Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1892 — Page 6

democrat DKOATUR, IND. y, Br.tnTBTTKM. . ■ • WWW*. 1899 JTU.JfB 1899 'su'moTu We Th Fr Sa 77 • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 • • ♦ • ® •_ • •_ HISTORY OF A WEEK. PEOPLE, places and things OF THE WORLD. 1 — Price* AwWrtle.l at the National Drill En-Ompawt-A Yacht <«p«ivc»-Racing by Electric Light-An Unfaithful Wife and Her I-ovor Kllled-The Preaideat Interned oi Hi* Nomination. toe DRILL ENCAMPMENT. Prtae* Awarded the Crack Companies. Omaha Special: Prizes have been awarded at the drill encampment as follows: „ National Infantry Drill—First prize, $5,000, Washington Fencibles; second price, 82,000, Seely Rifles, Galveston; third, SI,OOO, McCarty Light Guards, Little Rock. Maiden Infantry Drill—First Prize, $1,500, University Cadets, Lincoln, Neb.; second, $750, Lima, Ohio, Guards; third, SSOO, Denver Guards. Zouave Drill—First Prize, $1,500, Hale Zouaves, Kansas City; second, $750, Chicago Zouaves. Artillery Drill—First Prire, SI,OOO Indianapolis Light Artillery; second prize, SSOO, Dallas Light Artillery; third. $250, Zollinger Battery. Fort Wayne, Ind. Gatling Gun Drill—First prize, SSOO, Cincinnati Light Artillery, second, $250, Omaha Guards. Individual Prizes—Captain making best score in National Infantry drill, prize sword valued at S4OO, Captain Dormer, of Washington Fencibles; Captain making best score in maiden infantry drill, sword valued at S2OO. Captain Bell, Lima Guards: best drilled soldier, medal valued at SSO, Durand, Whipple, McCarthy Guards; company ranking highest in camp discipline, flag valued at S2OO, Governor’s Guards. Denver; most popular company, silver eup, Chaffee Light Artillery, Denver.

An Unfaithful Wife and Her Lover Killed. At Wilkesbane, Pa., George Fisher, returning home shortly after 1 o’clock the other morning, surprised his pretty wife in a compromising position with John Washington. He promptly shot Washington through the head, killing lim Instantly. Mrs. Fisher begged for mercy, but Fisher rushed into the kitchen, seized an axe, and, as his wife fell on her knees still pleading forgiveness. he raised the weapon and deal! her a terrible blow, knocking her unconscious. Fisher attempted to flee, but the neighbors, who had been attracted by the woman’s screams and the pistol shot, captured him, and he is how in jail. It is thought Mrs. Fisher will die. Racing by Electric Light. ' , Racing by electric light was inaugurated at the South Side Park at St. Louis. Fully 5,000 people were present The lights are about fifteen feet apart Jim Marray and Sacramento fell down in the second race but were not hurt Spot One, first; Billy C, second; Coleman, third. Time 5a Second race, four anil one-half furlongs—Regardless, first; Ida Bell, second. Others fell. Time, 57X- Third race, four furlongs—Roxy, first, Dr. Murry, second; Snowflake, third. Time, 50. Fourth race, four and one-halt furlongs—Sim Dougherty, first; El Pretas, second; Catoosa third. Time, Capsize of a Yacht. Detroit special: The yacht Caprice, with twenty-seven young people on board, was capsized near Peache Island, several miles above this city, near the Canadian shore. All of the party were thrown into the water and Carrie Bieber, aged 19, and Minnie Mogk, aged 17, were drowned. The yacht Duke, in going to their assistance, attempted to turn and Henry Pathow, Jr., was knocked overboard by a boom and also drowned. All of the bodies have been recovered. Os the party on the Caprice fifteen were women. —,—a Tramp Burglar Threatened wWli Lynching, A tramp, who refuses to give any name but “Buck,” was arrested at Rockford, Ohio, for burglary. He had broken into several houses and managed to get several dollars. In the house of J. F. Barkest he secured some money and 1700 in notes. When arrested he had made away with them, and would not divulge their whereabouts. The citizens threatened to lynch him, and had the rone, when he told where they were. They were found in an out-house all torn to pieces. Three Men Killed. Three men were killed and three severely injured by the explosion of a blast at Lyle’s furnace, Kansas City. The charge had been put in and, pjnable to set it off, the men were trying to drill it out The men are: George Ordway, Roy Neal and Jack O’Brien. Injured are: James Thomas, colored, fatally; Charles Foster and John Dale, seriously. • The President Informed of His Nomination. The committee to notify President Harrison of his nomination by the Minneapolis Convention waited upon the President Monday.. Chairman McKinley in a brief address, conveyed the official Information to the President and highly complimented him in the course of his remarks. The President made a brief reply. Bloody Riot at a Negro Picnic. A riot occurred at a negro picnic, near the National Cemetery, six miles from Memphis, Tenn., in which three men were shot or stabbed to death, and over a dozen seriously injured. Fatal Disease Among Ohio Sheep. A peculiar disease afflicting sheep is ravaging many of the flocks in Belmont, Guernsey. Monroe and Noble counties, Ohio. The throat swells, and the sheep die. Opposes the Fair. London special: The Standard comments upon the statement made In the House of Commons by Hon. G. N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary of the India Office, that the Government of India had decided that it was needless to bo officially represented at the Columbian Exposition, or to make a grant for an Indian exhibit The Standard says it is surprising that •ny British subject should, think of taking part in an exhibition in a Country which by its prohibitive tariff appears bent upon excluding all English manufactures from Its markets. It is doubtful, the Standard adds, If any foreign

