Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1903 — Page 6

THE INDTANArOLlS ' JOURNAL, TUESDAY, 31 ARCH 3, 1903.

INDIANA IB MEET

AX.MAL COXVEMION AT TERRE HAUTE WILL 3IOVE SMOOTHLY. Iron, Tin and Steel Workers Are Formulating the rroRrnmme for the April Conrentlon at Colninbas. WOIIEH BITTEN BY A MAD DOG TWO OF THREE VICTIMS VERY DAD- , LY LACERATED NEAR GOSHEN. ryler Crnthers Sentenced nt Nobles Tille Child Dies from Tetanol, Dne to Vaccination State em. E pedal to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. March 2. The annual convention of the United Mine Workers of district No. 11, which 13 confined to the bituminous field in Indiana, will begin to-morrow, and indications point to quick and smooth transaction of business. There is no subject on which serious disagreement exists, and as President Hargrove, Vice President Boyle and Secretary Kennedy will be re-elected without opposition the only interest in the election of officers will be for places on the executive board. President Cantwell, of the block miners of Clay county, who have a separate organization, has said he will advise the 2,500 men in his district in favor of consolidating with the 9,000 miners of No. 11. President Hargrove cays he will not allude to the matter in his annual address to-morrow. It i3 probable that when President Cantwell pays his annual visit to the convention of district No. .11 he will suggest some such action. It is doubtful if the consolidation can be brought about because there is bitter feeling between the miners of the two districts growing out of the alleged failure of the bituminous men to assist the block men at the time of their long strike twelve years ago. The Joint conference of the miners and operators will begin next Monday, and it is believed the task of agreeing on the clauses in the wage contract not provided In the Interstate agreement will be easier than for many years. . t riannlnff Better Conditions. Epccial to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., March 2. The officers of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers are receiving and tabulating the suggestions received from the different local organizations in regard to tho wage scale for next year. Practically all of the Eastern lodges favor a demand' for an increase in the base for the wage rate, while those from the Western districts conditions and the elimination 'of those clauses which serve to restrict the output. Tin mill workers are anxious to bring about a steady operation of the plants. They have suffered heavily as the result of shutdowns during the past year. The suggestions, as soon as they are tabulated, will be printed and distributed to the delegates to the coming national convention, which will be held at Columbus. O., in April. TERRE HAITE'S SMALLPOX WAR. Cltixens Angry at the Health BoardQuarantine Breakers Arrested. Fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. ' TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. March 2. There Is much indignation because the schools were closed and announcement made that they will remain closed indefinitely. The action was taken by the Board of Health and Board of School Trustees on the advice of the lawyers employed by the city to fight the injunction proceeding brought by the anti-vaccinationlsts, which is to be heard Thursday. There are not more than three hundred children of anti-vaccinationlsts Involved, and It Is felt that this comparativelv small number should not cause the loss of school privileges for 6,500 others. The Board of Health has begun prosecuting perf ms who violate the quarantine regulat,ons. Theodore Brltton was the first of these, and at the end of his quarantine sentence.. Lockjaw Caused by Vaccination. Epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. RIDGEVILLE, Ind., March 2. Rosa, the eleven-year-old daughter Of W. B. Losh, farmer, residing five miles east of Rldge- ' vllle, Ind. died Sunday evening of locki Jaw. Three weeks ago the members of the -family were vaccinated and the child ceught cold in the wound, resulting in .death. Death Due to Smallpox. Especial to the Indianapolis Journal, MARION. Ind.. March 2. Mrs. Allen Hill died yesterday of smallpox at her home at Matthews. She is the second victim of the contagion in the town. There has been rn epidemic of the disease at Matthews, but It is now practically stamped out. and there is no fear of a further spread. BITTEN BY MAD DOG, Three Women Attacked and Two Are Very Badly Lacerated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN. Ind., March 2. Mrs. Thomas W. Paff, living near Goshen, her neice. Miss Tice. of Benton, and Mrs. Frank La count were to-day bitten by a mad dog and the , feet and legs of the first two were frightfully lacerated. The dog, a huge Newfoundland, which was a farm pet, was killed by a neighbor, whom it also attacked. Fearing rabies, the local physician in charg has sent a section of the spinal column of the dog to the Pasteur Institute of Chicago, and if so diagnosed the patients will bo hastened there for' treat- ' ment. DE PAIW UNIVERSITY. Annual Fan-Hellenic Banquet Victim of Class Flxht Is Very Sick. Spec's! to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind.. March 2.-The annual Pan-Hellenic banquet was held this evening: at the Commercial Hotel with the customary programme of toasts. The gl: is basketball team will go to Terre Haute on Wednesday to play the girls' team of the State, Normal according to present plans. The games scheduled by the girls' team have been interfered with and the- have not had a match game this season. They have been training hard The only serious result of the freshmansophomore class fiKht week before last was the illness of Arthur Lockwood, of Peru of the Phi Psl fraternity. Lockwood became sick soon after the contest with congestion of the spine andvbraln und went into a very critical condition. He was removed to his homo by his mother yesterday. Tennis practice In the gymnasium has begun with a number of young men In training preparatory to the selection of the , teams for the Interclass meets in the spring. De Pauw will send a big delegation to . Indianapolis Friday afternoon for the oratorical content. They will have a special train over the Big Four. 3lunlelpal Control of Water Works. ITHACA, N. Y.. March 2.-To-day's election on the question of municipal control ef the water works of Ithaca resulted in an overwhelming victory for city ownership, there being 1.235 votes in the affirmative and only 30 in the negative. Yesterdal and to-day five persona died in and around Ithaca, all of whom had contracted tvnhnlrt f o r in tho r(,v iCvn new vrere reported !n the last twenty-four hours. Vif to date nineteen Cornell students have

died of the fever. The Health Board of the city of Ithaca to-day be gran a system of district nursing of the sick. Another Cornell Stndent Dead. AUBURN", N. Y.. March 2. Fred Wake died to-day of typhoid fever contracted at Ithaca, where he was a. student at Cornell. Four other students are ill here of the disease, one of them critically. DEATHS DI E TO EXPOSURE.

