Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1902 — Page 7

Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Ry. Rensselaer Time-Table, South Bound. Mo. 31—Fast Mail ..... <:« “• m No. s—Louisville Mail, (daily).......ipa»a.m. No.33—lndianapolis Mail, (daily).. 1:46 p.m. No.39—Milk aocomm., (dai1y)....... 6:15p. m. No. 3 Louisville Expres*. (daily).. tl :25 p. m. •No. 45-Local freight 2:40p. m. North Bound. No. 4—Mall, (daily) ........7... 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk accomm., (daily) .... 7:31 a. m. No. 32—Fast Mail, (daily) 8:55 a. m. •No. 30—Cin. to Chicago Yes. Mail.. 6:32 p.m. tNo. 38—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p.m. No. 6—Mali and Express, (daily)... 3:30 p.m. •No. 46 Local freight 9:55 a.m. No. 74—Freight, (daily) 9:09 p. m. •Daily except Sunday. (Sunday only. No. 74 carries passengers between Monon and Lowell. Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. No. 32 and 33 now stop at Cedar Lake. Frank J. Rked, G. P. A., W. H. McDobl, President and Gen. M'g’r, Chas. H. Rockwkll, Traffic M’g’r, CHICAOO. W. H. Bbam, Agent, Rensselaer.

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ROUTE AND SCENIC LINE. Tourist Car via Southern Route Leaves Chicago Every Tuesday. Daily First Class Sleeper Through Between Chicago and San Francisco. Crossing the best scenery-of the Rockies and Sierra Nevadas by Daylight. Direct connection to Los Angeles, Best Dining Car Service through. Write for information and literature to K. E. Pauibr, G. A, P. D.. Peoria, 111. John Skbastiam, G. P. A., Chicago CITY,TOWM3HIP AND COUNn WW. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor John Eger Marshal Abram Simpson Clerk , Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer... .....H. L. Gram bls Fire Chief Eldeuß. Hopkins COUNCILNKN. Ist ward 1.. Chas. Dean, H. J. Kanna) 2d ward I. J. Porter, C- G. Spitler 3d ward J. F. MeColfr. J.C. Chilcote COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk John F. Major Sheriff Abram G. Hardy Auditor W.C, Babcock Treasurer R. A. Parkison. Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillipa COMMISSIONERS. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2nd District Simeon A. Dowell 3rd District Frederick Waymire Commissioner's court—First Monday of each mouth. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. ntt’STSES. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grove John Ryan - Gillam Lewis Shrier .’ Walker Elias Arnold Barkley (Charles M. Blue Marion John Bill Jordan Geo. M. Wilcox Newton S. L. Luce Keener Thomas F. Maloney Kankakee Stephen D. Clark Wheatfield Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William T. Smith . .Milroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensselaer G. K. Hollingsworth. Rensselaer J. D. Allman Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfield JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February, April. September and November. Milroy Township. Win. T. Smith, trustee of Milroy township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on the First and Third Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or pay. ing claims will be done on such designate! day. Wm.T, Smith. Trustee. Hanging Grova Townahlp. Joseph Stewart, trustee of Hanging Grove township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on Friday of each week for the purpcse cf transacting township businessl and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. Joseph Stewart, Trustee. Jordan Townahlp. John Bill, trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that he will tie at his residence In said township on the Second and Fourth Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be none on such designated day. John Bill, Trustee. i IsMabswwwwwvwwwwwwwsi i i ‘Caveats, snd Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat- ] ent business conducted for MOOCNATK Fat®. i ouaOrrict loopposiTt U.S. patkht ornct 1 1 and wa can secure patent in leaa time than those [ ] remote from Washington. ] i i Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip- 1 1 ition. We advise, if patentable or not, free of [ ! charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. ' , j A PAUPWcrr. “How to Obtain Patents,” with • 1 coat of wme in the U.S. and foreign countries , ' Bent free. Address, C.A.SNOWdtCO. ' I- 9y*’ T*T i; - WT .9r7 l 55Ly-*j l^!* ; A whole armload of old pa pen for a nickel at The Democrat office Morris' Englteh Stable Liniment Sold by A. F. Long.

