Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 7, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 November 1894 — Page 3

INFAMY OF INFAMIES.

PLOTTING TREASON AND BASE CONSPIRACY. Money Must Rule, Homes Must He Taken Courts Corrupted iiutl Spies Km ployed 1'oHcr of tlit I'o'HilUts und Their Mag. iilllceut Campaign. The Ohio Fopulist publishes the following bank circular emiuatiug from Wallstreet: The circular was dropped by a prominent broker on the dock exchange in Cs.iacgo, and was picked ui by Mr. T. W. Uilruth, tlieu a reporter on the Chicago Daily Press, and first published in that paper. The bankers at once took s.eps to destroy the paper. Mr. (iilruth now resides in Kansas City, Mo. A few days since the Ohio Populist adressed u letter to Mr. Gilruth requesting a copy of the original and its history. We append Lis reply. Kans as City. Mo., Oct. 2X lcö. To The Ohio populist. Ueutlenien Your letter dated October 17 arrived Has morning and I hasten t j answer It In view of the imp nance o( the request .you make, and inc oe you a copy of the document known as the all Street Letter." It Is a genuine euuinutl.iu iroin the people who are eut;ai,e d iu an attempt to destroy "A Government of the people, ny the people and for the people." and e-tabLsh in Ilea thereot a IJovenuiient of iluto.-ruey. loii-wmded titles, oppression and slavery frthe masses. 1 had the Wall Street letter puhl. shed in the Chicago U.iily iless. which resulted in tlu l-aukers tatwiuvr such f-tt-ps as destroyed the paper. The 1'ress Is no longer published. 1 was Lord at U'orthiiujton. r raukim County. Ohio. April rt. 1M i. My father, Kev. James .llmth, was well known all over the state yea is ao. He has an abolitionist concerning chattel shivery. 1 am au abolitionist concerning wage slavery. Yours fraternally, T. V. Giuaril. Here is the circular. Head it. Think over it. Ye boastful yeomanry of a (ouce) glorious republic. We must be robbed of our homes. We must be made a tenantry, that Ave may not "quarrel with our rulers." Is there a man iu this plague stricken laud who has a drop of patriotic blood iu his body, wlio.se hears will not lite with indignation, aud whose spirit will not rebel against such diabolical treachery as this? Head it, frieud, and if it doesn't make a Fopulist out of jou, wo must decide that you are the one or the other of the two things, a fool or a tool. Waix Stiieet. N. Y., March 21, 1SJ-. Developments abroad this week have been quite as important as those at home. The apI ointment of a receiver for tht speculative banking house of Murrlts & Co. ends a louyr Huiony anion;? capitalists, and is a long step towards thj ilual liquidation of England's latest financial folly. The continental crisis which has long been pending seems to be at band. The failure ot the leading banking house at St. Petersburg a few days ago, the suspension of a Paris bank to-day. more intense tmancial Jistrust iu Spain and Portugal, and the political complications at Herlin, all jint mistakabiy to a climax of the wretched condition of linancial and political affairs that has existed upon the continent for years. It Is not to be wondered at that the American market, no matter how sound and healthy it may be. ahouM stund still in the tace of the.-e events, and the others of which they aro the precursors. L.ondn bavins relieved itself of a surfeit of securities extensive sales of its holding of Americans, and by so doing has ill led her iaa: vaults with American gold, i in a position to take care of its holdings of Argentine securities, lor which there is practically no market at present. English bankers, br kers and investors certainty wlil not tou h continental tecur.ties unless they should fall iu value to such figures lhat might tempt bargain hunters, for all of th:-se seeurities have been tat ooed in the London market auu will continue to be until capitalists determ.ne whether or i:oi to bring on a general war between European nations, it Is reasonable to assume, therefore, that the minor and 1 c:il lin.mc.al troubles of the continent will be limited to those who are locally responsible for them that is, as far as the misfortunes of .ay nation can be contired within its own tc i ritory. Out or all this disorder a better and sounder condition of affairs will be devchied by the Ujij ralirin of capital, but tue pn-cess of lea ..'hing that basis will inevitably Ihj 1ov. t dious and costly. A gold basis' for money ciiculation must lirst bt- establ,.