Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1896 — Page 3

pr*" • , ■ > WORK’FOR THE WEEK mbl* . Forecast of What Will Be Done by the Two Houses of Congress. THE BOND AND TARIFF BILLS. Moth Will Probably lb- Reported From the Menate Finance Committee Tomorrow—Neveral of the Moheilule* Ju the Tariff Hill May He Ruined —Pension Appropriation Hill Id the Koiihc Washington, Jan. (J.—Tho senate was Hot in HPHHion today, but it is expected to resume the work of the sotwion in earnest tomorrow. The finance committee has promised to report both the bond bill ami the revenue tariff bill on *'■ Uhat day, and it may be reasonably pected that if this promise is kept the. debate during the remainder of the week and for some time afterward will be baaed ujkiii these bills. The' bond bill will probably be tlie first of The two measures to receive attention, and it is considered probable . . that a fortnight may be devoted to its coiudderation. The Republicans are also hopeful of being able to dispose of the tariff bill in the same length of time. They have received assurances from individual Depiocratic leaders that they will not resort to dilatory tactics to prevent the early disposal of either of the bills. This does not mean, however, that they will not insist upon i a thorough debate ujxm them. Senator Elkin*' Bond Resolution. Senator Elkins’ bond resolution holds its place qn the calendar of unfinished 1 business, and is in position to furnish a ' basis of discussion until the finance ! Qomniittee bills shall be rejiorted. If it ' should not, be acted upon before these reports arc made, it is yet uncertain whether the resolution would lie pressed, but the chances are that it would lie. The finance committee met this afternoon and it is presumed the silver majority of the committee have proposed their substitute for the bond bill which will provide for free coinage. The fate of the tariff bill is not so certain. On this bill-the. Republicans consider them- ‘ selves masterSm the situation in- -emu- - mittee, and they are in doubt whether to report it as it came from the house or to amend it in accordance with the wishes of individual Republican senators. There is a disposition on the part of some of the members to increase the advance made on all the schedules except that covering sugar from 15 to 20 , per cent, while others think the increase should only apply to agricultural products; In either event, it is probable that the sugar schedule will receive the same treatment as the other schedules'in obedience to the wishes of Senator Perkins of Qalifornia and Senator Thurston of Nebraska. Probable Work of Ibe House. Washington, Jan. 6.—The house this week will settle down tu the routine j work of the session. Until Wednesday, j however, the' work will not be well de- 1 fined, as none of the. committees have reported bills and the first three days will therefore be devoted to unanimous consent legislation and such matters as may be brought before the house. On Wednesday, or at latest on Thursday, the pension appropriation bill will be reported ami its consideration will be ' entered upon. As a rule the deficiency bill is the first appropriation bill considered, but the estimates for the deficiencies will not be submitted until next week, and as the pension bill is reltdy, save for its formal approval by the full ’ appropriation committee on Wednesday, it lias been decided to dispose- of it while work on the-other regular appropriation bills is proceeding. Relief Through Americans. Washington, Jan. |5. —The state department has been notified that the porte has consented to allow relief to be extended to the suffering Armenians through Americans resident in Turkey. MEETINGS WERE HARMONIOUS. Unly Friendly Rivalries For Places on the State Committee Developed. Indianapolis, Jan. 6. —Reports received here from the mass conventions held by the Democrats in each of the 92 counties in the state Saturday agree in pronouncing the meetings unusually harmonious. No contests outside of friendly rivalries between opposing candidates for district committeemen were reported. It seems highly probable that the majority of the present members'will be re-elected, as there was little opposition to any one Os them and but few had positively declined to stand for re-election. The delegates #«4ected Saturday will meet next Wednesday ifi district conventions and select the members of the committee. In localities where the silver sentiment seemed to dominate the white metal men wore accorded the selection Os the delegates, and all questions relating to matters about which there is a difference in the party were held in abeyance. * There is some gossip in reference to the state chairmanship, but there are no active candidates in the field. Sterling R. Holt and John O. Henderson of this city ana State Senator Layden of New Albany are being spoken of in connection with the chairmanship. j; Richard Croker Inspecting Horses. ~ Nashville, Jan, 6.—-Richard Croker and party arrived in this city yes- ’ terday and spent most of the day at Belle Mead inspecting his horses. He „ left last night for Florida where he will remain a month, and upon his return to New York will sail for Europe, Ho refused to be interviewed upon ; political ( questions. — i Memorial Schoolhouse Dedicated. , Springfield, Ills.. Jan. 6.—A new schoolhouse in Chatham township, this county, Was dedicated Saturday. It is a fine brick building, with stone trim-., _ tilings, and was erected at,a cost of #15,000? It was given to the district outright by Senator B. F. Caldwell, as a to his father and mother.

