Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 17, Number 8, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 8 May 1895 — Page 2

THE CURRENCY. Readers on Either Side SpeEik to the Question. fryan Talks to Cook Comtj (III.) DemoL ©rats—Knott Calls Free Coinage Repudiation—Cleveland’s Letter to Stone. Chicago, May 7. —Delegates to the Cook county democratic convention—ichosen for the purpose of selecting 353 delegates to the Springfield monetary convention, June 5, met Saturday morning. Judge Samuel P. McConnell was chosen temporary chairman. In his speech of acceptance Judge McConnell severely criticised President Cleveland for not carrying out the promises on which he was made president in regard to finances. “Mr. Cleveland," said Judge McConnell, "has repudiated his party. To-day we repudiate him. jye stand here to-day pledged to' the cause of The policy of Grover Cleveland is not the policy of the democratic party." Every utterance against Mr. Cleveland was met with cheers. The temporary organization was made permanent. Congressman W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, then addressed the convention. He received an enthusiastic reception as he stepped onj the platform. Mr. Bryan said he came to bring greetings from the democrats of Nebraska, who were the first to raise the standard if sixteen to one. He was not iiere, he said, to abuse Mr. Cleveland, but he conld not help protesting against Cleveland’s letter in Saturday morning’s papers, which indicates that no man has a right to hold office in this country unless he bows to the head of the administration. It was nonsense, continued the speaker, to attempt to read out of the party men who differed with him in opinion. Eckels was perfectly harmless. Free silver men need not fear him. "There is no such thiug as an honest dollar.’ said Mr. Bryan. "There is no stable standard .of value. x The best we can do is to find a metal which will come as near to this as possible. The reason 'I call a gold dollar a dishonest dollar, and the organization that advocates such a dollar a dishonest money league, Is because a gold dollar, if there were no other, would constantly increase making the debtor poorer and the creditor richer all the time. Even if we desired a single gold standard, there isn’t enough gold in the world to make all the money. " The platform declaring in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and against- an international agreement was then adopted, with but few votes recorded against it. The convention selected its delegates and adjourned. - Chicago, May 7. —The Waubansee club gave a banquet Saturday night at ’the Auditorium hotel for tlie purpose iof protesting against the free coinage of silver and voicing the sentiments of that element of the parties. About 200 friends and guests were in attendance and after an hour's attention to the menu there occurred three hours of talk on finance by Hon. Richard W. 'Knott, of the Louisville Evening Post, and Hon. John M. Palmer. Nfr. Knott’s address was on “Commence ans Currency,” and in part he sank. / “No nation whose record is tainted by repudiation can contest the commercial supremacy "of a people who keep unbroken and undeviating faith with public and private creditors. 'The free coinage of silver, under the present legal tender laws, is an attempted repudiation of one-half of our debts public and private. By such an act we surrender our position among first-class nations and place the United States on a commercial level with Mexico and China. Since 1834 gold has been the bafds of our currency. Since L 1873 the gold dollar has been the standard of value, the measure of exchange •expressed or implied in every contract. It is by the double iniquity of a legal ten •der act and a debased currency act to authorize the payment of every debt at half Its face value.’ 1 United States Senator John M. Palmier received a hearty welcome as he arose to “Democracy and Money.” His utterance was a repudiation of Saturday’s democratic convention which declared for the free coinage of silver. Among other things he said: “Is the democratic party worth maintaining? Can we afford to follow the mere name when !lt has been seized by men who will do a •grievous public wrong? We who feel that this ,is dishonest cannot bear the name of demo:crat.iyprhey would try to make us the mere tail of the populist party. I will not stapd It, and I trust there are teosc here will not stand the attempt the name of the party. ’’ The senator -then pictured the ills that would befall the nation were free coinage to become a law ana declared that everything political, social, financial and private would be thrown into a convulsion, the extent of which could be even dreamed. The consequences of adopting the lower ratio of values would be that gold would not maintain its parity, ,and a loss would accrue to the people as the government would not be obligated to maintain the parity. The expenses of the government have always been predicated