Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1893 — Page 6

©he ik'niourfit DECATUR, IJND. N. BLACK BURN, . . A Pmn.T«nitn. lS(f3 MARCH. 1803 "su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 9991 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 31 • •99® ® ® ® EFFECTED HIS ESCAPE BY ADMINISTERING A DRUG TO THE PRISON GUARDS. . Father i.nd Two Children Cremated—Editor Morse Appointed Consul-General to Paris-New Y. rk Times Sold—Now Gold Field—Race Horses Burned. EFFECTED HIS ESCAPE By Administering a Drug to the Turnkey and Prison Gmtrd. u R. Irving Latimer, the famous matricide, has escaped from the State prison at Jackson, Mich. Latimer got out by getting the keys and walking out of the front door of the prison. The keys are missing. Capt. Gill, in charge of the prison at night, is in jail new. It Js supposed that Latimer got possession of some powerful drug and administered 1t to the guard and night turnkey. Guard Haight was found dying about 1 o’clock in the morning, Latlmore having gone an hour before tnat time, Haight died at 3a. m. R. Irving Latimer brutally murdered his own mother at Jackson, on the night of January 24, 1889. His trial lasted twenty days and was very sensational. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Latimer’s father died under suspicious circumstances a year previous to the murder. He was heavily insured in favor of the wife and son, and it is believed that the son poisoned him. Warden Davis has. issued a circular offering a reward of SSOO for Latimer, dead or alive. A thousand officers are looking for him. All the roads about the city are guarded. Many believe Latimer is in the city, having been secreted by one of three aunts who reside there. Their houses are watched. Warden Davis has sent 10,000 circular letters and 100 telegrams to officers. New York Times Sold. The contract for the sale of the New York Times has been drawn up and agreed to. The chief spirit in the buying syndicate is Charles R. Flint, and the price $950,000. It is unoerstood that among the chief stockholders are James T. Woodward. President of the Hanover National Bank; John A. McCall, President of the New York Life Insurance Company; Henry B. Hyde, President of the Equitable Insurance Company; Gov. Flower, Jacob H. Shiff, and Walter H. Webb. The present editor of the Times, Charles R. Miller, and the managing editor. George F. Spinney, are also interested as proprietors in the company, and are to be continued in their present places. Important Appointments. The President has sent the following nominations to the Senate: Samuel E. Morss of Indianapolis, to be Consul General of the United States at Paris. a W. Chancellor of Maryland, to be Consul at Havre. Alien B. Morse of Michigan, to bo Consul at Glasgow. George F. Parker of New York, to bo Consul at Birmingham. Seaton Norman of Indiana, to be Assistant Surgeon in the Marine Hospital service. New Gold Field. Denver special: Telegrams from Canon City and Salida report a big gold excitement at Echo on the Rio Grande road at the west end of the Grand Canon of the Arkansas. Fifty men are on the ground staking out claims and many more are on their way. Prospecting has been going pn in that vicinity for several years, but it was only recently that ore was struck that was said to be high grade and plenty of it. The new camo is about thirty miles southwest of Cripple Creek. Father and Two Children Cremated. At 4 o’clock the other morning Oliver Sanders, living six miles from Neillsville, Wis., discovered his house to be on lire and at once got his wife and baby out. He then returned for the remaining two children, aged 3 and >6 respectively, btrt he never returned with them and the three bodies were taken from the ruins in a charred and unrecognizable condition. 8100,000 Worth of Horses Burned tp. The stables containing Kirk Bros.’ racing siring at Mason City, lowa, was burned to the ground. In the stalJes were Storm, 2:8 1-4, Brown John, full brother to Storm, Storm Bird, Red Clay, and several other valuable horses. The entire string was valued at SIOO,OOO. The cause of the fire is not known. Th© French Government Denounced. All the Berlin newspapers dendunee the French Government for expelling , from France Herr Erandes, Paris correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, who was suspected of sending to his newspaper an item to the effect that Ernest Carnot had received a bribe from the Panama Canal Company. Judge Howard 111. Judge’T. E. Howard, of the Indiana Supreme Court, is confined to his home at South, Bend with hemorrhage of the lungs. Bold Bank RobberyTwo desperadoes, the other afternoon, rode into Caney, Kas., walked into the bank and with drawn revolvers compelled Cashier Hollingworth,Teller Starr, and Mr. McEnorv to throw up their hands and walk into a back room, locking the door after them. The robbers then entered the open vault and seized the money that was in sight, something over 82,000,and leaving the bank hastily, mounted their horses and were off before the people of the town bad any Knowledge of what had happened. t Child’s Death in Agony. Effie was the pretty 5-year-old daughter of Wesley Rav and wife, who reside throe miles east pf Marietta, Ohio. The other evening, in company with other children, sbe was playing around a Are in her father’s yard, when, in some way, her dress came iu contact with the flames. In an instant she was all ablaze. Her mother and others elose by tried to , smother the flames with a piece of carpet, but before they could do so the poor child was so badly burned from her waist to her shoe tops that the skin and flesh peeled off in large strips. She lived in untold agony for six hours. What makes this a particularly sad case " i» the fact that Effie is the second child '■< si'., y.'i'. A'-'.’ L' ’’ z-'. "-i*

