Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1903 — Page 3

Edward P. Honan, attorney at law. Law, Abstract*, Real Estate, Loans. WQ practice in all the courts. Office over Fen dig's Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Judson J, Hunt, in. HU, loons m Real isit. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up stairs in Leopold block, first stain west of Van Rensselaer street. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The JT. A. AC. Ry, and Rensselaer W. L. A P. Co t3H.olßccover Chicago Bargain Store. Rcusselaer, Indiana. U. M. Baughman. G. A. Williams Baughman & Williams, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law, Notary work. Loans. Real Estate and Insurance, bpecia' attention Riven to collections of all kinds. Office over "Racket Store.’’ ’Phone 339. Rensselasr. - Indiana. .. A. F. Irwin S. C. Irwlt Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections. Farm Loans and Fire Insuranea Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. R. W. Marshall, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices in all courts. Special attention given to drawing up wills and settling decedent's estates. Office in county building, cast side of court bouse square. music volts. c. o. evrri.se. marry e. kurris Foltz, Spitler 6: 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. Ira W. Yeoman, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Remington, ... Indiana. Law. Real Estate. Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. , y Drs. I. B. & I. M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Or. I. B. Washburn will give special attention to Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose. Throat and Chronic Diseases. He also tests eves for glasses. Offics Tilimoni No. 4-1. Rkiibinci Pmomi No. 17. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over I mes’ Millincry store. Rensselaer. Offics Pnomr 177. Sisidincs Phone, 11#. Dr. Anna Francis, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Office over Harris Bank, Rensselaer, Ihd. Hours: 0 to 13 m; 1 to 4:30 p. m. Doctor A. J. Miller, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rensselaer, - - Indiana. Office up-stairs in Forsythe block. General practice of medicine, surgery and X-ray work. Calls answered promptly, dav or night. Office ana residence'phones. ao, (Jasper Co.); also (Hallecki 43 at residence. W. W. MERRILL, M. D. Eieciic Piiysicion and suraeon, __ RENSSELAER, - INDIANA. Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Office ’Phone 303. Residence ’Pboneß4s H- O- Harris, E. T. Harris, 3. C. Harris, President. Vice-Pres. Cashier, Rensselaer Bank. "Deposits received on call. Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit issued on time. Exchange Bought and Sold on principal cities, Notes Discounted at current rates, Farm Loans made at 5 per cent. W. Solicit a Share of Your Business. H. L. Brown, ■ DENTIST. Office over Larsh’s drug store. ÜBiiGujnr. ‘•S Crown, Bar and Bridge A Work. Teeth Without W' I Plates, Without Pain. ~ J. W. HORTON .. It YEARS IN RENSSELAER. Teeth carefully stopped with gold and other fillings. Consultation free. Nitrous Oxids Gas administered daily. Charges within the reach of all. evvic. ovvoetTs court Mouse. PLENTY OF E 669 , emts&’eses Sold by A. F. Lose. . I

FARM HANDS UNITE.

