Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1903 — Page 7

Ed ward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law. Abstracts, Real Estate, Loans. Will jjtactlcc in all the courts. Office over Fan* RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Judson J. Hunt, Low, Meets, loons 000 Real Estate. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stalrs in Leopold block, first stair* west of Vanßensselaer street Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The N. A. AC.Ry, and Rensselaer W.L. A P.Co. over Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer. Indiana.

U. M. Baughman. G. A. Williams. Baughman & Williams, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law. Notary work. Loans. Heal Estate and> insurance. Specia l attention given to collections of all kinds. Office over "Racket Store," •Phone 330. Rensselaer, • Indiana. LF. Irwin S.C. Irwlff Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Dollectioni, Farm Loans and Eire Insurance. Office In Odd Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. R. W.* Marshall, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices in all courts. Special attention given o drawing up wills and settling decedent's estates. Office in county building, east side of court house square. nuh volts. c. e. annas. um, k. suaaia Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Absracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books iu the bounty. RENSSELAER. IND. Ira W. Yeoman, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Remington. • - - Indiana. Law. Real Estate. Collections, Insurance Kd Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand ock. Drs. I. B. & I. M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. >r. I. B. Washburn will give special attention to Diseases of the Eye, Bar. Nose. Throat and Chronic Disease*. He also testa svas - for glasses. Omcs TiiirNoat No. 4S. RsSissncs Shsti No. 97. iensselaer, - - Indiana. 2. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. OSes over Imes’ Millinery store. Rensselaer. Oroca Phoni 177. fta«io«*sca Pmoni, 119. Doctor A. J. Miller, PHYSICI AN ND SURGEON, Rensselaer, - • Indiana. Office up-stairs In Forsythe block. General practice of medicine, surgery and X-ray work, answered promptly, day or night Office ana residence ’phones, *O4 (Jasper Co.ji also (Halleck) 43 at residence. W. W. MERRILL, M. D. EiecHc Pfosicion and sureeon, Rensselaer. . . Indiana. Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Office ’Phone 808. Residence ’Phone 848 Dr. Francis Turfler. Dr. Anna Turfier. Drs. Turfler & Turfler, OSTEOPANHIC PHYSICIANS. Graduates American School of Osteopathy. )fflce over Harris Bank. Rensselaer, Ind. Hours: 9t013 m; Ito 4:30 p. m. H. Oj-Harrts. E. T. Harris, J. 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 B per cent We Solicit a Share of Your Business. H. L. Brown, . DENTIST. Office over Larsh’s drug store

MdJKIISM: JFjjSj# '•S Crown, Bar and Bridge Wn 1 Work. Teeth Without nr I /A Plates. Without Pain. .. J. W. HORTON .. I« YEARS IN RENSSELAER Tasth earefullr stopped with sold and other Hungs. Consultation free. Nitrons Oxide Oas administered daily. Charges within the teach of all. ernes OP POSITS sou ST houss. Morris* engHsli Worm Powder . ZSSSgZKS: rilifc SSe. per Seas _ Ssldkr fcFrLong. HpA * % ■ *

DIE IN MINE HORROR.

MANY LIVES, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LOST. Death List May Number 234 Men— Result of an Explosion—Union Pa* cific Shaft at Hanna, Wyo., Wrecked and Bet on Fire by Gae» Two hundred and thirty-four men are believed to have perished in an explosion which wrecked Hanna Mine No. 1 of the Union Pacific Coal Company at Hanna, Wyo., shortly after 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. The property loss is enormous. f About 1 o’clock in the afternoon four men were taken out alive and a half hour later they were followed by fortyJwo others. Many were unconscious and had to be carried from the Workings. Some were injured, but none fatally. Several are in a serious condition, but it is believed all will recover. Two hundred and eighty-two men went down in the mine at 7 o’clock in the morning, and up until a late hour only forty-eight had been accounted for. Of this number two are dead. The mine is one of the largest owned by the Union Pacific Coal Company, and employed 280 men. The explosion came with terrific force. The earth fifty feet back to the mouth of the slope and heavy timbers piled near were thrown iu every dlrection. No one was working outside near any of the openings of the mine to receive injury, but the workings have caved in, burying the miners. Those who were not killed instantly iu this manner have since perished from the gas. It lias been impossible for rescuing parties to get into the mine where the greater number of men were employed. The manway and a number of the air Cannes Were closed by the earth caving in.

