Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1902 — Page 3

Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville Ry. Rensselaer Time-Table, South Bound. Mo. 31—Fact Mail 4:49 a. m No. s—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. No. 33—Indianapolis Mail, (daily).. 1:46 p. m. No. 39—Milk accomm., (daily) 6:15 p. m. No. 3—Louisville Express, (daily).. 11:25 p. m. •No. 45—Local freight 2:40 p. tn. North Bound. No. 4—Mail, (daily). 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk aecomm., (daily) .... 7:31a.m. No. 32—Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a. m. •No. 30—Cin.to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 6:32 p.m. tNo. 38—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p. m. No. 6—Mail 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. tSnnday 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. Fbamk J. Reed, G. P. A., W. H. McDokl, President and Gen. M’g’r, Chas. H. Rockwell, Traffic M g’r, CHICAGO. W. H. Beam, Agent, Rensselaer.

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CITY. JOWMSfIiP MD COUNTYOIMRT. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor John Eger Marshal Abram Simpson Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer H. L. Gramble Fire Chief Eldeti R. Hopkins COVNCHJCXN. Ist ward Chas. Dean, H. J. Kannal 2d ward I. J. Porter, C. G. Spitler 3d ward J. F. McColly, 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. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. -Ist District Abraham Halleck 2nd District Simeon A. Dowell 3rd District Frederick Way mire Commissioner’s eourt—First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart a.. Hanging Grove John Ryan 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 Rensseleer 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. Wm. T. Smith, trustee of Milroy township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on tbe First and Third Saturdays of each month for tbe 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 Grove TownshipJoseph Stewart, trustee of Hanging Orovs township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on Friday of each week for the purpc.se <f transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. Joseph Stewart, Trustee. Jordan Townahip. John Bill trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that he will be 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 done on such designated day. John Bill, Trustee.

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Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abstracts, Real Estate, Loans. Wil) practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, _io«, Mtt, loons ons M Me. 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. &C. Ry. and Rensselaer W. L. 4 P. Co. over 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,” Renssklakr, - Indiana. Moses Leopold, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND INSURANCE, Office over Ellis & Murray's Rensselaer, - - Indiana. J. F. Irwin 8. C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans and Fire Insurance. Office iu 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. mums volts. o. e. setTbsa. harm? k. svaaie. Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson Jk Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Absracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the County. RENSSELAER, IND. Mordecai F. Chilcote, William H. Parkison Notary Public. Notary Public. Chilcote & Park*son, ATTORNEYS aT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance, Abstracts and Loans. Attorneys for the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. Will practice tn all of the courts. Office over J. Makeever'a Rank, on Washington street RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. H. O. Harris. E. T. Harris, J. C. Harris, President. Vice-Prea. 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 a Share of Your Business. Drs. I. B. & I. M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. I. B. Washburn will give tpeetal attention u> Diseases of the Eye, Bar, Nose. Throat and Chronic Diseases. Hs also teats eyes for glasses. Orrioe Tslscmohb No. se. Rsbiosmcs Phoms No. »7. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over Imei’ Millinery store. Rensselaer. Orrios Phoms, tty, Rsbiosmcs Phoms, US. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. Office over Larsh’s drug afore,

GET TEN YEARS EACH.

NEELY, RATHBONE AND REEVES CONVICTED IN HAVANA. Each Is "Also to Pay a Heavy Fine— Hiator> of the Crime for Which the Three Men Were Tried The Punishment Xs Severe. The court in Havana, Cuba, sentenced Rathbone, Neely and Reeves, who were found guilty of embezzling postoffice funds. The sentence for each was as follows: C. F. W. Neely, ten years’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of $56,701. W. H. Reeves, ten years’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of $35,516. Estes G. Rathbone, ten years’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of $35,324. The three men were chosen for their respective positions in the Cuban postoffice department for their special fitness and supposed personal worth. They took advantage of their position and were detected in the act of plundering the people for whose interests the United States had gone to war with Spain. Short in Cash Accounts. Neely was accused of being in his cash account $119,278 short and in his general account $30,G00 short, while he was charged with selling $100,813 worth of surcharged Cuban stamps which be claimed to have destroyed. Rathbone was accused of converting to his own use money belonging tQ the revenues of the Cuban postal department. Reeves was also charged with sharing in the division of the spoils. E. G. Rathbone was made director general of Cuban posts on Dec. 28, 1898, at the beginning of American administration. He was Fourth Assistant Postmaster General at Washington before his appointment, and a capable man. The postal committee commended him for “trained judgment iu postal affairs, together with indefatigable energy.” Rathbone made a marked impression in Havana. His villa was magnificently furnished. His horses and carriages were marvels of elegance. His carriage alone cost SBSO, and the harness more than S3OO. He entertained lavishly, and made frequent voyages to New York and Washington. Neely was sent to Havana from Muncie, Ind., on the recommendation of Perry S. Heath. Rathbone at once placed Neely at the head of the postoffice finance bureau, which sold stamps to all island postmasters and received the money for them as well as for box rents.

