Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1900 — Page 3

CHRISTMAS. IN THE PHILIPPINES

VER in the Philippines Christmas fill comes with the same regularity that it dawns on us. To be sure, lying as the chief Island does within a few degrees of the equator, they have none of the blizzards which frequently make the good people here thankful for abundance of coal when Christinas conies. Over there a man is not seeking to demonstrate how many clothes of a clearly defined weight he can wear; he is rather envious of the one who can boast a set of linen pajamas as his sole covering. But It is Christmas just the same, for the almanac does not lie and the world revolves as regularly there as in our own State. Over there on Christmas day the thing the man most needs is a big hunk of ice. This is a dainty much prized and many a man will gnaw it on Christmas with a fervor chill inspiring to him who eats his Christmas dinner in the city of Manila. Several thousand men from the States will eat Christmas dinner twelve hours and fifteen minutes before the clock iu the steeple informs the good people of this region that noon on the Christinas natal day has come. The boys in the army will see and feel the sun, will meet him in his travels some 12.000 miles nearer the turning point than their friends. They have acquired an intimacy of acquaintance with the sun over there which Is undreamed of here. One can scarcely realize that as he lings the stove on Christmas day and blows upon red fingers before he can remove his ulster that a brother, may be, or a son is sitting at ■5 feast with nothiug on above his waist hut an undershirt and growling that samp regulations prevent his removing that. What will the boys have for Christmas? Manila is crowded with packages

A CHRISTMAS DINNER IN THE PHILIPPINES.

for the troops in the field Uncle Sam gave public notice some time ago that ships would sail for the Orient and that friends of the troops could- avail themselves of the chance to seud over remembrances. Caution was given in the matter of what to seud and how to prepare it. Then Uncle Sam said every effort would be made to deliver the goods on arrival in Manila. Almost every vessel flying tlie Stars aud Stripes which has sailed since about Nov. 1 has carried huge cargoes of things for the men in the field. Refrigerator ships have crossed the ocean to give them fresh meat nnd ice, the one thing they most need. Men in the field doing war duty are enters. They ask for food to the exclusion of almost everything else. Pretty keepsakes are prized for the remembrances they recall, hut these may be lost in the first skirmish. But a bit of solid enjoyment in the fortiLof a chicken makes the soldier contented aud full of fight. Many Christmas parties will be organized in Luzon* Troops have been cut into small detachments to chase the Filipinos to their inner fastnesses, so that each little patty will be a Christmas party by itself, Every jnnn who can will take a haud In the preparation of the tndbl. “Cookie” will .be Hie most important man iu the detachment. He will be besieged by others willing to show their skill at turning ouFfllshe* where the materials are scant and the variety limited. One will be adept at decorations Kings will come out of ppekets, greens will lie picked up and n bovver he built where the men mny sit together and enjoy the good things they have. In a short time what may ha ve been a wilderness nuy blossom with good cheer, for nobody loves good cheer more than 0 soldier and none enn equal him at improvising it. Most of the boys will have received something to remind them of home by the time Christinas dawns. Money for the most part was sent by fathers and brothers, for money in Luzon as elsewhere is the most useful of eommoditie*. Food stuffs sent could hardly arrive in eatable condition, but the cash can supply every deficiency. Turkeys abound in the Philippines, or did before the Yankees arrived with their taste for turkey. Turkeys cost a lot of money, •onie $0 Mexican or $3 American. But,

if in the field those hoys will eat turkey without cost, as a skillful shot can provide a mess with all the turkey and ducks that mess can eat and nobody be much the wiser. Ducks and poultry are plentiful and can be had in the same manner. Indeed, every house with a yard against the Pasig river has its patero or duck yard. The villago of Patero is named because it is essentially a breeding ground for ducks. Roast duck is well qualified to make a hungry soldier forgot the lack of the noble American bird. Meats brought over from Australia and kept frozen, mutton, lambs, etc., in the carcase are in the market and can be purchased for a trifling advance over the home market. These are all iu reach of those not “living off of the country.” Those who forage off of the enemy have plenty of mangoes, a fruit much loved of those in the tropics. Bananas are plentiful and luscious. a bit of ice, some rice, mangoes, bananas, raisins, sugar, coffee, a slyly captured turkey or duck and a few such things as are desirable, the Christmas dinner of the boys need not bo too scanty to be enjoyed. But should it be but a pot of- rice or a bunk of fat meat, the lads will take what comes without murmuring, although they will Swell on what has been the custom “back at home in the States."