Cause of the Explosion. It is generally believed that the explosion was caused by one of the miners opening a condensed air chamber. Those of the survivors who are able to talk believq that gas had formed iu the chamber and forced out the air. When the miner opened the door his lamp set fire to the gas. E. S. Brooks, superintendent of the mine, and William Paseoe, stable boss, entering soon after the explosion, were overcome by the gas at the fourth level and but for immediate assistance would have perished in a few moments. There are several miles of workings in the mine, and the men were widely scattered. At the seventh level sixty-five men were employed. The underground stables were also located at this point, and forty-five mules were kept in them. It was impossible to go beyond the seventh level going down the main entrance, this being perhaps GOO feet from the surface. A party of five men entered from an air shaft a half mile away from the main entrance and succeeded in going in about three-fourths of a mile. They found many dead men and mules, some of the bodies being blown into atoms. The gas at this point was very strong. Before the men could retreat they became exhausted, and but for assistance rendered by a party who followed them closely never could have reached the surface. They found many of the air shafts closed and passageways obstructed by the walls caving in. The Hanna mines are among the best on the Union Pacific system, being established in 1878. The town was named for Senator Mark Hanna when he was a'member of the Union Pacific Coal Company. Mine No. 1 is practically a new property. It has twenty-six entries, fifteen miles of workings and a main incline shaft of one and one-half miles in length. The mine lias been recognized as dangerous on account of the large amount of gas, but the system of ventilation has been so good that an accident was not anticipated.

SAYS DONS COULD HAVE WON.

Hero of the Merrimac Declares Cer* vera’a Fleet Was Superior to Ours. Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac, in an article printed in New York, makes some interesting statements concerning the battle of Santiago. He says: “At Santiago the Spaniards had good ships, heavily armed, of twenty knots speed. Outside we had but two fast ships in our squadron, the New York and prooklyn, and they only armed cruisers, our heavily armored vessels being only sixteen-knot ships. “If the Spaniards had clustered outside and stood away at twenty knots’ speed, and our motley fleet had put out in pursuit, before nightfall our vessels would have been far separated, scarcely one in the line being in sight of the next ahead or next astern, and the Spanish squadron could have turned around and defeated them one at a time. “The Spanish officers and enlisted men were brave and courageous, and died nobly at their posts of duty. The difference lay in efficiency. “Why this was not the result, instead of the complete destruction of the Spanish fleet, I can explain as follows: “Any person going down to our fleet prior to the war would have found every officer and enli-ted man engaged from morning to night, each in planniug and executing methods to increase the efficiency of his own department in battle. Reports from the Spanish squadron show no such activity; no target practice, only occasional perfunctory swinging of turret guns. “Admiral Cervera informed me when I called on him at Annapolis, returning the gracious call that he paid to me while in prison in Santiago, when the question of the bgjttle came up in conversation, that he had been forbidden by his government to cut out any of the woodwork, and that the cutting of the fire main on his flagship in the early stages of the action prevented fighting the tire, whicli raged with inconceivable Gereeness.”

Sparks from the Wires.

Gov. Frazier has granted a requisition permitting the removal of Leo Turner of Quarter House fame from Jacksboro, Teun., to I’inerille, Ky. Mr. Wilson, secretary of legation at Tokio, has notified the Secretary of State that the Japanese diet has appropriated 80©,000 yen for the St, Louis exposition. John H. Henselmsn. Jr., of Coring-, ton, Ky., a student at Michigan t’niveraity, is under arrest at Washington charged with writing threatening letter* to Preridout Roosevelt.

CROPS ARE BACKWARD.

