Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1892 — Page 6

®he Jlcmocrat DECATUR, IND. g, KLACIBUItH. ■ - ■ Publish**. Till; PROPER THING (S TO READ THIS COLUMN FOR NEWS OF THE WORLD. Five Person® Killed In n llallronrt I'olJ Union Near Brussels—Cholera Mey Reach Thin Country Soon—An Attorney As**»-»lnate<l-The Pythian Knights— Kevolw Uon Knded. FATAL TRAIN COLLISION. Fire Persons Killed and Many Injured. Brussels special: A disastrous accident occurred on the railway near Brussels. The express train Irom Ostend to Brussels was near Dieghem and Schaerbek, the latter place properly a suburbs of Brussels, inhabited by the wealthy class, when the ordinary accommodation train from Brussels to Antwerp came along. The express train was most severely damaged. A first-class carriage of the express was crushed to piece:' and a number of those in the carriage were killed or injured. The passengers in this carriage were mostly persons of good position and distinction, three of whom were killed. A. Jestlin, Consul General at Brussels for the Orange Free States, was among the many injured, and it is feared that many of the injured will die. The locomotive of the express was also badly damaged in the collision and the fireman and engineer were crushed to death. Other first class carriages were damaged and the second and third class coaches were uninjured. INDIANA SALOONS Demolished by Infuriated Women Who Are Arrested. Tipton (Ind.) special: Since the arrest of Mrs. Ben Vico and Mrs. Frank Fouch at Windfall, for demolishing the front of the two local saloons, another Woman has beer, added to the list, Mrs. Richaid Huston has been placed under bond for the same offense. Raids were made on the saloons by these women and each time they left abundant evidence of their visit. The women were armed with axes and they attacked the glass fronts, completely destroying the large windows. The bartenders were driven from the places and several gallons of whisky were spilled about the floor. In one of the saloons a costly sideboard was ruined. The bonds of the women were placed at S3OO in each case, but they had no trouble in finding plenty of security. The saloonmen say they intend to fight the case to the bitter end, but the friends of the women do not seem alarmed. Revolution Ended. New Orleans special: News that the revolution in Hondurus is ended was brought in by the steamship City of Dallas. The leaders of the revolutionists Neuilla and Bonilla, have fled the country and most of the government forces have been disbanded. Reserves are stationed at the principal cities and ample precautions have been taken to prevent a fresh outbreak. The revolutionists soldiers have been permitted to return to their homes, but if any of the leaders are found they will be shot. May Como Soon. The officers of the health department of New York, distinguished sanitary scientist, and leading physicians state that in their belief the scourge of Asiatic cholera will soon reach New York, and add that the dread disease may be expected in a lew weeks or even days. The greatest of precautions are being exercised to fight the plague, and President Wilson of the health board strongly favors the suppression of immigration into this country. Thrown Twenty Feet by a Boiler Explosion. Rockford (Ill.) special: The boiler in the steam yacht of H. D. Sears exploded on Rock River, near Harlem Park, and the occupants, Mrs. Sears, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. George F. Penfield and child were thrown out into the stream a distance of twenty feet. They were rescued by small parties in small boats. The occupants are all prominent Rockfordites and were badly injured in the accident Floods on Mars. Prof. William 11. Ticgering of Harvard College, who is now viewing Mars from a mountain top observatory at Arequipa, Peru, writes that he has made some indiscoveries in relation to the planet He says a few days ago he noticed a band of brilliant green surrounding Mars and on the color changing yellow several canals were plainly visible. He also traces extensive floods on the planet All Peaceful. Buffalo special: Everything has been gratifyingly peaceful in the railroad yards since the troops were withdrawn, but the non-union men who took the strikers’ places continue to fear violence and many of them are reluctant to remain at work. This is particularly the case In the yards of the Buffalo Creek railroad, where little or nothing is being done. Ann Cut Oft'. At Higginsport; Ohio, while at work at the saw-mill, Matthew Green met with a serious accident, having his right arm cut half off just above the elbow. He was cleaning out shavings fro n under a saw when he was cut. The bone was not touched, but all the muscles are sev< eredon the back of the arm. The Pythian Knight*. The next bi-ennial session of the Supreme Lodge and Encampment of the Knights of Pythias will be held in Washington, ■ 1). C. .So the Supreme Lodge decided after a sharp con ; dst between Louisville, Washington, and Minneapolis. Two Men shot at Royal Center, Ind. Henry Sunders was shot and killed and Henry Grant fatally wounded at Royal Center, Ind., by ex-City Marshal John Clatk. The two men were quarreling over a scandal whieh yreated a big seis sation in that town recently. An Attorney Assassinated. , Louis B. McWhirter, prominent attorney and politician of Fresno, Cal., was called to his door ind assassinated. No clew to the assass’ An Awful Plague.' Milford, Mass., Iras a plague cf flblack files which rivals the famous plague of Egypt. For a number j»f days past the lower part of the town has been infested by a peculiar Species of an insect of the nature of a fly, only hot so large. On Pond street people have been forced to vacate their houses. Mr. Owen Kee(e, proprietor of a candy and fruit store at the corner of Pond and Railroad streets, gave up business and was forced to acknowledge the superior power of the pest. The floors, counter and everything in the room wore completely covered with (he Insects. Not alone is it on account of

