Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1897 — Page 2

tjftiktnocraticSentincl J. W. McKWKJf, _ Publlaher. RENSSELAER, - - . INDIANA

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DISASTROUS EXPLOSION OF A DYNAMITE MAGAZ NE. Pennsylvania Torpeio Company's Magazine at Shamokin, Pa., Destroys Life and Property-Priests in the Power of Philippine Rebels. Report Heard Thirty Miles. The magazine of the Columbia Dynamite Company, a branch of the Pennsylvania Torpedo Company, limited, at Shamokin, Pa., eighteen miles from Pittsburg, exploded Tuesday morning and four people were blown to death. Two men and two women were killed and one man Injured. The explosion took place about 10 o’clock and completely demolished the building and tore a large hole in the ground. Nothing is left of the victims. The concussion was felt severnl miles away and buildings in the immediate vicinity were badly shattered. At Shousetown the public school building was partly demolished and a panic among the pupils ensued, but fortunately no one was hurt. At Economy, Coraopolis and other towns the shock was so heavy that windows were broken. The cause of the explosion is not known and particulars are meager. The building, which was a two-story frame structure, was blown to atoms and the report was heard thirty miles away. PRIESTS ARE IN PERIL. Eighteen Carried Away or S’ain by Philippine Rebels, The papal delegate at Washington, Archbishop Martinelli, has received discouraging news from his vicar general, Koderiquez, in Rome, regarding the rebellion in the Philippine Islands. In an interview Mgr. Martinelli discussed the situation in both the Philippine Islands and in Cuba with considerable freedom. “Our order is very strong here,” said the Archbishop, “as we have several bishops aud 330 priests scattered all through the provinces. It was too much to expect that all of them had escaped, and the news I received is bad. I have two letters from my vicar general, and he informs me that five Augustinian priests in parishes übout Manilla have been carried off by the rebels, and no news whatever has been received from them. In the absence of information we believe that they are dead. Thirteen Dominican priests were also either carried away or slain by the rebels, and those who were taken off were afterward killed; so we suppose the same fute has befallen the members of our order. The rebellion in the Philippines is likely to prove a most horrible affair, as the natives are only semi-civilized. Spain, too, is handicapped to some extent by the fact that she maintains on the island only a scattered army of about four thousand men. Spain will have a difficult tusk to subdue the half-barbarous people of the Philippines.” COLORADO'S MINERALS Total Value of Last Year's Production Was $30,253 674. The total value of tipFininerul production of Colorado for the year 1893 is represented by the following figures: Gold $17,512,385 Bil ver (commercial value) .... 14.787,1811 Lead 2.887,109 Copper 1,067,000 Total $36,253,674 The output of gold during this period Tell $2,000,000 short of expectations, but, notwithstanding this disappointment, the State stands at the head of the list of producers of both gold and silver, California coming second with a gold record of $16,500,000 and silver $148,000, and Montana third, with $4,500,000 in gold and $lO,000,000 in silver.

GOOD YEAR ON 'CHANGE. Balls and Beara Claim Rnalness on the Board Has Been Good. At the thirtieth annual meeting of the Chicago Board of Trade a successful year was reported in spite of the fact that failures aud reverses had been frequent in other lines. In his speech to the board President William T. Baker took occasion to score the Western Union Telegraph Company for allowing its wires to furnish the markets to bucketshops. Mr. Baker spoke of the financial situation, and advocated the substitution of national hank notes redeemable in gold, after retiring the demand notes. The directors’ report showed an expenditure of $273,622.75 for the year, with total receipts amounting to $291,159.11. The present membership is 180. Clearances for 1896 were $81,614,059.63. Monetary Conference Meets, The national monetary conference was begun in Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis, Tuesday afternoon. The convention was called to order at 2 o’clock. Mr. Hanna, chairman of the executive committee, suggested ex-Gov. E. O. Stannard of Missouri for temporary chairman, and he was chosen. A noticeable feature of the register was the absence of Western delegates. The South showed, a fair proportion of delegates, while the East and Central West furnished the largest delegations. Stephens Is for Business. Gov. Stephens, in his inaugural address to the new Legislature of Missouri, declares his ambition is to make his administration distinctively a business administration, and calls upon the Legislature to make the present session a business one. “Partisanship,” he says, "should be moderated, if not suppressed, and unseemly strife should be avoided.” Job for Princess Clilmay. ■ The Princess de Chimay, who eloped last summer with Janos Rigo, a HnngaTian gypsy musician, has been engaged to appear:fc'tableaux vivantes at the winter gardes in Berlin immediately after her divorce from her husband. She will be pa id ,$730 a night. Rejoicing in Ban Francisco. An open air mass meeting was held at San Francisco to celebrate the defeat of the funding bill. Fireworks, oratory and pyrotechnics were the features of the jubilant celebration. CoL L. Severy Badly Injured. At Emporia, Kan., Colonel L. Severy fell on the ice in his yard Wednesday aud broke bis hip. He is so badly injured that his recovery is doubtful. He is one of the most prominent citizens of Kansas. For years he was a director of the Santa Fe Railroad. Australian Town Windswept. A hurricane has swept over Palmerston (Port Darwin), a seaport village of South Australia, at the junction of the overland telegraph with the ocean cable-..t0 Java., The place is almost wrecked and telegraphic communication with it is interWP