Queen of the Holly.

The girl I love the best In all (he middle West, Tells me every <lny that she Is mine: She loves no other man, and thinks she never cun. She nsked me up to-day with her to dine. Her eyes are lovely brown; her tresses, curl- „ iu * down. Caress the fairest cheeks I ever knew; Her sweet simplicity Is her greatest charm to ine, Though her other ways are sweet and charming, too. Last night she kissed me twice, and then, without advice. She patted daintily her lover's cheek: Some may think It Tolly that T made a wreath of holly. And crowned her queen of all the Christmas week. So now I'm going to dine with the girl who sn>u she's mine, I'tn sure we ll fare together very well: The loveliest girl, I ween, is my little holly queen— - _ Of nieces quite the sweetest Isabelle. —Detroit Free Press.

The Christmas Tree.

It is said that Christmas trees were used to place gifts upon as early as 1632. France adopted the Christmas tree about 1841), and Prince Albert introduced it into England the first Christmas after his marriage. The Queen still keeps tip this custom, having a tree for her own gifts, one for her children and grandchildren. and one for the household. Since then the custom has become world-wide. The "tree of candles” is of more ancient date. There is an old French romance of the thirteenth century in which the hero

sees a tree whose branches from top to bottom are covered with burning candles, while ou the top is the figure of a child shining with a still greater- radiance. This tree symbolized humanity—the tipper lights being the souls of the good, those below of the wicked, while t*e child represented Christ.

An Acrostic. I send a Christian* gift with this. Kind friend, from me to thee. It Is Not uittch to semi. A token mere of friendship f.-r the coming year. With love and Joy nnd gladness free. It goes to-day from me to thee. Could I express the way 1 feel! Ala*.’ My pen will not reveal. Nor seek to show how giud am I To seud till* gift, though I might try. And so It may ho, doubtless, in-st For me to give my pen a rest From this attempt to show my heart Or write nice tilings. That is an art Revealed not unto me. Just rend Down all these lines, and trite. Indeed, In every word, they will reveal The sltuple truth of how I feel. -Truth.

A CIRCULAR HUNT.

“Dot's mighty qunre. Ize followed him fur half u day, and he’s way ahead yit!” Miss Sweet ser—Will you come up to the Christmas gathering to-nightV 1 shall be there. Jack Reddy—With pleasure, Am I expected to bring anything? Miss Sweetaer—No: but you might fetch a apray of mistletoe.- Puck.

SEEMS TO BE DOOMED.

SENATE IS AGAINST THE HAYPAUNCEFOTE PACT. , Palling of Davl* Amendment Fore* cant* Defeat—lntent la that Canal Shall Be American—Sequel May Be Abrogation Clayton-Bnl®er Treaty. By a vote of 65 to 1.7 the Senate Thursday adopted the Davis amendment to the Hay-Pahncefote treaty, and so decisive was the vote, a Washington corresponr dent asserts, that iu all probability the treaty is beaten. If the United States builds the Nicaraguan canal it will be an American canal, and foreign consent will not be asked as to its control or the means adopted for its defense. The Senate took the first step Thursday afternoon when it adopted the so-call-ed Davis amendment, reserving to the United States the right to use the canal at any time to protect itself; But this |s only the first 6tep. Other amendments •re pretty sure to be adopted?* When the Senate gets through with the treaty it' will be a document more closely approximating an American treaty. Eight or ten more amendments were formally offered in the secret session Thursday afternoon. In short, the. Senate is determined to revise the treaty in an American spirit, to make it a compact which will suit America, but will not suit Great Britain, and thus throw upon the latter country the responsibility for its rejection. If Great Britain refuses to accept the amended treftty the Senate and the House of Representatives will, it is claimed, almost instantly and by a large majority pass a resolution directly nnd formally abrogating tte old Clayton-Bulwer eon.vention. And that will be the end of it and the United States may go ahead and build the canal under any rules that it may see fit to adopt. The Hay-Pauneefote treaty was completed last winter and has been held in the Senate ever since. There is a noticeable absence of comment in London papers on the action taken by the United States Senate regarding the Nicaragua canal. The St. James’Gazette takes the occasion to lecture the “jingo Senate,” which, it says, “has again roughly rebuffed the President and affronted tlie generosity of Great Britain.” The St. James’ Gazette further declares that the action of the Senate in ordaining that one party shall keep its advantngesV but that the other shall not be safeguarded, is imprudent and*‘if it persists in Its ignorantly selfish course Great Britain must fall back on her rights under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, whereby she Is entitled to refuse permission to the Untied States to build the canal.” The Pall Mail Gazette says; “British consent to the nmendment is impossible. Everything for nothiug is not a working principle.”

