Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1901 — Page 7

INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF WINFIELD T. DURBIN, GOVERNOR OF INDIANA.

In this initial year of the new century I congratulate the people of this great und growing commonwealth upon the proud position Indiana has in the galaxy of States composing the Federal Union. The history of the republic cannot be written with fidelity to fact without emblazoning upon very many of its pages a tribute of glory to the part Indiana occupies in its substantial progress, and the loyalty and patriotism that has ever marked its efforts in the upbuilding and the perpetiiity of its free institutions. As we contemplate Indiana at its birth into the Union and then look around us, we can scarcely realize that so much development, prosperity and ideal conditions could be a result of less than a century of growth. As we appreciate the blessings that are enjoyed to-day we should never forget the sacrifices that were made by the fathers in their settlement of this goodly land, and their hardships and trials in carving from the great Northwest Territory the State of our hearts' best love. Over a third of a century ago Indiana gave nearly 250,000 men for service in the war for the preservation of the Union, and thousands of her brave young men are now battling for the flag and for civilization in the Philippines and in China. In the islands there is one regiment in which more than 60 per cent of the men are of “Hoosier” origin, and the regiment is also commanded by an Indianan. the courageous and chivalrous Col. Dorst. Under the guidance of the great Oliver P. Morton, Indiana made a record in the War of the Rebellion that hardly has a parallel in the histories of armed conflict." When the battleship Maine went to the bottom of Havana harbor as a result of Spanish intrigue and treachery, thousands of strong-hearted Americans responded to President McKinley’s call for volunteers and swore eternal devotion to “Old Glory." Indiana played a prominent part in that drama, also. This State was first to report its full quota of troops in camp; they were first to receive their pay from the State, and throughout the campaign they conducted themselves in a manner that was in every way creditable. They were not called upon to fight, but it was in them, and braver, more determined soldiers never carried sword or musket. Indiana Products. As an agricultural State Indiana farmers have given it an advanced position in the products of the fields, the flocks and the herds. In manufacturing, especially within the last twenty years, it has attracted to itself an investment of capital, and produced an output of product that has not been excelled by any other State of its area in the Union. The natural gas development has, of itself, gathered to the fortunate territory of this unique fuel of nature, a center of enterprise and business that cannot but be a basis of future increase almost beyond conception. The investment of capital for business purposes, and the building and projection of new lines of electric and steam railway communication permeates almost every county in the State, while the con- • struction of better roads signalizes the activity of town and township throughout all our borders. Wagons of Indiana make carry very largely the transportation supplies of the British in South Africa. Indiana carriages are used in the capital.city of every countty on the globe. Indiana building stone is in the construction of the best public edifices in a very large part of the capitals of our sister States. The tin of Indiana manufacture, the glass of Indiana manufacture, the furniture of Indiana manufacture, are not only to be found in the markets of every State in the Union, but also found in the increasing number of the markets of the civilized world Indiana authors have their names on the nation's roll of fame, and so anywhere and everywhere there can be something of Indiana origin or that clusters round the material conditions of Indiana, that is a mutter of pride to every reflecting citizen of the State, and serve very largely in the renown and the honor that attaches to our good name and fame. Standing thus at the milestone to which the progress of the past has brought us, it is the practical part of the duty of our citizenship to go forward. Government hns its relation in an intimate and personal sense to every citizen of the State, and it is a sacred Obligation, one that I appreciate to the fullest extent when I, as your chief executive, assume the great trust you have placed in my keeping. I appeal to you for your support that our government may be one of law in fact, and to our Creator for that divine guidance that I may see the right and have given me strength to do the right. I appeal to the members of the Legislature, those charged with the responsibility of devising ways and means for the business necessities of the State, to mark their acts with conservatism and practical judgment. There is no greater business interest in the State of Indiana than is associated in the government of this State. Each taxpayer Is a stockholder in State government. The taxes that are levied nnd which are the contribution of each taxpayer make up the sum total that goes to meet the expenses of every department of the State's business detail. Recent legislation has liberally provided for the necessities of our State institutions consequent upon the growth <|f the commonwealth, but from year to year there will have to be added room as population grows and the unfortunate wards increase. It is a source of gratification to note that our institutions are upon n business plane, free from any bias of party management; that our benevolent and penal institutions nre conducted upon a humanitarian and n reformatory basis, and it should be • the sincere hope of all of our citiiens that from a fiscal sense, the management should be on lines of the most approved business methods and with a conscientious care and skill for those who through misfortune nnd affliction are dependent upon the bounty of the State for aid and support. I shall hope to preserve the high standard of all our Institutions and surround them with every encouragement and influence that will tend to practical economy nnd accounting of financial outlay, a fidelity of official duty, and * trained and humane policy towards