hair’un(erthe MICROSCOPE. I One of th* Many Important Factors In Marder Caaea. Id centuries past the human hair played an important part in till judicial proceedings. Those that were permitted to wear beurd and hair had rights that con hl not b< claimed by the shorn and shaved. W>en men made oath, they touched their beard and hair, and women placed tlm finger tips of the right hand on their tresses. Servants were obliged to have their hair cut, and if a freedman went into slavery he h id to divest hhnself of hit hirsute adornments. An adult adopted by foster parents was obliged to have his beard rliaved and the shaving of beard and hair was a punishment inflicted on criminals. The jurisprudence of our ancestors dealt with punishment "by skin ami hair -’ for small offenses and "by Deck and hand’' for greater Crimes, There ha.- always been more or less superstition about hair. Great strength was implied by it, and wizards and witches knew of eoncofttious of hair by which they poisoned enemies. Cats’ hair was especially named in the category of poisonous hairs, and even at the begini iiing of the seventeenth century Paulus l Zacchias, a famous physician, writes of the virulent poison of the hair of cats. Among civilized people such superstitious belief- have gone out of existence, ' and only Malays give their enemies I tiger hairs in broth to kill them. I "Hair today, however, is one of the important factors in deciding murder cases, and the microscopic examination of hair, where it is found in criminal cases under suspicious circumstances, is. I invariable. The first thing the coroner is called I upon to d< termine is whether the hair is from man or beast. The microscope i determines this beyond peradventure. i Animal hair differs in construction from ; that grown on a human head. In human hair the upper skin is smooth and thin. The circular section is comparatively broad, forming the main part of the hair shaft. It is.striped in appearance and carrie.- the color matter. The tubular part is thin, extending to about onefifth ami certainly not more than to one-quarter of the. entire width of the hair. Animal hair also consists of three parts, but these are differently constructed, the tube often filling the entiie hair. The eWISDf the hair must be closely watched, and especially woman’s hair will be found ragged and torn at the ends. The hair from beards is usually the thickest, its diameter being as much as 0.15 millimeters, while hair from female I heads can be as fine as a didtneter of 0.06 millimeters would make it.—St; Louis Republic. , Wood Bending. In an account of the wood bending industry a writer in The Woodworker re marks that comparatively few persons outside the carriage and boat building interests are aware of its Extent, ami but few realize that the carriages they I ride in are very largely made of such I wood —the fellies of all their wheels are bent and made iu two parts—the framewprk of coaciies and heavy carriages is nearly all made of bent stock, and not only better made, but more cheaply, and the frames of pleasure boats are bent, as also many of the frames of the finest sailing yachts. Furniture, too, of many kinds, has bent frames, all the celebrated Thonet chairs, for example, being made entirely of wood thus treated. The object of bonding is twofold—namely, saving of time and stock and stability and strength of the work when put together—this independent of beauty of form, and bent carriage shafts are almost, if not entirely, used now, instead of the old style, clumsy, sawed ones. Skill in mtiniptv hl ting the material is very essential. Simply the forms to bend on