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Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abstracts, Real Estate, Loans. Will practice in all tbe courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, law, mis, loons ana Real isioie. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stairs in Leopold block, first stain west of Vanßensselaer street. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Brokei Attorney For The L. N. A. AC. Ry, and Rensselaer W.L. AP. Co. tA»Officeover Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer. Indiana. U. M. Baughman. G. A. Williams. Baughman & Williams, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law, Notary work. Loans and Real Estate. Special attention giveu to collections of all kinds. Office over “‘Racket Store,” Rensselaer, - Indiana. Moses Leopold, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND INSURANCE, Office over Ellis & Murray’s Rensselaer, - - Indiana. J. F. Irwin S. C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans and Fire Insurance. Office in Odd Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Ira W. Yeoman, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Remington, ... Indiana. Law. Real Estate, Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. riu.K volts. o. e. enTLSO. haomt a. auaai®. Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Absracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the Countv. RENSSELAER, IND. Mordecai F. Chilcote, William H. Parkison Notary' Public. Notary Public. Chilcote & Parkison, ’ ATTORNEYS aT LAW. Law, Real Estate. Insurance. Abstracts and Loans. Attorneys for tbe Chicago, Indianapolis A Louisville Railway Co. Will practice in all of the courts. Office over J. Makqs ver’s Bank, on Washington street. RENSSELAER, > - INDIANA. H. O. Harris, E. T. Harris, J. C. Harris, President Vice-Pres. Cashier. Rensselaer Bank. Deposits received on call, Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit issued on time. Exchange Bought and Sold on principal cities. Notes Discounted at current rates. Farm Loans made at 5 per cent We Solicit ■ Stearu of Your Business. Dre. I. B. & I. M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. I. B. Washburn will give ipeoial attention ■jo piscosesof the Eye, Ear. None. Throat andChrtnilo Diseases. He also testa eyee for glasses. Ornos TecavHoaa No. OU. Rsaiasaoa Phoms No. ar. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over Imes’ Millinery store. Rensselaer. Orrios Phoms. MT, RaeiesHos Phoms, lIS. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. Office over Larsh’s drug store,

SPREAD OF SMALLPOX

EPIDEMIC 18 THE MOST SERIOUS IN MANY YEARS. Reports Show the Disease to Be Raging All Over the World—ls Widely Prevalent in the Middle West Health Officers Alarmed, All ever the world an epidemic of smallpox more serious than has occurred for years is raging. Medical experts no longer conceal their apprehension and assert that only by widespread unity of action can further contagion be avoided. Smallpox now is more fvidely spread than at any time for a dozen years. During 1901 there was an increase of 911 per cent'in the number of cases in the ten States, of which Illinois is in the southern tier. Between Dec. 28, 1900, aud Jan. 24, 1901, only 1,070 cases were reported from this territory. During the similar period which closed Jan. 24, 1902, 10,820 cases were reported. The federal government’s report with the opening of the present year show that smallpox Las invaded twenty-three countries and every quaver of the world. Germany has been held to be the best vaccinated country in the world, but even in Berlin three cases of smallpox have appeared. In London tbe situation this winter has been so serious that at one time it was feared the coronation would have to be postponed because of. it. Thus far the disease in the West and Northwest has been mild and the death rate has been low. But the warning is now sounded that the disease may change at any time to the most virulent type. Already this change has come in the North Atlantic States, where the death rate has increased from 20 to 30 per cent. Epidemic Is World-Wide. In London, where the disease is so prevalent that smallpox insurance has become popular, there were 3,723 cases between May 1, 1901, and Jan. 10, 1902, and 897 were under treatment on the latter date. The death rate there is 14 per cent among those vaccinated, 63 per cent in cases of doubtful vaccination and 50% per cent where there had been no vaccination at all. Plague ships anchored fifteen miles down the Thames are overcrowded and temporary barracks along the banks of the river to accommodate 800 patients are being erected. Reports received from large cities in various sections of the United States show that the present smallpox epidemic is more severe than any which has visited them for years. In New York Commissioner Lederle’s figures place the death rate at 23 per cent of those afflicted. In January there were 134 cases of smallpox, twenty-six of them being fatal. In Connecticut and New Jersey whole villages are swept by the disease, and it is widely prevalent in Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia since the first of the year there have been 544 new eases of smallpox and ninety-nine deaths. At present 463 smallpox patients are under treatment at the municipal hospital and in private dwellings. In Pittsburg the municipal hospital contains only six cases of smallpox, but in the boroughs and townships adjacent to that city twentyfive cases have been reported within the last few weeks. Smallpox is prevalent, but not epidemic, in St Louis, there being about 250 cases at present. Health Commissioner Starkloff of that city says the disease was brought there by soldiers returning from the Spanish-American war. Out of eighty-one cities and towns in Indiana, lowa, Michigan and Wisconsin, thirty-eight report that they are at present free from stnalioox. Less than a

