Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1892 — Page 6

DECATUR, IN IX X— — —? 1 THE WAI THINGS LOOK IN THIS GREAT .WORLD OF OURS. Dreadful Murder at Lima, Ohio—Fatal ColilMon In Maryland — Pool Hoorn* Halded at ChlMffo— Lottery Men Arreited Again—Corbett Will Fight Sullivan. Fool Room* Raided at Chicago. Frank Shaw’s pool room at Chicago was raided recently, the services of twenty-five Central Station officers, under the command of Capt Shea and Sargeant Wood being needed to arrest 200 players. When the place was surrounded, not a man was allowed to go out until twelve patrol wagons were iu readiness. They were all carted off to the Harrison Street Station. The sight of this long procession of loaded patrol wagons drew more people into the streets than would have been attracted by a circus parade, and a largo crowd lingered, cheering the victims lustily. Walter C. Lloyd and E. J. Wallace were booked as keepers of the place and wore charged both under the State law and city ordinance with violating the pool-selling laws. Frank Shaw was absent in St Paul, It will ne a test case of Shaw’s novel scheme for evading the pool law by Incorporating a telegraph company and transacting the business of poolselling by wire. Jeff Davis' Widow. Varelna Jefferson Davis, the widow of ex-President of the Southern Confederacy, has brought suit in the United States Circuit Court in New York, to restrain Robert Belford and the Belford Company from transferring the rights of this company in the memoirs written by her of her husband to the United States Book Company. In her complaint Mrs. Davis says that on March 4th, 1890, she entered into a contract with Robert Belford for the sale of this book. This contract was afterward transferred to the Belford Company. Mrs. Davis further claims that royalties to the amount of 94,001.27 are due her on the sale of the book, and she brings suit for the recovery of this sum with interest from September last Corbett Will Fight Sullivan. W. A. Brady, manager for James J. Corbett put ud a forfeit of 81,000 in New York and issued a challenge to John L. Sullivan to fight for 810,000 a side and the largest purse that a club will give. Brady said that he would add 81,500, making a forfeit of 82,500 in all, as soon as he learned that Sullivan had indicated a willingness to meet Corbett Brady adds that Corbett will sign articles to fight in August, September or whenever it suits Sullivan best All we want, concluded Brady, is a sign from him that he will make the match. Vessel* In Distress. The Norwegian bark Glenguirn has arrived at New York from Pallan, eighty days out She aad a rough voyage. On Feb. 25, when twenty-five miles off Hattrass, Captain Hansin reports, she passed the schooner Wesley Johnson waterlogged and abandoned. On the next day fifty miles off Hattrass, she passed another schooner. She was a throe master. All that could be made out of her name was Mary from Philadelphia Murder at Lima. Frank Frederick, a brakeman on the Chicago and Erie road, at Lima Ohio, and Bert Tate, employed in the yardmaster’s office, had a quarrel while Fredericks was waiting orders and as the train pulled out Fredericks ran into the caboose and returned armed with a shotgun, which he discharged at Tate. The entire charge entered his head, tearing a part of his skull away. Fredericks made his escape. Lottery Men Arrested Again All the officers and leading employes of the Louisiana State Lottery were ar- '* raigned before the United States Supreme Court, at New Orleans, charged with violating the anti-lottery postal law under indictment found tn Trenton, N. J. This makes the fourteenth indictment they have been called on to answer in as many different States from Massachusetts to Dakota and from Minnesota to Texas. • . Fatal Collision. The Chicago express collided with an extra through freight train at Rockville, Md. Fireman Buckaloo of Cranberry, and Brakeman Featers ot Martinsburg, W. Va., were killed and Engineer Peters of the express, and an express messenger slightly injured. No passengers were hurt Two sleepers were slightly damaged. The accident was caused by the freight leaving the siding. A Poisoned Bottle of Wine. The bottle of wine sent to Millionaire Philip D. Aimour at Chicago, recently, which is said to have been poisoned by some unknown enemy, has been analyzed and found to contain a small quantity of laudanum. Mr. Armour is satisfied rljat it is an attempt to extort money from him and a thorough investigation will be made. Duty on Wheat Reduced. The Secretary of State is informed by a telegram from the Minister of the United States at Lisbon that by an official decree ot the 4th instant, duty on wheat imported into Portugal is reduced to one and oae-half reals per kilogram. Hotel* Burned. The Ocean and Beach hotels and three cottages at Tybees beach twenty miles from Savannah, La., burned. Estimated loss, 840,000; insurance unknown. The fire started in the Beach House and is I believed to be of Incendiary origin. Will Sue New Orleans. ■s Sult will bo brought in the United States Circuit Court against the city of New Orleans by relatives of the unnaturalized Italians that were lynched on the 4th of March last. The suit in the Aggregate'will amount to nearly 8200,000. A CongreßMnan Dead. Hon. John W. Kendall, representative in Congress of the Tenth Kentucky district, died at his residence in Washington from an apoplectic stroke. AN ASSASSIN Shoot* Rabbi Mendes of New York. Dr. Henry Perrecia Mendes, rabbi of the synagogue Shearith Israel, was shot in the abdomen in the vestibule of his home, No. 6 West Ninth street, New York, by an Arabian mendicant, Joseph Mesrachkl, who escaped. The bullet was extracted and Dr. Mondes will recover. The would-be murderer followed Dr. Mendes from the* synagogue to the door of his bouse, and then demanded 1100. Dr. Mendes at first laughed St the man, but soon realized that the fellow was desperate and tried to put him off. Mesrachki quickly