their numbers that trouble arises from them, but on account of their sting as well A number of Main street stores are suffering to a groat extent while housewives all over town are wondering where they camo from and how they can get rid of them. TO KEEP CHOLERA OUT, Frantically a National Quarantine Now Ex Im to. The Treasury Department Is acting promptly on all matters that have a bearing on the cholera epidemic, and nothing will bo loft undone that may tend to keep Infection from the shores of this country. To all Intent and purposes there now exists a National quarantine, the cooperation of the the National and State executive authorities resulting in the formation of a cordon which will make It extremely difficult for* case of cholera to reach the shores of the United States. Surgeon-General Wyman of the Marine Hospital Service, is now considering a proposition to continue the disinfection of baggage during the winter. This, It. is thought, will prevent the spreading of cholera in the United States after the present alarm is over. The Treasury Department requested the Naw Department to loan the Marino Hospital Service an old hulk or abandoned vessel of some kind to be used as a hospital at the Cape Charles quarantine station. The Navy Department, however, was unable to comply with the request, as there was nothing of the kind suitable. Secretary Charles Foster has turned over to the Marine Hospital Service the old revenue cutter Ewing, now tied up at Baltimore.and she will be taken to Chesapeak Bay to the quarantine station. WITH A CRASH. A WlJ<l Engine Runs Into a Passenger Train. The north bound passenger train on /he Evansville & Terre Haute road was wrecked at Farmersburg, Ind. The conductor and engineer were in the telegraph office at that place when a brakeman saw a wild engine coming along the track. He jumped on it at the risk of his life and reversed it, but the momentum was so great that a collission was inevitable and he jumped off. Some of the passengers got out of the cars, two or three climbing out of the windows. The engine struck the ’fear coach, smashing every car in the train. John T. Bearsley of Sullivan, leader of the Democratic side, of the House in the last Legislature, was badly crushed in the back and may no) recover. Others were slightly hurt. Ttie collision was the resul t of a wreck on the Alum Cave branch of the E. & T. H., both engineer and fireman having jumped when the train was struck, and their engine became detached from the train. A JUNE HORROR IN WALES. One Hundred and Fifty Men Buried by an Explosion. London special: A fearful mining accident occurred at the Park Slip coal pit, near Bridge End. a mining town In Glamorganshire, Wales. The day shite of miners had not been long In the mine before a most terrible explosion was heard. The day shift comprised 150 men, and their relatives and friends rushed to the pit mouth to learn the extent of.the disaster. The explosion had caused the earth and rock to fall and the mouth of the pit was closed. Ndt,a single man of the 150 in the mine had made his escape and it is feared that there has been great Joss of life. Hundreds of the miners in the vicinity have volunteered their services and the work of clearing the pit mouth is being pushed as rapidly as circumstances will permit Convict Escapes. J. M. Shockley, a convict at the Northern Indiana Prison, who was detailed with a number of other prisoners to work outside on the prison sewer, escaped the other day. In the search that followed his convict garb was found in a lumber-yard, where it had been exchanged for a suit of citizen's clothing. Shockley was known under the alias of Dan Rice. He was sent up from Randolph County in September, 1890, to serve ten years for burglary. He has served three or four terms for Various offenses. He is about 00 years old, medium height, slight in build, and weighs about 100 pounds. His hair is sprinkled with gray, and he wears a heavy mustache. <• The Bridge Gave Way. Greenville (Pa.) special: Bridge Foreman Fisher of the Pittsburg, Shenango and Lake Erie railroad, together- w4thseveral other employes ot the road started on engine 23 to inspect the bridge along the line that had been damaged by the late storm. While crossing tne bridge at Dixonburg the structure gave way and engine and men were hurled to the bottom of a deep ravine and into the torrents of water that are yet sweeping down the creek bed. Foreman Fisher was instantly killed and Conductor Deifenliber had both legs crushed off and can not live. Others are* reported dead or dying. A corps of physicians have gone to the scene of the accident on a special train. A Sheriff Assassinated. Brownsville (Tex.) special: S. A. Brito, sheriff of Cameron county, was assassinated while returning from a fandango just outside the city. Brito was in a carriage on his way home, accompanied by two of his deputies. Shortly after they started some person or persons rode up behind the carriage and fired shots through the leather curtain at the back of the carriage, Both shots struck Brito, killing him instantly. He was well known on the frontier as a terror to evil doers, and as such made many enemies among the criminal classes. There is no-clue to the murderers. Home Rule. The London Chronicle says it is rumored that the main lines of Mr Gladstone’s Home Rule bill have beetA'ecided upon. The features of the bill iGe said to be: No disturbance of land legislation for five years; police judiciary to be in the hands of the Dublin Parliament; the Irish church fund to be at the disposal of Ireland, and