Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1900 — Page 7

ATTEMPT TO STEM THE TIDE.

WILLIS J. ABBOT.

Chicago correspondence: The Republicans are reaortlng to all kinds of desperate measures to turn the tide that is running to strongly towards William Jennings Bryan and the Democratic party. The latest attempt—and one of the most despicable —to stem the tide Is a direct misuse of the malls. The officials of the Democratic National Comm’ttee have received evidence that Republican postmasters and postal are not only tampering with letters sent from Democratic and delaying the delivery of campaign literature, but that letters and. literature are being returned almost as soon as delivered to the postoffice address of the addressees. Otto poederlein, in charge of the German bureau of the national committee says hundreds of letters have been returned to his department stamped “Unclaimed,” “Refused,” and “Not Found.” Ail letters sent out from Democratic National headquarters are identified as coming from Democratic headquarters by the following printed directions on the envelopes: “Return In five days to rooms 21-26, 306 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill.” Although the postal department boasts of its ability to trace addresses from the most meager descriptions, there is, It is said, a on the part of postmasters inallparts of the country, particularly in the doubtful states, to take advantage of every technical error in the superscription. So notorious has become thg. conduct of Republican postmasters in the treatment of Democratic mail mutter that Democratic bureau chiefs have advised do-ng away with return direction! on envelopes used by the national committee. It is generally believed at Democratic headquarters that hundreds of thousands of Democratic documents have suffered at tte ha ids of Republican postmasters.

William Lloyd Garrison,, ex Governor George S. Boutwell and C’olcgiel Thomas Wentworth Higglnsor, aR of Boa ton, and well known to tMe negroees of the United States, have r .ssu>d an address to the colored pejiple, advising them to renounce the Republican party as its national policy of imperialism is dangerous to the future of tie colored race. The address has been given out by the National Democratic Committee. 11. H. Hanna, chairman of (he executive committee of tlr> Indianapolis Monetary convention, is in distress. He has been looking over the political situation and sees that the Republican party is in danger. His chief concern, however, is the permanence and promotion of the gold standard, and for success in that direction he declares, as an “honest non-partisan,” that the Congressional outlook is unfavorable. Of late be has been sending out doleful letters urgently appealing for contributions to save the standard and the party. In one of them he sayy. “Tiere is very great danger of the BryaMtes securing control of the next Congress. There is every reason to expect they will gain three Representatives In North Carolina and serious risk of gaining one in Kentucky, two in Indiana, one in Missouri and one In Texas. There Is possibility of loss in many other districts. But few districts are absolutely safe.” In another one of these privately addressed letters, 11. 11. Hauuu still more dolefully writes: “We kps mode appeals to the general publl • for funds, hint so fur there has been very little response.” The contracted expenses are already large, he says, and each delegate to the monetary convention is asked to secure subscriptions of $25. Disraeli once exposed the political iniquities of an opponent by quoting from a letter which ho described as a “plundeHng and blundering” one. The des<ri]rtlon aptly characterises H, H.Hanna's eplstotatory appealr.. He is learning that there is disheartening apathy in the ranks of Be] üblieaus. Indeed, from the fact that ’here has been Vvery little response” to his appeals, jthere must bo somet dug like positive disaffection If not downright revolt among those he would victimize, it Is only a favored few that have profited by the pions pretenoeg, vacillation and hypocrisy of the I-resident, *nnd the summing up of ids character and acta Is not such as to h rpire enthuoiasm. Besides, it is patent that the “plundering and blundering" IL 11. Hanna makes the gold standard and his "lion-1 estly non-partisan” organlwiflon the excuse for partisanship which la none the les* bitter because It Is veiled. Two great meetings ware held in this city last week, and an indications of the trend of the best j.Ublj« thought and of the revolt from the policy and assumptions of what Mr. Oljuey well characterized as Melt tamtam, their significance can hardly lx? pverestl- , mated. One of the b'gtnSM meetings was addressed by Viator Wellington of_Maryland, who wks chiefly inatrnIKW lilm -on

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Republicans Are Resorting to All Kinds of Desperate Means.

