Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1892 — Page 6

n, " 1 ■ DECATUK, IND. IL BLACKBURN, ... PußLissm. FROM HILL AND DALE AND EVERY NOOK OF EARTH THIS NEWS WAS CLEANED. „ Dreadful Accident at London—A Father’* Crime— Accidentally Killed Hl* Friend —Fierce Fralrie Fire*—A l’nr*aoiited Minister—Trouble Feared on May Day. DOWNFALL OF * SOCIETY MAN. Copeland J. Snapp ot HL Paul, Ar re ■ ted lor Having Stolen *4,000, St Paul (Minn.) special: Sheri fl Bean and two of his deputies rounded up Copeland J. Snapp, one of the worst criminals in the country. He confessed his latest crime, that of robbing the Northern Pacific Railway Company of $4,788. One of the most remarkable things about it all is that he has for several ■ years been a society leader in St Paul, and less ythan two years ago he married Miss Sue Farrington, daughter of John Farrington, Collector of Customs during the Cleveland administration. The real sensation in the matter, however, came out when It was learned that, with two city officials of Louisville in 1880, Snapp robbed the Kentucky city of from $750,000 to $1,000,000; all the men were arrested and sentenced to long terms in the Kentucky State prison. His accomplices served their terms, but Snapp carried his case to the Supreme Court and escaped on a technicality. RUSSIA FORTIFIES HERSELF By Making Sebastopol the Most Formidable Stronghold on Her Border* IJJ Vienna special: Russia is said to be fortifying Sebastopol in a most formidable manner. Two new forts built to withstand the most formidable artillery of the day. with extensive surrounding outworks, are in a forward state. The Twelve Apostles, which has been built at Nicolaleaff and was launched seventeen months ago, leaves Nicolaleaff this month for Sebastopol where she will receive her guns. The new iron clad which was recently launched at Sebastopol, is now painting and equipping with great speed. Men were kept at work night and day. The Russian volunteer fleet has also been increased during the past two months by two fast cruisers, the Saratoff, from England, which cost upwards of £135,000, and the other, also from England, which cost upwards of £120,000. Two more cruisers have been ordered from England. A Persecuted Minister. Attired in a striped prison suit at the Washington Work House and serving time as a prisoner on a charge of vagrancy is a regularly ordained minister of the gospel. He is from Ohio and has his credentials as a preacher and other documentary evidence. He says that were Christ upon earth now, and in the city of Washington, and attired in purple robes, he would no doubt be arrested and sent down on a charge of vagrancy. Christ was lowly and went about preaching the gospel on the highways and byways, and that was the only offence ho (the preacher) had committed. Fifty Thousand Dollars in Horse Flesh Consumed by the Manxes. H The large stock barn of Elisha Carr, ■ near Charlestown, Ind., was struck by lightning and entirely destroyed. In the * barn were nine blooded horses, which were burned to death. Among them was the trotter “Kentucky Ruler,” which was valued at $25,000. The rest of the horses were worth abont the same amount There was no insurance. Dreadful Accident at Ixxndon. London special: thousands of excursionists visited Hampstead Heath. On their return a great rush was made for the trains. In the crush some one fell at the foot of a staircase of the railway Station and in a moment hundreds of persons above were thrown into a struggling heap. Two women and six children were killed and thirteen others were seriously injured. Trouble Feared. y London special: Apprehensions of trouble on May Day have been revived by an article in the Times which estimates that 2,000,000 Socialists will parade. The news from other countries is not so reassuring as ft is from France, and should trouble occur it would occasion no surprise. Accidentally Killed fils Friend. At Bloomington, Ind., while John Chambers and William Doub were handling a rifle, it was accidentally discharged in the hands of Doub. The ball pierced Chambers’ brain and he died almost instantly. Both were sons of prominent Harrodsburg citizens. A Father’s Crime. At Niles, Ohio, Samuel Williams, an employe of the Falcon rolling mill, returned from work crazed with liquor and attempted to drive his entire family from the house. He fractured hisdaughter’s skull and then cut his own throat, dying soon after. #1,500,000 lor the Anaconda Mine*. A controlling Interest in the Anaconda Mines, at Cripple Creek, Cal., has been sold for $1,500,000 to a local capitalist and agents. The property includes the Great View Mines, said to be the richest gold mine in the United States. Think* It Mun Be True. Senator Gorman, when asked concerning the story that he intended to give up the chairmanship of the National Democratic Executive Committee, said: “I don’t Know where the story came from, • but I think it must be true.” Murder at Fa at Dlverpool. At East Liverpool, Ohio, William Cessassa, a restaurant keeper, in a religious rage shot W. H. Spencqr, -a leading attorney, and probably fatally wounded Frank Spencer, his brother, whom it is thought will die. • . —. r fierce I'ralrle Fire*. A tremendous and disastrous prairie fire is raging in the northwestern part of Kit Carson County, Colorado. The region is thickly settled with ranchmen and the damage will oe very heavy. Woman’* Suffrage. The following is the full text of the woman’s suffrage bill passed by the New York General Assembly: An act to prevent discrimination on account of sex at elections. Section 1. Every citizen, irrespective of sox, shall hereafter be entitled to vote for all and every officer hcreafteb to be elected in this State, and on any question submitted to a vote of the people, and it shall be nulawful to make any discrimination between citizens oh account of sox at suph elections. Sec, 2. No ppll,clerk, inspector of election of other election officer or person fulfilling such duties shall hereafter re* -’ . ■ Z; s r

fuse to register or to receive the vote of i any adult citizen at any such election by ' reason of the’ sox of such citizen, provided such citizen shall in all other respects possess the qualifications now required by law. k Sec. 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1893. WOMEN'S WORK.