the English Re--cei ver G er al -to be retl red; Irish re preseniation at Westminister to consist of thirty members; exercise of the royal veto upon the advice of the English ministry; withholding of the power to collect custom, duties. Russian War. Soldi, the Pctcrsburgh correspondent, says: “A rumor is current that an expedition lias been decided upon against Amser. The Cavalry stationed at Caucasus has been sent to Pamir and the invading Russian force now numbers fully 20,000 men and includes 8,000 Cossacks. It is also rumored that the Ameer's troops are commanded be two European officers and that rifles have been sent to Ameer's forces from Europe. The situation at Pamir is considered very serious as gangs of rebels are prowling about the country, murdering and pillaging the inhabitants.” Pythian Officer® Elected. The Siiprenjc Lodge of Knights of Pythias of the world, in session at Kansas City, elected the following officers: VV. W. Blackwell ol Kentucky, .Supremo Chancellor; Walter H. Richie, Supreme Vice Chancellor; £ J. Blackler of Cali-

fornia, Supreme Prolate; R. L. C White of Tennessee, Keeper of Records and Seals; 8. J. Willey of Delaware, Supreme Master of the Exchequer; B. Rennedy of Illinois, Secretary of the Endowment Rank, holds over until the change in the constitution is considered. Four Men Murdered. Dennison (Tex.) special: Conductor Reams, of the Missouri, Kansas and Toxas, brought news to this city to the effect that a hunting party, composed of four young mon, had been found murdered on the banks of Caney Creek in the Indian Territory. Papers found on one of the tnen Indicated that his name was Cherry, and that he traveled for the Willimantic Thread Company of Connecticut. There was nothing to toll who committed the deed, but the purpose evidently was robbery, as all cf their valuables were missing. TV»rn to Pieces by w Performing Bear, Paris special: Madam Mars, a beartamer, while performing at a show in this city, slipped and tell upon the floor of the cage. The bears, which she had been holding in check, at ont o sprang upon the prostrate woman and tore her to pieces. Her husband, who was near by, made a desperate effort to save her life, but in vain. He killed one o* the bears, but before the others could be subdued their victim was dead. The husband was severely wounded in the struggle with the beasts. Outlaw Best Meets His Death. Humphrey Best, the notorious outlaw of Garrard County, Kentucky, was killed at Banklick. Best and John Campbell met at McKnight’s store, engaged in a quarrel and soon began firing. Campbell killed Best and was shot through the lung. A little 10-year-old son of Ike Holland was accidentally shot and killed. A young man named Hammond was also shot through the shoulder. The latter will recover. Best has for years been a terror. His father killed seven men. Gov. Flower Means Business. Gov. Flower of New York, has issued a proclamation in which he says: "I direct the attention of the people of the State to the provision of the penal code relating to interference witn the running of trains.” He then offers a reward of SIOO to be paid upon the arrest and conviction of each person who shall during the next thirty days violate the provisions of the penal code relating to steam railroads. Miners Capture#. Knoxville special: Over 100 prisoners arrested at Oliver Springs were landed at Camp Carnes, Coal Creek, recently. Many of them were recognized as men who captured the members of the Chilhowie Light Infantry of this city’ and robbed them of everything they had. They will be tried for conspiracy and highway robbery. The next raid will be on Jellico. Cholera Precaution®. New York special: The American steamship line will hereafter on account, of the cholera outbreak in Hamburg separate the emigrant traffic from firstand second class entirely, forwarding the emigrants on separate ships exclusively. Besiaes the express steamers will run until further notice, Goddard to Fight the Winner. Joe Goddard of San Francisco, has received several telegrams from President Noel of the Olympic Club at New Orleans,stating that he was making a match between Goddard and the winner of the Sullivan-Corbett fight if it could be arranged. » Cholera at Hamburg. Hamburg special: Great consternatlon reigns here over the outbreak of cholera, though the disease is as yet confined to older portions of the city. New cases reported number 340, deaths 130. In Altona 29 cases are reported. Gladstone Will Not Retire. In response to inquiries as to the truth of the rumor to the effect that Mr. Gladstone would retire from office in the spring, Mr. Gladstone telegraphs from Hawarden that the whole story was utterly groundless. A Lady Aeronaut Killed. Gertrude Classen of Detroit, known at Gertie Carm, an aeronaut, while making an ascension at the exposition grounds, fell from the trapeze, 200 feet from the ground, and was instantly killed. A Fatal Cloud Burst. There was a cloud burst at Roanoke; Ta. In half an hour over $1(50,000 damage had been done and one life if not more lost. Barney Smith, a blacksmith, was drowned in an. open sewer. A Bam Full of Stolen Goods. At Atlanta, Ind., Walter West was ar rested for stealing clothing and dry goods froip Hazard, Holmes & Co., ol Tipton. His barn is filled with stoles goods. Senator Dawes Out of Politics. Senator H. L. Dawes of Massachusetts, declines to be a candidate for re-election before the next Legislature. No reason is given for his determination. . s The Captain Was Drowne<L- . The schooner, Sloan Sisters, capsized In the bay at San Francisco, and Capt. Louis Olsen was drowned. The crew was rescued by tugs. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO Cattle—Common to I‘rlme.... 13.50 & 6.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @ 6.00 Sheep—Fair to Choice 1.00 @ 6.75 Wheat—No. 2 Spring. 