those that are the recipients of the State’s good care and bounty. In connection with every other agency in the administration of State affairs charged with financial duty, I shall hope to have approved business methods prevail and a care and guardianship in the expenditure of the people's money that will not divorce from the idem of official thought that a policy of expenditure of pdblic funds should differ in its detail from the most approve! policies that mark the success and economy of expenditures in private business enterprises. There is no logic or reason in a difference between the methods that prevail in successful private business not being applicable to those in public business. A public office is a public trust; scrutiny is hot suspicion; the dollar that the tax levy brings to the treasury should have the full value of one hundred cents in its payment of the expenses of public government. I think it opportune to call attention to the advisability of considering legislation looking to the statutes against fire causes and carelessness. The ash heap of Indiana for 1800 amounted to over two millions of dollars, and for the first six months of 1900 to $1,700,000. The conditions surrounding labor in Indiana are those of general satisfaction and prosperity. The evils of government and the needed reforms for their cure can only come through the forceful influence and support of public opinion. Law and order must not be superseded by the slightest resort to, or approval of, the injustice of vigilants with rope and masks. The hope of free institutions, the sanctity of the home, the safety of the citizen, the dignity of our manhood, rests on the respect for and the enforcement of law. Too strict supervision within the lines of a proper safeguarding of the people's interests cannot be exercised over corporations having to do with savings, insurance and cooperative investment. It is a pleasure to note the practical completion of the Soldiers’ Monument. It is a structure of graceful symmetry and imposing grandeur. It is a tribute of memory front the people of this State to that splendid body of patriots, living and dead, that went forth from Indiana to save the republic from the disasters of rebellion. It should be preserved sacred and inviolate in its dignified majesty. The statutes of the State should forbid its use for any purpose of a worldly character, other than as a Mecca to which a grateful people can come to do honor to the soldiers and the cause which it typifies. For Institutional Investigations. The committee appointed to investigate and report on the needs of the State penal and benevolent institutions has accomplished a great service in behalf of the State, but it has had neither the authority nor opportunity to become thoroughly informed of physical conditions. I therefore respectfully recommend the appointment by- the Governor or otherwise of three disinterested and competent citizens to make a thorough investigation of the several establishments in order that they may report to the next General Assembly how conditions may be bettered and what steps should lie taken for the safety of inmates and the protection of the property of the State. The time such commission would be empowered to serve should be limited to a reasonable period. The more I have learned of the results of the non-partisan management of our institutions the more I have become convinced of the practical utility of the methods now employed. While I am myself a partisan of somewhat inflexible temperament in that particular, I cannot but realize that my first duty is to the State. I believe in the wisdom and justice of the merit system. I favor rewarding friends who have been my good friends, but I cannot do so by going contrary to the promptings of my conscience. In accepting this office I become in large measure responsible for the care and comfort of hundreds of wards of the commonwealth whose conditions call for pity and for tears. Knowing full well these conditions, I can never consent to the indorsement of any proposition purposing a backward step. Indeed, I am frank to say further that politics should be eliminated from the public schools and that the merit system should be made legally applicable there, also.

