Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1899 — Page 3

POLITICS OF THE DAY

DEMOCRATIC DUTY. ®bjf by day ’it ’ls becoming -evident 'that the rank and file of the Republican party are prepared, complacently and blindly, to follow their leaders in the support of trusts. .Here te one of their recent .utterances: . “Those who oppose trust®.are eimply in the way Of “the car of progress.’ Trusts are the natural outgrowth ■of our.advanced efvilization. They lessen the cost of production and put the necessaries of life within reach of the poor. The trusts are big, but this is the -era of big things. The day of small things has passed. The men who are 'Whining because.itbey are about .to be -driven out of business by the -trusts win intake more money and .have an • easier time working ‘ for these trusts than ever before?’ When men drift into the condition at imlnd-to voice such sentiments or.to aptprove of them they ripe f° r •£•*- •dom. They already have passed the .prerequisite of pusillanimous aervility .and there only .remains to be branded .on their backs the ownership mark of some trust to make them full-fledged .and contented serfs. The claims made by the Republicans 'ln favor of trusts are brazen Jy.latee. It .is hardly -.possible to name a-single article that has fallen under trust-control -the price of which has not been ’’marked up” from 25 to 200 per cent. That some of the trusts will be forced temporarily to advance wages as part -of .the general scheme to crush out com .petition is almost inevitable. competition shall have been -effectually 'Strangled, and the trusts have full-oon-trol of the Industries, the .prediction that they will voluntarily .pay “gener■ous -waged” to their employes is «u----premely absurd. The trusts are always ready to upend mxmey lavishly in crushing out competition. It may be set down as certain that they do mot .do this with the desire .and intention of enjoying a monopoly •of paying ‘generous wages” or of oeU•ing merchandise to the poor at lew ipriees. When the trust -system is more f uMy cwtnMished, and the compact between the trusts shall be in good working •order, there need be no hope of high rates-of wages. An the contrary, it-eaa be predicted with a fair degree of certainty that the rate of wages generally paid will very nearly represent the very lowest amount, scientifically ascertained, upon whieh a man can keep alive and work from twelve to fifteen hours a With McKinley’s protective tariff shutting oat foreign competition, and the treats cutting off domestic competition, the question Is not whether the people wifi have to pray for mercy. The only open question is: Whatman the people do to save themselves? The Republican party promised the people “big things,** and they have given them in the shape of trusts. After taking a good look at these “big things” the chances are the people will turn to the Democratic party and ask for some old-fashioned “Jeffersonian simplicity.” Leaders of Democracy, get together and redeem the nation from the pawnbrokers of Wall street.—Chicago Democrat. A Waraine from Wall street. The present speculative Wall street boom, which affords occasion for a great showing of prosperity, on paper, has not conferred any benefits upon farmers, laborers and small business men. One reading the metropolitan dailies would be led to believe that the bulling of monopoly stocks and the organisation of huge industrial trusts is a great boon to the tiller of the soil, bat investigation fails to show this to be the truth. Now, the best authorities predict a Wall street collapse, and what wfU the plutocratic newspapers Jmse their prosperity claims upon then? Gbe United States Investor warns the people to get ready for the next panic, which. It aays, is inevitable at any moment now. The New York Financier, whieh stands close to all of the big moneyed interests, says that the government is depositing in the banks, without interest, public funds to the extent of ninety millions, and that the banks, in order to make this profitable, are urging on the moat wonderful speculative era ever known, in the formation of trusts, with inflated capital, and that there is no question that the panic is near. Whether or not these financial authorities know their business well enough to accurately foretell panics a non-financler cannot say. But if it is not a panic, it will be at least a disappearance of the outward trappings of prosperity that have for some months been on exhibition In Wall street, leaving us nothing but our actual case of gold standard hard times to contemplate; In which case we shall not really be any worse off, but it may hurt some people’s feelings and other people’s political chances. - Carlisle in 1878. I shall not enter into an examination of the causes which have combined to depreciate the relative value of silver and to appreciate the value of gold since 1873, but I am one of those who believe that they are transient and temporary in their nature, and that