Smallpox is prevalent, but not epidemic, in St Louis, there being about 250 cases at present. Health Commissioner Starkloff of that city says the disease was brought there by soldiers returning from tbe Spanish-American war. Out of eighty-one cities and towns in Indiana, lowa, Michigan and Wisconsin, thirty-eight report that they are at present free from smallpox. Less than a dozen, however, state that they have not had eases during tbe winter. In nearly every instance there have been cases in the surrounding country districts. Of twenty-five lowa, towns and cities, five report that they are free of the disease. Of thirty Wisconsin towns, seven say that the disease has not appeared there or has been stamped out. Fourteen out of twenty-four cities and towns in Michigan claim either never to have been infected or to be free of contagion at present. In Indiana twelve out of thirty cities report the same thing. Des Moines, lowa, admits 210 cases. Chicago officials who visited there place the number from 400 to 700. Sioux City, lowa, had 300 cases during the winter, but asserts that only sixty exist now. Other cities report from thirty-five to half a dozen or less. These reports show that the disease has gained a foothold in a wide belt. Crusade Against the Plague. The Chicago health department, headed by Commissioner Reynolds and Chief Medical Inspector Spalding, is making a crusade against the disease. It aims to stamp out smallpox in a territory embracing 600,000 square miles and containing a population of 25,000,000 people. In line with this plan the medical and surgical staffs of seventeen railroads entering Chicago have been enlisted. A campaign of education is to be inaugurated and every effort made to arouse authorities of negligent towns and cities from their apathy. "Unless smallpox is checked,” said Dr. Reynolds, “a panic, of” death may sweep the country. This is not a ‘scare’ statement. It is plain truth. The people should become aroused to the situation. This danger should afid must be averted by the employment of every precaution in every infected district. “If there is co-operation and determined effort the disease can be awept out of the middle West within thirty days. But if there is not widespread and united effort the disease will run from four to ten yean. “The disease in Illinois and the adjoining States may change to the most violent type at any moment. No one can tell why the type of disease changes or when it will change.” During the early period of the spread of the disease the death rates in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York were 6.4, 1.7 and 17 per cent respectively. Had the same increase in the deadliness of the disease been felt in the territory adjoining Chicago and Illinois there would hav® been 2,077 deaths from smallpox during the last six months of 1901. Aa it was there were 200 deaths. Oklahoma City, O. T., has granted a franchise for a street car company t® construct and operate a street car system Uara.