The State’s Finances. Gov. Mount's message contains a comprehensive resume of the State’s finances, and as I cannot add anything new or of special importance at this time, I will confine myself to congratulating the people of Indiana on the splendid record that is being made in the way of liquidating the public debt. My sole ambition is to make a record as Governor that will have the approbation of those who have entrusted their interests to my care and which will stand as my most substantial and enduring monument when the history of my administration shall have been written. It shall be my constant aim to conduct the affairs of state with even more scrupulous care than hns characterized the management of my private interests, and to demand a like accounting of every subordinate. Voting Machines. The subject of voting machines is attracting attention throughout the country, and in my judgment it should receive your careful consideration Anything that tends to insure better safeguards for the suffrages of the people is a godsend. I am emphatically in favor of any method of voting that safeguards the ballot and guarantees to every legal voter his choice in the selection of public officials. And now assuming the office of your chief executive, I profoundly appreciate the high honor nnd the weight of responsibility. My efforts shall be for the upbuilding, for the prosperity, for the happiness of all the people of the commonwealth, and I ask of the Legislature conservatism, wisdom, economy, justice eve* and always; of the citizenship of Indiana, co-operation nnd support, nnd with confl dence in the God of our fathers to help in the conscientious discharge of my full duty, I hope for a future for Indinnq full in the fruition of apparent hope and promise.

STATE SOLONS MEET.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE BEGINS , ITS WORK. Body Meets in Biennial Session, Effects Organization, and Hears the Message of Retiring Governor Mount-Impor-tant Measures Up for Consideration. Indianapolis correspondence: The Forty-second General Assembly of Indiana, which meets once in two years for a sixty-day session, convened at 10 o’clock Thursday. . The feature of the first session was the farewell message of Gov. Mount. The message dealt with State affairs in an exhaustive manner, the Governor complimenting the people of the commonwealth on the satisfactory condition of State finances. One of thS principal recommendations made in the message 'was for stringent laws by which Indiana lynchers can be convicted. The Governor said that the people of Indiana feel keenly the sting of reproach and the justice of the criticism heaped upon the State by reason of the brutal lynchings that have dishonored her good name. A mob is an assembly of lawless men acting in defiance of law. Can such men administer justice.' Lax enforcement of law brings its fruitage of contempt for law. The remedy, says Gov. Mount, must be found through the co-operation of good citizens in demanding a rigid cnl cement of the law and not through moi) violence.' The Governor favors the election of United States Senators by popular vote, and on the subject of kidnaping the message says: "Where the kidnapers have no legal or blood claim, where the abduction is for ransom or for any other unlawful purpose, it should be made in extreme cases punishable by death or imprisonment for life.” The Legislature this winter is Republican in both branches. In caucus Wednesday night the two houses organized: Senate —President, ' pro tern., Will K. Wood, Lafayette; secretary, W. W. Huffman, Anderson: assistant secretary, Harmon Hutson, Indianapolis; doorkeeper, C. Pelzer, Boonville. House —Speaker, Samuel R. Artman, Lebanon; clerk, William Essman, Indianapolis; assistant clerk, R. B. J. Shafer, South Bend; door; keeper, W. T. Murray. The Democratic nominations were: Speaker of the House, G.E. Davis; principal clerk, IL F. Stewart; president pro tern, of the Senate, Ephraim Inman; principal secretary, Bayard Gray. Important bills will provide for a new primary law, for an increase in the Governor’s salary from $5,000 to $7,500, and for new charters for smaller cities. The House and Senate were in session but a few moments Friday, and eueh provided for holding a joint convention on Monday, when the votes cast for Governor and Lieutenant Governor will be canvassed and the results declared.