-hed. We must ir weed with caution and guard I weil every move made, for the lower orders of ihe pe ple are already showing signs of restless o:ninotion. I'rudt-nc will therefore dictate a policy cf ipp trenr yielding to the popular will, until all jt our plaus are so far consilium ited that we an deel ire our des gns w.th jut fear of any ir-;-. li.ed res I -stance. The Farmers' Alliance and Knights of Labor .a ti.e United States should be careiully ivatched by our truted men, and we must :ake imme date steps to ilther control these r-:anl. .tions lu our interest, or to disrupt them. At the coming Omaha convention to l e held July l. our men mu.-a attend and direct Its Movements, else there Will be set on loot such in antagonism to our designs as may require orce to ov, rconie. This at the present time vouid e premature; we are not yet ready for u h a crisis. Capital must protect itself in every possible manner, through combination and legislation. The courts must be called to our aid. riebt linst I e collected, bonds and mortgages fore-Uo-ed as rapidly as iossible. When, thro.igh jro. ess of law. the common eopl- have los . their homes they will be ni.jv ra t ible an I easily governed through the inluen; e o: the strong arm o' Government -a;-ol.el by a central power of imperial wealth ind r the eontrol of leading ilnauciers. A ieoplo without homes will not quarrel vlth their rulers. History repeats itself la regular cycles; this truth is well known itnoiig our princinal men now eucatred In -ormins an imperialism of capital to govern ihe w.rld. While they are doing this, the people must 5e kept in a condition of antagonism. The question o tariff reiorin must be urged hro.igh the organization known as the Democrat c party. And the ouestion of protection with reciprocity must ij forced to public View through the Kepubllcan party. lly thus dividing the voters we can get them to expend their energies in tight ng each other over ouestions of no importance to us, excep. fti tethers to lead he ommon herd. Thus, by discreet action, we can secure al' that h is been so generously planned, and thus -far successfully accomplished. isigueill II. Xi mm Kit man. Secretary. To the Hankers' and lirokers' Central Committee of Chicago, 111. STRICTLY PHIVATE. Keep a the Armor. .Sapoleon is credited with the saying that in a conilict at arms that the side was victorious which lirst renewed the offensive and went in search of the next battle. Iu a measure this is true in politics. The party sustaining apparent defeat may resume tho conilict immediately after election in a manner presaging ultimate victory. The llepublican party, Hushed with success, will doubtless do little during the next two years except quarrel over the spoils of oflice. Tho Democratic party, discomfited, disorganized, overwhelmed with defeat, will so long debate whether to disband, reorganize, go over to the Populists or form a nowparty, that their previous prowess will have gone glimmering and their opportunity to rally their forces and achieve victory in "Jü will have passed from their trrasp. Will the Peoples party avail itself of the opportunity now afforded to immediately renew the conilict all along The lino and push forward, to final victory in tho next presidential campaign ? Vh is much desired end can be attained