es precious metals is none too large, and I see no reason to apprehend that it will ever become so. Mankind will be fortunate, Indeed, if the annual production of gold and silver coin shall keep pace with the annual increase of population, commerce . and industry. Accordiug to my view of the subject, the conspiracy which seems to have been formed here and in Europe to destroy by legislation and otherwise from three-sevenths to one-half the metallic money of the world is the most gigantic crime of this or any other age. The consummation of such a scheme would ultimately entail more misery upon the human race than all the wars, pestilence and famine that ever occurred in .the history of the world. The absolute and instantaneous destruction of half •the movable property of the world, including horses, ships, railroads and all .other appliances for carrying on commerce, while it would be felt more sensibly at the moment, would not produce anything like the prolonged distress and disorganization of society that must Inevitably result from the permanent annihilation of one-half of the metallic money of the world.—John C. Carlisle, Feb. 21, 1878. Alger Oppose* Beef Investigation, flame months ago, at the time when the beef scandals first sent a shock throughout the country, General Miles, who nominally commands the armies of the United States, directed Inspector General Breckinridge to visit the various posts and camps in this country and in the West Indies to Investigate the facts as to the kind of beef furnished to the army during and since the Spanish war; also Colonel Garlington, under orders, made a tour of the Western packing cities to obtain information about the methods of refrigerating and packing beef for army use. These officers have been very diligent and thorough in the service on which they were detailed. It is understood that they have a mass of testimony more than to sustain the charges made by General Miles regarding the beef scandal issued as rations. Year’* Momenton* Change*. A year ago the United States were the world’s greatest republic and freest country and occupying a position that was Independent of the .other countries, but bound to them by the friendly ties of trade interchange. To-day we are a member of the family of nations and a participant in the broils and quarrels of the other members. And too we have become meanwhile the most grasping of the powers for foreign territorial conquest, Including a purpose to join in the spoliation of China. The future historian will be obliged to quote Senator Hoar: “The downfall of the American republic commenced with the administration of William McKinle^.”— Kansas City Times. . Pitiful Echo of a Scandal. There is a painful echo of the canned beef scandal in the reports from the national insane hospital at Washington. It appears that 147 soldiers of the Cuban war have been sent there on account of derangement arising during their service, and Dr. Godding, the superintendent, in describing their condition, says: "They were suspicious of their food, especially meats, but ate when told to do so.” Considering the revelations that have been made it is not surprising that they were suspicious of their meats.—lndianapolis Sentinel. Still Paying off Hi* Debt*. The way the President has cleaved unto the saw-millionaire at the head of the War Department, refusing to be separated from him at the demand of Democrats and anti-Algerine Republicans, has had few parallels in the examples of unquenchable friendship with which history furnishes us. The President has had enough sworn proof of Alger’s utter Incompetency and criminal mismanagement to convince a deaf, dumb and blind skeptic. But he owes to Alger political debts and will not let him go.—St Louis Republic. Bribery in Senator!*! Election*. When a man once accepts his first bribe to support a man he would otherwise oppose he becomes a rapacious scoundrel, seeking opportunities to sell hi* vote tor any purpose. Having flung away the scruples that most men have in their early public life, he is under no restraint except the fear of exposure. So out of the present system of senatorial elections grows the utter rottenness of some public men, who will do what they can to tempt others.—Washington Times. Republican* Are Learning. Can there be any question that it Is the duty of the Republican party to abolish the protection which has fully accomplished all its legitimate purposes and which Is now used only as a shelter for an audacious scheme of public robbery? The only way to put bounds upon the tyrannical rapacity of trusts is to abolish the-tariff protection under which they have combined to fleece consumers.—St Paul Pioneer Press. ■ . ■ ■ Still Looking for Trouble. With wars, rumors of wars and Algerism turning his hair gray. President McKinley appears to be still hunting trouble. He has announced to bis cabinet that he will soon issue a civil Philadelphia Press. I

CURIOSITY ABOUT THE DEAD.

