Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1891 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 28, 1891-TWELVE PAGES.

y' INDIANA STATE SEXTIXEL BY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. S. E. MORSS, President.

lEstercd at tha Poto(Tirr at In3laaapolia M Mcood tla matter.) TEBM1 PER TEAR: Firgle cop? (lnTr!b!y In AdTaDce.)......! 00 Wf axk democrats to Wit in mind and aclect thrlr stat paprr arten th-y coma to take aubscriptics and make on cluba. Agmta mating up clubs ffci frr any Information ectiitd. AddcaTU 1'11AAF0L1S SENTINEL tndianniiolia. Ind. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2S. TWELVE PAGES. The State Doard of Agriculture. We make it a rule to give every one who Ss criticised in our columns a chance to be heard in his own defense, and in accordance with this rule we this morning publish a communication from President Davidson of the state hoard of agriculture in reply to certain strictures made npon that board in a recent issue of The Sentinel underthe signature of "Hayseed." We also print a letter from another member of the board in reply to "Hayseed." We have no eersonal 'know le-ige of the facts in controversy between "Hayseed" and the board, but wj da know that " Hayseed" is a gentleman who is abundantly able to take care of 'himself in a discussion of this kind, and we have no doubt that Le TV ill do so. While upon this subject we improve tibe opportunity to reiterate the opinion, previously expressed, that the state board of agriculture, as at present constituted, ought to be abolished. We have no criticism to make npon the pen tie men who compose the board, in their individual capacities, but the board, as such, is a total ffailure. It has long outlived its usefulness, if it ever had any. The annual fairs giwn under its manigraent are not a credit to it, or to the state. The board is practically a self-perpetuating institution, notwithstanding the disclaimers of President Davidson and "Anti-Hayseed." The system under which members axe elected is not in accordance w ith sound public policy. Under this system the board has become a thoroughly fossilized institution. It is at least twentyfive years behind the times. Its methods lire primitive. It? annual exhibitions are cheap John affairs. It does not fairly represent the various interests winch are concerned, or ought to be, in the fair. 5otwithstanding the statements of the esteemed gentlemen whose letters we publish this morning, it is, and always baa been, decidedly partisan in its complexion. Mr. Davidson tells us that it now consists of eleven republicans and five democrats. Our information is that it Btands thirteen to three in favor of the republicans. This may not le correct, bat we belive it to be true that always, since the creation of the board, the republicans have bad a very strong and generally an overwhelming preponderance in its membership. The recent election of a "red-hot" democrat for secretary occurred simultaneously with the assembling of a legislature de rocrat:c by nearly three to one, and under the circumstances can hardly be regarded as conclusive evidence of the non-partisan tendencies of the board. It is true that the former secretary, Mr. Alex Heron, is a democrnt, but he always found himself very lonely, politically, in the board. Of course, party politics should have notbiug to do with the state board of agriculture, and our objection to the present arrangement is not based upon the fat thatth-3 republicans have managed to retain control of it during H these years. Our objection goes deeper than that, although that fact shows that the existing system is not a good one. We think the board should be fairly representative of not only the agricultural, but the live stock, the mechanical and tho general business interests of the state; that the annual fair should be something more than a pampkin pliow and a fakir's congress; that new blool ehou d be injected into the board from time to time, new ideas adopted, and new methods introduced in a word, that the fair should be. kept abreast of the times and made worthy, in 11 respect, of the great state of Indian. Several bilis providing for a reorganization of the board have been introduced in the legislature. Two of them have been published in The Sentinel. They are rery similar in their essential features, providing, as they do, for the representation of various interests on the board, for iVs entire separation from party politic, and for a new and iopular system of electing members. We trust that one of these measures, or something equally as good, will become a law at the present bestion, Daniel V. Voorhee. The return of Daniel W. Vooriiees to the TJ. S. senate by a larger vote than any man has ever before received for that high office is a distinguished compliment to one of the ablest men who ever served in that body. Mr. Vooriiees has sat continuously in the U. S. senate for thirteen years. No Indianian ever before served in that body eo Jong. He was first appointed in 1877 to fill out the unexpired term of Oliver 1 Morton. He wm elected for a full term in 1870 and re-elected in hSo. His service in the senate, from first to last, lias been characterized by industry, faithful devotion to the interests of the people, And eloquent championship of their rights whenever they were imperiled. Mr. Voorhees has made some mistakes during hia senatorial career, as none would be so ready to admit aa he. Put upon the whole hia course ha9 been such, as to commend hi in to the respect and confidence of his constituents and to add lustre to the name of his state. The absolute purity of hia motives has never btpn questioned, even by the most virulent of his opponents. There has never been a suspicion of his clean-handedness, Iiis name has never been tainted in the slightest degree by even a sugg -stion of sc2ndal. lie is the peer of any man i a the senate for eloquence, and liis reputation as a scholar, a statesman and an crator was never eo high as it is todjy. Mr. Voorhf.es is now at the very zenith cf h.'i powers. His intellect was never bo clear or to vigorous aa today, and Le

never had a larger capacity for usefulness. He will enter upon hia third full term on March 4 under the happiest auspices, and we are greatly mistaken if, during the next six years, be does not rise to a fuller stature of greatness than he has ever yet attained.