upon gold and any change would work indescribable chaos. Lebanon, Mo., May 7. —Congressman K. P. Bland, speaking for publication, said: ••The people Intend to make the sliver question the paramount issue of 189 ft That is too apparent to be denied or evaded. Definite declaration will be required from all political par- * ties. The party that first takes the field for silver restoration will gather to its support the silver forces, and these forces are now aroused, and no doubt will grow stronger and stronger until everything is swept before it, hence the necessity of the democratic party taking an early stand for silver. Let our state committee call a convention as soon as possible, so that the masses of the democratic party can be Beard on this question. ■What we want is free coinage of t? a standard silver dollar. The ratio is already settled. We have a ratio established by law at wfcich we have .coined '5422,000,003. We have now more silver than gold in this country- The ratio cannot thorefore be changed. What is wanted is open mines before any talk of changing ratios- Coin silver freely into standaitf silver dollars. The ratio Is now fixed by legal enactment. Some people seem to think that we have no ratio, but we hate. To talk about ratio for standard silver ■is an attempt to force an issue that 1* now et*led. M Macon, Ga., May 2. —Secretary Hoke ISmltb, of the interior department, in lan interview Tuesday, said that for ionr government, unaided, unlimited rcoinage of silver at the ratio of 16 *to 1 at the present state of the (market simply meant silver monometallism. He could see no benefit in the

proposed change, and more especially to those who worked for wages, because they were always the last to be recognized in increased wages under the use of depreciated money. Comptroller Eckels. Detroit. Mich., May 4.— At a banquet in this city to celebrate the dedication of Detroit’s chamber of commerce Comptroller Eckels, responding to a toast, spoke to the currency question. He said that the contention which is now made by the single silver standard adherents reduced to its last analysis is silver fiatism, pure and simple. It differs, he says in degree only, and not in principle, from the contention of twenty years ago of the advocates of the unlimited issue of irredeemable greenbacks, and from that of the issue of the fiat currency of the period bf the continental congress and the era of colonialism. “It is the theory,” he continued, “of the socialist and populist’applied to monetary science. It is based upon the belief in what has been aptly termed ‘the all powerfulness’ of the state and is in utter disregard of that great fact in financial history that mediums of exchange and standards of value did not find their origin in law, but were born of the needs of trade and commerce.” He closed with the statement that “the forces of fiat silver currency, of irredeemable paper and their populistic allies can be permanently eradicated as factors worthy of consideration and sources of discontent and financial loss in but one way, and that lies through the gateway of sound monetary education.” President Declares That Democrats Must v Not Give Up Sound Money. J Jackson, May 7. —Gov. Stone has made public a letter which he had just received from President Cleveland in which he commends the governor’s attitude on the currency question and says: “If we. who profess fealty to the democratlo party, are sincere in our devotion to its principles, and if we are right in believing that the ascendency of those principles is a guarantee of personal liberty, uni versal care for the rights of all, rionsectional. American brotherhood and manly trust in American citizenship in any part of our land, we should study the effects upon our party, and consequently upon our country, of a the national democracy to the debased silver standard. “If there are democrats who suppose that our party cannot stand on a platform embodying such doctrine, either through its affirmative strength or through the perplexity of our opponents on the same proposition, or if there are democrats who are willing to turn their backs upon their party associations in the hope that free and unlimited and independent coinage of silver can win a victory without the aid of cither party organization, they should deceive themselves no longer, nor longer refuse to face that will fellow the defeat, if not the disintegration of party, upon the issue which tempts them allegiance. If we should be fortfgcf away from’ our traditional doctrines of sound and safe money, our old antagonist will take tho field on the platform which we abandoned: and neither the votes of reckless democrats nor reckless republicans will avail to s'tay their easy march to power. This is as plain as anything can possibly be. Jit therefore becomes the duty of every democrat, wherever he may be, to consider what such a victory would mean, and in the light of a proper conception of its results he should deliberately shape His course.”

