Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1900 — Page 7

GREAT CANAL OPENED

WATER TURNED INTO CHICAGO ", DRAINAGE DITCH. ' ■’ ■' i d ->u > ~.hs ■> At a Ctost es <33,000,000, the Gulf sf Mexico and the GreafLakes AreJConuccted by a Canal Twenty-eightllf ilea I, ioK—lmmeiue Engineering Feat. Shortly after 9 o‘cio<it Tuesday moi*iiag, .water was turned Into Chicago’s great $33,009,000 drainage canal and began to flow toward Lockport, whebe It fell into the Desplaines river, and thepee through the Illinois and Mississippi rivets ri> the Gulf of Mexico. There had been so many delays and so, much talk of injunctions and opirteitioji of vUrtoufa kinds that the ossprauce that the l canal had actually been opeiMsl ’ln 'tl#; nature ®f a surprise,.gvieW fa Jkhh had kept closest .track of the great enter-1 tariy from its inception. 'While Chicago has-tdrned the couture of . a river and caused water to flow in a -direction contrary to that fHiicated by ,IfluC natural slope of the land, in reality it has bat carried into effect a suggestion of Fere Joliet made in 1674, when he wrote: “We lean easily go to‘Florida in boats and by a good, navigation. There wonld be but one canal to make, by cutting only one-half a league of prairie to pass from the lake of the Illinois into St. Louis river.” The dimensions* of the canal are larger titan those of any other channel menrwped aad it bears*the distinction of being the only ship canal designed to carry a targe volume of‘water. Primarily edn* sftgeted to divert the flow of sewage fßoni Lake Michigan through' the Dedphfines and Illinois rivers to the Missitaippi. it serves a more magnifieept purpose as a connecting link between the efaiin of lakw/aud rirerq AmJ 'ortabMsb-, ing water bet»vdeq 'the Atlantic coast ami the Gulf of Mexico. A little over seven years ago, of, to be exact, on Sept. 3, 1802, the first spadeful of earth on Chicago's great sanitary canal was turned. 'Hie work was begun oa the rock cut below Lemont on the line between Cook ami -Will cupntige.

Site - that time work hns been jgoing mi constantly. About $33,000,000 has been expended, and employment has been given to thousands, nil in order that the city of Chicago might have an adequate method of disposing of its sewage so as not to injure the health of its own citizens, or. for that matter, of anyltody. This stupendous expenditure of money, however, was much more than was necessary to create a canal for the disposal of sewage. Ln order to get a permit to build the canal the sanitary trustees were obliged to submit to the plans of rhe Government for a canal big enough not only to carry off the necessary sewage. but to form the connecting link for rhe great ship canal that will one day connect the great lakes with the gulf. Innumerable difficulties frnve been placed in the way of the construction of the .•anal. Nature interposed miles of solid reck. but the people of the Illinois and Mississippi valleys interposed objections that it proved much more troublesome to surmount. They claimed shat the sewage of Chicago would endanger the health of the inhabitants of Joliet and’ St. and other cities. The part of the canal into which the water is now Sowing begins at the south branch of the Chicago river at Robey, street, Chicago, and continues southward tn an entirely artificial channel until it’ reaches Lockport. a- distance of twentyeight miles. At Lockport the large contraHing works which will regulate the tfov. of water are situated. Between ♦’hicago and Lockport the fall is only *b&ut seven feet. In the Hext four miles the fall is about forty feet, and were it not for the dam and sluice gates at Lockport, the flow of water would be so great as to render the Chicago river too

COMPLETED CHANNEL IN JOLIET.

swift far navigation. 'Hue ararter can be tamed «ff almost as easily ** the flow ft»xn a hydrant may be stopped toy turning a faaeet. Below the controlling works the channel widens out to about 5tW feet, forming a basin in which the largest lake steamers ean be easily turned The canal has been constructed in strict »«ifonditg with the requirement* of the taw render which the sanitary district of Chicago was organized, and is of Sufficient capacity to maintain a constant Star of 300.000 feejtopatguipt ~ S!.* twenty-- we fttot hi WV tfrifl tfbi Writ •odLw ttdt jtrwhltjt,/. Prom>-. easily carry off the sewa"ge of the city I

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BEAR TRAP DAM. LOCKPORT.