Reeves came from the postoffice at Washington, recommended as a clerk who was capable of accounting. He was made chief of the postal accounts, and he was to countersign all warrants issued by the director general. Burning of the Stamps. From the evidence submitted at the trial it seems that the beginning of the fraud was in the destruction of the surcharged stamps. When the United States assumed control of the Cuban government there were no postage stamps. United States stamps, with the word “Cuba” printed across them, were hurried to Havana, and it was not until the fall of 1599 that Cuban stamps of special design were issued. Then Neely suggested to Rathbone that it would be-cheaper to burn the old stock of stamps on hand than to ship them to Washington. Rathbone consented, and Neely and Reeves, with much ostentation and at different times, burned packages containing more than half a million dollars’ worth of stamps. Neely was then credited on his books with the amount. Investigation later disclosed the fact that he had “held out” $100,813 worth of stamps, thus enabling himself to pocket that much from the Cuban revenues and still keep his books balanced. How Funds Were Juggled. Rathbone and Reeves shared in the division of the plunder. Other devices were worked, including duplicated salary warrants. Funds were juggled in transfer from one division to another. Rathbone's personal and household expenses were paid out of the Cuban revenues. He spent $3,582 on furniture for his “official residence” and $2,448 for plumbing and gas fixtures. He spent on his horses, carriages, coachmen and footmen $4,449. He drew $9,000 in double salary warrants.' The total amount suspended in his account reached $70,937. When the discovery of the frauds could no longer be concealed Neely came to the United States. His arrest followed at Rochester, N. Y., on May 8, 1900. Rathbone and Reeves were not arrested for some* months afterwards. During the trial it was brought out that a campaign was on foot for the appointment of Rathbone as civil governor of Cuba, while Neely was to be named as treasurer and Reeves auditor. Reeves turned State's evidence at the trial and It was largely by his testimony that all three were convicted.

GERONIMO, THE APACHE.

The Broken Old Warrior-May Be Given Citizenship. Geronimo, the Apache Indian chief and the man whom Gen. Miles has named “the human tiger," is to be released from captivity at last and may be given citizenship. Geronimo is the most terrible name In the history of 200 years of bloody Indian fighting. For the last fourteen years Geronimo has beeu a military prisoner at Fort Sill, O. T. Now, at the age of 80, he has signified his wish to became a docile subject of the great father at WasnIngton. "Geronimo is old and weak; great father is young and strong; his arm is like a withe and his teeth are long and sharp,” said the broken old warrior a few days ago, as he affixed his mark to the legal papers that go with his application for release. Gen. Frank Armstrong of the regular army has been looking into the question and has recommended that tleronimo bo paroled and made a citizen. Geronimo has been free, practically, for several years now, or ever since his removal from captivity in the Florida Everglades, to the barracks at Fort Sill. Although under constant surveillance, he has a small farm, and receives $35 a month as a “government acout." This sum is in the nature of a bonus, and Geronimo has been known to chuckle shrewdly at the queer tactics of a great father who hires ■couta to watch scouts.

ORDER THAT MAKES CUBA FREE.