if the necessary onward march la promptly and properly made. But the work must commenoe at once throughout every state, county and voting precinct. Speakers must be kept in the field expounding the principle of the Omaha platform. Reform books and phauiplets and leaflets must be purchased, even by those who can but poorly spare the money, industriously circulated and brought to the notice of those honest voters in the old parties who have not got their eyes open. People's party papers must be subscribed for, loauod to neighbors, aud better supported financially, Be form editors, especially, must keep in tho harness, hew to the line as before, and refuse to be drawn away from the path of duty by glit'ering bubbles seeming to emana e, from the basin of proserity. Individual work in the line of political reform must be pushed with energy in every walk of life. And work will win ; there will be no victory without it. Let every mm who voted the Top ulist ticket at the recent election be up and doing, looking about him in search of the next battle. Kee.i on the armor, move ste idilv forward aud the next great battle of the ballot will give us the executive and both houses of Congress. Then the rule of the people will be iirmly established. Chicago Sentinel.

Uliat Do the lYople Kxpect? Why should tho people rehabilitate tho Republican party? Is there tho remotest idea that tho Republican party changed? Is it not the same old corrupt party that went out out with Harrison? If it was so corrupt as to deserve defeat two vears ago, whv should it be reinstated now? If it spent a billion dollars of the people's money iu one year under Harrison, will it not do the same again? Has it changed or done works mete for repentance since it startle! tho country by its corruption and frauds? Is tho defeat of the Democrats by the election of the Republicans not a change of parties without any change of principles or politics? How supremely 'ridiculous it is for; the people to jump out of the frying j pan into the lire, to change from one corrupt party to another .equally corrupt? Roth of the old parties . have been condemned for their corruption and debauchery of the public trust. Why should the people not condemn both and try a new party? If a business man should discharge one employe because ho had robbed his safe and employ another who also robbed him, would it be common senso for the business man to lischarge this second man aud employ again tho lirst one who robbed him? That is precisely what the peoplo have done at the lato election. They discharged the Republicans iu 18'J2 for robbery and corruption, and in 1SDA discharged the Democratic party for the same causo and employed tho Republican party again. Are the American people a set of fools? Do the people understand what libertv means, or are they onlv fit to be slaves and serfs? Are tho American people capable of self-government ? If so, they have not so declared by their actions. Is not the political action of the American people the most nonsensical and ridiculous that was ever witnessed ? .Magnificent Itesults. Although tho monopolistic daily press is systematically suppressing returns of tho Populist vole, enough information can bo gathered to show that not less than two million votes have been polled. This in itself is a magnificent victory, and one that the most enthusiastic reformer may well be proud of. Nobody expected that the People's party was going to "sweep the country." All that was expected was a largely increased vote ami that has been attained. Let this vote be doubled in tho next two years and it means victory in 18'JG. The outlook never was more hopeful than at the present moment. The chances are all in favor of a rapid and healthy increase of strength in the next two years. Under Cleveland's administration thcro will bo no rallying of the Democratic forces. On the contrary it means a rapid disintegration of the Democratic party. A few Democrats will go to the Republican party where they belong. Tho greater portion, however, will naturally alliilato with tho People's party. The Republican landslide (through Democratic indifference) will so inflate the leaders of the g. o. p. that dissensions will inevitably arise and destruction follow. We predict a bigger row in tho Repub lican camp during tho next two years than there has been in the Democratic party during tho last two. And more than all, the hard times will continue. Those men who have foolishly voted tho Republican ticket, believing that it would result in better times, will soon see their fatal mistake. All of which will tend to strengthen and build up the third party. The one thing to do this is to rally the forces on with the fight. Chicago Express. A Magnificent Campaign. At no time in tho history of this country has there been a iolitical campaign conducted on it higher piano of principle, under greater disadvantages, against more obstinate aud powerful adversaries, and with more uniform and general advancement than the campaign of tho People's party in tho election of 18D1. Without money, they held monster meetings of tho people and made magnificent demonstrations of enthusiasm and strength, Without a daily press, they combated tho sophisi" of tho old politicians and scattered broadcast millions of phamplets and documents containing unanswerable arguments favoring their party principles. With out bribery or official patronage, they rallied to their support tho honest, thinking, independent voters of tho land tho great heart, so to speak, of the common people of tho Republic. In the face of tho combined opposition of both old parties, against an un-

ceasing avalanche of ridicule, deception, misrepresentation, contumely and fraud, the banner of the people has been carried gallantly and steadily forward and now waves defiantly in front of tho stronghold of the enemy. It was like the cool and steady advance of a long line of fixed bayonete in tho hands of an army of vererans. Aye, it was a magnificent campaign, t

