Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 42, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 September 1899 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

C W. METSKER, Pub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH, - - INDIANA GALLIFET ON THE "CLOSED INCIDENT." The order to the corps commanders Issued by the French minister of war will hardly please the rabid anti-Drey-fasards. They doabtl : expected from the chief of the hose "honor" has been so strong. heated a more or less positive appro . of the Rennes verdict. IJut his language is guarded and noncommittal. He declares tho incident closed, and asks adding that, if necessary, he will command that the officers and men forget the past in order that they may devete themselves to the problems of the future. The important assurance is given that "there can be no further question of reprisals of any kind." The government wants reace, and ceitainly nothing is letter and safer for the generals. INDLN WITCHCRAFT. A stcry of Indian superstition and cold-blooded murder has been divulged in the course cf the trial at Edmonton, in the ncrtlnvc.st territories of Canada, of a Crre Indian who had brutally killed another member of the tribe. There was no denial of the killing, the accused readily admitting that he had shot down his victim quite int:ntionaliy and in cold blood. The remarkable defense that he set up was that his victim was a "Windigo," and, according to the rules of the tribe, it was necc ry that he should be killed. So successful was tin. defense that the aiuu-cd was saved from the gallows, and inun a verdict of simple manslaughter will escape with a few years' impri.vnment. VEXEZTil I. V POFNHARY. The discussion o . th. Venezuela boundary q::t.-: lf:i" the arbitration committee i . ntin : -. Cen. Harrison is now talking ai.d is making o geed showing for Venezuela. Dispatches frcm Paris say: "Continuing bis argument in behalt of Venezuela bcfoiv the boundary arbitration commission today, ex-Presiuent Benjamin Harrison said the issue oi diplomatic correspondence showed that Great Britain had never claimed more than the Dutch h id. He held that th legal and political departments of the British foreign oHiee did not seem tc agree, the latter taking its inspiration from the surveyor. Sir Robert Schornburgk, while Sir Richard Webster, the British attorney-general, went further and claimed the extended Sclumburgk line." IRON STILL KING. That the growth in the production ol pig iron and iron and steel manufactures generally is likely to continue foi the present seems to be the consensus cf ojdnien loth in the United States and elsewhere. The Railway and llngineering Review, discussing the phenomenal increase in iron manufacturing in the Cnited States, which shows an increase cf 23 per cent in tho exportation of iron and steel during the last year, says that "the expansion of the iron and steel making capacity and projection of new mills and furnaces announced in the trade journals generally shows that the year 13UJ) will be one of phenomenal activity and expansion." A TRACIC SUICIDE. A tragic suicide occurred at the Hotel Majestic in New York early the other morning. Urs. Horace Chenery, young, beautiful and refined, threw herself from a fifth story window of the hotel and was almost instantly killed. Mrs. Chenery was 20 years old. She had been in delicate health for some time and had come to the hotel six weeks ago from her home in Itrchmont to be near the office cf her physician, who was treating her for a nervous trouble. The people at the hotel knew little regarding Mrs. Chenery'a fimily, beyond the fact that she was a daughter of George A. Fuller of Chicago, and that her husband was wealthy and the sou of a retired naval officer. MEXICO SETS AN EXAMPLE!. Chicago, with an annual revenue ot about $25,C0O,0ÜO, has experienced some difficulty in raising $100,0vi for the purpose of entertaining her suests during the fall festival, while Mexico, with an annual revenue or about $.'0,000,000. has given President Diaz $100.000 for pocket money in order that he may disport himself with credit during his visit to this city. RELIC OF OED DAYS. A New Albany, Ind., girl has sustained injuries to the spine that deprived her of her voice through the playful birthday beating. This form of assault and battery on birthdays ought to follow the rice and old boot demonstrations at weddings into the limbo reserved for tho cast-off relics of Eavcgery. LrjAUN to m: urtAvn. The boys cf t'lis country h ive much to learn from the receptions that are to be given Admiral Dewey. Some of them will see and the rest will read of the great efforts that are being made to honor him. And if they will stop to think why, they will remember that he is honored becau.-e ho is brave. And yet it was not the most valuable kind of courage that was required to win the battle cf Manila bay. There is. a different kind that is little demanded in war, but often Letter than any that i3. PRICK OF IJF.EF HAS CONK UP. The price of beef ha3 gone up from three to four cents in all large cities since Sept. 1. Tiie farmers are not benefited, however. The control of tho tru3t of the supply of rattle is absolute. When a shortage of cattle 13 desired to force up prices of the slaughtered product ready for sale, the trust dots not biy. It reports a shortage, and instantly increases the price of her t, which increase must be borne by the butchers and finally by the man oa lvhose family table it is served.