TOO BIANT BANKS. Strained Condition in Financial Circles In Kansas. State Bank Commissioner John W. Breidenthal predicts the number of Kansas banking institutions will decrease materially within the next two years, if not be cut in two. He says there are too many banks in Kansas now for the amount of business transacted, and he is advising consolidation in every place where it is feasible. “It is simply a question of time whether many of these institutions shall go into voluntary liquidation or be forced to suspend,” said the Commissioner, “and in order to prevent the latter I have advised a general consolidation all over the State, especially in the smaller towns.” The oversupply of banks came into existence during booms, and. while capital has since diminished, there has been no perceptible decrease in the number of institutions. The deputy commissioners who have just returned from a tour of the State, examining ail banks, report that in nearly every town or city the bankers are figuring with each other on a plan of consolidation in accordance with the advice of the Commissioner. WHEAT SCARCE IN 'KRISLO. Coast Sb’ppers Will Willing Pay $1.60 for Good No. 1. Wheat in San Francisco has become a scarce article, and is daily advancing. Shippers would willingly pay $1.60 per cental for good No. 1 shipping wheat, and it is known among a few that they have paid as higli as $1.62)4 for something extra choice within the last three days. Owing to the growing scarcity of wheat in California, the San Francisco market possesses n firmness independent of the other leading markets. It is said thn* there is not more than 250,000 tons of wheat remaining rn the entire State to supply the exjKirt demand, and home requirements. before another crop is harvested. There has been a decrease.of 74,715 tons within one year. Freights are in oversupply and weak. Vessels are not quotable over 17s Od, United Kingdom. This is believed to favor a rise in wheat. The bulls believe that wheat will reach close on to $2 per cental before July 1. The daily receipts of wheat at Fort Costa and other tidal points of delivery are very small. —■ 1 DISPOSING OF SURPLUS CORN. lowa Man's Scheme Which Ii Indorsed by Railroad Men, Henry Wallace appeured before the lowa Board of Railroad Commissioners to present a plan for disposing of the surplus corn of lowa. Prominent railroad men were present. Mr. Wallace simply asks that the railroads grant feeding-hi-trunsit rates, so that stock cattle can he brought into lowa at low rates from the West and Southwest, fed on the cheap corn, and sent on when fattened to their destination. He shows that the State is short of all kinds of stock; half its hogs died of cholera; the number of cattle is lower than in many years, aud there is a larger umount of corn than ever known before, with no market in sight. The plan was promptly indorsed by the rnilroad men and commissioners. The former agreed to lay it before their companies, and the latter will use their luflueuee to have the rates put in. Mr. Wallace ami a number of lowa railroad men will go to Chicago Boon to present the matter to the general officers. BREAD STANDARD NEEDED. Report Shows the Nccesa’ty for Regulating the rlz: of the Loaf. An Agricultural Department report on the composition and cost of bukers’ bread in New Jersey cities, based on recent investigations, indicates the necessity of the adoption of a bread standard less variable than the loaf, so that a definite number of ounces may be found in each loaf. The increased cost of nutriment due to the transformations taking place between the producer and consumer is chargeable to the baker rather than to the miller, for the cost of bread made from a barrel of flour costing $4, to which was added 96 cents of Other ingredients, was $10.74, or a profit of 116 per cent for the baker's labor and the cost of distribution.