74(4@ .7514 Cobn—No. 2. .... 61 @ .52 Oats—No. 2 Jt3)4@ .3414 Rye—No. 2 62 @ .63 Butter—Choice Creamery 23 (it, .25 Eggs—Fresh 17 @ .is Potatoes—New. per bn .55 fIF .65 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 5.00 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @ 6.00 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red < 71 @ .704 Corn—No. 1 White 52 @ ,5214 Oats—No. 2 White 35 J4® .36h, ST. LOUIS. Cattle. 3.00 @ 5.00 i'HOGS 3.50 @5.75 ■ Wheat—No. 2 Red ',O @ .71 I Corn—No. 2.....' , 47 @ .48 Oats—No. 2 .-... .33 @ .34 Rye—No, 2*— _....,60)[email protected])4 cincinnatl 1 Cattle -..A». 8.00 @4.75 H0g5...... .... 3.‘M> @O.OO I Shebp 3.00 @5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 7414@ .7514 Corn—No. 2 m -,.. .61 « .02 Oath—No. 2 Mixed 35J4@ .36'4 Rye—No. 2.........................66 @ ,«8 DETROIT. Cattle. 3.(10 @4.50 H0g5...,, 3.00 @5.75 Sheep aoo @4.7.» I Wheat—No. 2 Red 77)4@ .78'4 I Corn—No. 3 Yellow ff @ .56’4 I Oats—No. 2 White. 35J4@--,36'’ TOLEDO. ‘ Wheat-No. 2 77 @ ,W~~ I Corn—No. 2"White. siJ4@ .6214 | Oath—No, 2‘White ap @ .3614 ■ Bye 65 @ .67 BUFFALO. Cattle—Cofnmoh to I rime....' 3.00 @4.60 I Hogs—Best Grades 4.00 @6.25 Wheat—No. 1 Hard.'....... .88 @ .80 Corn—No. 2 50 @ .57 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 71 @ .73 Corn—No. 3 r,2 @ .53 , ; Oats—No. 2 White 30 @ .37 Rye—No. 1 63 (if .65 Ba KLEY—No. 2. 63 ' @ .65 I'OIIK-Mess 10.75 @11.25 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @5.00 liOGH. 1 3.00 @6.50 Sheep a.ro @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red, 81)4@ .8254 Corn—No. 2 65 @ .o« OATH -Mixed Western.. @ .41 Butter—Creamery 23 @ ,24 FORK—New Mess , J 2.25

FREE BUNKS FOR ALL BUILDINGS ERECTED FOR ENCAMPMENT QUARTERS. The Bttay Been® at the Monument Gnrenri®, Where the Large Bundles Are Being Erected by the Cltlieni* Committee tor the Use or the Visiting Grand Army Veteran®. Fifteen Thousand Beds. Washington oorrtopondenoe:

TO build homos for a population of some 15,000 is, as a rule, the work of years. But out on the plain that surrounds tho Ex" Washington Monument there is to be SgJ a settlement of that sixe about the mlddie of September. There is nothing now except tSgjflswarme of busy workmen, great iwhotf'masses of lumber ■ and skeletons of Wfliframo buildings. l[J n About the 19tli of II September the

population of this town will begin to uprive. By the next day, so rapid will be the growth, the high-water mark in the population will be reached. A Bustling Short-Lived Town. The town will continue to flourish and will no doubt be an exceedingly bustling place, and then in the course ot four or five days an exodus will begin which will leave the place without a single Inhabitant. All this sounds like a tale from a fairy book. But it is a sober fact. The only magici*a In the case is the enterprise of the business men of the city which has provided the buildings for a portion of the great multitude of old soldiers who will oome here to attend the G. A. R. enoampUACUD. Just now it is impossible to get an accurate idea of the Immense undertaking which the citizens’ committee have oa their hands. By the end of next week It is expected that the buildings will bo completed. Then there will be seen seven principal buildin'gs grouped along the curving driveway which is on the south side of the Washington monument. A line of trees and clusters of shrubbery will partially shut off the view of the buildings from B street. AU of the buildings, which are long structures with sloping roofs covered with tar paper and a line of openings for ventilation at the ridge, are built of wood, with canvas sides, the latter of which can be raised or lowered as the weather makes necessary. They have a uniform width of 64 feet, and a varying depth of

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from 200 to 350 feet. A building of the ■ latter size has a capacity for about 2,300 men.. . Fifteen Thousand Men. The entire group will furnish sleeping quarters for about 15,000 men, and in the vicinity other buildings will be put up, where the men can wash, and also buildings where they can get their meals In the vicinity space has been ’ reserved for the members of posts whieh bring tents, with the intention of camping out. The buildings where the men will sleep are interesting for several reasons. The great size is, of course, an element that will attract the curiosity of the public. But their design is such that they will cost the minimum amount of money. There was no plan drawn, but Chairman Edson, in connection with Mr. W. C. Morrison, the builder,worked out the scheme from the basis of a known number of men that must be provided with sleeping quarters. In a figurative, way it may be said that 15,<>(.o men were put into their little beds, and the size of the buildings necessary to give them shelter was calculated to .a. nicety. WhHe ample room is allowed for each man, yet there is no waste space. Eacn building is divided into two or three divisions by erose passage ways. Then aisles are run down the length of the building with a row of bunks on each side, three high. The bunks are substantially built, and along each row is drawn tightly a substantial strip of canvas. The canvas is brought over a strip of wood at the head of each bunk, then fastened down to strips in the ineidd,’ thus supplying the place of a bolster. It is then securely fastened to each side of the bunk, and the same operation is repeated in the next bunk. Iq this way each bunk is supplied with a spring mattress which will receive the weary forms of the veterans and cause them to sink away into a dreamless slumber undisturbed by the nightmares which wore a common experience of tbeir soldier life, when they rolled over

iwllbe THS ahraxgement of the bunks.

