Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1895 — Page 6

Democratic Press. HKCA.TUR. IXD. Democratic Press ««,, . I’ubllnheiK. CIRCLING THE GLOBE. CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS' DOINGS. The New York Dork Sever Witnessed tinea, • Scene st Greeting an When lot Gascogne steamed in—Debs' Case Postponed— A Mother's Sacrltiee to Save Her Child. WILD WITH JOY. Friends and Passengers on the Gascogne Meet. New York special: The French line dock Was the seme of great rejoicing from the earliest hours of Tuesday morning. The friends ot rhe passengers on La Gascogne were at the dock from the first peep of dawn and remained there, despite the statement of the company's officers that the ship would not be docked before noon. The joy of tlie waiting crowd over the news of tlieir friends’ safety bubbled over and infected all those who visited the dock for business or from curiosity. The Gascogne came up the bay. escorted by a flotilla of tugs, at about lOo’elock. The ice in the Narrows reached from shore to shore, and the long-delayed liner loomed up. high-sided and red-funneled. in the midst of the grinding ice cake. The steamer looked very little worse for wear after her protracted trip, "she was not iced up tike most of the other steamers that have arrived since the blizzard. One of her boat, was damaged, but all the deck gear was in place. It was just 10:50 when the crowd on the end of the pier sent out a cheer that announced the arrival of lite ship. Those outside tlie (took shed took tip and rejieated the cheer.although they could not see anything but a sea of hands and plumed bonnets in front of them. It was 11:30 when she was in place. Capt. Baudelon stood by the gangway on the main deek and directed things. The crowd hailed him with three cheers and then some one asked, “What's the matter with Baudelon?’' There was a mighty response: Tie's all right.'’ The gang plank was in place at 11:40 and the captain nimsolf was the first man to land. The second officer of the ship was seized at the emi of the gang-plank by a dozen ' ladies, all of whom attempted to hug am) kiss hi* at onoe. It was impossible t« learn w hether or not they were relatives and apparently it did not matter much. Every passenger that landed was pounced upon by a dozen or more ami fora time was in greater danger of suffocation than he j was of drowning on the voyage. At 12 o'clock all the cabin passengers I were, landed and the crowd on the pier slowly pushed through the crowd, massed in front of the pier, and the greatest dock reception on record in the city was over. Mother anti Two Children Drowned. Mrs. William ftefert, wife of the prominent contractor. living at Neville Island, a few miles below Pittsburgh, on the Ohio river, was drowned while w alking across the river on the ice. She was carrying a child, aged three, in her arms and the other was walking beside her. They had already reached the opjiosite side of the river when the ice broke and let them through. Though the water wasonly three feet deep at that point all were drowned. To Save Her Child. Mrs. Nancy Ford and her infant child were found in a woodhouse in Breastorm, Ohio, nearly frozen to death. The woman was almost in a nude state, having removed what little clothing she had to protect her child. Iler left foot and ankle and right foot and limb as far as the knee wen frozen and will probably have to be amputated. Tire unfortunate ones were removed to tlte County Infirmary, where they at e being properly attended to. Destructive to Cattle. Georgetown (Tex.) special: It is now feared the present universal norther will be destructive to cattle and other live stock. The sleet and ice have undoubtedly caused much hardship to live stock, and the loss will be heavy. Reports indicated that the, cattle on the range passed the winter very well, but since then sleet has come and complicated the situation. Against It. The Senate Committee on Privileges and aud Elections has reported adversely the joint resolution providing for the election of Senators by a direct vote of the people. No written report was submitted. A written minority report in favor of an amendment to the constitution providing for such election was submitted by Senators Turpie, Mitchell, and Palmer. Two Frozen to Death. The bodies of two middle-aged men, one of whom is thought to be F. P. Hart, a member of the Metal Workers’ union of Denver. Col., were found in a barn owned by Gideon Foillis, near Bryan. Ohio. The men had evidently taken refuge in the barn and froze to deatn while asleep. Another BHz.ardTlie weather bureau has received information that another big storm is developing oft the North Pacific coast. Storms arising in this section move, as a rule, along tlie northern edge of the United States and leave their effects also in tiie New England and Middle States. A Mistrial. Judge Grosscup has postponed the Debs trial until the first Monday in May. He discharged the jury on recount of tlie serious illness of Juror Coe, and a new jury will be summoned when the case is again pul on trial. A Babe Frozen. The 14-weeks-old child of Carrie Bibb was frozen to death at her home. twelve miles north of Ilnssellville, Ky. Fatal Peanut Shell. Tlie young child of Janies Weeks, a farmer near Seelyville,lnd., die I of a disease that battled the skill of all the physicians. An autopsy was held, and a peanut shell was found lodged in the throat near the epiglottis. _ Strikers Indicted. The grind jury at Brooklyn, N. Y.. found twelve indictments against strikers and others who obstructed trolley cars and committed acts of violence. All pleaded not guilty.