ESCAPES HARD LABOR. Lady Scott Sentenced to Eight Months’ Imprisonment. Lady Selina Scott, mother-in-law of Earl Rubscll, who pleaded guilty in the* central criminal court, Loudon, of criminally libeling his lordship in connection with John Cockerton, au engineer, nnd William Aylott, a valet, was seutecced to eight months’ imprisonment without hard labor. Cockerton and Aylott, who also pleaded guilty, received similar sentences. Confidential Clerk Accused. New and startling complications are forthcoming us the result of (be National Bank of Illinois failure at Chicago. Col. W. V. Jacobs, who conceived the Calumet Electric Railway and was forced out of control in 1893, is unable to push claims against the officers of the National Bank of Illinois because all papers and books relating to his connection with the Calumet Electric Railway have been stolen. According to Col. Jacobs, the crime was committed by one of his confidential clerks, against whom a charge is now pending in the United States Court. Claim is made that the theft of the papers in his possession was the sequel of a conspiracy which promises sensational develops ments. In addition to the significance attached to the stolen papers in relation to the failure of the National Bank of Illinois, the publication of a duplicate foreign exchange credit from the bank to Col. Jacobs places an entirely new face upon the suit which is now pending in regard to the sale of the Englewood and Chicago Electric Street Railway Company. The printing of two facsimiles of the credits is expected to lead to the conviction of the culprit who Is charged with the theft. Three Senators Nalncd. The contest at Harrisburg, Pa., for the succession to the seat In the United States Senate occupied by J. Donald Cameron, was finally settled in the joint party caucus of the Republican members of the Legislature, who chose State Senator Boig Penrose, of Philadelphia. At Sacramento, Cal., George C. Perkins was declared the nominee by the joint R* publican caucus. It is settled that Charles W. Fairbanks will be the next United States Senator from Indiana. Town Near Havana Captured. Havana dispatch: The sensation of the hour is that the town of Arroyo Naranjo, which is only seven miles from Havana, has been taken by the insurgents. The garrison and the authorities made no resistance. Immigrants for 1896. The number of steerage passengers landed at Ellis Island during the year 1890 was 252,350. There were 99,223 cabin passengers landed at the port of New York during the same period. Gold Coin Arrives from Eavtl. The first gold landed from a foreign port in several weeks was received Wednesday at New York from Port-au-Prince, Hayti—sloo,ooo in American ’coin. Unsonnd Ventures Burst. R. Q. Dun & Co.’a Weekly Review of Trade says: “The year 1897 begins with

one dear advantage. The last year has swept out of the way a great number of unsound concerns which in any time of actirity would have been dangerooa to huainess. Of the 152186 commercial and banking failures in 1896, with liabilities of $276,815,749, a large share represented crippling losses in previous years, or the violence of speculative storms in 1895 or the first half of 1896, while thousands more resulted from the fury of the political tornado last fall. Banking failures amounting to $50,718,915 during the year averaged $156,156 each, and were 145 per cent larger than in 1895. Commercial failures amounted to $226,096,834, a little over $1,000,060 having been added by the last day of the year, but the average of liabilities, $14,992, was smaller than in some years of great prosperity. The failures of brokerage and ‘other’ commercial concerns averaged $58,418 each, increasing 183 per cent over 1895, while manufacturing failures averaged $28,808 each, and increased 34 per cent, and trading failures increased 18 per cent and averaged only $9,606 each. Over four-fifths of the increase in manufacturing and trading failures was in lumber manufacturing. While banking failures have not censed at the West, apprehension about them has almost wholly subsided and no serious influence upon general trade is now expected. Many sound concerns were doubtless caught by the epidemic, but practically all the important failures are traced to disregard of law and of banking sense at periods small distant. It is felt at the West that all business will be the sounder after its purging.” NO HOPE lOH SPAIN. f enutor-elect Mrney Says She Cannot Conquer Cuba. Senator-elect Money, in an interview given Sunday to the Associated I’ress, says: “I hnve just returned after a two weeks’ absence on a visit to Cuba. I went there to personally inform myself, for my own guidance