EVACUATED. The British Fleet Restores Corinto to Nicaraguan Control. Washington, May 7. —According to l advices received here the evacution of Corinto by the British fleet was quietly accomplished Sunday and the port was restored to Nicaraguan authorities. Shortly after midnight Saturday, Minister Guzman received a cable message stating that all the preliminaries had been satisfactorily arranged with the British admiral, through the intermediation of Senor Fiallos, of Honduras. In this manner Nicaragua was spared any appearance of humiliation and. friction was avoided on' both sides. Nicaragua will pay the indemnity in London within two weeks stipulated, and the remaining terms of the ultimatum will he satisfactorily arranged. *■ . i As has before been stated in these dispatches, Nicaragua has agreed to pay the $77,500 demanded by Great Britain for the expulsion of pro-Consul Hatch and for other alleged damages to British subjects arising from the recent troubles in tho Mosquito reservation, but instead of paying the money at the cannon’s mouth, as the British 1 government originally ' demanded should be done, she will pay it. in London fifteen days after the last vessel of the British fleet withdraws from Corinto. RUIN IN KANSAS. A Dreadful Cyclone Leaves Death and Kuln In Its Fath. Hutchinson, Kan., May 3.—Seldom is so much wreck and ruin crowded into such a brief space of time as was the result of a cyclone in the farming district 20 miles east of this city Wednesday afternoon. About 4:20 p. m. a twisting, hurling cloud was seen to approach Patterson, a small station on the 'Frisco road, about 0 miles southwest of Burton. The air was dry and filled with electricity. Those who saw it, say it resembled a great mass ot flying smoke and dust from a prairie fire. The air'vvas as if it came from a heated furnace, hot and stifling. Tho storm struck about a mile of Patterson and for 16 miles in a northwesterly direction left death and ruin in a path 100 yards to a quarter of a mile wide. < Ten persons were killed, as followsi Mrs. Joseph Wear. Gri#e Wear. 12 years old; Herman Wear. 10 year, old'; a babe, William Armstrong, Grandma Chapin, John Schmidt Miss Schmidt, Dora Schmidt and Frafik Schmidt. Suicide of a Hank Cashier. Omaiia, Neb., May 3. —William H. Megquier, assistant cashier of the First national bank, committed suicide Thursday morning by shooting himself through the head at the residence of George Barker, president of the National Bank of Commerce. No cause is known for the deed. A Stained Home. Nrw Orleans, May 7.—Dr. Samuel P. Swain, of Plaquem>ne, La., shot and mortally wounded Dr. Emile Hirart, also of Plaquemine, who he found in a room with Mrs. Swain at 11:30 Sunday morning. fr* „

A DEADLY BLAST. It Sweeps Portions of lowa and South Dakota. Everything Goes Down In Its Path—From Seventy-Fire to One Hundred Lives Estimated to Have Been Lost. Sioux City, May 6.— The lowest estimate at first placed as to the loss of life in tlie terrific cyclone that just passed over this part of lowa Friday afternoon was fifty-two, but some even asserted that it must have reached 200 or, 300. The storm originated about miles southwest of Sioux Center, passing through Sioux Center, Perkins and Sibley. Sixteen are known to have perished at Sioux Center. The number of killed at Doon is stated as ten, and five deaths occurred at Sibley. At Perkins the loss of life was very large, perhaps not less than thirty or forty. This, it was estimated, with those who must have perished on the farms about the country, must bring the number to seventy-five or 100. Four schoolhouses near Sioux Center while school was in progress were destroyed. At each from three to ten chil dren were killed or injured. Many of the children were carried from a quarter to half a mile before they were dropped. Sioux Falls, S. D., May 6.—A cyclone dropped down into West Sioux Falls about 4 o’clock on Friday afternoon and did $30,000 damage to property. The third story of a large brick bloek was torn off and several people narrowly escaped being badly injured. Proba,bly 100 houses, barns, windmills and trees and chimneys were scattered over the path of the storm. There was a regular cloudburst 20 miles north and an immense rise in the river is looked for. The Sioux at Dell Rapids is running over the Milwaukee tracks, and Skunk creek is also high and flooding farms in its course. Redfield, S. D., May 6.