STRONG UNIONB ARE FORMED throughoOt THE WEST. Organisation Will Booat t'ae Rata of Wages and Lead to Greater Cost In Form In*—Army of 1,300,000 Men Who Harvest Our Grain. It la expected that the farmers of the United States will have to pay at least 20 per cent more this reason than last for the gathering of their grain. The organization of the harvest hands Into national unions is the cause of this threatened increase. Notice has already been served on thousands of the grain growers of the middle Wert of the union’s demands, and the farmers in some sections of Illinois, Missouri and Kansas are taking steps to oppose the organized labor. About 1,300,000 men go into the fields every year and harvest the grain. The farms of the United States number almost 6,000,000, and cover an area of 841,000,000 acres. The products of the farms sold last year for $5,200,000,000, the largest total ever recorded. National organizations have been perfected in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and several other States. In the great wheat belt of Kansas, union labor is practically in control. The free employment agencies have been boycotted, and only the labor agencies conducted by the unions are recognized. D. W. Blaine of Pratt County, who put into effect the famous harvest hand bureau several years ago, and who has in the past furnished 2,000 workmen annually, is in favor and aiding the labor unions. He says it will result beneficially to the fanner as well as to the laborer. Crowding Into the Union. As the summer season approaches thousands of men leave the city and go Into the country to work in the fields. One fifids them in all sections of the country, and before the end of the harvest the number of strangers seeking work on farms exceeds the million mark. It is indeed a vast army that is called to the aid of the 5,000,000 farm owners of the United States. There are 5,000,000 of day laborers in the United States, of whom 1,250,000 belong to the national trade unions. Another million belong to trade unions of purely local interest, while the remainder comprise the element of unorganized labor. Within the past two years several hundred thousand of the latter class have Joined the farm labor unions. The farm band, as well as other classes of workmen, Is looking to the future. The hours of work upon the farm are from sun-up until dusk, and often then the farmer puts his men through an hour after dark, especially if the grain be in danger of falling. Heretofore the custom has been not to pay the men for this overtime. In some instances small sums were offered, but the farmer usually held it ns a right that his workers should aid him unremunerated. Hence the farm hand has been easily guided into the union, and everywhere the organizers of the American Federation of Labor have been they have brought a majority of the workers into the ranks. Co-operation of the harvesters, where It has already been practiced, has proved highly beneficial.

To Haise Fcale of Wages. The present scale of wages paid to farm hands runs from $1.50 to $3 per day. The work differ* in the task. Binder drivers, for instance, are not overworked, and are classed ns light workmen, hence they are only paid $1.50. The union scale for binder drivers is set at $2, and the ruling is made that neither women nor boys shall be allowed to fill this place in the harvest time. Often In a rush the farmer brings his wife or daughters into the field to drive the binder, while he puts the men into the harder places. Wheat shockers are paid not over $2 per day. Under the new ruling they are to receive $2.50. Other classes of workmen are to J receive higher prices In proportion, 'the raise being on tn average of 20 per cent. In the grain belts of the Southwest reme of the big ranch owners are organizing to fight* the union, but there is doubt whether they will succeed. Iu central Kansas last year there were numerous strides, where the union was in partial control, and were seeking to rule out the non-union men. This year will probably see a great many strikes and so will the following season, until the farmers are willing to sccept the union, which, with its present growth, is certain to gain a solid footing In the ranks of the harvesters. While the income of the farmers last year was over $5,000,000,000, the amount paid out to workers, both extra and regular, amounted to less than $350,000,000. The average expense of each farm, average size 140 acres, was $64 in 1890, and $75 last year, and this year it will be at least SBS, and perhaps S9O.

Notes of Current Events.

After returning a verdict in a damage suit, D. J. McGinley, foreman of the Jury, dropped dead of heart disease st Hamilton, Mont. He was a prominent rancher. E. W. Benedict, the Topeka lawyer who was hurt April jy In a collision between his automobile and a heavy Broadway electric car, In Los Angeles, Cal., died. Gen. Maximo Gomes has accepted the Chairmanship of the committee for the erection of the Cuba building at the St. Louis exposition, and will be in St Louis to look after the work. Additional rural free delivery service will be established June 1 at Oklahoma City, O. T., with two carriers. Length Of route, forty-oeven and one-half miles. Population served, 940. The Comptroller of the Currency has approved the application of the Mankato State Bank of Mankato, Kan., to convert the bank into the Mankato National Bank with a capital of $25,000. The laying of a duplicate GermanAmerican Atlantic cable waa commenced at Borkum, an island in the North sea, twenty-six miles from Emden. John C. Yocum, a prominent attorney of Kansas City, and most worshipful grand master o>f the grand lodge, A. F. and A- M., of Missouri, died at Bonner Bpringa, Kan., of consumption. Th* British admiralty has ordered the second-class cruiser Retribution to proceed to Trinidad to protect British officials (tiers. A cable says that rioting has broken out there and that the government house has been tamed.

