Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 9 August 1895 — Page 6

NEW ROAD LAW. Section 1. Be it enacted bv the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That section 1 of the above entitled act be amended to read as follows: Section 1. That the county ctmimissioners <if auv county in this state, when petitioned theiefor by titty (50) freeholders, citizens of any township or townships contiguous to each other, including therein any incorporated towns or cities of less than thirty thousand pi.noo) inhabitants in such county where any such road or roads are to be improved bv-grading, graveling, paving with stone or macadamizing material, shall submit to the voters of said township or townships, towns and cities in said township or townships at any regular spring or fall election, or at any special election which may be called by the board or county commissioners when no spring or fall election is near at hand, giving at least twenty (20; days notice in a newspaper of general circulation published in said county, if there tie any, and by posting up written or piinte.d notices thereof (which posted notices shall, be (sufficient in counties where no newspaper is pub- * Jistjed) in each voting precinct in said township or townships, town or city, the question ot building such road or roads in such township or (ownships in such county. At such election each voter who is in favor of the construction of such roads shall inscribe on his ballot. “Building of road—yes." and each voter opposed thereto shall in* scribe on his ballot, ‘•Building of road —no." The vote on said question shall be certified by the proper officers of said election to the board of county commissioners of the county, and if at such election a majority ot those voters on said question are in favor of building such road or roads, the commissioners shall at once proceed to the construction of the same, but not otherwise: Provided. That after such petition shall have been so filed by the fifty (50) freeholders as aforesaid, and before the election on such question shall be . advertised, it shall be the duty of such board of commissioners to appoint a surveyor or engineer, or both if necessary. ot such county, if such there be in said#. county, if not any that can be procured elsewhere in the state, and two 2) disinterested freeholders of the county as viewers to locate and viewsuch proposed road or roads and determine the width of the same, make a profile of the grade, determine the penalty [quality] and depth of gravel, stone, ot other material to be used, and make an estimate of the cost of construction of said idad or roads, including bridges., culverts, drainage, and ail other things necessary for its or .their completion: And. provided further. That : such viewers shall not be required to assess damages to any person or persons except minors, idiots ot lunatics, in consequence of any appropriation of any private property for the making -of said improvement, unless the owners thereof, or their agents, shall have filed a written application with the viewers, giving an accurate Z; description of the premises on which "damages.are claimed by them within ten l(i days after tne completion of < the survey of said road or roads bv thb said viewers and engineer: And, pro--vided further. That all applications for damages shall be barred unless they are presented as above specified: And. provided further. That any person or persons feeling aggrieved by the assess .merit of damages an.aforesaid made, nray demand of the commissioners to have the same assessed by jury; which jury. shall be composed of five (s)disinterested . citizens, two (2) of .whom shall be chosen by the commissioners, ) and two (2) by the claimants, and the fifth by the four thus .appointed, who. after being duly sworn.,foi-the faithful discharge-pf their duties; shall examine premises and determine the.question in "■dispute* and their decision shall be final: Provided,.further. That if the amount of damages awarded by this " jury is not twenty (20/per cent gieater ’ than the amount assessed by the viewers, the elfiknaut’s shall pay all costs made by said jury. The raid viewers and jury shall at the next term, wbelh- ■ er regular, or special, of the comims- /. sinner's court report their proceedings as to location, lenghthfplans. plats, profiles, together with an estimate cost of sannoad -or roads, including all damages assessed, which report shall be published hl full in some newspaper of ■ ' general circulation, published in such <ronn .s lor ,«t least four (-1 consecutive - ..weeks preceding such election, and . wn*ten or printed'copies of said report r’’ shalt be posted in each of the voting precincts ot said township or townships and. if there be no newspapers pub- >• fished in said county, then ths posted notices sfiali.be sufficient, and it shall be tl • duty-- <>f ’qp board <■!' cemniis- ' XidDei . - I />», ~ /■ voters as above provided: Provided, f further. That tire petition of the fifty (50) freeholders aforesaid.shall clearly and definitely describe t,fie beginning *•’’ -amt.terminus ot.