these bereaved parents have lost oy burning. COL. ELLIOTT F. HIIEFARD, Editor of the Now York Mall and Exproee Dies* Suddenly. !" Col. Elliott Fitch Shepard, editor of tho Mall and Express. died suddenly at his home, No. 2 West Fifty-second Street, New York. His death followed the administration of ether by Dr. Charles Mcßurnoy, and tho family physician, Dr. J. W. McLane, who were about to make an examination to ascertain whether the Colonel’s suspicion that he was suffering from stone in the bladder was correct- Colonel Shepard had bfien in good health, but a month ago he noticed symptoms that led him tc believe that ho was suffering from stono in the bladder. He let it go and did not consult a physician until a week ago, when he went to Dr. McLane and told him of his > suspicions. Tho doctor confirmed them 1 and advised him to at least submit to an examination and to undergo an opera- , tlon, should it be deemed necessary. About 1 o'clock Col. Shepard said ho was ready for the surgeons and they, with the nurses, began the work of putting hltn under -ether. He had inhaled the drug but two Or three times when I the physicians detected dangerous symptoms and stopped the inhalation. Col. Shepard sank rapidly and for a time it was feared that lie could not be rallied. Powerful restoratives were administered. At the end of I an hour’s work with oxygen he was re-1 stored to partial consciousness, and ho | continued to rally until about 4 o’clock. Then, without warning, and for no apparent reason, he began rapidly to sink. ’ The oxygen treatment was resumed but it was of no avail, and at 4:20 o’clock he passed away. He was unconscious to the end and his death was peaceful. ' The cause of his death given bv the physicians was wdcini of the luugs. ATE THE CAT. The Extremities to Which a Bark's Crew Were Driven. The steamship Aicidcs of the Donaldson Line, has arrived at Portland,Maine.from Glasgow. She brings the uews that the bark Louiso is now either a derelict or at the bottom of the ocean. The Alcides left Glascow on March 11. On Sunday, March 19, a hurricane was encountered. This lasted until the afternoon of the next day, when the bark Louise was sighted flying signals of distress. The bark was in a sinking condition, and the crew on deck waving signals for help. This was in north latitude 43 degrees 14 minutes, and west longitude 52 degrees 53 minutes, about twenty-live miles east of the banks of Newfoundland. A life-boat was launched from the Alcides and the crew of ten men rescused. Captain Semb, of the wrecked bark, said that on March 18 a terrific gale was encountered. A hole was- stove in the bark’s port bow and the hatches floated off into the sea. At 5 o’clock the decks began to split, and the bark went over on her beam ends. The Captain ordered the crew to cut away the masts. The signals of distress were hoisted on the pook-deck, where the crew had assembled. The provisions, consisting of three pounds of canned corned beef, had been consumed, and the cook was ordered to put upon the spit the ship’s cat for food. The cat was therefore eaten. The crew will be sent back to Norway. DRAMATIC SCENES Attend the Conviction and Acquittal of the Panama Bribe Takers. A special to the New York Post from Paris says: There were painful scenes at the session of the Panama trials. M. Fontaine addressed the jury before they retired. Sobbing violently be implored them not to condemn him without proof, and concluded by crying dramatically: “I am innocent.” He then sank back and hid his face in-his hands. The other defendants were cool, except the Deputy Duke de la Fauconneire, who was faint from suffering with gout. When the verdict was announced M. Baihut turned deadly pale] M. SansLeroy swooned, overjoyed by his acquittal. M. Fontane, however, was again most affected and fainted tor several minutes. When he recovered he embraced his counsel and then tottered to the side of De Lesseps, who has been his greatest friend, and, burying his face in his hands, wept li«ce a child. De Lesseps, Visibly affected, leaned over tho dock and endeavored to console him, til) the guards, supporting M. Fontane by the arms, led him from the court As M. Baihut is untile to pay his fines he is liable to two years more imprisonment. KING ASSAULTED. A Stone Thrown at Italy's Monarch in Rome. Rome special: The city is in a state of great excitement over an assault