SMALL TOWNS SHOW GROWTH. Census Figures of* Decade Compared with Those for One Previous. Director of the Census Merriam has given out a statement showing the growth of the small towns of the United States during the "decade between 1890 and 1900, as compared with the previous decade. The statement is the result of compilation and careful study of the census figures by the experts of the bureau. It shows a general decrease in the number of perosns deserting the country districts for the big cities. It also shows unparalleled prosperity in towns of 4,000 or less population. Going into detail, the statement declares that the country districts west of the Mississippi have lost more in population than between 1880 and 1890. lowa, however, is an exception. Illinois shows unusual growth. Following is the census director's statement: g “The Increase of population in the States east of the Mississippi was 18.7 between 1880 and 1.890 and 19.2 between 1890 and 1900. In the same area the increase in urban population, moaning thereby all places of more than 4,000 inhabitants, was 53.1 per cent between 1880 and 1890 and only 37.2 per cent between 1890 and 1900. Both of those statements could not be true unless the population of places having loss than 4,000 inhabitants had been growing more rapidly in the last ten years than in the preceding docade. Such ts the fact. Between 1880 and 1890 the population cast of the Mississippi and excluding places of more than 4,000, increased 4.9 per cent, but between 1890 and 1900, 8.7 per cent. “To throw further light upon this increased prosperity of the small towns during the last ten years a study has been made by the census office of those counties which actually decreased in population at either decade, making allowance for changes in county boundaries. Counties of this class are predominantly agricultural and usually have lost through migration to more favored localities the natural increase of their population by excess of births over deaths. Between 1890 and 1900 the counties east of the Mississippi river which lost population extended over an area of 90,128 square miles. The figures show that in this part of the country an area almost equal to that of New England lost population between 1880 and 1890, but gained between 1890 and 1900. West of the Mississippi the changes were in the reverse direction—that is, the area losing population was slightly larger between 1890 and 1900 than it was between 1880 and 1890—334,862 square miles, as compared with 206,598 square miles. But in the country as a whole the area of counties losing population was over 30,000 square miles less in the last decade than it was between 1880 and 1890. “Further analysis shows that a gain of population in the last decade was reported from every county of Minnesota and North Dakota and every county but one of lowa. In South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, on the contrary, there were large areas, mostly in the western part and sparsely settled, for which a decrease of population was reported. The tide of migration in 1890 had pushed up the slopes of the great plains farther than conditions warranted and in the last decade the wave has been receding, depleting these areas and filling up the rural counties of such States as lowa and Illinois. “In lowa the per cent of area losing population fell from 27 between 1880 and 1890 to 1.6 between 1890 and 1900. In Illinois it fell from 28.6 to 4.6. In other words, over about a quarter of each State the population decreased between 1880 and 1890 only to increase in the last ten years.”

OFFICIAL LOOTS A BANK.

Vice President of Detroit Institution Canoes Its Ruin. The City Savings Bank of Detroit, with deposits of $3,300,000, is insolvent and in the hands of State Bank Commissioner George L. Malta, because its vicepresident, Frank C. Andrews, has overdrawn his account $914,000, owes the bank $214,000 more, and in addition has outstanding certified checks against the institution for $662,000. Mr. Andrews was arrested on a warrant charging him with "Willfully, fraudulently and knowingly” securing from the bank without security and without the knowledge of the other directors a sum exceeding sl,000,000. The most remarkable operations which resulted in the wrecking of the bank have all taken place within the last six weeks. Mr. Andrews is u man of 30, who made a million dollars by speculation in a few years, and who now has lost his fortune, ruined his reputation and caused great losses to hundreds of poor people by the same methods which gave him wealth before. Vice-President Andrews made use cf his influence over tho cashier, Henry O. Andrews, who is no relative of his, to carry out hi® plans. What he did was entirely outside of the knowledge of any of the other directors, and when they discovered the facts they at onee began the investigation which resulted in tbe eloiflng of the bank. Andrews was born on a farm in Macomb County, Michigan. When he was 19 he went to Detroit with a capital of $5, and of this he owed $3.75, so that all he cduld call hia own was $1.25. He became i? clerk in a real estate ofllce, and hia shrewdness and business ability soon attracted attention. Nobody seems to know where he got the capital for the first deal, but it was not long before he had put through some big deals on his own account nnd cleaned up a small fortune. He then became a partner of his employer, and In 1890 started a series ot bold real estate operations that gave ths firm big profits and Andrews a reputation of being the cleverest real estate man in Detroit. From real estate speculation to stock speculation was but a short step, and before long Andrews had startled Detroit with the fortune he was piling up. His plan was t® take quick returns, and also to buy when the public was selling, and then sell when the publie began to buy in much higher prices. He became a heavy investor in street railroad schemes two years ago nnd sold three interurban lines to the Everett-Moore syndicate. Immersion In salt water is said to ginkc wood harder aud more durable.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

