Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1889 — Page 7

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Onr Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths —Crime, Casualties and General New s Notes. THE LEGISLATURE. January 11.—The second day of the fiftysixth general assembly passed off without special incident. Lieutenant Governor Roberstson was again refused admission to the Senate chamber. The seat question came up before both houses. The members who w T ere late in selecting their seats through the librarian attempted to adopt resolutions providing for reseating everybody. The plan proposed—to draw lots for choice seats—has been in vogue in the National House of Representatives for forty years, and is considered the most satisfactory way of seating the members. The proposition was defeated in both houses. At 2 o’clock both houses met in joint convention for the purpose of listening to the Governor’s message January 14.—Senate—Senator Griffiths offered a resolution, comprising the names of members of the Senate standing committees for the present session, and as soon as the reading was concluded, moved the adoption of the resolution, and on that motion demanded the previous question. The demand was seconded by a strict party vote—yeas 27, nays 18, Senator Johnson submitted the protest of Republican Senators against the organization of the Senate by any other presiding officer than Lieutenant Governor Robert S. Robertson, which was ordered spread upon the records without reading, on motion of Senator Howard. House—The Senate having arrived, the Speaker declared that the two houses had met in joint convention, pursuant to law, to canvass the votes, cast for Governor and Lieutenant Governor at the last general election. This he proceeded to do, and, when the footing was completed, announced the following as the vote cast for Governor: For Alvin P. Hovey. 263,194; for C. C. Matson. 260,994: for Milroy, 2,702; for J. H. Hughes, 9,920. The Speaker then announced the vote for Lieutenant Governor as follows: For Ira J. Chase, 263,166; for W. R. Myers, 261,011; for Many, 2,737; for Baxter, 10,066. January 15,—Senate—Lieutenant Governor Chase presided. A number of bills were introduced, among them being bills providing for registration of votes, and to prevent trusts. House—Bills introduced: Putting the new insane hopitals under the control of a board of trustees, to be chosen by the Legislature; for the relief of the Supreme Court; relating to elections. January 16 House—Rules were reported by the Democratic majority of the Committee on Rules, and adopted by a strict party vote', providing that after a previous question has been seconded no member shall have a right to explain his vote, and that after the yeas and nays have been ordered upon call of the House no motion or amendment shall be permitted. Bills introduced: Creating a board of control for Indianapolis; relating to elections; appropriating S3OO for a monument to Gov. Jennings. Senate—A resolution providing for the appointment of twenty additional doorkeepers provoked a lively discussion, It was adopted after being amended so as to provide that the appointees should be exFederal soldiers.

Miami County Fanners’ Institute. A permanent organization of the Miami County Farmers’ Institute has been effected and is now in practical and active operation, and bids fair to become of inestimable value to those engaged in agricultural pursuits. The ob- ' ject of the meetings is the discussion of views relative to the various pursuits and of general interest. A constitution and by-laws were adopted at the organization, and officers elected, as follows: President, Joseph Cunningham; secretary, J. Pierce; treasurer, Louis Bond. Various committees w’ere appointed. Prizes will be offered to farmers’ sons with a view to a large and general attendance. The success of the movement is assured from the large number enrolled and the general interest being manifested throughout the county. The first regular meeting will be held in Peru on Feb. 2, and following oil* each month.

Minor State Items. —The disease known as “scab” is prevailing among the’ sheep north of Wabash. A fine flo-jk owned by Mr. Samuel Specher was attacked. The wool on the hind quarters of the animals, in advanced stages of the disease, drops from the hides, and in a few months the sheep die. Active measures to prevent the further spread of the malady will be taken. —John Pontius, a well-to-do farmer •of Geneva, Adams County, was fatally kicked on the head by a vicious horse. —Rev. George F. McGee, pastor of the Christian Church, at Madison, has ac•cepted a call from Richmond, Va., and ■will vacate his present pulpit on Jan. 27. —William Heller, one of Elkhart’s oldest citizens, fell dead in his yard from heart disease. He was one of that city’s first business men, and was 78 yuu* •of age. —lsaac Kres, a railroad employe, 46 :years old, was fatally crushed by an engine on the Pittsburgh road at Fort Wayne. His injuries are of such a nature that he cannot recover. —The sudden and mysterious death of John Dohn Donnell, of North Judson, three weeks ago, aroused suspicion, and the Coroner had the body disinterred and the stomach sent to Indianapolis for chemical examination. An analysis disclosed the fact that quantities of strychnine had been administered to him, but by whom is unknown. —Dr. C. E. Rankin has been appointed health officer for Montgomery County. —A little daughter of of Dr. Biddinger, at Waynesburg, was playing near the fire, when her dress ignited, and before she could be rescued was fatally ‘burned.