Yield of Winter Wheat Disappointing —Corn Is Very Late. The weather bureau’s weekly summary of crop conditions is as follows: While still too cool in the districts east of the Rocky Mountains, the temperature conditions of the week ended June 22 were somewhat more favorable in the central valleys and Southern States, but over portions of the lake region and middle Atlantic States and in New England It was colder than in the preceding week. Heavy rains in the last two districts interrupted farm work, but in the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys and gulf States the conditions were very favorable for cultivation. Rain is now needed in the Dakotas, northern Minnesota, and in portions of the central and east gulf districts. A general improvement in the condition of com in the central valleys is indicated, especially over the western portions. In ail northern and central districta corn continues very late, but ia in good state of cultivation, except in the middle Atlantic States. In the Southern States early corn is largely laid by, and is nearing maturity ia Texas. Winter wheat harvest has made favorable progress, and is now general in the central portions of the winter wheat belt, with disappointing yields, especially In the southern portions of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. Spring wheat is suffering for rain in North Dakota and portions of South Dakota, and is affected by rust quite generally in Nebraska. In these last two States, however, the crop, aa a rule, is doing well, and in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and lowa continues in promising condition. In Washington the crop hta improved where moisture has been sufficient The outlook for oats Is less promising In the Dakotas, Nebraska, northern Minnesota and southern Illinois, In Wiseon■ta, Kansas, on uplands in lowa, and in northern Illinois a good crop is promised. An improvement is reported from Michigan, the Ohio valley and the middle Atlantic States. Cotton continues small, but its general condition is somewhat improved. In New England tobacco needs warmth and sunshine, but elsewhere the <feos has made favorable progress, except in North Carolina and portions of Virginia. In Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania apples are unpromising, but the outlook continue* favorable in lowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Kentucky. In New York the prospects vary from poor to good. In the Virginias and Ohio an improvement is reported. Recent rains have caused a marked improvement in grass in New England and the middle Atlantic States, but the crop will be light.

A NERVY OLD SOLDIER.

Without a Groan He Watched tha Surgeons Cut Hi* Leg Off Twice.

When Henry C. Nichols, of Jersey City, died the other day there passed a man of the stuff heroes are made of. With the same courage and coolness he displayed facing death at Antietam and in the battle of the Wilderness, he watched the work of the surgeons while they cut off his leg in two operations, in Christ Hospital, and then faced the inevitable end and died with a smile on his face. Nichols was 57 years old. lie had a weak heart, following an operation for appendicitis about a year ago. Wounda received in the war brought on necrosis of the bones of the leg and the formation of a clot in an artery. This was followed by gangrene, and the only hope for life was the amputation of the limb. He could not stand an anaesthetic, and the doctors told him that his only chance was to have his leg cut off while he was conscious. He told him to go ahead, and after the first amputation had been made the condition as disclosed made a second operation necessary, and they cut into flesh and bone again while the old soldier,' perfectly conscious, looked on at the grinding of the surgical saw and the keen-bladed knives. For a week it seemed a* If he would lire, but with the beginning of the ninth day his vitality began to wane and it was manifest he could not survive. On the morning of Memorial Day he Insisted upon being removed from the hospital to his home, and to be carried through the streets, where he knew his comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic were marching. Hie request was complied with. The veteran waved his hand feebly to the thinned-oat ranks as he passed them by, but he never betrayed by any sign that he suffered. After the parade he was taken in and put to bed, but it was plain he could not last * - •,, - - B 4 Thornton, a 12-year-old boy, was drowned at Columbia, Mo.

GOOD-BYE TO STUDIES.

THE “HONOR” EXHIBITED IN A KENTUCKY FEUB

PRISON FOR A PLANTER.