SHE'S SAFE. The Fren ch Steamer La Gascogneat Last Sighted Off t ire Island. A special from New York -ays: La Gascogne is safe. Tiie big French liner, eight days overdue, dropped anchor at the I bar ju-t before midnight Tuesday, all well | on board, and a sigh of relief goes up from two continents. Delay was due to a broken piston rod and to the terrific gales ; which have swept the north Atlantic for i the past week or more and brought disaster to many a staunch craft. Capt. Baude- i lon and the officers and crew of La Gascogne brought the ship and passengers through thegales and made port without help. From the time they left Havre. 'January 26, until Tuesday, they spoke to no trans- j Atlantic steamer, and saw only a four- j masted schooner, the one w hich reported ■ at St. Pierre, Miquelon. N. S., as having 1 seen a large steamer off the banks appa- ■ rently in distress. The steamer left Havre January 26. On the first day out 449 miles was logged; on the second day 407 miles: on the third day, after traveling 380, the piston rod broke and eighteen hours were spent in making repairs. When they were completed the ship steamed at nine miles an hour, making in all sixty-six miles on the 29th. On the 30th. 31st and February 1. 215. 25e. miles a day were made respectively. On February 2, the piston rod broke down again. The break was more serious this time. Sea anchors w ere Jput out and for forty-one hours the ship was hove to making repairs. On the 4th the first severe w eather was experienced and the ship was blown 150 miles out of her course. On the sth, the repairs having l>evn completed. | 108 miles were made. The ship was then | .Tear to the northward of the track of transAtlantic steamers and was therefore not seen by the mrny steamers which passed over the regular track. On February 6, 160 miles weie made. On the 7th the machinery broke down for the third time. The heavy cyclone sf-nc-k her on that day and the ship hove to with the sea anchors out all day. No headway was made, and ow ing to the motion of the ship repairs were dtlficult. On the ::-xt day the chief engineer, who had been at his post day and night, completed the repairs, and the ship proceeded 131 miles. On the ninth, for the fourth time tlie machinery broke down and only seventy-four miles were made. On the 10th. one hundred and fifty miles were made, and Tuesday, to the great rejoicing of all on board. Fire Island was sighted and the ship crept up to her anchorage off the bar. NEW BONDS May Solve the Gold Reserve Problem. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: For a whole week the confident expectation of the sale of bonds has kept back exports of gold. Withdrawals from the treasury amounted to about $2,000,000, but were mainly for domestic purposes. No bond bill has passed or is likely to pass Congress, and in the two mouths ending with February Ist, the treasury actually lost $67,066,000 in gold, of w hich $46,400,000 went into general circulation and $26,300,000, besides the product of the mines, went abroad. How to arrest this outgo in either direction is a problem which another issue of bonds may possibly solve. It is hoped that the negotiations with foreign bankers may secure some improvement, though it is clear that sales of securities here will have the same effect as if the bonds were placed in this country and they may not be stopped by the new transactions. In other reports the domestic money market is decidedly encouraging, with a fairly hopeful increase in transactions of commercial pajier, though receipts of money from the interior continue surprisingly large for the season. The condition of industries, if not definitely lietter. at least presents some points of encouragement. The failures reported for the month of January show an aggregate of $15,103,292 liabilities against $29.843.028 last year, and in manufacturing only $3,728,587 against $11,589,715 last year, while in trading the liabilities were $11,055,105 against $17,234.587 last year. THE DENISON. India'".