' A Commendable I lan to Entertain th. Ladle* at th. World'* Fair. Chicago special: The women of the World’s Fair mot recently to appoint a committee on the dormitory building for the accommodation of working women visiting Chicago during the exposition. Mrs. M. B. Carse, who advanced the plan, was elected .chairman. The report of the committee is as follows: “A stock company, to be formed entirely of the lady managers, with a capital stock of $125,000 (divided into 25,000 shares at $5 a share) shall bo organized. It shall be known as the woman’s dormitory of the woman's department of the Columbian Exposition. A building shall be erected on tne dormitory plan, with accommodations for 1,250 women, arranged so there will be perfect light and ventilation in every room, with reading rooms, kitchen and coffee hall. It is proposed to accommodate working women with lodging at 30 cents per night and coffee and lunch at a moderate price.” DARING KUBBEBI! An llllnol* Central Train Held Up. New Orleans special: The Chicago train of the Illinois Central was-held up by lour men at a point just below Independence. La. Two men boarded the train at Hammond Station and covering the engineer and fireman ordered them to go ahead and take the siding at Independence so that the down train could pass. After the down train had passed two other men who were standing on the track joined their confederates and ordered the train back to the seventyseven mile post The men, at the point of pistols, made the engineer and fireman go back and open the express door. They robbed the Southern Express Company's safe of several thousand dollars, estimated from $5,000 to SIO,OOO. a lot of New York exchange and a package of lottery tickets. The authorities at Jackson have been notified, as well as those of adjoining towns, and bloodhounds will be placed on the track oi the robbers. Italy and the Lulled States at Peace. Washington special: The official correspondence closes the Incident of diplomatic nature of the friendly relations which existed between the United States and Italy on account of the New Orleans massacre are published and confirm and earlier telegram. The United States pays the families of the massacred Italians 125,000 francs. The money, which was paid to Marquis Imperial!, was taken from the fund ' which is usually appropriated for the State Department,to i e used in emergencies. and for special and extraordinary purposes, such as tbs present The fund for the current year amounted to SBO,OOO and has been drawn upon in addition to this $25,000 tor expenses at Santiago and the Chilian controversy and to meet the expenses connected with Behring Sea negotiation. Indiana Sprtn* Bacra. Indianapols special: A meeting of those interested in horses and races was held at the GrAndJHotel, to arrange the purses and classes of the spring races in the Indiana circuit Dates for the entire circuit were agreed upon as follows: Terre Haste, June 7-10; Kokomo. T 4-17; Peru, June 21-24; Elkhart, June to July l;Fort Wayne, July 4-8; Richmond, July 19-22; Rushville. July 26-29; Cclumbus, August 2-5. The purses aggregate $60,000. The classes and purses were arranged for the entire circuit Indianapolis makes the largest offers ever hung at a spring circuit in this State. The Indianapolis Driving Club was admitted as a member, taking'the place of Cambridge City. Fell Ninety-five Feet. George Pfeffer, aged G7, and Rudolph Sherkie, aged 45, fell from the top of the new hotel Valdrof, under construction at the corner of Thirty-third street and Fifth avenue, New York, and were instantly killed, the distance being ninety-five feet They were at worn for the Cornell Iron Company placing the iron work of the cupola in position, when suddenly the coping on which Pfeffer was standing, gave way. Pfeffer grabbed Sherkele by the leg and both fell to the ground. Pfeffer’s body struck a scaffold and ent a circular hole through an inch and a half planking as if made by a cannon ball. Sherkele’s body struck a man engaged in mixing mortar in_the street and broke his arm. To Plug the Oil Well*. St. Marys (Ohio) special: A movement is on foot in Pennsylvania to suspend operations for six months. so as to curtail production and advance the price of oil. Your correspondent has seen several prominent local oil men and they are favorably impressed with the scheme. It is likely that a similar move will be inaugurated in this field, as most of the wells throughout the entire Ohio field have decreased alarmingly in production. Besiaes, Ohio oil is bringing only 35 cents, whereas eastern crude is worth 58 cents. Should the project be carried out thousands of. men will be thrown out of employment. Dynamiter Arrested. Indianapolis special: Some time ago a peculiar-looking German, a stranger in the city, was observed loitering in the wholesale district and around the public buildings and the detectives placed him under surveillance. He was traced to his room, where it was discovered that he frequently received calls from mysterious persons. The other night he was arrested. In his room was found a quantity of dynamite and fuses and several caps similar to those used by Lingg, the Anarchist, when he committed suicide. The stranger registered as