held under the auspices of the Iroquois Club, one of the leading Democratic organizations of the country, from a social and financial standpoint, and which refused to support Bryan In 1896. The principal speakers at this gathering were Sigmund Zelsler, Judge Thomas A. Moran and S. S. Gregory. All of them are prominent in public life, and as gold Democrats helped the Republican party to victory four years ago. They have not changed tlffiir monetary convictions, but loving the republic mdre than currency schemes they have taken this stand without qualifi_catlon or condition for Bryan. Mr. Zeisler, after referring to his position in the last Presidential contest, declared that Imperialism was now the paramount issue, and said: “I take no stock in the Republican cry of the danger of Bryan’s financial views. But, if I did, 1 would infinitely prefer to see a derangement of our financial institutions than see trampled under foot all the traditions of our country and the breaking down of the Ideals upon which our nation is founded. Shall it be said that we consider our pocketbooks of more value than the Interests of generations yet unborn? Is it right to blot tire stars from our flag and leave but the stripes? Is It right that the escutcheon of our grand repubJlcjßhquld be_ stalnetU and,* tliat should be found a filthy empire on the lines of that of George III.?’’ Judge Moran scathingly referred to the policy of the administration towards the Philippine Islands and the cruelties and injustices Imposed upon thoir people by the causeless war waged upon them. He cited authorities and historical facts to demonstrate that the position taken by McKinley and his advlsers.is not expansion, in the American sense of that word, “but is colonialism and imperialism pure and simple, and as suchlsa violation of our Constitution, <jf the Declaration of Independence a ad of the fundamental principles of American institutions.” In referring to the new attitude of the Republican party and Secretary Gage regarding the gold standard, and their fears for its safey, Judge Moran said: “If it has not been secured the Re-publi.-an party in convention assembled in Philadelphia has put in its platform a bare-faced He. If it has not been secured by appropriate Congressional legislation, the Republican party Js seeking a continuance in power on the proposition that it was faithless to the trust repc-sed in it when it was last given power by the people.” He concluded his speech, as did Mr. Zelsler, by appealing to the people to put forth every effort towards the election of William Jennings Bryan, and so lead back the Imperiled nation to tin, paths of national honor and virtue. 8. S. Gregory, referring to the cry of Mark Hanna and the Republican looters that the sole Issue is one of prosperity and the full dinner pail, denounced such hypocrisy as an insult to the intelligence and patriotism of the American people.

PRINCIPLES OF THE PARTY.

Decl n ration of Indeprn fence Ex presses What Democracy Stands For. The fundamental principles of the Democratic party are best expressed in ‘the Declaration of Independence. The Democracy stands for individual freedom, for equality of rights and opportunltles, for political, religious and industrial liberty. Its trend has always ; been In the direction of popular government, although more than once ha machinery haa fallen Into the hands of the enemies of the people and has been devoted to the interests of special classes. This had bappcuml before the great re birth of the parly of Thomas Jefferson in 1896. Thnt'year wftnessed a revolution In the party and tlie beginning of a revolution In the Country. The Democracy again took solid ground upon the great principles of the Declaration and it has since held that grounil with courage, with zeal and with lofty determination. The Democratic plat form in 1896 declared no new or strange doctrine. It I but rested and reaffirmed old truths for which the party had stood In its I best days and tinder Its greatest leadership. The spirit, of it wns long i>efore voiced in the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson ami In the heroic pollpy of Andrew Jackson. It dealt wIU; now phases of old questloua; and In essenev it marked the revolt of the tribute-pay- 1| era agalust the tribute-takers. In 1900 the Democracy stands ag.tin uj>on the old foundations. It fs afol the champion of equal rights. It Is still the evangel of liberty. It atlll stands In solid phalanx against the forces of privilege. In 1896 the apparent issue involved the question of coinage; but the real Issue was whether thia, country should continue to governed by the people or whether It should give up Its old Iddata ami become the submissive appanage of a' grasping plutocracy. , > The real Issue is the same this year that It was foHr.yeam ago. Nejy manifestations ttan? bfleft developed, hhl'lt is iilUt a quest lon whether tor a claW mirthe country or