closed tiie door of the vestibule end made another demand for the money. The doctor then threatened to call the police and endeavored to put Mesrachkl from the door, whereupon the latter drew a revolver and fired, quickly making his eecapc. The wounded man was quickly carried Into the house, and physicians sent for. Jose Mesrachki came to this country several years ago, and hfru mpported hlinr.Hf by begglnix. Mr. Mondes has helped him a number of times with substantial gifts, but, becoming annoyed at the man’s persistency, refused to aid him further. FOR SMUGGLING. Thirty Prominent People Apprehentlrd. Thirty of the most prominent citizens of Marino City, Mich., Including several loading attorneys and clergymen have been apprehended In assisting in the smuggling of valuable clothing across the line from Canada The ringleaders in the operations, George F Dogan and Frank May, merchant tailors at Sornbra, Ontario, were arrested in the act of smuggling clothes across the river, and their arrest led to the later sensational developments. Those two men have been in business between the two countries for a long time, and had worked up a large and growing trade, having for customers some of the leading and professional men whose social and church relations have given them extra prominence. Thirty citizens of tills class possess clothing purchased from the Canadian merchants, and knew they were dealing with smugglers. The officers say they have evidence that some of the clothing was made to measure, having secured the books of the smuggling merchants. The United States Government officials who have made the arrests have worked upon the case long and thoroughly, and promise even more sensational developments. WITH A PIECE OF IKON. Report of ■ Terrible Tragedy Near Sherman. Toxa*. Sherman (Tex.) special: A bloody tragedy is reported to have occurred near this city at the home of William Smith. Sherman is greatly agitated over the affair. A negro named Sam Massey, who lived near Smith’s and was suspected, has been arrested after a hot pursuit by an excited mob. Massey says he knows nothing of the murders, but there is blood on his clothing. William Smith’s father tells the following story of tbe affair: The other night one of his grandchildren staid at his house all night. She went home in the morning, but soon returned greatly frightened, and cried out: “Papa and mamma and my two brothers have been killed.” Mr. Smith hurried to his son’s house, where a terrible sight confronted him. Lying in pools of blood on the floor were William Smith and his wife. They were insensible. Near by was one of the little boys. He was terribly injured, but able to say: “Sam did it with a piece of iron.” Tbe other inmates of the house were also cut and bruised, and the walls were splashed with blood. None of the victims were able to tell the story of the crime. She Will Prodace Them. Mrs. James G. Blaina Jr., or Marie Nevins-Blaine, as she prefers to be called, was at the Wellington Hotel, Chicago, recently. She was accompanied by her little son, James G. Blaine, 111., his nurse and Mrs. Blaine’s maid. Mrs. Blaine is looking well and said she was in good health. To a Press News reporter she said she could say but little in addition to the statements contained in her open letter. » "Continuing she said: “If Mr. Blaine does not within ten days pubiteh the full text of my letters I will give to the public letters which his son wrote to me before our marriage and which will prove conclusively who it was that was the wooer, S — A Troublesome Tramp Shot by a Polleemau. On the arrival of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train in Defiance, Ohio, recently, two tramps were put off the train by the conductor. The tramps engaged in an altercation with the conductor, who appealed to Policeman John McGusheon for assistance. When approached by the policeman the tramps showed fight, and drawing large knives, attacked him viciously. One tramp, a burly six-footer, was shot through the heart by McGusheon, and died instantly. The dead man’s partner was secured after a hard struggle, and placed under arrest. McGusheon immediately surrendered himself to the authorities. Chill Matters. Valparaiso special: It is reported on good authority that Minister Egan will return to the United States in April. All the members of the Cabinet have resigned. From interviews had with prominent citizens of Valparaiso, it would appear that they were anxious for tbe American Congress to appoint a commission to visit Chili and investigate fully all matters relating to the difference between the two countries. Minister Pedro Montt has cabled from Washington his resignation of his position on account of his election as a deputy. The Chilian Government will probably ask him to remain at his post until his successor has been appointed. Asked for Troops. Des Moines (Iowa) special: Gov. Boies has received a dispatch from Corning stating that serious trouble had broken j out among the citizens there and the i Sheriff asked authority to call out a com- j pany of the lowa National Guards to I he)p keep the peace. Corning is the , county seat of Adams County. It has ‘ been impossible to obtain any information in regard to the disturbance. Adams County inen about the State House think the trouble of a religious nature as a disturbance in the Free Methodist Church has been brewing for some time, the trouble arising, it is stated, out of a series of revival meetings. Th. Indianapolis Strike, A special from Indianapolis, dated the 4th InsL, says: The street