on a stubborn root in the ground or some sharp-pointed stone. Each bunk is six feet long, two feet six inches wide, with a space of two feet eight inches between eacli bunk. Canvas I'ns'ead ot Hoards, The use of canvas for covering the sides in place of boards is another admirable feature, as the canvas is not only cheaper, but it can be rolled up during a hot night, and if the weather is cool it will be ample protection. All that the occupants of these quarters will need to bring with them is a blanket, and perhaps n comb to smooth out their tumbled liair in tho morning and enough money to buy their meals. They won’t even have the bother of thinking whether burglars are likely to break in, as the committee will have in > charge of a competent (jdrpß of watchmen. A Musical Theme. When the triple row of men, sixteen in file, stretching alofig Borne 350 feet—and there are seven of Buch combinations—engage in their nightly Wrestle with old Morpheus, what a chorus ot sounds will l>e evolved. Buch a chorus properly arranged for the orchestra

would he a drawing card in tho repertoire of tho Marino Band. Mr. Chase, who is Mr. Morrison’s superintendent, has over 100 men at work, and by tho close of next weok ho expects to have all the buildings completed. Qnarfer® Fbnwhere. Although this group of buildings will ■ furnish quarters for about 15,000 men, yet the citizens' committee have to look out for about as many more. So tho construction of four or five similar buildings will be begun at once at Garfield Bark, where It Is expected some 1 8,000 or, 10,00(1 men will'’be located. A 1 couple of buildings will be erected on the square bounded by 7th, 9th, and C streets southwest, which will accommodate some 3,000 men. In addition, the 1 committee propose to lease tho new hall over the K street market if it is com1 pleted in time, where some 2,000 mon i can sloop. Nearly all tho school buildings have been assigned to Grand Army posts free of charge, tho committee further supplying the necessary cots. Al- ' together the committee will provide sleeping quarters for a good-sized army

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of some 40,000. Quarters for between Xs,ooff and 20,000 men have been secured by the posts of which they are members, and the rent of which will be paid by the posts, so that thp committee will not be under the necessity of providing sleeping aecommodatii ns for this proportion of tho thousands of old soldiers who intend to come to the city in September. Care lor Your Umbrella. “Show me an umbrella,” says a manufacturer, “that has holes worn in the silk about the ring at the top, while the body of the material is still intact throughout, and I will show you the owner of an umbrella who doesn’t deserve to own one, not if it is a good one; and show me an umbrella that has holes In it along the ribs before natural use of It should make them come there, and I will show you an owner who carries his umbrella more for the sake of appearance than for utility.” A wet umbrella placed handle down down drips the moisture from it at the edges of the frame, and the material with which it is covered dries evenly, and leaves no spot still soaked with water. If it is stood handle upward the water runs down to one spot at the top, where the strong cloth lining about the ring holds a good deal of it, and in a compazatively short time rots the material, and it breaks easily. The man who carries his umbrella swathed in its case when It is not called into use by rain, to give him a more stylish appearance on parade, will soon find it wearing out from top to bottom. This is because of constant friction between the case and the silk, and no matter of how good quality it may be, the holes will appear in it long before they should, and the dealer who sold the umbrella will of course be blamed for selling inferior or damaged goods. There are many people so ignorant of the proper treatment of an umbrella that they will actually roll it up when wet, and leave it to rot and mold until the next time they want it for use. Os course, if it was not for such thoughtless folks we wouldn’t sell so many umbrellas, but we would escape great deal of grumbling and growling from customers about the quality of what we sell. If you want your umbrella, and especially a good silk one, to last twice as long as it otherwise would, always leave It loose, whether in use or not, and dry it open, with the handle down. —New York Weekly. He Was a Proud Old Planter. “Speaking of the decadence ot American spirit reminds me of a proud old Arkansas planter I knew before the war,” said Col. John Hathaway of Tennessee. “I met the old gentleman in a hotel at Little Rock, and, needing seme postage stamps, asked him if he could accommodate me. He took a sheet from his big pocketbook and told me to help myself. I took quite a number and tendered him pay for them. He straightened up, looked at me severely over his glasses, and said: ‘Sir, a gentleman doe&’not peddle postage stamps.’ That old man’s grandson is now coachman for a wealthy Chicago pork packer, and appears to be not a little proud of his gorgeous livery. Prosperity is a great promoter of independence. The average man is buyable enough when both his stomach and pocketbook are empty.”—GlobeDemocrat. Took His Own Coal with Him. long ago two Irishmen shipped for a sea voyage. They had not been many days at sea when a storm arose and one of the Irishmen was blown overboard. A boat was lowered and Pat’s lifeless body lecovered. 0 It was taken on board, and the usual burial service was being said when the captain discovered that he cduld not get anything to sink the body except a large piece of coal. The coal wap put into the sack with the body, and the captain started to finish the services, when the/fead man’s companion burst out laughing. “What are you laughing at?” shouted the captain, “I don’t like to tell you, sor,” said the Irishman. “Tell me at once, or I’ll have you put in irons.’* “Well, sor,” said the Irishman, pointing to the corpse, “that is the first man I ever saw going below and .taking his own coal along with him.” He Ws® Accommodated. At the trial of a horse-thief In Phoenix, A. T., recently, the prisoner rose at the conclusion of the testimony and asked the judge to instruct the jujy to bring in a verdict of guilty without leaving their seats. He was ’ accommodated.