Joseph A. Schadler. He claimed to be from Chicago, and afterward said ho was in business in East 8t Louis until he was robbed of $28,000 by employes. The authorities here ordered his detention for further examination. Sensational Charge. Lawyer R. L. Summerlin of San Antonio, Texas, is in Washington, and announces that he is seeking justice for the family of Garza, the revolutionist, and for a good many others on the Texas border who claim that they have been maltreated by the United States troops i under Cilpt. John G. Bourke. Mr. Sum- . merlin sajs he has over fifty affidavits with him charging the most wanton cruelty on the part of Capt. Bourke. Refusing people water to drink, striking an old gentleman in the face with his J fist, dragging a mother from her 2-months-old babe and choking and beating a decrepit old roan of 70, are some of 1 the acts, Mr. Summerlin says, with which ( the Captain is charged. > A Double Tragedy. ’ A double, tragedy occurred at Dayton, Ohio, in which John E. Geist killed his 1 wife, Alice, and then shot himself. They have been married about nineteen years, and have a soil,, Sainuel, aged 17, at the Ohio Reform Farm, and have not lived happily together of late year* Geist 1 has been jealous of his wife, and ho, being under the influence of liquor, accused ' 4 ’

her of harboring other men He became excited, and as he drew a revolver Mrs. Geist screamed and started to run, when he shot her in the head, killing her instantly. Ho then fired a bullet into his own heart and dropped dead. Geist was an industrious carpenter, and married at Middletown, Ohio. • Why He shot Ven Fleet Governor Boyd his issued a pardon to Cantaln A. D. Yocum, who was sentenced recently to one year’s imprisonment by the District Court at Hastings, Neb., for the killing of Myron Van Fleet, correspondent of a sensational sheet at Lincoln. Van Fleet, it was alleged, had written a scurrlllous article attacking the c.hastltv of the Captain’s daughter, who, the article alleged, had eloped with a negro coachman. Captain Yocum was absent when the article appeared, but when he returned he investigated the matter, and, claiming to have discovered that Van Fleet was Its author, he shot him down in the street

i x - i Retaliation. I Ottawa (Ont) special: It now appears ■ that the dominion government has i abandoned all hope of effecting a reconciliation with New Foundland, and in orff,er to enable them to retaliate against the aggressive policy which the New Foundland Government has directed against Canadian fishing vessels. Minister of Marine Tupper has Introduced a bill which gives the Government the power to retaliate against New Foundland vessels entering Canadian waters In the same wav that Canadian vessels in the waters of the colony are dealt with. No JieTelatton. The conference of Mormons at Indopendence. Ma, is a thing of the past and the faithful are disappointed in that there was no revelation by President Smith, filling the vacancy in the presidency. This vacancy has not been filled since 1888, when the brother of President Smith was removed from the position on account of his insanity. Tbe last day was spent in bidding god speed to the missionaries who were ready to depart for their fields. The meeting adjourned to April 6, 1893, when the conference will meet at Raymond, lowa. Train Robbery frustrated. A daring attempt was made to wreck tbe north-bound passenger train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road near Tippecanoe, Ohia A farmer was walking along the track about a mile south of the town when he discovered a pile of stones, iron, etc., distributed along the track for a distance of about ten feet The obstruction was discovered about twenty minutes before the passenger train was due, and removed in time to avert a disaster. The perpetrator of the outrage is not known. international BoyoafL The first international boycott in the history of any labor organization in the world has been issued by the General Executive Board of the Knights of Labor. It is addressed to “the members of the Order of the Knights ot Labor in Australia, New Zealand and along the Pacific coast of the United States of America,” and is directed against a San Francisco box-making firm which discharged men because they were members of the order issuing the boycott ••Betay and 1 Ara Out" 'At Goshen, Ind., .ibraham Price, aged 71, was granted a divorce from his wife, aged 61, after forty-three years of life together. The pair were both members of the Dunkard church, and very devout The divorce was granted on account of the old lady's ungovernable temper, which has been developed, so her husband says, ( within the past few years. They have , reared five children, who are all in comfortable circumstances. The property was equally divided. A Destructive Firn, Leavenworth special: Henry Etten- ' son’s great mercantile house here was almost totally burned to the ground by firfe. The building and contents were valued at $200,000. with a total insurance less than half that amount Tbe building was a handsome thred-story brick, almost new, with mansard roof, and was filled with a stock of clothing and dry goods. The conflagration was the most disastrous encountered here in many years. - Deadly