—Spink county was visited by a heavy drenching rain Friday afternoon, accompanied by a high wind, lightning and big hail. Citizens here viewed for some time, north of here, the formation of a cyclonic funnel-shaped cloud, which indicated trouble. Returns are coming in showing that within 10 miles north of Redfield a regular cyclone traversed toward Ashton, where it did much** damage. The opera house building, formerly the courthouse, was blown out of shape. The steeple of the Congregational church was blown down, many houses unroofed and barns destroyed. The main street of the city is strewn with debris of demolished buildings. Many farmhouses, barns, granaries and outbuildings along the track of the cyclone north of here are destroyed. Chicago, May 6. —Five persons were killed by lightning at various points in Wisconsin and Iow r a Friday. These victims were as follows. At Ivalona, la., Joseph She tiler; at Ivelnerville, Wis., John Anderla; at Neillsville, Wis., Mrs. Joseph Sutherland; at Lodi, Wis., Joseph Chinp; at Seymour, Wis., John Kitchenmeisler. Siopx Center, la.. May 7. —Revised lists of the people killed by the great lowa cyclone of Friday give the following as known to be dead, with the estimate from various sources that from 55 to 300,w’ill be the total number of fatalities when the lists are complete: of Lunis Verhof. killed near SiouX Center; child of Maurice Coombs, killed near Sioux Center; Miss Tillie Haggie, killed near’ Sioux Center; Jacob Jansen, killed near Sioux Center; Alice Koster, killed near Sioux Center; Mrs.’John Koster, killed near Sioux Center; Annie Marsderi, school teacher ncarSibux Center, lived formerly at Boscobel. Wis.; George Marsden. school teacher near Sioux Center; Mrs.. Anna Postman, killed near Sioux Center: A. M. Pdrry, killed at Hawarden; Rudelph Schwerdfinger. killed by lightning near Southland; Mrs. John Waterman, killed near Sibley; Mrs. K. Waner and babe; babes of Mrs. Wyried and W. Vlesnia, A. Barblin, Mrs. L. E. Ost, Mrs. J. Post, Mrs. F. S. Feldcamp, Mrs. Charles Waldron, Henry Smith, B. L. Smith, Mrs. L. Marotte and babe, L. D. Everetts, Jolyi Frize and H. Deboor, all killed near Sioux Center; Mrs. M, Blackburn and Mrs. Herman Belknap, killed near Sibley; Peter Skinner, killed at Laurens; Everett Arnold, killed at CreSton. The damage to property will not be as great as was first feared. Corn was not planted, and although some small grain was above ground it had not advanced far enough to suffer severely. The damage to houses and barns will probably amount to between $45,000 and $50,000. This community is thrown into greas grief over the disaster. The council held a special meeting Saturday morning, presided over by Mayor Robey. It was decided that it would be necessary to raise $12,000 to relieve the distress. Chicago, May 7. —Telegraphic reports have been received of great damage to buildings and crops in many sections of Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa, Missouri and South Dakota. The loss of live stock, crops and other property will aggregate an enormous sum. Several persons are reported injured. AHBaMinated by Outlaws. St. Louis, May 4. —A special from Perry, O. TANARUS., to the Chronicle, says: Advices from Ingalls, a small town 30 miles east of here, say that Bruce Miller, of Oklahoma, was assassinated Tuesday night by the remaining members of the Dalton gang. Miller is rich and owns one of the largest ranches in the Creek Nation. He has always taken a lively interest against the Daltons, and they have often threatened to kill him. _____ ~ Sentenced for Life. Cincinnati, Clay'S.—A special to the Post from Barboursville, Ky., says: The jury in the case of the commonwealth against Jesse Fields and Joseph Adkins, charged with the murder of Judge Coombs, rendered a verdict Thursday morning of confinement in the penitentiary for -life against of the defendants. Hat Manufacturers Fall. Newark, N. J., May 4. McGall Brothers, hat manufacturers, of No. 33 Mitchell street, West Orange, have failed, with liabilities aF5239,000; nominal assets, $218,000, and actual asset* about $109,000.