Onr Itenevolent Institution. Wood, the republican who waa formerly an attendant at the Richmond insane hospital, has been convicted of manslaughter and given tho maximum penalty of twenty-one years' imprisonment. The punishment is a severe one, but, if Wood's guilt waa clearly established, it is a righteous one. To what extent, if at all. the jury was swayed by prejudice, or in what degree, if in any, the defense was handicapped by extraneous influences, we do not know. Hut if the evidence showed beyond a reasonable doubt that Wood beat to death a helpl-.ss human creature, under his care and protection, it is in accordance with the dictates of common humanity and eternal justice that he should be punished as decreed by the jury. It is to be hoped that his Cte may prove a salutary warning to al. who occupy such relations to the wards of the state as he held toward Blount. Now that this matter has been ju: dicially investigated the time has come for The Sentinel to say what it has Jong been minded to say, that Superintendent Wells ought to resign forthwith. Whatever his professional attainments and personal merits may be aud they are admirable, we doubt not he is clearly not the man to be at the head of such an institution as the Eastern insane hospital, and his resignation should not be longer withheld. We judge him only upon his own statements, made under oath in the Wood trial. By his own testimony he is most emphatically not the right man in tho right place. In this connection it is well to remind the legislature that one of it supreme duties is to put cur benevolent and reformatory institutions under a different syetem of administration than now exists. That they are, as a rule, honestly and humanely conducted, we firmly believe; but that the existing system, with its divided authority and diffusion of responsibility, leaves the door open to grave abuses, there can be no doubt. If such abuses creep in they mav not only work a great wrong to helpless people- whom the state is bound, by the highest considerations of justice and humanity, to protect, but they are liable to cot tho democratic party dearly at future elections, magnified aa they of course will be by the press and public speakers of the opposition. It will not only be wise statesmanship, but the most practical sort of practical politics, for the present legislature to take every possible precaution against the recurrence of scandals in our public institutions. Well managed as most of them undoubtedly are today, serious evils are liable to develop in any of them so long as tho present defective system is retained. One word more: There are said to be democrats in the legislature who are urging, "in the interest of economy" or for other reasons, that appropriations for the state board of charities shall be denied altogether or reduced below the sums required to maintain the full usefulness oi the board. We do not believe that there is any danger of this thine being done. It would be a disgrace to the democratic party and to the fctate if it were doue. It would cost the party thousands of votes at the next election, and very properly. The men who are suggesting such action clearly do not understand the temper of the people. Must We Lose Joan of Are? And now they say that, instead of being a heroine, Joan of Arc belonged to that pcculi.tr class known at the present time as cranks; that the voices she heard in the woods of Domremy were the hallucinations of a disordered intellect. Her visits to Governor Boudiu court eo annoyed him that he passed her on to the court of the dauphin for the mere purpose of getting rid of her.whero in turn the dauphin dressed her up in armor for the amusement of the court. Then inconoclasts even go so far as to assert that the consecrated aword which was found per Joan's direction, buried in the church of St. Catharine at Flerbois, and which was presented to her by the dauphin, had been planted there by hands of ordinary flesh and blood. They further assert that she did not lead the army to the relief of Orleans, but merely went along like a vivandiere. They scotF at the story that the soldiers who tied this abused lady to a stake in the market place at Rouen were struck dead. So the indications are that the great French heroine will have to get down off of her pedestal and follow William Tf.ll, . QcixTirs Ccrtius, et al. Medieval history is rapidly losing its brightest stars through the irreverent investigations of the modern quidnunc. It now looks like it was a mere matter of time until American history is attacked in the same way, and these individuals will be prepa red to prove that Patuick Henky never made a speech, that no cherries grew on the Washington homestead, and that the John SmithPocahoutas story was due to the fertile imagination of some special correspondent. The bill now pending before the legislature permitting every inmate of an insane hospital to choose one person of tho outside world with whom he may communicate nt any time without being subject to censorship is a wise measure and commendable from every point of view. No benevolent institution should be made a bastile where its inmates are practically buried alive. Humanity demands that these persons should be permitted to ventilate such grievances as they have, and in the possible instance of a sane person being detain d in such an institution through the manipnlation of some influential individual, this plan would insure a speedy restoration of liberty. Many of tho patients are sane enough to tell of the treatment which they and other patients receive at the hands of the keepers and nurses, and the frequent reports which are published all over the country of neg:ect and cruelty in such institutions would indicate that it is not merely the right but the duty of the public to be informed of the inside workings of theae asylums which are supported by