Text of Communication front Secretary Root to Gen. Wood. Secretary Root, of the War Department, Tuesday afternoon made public the following order to General Wood directing him to turn over the control and government of Cuba to its people on May 20 next: Sir: You are authorized to provide for the Inauguration, <>u the 20tli of Muy next, of the government elected by the people of Cuba; and ttpou the establishment of snld government to leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled: “An Act making appropriation for the artny for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902.” approved March 2, 1001. Upon the transfer of government and control to the President and Congress so elected you will advise them that such transfer Is upon the express understanding und condition that the new government does thereupon and by the acceptance thereof, pursuant to the provisions of the appendix to the Constitution of Cuba, adopted by the constitutional convention ou the 12th of June, 1901, assume and undertake all and several the obligations assumed by the United States with respect to Culm by the treaty between the l ulled States of America and her Majesty, the Queen Regent of Spain, signed at Paris on the 10th day of December, IMW. It is the purpose of the United States Government, forthwith upon the hmug iratlon of the new government of Cuba, to terminate tbe occupancy of the Island by the United States nud to withdraw from that island the military forces now in occupancy thereof; but for the preservation and care of the coast defenses of the island, and to avoid leaving the island entirely defenceless against external attack, you may leave iu the coast fortifications such small number of artillerymen as may be necessary for such reasonable time as may be required to enable the new government to organize and substitute therefor an adequate military force of Its own; by whlchthrt" it is anticipated that the naval stations referred to in the statute and In the appendix to the “onstitutiou above cited, will have been agreed upon, and the said artillerymen may be transferred thereto. You will convene the Congress elected by the people of Cuba in joint session at such reasonable time before the 20th of May as shall lie necessary therefor for the purpose of performing the duties of counting and rectifying the electoral vote for President President under tbe fifty-eighth article of the Cuban Constitution. At the same time you will publish and certify to the people of Cuba the instrument adopted as the Constitution of Culm by the constitutional convention bn the “'jt day of February, 1901, together with the appendix added thereto and forming a part thereof, adopted by the said convention on the 12th day of June, 11MH. It Is the understanding of the Government of the United States tnat the Government of the Island will pass to the new President and Congress of Cuba ns a going concern; all the laws promulgated by the Government of occupation continuing In force and effect, and all the Judicial and subordinate executive and administrative officers continuing in the lawful discharge of their present functions until changed by the constitutional officers of the new Government. At the same time the responsibility of the United States for the collection and expenditure of revenues, and for the proper performance of duty by the officers and employes of the insular Government will end, and the responsibility of the new Government of Cuba therefor will commence. In order to avoid any embarrassment to the new President which might arise from bls assuming executive responsibility with subordinates whom he does not know, or in whom he has not confidence, and to avoid any occasion for sweeping changes in the civil service personnel immediately after the inauguration of the new Government, approval is given to the course which you have already proposed of consulting the President-elect and substituting before the 2Oth of May, wherever he shall so desire, for the persons now holding official positions such persons as he may designate. This method will make it necessary that the new President and yourself should appoint representatives to count und certify the cash and cash balances and the securities for deposits transferred to the new Government. The consent of the owner of the securities for deposits to the transfer thereof you will, of course, obtain. The vouchers and accounts in the office of the Auditor and elsewhere relating to the receipt and disbursement of moneys during the Government of occupation must necessarily remain within tbe control and available for the use of this department. Access to these papers will, however, undoubtedly be important to the officers of the new Government in the conduct of their business subsequent to the 20th of May. You will, accordingly, appoint an agent to take possession of tnese papers, and retain them at such place in the Island of Cuba as may be agreed upon with the new Government until they can he removed to the United States without detriment to the current business of the new Government. I desire that you communicate the contents of this letter to Mr. Palma, the Presi-dent-elect, and ascertain whether the course described accords with bls views and wishes. Very respectfully. EUHU ROOT, Secretary of War. Brigadier Geueral la>onard Wood, Military Governor of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

DILLON EPISODE IS UNIQUE.

Tilt with Chamberlain Unprecedented in Commons History. The scene iu the House of Commons which ended in the suspension of John Dillon was in one way quite unprece-

dented, says a London correspondent. The expression of feeling never has been more unrestrained and even on the historic occasion when Flintsoll shook his list at Disraeli parliamentary propriety was not so severely outraged. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain is a master of pol-

JOHN DILLON.

ished sarcasm and his remark that Mr. Dillon was "a good judge of traitors" referred to the fact that a few nights before at nu Irish meeting in Glasgow the Nationalist member called for cheora for Delarey. What makes the "liar" episode the more extraordinary is that usually John Dillon is one of the most mild-mannered men in the Irish Nationalist party. Even bis political enemies like him, and on several occasions have ty-en the first to welcome him back from jail, where he has been frequently imprisoned for his devotion to Ireland. Dillon is n university man and n physician, and is married to the daughter of an Irish judge. He has been a memlier of Parliament for twenty-five years. It was the bitter sting in Chamberlain's retort, “The honorable member is a good judge of a traitor.” that aroused his fury. This referred to Dillon’a congratulation of Delarey in n recent speech. Dillon Is known on both sides of the Irish channel by the sobriquet, “Honest John.”

News of Minor Note.

Edwin Douglass, in Jail at Boston, hanged himself. He was charged with assault. Engineer G. H. Vantassel of the Lake Shore Railroad fell dead in New York. Heart disease. Charles Royal, self-confessed wife murderer, Findlay, Ohio,-tried to hang himself in his cell. Burglars bound Edward Lowencelle, a watchman in the Platt mill, Waterbury, Conn., blew the safe and took $75. Escaped.

BOERS MAY SURRENDER.