THE VALUE OF DELAGOA BAY.

The abbve map will show at n glance the value to < I real Britain of the possession :»f Detagna JRay, whße- the following, table,of distances shows how the transfer of Lorenzo TSarques to Britain wouldmean the almost instant death«if <W |i»e sper hopes: Distances. Cape Town to Kiqibertey ■. z. East London to- Queenstown:.,■,, East London to Burghersdorp. .c Durban tq Ladysmith.. • - ib» Ladysmith to Pretoria.... ■ - ;;vrj Delagoa Bay to Pretoria , Cape Town to Pt. Elizabeth j-"’ < 'ape Town to East London, , P Cape Town to Durban.. -*• Cftpe Town to Delagoa Bay t.tw - '‘. ■' '.' -. ' ' | C-‘|--■“■■r -g- - T _

M’COY WHIPS MAHER.

Big Pcteb I« Easily Knocked Out In ‘the Fifth Round. The young Indiana pugilist, known to ring patrons as “Kid" McCoy, but whose teal nhßte is TlWfnau: Selby, surprised a crqwd. qf fi.flOO spi-eHIq/s/at the Coney Island Sporting Club by knocking put Peter MaWrof Ireland in the fifth round. There was never a period, correspondents say, when Maher classed with bis opponent in scientific methods, although at one time it seemed probable that McCoy might give way before the rugged

assault and. heavy hitting of, the Irishman. The men were lighting for a percentage of the gate receipts and a guaranty. About $17,000 showed ujf inside the gate aud the promoters waived their rights and presented this to the lighters, with a winning and losing percentage. Maher was evidently outclassed by the nimble and hard-hitting Kid, and, strange to say, most of the reports agree that McCoy was hitting the harder blows, sending Maher to the ground oftener than was good for a man supposed to be working his way up again to a, light with Sharkey or Jeffries. Besides the Irishman's head rocked like an old tower in a storm. The finishing punch was a left. Peter himself says it Aught him under the jaw and on tire Adam's apple and seemed to pump all the wind out of him. The Kid slipped a couple of lefts to the jaw early in the round that put Peter partially groggy, then whipped a right across over, which went high, followed by a left to the ear. Then came the right feint which pulled Peter’s guard out of the way, and, the left hook coming up. completed the work.

Noteg of Current Events.

There are 2,5 IT student's In Yale University. Chicago is.,at the front with an automobile club. Mrs. Gondy burned to death at Bridgeport, Qhio. Mrs.' William Packard. Akron, Ohio, was found dead. Mystery. Burglar got S3OO in stamps and money from the Nauda, N. Y., postoffice. The State Forestry Commissioners of New York have just purchased 40,000 acres of land in the Catskill Mountains,

making the holdings of the State in that region aggregate 300,000 acres. i Co-operative factories in (Great Britain last year made profits aggregating over $1,000,000 on a capital of.4i little.over $11,000,000. This is almost Ipfter.cent on the investment. The Cherokee Council link rejeetea all the bids for the collect io»ofthe-$4,300,-000. During the last year Missouri sold SB,000,000 worth qf mutes, chiefly for war zqrpdsbs. , S .» JGbnrgla’s killed a bill pro the iwudifgcturc or sale ofcigat* ettes hi that Staff. 4 . . -. 3 k > r f Bd’tnird F, Deering, cashier of "the ifnWct Woodbury ft-Mowitow'w bairir.-Ptirt*--land, Me., has returned. • -Nr-. ; w w M w .TAKOOwaCI :<nT .'(Jo’erf

NEAR THE 100,000,000 MARK.