goverament would hav» accepted the invitation of the United States to take part In the Chicago exhibition If it had known that a measure; of the character of the McKinley tariff bill would have been made a law by the United States. A HORRIBLE MX’IDENT. Elghly-elght Men Drowned by the Falling ot a Bridge. Cincinnati special: The false work of the new bridge being built over the Licking River between Covington and Newport fell, carrying down with it ninety men. The first estimate of the number of lives lost was thirty, but later reports make the total number eighty-eight, among them, being Andrew and Albert Baird, the contractors. The construction of the bridge was begun early last fail and will be used for foot passenger and street railway traffic. The piers have been completed and the work of fixing the heavy pieces of iron in place had been begun. A track from the Newport side had been run out on the first pier to the heavy iron. The false work ran up fifty feet from the water. But two mon are known to have escaped with their lives. Not a stick of the false work from pier to pier remained, and the river was filled with timbers and iron work, with scores of men struggling for life. News of the terrible accident spread rapidly and soon a crowd of hundreds had gathered and the work of rescuing the bodies was at once begun. Cincinnati patrol wagons responded to a hurried call, and the dead and wounded were carried away as fast as taken out. The accident is supposed to be due to the heavy weight of the iron floor supports, the false work not being strong enough. AFRAID OF THE MAFIA. A Desprate Attempt to Murder Revive* the Emr-ef the Matta New Orleans special: The police ore conslderably<excited over the attempt made by four Italians to assassinate one of their countrymen. What makes the matter one of importance is the fact that the would-be assassins forced their way into the victim’s house and tried to carry out their designs in the presence of the man’s family. The victim in the case is Joseph Corran, a prominent fish merchant .of_ .87 Hospital street He was formerly in partnership with Vincenzo Carrigtoni, GUormo Curriere and F. Brummo, also fish merchants, but became dissatisfied and withdrew and started in business on his own account This aroused his former partners’ ire. The other night they forced an entrance into Corran’s house, armed with stillettos and revolvers, but before they could accomplish their deadly work a member of Corran’s family summoned the police and the men fled. The police are determined to hunt them down, for they fear that if any laxity be shown them, it will encourage other Italians and in the course of time the mafia would once more have a foothold in this city.

A CLOUD BURST Kills Three Persons at Scranton, Fa.—Hurricane In lowa. A special from Scranton, Pa., dated the 19tt inst, says: A cloud burst inundated the streets. The flats on the South Side are covered and the water has risen to the second stories of hundreds of houses. Fears are felt for the safety of Duning’s dam. Lightning, which was incessant for five hours, struck six bouses within the city limits, killing three persons and stunning several ipore. The troll wires are down oil over the city and travel by street cars has been suspended. There are reports of loss of life in the flats in the southern part of the citv. Reports of widespread damage in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties are coming in. Washouts have occurred -on the Delaware and Hudson Railway tracks. Disastrous Wreck. Philadelphia special: A wreck occurred on the North Penn railroad which resulted in the death of two men and the injury of several others. The Doylestown express passes Fort Washington station at the rate of a mile a minute, the fastest time made at any point along the road. The Jenkintown shifter was running ahead of the passenger trains and in attempting to switch on to the down track was caught by the engine of the express. This engine was thrown from the track against an embankment Both engines were completely wrecked. The engineer of the express train was killed outright Several of the passengers in the smoking car were injured, but not dangerously. This car was turned upon its side and wrecked. ... . Bold, Bad Burglars. Louisville special: On the arrival of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago train from Chicago at Orleans, Ind., the conductor found Homer Fisher, the telegraph operator and station agent lying in a corner room bound and gagged. Fisher said he was sitting at his desk reading when he heard a slight noise, and a moment later two men rushed in, blew out the light, overpowered “him and ransacked the office. They took 89 from him and 8110 from the cash drawers. Fisher thought they also got a lot of tickets, though in the dark he could not tell. From their familiarity with the office the robbers were believed to be exemployes. A Fallen Prince. Michael K. Mills, “Prince Michael,” was convicted at Ann Arbor, Mich., of debauching Bernice Bechel. aged 15 years. He was