WARM WEATHER AIDS CROPS.

Drouth, However, Afflicts Large Arena la Great Lakes Region. Tha weekly crop report issued by the weather bureau says all northern and central districts east of the Rocky Mountains experienced highly favorable temperatures during the week ending May 18, the central valleya, lake region and New England receiving ample and much needed warmth, while in the Southern States it was too cool for favorable growth. The very general absence of rain in New England and the middle Atlantic States and over a large part of the lake region and Ohio- valley ha* Intensified drought in these districts, In consequence of which crops have made slow progress and planting and germination have been greatly hindered. The east gulf States and portions of the lower Missouri and lower Mississippi valleys havt suffered from excessive tains. Com planting has been further delayed by rains in the States of the lower Missouri valley, and by drought in the Ohio valley, middle Atlantic States and portions of the lake region. Planting is well advanced in the. Dakotas, and, notwithstanding the wet soil in 'lowa and Missouri, has been vigorously pushed In those States, where it is germinating very satisfactorily. In Nebraska, the Ohio middle Atlantic States a large part of the crop is yet to be planted, not more than half the area having been seeded in Ohio and Nebraska. Winter wheat has made favorable progrers ia Nebraska and Kansas, and hae been improved by rains in portions of Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky. But in southern Missouri and the States northward of the Ohio river and in the middle Atlantic States the crop has suffered further deterioration. It is heading as far north as central Kansas and the southern portions of Indiana and Ohio. In the spring wheat region the weather conditions have been highly favorable for germination nnd growth of spring wheat, which is coming up to good stands with vigorous plants. In the Missouri valley, Oklahoma and Texas a general improvement in tha condition of oats is indicated, hut in the Ohio valley, middle Atlantic States and the greater part of the lake region, the condition of the crop is less favorable, owing to the effects of drought. There is general complaint throughout the cotton belt of the unfavorable effects of low temperatures on cotton. Considerable tobacco has been transplanted in Tennessee and western Kentucky. Further improvement in the outlook for apples is indicated, hpt the prospects for most of the other tree fruits are very poor. The grass crop in the Ohio valley, lake region, middle Atlantic States and New England is much in need of rain, but westward of the Mississippi it hat made rapid growth and is in promising condition.