Inmates of Marlon Soldiers' Home Frozen While Intoxicated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., March 2. As the result of exposure to the elements while intoxicated one veteran, a member of the Marion Soldiers' Home, was found dead, another unconscious and a third died later in the day at the hospital here, where he had been taken. In a grave a short distance from the home the remains of William H. Sailors were found this morning. Near his body waa found the unconscious form of John Kelley, another soldier. He was taken to the hospital and will recover. Kelley and Sailors had become Intoxicated In the saloons near the home and had been overcome with cold while trying to get to their barracks by circuitous routes to avoid the guards. John Dooley, also a member of the home, died this afternoon, and it is thought that his death was caused by excessive drinking, as he had been spending his time about the saloons since pension day. Some Damage at Lafayette. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. .LAFAYETTE, Ind.. March 2. Great damage is being done on the lowlands by the overflow of the Wabash river. To-day Prof. G. E. Waesche, of Purdue, Investigated the river's stage, and said that although the stream had been rising steadily for several days, this afternoon it had begun to subside. The university gauge yesterday recorded 17.7 feet, and the highest point reached to-day was 18.6 feet, a record that has not been reached before for two years. The flood has backed up into sown fields, and is doing much damage to wheat. The detention hospital, which In low water is two hundred feet back of the river's edge, is now surrounded by the flood, and were It not. for the high foundation, would be filled to the second story. The water at several points is dangerously close to the Soldiers Home street-car line. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the water had fallen four feet. Courthouse Will Be Enlarged. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., March. 2. Plans for a $30.000 addition to the Henry county courthouse have been submitted to the County Commissioners and are being favorably considered. The increased busi ness has long made the want of additional room felt, and It has come to a point where addition to the old one is a necessity. The addition will be s 1 three stories high ana contain an moaern conveniences. The old part will be remodeled. Traction Franchise Asked For. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., March 2. Richard Johnson and Nicholas Horuff, leading local capitalists and bankers, this evening applied to the commissioners and will be granted a franchise to build an electric line from Madison through the northern limit of Jefferson county, connecting at Osgood, Ripley county, with the B. & O., thence via Greensburg, Decatur county, to Indianapolis. Gravel Road Bonds Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. - DELPHI, Ind., March 2. The commissioners to-day sold an issue of gravel road bonds amounting to $58.000, payable In fiveyear installments, and bearing interest at 4Va per cent. There were seven bidders, the highest being E. W. Bowen & Co., of this city, who secured the bonds at a premium of $726.53. The bonds are for the construction of thirty-two miles of gravel road in Burlington and Democrat townships. 31lnlsters to Move on the Mayor. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. March 2. The Ministers' Association to-day excluded reporters while the public gambling issue was discussed. After the meeting it was said no action had been taken, but that each minister would consider himself a committee of one to ask Mayor Steeg to enforce the law. i - . Missed the Second Time. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, DANVILLE, 111., March 2. Armlno Bernardino last night at Westville shot and killed Felia Spozzia. He aimed at Tarquatro Tarnetto. The latter was fired at a year ago, but missed, and the shot killed a bystander, for which the murderer is now serving a term in the penitentiary. Died from Eatlnff Matches. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., March 2. Hannah, the two-year-old daughter of Richard Gale Carr, died yesterday in Pittsburg from eating matches. This is the third young child the family has lost in a few months, all being brought here for burial. Tyler Cruthers Sentenced. Spec'al to tho Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., March 2. Tyler Cruthers, convicted of bunco steering, was refused a new trial this afternoon by Judge Elliott and was given an indeterminate sentence of two to fourteen years in the Jeffersonville Reformatory. Wabash Is nislnsc Rapidly. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. March 2. There is sixteen feet of water in the channel of the Wabash. It went Into most of the bottom lands at fifteen feet, and with this extended surface is rising less rapidly. Indiana Obituary. LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 2. Arthur F. Howard, a commercial traveler, died at his home here this afternoon, death following a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Howard was for twenty years traveling representa tive for a Columbus, O., shoe factory, and was well known throughout the middle West. He was born in 1S46. and while a student at Parkersburg, W. Va., enlisted in the Eleventh West Virginia Regiment and served till the close of the civil war. He left a widow and one daughter. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. March 2. Thomas vV. Sexton died at the home of his brother. Dr. II. C. Sexton, late Sunday night, after an illness of only a few days. He was born in Cincinnati. Jan. 24, 1873. and for the past four years was engaged in the dry goods business in Nevada City. Cal. A few months ago he came here to visit relatives and take a much needed rest. He was a member of the Elks and Masonic lodges in Nevada City. Three brothers survive. ELKHART. Ind., March 2. Elder Amsey H. Puterbaugh died at his home two and one-half miles south of Elkhart Saturday evening from consumption after long suf fering. He had been in declining health for eleven years, and during the past six months was very weak. He was born on Dec' 30. 1S51. and 1 survived by a widow and two children. The funeral will be held on Wednesday. GREENWOOD. Ind.. March 2. Mr. Robert Henderson died very suddenly at his home here Saturday evening before the doctor arrived. He was apparently in good health when stricken. He was born in Vir ginia sixty-eight years ago, but spent most of his life here. He left a widow and five children. The funeral was held this after noon. Burial was at Hopewell, Ind. FA1RMOUNT. Ind.. March 2. William Hobbs, one of the best known railroad engineers of Indiana, died atthe home of his mother in this city on Saturday, of consumption, and the body was taken to Wabash to-day for burial. He was about forty-four years old. and for the past three years had been in the employ of the Coast Line in California. RUSIIVILLE. March 2. The Rev. N. C. McDUl. formerly pastor of the United Pres byterlan Church of Richland township. Heel yesterday at tne nome or his son. Rev Robert McDill. He Mas seventy-six years old, and prior to leaving the ministry two years ago was tne ouiest preacher in Rush county, lie served tne cnurch in this coun ty forty years. TELL CITY. Ind.. March 2. Frank Lelmgruber died at his home here, aged sixty He left a widow and several children. NEW CASTLE. Ind., March 2,-Aftcr a Ions sickness Mrs. D. H. Gary, wife of

the P.ev. D. H. Gary, of this place, died to-day aged seventy-five. She was well known, her husband being one of the pioneer preachers of Indiana.

Intllnnn Noten. ELWOOD. One of the greatest revival meetings ever held in Elwood. ootiducted in the First Presbyterian Church by Evangelist and Mrs. Birch, of St. Louis, closvd with a monster meeting at the new Kramer Theater Sunday night, the church being too small to accommodate the crowds. Hundreds were turned away. Music was furnished by the Elwood Choral Society of seventy members, which won the first prize at the State Eisteddfod at Marion the day before. Revivals are now in progress at the Baptist, North A-street Christian and Second Methodist Protestant Churches. MARION. The citizens of Fowlerton have presented to the Grant County Commissioners a petition to have the town of Fowlerton, in Falrmount township, incorporated. It is represented that Fowlerton has by actual count 1,004 inhabitants, of which 316 are voters and 310 are heads of families. The twenty-two-months-old baby of William Slaughter, a Grant county farmer, will be taken to Indianapolis on Tuesday to have removed from its larynx a button swallowed a month ago. TERRE HAUTE. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mrs. Selby, who lives at Grant, this county, for assault and battery on Miss Tarrance, a teacher in that place. Mrs. Selby became enraged when she learned the teacher had whipped her son and going into the schoolroom took the whip from the teacher and struck her with it. Then she seized Miss Tarrance's watch and threw it to the floor. RICHMOND. The Starr Piano Company, of this city, is arranging for additions to its factory that will make it the most complete in the world. There will be two or three other factories making pianos, organs and other musical instruments and supplies that will probably excel it, but no exclusive piano factory in the world will equal it. PORTLAND. The March term of the Jay Circuit Court, Judge Smith on the bench, began Monday morning. During the present term Elmer Harter, indicted on three counts for criminal seduction and one for criminal operation, and Charles Smith, James Carroll and James Campbell, three counts each for burglary, will be tried. SULLIVAN. The Indiana Harbor Railroad Company of Chicago has closed a deal for 2.000 acres of fine mineral lands in Curry township of Sullivan county. A survey for this road was made Into the county several months ago. SHELBYVILLE. The Fountalntown schools, which have been closed for the past ten days on account of the trustee being unable to get fuel to the schoolhouses, were again opened Monday morning. E VANS VI LLE. John V. Dabler, em ployed in a coal mine near this city, was run over by a mule car ana ms neaa crushed in. He is not expected to survive Monday night. HISTORICAL BATTLEFLAG. Battle-Scarred Emblem of Mexican War for SIlsslsslppPs Statehouse. Memphis Commercial Appeal. The Department of Archives and History at Jackson. Miss., is much elated over the discovery of a most Interesting relic of the Mexican war In the shape of the historic flag of the First Mississippi Regiment, commanded by Col. Jefferson Davis. This battle-scarred emblem of the valor and heroism of Mississippi's brave sons in the Mexican war has been located in Texas, and the department will make every effort to get it for the museum of historical relics to be established In the new Capitol. The flag has been guarded as a sacred thing for the past fifty-seven years in the family of George W. Campbell, the gallant ensign who bore It on the