the state. Aside from this, the mind that retains some intelligence, and those of a majority of the patients do, holds remembrances of home and friends which should be fostered instead of blotted out by isolation. The information continually

furnished the public by this plan would also prove a wholesome check on any tendency toward gross violations of trust for selfish interests by the officials of such institutions. We sincerely hope this bill may pass. Since the McKinley bill ha built a wall around us, the Argentine Republic has showed its readiness to reciprocate by passing a tariff measure, some of the items of which almost reach our own pearl button duty. Some of the articles which the psople of the United Slates are interested in are thus taxed: Duty. Starch fOO qer ton. Flour ii 00 do Corn tueal 0 00 do Indian corn f0 U) do iiefitied auar SO 00 do Merr or cider 1 per litre. Korusene.. 0.r do Hlk hata 2 50 each. Felt hat 1 50 do Wool hata 00 do Cigars, carriages, harueaa, e othing, hata, alioea, furniture, chocolate, cheese, preserved mean, fifcli, or (ruiL r0 per cent. Tolaceo in genera! ,V do Arru, powder. Mi l periumery... 50 do In spite of the fact that the Argentine Republic is a great producer of hides, it would appear from this action that the people tnere fail to agree with R. Harbison that the reciprocity clause as it wr.s passed was a great coup d'dcit which would secure the free entry of our products into countries producing sugar, coffee, tea and hides. The legislature ought to direct an investigation of the state treasury. When that is finished an investigation of the governor's office will be in order. The operations of the pardon bureau and detective agency in the governor's office will, we think, bear looking into. When the legislature has got through with IIovey, Roberts it Co. an examination into the management of the attorney general's office, under Mr. Miciiener, will be appropriate. Investigation is the order of the day. The state house has been in the hands cf republicans for the past four years. Several of them have carried on their offices with little regard to legal obligations or moral considerations. The day of reckoning has come. There will probably be fun alive in this town before it is many weeks older. Mr. Mills' language to Speaker Reed Tuesday was not strictly parliamentary. But it was to the point. Cutcheon of Michigan, strangely enough, neglected to move a censure upon Mr. Mills. Cutcheon seems to have had enough of the censure business. He hud Mr. Ryncm decorated by he chair last summer, and he in turn was decorated with an emphatic censure by his constituents on Nov. 4. This has been a disastrous winter for trusts. The si t trust has dissolved, the glass trust is broken, the Chicago gas trust has gone glimmering, the harvester trust was cut down in its infancy, and the barbed-wiro men are having a very rough time of it. The proposed subsidy bill is but another way to rob the people iu order to "protect" them and is direcly in line with the policy of the republican party. It is a clear case of enriching the few from the pockets of the many. The house Wednesday adopted a resolution for an investigation of the state treasury. This action, it should be understood, waa not suggested by Governor Hovey. What a brilliant scheme it is. to be sure, to subsidize an Australian steamship line just after increasing the duties on Australian wool! ANSWER3 TO CORRESPONDENTS. L. Pariiam, Sidell, 111. The Sentinel has printed abstracts of the force bill and explanations of its salient points frequently. It provides for the appointment of three supervisors of elections in each election district, two of whom shall ba of the name political faith. These supervisors are to be at pointed by the chief supervisors of election", all republican, but their appointment may be renewed by Iht) circuit judge?, nearly all of whom are republicans. Supervisors will be empowered to pass upon the right of any pe son to be registered, as requited previous to voting, and in cities of more than 20,000 shall "verify the registration" bv house to-house visits and inquiries. These supervisors are to work in conjunction with the local election boards, but if their report of the election is contrary to that of the local board, it shall le accepted as official, and the Jiouae of representatives shall be formed on this basis. Supervisors shall hold office until disqualified cr removed, E radically giving them life positions, .lections of congressmen shall occur in 1.S90, and every two years thereafter, all states being compelled to make laws confoi ming to this regulation. Tne president, or any person whom he may empower for that purpose, may employ any part of the land or naval forces of the United States to enforce any or all of the provisions of the bill that is to say, may surround tho polls with armed men at his pleasure. C. F. C, city: Brookston, White county, is located in the senatorial district of Pulaski, Carroll and White, represented by W. 11. Thompson of Winamac. James Mathias, Montezuma, Ind. The receipts of hogs were l,440,bl'), and of cattle liiO,l oH, at the Union stock-yards during the year lS'Jd. ET CETERA. "On, wad soma powr tne gW g?t ui To lee ciuratlaaa ollirrs are u.," We'd need lull tuauy a soothing salre and generous lotin; T'or soma wou'd tihi and some would avear, Andoiua would tare and tear tlieir bair To And th-iuelea poiunie de tvrre Where ti7 bad looked fur fond esteem and e'en devotion. Ab, Bottjr, 'twas, I greatly fear, a foolish notion. (Ceorgr Kivih Hint. Jay Gocld's incoT.e is placed at $7,500 a day. and it does not rest on the seventh day of the week. Ik Mr. Inga Is is really writing a novel tho public may rest assured that the hero will not be an agriculturist. turw-r-Journal, A .Topeka man has secured a patent on an improved lift. He should hasten to try it on the Kansas farm mortgages. 