-7-Glanders has made its appearance kr Miama County, and considerable apprehension is felt. Five horses of good stock, the property of Abraham Miller, and which had been ill for some time, were shot to prevent the further spread. The disease was unmistakable, and was so pronounced by competent veterinary authority from Chicago. These cases are the only ones thus far reported. There is considerable sickness among horses, bnt purely of a distemper nature, with no fatal results. —Fred Pfister, of Huntington, was accidentally shot in the shoulder by his brother, while hunting rabbits. —Edward Treker, living near Columbus, is said to be suffering from a bite inflicted by a calf that had hydrophobia. —The citizens of New Richmond, in Montgomery County, have organized a company and will bore for natural gas. —The following gentlemen have been appointed by Gov. Hovey as members of his military staff: Adjutant General, Nicholas R. Ruckle, Indianapolis; Surgeon General, Dr. R. B. Jessup, Vincennes; Inspector General, John H. Jack, LaFayette; Commissary General, Jas. S. Wright, Rockport; Aids, W. H. Ridenour, Terry Haute; Frank Swigert, Logansport; Gil R. Stormont, Princeton; W. A Oliphant, Union, Pike (County; William C. Lamb, Indianapolis; Perry S. Heath, Muncie; George Hinrich, Mt. Vernon; R. C. Wilkinson, Evansville. Capt. O. C. Perry, of Posey County, was appointed as the Governor’s executive clerk.

—Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: John W. Anderson, South Bend, sprinkling nozzle; John C. Berger, Michigan City, refrigerator; William H. Cloud, assignor of one-half to W. Stryer, Kokomo, pump; Philander M. Curtis, Lebanon, siding* gauge and square; Anders Hagquist, South Bend, plow; Micajah C. Henley, Richmond, fence machine; Jacob Marsh, Warsaw, door check; John J. McErlain, assignor of one-half to F. A. Baker, South Bend, split pulley; William T. Morgan, Muncie, sash fastener; John Q. A. Newsom, Seymour, steam plow; David M. Parry, Indianapolis, shaft coupling for vehicles; John A.* Whitmer, Wakarusa, vehicle spring. —William Dowell, living at Andrews; who had boasted that he could not b a scared by the White Cap movement, was visited by seventy masked men. They put a rope around his neck, threw the other end over a telegraph pole, and hoisted him. He was shortly afterwards lowered, when he slipped the noose and escaped, but was soon recaptured. His cries brought citizens to his rescue, and the White Caps fled. —Under the leadership of Mr. Jesse Zern, Peru capitalists will build another natural-gas pipe-line to that city. —The Wooden Butter-dish factory at Seymour is said to be the largest one of the kind in tfie world. It turns out 250,000 dishes a day.