bloody fields where the regiment of Colonel Davis saw heroic service. Its story is fraught with the deepest historic interest to the people of Mississippi, especially at this time, when they are consummating the deal for Beauvolr as an everlasting memorial to Jefferson Davis. This flag was the flag of the "Tombigbee Volunteers," a company which was organ ized at Columbus by Alexander K. McClung In the summer of 1846, and its ranks-were filled with the youth and chivalry of Lowndes and Monroe counties. On the day oLthe departure of this com pany from Columbus the Tombigbee Volun teers assembled at the residence of Major Thomas Blewitt for the purpose of receiv ing from the hands of the fair daughter of this old Southern home a beautiful silk flag, the handiwork of the ladies of Columbus. The flag was received by Ensign George W. Campbell, who pledged that it should be honored and protected even unto the sacrifice of life If need be, a pledge which was afterward faithfully kept. After leaving Columbus the company rendezvoused at Vicksburg, and was mustered into the service of the United States as a part of the famous First Mississippi Regiment. On the organization or tne regiment Alexander K. McClung was elected lieutenant colonel, and W. P. Rodgers, of Aberdeen, succeeded him as captain of the Tombigbee Volunteers. The flag of this company became by common consent tne flag of the regiment. It was triumphantly borne through the war, and at the battle of Monterey was twice shot from the hands of the brave color sergeant, ueorge vv. Campbell. At Buena Vista It proudly nung its roids to the breeze and bid defiance to the foe when the line of the First Mississippi was ordered to move forward at the ravine where the fortunes of the day were saved to the American army by the brave stand it took. History records that the American army was outnumbered five to one at Bue na 'Vista, and was only saved from defeat bv the heroic conduct of the b irst Missis sippi. Colonel Davis, with one of the United States engineers, selected tne position and formed the regiment in the shape of the inverted V, and when the Mexican lancers struck the deadly angle they melted away like mist. At the first meeting or the united con federate Veterans at New Orleans this old flag was kept at headquarters and received reverential attention. Mrs. Davis took tne deepest interest in it, and sent her kindest regards to the noble woman who had so safely guarded and treasured the sacred emblem. On another occasion this old flag was used to drape the portrait of Mr. Davis while a bevy or beautiful girls grouped around it and sang the "Bonnie Blue Hag. And it was this same old flag that draped the bier of the hero of the lost cause when he was laid to rest at Richmond. The flag is now in the possession of Mrs Saritta Tamplet, of Brenham, Tex., a daughter of Ensign George W. Campbell, of the First Mississippi. Mrs. Tamplet oners to sell the flag to the State of Mississippi to be placed in the new Capitol. FRANKNESS AS A WORLD POWER. Responsible for the Peaceful Settlement of Venezuelan Outbreak. Collier's Weekly. Although the Venezuelan incident has closed and passed with customary modern rapidity into the fields of the forgotten, its Influences and suggestions begin to be reflected in ways scarcely less urgent than the controversy itself. It was the freedom with which the public was taken into the confidence of the negotiators that brought the dispute to Its close so rapidly. It is a tendency toward a similar freedom between the governmental powers and the public In all matters of state that is the controversy's most conspicuous bequest. In Great Britain, Premier Balfour, now named the "most popular premier since Gladstone," accepting the tendency, has asked that those in position to affect popular opinion in any wise refrain with all care from inflaming international prejudices; in. Germany the Emperor has allowed his personality and his policies to become the topic of frank debate in legislature and In the press; in the Balkan trouble, the antagonistic factors have resorted to the press in the aim to present themselves aright before the popular tribunal; in the United States, almost simultaneously with the signing of the Venezuelan protocol, the policy of publicity has been declared and set in motion in the important realm of commerce. True, the public is the government, and is presumed to be In the government's confidence at all times, but the increasing scope of national administration, the Involutions of diplomacy and the corruptions of politics. In European states as well as American, have contributed toward other Inclinations. Frankness has been feared; its favorable force has not been divined. And some such threateningly dramatic situation as the Venezuelan affair seems to have been needed to disclose the simplicity of this means of power. To whom individually, if to any one. is due the credit of bringing about the disclosure It is not easy to say. Large and vital transformations reaching to fundamental bases are usually the product of long and continued evolutions; but it would be unfair to the current administration at Washington not to think that the President's own natural candor, standing as a support behind Mr.

Bowen, has had much to do with the development, and that without this perhaps the conclusion of the dispute would not have been so strongly and notably wrought. It will be interesting hereafter to observe how far the tendency will spread and how deeply it will affect the methods and ideals of government.

