Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 14, Plymouth, Marshall County, 18 January 1895 — Page 3

MATTHEWS' MESSAGE.

MANY IMPORTANT SUBJECTS VIGOROUSLY DISCUSSED. The liovornor Telia the IiSgbdafSTS of CHSdltl S in the State - Tlie SftUtla Compliment t-tl for llicir Conduct li!rin:r the Strikes -lohy lMIMWl-Wtl SOstltaifams Rumii Lie. ;ovrrii!r RmMM His Messaj-c. tinv. Matthen a sppeared before a joint convention of the two branches of Hie Legislature at ii: '.o o'clock Friday morning and delivered ni biennis! aw nsjrc to the body to person, thus departing from the usual custom, which lias been for the executive' private iccrctarj to read the document. Gentlemen of the s. nata aod House of BeprecntntiVM: Owe again you arc assembled, the ebosen representatives of an Intelligent and progressive people, toeonrider the measures winch conceni ami may promote the general welfare of the people, UM enact such town a-; may Mtvaaee UM intetests of your state. I trust you may realize to the fullest extent the nave rexinibUltls whlcb real apsn yon. ur legblature have none much In recent years to place Indiana in the front rank of States in adoption of great reform measure. bj keeping step with tiie advancing March of a more perfect rivUlzatlou, and meeting the Increasing demands of a i pie growing rapidly in wealth, in general prope:i nnd enlightenment, it i- to be hoped that the work id the Kifty-nintb General A worn bit may not fall short of those thai have passed. It ie -on .', my duty under the constitution to dveaoch information touching the condition of the State, and recommend such auiniutos aa shall i e judge i to bo expedient. Of the financial condition of the Stale the mnageuient of its public Institutions, and of the several state ofBees during the past two years, it will ihi be exp cted that 1 should in this paper go into the lullest details, audi would, therefore, refer ou i,r this more extended information t- the several reports, which will be submitted to yotfc Finances. It affords me mmuanfted sanvfacnea to m Bounre that the D nances of the state are in sound anil liealthy rondltlon. Notwithstanding the fa l that the last Cenetai Assembly reduced the levy at-, a greater revenue vu derived than unlet the old levy. This was largely due to the a e .-mi :st of piopertv under the tax law of taw. I am of the opinion that a still further redix tiou can be safeh made at least - cents in OOVKRXOR M A.TTIIEWS. the school tax levy. The state institutions have been generously provided for under their judicious ami economical hiaiiageUM ut: there has not been ihe annual deficit, it has not been neoessaiy to borrow money to meet the annual interest upon the State debt; but. on the other hand, during the past two years, demands upon the treasury have been promptly honored, interest met, ami the -um of mi 0,000 already paid Upon the State debt, and the further sum of $lfjD,ono called In and win be canceled Ina few days, making a total paid on the state debt of $1 .itln.iieo. Domestic Troubles. The Governor recites the suppression of the Itoby olumldan Athletic Club, the summoning of tlie militia to stop its progress at a cost of about $4 .mm, and he aids: "I would here earnestly urge upon yon the importance of enacting a more strlnaeni tow upon prizefighting, making it a felony to those who may participate, either as principals or seconds, it should also be more clearty defined as to what may be considered pric fighting, and what exhibition contests hi places of amusement. The advertising of a prize tight should he unlawful und punishable with tine." Tlie Strikes. After dealing with the trouble-; in the coal regions of the siate and the calling out of the milltia to guard against and suppress violence, he deals with the more recent railway troubles. MA strike originating at Pullman, 111., was in sympathy Joined in by the American Hallway Lnloo In Chicago, and from then- spread to the towns and cities of Indiana, it is often true a vicious element, tumble to appreciate the institutions of a free people, whose only idea of liberty is license a id respecting no law "save that of for. e. availed themselves of the opportunity to commit depredations." The T.'io Indiana troops In this strike cost the State tBäJBOJ and this amount the Legislature is asked to provide. The message commends the support of the Loyal Legion and the tirand Army of the Republic hi 1 1 n -i i- prompt offer of service to suppress the strike troubles. .n increase of the Governor' contingent fund h asked for. flection 4tf "should be amended." the message says, -. that a military officer In command would have more discretion hi giving the order to fire, when It becomes necessary, rather than to leave him entirety subject to the discretion of the C il officer." He pays high compliment, too. to the militia of the state. In tbesi words: It v. in not be unbecoming here to say that Indiana s militia compares favorably wits that i other states, and in proportion to the money expended by the State Is surpassed by none. Hi ca ii occasion when it has become necessary to call them into action, their soldierly heal ing, gentlemanly conduct, courtlous behavior, and bran . yet tolerant spirit has commended them to their fellow citizens. To both officers ami men the highest commendation is due." A new tone of military tow is suggested. Winter Itacing. Winter racing is deplored by the kivernor,and a law forbidding meetings between the 1st day of .November and the 1st day of April should be enacted. Whitecaplsm Is decreasing, and belief is expressed that strict enforcement of present laws will final! eradicate it. Schoo! for Feeble Minded Youth. Concerning the School for Feeble. Minded Youth, he sa s ; The report Of the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth, to whlcb I invite your attention, shows