—Father McCabe, of Baltimore, has been appointed by Bishop Chatard, of the Catholic Diocese of Indiana, as assistant to Father John Kelly, priest of Holy Trinity Parish of New Albany. —The towns and villages in the southern part of the State have adopted a novel plan of ridding themselves of worthless dogs. They are loaded into empty box cars destined for some western point, and then left to shift for themselves. The frantic yelps of nine half-starved dogs led a crowd of boys to open a car at Jeifersonville, a few days ago, and the canines lost no time in seeking larger quarters. —The old prison burying-ground at Jeffersonville is said to be in a deplorable condition. It contains the bones of at least a hundred convicts, is not inclosed by a fence and is a favorite resort for hogs that burrow into the graves. Recently a colored man, while passing through the place, found several bones lying near a partially-opened grave, but whether they belonged to a human being or an animal no one who saw them could tell. —The safe in the general store of Weaver, Tod & Co., Chicago coal operators, at Center Point, Clay County, was blown open and about SI,OOO taken. The town has no bank, and a big hau was no doubt anticipated. —A 15-inonths-old child of William Woodward, of Muncie, was scalded to death in a singular manner. The little girl crawled up to the chair of a 4-year-old brother, at the supper table, and in some way the boy accidentally overturned a cup of hot tea on the infant’s upturned face, the fluid striking her in the mouth and going down the throat passage, causing death s«VM:*I hours later. —General Manager Beckley, of the Cincinnani, Wabash and Michigan Railway, was in Wabash recently, and was interviewed in regard to the proposed boycotting of the road by Elkhart citizens. Mr. Beckley stated that a petition is being circulated in Elkhart, urging President Wade to remove Auditor Wheelock, which a committee will take to Cleveland to present to Mr. Wade. Another paper is being circulated pleading a withdrawal of patronage from those who refuse to sign the petition. Mr. Beckley stated positively that Mr. Wheelock would remain; also that the road would not retaliate for the unjust action of the Elkhart people. The charge against Mr. Wheelock is that he was instrumental in the recent, wholesale arrest of a number of saloon-koop-ers. /

INDIANA’S GOVERNOR.