Mrs. Roosevelt Is being put to the test The present social season is doing it. In the few weeks after the first day of the new year and up to the time when Lent closes the gayeties, Washington official life is but a round of dinners, balls and calls. If you doubt it, a single attempt to locate even the most retiring and least sociable of the public men after 4 o’clock in the afternoon will convince you. The state receptions at the White House are the tests of the social season of the first lady of the land. They are supplemented by the quieter but no less exacting functions at which she presides in honor of her daughter, and in discharging the social obligations which she feels toward those who entertain in her honor. All sorts of unusual statements have been made since the President and Mrs. Roose velt began to entertain on a scale more elaborate than any of their predecessors. It litis been said that Mrs. Roosevelt has forbidden the wearing of black at her receptions Perhaps it is true that she likes lighter colors, but the statement that she has ever attempted to dictate with her guests or those who receive with her shall wear is absurd. So high an authority as one of the cabinet ladies, who has recently worn a handsome black lace gown at a White House reception, ean be given to disprove the statements as to Mrs. Roosevelt's attitude. Then, too, there is the statement which has been given circulation that the wife of the President wishes to introduce the customs of foreign courts. This has been traced to its origin. It appears that at one of the receptions a lady guest who had passed Mrs. Roosevelt sought to return and renew a conversation. She was asked not to do so by one of the White House attendants. The attendant was prompted’ by his instructions not to allow the line of passing guests to be disturbed, and thus clog the movement through the crowded rooms. Mrs. Roosevelt probably never knew of the incident. The order under which the White House attendant was acting was one given him by one of the secretaries to the President tong skilled in the management of White House functions.

The negro population of the United States is migrating northward. From their homes amid the cotton blossoms •nd the magnolias they are seeking homes in the Northern cities. If the present tnovenfe-nt is long maintained the negro will cease to be associated with the sunny South and Dixie laud. Washington, the capital of the nation, according to the census of 1890, had the distinction of sheltering the largest negro population of any other city in the United States, although at that time it ranked fourteenth among all cities in size. The last census dethrones Washington in the matter of black inhabitants, Chicago having surpassed the nation’s capital in the ratio of gain, having reported a growth in negro population in the last decade that showed a gain of 4,749 more blacks than this city. Philadelphia, if it maintains its present ratio of gains, will show a heavier negro population than Washington in 1920 and may be in 1910. New Orleans for years had the largest negro population of any city in the United States, holding the record until 1890, when displaced by Washington. The plan of having a separate office building for the President has been combined with the plan for a building for the department of justice, and has been extended to include offices for the State Department, which does not need much room, but is crowded in its present quarters. The building is to be located on a site selected by the Burnham commission for the beautification of Washington and will be subjected to its architectural criticism. The project of abandoning the White House as the residence of the President and building a new residence seems to have received its quietus, as it deserved. It would be too bad to use that fine old residence, with its historic associations with all the Presidents since John Adams, for any other than its present purpose. With the offices removed, It is ample for all demands upon It. The investigation of our army's conduct by the Senate Philippines committee Is now under way, and Gov. Taft's testimony before it is interesting as to conditions there. The Senate proper has had n lively week over Philippine matters. The tariff measure relating to those islands was taken up on Thursday, and even previous to that, there were stormy discussions over the troublesome subjects called np by the cry, "Imperialism.” The question, “What shall we finally do with the Philippines?” seems to be receiving more attention nt present than the pressing one, What shall we do now? So great has been the flood of bills for pensions involving claims which have no standing'that the pension committee of the Senate has been forced to take action to curtail the number. With the purpom of preventing the introduction of bills which cannot receive favorable action, and enabling the committee to give attention to those worthy of consideration, the Senate committee has adopted a code of rules governing these measures. Senator Cullom is preparing a speech, to be delivered soon in the Senate, in advocacy of the proposition that the President the United States and the Senate have the power alone to negotiate treaties, and that in no case is it necessary to hove the approval of the House of Representatives. Admiral Sampson's health is slowly but surely failing, and his family has practically given up all hope of his ultimate recovery. It is said by medical authorities who have visited Admiral Sampson that 1 l.e Is practically beyond the aid of medical science and that it is only a question of a short time when the end may come. The walls of the arteries are hardening, I and the result is likely at any time to latise audden death. The patient is becoming lesa tractable and be does not reI spond to treatment