as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as to the condition of things in the island. Accounts have been so conflicting and the reports from Havana ro diverse that I concluded to inuke some personal discovery in the matter for myself. At the very outset I will say that everything I saw and heard taught me that Spain is unable to cope with this insurrection. She will never put it down; Spaiu will never end this war with victory to herself.” This is also the opinion of Consul General Fitzhugh Lee, and he has heretofore expressed it to Secretary Gluey. He has told the Secretary of State that the insurrectionists, whether soon or luter, were bound to succeed. V* Goes Through the Hour',’ The Loud bill to amend the law relating to secoud-class mail matter was passed by the national House after two days of debate by a vote of 144 to 105. The opposition to the bill made a strong fight against it. The statements made on the floor as to its effect on certain particulars were very conflicting. The most important provision of the bill denies to serial publications admission to the mails at 1 cent a pound rates. It is as follows: “That nothing hpreiu .contained shall be so construed ns to admit to the secoud-class rate publications purporting to be issued periodically and to subscribers, but which nre merely books or reprints of books, whether they be issued complete or in parts, whether they be hound or unbound, whether they l>e sold by subscription or otherwise, or whether they purport to be premiums or supplements or parts of regular newspapers or periodicals.” The bill also denies to newspapers the “sample copy” privilege, and the privilege enjoyed by newsdealers of returning unsold publications at the second-class rate. Found a Watery Grave. News has been received of the drowning of five children as a result of the floods in Texas County, Missouri. Thos. Wilson, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Kinnery, and her five children, attempted to ford Prairie Creek, Which was very high as a result of recent rains. The horses became unmanageable, and soon lost their foothold. The wagon, weighted with its human freight, sank, and the sideboards floated away, throwing tbs entire party into the water. Married to a Turk. The wedding of Miss Edith Lyman Collins and Reschid Be.v, Count Czaykowski, councilor of state of the Turkish embassy at Rome, Italy, was celebrated in Paris Thursday. Miss Collins inherited the bulk of her wealth, reputed to be something like $7,000,000, from her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Robert Nivan, who died last June in Paris. She was a daughter of Commodore Vanderbilt. Century’s Worst Famine. A Bombay dispatch reports that all the leading journals there describe the famine as the most widespread of the present century. It is the general opinion that the Viceroy errs In refusing English aid. Mrs. Lease’s House Sold. Mrs. Lease’s house at Wichita, Kan., was sold Wednesday at Sheriff’s sale for S6OO. It cost about $3,000. It was bought in by J. Marsh, on Eastern mortgages. Rich Vein of Silver la Struck. On the Silver Mountain Lode, near Hill City, S. D., ore was struck Wednesday that assayed ninety-nine ounces of silver per ton.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 79c; corn, No. 2,22 cto 23c; oats, No. 2,15 c to 17c; rye, No. 2,37 cto 89c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 17c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common green to fine brush, 2)4c to 5)4e per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, good to choice, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,87 eto 89c; corn, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,90 cto 92c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 21c; oats. No. 2 white, 16c to 18c; rye, No. 2,34 c to 36c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,92 cto 94c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2,35 cto 37c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 91c to 92c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; rye, 37c to 39c. Toledo—Wheat, No.JJ red, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 21? to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2,37 cto 39c; clover seed, $5.23 to $5.35. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 76c to 78c; corn, No. 3,19 cto 21c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; barley, No. 2,25 cto 35c; rye, No. 1,38 cto 40c; pork, mess, $7.50 to SB.OO. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 24c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 89c to 90c; corn, No. 2, 29c to 30e; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, Western, 15c to 19c.

INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

JAMES A.. MOUNT, GOVERAOH OF INDIANA.

Gov. Mount's inaugural address, as delivered before the General Assembly, is as follows: Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: In taking the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of the State and entering upon the discharge of Its obligations, 1 am not unmindful of the grave respouslbilltles and arduous duties thereby entailed. With a profound sense of grutltude to the people of our great commonwealth who, by their suffrages, have culled me to this high station of honor and trust, It shall be my constant endeavor to so administer the affairs of state as to promote tile best interests of all out people. It Is made my duty, .lu obedience to the constitution, to enforce the laws. Gentlemen of the Legislature, Into your hands Is committed the high responsibility of making laws. Conflicting interests will arise, urgent claims will be presented, the disposition of which will require mature thought, careful consideration and uublased action. Some of these Interests will be represented by men who are skilled In all the details of legislation. Corporations, trusts and combinations, through lobbyists, are able to look after their Interests, while the mechanic, the farmer, the miner, the business man and the day laborer have no one outside the members of the legislative body to exert Influence In their behalf. To your wisdom and to your sense of Justice is committed the right and power to enact laws that shall advance the best Interests of all the people. Laws should be founded upon principles of iuteidependeuce of all our Industries, business Interests, pursuits, callings and relations i 'Capital aud lubor—of employer and employe. He who engenders strife, arouses hatred, or creates discord Is planting the seeds of revolution. Laws that tend to conciliate, that seek umlcable adjustment of differences, that facilitate harmony aud concord, will strengthen the bonds of union. The Interdependenee of capital and labor, of employer uud employe, should be the foundation of law and the underlying principle of action governing these Interests. Actuated by such principles as will lead to peaceful arbitration, we may hope for the time when the rights of labor shall be accorded without strikes and the protection of property secured without soldiers. Building and Loan Associntiona. These organizations should be held to such strict accountability by law as will Insure a better guarantee of safety to the money entrusted to their care. At the same time you must not be unmindful of the fact that these associations have, in many instances, been helpful to the common people In enabling them to purchase aud build homes. Therefore, In correcting defects, your acts should not prove destructive to what, under proper safeguards, may be a beneficent Institution. - Education. Article 8, Section 1. of the Constitution, says: "Knowledge and learning, generally diffused throughout a community, being essential to free government, It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral. Intellectual, scientific anil agricultural Improvement, and to provide, by law, for a general aud uniform system of common schools, wherein tuition shall he without charge aud equally open to all." The education of the masses is declared essential to free government. In compliance with the wisdom of this provision, we should look to the euactmeut of a mild compulsory educational law. The agricultural Improvement contemplated In the constitution is of much Importance at this time. The questions of soli fertility, combatting Infectious diseases aud Insect pests, fungus growth, the science of breeding, of feeding, of marketing, the law of supply and demand, with many kindred questions, upon a better understanding of which, in large measure, depends tile future stieeess of the farmer and frultS rower. The farm Institutes are the most lrect and practical means of Imparting to the farmer this needed Information, aud It Is generally conceded that Indiana, for the amount expended, Is conducting the best Institutes sud holding more of them than any other State In the Union. L've Stock Sanitary Laws. The total value of live stock In Indiana April 1, 189*1, was more than $75,000,1XX). The loss entalied from disease during the year exceeded $5,000,000. The swine breeders lost In numbers over 580,000 head of hogs, the value of which exceeded $3,000,000. For stamping out contagious diseases Massachusetts appropriates $150,000; Pennsylvania, $90,000; Illinois, $40,000; and N'ew York is now asking for $300,000. The allowance In our State Is but $4,000. The present law Is not wise In Its provisions for the expenditure of tills amount. The law should give the State the power to select the most competent veterinarian available. Upon his judgment should depend the killing of animals. He could call aud qualify competent men to assess values at less cost for such service than the law now provides. Highway Improvement. Good roads are essential to our highest development socially. Intellectually aud financially. Many counties In our State, actuated by a commendable spirit of progress, are rapidly Improving the highways. In the nenr future some of our comities will have a complete system of free gravel roads. The economy lu road Improvement will soon be demonstrated by the fact that the counties having the best roads will maintain them at less cost than the mud roads, with all their Inconveniences, are maintained In their wretched condition. The work required by law of able-bodied men, together with the road tax, gives to the road supervisors of our State the expenditure, lu money and labor, of a vast sum, much of which Is wasted by reason of Incompetent management. In some instances lu our State a brokerage business Is carried on and money Is made out of trafficking In tills road tax. While some of our road laws need reforming, the manner of their execution needs revolution. Commissioners and Trustees. County commissioners and township trustees have large discretionary powers under the law. They should be held to rigid account through printed reports of allowances and expenditures of public money, and the publication of these reports, as prescribed by law, should be made mandatory. State Tax. The constitution provides that “taxation shall be equal aud uniform throughout the State.” This clearly Implies that all property shall bear Its Just proportion of the burden. It is no uncommon thing in the settlement of decedents' estates to find thousands of dollars In deposits, notes, shares of stock and policies that were not listed for taxation. Real estate cannot be secreted, and, with no exemption on account of mortgage or other debt, he who owns real estate is subjected to the payment of an undue proportion of the taxes. The tax law should be as searching as possible, aud the Township and County Assessors and the State Tax Commlslsloners should see that the law Is enforced. Trusts and Combines. Trusts or combinations of capital formed for the purpose of counteracting the law of supply aud demand and with a view to arbitrarily controlling, manipulating or increasing the prices of any product, commodity or article of merchandise, should bs