Population of ttae United States May Reach N’ine Figures. The war with Spain gave to Uncle Kam a substantial additi,on to his, already big -family of y-ljildren and sangnime calculators there are who predict that the 100,000,000 mark will be passed when the census of 1900 is taken. The 1 l»e,st estimates, however, indicate that the total will fall 12.000,000 or thereabouts short of the eighth cipher. There were 02,622,250 inhabitants in the United States ton years ago. nceorJing to the lust census. Secretary Gage's actuary pf the Treasury computes the present population between Maine and California. Alaska and. Key West, at 7G-,14K,000. To this must be added the peoples-, brought under the stars and’ stripes by the war with Spain and by the atihexation of Hawaii, to say nothing pf Cuba, Porto Hied and Guam. It is probable that- for a decade or two louger the United Btates must be content to remain in the fourth place in point (>f population among the nations of the earth. Chinrt,. despite encroach--ments upon her territory, still holds - the lead, with 402,680,006 men. women and children within her borders; the British ejnpire-eonies next, with 381.037,874 subjects, ,a nd the Russian empire is third. 129,211,113 persuiiis owing allegiance to the Czar. No Other nation, hoxw*ver. can show such a rapid increase us that of the United States. George Washington was President of a natioq numbering fewer than 3,000,000 individuals. It took twenty years for the population to double. In 1810 it was 7,239,881. in 1820 it had reached only 9,633,822, and ton years later the total was 12,866,020. From this time on it advanced by leaps and boujids. In 1840 it was 17.069,453, in 1850 it was 23,191,876, in 1860 it had reached 31,443.321. and thirty years ago the census showed a iwpulation of 38,558,371. It did not pass the half-cen-tury mark until 1880, when it was 50,155,783, and the last enumeration, 1890, gave a total of 62,622,250, Qwing to immigration from all parts of the earth, the population showed a wide cosmopolitan range even before the recent acquisition of new territory. The Philippines, however, will make a considerable addition to the list of races governed by the constitution. They will add no less than thirty new names to American nomenclature.

PANIC IN A CHURCH.

Altar Drapery Catches Fire at Mass in Holyoke, Mass. The New Year's mass in the Sacred Heart Church at Holyoke, Mass., early New Year’s morning came near ending in a frightful loss of life through a panic. •There were 1,500 ]>eople in the church, and even the vestry and aisles were filled. The Rev, P. B. Phelan was celebrating mass when one end of the light drapery covering the altar was blown against a lighted candle. The next moment the entire front of the chancel was a mass of flames. A cry of “Fire" went up from a dozen throats, and then followed a scene of confusion Which for a moment promised to result in a repetition of the burning of the Church of the Precious Blood in 1874, when seventy-five men lost their lives. Men sprang to their feet and ran shriekingitoward the exits. The aisles became filled with a solid, struggling mass of humanity. Men and women were trampled upon in their mad frenzy to escape. Cries and : prayers filled the auditorium. A great loss of life was only averted by the coolness of a dozen men, who with quick presence of mind extinguished the flames before they had made further headway, and by cool words quieted the excited crowd. As it was a number were injured, though not seriously.

One of ithe agencies through which the English war office is supplied with news Tttiti the army in the field with orders is a military bicycle corps, recently organized in Gape Town. This is the first time suqh .a corps has seen active servsoe in the field, although all the standing armies now have such couriers.

A get cat saved the life of .Storekeeper Frank Sidney, at Fieldsboro, Del. There was » folaze in the store,'and Sidney’s room, where he was asleep, was filled with smoke, but he was awakened by the cat walking over him ana mewing in his face. ' • ,C' - Fifty short, preetjeal dairy, rules for. the production and handling of pure milk, printed oa large cardboards, have been distributed by the tens of , i thousands among American farmers by the Bureau of Animal Industry. Interstate commerce commission has extended, the. time to Aug- 1| 11800. to. allow railroads to equip cars with auto- •* 4,i 1 * !< >r*~ - j , ■< J—Ur vocintM'si do yi:

BOERS ARE BEATEN.

GEN. FRENCH CAPTURES COLESBURG BY STRATEGY. Transvaal Trqopa Surprised by Rapid Movement of English CommanderAdoption of Africander Tactics Breaks Long Series of Defeats -IzOM Is Slight.