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LATEST MARKET REPORT, CHICAGO. Cattle, all grades $1.50 C.73 liege, common to prime. 2.50 (0:4.75 Sheep and lambs 2.23 4.S3 Wheat, No. 3 red .IOY2 Oats, No. 2 white 22U .22;4 Corn, Xo. 3 white 2lYs .31:;4 Rye, No. 2 cash .501,2 E,?g3 .16 Butter 13 .22Y2 MILWAUKEE. Wheat, No. 1 northern.. .71! Corn, Xo. 3 Z' ,3l3i Cats. Xo. 2 white 23 .21 s4 Rye, Xo. 1 5S G? .5SU Rarity, Xo. 2 'i .10 Putter 12 -21 Cattle 2.-3 Q 3.30 Eggs 13 . .15 H J.2S 3.00 -(fj 4.73 Shscn and lambs 2.73 Ö3-25 KAXSA3 CITY. Wheat. Xo. 2 red .07 ft .OS Oats. Xo. 2 white 25 & .25 Vi Com. cash Xo. 2 mi:;ed .2L Cattle, all grades 2.4) n 5.73 H;jgs, all grades l.i'O (7t.-4.50 Sheep and lambs 2.50 &3.23 TOLEDO. Wheat. No. 2 c.-.sh .70 Corn, Xo. 2 mixed .31 Oats, No. 2 mixed .22 Rvc. Xo. 2 ctnh .3SU Clover-c cd, prime cish. 5.05

ST. EOF IS. Oafs. Xo. 2 cash .23 Wheat. No. 2 hard CG'g .tS Corn. Xo. 2 cash .30 Vi Cattle, all grades 2.25 C23 Hogs 4 .15 r?5.C3 Sheep and Iambs 2.50 5.75 NEW YORK. Wheat, Xo. 2 red .75rg Corn. Xo. 2 Wt Oats, Xo. 2 white .23 1 4 PEORIA. Oats. Xo. 3 white 22'- .224 Coin. Xo. 2 .31-4 CASUALTIES. Lebanon. Mo. The Culpepper-Shannon College building, that was built at a cost of $75. 00. burned. The' fire caught from a c.cftetive liue. aravilie. Cab Ry the explosion of a .:rt fountain in a. bakery. Karl And!er. an employe, was killed. liidguay, Pa. The Kidgway tannery, belonging to the Eik Tanning company, was destroyed by lire. The iosi is estimated at ?2u0.0üö. Mexico. Mo. James Callahan, 17 years old, a farmer, was killed by a Wabash west-bound freight train near this city. Promised Land. L. I. The plant ol the American Fisheries company was destroyed by fire. The loss cannot yet be estimated, but it is said the machinery was worth nearly 8100,000. St. Louic, Mo. John O. Dickey, a clerk in the Burlington railroad otlioc ?"I1 twenty feet from the Ilolman cy-le rath bridge while riding a wheel and choked to death in the mud. CRIME. Cincinnati Isaac J.Turpen of Louisville, employed a? salesman at the wholesale clothing hoi-e of Stix, Krouse & Co., while showing goods to a customer on the fourth lloor, suddenly ran to a'back 'window and jumped tc the ground. He was killed instantly. Paw Puw. Mu. Absalom Kesler, a miserly farmer; Albert Cross, his hired man, and Anna Doraan. a domestic, were m ud: red and burned in the house by robbers Los Angeles. Cal. Charles Z. Hall has been arrested by United States officers and is now ia the county jail here. He is wanted at Las Vegas, X. M.. on a charge of robbing the post021 ce there.. San Francisco, Cal. William Kennedy, a member of the city fire department, was shot and killed by Warren Main. Both were intoxicated.. Singleton. Miss. Cornelius Triplet, colored, was shot and killed, making four victims two white and two coloredof the feud raging in this county. MISCELLANEOUS. Washington Senator Burrows oi Michigan called on the president and invited hira to visit Kalamazoo on his return trip from the west. The president, however, had made engagement.which rendered it impossible for him to accept the invitation. Detroit, Mich. Two hundred journeymen tailors went on strike because their demand for a 10 per cent rai-e in prices on all garments had not been complied with. Indianapolis, Ind. The supreme council of the Order of Chosen Friends closed its .sessions. The next biennial meeting of the supreme council will be held in New York city. Plica, X. Y. A bronze bust of the late Gov. Horatio Seymour, presented to th Oneida Historical society by Dr. (Jcorge L. Miller of Oinilii. was unveiled. (Jov. Roosevelt delivered an addn.s. Washington Judge Alfred S. Hartwell has been chcren by the Hawaiian government to represent the territory of Hawaii unofdcally daring the coming congress. Wüähinston The pototllce department has L.-ued an order debarring from the mails the matter i-sm-d by the ex-Slave Mutual Relief Bounty and Pension association, with headquarters at Nashville. T nn. Newport News-, Va.