and the steam box in which to soften the 'wood do uot alone insure success in the operation—it is necessary to know perfectly the stock to bend, it being so variable shat no two pieces bend alike. Two Literary Coincidences. . In a recent after dinner speech Rider Haggard mentioned two old literary coincidences that had occurred in connection with his works. One of these concerned his invention of an incident on the Tana river, where amission station was attacked by the Masai and the mission people were killed. Strange to say, after his imagimiiy aceomiUhad appeared; sriincrrtis- - sionaries did found a station on that river, were attacked by the Masai and some of them were killed. In his book, "The People of the Mist,’’ he had fixed upon an unknown part of Africa and had described a region from his inner consciousness, and only a week before the speech was made a company, in which the author is a director, had sent out orders to take possession of the very tract ho had in view, and so far as the reports of the native agents who had inspected it went he believed his descriptions were fairly correct. Tlioroughly Human. J Bloozin—That street just below is quite a thoroughfare, isn’t it? Blagzin—No; that’s not a thoroughfare at all, but the likes to use it because there’s a sign there that reads, “Private way—dangerous passage?”— Roxbury Gazette*. A Course Dinner. “When Impen the front door upon my arrival homo at night, ” said Mr. Flatby, "I inhale the fragrant odor of a delightful, Passing in a leisurely manner up tiice first flight of stairs, I finish the soup at the second floor, and then I find that the fish has been served. I fake fish as I proceed along the hall and up Hie second flight of stairs. On the third floor I find the roast and on the fourth a dainty dessert When I rXeach niy own floor, all I really want is a cup of coffee and a cigar.”—-New j Vork Sum I ' j ■; u *’ _«•' . r- Il

NEW ELECTRIC LINES Several of the Northern Cities to Be Connected by Trolley Railways. — '' i TO TOUCH MANY OF THE LAKES. Will Make tl<e Popular ax a Hummer Mmort—Herron*. Be.piext to the Art AHHoelatlon — OMcial. For tlie Vandalia — lluralai'H Make a Rich Haul. Farmer Badly Froze.n —Minor Item.. Ligonier, Ind., Jan. 6.—Capitalists have liecome interested in the project to eomu'ct the cities of northern Indiana by a system of electric street Railways. A road to lx- known as the Huntington, Columbia City and Ligonier Will have this city as its teyminus. Tho Burns line will be built out of Elkhart to form a connecting link. A road to be built out of Fort Wayne will connect with _ the Huntington, Columbia City and Ligonier, and another system will bring South Beiutin connection with Chicago, the ultimate point to be reached. Northern Indytna is dotted with small lakes, ».id the routes have begn so surveyed as to make them accessible as watering places. Herron's Bequest Io the Art Association. | Indianapolis, Jan. 6.—The suit to set i aside the will of the late John Herron, which bequeathed #250,000 to the Indianapolis Art association, was thrown out of the circuit court here yesterday, i When shit was brought, six num ths ago, by the relatives of the testator, to avoid filing a cost bond, it was asked that plaintiffs be permitted to prosecute the suit as poor persons. Judge Brown overruled the petition and the case was stricken from the docket. The question of the right of plaintiffs to prosecute the suit as poor persons is before the supreniq court. They are confident of a reversal, and will then refile their case. Widow Sues For Insurance Money. Indianapolis, Jan. 6. — Thomas H. Powell, a liquor dealer, died