COST THREE LIVES. UlacaMloD Over Text Books Leads ts a Tripple Tragedy at Tarrjall, CoL Como, Col., May 7.— At the Tarryall district schoolliouse, 9 miles east of Como, Benjamin Ratcliffe on Monday shot and killed Samuel F. Taylor, L. F. McCurdy- and George D. Wyatt, constituting the school board, at the annual school election. Wyatt, who survived four hours, said Ratcliffe opened a discussion over text-books for the district and then accused the board of slandering him and his family. Ratcliffe accidentally fired his rifle, the ball entering the floor at Taylor’s foot, doing no damage. During the exciting discussion following Ratcliffe took aim at Taylor and fired, Taylor dying instantly. Ratcliffe then shot McCurdy, striking him in the back, causing instant death. He then shot Wyatt in the back. Ratcliffe surrendered. He says he did his best, and what he thought was justifiable homicide. Ratcliffe is 65 years of age and an invalid. GAVE A MILLION. Beth Low’s Princely Gift to Columbia. College. New York, May 7. — President Seth Low, of Columbia college, has given that institution $1,000,000. He made the announcement Monday at a meeting of the trustees of the university. saying he would assume personally the cost of erecting the new library building of the college at I One Hundred and Sixteenth street and Mornmgside Heights. He said he w ished the library to be a memorial of his father, Abiel Abbot Low, “a merchant who taught his son to value the things for which Columbia college stands.” The estimated cost of the building is $1,000,000. Following President Low’s gift came one of $300,000 from Chairman William C. Schermerhorn, of the board of trustees. He said he made himself responsible for the National Science building or for any other building or part of a building to cost that amount. VICTIMS OF MORPHINE. A Man and Woman Commit Suicide In m Rome (N. Y.) Hotel. Rome, N. Y., May 7. —At the temperance hotel in this city Monday morning Alzora Brock way, a dining-room girl whose home is in Redfield, N.‘Y., and Arthur* Loomis, who has been employed at the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad station at Williamstown, were found in room 46. The woman was dead and the man dying from the effects of morphine. Two empty bottles whichiiad contained the drug were on the dresser. They left ! letters saying that life was not worth 1 living, that they had determined to die j together and asking that they be bur- j ied in one grave. The woman was about 23 and the man less than 30. j IN NICARAGUA. Insurrection Breaks Out Against President Zelaya. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 7. Fighting has begun in Granada, Nicara- ( gua. Disorder is reported from Leon * also. Word comes from there that * the followers of Ortiz, Zerula and j Macherro liave united to make war on 1 Zelaya. The Hondurian troops concen- i trated at Cape Gracias will remain there, as it is feared that the | threatened outbreak on the Mosquito 1 reservation may extend here. The troops at Amalpa will be distributed j along the coast. Gen. Bonilla will j take 5,000 men and go to President ! Zelaya's aid if requested.

A GIFT FROM GROVER. President Provides for the "Education of Indiana Triplets. Decatur, Ind., May 7.<—Three weeks ago there was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Zerkles near this city three girl babies. The parents named the children Ruth, Esther and Frances. A neighbor of the Zerkles wrote President Cleveland informing him of the facts, and on Monday the father of the children received a draft from the president for SSOO, to be used for the education of the girls, should they live. Accused of l'r(/ue. Topeka, Kan., May 7. —S. W.Chase, warden of the penitentiary, on Monday swore out a warrant for the arrest of Gov. N. Morrill, charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses. Mr. Chase charges that from December 15, 1894, to January 14, the date of his inauguration, Gov. Morrill maintained a suite of private rooms and kept three clerks busy sorting over the applications of officeseekers and answering private correspondence, and that after he became governor he signed vouchers for these expenses and paid them out of the executive contingent fund. Buchanan's Execution Delayed. Sing Sing, N. Y., May 7. —Warden Sage said Monday that acting on the advice of Attorney General lftincock he had abandoned the idea of executing Dr. Buchanan on Wednesday. The second respite by Gov. Morton will expire at.that time, but owing to the legal muddle the execution, according to the opinion of the attorney general, must be delayed till the courts again decide the questions raised by Buchanan’s lawyers. Uncle Swnt'ft Lons. Philadelphia, May 7. —It is said that the reappraisement of the decorated china and cut and decorated glassware shipped to Philadelphia by A. B. Daniell & Sons, of London, shows that Uncle Sam lias been cheated out of $1,500,000 in the last few years. Trefttawp-Eilli Butte, Mont., May 7.— City Treasurer Simon Jacobs committed suicide at 8 o’clock Monday morning in an abandoned blacksmith shop west of the city by shooting himself thcough the head. The cause turns out to be that he is short in his accounts with the city fully $50,000, and Monday he was to have turned his office affairs over to his successor. Cuban Rebels Surrender. Havana, May 7. — Twenty members of the band of rebels at Villas, commanded by Quintin Bravo, have surrendered*