*. Greatest Hostelery Damaged by Fire. A special from Indianapolis. Ind., says: The Denison Hotel, the largest hotel in the State Capital, situated at the corner of Pennsylvania and Ohio streets, took fire at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. The flames burst through the partitions and got into the three floors o! the building before the firemen could get at it. The weather was so bitter cold that the firemen were badly handicapped in fighting the flames, and the fire soon got beyond their control. Nearly every room in the hotel was occupied, the guests numbering between 400 and 500, and the panic among them was territje. The flames originated in room 351, which was occupied by W. II Hanley, a traveling man. Hewas nearly suffocated, but was rescued in time to save his life. Frank Nutter, fireman, was struck by the falling cornice. His skull was fractured and he will probably die. Patrick Ryan, another fireman, was slightly injured. The women in the hotel became frantic and many locked themselves in their rooms. They were taken out w ith difficulty. At 2 o'clock the fire was under control. The loss w ill be over SIOO,OOO. The Wabash street wing of the structure was destroyed. Many of the members of the State Legislature board at this hotel, and as soon as the news was conveyed to them, the Legislature adjourned in hot haste and the Senators and Representatives hastened to the scene and hauled tlieir trunks and be'ongings down the stairway. IN PLAIN SIGHT. The Terrible Picture Presented by Nine Dying Men= New York special: The life-saving crew from the Lone Hill Station, on the great South Beach. opposite Eastport, L.1.. were out at day-break Monday and down the beach in the teeth of the storm, to make one more attempt to reach the men lashed and frozen in the rigging of the unknown wrecked schooner. When the life-savers left at dark nine men were still hanging in the rigging. As the icy wind had not abated, and as the waves were washing over the ground ’d vise-locked wreck, the life-savers felt that the men surely must be dead. Captain Draper fixed his glass upon the ice-draped rigging of the wreck. The seven forms still hung there, not one having fallen during the night. But three of the men were hanging head down. Evidently they had lashed tlieir legs when they went up in the rigging to escape the fury of the deck. During the night they had died, and, tlieir fingers relaxing, their bodies had fallen, to hang by the knees. The life savers tried to launch the lifeboat, but the shore ice and the surf made that effort vain. A line was then fired into the rigging but the unfortunate men who had sought refuge in the rigging were unable

’ to get it. probably because they were benumbed and thoroughly exhausted. The life savers were compelled to stand ' idly by and see the poor sailors perish, for an hour later the crew commenced to drop : into the water. WIPED OCT. The Chinese Fleet I'lacticallv Destroyed by the Japs. V cable from Wei Ilai Wei say s: The : Chinese fleer iias practically ceased to ex- ’ ist. The iron clad Chen Yuen and her sis- I ■ ter ship. Ting Yuen, have been sunk, and i other vessels of the Chinese fleet are within the grasp of the Japanese. At daybreak Sunday, the Japanese fleet o|ienvd fire on i Lui Kung forts. The Chinese fleet soon came to the assistance of the forts. Tiie i Ting Yuen used her guns without effect, ‘ ' but succeeded in diverting someof the Jap- > anese fire from the forts. Lai Yuen, a ' -mailer ship.also fought. They fought until ; dark when the firing ceased on both sides. I The Chinese forts especially suffered im- ; inense damage. Sunday, the Japanese fleet I blia-kiii the exites from the harbor. Toward the close of the fight the Ting Yuen and Chen Yuen were disabled. They gradually settled down and foundered amid shouts of triumph from the Japanese, both on land and sea. The dispatch concludes with the statement that the Jap- I anese are preparing to carry Lui Kung by ! storm. Hundreds til. fiscal mg unhurried gas at the new Wabash shoe factory, in Wcliash. Ind., which was dedicated with a large ball! under the auspices of the local lodge j Knights of Pythias, made over 200 persons I violently ill. some of them being confined |to their beds. The ballroom was closed ; tight, and. as the chimneys of the building • were very small and did not carry off the I natural gas fumes, the poisonous air was forced into the room. Its effects were not noticeable until 9 o’clock, when women, began to faint, and at onetime 25 were stretched out unconscious in a retiring room. . Their conditiot. was serious for a time, but they recovered and were taken home in hacks. Clinton Zigler, a young society i man. was unconscious for four hours and is ; in a bad condition, w hile all of the guests ; are suffering to so some extent. “Green Goods*' Men Arrested. Chicago officers arrested four men ; charged with having worked the “green ' goods'" game on George E. Eliringerof Mun- j cie, Ind. One of the men arrested is as- , sorted to be "Happy Cal" Wagner, w ho at one time was famous throughout the laud as a minstrel. Another is “Dor " Minchen. 1 who has been known to the ]iolice for some j time, coming into special notoriety in April. 