-eaeh realtor-roads.-K giving the common name and general direction of ail roadsr together with their measured or estimated distance. r 2-If felt of the road or roads is to be /./ ro »d or roads, they shall be described with a definiteness as will en-

able any practical land surveyor to locate them: Provided further, That the petitioners shall pay all costs of election. Sec 2. Beit further enacted. That section two .2) of the above entitled' act be amended to read as follows: Sec 2. If the said iietitiouers desire to have improved more than one (1) road or part of road which are disconnected, it shall be lawful for them to include descriptions of all said roads or parts of roads in one and the same petition, and all of said roads and parts of said roads shall be voted on as a unit. If two or more petitions are pending at the same time they shall be voted upon at the same election. The ballots for each petition shall clearly designate the road for which the votjr intends to vote. bee. 3. Be it further enacted, that section five of the al>ove entitled act be amended to read as follows; Sec. 5. For the purpose of raising money to pay for such construction, the board of commissioners shall issue the bonds of the county for the full amount of the contract, in» denominations not less than fifty dollars each, in ten equal serie/: the first series payable in one year, the second series in two years, the third in three years, the 4th in sour years, the sth in five years, 6tb in six years, the "th in seven years, the Bth in eight years, the Sth in nine years, the 10th in ten years from the loth day of November after the date ot their issue, said bonds bearing interest I not higher than five per cent per; annum, and tne interest thereon to be ; paid annually on the Ifith’of November i The county treasurer shall sell bonds at not less than their face) value, and ; the proce ds shall be kep&as a separate ! and specific fund to pay for the construction of the particular road or j roads for which they were issued, and shall be paid by him to the co tractor upon warrant of the auditor as directed ■ by tile board of commissioners The I commissioners shall order the same to I be paid in such amounts, and at such : times as they may agree, but no pay- - ment shall be made by the commissioners for more than 80 per cent of the engineer's estimate ot work done by the contractor, nor shall the whole I amount of the contract be paid until the road shall have been received as completed by the board of commissioners. \ Sec. 4 Be it further enacted. That section six of said act be amended to read as follows; Sec 6. For the purpose of raising money necess try to meet said bonds and interest thereon, the board of commissioners shall annually thereafter, at at the time the general tax jlevy is made, levy a special tax upon the property of the township or townships, including the towns and cities, if there, be. of less than 30 UOO inhabitants in : such manner as to meet the principal and interest of said bonds as they shall , become due, and such tax shall be col- I lected as other taxes. and shall be ap- j plied to the payment of such bonds and interest. If the road or section thereof I so constructed runs into or through j two or more townships, the: amount paid thereof shall be divided and charged upon the property of each township, in the same* ratio that, the assessed valuation of all j the property in each township bears to : the assessed valua ion of all the prop- j erty in all the townships through which • said rbad or roads run, and said special ’ tax be levied accordingly: That when ; any contract shall have been awarded to any contractor for the construction of said road or roads under this act, he Shafi give preference in employing labor for the cons’, diction of said road I or roads to the citizens ..of the township or townships, town