SOCIETY LEADER A MURDERESS.

B inker’s Wife Fentenced to Prison for a Terrible Crime. The great public interest aroused by the mysterious assault in Van Wert. 0., Sept. 12, upon Miss Alice Hammell, a

pretty stenographer who had a pail of vitriol dashed into her face by some unknown person and from the effects of which she died several weeks later after terrible suffering, is still intense; although the one guilty of the act has confessed and been sentenced to teu years’ im-

pnsonment. Miss Hammell’s nssailant was for long unsuspected, but finally suspicion pointed towards Mrs. Emma Van Liew, the wife of a banker and a supposedly close friend of the victim. She was arrested aud held for trial. The case was brought to a sudden and unexpected close by a plea of guilty to manslaughter by Mrs. Van Liew. The confession caused a great sensation in the village. Before and during the trial, public opinion was divided as to the woman’s guilt. While the confession removes all doubts as to her guilt, many there are who claim she was not responsible for her actions nt the time of the assault, being rendered temporarily insane by village talk concerning her daughter. The daughter was an actress, whose conduct called forth criticism from many living in Van Wert, nmoug them Miss Hammell, and as a result the mother was much distressed. To get revenge upon Miss Hammell for the part she took in the talk, it is believed Mrs. Van Liew made the assault. Mrs. Van Liew has entered upon her term of imprisonment and is known in the State prison at Columbus as No. 32,976.

BOERS WIN A BATTLE.

British Have Four Officers Killed In a Fiifht with Delarey. Lord Kitchener reports that after severe lighting at Nooilgedaebt Gen. Clements’ forces were compelled to retire by Commandant Delarey, with a force of 2,500 men. Four British officers were killed. The other casualties were not reported. Lord Kitchener also reports that the Boers made an attack aud were repulsed at Li eh ten burg, and that lien. liCtmor was killed. Attaeks upon Bethlehem and Vrede were also repulsed, the Boers losing ten killed and fourteen wounded. The scenes nt the war office In Imndon recalled Friday those witnessed in the early stages of the war. A constant stream of excited people filled the lobbies, all seeking details of the disaster. Orders were issued at Aldershot, Malta and other military ceuters to dispatch all the available mounted infantry to South Africa. St. Petersburg Is to have a publishing house, to be run by women chiefly, which will make a specialty of bringing out books by women. Tlie bods of the immense coal fields lately discovered in Zululnnd Extend downward for 45 feet iu places, nnd the coal hi of good quality. There wa* a net gain of thirty-seven cities having a population of 25,000 in 1900, as compared with 1890. President Dina, Mexico, baa been reinaugurated for four years.

MORRISON JURY DISCHARGED.

Faila to Reach a Verdict In the Eldorm* do, Kan., Murder Case. After deliberating nearly four days, the jury in the famous Jessie Morrison case al Eldorado, Ivan., was discharged without giving q*verdict. The woman who fatally cut Mrs. Oiin G. Castle will have to be tried again. Jealousy and unrequited love have been the elements which the, prosecution has brought prominently before the caurlr since the trial began. Miss Clara Wiley was the belle of Eldorado. She was popular with all classes and was courted by many of the young men, but her affections centered iu Olin G. Castle, who was a stylish young clerk in the leading store of the town. Miss Jessie Morrison, the daughter of a retired judge, was employed in the same store with Castle. The young man of many accomplishments won the heart of his fellow clerk. Miss Morrison wus thrown constantly in his company, and loved the young man with a fervency that was soon to pass beyond all restraint. Castle did net respond to the love of Miss Morrison, and shortly before his marriage with Miss Wiley Cas-

JESSIE MORRISON AND HER FATHER.