some days ago, and his widow Saturday brought suit against the supreme tent Knights of Maccabees for #1,500. The order claims that, according toits constitution, a person engaged in the liquor traffic could not be a member, and on this ground it refuses to pay the death benefit. , Mrs. Powell alleges that her husband paid all dues and assessments up to the time of death, and on the day he died an assessment was paid to the order and accepted. New Vandalia Officials. Indianapolis, Jan.. 6 —lt is rumored in railroad circles here that J. J. Tiu'ner, at present superintendent■' of the Pittsburg division of the Panhandle, will be made vice president and general manager of the Vandalia, and W. C. Arp, now master mechanic of the Pennsylvania company’s shops at Demiison. 0., will be made superintendent of the motive power. Both are considered to be among the most competent of railroad men. Farin.T Killed by the Cars. Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 6. — Frank Smithers, aged 35, was killed Saturday night near Colburn, this county, by a Wabash passenger train. Smithers, who is a farmer, hail started home, became weary, sat down on the track and, it is supposed, went to sleep. He was badly cut up by the wheels. <4l assworker Frozen to Death. Anderson, Ind., Jan. 6. — William Nelson, a glassworker at Orestes, north of this city, was sick when lie went to work Friday night. He worked until early Saturday morning and ' started home. He was found later in a snowdrift, a few feet from his home, frozen stiff. Bnrcflanv Halve a Rich Hani. Laporte, Ind., Jan. 6 —The general store of H. G. Greiger at Hanna, tliis comity, was burglarized and the safe blown open. About #350 were taken and some 25 gold and silver watches that had been placed there for safe keeping by the local jeweler, J. T. Sheperd. Will Dio From Exposure to Cold. Newcastle, Ind., Jan. 6. —Hon. John G'. iludelson, who was badly frozen while driving iu from his farm nprth v? town, is in a serious condition and can hardly survive. Mr. Hudelson is an exclerk of the Henry circuit court. Pumphouse Boiler Explodes. Decatur, Ind., Jan. 6.—The boiler in the pumphouse of the Chicago and Erie railroad exploded here' Satiu*day inorn- - ing. Thomas Mylott, engineer, was fatally hurt. The building was biown to atoms. Beciune Despoitdeut and Used a Razor. Bluffton,.lnd., Jan. 6.—John Guldin, aged 20, living west of this city, is lying-' in a serious condition, having become despondent and tried to kill kiniself with a razor. INDIANA NOTES. A temperature of 12 degrees below zero was reglstwed Saturday at Elwqod. 'Dig Rushville “Graphic has been purchased by Frank C. and Dix D. llazeh-igg of Greensburg. Dr. Verner 1). Ludwick, a promising young physician of Connersville, has been pronounced insane and removed to Lndiai'apolis for treatment. JuvigeM. A? Chi pman of Anderson fell i on the ice sidewalk and broke Ids leg. lie hfy in the street for some time before as r sistance could be secured John Lux, who has broil in the wholesale grocery business at LoganspoYt for 33 years, lias soid’his to J. T. Elliott and 11. S. Elliott, father and son. James E. Roberts of Indianapolis and Q. A. Mount, cashier of the First National ba.ak of Conucrswlle, will - leave in a few <la\s for a trip to Jerusalem and other I -poials oi interest in the old world. t Mr. and Mrs. Robert Amlxtr have celebrated the 50th anniversary of their' wedding near UUliana, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Amber have lived oh tlf? fafin 1 hey j now make t heir home foi 45 years. 1 Weather. Indiana hmV Illinois—Generally fair; waruu>r; southerly winds.