railroad trpuble was to-day confined entirely to the courts. The lines themselves are running smoothly under Receiver Steel with all the old men bacA at work. The badges entitling them to free rides were restored to them this morning, and they will gladly remain at work so long as this condition of affairs lasts. In court the day was occupied with the contempt case against President Frenzel in having the barns locked aaainst tbe receiver. This Judge Taylor took under advisement, saying that ho would give a decision in a couple of days. Where la Gellhorn? Citizens of Birmingham, Aia., have lost about 820,000 through M. Gellhorn. Gellhorn organized and operated the Mutual Endowment Association of America,which had all the paraphernalia of a first-class enterprise. He issued 8100 engraved bonds to subscribers, who paid in 872 on the installment plan. At the end of twelve months the company was to pay the face value of the bonds. A series of these bofids fell due-last we’ek. The bondholders are numerous, but Gellhorn is being s- arched for in vain. The Bohl Highwayman. Oliver Curtis Refry, the bold highwayman who went through an express car on a New York Central train a few weeks ago is wanted in Montana. He is believed wbe the man who killed Andy McCoy In Georgetown., Deer Lodge

1 County, In 1887 or 1888. McCoy engaged , in * bar room quarrel with ohn Oliver s C. Perry, who picked upacuspldoro, hit I him on the head and killed him. Perry r made his escape, and although a large - reward was offered, he was never again s heard from. Aalaep a Y*ar and a Halt Valparaiso (Ind.) special: Mrs. Mary ’ Robinson, an Inmate of the Starke f County I’ GOT uOt*Sv> Mia'u been asleep I . eighteen months. The regular pulsations of the heart alone indicate that ' she is alive. When her eyelids are pried open her eyes stare into space, with no gleam of Intelllgouco hi them. A sound rap on the head or a pin thrust into the • flesh causes no movement. Milk, her i only nourishment, is given her through • a rubber tube Inserted in her nose. The i sleeper is placed in a rocking-chair duri ing the day and at night is carried to her t bod near by. They Like Foden London special: Secretary Foster has I succeeded in making an excellent imi pression upon those who have called upon . him at his hotel. Tt is quite a novel i thing to Englishmen to see any one holdi ing so high an official position as Mr. Foster so perfectly accessible to all who i call upon him. He has so far doclipcd i all social invitations, and apparently nts trip was undertaken, as he ha? ani nounced, purely for health and recreation. If there is any other motive In connection with It, it has been very successfully concealed up to the present time. Won’t Give Up the Hedge*. Indianapolis special: The street-car situation hero has assumed a most ludicrous phase. Tbe freo-ride badges which caused the trouble were returned to the men by Receiver Steele. Judge Taylor directed Steele to recall them, which ho did. Now the Brotherhood employes refuse to surrender, and Judge Tayior, it is said, will have another strike on his hands. Otherwise the receivership litigation is unchanged, but Judge Taylor intimates that ho will return tbe property to the company. Th* Emperor or Germany Acting Qneor. Berlin special: There are disquieting about his mental health. They have a certain foundation. It is known privately that the State of the Emperor’s health occasions' anxiety in his own family. The malady which affects his ear grows worse and not better. Abscesses form, and until they break cause acute pain, and it Is during these paroxysms of pain that he says and does most of those things which frighten his friends. New York Charter Election*. Charter elections were held in many of the cities and towns in New York State Tuesday. The returns show large Republican gains. The Albany Evening Journal (Rep.) has compiled results on Supervisors in elections thus far throughout the interior of New York. They are as follows: Republican Supervisors, 521; Democratic Supervisors, 272. In 1891 the same counties elected 426 Republicans and 352 Democrats. Indianapolis Street-Car Trouble. Indianapolis special: Juuge Taylor has discharged President Frenzel on the charge of contempt, and turned the property of the street-car company back to him. President Frenzel will discharge all men who deserted the company during tbe strike, but the strikers are under obligation to abide by the company’s judgment in its discriminations. Another strike is not probable, but is possible. President Frenzel’s victory is complete. Want* to Get Oat: A dispatch just received from Lyons, N. Y., states that Oliver-Curtis Perry, the train robber, was detected while attempting to escape from jail. He made a key and was trying it when a vigilant guard, attracted by his persistency in standing near the cell door, discovered* what he was up to. The officials were greatly excited over the attempt and have since placed a double guard near his cell door. Shot Father and Son. In a Democratic primary election for county officers at Fayette Corner, Fayette County, Tenn., Gaton Rogers, a prominent farmer, and Alliance man, and son Tom were challenged at the polls by Officer Sam Hunter. A hot wrangle ensued, when Hunter drew his pistol and shot both father and son. Tom was killed instantly. The old man was shot three times and will die. There is great excitement and talk of lynching. Led Astray by a Woman. Joseph Cromer, who had the contract of carrying mails between the postoffice and railway depots in Tiffin, Ohio, and who was accused by Frank Kettemeyer as being his accomplice in the mail robbery which occurred recently, has been arrested and taken to Toledo, There seems to be no doubt that he was implicated in the