Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1899 — Page 7

POLITICS OF THE DAY

THE NEXT PANIC. It is oot a pleasant task to sound a Dote of alarm, but It is necessary in this case. When the end comes it will be a bitter one. The crash will, we are afraid, equal any that has ever preceded It In this country. The panic of 1893 was of tremendous magnitude, but we question if that was as terrible an event as that which will be produced by the present trust movement When that much-to-be-dreaded day comes It will be necessary to look to other agencies than Congress to initiate restorative measures. Wc do not, in fact, see how it is going to be possible to produce u change for the better until the panic has run a long course. By the lime the crash arrives there will be several billions (par value) of “water” —judging from present appearances—to be squeezed out. It will be Impossible to save it. Of course, as we said last week, all the common stock of trusts so far authorized has not yet been issued; but it will be very largely worked off in the course of the next few years, and will be found eventually in the hands of “innocent holders;” that Is, in the hands of persons who paid good money for it. Now these people have got to stand for a terrible loss, and the number of them will be so great that the suffering will be widespread throughout the country. The next panic will work In two ways, at least. It will destroy credit at the start, and well-conducted enterprises will accordingly suffer for a time along with the general run of misguided trusts, and will wipe out hundreds of millions of property in the possession of the owners of trust

OUR EXPENSIVE AND EXPANSIVE MILITARISM.

—Chicago Chronicle.

•hares—property represented by certificates which should never have been issued. It may be asked when all this wil happen. That, of course, no one knows. The lean period will come tn time. We have in previous articles traced the causes that will wreck the trusts. Competition will eventually prove too much for them. By competition we mean the adverse conditions to which they will be subjected by the organization of new companies with legitimate capitalizations and the latest improvements.—United States Investor. A Verdict in l&OO. President McKinley, in his zeal to defend the beef trust, who were rewarded with fat contracts in consideration of past and future favors, has gone too far. The soldiers represent all of the States and all shades of politics. They went into the service of their country as patriotic Americans, and they realize that the nation opened its heart and its puree and ordered that they should have the best the nation afforded. It will be difficult for Mr. McKinley and his defenders to explain the disgraceful conduct of the War Department in a satisfactory manner to the soldiers and their friends. Mr. McKinley may, through the aid of the beef trust and the other trusts, secure the Republican nomination in 1900, but the disgraceful conduct of his administration in the matter of caring for our soldiers in the field will cause him to lose thousands of votes in every State in the nation. The final jury on the beef inquiry will render their verdict in the election of 1900, and it will be on the side of the soldiers and not on the •ide of the beef trust—National Watchman, _ The Trust Punzle. The twisting, squirming and maneuvering of politicians to avoid the odium of trusts and talje advantage of the unpopularity of the enormous combinations recently formed furnish a subject for serious thought. There is no doubt that all parties in the next national campaign will adopt platforms violently against trusts. The Republican party will be so vindictive in its language against those institutions that no other party can exceed its violent abuse. The question to be solved is: Will the people ever find out who is responsible for trusts? The gold standard Is the father-of all trusts because gold standard contraction creates falling prices which make it necessary for business men to combine to save themselves from bankruptcy. Who is responsible for the gold standard—the party led by McKinley or tlie party led by Bryan? Every trust organization in the United States will

contribute its money and its influence to elect the Republican candidate. Will that fact satisfy the people that the Republican party is the party responsible for trusts? Why should every trust in the United States be Republican, from the gold combination down to the manufacturers of matches? If the American people are not stark mad they will have no difficulty in finding out which party is responsible for the trusts, and if they are really opposed to the trusts they will vote for the other side. Unless the majority of the American people vote as the trusts .vote, the Republican candidate will stand no show whatever of winning in 1900. . / A-Fatal Disorder. Sherman was forced out of the Cabinet “on account of ill health.” Vice President Hobart Is to retire from politics “on account of ill health.” J. Addison Porter, McKinley’s private secretary, has gone to Atlantic City, and it is reported that he will soon be out of a job “on account of 111 health.” It is really remarkable how service for Hanna’s administration is conducive to ill health —except for buzzards like Alger, to whom such carrion as “embalmed beef” is as dainty as “angel food.” Meanwhile Uncle San. Is bearing up under many afflictions, and the people must rescue him in 1900 from a prolonged siege of “111 health,” for the Hanna kind of “ill health” appears to be infectious and contagious.—Mansfield Shield. They Will Live to Abolish Hannaiam. There are plenty of newspapers in the country who are declaring that Bryan and Bryanism are dead, and yet