Alabaman Pleads Guilty to Holding Negroes la Peonage. J. W. Pace of Tallapoosa, Ala., a wealthy planter, was found guilty in the federal court of holding negroes in Involuntary servitude and given five yeans in prison. He pleaded guilty to each of eleven indictments, but owing to the advanced age of the convicted man he waa sentenced to serve punishment concurrently, making his imprisonment a single five-year term. The case was appealed to test and defendant released on bail of $5,000. Pace was charged with holding in •peonage ten negroes. The negroes were treated cruelly on Pace’s farm, many being brutally whipped. It is said that Owens Green, a negro, was whipped so severely that many bones in his body were broken and that his power of speech was interfered with. When Pace made his statement to the judge he acknowledged that he was guilty. He said: “I plead guilty to the q£senses and would like your honor to be merciful.” The judge then asked him if he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him and he replied in the negative. At' Macon, Ga., in the United States Court, Judge Speer imposed a fine of sl,000 each on three young men, William Shy, Arthur Clawson and Robert Turner, for holding a negro In involuntary servitude. He suspended the fine under conditions, and so doing the court aaid: “In view of the fact that it is the first crime of the kind which ever has occurred in Georgia, and because of the frank confession of the young men, sentence is imposed in order to convince the public that the purpose of the court la to warn and deter others from like crime. During good behavior fine is suspended upon payment of SIOO each.” The offense was that the young men, who are farmers, caught a negro who was in debt to them, gave him a whipping and made him go to work for them. Judge Speer said that the problem of the times _could not be solved by harYh measurer and wanted it distinctly understood that the laws of Georgia were against such treatment.

All Around the Globe.

President J. A. Beattie of Hiram Col lege presented his resignation to ths board of trustees. James J. Van Alen, who had been reported missing, has arrived at Newport, R. 1., after a trip around the world. Fire started by the explosion of a gas engine on the Enoch Rose farm in Marion township, Ohio, set fire to a well, two oil tanka and an engine house. Lightning shattered the chimney of the district school at Lake Lauderdalt, N. T. The fluid ran through the building, and the teacher and one pupil were seriously hurt. Twenty-five pupils were made unconscious. An examination of the affairs of Porter Brothers, San Jose, Cal., ia reported so satisfactory that the receiver will be withdrawn and business resumed. The grain and seed warehouse of D.-8. Gay of Winchester, Ky., burned, including the largest stock of blue grass seed in the world. Loss over SIOO,OOO, insurance $75,000. In the election of delegatee to t convention to draft a new charter for the consolidated city and county of Denver the entire non-partisan civic ticket was successful by pluralities of from 100 ta 2,500 ever the Republican candidates.

CROPS DOING BETTER.