SPEECH BY MR. VEST Supreme Court Charged With Being Responsible For the Deficit, i ■*■ 'greenbacks are championed. Senator From MUwoiirl l>ywi Not Like the l v r<>|M>Nition to Plure toe Circulation In the Hund* of the NaHonal Bunk* New MeiniHT of Coiiki***mm From I.’tahDrain on th<* <iold XeMcrve. Washington, Jan. B.—Yesterday the senate was treated to one of Senator i I Vest’s characteristic speeches. He ar- [ raigned the supreme court-for the in- ‘ ■ i uniff tax decision; he laid the responSi- j bility forthe lack of revenue at their’ floor when they exempted the "sordid wealth of the land" from taxation; he contrasted the records of the present and past administrations; he threw some; iu ht upon liort toforeiinknown chapters , i,n the history of the McKinley law: he • denounced rhe financial dependence of ; this country and of others upon the i monied infliumcc; he attacked the presi- ' ! dent mid the seeret;n4 of the treasury I for their projxtsition to retire the green- ' backs and place the circulation in tho I hands of. the national banks: quoted • Secretary Carlisle against himself, and I in conclusion, declared that the conflict 1 I lietween bimetallism and rhe gold stand- | ard was in-epressible and that the s<m>ii- j er it was decided the better if would be ■ soi 1 our public and private life. The other feature of the session grew out of the introduction by.Mr. Chandler <>f a bill for a populai* loan through the issue of {Mistal savings the course < f Mr. Chandler’s remarks the cable replies of rhe Prince of Wales, the Rothschilds mid others to the New York World were alluded to. ami Mr. Lodge claimed that rhe editor of The World had Ix-en guilty of violating section 5,335 of the revisi-d statutes ig holding communication with officials of another government, the purpose, of which ‘•was to interfere with a measure of the United State.-." Mr. Gray of Delaware rebuked both Mr. Lodge and Mr. Chandler for the suggestion thfit- public opinion could nor be solicitetl either here or abroad on any question, and affirmed that a just public opinion in all civilized centers must be the final arbitrator of all disputes, Mr. Jones (Dem., Ark.) yesterday reported from the finance committee the free silver substitute for the house bond bill and gave notice that he would call it up ttxlay and ask the senate to consider it. Mr. Morrill, chairman of the finance committee, notified the senate that tho substitute was opposed "by every Republican member of the committee." Proceeding’s In the H<»nse. f Another brief session of the house was held yesterday at which the only important business transacted was the admission of tlft l new •member from the new state of Utah, Mr. Allen, and the adoption of resolutions calling upon the attorney general for information concerning the enforcement of the antitrust law and for recommendations of new legislation ‘in the subject, and on the secretary of the treasury for statistics concerning the seal fisheries of the Behring sea. If is ex])ected that the house will take up the discussion of the new e< >de>of rules today, as the committee liojies to be able to make a report. Drain on _ the reserve. ■ Gohl Store In the Treasury Loses Nearly Three Million Dollars. Washington. Jan. S.-—The treasury yesterday lost #2,163,000 in gold bars, and #1,096,000 in gold coin, and received froln the Mereliantile National bunk oi New York 5500,000 iu exchange foreurreitcy, making the “met toNS~?or the day #2,759,000. This leaves the true amount of the reserve at the close of business #58.326.710. In financial circles here the fear is expressed tliiit yesterday’s heavy withdrawals are but the beginning of heavy exportations'. It is recalled, that during last Jatrnary threwiriniraw idsmmomited to about #-15,000,000, of which #30,000.000 wei'e withdrawn xvithin two weeks and over #7,003.000 in one day. The fact fhat-30xl:iys must elapse before the new bond issue,can be closed and the contracts awarded seems to add to the anxiety heretofore felt, and in some quarters the opinion is expressed that before Feb. .1 arrives the gold reserve will have been reduced considerably below any point it has reached hitherto. Flret .Will Not-~Be S.'iit tUTurEey. Washington, Jan. B.