Gen. French; acwrding to n Cape Town dispatch, occupied Sunday with very little fighting, what there \yas being confined to the- outposts. The British losses were only three men killed and eight wounded. The general's report of the occupation of the town was .received at the war’office in London: “At 3:30 o’clock Sunday morning, after a night’s march, I occupied a.Jiopjc overlooking West Colesburg. The enemy s ioutposts were completely suri»rised. I shelled the Boers’ laager,' t,he enemy plying vigorously, but Inter being silenced he retired northwaed, where he oecnpied a hill. The Boers also southeast of Coliesburg the junction. Our position cuts the enemy's line of retreat via the road bridge. A force of 1,000 Boers .with two' guns is reported to be returning to Nervals Pont on the Orange river. Our casualties were three killed and several wounded.” Gen. French’s victory causetl great satisfaction and fWfnishbd the London newspapers occasion to print more pleasing headlines than have been seen sot swyirye mouths. While it is recognized French's success is not’ one of Vital important’e materially, the cheering effect of it is salutary after the depression caused by a string of British- defeats. The military experts unite' in 'praising Freiidh'si operation, dwelling particularly on the rapidity with whieb he moved and the fact that he did not attempt to. storm an ipipregnable position. The success of the cavalry flanking movement is seized upon as illustrating the advantage Of a large mounted force with which to fight the Boers and wfhieh the Government' has been so slow to recognize. . Altogether, French's victory abd the methods by which he gained it are the first good fruits of the "eye-oiiener" the Boers have given Jingland, and the hope is expressed in Ixmdon. says a correspondent, that the other British commanders will profit by the example. Gen. Frcnd) is the one British commander who, thus far. has not received a cheek. He has beaten the Boer's by'outflanking them repeatedly. This is the first time in the South African war in which the Boers have been routed by a flank movement.. The force under Gen. French is 2,*MX) strong, and is composed of a cavalry brigade, one or two batteries of horse artillery, some infantry, one field battery and some colonial cavalry. On thi> “th of December his forces, having moved out of Nauuwport, dn?ve the Boers out of Arundel, since which time he has been maneuvering, which has resulted is dislodging the Boers flom Colesburg.

GERMAN SHIPS SENT SOUTH.

"Two Cruisers Sail for South Africa to Watch British’ Vessels. It is announced that the German protected cruisers Condor and Schwalbe have, sailed for Delagoa Bay. With the exception of the most sensational journals the German press comments soberly, although with manifest irritation, upin the Huudesrath incident. Political circles think Great Britain is making a mistake in not assuming a definite and decided attitude on the contraband question.

Regarding the seizure by the British cruiser Magicienne of the imperial mail steamer Bundesrath of the German East African line a high official of the German foreign office, who was interviewed by the correspondent of the Associated Presij, said: "Silence must be preserved at present concerning the actual status of the negotiations which have been begun with Great Britain about the matter. Appropriate steps have been taken, of which Germany must await the results. The matter is regarded by Germany as of the utmost importance, because seriously involving the rights of neutrals." It is asserted in German Government circles that the British right of search is questioned and that, in any event, the British right td stop passengers, whether they intend to fight for the Boers or not, is strenuously disputed, as the vessel upon which they were is neutral and the territory to which they were proceeding, namely, Delagoa Bay, is also neutral. Redress, it is asserted, Will be insisted upon by Germany.

CLAIMS AGAINST INDIANS.