or cities in which said road or roads are to be constructed,' Provided, however. That said preferred labor shall be as good and effective as that which could fie procured elsewhere and at no higher « st And, provided further. That any taxpayer of the township or townships ft’here said roads are, who may render any service or labor or may furnish any material for the construction of said I roads, may, if he shall so elect, demand ■ vs the contractor, a certificate stating > the value of the amount of service or ■ material furnished, and if any such certificate shall be issued, the County Treasurer shall receive the same, and it shall act as a quietus against a similar amount of tuxes agairiSt the property of said tax-Payer. and all such i certificates shall be. deducted from the i contract price for the said, construction I .of the said road or roads bv Said con ' 1 V'.' - i tractor. Sec. 5. • Beit further enacted, That I section seven (7) of the above entitled 1 act be amended to read as follows: Section 7. All roads built under this ) act shall be free of toll and shall be ; : "p’- in repair the same as other free gravel ru&ds constructed under the other laws of the State are repaired. Sec 6. Be it further enacted, That section.eight (8) of the above entitled act be amended to read as follows: St f- ion 8. After the payment of the cost o; construction of said road or roads should there be. any surplus collected or due on delinquent taxes for that purpose, it shall be paid to the j trustee of said township and be by him ! kept and used as a fund for the main-

tenance of the roads ot bis township Sec. 7 Be it further enacted, That section ten (10) of the above entitled act be amended to read as follows: Section 10 The Board of County Commissioners shall have power to permit amendments to be made to the petition of the said fifty (50) freeholders or report of Viewers, and to extend the time to the Viewers to make their report and to continue the heating from time to time so as to subserve the ends of justice. It shall be the duty of the board of commissioners to appoint a competent superintendent, to be governed by such rules and regelations as the commissioners may impose to supervise the construction of such road or roads. He shall be a resident of oOe of the townships in which the roads are located and his compensation shall not exceed one dollar and fifty cents a day for the time actually employed and he shall render an account, of his time to the commissioners quarterly at the l regular term of their court subscribed j by oath. He shall give bond in the penal sum of $-3 000 tor the faithful discharge of his duties. Sec. 8. Whereas an emergency is hereby declared to exist for the immediate taking effect of tins act therefore it shall be in force from and after its passage. NEGRO MINEBSMOBBED j — Trouble Caused by a Series of Outrages bv the Negroes. I ■ -—• WHITE MEN WERE ROBBED. . ■ ; I . » ' •• Demand Made t’pon the Superintendent ‘ to Discharge the Negroes, Which Was Refused — The Miners Then Marched to the Houses of the Africans and Ran i Thein Out—More Trouble Expected. I , -A j Spring Valley, Ills., Aug. 5. —The < “Location,” apatchof some hundred odd i company houses- near No. 3 shaft, in- 1 habited almost exclusively by negroes, i was yesterday visited by the vengeance of a mob of 500 white miners from this : city and given a taste of mob violence. Saturday night near midnight five colored men held up a white man named Barney Role between this city and Lo- i cation and, aft w robbing him of nearly SIOO in money, tired throe pistol shots into him and left him for dead. Role is the third man shot at Location itr the - i past few weexs. "When the white miners in this city yesterday morning heard of the outrage they assembled in the public square and decided to march in a body to General manag j r Dalzell's house and demand of him the discharge of every I . colored man in Location. A brass band was seemed and the mob repaired to the general manager’s house. He re- : fused to grant what the white miners j wanted. Ran the Ont. They told him that'as lie was hot disI posed to run them out of town they would take the matter up themselves, and with that they marched toward No. i : 3.’ By the time the mob arrived at Lo- : cation most of the negroes, having been ! notified of the wrath of the whites, had ' fled to the woods. About a dozen were caught and treated to most- violent, acts, j Stones were hurled at them and shots ■ fired. Two were shot, but not seriously i hurt. Tiie boardinghouse for colored . men art. No. 3 was then .attacked. All • j t-he inmates fled for their livps. The J mob ransacked the houses, breaking the j : furniture and committing other depre- i dations. By noon every negro had tied ' I the city. All afternoon a gang of men with pis- ! tols and shotguns Scoured the wopds j hunting the negroes to shoot at. Sheriff Clark, wfio was telegraphed for, ar- ! rived late in the afternoon with about a i dozen deputies. No more trouble is anticipated unless the negroes attempt to come- back. There is a terrible prejudice here ; against them for frequent and bold out- ' rages they are charged with. There is much feeling against Manager Dalzell, at whose instance, it is alleged, they were imported. - 1 ■ The rioters were all Italian miners. There has been bad blood between them and the negroes ever since the latter were -imported hero, and it is asserted that they have been waiting a good exi cuse to drive, them out. | Investigatipps last night, show that ' there were several negroes seriously : hurt. Five are in a critical condition I and may die. while several more were badly injured by the rough handling they received. CAUSED BY BLOOMERS. Qunrr*l Between «n Aired Ohio Man and Hl« Better Half. . Eaton, Aug. 5. —Mrs. John Quill and i her husband quarreled over the ques- ' tioii whether or not their daughter ; should wear bloomers. Tne Quilte are i old. people, wealthy, and have a large I family di grownup children. Quill is i 75 years old and very feeble, but he ad- ; vocated bloomers. They quarreled vi- ! ciously, and finally Mrs. Quill attempted I to pull out her husband’s whiskers. I Not succeeding;,she cut them off. The ! light was so bitter that both the old ' people are under a physician’s care, and I if is feared Mrs. Quill will become inHeavy Fire JLosa. Sprague, Wash., Aug. s.—The Northern Pacific railroad is the heaviest loser by the fire SatutdAy which swept over 820 acres of territory and destroyed property valued at over $1,000,(XX). The company’s IwfS includes shops, machinery,' 24 locomotives, 54 freight cars, passenger station and many other things, making-the total loss $750,000. Private ; losses brings the total up to $1,000,000. ' Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powdef AWwWHO I . TMlfl

KILLEDBYTHfCHINBSE English Missionaries in the Province of Fokein Massacred. OFFICIALS ARE IMPLICATED. l « MUnion and SnnltnrluiivM Wh« Shur, Near Ku Cheng, Attnrked and Ten Brltieh Sufijecte Murdered — Three Were Burned and Seven Hacked to Death With Spean and Swordm Washington, Aug. s.—The state department yesterday received later intelligence of the killing of the missionaries in Ku Cheng, China. The dispatch, like the one received yesterday, I was from Consul General Jeruigan and ! shows that no Americans suffered, b it | that the massacre of British subjectwas greater than at first reported. Th.i; j consul general’s dispatch is as follows: . 1 “Americans all safe.' None hurt. 'lon - ! British killed.” Although Mr. Johnson does not- use , i the words , “missionaries” in his dis-1 i patch, yet there is no doubt felt by the . officials of the state department that he ; refers to them, and that his dispatch is ' intended,as supplementary to that sent j yesterday. Much gratification is ex- ; I pressed that the Americans have not | ! suffered, as the dispatch appears to leave ■ ' no doubt on that- point. w j NEWS FROM LONDON. Detailed Account, of the Miwarre From English Source*. London, Aug. 5.—A Shanghai dis- ■ i patch says that the mission and sani-; ‘ tarium nt Wha Sang, near Ku Cheng, [ province of Fokein, has been attacked, and 10 British subjects killed. The Rev. Mr. Stewart, wife and child were burned in their house. The Misses | Yellow and Marshall, two sisters named : Saunders, two sisters named Gordon I and Steetie Newcomb Were murdered ( with spears and swords. Miss Cedring-1 i ton was severely wounded about the ; head, and the steward’s eldest child had ■ a kneecap badly injured, while the - ! youngest hud an eye gouged out. I Rev. Mr. Phillips with two Ameri- i cans, Dr. Gregory and Miss Hartford, i were both wounded, but arrived safely J at Fu Chau Fu. i The prefect of Cheng Tu, who was on • the inquiry commission, is seriously im- ! plicated in the Cheng Tu outrages. Another telegram gays the massacre I commenced early on Thursday at Wha ; Sang, near Ku Cheng. The houses were.; fired, and eight ladies, a man and a child were killed and several were wounded, two probably mortally. SULTAN CALLED DOWN. _ , ] European Commissioner to B-- Appointed to Govern Armenia. London, Aug. 5. —The Anglo-Armen* | ian association learns from» Constant!