robbery. He was led astray by the Kissinger woman, who figures in i the case. Garza Revolutionist*. Rio Grande (Texas) special: Information has reached here that a party of twenty-five well-armed and mounted Garzajevolutionists are encamped thirty ; miles north of this city in thechapperaii. I Col. John Bourke, of the third cavalry, I and a large force of United States depI uty marshals and troops left here for ■ the camp of the revolutionists. They I are confident of the capture of some of the men. John JL. Will Fl Kilt* Duncan B. Harrison sends the following dispatch to the New York Morning Advertiser: “John L. Sullivan authorizes me to state that he will fight either Charles Mitchell or Frank P. Slavin at the Olympic Club at New Orleans for a purse of 825,000 and an outside bet of 810,000, or as much more as they can and will bet, the fight to take place the last week in next August or the first week-in next September.” Shot Hl* Own Son. During a quarrel at White Pigeon, Mich., Fred Leaders shot and seriously injured his son, Fred Leaders. Young Leaders, who is about 22 years old, was carried to a doctor’s office, and tbe ball has not yet been found. Leaders, Sr., has not been arrested. A Riot at Memphis. A serious riot occurred In the negro quarter of Memphis, Tenn., when the police made an attempt to arrest a gang of colored desperadoes. In the fivht that followed, Policeman C. Cole and E. Yerkcr were fatally shot and Officer Bob ■Harrold was so seriously injured that he may die. Cheaper Than Walking:. A rate of 816.50 from Chicago to Washington and return for the Grand Arbiy of the Republic Encampment to be held in Washington next September, is announced by the Pennsylvania road. The rate is based upon 1 cent per mile for the round trip. Emigrant* to Rio Grande l>e SuL Information received at Washington states that 19,578 emigrants arrived at the State of Rio Grande De Sul, Bf'akll, during the past vear, of whom 10,838 r wute llal lams, 2,190 Kussfans, 1,961 Span- j

-1 Germa,7s and the balance of | divers natloiHlitfM. Living of Luxury. D. Rhelnrtrom of Now York, who has just arrived Horn Brazil, says that tn Ouro Porto, Brazil, he saw Gideon Marsh, the fugitive cashier of the Keystone Bank ol Philadelphia. He resided at Pernambuco for some time after reaching Brazil, but lives at Ouro Porto. He seems to have plenty of money and is known to have received remittances from Philadelphia. Banted to Death. H. 11. Niles, undertaker and furniture dealer, was burned to doath at Two Rivers, Mich. He rushed from his shop enveloped in flames and hurried to the river, but dropped dead before he reached the watei. The shavings in the shop were ablaze and the smell of varnish pervaded the interior, but there was no indication of the cause of the fire. Th* Reqnaat Will Be Granted. The State Department has formally asked permission from the Chilian authorities to allow the remains of Riggin and Turnbull to be disinterred and transported to America. It is believed that this request will be granted. The various transportation linos have offered to carry the remains, and they will bo brought home for final burial. Amending lb* He ml on Law*. The House Committee on invalid pensions has agreed to report a bill which provides that widows or children of soldiers killed in service may obtain pensions under tbe act of Juno 27, 1890, which stipulates that an honorable discharge was necessary to secure pensions, and hence families of those killed in actual service were excluded. A Brav* son. Two men who pretended to bo officers, abducted Stephen Van Clew, aged 70, from his house in East Berryhill, Ark. They were captured by Van Clew’s wife and son, after they had robbed and murdered the old man and flung his body in a gully. One of the murderers was shot while attempting..to escape, and the other was turned over to the authorities Felt Three Hundred Feet Int6s» Mine. Frank Cheshal, a miner, met with a terrible death at Pig Mountain colliery near Centralia, Pa. While walking about tbe breaker near what is known as the manway, he slipped and fell headlong to the bottom, a distance of 300 feet He was found an hour later with almost every bone in his body broken. A Driving Wheel Broke. The “Royal Blue” Baltimore and Ohio New York and St. Louis express was wrecked one mile east of Bridgeport, Ohio, on the Parkersburg branch. The accident was caused by the breaking of the rear driving wheel on the engine. The sides of two passenger coaches and ot the sleeper Bonaire were stove in. No one was seriously injured. A Great Victory for Fitzsimmons. Once again Bob Fitzsimmons has demonstrated his right to a high place in the pugilistic world. In the great contest between him and Maher at the Olympic Club, New Orleans, for a purse of 810,000, he succeeded In whipping his man in twelve rounds. Fully a quarter of a million dollars changed hands on the contest. Charged with a Heinous Offense. At New Lisbon, Ohio, Charles Ketcham, a well-known young farmer was committed to jail upon the charge of assault with intent to rape two little girls. May and Minnie Mercer., aged 11 and 13 years, whom he followed into a farm building and threatened with a loaded gun. Their screams brought assistance and they were rescued. Woman Indicted for Harder. Julia Syke has been indicted by the grand jury of Hamilton County, Ind., for murder in the first degree and is now in jail at Noblesville. She is charged with the shooting of John Danforth at Westfield recently. Murder at Bine A*h, Ohio. At Terra Alta, Ohio. John Johnson and Petham Ellis quarreled over a dog belonging to Ellis which. Johnson killed. Ellis drew a revolver and fired at Johnson, killing him instantly. Both men are colored. — - Corbett and Choynskt Will Meet. At the Merchants’ Club of New Orleans, a match has been arranged between Corbett and Choynski for 825,000 a side. Mr. Blaine Better. Dr. Hyam, who is Ih> attendance on Secretary Blaine, says that Mr. Blaine had almost entirely recovered from his Illness of the past few days. At the Mint*. The total coinage at the various United States mints for the month of February amounted to 9,548,099 pieces with a total value of 84,437,619.75 For Harrison. Every district in Indiana has elected Harrison delegates to Minneapolis, and passed resolutions endorsing his renomination. Census Returns. Estimates based on the new State census place the population of New York at 1,900,000. That of Brooklyn 1,085,090. TBE MARKETS, CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prune.... 