GEN. HOVEY’S INAUGURAL AT INDIANAPOLIS. A Brilliant Reception Tendered and Attended by Gen. Harrison— Rome Excellent Suggestions to the Legislature. An Indianapolis special dated the 14th inst., says: The inauguration of Gov. Hovey took place at English's Operahouse at 2 o’clock this afternoon. After the members of the Legislature had been seated, the band played “Hail to the Chief,” and incoming Gov. Hovey, escorted by retiring Gov. Gray, followed by the committee on arrangements, consisting of Senators Sears, Mullinix, and Kennedy and Representatives George A. Adams, Curtis, and Robbins, entered the House, and after receiving tremendous applause and listening to an appropriate prayer by the Rev. Dr. McLeod, Speaker Niblack introduced him to the General Assembly. Chief Justice Elliott administered the oath of office and Gov. Hovey read his inaugural address. In his inaugural he dwelt upon the impurity of the ballot and said: “In the late election, charges of fraud and corruption have been made by the contending parties. There is reason to believe the ballot has been polluted, not only in this State but in many other States and in both political parties. This cannot continue if we hope to perpetuate our free institutions. If it does a moneyed aristocracy will soon control the destinies of our nation and the liberty we now so highly prize will be lost forever. Your attention is particularly called to the necessity of legislation in regard to several matters not in our election laws. First, it is the duty of the General Assembly under the ninety-fifth section of the constitution to provide for the registration of all persons entitled to vote. This amendment has been in force since March 4, 1881, but the law has not been enacted and the constitution has been disregarded. I recommend that provision be made for a full and fair registration of all the legal voters, where the rights of each elector can be investigated before the day of election. Second—Limit the number of electors in each election precinct, so as not to exceed 300 voters. Third—Provide that every precinct shall be surro uded and protected by barriers or guardrails which will prevent all persons except the person voting from approaching nearer than forty or fifty feet from the inspectors, judges, and clerks of the election, and make the infraction of this rule a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine. Fourth—Provide that the buying or offering to buy the vote of an elector directly or indirectly, hiring any person to work for the election of any candidate at the polls shall bo a crime, with a penalty of disfranchisement of the briber and bribed, and for a second offense, after conviction, let the penalty be not less than two years in the State prison. I suggest that it -night be policy to exempt witnesses from punishment in bribery cases where they may be implicated. It will be almost impossible to convict a guilty briber without such exception. Fifth—Make it unlawful and criminal for any political convention or committee to demand or exact any assessment or contribution from any candidate for office and provide a penalty of disfranchisement for life to the member or mem- , hers of such convention or committee who may demand or attempt to enforce such assessment or contribution. No office should be placed beyond the reach of the poorest man in the State. Sixth—Make it unlawful, with a heavy fine and imprisonment, for any person to challenge a legal voter at the polls." LIQUOR LAWS. Obsolete laws and statutes which are so far in advance of the age, or so far behind it, as to be wholly disobeyed and disregarded, should without the least hesitation be repealed. Laws which are never enforced are like dead wcod upon a living tree; they ore not only useless, but tend to weaken and bring our statutes into disrepute and contempt. Our people should realize that every act of the General Assembly has been made to be enforced, and not paraded on our statutes as a threat which will never be executed. There are now laws on our statutes which come within the purview of these observations. Our present laws in regard to the sale of intoxicating liquors are disregarded in many parts of the State. In some localities large numbers of the people are decidedly opposed to the licensing of the sale of intoxicating liquors, while in others no prohibitory law could be enforced. It seems to me it would be wise to so frame our laws as to meet both conditions. I believe a local-option law for the sale or prohibition of ardent spirits would be constitutional, and that it would be wisdom to permit the people to choose which system they would prefer in each county, city, or incorporated town in the State. Our institutions are founded upon the democratic theory that a majority should rule, and I submit that the question of localoption should be left to the voice of the people, and that all laws passed for the purpose of regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors should be rigidly enforced. I recommend that the license to be granted for the sale of such liquors should not be less that S2OO, nor more than $1,009, in the discretion of the Board of County Commissioners. MONOPOLIES, TRUSTS, AND COMBINES. All monopolies, combines, and trusts formed for the purpose of increasing the price or cost of the necessaries of life should be declared unlawful. The adulteration of articles of food in common use should be forbidden under penalties, and the sales made unlawful, so that the courts would refuse to enforce them. The mixture of coffee with chicory, sugar with glucose, butter with oleomargarine, lard, tallow, and oils, and the admixture of coal oil, benzine, paraffine, and.adulterating articles should be prohibited and the sale forbidden, unless the relative quantity of each article composing the compound is clearly stated by the vender. Such sales have been condemned, and in many instances punished, by the civilized nations of the world for centuries past. The currents of commerce are now running deeply in the channels of deception and fraud, and should be checked by every means in our power. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. The necessity of improved roads is strongly urged and some legislation suggested looking to the accomplishment of that end. A good system of gravel roads throughout the State would add greatly to the value of property and the comfort of the people. The Governor’s suggestions on this head should receive careful attention. COMMON SCHOOLS, The enormous amount annually paid for school books has created great dissatisfaction throughout the State. Some plan, if possible, should be adopted by which the price of such books could be brought within a reasonable limit. On an average, the cost to each pupil could be safely stated to reach $3 per annum. Our average daily attendance of pupils in 1888 was 408,775. This would show on outlay by parents and guardians for that year amounting to $1,226,325. Two plans have been adopted by the different States to curb vast expenditure for text-books: First, the publication of school books by the State. Second, free text-books bought by the State or school districts and loaned to the pupils. The first method has been condemned as impracticable and costly, while the second, where it has been tried, has received the highest commendation of State Superintendents and professional teachers. By this free text-book system, the cost of books for each pupil in Michigan is estimated at 50 cents per annum; in Maine, 26% cents per annum; in Vermont, about 33 cents ; in Wisconsin, not one-third of former cost. The arguments made in favor of free text-books may be stated us follows: The coat is greatly below that of any other method yet adopted; more prompt attendance and regularity of pupils; ft makes the schools free indeed, and equalizes the children of the rich and poor, as both are supplied alike; it teaches pupils the responsibility and care for the property, and enables them to obtain a better education. The amount overpaid by parents and guardians, under our present svstem, would greatly exceed the taxes which would have to be levied to purchase all the books required in our schools under the free text-book system. The people would be the gainers over the taxation by more than twice the sum required to purchase all the books under the proposed system,

