forcing her way to the southward. and the old Muscovite dream of establishing its headquarters at Constantinople may be verified earlier than Central or Western Europe imagine.—St, Louis Globe-Democrat. Short crops will not stand In the way of war, but may precipitate it. The French are eager at ah times for a row. The masses in Russia and Germany would welcome a campaign to relieve the monotony of semi-starvation. Austria and Italy have their internal troubles. England has vast interests on the continent and in As ! a and Africa. If there is any big disturbance going on she will be dragged into it France and Russia cannot much longer contemplate the triple alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy without making an effort to smash It and the first flash of gunpowder will light a lurid blaze throughout Europe.—Atlanta Constitution. Two Great Towns. Chicago has long ago abandoned her competition with St Louis and scorns any lesser rival than New York, whom she fairly derides since she beat her for the World's Exposition.—New Orleans Delta. z Chicago was so jea'ous of New York’s Park place horror that it jostled down the cornice of a building on a poor newsboy, just to show that she, too, has some house that were put up beginning with the top story.—Minneapolis Times. It is a very cold day when Chicago gets left. No sooner has New York announced the intention of putting up a building twenty-seven stories high than Chicago comes up smiling with plans for an Odd Fellows’ temple thirty-four stories high. By the way, how high is that New York Grant m mument to be? [Peoria Transcript. Since the census the Tribune claims Chicago has so trained in population by annexation and natural Increase that it now has, or will have at the end of the year, 1,250,000 inhabitants. New York is told it must annex Brooklyn before 1900 or yield “the crown to Chicago, which “will have 1,500,000 of population before the century closes. ■ The chances are if New York doesn’t hurry Chicago may count inJßrooklyn.—[Montgomery Advertiser. \ Minneapolis Says No. St. Paul—not the apostle, who was not a matrimonial enthusiast, bnt the neighbor of Minneapolis—asked Minnie to marry him. Minnie says “No. ”•—Detroit Journal. St. Paul has proposed, but Minneapolis has rejected his suit She says she won’t marry the fellow who is so badly In debt and can’t get within five miles of her.—• Buffalo Times. Miss Minneapolis forbids publication of the banns that were to make her one with Mr. St Paul, and lets ont the secret that five miles of comparatively open space lies between them.—Louisville Journal. Minneapolis prefers to go It alone, and respectfully declines to unite injtondsof municipal wedlock with St Pauk The newspaper fight between these two cities will be fanned into freah flame for a while.—Buffalo Commercial. St Paul made a very bad move when she proposed consolidation with Minne' apolis. The spiteful flour city makes the suggestion the occasion for mud slinging at the other twin, and at the same time booms herself in the most vainglorious fashion. —Kansas City Times. ‘ Grunts and Squeals. There can be no doubt that this decree will prove a direct blessing thia country.—Burlington Hawkeye. A hungry man does not examine his breakfast with a microscope before he tastes it—Philadelphia Record. The great American hog seems to have at last got the German bars to such a height that it will have no trouble tn jumping over. Hurrah for the hog!— Kansas City Times.