Acta of Pure “Cusaednesa” Cost Uncle Ham $3,000,000 a Year. It costs Uncle Sam nearly $5,000,000 a year for acts of pure cussedness committed by Indians against tiie white and Mexican settlers of the Southwest. This su.m is paid under the Indian depredation law, passed by Congress in 1892. Few people in the East know of this law and the amount of work it devolves upon the department of justice, as they have never crossed the Indian's trail when he is on one of his periodical tantrums. But in the territories and in the State of Texas are thousands of folk who have lost relatives and property during the Indians* playful periods. To recompense them for their losses Congress passed the depredation law. Some of the claims stretch back fifty years, when the Indian was wild and free and full of natural cussedness. It is all right fqr Do’s friends to say that he is generally driven to acts of violence against the whites, but the fact remains hard and cold that there have been times innumerable when he required a<rextraneous provocation to start him on the warpath. The nervous construction of the re<l man is of sudh a sensitive nature that it impels him to break loose about once in so often, otherwise he would become so lazy and indifferent to his own importance that somebody would -have to feed him of he wouM "starve to degth. »' f ——i ;—L- " ... Tarantulas ate being raised- hr-Aus-tralia for the sake of their webs, the filaments of which are made into thread for balloons. They are lighter than silk, and, when woven, lighter than canvas. Eajch tarantula yields from twenty to forty yards of filament, of which eight, twisted together, form a single thread. k Xfrt\r»iaiyK vt MiWd.lQ McaerYfi .tlm house ; in in which, the first American slats v*as &aae/an'd iu the erpe-' es a ■nibhumefil oVeF the- of pefisy .Roas, the <maker, has beten sue>«arried q-juu-rrhib

TEACHERS IN INDIANAPOLIS.

Indiana Society Had the Banner At tendance of Its Existence. The Indiana Teachers’ Association held its first general session on Wednesday in the Hopse of Representatives- at Indianapolis. It was largely attended. In an address the Rev. F. E. Dewhurst, pastor of Plymouth Church of that city, deplored the custom of compelling children to study subjects not adapted to them. Children should be interested in what they studied; otherwisr* they were injured more than benefited. Prof. Jacob Dorsey Forrest, df Butler College, spoke in a similar vein. Mrs. May Wright Sewall addressed the association on “The Relation of Society to the School.” If the school is to be rotated to society, she said, it must be through the relation of the teacher to the pupils. On Thursday officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Robert I. Hamilton, Huntington; Chairman Executive Committee. F. P. Hart, Coviagton; Permanent Secretary and Treasurer, J. R. Hart, Lebanon; Recording Secretary, Miss Leila Vaught, Martinsville. Vice Presidents and an executive committee were also elected.

The closing session of the general association in the afternoon had the largest attendance of the meeting, and perhaps the largest attendance in the history of the society. With, the “banner" attendance,the officers say.theinterest has been correspondingly greater. Before the closing session adjourned an Indiana council of education, copiposed of twen-ty-five members, was organized, whose duty will be to investigate all matters of. an educational nature and feport to the general association, The various sections elected officers as follows: Primary section: President, Miss Viola Strain Whiting; Secretary, Mrs. E. E. Olcott, Danville. High School section: President, Charles S. Meek, Terre Haute; Secrtary, Harriet|C. Palmer, Franklip. Indiana Historical Society: President, William Wesley Woolen, Indianapolis; Secretary, J. P. Dunn, Indianapolis. Township Trustees’ Association: / President, B. F. Sherrick, Westfield; Secretary, Thomas Nugent, Elnora.

BURNS MONEY TO TRICK HEIRS.

Brazil Man Declared Insane Explain* Fate of His «5,000. A few days ago Porter A, Kennedy, One of the leading farmers of Clay County, was adjudged insane. He bad been acting strangeliy for some time and it is alleged that when he discovered the steps taken by his relatives to have his mental condition inquired into he went to Brazil and drew 85,000 out of the First "National Bank. W’hen he was declared insane an effort, was made to find the money, but to no' avail, ..Kennedy recently became ill and he informed his relatives that he had burned the money when he drew It from the bank.

High School Building Burns.

Fire destroyed the high school building in Princeton. The building was erected in 1896 at a cost of $22,000. It was a large brick structure and had accommodations for nearly 700 pupils. Only SB,OOO insurance was carried.

Brief State Happenings.

Logansport Council will float $70,000 worth of bonds.

Corporal Mark A. Hilfis, Kokomo, died in the Philippines of meningitis. Rose polytechnic school students kick on "gym” work being compulsory. Scarcity of men to run the window glass plants in Madison County. Daniel Rhodes, 20 years old, died from effects of accidental shooting at Princeton.