State Reports. Illinois—Rain revived vegetation In portions of central and southern districts the first of the week; great need of rain In other sections; plowing' and planting retarded or arrested on account of dry soil; deterioration of wheat continues In southern districts; oats vejry uneven and general condition unfavorable. Meadows and pastures short and need rain. Indiana—Temperature considerably above normal; no rain except light local showers in few places; corn plantlug well advanced, but ground dry, hard and cloddy; oats and clover suffering for rain; wheat, rye and barley In fair condition, beglnulng to head lu south section; tobacco plants ready to transplant; melons, poor stand, much replanting necessary; all vegetation needing rain badly. Ohio—Temperature excessive; drought continues; ground so dry that plowing and corn planting are almort suspended, not more than half corn area planted: wheat Is holding its own well, Is heading In south, s little rust reported In south-central counties; oats, barley, pastures, meadow grass and gurdens suffering for rain; tobacco plants doing fairly well; apples, cherries, plums and peaches dropping somewhat. Michigan—ln lower peninsula warm and dry weather retarded growth and germination; soil dry and becoming parched; corn planting and beet seeding general, but germination very slow; winter wheat, rye, oats, meadows nnd pastun-a very Blow and much In need of rain; prospect for early peaches, early chortles and strawberries fair; apples, plums and pears blossoming plentifully. Wisconsin—Warm weather Inst of week caused vegetation to progress rapidly. Com ground prepared and about one-fourth of acreage planted, with £oll In fair condition; oats, barley and spring wheat on highland excellent, on lowland thin and uneven; winter wheat and rye strong, healthy and growing rapidly; clover uud timothy promise heavy crops; fruit trees blooming heavily; strawberries Injured by frost In exposed localities. Minnesota —Rains In south till 12th delayed corn, potatoes, flax and barley seeding considerably; rain on 11th In central portion delayed work somewhat, but was benefit al to growing nnd recently seeded grains; In Red River Valley there was almost uninterrupted seeding of flax and barley; warmer weather lu latter part of week made all grains, pastures and meadows grow rapidly. lowa—Week wanner than usual and all vegetation made rapid growth; excessive rain retarded field work In about two-thirds of State, but wherever practical plowing and planting were vigorously pushed; In most favored sections corn planting Is well advanced and germination Is very satisfactory; reports are fairly good as to apple and berry crops. North Dakota —Wheat seeding finished; oats and barley nearly all sown; flax seeding and corn planting well advanced; early sown grain Is growing rapidly and looks strong and healthy; warmer weather with showers has greatly Improved crop conditions. ' South Dakota —Warm week with beneficial rains In southeast portion and considerable high southerly wluds; grass, spring wheat, oats, barley, rye and snelt making satisfactory advancement. Wheat generally attaining good stand; com planting becoming general and advancing favorably; flax being sown; grass affords good pasturage. Nebraska —Warm growing week, with excess of rain In eastern counties; wheat and ;rasa grew rapidly and continue In excelent condition; oata Improved; com planting greatly delayed by wet weather and generally less than half the crop la planted; some early planted com np. Kansas —Wheat In good eondltton, headed In south and heading In central; com planting delayed by rains, corn coming up, getting weedy; oats, grass and gardens trowlug rapidly; alfalfa One, growing rapdly, nearly ready to cut; pastures very good. -

The abstract of the national banks,of Oklahoma shows the average reserve held at 17.72 per cent, against 17.17 pee cent; loans and discounts increased from $7,985,906 to $8,109,677; gold coin from $254,064 to $260,999; total specie from $540,230 to $569,555; individual deposits decreased from $10,636,577 to $10,496,163. A Chicago and Alton engine killed Mrs. Phoebe Stottler and dangerously injured her daughter, Eugenia, st Laddonia, just east of Mexico, Mo., while they were trying to croes tfee railroad track. - The body of Mrs. Stottler traa cot la tva