-; nople that the signers of the Berlin I treaty have agreed to send a note to the , I porte announcing that as Turkey is un-; ■ able to protect the lives of her Christian i subjects the powers have decided to appoint a European high commissioner : with vice regal authority to administer ■ Armenia in the name of the sultan. ') Probably Baron Von Kallay will be api pointed. He comes from an ancient ‘ noble family of Hungary. He was minister of foreign affairs for the Austrian i empire for a short time. In 1882 he was - minister of finance in the Austrian cabi- | net and at the same time administrator of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the i Berlin treaty, and has given attention ' to the eastern question all through his ! public life. j Advices from Constantinople say that I Lord Salisbury has demanded the uni conditional and immediate release of all ! Armenian political prisoners not coni victed by a legally constituted tribunal. I CRUISER'S BOILER EXPLODES. ] ■ | I Sixteen Men Killed and Wounded In Rio Janeiro Harbor, '■ New York, Aug. 5. —A dispatch from Rio Janeiro, Brazil, says that the boiler of the old cruiser Trajan exploded yesterday. Sixteen men were either killed or wounded by the explosion. The cruiser was lying in the harbor in Rio Janeiro. - OHIO CAT FARM. Entirely New and Novel Industry to Be Started at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Aug. 5. —A cat farm is to be established in this city at once. It will be located adjoining the largest dog kennel in the country, which is situated just outside the city limits. The cat enterprise is backed by a prominent local insurance man, who wiil erect a building which, including the grounds, will embrace eight acres. A fine breed of cats will be procured, the fur of which a leading buyer of this city has agreed to purchase. The farm will be in full Operation in two months. Some fine blood cats have ordered from Spain for breeding purposes. * Boat Capaized »> hl Two Drowned. Niagara Falls, Aug. s.—Elwood F. Butler, head engineer of the Niagara Falls Paper mill, and Timothy F. Sweeney, machinist, were drowned through the capsizing of their boat in a squall on the river near Grass island yesterday. . . Aid For Deserving Students. Springfield, Ills., Aug. s.—Governor Altgeld has a scheme for the aid of needy students at the University of Illinois. He proposes that trust funds shall be contributed by the rich men of • th® stat®, to be loaned among the de1 serving students. Injured In the Chute, 1 ChicagA, Aug. s.—Charles Dunlap, 1 superintendent of the Chicago, Bock island and. _ Pacific railroad, one ff the injured in the accident at Boynton’s chute Thursday night, died from bis injuries yesterday.

SEA SHORE TOUR. A JPeraonslly Conducted Tour in Eastern Watering Plaooa. Tuesday, Augiist 13, a personally conducted tour will leave Toledo for the Thousand Islands, Alexandria Bay, Au Sable Chasm, Lake Chumplain, White Mountains. Green Mountains, Fabynns at the foot of Mt. Washington. Portland, Maine. Old Orchard. Isle of Shoals. Boston, Saratoga, and other watering places. The rate for the entire trip of nearly three weeks will be $1)8. which will include all expenses. first-class hotels, travel in palace cars, meals in diners, carriage rides, ele. It will include a week at the sea shore, and a coasting trip down the I New England coast For information apply to the T. St. ! 1.. A K. C. R R agent. i > niaLaha FALLN EXICKNION. 1 Tuesday. August 20th. the Erie Lines, i Chicago & Erie railroad) will run an ex- . cursiou to Lake Chautauqua, Niagara Falls i Toronto and Lake of the. 1000 Islands, at | the following rates and limits: Lake I Chautauqua #I.(XI, days limit: Niagara I Falls $5.00.5 days limit; Toronto $0 00, (! | days, limit and Lake of the 1000 Islands, I 5i0.50,10 days limit. .Limits given being jin addition to date of sale. Stop overs will be given on return trip at Niagara Falls, ! Buffalo and Chautauqua. Special through i train leaves Decatur at 2:35 p. tn, arriving I at Niagara Fails next morning at 7 o'clock. ' Sleeping ear accommodation should be | secured in advance. The Erie is tfie only i line running thnnigli on its own tracks to I Niagara Falls and Chautauqua and thereby I insures passengers against delays. For i further information address any agent A E. or .1. W. DeLong, Decatur. Ind, Fei-aecutinn at Sofia. I London. Aug. 5.