83.50 @5.25 Hoo»—Shipping Grades... 3.50 @5.00 Shkbp—Fair to Choice 3.00 <S4 0.25 Wheat—No. 2 Bodßo @ .00 Cobn—No. 2....' 40!4@ .4154 Oats-No. 2 28y 2 ia> .29)4 Rys—No. 284 @ .85 Butter—Choice Creamery2B @ .29 Cheese—Full Cream, flat* 12)40 .13)4 Boas- Freshls @ .16 Potatoes-Car-loads, per bu... .30 @ .40 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 4.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @ 5.00 Sheep—Common to Prime 300 @6.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 @ .04 Corn—No. 1 White 41 @ .42 Oats—No. 2 White32)4® .33)4 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.50 H as 3.50 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 @ .93 Corn-No. 2 86)4@ .37)4 Oats—No. 2 .35 @ .36 Rye—No. 279 @ .81 CINCINNATI. Cattle 8.50 @ 4.50 H as,. 3.00 @ 5.00 S ikbp 3.00 @ 6.00 Wheat No. 2 Red 97 @ .98 Corn—No. 242)40 .43)4 Oats—No. 2 Mixed \33 @ .84 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @5.25 Hogs 3.00 @ 4.75 Sheep 3.00 0 5.50 Whbat—No. 2 Rod .97>4@ .98)4 Cobn—No. 2 Yellow.4o @ .41 Oats— No. 2 White 33)40 .34)4 TOLEDO. Wheat—New 95 @ .96 Corn—No.2 Yellow@ .« Oats—No. 2 White 31)40 _32U Kxb 86 @ .87 „ „ BUFFALO, Beep Cattle ... 4.00 @ 5.73 Livb Hogs '.... 3.75 @5,25 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.01 @1.03 Cobn—No. 2 .46 @ .47 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Springß7 @ .88 C bn—No. 3 88>40 .89)4 Oats-No. 2 White3l @ ,32 Ryk-N0.1.,., 85 @ .86. Barley—No, 2 < £1 @ .53 Pobk—Messll,2s @11.75 „ NEW YORK. ” Cattle T 8.50 @4.00 H0gb.J...... 3.06 @ 5.50 SHEWI.( 4.00 @6 50 Wheat-No. 2 Bed ... 1.07 @1.09 < OBN— No. 2 A .49 (<g .51 Oats—Mixed Western...36 @ .88 Butteb— Creamer y . .81 @ JU Pußr-Me8i....8.75 @io.»

•I 4 V* . « WHAT PRIME SAYS ABOUT THE WINTER CEREAL. It Hu Commenced to Grow and the Situation Ha* Lately Improved—Moro Grain In the Farmer'* Hand* than There Wae a Veer Bank., - , Winter Wheat. The la«t fourteen days have been particularly favorable to tho winter wlioiifi crop, Bays Prime’s Crop Report. The moisture has been ample, and the crop has not been subjected during that time to any sudden dr severe freezing weather, which is one of tho features ofi the tl’-st part of March. The ground has| been bare of snow nearly all winter and hardly any during the last six weeks.! Tho crop now has commenced to grow.| Its general condition, however, is not asi good as it was at this time last year. That is, it is not as far advanced in growth and the plants arc by no means as strong and healthy as they woro then, and there has been considerable improvement in the prospects of tho crop from what it was thirty days ago. So far tho percentage of the winter wheat which has been killed is small. Taking the crop by States it is practically in this condition: In Illlnol*. Southern Illinois reports that February did the growing wheat a great deal of good, as there was little if any frost in the ground during most of tho month and the weather mild. The effects were beneflolal. Tho crop Is still small for the time of year. Farmers are getting ready for spring work, but the land is too wet yet for seeding. The 1 creage of spring crops promises to be large and the land in good condition. Farmers are not holding their wheat for higher prices, as was the case in October and November. Tho reserves in farmers’ hands are but little more than a year ago, and millers are buying from hand to mouth. In Central Illinois tho frost has been out of the ground for some time and the ground is full of water. Wheat is doing well. It is thin on the ground, but is firmly rooted and spreading. There has been no plowing for oats yet, but with clear skies seeding is likely to commence at any day. In Mlanourl. The winter wheat crop hears no comparison with that of last year. It is much m -re backward and general conditions not as favorable. It is short and thin, but it has improved greatly during the recent mild, wet weather. No reports of wheat having been winter killed. In a few of the southern counties spring work has commenced. Tho movement of wheat has been more free during the last two weeks than previously, and would have been larger had the roads been in condition for farmers to haul. Millers are good bidders for wheat and have light stocks on hand. Kansan. So far winter wheat has made little growth in Kansas. The heavy rains of the last two weeks have been beneficial, however, to the crop. It already begins to show signs of growth. Farmers did a great deal of plowing in December and January, and are now well prepared for early seeding as soon as the ground dries off. The reserves of wheat in farmers’ hands are about the same as a year ago. Millers' stocks are running low and the demand for flour increasing. Kentucky. In Kentucky the condition of the winter wheat crop is much below that of the same time last year. During the last ten days there have been some warm days and the wheat appears to be growing a little. There are so far no complaints of winter killing, but it is difficult yet to determine