Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 17, Number 24, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 28 August 1895 — Page 2

CANDIDATES NAMED. Ohio’s Demooraoy Puts Its Tioket in the Field. Ex-Gov. Campbell Will Again Ran for Governor—The State Platform—Con* vention Rejects Free Silver Amendment. Springfield, 0., Aug. 23. —The democratic state convention was called to order in the city hall at 10:25 a. m. Wednesday State Chairman M. A. Smalley. Senator Calvin S. Brice was chosen to preside. After the report of the committee on credentials and permanent organization had been made, the temporary organization being continued, Hon.

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EX-GOV. CAMPBELL. Frank Hurd presented the report of the committee on resolutions, which was as follows: The Platform. “The democratic party of Ohio in convention assembled points with satisfaction and pride to the wisdom of the action of that party in the last two years and the results accomplished according to its promises, to-wit: “The repeal of the republican legislation known as the Sherman law. the un-American federal election law and the McKinley law, from which repeal has resulted returning prosperity to the country to such an extent that even the republicans are obliged to .recognize the same. •We congratulate President Cleveland that his efforts in favor of repeal of these vicious laws and the upholding of credit of the country have been successful “We congratulate our senator. Hon. Calvin S. Brice, for the earnest and effective support he has given to the president in these matters. “When we consider the facts that the democratic party received from the republicans in 1892 a bankrupt t reasury that it inherited from the vicious currency and tariff laws which had prepared and linally produced the panic of 1893. we insist that it is entitled to the thanks of the people for the courage with which it has attacked and repealed these laws. “We reaffirm the following portion of the seventh plank of the first national democratic convention: “ We uold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard of money of the country and to coin l oth goid and silver without discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage.' but the dollar unit of eoinuge of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value or be adjusted by international agreement, or by such safe legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the payment of debts, and we demand that the paper currency shall be kept at, par with and redeemable in such coin.' “We :nsist upon this policy as especially necessary for the protection of farmers and laboring classes, the first and most defenseless victims •(] unstable money and fluctuating currency. f The rest of tlfb platform dealt with Btate affairs of local interest and importance. The platform was signed by nineteen out of twenty-one members of the committee, the dissenters being A. W. Patrick, of Tuscarawas, and J. M. Lewis, of Champaign. These submitted the following minority report to the financial plank: £ “We demand the immediate restoration of the law providing for the free coinage and legal tender of both gold and silver coins without discrimination against either metal, as provided in the constitution, and without aw dung the assent of England or any other foreign nation.” The vote for the silver amendment to the platform stood: Aye, 270; nay, 625; majority for “sound money” 255. The Nominees. At 2:10 p. m. nominations were in order. Ex-Gov. Campbell was nominated by acclamation for governor. The exgovernor accepted the nomination in a few words, saying that a good soldier should neither falter nor fall. He would promise them that he would Dot falter; it was for them to say whether he should fall. The balance of the ticket will read as follows: For Lieutenant Governor—B. Peaslec, of Hamilton county. For Supreme Judge—William T. Mooney, of Auglaize. lor State Auditor—James W. Knott, of Mansfield. For State Treasurer—W. T. Shober, of Gallia. For Attorney General—George A. Fairbanks, Os Franklin. The convention adopted „tlie rooster as an emblem and at 2:40 adjourned 6ine die: Six Went Down. Buffalo, X. Y., Aug;. 22.—The small pleasure steam yacht brothers, owned by the Hurley Brothers, of this city, with thirteen passengers and a crew of three, foundered early Tuesday evening between the inner government lighthouse and the Reading coal trestle and six of the passengers were drowned. Their names are: Albert Stafford, Frank Cannon, Frank Bugman, Jacob Bauman, Henry Shingler, Charles Fisher. All of the occupants of the boat were employes of the New York Central stock yards at East Buffalo and had formed part of a picnic party who went down the Niagara river in the morning for a day’s outing. The Mora Claim Settled. Washington, Aug. 21.—An agreement has been signed by Secretary of State Olney, Minister Dupuy Be Lome, of Spain, Antonio Maximo Mora and Mr. Mora’s counsel providing for the settlement of the Mora claim on the basis of $1,500,000 on September 15 Uext. By the agreement the claimant waives all demands for interest, and accepts the amount named as full satisfaction of the claim. The agreement provides that the Claim shall be paid in Spanish gold dollars, which are of slightly less value than the American coin.