“Please, missis, may I see the dfeladyT’ The speaker was the biggest of a group of three diminutive street girts, and the door bell which she had Just pulled vigorously was hung with crape. The reluctance with which, when finally convinced that the delight of “seeing the die-lady” was not for her, she led her little band of followers down the steps again was characteristic of a phase of public curiosity, but little known save to those who have personally experienced annoyance from it, but which is decidedly on the increase in Chicago. Whether from religious, superstitious or merely'curiosity-satisfying reasons, there are numbers of people In this city who make a practice of invading the houses in which death has entered, and pestering the mourners with requests to Inspect the. body. Up to the door of the darkened house just mentioned crept, that same afternoon, no less than half a dozen Individuals of this description, and of social grades and characteristics widely dissimilar. “I should like to pay my respects to the dead,” explained the solemn and obsequious colored man, who tiptoed thither In the gathering dusk. This man evidently had an idea of Indulging in a social ceremony of some kind, and was really hurt a* well as Indignant to find bls modestly preferred request refused. “It’s so lucky to say a prayer by a corpse,” pleaded the Italian vender, who also importuned for “just a peep at” the dead body, while the lame beggar who Insisted upon returning to the basement doorway again and again until threatened with arrest offered no reason whatever for his peculiar action. Nor are such incidents as these by any means confined to the class of individuals mentioned. There is a growing plague of the people who stream in at funerals, annoy and distress harassed mourners by their persistent petitions to be allowed to view the sacred dead, and who even make a practice, where this is possible, of taking the trip to the cemetery. Well-dressed and ill-dressed, old and young, rich and poor, alike, these people are. Their persistence is exceeded only by their numbers, and tiie only thing which will send them to the right-about is a stern “No.” Since the people whom they distress and torment are rarely in a condition to be stern and indignant, they are often enabled to satisfy their inexplicable desires.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

Sinner’s Funeral Sermon.

“De fr*en’ what I’s a-preachln’ over,” said the colored deacon, “is done pass ter his reward. Dey offered $lO reward fur ’lm whilst he wuz wid us, but Death knotched ’im fo’ de Sheriff. He passed erway endurin’ er de blizzard, w’eu hit wuz so col’ dat he had a chill which wuzn’t due ’twell springtime, but forced de season en come on ’im. He went a-shlverin’ in de night time. He wuz short er coal in dis wort’, but bless God! he won’t run out er it in de nex’! De city water pipe* busted on ’im, en he didn’t have no wat'r ter drink. But dey don’t drink watet whar he at now—leas’ways, de rich man didn’t w’eu he ax Mister Latherus ter tu’n de hose on ’im. He didn’t fotch nuttin’ inter dis worF, en he didn’t take nuttin’ out er hit, ’cep’ de rheumatism in his lef leg. Hit is now my. privilege ter consign ’im ter de dus’, whar we all gwine lak a racehoss on a plank road, es we don’t study de wants er de heathen en wake up w’en de hat is gwin roun’. Bd’er Williams, pass de hat whilst we sings!”— Atlanta Constitution. When Nicaragua Canal 1* Opened. In spite of the impetus recently given to geographical study, it is probable that ten out of twelve well-read persons will estimate distance between Liverpool and San Francisco, via Cape Horn, to be at least one thousand miles longer than from New York to the same port of the Golden Gate; but it is actually one hundred and fifty miles shorter!—the two routes being respectively 14,690 and 14,840 miles long. The greatest surprise, however, is to find that New Orleans is further away than either of the two other cities, being 15,052 miles from San Francisco. When the Nicaragua Canal Is opened this Southern city will be only 4,047 miles from her Western sister; New York will be distant 4,946 miles; and Liverpool 7,694 miles. The economy to tbe shipping interests of England and America alone would pay for the canal twice over in a short time, to say nothing of the advantage to cdtnmerce of reaching markets hitherto inaccessible.—Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly. An Idiotic Practice. Duels between the students of Heidelberg University have always been carried on almost without intermission, and one of the sights of tbe town I* made up of many naturally handsome men who are rendered hideous by much-prized slashes. Fatal injuries are seldom Inflicted, for the reason that the combatants are securely padded everywhere except upon their faces, which alone receive the sword cuts. The German Emperor, although not so strictly opposed to legitimate—if the word is permissible-dueling, has always set his face against the idiotic practices at Heidelberg, and at last the senators of the university—who, themselves, In many instances, ale decorated with cross cuts-have requested eight corps students, accused of challenging duels, to absent themselves from the university for four terms. We have noticed that when Death, gets his sickle out, and looks thoughtfully around, his eyes glisten with anticipation when be catches sight of the / ~ r» - after all.