1892. when he and some confederates ■ managed to effect the eseajie of Tom ■ O'Brien, the notorious swindler, who was at the tune under arrest in Utica. N. Y., Ehriuger was induced, by means of a cleverly worded letter, to come to Chicago several days ago. with sso> in good money for a parcel alleged to contain SI,OOO of "green goods.” When he arrived home, how ever, he found that the parcel contained one ordinary brick. Getting Ready to Fight. A special from the city of Mexico says: There is no change in the Guatemalan matter. The Mexican officials will not give out any information. Despite all rejHirts ■ to the contrary, however, it is learned on ' good authority that Guatemala has not receded from her original answer to : Mexico, and is still rushing troops to the , frontier. The Mexican warship Zaragosa, which is I the best in the Mexican navy, is awaiting j orders at Acapulco w ith steam up. Mexico ' is still sending troops to the front, and also perfecting a telegraph line. It is reported also that she is buying arms and ammuni- j I lion abroad and in the United States. From the present outlook the delay is on the part of Mexico for time needed to make active preparations for possible w ar. Frightfully Burned. Death in its most horrible from visited Mrs. C. A. Brown, of 985 East Rich street, Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Brown had just returned from a visit to a neighbor, and, being chilled through, rushed immediately to an open grate in which a large fire was blazing. In a second and liefore she could hardly realize what was happening, she w »s enveloped from head to foot in flames. Her dress, coming in contact with the fiapies, caught fire. She screamed for help. The burning clothes were tom from the woman and with them came pieces of flesh, but assistance came too late. Her body from head to foot was a charred mass of flesh, and she had inhaled the flames. A Cleveland Fire. Fire broke out in the Home for Friendless Women, near the comer of Scoville avenue and I’utman street, Cleveland, Ohio, and the building was almost totally destroyed. Many of the inmates were sick in lied and for a time a repetition of the Deaconesses Home horror seemed probable. The fireman succeeded, however, in removing all the inmates, although their rescue was attei ad with the greatest difficulty. owing to the intense cold weather. The water from the fire engine froze as soon as it left the hose and the firemen could make but little headway in checking the flames until the building was practically destroyed. The Latest Swindle Out. A new swindle is being worked in the vicinity of Elwood, Ind., that beats anything on rc-eord. A couple of men dressed like sign painters drive up to a farm house, and ask j>ei mission to paint a sign on the fence for some well known firm, and when the sign is pairtted they remark that they desiiu no one else to be allowed to paint signs on this particular fence, and they give the fanner a dollar, and take his receipt to give to the business man, to show him what has been done with his money. The meu depart, and in a few weeks the farmer finds bus note for a good sum in the bank, and receives notice to come and settle. Eating Their Horses. Albuquerque iN. M.i special: Rev. S. C. Snyder, of the Navajo agency, at Fort Defiance, who is in the city, says the Indians are having a hard time to exist this winter. Their wool crop was hardly worth shipping, and they raised no grain last year. They are eating their horses, of which they have great herds. Two representatives of the Interior Department are now at the agency investigating the condition of the Navajos. No work is now being done on the irrigation system that is being put in by the Government, but it is expect-d active Work will begin on the ditches in the spring. Clasped A Corpse. When Maggie Burke and Millie Clare went to bed at the former’s home, in Barbertin, Ohio, the other night, they wrapped themselves in each other’s arms to keep warm. When Miss Clare awakened ■ in tlie morning she found herself hugging a I corpse. The dead girl’s arms were locked | around her own body. Miss Burke died