declared • barrier to trade, and should be prohibited by law. A pportio; m:nt Law. The spirit of the Constitution recognizes the eituallty of all uien before the law; that they are entitled to equal representation and an equal voice in selecting their representatives. It Is tofbe hoped and confidently expected of this General Assembly that It will enact a la w apportioning the Congressional, Senatorial and Representative districts that will reflect honor and credit upon those enacting it, and In a manner that will give the electors their constitutional rights. C entennial Celebration. The committee provided for by the last General Assembly, with instructions to report to this honorable body, are entitled to much credit for their faithful service. They have manifested a laudable State pride, which Is reciprocated by the progressive people of our State. If this centennial Is to be observed, their plans possess much merit. The prevailing opinion, however, Is that any exposition that would be creditable to our State will necessitate a vast expenditure of money. The advisability of the observance hinges upon the wisdom of expending a sufficient sum of money to Insure success, and the ability of the State to bear such expenditure. Any great outlay of money at this time must augment our already heavy State debt and add to the burden of taxation. The best service that can be rendered our State, both as to Its credit and honor and the welfare of our people, is the adoption of a Bystem of economy that will reduce our debt' and lower the rate of taxation. Insurance Laws. The present rate of Insurance Is burdensome. Too great a sum of money is leaving our State In premiums for the amount returned in loss on policies. Recent examination of the State Auditor's books shows that since 1878 there has been paid out over $53,000,000 while there has been paid back to policy holders but a little over $28,000,000. These reports Indicate a fo..s to policy holders of $25,000,000. It matters but little whether this immense sum of twenty-five millions of dollars was In profits or In extravagant salaries, the loss to our people and State Is too excessive. All unnecessary barriers to home companies should be removed and the organization of home companies encouraged. The present excessive rates of Insurance are driving the farmers Into the organization of home mutual companies, as provided by the acts of 1881. Millions of dollars of farm property Is thus being Insured at low cost, with the money kept at home. Public Health. Pure food and strlcit sanitary regulations are needful to life and health. Therefore, laws to this end should receive your vigilant care. Election Laws, The purity of the ballot will determine the existence of any free government. To every voter should be granted his uutrammeled rights, both in convention and at the polls. The choice of nominating conventions should not be subjected to traffic, barter and change at the behest of a committee of party tricksters. Soldiers’ Homes. The Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home and the State Soldiers’ Home still appeal to our sympathy and patriotism. Indiana Is justly proud of her soldiers and sailors. The most Imposing monument ever erected to the memory and patriotism of brave men stands In Monument Place, In our beautiful capital city. It Is a lasting testimonial of the veneration of the people of our great commonwealth for her soldiers, living or dead. “To eare for him who has borne the battle, and to provide for his widow and orphans,” Is a part of the unfinished work committed to a patriotic people by the Immortal Lincoln. Penal Inst'tutions. The Constitution provides that “the Penal Code shall be founded on the principles of reform, and not vindictive Justice.” For the carrying out of this provision a merit system should be established In our prisons, and the Inmates put upon their honor and manhood and graded accordingly. At the earliest convenient period the Girls’ Reformatory should be disconnected from the Woman's Prison. The close proximity of the two brings the Reformatory In touch with environments that tend to undermine reform Influences. Benevolent Institut ons. These great institutions stand as monuments to the principles of love nnd beneficence. The unfortunate wards of our great State within their walls are entitled to our fostering care. While the State expects such laws, rules and regulations as tend to strict economy, yet our people desire such liberality as will provide for the com fort and care of her unfortunate wards. In ( on 'ln i >n. Gentlemen, 1 trust you will meet the pressing duties before you bravely, fearlessly, and yet with wisdom and patriotism. May your deliberations be mutually pleasant and harmonious and your speech and acts be tempered with moderation. Humbly do I pray that God’s gracious presence may abide with us as a people, and that the light of His unerring counsel may guide you iu your work so that the results of your legislation shall contribute to the development and prosperity of our great State. May your deeds be such thut the smiles of an approving conscience shall abide with you, and the benedictions of a grateful people be showered upon you In thankful acknowledgment of duties faith, fully performed.

Not to Be Bluffed.

During the courtship of Mr, Disraeli, afterward Lord Beaconsfleld, and Mrs. Wyndhani Lewis, Mrs. Lewis was living near Cardiff, when through the window she saw Mr. Disraeli approaching, and ordered the servant to sa.v she was not at home. When the servant descended to the hall, Mr. Disraeli was hanging his overcoat on a peg. “Mrs. Lewis, sir, is not at home,” said the flurried maid. “I did not ask for Mrs. Lewis,” was the calm, statesman like reply. “But I don’t know when she will be l>ack,” urged the maid. “Neither do I,” philosophically replied he; "but I am going to wait till she does come back; so make me some tea.” He did wait, his tea, and he married the widow. of candy. According to the French law, the materials that may be employed are as follows: For blue, indigo, Prussian ulue, and ultramarine; for red, cochineal, Caroline and carmine lake; for yellow, saffron, Freueh berries, Persian turmeric and fustic; for green, a mixture of one of the yellows and one of the blue*.