If the United States have a right to overthrow' the Filipino republic they have the right to overthrow any other republic or any other government they may select for a victim. They may go to Central America and to South America or to China or to Africa and under pretext of civilizing and christianizing the inhabitants they may destroy their governments and institutions and compel them to submit to American rule. The pretense that we bought from Spain the sovereignty of the Philippines in no sense saves us from the inherent wickedness of our assault upon the liberties of a foreign people. The tatter bud Tight«r, and ts were not owned by Spain. Spain therefore could not sell them. Nor could we buy them. What Spain sold was her outlawed claim to trample upon those rights. What we purchased was thia claim; and the Republican party Is asserting it w ith brute force in defiance of filorals and law and the foundation principles of our own free Institutions.

But the Democratic party stands for freedom at home as well as for freedom abroad. It is therefore in favor of trial by jury and against government by injunction. Trial by jury for hundreds of years has been considered the strongest defense of freemen. It is now challenged by the Republican party and in the name of law and order its overthrow is foreshadowed in Judicial usurpation—the worst of tyrannies. Thomas Jefferson feared the encroachments of the judiciary in his time; and it was Marshall whose interpretation of the constitution was the first great triumph of imperialism over democracy. In later years the federal government has steadily encroached upon the liberties of the citizen; one by one the safeguards of freedom have been overborne; and now the common people must face the threat of irresponsible power exercised by the federal bench through the subtle enginery of the injunction.

If men have a right to themselves they have a right to use their own powers; and if they have a right to the use of their own powers, they have a right to the use of those things which they produce by the exercise of their powers. They have the right to work; they have a right to the things they make; and If this be so, they have the right to exchange the results of their labor with their neighbors or with any one they please. In other words, they hare the right to trade; they have a right to buy where they can buy To the best advantage; to sell where tbey can secure the most for their product. The Republican party denies this principle. Under the false name of protection It compels workers to exchange, the products of their labor in a market artificially restricted; to purehuse In a market where free competition has been throttled by taw for the benefit of certain favored'classes. Tl® result Is * robpory of tabor; It is compelled to accept the terms and conditions offered by the bcneflelnrles of the rcwrlctlv® law. The Democratic party stands f<rt froe 'competition an<L-for the right of all men steely to exchange with each othyr the results of their’ toll, it is therefore opposed to trusts and to all d< vices for ft® kiHlng'or cwn-the rsstjclctton of trade. A protective tariff Is a declaration of war against trade; it is an invitation tp combination arti monopoly; It puts a premium.upon ungrpsslng and forestalling: It Is the hftrjlmatdon If not the mother of trukts.

WILLIS J. ABBOT.

An Encouraging 81 gn. The Yermont nud Maine electlaas make 1t certain tliat the Gold Den'gb-' crats arc very generally voting with hlielr party again. That being the cnw*. tliuro are strong reasons for saying thy t Mr. Ikryun, besides the Southern Statws will get all of the states in which Mr. McKinley was vlctbrlods by a smaU majority Io 1896. There, are enough nf those States to Insure a majority of the electoral vote* for Mr, Bryan.—Savannah News. Silence "that Cuts !>cep. The silence of Tom Rood and Beujamlp Harrison will persuade more of tbo old guard of the Republican party to votA against Imperialism tlinn the roarings of Roosevelt, the ranting* of Grosvenor and the vfitidevflle oratory of Jonathan Deliver will befool Into voting for the Hanna-McKinley policies of criminal aggression and trust tatteta-ing.-itoWM Olty Times.

whether it shall bo controlled by the people for the people. The ancient war between Hamilton and Jefferson la being fought again under the opposing standards of McKinley and Bryan. The latter stands stood for the principles of the Declaration of Independence. The former stands as Hamilton stood for government of a class, by a class, for a class. The Democratic party believes that governments were instituted among men, not for the purpose of exploiting the masses and the enrichment of favorites, but for the purpose of securing to all their inalienable right to life, to liberty and to the pursuit of happiness. that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. It therefore stands In unalterable and inflexible opposition to imperialism, which is the denial of the right of self-government. It holds that we cannot hold a subject colony without violating the fundamental principle of the republic; and it condemns as wicked and wanton a war that is being waged without legal authority for the overthrow of free gov< ament In a foreign land and the establishment thd<e of sovereignty against the wishes and in defiance of the rights of its inhabitants.