and could well afford to pay the additional tax that would be required for that purpose. The cities of New York and Philadelphia, and the States of Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Michigan, lowa, Maine, and Vermont have adopted or tried this system, du New York City it has been practically tried for forty years and in Philadelphia for seventy years. Taking a high average under this system, say 40 cents per pupil, the entire cost in Indiana for the year ‘IBBB would only have amounted to $163,510, as against the probable cost, $1,226,325, which would give an actual annual gain to the people of this State of $1,062,815, or $2.60 to every pupil. If the system should cost on the average $1 to the pupil, it would still leave a gain to the parents and guardians, for that year, of $817,550. With free text-books a great burden would be taken from the poor, who are often unable to spare the amount required to purchase their books, at the very exorbitant prices they are now compelled tq'pay or leave their children uneducated. Experts and booksellers inform me that the prices paid for school-books in this State yield from 300 to 600 per cent, above the actual cost of production. Something should be done to reduce the cost to a reasonable price, and lift from parents and guardians these very heavy burdens. The expenses of our common-school system should be greatly curtailed in the future, as nearly every county in the State is provided with excellent school-houses, now numbering 9,882, Our school property, independent of all funds, may be estimated' at nearly $15,000,000. This condition, <ith the ever-increasing fund derived from fines and forfeitures, will, it is believed, admit of the income from the license on the sale of ardent spirits, and from the dog tax, being transferred and profitably used by the State for the construction of gravel and macadamized roads. I commend the subject to your deliberate and mature consideration, and I will heartily co-operate in any measures that will lessen the present exorbitant prices. Some confusion and inequality has arisen in reporting the number of pupils in each county as having attended the common schools. As the distribution of the funds depends ujxm the number thus reported, I would suggest that each superintendent and teacher in reporting the numbers bo required to give the name of each pupil who has attended during that period, and in no case count the name more than once. SUPREME COURT. Our Constitution provides that “justice shall be administered freely, and without purchase ; completely, aud without denial; speedily, and without delay.” Under existing laws, this highsounding provision is an empty boast. Many cases are now {lending in the Supreme Court which were filed more than five years ago, and it is to be feared that some have been appealed to that court for the sole purpose of delay. This delay arises from no fault of the judges of the court, but from their inability to fully investigate the numerous cases which ore brought before them. Ido not believe that the multiplication of judges in the Supreme Court would tend to the furtherance of justice. No case should be passed upon without the full consideration of every judge upon the bench. This would be impossible if the number of judges should bo greatly increased, and I can conceive of only two methods by which the present evil can be avoided. First—The creation of intermediate appellate courts, with exclusive jurisdiction within certain limits. Second—By assistance being liberally given to each judge. If each judge could have as his assistant a man learned in the law, who could read the records, examine the authorities, make notes, and report to the judge, the labor would bo greatly lessened, and at every term more than t wice the number of cases could be easily disposed of. Many cases which are taken to the court merely for delay, could lie quickly acted upon, and others could be rapidly brought forward. The services of such men could not be had without liberal salaries, and care should be observed in making the selection. While either mode would be a decided improvement on our present inefficient system, I incline to the opinion that intermediate appellate courts would prove the most satisfactory. No reasonable expense should be considered if the evil can be overcome by legislation. BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS. For the sake of humanity, I most earnestly recommend that such laws be passed at this session as will command the best talent of our State to control our benevolent institutions, and that they be placed beyond the reach of oil partisan control. It is a shame that such institutions should be the source of gain or political power to any party. PROGRESS OF NATION AND STATE. Since 1865 the United States has arisen from the wreck and ruin of the most terrible war to be found in the pages of history, and has rushed with the strides of a giant to the front rank of the proud nations of the earth. To-day, in all that constitutes true power, wealth, and greatness, our Nation is without a peer. It has been estimated by Mr. M. Mulhall, F. 8. 8., author of “The Progress of the World,” in his address before tne British Association, at Bath, England, that in every one of tho three sources of power—man, horse, and steam—the United States exceeds the leading nations of Europe. These working {towers of the United States, the great sources of invention, production and wealth, in round numbers, are three times as great as those of France, two and onehalf times as great as those of Germany and one and two-thirds as great as those of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Our growth is only begun, and the increase of industry, energy,and wealth goes on unabated and with accumulating force. Our census in 1890 will probably ■ show a population of 66,000,000, and an aggregated wealth in value unknown to any nation of ancient or modern days. In the great sisterhood, the State of Indiana is not surpassed, if equaled, in natural advantages by any other State in the Union. Within its area it contains a very large average of rich agricultural lands, with a most congenial climate. With its rivers and railroads, it has an easy and rapid access to the principle markets, and its broad fields of coal, natural-gas, and mineral will soon develop manufactories with which few other localities will be able to compete. God, in His mercy, has showered His blessings on the State, and with humility and gratitude we should labor to develop our great resources. Much can be done by legislation, and the voice of the people of Indiana has called upon you to perform that noble and important duty.