Representative M. F. McCarty of Carroll County introduced in the Legislature on Tuesday a bill which is supposed to be the effort of the minority in the way of obtaining antitrust legislation. It defines ns “criminal usurpation of the governing powers to attempt to control or regulate the production or sale of any commodity without a copyright from the State of Indiana.” A SIO,OOO fine and penitentiary sentence is provided for a violation. A bill also introduced by Senator Lambert of Columbus is to establish an Indiana village for epileptics. Senator Burns introduced a bill to do away with the cigarette traffic in Indiana, providing a heavy tine and punishment for the sale and giving away of cigarettes. Representative Bishop of Morgan introduced a bill for the death penalty for kidnaping children. Speaker Artman announced his committees Tuesday morning. The following are the chairmen: Elections. Minturn: ways and means. King; judiciary, Bonham; organization of courts. Sparks; banks. Scott; education, Clem: building and loans. Bishop; reformatory, Stout; prison, Erdlitz; swamp lands. Beckman: military affairs, Dudley: claims, Neal: trust lands, Stookcy; fees and salaries, Manifold; sinking fund, Whitcomb; rights and privileges. Miller of Kosciusko; railroads, Kirkman; manufactures and commerce, Vestal; county and township business, Owen; agriculture. Mat thews: benevolent and scientific institutions, Clem; temperance, Wesling; mileage and accounts. Davis of Wayne; corporations, Roberts of Jefferson; rivers and waters. Mueller; public expenditures. Miller of Ohio; federal relations. !’• rest; city of Indianapolis. Qstermeyvr. cities and towns. Bell; engrossed bills. Adamson: roads. Thomas; statistics. Jack; insurance, Morgan, printing. Rogers; reformatory institutions, Gillett; drains und dykes. Kelley; mines, Johnson; labor, Clarke: medicine, health ami statistics. Van Fleet; inspection of the journal. Speaker; natural resources. Stutesuian; phraseology of bills. Harris; congressional apportionment, Reagan; legislative apportionment, Juckways; telegraph and telephones, Pritchard; soldiers’ monument Marshal) of Fountain; State soldiers' homes, Carmichael; joint committees, public buildings. Hurried; enrolled bills. Murton; State library. Muminert.

Statistics of Newspapers.

Tbe total number of copies of newspapers printed throughout the world in one year is 12,000,000,000. To print these requires 781,240 tons of paper, or 1,749,977,000 pounds, while it would take the fastest presses 333 years to print a single year's edition, which would produce a stack of papers nearly fifty tnlles high.

Steel Used by Railways.

Railways use up over 2,060,000 tons of steel a year—almost half tbe world's product.

Minnesota Flax.

The experiment station has concluded that flax grown for seed in Minnesota is identical with Russian flax, and probably equally as good as that imported from Europe at a high price.

Better After.

“Col. Toper, can you shoot better be fora or after lunch?” ■'Eh? Well—ahem! It all depends on the lunch, you know.’'—Pick-Me-Up.

PERISH IN THEATER STAMPEDE

Five Die and Fifty Are Hart During a Play in Chicago. Grief swayed the Chicago Ghetto Sunday because of the five-deaths and many serious injuries resulting from the panic and stampede caused by a false alartq of title given by an unidentified man in the West Twelfth Street Turner Hall, 253 West 12th street, where Jewish actors were presenting "The Greenhorn” in Yiddish at 5:30 o’clock Saturday. The 500 people in the hall, in the main women, and children, made a rush for the two exits. They crashed through the protecting balustrade, many of them falling to the floor ten feet below, and when the tragic exit had been lu-complished five almost lifeless bodies lay bleeding on the stairs und nearly fifty seriously injured women and children lay in heaps on the floor of the hall and at the entrance below. J Gustave E. Yoos is proprietor at the saloon beneath the hall and manager of she building, which, he says, belongs to the Schoenhofen Brewing Company. He sent in the alarm as soon as he realized that # there was a panic.: The police responded with patrol wagons and ambulances. Forty-four of the injured were removed to their homes and to the county hospital. Crowds stood about the streets in the nrighlsorhpod of the spene of the disaster Sunday and many angry men condemned the city administration for permitting the use of such a death trap as a theater. The doors of the hall opened inward and the exits are inadeqiiate for the hall, which will seat 1,000 persons. There are no fire escapes from the balcony, which is reached by two narrow stairways.