sentenced to State Prison for five years. Mills was at the head of a religious fanatical sect known as "The House of Israel,” which had the "Flying Roll” for a Bible. The girl was the daughter of two of his followers, and the father and mother both believe in the “Prince’s” innocence. There is so much indignation in Detroit that CoL Atkinson, Mills’ attorney, was obliged to take a change of venue to IVashtenaw County. The evidence revealed horrible practices in the “God’s house.” A Porch Falls. By the falling of a porch in the rear of 414 State street, Chicago, four women weie injured, three of them so seriously that they may die. The women injured were Mollie Homan, twenty-five years old, very badly cut about tho head and injured internally; May Johnson, twentyslx years old. badJy hurt about the head and injured internally; Mary Colligan, twenty four years old, badly cut about the head and cut on legs and feet; Mary McLaughlin, twenty years old, badly bruised. The Injuries of the three first mentioned are of a very serious nature aud likely to prove fatal. A Mob Tries to Get at Miudererf. Dallas (Texas) special: Police officer W. H. Riddle was killed here by P. F. Miller, whom he attempted to arrest for living within colored woman. In the evening a mob gathered, its purpose being the lynching of Henry Miller, murderer of,Officer Brewer; O. C, Boulton, murderer of A. Ticbe; Charles Henry, who killed one woman in Denver and another in Dallas, and Miller, the slayer of officer Riddle. Tho sheriff resisted them until about midnight, when a heavy rain came up and so thoroughly drenched them that ther dispersed. At ThetaOld Tricks. Richmond (Ind/ special: LightningI rod swindlers arts yjctrmizfng farmers in

this section. Seven men In buggies drove through a neighborhood, claiming to bo putting up rods on the residences of a few prominent men only »s an advertisement for the company. They offer for $7 to rod a residence provided the owner will sign an agreement to recommend it to his neighbors. When the work is done they present a bill for $250. On the owner’s refusing to settle they draw revolvers and threaten until the money is forthcoming. The Chicago I’ollee Inspector Bounced. Inspector Marsh has been dismissed from the police force of Chicago by order of Mayor Washburn. Inspector Marsh was suspended several days ago when the Mayor learned es the existence of a note for $5,000, indorsed by John Conden, a gambling -house keeper, which Marsh had given in return for a loan. Marsh admitted giving the note, but denied all knowledge of. Condon’s indorsement. His request for an investigation was denied. _____ The Wall Falls. One of the walls of the old Gerlach building at Cleveland, Ohio, which is being torn down to make room for the Detroit and Cleveland Steamship Company’s docks, blew down upon the roof of Kingsburry's fish house, which was badly ruined. Mrs. Mattie Grady, Charles Packer and Charles Ruhl, who were In the fish house at the time of the accident, were so seriously injured that one or bwo of them may not recover. Fighting In Darkest Africa. It is 'reported that a German force under Baron Von BUlow numbering 150 Soudaneese and five Europeans with one gun, met a severe defeat near Killmangero, Africa, in the Moshi territory, on the 10th instant One European and 100 Boudaneese were slain, the gun was captured and Baron Von Bulow and another European wounded. The rest retreated to Fort Mating which was afterwards evacuated. A Hoosier Widow’s Big Luck. Mrs. John Taylor ah Anderson, Ind. widow, has fallen heir to a fortune of $2,000,000 by the death of John Goodman, a bachelor brother residing in California. Goodman made his wealth mining. A few days ago ho sustained a fall and the injuries received resulted fatally in a short time. After his death a will was found leaving all his wealth to his sister, Mrs. Taylor. Four Babies at a Birth. Mrs. Ella Dayson, wife of Thomas Dayson, a lumberman of the Ramapo Valles, at Fords Mills, N. Y., gave birth to quadruplets—three girls and a boy. Their aggregate weight is twenty-two pounds and seven ounces. The mother and four children are doing nicely. The parents have been married eight years and have four other children, all born singly. Harvesting Wheat In Kania*. The wheat harvest Is in full blast in Southern Kansas. The quality of the grain is excellent, the heads being long and well filled and the berry plump and heavy. In the extreme western counties the cijop is reported as magnificent The reports from nearly all points indicate h larger yield than last year’s. Corn is looking well. Death of an Old Hero. Commander Edward E. Stone, U. S N., retired, died at his residence ir. Washington, aged 70 years. He served in the Mexican war and also the rebellion, being Farragut at New Orleans. He commanded the Monitor, which brought Booth's body to Washington after being shot in Garrett’s barn. Women’s Crusade. Spring field (Ohio) special: The famous woman’s crusade against saloons, which originated here in 1874 under Mother Stewart, is to be revived. The movement commences with prayer-meetings every afternoon.