That magazine solicitor who has been going over the State gave Columbus $75 worth.

Evansville police judge has placed the minimum fine for carrying coqcealed weapons at $25.

The safe in the store of Jeff Blankenbaker at Crandall was blown open and about S3OO taken. At New Albany. Mrs. Andrew Ford, 26 years old. was accidentally shot by her uncle, John Cooper, who had been out hunting. The oil drillers from the gas belt who went to Egypt to make tests four miles from the Red Sea, have arrived in Cairo. The duty on their tools was SI,OOO. Lucy B. Garr, aged 87, and Miss Millie S. Garr, aged 55, mother and daughter, died at the Garr homestead, east of Kokomo. They had lived on the same farm fifty-five years and expired within fifteen minutes of each other.

Suit has been brought in South Bend to test the constitutionality ■ of the Barrett street improvement law, under which many millions of dollars* worth of improvements have been made in Indiana and bonds sold to pay for same. Electric roads in the north part of the State are considering the plan adopted by a Toledo company of carrying farmers, wagons and all, on a truck arrangement, so that when they reach town they can drive off to sell their produce. The plan is especially adapted for muddy roads. While Pierson Loer. w farmer. near New Castle, was feeding fodder into a horsepower cutting machine, his arm caught in the cogs and was crushed to the elbow. Benton Beall, his brother-in-law, being unable to turn the wheels back, cut the arm off just below the elbow, with a butcher knife, to save the man’s life.

The Anderson police found the body of John Goodall, a steel worker, in Pipe Creek, under a railroad culvert. The skull was crushed in and near by was a coupling pin. It was evident he had been murdered with the pin and the body thrown into the water. A week before Goodall went to Cleveland, saying his mission was to draw $1,400 from a bank. He returned and spent several hours about the saloons. Once he remarked that he believed two negroes were following him. Lee Taylor, colored, Frankfort, Ky., while waiting fir his trfiln at Mitchell, to go home, walked on to the tracks in his siee{> and was killed. At Roachdale Junction a young man named Hammond of Lafayettedns .killed by a train. He was ou his hijy home from the State University at Bloomington. I i '---J-' - Mrs- M- D I-iffntv of Nnhln U<»»nrr reefiynd information,of the death df teeri brother,. Ephraim. Ytder, an Indiana sd-., diet ih the Phitwpmes.'Ypder‘was.hir by j Mt* UedMdnfal shot of the guns of his own commagA. '193 »:sy

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY | TOLD. Great Increase in Oil Industry DuriuiC December Doctor a nd-Servant Killed on the Railway-• Convicted of Attempted Murder. The nioatii of December in the Indibna field is one' of Interest and shows th;;t the winter weather has not affected the operations of the drill to any tent. Decunbet- is the largest month «.f the present seasoil in completed work, ami gv* a’ retivity has been displayed in the State dining the year. Hundreds of thousand's of dollars have been invested in the producing of the crude proilm f in this State the present, year; and it ia nothing to what wjll be spent the, coming season if tie maf-ket quotations 'continue above the. dollar mark. During the month 266 wplln Were eompletpil, with a daily output of 4,235 barrels, or an average pep wcjl per day of 20 1-7 liarrels. The dry holes and gus wells'number 56, the same- a* tlw previous month. 'The Indiana,,field mis done nobly -this season, as there were live months during the present s..n in which over 200 wells were completed They were. July, September. October, November and the present mon’h'. ’’he large increase ot the month is dm io the activity in Weils ami Grant as will as the o itside counties.

Killed at u Grade CroasiiiK.

Dr. Wyck ffe Smith, late surgeon with the rank <>f ‘ major of the One hundred aifd sixtieth Indiana Volunteers, and hist Cuban servant were instantly killed by .1 Waba sh train ten miles west of Flora. They were riding in a buggy and did mA notice the engine's approach. Dr. Smith lived at Delphi ami was unmarried. He became attached to his servant while in Cuba and prevailed upon him to ma,ke his home with him.