—A dispatch from Sofia says the persecution of the widow of M. Stainbuloff does not abate. The servants are not able to leave the house without being addressed, searched and ( catechised as to the doings of the family, and menaced unless they agree to quit their service. Walk Arouu| tho United State*. Denver, Aug. 5.—P. H. K. Flynn, an athlete, left Denver today to walk i around the United States. His route • wiil be from here to Chicago, thence to : New Orleans, Galveston. San Francisco, etc. The walk is oh a wager and must be accomplished within 450 days. i One night when Mr. Isaac Rees was Stop- ; ping with me. says M. F. Hatch, a promi--1 nent inereliantpf Quartermaster, Washingl ton, 1 heard hinrg-roauing. <>ii going to his room L found him suffering from carmp colic. He was iii sucli agony I feared he would die. 1 hastily gave him a dose of Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea ! Remedy. He was soon relieved and. the t first words he uttered were, “what was that ! stuff you gave me?” 1 informed him. A ! few data ago we were talking about his I attack and he said he was never without I that reuKNly now. I have used it in fuy j family for several years. I know its worth I and do not hesitate to recommend it to my friends and customers, For sale by Blackburn * Miller, druggists' -a * CIDER. CIDER. CIDER I will commence making cider Tbnrs day. August Bth, and will run every Thursday until later in the season. I will makecider every day. I also grind plow points at any time at my factory on Third street, opposite water works. Peter Kirsch. 20w3 Courtesies to (»ur Vice President. Montreal, Aug. s.—Sir William Van Horne’s private car was dispatched to Toronto last night and placed at the disposal of Hon. Adalai Stevenson, vice president of the United States, and party, who are crossing the continent en route to Alaska. Vice President Stevenson's Trip. Bloomington, Ills., Aug. 5. — Vice President and Mrs. Adlai Stevenson and daughters, Misses Julia and Letitia, left Saturday for an extended journey-tln-bugh Alaska and the northwest, and do not expect to return until September. Beaver-Island Still Burning. Mackinaw City, Mich., Aug. 5.— Passing Vessels report fires still burning .n the woods on Beaver island, but the extent of damage is not known here. tjuiet at Omaha. Omaha, Aug. 5. — Everything was quiet in this city last night, and the 75 rpecial policeman were relieved from duty and allowed to go home. bv local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion ol'-the our. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional reined loh. Deafness is caused by an intlam< d condition of the mucous lining of the Eustnehlan Tube. When this tube is inflamed VOU have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is t lie result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which Is qothing but un inflamed ('onditlon of mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case* of dcflfnosa (cfiupod by catarrh) that cannot be cured bv Hail’s Catarruh Cure. Bond Sold by all Druggists. a t — Edison says there is practically no limit to the speed that can bo attained on a He thinks the greatest speed will come when electricity is obtained direct from coak _ I “It is the best patent medicine in the world” is what E. M. Hartman, of Marqmnn. Oregon, says of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhota Remedy. “What leads me to make this assertion is from the fact that dysentery 1« its worst form was prevalent around here last summer and it 1 never took Over two or three doses of that remedy to effect a complete cure.” For 1 ale by Blackburn & Miller, druggists, a *

Hila NEU’S NOTES. ' Selections For the Reader From All Parts of the State, CAMPAIGN IN INDIANAPOLIS Prrston C. Truder la the Republican Nominee For Mayor—Miners' Convention at Terre Haute —Killed by a V‘oloua Bull—Skull Fractured by a Full. Minor State Newa. Indianapolis, Aug. S —The Repub lican city convention w;.s held her/* 7 Saturday night, amt :ts was predicted, Preston C. Trusler, present city controller, was nominated for mayor on the first- ballot. Leo Nixon was renominated for city clerk, and George W. Stubbs, police judge, was also renominated. Mr. Trusler made a good record as city controller, as he is an experienced fiuancier and thoroughly understands that portion of the