FINDS YOUTSEY GUILTY.

Jnrjr Aihiui His Punishment at Imprisonment for Life. At Georgetown, Ky., Henry E. Yout•ey was found guilty by a jury of murdering William Goebel. His punishment is fixed at Imprisonment for life. At the request of Youtsey’s lawyers the judgment has been arrested until next February, By that time, if his mental condition has not improved, he .will be tried for lunacy. In the meantime he is to be confined at Frankfort, and In the meantime, also, his attorneys will prepare an appeal. Perhaps never before in Kentucky was an unconscious man tried for his life. Doubtless never before was a verdict returned against a man w r ho, at the very the decision was being read, lay m a stupor, jnore dead than alive, and with chances greatly against his recovery. The court room was crowded, but none of loutsey’s attorneys were present. The prisoner’s aged father and a number of other relations were in the sick room just off the court room. The verdict produced a tearful scene, as they had beeh hoping that the result wou'd be acquittal. Youtsey was somewhat better Saturday, though unable to make himself understood. He will be sentenced by Judge Cantrill at the next term of court. A new trial will be asked for; and failing in this, an appeal will be taken.

CHRISTMAS BOXES TO GO FREE

Gifts for Soldiers Serving Abroad to He Carried Without Charge. Christmas packages for American soldiers serving abroad will be transported by the .government free of charge from either San Francisco or New York. This was done last year, and proved popular. Those in charge of the army transports, however, say that senders of boxes should understand that perishable articles, such as fruit and plum puddings, and fragile packages, such as preserves, should not be inclosed! Boxes should not exceed twenty-five or thirty pounds in weight. They should be plainly marked with the name, company and regiment of the soldier, and be sent in care of the superintendent of the JUnitcd States - army tnrtispo.rU service? cither at San Francisco or New York. A transport leaves New York for the Philippines on Nov. 5, and will take Christmas packages, but it will require fifty days to make the trip, whereas the voyage across the Pacific is shorter. Express or freight charges should be prepaid to San Francisco or New York. Packages for soldiers in Cuba and Porto Rico should be sent via New York.

FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

The proclamation of peace in South Africa is still to be promulgated. The war is apparently ended as far as regular campaigning is concerned, but small bands of' Boers continue to harass the British troops. Railroad communication is frequently interrupted by the destruction of tlie roadbed by Boer raiders, and telegraph wires are often cut. Of course, this is not war, but it is so near to it that Lord Roberts’ army still has plenty to do. Lord Roberts' departure for England is also delayed. A week ago it was expected that Lord Roberts would succeed Lord Wolseley as commander-in-chicf of the British army. During tiie week, however,' new complications seem to hare arisen. Sir Redvcrs Buller, who had been slated for the chief command in South Africa, is preparing to go to England. and the Ixmdon newspapers print, under reservation, the story that he is to be the new commander-in-chief. Lord Roberts, it being stated, having declined because the War Department refused to give him a free hand in instituting army reforms.

Pho affairs of the Ottoman empire arc rapidly going from had to worse, and it is evident that n crisis cannot long be deferred. During tlie week tlie Turkish legation at Madrid was closed, the ambassador discharging bis secretaries, attaches and servants and quitting his post because of unpaid salaries. The Turkish flag is coming down from many Euro[ican consulates. The most prominent nnd progressive Turks are fugitives in Europe, fearing the wrath of the Sultnn, O-man Pasha, a relative of the dead general of that name escaping during the last week. Turkey is making no progress in commence, industry, agriculture or mining. The land taxes are so heavy that the farmers ennnot pay them from the products of the soil. The mines of coal, copper, iron, lead, silver, salt and ulutu are unworked because ot restrictive laws. Europe’s day of settlement with the Rultan ennnot long be delayed, nnd when that day comes the Sultan will disappear ns a disturbing factor in old world politics.