during the night of congestion of she brain. Two weeks ago she fell on her face and was badly injured. The shock of finding a corpse in her bed has prostrated Miss Clare and she may not recover. A Roarer. Sistersville (W. Va. i special; T.ast fall the big Moses gas well was brought in this field, and developed a very remarkable flow, the roar of the escaping gas being heardten miles away. About three montlu ago the well was shut down after the expenditure of much time and money, and the owners thought they had it secure. The other night it broke the casing at aa unknown distance under ground, and the earth for over an area of fifteen acres was torn and seamed w ith great fissures through v.hich the gas was escaping by the million feet with a noise which could be heard for a long distance. Tiie task of again confining the well seems to be a hopeless one, and if the gas catches fire a remarkable display will result. Still in Distress. F. M. Wells. Secretary of the General Relief station at Nclsoni iile. Ohio, stab’- that the condition has not improved any in the past week, and. if anything, there had been a greater call for aid than before. Provisions are being received daily, but not enough to supply the demands. Governor McKinley made a personal donation of three barrels of sugar, four boxes of meat and three boxes of coffee. Gen. Grosvenor had sent a cheek for SSO. Other aid has l>een received from Toledo. Bloomdale, and Columbus. The severe cold weather is greatly felt by those who are in lussl of clothing and shoes. There is not any sign of lietter condition yet. and will not be until the men can secure work. Secret Society Decree. Philadelphia special: The pope's decree against the secret societies has virtually been withdraw. This fad is made public for the first time. Pope Leo is not going to consider the question further, and it has in effect been decided to permit the decree to become a dead letter. It will never lie promulgated in St. Louis. St. Paul, san Francisco and the other dioceses in which it has not yet been promulgated. Archbishop Ryan is said by prominent, Catholic lodge men to have been personally opposed to the decree. Big Fire at Indianapolis. Fire original-d in the wholesale grocery establishment of <;.-<>rge W. Stout, No-. I"7 and 109 South Meridian Street. Indianapolis, and for a time the entire wholesale district w as in danger of being devastated, amt a repetition of tiie great fire of seven years ago in the same district was feared. The flames were confined to the Stout establishment which was entirely destroyed. The loss is $150,000; insurance $85,000. The drug house of A. Kiefer & Co., suffered considerably by smoke and water. This was also covered by insurance. A Train Telescnped. A milk train on the Utica branch of tiie Delaware, Lackawanna A- Western crashed into the Philadelphia express at Norwich, N. Y., completely telescoping the rear coach. Only four passengers were in the car. The wife of Recorder Rotx-rts of Binghampton, and two children received injuries which may prove fatal in the case of the younger, aged 2 years. A commercial traveler and the express messenger escaped with scalp wounds. A blinding snow storm caused the accident. Escape Almost Fatal. Tiie family of Christopher Jackson, near Elyria, niiio. was awakened by flames, which had consumed the upper portion of the house. They barely had time to eseajie in their night clothing, and then had to face a blinding snowstorm, with the thermometer two degrees below zero, for half a mile before they could find shelter. The five persons were nearly dead with exhaustion and exposure. Letter Carriers Heeeive Judgments. The United States Court of Claims has handed down judgments in 250 suits brought by letter carriers to recover for over work under the eight-hour law. The amounts range from S2O to $709. The carriers were employed in New York. Dayton. Ohio,Piqua,Ohio, Springfield, nhm. Lexington, Ky.. and Battle Creek, Mich. Warrants Issued. The Federal Court at Indianapolis, has issued 125 warrants for violations of the revenue laws and for selling oleomargarine. Most of the w arrants are against the keepers of resorts in Evansville, Terre Haute, Vincennes, Lafayette, Logansport. Fort Wayne, and Indianapolis, for selling beer w ithout government license. Poisoned By Silk Thread. The poison that lurks in colored silk got a victim in Pottsville, Pa., recently. Miss Lulu Buechley, daughter of a well-known lumber merchant, some days ago was sewing with green silk thread, she contracted blood poisoning by biting off the thread. American* in Danger. A dispatch received in London from Shanghai says that there is an intense antiforeign feeling on tlie Shantung Peninsula, and that the American missionaries are fleeing hastily THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, s3.7.V<rt;OO; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 <7.4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00514.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 50$i51e; corn. No. 2. 