those same papers are devoting a great deal of space to both the man and the ism. This is a singular state of affairs. It is strange that these editors should take so much pains and so much apparent delight in kicking a corpse. If Bryan and what he stands for are dead, let them rest in peace. There is nothing gained by contending against them. But the fact is they are not dead or dying. They are the two moat alive propositions to-day before the country. They stand for pretty much everything that Hanna and Hannaiam do not stand for.—Cleveland Recorder. Committee’a N«w Head. J. G. Johnson, who has been placed at the head of the Democratic National Committee dnring the absence in Europe of Senator Jones, is the Kansas member of .the committee, and ia. a warm friend of William Jennings Bryan and a stanch advocate of fusion and silver at the Chicago platform ratio. Mr. Johnson has been active in politics for a long time a»d is accounted one of the strong members of the National Committer. He dividea his time chiefly between his practice of law and the affairs of the Order of Modern Wood-

J. H. JOHNSON

men, of which he is the head. This leads him to visit Rockford often, for that city is the headquarters of the Woodmen. The temporary head of the Democracy was born in Brooklyn, and early removed to Peoria, 111., and thence to Peabody, Kan., where he resides. Naval Officer* Too Chatty. It has been suggested that among the other improvements of the trotted State* Naval wUdh are now being made and are in contemplation, the establishment of a ehair of reticence would be advisable.—Atlanta Constitution.

TOTAL IS $674,981,022

Official Report on Appropriations of the Filty-afth congress. The appropriations made by Ike third jession of the Fifty-fifth Congress amount to $074,981,022, according to the vol him relating to appropriations, new offices, etc., completed by Thomas P. Cleaves and James C. Courts, chief clerks of the Senate and House Committees oa Appropriations. The appropriations were as fallows: Agricultural $3,726,622 Army Bh,4M'.2®« Diplomatic .. ..• L7l'.3M District of C01umbia............ C.B3MM Fortifications ....... 4.BULM2 Indian 7.5U4.73* Legislative L3.toB.SU Military academy....: 575.77* Naval Pension 145.233,*** Postoffice .......... 1U5.634.33S River and harbor lC.t-91.5t2 Sundry civil.. 4U.355,®!! Deficiency approprla ioi a....... 25A4SJM3 Miscellaneous appropriations. Including 120.000.C00 to <arry out treaty obligations with Spain.. 28.744,739 Permanent appropriat'ons... 12-4,678.22# Grand t01a1..... $574981,«22 In addition to the specific appropriations contracts were authorized for tarcrease of the naval establishment and for various public works throughout th* country requiring future appropriate** by Congress in th? aggregate sent of $77,047,2*4, inclnding the following items: Three new battle sh'ps. three armored cruisers and six protected cruisers, to cost, including armor and aruraments 344.1G4.3M River and barber Improvements.. 23,86633 Public buildings in various States. Including a new government printing office in Washington... 8,163,4 M At an annual cost of $12,150,867 new offices and employments to the number «f 19.G69 are ordered, while those abolished or omitted amount to 852, at an annual expense of $843,371, thus making a net increase of $11,307,496. Of this increase 38,315 are for the military establishment under the act increasing the efficiency uff the army, and 9,572 are for the naval establishment. A comparison of the total appropriatiuto of the third session of the Fifty-fifth Congress for 1900 of $674,981,022 with those of the second session for 1889 to $893,231,615 shows a reduction in farm of the third session of $218,250,593.