China has taken the initiative in opening negotiations with tlie powers for a settlement of the complications arising from the Boxer revolt. Prince Ching nnd Li-Hung Chang have addressed to the Aireign envoys a circular note suggesting n Imais for the beginning of negotiations. Tbey express regret for the anti-foreign outrages and concede in ndvance China’s liability to pay Indemnity. They ask a cessation of hostifftlee and the withdrawal of the allied army. France has already rejected the proposals, and the powers will doubtless follow the example. Tn bls note M. Pinchon, the French nmhnosndor, insists that nil negotintidna will bo held in abeyance *s long as the heads of the leaders of the. anti-foreign revolt remain unfallen. This Is a direct return to the original dctnirnds of Germany and may delay negotiations. Tlie henlth of King Oscr.r of Sweden has given grent uneasiness to bis people during the-last week, nil hough the latest advicee are encouraging. At the sama time tho crown prince, Giiatnvna, will take the oath before the Ntorthlug nnd govern as regent It is feared thpt King Oscar will never be fully restored to health, and bis death is confidently egpccted wiftta a abort tlupe. In die present strained relations between Sweden nnd Norway tbo den th of King Obear and the accesstan of Prince Gustavu* would be almoat an taternatioari eatamltr.i jc-

TOTAL OF PUPILS 16,738,362.

Statistics Given by United States Commissioner of Education. The annual report of the United (States commissioner of education for the fiscal year ended June 30 last gives the figures tor the fiscal year 1898-99 as the latest statistics obtainable. It shows that the grand total of pupils in all schools, elementary, secondary and higher, public and private, for the year ended July 1, 1899, was 16,738,362, of which the number enrolled in the common schools, elementary and secondary was 15,138,715. Twenty and one-half per cent of the enr tire population was enrolled in the public elementary schools and high schools. There were 35,458 pupils in attendance in all departments of the colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts under the act of Congress-approved Aug. 30, 1890, in aid of such institutions. The total income of these institutions, distributed among tin? various States, amountedI*to 1 *to $6,193,016, of which $1,769,716 was derived from acts of Congress, $2,570,427 was appropriated by the several States and territories and the remainder was derived from-fees, invested funds and other miscellaneous sources. Under the supervision of the bureau twenty-five public schools are maintained in Alaska, with a total enrollment of 1.72.'! pupils. Tile report reviews the school work in the Philippines, Cuba, Dortb Rico and Hawaii. The total attendance in the Manila schools was 5,706 Sept. 30, 1899. against a school population of some 25,000. In Cuba in March, 1900, there were 131 boards of education, 3,099 schools in operation, with 3,560 teachers and 130.000 children enrolled. In 18!):) there had becnonly 200" schools; nF tendance, 4,000. The expenditures up to Ihe end of March, 1900, had been $3,560,001), the school fund being taken from the customs receipts, anil the estimate for 1960 was $4,000,000. In Porto Rico, for the first term of 1899-1900, the school enrollment was 15.440 boys, 8,952 girls: total, 24,392; average daily attendance, 20.103; population of the island, 957,779. In Hawaii the total number of public and private schools is 169, with a total enrollment of 15,490, including a large liroporti on of tore igm-ws, eue 1 i-natlrmalrt y having its own teacher.

The Political Pot.

