Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1902 — Page 7

Everybody roads The Democrat

5 PER CENT. MONEY. Money to burn. We know you hate to smell the smoke. Stock up your farms while there is money in live stock and save taxes on $700.00 every year. Takes 36 hours at the longest to make the most difficult loans. Don’t have to know the language of your great grandmother. Abstracts always on hand. Nx> red tape.

Chilcote & Parkison.

When you have a legal notice to be published, such as notice of appointment, notice of final settlement, notice of survey, notice of administrator’s or guardian’s sale, non-resident notice, or any other notice not controlled by county or township officers, bring it to The Democrat office. Our prices for this work are lower than others by reason of our setting them without any padding whatever, and we will appreciate the favor.

Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law. Abstracts, Real Estate, Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, IM, WOCIS, 1000 S Olffl ROOI RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stairs in Leopold block, first stairs west of Vanßensselaerstreet. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broke: Attorney For The L. N. A. AC.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, Loansand Real Estate Special attention giveu to collections of all Linds. Office over "Racket Store," Rensselakr, . . 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, - - '• Indian*. Law. Real Estate, Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. nu»« volts. o, s. eetTMis. Hsaav a. auaaia. Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ■ Law, Real Estate, Insurance A bar acts 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 in all of the courts. Office over J. Makee ver's Hank, on Washington street. RKNB9ELAKR, - - 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 lamped on time, Exchange Bought and Sold on principal cities. Notes Discounted at current rates, Farm Loans made at 5 per cent. We Solicit a Sham of Your Business. Drs. I. B.&I. M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. I. B. Washburn will give i pedal attention to Diseases of the Eye, Bar, Nose. Throat and Chronic Diseases. He also tests eyes for glasses. Ornes Tcli.hohi No. 4C. Rsoiosmos Rhomb No. *7. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over Imes' Millinery store. Rensoelatr. , Ornes Phoms, ITT. ReotMßNos Phoms, It*. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. . Office over Larsh’s drug store. \ I w,, *

LIVES LOST IN STORM.

DESTRUCTIVE WINDS PREVAIL IN MISSOURI VALLEY. Three Dead in Joplin, Mo.—One Killed at Omaha, and Several Near-By Town* Report’ Damage—The Crop* Are in Danger, f Loss of life and destruction of property are reported from many points in the Missouri valley as the result of severe windstorms. The most serious results were at Joplin, Mo., where at least three persons were killed and several were fatally injured. About fifty houses, most of them frame structures, and much valuable mining property were blown down, and the property loss probably will exceed-$300,-000. Sweeps Narrow Path. The worst havoc wrought by the storm was in a district about four blocks wide and a mile long en the western limits of the city. There is scarcely a building in the district that was not damaged. There were many remarkable escapes. A 2-year-old baby of Mrs. Nellie Sullivan was blown fifty yards from the house into a pond, and was there rescued from drowning through the heroism of a 7-year-old brother, who was also injured in the storm. One room of the residence of S. D. Brower, on Ivy street, was also blown away. One of his young sons was blown three blocks, but only slightly hurt. The little home of Bidwell Hunter on the Seventh street road was destroyed. The skulls of Hunter, his wife and his mother-in-law, Marian Hicks, were fractured, and there is no hope for any of them. Their 2-year-old child, Esther, was so badly injured that she died soon after the storm. Reports from Galena, Kan., and Webb City and Carterville, Mo., Indicate great damage. Dwellings were damaged and stores suffered heavy damage from broken plate glass and floods. At Sedalia many trees were blown down, as were the smokestacks of a brewery, an ice plant and the gas works. Small houses were shifted from their foundations and unroofed and much other damage was done. Fatality in Omaha. At Omaha the storm -was very severe. Robert Maxwell, a boy, was struck by a flying sidewalk on Military avenue and killed. Former Mayor George P. Bemis was struck by a flying sign at Eighteenth and Farnam streets and sustained a broken leg and was otherwise Injured. Lawrence Taggert was struck on the head by a broken billboard and seriously injured.>The storm was at its height as the stores were closing and a great many persons were on the streets. A dozen plate glass windows in downtown stores were blown in and a score of roofs were carried away. Small buildings in the outskirts of the city were destroyed and several barns were demolished. A straightaway wind, reaching at times a velocity of sixty miles an hour, prevailed at Lincoln throughout the afternoon and into the night. Only minor damage was done. Felt in lowa. A very heavy rain, which turned to snow, fell over lowa. Jefferson, Fonda, Storm Lake and other points report wind with a velocity of sixty-five miles an hour. A cloudburst occurred at Mingo, water running eighteen inches deep in the street. Telegraph wires were prostrated. A fierce north wind, carrying clouds of dust and low temperature blew in Kansas all afternoon. The wheat fields drifted badly. The effect on all growing crops was unfavorable, but as the wind was cool no particular damage was done. The wind blew a hurricane all day over eastern Oklahoma, and the thermometer dropped 20 degrees. A norther carrying clouds of dust drove a blinding storm that was the most destructive In years. Losse* in Illinois. At Bloomington, 111., the storm amounted almost to a tornado. Many buildings were damaged and wires torn down. Live electric wires killed a number of carriage horses. A heavy electrical shower followed the wind, aggregating two inches of water for the day. Reports from central Illinois show that the storm was widespread. The steadier Spread Eagle could not be managed in the high wind and, missing her landing at Alton, crashed into the gospel steamer Magiddo, which was lying at the levee, and precipitating a panic aboard the latter vessel. No great damage was done either boat.