that was made on King Humbert. The King was returning from the villa Broahese, where he had been spending a portion of 1 the day, when a person having the gen- ‘ oral appearance of an Italian working ‘ man threw a stone at tho King, the 1 missile almost striking him. There was a considerable number of people in the streets at the time, and several persons rushed upon the ■ assailant and seized him before ho had . a chance to make another attempt at ’ violence. The assailant was promptly I taken in hand by the police and conveyed to prison. Otherwise he would i probably have been killed by the | angry multitude, An immense crowd assembled and cheered the king with frantic enthusiasm and alljthe way to tho palace the scene was like a triumphal progress: King Humbert gracefully T acknowledged the ovation and was ’ evidently deeply moved by the evidence of loyalty on the part of his subjects. S STATE PRISON FIKE, t ) Southern Indiana Peiilteirttiary at Jeffersonville Damaged to the Exte-xt ot 875,000. Louisville special: Fire broke out in i the shop of the Claggett Saddle-Tree > Company in the east wing of the Prison a South at Jeffersonville, Ind., and that portion of the prison was soon in ruins. The fire then spread to the tailor-shop and dining-room and was, soon beyond • the control of the Jeffersonville Fire ’ Department Engines were sent from - this city and the flames wore confined . to the east wing. The loss is r 875,000, 825,000 to the State and $50,000 - to the Claggett company, whicn carried s 825,000 insurance. The convicts made i no attempt to create a panic and escape, * all of them assisting tho firemen by the , use of buckets. Warden Patton put on an extra force I of guards, who, with pistols in their . bands, marched up and down outside of the ruined walls, ready to shoot down any convict who made a break for lib- - erty. The prisoners will be, placed in 3 the two cell houses, which were not s touched by the fire. , FATAL I LAMES. ’ Five Persons'Burned to Death at Cleveland. j The Morgan, a fashionable apartment . house on Prospect avenue, near Granger . stroet/Clavciand, caught fire and was . totally destroyed. Four women and one I child were overcome by the smoke and , perished In the flames. The first body found was that of Mrs. Somers, a blind lady, who had apartments on the third floor. She had groped her way to the stairs c" l ® to fall there, overcome bv the

smoke. Tho other t roe women ann tho child wore found lying on the floor ol tho second story front hall. Their todies i were huddled together, and it was ovl- I dent that they had dioil of suffocation. Tho fire started in tho baseinent, bill as yet tho cau-e Is not known. The los? is about 835,000. Liberty Bell Will Ring at the World’* Fair. Philadelphia special: It has been decided that the Liberty bell, the ringing or which proclaimed tho independence of the thirteen Statos.sball be taken te Chicago, the date ot the departure from this city being fixed for April 28. The bell will bo transported tn a special ear and four policemen will go along as its* special custodian and never lose slalit ot their charge. A number of city officials 1 will go to Chicago at tho tune tho bell is taken there. On the way to the fair stops will be made In all tho large cities so their citizens may have an opportunltr of seeing the tell. Honors lor an American. A report which was brought from Romo by a Baltimore priest finds general belief among the Homan Catholic clergy of New York. It is to the effect that Mgr. Dennis J. O’Connell, rector of the American college in Rome and for a time secretary to Archbishop Sntolli, will be appointed coadjutor, with tho right of succession, to tho Cardinal Archbishop lof Baltimore, and will therefore Io tho I coming primate of the American CatlinI lie church. Four years ago, it is said, I the appointment was about to be made on account of Cardinal Gibbons’ ill health, but it was postponed, as he recovered. BUMell Harrison Buy* Muncie Street Can. Muncie (Ind.) special: It has Just developed here that a syndicate of capitalists headed by Russell Hat risen has purchased the Muncie Street Railway Company's track and equipments, and will soon begin tho work of replacing tho steffm motors with the trol.ey system. This is the same company that controls lines at Marion and Terre Haute, and the news was very gratifying to Muncie citizens. Lewis Wallace, Jr., attorney for the Company, is negotiating with tho town council, asking some privileges. A Volcano Breaks Out. City of Mexico special: The volcand of San Martin is now in a state of eruption, after having been extinct for mare than a century. The volcano is situated in the midst of a populous agricultural district whose inhabitants have fled to a 1 place of safety. The emotion occurred at night and the scene was one of mag- i nificent grandeur. The flames rose straight up from the crater to a height of I, feet and the lava poured down on the sides of tho mountain iu streams, doing great damage Explosion.of Tfirpcntlne. An explosion of turpentine in the building at 154 to IGO West’ Lake