this school to be n a satisfactory condition. The zeal and earnestness of the .superintendent, with the sympathetic co-operation of the Board of Trustees, lias contributed much to its present high standing. The trustees have conducted the affairs of the school within its in Come. There was an Increase in the number of pupils during the past year of thirty-three. The total number cared for at this lime is 4s. The e. perime'it in dairy farming during the past year lue proved satisfactory, the receipts exceeding the expenses. Aside from the pecuniary consideration, it affords a healthful, pleasant, and aeeded work to the pupils. The success is so gratifying that the recommendation to purchase a farm for the use i the school merits jour consideration. F.ustern llespll ul for tlie Insane. The report of the Kastem Hospital for the Insane show s that its capacity to receive patients has been reached. The number of patients durInc ism was txt.and for 1804, 431, The district Irgmt ii to tliis hospital embraces sixteen counties, and it i- estlnmfed that there are BOW Hai insane people needing treatment in thb district, an average of ten to the county, ho cannot be received. Many of the-'' are in the poor bouses or confined In tne coonty jails, quite a number probably curable if given immediate hospital care. Indiana, has practically declared that it is the duty of tn.- State to care for the insane. 1 would aak your prompt attention to the recommends lion ot the medical superintendent for additional room. Fortunately, tid, hospital Is so construct ad that an Increased capacity can be obtained much below the cost ot establishing a new hospital. Kspei iaily do I recommend the stigges'ion that separate buildings be provided foi the traatnw nt of tubereulosis patients, owing to the Infectious nature of the disease. IlighwMjr. There will probably come before you numerous measures concerning the improvement of roads. There are few questions of greater Importance that will cDHge your attention. It is being

widely dlseussed Ty the people of the enr'.ra country. National and state road congresses are Iw-inn held, the discussions taking a snde range. Many of the remedies proposed would doubtles aeeompllsh the result. I fear in too many of the propositions that in the desire to -ecu n- improved roads, due consideration may not he Ojiven to the cost, nor to that class of our citizen the fanners-upon whom will necessarily tall the heavier burden in the expense of construction. I do not underestimate the value of a system off good roadi to the public, ami believe there b treat need for such improvement, hut in the framing of laws to this end. the interests and desires Of those who WÜl at least have the cost to hear, should be chiefly considered, especially at a time when the profits from farming are not so large as they should he. In this day of electricity we may reasonably expect, in the near future, electric lines to branca out through the country, a law should be enacted restricting County Commissioners in their right to grant rights-of-way along our public thoroughfares, to t..ir injury and ruin, for the travel off those compelled to Use them, and who hare iMirn the cost of their construction. The r.ix Law. Time and r spec tome have approved tiie wisdom of the tax law of pjai. It met with an active Opposition from a large an Influential class of our citizens and taxpayers, and caused expensive litigation to the State. lint in all the courts its validity has been sustained from the lowercottrts to the supreme Court of the United states. The application of this tax law was the means of adding considerahly and justly to th.' taxableof the state. Property not heretofore proper!) assessed, or not assessed at all. was placed upon the tax duplicates, adding millions in value to assist in hearing the burden of tax. and relieving the tax-payer who had been more fully assessed ui on his property. By means of this tow, annual deficits in the State Treasury have ceased, the State debt is being extinguished and a lower levy for State purposes is made possible. Indeed,there Is mason to believe that a reduction in the lew could he made in all the counties, nnle-s for the most extraordinary local necessities. While the tow has been susta ined by the courts an l Indorsed by the people, yet there are few points wherein it could be strengthened, or at least its provisions more clearly defined. Fees and Salaries. In response to a needed and demanded reform the General Assemhlj of 1891 enacted a law regutoting the fees and salaries of State and county offn er-. Through a clerical blunder, whethei intentional or otherwise, the purpose of this law are liable to be defeated. The recent decision of the Supreme Court of the state relative to this law places it in the condition which calls for your earnest consideration. Tl '. the public demand this law to be perfected so that it may stand the test of the courts, there can he no doubt. It therefore becomes your duty to remedy the weaknesses or inequalities of this law at the earliest moment. While it is right and proper that no greater arootuit should be taken from the people in the way of fees and salaries than is necessary, yet the put. lie will be found to be just and WUUUR to allow compensation, hut no more, which will aire efficient and reliable service. This law should be just to both the official and the public, and should not be delayed in the time of ittaking effect Relative to ship canals, the message recommends that Indiana representatives in '';. srress be urged to secure from the general government a survey for a ship canal connecting Lake Michigan s tli the hio Itiver. The Legislature is asked to pass a resolution calling upon Indiana United states Senators to combine to advocate the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the people.