--Active work on the construction of the new $1 ,i)-t'.D') dry-dock fo the Newport News Shipbuilding and DrydoeU company has n beun. Kan Francisco. Cal.-Thc first of the in.iiiy pftilions fi!c t! by Mrs. Nettie R. Craven, in her run wed attack upon the estate r.f .farm.- (!. Fair, was donbd by Superior Jin!;:e Troutt. Pittsburg, Pa. -Th ; a-sx i ition of iron and steel yh'l n;.i n ufacturers h.-M advanced he price of sheet ?-!.10 to $3.23 a ton, to take effect at once. San Franrif-co, Cal. Tho government has taken steps to .venire posse.iion of Mission rock, which has been hfld by the California Dry Dock company since 1 S7f). Princeton, N. .1. Mark Twain, who has been announced as coming to Princeton, has ran ceded his engagement for a suite or rooms here, saying that he intend remaining in England for the winter. Toledo, Ohio Col. Brumberry of the British army is' negotiating with the Milburn wagon works for 1,000 heavy army wagons which arc to bo used in the Transvaal In case war should break out with the Boer republic.

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IN A ELAZ2 OF GLORY. Now that all eyes are turned towards New York harbor and the Olympia, there is an intense interest in everything relating to the man who is receiving evidence of the devotion felt for him since that memorable May day in 1S9S when he sunk the Spanish fleet in Manila bay. CJeorge Dewey was born in Montpelier, Yt.. on Dec. 2, 1S3T. The admiral is the ninth generation in this country. The admiral's grandfather. Simeon, moved from Hanover. N. II., to Berlin, near Montpelier. where Julius (1. Dewey, the father cf George, was born in 1S01. In 1S112 the father removed to Montpelier, and three years later married Miss Mary Perrin, who became the mother of four children Charles, Edward, George and Mary. After attending school for a year at Morrisville, George Dewey went to the famous Norwich Military academy to complete his education, as it was supposed at the time. The Norwich university, which has been located at Northfield, Vt., for many years, has been called the "nursery of heroes." Dewey entered it in 1S31 and remained for three years. At the university he was given the nickname of "Doc" for the irrelevant reason that his father was a physician. He was one of the most popular cadets in the institution and added to his reputation as a student, an athlete and a fighter. lie led the university forces in one historic "battle of the torn coats' against the cohorts of Dartmouth college, and displiyed hoth bravery and strategic skill. Dewey entered the naval academy on Sept. 23, 1854, and when he was graduated four years later he stool fifth in a large class. He excelled in the study of seamanship, however, and after a year on the training ship his rank in the class was fourth. The life of cadet Dewey at Annapolis was not particularly eventful. There was considerable hot blood between the northern and southern cadets toward the close of his term, and Dewey did not escape his share of encounters with the southerners, nor did he seek to. He always gave as good as v::s sent, whether in blows or words. One day a stalwart southerner made an iiiciilting remark to him across the dinner table. Dewey waited for him outside of the messroom, and when he appeared, promptly knocked him down. This precipitated a general fight, out of which Dewey and his companions came first best. Dewey's first assignment to active duty in the navy was to the old steam frigate Wabash, then on the Mediterranean station. At the end of a year he returned to Annapolis for his final examination:-., lie was at his home in Montpelier when tho Iiis: shot of the civil war was fired at Fort Sumter, and one var-k later he received his commission as a lieutenant and was assigned to duty on tho sloop-of-war Mississippi of tho West Culf squadron, then operating under Admiral Farragut. The Mississippi was a sidewinder and was commanded by Melamtl'on Smith. Dewey receive;! his baj.tl?m of fire at Forts Jackson ai d St. Philip, below New Orb ans, and not at Port Hudson, as has been repeitciily declared. It was during a dn.sh pa.st the forts, and little damage was done on either side. Dewey's first meeting with Farragut took place on the s-loop Mississippi, in which the admiral was making a reconrioissanco up the river. The confederates had a disagreeable habit of running their field pieces up to earthworks along the bank, firing point blank at the steamer and then scuttling away before their shots could be answered. Farragut was seated on the quarter deck and Lieut. Dewey was standing near him when a shot shrieked past the latter's head, and he involuntarily dodged. . "Why don't you stand firm, lieuten