Revision of Chicago’s registration gives 402.833 votes. Mr. Bryan made sixteen speeches in Illinois, ending at Joliet. Bryan made seven speeches in Maryland. ending at Baltimore. Ten men were arrested in New York City for illegal registration. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin has been campaigning in Kentucky. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin made his first speech of the campaign at Watertown, Wis. Legislators in Kentucky failed to agree on commissioner to fill vacancy in State Election Board. The National Civil Service Reform League declined to accept Carl Schurz’s resignation as president. William L. Taylor. Attorney General of fiidiana. addressed 1.2(H) railroad and factory men at Wabash, Ind. Republican campaign managers claim McKinley's plurality in Illinois will be 75,000 outside of Cook County. ' C. A. Towne of Minnesota addressed two large meetings at Centralia, HI., in behalf of the Democratic ticket. Congressmen Hopkins and Warner and Judge Bartlett Tripp addressed a large Republican meeting at Clinton, 111. The New York Tribune estimates that $75,000 will be spent <>n pinks to be worn in the New York sound money parade. Senator Hanna lias denied a statement that he had offered $160,000 to Charles A. Towne to join the Republican party. Postmaster Genera! Charles Emory Smith was the chief orator at a mass meeting of Yale students in New Haven. John Wan.tmakcr. former Postmaster •General, made his first political address in two years at a meeting in Philadelphia. Col. Alfred Moore Waddell, candidate to succeed Marion Butler of North Carolina in the .United States Senate, has withdrawn from the raft-.' Senator Alls rt J. Beveridge of Indiana spoke in the Library Hall at latuisvillc while Rourke Cockran was delivering a Bryan speech nt the Auditorium. S< ilatAr Willjam T. Frje of Maine in a Republican meeting nt ( J amden. N. J., warned Republicans that overconfidence might result in the election of Bryan. Speaker Henderson of the House headed a big Yates parade at Springfield, 111., and afterwards niidressed n big meeting in Representative Had nt the Capitol. Mrs. Helen M. Gmigar of Indiana, who has been converted to Democracy, teturned to Chicago from Nebraska and tohl Chairman .Jones that Bryan would certainly carry the State. Adtal E. Stevenson. Democratic iiotni nee for Vico-PrtmTdciit. addressed crowd* nt Wheeling, Benwood, Motfndsrille. New Martinsville, Sistersville, Waverly and Parkersburg, W. Vn. George I'retl W’tllfnms of Massachusetts delivered a philippic against i m peri rt IN m before n targe audience at Coviftlrm. Ky. He nlse vigorously attacked Sen.Ttor Hanna a* ths- reprAsetrtntivb elaaa. ■’*.-•■ ' ' < The laws us West Virginia require tin* GoveriMH - to iseue n proclamatUMj dnya bchjre an elgeM?"i. ThU year sJo£ Atkinaon overl'Hifki'd that pod not is m- tin- usual notice until. Oct. 4, although ,lit back a piqpth, irregularity is known to everybody’ ajid liat» Ijeep Itefirrafly aisHyed f la'tbe p>wsit, but t?® nMdem e to be fir the-rtiwtlWifi WHe* hi .pane .rWßtfepr tditiW J 'JTa a narrow' jaAiy/ Tbby cj^m t ltfrt th* Governor’s YaUure Jq ltJi ~tAa law iW*H -JuvaUdahU 1 tip