425/43e. oats. No. 2, 27@28c; rye, No. 2. 515152 c; butter, choice creamery. 23 f Q -B/ie; eggs, fresh, 30@31c; potatoes, ear lots, per bushel, 655isiJe. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. s3<2 5.50; hogs, choice light, $35(4.50; sheep, common to prime, $25i;4; wheat, \> 2 red, 51©52c; corn, No. 1 white, 405 j outs. No. 2 white. St. Louis—Cattle, [email protected]; hogs. s3@ 4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 515152 c; corn. No. 2, 41<g42c; oats, No. 2, 31@31l£c; rye. No. 2. 54'g5iw. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50*35.50; hogs, $:’[email protected]; sheep, [email protected]: wheat. No. 2, corn. No. 2 mixed. 445i45c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31 1 /^@32^! c; rye, No. 2, 555157 c. Detroit—Cattle. hogs. S4SJ 4.50; sheep, [email protected]; wheat. No. 1 white, 555j55%c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 415142 c; oats. No. 2 white, 33y/z34Uc: rye. No 2 535j54c. Toledo— Wheat, No. 2 red. 53zfi54c; • orn. No. 2 mixed, 415i42c; oats. No. 2 w hite, 335134 c: rye. No. 2. 53(&54c. Buffalo—Cattle. $2..'S 1515.50; hogs, $35? 4.511: sheep. $25i4.50; wheat. No 2 reiL 57@58c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 47(347Ljc; oats. No. 2 w hite, Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring. 525ji 53c; corn. No. 2, 435i44c: oats. No. 2 white, 325i32’>Ac; Imrley, No. 2,545150 c: rye. No. 1, 52'0,51c; perk, mess, $0,755/ 10.25. New York—Cattle, 535i5.75; hogs. $3.50 sheep, $25i5: wheat. No. 2 red. 59 ®GOc; corn. No. 2. 485j49e: oats, white j Western. 375z41c: butter, creamery, 1042 , 25c; eggs, Western, 335/.14c.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. OCCURRENCES CURING THE PAST WEEK. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doing, of Our Neighbore-Wed. ding, and Death.-Crimea. t aaoaities and General New. Note, of tiie State. — Hoosier Happening. Telephone rates have been cut tosl a j month in Elwood. I John Steixbri xk« " as f ounl, deatl in ! his bed at Fort Wayne. | OF the 56 inmates in the St, Joseph , County As’, ium, eight are women. T«e Good Citizenship League of Ander- | son is making war on the slot machines. _ ; Ttiot.ANt.sof fish, killed ar.’! floating in White River, near Noblesville. . More snow has fallen m Southern In- , diana this year, than any previous w inter | in twenty years. A CHILD of John Roberts of New l.oss, died from bums received while playing around an open grate. .. i Ges Rori"'s is months-old Child fell into j a bucket of boiling slop at Petersburg, and . was scalded to death. Elder W. O. Moore of Dayton, has been ehosen by acclamation for the Christian . Church pulpit at Martinsville. Five, liovs were coasting at Blooming- I ♦on, when tlieir sled collided with a heavy ■ wagon. They were seriously injured. The new directory of Logansport. jn>t { issued, places the imputation at 22.500, an | increase of two thousand in two years. At Logansport. Inez Malone. 15-nionth- j old daughter of Joseph Malone, a barber, was so badly burned that she died m two j hours. . J. B. Pkdbick. foreman of Reeves & I Co.'s manufacturing establishment, at Columbm. s'-t his fingers of the left hand on [ account of a buzz saw accident. I Three robbers entered J. F.. Erwin’s I drugstore at Logansport, while the pro-, prietor was alone, and robbed him of SBO. : The men wire captured at Camden. Frf.d Baker, a leading farmer of Lagro I Township. IVabash County, died of heart : disease at his home near Urbana. De- ! ceasi-d was a veteran and 67 years old. Two dvnamite cartridges were found j under the Pleasantdale Baptist Church. I The ends were burnol off, but the stuff failed to explode. Tremendous excitement. Chahi.es Connor, son of M. A. Connor, living east of Crawfordsville, w as seriously injured by a half dozen horses rushing out ' of a barn and over his body. He is ex- , pected to die. The Masons of Anderson and the Anderson Building and Loan Association have joined in an enterprise to erect one of the largest business blocks in the gas belt. It , will cost $40,000. The Richmond Natural Gas company. on account of the low supply of gas is making a reduction of one-fourth on all | January hills, except where the mixers j have been bored. The annual report of County Superin- I tendent Shaw shows an enrollment in the , public schools of Shelby Count} of 8,86$ , children and an attendance of 4,448. In , Shelbyville the enrollment is only 1,461 ' ind the attendance 934. Loris Boof.B. a wealthy farmer residing in Noble Township. Shelby County, while cutting wood severed his right foot at the anki’Withtheax. The