'ahmjton tod. The widow of John B. fiough is a helpless paralytic and broken-down woman. And yet at one time she was, as charming, cheery and vigorous a w-man us ever helped a husband in his l.fe's lator. A mas who lias been annoyed for years by the fact that ono side of Lis 'mustache grows about twice as fast as the other side claims to havo found an explanation in

the circumstanco that be fits all dav at his desk with one side of his face turned to a window, the light of which st inulates the growth of the hair on that side. Miss Julia Marlowe has quite recovered from her recent serious illness, and

is now residing with her mother in New I York. Her moth -r recently gave up her residence in Wichita, Kas., and moved to New lork. A kill has been introduced into the Illinois legislature providing for the punishment of persons who impose upon newspapers by furnishing untrue or "faked" statements, which wou.d be libelous if published. David Moss, a sixty-five-year-old Missouri farmer, has left a happy home in which a faithful wife had blessed him with twenty-two children, and eloped with a fifteen-year-old girl who is crosseyed and has red hair. President Harhion sleeps with his head as near to his bed nxrn window as possible. He doesn't want to mis the first faint murmur of that coming boom which will tell him that the country need bis service for another term. riti'a&'lphia Tinut. In Paris an aquarium is maintained for the purpose of breeding fish for replenishing the rivers of France. A quantity of California salmon are kept in a tank specially constructed for the purpose of artificial breeding. Asa result more than two hundred thousand healthy li-di are transferred to the River Seine every year. It is an old saying that a Scotchman 'ne'er goes bock aain" to the land of his birth. And in the case of David Jacks, the California millionaire, one can easily understand why it should be so when he cau ride twenty miles on a straight line on his Monterey es ate and be worth a round $7,000,000. jo "bock again," indeed ! George William Curtis is described as "a bland gentle .-an with a clerical appearance, and looking as though he ought to part his hair in the mlldle. He stands five foet ten, wears English whiskers, and darkish light locks shade a handsome face. For twenty-eight years he has been the literary adviser of Messrs. Harper tt Rmtbers, receiving the epleudid salary of $115,000 a year." Edison, the electrician, has more the loo'.c cf a country grocer than a man of science, and he can cheerfully submit to be bothered by a lot of thi dren without showing any annoyance at havinghis min i abstracted from deeper studies. And he is just as happy patching up the fractured inhabitants of a child's Noah's Ark as he is when try ing to make tho telephone a self-recording machine. A tin waa lost from the trolley on an Augusta (Cia.) electric car some time ago and the car stopped. A h-irpin furnished by a lady passenger enabled one of the cars to continue its trip to the hi !. Friday morning the hairpin whs removed and leplaced by ono made for the purpose. It is only justice to the hairpin, however, to say that it could have satisfactorily performed the duty allotedto it for several months to come. The Czarowitz Nicholas and his brother, the Archduke George, will arrive in San Frauclseo from Japan about March 1, and then come acrosj tho centinent to New York, stopping to see the principal cities on the route. As they are a couple of smart, good-iooking and jolly young fellows, severely unmarried and decidedly eligih e, it is expected that American beauty will put on its best bib and tucker and show it has no antipathy to being admired a la Russ. lOJ MANY BILLS. A Careful IHacrim nation Mut he Made lid Only That of liurortnnee Faied. To the Editor .SVr: The ntimber of bills already introduced is appal. ing and among the entire lot there is not one-half dozen really needed or demanded. To a man looking on it seems that the great majority of the members are trying to distinguish themselves by the very foolishness of the measures they propose. Somo public officers are overpaid, and there is a wholesome and just demand for reduction of fees ami salaries. It is equally true that other officers are not sufficiently paid. Among the economic measures introduced is an attack on the poor little onice of country township trustee. The trustee's office is most important to the farmer. In the city be has few duties to perform. The country trustee looks af.ee the employment of teachers, building, repair and furnishing of school-house ; bridges and highways; the sheep and d -g fund ; the levy of taxes fur all purposes and the disbursing of the same, and a thousand thing with which the city township trustee ha nothing whatever to do. And yet there is a bill before the legislature to give the city township trustee as high as i?l,S00 per year aid the country trustee, with his manifold duties, almost