AT PEACE WITH SPAIN

WAR ENDED BY THE EXCHANGE OF TREATIES. FresMeat XcKirtcy Fractal— ffiaatilltie* Are clee*U Firiel Ctere**««y •« W* ■kina’—■ Fxwwck Ambassador Act* Car <tar Recent Farov Maine blow* 5p..„...... CVhTto United States declare war April XI Spain declares war April 3i First battle (of Matanaasi April XT Dewey destroys Spaaibh Seet ...May 1 Cervera’s fleet destroyed... ....My 3 Santiago surrenders . .. .JnJy M Peace protocol signed.. .....An*. U Treaty of peace signed Dec. 1* Ratifications exchanged ...April U The formal exchange of ratifieatMos of the peace treaty took place at the White House Tuesday afternoon. Ambassador Gambon of France acting for Spain. This formal recognition that the war is ended and that the United States and Spain are again on terms of peace, occurred just one year from the day when President MrKinley recognized that diplomatic consideration of the Cuban question had failed and that war was inevitable. It was on April 11. 1898, that Preadrat McKinley sent his war men rage to Congress. saying that be had exhausted diplomatic efforts and asking Congress to clothe him with the war power. War was not declared until April 21. but the end of peaceful relations -between the United States and Spain was on April 11. 1898, and the retnni to a recognition of peaceful relations occamd on the first anniversary of that day, making the break between the two nations just one year. At 3:28 o'clock Secretary Hay attached his signature to the Spanish copy of the treaty and M, Cambou his to the copy bathe United States. The official seals were affixed at 3:35 o'clock, completing the ceremony. The President's proclamation announcing the exchange of ratificatMus, omitting the text of the treaty, which m quoted in full, is as follows: Whereas, A treaty of peace between tbe United States of America and her majeriy the Queen Regrat of Spaia. 1* xbe name of her august son, Don Alfonso XIIL, was concluded and signed by tbe rwpert3ve pbwtps tentJarles at Paris «i tbe tMh day of December, 1898. tbe original of which coarention, being in tbe English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows: • • • "Whereas. The said cosveatioa has been duly ratified on both parts, and tbe nriS-catlo-n of the two goverameats were exchanged in the city of Washington on the eleventh day of April, one thaasand right hundred and ninety-nine. X*w, tberriere. be It known that I, William McKinley, Prridrat of tbe United States of America, have caused tbe said convention to be made pubUe. to The end that the same and every artScle and clause thereof may be observed and fUifflled with good faith by the United State* and the citiaens thereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal es the United States to be affixed. Done at tbe city of Washington the eleventh day of Apr®, t* th* year of our I»rd one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and tbe independence of the United States the one hundred and twen-ty-third. WILLIAM MKIXLEY By the President; JOHN HAT, Secretary of State. The ceremony of exchanging tbe copies of the treaty took place in the President's office, which is tbe room between the cabinet and the “war room” on the south front of the executive mantioa. There were no formal speeches, the President merely remarking to Ambassador Camboa that the proclamation of peace would now be issued. The Secretary of State and most of the memlters of the cabinet were prerent, but the only representative of Spanish interests were Ambassador Cambon and First Secretary Thiebault of tbe French embassy. Spain has informed this Government that she will speedily resume diplomatic relations with the United States, and we shall return the compliment. After one year of a condition of war, in which the actual hostilities were confined to 112 days, the United States n again at peace with Spain, and the murder of the Maine's crew has been avenged.