- Some of the most prominent ladies in the city are actively participating, and saloon men are uneasy. Held Up the Stage. N Helena (Monk) special: The stage between Junction, ih Crow reservation, and Music Shell, Yellowstone County was held up. It is not known what was taken. The robbery was probably the work of the same gang that stopped the Great Falls-Billings' stage June 3. Officers are in pursuit A Deed of Heroism. Daniel Peters, an aged and infirm resident of Tiffin, Ohio, was fatally injured by a runaway horse. The old man stood in the street and attempted to stop the horse to save the life of a small boy who was driving, and was run over and injured so severely that he cannot recover. Fatally Burned. The two young daughters of Will Harris, living eleven miles northeast of Tipton, Ind., were seriously and perhaps fatally burned by the explosion of natural gas in the kitchen. The flesh was burned to a crisp. Sorrow Invades the Blaine Home. Emmons Blaine, son of ex-Secretajy Blaine, died suddenly at his residence in Chicago. Blood poisoning, the re® suit of inflammation of the bowels, was the cause. Destroyed by Fire. The whole business portion of Rocheport, Mo., was burned. Sixteen Buildings were destroyea. Loss $75,000. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime 33.50 @ 4.75 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @ 5.26 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4.00 @6.25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring so @ .8054 Coen—No. 2, new 47 @ .48 Oats—No. 2 30 @ .31 Bye—No. 2 73 @ .75 Butter—Choice Creamery 17)4@ .1814 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 09 @ .093$ Eoos—Fresh. 14 @ .15 s Potatoes—Choice old net bn.. .35 @ .45 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping ;... 3.25 @4.50 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @ 6.00 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @ 5.00 Wheat-No. 2 Bed 8634@ -5736 Cobn—No. 1 White 61 &@ .62(4 Oats—No. 2 White 37i4@ .38)4 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 @4.50 H0g5.....a. 3.50 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 81 @ .82 Cobh—No. 2 41 @ .42 Oats—No. a 29 @ .30 Bye—No. 2 77 @ .79 L CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @4.75 H0g5............................- 3.00 @ 5.00 Sheep 4.00 @ o.w Wheat-No. 2 Red 87 @ .89 Cobn-No. 2 48 @ .50 Oats—No. 2 Mixed .35 @ .36 DETROIT. Cattle....; 3.00 @ 4ZO Hogs 3.00 @'4.75 Sheep 3.00 @ 5.75 W heat—No. 2 Red 92 @ .93 Cobh—No, 2 Yellow 63J4@ .54)4 Oats—No. 2 White 40 @ .41 „ TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 86 @ .88 Cobh—No. 2 White 47 @ .49 Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ .36 BITFFA T O Beef Cattle—Com. to Prime., 4.00 @6.00 Hogs—Best Grades 4.00 @ 5.60 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 88 @ .90 Corn—No. 2 si @ .53 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring. . .78 @ .go CoBK-No. 3 45 @ .46 Oath—No. 2 White 32&@ .3314 Bye—No. 1 78 <a) .go Barley—No. 2 56 @ .58 POBK—Mes*..r 10.50 @10.7f „ NEW YORK. Cattle 3.60 @ 4.76 Hugh 3.00 @5.60 Sheep.. @6.25 Wheat—No, 2 Red. 94(a@ .95 ~ Cobn—Na. i,. .. 54 @ .56 Oats—Mixed Western. si @ .37 Butter—Creamery 15 @ .20 Poux-New Me**..,..... law @11.25

DEATH FROM THE SKIES. LIGHTNING STRIKES in LINCOLN CHICAGO. Three Penoat Killed Under the Shelter ol the Grant Monument, Three Moro Seriously Injured and Many Shocked Into lusenatlxifty. Killed by a Bolt. Lightning laid livid fingers upon the mammoth Grant monument In Lincoln Park, Chicago, Thursday evening and the two-score of pleasure-seekers who had crowded under the granite arches to seek protection from the - shower fell prostrate upon the atone floor. Three wore instantly killed. Os the Injured one was picked up raving like a maniac, two were unconscious and another supposed to be dead. A little infant In the arms of Its grandmother, who lay blackened from head to foot and almost denuded, was taken away unharmed. The alarm was given by a park policeman who had- Just left the shelter, and a few moments later the clang of the ambulance bell parted the surging throng that Instantly gathered about the scene of horror. The dead were lifted Into a patrol wagon and sent to the morgue and the Injured wore taken to the German hospital. Lincoln Park was crowded duriftg the afternoon with men, women and children, seeking in the cool lake breeze* and the shade of many trees to escape the sweltering heat of the homes and down-town streets. When, at 6:30 o'clock, the sky darkened and a stormcloud blotted out the sun, shelter was taken wherever It could be found. The pavilions were crowded, and many sought the questionable shelter of the trees. A large number were on the lakeside, and many were viewing the monument. When the big drops came down about eighty clustered about the great base of the monument, fully forty crowding into the little room directly beneath the bronze soldier and horse, and as many more standing in the roadway beneath. At 6:45 o'clock the fatal bolt fell, jarring the granite base and turning deathly pale with fear every mortal In its embrace. The scene that followed was appalling. For an instant those upon the ground looked into one another’s eyes, then followed scream after scream from the death chamber above. Mon pushed up the winding stairs at either end of: the arch, and when they looked out in the gathering gloom, made almost dark by the massive masonry, not a person was standing. Then began the work of rescue. Men and women were lifted to their feet. Water was brought from the Jake in hats and sprinkled upon the blanched faces and consciousness restored to: fainting ones, who hurried away from' the scene.