GARDEN and FARM

CREAM SEPARATORS. Only yesterday, as It were, cream separators were looked upon as too complicated and costly to ever become common on the farms of this country. Now they have been so greatly eimpli* fled and so much reduced in cost that the farmer who keeps five or more cows cannot afford to do without one. It is true that comparatively few farmers have so far bought a separator, and that their use on farms Is ■till very exceptional, but that does not at all alter the fact that the separator while making it possible to keep more cows on the farm, without adding to the number of hours necessary to do the work; it makes it possible for the farm dairy to successfully compete with the creamery and pays for itself long before It becomes worn in the additional amount of butter that may be made from a given quantity of milk, also makes it easily possible to make the butter more wholesome. Some recent experiments along this line gave very interesting results. No j matter how much care is exercised, more or less foreign matter will get into the milk, from the time It is drawn from the udder until It finally used, and always there may be found bacteria of various kinds. Some of the impurities found in milk are solids and these it has been found are readily removed by the separator. WhUe it has not been possible to remove all bacteria from milk by separating it, it has been found that separated milk contains very many fewer bacteria than that which has not been separated. Separating the milk and thus removing from it the solid impurities and much of the other foreign matter which is carried out with the slime that is always found as a residue in the separator, and then removing, adding cream to the skim milk until it contains the desired percentage of butterfat, is a method followed by a good many milk dealers who desire to furnish an approximately clean product. Under severe tests this milk has been found to contain from less than half to less than 20 per cent, ns many bacteria as was. found in milk that had not been run through the separator. The additional value of the skim milk for feeding, the freedom from slavery to the milk pan and the facility with which conditions can be controlled all point to the separator as one of the absolute necessities to doing the best dairy work on the farm. There was a time when pianos, sewing machines, reapers, sulky plows and a hundred other things were looked upon as easily dispensed with luxuries on the farm. All these have come to be everyday articles on the farm and in the farmhouse. The time will soon come when separators will be just as generally used as sewing machines, and then we will look back and wonder how it was possible to get along without them. Any one who has had an opportunity to examine a separator after it had been used and before it had been cleaned will not care to make butter containing any part of the solids found there, and at least a portion of these solids are incorporated in butter made from cream that is separated by the gravity Rrocess. The hand separator is within the reach of every one who keeps five or more cows, and it is to be hoped its use will become universal within a very short time, because such use would add to the wholcsomeness of the products of the dairy and to the profits of the dairyman.—Dairy and Creamery. WINDOW GARDENS. A window-garden will transform the plainest room into an attractive abiding place. Delicate plants and flowers with their graceful foliage and delicious, subtile perfume have charms impossible to furniture or decoration. Their freshness and fragrance permeate the atmosphere and effect not only the physical senses, but also the mind. A delicate and artistic plant that grows the year round is the asparagus fern. It grows luxuriantly in dry or moist atmosphere and produces long, graceful, feathery fonds from 12 to 15 inches long. Another standby is the begonia, of which there is a variety of shades, from the vivid coral to the pale and brilliant pinks. The gloxinia is another decorative plant for the window. The blossom Is trumpet shaped, and the leaves are very handsome. The plant is a dwarf and is very easily cultivated. The bulb should be planted in a 5-inch pot. Chinese lilies and white narcissus are planted in a 6-inch bowl of gravel and water for each bulb, and in a larger bowl if more than one are planted at a time. 1

Hyacinths and Jonquils are the forerunners of spring and can flourish in narrower quarters than other plants. As many as five bulbs will grow in a flinch pot. The most fastidious, artistic temperament, as well as the more ordinary mortal, could not fail to admire a window box of delicate yellow jonquils peeping from a bed of green moss or surrounded by a fringe of green foliage. A few favorite plants for window boxes are the abutilon, begonia, sweet alyssups, fuchsia, ivy, geranium, mignonette, petunia and the new creeping lat&na. —American Queen. '

BREEDING STOCK. The raising of chicks is a very im-

portant part of the business. While the successful hatching and raising de* pend largely on the proper handling of incubators and brooders, as well as care and food, our experience aatlsfles us that the foundation of success is in the breeding stock. Strong, healthy birds properly handled will produce eggs that are fertile and chicks that will thrive and grow even under unfavorable conditions, while eggs from Block that is not in a healthy condition for breeding will produce chicks that with the utmost care and attention possible to give them will mean loss and bitter disappointment to the breeder. Judging from articles writ* ten by poultry raisers and conversations we have had with many breeders, the success or failure of raising chicks is laid too much to the method of incubating, brooding and feeding, and what we believe to be the foundation of success (the breeding stock) is not given the attention by many that is necessary to produce good results. In a poultry journal of recent date a raiser tells how he feels to produce pullets that lay when four months old. If those pullets are used for breeding when the hatching season arrives, and are in good, healthy condition and lay eggs that are fertile and produce good, strong chicks, it is the first time we ever knew of such being the case.— (Charles F. Thompson, in Farm and Poultry Review.)

ROOSTS FOR CHICKENS.

The question of roosts for chickens deserves careful consideration. They should be so placed that no drafts pass over them. When a chicken roosts in a tree, it will in ordinary weather, suffer little from winds, but will soon suffer from drafts over the roosts In a house. Most persons suppose a chicken roost should be round and small enough for a chicken’s toes to reach more than half way around it. If a chicken had to roost where hard winds might blow it off the roost, such a roost might be the best; but, when a chicken sleeps in a house, it is in no danger of being blown off the roost. In the house the experience of many careful growers indicates that a chicken is far better off if its roost is flat. One three or four inches wide is the kind most in favor. When a roo3t of this kind is used, the older chickens will have fewer corns on the bottom of their feet, and less lameness.. It is well to use planed lumber for roosts, since on a smooth roost mites can not live and breed as they do on lough wood. —Rice Journal and Gulf Coast Farmer.