Schalk-Burger Believed to Favor Com* plete Capitulation. The London Daily Chronicle asserts that an armistice has been arranged pending the duration of Schalk-Burger's mission to Gen. De Wet and that offensive operations against De Wet, Delarey and Botha will be suspended. The three generals have agreed to observe the armistice honorably until the return of the envoys to the Boer lines. It is believed, continues the Daily Chronicle, that the envoys after acquainting Botha with the result of their mission will again confer with Lord Kitchener, although no arrangement for the second conference lias actually been made. It is believed In Boer circles at Amsterdam that the move of Acting President Schalk-Burger is the result of a communication from the Boer representatives in Europe. Advices from Wolve Hoek, Orange River Colony, say that the impression there is that the Transmitters favor a general surrender of the Boer forces. Abraham Fischer, the Boer delegate, in an interview at Amsterdam, gives a variety of reasons why the Boers in the field should be in a mood to continue the war than accept terms less advantageous than those previously demanded. He says the Boer forces have plenty of everything except clothing. Sir George Goldie, vice-president of the Royal Geographical Society and founder of Nigeria, who has just returned to London from a thorough investigation of South Africa, where he conferred with Lord Milner, Lord Kitchener, Cecil Rhodes, Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, the governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and numbers of other influential men, brings home rather pessimistic ideas of the general situation from a British point of view. The conditions in Cape Colony he regards as especially dangerous and he considers that the most serious British difficulties will be encountered there in the future, as at present. In the course of an interview with a correspondent of the Associated Press, Sir George, while recognizing the possible importance of Acting President Schalk-Burger's step, said he was convinced that the question of peace or war rests iu the hands of President Steyn and that Mr. Kruger and the other Boers in Europe no longer represent Boer opinion. The real difficulty in the path of peace, he believes, is the question of granting amnesty to the Cape and Natal rebels and. Sir George says, the vague promises of the British government have not the slightest weight while the fighting burghers are in their present state of mind. He advocates granting amnesty to the rebels, but he insists that every one must be disfranchised for life. This, he declares, would go far toward allaying the bitterness of the loyalists. He deprecates any attempt to permit of a dual language. He says English alone must be the official language. Sir George failed to meet any Boers who yet recognized that they had been finally beaten, though some of them admitted that they had been temporarily overweighted by numbers.

REPUBLIC TO BE BORN.

On May 20 the United States Will Quit the Island of Cuba. May 20, 1902, is the new date fixed for turning over the island of Cuba to its people. The change of date was made with the full approval of President-elect Palma and his advisors, Senors Tamaya and Queseda, who were with him at the War Department in Washington. This date should be a memorable one in Cuban history, for it will not only mark the acquisition of full independence, but will be the Cuban inauguration day, it having been determined that President Palma shall be inaugurated on the same day that American control of the island ceases. All but the smallest details of the change in Cuba have been planned, and these remaining details were under adjustment at a meeting held at the War Department Tuesday. Besides Secretary Root, President-elect Palma and Senors Tamaya and Quesada, Gen. Wood attended. Besides the final selection of May 20 as Cuban independence day, two other important conclusions were reached. The first was that Gen. Wood should immediately upon his return to Cuba; issue a call convening the first Cuban congress in session on May 10, in order that the body might employ the ten days following that date in supplying any legislation necessary to the assumption of full powers in the island. The other conclusion was that there should be no half-way evacuation of the island. The present disposition is to move the entire United States contingent, civil and military, away from the island, not even leaving a corporal's guard of United States soldiers in any of the camps. If this program is not executed it will be for the sole reason that the Cubans themselves, through their authorized officials, request that the departure of the United States troops be delayed for a time.

LFE TURNER'S KENTUCKY RESORT.

The “Quarter House" near Middleboro, where several men recently met death in a battle between mountaineers and a sheriff’s posse. The reward for Turner has been increased to $750. Turner will not rebuild an the site-of his old saloon. Further back in the mountains Turner has gained possession of a piece of ground with splendid natural protection. Here he will erect a much larger and stronger fortress. Turned, besides losing his saloon, had S6OO in cash in h|s home, which was burned. He has $5,000 in cash with him. He says he will not return to Middlesboro, as his life would not be worth a moment’s purchase there. Turner also claims that the whole trouble grew out of political feuds connected with the tight over the governorship in Kentucky. Gas escaped from a broken pipe and nearly suffocated four women in ths boarding house, 243 Second avenue, New York. They were unconscioua when carried out.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. ■W Gold Nuggets Worth $50,000 Left with Stranger—Probable Murder inVat ant House —Coal Pool Formed—Boys Play Butcher with Horrible Result. Residents of Summitville have a $50.000 gold nugget mystery to discuss as the result of the disappearance of a strange visitor from the Klondike who stopped there for an hour several days ago. The man entered Henry Cory's store when he first arrived in ton’ll, bought a cigar, began talking to Cory and soon was on friendly terms with him. The stranger said he had just returned from the Klondike, where he had succeeded much better than the ordinary explorer in that region. Most of bis wealth was in the bank, but he had brought with him a fruit jar full of nuggets as a curiosity. The Klondiker showed the jar. but did not attempt to sell his gold. Instead he said he was going into the country for a few days and he asked Cory to keep the jar until he returned. The next day Cory carried the fruit jar to the Summitville bank, asking that it be placed in the vault for safe keeping, as he desired to escape the responsibility of guarding it. And there the nuggets, which look as though they might be worth $50,000, remain.