OUR PRESIDENTS. Why the Twenty Chosen Executives Have Been Preferred. Charles B. Benjamin, in March St. Nicholas. If a little collection of trustworthy maxims could be published under the title, "How to Become President," it would be a help to those rare boys who begin early to think of what they would like to be, and it might set some boys to thinking of presidential chances who now never give the matter a passing thought. But the winning of the presidency is not one of those exact arts for which the directions can be set out like lessons In a Schoolbook. Thus far we have had but twenty chosen Presidents; for five of the Presidents, so-called. have been Vice Presidents, succeeding to the powers and duties of Presidents who died within their terms of office. Twenty is a small number from which to extract a rule for the selection of Presidents, and six of the twenty had already been chosen down-to the time when Jackson, an idol of the rude and hardy settlers, who were transferring the political supremacy from tho Atlantic coast to the Mississippi val ley, brought in the era of the "poor boy." Yet the reasons why the twenty chosen ones became preferred to others must throw some light on the kinds of men and lives most likely tclead to the presidency. Vashington was chief of the men who had carried the young Nation to independence through the revolutionary war, and when the people decided to have a Presi dent they had no room in their minus or hearts for anybody but him. He would have been a President for life if he had not Insisted upon retiring when he felt, that he could leave the omce without injury to the country. Presidents John Adams. Jefferson and Madison were all illustrious statesmen of the revolutionary period, and each was the natural and proper choice of the party that elected him in behalf of the Nation. Presidents Monroe and John Qulncy Adams were both statesmen of distinguished character and service, with high claims upon the whole people, and stronger claims than any of their competitors upon the party to which they belonged. President Jackson, coming up early from the humbler ranks of the people, had gained great fame and popularity as a military and political leader at the time of his election. He was a man of violent passions and prejudices, but, like the gentler Lincoln of after years, a man of nany virtues and of a rare strength of character, and a lover of truth, honesty and the Interests of his country. Following the examples of Washington and Jefferson, he refused to serve for more than two terms, and gladly, went into retirement at the zenith of his power over the government and people. President Van Buren was a man of winning manners, and of great popularity; he was renowned as a manager of political affairs, and having been a loyal and most valuable helper to Jackson, the latter, in return, did all he could to make his friend's succession to the presidency easy and sure. President William Henry Harrison was much like Jackson In the great hold he had upon the masses through his military fame; but he was a well-bred man, and amiable to all men and parties. He was old when the great office came to him at last, and died only a month after his Inauguration. Presidents Polk, Pierce and Hayes were men of esteemed private character and creditable standing in politics. Their positions in public life were too moderate to give them hopes of the presidency, but their party leaders chose them as compromise candidates when unable to agree upon statesmen of greater fame. President Taylor and President Grant were military men who had become popular heroes through famous victories, for which reason they were taken into politics and made presidential candidates, as being more likely to defeat the civilian candidates of the opposite parties. Presidents Buchanan, Garfield. Benjamin Harrison and McKinley were public men of long and prominent service, who, without surpassing other men of their own parties, perhaps, were plainly in the front rank. They were finally preferred In the nominating conventions because well and strongly supported by their adherents, and because their prospects of success favorably impressed the members of the convention. . Presidents Lincoln and Cleveland were public men who each made a rapid rise to national importance because he seemed to be the very man to deal with questions out of the ordinary line of politics, which much engrossed the popular mind at the time. Now let us see what our twenty examples can teach us about how to obtain the presidency. First, we must put aside Washington. Taylor, and Grant as exceptional instances; for we shall hardly again have a creator-in-chief and founder of the nation; and only on rare occasions can some conqueror, by force of popular fervor, supersede the statesman and stride like a victor to the White House. From the seventeen examples that remain we learn that a coming President must be in political life, whether as an illustrious statesman, to whom the office comes like a natural promotion with hardly an effort, or as a suddenly risen man of fame, to whom the popular feeling decrees it. If he be neither of these, then he must be a statesman distinguished beyond the average, or one of average yet real distinction, who in either case mut reach out for the coveted place, with a general feeling of the propriety of his having it. If such a one. in the course of events, has had an opportunity to successfully turn his hand to warfare, after the fashion , of public men in this land of citizen soldiery, his martial popularity will count largely in his favor. Or an average statesman will have a useful lead if he possesses those personal qualities, such as tact, pitience and grace the Iron hand In the velvet glove that enables him to manage all sorts and conditions of men, and so to make himself quietly predominant. Lastly, to be modestly but honorably in politics, with attractive personal qualities and good claims to private esteem. Is to be hopefully in waiting for the day when a party, torn by the rival contentions of its principal men, shall look over into the next rank for a substitute candidate, and thus bring the honor suddenly. Col. Bryan and Onr Hens. New York Sun. It is a pleasure to learn from our esteemed Nebraska contemporary, the Lincoln Star, that Col. William Jennings Bryan has Joined the Southern Lancaster County Farmers' Association. At a meeting of this association in Normal, the other day. Colonel Bryan "took part In the discussion of the topic 'How Shall We Care for Our Hens in vv inter to Obtain, the Best Results?' " We have not as yet had the happiness of seeing a full report of Colonel Bryan's views on this fascinating subject, but we have no doubt that they were sound and kind and in every way worthy of the reputation of their distinguished