the real condition of the late sown winter wheat. Tho majority of the farmers are inclined to wait until we have enough warm weather to see whether it is going to grow before they plow it up. Little wheat has been sold during the last thirty days. There is more wheat in farmers’hands than at this time last year. Country mills, however, are not as well supplied as they were then. Indiana. The severe effects of the drought last fall are perceptible at the present time upon the winter wheat crop in Northern Indiana.. The winter, however, has been favorable for the wheat, and the weather has not been extremely cold. There has drnen no wheat plowed up yet. Before the roads became bad there was a free movement of wheat, but as they are now impassable the movement has stopped. Millers have light stocks of wheat. In Southern Indiana wheat has begun to grow a little. Little winter wheat has been killed. At this date it is hard to get a correct idea of the condition of the crop. Some fields look well and some ~ poor, while the general condition do s not favorably compare with that of this date one year ago. Then it was much above the average, and now it Is just the reverse. There is little movement of wheat, and the reserves in farmers’ hands are larger than a year ago. On high, well-drained land a few oats have been seeded. In Ohio. In Northern Ohio the wheat crop on the whole does not look as well as it did a year ago at this time. This is especially true of the late sown, which is backward and thin on the ground. During the present week heavy rains have fallen, which were followed by a hard freeze, and the winter wheat is in no condition to withstand this kind of weather. Little wheat was marketed during February. There is fully as much and probably more wheat in farmers’ hands than a year ago at this date. Spring work has not commenced yet to any great extent. In Southern Ohio the growing wheat has improved some, but the general condition of the crop is ps»r. Well drained lands are holding tneir own and growing, but those not drained are showing up poorly. In Michigan. The growing crop of winter wheat in Michigan is not as good as a year ago. The mild wet weather of last week took off all the snow and started some growth. Spring work has not yet commericed. The movement from farmers’ hands during February showed an increase over the two preceding months. Farmers are carrying more wheat than in 1891. In New York. In Western New York the wheat is all covered with snow to a depth of from six to ten inches. Up to this time the crop is in good condition. Millers carry light stocks, and the flour trade is also small. Spring I’roapecl*. In Nebraska the frost is not yet quite out of the ground, but is coming out rapidly. There is ample moisture, and as soon as tho frost is out seeding will commence. There is not half the usual amount of corn at railroad stations. From 40 to 50 per cent; of the corn in farmers’ hands has been marketed, and there will be very little com moved until after seeding. The winter has been a good one, and everything points to a very favorable spring opening. In lowa the frost is not out of the ground, but the general conditions are favorable. No oats have been seeded yet. In South Dakota the snow is all gone, and the frost is coming out. With" favorable weather early seeding will commence in a few days. In sbothern Minnesota the ground is< almost bare of snow, and the frost has come out of the ground from a depth ol from three to -six inches,

■ "J." 'JJ j ALL FOUND WITHIN THE BOR* DERS OF INDIANA. • An Intaraatlng Rummary of tho Moro Im--1 portaat Dolngz of Our NMffhbort — • Crim**, Cuualtl**, Daatlia, Etc. Editorial Meatlnx. • Quite aiiumbur of editors of th# Northfi ern Indlank Editorial Aaioclstlon mot at the Dally Times office, Warsaw, and »eI lected delegates to the National Convention to bo hold at San Francisco, Cal., tj Mav 21 at . The following gentlemen were present: I John B. Stoll, South Bond; Louis MeI' Donald, Plymouth; J. S. Conlogue, Kon- •' dallvlllo; Ed 8. Brooks, Plymouth; C. H. ■I Chase Elkhart; A. R. Boyerle, Goshen; II Ed Meloy, Laporte; Ira S. Carpenter, ■ Michigan City. 1 The following dolegatesand alternates ' werb selected: 1 Delegates.— Q. A. Dossier, Warsaw 1 Dally Timos, National Executive Com--1 mlttoeman; J. B. Stoll, South Bend Daily Times; C. H. Chase, Elkhart .Review; Jos. S. Conlogue, Kendallville Sun; Dr. H. J. Beyorlo, Goshen Times; G'D. ’ Tillo, B'ort Wayne Newspaper Union. Alternates.—C. A. McDonald, South Bend Times; F. D. Halmbaugh, Munc(e • Herald; J. F. Wildman, hymcie Times; ; Chas. Haas, Wabask Plain Dealer; Edgar A. Stoll, South Bend Saturday 1 Times. 1 Mbs. Owen Walker of Goshen, took 1 poison and died in twenty minutes. 1 SoriinoNiA Scott was indicted and ar1 rested at Evansville for the murder of her infant Hannah Hamkr. one of the few remaining first settlers of Mitchell, died at the age of 84. Joseph Thorpe of Portland, got a five years’ sentence for stealing a black rooster. He was an old offender. John Jones, a carpenter, committed suicide with a revolver at Greensfork, Wayne County. Cause not known. The Indiana Sabbath Association at T.aPnrtn bag adopted resolutions favoring the closing of tho World’s Fair on Sunday. Frank S. Kirtley, the ex-Chrlstlan minister at Franklin, sentenced to two years for forgery, has entered a plea ot insanity to escape punishment. John M. Sixby of South Bend, enters suit against tho town of Mishawaka for 92,000. He claims he fell on a defective sidewalk and received severe injuries. Cobwin Mandy, an employe of the Central Iron and Steam Company at Brazil, became overheated at his work and became a veritable madman for a time. Smith French of Wabash, 72 years old, died of pneumonia. Mr. French