Wheat 1 Cents. Wheat selling for 10 cents a bushel! Think of it! The mainstay of mankind's existence, that from which comes the staff of life, selling for the paltry sum of IU cents a bushel! It is almost bevond belief. To tho Palouse County it is a terrible calamity. To our financial interests it is almost as bad as a total loss of the crop. At this price the cost of harvesting will consume tho entire poceeJs. The average cost of harvesting a twenty-live bushel to the acre crop is 18 cents per bushel. Six cents to cut it, ök cents to thresh it, -i cents to sack it, and 2i cents to haul it to market, making a total of 18 cents, to say nothing of warehouse charges. Where is the farmer's pay for the long, hard days spent in seeding? And where is his tax and interest money and storo bills to come from? A rise in tho market is hoped for, but at present all eyes are turned toward the railroad companies for refief. They are now getting almost as much for hauling the wheat to market 11 cents as the farmer gets for raising it. It may be that the profits are not so large as that, but it is royal remuneration as compared with what the farmer gets for raising it. Enterprise, Garfield, Wash. Conditions in Kngland. According to Leon Levi the number of prodncers in Cheat Rritaiu foots up 10,018.001), and thtir incomes X150,000,000: the number of non-producers is 4,350,000, and their income annually from land interests and the labor of others is Cb00,000,000. Thus there are 0,118,000 more producers than there are non-producers, yet they draw 100,000,000 less than the non-producers. There are many millions of acres of idle land held by tho aristocracy for parks, j leasure ground- and fores' s for gai io where the nabobs hunt and spend their worthless lives in luxury. Under thi.i wise sys em of government, that 3Ir. Cleveland desires to imitate, and whose sanction is a condition precedent to our coining silver, there are 5,000.000 i sv.ipers and one iu live that is, one-tifth of the populalation of London die paupers, and 'JO l er cent, of the producers of wealth have such a meager income that they can scarcely keep soul and body toeretner. i This is tho condition of tho pro ducers of wealth in Lnglaud. More is sjient than is produced. Then, how does the country keep up? one would liatuiity ask. It can bo answered by stating that all the balance of the W( rid, including the United States, makes voluntary contributions of millions of dollars annually to make up for the waste of these English lords and dukes. The United States is in the lead as'a voluntary contributor to this English snobbery.'' About onethird of the products of American labor goes to help replace this waste cf the English nabobs. This has been going on for vears. The peoplo who produce wealth have been voting to continue tjiis Dritish robbery of American labor, but they are slowly getting their eyes open. The time is not far distant when the people of the United States will saw oil this annual voluntary contribution to support the lords, dukes and dtuhe.-ses of England. When England is onco forced to depend on its own country for support the Rritain will learn a lesson that will prove valuable. They will then find it necessary to dispense with much of this ornamental business, and increasi the moans of production and the bilges of labor. The Power of tho Populists. Tho power of an advancing army is better evidenced by its ability to fight, sustain defeat, movo forward and light again, than by tho capture of isolated and unimportant though fortified positions. So, too, tho real power possessed to-day by the People's party far transcends tho power it possessed two years ago, when it carried live states, cast twenty-three electoral votes, and sent to Congress sixteen of its representative men. To-day wo have fewer ollices but more votes. To-day wo have the satisfaction of seeing tho People's party taking second place in several states of the union--it can no longer bo termed the third party. To-day we hold tho balance- of power in tho national Government the Democrats tho Executive, tho Republicans the lower House, and tho Populists that head-center of monopoly, the Senate. To-day we number at least 2,000,000 voters honest, enthusiastic, working voters each of whom will bring three recruits into the next conilict. Tho People's party stands to-day a young athlete in tho arena of politics too honest to be ridiculed, too powerful to bo ignored, too determined in purposo to be treated with disrespect. Verily, the Populists havo become a power in American politics. Ilht'ne Taught l'opiilUiii. .Tames O. Rlaine, in referring to thb fight to kill silver as money of redemption, used these prophetic words on tho lloor of tho House, February 7, 1878: I believe the Rtrupßle now point? on In this country and other countries tor a winkle Htandard would, If successful, produce widespread disaster in and throughout tho commercial world. Tho destruction of hilvet' as money and tho establishment of mUi as tho sole unit of value, must have a ruinous effect upon all forms of prosperity, except those Invent inputs which yield a llxed return in money. Thoso would be enormously enhanced lu value and would Kaln a disproportionate and unfair advantaKo over every other hpeeles of property. If, as the most reliable statistics afllrm. there are nearly Ur,uu.( UM) of coin or bullion in the world not very unequally divided between gold aud silver. It Is iuiK).sslble to strike silver out of existence as money It hout results that will prove distressing to millions aud utterly disastrous to teus of thousands.