FERTILIZING FOR POTATOES.

Without doubt some of the failures in potato crop growing are due to a wrong system of fertilizing the soil. While as a rule potash Is desirable in considerable quantities, as are nitrogen and phosphoric acid, the fact remains that it is infpossible to overdo the introduction of nitrogen in the soil, as many have found when they attempt to raise potatoes on soil that had been in crimson clover or other legumes. It must not be understood that this is the rule where legumes are grown, for, on the contrary, comparatively few soils have all the nitogen supply they can carry to advantage, but it is well in fertilizing soils that have had the benefit of several legumes to pay more attention to the application of potash and phosphoric acid when fertilizing for potatoes, than to a fertilizer containing much nitrogen. The effeot of too much nitrogen in the soil is to induce a growth of vines at the expense of the tubers. —Indianapolis News. PLANTING CUCUMBERS. The latter part of May or in Jiine cucumbers for pickling may be planted. A dozen vines will give a large supply, provided the young cucumbers are picked off as soon as they are large enough. For small pickles they should not be allowed to grow over two inches long. It frequently happens that the vines cease to bear profusely, but that is usually due to allowing some of the cucumbers to mature. As soon as the plant accomplishes its object of producing seed it will cease to bear cucumbers. It is important, therefore, not to allow a single cucumber to ma-, ture. The vines must be carefully watched for the striped beetle, which should be destroyed by picking from the vines, as the beetles are ■ proof against the ordinary insecticides, and some remedies are as injurious to the plants as to the beetles.

GROWING PUMPKINS. Growing a lot of pumpkins in a field of corn is an old practice, but it is doubtful if pumpkins sq grown ace as profitable as when grown as a separate crop from corn.- Thee pumpkins will prevent the proper cultivation of corn, as working the corn destroys the pumpkin vines, the result being that late weeds get a chance to grow and mature. It is urged in defense of growing pumpkins in the corn field that they do not interfere with cultivation until the corn is “laid by,” but much depends on the land, rainfall and thoroughness of cultivation. Corn should never be "laid by” as long as weeds and grass can have an opportunity to grow, cultivation being given if it is possible for a horse to along the rows. There are few mor striking facts than the growing importance of the Puget Sound customs districts. In the past year all the customs districts of the United States showed a decline of exports of grain and grain products except the Pacific coast porta, the shipments from Puget Sound porta lncreaaIng 45 per cent