uothing. These very inconsistencies are what have given rise to the demand for an equitable and fair fee and salary bill. Let township trustees be paid in proportion to the work performed by them, as the law already provides, and cot on a basis of population alone. Another measure before the lezislatnre is a proposed reduction of the judicial districts of the etate, which would save the state the salary oi a few circuit judges. The courts are crowded as it is, and, were the dUrricts enlarged, the buniness could not be transacted. Asa remedy it is proposed to establish a county court in each conn y, and where one judge would bo legi dated out of of.iee there would be five county judges legislated into office, with two courts on hand in each county to maintain instead of one. Members should not forget, for the least part of a moment, that thv have an intelligent constituency looking on, and if one tenth of the bills already proposed should reidly become laws, it would he sufficient to bury every member supporting them in a political grave so deep that tiabriel, with his horn, on resurrecion dav, would have to give an extra toot to bring them forth. Clay City, Ind., Jan. 20. Our I'oaltion Indorsed. To the Editor .S't'r: A communication in today's Sentinel entitled "A Farmer Speaks Out, cansists of golden words and should be read by every member of the legislature who tshould act accordingly. The atanrl Tiik Sentinel takes on tho fee ami salary question is right, and the democrats ! of this part of Iiptou county aro very proud of Thk Sentinel, Never let up until a iust fee and salary law is passed by the legislature. D. Sharpsivlle, Ind., Jan. 10. Itwiad ! Iltbla i-.d Shot Ilia Wife. Pittsburg, Jan. 23. Today William Fonlk, living at Laurel Station, emptied the contents of a double barreled shotgun into his wife, with fatal result. lie had been steadily reading several chapters of the bible over and over, and finally in a re igiotis frenzy killed his faithful wife. He is now insane and under Jock and key. Thousands of our citizens have adopted I "Btand-by."

THE STATE BOARD.

President Dmidaon Iefends It Against "llarteed'a" Cr tleiara. To the Editor Sir: In your issue of Jan. 10, over the nom deplume of "Hayseed," I notice some innuendoes and statements that may mislead the unwary. He says the public has decided that the state fair is practically a failure; also, that it always will be under the management of the present self-perpetuating board. In answer to this sweeping assertion I would ask, Who elects this board? Many may believe that sll members have to do is to vots for themselves and for each other. Now the fact is a member has no vote except he be appointed as a delegate from his own local fair association. Who else are the voters for members of the board? The president of each county or district fair association or some one delegated by him to act in his stead. Under certain conditions they are require'd to meet at the agricultural rooms at the state-house the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January of each year to elect eight members of the board to serve for two years. We ask all candid men and the members of the general assembly to examine the annual report and see "who are the deleg-ttes and how often they are changed by their local societies. Examine closely whether they are representative men in go d standing as citizens of the state. See if they are not men who represent nearly all the industries and are progressive s.nd practical business ni"u. Now, in query No. 8, this "HavKCed" intimates that the delegates received pay from members for railroad fares and hotel bills to g-t their votes. I appeal to the delegate board to resent this insult to their integrity by insisting that their representatives in both )ion-es investigate the work of the board for the last ten years. "Let the books be opened." Sc as charged, if there was ever a member's hotel biil paid out of the fund. Learn if there has been a single meeting called not contemplated by law. Learn when recent improvements were made whether the expense account tallies with the treasurer's books. Learn from the books that when the National shorthorn breeders donited a sum of money to be used as premiums to develop the elairv feature of their breed, the board did in open such a ring, and the reult was jut one cow offered for an exhibit. Tho reports will show that for the lat ten years there has been a steadv increase of entries to the extent that four years ago the board wm compelled to purchase twenty acres more land to make room for the exhibits and a large increased attendance. Tho land so purchased has increased more than three-fold in value since that time. A close investigation will show that the board has paid oat more money for buildings and other necessary improvements within the last four years than the state has paid on her appropriations. The election of members on tho board has never hinged of politics, nor has the board been organized on political grounds. It is well known that a democrat was elected president three years ago and was re-elected by the board it having a republican majority both years. It is also known that the secretary was a democrat and was elected by the same board. At the January meeting three new members were elected, ab of whom are practical farmers; two having succeeded men that Mere not farmers. The secretary proved to be a democrat and was elected on the sixth ba lot over his four competitors, tlire'e of whom are republican". This was done by a board composed of eleven republicans