APPOMATTOX BANQUET.

Oov. Rooaevelt aod Other* Moke Stir* riog Boeetite**. Three thousand perooas greeted and cheered the speakers at the Haauhon Club’s Appomattox day banquet ta. Chicago. but Gov. Roosevelt was the star He, Postmaster General Smith. Congressman Settle of Kentucky and Gen. John C. Black of Illinois were the speakers. Gov. Roosevelt's practical patriotism brought applause again and again. His plea was for active Americanism and not the "doctrine of the love of ignoble peace.” He aroused enthusiasm by declaring that “a great nation can no more lead a cloistered life than can a great man,” and then, in stirring sentence*, he proceeded to an advocacy of wide-awake nationalism. The audience was keyed a* to a high pitch by the speeches es Gov. Roosevelt and Postmaster General Smith, who spoke on 'Tbe Uniou,” and by Gew John Black, who began the oratory with a tribute to Grant. This was followed by a eulogy of Robert E. Lee by Coagrrasman Settle.

THINK HE SUICIDED

Police Believe Fern, the Chfcag* Merchant, Took Mt* Own Use. Suicide, beyond a doubt, has been established »n the Fern mystery at CMcuga, and the police investigation is now closed. When Fern was found dead in his store, a mask in one hand, a bunch of hair ta the other, his pockets turned inside out, the empty money drawer, pistol, cane and Fern’s battered hat lying on the floor, the jxilice saw nothing in the case but murder and robbery. Fern carried heavy life insurance, which the police heflere he was afraid would be vitiated ia the event of suicide, therefore his efforts to surround his taking off with the evidence* of murder.

Notes of Current Eveats.

The Prerideut may visit Yellowstone Park during his summer vacatian. “Kid” McCoy, the prise fighter, ta said to be threatened with heart ftfinre. The revenue cutter Thetis wiM go to 8iAbct for xb The States twwhoo* A-Ara river 3,<X»mflra to Pera.

EMPEROR'S BIG LIBRARY.

with Mure 1 Bnoim, AMmRh a private Hbrary, jot te of Awntria taffika aawag the Coranaat Ktaaric* of the world. It to attaated wifhh* the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, and contatea aaya the St Jawaaa Budget nine large and lofty roorna, filled from tap ta bottom with hooka, manuaerfipta. photographs* drawtaga and prteta. tactading many of the utmost rarity and of the greatest value. Whether we teak at the number of vtriumes es tea “Fatamen Bibliothek de* Water rhaaw*“ tender whieh title it la known te VteanaX. or at the nature of their eaateatw at the drawtuga and prteta, at the eountiem manuscript*, one and all leave no doubt upon our mted aa to the valuable character of tbe rollr rtfrm Although not open to the general admh*lnn te gladly granted te It by the eourteoua chief librarian. Dr. Adolf Katpf. The foundation es the library vraa laid by Emperor Francis IL, who hroaght hia coßeetion of hooka with him from Florence. Constant additions Increased the contents of this peraonal library from year to year up to the time he became Emperor of Awstria to 1792. Thenceforth it betaine Ma atectal hobby, and hia taste for books found full vent ta continually adding new treasure* to IL In 1828 aa opportunity offered itself to the Emperor to buy the unique collection belonging to the celebrated physiognomiat. Lavater. consisttag of no fewer than sketebe*. -moat of which bear LavateFs remarks ta beximetrra, and in hia owa handwriting. Later on were added to this library the private collections of Emperor Ferdinand V. and of Emperor Franeis Joseph. and sauce 1889 its official title baa been “K. and K. Fhmilien-Fideicom-The treasures of this library are very numerous, and apace forbids the mention es more than a few, as wiH be understood when we say that the number of its votames k more than besHes which are 810 Incunabula. 218 valuable manuscripts 20000 maps, StyOOO portraits and etchings and 10,000 watev«alor drawings of animate. There are also fijOOO illuininated addresses presented to tbe Emperor ta tbe twen-ty-fifth jeer of Ms reign and on various other occasion* of national congratulation. But these figures convey a very inadequate idea of the valuable character es the library, which is. indeed. the most famous and most important of the private libraries of all the reigning houses in the world. Everything of historical value and interest relating to tbe house of Hapsbmg is there deposited, and the collection of portraits is priceless aa works of art and is a gold mine for the student and historian. There are no fewer than IS7 portraits of the Emperor Leopold L ta this collection, 142 of > Louis XIV, 129 of tbe Emperor Jo sepb n. and ninety-one portraits depicting various periods of the life of tbe Empress Marin Teresa. Of the 130U00O volumes of the collection the majority beer an encyclopedic character, with works dealing witb ( natural srienee and travel. Most of | the bonks are ta the German language; but every European language, Turkish alone excepted, is well represented on the ohtlvea. especially tbe Italian, Ftench and English, the latter chiefly ta works of biography and traveL Tbe manuscript treasures are mostly of Belgian origin, whße the incunabula are 1 almost without exception in tbe Latin ! language. Tbasfcs to its chief librai rias, the whole of this collection has i oeen methodically arranged and cataloguedL In doing this Dr. Karpf brought into practical use for the first time an ingenious system of cataloguing which is extremely simple and enables the librarian to find instantly any stogie one of the 27.000 topographical views contained te this collection. No praise that can be bestowed is too great for the arduous labor which this task of cataloguing involved, and which ba* placed Dr. Karpf ta the foremost rank of modem blbiiographera.