author as a statesman, a warrior, a farmer, a friend of man and hens. For some seven years Colonel Bryan has given much speech to the care or "the producing classes." In their modest and unobtrusive way, hens have an honorable place among the producing classes. The care of these industrious producers in the winter months which- are so trying to the delicate galli naceous constitution may well engage the best labors of a student of the producing classes. Colonel Bryan's long brooding and cackling over the state of the country and the Democratic party are now to cease, we hope. After all, the country and the Dem ocratic party can take care of themselves Those sensitive, nervous and finely organized creatures. Our Hens, need the most constant attention-in the winter in order to enable them to produce the best results. Colonel Bryan has found a field where he can be truly useful. There are at least six teen persons to care for Our Country where ; there is one person to care for Our Hens Latest Union Outrage. Brooklyn Eagle. Albert O. Schumacher, a horseshoer of Brooklyn, went to Manhattan to seek for work. He needed work because his wife and children, to say nothing of himself. needed rood, ror seeking it without Der mission of a labor union he was set upon by seven men who represent a union and beaten into unconsciousness, his scalp torn open, his teeth knocked out, his nose broken and serious injuries inflicted by blows and kicks. He will be in a hospital for some time to come. A stranger who saw this disgraceful proceeding protested and was told to mind his own business or he "would get all that was coming to him.' But he persisted in calling a policeman. and tho cowards fled. This performance occurred in the principal city of a country that its people used to call free. The vie tlm had committed no crime. He was merely seeking an opportunity to support his

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Copy of Statement of the Condition OF THE United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. On the 31st day of December, 1902. It is located at No. 20 South Calvert street, Baltimore, Md. JOHN R. BLAND, President. GEO. R. CALL1S, Secretary. The amount of its capital is $1,630,900.00 The amount of its capital paid up is 1,630,900.00 The Assets of the Company in the United States are as fol ow: Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons $177,362.78 Real estate unincumbered 116,909.16 Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of per cent.,' secured as follows: As per Schedule E J2.245.1SS.59 Collateral account of .salvage.... 10,000.00 Advanced account of contracts.... 182,472.86 Interest due and accrued 24,794.51 Due for subs, department guaranteed attorneys 25,533.10 Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the . amount for which the same is . mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbrance 54,100.00 Debts otherwise secured, collateral loans 144,935.00 Debts for premiums, less commissions 229,031.53 Total assets $3,220,327.95 LIABILITIES. Amount owing and not due to banks and other creditors ... $267.460.15 Losses unadjusted 45,539.07 Losses in suspense, waiting for further proof 131.784.9S Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 799.544.S3 Total liabilities $1,244,329.03 State of Indiana, offlce of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the . above-mentioned company on the 31st day of December, 1902,' as shown by the original state ment, and that the said original statement is now on file in this office. In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my offlSEAL- clal seal this 23d day of February, 11)03. D. E. SHERRICK, Auditor of State. family. But he had declined to join a society. We have no law compelling any member of the community to Join any society, but we have laws that prevent any Feople from treating citizens like dogs, low much longer will this outrageous condition of things endure before the authori ties wake to the danger that their tolerance is creating? RAPID SHIPBUILDING. Work on Chilean Crnlnera Point a Moral for the United State. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. South American countries do not build great navies, but in some instances at least they get good ships when they build. The current issue of the Scientific Amer ican gives an exhaustive description with illustrations, of the new Chilean battleship Llbertad, accompanied by the opinion that for her size she is the most powerful fighting ship afloat. The Llbertad is of 11,800 tons displacement, 436 feet long, 71 feet broad, and carries ordnance capable of delivering in one minute 12W tons of metal whose combined energy would amount to 1,700,000 foot-tons. All the guns are of modern, long-range caliber, high velocity type, with the latest pattern of breech mechanism, designed to facilitate rapid loading. She was built by Vickers Sons & Maxim, London. The Chilean war vessels, the Scientific American adds, "are all remarkable for their powerful offensive qualities, their armament being, in proportion to their displacement, more powerful than that of any other ships In the world. unless, indeed, we make exception in the case of the United States navy." A remarkable fact about the Llbertad, and one which is of deep Interest to a hustling people like the Americans, is the great speed with which she was built. The first keel plate was laid March 13, 1902, and the launch took place on Jan. 6. 1903, the vessel being completed, therefore, in less than ten months. This affords a striking comparison with the slowness with which American warships are being constructed. The Missouri is a case in point. This vessel is only 400 tons larger than the Llbertad. Tho contract for her construction was signed Dec. 30, 1898, and last December, after the expiration of four years, the ship was twenty months behind contract, and, of course, is not yet completed. Americans have been taking bridge-building and other contracts away from British, competitors, for erection in Africa and Asia, because of the promptitude with which they can promise fulfillment, but they need to bestir themselves in shipbuilding. The value of quick work in rehabilitating a navy must be apparent to all. The backward condition of the United States navy is largely attributable to the deliberation with which shipbuilding firms go about their government contracts. i Innovation In Street-Car Straps. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "The superintendent of our street-railway line at home Is a very ingenious fellow. He substituted rubber straps for all the leather ones and then he issued a little notice in which the passengers were earnestly recommended to wear rubber heels on their shoes." "What is the result?" "It is excellent. Why, actually there are patrons of the road who prefer to hang on the straps rather than sit down. And you never saw anything more comical than the long line of gtrap-hangers bouncing up and down like so many rubber dolls. You have to learn the motion before you can thoroughly enjoy it, but it doesn't take long. There was Mrs. Steenthly, the wife of the pastor, a very light weight. The first time she tried the straps she bounced off her feet and almost knocked out a ventilator. When she swung back she mashed the Widow Blunker's new white hat and crushed Professor Blngle's spectacles and put one of her feet squarely in a globe of goldfish that Isaac Trotters was carrying home as a present to his daughter Mattie Ann. It took three men to secure her and lift her down from the strap, but there ain't anybody that likes the system any better than she does now. Yes, he's going to have it patented BIgler's patent elastic strap, he calls it. You want to look out for it. It's all right." 'No One bat Grandpa. New York Commercial. Prince Edward of York la a democratic little fellow. Recently a children's outfitter went to York House with a suit for the prince. While the outfitter was waiting to be announced the prince ran out to her. saying: "O please come right in." She held back, but Edward, throwing open the door, pulled her in, adding: "O come right in with me. There is no one in here except grandpa." ,As the outfitter entered, she saw the King leaving the room, smiling broadly. A Year's Tobacco Bill. Leslie's Weekly. The trust has gone Into the manufacture of cigars. It has been in business less than two years, and during the past twelve months it produced about a billion cigars. Czrcb a Cc!4 ! 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Glass, Steam Boilers

SURETY Copy of Statement of the Condition OF THE UNITED STATES BRANCH OF THE Frankfort Marine, Acci dent and Plate Glass Insurance Co. On the 31st day of December, 1902 It is located at No. loO William street. New York. F. G. VOSS..... United States Manager Home Offlce Frankfort-on-the-Maln Germany. The amount of its capital Is $1,250,000.00 The amount of its capital paid, up is 312.500.(0 The amount of its United States deposit is 200,000.00 The Assets of the Company lathe United States are as follows: Cash on hand and in the hands of trustees $37.072.67 Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of per cent., as per schedule -filed 843.17S.73 Debts for premiums, net 174,805.05 All other securities, interest 100.00 Total assets I $1,055,156.77 LIABILITIES. Losses in suspense, waiting for further proof reserve for losses $302,115.03 All other claims against the company 7,500.00 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 404.S7S.59 Total liabilities $714.493.62 The greatest amount in any one ,risk $20,000.00 State of Indiana, office of Auditor of State. 1, the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 31st day of December, 1902, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement Is now on file In this office. In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my offiSEAL. cial seal this 4th day of February, 1903. D. E. SHERRICK, Auditor of State. As the total production of the country Is approximately seven billions this represents a very fair amount of business for an infant concern.. This has been a period of remarkable expansion in the cigar trade, however, and the production of the American Cigar Company represents Just about the increase for the year, so that the new enterprise has not interfered seriously with the independent manufacturers. The enormous extent of the tobacco business in America may be realized from the fact that 7.000.000,000 cigars. 3.000.000.000 cigarettes and 280.000,000 pounds of manufactured tobacco and 15,000,000 pounds of snuff are produced every year. The retail value of all the smoking and chewing tobacco in its various forms approaches $300,000,000 annually. It Is indeed a business of royal proportions and Its control is worth fighting for. The Personal Appearance of Chrls4. In his new and exhaustive monograph upon the Apocryphal acts and sayings of Jesus, "The - Extracanonical Life of Christ," Dr. Bernhard Pick records two interesting descriptions of the personal appearance of the Savior: one by certain Lentulus in a letter to the Roman Senate, and the other a pen portrait by Eplphanius the Monk. 1. From the letter of Lentulus: "He is a man of noble and well-proportioned stature, with a face full of kindness and yet firmness, so that the beholders both lave Him and fear Him. His hair is of the color of wine and golden at the root; straight and without luster, but from the level of the ears curling and glossy and divided down the center after the fashion of the Nazarenes. His forehead is even and smooth. His face without wrinkle or blemish, and glowing with a delicate bloom. His countenance is frank and kind. Nose and mouth are In no way faulty. His beard is full, of the same hazel color as His hair, not long, but forked. His eyes are blue, and extremely brilliant. In reproof and rebuke He Is formida"ble; in exhortation and teaching, gentle and amiable. He has never teen seen to laugh, but oftentimes to weep. His person is tall and erect; His hands and limbs beautiful and straight. In speaking He is deliberate and grave, and little given to loquacity. In beauty He surpasses the children of men." 2. Description by Eplphanius the Monk: "But my Christ and my God was exceedingly beautiful In .countenance. His stature was fully developed, His height being six feet. He had auburn hair, quite abundant, and flowing down mostly over His whole person. His eyebrows were black, and not highly arched: His eyes brown and bright.- He had a family likeness, in His fine eyes, prominent nose and good color, to His ancestor David, who is said to have had beautiful eyes and a ruddy complexion. He wore His hair long, for a razor never touched it; nor was it cut by any person, except by His mother in His childhood. His neck inclined forward a little, so that the posture of His body was not too upright or stiff. His face -ws full, but not quite so round as His mother's; tinged with sufficient color to make it handsome and natural; mild in expression, like the blandness in the above description of His mother, whose features His own strongly resembled." , Sayings of Jesus. Recorded in "The Extracanonical Life of Christ." From the Gospel of the Egyptians: To the question of Salome: "How long shall death reign?" the Lord answered: "As long as ye women give birth." When Salome asked when it shall be known what she asked the Lord said: "When you tread under foot the covering of shame, and when out of Two is made One, and the male with the female, neither male nor female." From the Gospel according to the Hebrews: The following addendum to the inspired versions