tle requested that Miss Morrison leave the store, her attentions, as he averred, having become so annoying that he was compelled-to-threaten to resign if Misa Morrison was not discharged. Castle and Miss Wiley were married June 13, and June 22, nine days after the wedding, Miss Morrison called on the bride. Accounts vary as to what occurred during her brief stay in the home of the Castles. However, the two women had a duel with a razor, the young bride's throat beiijg cut. When the neighbors rusjped in they fouud Mrs. Castle lying in a pool of her own blood and Jessie Morrison bending over her with a razor clasped in her hand. Miss Morrison’s story was to the effect that she had called on Mrs. Castle, had been accused of being an enemy and led into a quarrel. She claimed that Mrs. Castle went to a bureau drawer, took out a razor and advanced with it open. In the struggle which followed. Miss Morrison said, she was cut by Mrs. Castle in the neck and arm. What became of the razor she said she did not know. Immediately after the trouble Miss Morrison was arrested and released on bail. After Mrs. Castle's death she was again arrested and charged with murder.

GROWTH OF THE OLEO BUSINESS

During the Year 104,000,000 Pounds Were Sot! in the United states. More than 5,000.000 farmers signed petitions asking that the" Grout bill governing the sale of oleomargarine be passed by Congress, while the makers of imitation butter, who are both rich and influential, did their best to defeat it. As indicating the enormous growth of the oleomargarine business in the last few years it is stated that during the last year 104,000,000 pounds of “oleo” were sold in the United States, much of it under false pretenses ns genuine butter. This was a jump of 25,000,000 pounds over the sales of the previous year. During the last year also the number of oleomargarine factories iu the United States has increased from seventeen to twentysix. In thirty-two States of the Union there are now iu existence laws which absolutely prohibit the * manufacture of oleomargarine colored to imitate butter. Notwithstanding these laws, however, no less than 86,(XX),090 pounds of the imitation butter were sold iu the States referred to during the last year. The Grout bill uiak("s tlie tax on oleomargarine a part of the internal revenue tax of the Federal government. Where the State laws are uot enforced it is safe to say that the Federal statute would be, as the tax would be collected at the factory. Under the provisions of the Grout bill it is not proposed to hinder or interfere with the sale of "oleo” when offered

GROWTH OF OLEO BUSINESS.

on its own merits nnd without nny attempt to deceive people into thinking they are buying butter. With this idea in view the present tax of two cents a pound which is collected on all oleomargariue is to be reduced to one-quarter of a cent a pound 011 oleomargarine which is put on the market iu its uncolored and natural condition. Ou oleomargarine which is artificially colored yellow.to imitate butter the tax is to be ruined, on the other baud, to ten cents a pound. This provision will make it unprofitable for manufacturers nnd dealers to sell colored oleomargnrlno as butter, which is a fraud ou the consumer aud ou the farmer aud dairyman as well.

Brief News Items

One steer at Chicago stock exposition sold at $1 .50 a pound. President McKinley lias warned the parfy leaders that he will call no extra session after March 4. The British government is about to try a submarine boat, designed to destroy hostile submarine craft. Under an intelligent system of irrigation, it is estimated*that 12,(XX),000 acres of land in New Mexico can be reclaimed and made Into farming land, which would bare no superior in the whole world.

SCHOOLS OF INDIANA.