RAILROADS

Section worker* on the Wabash system hare asked for an increase in pay. All switch yards along ths Alton road will soon be lighted by electricity. It is reported that the Wabash will build a line from Huntington to Indianapolis, Ind. One of the first booklets issued by the Rock Island advertising Its new Mexican line via Bl Paso is printed in Spanish. The committee on car service of the American Railway Association is to report at the May meeting a recommendation to substitute a per diem charge for the use by one road of the cars of another. The charge now is so much per mile covered by the car. The Santa Fe was selected as the official route for delegates to the Women's Club Federation meeting in San Francisco. Railroad people say the Lake Shore and the New York Central, with their lake lines, are seeking to establish themselves as a rapid transit freight route between Chicago and European ports. Recently 40,000 bushels of grain was transferred from a lake steamer in Buffalo to NewYork Central cars, taken to New .York and loaded on a steamer for Burope In forty-eight hours. Shippers consider this a record-breakins performance.

MOST TALKED-OF WOMAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Mrs. Andrew Simmonds is the most talked about* woman in South Carolina. Her shrewd little ruse by Which she met President Roosevelt early and wooed him away to lunch in her hospitable home, when all the members of the exclusive St. Cecelia set, which is supposed to set

MRS. ANDREW SIMMONDS.

the social pace of Charleston, were distanced in the race, has won the unbounded admiration of all outside that set and the undying hatred of those within it. As it is war to the knife between Mrs. Simmonds and the St. Cecelia* the banker's wife knows that she has won a great victory over those who sought to squelch her, and is happy.

BUTTER PRICES BOOSTED.

Oleo Bill S;a'd to Have Been the Cause of ftie Skyward Advance. While meat has been climbing up in price and the federal government preparing to investigate the cause, butter, too, has been busy. The antics of this staple have been acrobatic enough to puzzle everybody not engaged in the business. The oleomargarine interests declare the price has been boosted by the butter speculators in anticipation of the passage of the Grout bill by Congress. This is denied by the dairymen. The fact remains, however, that on April 17 butter sold for cents in Chicago, the highest price spring butter has brought in Chicago since 1893. The price of butter began to advance when. the Senate took up the bill to place a tax of 10 cents a pound on oleomargarine “colored in imitation of butter.” The price of the commodity declined to 29 cents April 12, rose to 31>£ cents April 17, and after a storm had been roused by the high prices of butter dropped to 27 cents April 19. This the opponents of the Grout bill assert was directly due to fears of the butter men that the bill would fail to pass if the high prices kept up. Here is a comparative table of butter prices from the Chicago Dairy Produce, the organ of the butter interests: Cents.! Cents. April IT, 1893. ...33 {April 11, 1898 20 April 16, 18M....23 I April W, ISOO 20 April I*. 1895 ...20 April 9, 1900 20% April 13. 1896....20 April 8, 1901 20% April 12, 1897....1T%|April 14. 1902 29% The price this year is higher than at any comparative period since 1893. The prices then were ascribed to droughts and high prices l*or grain an’d the butter men say these same causes have boosted the price again.