Why They Because Unpopular.

Aa a matter of policy, tacking a higher motive, we should avoid dwelling xtmm* o«r petty ailments to every chance acquaintance who may happen to he holdtag a coaveraattaa with us. Sutii coaversatlona do not afford the Batener any pteasure. People asay appear to sympathise, bok depend upon it, ta tho majority es cnaea they would rather ant have their sympathy awakened so frequently, er ratter the endeavor to awaken it ao frequently. Prosperity and happtnesa meua friendship, but if people make a practice of pubnatong their arisfortawa and of retafltag their woes to their frienda they neon discover that they are becoming uaqinpwlsr. and that friends become fewer. This te not becauae the majority are hard hunted or tedUferent to the treuMen of othera. It te steeply because they do not want to know of any more aateery than they already have to ■yiapathtae with and bear. For every one has troubles of Ms own. ’ ' " ■' ' II II ■! I * |

Woman's Rights in China.

The buatwomen es China have no need to agnate for women's rights—whether aha be a atefite woman or a wife or a widow, te tbe head of the home-tkat te to say. of the boat. If she te manted. the husband taken the noeftt test subordinate place of deckhand ar bow eanmaa. She does tbe steerta*. aoßkes bargains with the pasaengera. coßecta the ammey. buys aappfies, and te general lords it over everything.

RECORD OF THE WEEK.