PERMIT FOR CANAL.

Condition* Are Named Upon Which Channel May Be Opened. Secretary Alger’s visit to the Chicagc drainage canal resulted in the issuing to a permit for the opening of the big ditto as soon as the work has progressed sufficiently to make that possible. The sanitary district of Chicago is permitted to open the channel subject to three conations: First, leaving it distinctly understood that the Secretary of War will submit certain questions that have been raised to Congress, and that the permit is subject to such action as may be taken fey Congress. Second, that if at any time it appears that the current created by such drainage work in the south and main branches off the Chicago river are unreasonably obstructive to navigation or injurious te property, the Secretary of War reserves the right to close or modify the discharge through the channel. Third, that the sanitary district of Chicago must assume all responsibility fm damages to property and navigation interests by reason of the introduction off a current in the Chicago river.

The Comic Side OF The News.

What State will have the first taws called Funstonia? The fruit raisers would like to know what the cold waves are saying. Unlike most aspirants, Aguinaldo did his running after he got the office. The Twentieth Kansas regiment is first in swim, first in push and first in pull Luna has no ships, but he appears to be making a large number of fleet movements. « It is surprising that Aguinaldo's forces succeeded in escaping a stuffy death io the Bag-bag river. The operation of the new bankruptcy law is having the effect of showing how much some people owe, at any rate. All previous records of heroic self-sac-rifice are cast in the shade since Wisconsin solons enacted an anti-pass law. An exchange says Aguinaldo wants to catch his breath. If his breath is ahead of him it must be a swift institution. “Throne Makers” is the title of a new book by William Roscoe Thayer, Perhaps a copy should be sent Admiral Kautz. The Dreyfus case is said to be nearing the end. It will be surprising to observers if it closes during the life of Dreyfus. The capture of Aguinaldo might be hastened materially by setting the United States secret service department after him. *Straw hats are shy,” says the Pittsburg Telegraph. The summer girl, though, is not thought to be more bashful than of yore. “The crisis in Jamaica is over.” says the Philadelphia Ledger. The crisis in yammaking, however, will not be encountered for some months. A New York judge has decided that young people may kiss in public. It is hoped that Gdfham’s young men will not miss cars tp take a buss. An exchange says the Gen. Wheeler marriage rumor has taken a fresh start. Perhaps marriage rumors will ultimately be required to obtain a license. This Is enlistment season fa Spain, but the army is not filling up very rapidly. The majority of the Spaniards have about concluded that they are not a fighting people. This issuing of proclamations to the flying Filipinos is on the assumption that those who run may read. One of the members of the Connecticut Legislature introduced a resolution to provide that the General Assembly shall finally adjourn on Thursday. April G, at 2 p. m„ “this act to take effect upon its passage.” Wisconsin has passed a marriage Bcease law and placed prohibitory measures about juvenile matrimony, but a great assay young people will manage to prt the opportunity of repenting at leisure just ths

SHIPS START HOME.