FROM FARM TO STATE

GOV. JAMES A. MOUNT INAUGURATED. Indiana’s New Executive Takes Ug. Hta Duties Without Display or Ado -Farm-like Simplicity Roles—Gov. Matthews Says a Brief FarewellMount Sworn In. Without display or ado Indiana changed Governors Monday. James A. Mount came to Indianapolis from the farm to receive the oath as the chief executive and Claude Matthews,-after having served the people of the State for four years, left the capitol to go back to hia broad acres on the Wabash. William S. Haggard, a newspaper man from Lafayette, succeeded Mortimer Nye, a lawyer of LaPorte, as Lieutenant Governor. The ceremonies incident upon the installation of the new officers occupied less than an hour. In the presence of the Senators and Representatives in the Senate chamber the Lieutenant Governor was inaugurated at 12 o’clock. From the chamber the inaugural procession marched to the lower south rotunda of the capitol, where the new Governor was inaugurated. It was the wish of the incoming Governor that there should be no attempt at show and his wishes were respected. There was no inaugural parade; no men in uniform nnd no special display of good clothes. A single bra&s band far up iu Ihe balcony furnished all the music. Among the farmers who came in to see their representative take the oath of office were five brothers of the new Governor. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Jordau of the Supreme Court. Gov. Matthews said a word of farewell. “It is but an exchange,” said he in the course of his remarks. “My successor leaves the plow; I return to it. Proud of Indiana at home and abroad; proud of her splendid record in peace and iu war, exulting in her illustrious history of the past, my heart and my hand will ever respond to that still grander future which, under the blessings of God, shall be hers.” The inaugural address of the Governor was brief and to the point. The new Governor and Lieutenant Governor, with their wives, assisted by the other State officers, he!d a public reception iu the Governor’s parlors in the evening. Lew’s’ative Pr< c -edin-s. The sixtieth session of the Indiana Legislature convened at Indianapolis Thursday. Little was done after the organization. as the Governor's message was not ready. In the House there are fifty-four Republicans and forty-eight Democrats, and among this imposing minority there are a number of astute parliamentarians, who will make affairs interesting for the Republicans and the new Speaker. It is likely that contests will result in increasing the Republican majority. On joint ballot the Legislature stands eighty-five Republicans and sixty-five Democrats. This insures the election of a Republican to succeed Senator Yoorhees, who has represented the State at Washington since 1877. The last opportunity Republicans had to elect a United

SPEAKER H. C. PETTIT.

States Senator was in 1881, when Gen. Harrison was chosen. Charles W. Fairbanks will be Voorliees’ successor, and two years later there will be an opportunity to elect a successor to Senator Turpie. When the House met at 11 o’clock every member was present. The formality of the Speakership election resulted in Henry C. Pettit receiving fifty-two votes and Allen Swope of Seymour getting the Democratic complimentary vote of forty-seven. Mr. Pettit’s inaugural speech indicated that he has a settled conviction of economic legislation. He called attention to the industrial and financial depression, which should be borne in mind by the members when it comes to legislation that contemplates any further tax on the citizens of the State. Itepre-' seutative S. E. Nicholson moved thnt a committee be appointed to formulate a set of new rules to govern the Legislature and the proposition went through over the Democrats’ protest. On the committee are Nicholson, Willoughby, Smith, Linck, and Bowers. The House then adjourned until Friday for the Governor’s message. As soon as the upper house got back into its own chamber after the joint session had listened to Gov. Matthews’ message Friday, Senator Shively of Richmond introduced an anti-trust bill. The bill provides thai any company or corporation which joins a trust shall forfeit its right to do business in the State, and provides further that the officers of the company or corporation joining a trust may be fined SISOO. The attorney general of the State is directed to prosecute all companies or corporations that become members of trusts, and as an incentive it is provided that he shall receive a fee of SSOO for every conviction. Prosecuting attorneys are also authorized to begin prosecutions. The House did nothing except to adopt new rules, one of which requires a two-thirds vote to appeal from the chair. Both houses adjourned until Monday to await Gov. Mount’s inaugural. Tuesday was given up to caucusing by both houses, no regular business being transacted, it was definitely settled that 0. W. Fairbanks should be sent to the Senate, but not before much feeling and a strong opposition had developed. The minority strength was divided between McKeen, Gen. Lew Wallace, and Judge Taylor.

Spoken Languages,

In ninety years the Spanish-speaking people of the world have increased from 26,190,000 to 42,800,000. The German and Spanish languages are remarkable for one fact, that every letter has a uniform sound. It Is said by Hebrew scholars that the same word in ancient Hebrew signifies blessing or cursing. T. Hewitt Key, and many other writers on the subject, attribute the invention of language to Adam. According to Max Muller, there are a few simple and fundamental roots, which are found in every language. At the beginning of this century the Russian language was used by 30,770,000 people, now it is spoken by 75,000,000.