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ant?" asked the admiral. "Don't you know you can't jump quick enough?" A few hours later a shot passed near the admiral ami he ducked his head. Then he glanced at Dewey. The latter did not say anything, but the corners of his mouth were twitching. Farragut was silent for several seconds, then, dealing his throat, he said: "Why, sir. you can't help it, sir; it's human nature." Dewey was scon .assigned to one of the smaller gunboats of Farragut's squadron, and in 1SG1 he was appointed executive ollicer of the gunboat Agowan, a sidewhceler carrying eight guns and attached to the north Atlantic squadron. This squadron was assigned to help (Jen. Grant in his operations; around "city Point and Petersburg, and for a long time the men were kept busy fighting and dodging torpedoes. During this period" Dewey is describe,! as active, alert, prompt, and a strict but not harsh disciplinarian. Iater Dewey was transferred to the steam frigate Colorado and on board that ship participated in the famous attack on and capture of Fort Fisher. Of this engagement Admiral Porter wrote: "No vessel in the squadron was so much cut up as the Colorado. For some reason tire rebels selected it for a target." On the Colorado three were killed, fourteen wounded and twenty-tw'o missing. On March 3, 1SGÖ, Dewey was made a lieutenant commander and assigned to duty on the famous old sloop Kearsarge soon after its victory over the Alabama. At the close of the war he was again assigned to the Colorado, which A NIGHT SCENE IN was at that time the flagship of the European squadron. Subsequent ill health compelled him to seek shore duty in the navy department at Washington, where he held important posts up to 1S37. Trouble with Spain was then regarded as a remote possibility and there was a demand among naval officers for assignments In the European and Atlantic squadrons, the theory being that in tho event of war the lighting would fall to the ships of those two squadrons. Great pressure was brought to bear on the department for appointment to the command of the European squadron to succeed Admiral Selfridge, whose retirement was near at hand. It lay between Admiral Howell and Dewey, and the supposed prize was finally awarded to the former. It is probable that Dewey did not feel his disappointment as keenly as he might have done if he had not mapped out In his mind the capture of Manila Just a quarter of a century before. On April 25 congress declared that a state of war had existed since April 21, and immediately Dewey was cabled instructions to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet at Manila. Great Britain

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issued a proclamation of neutrality, and by its terms Dewey was notified to leave Hongkong within twenty-four hours. He proceeded at once to Mirs bay and made ready for the assault on the Spanish licet. Within forty-eight hours he was on his way to Manila. The following chronology of the Olympia gives the other important events in Dewej-"s life as they occurred: April 2?. Olympia, flagship of Commodore Dewey, was at anchor in the harbor of Hongkong on April 23. the day war was declared by the United States of America against the kingdom of Spain. Late iir the afternoon of that day Commodore Dewey was given formal notice by the governor of the colony of Hongkong that a state of war existed between the two countries, and that