city’s business. Although nominated on the first ballot there was considerable opposition to him, as it is said that he refused to vote for Harrison for president on account of that gentleman’s position on the civil service question, Mr. Trussler being known os a disciple of Andrew Jackson so fur as the spoils of office go. The Democratic convention will be held on the 17th inst., so it is announced, and from then on Iniauapolis will be in the throes of a political campaign which, it is predicted, will be quite torrid in its intensity DUEL BY SCHOOLBOYS. Two YotingAtvrn nt Leavenworth Attempt • to Kill Etch Other* Leavenworth, Aug. 5. — William Welton and John Stanfoul, schoolboys, • 13 and 14 years old respectively, fought a deadly duel with knives Saturday night. The boys have always been good friends and schoolmates; and have borne good reputations. They quarreled over some trivial matter, and urged on by their associates, agreed to fight it out with knives. They fought for 20 minutes, when the crowd of small boys around them found they could not separate them. The 'alarm was given and their parents sent for. They arrived just as the younger lad sank to the ground with a deep wound in his left side. He is in a dangerous condition, but may possibly live. The other boy was also seriously.injured. MINERS AT TERRE HAUTE. Convention Decide* to Im»l*t That Opera- " tor* Pay <lO Cent* Per Ton. Terre H aute, Aug. s.—The miners' convention adjourned, after adopting a resolution not to work for less than 60 cents, which is in opposition to the Pittsburg agreement, which made the differential price in this state 51 cents until Oct. 1, and 60 cents from that time until Jan. 1. The convention also decided that the men in the Clinton dis trict should come out, but it is doubtful if that will be done, us they have been working for 51 cents under special permission because they are in close competition with Grape Creek, Ills., where the price. is 47,b; eents. The operators have called a njeetiug for tomorrow. Vlclon* Bull Kills Two People. Valparaiso, Aug. s.—Louis Rich and his son George entered a field near here in which was kept a vicious bull. While at work the bull charged down upon them and began to gore and trample the father. The boy had arevolver ami fired several shots at the enraged animal, but did hot succeed in diverting him from his father. At length the infuriated ani ual left the dying father and attaoiel the son. The boy continued to shoot at) him, and after being badlv injured himself, killed the bull. The elder Rich lived but one hour andthe boy is dying. Bethany Assembly. - Brooklyn, Aug. 5. — Saturday at Bethany park the Ministerial association completed its labors and selected officers for the coming year. Amzi Atwater of Bloomington is the new president and H. C. Kendrick of Huntington secretary-treasurer. Yesterday Rev. B. D. Taylor of New York preached the morning sermon and in the afternoon John C. Miller of Nineveh conducted services. In the evening was held the Christian Endeavor prayer and praise meeting. Today began the state Sundaysehool convention, which will last three days. Thought to Have Been Murdered. Wabash, Aug. s.—John Ellis, the farmer who was found Friday on the highway near Somerset, this county, With his skull crushed and a bad wound in his face, died Saturday without having recovered consciousness. The circumstances surrounding the case were so suspicious that Coroner Gibson was sent for and a post mortem ordered. It is thought.by ..mauy that he was murdered. X searching investigation is beinsr made bv the coroner. Cainpmoeting At Acton. Acton, Aug. s.—Dr. Coultas’ lecture Saturday at Acton park on “Alpine Scenery and Italy” was one of the enjoyable events of the meeting and was thoroughly appreciated by a large audience. The Sunday morning service was by Rev. C. W. Tinsley of Rushville, and in the evening Dr. Coultas of Indianapolis preached. Today was woman’s home day, C. L. Weaver presiding, and the next three days will be devoted to the Epworth league convention. Caunina Plant Binned. Anderson, Aug. s.—The J. C. Shepard company’s canning factory in the south part o'-' the city was burned to the ' ground Saturday. The origin of the fire 1 is unknowr. The plant had, been closed 1 down fbr three months and no one was ' around that night. The managers were ; getting rea< yto start again with an in- • creased fojre of operatives. The cost of the plant was about SIO,OOO, and the insurance is but