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. Terrible Work of a Cyclone In Southern Minnesota. St. Paul dispatch: The phenomenally wet and stormy season has culminated in a series of cyclone bursts, which occurred Thursday afternoon, aud were spread over half the southern end of the State, extending from Spring Valley, Fillmore County, on the east, to Heron Lake. Jackson County, on the west, and to Blue Earth County on the north. It was the fiercest and most destructive storm Minnesota ever knew, not excepting even the terrible St. Cloud eyolono of 1886, in whibh eight-six lives were sacrificed. At this time only the most meager detaHs can be gathered. Not only are the telegraph wires down in the section devastated but the train service is utterly demoralized, and many of the worst casualties occurred in districts remote from either rail or wire. Three distinct cyclone centers seemed to have been marked, and in each the havoc was' frightful. It is now believed that near‘ly 100 lives have been lost, as nearly every meager report received here concludes by saying the worst is to come, and later reports will swell the number of the killed and injured. In every case there was the regular funnel cloud with its deadly sections, roar and restless sweep, followed by a cloudburst. Nothing was left standing in the path of the cyclone, houses, trees and barns having been swept away. The storm centers seem to have been at Wells, Faribault, County; Sherbourne, Morton County; and Spring VaUey, Fillmore County. ' At Wells the storm came on without the slightest warning, the frightful roar of the approaching whirling column being the first intimation. The cloud veered to the south as It reached the outskirts of the village, leaving a terrible scene of death and destruction. So far as now known,. seventeen persons were killed in this immediate vicinity, as follows: John Brown and wife, Herman Brenner, Mrs. John Matusick, Wealand Steen, wife and child, John Piotios, Wm. Pictios, Mrs. John Dell, Albert Klingbert and two children, Mrs. John Joerson and two children. All of these are farming people. Twenty-five are reported more or less seriously injured, but in the excitement that reigned their names could not be ascertained. The damage to houses, barns, cattle and crops cannot now be even estimated, but it will be veiy great. At Albert Lea eight are known to have been killed, and many others are missing. Minnesota Lake reports five dead. The cyclone was followed by a terrifie downpour of rain, the water-falling in an apparently solid mass. Every stream is out of Its banks, and not a train Is today running. Washouts are reported in every direction, with bridges gone, trestles undermined, and in places the roadbeds themselves aragone. It Is thought when communication is established throughout the stormswept district the list of dead will be found not far short of one hundred persons.

Till* and That. Thebe, are 300,006* commercial travelers in the United States. The man who keeps his mouth shut never has to eat any crow. What is done cannot be undone, especially a hard-boiled egg. ( A dollar in your pobket is worth five Invested in a lottery ticket A friend in need is a friend who generally strikes you for quarter. . The size of amaKhtUMßotMag with the size of a lie he can tell When a sick man refuses to send for a doctor th’at is a sign he still clings to life. Modern society overlooks a soiled reputation much more rapidly than It does soiled gloves. The telephone is an arrangement by which two men can lie to each other without becoming confused. The girl who runs away With the hired ’man is held up'in ridicule, but she frequently does better than the one who marries a poet. Childhood is the nursery rhyme, youth the love ballad, middle age the prose, and old age the blank verse in man’s book of life. A cocoon of a well-fed silkworm will often yield a thread 1,060 yards long, and one has been produced which contained 1,295 yards. To preserve the color Os bAck ginghams or satine gownfi; previous to washing dip them In boiling slide or in salt and water. Dry in the khade.

BUCKEYE DEMOCRATS; THEY MEET IN CONVENTION AND NOMINATE A TICKET. the Delegat** to the Chicago Convention Are Not Inatraoted—The PJaUbrin Bun* Away brom the Silver I»*ue. ’ The Democratic State Convention met in the Grand Opera House, Colnmbua. Hon. Janet E. Neal presided, and his address was received with much favor. In concluding his address the speaker reviewed the list of presidential possibilities. Theeame of Cleveland and HUI were received with equal favor bv the convention. The name of Senator Brice was mentioned with eulogy and received much enthusiasm along with the name of Campbell. The following State ticket wan nominated: Col. W. A. Taylor of Franklin County, Secretary of State; John P. Driggs of Monroe. Supreme Court Judge, long .term; Thomas Beer of Crawford County, Supreme Judge, abort term; W. h. Wolfe of Fairfield County, Clerk of the Supreme‘Court; J. Myers of Hamilton, member of the Board of Public Works. Delegates at large to the Chicago convention were chosen as follows: Senator Calvin S. Brice, ex-Goyernor James E. Campbell, Lawrence T. Neal, and Robert Blee. Hon. James W. Newman, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, reported the platform as follows: The Democracy of Ohio, in convention assembled, declare: (1) That, confiding in the careful judgment of the National Democratic Convention about to assemble in Chicago, we hereby pledge our earnest and cordial support to its nominees for President and Vice President, hoping to see glorious and lasting victory as the result of its intelligent action. We are opposed to all class legislation and believe in a tariff levied for the sole purpose of producing a revenue sufficient to defray the legitimate expenses of the Government economically administered, and we protest against the policy of socalled protection, illustrated by the McKinley bill, as championed by the Republican party; and in the interest of agriculture and labor we demand a reform of the present tariff and a reduction of unnecessary and burdensome taxation. That In the high tariff recently endorsed by certain European nations on American grain and American meat, we recognize an effort on the part of these governments to strike a destructive blow at American agriculture in retaliation for the high duties Imposed by the McKinley law, and that on behalf of American agriculture we demand of Congress an immediate