JAPAN SUBMITS. > She Gives Heed to the Protest of Russia, Germany and France. Officially Announces the Relinquishment of Her Claim to Port Arthur—Fean a Revolt When Her Action Becomes Known. Paris, May 7. —The Japanese minister has informed the minister of foreign affairs. M. Ilanotaux, that, ao-c ceptinjf the. friendly advice of France, Russia and Germany, Japan has renounced its claim to the permanent possession of tfffe Liao Tung peninsula, including Port Arthur. Berlin, May 7.— The Japanese government has informed the government of Germany that, in accordance with the advice of the powers, Japan has relinquished her claim to Liau Tong peninsula under the treaty of Shimonoseki. St. Petersburg, May 7. —The Journal de St. Petersburg says that Japan, in conformity with the advice of Russia, France and Germany, renounces her claims to the possession of Feng Tien. Tokio, May 7. —Japan precipitately abandons all Manchuria. Even the whole peninsula of Liao Tung, including'lalienwan and Port Arthur, is to be given up. It is doubtful whether there will be any increase in the cash indemnity. The facts are being kept secret here, but when the truth becomes known a universal public revulsion is certain. The present ministry is assuredly doomed. The government is anxiously guarding the foreign envoys. The diplomatic situation is unparalled. The American opportunity is immeasurable. It apparently is not realized at Washington that supreme influence in the east for the next half century is easily attainable through prompt, energetic action. Cue Foo, May 7. —The warships of several of the powers are rapidly assembling here, The situation is regarded as alarming. Already eight Russian warships, including three torpedo boats, have gathered here and more are expected. In addition British, French, American and German warships have arrived here. Tien Tsin, May 7. —The Chinese peace envoys have left Taku for Che Foo, where the ratifications of the treaty of peace arranged between China and Japan are to be exchanged on Wednesday next v It is reported that Li llung Chang has been degraded.. Toulon, May 7. —The French cruiser Cecille will accompany the French cruisers Tage and Suehet, which left Monday for the China sea.. They were loaded Sunday with ammunition and ! provisions. London, May 7, —The Morning Post commends Japan for yielding to the demands of the three powers and condemns Russia,' Germany and France for acting in their own interests and ignoring China. The Daily News says: The coalition has made a deplorable mistake in coercing Japan, but it is enough for us to know that we did not share the mistake.

Paths, May 7. —The Debats says: Japan will not abandon her claims for recompense for the surrender of the Liao Tung peninsula. Immediately after the ratifications shall be exchanged, negotiations will be opened with China. Japan will determine the nature of such recompense, and the powers probably will support her in return for her yielding mow. Berlin, May 7. —The Post says in a semi-official article: Japan has given fresh proof of her shrewd diplomacy by complying promptly with the friendly representations of the three powers. Her action is sure to receive ample recognition. ELECTRIC MAIL CAR. A Scheme to Run from New York to Chicago In Five Hours. lona, May 7. —A. P. Crell, after five years’ work, has invented an electrie mail ear whieh he claims will make the journey from New York to Chicago in five hours, or at the rate of 200 miles an hour. The car is made of steel and weighs forty tons. It is to ran over an elevated track of steel throughout, 18 feet from the ground and supported by a cable. The car, which carries no living persons, will be adjusted to pick ups mail at a limited number of stations along the line. It will cost SIO,OOO a mile to build. Ex-Postmaster-General Bissell has approved the scheme, and several New York capitalists are now figuring on it. Power will be drawn from Niagara Falls. THE CLARKE FAILURE. Liabilities Between 8500,000 and 8700-, OOO—Asset. Are Ample. St. Paul, Minn., May 7. —The firm of N. P. Clarke & Cos., of St. Cloud and Minneapolis, who made an assignment at St. Cloud late Saturday night, have as yet not filed their assignment papers in Minneapolis. No statement of the affairs of the company has been given hut those in a position to know say that the liabilities will range between $300,000 and $700,000. It is thought that the assets will be more than sufficient to pay all liabilities in full. v. The failure is laid to the mismanagement of Mr. Clarke's nephew, who has been in active charge of the business. Before the panic of 1893 Clarke was worth $2,500,000. Much Damage bj Hail. Omaha, Neb., May 7. —The most se vere and long continued hailstorm in Omaha’s history fell Monday evening between 5:15 and 6 o’cloek. It was accompanied by a furious rain. Windows were shattered in almost every dwelling in town, while greenhouses and churches were heavy sufferers. The damage to property will exceed $15,000 Population of Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., May 7. —The police reported Monday that the census of the city of Buffalo taken May 1 showed the population to be 335, 7oq.