HEAL RURAL READING

WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DE PART M EN V. Report on the Subject of Feeding Soaked Corn How to lluiUi l-cxlder Stark The lairy Call for Special Care 'arui Notes. Feeding No iked Corn. Whether the answer to this question will be a yes or no will depend upon circumstances. Steers get more out of soaked torn than tliey do of dry corn, and the reverse is true of the hogs which follow. It will not pay to soak corn whenever it is necessary to take precaution against freezing, nor is it likely to pay if it involves more extra labor than can be done by the regular force in charge of the cattle. Uut when a feeder is 90 situated that the corn cm be soaked at slicht expense, it is a profitable practice, at least during mild weather. In conclusion, the facts Drought to light by this experiment may be summarized as follows: 1. The live steers fed on soaked shelled corn gained a tjtal of l,i'.iil pounds in 1;VJ da.. s on bushels of corn, while the hve steers fed on dry corn gained a total of only l,4t)S pounds on 2: 0 bushels of corn. 'J. .Steers led on soaked corn, owing to their bet ter ondition, biought a higher price in the market than the steers fed on dry corn. Ralancing both cost of feed and market value of the two lots, there is a ditTerence of $2 . r,0 in favor of ihe soaking of the com. ,5. The hogs following the steers fed on soaked corn made a total gain ot Goö poutuK while the hogs following the dry corn steers made a total gain of 747 pounds. This makes a ditlerec;eof 112 pounds gain in favor of the dry corn, an 1 tho market value showed a dilTe enco of $5. 5s iu favor of the hogs following the dry corn steers. 4. Pass d on the foregoing figures, It will pay to soak corn if it can be soaked for o cents, or less, a bushel. Full Orosstn;; for Strawberries. The strawberry rows should be cleaned first of all the weeds and grass. Large rooted we ds, such as dock, buttercups and daises, should bo cut out witli a long, sharp knife. If cut two Inches below the surface of the ground they cannot sprout again, if pulled they will root out many strawberry runners which should b3 avo'dcJ. After the rows are free cf weeds run the cultivator through the rows twice. They should then receive a dressing of line, wellrotted manure a shovelful to every two square feet of row is aboui the right quantity to use. Such a dressing will keep the roots from severe f icczing and make jthe soil very porous and mellow. Plants so dressed will make a very vigorous and healthy growth early next spriug and bear abuudantly. Nothing is equal to evergreen boughs spread lightly over the rows. 'ext in value is long corn fodder. It ;diould tot be laid on thick, but jiHt enough to partially shade the 'plants. Straw lays too close, ard is tilled with grass seeds, which quickly surout aud grow rapidly in early spring, to the injury of the strawbeiries. Mr. Quinn, a large strawberry growerof Kcw Jersey, advises a heavy dressing of loose manure and street dirt, which has been thoroughly rotted and lined. He uses a half inch of this dressing, spread the latter part ot October, over the plants, but none between the rows. The time to put this winter covering over the plants is about the middle of November. It is not the severe freezing that docs the damage, but the freezing and thawing. A light covering will prevent this. Baltimore American It Calls for SieAxl Care. As one of the great j roductive industries of this country, the dairy calls for special care and protection. From its products the vast majority of our. people feed more or less every day in the year, and at nearly every meal. Indeed, It may with much force of truth be said that the product of the cow, in one form or another, forms the staple food of the people of this country. We have spent vast sums of money to exterminate pluropneumonia, and now are ßpending equal sums to do the same with tuberculosis. Why? Pecause they peril the health and life of the people. But where the one or the other periled the life of one individual, the u-e of oleomargarine perils the lives of hundreds nay, of thousands. Does the law take any special pa'ns or spend any sum of money to exterminate this tremendous, this Infamous fraud, that is ruining our digestion and sapping the constitution of thousands and sending them to untimely craves? Not a penny! On the contrary it takes dollars for dues according to law, and hardiyspends a nlckle to detect and punish the frauds that aro daily Imposed upon the people. lr our legislators would care for the Interests of tno people with tho same zeal they devote to politics and the success of party this would hardly be so. llie Profit in Poultry. Ten car loads of Eastern poultry were lauded In San Francisco In one wees. The full-grown hens sold for 84.50 and spring chickens at $2.50 a dozen. While we aro shipping fruit Fast the poultry producers of Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, and Wisconsin are making money by raising chickens and shipping them to California. Now here is the poor man's chance. It takes coin, credit, capital, good land, a favorable location and three or four years' time ere a man can live from his orchard. Fifty dollars or less will start you iu the poultry business. A little patch of land, a spot

big enough to grow clover, alfalfa, oi other gi een food for your thickens and a few dozen hens and you are ready for business. Your returns are immediate, a single week brings you coin for your egg. Within a year your money makers have paid for themselves twice over and also paid for their keeping. Hens beat hogs, hogs beat cows, cows beat sheep, and sheep beat horses. The poor man, the widow with a family, or the old maid, who wants to be independent.