Sentenced for Attempted Murder.

Dan Sanders, a young farmer, was convicted of attempting to kill Rutledge Glover, an old citizen of Franklin. He was given a sentence of two to fourteen years in th< Michigan City prison. The jury whs ent two days before returning a verdict; ■

Milk Sicimeeo In Reported.

Milk sickness is causing a number of deaths iu Fulton County. Two death* were reported nt Delong, Henry F. Long and his wife being the victims. Their deaths occurred within a few hours of each other.

Boy Killed by Electric Car.

. Ralph l.h gh aged 13 years, was killed by an cle'tiii. street car at Muncie. He climbed from the river over the bank upon th- ‘rael I ’, not seeing tire aproael*ing car. Jl’- head was crushed.

Within Our Borners.

Manual Jrninjng department may be put into iht Anderson schools. Lester Morris, 3, Muncie, was bunietl to death whih watching a bonfire. Theodore Moore’s saw mill, Carthage, went up in srnokt I -oss, $2,000. Schoo! a’ Oliver has Wen closed, because the pupils ’will not be vaccinatcJ.

Ed Niemeyer 18, Evansville, played with a [w-wder can ami short a part of bis flier Secret service man is trying to dislwvcr the pers-m who has been sending vile letters to Logansport society women.

Charles II Raraby’s saw mill and hard wood mat’vfi tiring plant, Greencastle, in ashes. Loss, slo,<loo, partially insured. Mrs. A A .Zimmer, Anderton, has just recovered from a caselot blood poisoning that was canned by wearing a tight finger ring. William Goddard, 20, Rush County, accidentally -.fiot and killed Steven Lucas, 17, his prospective brother-in-law, while hunting. Elwood Magden,- an early resident ot Kokomo, who had not been heard from in thirty years, returned from Cape •Nome. Ah ska, worth $19,000,000. Martin Ficlo started to Logansport to church, puffing a pipe. Fparks fell in the lap-robe, and when he reached church ho was minus his pantaloons and lower part of bis overcoat. John R-’buman, Muncie, was fit»r«i $17.90 for lerting his boy work in a gla-v factory instead of sending him to M-houl. It will be made a test case and will he carried to the Supreme Court. Jefferson H’aakenbaker’s general store, Crandall, was wrecked by safe-crackers*. The robbers seen red S9O in money anil S2OO in notes. Loss to building ami stock will )*e several hundred dollars.

The sujm ’■'iitrudent of the Andersen schools has issued an order that pupil* must present a rertifieate of vaccination, or they will i.ot be allowed to enter. The same order -pplics to teachers and janitors.

Feed burr -it the Goshen milling company's plan* burst. Due piece flow through a wall, striking William Haines, head miller, Knocking him fifty feet. He received a broken leg and internal iujurries that wHI he fatal. New Albany and Jeffersonville want a military post established between the two towns. Dr. J. -N. Hurty of Indianapolis, expert chemist, reports that he finds nearly a grain of morphine in the stomach of Stephen Whitmore, murdered at Lognuuport Nov. 18. 3 The trustees of Wabash College njet at Crawfordsville and it was decided that Rev. W. F. Kane will be inaugurated as president ’''eb. 22. Mrs. W. K. Jone* of Chicago lias given J 5.000 towartf a residence for the college president. The gymnasium buildiug is to be refitted an<l also used for exhibitions and commencementsJ >T F'ii’e at the Westervelt fiber Pail factory at South Rend caused several thousand dollars’ damage. Two employe* saved their'lives by swimming arrdssffhtt of Qity T’reasUrer tfflß’isnvilly was cQmprommetl. by ft?Wri<ikhlcn idVanciug $2,055. The bondsinvn have-now ptti»l $5,1115 iiv soft M-i ' ipppt o^if■ iiMrlagty ?; 1 ..; l Ai Princeton ,Mr«oMarina oljl., >tt.e^q»t«<d by.itwttfate WiShi? a ciun says sbe may recover. ’ '**' 7