MILLIONS OF CHEAP ACRES,

Railroad Officials Promoting Colonization in the Southwest. Officials of the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific and the various other Harriman lines have been holding meetings in Chicago of late, with a view of perfecting the largest colonization plan ever attempted by western roads. It is the purpose of the men controlling these lings to provide occupants for millions of acres of fertile and unoccupied lands in southern California. Texas and western Louisiana. The general plan will be to lend into the Middle and Eastern States and possibly into some of the Northwest States ffllly 1,000 immigrant or colonization agents, whose duty it shall be to induce immigration to the territories mentioned. Many of these agents have already been employed, and the traffic and advertising departments of the various lines are busy getting out the necessary advertisements to lie used in connection with the work of the agents. “In the Southwest," said one of the men back of this enterprise, “we have over 3,000,000 acres of fertile land which would make good homes for industrious people. We believe that no section of the United States has a more brilliant future than Texas and western Louisiana, and we are convinced that all that is necessary is to let the public know what we have got. There is not another portion of the country where you can see the traffic sights you see every day iu Texas and the Southwest—l mean great train loads of any one and all of a dozen commodities, such as real, iron, cotton, precious metals and corn.’’ It is announced that within a short time every one of the 1,000 or more agents will be at work throughout ’he States east of the Mississippi river. From time to time homeseekers’ excursions will be run to the territories mentioned, and special inducements will lie offered to get the public to visit the Southwest and southern California.

THOUSANDS OF SHEEP PERISH.

Storm in Wyoming Cnueed Enormoue * Loaaea on the Range*. Reports from various sections of Wyoming indicate that the unexpected storm killed 12,000 or 13,000 sheep, the losses running from 2to 10 per cent. Tho heaviest loss occurred in Natrona County, where Shearing had commenced early. The loss there is estimated at 3,000 head. Reports from all parts of New Mexico say that sheep are dying Dy the hundreds. 'Fills Is lainbing season nnd the number of lambs that will be saved will be unusually rfniall. The range has poetically dried up on account of drought. While stealing a ride on top of a Big Four limited vestibule coach, Harry Egbert, a boy of Dayton, Ohio, was decapitated -by the iron stringer as the train paaaed under an overhead bridge. The train pulled into the station with the headless body of the still on the roof of the car.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

Comparatively few Senators have established homes of a permanent nature In Washington. Not of them maintain a housekeeping establishment. Of the eighty-eight Senators now holding seats in Congress thirty-three live in hotels and ten live in apartment houses. The popularity of hotels and apartment houses as abodes for Senators is enhanced for several reason? peculiar to the lives of public men. A house carries with it social responsibilities which are not always easy to avoid, however agreeable it might be for the Senator to rid himself of them. But a life in a hotel does not mean that the Senator Is taking but a small part in social affairs. Some of those whose entertainments are the most lavish patronize hotels, especially since during the last few years all the large houses have made extensive improvements, in which the idea of lavish entertainment on the part of guests has been a prominent factor. The Fostoffice Department has under consideration the question of placing on one of the postage stamps of the new

issue the head of some woman who is connected with the history of the country. No pari ticular person has ' been decided upon, altuuugh there is no doubt that Mart h a Washington will be the woman so honored. This will be the first recognition of worn-