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY' TOLD. State Win* Railroad Tax Case—Vicisata tudea of a Young Farmer’s Love Af-fair-Shoots His Beloved’s Son—Hidden Treasure Revealed by Dying Man. Judge Carter in the Superior Court at Indianapolis handed dow'n his opinion in the suit by the of Indiana to recover nearly $3,000,000 from the Vandalia Railroad. He holds that the State is entitled to recover $745,154.65 instead of neai-ly four times that sum, which was demanded. This action was based on the provisions of a speciaPcharter granted to the railroad company which built the Vandalia road .from Terre Haute to Indianapolis. The charter provided that ; any excess of profits earned by the-com-pany, after repaying the stockholders all that they had invested with 10 per cent interest and a dividend of 15 per cent per annum and setting aside a sufficient reserve fund, should be paid over to the State. The company operated under this charter about fourteen years, -r—- - -•< Ends .Life with a Bullet. An attempt at suicide, a Wedding and a second and successful effort at suicide is the record of Frank Daniels, a young farmer south of Peru, in a few months’ time. He fell in love w’ith a young woman of his neighborhood.' He was too young to get a license and his uncle refused consent. He became desperate and sought relief by poison. His relatives saved him, with a physician’s aid, and then, relenting, got him a marriage license. The wedding took place at once and all has been well seemingly, but the suicidal mania returned and be ended all with a bullet. Woman Forger at Munfie, A stylishly dressed woman, giving the name of Mrs. James MeCormack, attempted teftash a forged check for 81.000 a’ ail of (he Muncie Icmk- and (■•rapi d wliile the chock was being investigated. Mrs. McCormack told a plausible stcry ot selling real estate to W. B. Cooley, president of the National Bank at Hartford City, and showed a letter and check bear : ng what was alleged to '.e Cooley’s • signa'ure. The check was questionel at the Merchants’ National Bank. Love-Lorn Girl En’s Life. Because Arthur Williams mairied another woman Lillie Viper committed suicide at Lebanon by taking morphine. Shortly after the poison was taken her family discovered her condition and summoned medical assistance. Before her death Miss Viper re<iuested that Williams’ photograph be pinned on her breast and a ring, which she said was an engagement gage, be placed on the third linger of her left hand. Shoots Son of Woman He Loved. John L. Williams pf Salem, ex-auditor of Washington County, shot and fatally wounded Marion Mayfield. Mayfield had objected to Williams paying attention to his mother, Mrs. William Mayfield, and, finding him on the Mayfield premises, ordered him away, when Williams shot him it: tlte abdomen. The wounded man was 22 years of age and lived with his wile and mother. Williams is 60 years qf age. Dying Man Reveals Hoard. When physicians told him that he had not Jong to live Adam Knapp, -i wealthy resident of New Albany, told Stephen Day. a friend, to tear away a board from the mantelpiece and he would find ('‘Hj in bills secreted there. Then Knapp stated lie had about $10,006 in gold but led in a big kettle in the cellar. In bureau drawers SSOO in currency was found. The total sum was $13,485. State News in Brief. Della Scott, 3, Bern, scalded to death. Postoffice at Wadena was robbed of S2OO. Hat full <>f counterfeit dollars found near Shelbyville. MiClinel Snyder, 85. Shelby County poineer. is dead. Richard Moorman, S 3. Wayne County pioneer, is dead. An independent citizens' party has been organized in I'ulaski County. John Scherer, 18, Howard County, was trampled to death by a horse. Robert Hempkc, 18. Anderson, was accidentally shot by his brother William. Union Traction Company. Marion, has ’ reduced tin* rate on two lines to one cent. Beautiful residence of D. A. Hauk, Logansport, was besmeared with tnr paint. Leslie Higgins, Redkfj', was rtntshed to death by the tlywheel in a gas pumpingstation. John Sehwaliier, Jeffersonville restaurat.t lusqter, has a “daddy dollar,” 100 years old. Sarah Combs, Wilkinson, died front blood poisoning ns the result of a small ' scratch on her hand. Reunion of the Nfirth Indinnn nt El-T wood. Judge D. W.’Comstock, Indianapolis, was elected president. A runaway horse belonging tn William Schtnan. Covington, jumped off n lull intol" a tree top and hnd to he lifted ont with’’ n derrick. it Jury in the case of William A. Fuller, charged with killing James M. Torrence,! Jennings County, disagreed. Sen,nd di.s»'Z agreement. » s The 2-yt ar-oid son of Joint Ellis, Greencastle, breathes through a silver tube,.} He had the croup and the tnl*e was iu-o serted in hi* wiudpipt* to prevent Rial choking to death. While searching in the on Evansvltlo and Terre Haute Railroad the;, charred remains ot a mtui Uice fuumi? and identified as the laxly <>( Robert IjL., Jerusalem, a merchant of Vincennes. Daylight, robberies ..are fTciqdetyt in MJI,-. lion. Ctgariuakers’ stiiko at .HiwHtJllc TctJ. .tied. Manufacturers bowed. ' laiuea Derby shire,.'. R 3, oldest Odd Fellow in4htj wv;j« ’ Gov. ilount has received the deed .ip the - Mxteou '«crb* of TkqtP ’sp/wrer . Ceafitf, sdrrcnfndtajt.tM ffftlvi? Hflnlti Idm-oln. the mtthof of ABrnhXt&“ Lincoln 'Tta‘ deed rwfeyrthc land>(?it£ thg chuKty ibnHDls-iljoofs ,'of Cpuitty ft the fjgtfttnS?! hor r. president.