TRANSPORTS LEAVE MANILA | WITH SICK AND WOUNDED, r ■ ■— — gtutral Otte ffleparte Vs ate that Hare Started tea— Wnwili iter Saw i Fr—cinra—Vatantee «u Aaw to Cara* 3>hc* Move fiteamlava Amve. Ge*. Oto has atewii the War Departmral off th* safiag at sax chartered UrruMwits Cram ILaaalta far San Frantoea. They ate the CBy aC PsrM*. the XeateaAe, the Ptomyihnama, the Nehaau jbeChsrehund and the St. PtaL S&efcand • Muted rant are htsng hrescht haree an these vessels. The Oeretand and the Neteau are freight beats, bat the efthew raaU hare brought totaateers if it had been etmadered advtsahbe to refire* the effective forces during the MgWtiatins naw being rand acted with a view at eadfag further FWtee restetanme to th* American Gwerament. The Pfenuxyiivaasia has been stnttened aeretal raaith* at Cebu, and th* St. Bawl has toe* at Dante riure lalL These reesete wnffl b* returned to their swneys when they reach San Framasce, red as repoffiy as paußihte afl the mainteg chartered ressete wiffl be released. Gen. Otis cables: “*Vatant*HS anaderstand they wiffl begin to leave for the 1 United States th* tatter part at the Hwath; know toportance at their presence here it this tone and acre** sacrifice which United Stales tateresta anahe iaapwrative.”' War Department affioate say that the table regarditeg the re®um at the vatanteers indicates that th* trnegts are makteg •a ctemer to be sent hang*, batt see the necessity off wariteg natal they can be relieved by the regulars z»»w «n thrir way and to he rent to Hamate as aaan as they ma be stepped. There hare been anany ainpflorattiwa* frena the West to hare the vatamteess bresght borne by the Sara canal rente. A Washingtooi ■di-spatr'i says investigatien A»«s that it is impnartKabte. The tSnez canal route is a nrech hager rente than that across the Fhcilfic and the men wwald be ’bept en the transports ftora ten to fifteen re twenty days hnger than if they eaane across the Phrific. Th* dfatanre is esrimated to be abort S*®oO s&Dlles by toe Sura canal twffie than arras the Pacific, and at thte seatsaa as the year it is considered raere unsafe, awing to effinzatw ccmdatians, eqpe<cia®y for the troops whs have been in to* trejpoeal efimate ®f the Philippines. The greater part of the voyage wmU hare to be nrad* toraegh th* tropical efisaatt* even farther south than Manila, as they wwM hare to atirt the southern coast of Ate, where plagne spots exist at all tones and in th* summer season. By to* other rart*. the transiports can sail worth to Japan, nnd then across the PSrifir. in a nacre sntahai«us climate, which wifi saake the voyage beneficial to toe anen. The expensive tails at toe Saez canal snake toe Parifie rent* toe snore ecensnncaL The War DepartMent ha% toerefara, Seen ecatstrained to deny these regnroto. and to bring the vataMeess brane by tor Pacific route. As a anajsEity off th* votusteers are fir ran the West, they wiffl ala* have a shorter tafflrond jonraey befae* them when they land in San Ftamrisre. Gen. Lawton bn eatahfitoed a government at Bafiaay, a coszawil rnmpiM ed of FiEpanos, and a aaayor being elected. Americans are net to be held respanriMe for reaMneratian to the -officiate. Ta sneh an extent as toe satires eeodnrt their affairs in a manner the Aonericans esmrider proper, toey will not be interfered with. This hats been proaateed throe. A portten of toe Filip imos are satisfied with tote, and hare eecmanmcvd to ewStirate their fields. Those te that city who were nnwßfias to salflui: to toresga rale have largely become wvary of the war and rick of sHaaght-er and hare laid down their anna." Gen. Lawt-o® te steteg a rardial w«4csMe to toe Failpte-c-s retaunateg ftoua the north and eraateg teto the protertioa off the Anaericans. Maty natives are gertteg food rappEes ftwon the rebel stores taken at Bafinag by Gen. Lawnra. Agnanaldo's pourer is reported to be wvakratag rantinn silly- The retnrning teaeugunts are made to sraderstand tost they wflffl be ao conied triad and fast treatanent.