was the oldest silversmith in Wabash County. Ho leaves considerable property. Thebe ard fifty-nine soldiers’ and sailors’ widows drawing pensions in Center Township, Wayne County. Two thousand dollars is paid to them every ninety days. Summitville society is shocked with a sensational scandal in which a grass widow, two youths, and an old fellow, who ought to know better, play the leading parts, and there are several supernumeraries, too. Rev. H. C. Hovey, D. D., of Middletown, Conn., who has been at Crawfordsville, says that the natural sas supply will last at least twenty years. Ho is a son of the late Prof. E. O. Hovey, of Wabash College. A Fort Wayne paper says that the employes of the Pennsylvania Company’s shops at Fort Wayne are working all the way from fourteen to nineteen hour per day. The men are worKing by the piece, and the longer they work the more they make. The men make all the way from 83.75 to 87.25 per day, according to the number of hours they work. As the Monon passenger was passing tbe scene of the late wreck near Crawfordsville, the passengers in the parlor car were badly frightened on account of an Iron bar tearing a hole through the car floor. An investigation showed that an iron bar had been left on the track And had caught in the trucks*of this car, with the above result The prospects brighten that Terre Haute Is to secure another road, and one that will be of great benefit to the business of that city. The projectors of the Terre Haute, Saylor Springs and Chester road have secured the right of way from the Wabash River (Cfeenowith ferry) Clarke County, to Albany, 111., a distance of 103 miles, and it is thought the right of way can easily be secured from Terre Haute to the crossing point named -- above. Several days ago “Nig” Seering escaped from jail at Crawfordsville, and was located at his father’s. A policeman attempted to capture him, but old man Seering, drawing a razor, debed the officer. The Sheriff arrived, and, with his revolver In his hand, walked into the house at the front door, while the Policeman entered at the rear. The son was taken and lodged in jail, after which his father attempted to cut tho throat of the boy that had gone after tho Sheriff. The old man is also in jail now. About 3 o’clock the other morning “Chubby” Carroll, the convict who recently killed a prison guard, under a new sentence, together with several other prisoners confined in the County Jail at Jeffersonvlhe. made an effort to escape which came very near being successful. In some manner they had managed to secure several files, and when discovered by Deputy Sheriff Mitchell they had almost got out of the large cell hall and were intending to attack Mr. Mitchell and the jailer. Had they managed to escape, it is flaid, they had determined to murder Sheriff Donovan. Carroll, it will bo remembered, made an effort to escape while confined there about two years since. When discovered he had a revolver, a knife and several other articles secreted on his person. He was taken to Michigan City on an order by Gov. Chase. Mrs. James Friend was found urreonscions on the floor of her home near Goshen, with her 16-month-old baby patting her face. She died without coming to, having taken a strong drug, supposed to have been oil of tansy, but not with suicidal purpose. Hebe’s one from South Bend: A collector failing to collect a bill of 25 cents from a man with a long beard asked sarcastically why he didn’t give his whiskers in payment—they were worth a quarter. When the collector next appeared with his bill, he received a package containing those same long, rich, dark-red whiskers. He had taken tho collector at his word. James MoCabty of Kokomo, who was married three months ago, just two weeks after being divorced from his first wife, has now applied for a divorce from his present wife, who was Miss Dora Mattern, daughter of a wealthy Miami County farmer. His first divorce cost him 82,800 alimony. Notorious Detective Norris of Springfield, Ohio, appeared at Fort Wayne with" a warrant for Frank Slavin, the windy boxer of Thompson’s Congress of Celebrities, charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses for a show , at Springfield, when Charley Mitchell failed to appear. Fort Wayne authorities refused to serve the warrapt, claiming Itwaslhefei’uTtoTsplte. i

jDOINGS OF CONGRESS* MEASURES CONSIDERS® AND ACTED UPON. At th* NaUnn’i Capital—What >» B*lng Don* by th* S*nat* and Hou**-Ol<B Matter* IH*po*o<l Or and Now Oa*» Con*ld*r*d. The Senate and Hou**. Indian »ectnnan acbool* wa» the "“’’J*"* of three hour*’ acrimonious dluousalon In. the House on the lit 7bo Indian appro nrL<tlon bill «a» the nieuMi re under consideration, and the Ininiedlate enu«e ot the dlacusilon wa* the lection making appropriation for tho Oarltoln Indlaa ichoot The bill wa* pined. Mr. McMllfln, ot TonnoMiee, reported the free wool bill, which wan referred to the committee of the whole. Mr Bryan, of Nebraska, and Mr. Turner, of Georgia, respectively, from the Home commit oe. reported, bills for tho free entry of bludltw twine and cotton bagging and ties, which were referred to the committee of the whole, and leave was granted to Mr. layne of New York, and Mr Dalzell of Pennsylvania, to present the views of the minority on the measure. In the Senate, after th* transaction of routbio buHluoss the Idahoi election case wa* taken up and Mr. Handent addrosaod tho Senate in defense Os Mr. Claggett’* right to tho *oat. Mr. Morgan made a legal and constitunsl arguincnh against tho right of Mr. Dubois lo occupy a seat in tbe Senate. In the Senate, ou tho 2d Mr. Do’ph pre-j sentod petitions from hie Slate favoring government aid for tho Nicaragua canal., The Idaho eloctlon case was taken up and Mr. George stated tho reasons