Methuselah's Fate. While atudying the earlier chapter! in the book of Gteneshi the other ereninr. and more particularly those chapters which treat of the generations of Adam, 1 was k'l to iBTestigute the life of Methuselah, whose (.c! years have out-spanned any other recorded human life, and much to my surprise 1 found that all we know of this loiij; life is found in five verses, the twenty-first twenty-second, twenty-fifth, twentysixth, and twenty-seventh, of the fifth chapter of Genesis, in the course o my investigation, however, I chanced upon some curious figures, which seem to tue to shed lisht upn tlie cause of his death, and 1 indicate that Methuselah was drowned in the flood. Jt appears from the twenty-fifth Terse Of the fifth Chapter that Methuselah was the father of Ijamech, and that after the birth .l Lantech he lived 782 years. Lantech was the father of Noah, and was 182 years old at the the birth of the latter. Hence Methuselah lived just 600 years after the birth of Noah. In the sixth verse of the seventh chapter we read: "Xoah was 500 yean old when the flood of waters was upon the earth." Therefore we are justified, claims the contributor to the Sail Francisco Chronicle, in surmising that the ancient patriarch Methuselah, was among those who were swept from the earth by the great delude, and more particularly s. when we read a little further on that it was in the second month of the sixth hundredth year that the flood occurred. For Methuselah must have died within those two months, and it is therefore almost a certainty that he perished in the 4,llood of waters." Not only do these calculations point to the probable cause of the death of Methuselah, but they also furnish an explanation for the silence of the sacred nararative regarding his life, for the verses immediately succeeding those already quoted are to the affect that the peopie of the earth were destroyed because of their corruption, ami w 'are thus driven to the conclusion thai the gray in the cause of righteousness, and that, therefore, there was nothing good to be written concerning him such as was written of his godly father Enoch or his righteous descendant Xoah. Kainiest Spot on Karth. "Speaking of heavy rainfalls," said a weather crank on Wednesday night, as he came dripping into a basement restaurant where a very bad dinner may be had with squally had wine for a very low price, '-there is a place out in India called Cherrapongee, which has held the rainfall record eversince there has been a rainfall record, ami it holds it so tight that no other spot on the face of the earth has a ghost of a show to loosen it. Here in New York we've had a fall of over Ö inches in the past thirty six hours, and the afternoon papers say that that breaks the local record, but that, of course, is only a little spurt on Farmer Dunn's part, and he can't keep it up. The average annual rainfall in New York is somewhere tinder ' inches, and out in Cherrapongee it is over 610 inches a year. The nearest approach to that fearful splash is at Jingapore, where they flVt about Fill inches per year, and there isa place in Honduras where the yearly fall is about 160 inches. Cherrapongee is on the Cossya Hills, overlooking the Bay of Bengal, and the stockholders in the Cherrapongee Umbrella Company are among the richest natives in that neighborhood. New York Mail and Rxpreas. Tu Kit are forty-eight different, materials icsed in constructing a piano, from no rawer than sixteen different countries, employing foity-tive different handa.

INTEREST IN TARIFF.