and five democrats. "Hayseed" bad better come out in the open sunlight or go back to the soil where be belongs, .Taster N. Davidson. Whitesville, Ind., Jan. LU another defense. Antl-IIayseed" Conine to the Belief or tlie ll.mrd. To the Editor .S'V: Your correspondent, "Hayseed," whose communication was published in last Monday's issue of The Skntixel, in trying to-make a case against the state board of agriculture, and to boost the house bill looking to a reconstruction of said board, shows himself to bo entirely ignorant of the facts about which he attempts to enlighten the public. In answer to the inquiries, which he wishes the legislature to institute, the writer of this will say: The state board has, with the assistance of the good peopie of the state, brought to-grth'-r many creditable exhibits at its annual fairs, as cre.litab e as those of any of the adjoining states. The board has not allowed politics to enter into the selection of its officers farther than to give each political party its fair share of tiiem. The newly elected secret.try has been "identified with agriculture" and is known to the agricultural anil live ettn-k interests of the etate, having been secretary and in other ways connected with iho Huntington county agricultural society for sixteen years. When the recent improvements were made in the fair grounds the expense account dhl tally with the treasurer'a books, and if "Mr. Hayseed'' or any other person desires to examine these books the writer is informed that the board and its olficers will take great pleasure in affording him the opportunity to do so. The books do not show that "called meetings of the board have been unseemly frequent and for insufficient causes." On the contrary the board holds only two meeiitigs p r year, one, the annual meeting, and tho otiier to make up the premium list and make tho usual preparations for tho state fair. The board does not "remain in the city several days," but only long enough to properly transact tne business that called it together. The board is not "self-perpetuating.'' It membt rs do not even have a vote in the self ction of their successors, who are selected by the delegates sent to tho annua! meeting by the various countv and district agricultuial t-ocieties of the state. The bill which has been presented to the house of representatives for the reconstruction of the state board and which "Hayseed" de ires to see passed by the legislature is the crudest, weakest and most inconsistent ever presented to a legislature. For instance, under it provisions all the members of the "board of control" may b'i selected from Marion or any other county which contains prominent members of the various association. Again, this bill provides that bills for the per diem and other expenses of tho board shtll be audited by the auditor of state, and upon his warrant paid by the treasurer of state, out of any moneys that may be in the treasury for agricu'tural purposes, and at the same time does not provide for a dollar to be placed in the treasury of the state which he is not required to pay the treasurer of the board. Rut these and many other weak points in the bill are so apparent that more of your valuable space need not be taken to point them out. Anti-Hayseed. Jan, 20. Two Firnin Kl'lwd. Ruffalo, Jan. 23. The five-story block at Terrace and Pearl-sts., occupied by Warner Bros., Darling & Scholea, Zingaheim k Harris and L, Marcus &. Son, burned to night The loss is close to $1,000,000. Adam Fisher and Robert Snyder, firemen, were killed by falling walls."

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Used in Millions oi Home THE WOOD-BLOUNT CASE. TESTIMONY FOR THE STATE CLOSED. VTItueanaa for the D-fenan Important El. amlnatlon ot Dr. Edward AVells, the Medical Superintendent of ths HospitalStatus of th Caae. Richmond. Jan. .19. Special. There was a rumor afloat today to the eilect that the attorneys for the defense in the Wood's case had made overtures to those for the state; that the defendant was willing to plead guilty to manslaughter, but would not to murder in the second degree, which would admit of a life sentence. Rut Tiik Sentinel correspondent is informed from a source that will admit of no contradiction that no proposition oi the kind has been made. The state rested this morning and the evidence for the defense began with the reading of the original statement of James Ilannau, in his affidavit made at Muncie, for the purpose oi getting it in evidence and weakening his present testimony by it as much as possible, in showing that he was not then so specific as to details. The first witness was Dr. Edward F. Wells, medical superintendent of the hospital, who testified as follows: Have be-en a practicing physician seventeen years; have been in charge of the Eastern Indiana insane hospital for eight month; have known the deiendant. Wood, since August last; he came from Loginsport; I remember the ircht the utpauit occurred. I went to B ount's room between 8:30 and 0 o'clock with Dr. Druley and .Mr. Tompkins. Rlount was lying in bed on his back, about the center of the bed. He was a large man. Wood and Peterson were in the room, and probably Marsh. Wood was standing by the bed, holding Rlount by the wrists. I ma;le no examination of Blount as to whether he was injured. Was in the room fifteen or twenty minutes and returned again ; was in the room from one-half to three-quarters of an hour. Saw Blount when Dr. Patterson made an examination of lum Sunday morning. I felt his pulse, his respiration was rapid, appearance haggard, coughing at