modification of our tariff law, such as will secure the admission of these agricultural products into the markets of these countries free from duty. The Democratic party have always favored the use of both gold and silver as money, aud restored to the people the silver dollar of our fathers, which a Republican Congress demonetized in 1873. Denouncing the Sherman act of 1890 as false in principle and dangerous in .practice, and believing both gold and Silver should circulate as money with parity maintained and with equal rights and equal value, we submit to the wisdom of the Democratic party about to assemble in national convention to declare the method by which that end may be reacMbd. The hypocrisy of the Republican party in the demand in the recent national convention for the. right of every citizen of the United States to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and to have it counted, Is made most manifest byite almost uniform opposition to the Australian method of voting, recently adopted in Ohio and most of the Northern States, and on the other hand its advocacy as an administrative measure of the infamous force -bill, designed to suppress, by violence, the elective franchise in nearly hall of the country. We call the attention of the country to the deplorable fact, lately ascertained from Republican official sources of undoubted authority, that the success of that party was due to the expenditure of $1,000,00b in corrupting the. ballot in the pivotal States, and not to the alleged beneficial results of a protective tariff, as claimed by the Republican leaders. A rooster was chosen as the emblem. TERRIFIC HAILSTORM. A Canadian Town Wiped Out. Montreal special: The most terrific 'hailstorm ever knqwn in Eastern Canada, has spread death and destruction throughput this province In New Brunswick and Novla Scotia. The worst storm was that which struck St. Rose, about forty mUes from Montreal. The most shocking phase of the disaster is the destruction of the schoolhouse in which were twenty-five children. A mass of kindling wopd is all that Is left of the building. When the people had somewhat recovered from their terror, their first thoughts were of the school house. Four of the children had escaped frightened by the approaching wind. The others were found strewn all about. Two of them were dead when found and one other died later. The damage will amount to over $90,000. The storm on the south side of the St. Lawrence was very extensive and extends through nearly all the counties and the damage it is feared will be very great At Upton, on the Grand Trunk Railway, two children were killed. The storm played great havoc at St Charles, where a large number of buildings of all kinds and trees were torn down. The storm swept furiously from the south side of the river St. Lawrance from Lonue Longuuil to Buchervllle, Centre Couer and Verenes where some heavy damage was done. It was the Templeton district on the river where the storm seems to have raged with greatest fury. Ex-Mr.yor John McElroy was killed. Dispatches from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia tell similar tale with several fataltles. Flogging Machine* Jn Russia. Flogging Is so Indispensable in Russia that some inventor has perfected a machine which saves the human arm the infamous labor of blows. Under the flagellation of the machine taxes and arrears are to become speedily colleciable. “These latest fruits of Russian civilization catch the arm and feet, allowing the head to repose on a kind di Japanese pillow, while that portion of the body which is to be operated on is raised to a convenient position for the executioner.” Awkward. Smythe is fond of airing his opinions. “Who is that tall, spectacled man yonder?” he asked a friend at a literary reception. “1 have been discussing mining affairs with him, and he agreed with. me that Blowitoff’s work on the subject was a very stupid affair.” “I’m sure he ought to know,” was the answer. “He’s Blowitoff.” Poor boy of 14: so many people look at him as if they believed (they could find everything they had ever missed by going throuhg his pockets.

IF YOU ARE IN QUEST OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS, PERUSE THE FOLLOWING: Important Happenings of tba W**k— Crtina* and Ca*ualtlaa — ftalold**— D*athi—Wedding*, Kta. • Miner State Items, - Thieving tramps are worrying Muncie. Richmond Is going to adopt standard time. Charlestown has a saloon fight on hand. Attica Is raising a fund for fresh air concerts. “Stag” picnics are popular among Fort Wayne men, Muncie Is mighty badly taken with female ball games. The Peru basket factory gets its ratan fron the East Indias. The wife whippars of Evansville seem to be growing In number. Simon Yandks of Indianapolis, K» ve $30,000 to Wabash College. There will be competitive drills and horse-racing at Franklin July 4. Shelbyvillh furniture factories are all preparing exhibits for the Cincinnati Exposition. ■The Lafayette Gun Club will put up a 8200 badge to be shot for in the State tournament July 6. L. W. McDonald, County Auditor, is under arrest in Prluceton, charged with imposing illegal fees, Noblesville newspaper reporters enjoy the freedom of all the strawberry patches in that town. In New Albany George Jamison died after drinking a quart of whisky. Jamison was an old soldier. The Indiana crop of black and red raspberries is due next week, and the output will be Immense. Wm. Newton and Miss Eunice McQulnn, Clifford, near Columbus, ran away, and were married. David M. Spurgin, aged 77, and father of Capt William Spurgin. U. 8. A-, died Id his chair at Greencastle. John Collins at Jeffersonville, attending the funeral of his sister, fell in a fit and the congregation was stampeded. A quantity of bad coin was found in a bam near Noblesville. The work is very poor and supposed to be thatj of boys. Tighlman Graham, a promiaent farmer living near Shelbyville, died very suddenly after taking a dose of medicine. Mrs. Charles Neal, at Lafayette, was killed by lightniug while wheeling her baby across a commons. The infantjwas not hurt. Spreading rails wrecked a freight train on the I. & V. road at Martinsville, and passenger trains were delayed over four hours. The Crescent paper mill, Hartford City, will be rebuilt. The fire was caused by an explosion of gas. The loss will reach 8150,000. Richmond people are scheming to get one of the Hotchkiss bicycle railways built there, connecting with outlying towns in the county.