CONGRESSMEN SEEM TO BE VERY INDIFFERENT. Doubtful If Any Action Will lie Tuken Kejiardi the Prohibition of Meat Imports by Germany and Oilier Foreign Countries. Capital City Chat. VVaslilngton eofPaspondenec; HAT action Congress will take t etui the j;rivin; tariff romnlicatMMM ietween this Government ami European powers, or whether any measures will be adopted for that purpose, are questions dovded in anertaiutv. ( onsetin ' !3rauce of th Importae tanir war to commercial interests, attention -m veil io ii ii, nieiuplters of Congress is is na i U nonccaiuy suni. Chairman Wilson. of the Ways and Means Committee, re cently Introduced a bill, in accordance with the recommendation in the Tresident's mreiBfT , to repeal the one-tenth of n cent differential on sugar which evoked protests frmi Germany and Austria, and which it is stated inspired the retaliatory action by the former Government in the form of prohibition of American beef. Bnt it is not altogether certain that the Ways and Means Committee will rop r: this hill to the House, nor is it at all as RUred that the Iiiense will pass it in ease it emerges from the committee and is given a hearing. Mr. Wilson waa asked about tie.- prospects of the bill, but did not speak enthu-rdastie-iily of them. He snid, in answer to a question, that its claims for eonsiie"atJon might he brought to the attention of the Itulefl Committee after the eurrem y bill had been disposed of. but addod that the remaining time of this Congrei was very abort, and there would be a preat pressure for allotments of time for various hüls. Illinois being the atronghotd of the meat business, the repr aenlativea from that State have been appealed to to something in the interest of their conatitnents. Representative Aldrich, of Chicago, is receiving many commnnications on the subject, ami Intends to talk with his colleagues not to suggest legislation but to ascertain what will be their attitude toward whatever thd Democrats eajr propose. Whether the Republicans will co-ope rate with the Democrats in remedial legislation becomes an open QUCStlon, sillee it is known that Ihe Democrats are no' greed upon their course, a fraction of them thinking with .Mr. Whiting that any tiiriff legislation will be now is.-. The annual seed distribution at thAgricultural Department has resulted far in sending out lOO.OOG papers of vegetable seeds throughout the country. The w ork will probably not he completed before May. and no Dower seeds have been sent out this seas n. There atv still about (1.000,000 papers of seels BWaitittg distribution. Another Renervation to Be Opened. The Yankton Reservation in South Dakota probably will lie opened Jor set tteasent early in the snrin-:. The date has not yet beer determined upon, but some action is expected in a few weeks. The total amount to he paid by the Goreminent for the lands is $021,475, $500,(HXJof which is to 1- held in the Troiisunns a permanent fund drawing interest ar 5 per cent., payable per capita twice i year. Tart of the money has already been paid, and the remainder will he dis posed of within two or three Weeks. The annual meeting of the Board of Indian Commissioners will aoon be hel l here, and at the conference Indian work will be discussed hy representatives of the Woman's National Indian Association, and all religious bodies conducting nork among the Indiana Commissioner of Indian Affairs Browning will probably address th" conference. Secretary Smith is giving a great deal of attention to the management of the Indians, and has been in consultation with members of the Indian committees of the Senate and House npou features trented of in his report. Representative Wilson, of Washington, the senior member of the Ibuise Indian Committee, h is hren conferring with the Secretary regarding the coming Indian appropriation bill, and the possibility of securing legislation in accordance with the Secretary 'i recommenda tion s. Mr. Wilson says that many f the Secretary's recommendations meet with his approval, especially regarding the sale of lands, which sales are not directly for the t.enefit of the Indiana A general investigation on the advance of machinery in the industrial world and Its effect on labor has been begun by the Bureau of Labor. The object of the -n-quiry is to determine what modern machinery has done as compares to hand labor and what inroads machinery has made in tlie Behl formerly occupied by hand labor. It is the first time an investigation on this line baa ever been nttempted by the Government, and it is expected to prove an immense undertaking, though less difficult to accomplish than some of the inquiries already made by the Labor Bureau. Several of the agents have been already sent out on the work, provided with circular inquiries calling for collection of various specific instances of hand labor, the time, cost and labor involved in the production of various nr'i-s cles, compared with the corresponding conditions in the modern factories. The work will reunite s year or more and the whole force of twenty or twenty five agents of the bureau in the field will bo engaged on it after a few weeks, when the collection of BatistlCfl of strikes from 1887 to Jciy last is completed. The "Sundown Doctor A "sundown doctor" is a clerk it; one of tho government departments who practices medicine after office hours. There ate also "sundown'" lawyers, stenograph prs, clerics, and teachers, and other ( lasses who utilize the time that is not required by Uneie Sam by adding a little to (heir incomes and acquiring experience that is expected to be useful to them in after days. Waahington is a good place for n person without means to obtain a professional education if he can obtain a clerkship in one of the departments. Tho lectures at the law and medical schools nro arranged so as to accommodate tboRO who are employed during tho dr.ytime, and a large portion of the students in such institutions hold government posi