street. Chicago. owned bv the Welsi erg Wagon Company, occurred recently. Tho fire spread rapidly and tho building was entirely destroyed. It was occupied bv tho J. C. Grant Company, manufacturers of baking powders, and sixty-live men and girls employed by them escaped without injury. It is reported that two men were injured bv failing walls. The loss will probably reach $150,000. Cut tho Officer's Throat. Police Officer James Tavlor. at Indianapolis,in quelling trouble in a barrelhouse arrested Charles McGinley, who showed fight. The officer knocked McGinley down, and the latter used his knife, making a horrible cut in Taylor's neck, which laid bare the juglar. Mi Ginley was arrested for attempted murder. Taylor's condition Is critical. Murdered by a Nihilist. Moscow special: M. Alexjeff, Mayor of this city, who was shot at a meeting of the City Council, died from the effects 'of his injuries. Adrianoff, his murderer, refuses to make any statement as to his reason for shooting the Mayor, but the police are firm in their conviction that the crime is the outcome of a nihilist plot z Capt. Keen Pleaded Not Guilty. Capt. Reed, of the ship T. F. Oakes, which arrived at San Francisco from New York after an eventful voyage recently, was arraigned in the United States district court at that port on a charge of cruelty at sea,, and. pleaded not guilty. Suicided from Griot. Mrs. Wm. Middleton, living twelve miles south of Booneville, Ind., suicided by jumping into a cistern and. drowning. It is supposed that grief over her son, who shot and killed himself some time ago, was the cause. A Big Haul. Thieves entered a rear window of the Sullivan County Bank of Milan, Mo., while tho cashier had gone to dinner. He had left the safe unlocked and the thieves got over $200,000 and made their escape, leaving no clue. Earon Andrada Dead. Baron Andrada, the Brazilian Argentine Claims Commissioner, who was stricken with apoplexy and paralysis recently, died at the Arlington Hotel, Washington. Their Boat Upset. George W. and Oscar Selby were drowned in Peoria Lake, opposite the I citv of Peoria, 111. They were out hunting and their boat capsized. THE MARKETS. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.25 & 6.25 Hoes—Shipping Grades 3.50 (<i 7.75 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4.10 @ (Luo , Wheat—No. 2 Spring. 73 (d) .74 Cobn—No. 2 4O’4@ .4154 Oats—No. 2...... SO (a) .Mfy Rye—No. 2. is @ .co Buttbk—Choice Creameiy2B.'4@ .23)4 E<;<;is-Freßhl4 at .15 Potatoes—New, per ba .70 & .80 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 5.50 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @7.75 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.W @ 5.i;0 ! Wheat—No. 2 Red C 5 © .iBJi I Coen-No. 2 White4l & .42 Oats—No. 2 White3s ® .30 ... Si’. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 <a 5.00 Hogs 3.c0 «r, 7.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red .63 & .01 Corn—No. 2 36J4d .37)4 Oats—No.3l 4? .32 ■ Rye—No. 251 ® .13 CINCINNATI. CATTLE 3.C0 @5.25 Hogs 3.<0 @ 7.75 Sheep3.oo >@6.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red. «7 & Cobn—No. 2. 42 @ .42’!> Oats—No. 2 Mixed34,.3s,’j Bye—No. 2. 65 .57’ DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ s.oo Hogs ; 3.00 @7.75 Sheep s.oo @ 4.75 Wheat—Nt>. 2 Red .f>B- @wco COBN—No. 2 Yellow 42 @ .42’4 Oats—No. 2 White 37 @ .38 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 60 @ .70 Coen-No. 2 Yellow 42 @ .43 Oats-No. 2 White 33J$@ .34)4 Rye -57 @ .00 BUFFALO. j Cattle—Common toPrime.... 3.50 @ 5.60 HOOS—BeH Grades 4.00 @ 8.00 Wheat—No. 1. Hard 7ti,’4@ 70li No. 2 Bed7B @ .74 MH,WAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring6s @ .65)4 COBN—No. 3 40, Oats-No. 2 White32J4@ > .33)4 Rye—No. 1 54 @ .65 Barley—No. 2 .61 @ .68 I’OBK—Moss 17.25 @17,75 : NEW YORK. . . . _ I Cattle 3.50 @ 6.60 Hoes 8.00 @8.25 Sheep 8.00 @ 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Bed lt & .77 COBN—No. 258 @ .64 Oats—Mixed Western39 & .41 Butteb—Best....2B .60 Pobk—New Mea5....... , 18.75 @19.25 . tu-- J....,

EXHIBITS BY THE TON. DISPLAYS ARE DAILY INCREASING IN VOLUME. Inst ij. alien Outclaaso* In Import-ino > Othor Work Roinal dug to U» Done at the World’* Fair Ground*— Big Job ol House Cleaning. Beady for the Big Rush. Chicago correspondence' instate! ten ot exhibits outclasses in importunoe all olhor woik remaining io be done at the Wor.d's I air grounds, i The gieat rush has coniini n cd, and the displays are arriving in daily increasing volume Ki sb oide s have been scut out to all intend ng exhib.to.s. The dopartmentof transportation is thoroughly equipped un I ready to handle ten times the dally iulk that has yet been received on the gro mds. Prelim nary estimates give SO.fOO car loads as the probable amount ot < x-j hib.ts that roust be reieived, unpacked, | ind instal ed before May l. Up to da'e only 2,41'0 < ar loads have been received. If from now on, £OO ear loads of oxhibiis should be received each dav the loot exhibit would not be I..stalled by

mW n fwp — —... r~, .tt v— THE GOLDEN ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.