Amebt Whibnand, aged 12 years, at Martinsville, was splitting wood, when the ax glanced and split his right foot almost its entire length. T. A. Cone, a Batavia, N. Y., commercial traveler, was bathing In the river at Anderson, and took a diva. When he came up he was dead. The barn of Hans Freed, near Valparaiso, was struck by lightning and destroyed, together with its contents, including three horses. Loss, 81,200. The Clerk’s Union at Wabash has instituted an early-closing movement, and merchants have agreed to lock up aj,7 o'clock each evening through the Summer. ■ Horse thieves have been at work around Union City. Horses stolen from other localities were taken there and exchanged. Rewards are offered for the thieves. Benjamin Cullen, near Milford, was arrested a few days ago for having'a fish seine in his possession. His wife couldn’t bear the disgrace and is violently insane. Agents of the Coverntry (England) Bicycle Company, the largest in the world, are looking for a site at Richmond for locating their branch American establishment. Mbs. Elizabeth Stilgenbauer, the oldest resident of Bartholomew County, died neat Columbus, in her 100th year. She was born in Merksbeim, Rheinish Prussia, Jan. 10, 1793. Peter Bill, of Harrison County, caught a copperhead snake and fastened It at the entrance to the Antioch Church. It fastened its fangs in a woman’s dress and she fainted without being bitten. In the case of John Q Cope and William K. Shuck for possession of the Jennings County office of auditor, which was on trial for ten days the jury returned a verdict for Shuck, the Democratic incumbent Frank Peabson, a young farmer near Bloomingdale, had his foot split open while planting corn with a corn drill. The too sudden backing of the drill caused one of the attachments for covering the corn to be driven through his foot v A natural-gab explosion occurred In a very peculiar manner at Muncie. Inferior plumbing causes the ground to be saturated with escaping gas from the many pipe lines, and it finds a retreat in the large sewers. A new sewer was being tapped into another which was filled with gas. George Hallock, a brickmason, was making the connection, and in pounding a brick with his trowel a spark set off an explosion which fairly shook the city and shot man-hole covers along the line of the sewer high in the air. Mr. Hallock was badly burned about the face and hands, and considerable damage was done. A Knightstown woman nas walked to and from the soldiers’ Home every day for twenty years, the distance covered being over 24,000 miles.

While Prof. O. B. Zell, principal of the high schboTs at Farm land, was out driving his horse took fright at a Big Four engine, and, making a short turn, threw the Professor out on his head and severely injured him. He was accompanied bv his little son, who sat in the Vehicle as brave as if he knew what to do. The horse ran about a mile before it was brought to a halt, and it was found that the little fellow was still clinging to the lines. ■' MyroN Manrow, aged 20, and Loren L. Haney, aged 18, were drowned In Elkhart River, at Goshen, whilfe Dathfng. The former was taken with cramps, but when Haney went to the rescue both sank. The body of Haney was found a few hours later about a mile from the scene, but Mgnrow’s body has not been recovered. Reuben Gbeen of Carr Township, near Jeffersonville, has a high-toned well whose waters in May, June, and July always resemble very much the flavor of lemonade. The neighbors all flock to the generous curb and quaff until they are ready to burst of the, delicious drink. ■ The original item wax unaccompanied by «n affidavit

5 "" r -■WTriH'iTL . - DOINGS OF CONGRESS? MEASURES CONSIDERED AND’ ACTED UPON. At th* Matlon'* Capltal-What I* Bnlng. Don* by th* S*nnto and Hou»o—Old’ t Matter* Dl*po**d Or and Now Ono* Considered. The Renato and House. On the 14th. Representative Fowler reported to the House from the Committee on> the Merchant Marine the Geary bill, granting an American register to the steamship China. The bill, says an accompanying report, grant* the same privileges to the ship n* have been recently granted by Oonvress to the Inman steamship* City of Paris and City of New York. If this bill be passed the company will not only build a vessel in an American ship yard equal in tonnage to the China as required by the bill, but the committee 1* assured by the company’s representatives that it will build two vessels dt at least 8.000 tons each. The China is a vessel of about 5,000 tons register. General Ell T. Stackhouse, member of Congress from the Sixth District of South Caroline and a prominent member of the Farmers' Alliance. died. He was one of the party that accompanied the remains of the late Col. L L Polk. President of the Farmers' Alliance, to Raleigh. N. G, last Saturday. The session of the Senate was only long enough to receive a message from the House announcing the death of Mr. Stackhouse and to adopt resolution* of sorrow, and providing for a committee of five Senators to escort the body to its place of burial. Conterrees on the river and harbor appropriation bill have failed to agree. Fortification measures were discussed at length in the House the 15th. Senator Morgan spoke to the Senate in behalf of free silver. Congressman Shively Introduced bls tinplate bill in the House. Senator Peffer has presented a petition to the Senate from colored citizens of Kansas, protesting against Southern outrage* In the Senate the 10th. Mr. Morrill spoke In opposition to free coinage. The Hatch anti-option bill was referred to Judiciary Committee. In the House the time was passed In debate upon tin. Not a single appropriation bill Is yet signed, and the majority of those bills are yet In the hand* of the committee. Many hours were wasted over the Sibley claim In the House, on the 17th. They failed to agree on the river and Harbor bill report, and a further conference was ordered. Chairman Durborow, with but one dissenting vote in committee, reported to the House a bill for the issue of 10,000.000 ■liver half dollars, to be used as souvenir coins In aid of the World's Fair. On the 18th the Houie adjourned until the 22d. at noon. Congressman Bowers of California defended the McKinley bill in the tin-plate discussion in the House. Senate joint resolution recommending a Presidential proclamation for the observance of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America has been agreed to In the House. All of tho appropriation bills except the general deficiency bill have been passed by the House.

THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF 18©2. The Element of Uncertainty In the ComIng National Contest. When Washington was first chosen President in 1789 only ten States voted, giving him 69 Electoral votes. In 1888 the Electoral vote was 401, of which Harrison receded 233 and Cleveland 168. The Electoral vote of 1892 has been increased to 444, and It will require 223 votes in the Electoral College to elect. The following table exhibits the Electoral votes cast for Washington in 1789, the Electoral vote of 1888, with the States which voted for Harrison marked by a star (*), and the Electoral vote • of 1892: 1789. 1888. 1892. Alabama .. 10 U Arkansas 71 California* 8 I Colorado* S f Connecticut 77 ( Delaware 3 3 S Florida. 4 4 Georgia..; 5 12 11 Idaho. » Illinois*. .. 22 94 Indiana* 16 U lowa* IS U Kansas* .. 9 K Kentucky ..' 13 13 Louisian*. 8 8 Maine* 4 « Maryland.... 6 8 3 Massachusetts* 10 14 U Michigan*.. J 13 14 Minnesota* 7 « Mississippi ..9 3 Missouri. 16 17 Montana. .. 1 Nebraska* 5 8 Nevada* 3 3 New Hampshire* 5 4 4 New Jersey 6 9 M New York* 30 534 North Carolina 11 11 North Dakota. ; 3 Ohio* 23 2S Oregon* 3 4 Pennsylvania* 10 30 39 Rhode Island* .. 4 4 South Carolina 7 9 1 South Dakota 4 Tennessee 12 12 Texas..... «. 13 U Vermont* 4 4 Virginia......; .'.. 10 12 12 Washington 4 West Virginia « .4 Wisconsin* 11 11 Wyoming 3 Total 69 401 444 Six new States have been admitted into the Union since 1888, viz., Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming, with an aggregate of nineteen electoral votes. All of them voted Republican in 1888, but Montana elected a Democratic Congressman and Legislature in 1890. This large addition of States and yet larger additions of electoral votes multiply the element of uncertainty jn the coming national contest On the Diamond. Following la a showing of the standing at each of tba team* of the different assoc]*tlonsi NATIONAL LKAOUE. W. L. tfo. W. L. Vo. Boston 36 16 .692 New York. ...25 26 .490 8r00k1yn....31 20 .608 Washington. 24 27 .471 Phlladelp'laSO 22 .577 Pittsburg....2s 30 .456 Cincinnati. .29 22 .669 Louisville...2l 32 .390 Cleveland... 99 24 .656 St. Louis.... 19 33 .360 Chicago 26 25 .610 Baltimore.. .15 36 .294 WESTERN ARBOCIATION. W. L. Vc. W. L. v* Columbus ..34 13 .720 Omaha 20 21 .481 Milwaukee.. 23 13 .621 Minneap'lfs.l4 19 .424 Toledo 19 18 .514 Ft Wayne.. 10 23 .392 Kansas Ctty.2l 21 ,600 Indian'p’lis. 7 32 .279 ILLINOIS-IOWA LEAGUE. (NHW SERIES.) W. L. H>C. W. L. WO. Quincy 1 o 1.000 Joliet 2 2 .600 Jacksonville 2 1 .667 Evansville.. 1 3 .333 R. 1.-Moline. 2 1 .667 Aur<M 1 3 .333 Terre Haute. 2 1 .667 Rockford.... 0 0 .... WISCONSIN-MICHIGAN LEAGUE. W. L. »o. W. L. Wo. Oshkosh 7 3 700 Menominee .77 .500 Marquette.. 9 4 .692Marinette... 6 8 .428 lsh.-Neg 10 9 .526 Green Bay.. 3 11 .214 ■fl ■ ■ . , Condition of Crops. According to the Farmer's "Review of this week the Illinois oats crop genet ally Is in good condition. One-half of the counties report whiter wheat in good condition, while in the remainder It is fair. Spring wheat is fair and fruit poor. • In Indiana, two-thirds of the counties report oatß cro P ln B°°d condition. Winter wheat is generally good. Fruit is reported poor by 30 per cent. In Ohio, oats are reported good by 37 per cent; poor by 18 per cent. Winter wheat the same. Fruit is poor by 41 per cent la Michigan, little spring wheat Is reported, but it is in good condition.. Winter wheat Is reported good by 55 per cent. Fruit poor by only 8 per cent. In Nebraska, spring wheat Is reported good by 00 per cent. Oats poor by 5 per eent. Winter wheat is reported good by 70 per cent.; fruit poor by 50 per cent. In lowa, spring wheat and oats are reported good. Winter wheat is good by 48 per cent. Fruit is fair. In Wisconsin, spring wheat and oats are reported good. Winter wheat good. Fruit fair. la the Dakotas, spring wheat is In fine condition, as are alsp oats. There ,1s not much fruit-grown, but what is grown is in good condition.