as Croat liritam was a neutral power, p.ll of the vessels under the command of Dcwcy would be required to "quit the waters of the colony" within forty-eight hours, or by Monday, April IT. April 21 -On Sunday, April 21, the commanding officers cf the Poston, Concord, Petrel, McCulloeh, Nashan andZafiro were ordered by Commodore Dewey to get under way at noon and pioceed to Mirs bay, which is in Chinese water?, twenty-five miles from Hongkong. Just at 12 o'clock the vessels steamed out of Lyemun Pass with all the foreign population of Hongkong watching their departure. April 23 Commodore Dewey, with the Olympia, the Ilaltimcre and the Italeigh, left Hongkong for Mirs bay at 10 o'clock a. m. Monday, April 23. April 27. American licet of six warships .with the Olympia leading, and NEW YORK HARHOU OPERATING the three auxiliary ships, with the Mcculloch leading in line with the llagshP) and 1.CU0 vards off the starboard bow. left Mirs bay on Wednesday. April 27, and set course direct for Cape Rclinao, on the coast of Luzon. April "0 Saturday morning, April GO, the coast of Luzon was sighted, l.r)0 miles north of Corrcgidor island, at the entrance to the bay of Manila. During the day the fleet coasted south along the western line of the island, exploring Subig bay, where it was thought probable the Spanish Hoot would be concealed, and reaching the entrance to the bay at midnight. At 12:30, or one-half hour into the morning of May 1, the American ships were fired on by the Spanish fort at El Fralle, in the great passage called Uoca Grande. This fire was returned by the Raleigh, the McCulloeh and Iloston, but no damage was inflicted on either side. May 1 Commodore George Dewey, in command of tho United States naval force on the Asiatic station, defeated the Spanish fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Montejo on the morning of Sunday, May 1. The Spanish fleet of eleven vessels was annihilated,

C0Ö Spaniards being killed and 400 wounded, while en the American side none w::s kilbi', six were .-lightly

wounded, and che American ships were uninjmed. May 10of the secretary of the navy Commodore Ceorge Dewey was advanced to the rank ui rear almir:i!, and on May I ) he hoi.-ted th rear admirals b.:g at the Oiympia's main. May 11 to Arg. .:-May 11 until Aue. 13 the co;;;:;:a::d ;i" Admiral Dc-vey lay it Manila, cr.fo had been im.' cf May 1. Aug. l:: A nd naval f,, capt';r . tb. ..!. bnr in ti'.e harbor of vivg the Idocduide that -i alter the battle.--l:: t: C' f. ; y f : i lb: by a.-auli. b- Philippines. )Ij jpnia. with cndii'g May l .;;.. .-'l' Admiral l) v v on board, .sailed from of the Mediterran- :'a an for il:i by v.r: NVw Yo.-k. i io an iv. tnere reid. 27. New York harbor ;Kis bcfu aiixe witli war.';iy-j tions as well ci" .v-::r e,, For his glorious v. orK fi:.-:l de it ; :v auriir:!. .-'I n ial act of for ten days of other na1) wey was ami then, by an ad?nir:il. i:; K.r.g a j;;-e:c.' ni (u oi the navy. !c w.i (jir.er oiikm-.--a!.:) vottil a sword by tie. ii was coagr: i : :t:;ri:d a p ecihi! .-ub.-crip-to p ii::i in Washiirjion. and j;reoarati j::s ' i. c ing him a vru.:, rtill rcccnuon pi x. t.- i- e. A 1 . iv u.: a:.-, u'tuin. Admiral Dewey's mod--:v of nature was never better iilusirahd than in his two ofb"iaI -.üspat.d: s ;o Washington announcing his gic.it victory. On May 1 he cabled: "The squadron arrived at daybreak this morning. Imim -Hat iy cn.naaod the eiifuiy and destroyed the following Spanish war vess; Is: Heina Cristina. Cast ilia, ril'.a. Isla d' Cuba. (b i:o- al l.czo, I-hi öo l.uzan, Duero. Cor:'). Ytlaseo. Mindanao, one transport and the water battery at Cavite. The squadron is uninjured and only a few men were slightly wo.inded. The only means of telegraphing is to the American consul at Hongkong. 