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tions. Many of them resign as soon aa they have taken their degrees and begin their professional careers elsewhere. Others resign ami remain in Washington, but a good many cling to their positions as long as possible and hohl their professional education in reserve until they are compelled to seek a living elsewhere. A large proportion of the examiners in the patent office intend at some time or another to become patent lawyers, and no school furnishes better practical education in patent law than can be obtained by each experience. In the medical divisions of the pension office are many young physicians. Some of them obtained their diplomas before they came le-re: others hare studied medicine in the Bshington schools while holding their positions. You will als. lind young doetors in the land office, Indian office, the war end navy departments and the treasury, and many of them enjoy quite a lucrative practice after office hours. Some make as much as .S1JOO and $1.Ö0; others $500 and $01)0. They charge the same fees as the regular physicians, and with one or two patients a day they can add to their salary quite a welcome littl revenue. The regular practitioners have made a fuss about this for a long time. They have refused to admit to the medical association of the district any man who does not de tote his entire time to the practice of Iiis profession. They have repeatedly appealed to the president and to the heads of departments to prohibit tiiis 'sundown" business, ami at one time they got a bill through the senate making it unlawful for an employe of tlie government to engage in any other business, but it failed in ihe In. use. Now they have induced the commissioner of pensions to issue an order prohibiting the employes of bis bureau from practicing medicine. The ostensible reason for this is the danger of communicating contagious diseases to their fellowclerks, but it is really the result of the off rts of ihe regular local physicians to limit competition. Trials ,sf a CoflfgrcssisMnaa I found a millionaire member of Congress sitting in his hotel the other day urrounded by gloom so dei.se that it could have been shoveled away like snow fr ::i the side walk, and. risked him what I: id happened. "I was just thinking." ho said, "what a fco I was to come to CoU press. It cost me $12,000 ease to pay my campaign expenses, in addition to two month's neglect of my business. When I l ;.i at home about two-thirds f my tiina is t.:ken Up by people v. 00 COmC to ask for offices. 1 have had candidates for foreign missions, consulate, depsrtmenl bureaus, I'uited States marshalshins, United States attorneys, pension agents, about forty post offices and no end of Indian agents and land, offices, -.wA all Pre suee eded in getting is one assistant keeper of a lighthouse, a place for which there was no c-u.didate, and they asked me to hurt up a man. I scarcely dare to eo home. I am being cursed ail over my district by people who think I'm indifferent to thei;- interests an 1 ungrateful to my friends. !t will take six weeks' steady talking to explain why I haven't been abb- to get all the officeholders in the district turned out and new ones put in, and not half the people who hear the explana tion will believe me. Until now I have never sought anything that couldn't he bought, but I've spent $10.000 worth of my tine- trying to get a si.-oo consular appoiutuient for tlie son of one of my constituents, and can't make it. .My business is going to ruin for want of attention, ami there is a basket of letters on my desk at home that 1 have never had timu to read." A BLESSING TO CHINA. That's Wfaaf John W. Foster Thinks the- War Will Trove. To the average American Gen. John W. Poster, who was Blaine! successor ns Secretary of State ander President Harrison, lias appeared to be a statesman of no ni re than mediocre ability. As a matter of fact, however, he is one of the finest diplomats America has had in recent years, and his selection bv fShins ns aim

of her representatives in the conference ! for the establishment of peace between the two great Eastern empires is a demonstratktn that his work is appreciated by foreign countries.. Mr. Foster has accepted the invitation of China. At Tokio lie will meet the two Chinese plenipotentiaries, Chen Fen I! nan and Shao. und together they will perfect a treaty with tho Japanese Government. (Jen. Foster is ÖS yenrs old. A journalist by profession, he left Iiis desk in ls7. to accent the I'uited States mission to Mexico and served there until 1880, when he was sent a Minister to Russia Kjni subsequently became Minister to Spain. In lSOOhe was sele, ted by President Harrison to represent the United States Government in various reciprocity treaties, and when Blaine resigned the Secretaryship in 1802 he was made bis successor. Gen. Foster has represented China in diplomatic dealings with tin- American Governmeaf and has the fall confidence of the oriental Government. He has made a study of Asiatic politics Mini leu great faitii in China's future. "I think," he says, "tint this war will prove a blessing to China. It will wake her np. The Chinese are capable of doing wonderfal things. With the general introduction of railroads and telegraph Lues China will become a far greater power than now. She is. even it t the present time, a wonderful nation, but bound down by conservatism. She has loyal, patriotic s ildiers enough, hut is wofully lacking in officers and men skilled in handling modern upplianees of warfare. "As for Japan 1 have only Ihe kindest feeling. Sh-, too, is a wonderful country, and she has made more progress in the last few rears than any other nation on earlh. Her people are capable of grc.t cultivation, and she deserves every recognition from Western nations for the efforts site hns made nnd the netnal progress she has nlrendy attained in her efforts towards civilization."