FROM FOREIGN LANDS

Dispatches from Pekin are, as usual, conflicting and unsatisfactory. It is asserted that Prince Ching and Earl Li-Hung-Chung have signed the agreement based on the joint note of. the poweso. It is asserted, too, that the Chinese envoys acted in flat disobedience to the commands of the Dowager Empress. It is certain, however, that the Dowasw Empress and her advisers are for reasons best known to themselves playing for delay. The court is at Sian-Fu. beyond the present reach of the allies. There are no means at hand for expediting the negotiations or of compelling compliance with the demands of the powers short of actual war. Japanese authorities do not hesitate to. assert that the powers will yet be compelled to declare war, and that hostilities will be resumed in the early spring. I’n the meantime there are under the surface indications that Russia's practical seizure of Manchuria has caused no little uneasiness in England and France. In London the general- sentiment is one of resentment that Russia should take advantage of England’s preoccupation in South Africa to acquire new territory in Asia.

Events in the Boer war during the last week have been serious enough to compel Lord Roberts to adopt a radical change in policy. He has withdrawn the garrisons from many of the small towns, and is concentrating his troops along the railroad leading from Cape Town to Pretoria, and from Pretoria toward Delagoa Bay. This move has been made because of the necessity of guarding the railroad in order that the Boers may not cut off communication between Pretoria and Cape Town. The Boers have resumed the aggressive again, every day bringing news of attacks on isolated British posts. On Wednesday a simultaneous attack was made .on five important garrisons along the railway from Pretoria east. The Boers were beaten off in each instance, but not until they had inflicted serious losses on the British. The unsuccessful pursuit of De Wet continues.

The Kaiser seems to have thrown himself into the arms of the German Agrarian party, and is seemingly prepared to accept a tariff on grain. 'There is little doubt but that sentiment in Germany favoring more protection to the agricultural industry of the nation has been rapidly growing. Several years ago a tariff on cereals would have been violently attacked by the Berlin press. Now only the extreme radical newspapers criticise the policy. It is also significant that the commercial congress which adjourned on Wednesday adopted a resolution against an increase in the duty on cereals by a majority of only four votes. The new German policy is clearly aimed at the United States. In Austria, too, there is a loud demand for European combination to defeat American competition.

The week hns brought no development in the negotiations between France and England over the vexatious Newfoundland treaty shore. The French foreign office adheres to its right under the original treaty, and so far Mr. Chamberlain has been unable to come to any bargain. It is probable that Englund will seek to defer a final settlement by renewing the modus vlvendi for another year. But the assent of the Newfoundland government must be given to the modus viveudi and all classes in the colony are opposed to such an arrangement. German papers declare that the Kaiser do* 1 * not read the newspnj>ers sufficiently to keep abreast of the times. The beer poisoning epidemic in England has spread to London. ' Impure glucose is responsible, and legislation by I’arlialucnt 1* proposed. The Swiss government has decided in favor of Brazil in the Franco-Brazilian boundary dispute. Count von Waldersee is forming nn international commission at Pekin to establish a harmonious civil government. Magistrate Strohreker, of Red Top, a notorious negro settlement, in South Carolina, ha* iMiied nn order that all negroes who remain single after January must quit the town. The order was thought necessary to stop crimes.

DURBIN IS GO VERNOR.

NEW EXECUTIVE TAKES OATH AT THE CAPITOL. State House Finely Decorated for Ceremony—Details of Proceedings—Opinions of Incoming Official Revealed in Extracts from Inaugural Address. " 11“ " Indianapolis correspondence: The corridors of the State House were handsomely decorated for the inauguration of W. T. Durbin as Governor of Indiana on Monday. On the south half of the lower floor three stands had been erected for the ceremony, and the pillars and walls had been festooned with flags, In the space under the dome of the Capitol palms and potted plants had been arranged and banked. The electric lights on all three floors had been changed so that, in place of the white lights that are ordinarily to be found there, red, white and blue lights were to be seen on each chandelier that hung from the ceilings or is fastened to the walls. The appearance of the whole interior was <t vision of beauty when the decorating was finished. The inauguration ceremony began when the oath of office was.administered to Lieut. Gov. Gilbert in the Senate chamber shortly before noon. The members of both houses of the Legislature then proceeded to the lower floor, where