i each have an opening that will give them a bank account if they will raise poultrv and attend strictly to business Oroville Cal.) Kegister. Huilding; a Fodder Stack. Corn fodder may be stacked when it is so well cured in the shock that it wdl not sweat much in the stack, thus insuring its keeping sweet. The amount of sap remaining in the stalk can be judged by twisting it, and examining the pith. If the fodder is so iry that the leaves break badly, choose a damp, drizzly or foggy day for handling it. Otherwis ; much of the most nutritious food will be lost, and the sharp midribs will tear the clothing to tatters. For hauling from the field a low wngon i? hest. Have the front wheels about three feet in diameter, and the hind wheels six inches larger. The rack may be made with open spaces between the boards, but a tight level l'.oor is best to prevent weste, and for convenience to the loader in walking and in sliding the heavy stalks. These should be grasped by the tops and swung on the load, be laid across the rack with the stalks parallel, and the butts all in the same direction L'n'ess the fodder is husked it is too heavy for larire loads. Drive the load so that the tops will be toward the stack, and then lift and pull oil the bunches of stalks in the reverse order from which they were loaded, avoiding all tangling and contusion. The middle of the stack or rick must be kept so full that the outside stalks will have a steep slope outward and downward. To;i with long straw or hay. American Agriculturist. Not a Wonderful Discovery. A reprint of a German book comes j to us with the taking title "liiead from Stones." It is the old story that all the soil was originally made from flnely-pulvcrized rocks, and the growth of plants and tree3 from carbonic acid gas taken from the atmosphere. But it does not follow that indiscriminately grinding up rocks and putting the product on the land is the best way to fertilize it. The author of the book declaims against tho use of stable manures as l,lllthy." and likely to a::ect injuriously the product of ground thus fertilized. This is absurd except as regards plants like lettuce and cabbage, whose leaves are eaten. One of the wonderful provisions of nature Is that in growing a crop, no matter how offensive the manure maybe, ail its offensiveness is given off through its leaves, making the seed or fruit entirely lree from any injurious ilavor. Exchange. Thorouzhbreds and Gindev The good qualities of the grade are valuable only in the animal showing them. There Is no certainty that they will be transmitted to its posterity. Bather is there certainty that such qualities will not be transmitted. A grade female bred to a thoroughbred male of her own kind will generally breed true to the male. But if bred to a male of another breed, even though a thoroughbred, this prepotency of the male is less certain. The rtsult is almost sure to be a mongrel, Inferior to cither of its parents. Odds ni d Knds. To 1'reak a pie :e of ice in a sick room place it in ;i cloth and press a needle firmly into iL It will break oil smoothly at this point. Bkfoki: using new iron utensils grease them inside, fill them with cold water and heat the water gradually to the boiling point and let it cool slowly. To temper earthenware put the vessel iu a larger kettle of coid water beat slowly to the boiling point aud cool slowly. Those whose houses are infested by that troublesome domestic animal, the rat, should heat plaster of Paris in an iron vessel until it is done boiling, then mix it hair and half with Indian meal. It is said the rats will eat of this compound freely, and that it sets in their little sti-machs and kills them, without the danger of poisou. If you have many short-stemmed fiowers to arrange, it is well to till a low dish with damp moss, then with a sharp 6tlck dibble hole in the moss and insert the stems. "When the fiowers have faded the moss may be dried and used again. Pansies show to better advantage iu this way than In any other, Dj you wish to make gruel for a sick" friend? Take corn meal and sift it into a quart of boiling water, stirring it until it is the consistency of cream. Add silt to flavor, and let it simmer for half an hour or longer; then run it through a fineseive. Have in a bowl a little cream or rich milk. Tour your boiling gruel into It, and you have a drink a sick person ought to relish. An experienced cabinet maker says the best preparation for cleaning picture frames and restoring furniture, especially that somewhat nurred or scratched, is a mixture of three parts of linseed oil and one part spirits of turpentine. It not only covers the distlgurcd surface, but restores wood to its original color, leaving a luster upon the surface. Apply with woolen cloth, and when dry rub with woolen. When a woman loses anything, 6he nearly always believes that some one stole iL

NEWS OF OUR STATE.