BLAST OF DEATH.

Awful Explosion of Giant Pow der at Butte. SLAIN BY TUE SCORE. Seventy-five Killed and One Hundred Injured. lint ire Fire Df m I Ml mij IneludiiiR Men, Horses and Machines, Wiped Out of K istence I'.xplosi ve Was Stored in a Warehouse, Contrary to Law, nod the Victims Were I ' n -warned All the Class in the City Demolished and the Property Lose Will Reach Knormons Figures. During ihe progress of a fire at the Kenyon-t Cornell Efsrdnrare t losnpany's warehouse in Butte, Mont.. Tuesday h iaht a terrific explosion occurred, as a r suit of whi.-h it is estimated that seventy-live persons bare lost their lives. N hen the smoke had ch ared away the t rrilied survivors were sickened at the i-iirht of the ground for a block around the scene of the explosion strewn with the univering and dismembered lean of men and horses, pinned down by fragments id' tlie lire engines and burning brands from the demolished warehoe.se. Upen the site ot thi- warehouse tli-re was a ghastly hole filled frith debris, blazing in hundreds of places, with bete and there tin- fragments of an uu fortunate Stensen. The noise of the explosion broke all the uhiss in the city and caused the houses t.i rock so violently that the residents were stricken with fear. They did not know from what quarter the disaster had come, ami ;ts tlie explosion had almost destroyed the hurtling warehouse there was little to mark the seem- ,.f terrible destruction. The news spread like wildfire, however, rind hundreds wen- soon around the spot. Second nnd Third F plosions. Aller tin- first explosion hundreds of people hastened t. the scene and :his a--eouata for the great loss of life. While they were endeavoring to tender assisianee ti the injured the second explosion occurred, mowing down the crowds of men. women and children, as with a si.-kle of death. The survivors were hastening from the scene when a third explosion occurred, adding to the list of victims, as many of the terror-stricken people, Seeing from the scene of destruction, were mowed down by the Hying Jebris. It was speedily learned that tin- entire lire department, including the chief, men. horses and all the machines, had been utterly swept ont of existence. Owing to ihe nature of the lire nnd its ilsngesous locality the entire force was called out to prevent a spread of the flames to adJoining warehouses and all of tho men were at work. Three policemen were detailed to keep the spectators back, and they were ahm killed. M:ny of ihe spectators were instantly killed ami several were hnrh d back rods from the scene of the lire and rendered unconscious by the force of the shock. Dosens of men were found rods away from the warehouse bruised, bleeding and unconscious, and a B umber of them will not recover. The lire started in the Koyal Milling Company's warehouse and spread to the Kenyon-Cornell warehonse in which was stored a carload of giant powder. The first explosion was the most terrific and killed every fireman in the immediate vicinity save two befottgiag at the zentral station. One of these was standing i'hind tin' hose cart horses and the other was at a water hydrant some distance aw ay. It is estimated that about 100 additional persons were injured, several of whom died after being taken to the hospitals. The list of dead will possibly reach seventy -five, ami the sausage dene to property will he mote than S 1.000,000. In all three ear loads of powder exploded, one of which was stored in the Butte Hardware Company's warehouse, w hich adjoined the Kenyon-Cornell warehouse. Every Fireman Killed The Bremen who had escaped the first explosion immediately rallied ami were beginning another attack when a second explos-on, more violent than the first, took place. The people in the vi iniy were mowed down as with a great scythe, and the streets for half a block around looked like a great battle field. Debris was thrown high in the air. coming down half a mile awa. Many people on the. streets in the center of ihe city were thus injur.' 