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY • TOLD. Collision of Heavy Engines—Former Policeman Held for Evansville Murders—Heirs Are Found for Hermit’s Wealth—Girl Courts Death iu Ohio. As a Big Four and a Grand Trunk passenger train were slowly approaching the joint station at Granger the engines collided on the crossing. The Grand 1 runk engine was pushed over on its side and crashed through the bay window of the depot. The operator and two other men leaped from the window just in time to escape being crushed to death. The Big Four engine was derailed, but remained upright, and all four engine men escaped injury, though the Grand Trunk engineer went over with his engine. The. accident was due to hand signals which the engineers did not understand, the semaphore having been torn away by a snow plow. Hehl for Three Murders. Wilbur S. Sherwell, a former member of the Evansville police force, was indicted by the Vanderburg Comity grand jury on the charge of the murder of Lena Renner and Georgia Railey. who were choked to death in Evansville Nov. 11 last and their bodies thrown into a ditch. Three weeks ago Sherwell was indicted for the murder of Fanny Butler, a young mulatto woman, who was choked to death in May last. It was proved by several witnesses that Sherwell was on the beat of the Butler woman the night she met death. Several new witnesses swore they saw Sherwell with the Railey woman on the night she met death. Hermit's Heirs Are Found. Twenty years ago John 11. Grossman was struck and killed by a train at Bremen. After a number of years facts were brought to light showing that Grossman, who had lived a hermit life in California, had died possessed of a fortune estimated at $2,000,000, the result of mining speculations. He had made no disposition in life for the disposition of his estate, but search for the heirs in the last fifteen years has brought to light sixty of his kin scattered over Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, who will share in the disposition of the estate. Jumped Into the Ohio River. While suffering from melancholia. Miss Sallie Baxter, one of the most prominent young women in Jeffersonville, ran from her home, two blocks from the river, and walking out on the shore ice, plunged into the icy waters of the Ohio. Her brother saw her take the fatal jump. An hour later she was rescued, alive, but unconscious, and cannot recover. Woman Shoots a Thief. Mrs. Agnus Edwards of Kokomo saw a man enter the yard and commence to strip her clothesline. She was nlone in the house, but went after the thief with her husband's revolver, emptying the weapon on his retreating form. Blood on the snow showed the effectiveness of her act, but the wounded man escaped. Ftate News in Brief. Marion wants tbe C., R. & M. shops. Knox County will spend 8’20.000 for new bridges. William Carrigan, Brazil, was fatally Injured by failing slate. Mrs. W. W. Fox. Peru, swallowed a big dose of laudanum by mistake. Doctors saved her. Goshen people are kicking against th® Council appropriating $59,000 to build a new school house. Burglars ransacked the home of Rev, Father Schott, Evansville, securing considerable money. It is said that the American window glass factory will equip all its factories with blowing machines. Cora La Follettff, 16, Kokomo, wants a divorce from Merrill La Follette. She wants to return to school. Charles S. Hernly, New Castle, says tlie proposed New Castle and Pendleton electric line will be built. Dexter Gardner, police commissioner. Vincennes, is dying of gangrene following the amputation of a toe. Pennsylvania railroad voluntarily increased the wages of its Fort Wayne men, adding $5,000 to the pay roll. George J. Marott, Indianapolis, purchased the Kokomo street railway. He will build a line from Kokomo to laigansport. The planing mill, saw mill and office of the Greenfield Lumber and lee Company were burned, entailing a loss of $40,000. Joseph Buzzard, the desperado who shot his brother-in-law, Louis Cluster, near Logansport, was captured in Kokotuo after a desperate struggle. As Arthur Wagner, 24, entered th® store of Edward Hoffer at Cresco a shotgun leaning against tbe wall near the door fell. It was discharged by the jar, and young Wagner was mortally wounded. Police Commissioner* Dexter Gardner of Vincennes died from blood poisoning following the amputation of a toe. Tho too was crushed by a drunken passenger, who turned a car seat and struck Gardner’s foot. Mrs. Rebecco Evilsizer, who would have been 100 years old March 12, committed suicide at the home of her son near South Whitely. She choked herself to death by stuffing n large handkerchief down her throat. The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern shop strike at Washington has been declared off by the American Federation of Labor. The shops will Im? gradually reopened nnd most of the 600 idlers will soon be re-employed. John Griffith, n Michigan Central conductor, was killed near Michigan City. He fell from the back of his engine nnd was crushed under the cars of his train. John M. Spann, president of the Commercial Chib and a charter member of the Columbia Club, dropped dead hi tbe Union Station at Indianapolis, as lie was purchasing a ticket for Fort Wayne. Fire destroyed the large stock baru of Allie Powell at Wabash, cremating six bead of horse®. A matched team of Dr. Kern's, worth S4OO, and a pacing mare ot Powell's, valued at $5,000, were among them.