Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1902 — Page 7

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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, ids. Meis, loons 000 tool [sue. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stairs in Leopold block, first stairs west of Van Rensselaer street. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Brokei Attorney For The L. N. A. A C. Ry. and Rensselaer W. L. A P. Co. t&.Office over Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer. Indiana. U. M. Baughman. G. A. Williams. Baughman & Williams, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law. Notary work. Loans and Real Esta e Specia' attention givetr 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, - I ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Remington, ... Indian*. Law. Real Estate, Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block, MMI rOVrS. «. a. I"TU«. HASST ■. IVMIL 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 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 A Louisville Railway Co. Will practice in all of the courts. Office over J. Makeever’a Bank, on Washington street. RENSSELAER, - • INDIANA. H. O. Harris, E. T. Harris, C. Harris, President. Vice-Pres. Cashier. Rensselaer Bank. Depoeits received on call. Interest Bearing Certificate* of Deposit Issued on time. Exchange Bought and Sold on principal cities, Notes Discounted at current rates, Farm Loans made at 5 per cent. • Ws Solicit ■ Sharj of Your Busin***. Drs. I. B. & 1.11. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. I. B. Washburn will give ipecial attention to Discuses of the Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat and Chrouio Diseases. He also tests eye* for glasaes. Orr<o* Tslschoms No. **. Riii.ihoi Phohs No. 87. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over Imes' Millinery store. Ren**el*«r. Ofpiob Fnomi, 177. PmONBi 11*. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. Office over Larsh'a drug store.

OUR FRIEND IN NEED.

ROCHAMBEAU, GALLANT FRENCH SOLDIER AND PATRIOT. He Waa the Salvation of Thia Country in the Revolntionary War—A Splendid Statue Unveiled to Hi* Memory in the City of Washington. The unveiling of the Rochambeau monument, in honor of the distinguished French soldier who commanded the French forces in this country during our Revolutionary struggle, was carried out in Washington Saturday with imposing official and military display. It was the occasion of a remarkable gathering of Americans and Frenchmen, in which the civil government and representatives of the army and navy of both nations united to do homage to the memory of a great soldier and patriot. The statue stands in the southwest cor Der of Lafayette square, near the State, War and Navy Departments, and is a companion piece to the Lafayette memorial, erected in the southeast corner of the same public park. The statue, which is of bronze, is a replica of the memorial which was unveiled * couple of years ago to Rochambeau at Vendome, France. Soon after the ceremonies at Vendome Gen. Horace Porter, our ambassador, wrote to Congress suggesting that a

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iuplicate of the statue be erected in the United States. The suggestion was acted upon. Congress appropriated the necessary funds for a duplication of the memo rial and made a further appropriation of $20,000 for the suitable entertaining of the representatives of the French government and of the invited guests on thr occasion of the unveiling. The matter created a good deal of exthusiasm in France and as soon as the date for the unveiling was determined ou President Loiibet appointed a mission to represent the French people and designated the Gaulois, oue of the most formidable battleships in the French navy, to convey the government's representatives to this country. These representatives numbered eleven, of whom Gen. Brugere, commander-in-chief of the French army, and Vice Admiral Fournier were the highest in official rank. Among our invited guests were Count Sahune de Lnfayette, a descendant of Gen. Lafayette, the impulsive and liber-ty-loving Frenchman, who fought with Washington, and the Count and Countess de Rochambeau, the former a descendant of the hero of Yorktown. What We Owe to France. The part which Rochambeau took in the Revolutionary war was an important one and it can, perhaps, with justice be said that were it not for the French aid which he brought us the cause of the colonists would have been lost. Rochambeau was the direct representative of King Louis XVI. and he came here with 8,000 soldiers and a fleet. He was then a veteran soldier and one of the great military captains of his age. When he landed here the time was one of great discouragement for Washington and the colonial forces. The army had been fighting doggedly and with indifferent success. It had been through the terrible winter at Valley Forge, the soldiers were poorly clothed and were behind fully nine months in their pay. Rochambeau landed at Newport July 12,1780, and promptly entrenched his army. He realized at once the critical condition of the American struggle and immediately dispatched his son, Col. Rochambeau, to France, to urge upon the King the necessity of money and more soldiers. Col. Rochambeau succeeded in breaking the British blockade, which was maintained at all the Atlantic const ports, and reached France safely. Early in 1781 he returned, bringing with him 0,000,000 francs in treasure, a sum equivalent to $1,200,001). The need of funds at this period was acute. The soldiers were actually on the verge of mutiny, so much so that before young Rochambeau's return Washington had found it necessary to solicit a loan from Gen. Rochambeau. June 18. 1781, the French army marched but of Newport in accordance with a plan of campaign drawn up between Washington and the French genera). Clinton, who was holding New York and New Jersey, was outwitted and while he clung to his position in the cast Washington and Rochambeau led their fortes to attack Cornwallis. At the same time a French fleet under De Grasse entered Chesapeake Bay, thus cutting off Cornwallis' chance for escape by water. Cornwallis was forced to surrender. This blow destroyed British prestige and power in America and put heart into the colonists. While the w»r went on feebly on the British side some time longer Yorktown marked the practical end of the struggle and American independence followed. Rochambeau was honored by Congress and on his return to France I-ouls XVI. handsomely rewarded him. During the reign of terror in Paris, in 1703, the grizzled veteran was imprisoned by the blood-mnd leaders nnd probably escaped the guillotine only through the downfall nnd death of Robespierre. When Napoleon rose to the head of affair* old soldiers like Rochambeau were safe. He was made a grand officer of the I-egion of Honor by Bonaparte, and granted the pension of a former marshal. He wrote bi* memoirs nnd died serenely at bi* chateau in 1807, at the age of 82.

HOAR ON THE PHILIPPINES.

Senator Makes Bitter Attack on Ad- - ministration's Policy In Islands. “You have wasted six hundred millions of treasure. You have sacrificed nearly 10,000 American lives—the flower of our

youth. You have ■ lain uncounted thousands of the people you desire to benefit. “Your generals are coming home from their harvest bringing their sheaves with them in the shape of other thousands of sick aud wounded and insane, to drag out miserable lives,

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wrecked in body and mind. “You make the American flag in the eyes of a numerous people the emblem of sacrilege churches and of the burning of human dwellings and the horror of the water tortures. “I believe—nay, I know —that in general our officers are humane. But in ■ome cases they have carried -on your warfare with a mixture of American ingenuity arid Castilian cruelty." With these words, conveying only a suggestion of the speaker’s forcefulness, Senator George F. Hoar of Massachusetts Thursday afternoon, In what will doubtless be considered the greatest forensic speech of his life, denounced the Philippine war. For week* past the venerable Republican, who is in harmony with his party colleagues upon all important matters except the Philippine question, had been gathering material for this speech. “Your practical statesmanship,” he continued, “has succeeded in converting a -people who three years ago were ready to kiss the hem of the garment of the | American and to welcome him as a liberator, who thronged after your men when they landed on those islands with benediction and gratitude, into sullen enemies, possessed of a hatred which centuries cannot eradicate. The practical statesmanship of the Declaration of Independence and the golden rule would have cost nothing but a few kind words. They would have bought for you the undying gratitude of a great and free people* and the undying glory which belongs to the name of liberator.”

ADOPTS CREED CHANGE.

Presbyterian Genera! Assembly Takes Quick Action. The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in session at New York, adopted the report of the committee on creed revision, making changes in the confession of faith. This action, which was virtually unanimous, was taken with little or no debate. The changes proposed will go to the presbyteries for ratification. There were only two dissenting votes. The present confession of faith has been an institution since the church was first established, aud over it there has been argument and dispute for more than a century. The most significant changes as tending to show the increased liberality of rhe church are those relating to infant damnation and the Pope. In the revised creed the old text ha* been changed to read: "We believe all dying in infancy are included in the election of grace and are regenerated and saved by Christ through the spirit who works when and how He pleases.” The Pope of Rome is no longer referred to in the confession of faith as anti-Christ, which was the term formerly used. A new chapter was added to the confession of faith concerning the love of God for all men, missions and the Holy Spirit. Several chapters of the confession which were not in that form are made declaratory.

SWINDLING FARMERS.

Sharper* Follow Up Announcements Made by the Government. While agricultural department* of the national government and the various States are doing good work, and their investigations and experiments have been of great value to farmers, gardener* and stock raisers, said a retired farmer the other day, bands of sharpers take advantage of every official announcement mad* by the authorities. For instance, a department announces the discovery of an insect that destroys the cabbage. Within twenty-four hours the sharpers are advertising * powder that will destroy these insects. A department announces the appearance of the elm pest.. In every locality in the country appear smooth-talking gentlemen who claim to be able to prevent damage to the trees by this insect. People believe them and pay them money, only to have their trees killed by the very methods which the sharpers claim will save them from destruction by the pests. The National Agricultural Department at Washington has announced recently that the 17-year locusts will appear this year, and following thi* there have suddenly sprung into existence several unique methods of destroying these infects or of preventing their ravage*.

BURNED AT THE STAKE.

Negro Tortured to Death by a Mob at Lansing, Texas. Dudley Morgan, a negro, wa* burned to death at Lansing, Texaa. A crowd of 4,000 men, most of whom were armed, took him from the officers on the arrival of the train. Morgan was taken to the home of hl* victim, Mr*. McKay, wife of Section Foreman M cKay, who identified him a* her assailant. A specie* of trial was arranged by the leaders of the mob. Morgan confessed his crime and implicated another negro. A large field was selected for tbe cremation. A stake was driven into the ground, and to this the cowering black was bound until he could only move hi* head. Heaps of inflammable material were then piled about him. The husband of the abused woman applied the match and the pyre was soon ablaze. The negro wa* tortured in a horrible manner. The crowd clamored continuously for * slow death. The negro, writhing and groaning at the stake, begged piteously to be shot Henry E. Harris, aged 85, aothor of “The King of Andora,” died In Duluth, Minn., of ptomaine poisoning. He wa* a son of the late A. A. Harris, a distinguished Virginia Confederate officer aud for a long tkpe a resident of Fort Hcott, Kan., and prominent ia Kan*** politic*.

IN VOLCANOES’ WAKE.

AWFUL CONDITIONS ON MARTINIQUE AND ST. VINCENT. Devastated Island* Where Death la Regnant and Pestilence Threatens— Air Polluted by Unburied DeadMount Pelee Still Menace*. Like fitful monsters the volcanic mountains of Mount Pelee and La Soufriere still threaten the islands of Martinique and St. Vincent and the surrounding seas. The terrific energy exerted the week before last, when St. Pierre was wiped out of existence and the northern half of the island of St. Vincent was turned into a calcined ruin, has ceased; but the volcanoes still are active intermittently, now belching forth torrents of. ashes, now sending only clouds of smoke and vapor into the air, but at all times dreadful, black, ugly and menacing. St. Pierre at times rests beneath a pall of smoke and sulphurous, impalpable ashes. The air is hot and stifling and the workers amid the ruins of palaces and huts look toward the volcano nervously, fearing each moment that another cyclone of fire may shoot from the mouth of the crater, to blast, incinerate and destroy. Several times the searchers have been driven from the ruins by sudden and heavy eruptions, which were powerful enough to rain down ashes in the streets of Fort de France, ten miles distant. Some of these eruptions were accompanied by thunder, which shook the island, and by blinding flashes of lightning. Some of the people around St. Pierre, who had returned to their homes, were driven forth again by these displays and made their way to Fort de France. They report that new volcanoes have been formed in the neighborhood of Mount Pelee and the belief is now wellnigh general that other eruptions, perhaps as dreadful as those of May 8, when St. Pierre was destroyed, will occur. Amid the Ruin*. Meantime the work of,, searching the ruins of the city is being slowly prosecuted. The stench from putrefying bodies and the stifling odor from volcanic matter render tbe work painful and dangerous. Few of the bodies are identifiable. Most of them are covered by volcanic deposits and much time will be required to exhume them. Bodies are being found in all kinds of conditions. Some are calcined; others are free from burns. The whole scene is one of heartrending horror and pity. And yet in spite of the supreme tragedy; in spite of Death’s presence at every turn; in spite of the menacing danger that sits enthroned, like a malignant spirit, upon Mount Pelee, human ghouls are busy plundering the dead. Some have been shot down in their tracks by the French guards; some have been arrested and sentenced to various periods of imprisonment, but neither death nor deprivation of liberty is sufficient to deter the human hyenas and in the outlying districts looting still goes on. An official estimate of those who were buried in the ruins of St. Pierre gives the number at 28.000. In addition 3,000 persons were drowned and became the prey of sharks. A, fifth of the surface of the island was burned and the other fonr-fifttas are covered with ashes. At Riviere Blanche, a suburban town of St. Pierre, the deposit of mud is twenty feet deep. Here it was that the first great eruption of the volcano on May 5 manifested itself, burying the Guerin sugar mill and killing twenty-three persons. Horrible Condition* on Ft. Vincent. On the Island of St. Vincent conditions are horrible. The whole northern part of the island is a ruin. Just now La Soufriere is reduced to passivity, but no one can tell when the volcano may become active again and belch forth death and destruction. All the earlier estimates of the dead were too low. At first it was thounght that oply 500 persons perished, but daily since the horror has grown. Up tn the present 1,800 dead bodies have been found *nd buried or burned. Four hundred more victims are scattered over the northern part of the island, some exposed and rotting under the tropical sun, some buried beneath deposits of ashes and lava. The carcasses of thousands of domestic animals are scattered over the scene of desolation, poisoning the atmosphere nnd creating pestilence. Frightful odors permeate the island and pestilence has already made its appearance. Immense fire* are now blazing in the region devastated and in them the carcasses of animals are being cremated. Fortunately the wants of the people both in Martinique and St. Vincent are now relieved owing to the generous charity of the United States and to the private aid that flowed in from a multiplicity of sources. Never before in the world’s history has assistance so spontaneously and so copiously been bestowed.

LIKE TO MOVE.

American* Are the Greatest Nation of Rolling-Stone* on Earth. Study of the recent United States census show* some remarkably interesting facts, and among them the one that we are the greatest nation of rolling stones on the earth; but, notwithstanding that fact, we succeed in gatberiug the moss of material prosperity. The official figure* show that out of a native-born population of 65,843,302. there are 13,863,651 living in States different from those in which they were born. That is, more than one person out of five ha* left the State of hi* birth to seek his fortune elsewhere. If we count th* 10,469,736 foreignborn residents, we find that about onethird of the population ba* moved from the State or country of birth. These figure* show our mobility to be In the ratio of 10 to 1, a* compared with tbnt of Europe. The State of New York has sent out 1,300,000 of her children, who are now residing in other States, nnd ha* received from other State* in their *tead 534,000 residents. Vermont ha* a most remarkable record,'which shows that she has children living in other States equal In number to one-half of her present population. The Chinese government announcet that the rebel* in the southern part of the province of Chi-Id have been completely defeated and their leaders captured.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

Very few realize the importance of the congressional reporters’ duties. The visitor in the gallery hears the brilliant speeches of the country's great men, “enjoys” the ensuing debates—which he does not understand—and never gives a thought to the men whose quick ears and swift hands must catch and write every word. The telegraphers are always in evidence, but where are these reporters'? Very often there is not a man to be seen at their table. But if one is at all observing, he will quickly find these “artists.” There at the side of a Congressman who has just begun to speak stands a man busily writing, and in a distant corner where a member has been recognized by the chair another stenographer will quickly find an empty seat. The House has eight, the Senate five expert stenographers. Two uaust always be present. After the first has written about 1,000 words the second will relieve him, to be followed by the third. In the basement the reporter dictates his notes to a graphophone, from which they are taken on a typewriter by an assistant. During calm debates the reporters are often found seated at their table near the Speaker's desk. One of the stenographers in the House has been on duty for thirty years and another has “caught words” for twenty-five years. It is trying and exacting work these men have to perform for $5,000 a year. During the great tariff debate uo less than three lost their lives owing to the constant strain. The appropriations to be made by Congress at the present session do not threaten to exceed the appropriations of the last session, but, on the contrary, probably will fail a few millions short. The appropriations made at the last session of Congress amounted to $730,009,01 X>, and did not include tbe river and harbor bill. A river and harbor bill carrying direct, appropriation of $29,000,000 will be passed this session. The total appropriations of this session, including that bill, .will probably be $750,000,000. Thus if tbe river and harbor bill had been passed at the last session the total would have been $759,000,000, preventing therefore the contrast with the probable appropriations of this session favorable to the present Congress. The appropriations for 1898 made at last session of the Fiftyfourth Congress amounted to $485.01X1,(XX), that being the last fiscal year before the beginning of the Spanish-Ameri-can war. The following year, which covered the substantial expenses for prosecuting that war, the appropriations amounted to $893,000,000. In 1898, the army bill carried nearly $23,000,900, xyhile for the coming fiscal year the bill will probably carry $92,000,000. The naval bill for the year 1898 appropriated $33,000,000, and the naval bill of this season will carry probably $78,000,000. The United States Senate represents in its membership almost every phase of professional and industrial activity. Of the 88 Senators, 26 served, in the House of Representatives. Fifteen Senators have served a* Governors of States. Senator Warren served during two terms as Governor of the Territory of Wyoming, and his second term ended with the admission of the territory as a State. He was then elected first Governor of the State. Fifteen senators have a record of service in the Confederate army and one was in the Confederate navy. Nine Senators were in the Union Army. Senator Pettus, of Alabama, and Bate, of Tennessee, were in the .Mexican war. An interesting event in Washington society will take place when Miss Ethel Sigsbee, daughter of Captain Dwight Sigsbee, will wed Robert Small, son of Rev. Samuel Small, the well-known evangelist. Miss Sigsbee is one of the belles of the national capital and has been quite popular and prominent in society since her debut a few years ago. Captaiii and Mrs. Sigsbse keep a very hospitable house in Washington, the daughter sharing in the social duties of the mother. Captain Sigsbee will ever be remembered as the commander of the ill-fated Maine, the blowing up of which iu Havana harbor lent a powerful impetus to the war with Spain. In Washington they are telling of one Congressman who, until his arrival in the national capital, had never stopped at a big hotel. The other evening, just before retiring, he wanted a drink of water, but found that there was none in his room. Under one of two small buttons in the wall he saw tbe words: “Push twice for water." He pushed twice ns directed, and when the bellboy arrived with the water he found the bucolic statesman holding an empty glass under the button. Gov. Odell o f New York has recently declined an offer made to him by capitalists to manage their affair*. He is not the only statesman whose services nre in demand. Only the other day Senator Hanna, according to report, refused an offer of SIOO,OOO a year to become president of a business concern, and Secretary Cortelyou has repeatedly declined flattering offers. The Fifty-seventh Congress ha* dona a vast amount of talking, and it* member* evidently are proud of what they said. The puldic printing office ha* received orders for 300,000,000 copies of speeches. This is to be inflicted on the American rending public at public expense. The Congressmen are still talking, nnd the printing office Is running night nnd day. One of the most noticeable developments in the Postoffice Department is the increasing use of postal cards. Th* number circulated through the mail* la increasing every month and to supply th* demand the United States postal printing office up in Rumford Falla, Me., is l>e ! .ng run night and dny. It Is now turning out 3,000,(XX) postal cards daily and still the demand increase*. New York, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburg, Detroit, Cincinnati, Baltimore and Troy use more postal card* than other cities.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Wealthy Bridegroom Goes Crazy After Wedding South Bend Man Kills Sweetheart and Self—Six Men Held on Charge of Robbing Railroad. Four officers and a physician were summoned to care for George W. Hattie, who was roaming the streets of Goshen, a raving maniac and threatening to end his life on being accused by his bride of a day, Dr. Anna G. Kauffman, of having deceived her by saying he had not made a transfer of his property. It was found that a deed was just placed on record which had been executed April 10, conveying his hotel building, business block and two houses valued at more than $36,000 to his three children, Mrs. W. W. Poyser, Mrs. Otis T. Fuller and John E. Hattie, formerly of Chicago, the landlord of the Hotel Hattie. The son placed the deed on record, after learning of his father’s secret wedding. The real purpose of such duplicity on the part of the groom is not yet clear. He is now under care of physicians and is guarded to prevent his carrying out the threat to kill himself. Couple Die Together. John W. ('hurry. 31 years old. a carpenter, shot nnd killed his sweetheart, Susanne Kecskemet!. aged Hi, in South Bend, and then killed himself with the same revolver. Churry and the girl, with her parents, all apparently in good humor, sat—on the porch until midnight. Then the parents retired. About fifteen minutes later the mother heard three shots. She gave the • matter little thought, and went to sleep. At 2 o'clock she awoke, and looking out saw the bodies of her daughter and Churry lying on the ground. The couple had evidently planned to die together. The girl had laid her best dress and underclothing on a chair in the parlor, arid the man Was attired in his best clothes. No motive for the crime is known. Accused of Looting Cars. Chief Detective Rank of the Lake Shore road has arrested six employes of the company at La Porte-on a charge of robbing Lake Shore freight cars. The six -men are believed to be members of a gang which has been plundering ears between Chicago and Cleveland for years. The company lias lost thousands of dollars within that period. Four of the six men were employed as freight handler* on the road. The plunder was disposed of in Chicago and Cleveland. Killed in Queer Accilent. Levi Sherwood, a Metamora farmer, is dead and his son, Charles, aged 12, probably fatally wounded as the result of a peculiar accident. Hawks had been killing Sherwood’s chickens and while plowing he carried a gun. The boy walked behind. The plow struck a root and the gun was discharged. Sherwood's arm was lacerated and he bled to death. The boy was severely wounded in the abdomen. Train Kills Aged Couple, Adam Shaffer and his wife, Imtli octogenarians, who resided a few miles north of Dublin, were killed by a Panhandle accommodation train on crossing at New, Castle. They raced with the train to make the crossing first, but with a speed of fifty miles an hour the train outdistanced them and they were ground beneath the wheels of the engine. Within Our Borders. New Albany chickens are getting fat on 17-year locusts. I»uis Lapsey was killed by a J., M. & I. train at Seymour. The Anderson tinplate mill will not shut down this summer. Ix>uis Sinead, a young farmer, Washington, was killed by a falling tree. Huntington decided to vote $112,000 subsidy to the D., U. & 11. Railroad. At Evansville Fred Bloomer was fined SSO for capturing and caging two redbirds. Miss Alice Lyle has been elected queeu of the coming Elks' carnival at Columbus. Robbers took S2OO worth of goods from <’. H. Thompson’s jewelry store, Greensburg. Marvin Hart, aged 40, and his son, aged 17, were killed by lightning near Boonville. Ira Griffith, superintendent of the Briar Hill mine, was struck by lightning and killed at Brazil. Wilbur Jones was nearly drowned while rescuing Miss Tina Weber at Muncie. Friends pulled tbe couple out. David Salmon of Shoals killed his wife, from whom he had separated, and then shot himself through the heart, dying instantly. Henry Smith pleaded guilty to th* charge of stealing a span of mules from Renry Ratts of Ashland township and was given an indeterminate sentence in the Jeffersonville reformatory . A love affair begun nearly sixty years ago culminated in Lebanon in the elopement aud marriage of Rev. Abraham C. Abbett of Chicago, aged 77, and Mrs. Eliza J. Mitchell of Amity, aged 75. The sentence of Isaac Sloan, sent to prison at Michigan City for life in 1895 from Kentucky for killing a secret service agent, was commuted to ten years by President Roosevelt. Allowing for good time, Sloan will be released July 29. He is the last federal convict save one in the Indiana State prison. John W. Odka and Frank Bartz of of Michigan City became involved in an affray. Odka stabbed Bartz in the head and then jumped on him with his feet and kicked him until he thought the life of his victim was extinct. He held men who sought to Interfere at bay with a revolver and made his escape. Pierce Carr, 17, accidentally shot and killed his companion, Oscar Myrick, Northfield. Marion Wright and her son, aged 17, living near Folsomvillc, were killed by lightning. They were in a wagon returning from the field. , The police of Indiana cities nnd towns have been asked to look for Fred Warner, an unibrelln peddler, whose home Is in Elkhart. Warner's friends arc seeking him in nn effort to put him in possession of a fortune estimated at $75,000 which has been left him by relative* at Greenville, Mich.