1. A few of the remaining firemen were gathering themselves together nnd attempting to escape to a place f safety When the third and last explosion occurred. This. too. killed ami injured many people. There were several cars ot the powder and all of them exploded. The Whole heavens were lighted ill and the city shook as if an earthquake was in progress. Immediately after the first explosion tin- entire hospital corps and police for. e were summoned, and many of the detachments of these companies are among the killed and injured in the subsequent explosions. The giant powder, which was for use in blasting in the mines, was stored in the warehouse contrary to law. usd the firemen had no warning of its presence. After the first explosion it was supposed that there had been a single ear of the explosive, but the subsequent horrors developed the fact that there were several ars stored in the warehouse sasshs, RjL teen bodies were taken out of one spot, clinging together, as if welded hy the hand of cruel death, and so maimed and disfigured as to he totally nurocog nizable. Handel was a stupendous egotist. When the musical correctness of a passago he had written was doubted bn said: 'When 1 write anything, that makes it right.' He was once under rest rain i for insanity canned by business troubles. The Galen tunnel, 3,800 feet long, at nn altitude of 15,000 feet in the Andes, Is the greatest elevation in the world nt which a piston rod is moved by 8leaiu.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

CODER OR STARTUNG, FAITHTULLY RECORDED. An Inter tSSg Summary of tho More Im. port .wit Doiüc. of Our Nelli''"- WdShhasanSl I)-atlc rl jus. Casualties and Gi-m-ral Vt-vvs Not. , CondrtiMMl .M:ite News. Cisorril Bkni had over ton funerals, last year. Kaffaxesb people are anxions hw an opera bouse. The business portion of CsjrpentersriUe Was (sited by a rfti.ooi tire. Thk Columbia Rifles of Ander--e. will remuster h the Mate militia. HvxnteKi of people have signed has pledge at io chariottsviUe tcssperance re rival. Tut: Soldiers' Home at Marion inrovrded that not assother nsan nan be vaeeived. Ax unknown benefactor of a CafJsslsB church in Hammond has tfmmted an 1804 altar t the ein;- e :. A o.- well l.nrst Kg aneaerage at Dunood and nuried the casing out. causing oonsiderabl dansage. Ai m i.i Mai:.;: ;:i:y l as been arrested :.t Ai d -'-son charge I with stealing twoguei baptismal enps from the altar of St. Mary's Catholic ch;mh. He confessed Ids guilt. Tum oiKKD men entered a Sonus Bend hardware store, the other day, and ashed Io see some revolves gasj eul ridges. Thflf loade i the weapons, covered the proprietor, looted tin- n;onc drawer ami skipped. Tim: Jeffcrsonvilie Beard of Folic Com mlsshmers has decided that, in the lufatra, all saloons must be dosed n Sutnlay. A demand to this effect was made on the Gssssnissluners several days sksse by a committe of the minhsers. This will lead to a hilier light, as it is expected 1 hat the saloon keepers will retaliate and demand tl at business of 11 kinds be entirely u.nended on Sanday. Thk two-Story frame farm rcsidtnut ot David IHuTah, four miles soutin'ast of Nobles vilie, was badly wreenud by unea plosion of natural ga- w hich had accumulated from leaky pipe in the cellar. Windows were btovvn out, doors Mown from hinges and tiie building generally wreelunL Mrs. IhttTUh and her step-son. l!oy arrah. ll years sei, were badly burned an l otherwise in jured. The full extent of their injuries is not known, but they m imported serious. Ni.w Tkab's evening Anisic lurke, Stanley I. 