WAR AGAINST TRUSTS

GOV. MATTHEWS SPEAKS EARNESTLY TO LEGISLATORS. He Sharply Arraigns Evil Combine* t on* of Capital—The Centennial Plaa Opposed—Appeala lor Aid and Sympathy for the Struggling Cubans. Features cf the Message. Got. Matthews' arraignment of trust* was loudly applauded in the ioint session of the legislature Friday. It took the Governor an hour and fifteen minute* to read his message, but the Senators and Representatives listened to it attentively. Gov. Matthews called attention to the wide-spread business depression throughout the country, and urged economy in the conduct of public affairs. On the subject of Slate finances he announced that the State debt had been reduced during his administration ?2,110,000, and that there had been effected a saving in the annual interest charges of SBI,BOO. The present assessed valuation of property in the State for taxable purposes is $1,286,050,531. The total Stste debt is $6,720,615.12. He congratulated the State on having got rid of “the evil of winter and continuous horse racing,” and he said: “We can most sincerely tender our sympathies to the States afflicted with the demoralizing and disreputable influences which surround these so-called racing associations.” On the subject of the State institutions he called atteution to the fact that, though he appointed for the prisons a non-partisan board of directors, these were removed and a strictly partisan board created. He showed that during his administration he had pardoned or paroled 115 prisoners, and granted thir-ty-two remissions of fine. On the subject of public schools he urged the guarding of the common school fund; mentioned that the total enumeration of school children in 1896 was 734,640, and that the total revenue from all sources for the school year was $4,301,413.01. On the question of compulsory education he said; “I am convinced that a moderate and judicious law, compelling the attendance of children, say between the ages of 7 and 12, in the public, private or parochial schools for a certain number of months, say for four each year, could be enforced, and would be of great good to the State and nation.” He recommended that the State sanitary commission be discontinued, and the work it now does be taken up by a vet-

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erinary surgeon to be appointed by the* Governor. Opposes the Centennia' Schema, He does not indorse the scheme to hold a great State centennial celebration in 1900, and asked the members of the Legislature to consider seriously whether they would be justified in undertaking such an expensive enterprise. He spoke vigorously to the question of an anti-trust law, citing the utterance of President Cleveland on the same subject. He said: "To every intelligent and unbiased citizen the fearfully dangeroua power of combined wealth, for trust purposes, must be apparent, in that it is subversive of the principles upon which popular government is founded. The power of trusts is already alarming and enormous. If State laws can effectively deal with the subject, you cannot too speedily take such action as will limit, restrict or prohibit these powers.” » He urged upon the legislators that some action be taken looking to an accounting with the Vandalin Railroad Company. He suggests that if it be found that there is money owing the State by the railroad company, as alleged, the attorney general be directed to collect it at once. He devoted some time to a discussion of the contention as to the boundary line between the States of Indiana and Kentucky and disputed claims to a tract of land, known as Green River Islands, situated in the Ohio River. He reported that the matter had been placed in the hands of a commission, which had made a report, which was confirmed and approved last May. The cost to Indiana of the commission, he showed, was $1,418, which he urged the Legislature to pay. He said he believed Green River Island, separated from Kentucky as it is by the Ohio River, should belong to Indiana, ! and he announced that he had requested the Governor of Kentucky to submit a proposition for its cession to Indiana, but he declined to entertain the suggestion. He says he is persuaded that it will in the near future be found wise that the transfer be made. Appeals for the Cnbane. He concluded his message with an appeal in behalf of the struggling Cubans. He said in part: “Whjle you are peacefully assembled here under the benign influence of free government, and in full enjoyment of ail that human liberty can bestow, there is a people, our closest neighbors, at this time engaged in a desperate and bjoody struggle for freedom from a brutal and degrading despotism. These struggling, patriots are animated with the same ambitions and aspirations that burned within the breasts of our fathers over 100 years ago. The patriots of Cuba arp making a brave and earnest fight for freedonjj and appeal to, nay, have the right to nope for, and receive, our wannest sympathy. Sympathy—even substantial aid —is more due from the American people than from any other on the face of the globe. Almost within the sound of the bell that rang out liberty throughout the land to the inhabitants thereof, almost within the shadow of the stars and stripes, the proud emblem of a nation's freedom, almost breathing the libertyloving air wafted from our shores, we havq aroused in their souls a longing for - the blessings which we as a people exult in. “Can we turn a deaf ear to their pleading? Should we not at least comfort and encourage them with words of sympathy? Do we not owe it in justice to ourselves to bid them God speed in their sacred, cause, and to express the hope that soouW the last vestige of a miserable and effete!? despotism shall be swept from the western hemisphere? The people of Indiana are brave and generous, and but one generation ago her sons sealed with their blood their sublime faith in free "government and human liberty.” ■ ■ •• • 1 y