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. September 11 has been selected as the date for the opening session of the Northern Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, in Valparaiso. The Dietrich syndicate which has recently secured several gas plants in Indiana, purchased the plant of the Logansport Natural Gas Cos. The consideration was not madeopublic, but is reported to have been about $500,000. Presbyterian church ladies of Kokomo gave a black face minstrel show for the benefit of the church. George W. Smith was given two years in the pen at Noblesville, for incest. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Cos. refuses to pay the life insurance on Lewis Wade, who perished in the starch works fire at Columbus, the other day, unless absolute proof of his death can be given. Wade’s body now lies beneath several feet of debris. According to the report of Chief Fendrich Vincennes has had just sixty fires during the year ended April 30. F. P. Jeffreys, of Evansville, has been appointed assistant general freight and passenger agent of the E. & T. H. railroad. The pretty little steamboat Peankishaw, which has been plying the Wabash, is to be sold. The boat will be taken to Evansville. Safe blowers secured about SSO from the post office and general store of Wood Bros.. Deep River. The safe in the post office was wrecked with nitroglycerin, but the robbers could not open the doors. Henry Wensel, rendered insane from injuries received in the army, has received $4,400 back pension. A sensation was created at Greencastle by the expulsion of three students from DePauw for alleged drunkenness. The mailcarrier on his rounds in one of the central residence districts in Indianapolis the other morning found eight mail boxes the padlocks of each of which had been wrenched off with a “jimmy.” The contents of each box showed that the letters had been examined without opening. Joseph Ellis, a 20-year-old, three miles north of Warren, while working in the field the other afternoon was struck by lightning and killed. Richmond school census gives the city a population of 20,000. The school census of Madison county shows J 5,000 school children. The enumeration of school children in Montgomery county will show a falling off of nearly 800. Several days ago the marshal of Crawfordsville arrested a man on suspicion, he having in his possession two watches, rings, gold locket, etc. It now turns out the man is Robert Runj’an, alias Wm. Brown, and every article in his possession was stolen from houses at Bloomington, Bradford and Evansville. Charles Reed, wanted at Muncie, Marion and Delphi for horse stealing and for whom a large reward was offered, was arrested at Kokomo the other day and taken to Muncie for trial. Tiie greater amount of the $40,000 left Purdue university by the late Amos Heavilon was in Frankfort real estate, which the trustees of that institution have from time to time - converted into cash. The other day Purdue disposed of tlie last piece, the Heavilon business block, selling it to Paris Bros, for SIO,OOO. This money will be used by the university in building an addition to Heavilon hall.

Miss Adams, daughter of Allie Adams, of Waco, was brought to Richmond from Athens in a deranged condition. She was visiting.her cousin, Mrs. Lee Smith, at that place, when she began to develop symptoms of insanity. The wife of Jeff Ring, of Franklin, on returning to her home late the other night, discovered burglars at work. Seizing a revolver belonging to her husband she succeeded in wounding one of the robbers, as was proved .by a trail of blood. 16 Liza Culpepper, of Monroe city, is 115 years old. .She was born in Virginia. r Montpelier, .lay county, is prospering as a resultof oil discoveries in that vicinity. About one hundred new dwellings and a number of business houses have been erected this spring; the principal streets have been paved; electric lights put in, and several new churches and an opera house constructed. Several large manufacturing plants have been put in operation, and negotiations, ate in progress for the location of others. The barn and four horses of Reuben Pierce, of Sullivan burned a few nights ago. Loss, $1,500; no insurance. Mrs. James Warner, of Taylorsville, Bartholomew county, was kicked to death in a runaway accident. Jacob Graham, aged 16, second son of Amos Graham, a well-known farmer living six miles north of Wabash, committed suicide by hanging. Laporte has warned tramps to stay away. Indianapolis’ new ffianual training school will be dedicated June 3. John Carp, dangerous lunatic, has escaped from the Frankfort poOrhouse. Joseph Dillon and wife, who were injured in the Coatsville wreck, have compromised with the Yandalia Cos. for SIO,OOO. , Mbs. Charles Young, of Shelby ville, attempted to separate two large dogs while fighting and was attacked by the vicious brutes, sustaining injuries from the effects of which she died. C. N. Metcalf, secretary of the state board of health, found three cases of smallpox at Tell City, a white woman, a boy and Negro man, the latter case very serious. There is also one new case in the suburbs. Strict quarantine regulations arc being inforeed by surrounding towns. Judge Cjias. E. Walker, leading attorney of the Jefferson county bar, to which he was admitted in ’49, died suddenly of grip, aged 88.