intervals, lipselry.etc. On baring the upper portions of his chest there were discolorations apparent. On all my recollection is not distinct. On raising the undershirt discoloration was apparent in a pa'eh, the size of two hands, not solid but irregular, dark bluish, dghter on the outer edgt-s. I percussed the chest and passed my hand over the discolored portion. Noticed no abrution of the skin. Dr. Patterson thought he detected crepitus. Rlount said that the man Jia I treated him ungentlemanly, hurt him, choked him and kept him on the bed; that he wanted to go home, had better beds than this, etc. Ho talked incoherently and loud. Richmond, Jan. 20. Special.l The testimony of Dr. Weils on direct examination in the Wood's case was resumed this ni'-rning. The doctor first desired to correct some of his evidence 1 33 interpreted yesterday. He meant by the result of tho trial vindicating or censuring, that, tho testimony ot fads developed, not the verdiet, would vindicate or censure him. By answering "yes" yesterday he meant that he did tell Mrs. Blount that her husband was injured, not tnat he did not tell her; that he meant to say that he had no impression that the letter to Mrs. Blount, informing her that her husband was worse', was anti-dated, and he had every repsou to believe that it was properly dated; that he did not mean that concealing evidence and not bringing it forth meant the same thing; that the word conceal carried with it the thought of trying to elcceive. On cross examination the same hypothetical question put to all the other doetors was a-ked of him as to a man being beaten and kicked as Blount, treated as he was by the doctors after his wounds being negleeted from Thursday to Sunday and then dying on Monday night witness s;iid, assuming nil those things to be facts, and excluding all other facif, he would sav he died from said injuries. Following Dr. Thurston, Dr. J. K. Weist aud Dr. Charles S. Hond were called and to the hypothetical question answered as did Dr. Thurston. Then shortly before 4 oc!oek the defendant, James A. Wood, was called, lie testified at length to many minor matters, age, occupation, residence, length of service at the Richmond hospital, duties then, etc. Witness saw Blount first on the Thursday night the assault is alleged to have occurred when he went on duty at oi'iO o'clock. B ount was usua ly talkative; was standing at the door of his room which was locked. He wanted to go liotne. Witness and attendants administered medicine and persuaded Blount to nedown, but he did not remain quiet. Tompkins went lor medicine, and witness tried to persuade Blount to lie down without success.; Continuing witness said: "I unlocked the door to go in to 6ee if I could not do something with him, He immediately began to strike at me, I dodged until he bit me in the stomache, doubling me over. He then grabbed me over the head and shoulders, held me down under his chest and made an attempt to get out cf tho door. I got up to prevent it and he fell over back wards, me on top. He struggled to get up and I tried to hold him wheu he was on my back, 1 got on my kness on his chest and grabbed him by the shoulder. Alter ho got up he started toward the door. 1 caught him from behind and in trying to hold to him and pull him back" from the door, he nwung around over the foot of the bed. Both then fell on the floor, and Peterson returned. He took Rlount by the shoulders and we put him on the bed. lie continued to etrike me and I tried to hold him with my hand on his neck, bnt did not grip him by the throat. Final y he struck me in the face and it angered me momentarily and I struck him two orthree times somewhere on the breast. Marsh had come meantime. The struggle continued, and at the suggestion of Marsh I let go cf Blount. He tried to raise up, and 1 got hold of him on the neck again with mv left hand and his left arm with my right hand and my knee on his right arm and hand in tho bed. The doctors then came in. Witness said that if during the struggle with Blount he inflicted any injuries on him he did not know it. Witness knew nothing of the causes of the bruises on the bodv, save be bad been told that Blount had fallen out of bed several times. Ho had never tried to escape the authorities. Richmond, Jan. 21. Special. The fact that Detendant Wood was to be on the st ind today in cro.s-examination had tho effect of packing tho court-room as it has

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not been psckod during tlie progress of the trial. Every available part of standing-room was occupied 1 day. Th prosecution concluded its croc examination of Wood fhortlv before 3 o'clock this afiernixn, when it was rnnounced that ad the evidence was in, and in de-f-nse moved that Prosecutor Starr be requested to do?