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

The fasargrats surereded fa Handing tea ■a thine guns at Capiz, on the is&Mid of Paway. McArthur's trosps are remstderalMy enervated by the beat and the faJsgw of the oonpaiga. The tasurgeuta of the province off Ctevfae are preparing to snake a desperate reahtaace to the Americans. Gen. Luna ansssed has army east off the railway, bringing up troops by trafafaads fa sight off the American fine*. A receenoairefag party. seat out by Gen. Lawton, discovered the fasnrgents ill loan, ly —trenched at Sun Hdefeaon, nfae miles north of Balfaag. Durfag the aflereoea off Monday Ge*. Mancuda, with a targe nffaae off officers, rede along the fine*. fkeqmtiy stopping to harangue Ssss' wartime. The transport Hancock, which sailed Cram Ban Francfaro April IS. carrying the Twenty-first infantry and Light Battrey E. First artillery, thirty*—e affirm and 1,451 eafisted asm. has reached JI»aata. « At dusk Tuesday a d-Mtariumrat of rebels irwrhed toward the wutposte of the Montana iitgfaw mt. but were sort by a hat fire Cresa the Montana regsssrat's fine. The faaanpents from trenches needy three mates tang reip— aled. Beam- Lopez, the Fifipfao agent in Lasdun. dfacredits the reports of the desire of the Fifipfaos to surrender. He says AgutaaMa is still fa supreme re—mend and conftrafficts the reported dmrioa of the Filipfao forces under Masrardo and Tfaaa The United States Fhafagine co—anisuto* has been esnridemg a provincial constitution for the island off Negro*. which Was Cra—ed by CaL Smith and tenduEg native*. The insurgents aawfastaatrd M. Dunariaa, a Frenchman, who had reo—td their fines under a flag off trace. He was nepstiatfag with the FWpfaus (hr the retaase of Spanish prfaam. The country between Sun Fesnando and Cbdwrepit is Mfiaguparith who irons, but who are a—pectad by many «C Wffisthy with the tasurertiou

SAN ISIDRO IS TAKEN.

Con. lautra’i Advance Led by CoL Sanawsagp Captnre* the Town. Gen. Lawtea’s advance guard, under CW. Somaaere off the Oregon troops, took San Iridrev an insurgent capital. Wednesday aaeraing. Summers’ command, eaonirting of the Twenty-second infantry on the left, the Minnesota regiment in the center and the Oregon and North Dakota tegtetents on the right, preceded by scouts nnd aereoapanied by Scott’s battery of artaiery. advanced from Balnarte. The troops first encountered the enemy two oailes from San Isidro, the rebels retiring when ear artillery opened fire. Just outride the town a rebel force, estimated to nasalll 2,otX> men, was intrenched. It, naade a slight resistance, but left its po-

"TINCLAD" GUNBOAT LAGUNA DE BAY.

sottett when our troops turned its right flank. The enemy's loss was fifteen men killed and twenty wounded. On the American side one soldier of the Oregon regwaent and one of the Minnesota regiaamt were slightly wounded. After' capturing th* town Col. Summers' troops raatimsed their advance, pursuing the retreating rebels several miles. The expedition under Maj. Kebbe of the Third artillery, consisting of the Seventeenth infantry, a battalion of the Ninth and one battery of the First artillery, left Calumpit. ntarehing up the Rio Grande to Gen. Lawton's division at Arayal. A flotilla off cascoes loaded with supplies also prweeded up- the river. Roth forces were raavoyed by the “tinclad” army gunboats trader Captain Grant.

KRUGER FINDS A PLOT.

Seven Me* Declared to Be Workinß Up * Bevotntion. Severn men, nearly all of whom are fornser- British officers, were arrested at Johannesburg on the charge of high treason against the Transvaal republic. Further warrants have been issued, many prominrat use* being involved in the alleged conspiracy. According to the authorities, incriminating documents were found on the prisoners, showing that they are enreESng men to cause a rebellion. Two thousand men are said to have been enlisted. It is asserted that the officers arrested were also preparing to organize a corps in Natal, the British colony between the Orange Free State and the Indian ocean, to assist the projected movement at Johannesburg.

CURRENT COMMENT.