SPEECH BY STEVENSON. HE OPENS THE CAMPAIGN AT BLOOMINGTON. General Btevenaon, Senator Palmer, General Bieck, and Other Di®tlngul»hed Leader® Talk to Thonaanda—Democratic and Kcpotdlcan Policies Contrasted. Illinois Given the Word. Nearly fifteen thousand people attended the great Democratic demonstration in Bloomington, which inaugurated the Illinois campaign. Among the speakers were Gen. Stevenson, Senator John M. Palmer, Gen. John C. Black, Henry Raab, and Rufus N. Ramsey. Gen. Stevenson camo forward without a fornytl introduction, but the moment he arose he was treated with an ovation. Tho audience went, wild, and for several moments it was impossible for him to make himself heard. When he succeeded in securing a hearing ho ■aid: Fellow CITIZENS: Our® 1® a government ot the people. It is wbely provided in our federsl constitution that once in four year® political power shall return to the hands of the people. Twenty-six times during the 103 years of our history have tho American people, In tho oxerclae of tnolr right® a® electors, cast their ballot® for the candidate of their oboloo for tho high office of President of the United Htates. we are now on the eve of another presidential election. The responsibility of determining what line of public policy shall be pursued and who nhall be elected as chief magistrate is again upon u®. The importance of an Intelligent and conscientious exercise ot the privilege® of designating those who are to he Intrußted with high office cannot bo overstated. In the pending struggle for political supremacy grave public questions are at issue. Upon the correct determination of these question® through the peaceful methode prescribed by law will depend the welfare of tne people. It Is all important, then, that the determination at the polls be the result, not of prejudice nor of misrepresentation, but of honest and Intelligent disouHslon of the issues involved. During the short time I shall detain you it will be my endeavor to suggest some of the reasons why Mr. Cleveland should be elected President and the Democratic party restored to power. The four years’ administration of President Cleveland was confessedly an honest administration. None of the predicted evils of which Democratic triumph was to be the forerunner followed bls inauguration. Those who predicted evil from Mr. Cleveland’s election proved false prophets. Cleveland’s Clean Administration. The Democratic administration ending March 4,185 H, has gone into history a® an economical and able administration of the Government. No scandals attached to any of It® appointment® to office. Under it the rights of all property—of all section®—of all the peo; la, were recognized and enforced. Under it the bonded debt of the Government was paid at maturity; trust fund® were not used to avoid a treasury deficit; and the gold reserve was not menaced by threats of Invasion to meet tho c urrent expense® of the Government. Under that administration no additional burdens were lafd upon the people. At the close of President Cleveland’s administration the surplus in the Treasury, exclusive of the gold reserve, was, in lomd numbers, *83,000,<X». |Vhat is the condition that now confronts us at the end ot three and a half years of Republican administration? On the basis of revenues to the government, as estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the present fiscal year, and of the liabilities of the government on account of the annual and permanent appropriations for the same period, there will be a deficit of SaS.iwq.OW l , Upon the assumption that the law requiring $48,000,M0 for the sinking fund will be complied with, there is no escaping the deficiency I have mentioned. And this. too. notwithstanding the fact that the administration made default in providing for the sinking fund to an amount exceeding sll.t 00.000 during tho last fiscal year. The tariff is the all-important issue of the campaign upon which we have now entered. Shall there be a revision of our tariff laws and, as a consequence of such legislation, a reduction of taxation, or shall it be the policy of our Government to maintain permanently high protection? The position of the two leading political parties upon that question cannot be misunderstood. The Republican party, as illustrated by its recent enactment ot the McKinley law, stands for a high protective—in other words, a prohibitory—tariff. The Democratic party, as emphaslaed by its utterance® and its acts, is the advocate of tariff reform. The issue is sqnarely presented. The low tariff law of 1846, ot which Robed) JWalker, the Democratic Secretary Os the Treasury, was the author, provided in substance: 1. That no more money should be collected than la necessary for the wants ot the government, economically administered. 2. That no duty be imposed upon any articles above the lowest rate that will yield the greatest amount of revenue. 3. That the maximum tax be Imposed upon luxuries. 