- the argument, but the court overruled the motion. Ex-Prosecutor Jackson, who hai assisted Starr in ihis case, is an exceptionally jrood ta'ker, and the defense would have pained a good point had ils motion been sut'ined. Prosecutor Starr opened the argument and spoke during the remainder of the afternoon. He will conclude in the morning and be followed, most probably, by Mr. Robbins for the defense. It is expected that the case will be given to the jury sometime Friday afternoon. On cross-examination, today, Wood testified as follows: 1 bad not up to this time beard of any othr attendant having had any etrugi? with Rlount. He was alarg-r man tnan I. I weighed one hundred and forty-seven to one hundred and fifty and he "about one hundred and seventy. He was taller than I. I bad to be very active. I warded off I do not know how many blows before he struck me; he kept striking. I am abou tivs fe-t, nine inches tall. Affr he grabbed me by the neck and shoul lers I grabbed him." lie had not struck :ve up to this ti t e to hurt mo. He hit me in the stomach and ratht-r knocked the wind out of me; it did not hurt so much, but doubled mo up. I was, I guess, as cool as a man could b under the circumstances. I was not scared, but was tryirg to kep him fiom g jingout of theroomor hurting me ami to go to b-d. I had had no s ruglo with other pati-nts; this was the first serious trouble I had v i:h any patient iti tlie hospital. I presume I was somewhit excited. When be grabbed me by the neck and shoulders I was considerably bent over. He seized me with both hands. In raising to extricate myse:f from this nositioa l e fell ovr backward and I on top" of him, the floor; was still struggling to get away from him as we fell and he e,till had hold of me. Ci'u'd not say whether his head struck the flwr or not. Presume we both struck pretty bard, but 1 do not know how hard. He pulled mc with him as we fell; I went diving down, head first, he pulling me down ricrht on top of him. I suppose I had hold of him, but ilo net know just i.iw. After getting on the floor I immediately mised up and got my knees on his chest. Whenever we went down he was under, bth times, on the fioor and on the bed. He wa doing all he could. I put my knees on his chest to hold him down; I had to put them where I could. I do not say that to account for the bruises on his che-t. My knees weie there onlyaery short time. I do not remember just what I did; I was trying to keep him from getting cut of there, ant it was ail done quick y. He started for the door as soon as we got up; did not have time to notice anything just then (as to Blount's looks dill-ring at thi- juncture from when Wood first went in) and I w as behind hita as he started for the door. He strngg ed to throw me off of him wln-n my knees were on him; do pot know just how I had hold of h m with my hands then. He was stronger than I am and raised up with me, first turning over and rolling uio off, his back toward me. He had got pretty neaily to the door when I g-abbed him. I iiad command of my muscles and perceptions then; was, perhaps, not perfectly cool; had no liquor in me. He did not turn to attark me; 1m was trying to get out. I grabbed around him with my arms and pulled, or jerked, him back, and he went over the foot cf the bed with me. My arms may have been wrapped around both his arms and body. I fell cn him when he went onto the bed. He was not eflsily nvtnag. d; it was liard work, commanding a. I of my attention. I did not hear him say: "For God's sake, don't kill me." 1 do not think he said that at any time. I did not get on the bed in the fail; his body was between me and the bed ; do not know how hard a fall it was. I swung him to the. left (toward the bed from thwdoor) and I do not know whether his headstuick anything or not. IIerai8 d right up when he struck the bed and I think I let go of him. He bega'i striking at me. birking toward tho door, a? I guarded off Ins blows, but cot ftrikintr at him. vVhen we clinched we fed to the floor, I on top of him, and then Mr. Peterson came, or I then saw him the first time, and we put Blount on the bed; l'eternon may liave spoken before we fell, but I do "not recall what he said. I do net say this Wcause Peterson te-tified that lie saw us clinched, etc, Mr. Blount struggled just as violently as he could on the bed, but did not get away any more. It was because of that I could not have gotten on tho bed if I had tr ed. I knew it was my duty to treat patients kindly, and with as little force as p-sa ble, but knew ol no rule for attendants not to go intc a room by themselves. There were nc rules of the institut ion then, but it w ai the rule to call assistance when necessary. Any intelligent man who saw what Tompkins saw would know that Blount had been violent. Did n-t think it my duty to report a 1 the facts i ) detail. The first time I ever told the story as 1 remember it was to the jury yesterday aiternoon. Richmond, Jan.23. rSpecial. The jury in the case of James A. Wood, charged with the murder of Thomas J. Blount, at the Eastern Indiana insane asyium, returned a verdict at 8 o'cWk tonight finding the defendant gui ty of voluntary manslaughter and fixing his penalty at imprisonment in the penitentiary foi twenty-one years. The jury had been out just three hours, Judge Coti!6tock having concluded his charge at 5 o'clock. The defendant heard the verdict wit hont changing countenance, but, as the bailiff led him from the courtnom, it was evident to all observer that it was with the greatest effort that he bore up under the burden of his emotions. During the entire day the eourt room and all balls leading "thereto were packed as they have never ben before in tha history" of the county, and hundred wba desired to hear the closing arguments were compelled to turn away, being unable to gain almittancs to even the building. Many ladies were in the court-room. Of the scenes in the jury room, the number of ballots taken Riid "their several results, nothing is known tonight. The usual motion for a new trial will at once bo made by Wood's titer .fy-. The verdl. t is a surprise to every one, the generally accepted opinion having been that the sentence would vary from two to five years, w hione or two bet were offered on the street today that if would not be for less than ten years, but no one was willing to accept them.