SUPERINTENDENT JONES TELLS OF THEIR GROWTH. B. .0 wa How the Compulsory Elocation Daw Operates—Statute Has Its Strong Points and Its Weaknesses—Growth of High Schools in the State. Indianapolis correspondence: An interesting article on the operation of the compulsory education law appears in the biennial report of Superintendent of Public Instruction Junes, which will soon be issued: “Indiana’s compulsory education law hos been in successful operation three complete school years and parts of two other school years. In this time something of its merits and demerits may be seen as to its operation and enforcement. In the first place, we can say that, in view of its newness, its weaknesses and, in a few places, its inoperation, due to loealj, opposition or neglect of officers, it hits'done more for Jthe schools than was originally anticipated. A careful study of the school statistics collected by the department of public instruction, not, however, with a view of testing the law, shows the following; Average per cent of enrollment on enumeration In the State, during the operation of the law ... .... ...74./ Average per cenj of enrollment on enumeration during the nine years previous to the enactment «T.B Gain In per cent during the operation of the law 0.0 Average per cent of attendance on the enumeration In the State during the operation of the law 07.5 Average per cent of attendance on the enumeration in the State during the uine years previous to Us enactment. .48.1 Gain in per cent during the operation of the law 9.4 Average per rent of attendanee on enrollment In the State during the operation of the law ...70.5 Average per cent of attendance on enrollment In the State during the nine years previous to Its enactment 70.2 Gain in per cent during the operation of the law <i.3 “The showing in per cents for the first full year of the law’s enforcement is the most satisfactory, this being due to the law’s newness, and a consequent lack of a sufficient knowledge of its weaknesses to enable truants to take advantage of them. The data is as follows: l’er cent of Per cent of Per cent of enrollment attendance atti'mlan'-e oa enuiuer- on enuiuer- on enrollatlou. at lon. ment. 18118... 75 58 77.5 181 It) 73 st>- 7U 1900 75 07 7(j “The showing made by these figures makes it impossible to dispute the fact that the law has made a remarkable increase in school attendance. The figures on attendance, based upon enrollment, show hn addition of 25,000 to the rolls of the schools, which number is in substantial accord with the reports upon, the item of “number of pupils brought into school,” as exhibited in the reports of the truancy officers to the State Board of Truancy. “The larger per cent of gain of ‘attendance on enumeration,' when compared with gain of ‘attendance on enrollment,’ the former being 9.4; the latter, 6.3, is due to the character of the pupils thus added to the schools. The law brought many pupils into the enrollment whose attendance it could not wholly regulate, thus showing a very large increase in enrollment, but not a corresponding increase in attendance. This exhibits one of the weaknesses of the law. “The Department of Public Instruction publishes for the first time a full table of statistics relative to the high school. From the table, school authorities may obtain data with which to compare their local expenditures, per capita cost, and the salaries of teachers. The most important points for the year closing June 30, 1900, are as follows: Number of graduates fron the eighth grade (the basis of the high s -h-oil. .10,711 Number of township,‘town and city high schools, not Including many grade schools doing s .me U:gUschool work 717 Number of commissi me 1 li'gli school*. 150 Number of graduates from commissioned high schools 2.815 Number of graduates from uuueom-mU-ioncd high schools 1,084 Number of pupil* enrolled tu u ucommlssioned high schools 15,7tK5 Number of pupils enrolled In commissioned high schools 19,450 Average cost per pupil iu none annussioued high schools SlO.tiO Average cost per pupil In commissioned high schools ;. .. .s'_’G.3G Numbers of teachers Iu noncommissioned high schools 815 Number of teachers in cmiurl-sloue l high schools 778 “Average wages per day for high school teachers, from $2.12 to $4.55. (See tabic for average in each county.l”

Short State Items.