Coal Oil* Mrs. Richards, wife of Prof. L. Richards. teacher of elocution in the Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, was so frightfully burned, while starting a fire with coal oil that she died. The Professor had sat down to breakfast, when he heard an explosion, and rushed Into the room, only to find bls wife enveloped in the flames. All the clothing was burned from her body, and in some places the flesh dropped from the bones. Contempt ot Court. Terre Haute (Ind.) special: Judge Taylor has sent George M. Allen, proprietor ot the Terre Haute Express to the county jail for twenty-five days and fined him 8100 and cost* for contempt of court Allen is now locked up in a cell. The day before Taylor sent W. O. Fishbach, the editor of the same paper, to jail for thirty days and also fined him 8100 for contempt of court He Is also iujaiL Little Boy Burned to Dentil. At Bangor, Maine, the 4-year-old son of George Tohicr was so severely burned by bis clothing Igniting from a brush fire that he died. THE MARKETS CHICAGO. Cattle - Common to Prime.... 53.50 ® 4.75 Hogs- Shipping Grades 8.50 0 4.75 Sukkf—lair to Choice 4.00 Whe t—No. 2 Red 83 & .84 Cons—No. 2.., 40 0 .41 Oats-No. 2 211 0 .30 Bye—No. 2 ;is » .71 Butter—Ch ice Creamery...... .22 © .23 Cheese— Full Cream, flat*..,.. .12)4® .1314 Eggs —Fresh .-... .13)4 Potatoes—New, per brl 6.C0 ® 7.00 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 325 ® 4.50 Hogs —Choice Light 8.59 ® 475 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 © 6.50 Wheat- No. 2 Rod 85)$@ .86)4 Corn-No. 1 White S' © .43 Oats—No. 2 White .81 ® .82 ST. LOUIS. 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WILD RACE FOR HOMES. JORAMBLE OF HUNDREDS OF BOOMERS FOR CLAIMS. Attending th* Rae* Acre** th* Line—A. Good Deni of th* Lnnd *llll Lett tbr HntUera-The situation In Oklahem*. Opening of Slaaelnn MaoHon*. Say* a dispatch from Brown’* Valiev, Minn.; Th* sharp, olonr note of a buglo at noon Friday/tho almost aimultanoou* crack of * carbine, then a volley from ’he whole tar-mebing line of cavalry as the signal was taken up and carried in a reverberating report to thousand* of watting ear*, a few more halting *hot«, becoming fainter as tho dletanc* Increased, and tho Sisßoton reservation was at last open. The military withdrew from tho border and rejoined their companies. From the brush along the nhore of tho Minnesota River, from ravine* hitherto held to bo unpopulated, from every conceivable spot bordering on the reservation that could shelter a man, horse or wagon there sprung horde* of home-seekers. There wore all sorts and conditions of men. Some who had never passed a night out of door* in their lives slept on tho damp ground with naught but. tho starry sky above them. The west shore of Lake Traverse i* the border line of the reservation for almost its entire length. > A fleet of rafts and other hastily improvised craft laden with household (foods so that their gunwales camo within a few inches of tho water lay along the shore awaiting the stroke of 12. Many of their occupant* had not tasted food for twenty hour*. Hundreds lined the way all along the border from Hankinson south. At Wheaton was the greatest crowd, for it was tho nearest point to tho desirable lands. It wa* * *pcctacle not easy to forgot. With the crack of the carbines horses dashed madly forward, desperate *P*ed by their excited riders. Struggling along to the rear came loaded wagon*, with from two to six horses on each. They were lashed unmercifully by their drivers. The cracking of whips, the dull thunder of hoofs in tlie damp sod and the yells of tho drivers as they struggled for the lead filled the air with an unwonted din. Still farther to the rear came those without conveyances, struggling forward with their kits of tool* until tho reserve was dotted with them. The mounted crowd waa scon

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beyond the range of vision, and as they disappeared they were considerably Strung out, tite leaders evidently saving their strength for a hard run at the finish. Ida Burnett, graduate of the University of Minnesota, a strikingly handsome girl, is possibly the possessor of the choicest quarter-section about the town site to the northwest. She has just a suspicion of Indian blood in her veins, and Is a descendant of the Sioux race. She has been allotted land on the reserve. Behind the fastest team obtainable she was drawn to" the tfcwn site from the agency. The start was made at gun-flre and the girl was first on the field. She staked out her claim and straighway went to work on the erection of a shanty, assisted by her driver. Governor Mellette had 250 deputy sheriffs on the reserve, Heavily armed and instructed to maintain order, peaceably if possible, forcibly if necessary. They checked several rows before serious results ensued. The Sisseton Reservation. The Sisseton Indian Reservation surplus lands that have been opened to settlement are located in the northeast comer of South Dakota, covering most of Roberts County, lapping over on the edge of Marshall and Day Counties, crossing the pan-handle of Grant, and