GENERAL CONDITIONS NOW RE* PORTED ENCOURAGING. Deter lor at lon la Wheat in North Da* kota oa Account of Drought—Corn Shows Improvement, Though It Is Late in Western Portions of Belt. Following is the official weekly crop report of the Department of Agriculture: Throughout! the central valleys, the lake region, the Atlantic coast districts, and the northern portiou of the Southern States the week lias been decidedly cool, and the Atlantic coast and the east gulf districts have suffered from continuous rains. t While too cool for rapid growth, crops have made favorable advancement in the central valleys. Warmth and sunshine are greatly needed in the Atlantic coast and the east gulf districts. Further improvement in the condition of corn is generally reported, and while the crop continues late it is making good growth over the western portion of the corn belt, the condition of the crop in lowa now closely approximating the average. 'Tn the middle Atlantic States corn has made slow growth and is backward and much in need of cultivation. Except over local areas the weather conditions have been favorable for winter wheat harvest in the central valleys, but this work has been interrupted by rains iu the middle Atlantic States. A marked improvement in the condition of winter wheat is reported from New York and Michigan, and the crop is maturing rapidly and is in good condition in Nebraska. In North Dakota there has been a decided deterioration in the condition of spring wheat as a result of drought, which also has proved damaging iu portions of South Dakota and northern Minnesota. The crop continues promising in Wisconsin, lowa and Nebraska. Decided improvement is reported from Washington and Oregon, except in central Washington, where drought is causing injury. Report* bjr States. Illinois Wheat harvest Is progressing In the central portion, hut yield Is below average; coni backward, too cool for gorwth, fields generally clean; oats and grass Improved since rains; clover heavy, yield good quality; small fruits promising; apples continue dropping badly; potatoes promise heavy yield. Indiana—Temperature much below average, otherwise weather favorable; threshing wheat In south section, where there Is not half a crop, elsewhere prospeets are better, hut less than average promised; corn late and growing slowly but clean; oats Improved, but rust prevalent; good crop of clover being saved; minor crops In fair condition; prospe. t for apples improved, light to good yields promised. Ohio-Wheat harvest progressing, considerable damage by rust and fly In south; early oats heading short, late doing well; coni small and Iu places in north yellow, cultivation in progress; tobacco doing fairly well; clover fair; timothy improving, but weedy; early potatoes In market; gardens good; weather favorable for apples. Michigan—Ample showt rs followed by warmer weather caused marked improvement In wheat, rye, outs, barley, peas and meadows; corn small and weedy, but improving rapidly; sugar beets and early potatoes doing well. Wisconsin—Corn Improved, hut still backward; winter rye seriously injured In Wisconsin valley by late frost, elsewhere heading well; winter wheat good; oats, barley, spring wheat, and rye satisfactory. Minnesota—Rains at end of week Insufficient In dry portions. Injury by drought in northern half of State to oats, barley, and flax 011 sandy soils and spring plowed lands, but wheat, oats, and barley on fall plowed lands and clay soil are standing drought safely. lowa—Conditions favorable for spring wheat, oats, and barley, which are heading and Ailing satisfactorily; corn cultivation continued with little interruption and early planted corn Is close to teu-year average in si7.e and condition. South Dakota—Beneficial rains; favorable weather, except in some northern counties, where damaging drought, especially to spring wheat and oats, was generally broken Sunday night; elsewhere spring wheat, oats, barley, rye, grasses, flax and potatoes generally thrifty. Rainfall in Northwest. The following'figures show the rainfall in Minnesota. Nqrth Dakota and South Dakota for four weeks of June, showing tile departure from the normal: PRECIPITATION. Total June Total defour weeks, pnrturc. Duluth. Minn. 78 —3.52 St. Paul, Minn. 50 —3.50 Moorhead. Minn 80 —3.32 Yankton, 8. p- .....3.32 .08 Huron. 8. I>. .’. 1.08 —1.65 Bismarck. N. I> -....1.02 —2.33 Willlston, N. D 73 —2.52

THE RAILROADS

The Texas and Pacific is to hare a telephone line throughout the length of its system. The general offices of the freight department of the Erie have been removed from Cleveland to Chicago. Executive officers of the Western Passenger Association are making au effort to devise a satisfactory form of interchangeable mileage books. At a meeting of the directors of the Georgia* -Florida and Alabama at Bainbrhlge, Ga., it was determined to extend the road south from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. The Chicago, St. Pan!, Minneapolis and Ohio Kailway has announced a reduction of fifty-five minutes in the running time of the limited from the Twin Cities to Chicago. East-bound lines report a very satisfactory condition of affairs both as to the volume of traffic handled and the rate situation. Business taken in aggregate on all roads is ahead of last year. One of the exhibits in the Transportation building at the world's fair at St. Louis will be a model railway ticket office in full operation. Tickets to any part of Che world may be bought at the office and baggage checked and sleeper tickets secured. The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the action of the State Railroad Commission in ordering the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to operate its main line between St. Paul and Duluth through the Twentieth avenue station ia Dnluth, instead of through West Su.i . . . ... , .