4. That the lowest tax should be upon the necessaries of life. 5. That the duties should bo so imposed as to operate equally throughout tho Union, discriminating neither for nor against any class or section. It must not be forgotten that so great were the benefits to the people from the tariff legislation I have just mentioned that in 1857, representatives of all parties concurring, the tariff was again reduced until the average rate of duties was 19 per cent. The decade and a half extending from the passage of the low tariff law ot 1845 to the beginning of our civil war has truly been called the golden period of our history. Our manufactories did not languish. The fires did not go out in our furnaces. The wheels and spindles were not idle in our great hives of Industry. The demand for labor was not lessened, nor was its value depreciated. As I have shown, the average tariff tax at tho beginning of the civil war in 1861 was but 19 percent. To purchase munitions of war, to arm and equip soldier®, and to meet all the expense® incident to the great struggle required large sums of money. Tariff taxes were largely increased. The Morrill tariff bill was passed. Our Government was in the throes of war. struggling for Its existence, and but little heed was given by the people to the fact that duties under the new tariff law were not only highly protective to tnantif teturors but burdensome to the people. But this was not all. By subsequent Increase by successive Republican Congresses the average rates of duties reached 47 per cent. This was the average rate of tariff taxes when the McKinley bill became the law. The protected classes, growing year by year stronger and more powerful with the protection afforded them, demanded of the Fifty-first Congress yet higher duties. As “infant Industries'' they had been for the time content with tho moderate protection given them by Mr. Clay. Later they had demanded the higher duties Imposed by the Morrill tariff and that of later Congresses. In 1890, during the first session of the Fifty-first Congress their demand was, in substance, for a prohibitory-tariff. The response to this demand was the passage by a Republican Congress of the McKinley bill. The avowed object of this bill was to check importation. Its purpose so to Increase the rate of duties as in many Instances to exclude absolutely foreign gco-ls from our markets, and thus, by cutting off competition, enable the home manufacturer without let or hindrance to fix the price of his wares. In a word, the McKinley law by its prohibitory features gave its beneficiaries a practical monopoly and enabled them, in fact, to levy an additional tax upon the consumer to the extent that the duty had been increased. Was this legislation demanded by the people? Was it in their interest? Was it not class legislation ot tho most odious character—such legislation as enriches the few at tho expense of the many? TheAmeiioan people unmistakably set their seal of condemnation upon this bill. Slowly but surely they have become convinced that ‘'protection does not protect” them. Ruinous Effect on Fanners. It is worse than idle to speak of its benefits to the American fanner. Wliat ho demands is both a foreign and a home market for the products of his faim. It is a mockery to tell him he is protected against the corn and wheat products of the old world. While he is comE oiled to sell in the open markets of the world, e should be allowed the poor privilege of buying what bls necessities require without paying high tribute to the protected classes of his own country. To the mechanic and laborer, no less than to the fanner, protection has proved a delusion and a snare. Recent events connected with the most highly protected establishments of this country sadly attest the fact that a high protective tariff affords no Sroteotion to those who earn their bread by ally toll. Mv fellow-citizens, to you the tariff is tho all-finportant question. The question is not how much of your earnings shall be given to the support of the Government but how much shall under tho forms of law be seized by tho favored—the "protected" classes. When the tariff bill of 1861 increasing tho average of tariff taxes from 19 to 35 per cent, was under consideration Mr. Morrill, the Republican author of the bill said: "It was not designed as a permanent system, but only uh a temporary measure." As already shown, this war tax, instead of being reduced when the war had closed, was by successive Republican Congresses increased to an average of 47 per cent. The Republican party responded to tho demand of the people for reduced taxation by the passage of the McKinley bill ot 1890, thus heavily increasing war taxes upon tho people twenty-five years after the war closed., Under the matchless leadership of the man who gave you an honest administration of the government, who wrested from tho grasp of those who had robbed yon of your heritage 80,000,000 of acres and restored it to tho public domain, whose principle in action is, “A public office is a public trust"—under his leaderahlp the Democratic party confidently submits the momentous questions at issue, and will abide by the determination of the final arbiters at the polls. <, The addition of lemon juloe to the water In which rice is boiled will increase the whiteness, and the gfalns will readily separate when thuß treated.