The public reception at the capitol tonight by Gov. Hovey and Lieutenant Gov. Chase, the newly installed State officers and their wives, was brilliant. No less than 5,000 people were present. When the doors or the Governors rooms were thrown open, Gov. Hoveyappeared in full dress with his daughter, Mrs. Menzies, leaning on his arm. For two hours the line passed rapidly before the. Governor and his associates. About 8 o’clock President-elect and Mrs. Harrison arrived at the Governor’s room, paying.their respects to the new executive. They were accompanied by Professor David Swing, of Chicago, and Mr. Halford. Among others present were exGov. Porter, Gen. Lew Wallace and wife, Gen. James M. Shackelford, Gen. Thomas H. Nelson. Judge W. A. Woods and wife, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Martindale, Col. and Mrs. John C. New, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Haughey, Col. W. L. Taylor, Hon. Noble C. Butler, and Col. W illiam Holloway. The reception closed at 9 with 1,009 people in line unable to congratulate the new Governor. The Inaugural Committee announced the opening ball at that hour. General and Mrs. Harrison accompanied the gubernatorial party to Tomlinson’s Hall. The Governor and his daughter led the procession around the hall and the first inaugural ball ever given in Indiana was formally opened. General and Mrs. Harrison did not participate in the grand march, but were interested spectators. They remained long enough to watch hundreds dance the lancers. About half past ten they withdrew and returned home. The venerable ex-GovernorPor-ter, however, entered into the occasion with zest.

He was “Claud” before he married her and clawfd afterward. — Merchant Traveler.

SUFFERING FARMERS.

GREAT DESTITUTION REPORTED IN WALSH COUNTY, DAKOTA. Twenty-five Families Visited by a Reporter Au Indiana Boy’s Experience Among Cannibals—lmportant Supreme Court Decisions, Etc. [Minneapolis (Minn.) special.] A reporter ot the Tribune, of thia city, spent two days in Walsh County. Dakota, inquiring into the alleged destitution of the fanners. The rejmrter states that the time was employed in visiting f amilies in their hovels in the extreme western portion of the county, and some of the sights were truly pitiful. Walsh County is one of the wealthiest in Dakota. It is the second from the extreme northwestern portion ot the Territory, Cavalier County being tho most northern. It is in a productive region, and has prospered accordingly. The eastern portion of the county is a level prairie, with scarcely an undulation, except immediately adjacent to tho river which flows through its boundaries. The western portion of the county is “mountainous, * as the residents of the prairie country view it. There are a continuation of undulations which make of it a rolling surface, which in no instance could be called more than a bluff. It is just over these “mountains" that the poverty-stricken people of Walsh County were found. They ure distant from Park River, the most western town ot the county and next to Grafton, the county seat, the most important, about twenty-five miles. The almost total destruction of the lust wheat crop in thia belt by frost has left the settlors without a thing to purchase supplies with, and la many instances they are suffering for proper food and clothing. In several places families were found who had not tasted meat for weeks and who had subsisted entirely on porridge made from frozen wheat. The Tribune reporter visited about twenty-five families in a drive of over sixty miles. The houses are situated at least a mile apart and in most instances a mile and n half to two miles. The only thing that has prevented the greatest suffering has been tho mild weather. There is the most abject poverty on every hand. Tho settlers are mostly Norwegians and Bohemians. There are a few Canadian families. They are all bearing their lot with scarcely a murmur, although much discouraged. As a rule the families are large. The men are unable to do any work in the winter, as there is nothing that can be done. They take care of the stock, which is generally warmly housed in huge straw stacks. It is only in rare instances that they are clear of mortgage, however, so that their possession can afford the farmers no relief in their present straitened circumstances.