May 1. It is highly important that the transportation depar'ment shoul i not be o er< rowded at the la<t moment, and that is why exhibitors have been asked to oomo early and avoid the rush. t hies Holcomb's department has already handled some unique exhibits. It has taken the trunk of one of California’s mammoth trees into the grounds jon ord nary flat cars, removed itwi'h I skids and i oilers inside the Unite! States government, building, where it is now erec ed in the tall dome. The department has landed a United States postal car on the track inside the gov rniuent build ng and swung it to its allotted place with special cranes and jacks. In the mines and mining building an exhibit of tho Pottstown Iron company, consisting of a steel plate 150 feet long. 20 inches wide, and half an inch thick, has been put n place. In the same bull ing the department has landed two pieces of red sandstone from ■Wisconsin each about twenty-two feet long and about three and one-half feet si uare, also six more cubes of the same material, measuring five feet on each side. Methods nf Installation. The methods of installation are simpie and yet so flexible as to be able to cope with any emergency. All exhibits arriving by train come in over the Baltimore and Ohio or Illinois Central tracks. From the railroad entrance to the grounds the installation department has la d tracks to all the important buildings. On account of the peculiarities of landscape garden ng and the location of the bu Icings it* is not possib.e to ri n these tracks directly ,nto the buildings. Special push cars and transfer tracks are provided. There are no full-sized tracks in any of the buildings except machinery hall, where tho exhibits

' . I - H iei 7' 6 1 p 8 —I - j'LJ / UNLOADING IX THE MINES BUILDING.

are carried ■ directly into the building without, trans!er. In Machinery Hall the immense traveling cranes span the center of the tra ks, and are capable of handling twenty tons each. In the . other buildings heavy exhibits are han- I died by lifting them from the ordinary I ears 10 the push cars, when they are’ run inside the building to the allotted ■ space. In th s work the department uses two eels-propelling io omotive grains with a capacity of twelve tons each. These- trains can be moxed abound the grounds by means of turntables or massed in any one department if required. Special methods aro employed for installing exhibits in the Transportation Building. An ordinary transfer table, such as is used in railroad car shops, is employed to get the train exhibits into 1118 iLx IQ II DETAIL OF TUB IOWA BVILDIW3. place. This table is so constructed that eighty-foot cars can be placed on it and shunted to the track for which they are designed. This transfer table sustains a weight of 200,000 pounds, and its lateral movement is directed by electric power. . The Krupp gun exhibit is nearly all in Jackson Park. There is one monster gun yet to arrive. The installation of the Krupp exhibit is one of the interesting sights at the park. The exhibitors do their own unloading, and have a tra'-k laid right up to the site on the lake front- They have some derC*‘ T fc-' -

ricks which will lift 2G0.000 poiftid# M ' if she .oad were a feather. Bt * -'Ob oi H’Himi 1 < Imnlnjr. The buildings and grounds are soat--1 tered with debris and all of it must be removed before the gates are opened, about ten weeks hence. Director General Davis climbed into a wagon the other day and rode ail over th, grounds. Ho w< nt through the buildings, trampod over the grounds, sized upgieutmounds or wrecked staff material and molds, and pried around among piles of building ma erial. When he camo back he said: "It will take 6,00(1 men a month to clear away this rubbish. Wo have tho biggest job ot hou-<o clean ng on han I that has over bi en undertaken." t ompardtivoly 1 tile cleaning up was done last fall tor the dedication e erciaes. The boulevards 1< ailing from several intraiiees to Menu aclures Ball, where the speeches were made, were cleared of rubbish to a low earrlag s to roll along without jolting their ' occupants out, bu that was all. Other ; parts of the grounds were strewn with rubbish. All of it must be carted away ! end tho parks swept as clean as a lady's boudoir before the gates are opened. The park will probably be swept a dozen times beiore open ng day. There are nearly 7UO acres to put In slape,