GOVERNOR DUBBIN.

seats were provided for them, to witness the administering oif the oath of office to Col. Durbin. In the meantime, Gov. Mount, accompanied by C. E. Wilson, his private secretary, went to the Denison in a carriage, escorted by- detachments of the Indiana National Guard. At the Denison Gov.-elect Durbin joined the party and -was escorted to the State House. The party dismounted from the carriages at the east entrance of the State House and went directly in at the east doors and thence to the stand prepared for the inaugural ceremony. This stand had been erected just in front of the office of the Auditor of State, which is several feet south of the central part of the building. On either side of the principal stand was another stand for the use of the Senators and others whe were special guests for the occasion. Judge Dowling, chief justice of the Supreme Court, administered the oath of office to the incoming Governor. Following the oath, Col. Durbin delivered his inaugural address. In his address Gov. Durbin commended the administration of his predecessor, James A. Mount, favored the non-parti-san management of State institutions and warned the Legislature against the danger of overburdened statutes. On this point he said: "There is danger of having too maps laws in our statutes rather than too few. The enactment of petty measures has become entirely too common, and many acts that have taken the form of law are dead letters, and merely cumber the statutes and produce confusion. It is the almost unanimous opinion of lawyers that there should be a general revision and condensation of the acts already in existence. While I am not at all disposed to suggest any particular policy to be followed by this General Assembly, I respectfully submit that the passage of a few deliberately considered bills is far preferable to a flood of petty measures rushed through without any particular attention being paid to them, as has frequently happened heretofore, only to be followed by regret on the part of nil concerned that more prudence should not have been exercised in matters of legislation.” Concerning labor Col. Durbin said: “The conditions surrounding labor in InMana are those of general satisfaction and prosperity. The legislation looking to arbitration where differences occur between employer nnd employe has had a beneficial result, and I trust that the trend of our statutes and of public opinion, and the high sense of justice that generally pervades the ranks of labor an<l capital will reach that stage at an early day when strikes will be felt and feared no more, the adjustment of differences be peaceful nnd satisfactory and conflicts that usually are alike disastrous to contending parties be adjusted on a basis of right and fair dealing.”

Gossip of Legislators. Senator Wood will introduce a bill making it a felony for any one to make a false statement of real or personal property to secure credit. Business men want such-a measure to protect them against the man that lies to get goods “on tick.” Another bill in the same line, to be offered by Senator Wood, provides that wholesalers that take liens on stocks of goods on which payments are deferred shall record the liens in the recorder’s office. This will prevent troubles arising from two or three houses having liens on the same stock of goods. The State officers of the American Federation of Labor are preparing a bill providing for boiler inspection. The bill will provide for a State inspector, who will inspect all boilers of over twenty-horse-power twice a year. Representative Reagan will introduce a bill against the desecration of the flag of the United States. The bill is so drawn as to include mutilation or defacement of the flag, either by direct means of any sort, or by printing, painting or representation of the flag, in order to advertise or call attention to any article on which It is placed.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Farmer* War on a Railroad—Sister's Labors Finally Rewarded—Oil Money for Indiana Landowners—Clay County Woman Barely Escapes Burial Alive. Judge West in thp Circuit Court at Crawfordsville refused to grant a temporary restraining order in the case of the Chicago and Southeastern Railroad Company, which was barred from crossing the land of Wesley Grantham. He declared Grantham had already been kept out of his property seven years and'that the constitution guaranteed him certain rights with which the court did not propose to interfere. The road’s attorney asked that an order be made giving the rpad possession until the land could be condemned, but the court refused this, saying the company had had seven yearsto do this and had failed. Farmers rallied to the assistance of Grantham, andwrecked a mile of track. The court issued an order forbidding any further destruction of the road’s property. Sister Free* from Foods. Gov. Mount pardoned William W. Kennedy, who was sentenced to prison for life in 1885 for the .murder of David Baker at Greensburg. Kennedy was paroled in 1897 and has for several months been attached to the sanitary setvice in. Havana. The case attracted national attention because of the efforts of Kate Kennedy, the convicted man’s sister, to secure his pardon. The sister has appeal-' ed to every Governor since her brother’s conviction, but without- success until now. Eur_sereral years, in man’s garb, she traveled over the country in an endeavor . to. loeute the real murderer, and, tramping her way. never missed an opportunity to interview tramps and criminals with the view to ascertaining the whereabouts of the man for whoso crime she claimed her brother was suffering. Farmers Made Rich by Oil. During 1900 almost $1,000,000 was paid in royalties to Indiana farmers for oil territory. Indiana oil for the year averaged a fraction less than" 94 cents per barrel for the crude product at the well. The pipe line companies charge a rate of 20 cents for running the product. During the year the output of the wells in the State of Indiana amounted to 5,1>50,950 barrels, representing a value of $5,284,624.94, Farmers say that some of the land which has proven the best oil territory would never be worth one cent per acre fur cultivation. Returns to Life in Time. Mrs. Cyrus Clark, wife of a farmer of Clay County, came to life after having been pronounced dead by physicians. Her body was attired for burial and preparation was made for the funeral when she spoke. Intense excitement was caused among the mourners who crowded around her. Finally she opened her eyes and is now growing stronger. She was conscious some time before she spoke and realized that she was being prepared for burial. Grief Drives Him to Suicide. Grief caused by the death of his young wife a few months after her wedding impelled Robert E. Lee Pryor of Eastbank. W. Va., to send a bullet crashing into his brain in George’s Hotel in Indianapolis. Ho died later. On a table was found the photograph of the wife, placed in such a position that as he stoml before the mirror her image was reflected in his face when he shot himself.