KARTHA WASHINGTON

an upon any of the government securities issued by that department. Nothing more beautifully illustrates the small thrift of foreigners than'the mails. While we write for transmission abroad over 73,000,000 letters a year we receive only 59,000,000. While ?£ unpaid and short-paid letters we send 1,369,752, the foreigners afflict us with 2,165,552, on which we are obliged to pay postage. While we send abroad 49,157 postal cards with paid reply they send us only 27,713. We write more single cards than they do, beating them nearly three-quarters of a million in a total of 7,800,000. In short postage they impose on us annually to the sum of about $300,000. For sending and receiving this mail our government pays $2,250,000 a year. The postal receipts for March, as compared with March of last year, for the fifty largest postoffices in the country, show a net increase of 10 per cent. The total receipts of the fifty offices were $5,267,666. The largest increase was 37 per cent, at Denver, with Dayton, Ohio, second, with 30 per cent. Fire offices reported decreases in receipts, viz.: Indianapolis. 28 per cent; Ixmisville, 18; St. Joseph, Mo., 13; Albany, N. Y.. 10, and Lowell, Mass, 4. The figures for the two largest offices showed receipts of $1,103,216, an increase of 11 per cent for New York, and receipts of $8.89.750, an increase of 5 per eent for Chicago. The government blue book, just from the -press, gives the names of all employes, their place of nativity, from where appointed, place of employment, and rate of compensation. The book shows there are more than 2,700 Smiths on the payrolls of the government, not counting, perhaps, half as many more who are drawing pensions. Of these Smiths something over 400 go through life as plain John Smith. The Jones family is a close second, with 1,800. while Brown and Johnson are neck and neck for third place, not missing the 1.000 mark far. It is not generally known that the Agricultural Department has learned te forecast the plagues of forthcoming seasons. From certain signs discovered by its agents in Western States the chief entomologist has concluded that the coming summer will be marked by an unusual injury from grasshoppers. The department is thus enabled to warn the agriculturists in the infected region and prevent a large portion of the injury the insect* would otherwise cause. Senator Pettus solemnly arose the other day as if to address the Senate. His tall and venerable form towered above hu colleagues. The Senate became silent, waiting for the words of •wisdom which would fall from his lipa. With every eye upon him Mr. Pettus reached around into the tail pocket of his long frock coat and drew forth a plug of tobacco. Then he took a chew and sat down without saying a word, Everybody smiled. In accordance with an order issued by the War Department all the old gold lace epaulets, straps and trappings on hand at the various quartermasters’ depots throughout the country are to be sent to the Philadelphia mint, to have the gold and silver extracted. The government will be well repaid, as there is an enormous quantity on hand, and more money lies in the new course than selling to private parties, as formerly. Whitelaw Reid and the members of his special embassy to the coronation of King Edward VII. have decided to pay their expenses out of their own pockets. They have so informed the authorities here. It cost Mr. Reid $20,000 out of his private purse to keep up the dignity of an American representative at the Queen’s diamond jubilee and the forthcoming event will probably be fully as costly. Senator Hanna of Ohio is one of the most remarkable men in Congress. He is sometimes gruff in his manner and might easily give the impression that he is a hard man to enter into conversation with. While he Is one of the busiest men in the world, he always finds time to listen to persons who beg his ear. Senator Hnnna has one peculiarity that stands pre-eminent. He never eats alone. If he is not with some one he invariably enters into conversation with the waiter or some one nt another table. He is a lover of good things.

CONDITION OF CROPS.