v I more than 150 of which are under roof. 11 Alter th • buildings have been thorough, I ly ol aned exhibitors w.ll scatter rub--1 bish from one end to the other in unpacking their exhibits and putting them i in ] lace in the pavilions. Then the army of scavengers will have the work • to do over again. i “They will bo sweeping rubbish out i of eveiy building on the grounds an I hour before President Cleveland starts i the machinery, ”sa d Colonel Massey. ■ “The exhibitors will take all the time i possible to arrange the.r displays, and i —————• 1 1 ••UNL- < y \ ; AFWffC i — __ ' UNLOADING EXHIBITS IN THS TRANSPORTA1 TION BUILDING. , — we must prepare for a general cleaning ; up o’ the buildings the night and morn- • ing before the fair opens to the public.” i Several of the big buildings, notably mines, machinery and electricity, have i been the cause of considerable com--1 plaint lately on the part of exhibitors. 1 The floors were too weak to stand the enormous strains of heavy machinery and masses of ore and stone heaped i upon them. Exhibitors had to go to the

expense of .tearing out the floors and pu ting foundations of stone and brick under their exhibits. Some of them, especially foreign governments and ’ State boards with scant appropriations, I protested against the expense, but they j were not allowed to bring their displays in until the foundations had been strengthened. / Trio Go to Prison. The second of the series of Panama Canal trials camo to an end Tuesday. Charles de Lesseps, accused of corrupting ex-Minister Os Public Works Balhut to support the Panama lottery bonds bill, was found guilty. -Baihut, who confessed his guilt in open court, was also found guilty, and Blondin, who acted as go-between in the bribery of 1 aihut, was also found guilty. All the other defendants are acquitted. Telegraphic Clicks. Religious riots have broken out in Amoy, China. Many native Christians have been tortured and a few have been killed. The Common Council, of Indianapolis, appropriated $75,000 to assist in defraying the expenses of the Grand Army Encampment. The Texas Assembly has passed a bill requiring railway companies to provide “Jim Crow” depots as well as separate cars for colored people. At the oratorical contest held at Central Wesleyal College at Warrenton, Mo.. D. S. Wahl took first honors and C. L. Wallemeyer second honors. Little Anton Wood, the 11-year-old murderer of Joseph Smith, is again on trial at Denver for his life, the jury in the previous case having disagreed. William Rhine, one of the Leechburg, Pa., bank robbers, was found guilty at Kittanning, Pa., of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twelve years. Henby E. Abbey will b restored to to the management of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the company ! having decided to issue $1,000,000 5 per cent, bonds to meet the mortgage. A. bomb with a partly burned fuse was found in an office building at Niagara Falls, N. Y. The theory is that the purpose was to destroy the building, as it has twice been set on fire in recent years. In a speech before the Congregational Club at Washington, Justice Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, held that it was an injustice for Congress to discriminate against and ostracize the Chinese. j' —.I. ... 1.,..,

THE WAY THINGS RUN '' ' IN THE GREATEST OF GREAT STATES, INDIANA. Thing* Which Have Lately H*ppen*<l Within It* Bowler*—Some Pl*H**ut nn4 Some Sad Reading. The Governor'* Staff; Governor Matthews has announced his staff as follows: Adjutant General—lrvin Robbins of Indianapolis, with the rank of BrigadlarGeneral. Quartermaster-General— S. M. Compton, Indianapolis, with tho lank of Brig-adior-Genoral. Rank of Colonel—Commissary General Charles Buchanan, Union City; Pavmas-ter-Genora), L. B. Martin, Torre Haute; iSnrgeon'General, R. F. Stone, Indlunhpnils; Military Secretary, Myron D. King, Indianapolis; Inspector-General, O. P. Loe, Danville; Chief of Artillery, J. R. Curtis. Indianapolis; Chief Signal Officer, R. E. Graves, Evansville; Chief of Ordnance. J. B. Plessinger, Bluffton; Chief of Engineer Cent, Legrand T. Meyer, Hammond; Inspector of Rifle Practice, Charles Kahlo. Indianapolis. Rank of Lieutenant-Colonel — Assistant Adjutant Genera), Leon T. Bagley, Huntlugton; Assistant Quartermaster General, Daniel Faslg, Terre Haute: Assistant Commissary - General, John Adams, Columbia City; Assistant Paymaster Geuoral, S, P. Straus, Ligonier; Assistant Surgeon-General, E. Carey, Indianapolis; Assistant Inspector-General, J. H. Murphy, Indianapolis. Rank of Major—Ordnance Officer, Louis Contlivre. Fort Wayne; Engineer, A. I. Friend, Fort Wayne. Aide-de-Catnps— Louis Nickel, Jr., South Bend; J. M. Healey, Indianapolis; F. A. Hays, Spencer; J. W. Baugher, Tyner City; XV. H. H. Cullen, Greencastle; A. B. Mewhlnnev, Terre Haute. The Indianapolis city council has passed tho ordinance by a vote of 15 to 6 appropriating $75,000 in aid of tho national encampment G. A. R. Minor Sl*t«(Neiv*. A public reading room has boon opened at Seymour. Over 1,000 Bedford people have signed the total abstinence