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PABT WEEK. Farmers to Demand |1 a Bushel for Wheat—Man Accnsed of Kilting Hia Nephew-Strenuous Times In Marion Man and Daughter Assaulted. A demand that wheat be increased in price to at least $1 per bushel will go out immediately to all the farmers of the United States. The American Society of Equity will issue the circular, embodying a renewal of an old scheme for dollar wheat. This organization was incorporated last December to form a national combination of farmers to uphold the prices of farm products. This ia the first formal demand for Increase that has been made. The secret circular shows why the consumption of wheat has increased and why it will continue to do no, thatu the lowering of prices is startling and unless controlled the era of prosperity must end. Stab 9 Three of HU Family. Lancaster D. Baldwin, a prominent attorney of Marion, and president of the Baldwin Oil Company, stabbed his stepson, Bert Bitter, during a quarrel. Ritter was cut through the right lung and about the face and head. He may die. Baldwin’s wife and his stepdaughter, Mrs. John Budd, interfered, and they were also stabbed. Believing that he had killed his stepson, Baldwin fled from the house, ami some time later had not been found by the police. Find Girl’a Body in Creek. Martin Kaiser, a prosperous farmer living near Manchester, was accompanying his 17-year-old (laughter home from church on a recent night, when they were attacked by a negro. Kaiser was beaten over the head with a club and fell unconscious, where lie lay all night. The body of Miss Kaiser was found in Tanner’s creek. The skull had been crushed and the face bruised and gashed, showing the terrible struggle she had made in defense. Mob Pursues Wife Player. After murderously assaulting his wife and leaving her on the floor of his home in North Marion for dead, Stephen Iseuhour fled into the country, pursued by a mob of angry neighbors. When they canto upon him four miles north of the city he took refuge in Mount Olive Church, and for Some time held them at bay. Realizing that resistance was useless, Isenhour finally shot himself. He was conscious when the officers found him, but may recover. Killed His Nephew. Upon petition of Prosecutor Ralph Spaugh, Circuit Judge Hord has called a special session of the grand jury to investigate the killing of Charles Abel. Abel’s uncle, Cudawith Aliel, is in jail, charged with the crime. The tragedy occurred at Jonesville. The prisoner is a wealthy Juml owner. Charles Abel was employed on his uncle’s farm, and there was a difference between them, it is said, as to wages. Throws Himself Under Train. In the presence of scores of people an unidentified man threw himself under a Michigan Central train at the Michigan City station. People who conversed with the stranger thought lie was insane. In his pocket a card was found bearing the address, *’II. Matson, Lyousville, Mass.” Brief State Happenings. A Logansport paper says that the potato bug seems to have suddenly disappeared from that locality. The national musicians’ convention at Indianapolis adopted resolutions insisting world’s fair music at St. Louis shall be “union made.” Ten men were imprisoned by a cave-in nt Seller’s coal mine pear Cloverland. Rescuers immediately went to work, and all the men were taken out safely. The judgment convicting Charles Hampton of complicity in the murder of Wilson Haynes nt a drug store in Coatesville, .was reversed by the Indiana Supreme Court. Charles Able, a wealthy farmer and stock driver, quarreled with hia nephew, Charles Able, in the Panhandle depot in Jonesville, drew his revolver and shot him, death ensuing immediately. John McMahon, captain of a Terre Haute fin- company, committed suicide with poison because after seventeen years of abstinence from intoxicants the old habit reasserted its power over him. It has liecome known that Deputy Fish and Game Wardens Leroy Fitch and F. D. Fleming were seriously wounded several days ago by fishermen who were detected seining in Lake Wawasoe. In a fight in which many shots were fired it is believed some of the fishermen were wounded, but nil escaped. “Help! I’ve hooked a catfish as big as a calf,” shouted Arthur Snowberger to a number of companions with whom he was fishing in Rock creek at Flora. The others thought Snowberger was joking and derided him as he struggled to land the monster fish. Seeing that he was in earnest his companions ran to assist him. but before they could reach him the fish had overcome his captor’s grasp. Snowberger, who held on to the rod, was pulled into the water and drowned. The mysterious murder of Mrs. Henry Seward at Lena took a'new turn when public sentiment shifted in regafd to the identity of the murderer. Relatives of the. decedent have caused suspicion to be directed toward Seward. The officers have learned that Seward and a neighbor were at work on the day of the murder lees than two miles from the Sew- . ard house and went part of the way home together at 5 o’clock. Seward could have reached home iu thirty minutes. but he did not report the murder until after 0 o’clock. In a collision between a work train on the Pennsylvania road and a Lake Erie and Western freight at Plymouth, E. Volkee, section hand, wag instantly killed and Daniel Haage and Edith Sebel fatally injured. The train crew escaped by jumping. <H| Henry D. Mascher, a well-known German farmer, south west of Seymour, fired a load of bltdshot into his stomach, inflicting fatal injury. Mr. Mascher was despondent because of deaths in hia family. Four or five years ago four children didd of diphtheria, and last year he loot hia wife and another child