Mystery in Marion. Marion police are working on what is believed to be a deep murder mystery. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Weadock reported that they were awakened on a recent night by voices in an empty house adjoining their dwelling, and then heard a body fall to the floor. Footsteps were then heard leaving the house. Weadock noticed blood on the sidewalk in front <>f the unoccupied house the next morning and suspected that a murder had been committed. When the house was entered a large pool of blood was found in one room. The walls anil doors leading front the room were spattered with blood. A trail of blood led from tile house to the street and was followed for nearly 'two miles. It ended at the bank of the Mississlnewa river.

Indiana Coal Pool Is Formed. The bituminous coal operators of the field in Indiana north of the national road, and having an output of one-third the bituminous coal produced in the State, have perfected a pooling arrangement for the sale of the product, about 2,000,000 tons annually. It is believed this particular pool will be followed by others covering the southern field of the State. The selling agency is to be the Crescent Mining Company of Chicago, of which W. S. Bogle is the largest owner. Mr. Bogle has mining interests in the northern Indiana field and is understood to be acquiring interests in the southern field. Nearly Kills His Brother. Two brothers named Smith, living near Beatty’s Corners, played butcher. The older brother prevailed upon his younger brother to play the part of the victim. The younger boy was placed with his head resting against the boards on the side of a shed. The other youth then picked up an ax and dealt the board a terrific blow which rendered the younger boy unconscious. Complications have since developed and there is little hope for his recovery. The brother who essayed the role of butcher is nearly crazed with grief.

Etate New. ia Brief. Ci.rncgie offers Vincennes $20,000 for a library. Daniel Leininger's warehouse, Akron, burned. Loss $5,000. Monroe County farmers say wheat is iu an average condition. Abraham Gilleland. Versailles, was perhaps fatally kicked by a horse. Peter Rittcrskamp and wife, Vincennes, celebrated their golden wedding. G. F. Winslow, formerly of LaPorte, is fighting with the British in South Africa. Work has been resumed on C. F. Smith’s Plainfield and Indianapolis traction line. Engineer Wm. Chambers, formerly of Seymour, was killed in a wreck, Birmingham, Ala. B. W. Kelley of Richmond has accepted the principalship of Central Academy, Plainfield. Strike sympathizers wrecked an interurban car near Brazil. No one was injured. Fire at Logansport damaged Bayard Daily S6OO, J. W. Barnes $650 and James McGaughey SSOO. William Shaffer, Muncie, was seriously burned by a gas explosion that partly wrecked the Friar bakery. Henry Wilkins, Rushville, who shot Michael Foley, has surrendered to Cambridge City officers. It is said Foley will recover. In Shelbyville the First Baptist Church was discovered on tire. Within an hour there was nothing remaining but smoking walls. The loss is $25,000, which does not include a fine library left in the study -by Rev. L. A. Gould, a former pastor, and valued at SB,OOO. The insurance was $5,000.

O. 8. Burns, a wealthy retired farmer of Flora, had a miraculous escape from instant death. He wandered away from home and as be did not return searching parties were organized. Burns was found shortly before midnight in a dazed condition, crawling on his hands and knees on a high Vandalia railroad trestle four miles north of the city. The midnight through freight, which was about due, would have ground him to pieces but for the timely arrival of his rescuers. His mind is blank, from the time of leaving home until found. Officers elected by the Indiana photographers: President, W. L. Dalby, Richmond; vice-president, E. E. Shores, Vincennes; secretary, Benj. Larriiner, Marion. Atlanta citizens offer the American Tinplate Company $25,000 if the company will resume work at the Idle plant in that town and keep it running for five years. Burglars robbed six Marion homes in one night. Those visited were Maj. Hichert, Dr. A. R. Powell, Z. 11. Bandera, John Wilson, G. M. Young and Charles Coffin.