pledge. Six otters were caught recently in White River near Petersburg. George Lyons died at Brooklyn from Injuries received by a falling tree. Abioah Robinson, aged 60, of Fillmore, Putnam County, committed suicide by hanging. The annual school oratorical contests *of Montgomery County will be held at Crawfordsville April 29. The tenth annual reunion of the Thirtieth Indiana Veteran Association will be htld at Monroeville April 20. ■Frederick Peters, living south of Hobart, Lake County, Jwas killed Wednesday by a piece from a bursting buzz saw. Mrs. May Ferguson, the Frankfort widow who sued John Blanch, the Clinton County farmer, for $5,000 for breach of promise, was given 1 cent damages by the jury. Jeremiah Courval, a tinner’s helper, aged 23, fell ninety feet from the top of the new Hulman building, Terre Haute, breaking his neck and causing his death in a few minutes. Dan Reese, a young farmer residing on James Ross’s farm, west of Muncie,is the possessor of a young pig that has five distinct ears. There are two ears on one side of the head and three on the other. The pig is a great curiosity and seems happy. Flora Eicroltz, a 9-year-old girl at Union City, was shot in the forehead while picking up kindling wood in a shed. The ball glanced around the sku l, making a throe meh wound, but doing no further Injury. Who fired the shot is a mystery. z Down at Delphi the other night they held a hugging matinee for the benefit of the church. A certain citizen paid 25 cents to hug one of the pretty creatures on exhibition and after he had been at the job for some fifteen minutes he discovered that he had been squeezing his own wife. He kicked up such a row that the management had to refund him liis money. W. W. Walters.the venturesome young man who travels over the gas belt shooting gas wells with nitro-glycerine had a frightful experience In Muncie recently, and several people had closo calls for their lives. It resulted from a pair of runaway horses. Walters travels in a spring wagon in which ho transports the deadly explosive. He was approaching a gas well on Henry Martin’s property, and a large crowd was there to see Miss Rose Martin drop the “go devil,” which she did. The horses pulling the dangerous stuff got frightened, and started to run off. Walters stayed with them, and pulled his revolver to shoot them If they could not bo stopped any othey way. Fortunately the neck-yoke on the tongue came loose, letting the tongue down, and stopped the team. The wagon was loaded with 100 quarts of explosive at the time, and the result of an explosion would have made a catastrophe. Several persons are searching tho country near Yountsvlllo hunting for an aerolite which is supposed to have fallen the other night. As Mr. Carmichael of Chicago, agent for tho Deering binder.in company with William Sheets, were returning from Alamo during the heavy rain, ihey were blinded by a sudden light which they described as being similar in brilliancy to that of a flash of light. There shot over them a huge ball of white fire in a terrific rush. From this large ball smaller tails continually broke off and exploded with loud noise. The main ball was descending toward tho earth at an angle of forty-fivo degrees, and they claim that it struck tho earth in a field. Then followed an explosiqn like the sound of a cannon, and all was instant darkness. Tho entire affair lasted not over three seconds, and was succeeded by volumes of smoko that enwrapped them. The men tell a very straightforward storv, and an attempt is being made to solvo the affair. Ed Kaiber, an inmate of the White County Poor Farm, aged about thirtyfive, was killed by the south-bound train on the Monon, about five miles north of Monticello. He was deaf, and It is supposed did not hear the approach of the cars. A man by the name of John Rouse, was killed at the O. & M. round house in North Vernon. He was run over by an engine that was backing into the round house. He had been asleep on a pile of ashes and cinders and unconsciously rolled off on the crack. He lived onlv a few moments after the accident . The coal operators have received word not to ship any more coal for the present over the Chicago and Eastern Railway, because the tracks between Momence and Chicago are blocked with coal. This causes embarrassment in some of the mining communities. Nearly one thousand mon are thrown out of employment in Vermillion County. Nearly every mine in Clay County is at a standstill now. and the indications are favorable for another long strike. While Sylvester Teany, a Big Four brakeman, was making a coupling, at Columbus, he was caught between a car and a platform and crushed to death. This is the second person killed there iu that manner within a year.