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the sharp point of the triangular-shaped reservation extending down to the center of Coddington, a few miles from Watertown. The northern base of the triangle extends over into Sargent and Richland Counties in North Dakota, and for that reason filings may be made at Fargo. The lands aro rich, and numerous lakes cover the entire extent of ‘the reservation, a good portion of which IS wooded and of a hilly character. In* fact, the character of the lands reflects much credit on<>the Judgment of the Sisseton Indians, who chose this land as their reward for their help to the settlers In the Indian war of 1862. For nearly thirty years they held the reservation intact, but finally concluded they would prefer to have their lands in severalty and live like whites, so the matter was soon arranged, with the aid of a commission, and a scramble for lands was the result. The Indians have selected many of the best lands on the reservation, but it is estimated that enough for about four thousand claims of 160 acres each still remained up to the hour of opening. On the Oklahoma Border, The excitement over the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands is quieting down, due principally to the fact that new arrivals are materially decreasing. The boomers in their wagons' .'continue to pour in all along the border, but the crowd coming in by rail is not as large as that which moved oh the Oklahoma country three years ag >, apd as the time for the opening 4raws near it begins to look as though themrowd that will go in will not be nearly as great as that which entered Oklahoma. This is due to the

fact that three year* *«o thousand* of • people who wore not farmer* rushed to Guthrie, Oklahoma Cifar, and th* other r town*, thinking that they would •enure town lot* that in a few y*»r* would make them rich, while the new town* In the Arapaho* and Choy*nno country will • all be miles from any railroad, and do ■ not Invlt* this kind of ImmlgraHoh. • Many of the boomers, sven those who have horses and wagons, do not seem to have any cash, though most of them have flour and bacon. Tho Soldier* • Btatlonod along the northern border 1 estimate that there are 9,W0 poop l * • on that Uno east of Cantonment and 1 about 1,000 west. There are perhaps • 12,000 people ready to go in from the ‘ oast and 7,000 or 8.000 in the. Washita f country, while about 3,000 Texans sro • drawn up along tho south line. There ' ar* not many people on tho west line.

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On the north line, about ten mile* cast of Oantonment, there are 1,500 people from western Kansas camped In one bunch. A Boy Reporter. 1 The reporter’s pencil has trained many a hand for the novelist's pen. J It trained Charles Pickens, who, nt the age of nineteen years, did reporter’s work of such excellent quality as to draw from the late Earl of Derby, ' then Lord Stanley, a prediction that the stripling reporter was destined for ; a great career. Young Dickens had reported the last part of Lord Stanley’s speech In the House of Commons against O'Connell. When the proofs of the speech were sent to Lord Stanley that gentleman returned them with the remark that the first two-thirds of it were so badly reported as to be unintelligible; but that if the gentleman who had reported tho last part of It so admirably would call upon him he would repeat his speech and have it reported again. Young Dickens, note-book in hand, made his appearance at Mr. Stanley’s, and was reluctantly shown by the servant into the library. When the master of the house came in he expressed astonishment with his eyes as well as by his words. “I beg pardon,” said he, “but I had hoped to see the gentleman who had reported the last part of my speech.” “I am that gentleman,” answered Dickens, turning red in the face. • “Oh, Indeed!” said Stanley, turning to conceal a smile. Sir James Graham then came in, and Stanley began his speech. At first he stood still, addressing one of the window-curtains as “Mr. Speaker." Then he walked up and down the room, gesticulating and declaiming with all the fire he had shown in the House of Commons. Sir James, with a newspaper report before him, followed, and occasionally corrected Stanley., When the proof of the speech had been /read by the orator, he returned It to the editor with a note predicting the future success of his young reporter. . Many yeaxs afterward Charles Dickens, the popular novelist, was Invited to dine with Lord Derby. The guests were shown into the library, and Dickens, though he had forgotten the incident of the speech, felt a strange sensation, as if he had been there before. At last something recalled the reporting adventure, and he reminded his host of it. Lord Defby was delighted to recognize in the popular novelist his boy reporter.—Youth’s Companion* 1* Darwinism a Failure? Since the Darwinian theory of the origin of man made Its first victorious mark, twenty years ago, we have sought for the intermediate stages which were supposed to connect man with the apes; the proto man, the pro anthropos, is not yet discovered. For anthropological science the pre anthropos is even a subject of discussion. At that time in Innspruck the prospect was, apparently, that the course of descent from ape to man would be reconstructed all at once; but now we cannot even prove the descent of the separate races from one another. At this moment we are able to say that among the peoples of antiquity no single one was any nearer to the apes than we are. At this moment I can affirm that there is not upon earth any absolutely unknown race of men. The least known of all are the people of the central mountainous district of the Malay Peninsula, but otherwise we know that the people of Terra del Fuego quite as well as the Esqui- ■ maux, Bashkirs, Polynesians, and Lapps. Nay, we know more of many of these races than we do of certain European tribe*; I need only mention the Albanians. Every living ' race is still human; no single one , has yet been found that we can designate as simian or quasi-slmian. Even when in certain ones phenomena 1 appear which are characteristic of the apes—e. g., the peculiar ape-like pro- ' jections of the skull in certain races—stilj we cannot say that these men , are ape-like.—Prof. Virchow, before [ the late Anthropological Congress in Vienna. ' Hee*. There 1» a question in the minds of i most beekeeper* whether or not the > acts of the bee are governed byMn- : stlnct or reason. On this- subject • some take the position that the acts • of the bees are governed by intelligent thought. To prove this they dtp the fact that bees gather honey only in l ' climates subject to winter weather. [ If our bees are taken to Australia, j where the summers are perennial, > they learn in a few years to store up i no honey, gathering it only ns they > need It for sustaining life. The only ‘ way the Australian can get honey is ’ to import queen* from cold countries ’ every few years,, they not having ‘ learned that the storing up of hoaey I is unnecessary. |

- " ll !" L--. THE WAY THINGS RUN — IN THI GREATEST OF GREAT STATES, INDIANA. Thing* Which Hnv* Lately Happen** Within It* Banter*—Sum* Flcaiaat •»* ■out* Sa* Reading. Miner State Item*. A Nxw gss well has been struck near Farmland. 1 Title recent fire in Edlnbnr* caused a loss of 825,000. , / Michaels, Grant County, has at last secured a postoffico. Numerous kinds of swindlers are again working tho people In the country. Mrs. Frkd Fkllkr* has mysteriously disappeared from her homo lu Wabash. Michigan City pooplo will vote to see whether they want water works or not. Maiuon Williams of Anderson, ha* a mare that gave birth to triplets one day last week. Hknry'Ford, colored, supposed to bo 100 years old, ettod at the Floyd Count, Poor Asylum. Frank Wknzlkr lost all his fingers and thumb on his righthand In a sawing machine at New Albany. Frank Johnson, a Fort Wayne lumberman, was fuially crushed while rolling logs on tho Maumco. Kokomo Is building a $90,000 schoolhouse, the second one erected in a year, to meet the growing demands of the city. John Frash of Huntington, believes ho is lielr to a flfty-two-mlllion-doilar estate in Germany. A farmbb near Denver dreamed he found a pot of gold. Ho dug his farm up, but didn’t find IL Mrs. Nancy A. Green is tho only revolutionary pensioner in Indiana. Sbe lives at Napoleon, Ripley Comity. William Heath, white, cut Aho Peele’s left cheek off with a razor. In Muncie. They quarreled over a woman. Experts have pronounced tbe bed of limestone, near New Ross, Montgomery County, to he as fine as found anywhere else iu Indiana. Robert Neal, bank boss at one of the Brazil Block-coa' Company’s mines, together with another miner, was Instantly killed by falling slate. Edwin V. Johnson of Seymour, a graduate of Annapolis, has been made a lieutenant in tho United States Revenue Marine Service, being assigned to Lake Michigan. While Ed Jacoby was out driving at Thorntown with Mollie Scott, some one fired into the buggy. Tho bullet struck the girl, but hit a steel in her corset, saving her life. The old “Governor's mansion” in Cory don, which was occupied by tho first Governor of Indiana, is being torn down. Tho building is a two-story brick and is now the property of Dr. A. K. L. Smith. Allan Vaught, a youth residing near Solon. In Clark County, while plaviug In his father’s harn, fell to his ground, a distance of fifteen feet, striking on his head and causing almost instant death. As executors of the vast estate of Adam Wolfe, Jason Wilson, of Marion, and Mayor Arthur W. Brady of Muncie, gave the largest bond ever filed in Delaware County. Tho amount being $600,-; 090. 9 Claude Matthews, a fireman on the Suburban train between Jeffersonville and New Albany, while getting off ofj his engine slipped and fell. The engine ran ovpr his log, cutting off his right foot above the ankle. Ho will probably die. < r EAn» K. Glass, Assistant City Engineer of Richmond, was found In his' room recently, dead of apoplexy. Ho was 98 years old, and a leader in .young people's religious clmlos. His remains will bo shipped to his homo at Knightstown, where his parents reside. The determination of tho congregation of the Evangelical Church at Brazil to bold Sunday-school In spite of minister Winters, who refused to give up the key to the church, caused something of u sensation. The members of thechurch oroko in and had services, held a song and prayer-meeting in the evening, while the minister remained at homo, refusing to come and preach