man fell unconscious to the ground, and when found a half hour latei was almost frozen. The damage case of Charles A. Myers against the Pan Handle Railroad was compromised at Logansport by the payment of $2,000. Myers was a brakeman and lost an arm. 11“ got a verdict of $3,500, which was reversed by the higher court. The elevator in the Shelbyville furniture tactory of Stewart 4 Blakely fell two stories with bookkeejier B. A. Harding tnd an employe named Wood. Both were badly injured by being buried under some 'able leaves which toppled over at the same time. While at work in P. W. Smith’s sawnill, at Decatur, Elmer Smith met with an accident that will will prove fatal. He was assisting in unloading a large log, when the chain broke and the log started to roll, catching Mr. smith by the feet and crushed both legs to the hips. x Sflphfr Springs. Henry County, people are very happy over the’diseoverv there of natural gas in paying quantities’. The Well was drilled m on the McSheriev farm, and after being shot with nitro-glycerine show s a big flow. This is the third attempt to get gas in that part of Henry County. IV htle a number of farm hands were engaged at cutting fodder with a steam cut ting machine on the farm of J. L. Clapper, ten miles northeast of Newcastle, the boiler burst, and as a result three persons were instantly killed and several injured The killed are Nathan Taylor, a grown son of Mr. Taylor, and John Welker. On e of the largest deliveries of timber in a single day in this State occurred in Decatur the other day. Sixty-five teams delivered P ' Smith & Co. over 81.000 f« tOf oak and hickory timber, lug measure. They came in one continuos Irani, each driver bearing aloft the American flag, and were headed by the city band. 1 Frank George, who was received at the prison south recently from Vanderbure County, for larceny is the most remarkable "*o p ” so l ner confined in that institution. On ..is laxly are representations of a ship, cross, man. spear, two anchors, girl sailor, flower girl, a number of stars monument, trees arms of the United States a -hair and the letters L and G. parts of his body are entirely covered with needle poiu's- He is the greatest curiosity arrivmg at the prison for years. The. spiritualists of Anderson, are arranging for a series of revival services at the Temple, which promises to carry the warfare of sp’rituahsm into the _ holds of Anderson churches. There are rlnd°er e so? U '\ 3n ‘‘ a ' o in Anderson. Leading mediums siato writers and materializing agents of na The Other nmht i rP u toi.< prominent saloon’’ keeper of ( h «t° n .’ a igss pabit and preaching the TinJ K him in hisevangelieal work Mr TBISJ has won and lost fortunes at tht „ n table, and win start ““

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. Senator Sellers introduced a bill in the Senate, Monday. drawn at the suggestion of Gov- Mutthers. the purjaise of which is to prevent w inter racing at Roby. senator Parker introduced a bill prnvidI mg that guardians, administrators, £<-. I may offer surety and guarantee com;’:,i l i as bond, and pay for the cost out r>; the trust funds committed to their care. The bill appropriating $190,060 for the , nxtioii of a Soldiers’ Home at Lafayette i was passed. The bill providing divers and sundry amendments to tin- Evansville charter, was I also passed. Committee reports and bills on second reading were the order of business in the House. The bill authorizing cities to purchase and ojn-fate watei-woiks plants was favorably reported by the Committee on Cities and Towns. The bill for the reorganization of the Indiana militia, and appropriating s7sj«jq I encountered ofiposition w hen it came up in the House on second resding. When tlie : House adjourned there were three amendments fieriding, one proposing to reduce tlie appropriation to $36,600, anotber to and another to $50,000. By a vote of 74 to lathe Homse.Ttn-.sdav ; killed the bill creating the office of state Boiler Inspector. The military bill was again before the House and was finally re- : committed to the committee to report a i smaller appropriation. It is ptvbablethat $50,000 "ill I* appropriated. The House passed the bill providing f,<a fireman pension fund, and the committee ’ bill on fees and salaries for State and i county officers was rejKirted ami introI dueed. I Tin Senate in the afternoon passed Mr. ■ Bird's bill changing the dog law so a- to • place the dog tax in one fund, to be api portiomsl whenever losses of sheep haie been incurred. Bozeman's good roads law authorizing i county commissioners to issue bonds for