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY L._, _ TO I -®’ _ , ' . ..‘ ' • • . •’ -■ Woman I* Dragged to Death—Sweere Ing Decision by a Ooahan Judge-* Escaped Prisoner* Rocaptnred-ln* dianapoli* Church Split*. Mr*. Sadie Sites, wife of Albert Sitew ] a Ijifayette township farmer, met an awful death while driving home from a \ neighbor’s house. She wore a scarf with long ends hanging loosely from her neck. One of these ends caught in a wheel and she was jerked from her seat. Her head was caught between the spokes and one ear was torn off. She was completely scalped and when found the next morning was dead. The marks in the road showed that the woman had been dragged a mile before the horse stopped. Muy Remove Trolley Pole*. Judge Wilson in the Circuit Court at Goshen laid down the law to tbe Indiana Electric Railway Company, operating lines in South Bend, Elkhart, Goshen and contingent points, and made a sweeping ruling with regard to municipal powers. The gist of his decision empowers cities to remove all trolley poles from the streets without regard to charter or franchises at any time and place the electric companies at the mercy of the authorities. Followed Their Pastor Out. The South Street Baptist Church, one of the largest of that denomination in Indianapolis, split after the expulsion of tbe pastor. Rev. Frederick G. Parish. Some time ago a church trial was held, but Mr. Parish refused to recognize its authority. The congregation met and expelled the pastor, and sixty of the most prominent members withdrew and proceeded to form a church with Mr. Parish as pastor. Sheriff Capture* Fugitive*. Abe Rothschild and Albert Stansfield, who escaped from United States Deputy Marshal Peck in Vincennes, were captured near Bicknell by Deputy Sheriff Tom Hillburn. The fugitives went te William Stawson’s blacksmith shop in Bicknell and asked him to cut off their handcuffs. Rothschild said he was the sheriff and Stansfield a prisoner and that he had lost the key. A bribe was offered, but declined. Noted Young Chemist Die*. John Stockley Cary, formerly of Cleveland, died in Evansville of heart disease. Though only 32 years old, he had a national reputation as a chemist. Mr. Cary died of weak action of the heart, incident to typhoid fever. Within Our BorUerm Postoffice at Mason discontinued. Oil men anticipate a busy season. Rich veins of coal struck near English. Fort Wayne artillery will be reorganized. Goshen will dust up with a new brush factory. Noblesville will have a new $25,000 high school building. Howard M. Kerr, New Castle, killed in the Philippines. The window glass trust project, Anderson, has fallen through. Floyd Honck, 8, Columbus, died from swallowing a grain of corn. Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association favored medium slant writing. Col. W. T. Durbin has sold his stock in the Diamond paper mills, Anderson, to his partners. ( Horse struck the 7-year-old son of Samuel P. Ruble, near Vincennes, nearly, crashing his Skull. There have been seven deaths from meningitis in that many days fourteen miles southwest of Princeton. Strikers will be enjoined from interfering with the non-union workmen in the American plate glass factory, Anderson. At South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Greene, prominent pioneer residents, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Bertha Wilhelm, Eaton, now 8 years old. is said to have been the largest baby ever born. At birth she weighed 18% pounds. Body of Archibald W. Jones, New Albany, who died in Santiago from wounds received on San Juan hill, brought home for burial. John W. Campbell, Vincennes, will do time for swindling the Bruceville express agent out of S4OO by impersonating another man. > At Kokomo, Jonathan Dutton and wife, married fifty years ago, died within an hour of each other from natural causes, the husband expiring first. At Marion, Mrs. Hanora Reidy, 88 years of age, was burned to death at her home in the absence of the family, who had left her alone for a short time. A decision was made in favor of the Windfall Natural Gas Company in tbe $5,000 damage suit brought by Bertha Terwilliger, who charged it with maliciously turning off the gas in midwinter, by which she froze her feet, disabling her for life. Thomas Platt, jointly indicted with Harry Hollowell for shooting with intent to kill Lewis Miller, was found guilty of attempting to commit voluntary manslaughter. Hollowell, who is not implicated in shooting, will be tried for assault and battery. The miners’ convention at Terre Haute held its election of officers and the balloting resulted in the election of W. D. Von Horn of Terre Haute, president; T. I. Roberts, Rosedale, vice-president, and J. H. Kennedy of Terre Haute, secretary and treasurer. At Evansville, Jonathan Black’s daughter. Stella, aged 12 years, was married to James Darretts, whom she had known only a week. The angry father went to the home of his son-in-law and took hia daughter home with him. He says that Darretts cannot come near. At Anderson, Riley Shepard became a tether for the twenty-seventh time the other night and now lays claim to Indiana records. All of the children are alive and are a hardy lot. Mrs. Diana Dailey, an old and industrious washerwoman of Vincenne*, has been William Stanfield, at Topeka, Kan. Crawford r airbanks, Lharigs Deming