to his flock. There Is trouble between Mr. Winters and Hie congregation over tho famous DubbsBowman case, the minister having expelled the entire church, recently. The members bought a new lock, and now the minister Is locked out. The preacher wll! resort to tho courts. When the farm bell rang for supper at the home, of Irvine Love, four miles east of Marlon, tho other night, Orville, the 15-year-old son, did not respond. The father called for the boy, who was finishing his evening work, and, receiving no answer, started In search of the tardy one. Ho found him lying on the ground in tho barn-yard. lie was unconscious and was bleeding from a wound In the head. They took him to tho house, but> tho skull was crushed sous to lay bare tho brains, and ho died in thirty minutes. There were no wltnessos to the aecldcnt, and how tho boy was struck will probably never bo known. It is supposed, however, that tho colt which he bad been watering struck him with its fore-foot. The Western Improvement Company is now building a lino hotel on its laud near Yorktown, its dimensions being 100 feet long by slxtfcwlde, and three stories high. Tho new flouring-mill, of 200 barrcis eapacity, at the head of the lake, has already been commenced. Tho aluminium works, from Bucyrus, 0., are now at Yorktown, awaiting switching facilities which are being putin bv tho Big Four, that tho machinery may be unloaded from tho cars, and the building of tho furnaces commenced. The brass and novelty works wi'l be opened out with a full force of hands next week. The Yorktown brick factories are to furnish material for these buildings, which, with those yet to to be erected in the near future, will create a big demand for laborers. A car-load of carpenters had to bo sent for last week. Elmer Willard, desperado and highwayman, badly wanted In Logansport, was located at a farm house. The police and detective force attempted to capture him when ho escaped under a hot fire. Fourth-class nostmasters have been Appointed for Indian* as follows: Corkwell; JayTJonnty, R. Landis, vice H. L. Robbins, resigned; Fargo, Orange County, I. a Pittman, vice G. P. Bonwassor, resigned; Ijamsvllle, Wabash County, G. H. ECkman, vice E. T. Green, resigned; Mlfllln, Crawford County, E. A. Senn, vice J. W. Senn, resigned; Saluda, Jefferson County, L. C. Talbott, vice J. G, Marling, resigned. Thaddeub Hays, an 11-year-old boy, had his right arm cut off *t the shoulder by a train ho was attempting to board at Richmond. This family seems to be 1 a very unlucky one. Two years ago on-, other son was killed by the- core, and three vears ago the father became insane, afterwards dying in the asylum. Footy Egan and Jam** Ellis, each over 60 years old, “fell out" at Scot Hedrick’s stable, in Marengo, over the slzeot a jack, which Egan claimed was sixteen feet high. “Sixteen hands yon mean.” said Ellis, at which Egan grew angry, threw a pitch fork and struck Ellis in the neck. A fist and skull fight eMßea * J?/* x I -x,

’the NATIONAL SOLONS. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National L»vmsk*r. uml Wb*tTh< Ar* Doing for tho Hood or tho Coußtryj ‘ Vnriou* Moaauro* Frop«»o<l, Dl*ouM*d* and Acted Upon. Doin<* ot Cong re**. On the 12th, on motion of Mr. lowa, a bill pawed -authorlslag W J llllnol* and Ohio Railwsy and TermfaM Company to construct a bridge aero** tho Ml**l*slppl River at Molluo, 111. Hopr*- , ■eutativo Cooper, of Indiana, nuido a statement before tho House Pension Offlc* lovestigatlng Committee tn denial an* in explanation of the charge* made ogams* him by Cominlmiioner Raum. In the Senate _ Mr. Cullom introduced a bill to authorize National Bank of llllnol* to establish a branch on tho ground* of tho Columbian Expoaltion; and It wa* roforrad to the Committee on Finance. ItcpreMintatlvo Lane. of Illinois, from tho Committee on Military Affair*, reported to the House a bill authorizing the Secretary of War, upon the application of the Governor of a State or Torrltmy, to has* for the sole n«o of the National Guard of euoh State or Territory any thre* and one-half inch mdtxio- loading rifle field gun*, wrought iron, or ' three and’ two-tenths Inch breech-lending rifle field guns, *tcel or machine (Hotchkiss or Gatling) or rapid fire guns, with Implement* and harness for the »am* which may be on hand and not needed immediately for the service of the regular forces. In the Senate thAYllvor question was the sublect of extended debate. The Senate, the 13th. pasaod the follow- m Ing bill*: for tho better control of and to promote tho safety of national banks; authorizing tho Secretary of Wnr to cause an exploration and survey to bo made ot tho Interior of tho Territory . of Alaska; to e» übllsh lineal promotion I throughout the several I'ni’s of artillery, cavalry, and infantry of the army. For the examination and promotion of enlisted men of the army to the grade of second lieutenant. To Increase the pay ot certain non-commissioned officers ot the army.