1 shall comnninicaie with him. "DKWKY." His second dispatch was on May 4. and reads: "I have taken possession of naval station at Cavite, on Philippine islands. Hae destroyed the fortifications at bay entrance, paroling g lrrison. I control bay completely and can take city at any time. The squadron is in excellent health and spirits. Spar.b-.h loss not fully known, but very heavy 150 killed, including captain of Heina Cristina. I am assisting in protecting Spanish sick and wounded. Two hundred and fifty sick and wounded in hospital within our lines. Much excitement at Mur.iia. Will protect foreign residents. DKWKY." TO WELCOME IOWA TROOPS, Iti'imont from the l'liillppinv Will 15 ;ive:i an i:t:itor:i( licccptloii. Des Moines, Iowa. Sept. 2. A cablegram received by (jov. Shaw announces that tbe soldiers of the Fifty-first Iowa volunS'ers sailed fom Manila on Thursday afternoon, according to plans. It is estimated that thry will be twenty-four days on the way if they do not stop at Honolulu. This will bring them to Iowa in time for the November stale election, uules-j an unexpectedly long time is taken to muster out the troops at San Francisco. Since the news cf the sailing of the transport Senator lias arrived, the mothers of the Iowa soldiers in this city have begun active preparations to give the boys a glorious welcome home. There will be parades, receptions, banquets, speeches by the governor, and official and other occasions, the whole celebration occupying several days. The boys will be guests of honor at a reception to the whole of Iowa at the capitol building on the day after they reach here. Delegations of G. A. R. men willvalso be in tbe line. THE SEARCH LIGHTS. The jdan to bring all the Iowa boys back to Des Moines at the expense ol the state immediately after their discharge is assured of suedes and practically completed. Nv Army I an for IMUlIppliie. Washington. Sept. 2o A pian is under t.m ideration at the war department to create an army division ol the Philippines and divide the division into departments on a basis similar to that in Cuba. The idea is to create four departments in the Philippines, at 1 ast three of them to be commanded by major-generals. The plan Is to give each department command of all the troops that can be successfully operated and also Insure sufllcient garrisons for all points taken. Protection to the peaceable tribes is one of the chief objects sought, as representations made to the war department Indicate that many of the inhabitants do not want to fight, and ii unmolested and relieved from fear ot attack by the rebels, will assist In supporting the authority of the United States and make it impossible for the followers of Aguinaldo to subsist.

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RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOrt SLVEN DAYS. Inmate .r :i Co-arifr Iilrnriry Sontit for a Ii iil. - Iii;in 1'. .io In Craw fi.nl A Tiir.ir.Iiin- Worth ,'0.00 IlKio c IMpht li-ri i. Wan t'il for :i Minriüii i'rrak. I.aic -t-. I::d. Ii'p:-. : t.i'ivos cf ("ahvu'o d:::r mustuir.; b.v.e been envor:r - to cjntrai Ha '. -:;s. 21 ears obi v :t:i Mi.-s Lucy n inm--.:.' of the - );:a: v proach e.Hinty ; ndrr a b.';!)(i who rapidly a ,- !1g 4"0 pjunds in weight. Tha commis.-ion'-'r.s rcfase to s-ir-P'-ss.;-s-ion cf the girl with.-.-.it. wail-a ill guarantee tbe p: n1 in of a snpulatcd u:a to t::e count v t : ins a re l'. Mi---: Have in.' from future e.i:f of ic charge. 5 Uli to re.'-i t I o.icrs ran.-V.--to place II: r s.nsitive- ; :; Lance of tlrj :"::f o: :.e.-s his prevented l mpti;- obVr. l.-t St::t A;;:tln-t 14 Trust. Indi rata: Atty.o ii. Taj b r Thursday v. hired that b vill make a t-t ca,-c of the suit brt.u.abt as: ain.it tbe window-sla.-s trust at And i t on. "Wo may a.; v.ll bt i nline i:( v." he said, "".vhi ikvr trusts can !,e (bfcatr-d 4.. .a tae under common law. The suit bronchi at Anderson is b.i.-tu on tlie loiainou law, and it i tne purjios to show that the ass companies have ex. -a'b -1 tl.rir charter rights. Suit was bro;!.ht by the prosecuting attorney of Madison courity at the instigation cf tl.-o Window (la.