—The continued i rep rt.s of tlie assembling of a large United States fleet in Turkish wateis is discredited by those in a position to know at the navy department. It is [ pointed out that the fleet already there ' is ample to give any moral effect to such urgent demands on Turkey as this government might determine upon. This fleet is said to equal that of any of the. European powers, although their interests in Turkey are more important than those of the United States. Senator Fritehaiars Wants. Washington, Jan. s.—Senator Pritchard (N. 0.) gave notice yesteday of an intended afiieiidnient to tlie tariff bill for the restoration of the. McKinley duties on various articles, including clays, lime, marble, stone, ironore, timber, lumber, tobacco, live animals, i agricultural products, fish, fruit, meats of all kinds, poultry, lard, hemp, wool, xoal and coke, and ‘inereaseilig the duty on mica to 50 cents per pound. Mr. Hemenway’s Heavy Mall. Washington. Jan. 8. — Mr. Heffiehway» from the First district, .gets' - the largest mail of any - Indiana niember,’ i while Mr.Tlem'y, who represi'nfs tlie lii- ' diamipnlis <iistr.et, gets the smallest. Nearly every mail brings -tiifm 2."> to D letters to Air. Hemenway, which eiii'brace all subjects from pension claims to requests for public ddeuments. Senators Caucus <»n the Tariff,Bill. Washington. Jan. s.—The Republican senaforadid not reach any conclusion jn the caucus yesterday relative to the

tariff bill. Tlie jirevailing sentiment, i however, seemed to Is* favorable to higher schedules on agricnltural products, i and possibly sugar may Is protected. I Another meeting will be held this afterlexm. U Indiana Senator* Attacked. Washington. Jan. H.—The New York Sun yesterday made abitterattnek ujxin Senators Voorhees and Turpin, claiming that they misrepresent the ;* <>ple of Indiana upon tiniincial ;questions. The article was a subject of g* neral comment here yesterday. INDUSTRIOUS INSURGENTS. Deatroylng Property Almost I’ndt'r Ute Gun* of the Ciilmn I’apital. Havana, Jan. B.—Word h i- been re- I i ceived that the sounds of cannon and 1 musketry were head -yesterday in the I neighborhotxl of Guanajay. an imp >rtant town of 4,000 inlulbitanfs in Pinar I del Rjo. 45 miles southward of Havana. It is supjMisetl that an engagement took place there between the fori ■- of Gen->. , oral Siuircz Valdez and the insurgents, but the numbers engaged or the fortune i of the fight is not known. The insurgents were-burning and de- . 1 stroyi ng property vestenlay up to within eight miles of llaVana. The district : atonnd the villageof Calabazar suffered, ■ Ualabazar is only two niil''> from Vonto. where the apparatus is h eated uppn j which Havana depends for its water supply. In the Gtilqbazar and Hoyo Color-, ■] ado districts the caiie has been burned in the fields of Manlin, Garro and Baracoa. INDIANA BITUMINOUS MINERS. ’ Delegate Convention In fces*ioii to Conftider Next Year’** Wage Scale. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 8. —The bituminous niinersof Indiana met in delegate convention yesterday to consider the wage scale of 1896, which g<xis into , effect April 1, ami to inquire into the . trouble in the Washington district. • i where the miners have been on a strike for the past two months over objectionable screen systems. The miners deny there is any intention on their part or on the part of the operators to curtail the output, although that plan has been strongly advocated by leading miners aud operators. The 35delegates present represent 3.500 miners, every district except Clinton, now working on the Grape 1 creek differential, being represented. ST. LOUIS EXPLOSION. Three Hun<lre<l Pounds of Gunpowder Stored In the Wrecked Building. ' St. Lons. Jan. B.—At the inquest • ' yesterday over the remains of the rictims of last week’s explosion it was brought out by the testimony of L. L. Green that at least 300 pounds of gunpowder, in the shape of giant*firecrackers alone, were st-red On tire first floor of the building occupied by the H. B. • Grubbs Commission company. j After the taking of other testimony, I which showed nothing iuqx.Ttant, the inqnesr was adjourned until tomorrow 1 morning iji order that Grubbs may be j 1 re-examined and the report of the chemist at Washington University laid be- ! fore the jurv. I • t [ STONECUTTERS ON A STRIKE. j Fight Hundred Throw Down Their Tools , Over the Machine Question. Chicago, Jan: B.