PRISONER AMONG CANNIBALS. ' Remarkable Experience of an Indiana Youth During a Trip Around the World. [Wabath (Ind.) ■pedal.] Henry M. Strohm. son of Abraham Strohm of Now Paris. Ind., who was last year captured and held prisoner by cannibals on the Island of Gaun, one of the South Sea group, finally making his escape, has been heard from. The young num is now on his way home, and when he reaches this section he will have completed the circuit of the globe. Young Strohm has had many startling experiences during his long voyage. Ho left home March 2,1887, to see tho world. He did not run away, but the consent of his parents was given reluctantly. The boy, was only 16 years old. He made his way to Sun Francisco, where he shipped before tho' mast on a whaler bound for tho Arctic Ocean. Young Btrohm did not find life on the ocean wave all that his fancy painted, and ho was subjected to very rourti treatment. at which ho rebelled. When the vessel put in at the Island of Gaun, Strohm watched his opportunity and made his escape from the boat. I Tho Captain instituted a vigorous search, but the fugitive was not discovered and the vessel wont on her way, leaving Strohm among the savages and 5,000 miles awayj from San Francisco. He was captured l several times by the natives, who designed! fattening him for a choice banquet, but in each case he managed to escape to the settlements. Six months later a vessel arrived at the island, on which Strohm secured passage to Manilla, one of the Philippine' Islands, 1,100 miles away. At Manilla Strohm received tho kindly offices of A. R. Webb, | United States Consul at that port, who interested himself in the fugitive. Secretary Bayard wrote to Consul Webb to extend ail needed assistance to Strohm, but the Consul answered that Strohm was robust andi hearty and appeared well able to care for himself. From Manilla Strohm went to Hong Kong, China, where the United States Consul. who hud heard of his case, proffered assistance, which was declined with thanks. From Hong Kong Strohm continued his journey and landed at Sydney, Australia, where, Oct. 18, he shipped before the mast on a vessel bound for London. The boat is duo in London next month, and tho young man is expected home soon thereafter. His journey, considering his youth and inexperience, is one of the most remarkable on record.

SUPKEME CODBT DECISIONS. The Constitutionality of State EaWs Affirmed at Washington. [Washington CD. C.) dispatch.] The Supreme Court of the United States has rendered an opinion in the case of William Baldwin, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Kansas; appealed from the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. Baldwin was convicted in Kansas of murder, and appealed the case on the ground that the jurors who tried him were not sworn according to the mdde prescribed by the State statutes, and that he was therefore being deprived of his life without due process of law. The court, in an opinion by Justice Blatchford affirming the judgment of the State Court, says that the plaintiff did not raise the constitutional question brought here at the time of the trial, but first made the point in the Supreme Court of Kansas, and this court therefore has no jurisdiction in the case. The court also rendered an opinion dismissing for want of jurisdiction the application for a writ of error in the case ot George W. Farnsworth, plaintiff in error, vs. The Territory of Montana. Farnsworth was convicted of violation of a statute of Montana Territory making it a misdemeanor for any person to sell goods as a commercial traveler without having first secured a license. The dburt also rendered an opinion in the case of Frank M. Dent, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of West Virginia, in error to the • Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of West Virginia. Dent was convicted of unlawfully engaging in the practice of medicine without a diploma, in violation of a statute of the State which requires every practitioner of medicine to obtain a certificate from the State Board ot Health • that he is a graduate of a reputable medical college, or that he has practiced medicine in the State continuously for ten years, or that he has been found upon examination by the board to be qualified to practice medicine. Dent appealed the case to the State Court.of Appeals, asserting that the act was unconstitutional inasmuch as it deprived’ hirh of liberty and* property without due prodess ofr law, contrary to the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. The Court of Appeale gave judgment against Dent and this court affirms that decision.