which would control his own action in casting hl* vote for tho contestant, Mr. Vllae argued that tho Hitting member, Mr. Dubois, was legally elected and entitled to the seat On the suggestion of. Mr. Gray that some Senators were absent who desired to record tlieir votes on tho‘ question. the vote was postponed., The proceedings of tho House were; quite unlntereetlng and confined' strictly to the consideration of the. District of Columbia appropriation bill. On only one occasion did party politics find a place in the discussion and that was when Mr. Hemphill, ot the Democratic, side, proposed an amendment reducing the 511.009or 912,000 salary which the Recorder of l Deeds of tbe District of Columbia receives' in the way of fees to a fixed salary of 13,600 per annum. All fees are to bej turned into the public Treasury after deductions for necessary clerk hire. The House adjourned with the bill still undls- . posed of In the Senate, on the 3d. tho debate ou the . Idaho contested election case was closed, and tho voting was begun. The question of the minority resolutions in; favor of Mr. Claggett’s right to the seab was decided in the negative—yeas, 7; nays. 55. The vote was then taken on the majority resolutions affirming the right of MrJ Dubois to retain his seat, and it was decided in the affirmative—yt as. 55: nays. 5. Tbe pure food bill was then taken up, but no action was taken on tho bill. The House resumed ccn-ldoration ot the District of Columbia appropriation bill, also the bill allowing railroad companies to give special rates to commercial travelers. Mr. Otis, of Kansas, antagonized the measure. It was a stroke directed at the fundamental principle upon which the Interstate commerce law was founded. Mr. Simpson,, in speaking of the bill, referred to the author of the interstate commerce act (Senator Cnllom) as an “iniquitous rail- 1 road attorney,” when ho was rromptly called to order by Mr. Lind, ot Minnesota. The bill will now go on tho calendar of unfinished business. In the Senate on the 4th the pure food bill was taken up. and Mr. Vest stated at some length his position In regard to it and to such legislation in general He appealed to tbe Senate to help enact the bill into law. Eulogies were delivered in respect to the memory ot the late Representative Lee, ot Virginia, and the Senate adjourned till the "th. The House Committee on .Military Affairs completed consideration of the army appropriation bill. Tbe most Important provision tn the bill relates to payment for transportation over bond-aided railroads. The total appropriation carried by the bill, is 824.245,649, which Is 9367,830 leas than the appropriation for tho current fiscal year. The House Naval Affairs Committee practically completed the consideration of the naval appropriation bill. The bill in round figures appropriates 124.000,000. A new drydock at Algiers, La,, is provided for la the bill, the ultimate cost of which will be more than 88.000,000. At the conclusion of the consideration of unimportant bills Greek met Greek in the House, and for tho space of five minutes a parliamentary colloquy was witnessed which in aptness of retort has had no precedent tn the present session. On the one side was Speaker Crlsn. who stand* as the sponsor of tbe rules of the Fifty-second Congress, and on the other was ex-Sfeaker Reed, who stands as the defender of the rules and methods of the Fifty-first Congress. Metallic Ties. That the wooden railroad tie must sooner or later give place to a metallic substitute has long been admitted by engineers, and lately we are beginning to see that the coming change in this respect cannot be much longer delayed. Experiments made within a year or two on a number of leading roads suffice already to show that there is a superior economy in metal, and but for .the fact of its larger first cost It would likely displace wood very rapidly. It will do so gradually in spite of this, as with many railway companies the initial cost is of less importance than the ultimate economy, which is sufficiently in favor of the metallic tie to, determine the question of its use. The result of this must be a slow decline in what is now a flourishing and profitable branch of the lumber business, but the fact will not occasion widespread regret in the trade. The traffic in ties draws heavily upon the supply of young, partly grown timber, not yet ripe for the saw mill, that it would be good discretion to refrain from cutting, Rnd any change in consumptive requirements that would permit such trees to attain maturity will prolong the duration of the timber supply and work for the best interest of the lumber trade. We cannot help thinking that lumber men should do all they can to help forward the change from wood to metallic ties, in the interest of the preservation of their own business. Ml*cellaneon» Note*. No ball club likes to see its score printed in round numbers. In Alaska, 200 miles up the Yukon River, the snow never melts, airtl, in some places it Is said to be fully two miles deep. In the last three years Annie Besanthasfed no less than 120,000 school children in the Tower Hamlets division. The chief ingredients In the composition of those qualities that gain , esteem and praise are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. The new census shows that Philadelphia is the greatest manufacturing city In this country, .exceeding New York. The value of Philadelphia’s annual manufacture is $700,000,000, and New York’s $650,000,000. An attendant in a Russian hospital placed a hot brick at a patient's feet, and the brick was so hot as to burn his flesh ij» a shocking manner. When brought up for the attendant simply said, “It was God’s Will that his feet should ba blistered, and how could I prevent) 'it?” •’ ■