An estimate of what the news costs a tag newspaper and how it travels may be derived from the telegraphic tolls charged for transmission. The expense of telegraphing war news from Manila is at the rate of $2.35 a word. From Manila to New York the cable route is: Manila to Hoag Kong, thenee to Saigon in Anam, Singapore, the Straits of Settlements and Penang. on the Malay peninsula, to Madrasi India; thence by Eastern Telegraph cable to Aden in Arabia, to Port Said and Alexandria in Egypt; Malta, Gibraltar, Lisbon and Plymouth, England; from Plymouth by Commercial cable to Waterville. Ireland, and Canso. Nova Scotia, to New York. Nears comes that during the last winter the submergence of Sable Island by the ocean has proceeded rapidly. Sable Island. which lies eighty-five miles east of Nova Scoria and in the track of ocean steamers. is the most notorious spot in the world for shipwrecks. In the last ninety years —ore than 150 ships have been wrecked on its treacherous shoals, and two lighthouses placed on the island by the Canadian Government have been I washed away by the ocean. During all ■ these years it has been gradually sinking 1 under the water, until now the island is not ranch more than eae-third as large as it was at the beginning of the century. During the mouth of April there was a remarkable falling off in the exports of agricultural products, provisions, including cuttle and hogs, showing a reduction off JJ33 and breadstuffs $12,297,517 as compared with the same month last year. Cotton exports dropped $(5,327,454, thus making a total shrinkage for the month fa products from field and farm of The exports of breadstuffs for April were smaller than for any month since July, 1897. The payment of a dividend of one-fifth iof 1 per rent to the creditors of the Iron j HaO winds up a failure which involved •53.WD0 naembere scattered through more i than twenty States. When a receiver was appointed it was found that the liabilities lof the order were $5,100,000. Altogether 1 S3.OntKWM> has been collected and paid to creditors, leaving a permanent deficit of SXI«MDMM>For the maintenance of the life-saving .mt ire the people of this country pay about fiIJSWKOOO a year. Of 3,987 lives imperiled in coast shipwrecks last year, only 23 were lost: of the $7,1(58,390 worth of property imperiled, the life-saving service rescued $»\420.530 worth. Rear Admiral Watson, who .succeeds Dpwey fa the Philippines, was a lieutenant a* Farragut's flagship at the battle of Mobile bay. and assisted in lashing the admiral to the rigging of the Hartford before he went to do or die. M. F. Hastings writes from Weatherford. Dk_ that he has plowed up on the bottom* off the Cimmaron river an old army musket, with the inscription. “L. B. Howard. Cfa A, 64th HL U. V. I ” He would like to hear frpm some one who has a etai— to the old weapon. It i» befieved that the largest audience ever gathered to witness a sporting event wmt present at the windup of the football aeauam in Loudon. England. An accuwmhm «abwxnrsxzl that Vkcvrxrvlrk fl®#®* CwWWn SBvWTtt iBKk gMrO|>lv