—Eight hundred! stonecutters were ordered to throw down their tools yesterday and aiv out on a strike. Attempts to settle the trouble between rhe proprieti rs and men have . been futile, ami at a meet mg the central organization held last Friday the strike was decided ujxm if the employ ts did not yield. Twenty yards are . affected. The trouble is over the stone ! planing machines which do the work of several men and may be run by commo t ■ lalxirej-s. Wherever these maelnn.are> used the union demands that only union stonecutters be employed. Siin«'l>«»in<l and Starving;. j Atchison. Kan,. Jun. s letter Uwas reeeiveiL iu Ar Jiisoff yesterday saying the family.--e#-- Frank MeCaiu. formerly a iherchaiit here, was -nowbound and starving in the jnpnntaius 15 miles ! from Wintbroju Wash. The letter was i written by the oldest sou. who succeed- | ed in getting through the storm drifts, to Winthrop AlcCaiu had become insane and the family had b - . ti living on ■ baron-for some time. There were- seven, children in the family." - Confessed a Crhue. Los ANGraa:s. Jan, 8. —At a prayer- ' meeting at South Pasadena. - Charles | Craw ford-a rose under deep excitement and stated he cpuld not hold his s'eerer ; any longer. He t hen announced he was I Albert Detfeiidoj-fer. son of a wealth} merchant of Huntington. Pa. and a fugitive from justice under sentence for - Imrghti'v mid larceny-in F, imsvlvaiiia.* He came to this city yesterday and gave ; himself up To the sheriff. Kansas Frairie Fires. Wichita. Kan.. Jan. s.— The prairie i fires which lit up the sky west of here , Ifonday night have been located in Pratt county, and fears are enti-irained that i the village of luka is within the district. I It is still impossible to get definite news i from the Scene, however. BRIEF MENTION. The shortage of ex-City Treasurer Bolin t>f Omaha will reach #115,010 Dean B. Mason, vice consul general of the United States at Vienna, .is dead. The Ohio senate yesterday adopted resolutions in honor of .the late Allen ti. Thurman. -i Eire at 272-276 Madison street, Chieasro, damaged the building mid contents to the extent of tIOO.OOO. The Confectioners’ and Bakers’ Supply.company was the principal -loser. The New York excise board ye-terdav increased the fee for hotel, saloon and storekeepers licenses about 12j,> per cent. This was done because the board believes '■there are too many- saloons iu the eit-y. Judge Shiras in federal court .it Omaha yesterday rendeied a decision declaring here Indians have—bwine citizens’ i-Tlie government is still bt'miul by all treaty r stipulations ■•listing while tribal relations were Sustained. There is a rumor abroad that Saniuel Al. Felton, receiver of the Cincinnati, Ne\v/ Orleaus.&nd Texas Pacific railway, is .to be eltosen president of the Ihrltimore and Ohio Railroad company, to tiiUtbe vacancy caused by the resignation of President Charles F. Mayer. -.r’’ - < ■ / •

WIFE GETS Pennsylvaria Company Pays For the Killing of a Husband.’ PREPARATIONS OF A DYING MAN. ‘ Bn a Haiul«i»»tie Monument Fre«*ted and Bhvm HU Own Coffin—Want* Robert G. Inpmoll t«» Deliver Hlm Kiiiiernl Omtion* Novel »w Yenr’M Vow of a Drinking* .Man —Minor New* Iteiini. Logansport, Ind.. Jan. B.—Hester M. Shultz of this city brought suit for #lO,000 damages against the Pennsylvania Railroad companyabout two monthsago for tho killing of her husband by a runaway engim- in the localyards last July. By agreement thecase wtisvompronilsed, and the circuit court yesterday rendered judgment in favor of the phiiiitfff for 85.000, the amount mutually agreed upon. _ Preparing l'«»r Death, r Vincennes. Ind.. Jan. G. Bailey, ex-recorder of Knox county, is a hopeless paralytic. He is a proitbnuced infidel, and has been slowly sinking for 21 days, during which time he has refused all kinds of nourishment. Some time since he purchased his coffin and hail a handsome monument made to mark his grave. He required the marblecutter to pass his house with the monument that he might see it before being pkwed above his last resting place. It is