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. aMaaw_MMßW > Supreme Court Decides Against Ex* press Companies—Saved from Suicide by Fish Hook—Bank Failure at Mil* ton—Man Kills Self and Wife. r « The Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the law of 1901 which requires express companies to interchange business with one another without discrimination, thereby upholding the position of the express company on the Southern Indiana Railroad. The court holds that the act, which was intended to prevent unfair discriminations by one express company or combination of express companies acting as common carriers against any consigner or other responsible company engaged in the same business, does not violate the constitutional provision forbidding the passage of local or special laws for the punishment of crimes or misdemeanors. There is a penalty clause in the act, but the court says the penalty is recoverable by a civil action and not by a criminal proceeding. The law is held to have been enacted in compliance with legitimate exorci.se of the police powers of the Legislature. Fish Hook saves a Woman. Mrs. Florence Evans of Frankfort, who obtained notoriety a year ago by kidnaping her own child, attempted suicide because of a quarrel with her sweetheart. She was saved by a fish hook. She had been divorced from her husband and after the quarrel with her lover went to a deep hole in Prairie creek, a mile from the city, where she disrobed and sprang into the water. Joseph Ostler and a young woman companion, who were near, heard the splash. Ostler cannot swim, but he east his fish line at Mrs. Evans, the hook catching in her hair. She was unconscious and he dragged her to the hank, where she was resuscitated. Prepares Gravel Kills Two. Angered because his wife, from whom he had been separated for two years, refused to return to him, and having prepared his grave and donned burial clothes, Adolph Wuth committed murder and suicide in South Bend. He shot his wife and himself The former lived long enough to crawl over a fenee and give the alarm. Seekers after the murderer found Wnth’s body in the back yard at the residence where Mrs. Wuth had been living and where she also received a fatal wound. Suffer in a Rank Crash. Much excitement exists at Milton over the failure of the Citizens’ Bank of that place. The bank made an assignment and the liabilities will reacli $22,000, and S2OO placed in the bank for safekeeping by William Bragg am! several safe deposits were missing and certificates of deposit substituted. T. E. Kessler, an official of the bank asd also of the Richmond Traction Company, has disappeared. The loss falls on the farmers of the vicinity and the citizens of Milton. Tries Suicide After Ball. Because of jealousy William Miley, a farmer at lona, attempted suicide by shooting himself. Three doctors worked nil tlie afternoon to save his life, but they declare lie will probably die. Miley ami his wife attended a dance at the home of Charles Gibbs the previous night and it is said Mrs. Miley paid considerable attention to two other men, which caused Miley much anxiety. Wholesale Infant Murder. Another new born infant was found in the river at Indianapolis. The child had been murdered and its body thrown into the water. The coroner claims that an organized gang of persons in the city are disposing of infants newly born. All Over the Btsta Muncie ministers are planning to wage war on Sunday ball games. Forty members of the tanners’ union are on a strike at New Albany. thieves are operating iu all the large cities on the Wabash Railroad. The imported cow, Missie, owned by E. W. Bowen, Delphi, and valued at SO,OOO, died of milk fever. The plant of the American Flint 'Glass Company at Summitville was destroyed by fire. The loss is $73,000. Cloudburst at Roanoke destroyed much property and tied up the Fort Wayne and Southwestern interurban road. Mrs. Edward Eggleston, wife of the late poet and author, has bought the Alllug homestead at Madison fgor SB,OOO. While moving a lawn swing, Darius H. Frazier, Lafayette, let it fold up on him and cut off the ends of three fingers. The body of George Stein, who died nine months ago, is reposing in a morgue in Lafayette, awaiting disposition by relatives iu Germany. Stephen Stephens, the 11-year-old son of prominent parents, died from lockjaw in Hammond, the result of a toy pistol accideut. He suffered terrible agony. Gov. and Mrs. Durbin, Mr. and Mss. William Garstaug and Fletcher Durbin have left for a two weeks’ trip through Yellowstone I’nrk and the Northwest.

Martin Fitzgerald, foreman of the Evansville and Terre Haute Railway, swallowed a large doee of laudanum in an effort to commit suicide and may die. He was despondent over the death of his wife. John Stone of Hartford City crawled the length of four squares through a 30inch sewer, filled with slime and filth, for $5. He was an hour in making the journey, and he was compelled to worm his way in intense darkness. When drawn from the sewer he was almost exhausted and was a terrible looking object. Stone says he would not undertake the trip again for any amount of money. James Andrews, a negro, was found guilty of the murder of Doc Lung, a Chinese laundryman, in Indianapolis on May 4, 1902, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Lung was killed with a Chinese meat cleaver. Dr. Edward Stanton, a character of Kokomo for sixty years, died, aged 80 yean. Years ago Stanton lost his practice and fortune, and it affected his Since then he had imagined himself an ox, and grass and hay waa his principal diet. He walked on all fours in the pasture of the county farm, grazing confrttfe tin hory<i tod ilhm^