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF TNE J PAST WEEK. '' - - - Two Cheaterton Bnsincui Men Mira-ing-Stndents Warned Off by a De tore. ■ mined Inatructor-Gold Near Logsna- . port—A nd si eon Alan’s luventtoflb ■ A. P. Anderson, a well-to-do business man of Chesterton, has suddenly disappeared, and despite diligent search made by officers and his family no trace of him can be found. Anderson left home for Chicago on a business trip and that is the last seen of him. Just three weeks pre- I vious P. F. Frederickson of the same place left home and is still missing. Both J men had considerable money and valuables on their persons when they left ;; hojpe, and it is thought they were both victims of foul play. They Failed to Duck Him. 'I Twenty students of Rose Polytechnic | Institute at Terre Haute called on Prof, Kimmell, physical instructor of the In- i diaua State Normal, for the purpose of i taking him from his room and “ducking” a him, because they held him responsible for an offensive handbill which waa - thrown about the city. The Professor told the young men he had a revolver which he would use in protecting himself against any assault they should attempt i on him. Klondiker Find« Yellow Metal. David L. Bush, who returned from the i Klondike about a year ago, has found | gold within a mile of Logansport. He | claims the vein runs through the ground | in the vicinity of the old canal bed and brought in a portion of the dirt, which ■ was fused and refined and pronounced the genuine article. Bush says there is plenty more where that came from and there is much excitement (tending devel- 3 opments. New Power for War Vessels. 4 Upon appointment with Secrtary Long 1 Of the navy Judge D. C. Chipman, of J Anderson, has gone to Washington to sub- s mit to the Navy Department a plan cov- | ering new motor power for war vessels, a For the new process it is claimed that ] enough fuel can be carried on board to i carry a vessel around the world or last I one year; that 10 per cent, more heat can 1 be generated than under present condi- | tions and that there is absolutely no a smoke. Will Rnild New Electric Line. The Indianapolis and Logansport Trac- " tion Company now has the right of way J for an electric line from Logansport to ; Indianapolis. George J. Marot, of In- t dianapolis, says that the line will be in- S operation soon. The power-house and | shops are to be built at Logansport. Within Our Border*. Alamo will have a horse show June 3. | Crawfordsville has organized a zouave company. Culver military academy will have newj barracks. U. W. Breeden, Columbus, appointed County Clerk. Over 500 Lagrange County have telephones. Anderson Telephone Company will put ? its wires under ground. Lebanon saloons will drop out the free lunch with each schooner. Janies Dary, 65, Company C, Forty-sev-enth Indiana, Spiceland, dead. Unknown baby left on the doorstep of Thomas Abrams, Gwynneville. Mitchell district medical society at West Baden June 29 and 30. ’ Building in Muncie has been on account of a hod carriers’ strike. j W. T. Rusk, Waveland, found a Span- | ish coin, while plowing, dated 1775. Two glas splants have been added to J Daleville within a week. Good gas sup«J ply. , i! Seneca white lime company, FostoriaJg with capital of SIOO,OOO, will be incorpo3fl rated. Rev. J. W. Mellender, pioneer Methodfl ist preacher, Glenwood, stricken with parM alysis. Charles Adams, Muncie, found dead be-t|l side the Lake Erie tracks. Foul play 1 suspected. ] McKinley has been invited to attend tbftA blue and gray reunion at Evansville, 11 to 13. Capt. Will Stott, Franklin, of the 161stJI will return to Cuba to magage a coffefia plantation. I Clubs in Louisville, Jeffersonville andil New Albany have formed an anti-slamM organization. I Three tramp umbrella menders got intW a scrap near Hartsdale, and Ed Wagnefil was stabbed seven times. The other escaped. 1 An average 12 per cent increase |ffi| wages has gone into effect at the Pitt|H burg plate glass works, Kokomo. It bctoN efits (500 men. I Franchises for an electric railway irt Henry County from Knightstown. Greenfield, and from New Castle tffil Knightstown, granted. I At Elkhart, Mrs. James Allen Cook haiM begun an action against her faihcr-in-tewJp John Cook, for $50,000 damages for aUetfH ating the affections of her husband, wthfl is now in Fargo, N. D., for the purpose obtaining a divorce. g The death of Miss Rosa Storker in EvJ ansville is said to have been due to mH cessive cake walking. The young wonurifl was regarded as one of the most cake walkers in the city and spent every night in the pastime. H Thomas J. Murphy and wife, City, agreed to divide the property anS children, he to take the two oldet OwM and she to retain the 11 months-old baMR Later Murphy disagreed with this W ment and, kidnaping the baby, hied GM J with all three. The mother is wild grief. 3® Miss Blanche Riggs, Rushville, Indianapolis to visit her aunt. Guy AJ»® crombie went to attend a theatrical tainment. The old folks were ter the ceremony. « A bottle found in the Ohio HWt 'mE tained a note written by William 'J saying that he intended to drown himwiE because of his poverty. The dated Dec. 29, 1882. ' ~31 ® Patrolman Jacob Kiefer, Evansville, bricks and clubß° A powe to the rescue and arrested fifSTVI