understood that his last will aad testament provides that SSIM) shall be paid to Robert G. Ingersoll, conditioned that the latter deliver an oration over his remains. ' Novel’New Years’ Vow. Laporte. Ind., Jan. 8. —George Adams, a wellk iiown resident of Chesterton made a N<Av Year’s resolve to abstain from the use of liquor. Thomas Shay was a party to a compact which stipulated that if Adams broke his vow he should forfeit his house aud lot. Adams fell by the wayside in a few days, and true to the compact, turned over to Shayffht- k*-ys—of his house; Mis. Adams has demurred ami refuses to give possession of the premises. The question still remains unsettled, but the wife holds the fort. Doves the Kmerald Isle’. AURORA, Indy, Jun. 8. —Mis. Emaline Post of Harrison township, this county, is 112 years old and in the best of health. She was born in 1783 in Ireland, and came to America when a mere child. The old lady has a great knowledge of Irish history and never grows tired of i denouncing English oppression of the Emerald isle. Wife Follows the Husband. Rochester. Ind,, Jan. 8. —R. F. Jones, an old resident of this county, died last week and was buried Sunday ‘in Cass county. When rhe funeral party returned they found that his aged wife had suddenly passed away. Yes- ■ • terday her remains were laid beside i those of the husband. I’orllantl Votes a Portland, Ind.. Jan. B.—This city and Wayne township has voted to give a subsidy of $43,001) to the proposed Indiana Central railroad, which is to run from Huntington to Union City through the oilfields. A majority of 337 out of » total vote of 1,179 was given forthe sub-iilv. "h i Wealiby Woman Al tempts Suicide. 1 Wilkinson, Ind.. Jan. B.—Louisa I Dillie attempted suicide yesterday by drinking’ conceiitintedTye. Death will probal'ly result as a. large, quantity of i the lye bras swallowed. .Miss Dillie is ; mentally unbalanced, due to domestic i troubles. She is quite wealthy. .. -.fiL Diphtheria Keanpears at Auburn. Ai hid.. Jan.. U— Diphtheria ■ has again appeared at Auburn junction, ■ four miles i reni this city. Two deaths i have oeeurre-.i in one family, and a i third on • is oxpet ted. Every precaution ! has been taken to prevent a recurrence j oi' the epidemic of one year ago. Wants SslO.mm Damage-. Laporte. Ind., Jan. B.—Edwin A. Barm .- of New Carlisle has brought suit against the Lake Shore railroad for #lO,000 damages. Barnes was seriously inj jured at a road c rossing and he claims I the railroad company was negligent iu failing to sound a warning. Congregational cds at Alexandria. Elwood. Ind.. Jan. B.—The Congregafionalists have organized a church at Alexa ndvi;c sued wi 11 erroU a handsome edifice in which to worship,. INDIANA NOTES. Oxford. Benton comity, will spend $20,OOfi for a proposed new waterworks system. Charles V. M iller, harness dealer of Richmond, has failed. Liabilities. $5,000; assets, $3,000. The governing coinnlittee of the Indianapolis board of trade has passed resolutions of sympathy with the Cubans iu their efforts to achieve independence. Hon-. Frank B. Hitchcock, editor of the Betlfoixl Mail and recorder of Lawrence county, is dead after a long illness. His funeral took place this afternoou under tlie attspices of the Knights of Pythias. James Barnes is in jajl at Salem charged with stealing S4OO and a horse and buggy, from his newß wedded wife. He was caught iu Jeffersonville just as hfe was getting on tlie ferryboat to cross into Kentucky, Charles W. Rickets, who was formerly connected with 7 the Paris (Ills.) schools, has forfeited a $l.O bond at Terre Haute. J.le had been arrested tor attempting to pass a raised check on Trustee Bodner of Nevins township, Vigo county. Sophronia Cooper of Terre Haute has enteTed suit for divorce .from Frederick 'Cooper, alleging that he is a bigamist. She says he returned to wife No; 1 within two months after their marriage, with whom he is now living at Vandalia, Ills. On a farm uehr Olive Hill, Wayne county. live an old couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Tates, aged 95 ami 98, respectively, who were niarrie l 77 years ago. _They wett .Dorn in Tennessee, and married iu the auiug of 1819. settling on the farm where ihey ujtv reside in 1839. _2T