- . Appropriating $60,000 tor a public building at Grand Island, Neb. To amend the rallroud land forfeiture acts so as to permit actual settler* to purchase the land* within three year* after forfeiture. , For tho relief ot purchaser* of timber land* and atone land* under the act of JuneA 1878. To provide for fixing the uniform standard of classification and grading of wheat corn, oats barley and rye. For the preservation and custody ot the records of the volunteer armies (creating a ro:wd and pension office in the War Department). It wa* World'* Fair day In the House, and no business was done. , In the Senate tbe 14th bill* wore pasted as follows: Appropriating $75,000 for the foundation and pedestal for a bronzestatue of Christopher Columbus at Capitol ground*. Granting tho Topeka Water and Electric Company the right to erect slams across the Kansas River in Shawnee County. Authorizing tho Quincy Pontoon Bridge Company to construct a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi at Quincy, 111. To authorize the Grund Rap- " Ids Water and Electric Power Company of Grand Rapid*, Mich., to con-truct a dam acr>M tho Grand River. Extending the t prlvileee* of the free delivery of mails to cities and towns with a population ot not less than 5,00!) and where the postoffico gross receipts for the previous year amounted to 85,000. Moro than two hours of the time of the House was consumed in determining whotlvir Messrs. Stone pt Kentucky, Fithian of Washington. Joh son of Ohio, and Bowman could' publish In tho Record at tho public expense, and distribute under the Government frank Henry George's book on “Protection and Free Trade." Mr. Burrows’ attempt tojiavo tho Henry George matter expunged proved unsuccessful. The book has been published practically, in full in tbe Congressional Record. The remainder of the day waa consumed in tho consideration of the naval appropriation MIL The House had passed a bill to promote I the safety of national bank*. The bill reached the Senate the 15th, there was attached an amendment autb rlzlng the bank* to extend their circulation to tho full amount of the bond* deposited by them In the Treasury. When the bill was returned to tho House and laid be- ■ fore that body no attempt was made to concur in the Senate amendment*; buton motion of Mr. Bland the bill was referred back to the Committee on • Banking and Currency to l>o divested ot tho objectionable amendment. Tho bill for the relief ot tho heir* of 11. H. Sibley (the Inventor x>f the Sibley tent) again proved an obstacle to the transaction of business In the House, and tho whole day was consumed in Its consideration. No quorum wuspresent. World’s Fair Noto*. Wisconsin will have a $30,080 gliding at the Fair. A 100-year-old bearing orange tree, from San Gabriel, is one of tho exhibit* announced from California. Galveston, Texas, has raised SBO,OOO of the $150,000 which it pledged toward the State World's Fair fund. Fifty public - spirited citizens of Utah have guaranteed $50,000 for an exhibit at the Fair from that Territory. The Washington State World’s Fair building will be constructed in sections at Tacoma and sent to Chicago next Septetfiber. Ostrich eggs, artistically painted In a prize competition, are to bo n feature in the exhibit made by Cape Colony,’ South Africa. New Hampshire, which claims to be tho “Switzerland of America,” has appropriately planned to erect, a Swiss chalet for its World’s Fair building. A new Directory was elected by the Exposition stockholders on April B,' With seven exceptions the members of last year’s Directory were re-elected. Tin! Missouri World’s x<alr Board has forwarded to Chicago nine tree t runks to compose three of the columns of the rustic colonnade around tho Forestry building. The Commercial Exchange of Des Moines, lowa, has resolved in favor of raising $20,009 for the purpose of secur- 1 ing a creditable representation at the Exposition. R. 8. Moore, of 'Newborne, N. 0., claims to have fragments of the chain which restrained Columbus when ho was and ho intends to exhibit them at the Fair. A number of owners of steam yacht* in New York intend to utilize them to transport ■themselves and their friends to the Exposition byway of the St. Lawrence and tho Welland Canal. The main Exposition buildings require for their ornamentation 160.(178 separate pieces of staff work. Os these, 108,000 have been cast, and more than 59,000 have been put in place on tho buildings. Intending exhibitors at tho Exposition can get tho general rules and regulations for exhibitors, and the special regulations pertaining to exhibits in the 1 department or departments in which I they may be particularly interested by I addressing Director General Davis. ' J From the reports and estimates pre- I pared by the Exposition authorities for I the Congressional Investigating Oom- I mlttee the following interesting facta, I among many others, appear: To com- I plete the Exposition and conduct it to | its close will require of the directory a I total expenditure of $22,246,403. Up to I tho total expenditure was $3,- I 860,934. The liabilities under contract* I already made are $4.092.724. TM »». j| ceipts have been $6,252,404, and the I amount duo from stock subscriptions r and city bonds, $5,713,051. The Na- ’’l tional Commission has expended $lB4 - "I 522, and estimates that $1,067,983 more I J* needed, including $700,000 for awards. The lady managers have spent $57 811 A, and think they reoulre $227,574 more im ’-l to the dose of the Fair. ”