Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1901 — A.C. HARRIS IS AT HOME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A.C. HARRIS IS AT HOME

One Term in the Diplomatic Serv* ice Abroad Was Sufficient for Him, it Seems. TELLS OF THINGS HE HAS SEEN Richmond Goes Back on Her Own ’ Idea—Two Strikes Are Off State—Miscellany. Indianapolis, June 6.—As the Pennsylvania train came into the Union station at 12:10 p. m. yesterday the tall form of Addison C. Harris, exminister to Austria, a full-sized silk hat on his head and a double-width smile spanning his countenance, was seen standing on the platform. As he and Mrs. Harris alighted they were set upon by a number of friends, who

seized their baggage with the remorseless vigor of a corps of hotel runners and escorted them with much enthusiasm to Jackson place, where they were taken In a cab to the Denison House for the noon luncheon. Never Felt Better In Hie Lire. “Never felt better in my life,” said Harris. “I weigh 200 pounds, and here I am back again in the good town of Indianapolis. I have had two years and a half in a diplomatic position. I didn’t close my law office during that time, you see, nor rent my house. Here they are as I left them, waiting for us. Had a Good Time Gn Route Home “Mrs. Harris and I had a pleasant winter in Vienna. We had ten days in Paris, where Captain (iowdy and General Porter gave us dinners. We were -a week in London. Minister Choate gave us a tine breakfast. We attended the trooping of the colors, a great military event in London, at Whitehall. King Edward VII came in at the head of his staff of leading soldiers. Lord Wolseley among them, followed by the Life Guards.” Harris said he would leave at once for his Ilainil; >n county farm and stay there nearly >ll summer. TOWN T KGS A SGCOND THOUGHT. Wanted .« i.aw Faased and Then Repudl■led the l<lea« Rich: i :>d. lud., June 6.—The city council i s decided not to elect a commission. composed of citizens, to have Charge < . the construction and management of the municipal electric light plant, i uder a provision of an Indiana statute, passed by the last legislature. city councils have the power to transfer the control of light or water plants to a special commission. The law was passed at the urgent"' desire of Rlchmoud citizens, and the city council last winter favored such a law, and instructed the city attorney to draft the bill that was passed by the legislature. The statute does not compel the city council to elect a commission, but simply gives It Hie power, if It so desires. The refusal of the city council to act in accordance with ita own suggestion has aroused the Ire of many citizens, who claim that a municipal light plant under city council control means a political machine, which will result disastrously to the city in the end.

Fetal Military Taetlce. I-apraDge. lud., June B.—Lerue Wade, aged HI, was accidentally shot and killed yesterday by his cousin, Frank Ledder, while playing “military tactics." The shooting was done with an old rifle while young Wade was making a "charge.” Both boys belong to prominent families. Will IncrraM the Deficit. Indianapolis, June 6.—The deficit In the city treasury Is to be still further Increased by a law passed by the last legislature, which provides that unskilled labor employed on any public work of the state, counties, cities or towns shall receive not less than 20 ■cents an hour. Terra Haute Strike I* Off, Terre Haute, Ind., June o.—An agreement was reached In the street car strike at midnight Tuesday, through the Influence of W. It. MeKeen, ami the men who had been out for a day returned to work yesterday morning. Will Meet at Winona Lake. Winona. Ind., June ti.—The sixteenth umiunl convention of the Western Association of Writers will be held at Winona lake from June 24 to 28 The meeting will open with an Informal reception Monday evening. I‘rolilent Tuttle Very 111. Craw ford* vllle, Ind., June o.—The Itcv. I»r. Joseph 8. Tuttle, president of Wubash college for thirty years previous to his retirement, Is nlurmlngly ill of heart trouble. strike I.aetrd Only • Day. Brazil, Ind., June o.—The street car strike, affecting the electric lines In this city and Terre Haute, lasted Just one day, the men returning to work at 8 a. m. yesterday. Ptomaine In the Canned Pens. Frankfort* Ind., June ft.—Mrs. Gilbert Patty, wife of a well-known business man of Hedalla, csine near dying from poisoning, caused by eating caaaed pass.

ADDISON C. HARRIS.