THE GOVERNMENT WEATHER BUREAU’S WEEKLY REPORT. Rain Is Yet Badly Needed in Some Sections—Winter Wheat Shows Improvovfient in Illinois and MissouriSouthern Corn in Good Condition. The weekly crop report Issued by the weather bureau says much needed and abundant rain fell over ,a large part of the Missouri, upper Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys, but drought renditions have prevailed in the upper Ohio valley, middle Atlantic States and over the southeastern Rocky Mountain slope. Rain is now very generally needed over the greater part of the Southern States, more particularly in the eastern ami I western district, good showers having i fallen over a portion of the central gulf States. Considerable corn has been planted in Illinois, some in southern i parts of Ohio and lowa, and planting is ! well advanced in Missouri, Kansas. Ken- > tucky and Virginia. In the Southern States corn has made good growth and is In various stages of cultivation, some being ready to be laid by in Texas mid Louisiana. Winter wheat has improved in Illinois and portions of Missouri and is slightly ■ Improved in Ohio and the middle Allan- i tic States. The crop is reported to have 1 suffered no injury as a result of marked | temperature extremes in this and the pre- ' ceding week in Kansas and Nebraska, where some sections are in need of moisture. Winter wheat is also in need of rain in the central and upper Ohio valleys, no improvement being reported from Indiana, where a considerable acreage in the central part of the Skate.is being plowed up. On the Pacific coast winter wheat has made favorable progress, a i heavy crop being promised in California worth of Tehachapi. Over the southern portion of the spring i wheat region the seeding of spring wheat Is nearly completed and the early sown •a coming up, but is making slow growth. Oats have made favorable growth in the Southern States and are generally improved in Missouri and Illinois. Poor stands are reported from Nebraska and germination has been unsatisfactory in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Seeding continues in the northern section. The cotton States have experienced a very favorable week and cotton planting has made rapid progress in all sections, being practically finished in Texas. Much of the early planted throughout the cotton belt is up to good stands and cultivation is well advanced. Tobacco plants continue small, but are generally plentiful. except in Maryland. Transplanting is about half finished in South Carolina and is in progress in North Carolina. The frnit outlook continues promising, except for peaches in portions of the central valleys. Grass continues backward, but considerable Improvement is reported from portions at the central valleys. « Reports by States. Illinois -Weather changeable, with light frosts and high winds; dry early In week, hut good rains later; evop conditions improved; wbent and rye considerably Improved: oats unpromising In some localities, but generally improved; considerable corn planted: pastures and meadows poor in. some localities, but generally improved; gardens growing more rapidly and potatoes coming qp; fruit prospects good, except peaches. Indiana—Showers copious In.few extreme northern counties, hut very light and only slightly Itenetlcial elsewhere; high drying winds aggravating prevailing droughty conditions.'' no material improvement in wheat prospects; considerable acreage In central section being plowed up. Rye ami old meadows look well; young clover nearly all dead: oats coming up; gardens and pastures making slow growth; aprieot, apple, pear, cherry and plum trees blooming and promise Julr to good yields, Ohio—Sudden changes in temperature; heavy frost Lb nortn <h» 24th, no damage; light showers, but insufficient; wheat slightly improved. imt needs warm rains; oats about all sown and coming up well; potato planting and garden making progressing; some corn planted in south, fruit trees beginning to bloom, prospects fair, except for peaches; grass growing slowly. Michigan—General ruiu, very beneficial to wheat, rye, meadows nnd pastures, which are Improving and greening up nicely; oat pea and barley seeding well advanced, but gerniinatlng'alowly: soil l» tine condition for plowing; early potato planting liecondng general: sugar beet seeding Itegun. Wisconsin—Copious, well distributed rains last of week very beta-tlelal to growing crops, but too cold for vegetation to make rapid progress. High winds Tuesday caused considerable damage to fruit trees and buds; wheat and rye In good condition, but making slow progress: early sown grains germinating well; meadows and pastures starting slowly; cranberry marshes being drained; winter killing about us usual, bat more than Inst year. Minnesota—Heavy snow in central part of Red River Valley on 22d delayed work seriously. elsewhere all seeding finished, except for flax: abundant and very la-nefleial rains In previously dry portions on 25th; early seeded grains coming up slowly; warm weather needed; preparations being made for planting corn nnd potatoes; frosts on two mornings. low<i—Drought broken by copious showers: grain and grass showing marked improvement; potato planting in progress; large area ready for corn and planting begun Tn southern half of State; soil condition never better; fruit blossoms coming ns early as usual; some damage by high winds. North Dakota—Severe snowstorm Tuesday practically stopped wheat seeding In eastern portion, but It will la* generally resumed this week; cold, frosty nights have also retarded wheat seeding In northern portion; ground Is generally wet and cold. South Dakota—Snow and generous rains fore part of week Interrupted semilug, lint much Improved soil condition; spring wheat and oat sowing nearing completion; much early sown up and making fair growth; germination or later sown much Improved; no frost Injury; grass Improved and affords pasturage; tree buds opening. Nebraska—High winds and lack of rain very unfavorable for winter wheat In southern counties and crop has deteriorated; oats rather poor stand and have suffered considerably from high wind and slightly from frost: good rain on 23th In northern counties, very beneficial: winter wheat not damaged by temperature extremes, but by lack or moisture, and only In a few southern eonntlcs Is damage serious. Kansas—No damage from high temperatures of previous week; wheat doing well In eastern nnd southern counties, but damages by wind and drought in central and northern: corn planting continues, nearly finished In south, where cultivation Is In progress; oats, flux nnd alfalfa doing well; grass growing slightly: apples, cherries and plums blooming in north. Edward Hawley, aged about 41 years, was shot nnd instantly killed by his brother, James Hawley, who is aboilt 60 years of age, in their saloon nt Itiver and Nineteenth streets, Detroit, Mich. The murder was caused by an argument between the brothers in regard to the purchase of a boat. The Topeka City Council has authorized au offer of $550,000 for the water works there, now owned by a corporation. A sharp earthquake shock was felt in 8a u Francisco.