the improvement and building of gratel i maeademized or turnpike roads was also passed. Senator Baker called for the thinl reading of his bill establishinga Superior('..ert : m Madison county. Tlie bill was passed i by a vote of 38 to 1. Senator Watson's bill amending the law for the appointment of justices of the |H-ace was called on its third reading. The bill pnmdcs that the acts of all justii- s~f the peace appointed before the election of : 1894. and whose successor have bec-n chosen, | shall be declared void. The bill passed. The Judiciary Committee of the House, ' Wednesday, reported favorably a bill in- ' vesting the Governor with power to remove i a Sheriff who refuses to use his power to ■ preserve order. The judiciary committee also reported I favorably upon the bill to make it unlawful i to discharge an employe because he belongs to a labor union. The elections committee reported ad- | versely upon Mr. Moore's bill providing I for a separate canvassing board to act j while the votes are being cast, but the house j rcfuse-l to concur and the bill went to the I calendar for second reading. The Miller-Bowers election contest was liefore the House. A motion to withdraw ' the matter from committee and to decide the I contest in the house was pending when the | House adjourned. The Senate passed a bill regulating the construction of suburban railways ami another regulating the apfiointment of special justices of the peace. Bills were introduced in the Senate to make it unlawful for any one to act as a detective, unless a certificate and powers are obtained from the chiefs of police of cities or from sheriffs. A bill aimed against the Roby race track was introduced. It authorizes tbcGovernor to ask for a receiver for any corporation transacting an illegal business. By the consent of the House, Thursday, Representative Holloway. Chairman of the Committee on Cities and Towns, submitted a report recommending the passage of the amendments to the charter of tiie city of Evansville after some changes have l>een made. Tlie bill had passed the Senate. Representative Holloway gave reasons for the changes asked for. The iu ,es were suspended for the passage of the bill, and. while it was being read tiie third time, the House was notified that tlie Denison Hotel was on fire, and adjourned in a stampede. in the Senate, Senator Crumpacker offered a joint resolution ordering the State Librarian to turn over to the 15th Indiana infantry a battle flag presented to it by the women of Laporte County for the regiment's valor at Stone River. The Veteran's Association of the 15th Indiana infantry is to be custodian of the flag, which must be kept in Indiana. The resolution was adopted. In the Foust-Rinear contested election ease the committee n-iiorted in favor of tlie sitting member. Word was received of the fire at the Denison Hotel, and the Senate hurriedly adjourned. The anti-pass-bill wasliefore the House. Friday. The committee on Rights and Privileges reported in favor of the passage of the bill, but Representative Moofemox 'l its recommitment to the Committee on Railroads. After a heated debate it was so recommitted, by a vote of 48 to 28. The House passed the follow ing bills: Providing that railroad companies and street car companies shall not run their lines through cemeteries. Legalizing tlie incorporation of Grand View, Spencer : < ounty. and Alton, Crawford County. The bill creating a Boanl of Park Commissioners for the city of Indianapolis was passed under suspension of rules. The military reorganization bill appropriating $45.'•' I , was passed, and Dinwiddle’s prize-fight bill was ordered engrossed. , The Senate killed a couple of insurance buls beating on what are known as valw 4 policies. Ihe Senate heard and adopted Committee reports and then adjourned until Monday morning. Among the bills recommended for passage were the following: Senator Barnes’ bill to establish permanent meridian lines. 1 he bill to reimburse certain persons for diseased stock, killed by order of the State Board of Health. Senator Crumpacker's bill providing for a system of public parks in the citv of Indianapolis. 1 of Senator Kern, providing for the abolition of the general term of Superior Courts. i T . — i raining For Circus rcrforniers. Every circus has some sort of train- : mg school for its “people,” and these • places are always al the winter qr.nri n !S u s * iow - larnum’s is at . ri “B p P°rt, Conn.; lorepnigh's at t uiladelj hia. There are a few retired i citcus performers who train persons ’ . r r ing. The best-known of these is Kobinson of N utley, N. J.