Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1905 — RANK FOR A HOOSIER [ARTICLE]

RANK FOR A HOOSIER

Indianapolis Man Sent a Chinese Decoration for Courtesies to Prince Pu Lun. MANDARIN TAKES A BACK 82AT When Citizen Fortune Is Around— Wayne County Reform Is Working—Notes. Indianapolis, May 4. Chinese nobility of the ranks of the demacracy of Indianapolis and Indiana 1s liecoming a serious problem. William Fortune; who was chairman of the committee on arrangements for the visit of Prince Pu Lun a year ago. and who took the prince often a-ridlng in an automobile, has received from tlie state department at Washington a silver and jeweled decoration which places him in the third rank, third class. He is no longer of the common kind, from the Chinese point of view. Should he go to t'hina, he is informed by Moy Kw*. he would have certain magisterial powers and would surpass in rank the mandarin. Decoratiou Im tiorgeoiiß. The decoration is a silver sun about three inches in diameter. In the center of it ull Is a blue glass jewel and ,00 the rim of an enameled center within the sun is a coral. About the enameled center are two silver dragons and surrounding the center of the sun are gold letters in two Chinese dialects. One Is In Manchu, it is said. At any rate Moy Kee. who. thanks to the decorating tendencies of Prince Pu Lun, is Chinese mayor of Indianapolis, could not read that side of the circle. The other side, Which Is perhaps a duplicate in meaning of the Manchu part, says, “Presented by the Emperor." 1. L Bank* Next to an Ambaaiador. Foreign amlHtssadors to China, it is said, are appointed to the second rank, so the rank with which Fortune is honored is the highest given to any one not a Chinese and not in official life. While waiting further Information Fortune may, if he desires, look down upon Moy Kee, mayor, and Pang Wah Jung, vice mayor, for It appears that Fortune’s rank is one or two pegs higher than the rank of Kee of Jung. NO SLOT MACBINRS TBBRR Whole County That Boasts of a Complete Cleaalag Up of That Bort of Thing. Richmond, Ind., May 4. For the first tljpe In probably ten years there la notfti slot machine of any description in Wayne county. The last was

cleaned out of Hagerstown on the order of Prosecutor Jessup, who went to that town and personally notified the saloonkeepers that the day of the slot, machine had passed In Wayne county and they must be removed. The order 'Was promptly complied with. Liquor law violations In the smaller towns of the county are becoming less frequent, and there are no complaints being received. Gambling is practically dead in the county. Richmond can truthfully boast of l>eing the largest city in Indiana in which gambling rooms did not close when the recent wave of morality swept over the state. The reason for this was that Richmond has been without gambling rooms for at least four years. There Is not a poker game running within the limits of the Quaker City, and with Prosecutor Jessup’s vigorous stand continued there will be none. I. and W. Railway Sold. Indianapolis, May 4.—The property and holdings of the Indianapolis and Western Railroad company have been sold to the Tucker-Anthony company, of Boston. The consideration was not made public. The road Is incomplete, only the grading between this city and Danville, Ind., being partly finished. The new owners expect to operate the line to Danville Sept. 1. Sprong Goe* Up for Life. Wabash, Ind., May 4.—Judge Plummer, in the WabaSfi circuit court, overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of Charles Sprong, convicted of the murder of Wilson Addington, and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. Sprong expressed a desire to enter upon his sentence without delay. Fell Unconscious in the Wood*. Nashville. Ind., May 4. Orlando Condon, farmer. 68 years old, near this cits-, went to the woods to cut timber. Failing to return, search was made and he was found unconscious, lying beside a log. He was removed to his home, and at last accounts was still unconscious. Hod Carrier* on a Strike. Evansville, Ind., May 4.—One hundredmnd twenty union hod carriers of Evansville are on strike, because the contractors refused to grant them an Increase in wages. They were receiving $2.25 a day, and asked an Increase of 25 cents a day. ‘ ' Call* for aa Assessment. Newcastle, Ind., May 4.—The Citizens’ Gas company, a local concern, has made an assessment of 30 per cent on Its stock for the purpose of drilling wells and cleaning out old ones In order to get a better service next winter. Acquitted ou a Poisoning Charge. Marlon, Ind., May 4.—Mrs. Jennie Roode, has been acquitted of a charge of attempting to poison her husband, John K. Roode, by placing strychnine In pancakes which she served to him.