--Workers' association, Invino Icop! In Cnn fnril. Cnali-h. Ind. Thoma s .1. .Strctherof ibis to-.vnsh!p h is b vn ic-lan d insane. ms iiitnt.ii rcsuits from a. a ' 1 r " a.o. on ir.iorr::at:-jn that h: sn, who had diiarreb'l with him and had enlisted in the amy. had die. at sea and that hi.s iiody h:.d been tlirown overboard. Mrs. Xora A. Dill man of Pilot Knob. 117 years old, has also been declared insane. It is noticed that Crawford county has more repnscntaives in insane hc-ipitals and f' wer in the stat'? prisons, in proportion to population, than any other ccunty in the state. Kt-uriion of lllii" and Gray. Evansville, Ind., telegram: Arrangements have been completed and tbe invitations issued for the national reUnion of the blue and pray to h? he!J here on Cct. 10 to lo. The reunion is intended to comprehend all who fought in American wars, inc'.ndlns Mexican ve Urans, survivors of the north and south who fought in the civil war, and th.e younser generation who took part in tl:e war with Spain. Soldiers and statesmen from the nrth and sout'i will be anions tb.e guests and s-peakers. A Thrashing: Worth SCS. Franklin, I: of P.arrr vs d. The jury in the c.e? Heeler, in which thplaintiff sought to recover $r.j00. has i etui ned a verdict for S. Barker owned Peeler, a grocer, a small bill of se veral years' standing, and Deeler. failing to collect ir. pave him a beating, pu: suing bini alon.s: the down-town streets. I-jfger was not .-erionsly injured, as he went to work on the following day. The present trial was the i-econd, the first jury returning a verdict in the defendant's favor. AfllictfMl t itti l'.Iatk D pthiri.i. Wtstileld. Ind. About two week? a so Clark Millikan's family returned home from the we.-t, and on Sunday last one of the daughters 14 years edd, took sick and died. Others of the family are reported dangerously ill with the same disease, which Is said to be black diphtheria of the mot malignant type. The people in that section are greatly alarmed. Every prrciution being taken to prevent a spread of the disease. Cfnltnel TOi'-rrann. Miss Mabel Cray cf Anderson neglected to appear as a witness in a court summons, and she was committed to jail for contempt. There are said to be five hundred indictments cn the Clark county criminal dockets, principally for playing policy at Jeffersonville. During the regular services in the M. E. church at Eagletov.n, and while Elias Parker was in the act of delivering a testimonial, Mrs. I,yd:a Jones btMran singing, ccntinuins until Mr. Parker took his seat. Then her speech left her, and it was afterward disclosed that the woman was insane. The CrDccry Clerks' union of Fort Wayne have inaugurated a prrs-ccuticn of grocers who rcf r-? to cloo at C. n m., and who are selling Intoxicants. Mrs. James Watsan sliced a watermelon in cress sections to find on two sections the letters -X" and "W" as plainly marked as if tncy had been traced by hand. The betrothal is announced of Jarn? H. Ikud of Iiprte, who Is completing a university course in (lerrnany. and Miss Helene, daughter of Heinrich Stenger. a wealthy man of Leipie. Cormany. Mr. Poyd graduated at the University of Michigan before gc:n$ abroad. It is alle?f(l that Miclnel Kelly, a'iaa Thomas Conway, committed at Muncie for larceny, is wanted rt .Toilet, 111., for burglary and attempted murder. Capt. John Plötz, a well-known river man. Is alarmingly ill at New Albany, caused by a Mood clot cn tho brain. He was recently injured on his stear.?r Raymond by an accidental fall. White & Iu-ey of Noblesville are exhibiting several Irish potatoes weighing over tr o pounds each, a Hatch cabbage head weishing eighteen pounds and an of corn tipping the scale at thirty ounces. A gang of men from Indianapolis persisted every Sunday in the sale of Intoxicants on the outskirts of Waverly until the constable rai?ed a possd and raided the place. Three barrels ol beer was confiscated, and Cal Johnson and Creed IX homey, both colored, cl Indianapolis, were arrested and finid. The town board of Macy passed ar. ordinance Imposing a tax of $10 on every non-rtsident attempting to do business within the corporate limits. The Hopewell grange and the Pleasant Hill grange, two farmer associations, have retaliated by boycotting Macy.