Pern merchants will abandon the trading stamp. The Grand Opera House, Lafayette, will la* remodeled. Greencastle post office will hereafter remain open all night. New Albany Elks will spend SS,tXX) remodeling their new home. Police Superintendent Braden, Goshen, lias resigned as the result of a scandal. Shelby Circuit Court has 125 civil cases and forty-eight criminal cases on the docket. Residence of Orlando Draper, near Somerset, burned. Family narrowly escaped. Lacrosse is Imoming. One contractor, Frank Folaut, is constructing sixty-four houses. Child born to Mr. nnd Mrs. F. Har.shman, Union City, weighed nineteen pounds. Paid that the Wabash Railroad will begin work on the line from Toledo to Mwntpelier next spring. It will be fiftyseven miles long nnd will cost $30,000 a mile. John Parks* 6-year-old daughter, near Scottsburg, was probably fatally burned. She was popping corn when her dress caught fire. At Taylor’s Station Lon Meadows, 25 yenrs old, fatah'y shot Frances Hohn, nged 17, and then " committed suicide. Miss Hohn had refused to marry McadClyde ,0. Porter, principal of the>Mount Olivet High School, died from injuries received in a game of football with his pupils. During the progress of the gnrno he received a sprain, whirh affected his spin* gud caused paralysis.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Wheat Damaged by Hessian Fly—1 ntal Result of Prank by Mischievous Boys—Farmers to Organize for Protection Against Horse Thieves. E. S. Holmes, special agent of the statistical bureau of the Agricultural Department, who has just completed a trip through northern Indiana, expresses the fear that the two almost total failures of the wheat crop In 1899 and 1900 will be followed by another failure next year. Mr. Holmes declares that fully one-third tin- wheat examined Iras been seriously damaged by the Hessian fly and that with bad weather henceforth the plants will have small chance of maturing. In some localities he advised farmers to plow up their wheat itiid cultivate the land iu other crops until the larvae are destroyed, but the farmers hesitate to sacrifice the prospect of even a partial crop. Alariuius; Theft Of Horses. The theft of horses in the counties of this State north of Indianapolis has become such a serious matter that calls are being issued for the organization of vigilance leagues. The Kankakee swamps seem to be the headquarter* of an organized gang, the members of which have carried ou a wholesale business within the past year. Shrewd detectives have failed to unearth the gang. Within teu days, twenty horses' were stolen in various sections of northern Indiana, but not a single animal was recovered and the thieves covered their trail so ingeniously that not an arre At was made. Horse Drags Boy to Death. Dragging at the heels of a frightened horse, a boy named Hall was battered to death six miles north of Nashville. The two older companions, named Pittman aud Copenhavei), in a spirit of boyish recklessness, tied young Hall on the horse’s back, telling him they would teach him to become a circus rider. ' The boy became ttlarmed as the horse started to gallop and his terror increased his companions’ merriment. The animal took fright and began to run at a terrific pace. The boy clung to the frightened animal’s back for some distance, but in liis terror he lost his hold and fell under the horse’s hoofs. Claims the Site of La Porte. Charles L. Pokagon, only surviving son afid heir of the late chief of the Pottawatomie Indians, will take legal measures to gain possession of laud worth millions of dollars; the land in question covering the site of the present city of La Porte. Mr. Pokagon has documents showing that the government by virtue of treaties issued a patent for 40 acres to Chief Pokagon, father of the late chief, Simon Pokagon, aud grandfather of the present claimant. Mr. Pokagon is sanguine of establishing his claim. Ilis residence is at Hartford, Mich. Gas Explosion Ruins Office. A terrific gas explosion, followed by tire, completely wrecked the office of factory No. 11 of tin* American WindowGlass Company in Muneie. The fact that tlie explosion occurred on Sunday saved the lives of nearly twenty office employes. Falling debris caused-several glass workmen employed on night turn to receive injuries, but none were seriouslyhurt. All the valuable records and papers kept in the office wore burned, and the loss will reach several thousand dollars. State News in Brief. .New ga< well at Arcadia has a 250pound pressure. The Dinkey factory. Slu-lbyviUe, has had fifteen accidents in a year. South Bend Poli-.’i societies want Congress to erect a statue to Pulaski. Fireman Way lost a hand and narrowly .escaped death in'a Big Four collision at Fortville. Charles Mitchell burned to death in the engine room of the Eagle iron works. Auburn Junction. Indiana State Grange, Terre Haute, resolved in favor of teaching agriculture in public schools. Said that Andrew Carnegie is favorably considering the establishment of a -school for librarians at Winona. Charles Biddle, Lafayette, found the body of a colored child in a catch basin. It is said be dreamed he would find it. Charles Wagner. 35. recently installed as Bartholomew County sheriff, is the youngest man who ever held that office. Arm of John Clark, neat- Bloomington, crushed in a corn, shredder. Machine had to he taken to pieces liefore lie could he released. llomer Houser, Bowling Green, Ohio, oil well driller, was instantly killed bybeing struck by a piece of bursting bull wheel at Genova. Southern Indiana Press Association, meeting at Bedford, decided to hold its m-xt meeting in Buffalo, during the PanAmerican exposition. An effort is b* iug made in Whitley County to organize a company of twenty young men to go to Corea in the spring, to work in the mines. While fishing near Rome City, Charles Hackett brought up a piece of eloth and a bunch of hair. An old man disappeared from the neighborhood a few weeks before. A party was organized and the river‘drugged. An old buggy top was found. At Curryaville. a tramp colored boy was the victim of savage torture at the hands of drunken miners. He was given several mock trials, prior to which he was branded with a red-hot poker on his head, face and all parts of his body, lie was sentenced to be burned in a redhot stove, nnd in his struggles burned hi* hands almost to a crisp. Sober head* saved the boy from further punishment. Nathan Hofftnaster, soldier of Marion, died in China. Union Traction Company will furnish electric lights to the towns along its line. Mrs. Athen Kinney, South Bend milliner, will get s'lo,ooo from her grandfather's estute.' Purdue will make a collection of American locomotive*. Several have been contributed by railroads. Finest Elk's home in Indiana was dedicated at Anderson. It’s the pro(>erty of Lodge No. 200 and oust $17,000.