•r’ --*■»*-* ' Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANC t Capitol. WO,OOO. Burplui, 410.KQ I I Orlgantitd Auguat 15,1803. Offioer*—T. T. Dorwtn, l*r**ld*nt; P. W. ftnlttL Vlo*-Pr**ldent; R. 8. P*t*r*on C»*h!*r; T. T. Dorwtn, P. W. Bmith, H*ur» Dark**, J. H. Holbrook, B. J. T*rv*or, 1. D, Bal* and R ff. l’*l*r*on, Diraotor*. s W • *r* prop*r*d to mak* Loan* on good im«> rlty, r*o*lv* D*po*lti, farniah Doniaatio *a4 f Foreign Exohang*, bu/ and a*ll Go**rnm*at anil Municipal Bond*, and turn uh L*tt*r* at’ Cr*dlt available in any of th* principal oitl**of Europ*. Al*o Paaang* Tiok*t to and fr»na . th* Old World, including UanapojUtlon to Dooatur. ) Adams County Bank Capital. 575,000. Burplua, 75,00a 1 t Organized in 187 L Officer*—D. Btudabakar. Preaident: Robt, B, Alllaon, Vioe-Pr**ldent; W. H. Niblick, C**h|«r. Do a general banking bualnea*. Collections * made In all part* of the country. I County. City and Township Order* bought. ( Foreign and Domeat io Exchange bought and aold, Intareat paid ou tune depoalt*. Paul G. Hooper, .Attoirxioy at Ij£vw 1 Deoofwr, - - Indiana. ; El. 3E3C. TjoBTVCTBir. Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Ind, Bncoeaefnlly treat* all diaeasea of Horace and Cattle. Will respond to call* at any Um*. Price* reeonable. ■avw, a. x. Mann, r. v. ERWIN cC MANN, : ATTORNEYS--AT--LAW, And Notariea Public. Penalon Claim* Prosecuted, Office In Odd Fellow*' Building, Decatur, Ind. , THRANCE A MERRYMAN. J. I. intANCE. JJ J. T. MkRHYMAM Attorneyß ca,t Xacrov'. DKCATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1, 2 and 3, over tho Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. ▲. 6. HOLLOWAY, Fliyßioian db Surgeon Office over Burns' harnosa ahup, reetdenoo one door north of M. E. church. All calls promptly attended to in oity or country night or day. 1 i 1 ' 111 lyfßfk M, I*. HOLLOWAY, M. ». Office and residence one door north of M. B church. Dl*ea*e* of women and children spoeialUea. Plxysdolauadto AB-iu-bwow ■oaroe, ... Indiana. AB call* promptly attended to day or algM* Office at reaidenoe. • 9. B. 8080, B. T. BOBA Master Oommiaaioner. 8080 A SON, JLTTORNEYS at law, Beal Batata sad Collect ton, Decatur, Ind. O.P. M. AMDBBWS, Physician «*» Burgeon MONROB. INDIANA, Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west of M. B. ohuroh. ** Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterlairj AMD Burgeon, Modus Operandl, Orche *1 tomv, Overotomy, Castrating, Rldg ling, Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn Ing, and treating thetr diseases. Office over* H. Stone’s hardware store, Decatur Indian*. J. 8. Coverdale, M. D. P. B. Thomas, M D. DOCTORS Coverdale & Thomas Office ovr Pierce’s Drug store. Decatur. Ind H. F. COSTELLO, & Surgeon, Office over Terveer’s hardware store. Residence on Third street, tn the old Derkes £roperty. AH calls promptly attended to i city or country, day or night Levi Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor, Decatur and Short streets. JQ. NEPTUNE, • I DENI6T. Now located over Holthouse's shoe store, and is prepared to do all work pertaining to the dentaf profession. Gold filling a specialty, By th* use of Mayo's Vapor be la enabled to extract teeth without pain. AH work warranted. MONEYTO LOAN O> Fama Pro party on Long It**. Wo Oo»xxia.lmiflalon* Low Rat* of Intareat. la aay aarouats can b* mad* at any Um* aat ■top int*r**L Cail on, or addraaa, X JK. GRUBB, or J. F. MAJCF, OB**: Odd Fallow*' Buildlag, DMator. ... k it ALL KINDS OF ; JOB PRINTING ; NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE.