Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1903 — Page 7

HORSE BILLS. - The Democrat would remind the owners of stable horses that it is * fully prepared to turn out folders, cards or large horse bills on short notice and at very reasonable prices. The best selection of horse cuts in the county. Give us a call if wanting anything in this line. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. Office over Larsh’s drug store, iim Crown, Bar and Bridge 3 Work. Teeth Without ® Plates, Without Pain. RV-C .. J.W. HORTON .. t* YEARS IN RENSSELAER. Teeth carefully stopped with gold and other fillings. Consultation free. Nitrous Oxide Gas administered daily. Charges within the reach of all. tries orrosirs count houss. Where to Locate? WHY IN THE TERRITORY TRAVERSED BY THE . . LOUISVILLE and NASHVILLE RAILROAD —THE— Great Central Southern Trunk Line, IN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, -—WHERE Farmers, Fruit Growers, Stock Raisers, Manufacturers, Investors, Speculators, and Money Lenders will find the greatest chances in the United Sta'es to make "big money" by reason of the abundance and cheapness of Land and Farms. A Timber and Stone, Iron and Coal, Labor—Everything! Free sites, financial assistance, and freedom trom taxation for the manufacturer. Land and farms at SI,OO per acre and upwards. and 500.000 acres in West Florida that can be taken gratis under the U. S. Homestead laws. Stock raising in the Gulf Coast District will make enormous profits. Half fare excursions the first and third Tuesdays ot each month. Let us know what you want and we will tell you where and how to get it—but don't delay, as the country is filling up rapidly. Printed matter, maps and all infotmation free. Address, R. J. WEMYSS General Immigration and Industrial Agent, LOUISVILLE, KY. CITY, TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY CITY OFFICERS. MayorJ. H.S. Ellis Marshal Mel Abbott Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Geo. A. Williams Civil EngineerJ. C. Thraw ls Fire ChiefC. B. Steward COVNCILMXN. Ist ward Henry Wood. Fred Phillips kd wardW. S. Parks, B. F. Ferguson 8d wardJ.C. McColly, Peter Wasson COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk John F. Major Sheriff Abram G. Hardy AuditorW. C. Babcock Treasurerß. A. Parkison. Recorderßobert B. Porter SurveyorMvrt B. Price Coroner Jenni ngs W right Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton AssessorJohu R. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2nd District Frederick Waymire 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioners' court—First Monday of each mouth. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TKISTEKB. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grove John RyanGillam Lewis ShrierWalker Elias Arnoldßarkley Charles M. Blue Marion John Bill Jordan Geo. M. WiicoxNewton 8. L. Luce Keener Thomas F. MaloneyKankakee Stephen D. ClarkWheatfield Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William T. Smith ~ .... .Milroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Suptßensseleer G. K. Hollingsworthßensselaer George Hesse Remington Geo. O. StembelWheatfield JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February, April, September mid November. REVIVO RESTORES VITALITY /f f♦ w Made a WE of Me. CMEVELAJF - 3B*3EUEDS9*OXE H '■HMIJUJU y produce* the above results in 30 day*. It act* powerfully and Quickly. Cures when all othsrs talL Young men will regain their lost manhood, and old ■men will recover thoir youthful vigor by using REVIVO. It quickly and surely reatores Nsivouacsss. Lost Vitality, Impotency, Nightly Emissions, Lost Power, Failing Memory. Wasting Diseases, and OU affects ot sslfsbuso or excess and indiscretion, which unfits one for study, business or marriage. It not only cures by starting at tho seat of disease, but la a great nerve tonlo and blood builder, bringing back the pink glow to pale cheeks and restoring lbs flro of youth, ft wards off Insanity and Consumption. Insist on having REVIVO.no o«hor. It can bo carried in vest pocket. By mall. SI JM> par package, or Six tor 53.00, with a pool Mve written guarantee to cure or refund the money. Advice and circular free. Address ROYAL MEDICINE For sale in Rensselaer by J, A. Larsh druggist. PLENTY OF EGGS And no sick cblcksns where Wells’ Hooslsr Foultry Powd.r is used. Cures Cholera, Gases and •eup. Kseys poultry healthy. Frier, MeessSe . Sold by A. F. Long.

CANAL PACT SIGNED.

UNITED STATES GETS PANAMA WAY BY TREATY. Lease in Perpetuity on Route and Power to Police It Granted by Colombia— Bignatures Are Affixed at Home of Secretary of State Hay. The treaty between the United States and Colombia for the construction of the Panama canal by the United States was signed Thursday afternoon at the home of Secretary Hay in Washington. No details of the signature of the treaty were obtainable, but at the presidential reception at the White House in the evening the news that the treaty at last was an accomplished fact was told and later was confirmed authoritatively on inquiry in official quarters. Fears had been entertained that Colombia w<euld not be willing to accede to the wishes of the United States in the canal matter and that recourse to the Nicaraguan canal project might be forced on the government of the United States. But events have taken a more favorable turn and Colombia transmitted Instructions and authority, to Dr. Herran, Its representative in the United Stales, that made possible a conclusion of the long negotiations. 1 he principal obstacles for some time to the conclusion of the treaty, it is un- ■ derstood, was the price that the United States was to pay in the way of annual < rental for the strip of territory along' each side of tire canal right of way. Some time age there was a hitch over the question of the extent to which control by the U fitted States over this strip of land should go, Colombia objecting on the ground that the provisions requested in the treaty by the United States* l would mean n relinquishment of sovereignty by Colombia over part of her territory. This matter, however, was amicably I adjusted, as was a difference as to the ! length of the lease of the strip of land in question, the final result being a prac-1

SNAPSHOT OF WRECKED EXPRESS NEAR ST. CHARLES.

tlcal cession in perpetuity of the strip to the United States for canal purposes and Incidental police control and protection of the canal right of w«y. The treaty goes to the Senate for ratification. The estimated cost of completing the Panama canal is $144,233,358. The total length of the Nicaragua canal route is 183.66 miles; that of Panama 46.09. It will take a steamship of the nverige size and speed twelve hours to pass through the Panama canal if one with locks is constructed, or four hours if the canal is at sea level.

CONVICTED OF HIGH TREASON

British M. P. Who Aided Boers Is Condeiuue:! to Death. Col. Lynch was found guilty in London on the charge of high treason aud sentence of death was immediately imposed. In the course of the trial of Col. Arthur Lynch, member of Parliament for Galway, on the charge of high treason, there was no attempt to deny that Col. Lynch supported the Boers, but counsel contended that his naturalization was in no way prompted by treasonable intent and was solely for the advantage he would thus secure for journalistic purposes. Subsequently the defendant Actively supported the Boer cause in the belief that he was a legally naturalized burgher. Replying for the prosecution the solicitor general. Sir Edward Carson, maintained that Col. Lynch joined the Boer army as a discontented Irishman, “thereby committing a most cowardly aud most •erious act of treason." His naturalization, continued the solicitor general, was only a flimsy pretext. Col. Lynch is an Australian by birth, but an Irishman by nationality ami choice. He is an author, an engineer, a journalist, a soldier, and an ardent politician. After an education received at Melbourne university, at Berlin, and Paris, Col. Lynch took up practical engineering tn Australia. He then went to Ireland and became n candidate for Parliament, but was defeated. After a short residence in Paris he visited the United States. While here he called on President Roosevelt, then Governor of New York, and was In consultation with the radical leaders of the Irish movement In this country. He then returned to London and became a journalist, varying the monotony by accompanying Sir Garnet Wolseley on the Ashanti expedition. When the Boer war began Col. Lynch left for the scene of action. With President Kruger’s permission ho organized the Second Transvaal Irish brigade of rough riders, swore allegiance to the Transvnal, and saw much active service. After the defeat of tlie Boers and while the colonel was in Paris, he was elected by his Irish friend* to represent Galwny in the House of Commons. On hi* arrival In England, June 11, he was arrested on the charge of high treason and his trial nnd conviction followed. Plans are completed for th* construction of the final link in the system of trolley roads connecting New York and Boston, that between Hartford and New Haven. The fare between the two cities will be considerably less than the steam road prices. The annual report of the commissioner of railroads says that all the railroads subsidized by tho government have settled their indebtedness except one. The roads show an increase of $20,000,000 in net earnings and $27,000,000 in expenses •ver 1901.

DEATHS IN TRAIN WRECKS.

Two Great Western Trains Plane* from Track Within a Week. Three persQns were killed and twolvo or fifteen were injured in a wreck of the Chicago and Minneapolis limited train on the Chicago Great Western Railroad at South Freeport, 111. The engine, baggage car, buffet car and three Pullman sleepers were ditched. The baggage and buffet cars caught fire and were destroyed. A corpse in the baggage egy was burned. Two chair cars broke loose and ran back half a mile. Baggageman Sneeve and a number of passengers who were injured were taken to a hospital at Freeport, five miles from the scene of the accident. The Illinois Central Railroad oent a relief train and took the unfortunate persona to the hospital. The train was running at n high rate of speed and struck a defective switch. The engine rolled on its side and crushed the engineer and fireman. Engineer Sheridan was making his last run on this train. He was 35 years old and is survived by a widow and two children. The train left Chicago at 6:30 o'clock Thursday evening and was a fast train to Minneapolis. The speed was about fifty miles an hour at the time of the accident and there was no warning of. danger. The engine and the two forward cars rolled over on to their, side. The three Pullman cars left the track, kut remained upright. Two chair cars that were in the rear of the train broke loose and ran back some distance, escaping any danger. € The baggage car was soon in flames aud the illumination from the wreck was seen at Freeport. The few available persons about were soon nt work removing the injured. None, .of the passengers was near enough to be 'affeeted by the Tin- train was not scheduled to stop at South Freeport. A clear track is allotted to the train and no thought was being ghon to possible danger. As the engine loft the track it struck the cab of a freight origin.? which had taken the siding to let the limited pass. Conductor Karr of the freight train was on his engine and was badly scalded. No damage resulted to the engine that was hit.

The track was torn up for a considerable distance and traffic was delayed for several hours. It was long after midnight before the work of rescue was finished and then attention was given to removing the wreckage. This is the second accident on the Great Western within a week. The other wreck occurred at St. Charles, 111., Sunday morning. The train, which was the southwest Kansas City through passenger, passed St. Charles on time to the minute. The next stop was at Sycamore, twenty-five miles farther on, and the track between the two towns is nearly straight. The agent heard the train as it gathered headway and remarked that it was moving rather rapidly. The fin man, John Ilushorc, declared that the train was moving at the rate of forty-five miles an hour when it struck the broken rail that caused the wreck. The broken rail lay thirty feet east of a culvert about forty feet long. As the train struck the rail it leaped and swerved, and ail four wheels struck the sleepers at once. ■ Leahy, clinging to the window frame in his cab, pushed home the throttle and applied the air. The momentum of ’he train was so great, however, that it seemed not to slacken speed in the slightest ns it thundered across the culvert on the ties. Three hundred feet beyond the culvert —although to the fireman it seemed that everything happened almultaneously—the driving wheels swerved, the engine, driving its way through the frozen earth, turned sideways and, with a crash that shook the ground, rolled and plunged down the steep embankment. Behind it, the couplings holding them together, followed the four ears filled with passengers. Engineer Leahy was killed and ’h!r» teen passengers injured.

The Comic side of The News

What they want in the Northwest Is a steam-heated blizzard. The** are the days when the oldest Inhabitant has his inning. In Chicago grain corners hnve been declared illegal. How about coal corner*? Independent operators In New York ar* independent of the law nnd everything els*. If th* coal baron* have violated no statute* a few should be enacted that would cover their case. In th* part of Morocco which the pretender rule* he 1* cutting down taxes. That I* a form of pretending that th* inhabitants doubtless prefer to the real stuff. The pretender of Morocco, who was supposed to be all In, has decided that there are a few more pretends in him and hns taken the warpath with renewed enthusiasm. That tale about the Emperor of Germany wanting tho Panama canal wai probably started by members of th* French canal company to punch up th* United States. . ’ Bachelor "Bill” Bailey is now" Governor of Kansas and the girl* all over tho land are certain that they would not marry the hateful old thing even if h* were to aak them.

COAL WILL STAY HIGH

MINERS’ LEADERS SAY LITTLE RELIEF IS IN SIGHT. Vice President Lewie of the United Mine \\ orkers of America Makes Prediction that Consumers Must Pay Fancy Prices for Two Years. “There will be no relief in the coal situation this winter. Phenomenal prices will be maintained for the next rix months or more, and coal will be higher during the next two years than it has been in twenty years past. Grand juries may indict and government investigations may be conducted, but all attempts to bring relief will fail.” The above positive statement was made by Vice-President Thomas Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America, an authority qn the bituminous coal situation, to a correspondent of the Chicago Daisy News, at Indianapolis. His statement was indorsed by other leading representatives of the anthracite miners, who declared there could lie no relief so far as the coal situation was concerned for months to come. Many ''prominent delegates from different parts of the country indorsed the views of their national official and few, if any, offered any hope for immediate relief. What Brought About the High Prices. Vice-President Lewis said: ‘‘The present conditions*’ of the coal trade and the seeming scarcity of coal has been brought about by a combination of circumstances that cannot be regulated at this time. We all recognize a natural increase in the demand for coal in this country requires a large increase in production. The additional increases in the demand for export and to the requirements of this country as a world power have added largely to the necessity for an increased production of coal. “In the midst of this peculiar situation the strike that took place in the anthracite regions deprived the general market of about $25,000,000 tons of anthracite fuel, which could not be replaced by the bituminous production, inasmuch its the carrying facilities used in handling anthracite coal could not be utilized to take the bituminous coal to the markets. “When the anthracite strike was ended many people were led to believe that the markets would resume their normal condition aud that coal could be purchased nt a reasonable price. They did not realize that the railroads were already faxed to their full capacity In handling the increased tonnage of the last few years. Many people wonder why there has been such a phenomenal Increase in railroad tonnage and have not stopped to think that thousands of tons of the products of American manufacturers that are being shipped to all parts of the world must first be handled by the railroads before being consigned to the vessels that take them to foreign ports. This heavy traffic could not be neglected, even for the transportation .of the much-needed coal from the mines to the market. Railroads Cannot Help Themselves. “The railroad officials, that have been charged with conspiring to keep up prices, are not to blame. They did not anticipate such a large increase in the volume of business and did not make the proper preparations for equipping their roads with more rolling stock and motive power. Engines and Cars are needed now. but they cannot be got right away or for months to come, and the coal situation will not be relieved until the much-needed rolling stock and engines are secured. “There is no scarcity of coal at the mines. There are thousands of mine workers employed only four or five hours a day. not because they don’t want to work but because the railroads cannot handle the coal they mine. “The present phenomenal prices of coal will probably not continue more than six or eight months, but the selling price of coal in the next two years will be much higher than it has been for the last twenty years. “In addition to the above reasons for keeping ni> the prices the railroads, on account of the increased cost of construction and equipment, are going to advance freight rates on coal. This has already been done in several cases and it will be added to the selling price. “I can sec no hope for relief at present and make this statement because I do not believe false hopes should be entertained by the public." Representatives from the anthracite regions said the shortage of coal through the strike amounted to about 25,000,000 tons, equal to about 75,000,000 tons of bituminous, and that it would be impossible to overcome such a shortage .with the present demand. They said the anthracite operators would not attempt to Increase the output, ns they had a steady trade and did not want to increase it. They believed the shortage would have to be made up with bituminous and declared such a task almost impossible.

FIFTY DEAD IN A FIRE.

Wing of Colney Hutch Insane Asylum in Eiiulund Is Burned Down. About fifty insane patients were burn ed to dentil by n fire nt the Colney Hatch asylum iu England. The outbreak tccurred in the Jewish wing of the institution. The flumes spread with great rapidity and Iwfore they could l*c gut under control five wooden buildings. Including dormitories nod the doctor*’ apartments, were wiped out. There were newly <MH) women in the burned annex M the tune the tire was discovered und most of them were safely transferred to the main building, which was uninjured. Some, however, escaped, rendering it difficult to Ascertain the exact num Im* r of those bunted to death. AH the victim* were lunatic*. Their charred bodies presented a horrifying apeetacle. All efforts of the official* were directed to removing tho insane inmates, who Is'cnme wild witli excitement nnd were •o panic strickwi that not only were they itnnble to help themselves, but they greatly impeded the operation* of those who were trying to save them. Since Sept. 30. llMrj, 2<15 persons have been killed by trains and 2,613 Injured. The total number of derailments nnd collision* was 2,458, of which 1.444 wer* collision* nnd 1,014 derailments. Lumber pliers, Ddluth, Minn., struck for 12.35 a day.

INDIANA LAWMAKERS

In the Senate Thursday a bill passed increasing the salaries of the Supreme and Appellate judges and thp reporter of the Supreme Court. Bill passed providing for a pure food laboratory. Report was concurred in favoring the bill to exempt fraternal insurance companies fiom taxation. In the House the reformatory “ripper" bill was received from Senate and referred to committee. Bill introduced reducing mileage allowance to Representatives from 20 cents to 5 cents a mile. BUI introduced prohibiting live pigeon shoots. Wright’s voting machine bill made special order for Tuesday. Representative Muir's bill grading the offense of embezzlement passed the House Friday with but one dissenting veto. Tlie bill provides that nieii who are gni.ty of embezzling shall be punished according to the nature of the offense. 'I he aim of the new bill is to make it possible to e. iniet men who are guilty of < inliezzling small sums. Representative Kline introduced a bill which makes it unlawful to take fish from inland lakes between May 1 and July 1. It also prohibits at any time the sale of pike, pickerel. perch, bluegills or black, green or rock bass, if caught in Indiana. It exes th> period for fishing with hook and line between July 1 and May 1. Violators of the law will be fined at the rate of $5 per fish caught. Representative Van Fleet offered a bill which prohibits the employment in factories of females under 16 years of age. Senator Fortune. Monday, introduced his bill creating a railroad commission of two members, electors of the State, the bill is one of the most important so far introduced. The bill provides that the commissioners shall lie appointed by the Governor, one to serve two years and another for four years-—after these have served their terms each commissioner shall serve four years. One commissioner shall be of the age of 40 years; nvist have served not less than fifteen years ns a trainman; shall not hold stoe» or interest in any railroad and he may be chosen on. recommendation of two or more railroad hjbqr organizations. Th” oiler commissioners shall have served at least ten years in the managerial department of some railroad. The commission shall examine and report in triplicate under oath on all reported defective railroad construction or management, one n-p> r* t<> be given to the Governor, another lo the Circuit Court of the county where the defect exists; another to the superintendent of ihe railroad which maintains tile defect. The commission shall also inquire into each railroad accident that occurs in this State and report to the Circuit Court. The commissioners are to receive $2,000 a year each. Senator Kittinger.' Monday, introduced a bill raising the salaries of the State board of tax commissioners to $4,000, and providing them with SI,OOO traveling expenses. The present salary is $2,001), without traveling expenses. At a joint session of the House and Senate held in the hall of Representatives at noon Tuesday Senator Fairbanks accepted re-election. He said he accepted the duties "with a full appreciation of the responsibility which their acceptance imposes. They devolve upon me a duty to the people to mere party affiliation, and it is my purpose to serve them all to the utmost of my humble ability.” A great ovation was tenders! the Senator at the capitol. What is known as the ripper bill, which proposed to wipe out the State Reformatory Board, was compromised on Wednesday. The bill threatened to split the Republican party throughout tlie State, but as amended it will probably pass into a law. It gives the Governor the power to remove members of the board, but lie must first tile written charges. It provides also for a proper hearing.

Bills Introduced—Senate.

S. B. 107 —Providing for the appointment of H commission to determine the position of Indiana troops at the siege of Vicksburg, and for an appropriation of SI,OOO to pay expenses of such commission. Fortune. Military S. B. 108 —Providing for the abolishment of tlie l<oatd of managers of the Indiana Reformatory, and the establishment of a board of control in its place. Good wine. Reformatories. S. B. 110 —Concerning the establishment of drains and water courses. Powell. Swamp lands and drains. S. B. Ill —Concerning drainage. Powell. Swamp lands and drains. S. B. 1 It>—Prescribing duties of county surveyors in counties of between l>o,- • MM) and (iTi.OOO. Emergency. Barens. Fees and salaries. S. B. 117 —Giving attorneys liens on demands, including claims for unliquidated damages, put in their hands for suit, compromise or collection, whether suit be brought thereon or not. and also upon any verdict in favor of clients. Crnnibaker. Judiciary No. 2. S. B. 118—Defining duties and compensation of State House custodian, ami providing for the employment of janitors. etc., and their compensation. De Haven. Finance. S. B. 14(1 —Amending the present fish law so that fish may be taken with hook nnd line when waters are covered with ice. • ’onlogue. Rights nnd privileges. S. B. IID —Providing a new seiuftorinl nnd representative apportionment. Gray. Legislative apportionment. S. B. US—Providing a method by which the Auditor of State may ascertain the value of insurance policies and may require the deposit of additional securities, mid authorising certificates of deposit or unincumbered real estate to be deposited iis security. Hendee. insura nee. S. B. lib —Authorising the Attorney General on his own relation to bring proceedings directly in the Supreme Court when a contortion exceeds its powers or a cltlxeii usurps an office. Hendee. Judiciary No. 1. » Kills Jntrodu.-ed—House. H. B. 70 —Repealing the Barlow bill to oust sheriffs who allow prisoners lynched. Poor. Judiciary. 11. B. “B—Providing for prosecutions In forgery cases within two years after the dale on the forged instrument Instead of two years after the commission of the crime. Stansbury. Judiciary. 11. B. 70 —Authorising the Oovernor to condemn property in case the people nre In sore need of coal or other necessities Slack. Judiciary. IL B. 82 —Concerning the repair of free gravel roods. Sheridan. Roads.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY , TOLD. Three Held in Chicago for South Bend Murder —Murder in Warsaw fa'oon —An Octogenarian Arranges for Hia Comfort—Explosion Kills Engineer. • Three men accused of the murder of John M. Koonsnnui, an aged grocer at South Bend, were captured in Chicago. Two of them, according to the police, have confessed complicity in the crime. Joseph E. Mallory, George Rankin find George Sherman are the prisoners. The murder with which they are charged was committed on Dee. 13 last during an attempt to rob the Koonsman store. The victim fell with two bullet wounds in his body and died almost instantly. The police say that Rankin, who is colored, and .Sherman, who is 19 years old, admitted their part in the murder. Made an Ante-Nuptial Bargain. Joseph Markel, 80, said to be worth SIOO,OOO, married Miss May Davis, aged 25, at Marion. Markel was a widower and has four children. He did not wish to marry a woman who wanted him only for his estate, and to insure himself good treatment, made a contract with the young woman, setting forth that she is not to get any of his estate at death, but is to receive $5,000 a year as long as she takes good care of him and keeps him alive. Killed with Beer Bottles. Perry Schmitt, aged 18, son of a farmer six miles south of Warsaw, was killed in a saloon kept by Joseph Denker, the result of a fight started by Wash Gillier and four of his sons. The weapons used were beer and wine bottles. The Golliers arc in jail. Perry was standing in the saloon when a fight was started, and he was beaten to death. This is the first murder in Wlirsaw in twenty-two years. Assaulted by Workmen. J. G. Reading, superintendent of the Terre Haute plant of tlie Amerieau'Uar and Foundry Company, who recently came from Chicago, was asaulted and seriously injured by a number of workmen. A riot call was sent in and a wagon load of policemen were hurried to the scene, but order was r,stored before they arrivetl. John Hoppengarner, the leader in the assault, is under arrest. Boiler Explosion Kills Engineer. The explosion of a defective boiler in the cast end of Thorntown killed William Masters, an engineer. Four persons were hurt. They were Bert Roberts, 15 years old. who worked about the place; Alonzo Butner, one of the proprietors; James Hopp, an employe, and Reilly Lyster. The building was wrecked. ' Etale Items of interest, Jacob Jacobison, aged 45 years, formerly of Chicago, was struck by a train at Kouts and instantly killed. Henry Williams of Brazil, aged 24 years, who was run down by a Wabash train near East Chicago, is dead. Florence Hager, a baby a year old, choked to death in Elkhart on a piece of bread given her by her brother, aged 4 years. Gov. Durbin at the conclusion of the Indiana coal inquiry declared there was no evidence of collusion to force up the price of coal. Ollie and Todt* Henderson, 19 and 16, daughters of a widow living in Greenfield, attempted suicide with carbolic acid. They will recover. South Bend, Misbftwaka, Elkhart und Goshen setreet ear service was shipped by strike of conductors and inotormeu to force recognition of union. A man of the name of Shafer shot five times and killed Richard Smith at Vevay. aud when lodged iq jail cut his clothing into strings and hanged himself. Joseph Greenovish and Peter Yopticihinson, two Chicago boys, were sentenced to the Indiana reformatory for an indeterminate term for stealing a horse and buggy at Valparaiso. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Southern Indiana Railroad at Bedford the officers were authorized to extend the road from Elnora to Evansville, a distance of about seventy-five miles. Masked robbers blew open the safe in the Tucker hardware store at Cromwell, securing about s2<>:» in cash. No clew, but it is supposed to be the work of experts, as the safe was a large oue. Preston S. Hussey has be<*n re-elected president of the National State Bank in Terre Haute for the thirty-eighth con secutive term of one year, making a record, it is believed, for the United Suites. Crawford Fairbanks, the millionaire brewer of Terre Haute, has tenders! the city SSOJMM) for a library on condition that it be named after his mother, Erneline Fairbanks. The cost may run to S7S,IMA). The offer will be accepted. The Stratton carriage manufactory in Muncie was forced to suspend operations owing to mumps making serious inroads in the ranks of the employes. AH the foremen and superintendents, besides many workmen, have fallen victims to the malady, Mrs. Charlotte Huston, who has been in the Hudnut family of Terre Haute eighty-eix .rears, died nt Indianapolis. After receiving her freedom before the war she refused to leave the family, and has reared most of the children. She was sent id Indianapolis several months ngo for treatment. , The tipple nt the Harris Lankford mine, three miles west of Terre Haute, was burned and James Weener was killed. Four other miners were almost suffocated. The mine has but one entrance, and fire destroyed tho hoisting machinery. The twenty men working below were hoisted to the surface by ro|M*s, but not until all had been partly overcome by ■moke. Mrs. Samuel Overshiner, 77, near Windfall, is suing her children to have a deed set aside, on the ground of fraud. Her husband, Martin Overshiner, on Ida death, left 300 acres of land and soma cash to Mrs. Overshiner and eight children. It was decided that the mother should have the homestead, including forty acres of land. She claims that the children defrauded her by giving her s • deed to land that did not belong, to the estate. She snys that she signed another deed and found that she had turned back her land to the children afid that she had nothing.