A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTL1NG HOOSIERS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing: Matters of General and Local Interest--Marriages and Deaths Accident and Crimes--Pointers About Our Own People/ Minor State Items. Wild ducks are very numerous on the river near Jefferson. The number of inmates at the north ern penitentiary is rapidly increasing Barney Hoar, track watchman, was struck by a train at Centerville and killed. Michigan' City papers are urging that ladies remove their hats in tho theater. Paoli is congratulating herself on the successful completion of a system of water works. Arthur Jones was thrown from a passenger train near Morristown. and seriously injured. Thomas Christian's 6-year-old child, while playing about a bonfire near Marion, was fatally burned. Simeon Baker, old farmer near Boonville, was accidentally shot and killed by his son-in-law while hunting. William Foutz, a Montgomery County farmer received fatal iniuries in a runaway and died twelve hours later. Three shots were fired at Editor L. S. Boots, of the Greenfield Herald, while he was in his office. The bullets flew wide. Woodfield Mcodv, aüed 10, while working in an elevator at Fisher's Station, was caught in the machinery and fatally injured. A passenger train was fired on near Columbus. The bullets crashed through a window and came near striking ''Andy" Beck. Peter Hesh, aged 30, living three miles east of Goshen, died of rabies resulting from the bite or a mad dog inflicted eighteen years ago. AT Clymers the 3-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Reed, was fatally burned, her clothing taking lire from a match with which she was playing. Melvin Morgen' of Hebron, aged 9 years, had his right arm taken off by a cornhusking machine which he was operating. Two years ago he lost his left arm in the same manner. Thomas Samsel, an old-time switchman employed by the Vandalia, was run over and instantly killed at Terre Haute. He leaves a wife. Hi-parents live at Logansport. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Trainmen. Last April a Wabash man wrote on an egg requesting the consumer to notify him when and where the egg was cracked. He has jut received a note from a Hartford, Conn., woman, dated Nov. 5, and stating she had that day purchased tne egg at a grocery. The New York Bowery Insurance Company, of New York, has been forbidden to do business by the Auditor of State. It is announced that this company had withdrawn from the State and afterward solicited insurance. The policies were to be written in New York and thus avoid taxes in Indiana. Philip Markey, a young man who came to Brazil a few days ago from St. Louis, was instantly killed in the yards of tho Chicago and Indiana Coal road. He was walking in front of a switch engine which he did not observe. A friend warned him of his danger, and in attempting to escape he fell and was cut in two. He is a single man. Patents have been granted to the following Indiana citizens: Lewis F. Ambrose, Center Point, carpet fastener: Albert T. Bemis, Indianapolis, brick dryer car; John Brown, Walcott, frame for hay-stacks: Pinkney Davis, Frankfort, butchering apparatus: John McCullough, Crawfordsville, strawstacker: Clement Neidim, Bourbon, folding umbrella; L. T. Reeves, Columbus, windlass: James Wood, Fort Wayne, armature core. ''Jack the Spitter'' is being watched for by the Muncie police. For ten days past women have complained that some vagrant along the streets delights in squirting tobacco juice on their dresses. He has been seen standing in dark alleys, but disappears and cannot be caught. The other evening the Knights of Pythias ball and reception kept him busy. As a result of his actions some of the women were compelled to retire from the ball-room and changed their elegant silk gowns. The special convocation of the Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the Valley of Fort Wayne was made memorable by tho presentation to Thrice Potent Grand Master William Geake of a gold watch, a chain an 1 a charm and thirty-third-degree coat jewel. H. C. Hanna. speaking for the members of Fort Wayne Lodge of Perfection, placed to his credit the organization and building up of eScottish Rite in Northern Indiana, which has proved such a success, and complimented him on his zeal for Masonic work in all degrees. A telegram from R. T. McDonald at New York, states that he has just secured absolute control of the Fort Wayne Electric Light Works, has severed his connection with the Central Electric Company, and will devote his energies hereafter to the building up in Fort Wayne of a great institution for the manufacture of machinery and appliances whose patterns and patents are owned by the local concern. This is good news to hundreds of employes of the establishment at Fort Wayne as well as to the people generally, for it means the end of litigation and the beginning of a new era of prosperity in an institution that has been hampered in its progress by manipulation of the malingers of the Eastern Company, whose interests have never been in the line of advancing the local company. Frederick House. in cutting down a tree on the farm of .James Thompson, near Crawfordsville was struck on the head by a limb and instantly killed. He was married, and leaves several children. There are now ten cases of scarlet fever at the Indiana Home for Feebleminded Children north of Fort Wayne. There are over five hundred inmates at the institution and nearly all of them have been directly or indirectly exposed. A temporary hospital for contagious diseases has been secured for use during the prevalence of the epidemic

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