SPICED AND PICKLED ARE THE INDIANA NEWS ITEMS IN THIS COLUMN. Freeh Intelligence from Kvery Fsrt ot the Btßte-«othlng ol lntere®t to Oar Readers Left Out. Minor Htoto Items. y The basket worm Is killing cedar \ tn Southern Indiana. B. T. W. 8. Andkrson, a Lawrenceburn, pioneer, died at Lawrenceburg, aged 8X Frank Horan, an itinerant tailor of Buffalo, N. Y., was killed by the cars at Angola. Mrs. Robert Beveridge ot Cardonla. fell from a chair and broke her arm In two places. A 2-ykau-old son of Jefferson McCauley, near Kokomo, was kicked tb death by a cow. Joseph Brown, agc<j 6, stumbled and fell in front of a Lafayette electric car, and was killed. James Barrett, a farmer near Chesterton. Porter County, was trampled to death by a colt. A malignant diphtheria scare has occurred in the Kokomo Orphan’s Homa There are thirty inmates. Ernest Stikeb was struck by lightning while working In a hay-field, near Knox, and Instantly killed. Josef Poland, of Brazil, lost his log on account of getting it mashed by a fall of coal in the Watson mine. Two colored women were refused admission to a hotel at Indian springs and they will go to court about it The old court house at Tipton has been sold for SIOO and a SSOO.OOO building will be erected In Its stead. The young child of Frank Plunkett of Crawfordsville, fell into a tub of hot water and was scalded to death, Paul Weiss, while repairing a school building at LaPorte, foil forty-five feet, and received supposed fatal injuries. Albert Ross, a railroad laborer at New Ross, was killed by jumping from a train running at a high rate of speed. Richard Jackson, aged 21, was instantly killed in a runaway south of Lebanon. He loaves a wife and one child. The Garland Rango .Stove Works of Wheeling. W. Va., will locate at Muncie. Nino buildings of brick will be required for the plant. Miss Anna Muelt.fr of Muncie dropped a lighted match in a gas stove, and It was blown to pieces, while she was severely burned. John Mitchem, a wealthy farmer, living near Columbus, was assaulted by a highwayman and robbed of his gold watch and money. James Duncan, one of the oldest pioneer residents of Howard County, died at the residence of his son, near Kokomo, aged 84. The Rev. William Wirt King of Huntington, W. Va., has accepted a call to the pastorate of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church at Lafayette. Thomas Powell, a miner working at mine Na 6, owned by the Brazil Blockcoal Company, got four of his ribs broken and was hurt otherwise with falling slate. ’ Citizens of Jefferson recall the conflict between citizens and prison authorities in 1860, when the convict-lease system at one bold stroke, was rooted out of this State. William Robertbon, a prominent resident of Crawfordsville, died from the effects of a stroke of paralysis He was a native of Scotland, coming to this country in 183a A cloud-burst in Hendricks county, near Centre Valley, caused such a raise in White Lick that It swept everything before it on a mighty flood that reached below Mooresville. At Farmland, Willie Fostnight slipped up behind Bob McCamey and severely cut him about the head and neck, just missing the juglar vein Neither boy is over eight years old. Oj.iver Scott, a farmer, met with a terrible death near Huntington. Be was threshing, when the boiler exploded and he was scalded to death. His son was also hurt, but not fatally. Representatives of the tribes of Red Men from different points in the State met at Columbus and arranged to hold a general celebration of all the tribesjn Indiana in that city, Oct 21.- ' - T ’' * The 3-ycar-old son of Christopher Shott of South Bond, was playing about the family yard, and, tugging at a large cement vase, pulled It over. The urn fell on the little one, crushing out its life. The illness of Gen.,F. W. Bennett of Richmond, still continues. He was unable to attend the reunion of his regiment at Muncie. His friends have become anxious about him, as it is feared he cannot regain his strength. The steam boiler of Frank Vandorn, used to furnish power for a threshing machine, was blown up while threshing at Joseph Russell’s, three miles east of Windfall. Edward Brown was badly scalded and cut about the head, and may die. Mrs. Joseph Russell was struck with fragments and badly hurt Benby Schmidt, an immigrant, three years ago began working on £ll Sousman’s farm, near West Fork, with the, understanding that he might wed Kate, a daughter, who fell in love with him. He was to work for nothing three years and his pay was to be a wife, providing she didn’t change her mind. Recently Kate fell in love with and married an Irish peddler named Mahony, whereat immigrant Schmidt made a big fuss. But he bad signed a compact and there was no help. A younger daughter, Mary, took pity on the Gorman and proposed to wed him instead of her sister. This pleased the German, but farmer Sousman made another compact that Schmidt should wait four years until Mary becomes 18, and then if she still loves him he can have her. A number of young people met at the residence of James Thomas, in Tipton, to charivari the newly-married couple. One young man loaded a gnn so heavy that when it was discharged it flew back, striking Fred Schmidt on the right leg, breaking the bona While tho venerable Sylvester Morgan of Jeffersonville, was sitting upstairs tn his room he became suddenly il) and fell forward through an open window. He struck a stick which was supporting the window, and, knocking it ont, the heavy sash fell and caught his legs, holding him in midair until helpcould arrive. As Rev. Ljkly, pastor of the M. E. * Church of Cory, was out driving his horse took fright and ran off, throwing him to the ground and seriously injuring him internally. The animal continued its mad flight until the vehicle collided with a carriage containing several small children; badly tearing it np and fatally injuring a 7-year-old boy. During a severe rain and thundqr storm lightning struck the large barn of Thomas H. Bindel, southwest of Plymouth, and burned it to the ground. A valuable horse was among the contents burned. Mr. Bindel was in the barb at the time and was seriously injured. Lightning also struck Leroy Staley. He is not expected to live. r. I. '-/fa, 1 .-'-.-‘I.