'tiss-ml Albert .lohn clerks in a grocer nt Muneie, made ; wager which if ol served will prevent any el them from pailsll ing of taotl or any kind of nourishment except milk during the psinsettt year. It is given, tat kg ssedbjal an thorit that ssKsh a leal is passible if the young men do not get sick of the nourishment, ll they stavjetaS tlie total cost of their UmnI lev tlie reef will Ih less than $75. The' are not ullowed to drink ocr a half pint ol milk eneh hour. Tin: boiler in the S1W mltl of Charles Divis nt Bcuston, ten nsüra east of Lebanon, exploded. The esea of the ti e employes WUS the remarkable UShSg about it. They were ailed nut into the mill ard to BSSSst in rolling a log and had gone but a short distance w hen the explssfeu SCeURed, One side of ihe building was blown fully L'i 1 1 feet, while part of the machinery was usrflwn unseh larther. Ahmnssgh tin- debris fell all Sgwand the men in the yard, not one w as seriously injured. The mill w as templet dy w recked. TslgJUt w is a touching funeral cortege armed at Beech Gram Cemetery, at Muneie. recently. The child of a por family in a remote part of the city died, and the faniih could not afford a funeral. The father made t neat 1mx in which the child urns pbssed, and it urns oenveyed to tincemetery on i small hand slid drawn by two brothers. who had diu the little grave. The father and mother walkedalong behind the sled. Tne burial was conducted bj the family. U ilh no other spectator except Sexton .!cwett. Somk time ago the lloard ui Commisioneis of Montgomery County hrouuht uit against Charte- K. I a i. Sheriff, for failure to pa the lees unvested b) him. aSheriff, tete the county Ireasnry, audio make a re j ort to the County Auditor, a provided for by the fee and nshnf bra sf Hfl. Bjnvsl claimed 1'ial. under the recent decision of the Supreme 'ourt. in relation to treasurers, recorder-, ami auditors, the sahsTJ pari of the law is inojcr:itic. but that the part ol the law liitie the SSSS SB be taxed is valid, pawj he. thererorc. claimed that, as the law ixmg the s:;lar was oid, the Ices taxed belonged to him. and that the board had no rieht to reosdre hhnj to pay this misaiji Into Ihfi csmntj treasury or to make him report to the Count) Auditor. The case was np before Judge Harne) and he sustained sheriff Dnvis, ruling that. b reason of the recent decision of the supreme Court.! a mlar) suit of the law t m unci stilt nnd void, lie holds tine the law is so connected together that if the BSJery part of Ihe h w i- unconstitutional SS to these officers, i cannot K- enforced against the Sheriff or Clerk. P v i i. x r- have been aw sided to residents of Indiana as follows: Jasses M. Alli-on. Indianapolis, assignor of one-fourth to A. A. Hanks. Marion County, illiiMinated strc-1 em sign: William il . Balte) . Muneie, annealing box: William A. Cochran, assignor of one-half to M. Clone, Indianapolis, curtain stretcher: üsrgo L. Collis Muneie. machine for straightening and setting axles; Frederick P. Mau-. Greenfield, as-ignorof one-half to F. II. Whitehead. Indiananolis, rolls for retiming railwa) rail-, etc.: A ricinus K. McNaughton, .teffersonvillo. and (1. K. Seymour, fittest C rove, dusl separator: KdwardS. Morgan. Richmond, assignor t 11. Cochrane. Cleveland. Ohio, am C. Corhram . St. Thomas. Canada, wire weaving fence machine; .lames Nortney. New Alban. and F. Schelold. Pa ker-burg. Va., olivtrie lamp Mipporter: .lohn l'fender. F. amo ille, pump: French: W. Kobinson. assignor to Itobiu-on A- to. Richmond, thra-hing machine and .-lacker attachment therefor: Fi auk Sehefold and .1 . Nortney. New Albany, electric lamp Fupport; William II. Bhell and J.Selineider, alparaiso. uhiffietrev: Charles 11. WK!lury, Mishwaka, machine for finishing wool Imk.i-. a. UUN of Join Met lintick. w ho resides west of Albion, was putting a colt in harness, when the animal Kvame frightened ami ran away, tab bing the young man in tin-harness and dragging him oer the ground until death resulted. A little excitement oc urrcd in the Morrison will t Richmond the other day. Congressman Johnson, attorney for the defense, took objection to a ruling of Judge IJIack, and said that the fact of exl'iesident Harristm N-ing on the pM-t Side should have no additional weight with the court. To thi.-Mr. Harrison arose and aid that there was no ex-rresident in the ease, a- he wa.- th i- an attorney only.

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