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Thieves Betrayed by PhonographTwo Kentuckians Fight It Out at Whiteley Blinded by Explosion Gale Places Many Lives in Peril. A phonograph betrayed four youthful thieves to the Michigan City police. An officer, hearing the instrument in a house where he knew the family was not able to possess such a thing, made an investigation. which resulted in the arrest of Henry Bader, aged 16; Walter Thomas, aged 17; Frank Wright, aged 15, and Louis Wright, aged 17. They are charged with having robbed a large number of houses, stores, boats in port and railroad cars. Blunder that filled several wagons and included in its list hundreds of articles was found at Wright’s house. The arrests clear tip a number of recent mysterious robberies. Two of the lads have been in trouble before and one is now out on a suspended sentence. Confessions have been secured from two of the youthful thieves. Two Are Wounded in a Duel. J. L. Tartar was shot fatally and Harry Kern was wounded slightly in a pistol duel at Whiteley. The fight was the result of a quarrel which had been started previously in a gambling house. Tartar stepped in front of Kern, remarking: “I will stand no affront such as you gave me, as I am from Kentucky." Kern replied that he also was from Kentucky. Both drew revolvers, and a fusillade of shots at close range followed. Tartar shot three times and Kern fired five shots. Tartar sank to the ground and Kern walked away. Tartar was shot through the pit of the stomach, and cannot recover. Kern was arrested, and it was found he was slightly wounded in the side. Find Long-Lost Brother. James B. Guenther, formerly of La Porte, bu,t now a resident of Chicago, and his sister. Miss Guenther of Saginaw, Mich., have been reunited with a brother. George Guenther, who has been mourned as dead for thirty years. He has been found at Covina, Cal., where he has amassed a fortune. Hurt by Explosion. Charles Adolf of Jeffersonville lost the sight of both eyes and had his right arm burned to a crisp while making salve, which exploded. Lard and gunpowder were among the ingredients used. The lard boiled over on the stove and the gunpowder ignited, causing an explosion. Hundreds of Lives in Peril. A terrific, gale wrecked hundreds of oil derricks near Marion. While shooting a xvell near the city limits a wagon with 300 quarts of nitroglycerin came very near being struck by a falling derrick. Hundreds of people would have been killed if tlxe wagon had been struck. Boy Killed While Riding Wheel. Herman Sholtz, aged 12, was found lead with his skull fractured in the street at Clinton and his bicycle with its handle bars twisted was at his side. It is supposed he was run down by a horse and wagon, the driver of which had not stopped after the accident. Witixiu Our Border*. Falling slate killed. Robert Mercer, 45, Brazil. Train killed Antonio Ezuballio, a laborer, Richmond. Mrs. George Straight was killed by a train at Laurel. Helen Gould will give the Peru Y. M. C. A. a fine piano. Inghtning killed several sheep belonging to I. M. Silver, near Marlon. Business Men’s Association building at Evansville will be converted into a hoteL The Methodist Church and Red. Men’s Temple at Russiaville burned. I*oss $15,UOO, not insured. Lee Fowler, 21, Cloverdale, attempted suicide by shooting. ’Twas the result •f a Love affair. M iss Anna VoldertHir. a school teacher of Evansville, committed, suicide by taking carbolic acid. llo>M Manning, aged 18 years, of Anderson, was burned almost to a crisp while bn ruing rubbish. Ralph E. Bundy, Charlestown, was awarded first prize in the oratorical contest at Illinois University. John Gerhard, Greensburg, was badly injured by a railway crowbar tearing a piece out of his thigh. Charles I*. Cochrane, 45, Indianapolis carpenter, fell from the second story of the Purdue agricultural building and was seriously injured. Stacked lumber covering seven acres belonging to the Indiana Box Company, was destroyed by tire at Anderson, causing a loss of S4O.<XM). At Plymouth tire completely destroyed the Simons electric light plant and damaged several residences. A high wind carried the flames many blocks. The loss is over $30,000. A blaze which originated from a marsh fire at Wolfe lake destroyed twelve residences and the Methodist church. The loss is estimated at SOO,OOO. Wolfe Lake is without Are protection. The buildings and fence of the Converse fair grounds and the dwelling of Quill Dangerfield were destroyed by lire, caused by a spark from a Cincinnati and Muncie Railroad engine. Arthur Wheaton, a brother of Gen. Lloyd Wheatou, and trainmaster on the Lake Shore Railroad, announced in Elk- * hurt that he married Mrs. Margaret Snyder, his houseke<“per, recently in Keuo«ha. Wis. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton are astonished at the news. Miss Lydia G. Woods, 18, near Renslelaer, was accidentally killed while (hooting at birds with a rifle. She was u>ou to have been married to Elmer Johnson, who was with her when she was shot. As Mrs. Janies Baxter, wife of the proprietor of the Decker Hotel nt Brazil, itepped into a side street she was seized by three men and carried 200 yards to aa alley, where the men cut off her cloth>ix to secure a purse containing S4OO she kad concealed iu her skirt pocket. After lobbing her they gagged and released ter.