State News in Brief. Brazil will have a new brewery. Jasper N. Frist will be the next postmaster of Clinton. Work on the Muncie-Hartford City electric line will not la-gin until the groHnd thaws. Anderson postoffice has passed the S4O, 000 mark, and Postmaster Small gets araise in salary. Jacob Sours, 88. Huntington, called l his five children together nnd distributed $13,000 among them. “Uncle”'Charley Price. 85, died neat Elwood. He Was once a cook in the navy. He married at 83. Robert Burke. Madison, nnd Sarah S. Schrodt met in Louisville, nnd after five minutes’ acquaintance, decided to get married. They were refused a license iu Jeffersonville Ix-eause they were too young. Mrs. Mida Dewey. Elwood. 13 yearn old. has brought suit to have her nupriage with Charles G. Dewey set asidtw He says he was an engineer on the war ship Brooklyn. He is tn jail at Anderson. charged with beating a board bill. For the first time in the history of Clay County criminals expiated their crimes by receiving a severe whipping at Brazil. Three colored boys, Davey Jonvs, David Bowman and Harvey Bass, were brought up in police court on a charge of petit larceny. The judge decided that the boy s should go free if their mothers, whowere present, would give them a public thrashing. The mothers consented and with rawhides punished their recreant sons for three minutes* Grover Allen, the heaviest boy for his age in the country, died in Anderson of fatty degeneration of the heart. He was apparently as well as usual when going to the lounge to lay down, but died within a few minutes. He was 8 years old, 4 feet 10 inches tall and the last time hewas on the scales weighed 251 pound*. The past year he had been gaining in weight at the rate of ten pounds a mouth. The parents have declined offers frommost all the circuses on the road. His health would not permit it. His weight wan such Ije could get around with the greatest difficulty and when he stepped to n curb he had to be helped. Liberty school pupils, St. Bernice, wereso interested in their work that they voted not to take holidays. The old-time method of inflicting punishment on criminals with block and tai-kle bus been Introduced nt the county workhouse in Muncie and will be utilized where prisoners refuse td work after being sentenced. W. H. McDoel nnd Bnyard Taylor of Chicago, with local capitalists, have im corporated an electric railroad thirty miles long, lending from Crawfordsville to several nearby towns. The stock sub--•cribcd is SIOO,OOO.