of the story of Christ and the rich young man is quoted by Origen as "written In a certain gospel styled "according to the Hebrews." "The rich man began to scratch his head, and It (the advice of Jesus to sell his possessions) did not please him. And the Lord said unto him: 'How sayest thou. I have fulfilled the law and the prophets, since it is written in law: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." and lo! many of thy brethren, sons of Abraham, are clothed In filth, dying of hunger, and thy house is full of many goods, and nothing at all goes out of it to them. " "He who seeks will not stop till he find; and. having found, he will wonder: and, wondering, he will reign; and, reigning, he will rest." From the Gospel of Matthias: The flesh must be contended with, and evil entreated, and Its unbridled lust must- in no wise be yielded to. but the soul must be made to grow through faith and knowledge. From the Gospel of Eve: I am thou, and thou art I, and where thou art there am I also; and in all things am I sown. And from whencesoever thou gatherest me, in gathering me thou gatherest thyself. From the Oxyrhynchos MS.: I appeared In the midst of the world, and In the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athlrst among them; and my soul grieveth over the tons of men because they are blind in their heart and see not their poverty. Raise the stone and there thou shalt find me; cleave the wood and there am I. From the Mohammedans: Jesus, the Son of Mary, said: "He who longs to be rich is like a roan who drinks sea water; the

and Burglary Insurance

Telopliono I-IO Copjof Statement of the Condition OF THE UNITED STATES BRANCH OF THE THURINGIA Insurance Company On the 3 1 st day of December, 1902. It Is located at No. 100 William street. New York. F. G. VOSS United States Manager Home Office Erfurt, Germany The amount of its capital is $2.230.000.00 The amount of its capital paid up ' is 450,000.00 The amount of its U. S. deposit is 230.0uO.(X) The Assets of the Company In tbe United States are as follows: Cash on hand and in the hands of trustees $342.993. Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of per cent., as per schedule filed G37.754.3S Debts for premiums, net 17s.u35.30 All other securities, Interest 6,407.30 Total assets $1.1S5,213.0S LIABILITIES. Losses unadjusted - $14,432. 4 J Losses in suspense, waiting for further proof 13,113.74 All other claims against the company 9,255.22 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 742.916.06 Total liabilities $779,777.53 The greatest amount in any one risk $10.000.00 State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify thit the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned . company on the 31st day of December, 1902, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on file in this office! In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my otaSEAL. cial seal this 4th day of February, 1903. D. E. SHERRICK. Auditor of State. more he drinks the more thirsty- he becomes, and never leaves off drinking till he perishes." Equipment of Modern Explorer. Pearson's Magazine. So much in the way of detailed records is now expected of an explorer that he must avail himself of the moxt modern devices in order to fulfill these expectations. The up-to-date explorer now takes a blograph or cinematograph with him. One of the first to do this was Professor Haddon. of Cambridge, whö has also Included a phonograph among his outfit. With these instruments combined, the scientific traveler can bring back an extraordinarily vivid record of manners and customs and cause the remotest savages to dance can-cans and shriek their war songs In the decoroua theater of the London University. MoreKr;ttherer ,s ,tne telePhoto lens, a combination of telescope and camera, with which all kinds of extraordinary subjects can be taken, such as a lion attacking an antelope, secret ceremonlex of savages, and ritunct,onfu at wnich tn Immediate EI iL ki yi Lthc Plorer is highly undesirable In the opinion of all parties. st Mnnlefpal Orrnerahlp. Philadelphia Record. Whether municipal ownership be better than private ownership depends upon the question whether the waste and the stealings incidental to municipal ownership are greater than the profits extracted from ths community by private ownership. It Is possible that in European cities, with their bureaucratic administrations and different political systems, public ownership mar cost the people less than private ownership, but what man outside of a lunatic asylum would expect the management of 8tf. rawa". a works and other public utilities, by the city governments of Philadelphia. New York. Chicago. St. Louis, or Minneapolis to be less expensive to th community than management by private corporations eager for dividends? Hopeless and Almost Dying Mrs. Grinnett is Saved by Paine's Celery Compound The Only Spring Medicine Thit fca Positively Guarantee Health and New Life to WcaX, Diseased and Broken-Down Men and Women. Another marked and positive victory for Palne's Celery Compound! Another marvelous example of life-saving! Mrs. Kate Grinnett, a popular and wellknown lady residing In Germania. Sabine Co., Ark., who expected to die, is made well and strong by nature's health restorer after the best efforts of a faithful physician had failed. This victory, and the scores of wonderful cures wrought from week to week by Palne's Celery Compound, create a confidence In the great spring medicine that is enduring and far-reaching. At this season Palne's Celery Compound rescues and permanently cures young and old who are weakened and broken down by disease; It never falls; Its virtues are all-powerful even at the eleventh hour. Mrs. Grinnett, thankful for renewed health and strength, writes thus: "Last September I was very ill and thought I was going to die. I was cold and lifeless and my heart would flutter and shake like a leaf. I had cold sweats, so profuse that my garments would be wet. I had pains in my shoulders and arms, at times so severe that I was obliged to use morphine. The doctor said my liver was in bad condition. He treated me for quite a long time, but I only got temporary relief. I heard of Palne's Celery Compound and bought a bottle of It, used It. but the only change I experienced was an increased appetite. I had decided not to ue the modicine any longer, but my husband persuaded me to try another bottle, which soon gave me happy results, and I continued with Palne's Celery Compound until 1 had taken six bottles. Now I am physically a new woman; I feel well, work my garden, do all my own housework and am gaining in strength and vigor every day. I recommend Palne's Celery Compound to my friends and neighbors. This is the first time I have ever Indorsed a medicine." Ort MTh Perfect. Feci."