SPOFFORD’S ACCOUNTS. Shortage Reported Against the Librarian of Congress of 935,000. Washington, Aug. 23.—The accounts of Congressional Librarian Spofford, which have been under investigation by the auditor of the treasury for the state and other departments since last January, are said to show a shortage of at least §35,000. This shortage is said to exist in the pay roll accounts of the library, and in addition to this is the discrepancy in the copyright and search fee accounts, mention of which has already been made. The accounts have been examined by an expert in the office of Auditor Holcomb, and his report is believed to have been carried to President Cleveland at Gray Gables by Assistant Secretary Hamlin, who went to his cottage at Marion, Mass., a few' days ago to spend liis vacation. In an interview Mr. Spofford makes the following explanation of the matter: “The whole difficulty springs from the multiplicity of duties that have been forced upon me. I have not had time, In connection with my duties as librarian, to pay proper attention to thoso- attached to the office of register of copyrights. The two positions should be made separate and distinct. I have recommended this to the treasury department, but of course they can do nothing toward divorcing the two offices without legislative action. I shall recommend the same thing to congress when it meets. “In the press of business it is true that my accounts have become somewhat involved, but I stand ready to make good any discrepancies. that may be found by the treasury officials. I offered a short time ago to make up the deficiency of $22,000 that has been discovered, but it is not correct,to say that that offer has been refused. I have received no definite answer to my proposition.” Baltimore, Md., Aug. 24.—OwiDg to the low price of horses incident to the general use of bicycles and electric power, large shipments of hohses are being made from here to European markets. The Johnson line has made five shipments to Antwerp and Havre. The steamship lines say this promises to compensate them for the falling off of cattle exports, owing to the foreign exclusion of American cattle. BASEBALL. Standing of the Various Leaguo Clubs at Close of Gaines Aug. '43. The following tables show the number of games won and lost and the percentage of the clubs of the leading baseball organizations. National league: clubs. * ■ io/u Lott. Percent. Baltimore til 35 .635 Cleveland .66 39 * .629 Pittsburgh ... 59 41 .590 Philadelphia.. 55 43 561 Boston 51 43 .657 Cincinnati.. 53 44 .540 Brooklyn.. 53 45 .541 Chicago 55 47 . 539 New York.-..., 50 49 .505 Washington....... 31 <52. .333 St. Louis 32 70 .314 Louisville :3 74 <? .237 Western league: CLUl's. i' on. Lott. l'ercen.* Indianapolis 63 34 .659 St. Paul lO 39 .006 Kansas City 60 40 • .600 Minneapolis 49 50 .459 Milwaukee.. 49 51 .460 Detroit.. 44 55' 414 Terre Haute 39 59 .398 Grand Rapids..? 32 08 . 320 Western association: CLUBS. H’on. Lott. I'er Ce-\t. Lincoln... 56 31 609 Des Moines 56 38 .596 Peoria ; 54 41 568 Denver .......51 46 .526 Quincy 48 46 511 Rockford 44 48 478 St jQ.seph ~35 59 • 372 Spring heid ..33" 63 344 The directors of the Western association met at Peoria and decided to drop tlie Denver and Springfield clubs from the league, which will be continued as a six-club affair. BRADSTREETS REPORT. Business Shows Less Activity, In All Parts of the Country, New York, Aug. 20.—Bradstreet’s weekly review of trade says: . “The volume of general trade throughout the oast, south, southwest and on the Pacific coast is no l.irger in volume. In fact, at eral southern and eastern centers rather more of quiet is reported than a week ago. At western and central western points, with some exceptions, signs are conspicuous of the . favorable influence on business of the prospectively enormous Indian corn crop, and the very large harvest of spring wheat At the east stimulating influences are found in continued activity in leading industrial lines, notably iron and steel, the recent marked advances in prices of which metals at eastern centers is being echoed from Chicago and St Louis. “Mercantile colltxiafions at most western centers remain slow, but many jobbers at Chicago.. St Louis, St Paul and Minneapolis have been rushed to keep up with orders, which have not in all instances been confined to necessities. “On the Pacific coast business is not particularly active. The Oregon as well as the California wheat crop is short. Portland will have an industrial exposition in October. Rains in Washington have saved much valuable timber from fire. The clipper service from San Francisco to New York has been resumed.” _ The World’s Wheat Crop. Buda Pesth, Aug. 26. —The Hungarian government has issued its annual statement concerning the wheat crop of the world, which statement is based on consular and other reports. The estimated production of Wheat importing countries is 749,422,000 bushels, and of exporting countries 1,651,701,000. The total estimated production is 232,000,000 bushels less than the amended estimate of 1894. A Road Parliament. . Washington, Aug. 26.—The secretary of agriculture is charged by act of congress to coHect and disseminate information concerning the public roads. To this end and under au* thority of that law, Secretary Morton has issued a call for a road parliament,” in the hall of the house of representatives at Atlanta on the 17th, 18th and 19th of October, 1895, under the auspices of the Cotton States and International exposition. Are Dead In Earnest. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 24. —H. B. Martin, of the executive board of the Knights of Labor, who has just returned from the east, declares that the knights are dead in earnest as to the boycott of the national bank note urged by General Master Workman Sovereign, and that the boycott will be put into effect after Labor daVi September 3. Say No One W'as to Blame. London, Aug. 24.—The official reports of the captains of the Seaford and the Lyon concur that the accident was unavoidable and was due to the fog.

A FATAL COMPACT. A Man and His Wife Agreb to Commit Suicide. They Quit Life Together In a Boston Hotel—Letters Left Give the Cause and Detail Accounts of the Awful Deed. Boston, Aug. 26.—Louis Hammond and his bride Kathry, of Des Moines, la., camV from New York Monday with the avowed intention of dying together by their own hands. Saturday afternoon their bodies were found in a room at the American house, death having resulted from morphine poisoning. It was clearly a case of double suicide and one of' the most remarkable ever recorded, characterized by coolness and premeditation, and has a unique feature, for before attempting to end their lives they signed their names to a letter addressed to the coroner, telling him what they contemplated and why they sought self-destruction. On Tuesday they took chloral, but neither died. It is supposed that they took an overdose, >vhich occasioned nausea and saved their lives. The day following they made a second attempt, and on this failing Mrs. Hammond swallowed morphine, while her husband stood by and waited the result, bhe died at 10 that morning. Then Hammond endeavored to kill himself. He took morphine, but this agent failed tq do its work. Then he drove a hat-pin several inches long into his heart, but this too, failed. Then he took morphine and chloral again, and thinking, after waiting several hours, that this agent had again failed to do its work, he locked his dead wife in the room while he went to purchase a revolver. lie died some time Thursday night. It was probably the chloral and morphine which caused his death, as the revolver was found with all its chambers filled. From Wednesday morning until Thursday night by ingenious planning he managed to keep hotel employes out of the room and remained with the body of his wife without anydhe suspecting that a crime had taken place. Just before he died he wrote a complete account of how he and his \Vife had taken their lives, not omitting the slightest detail. A letter to the coioner signed by both says, among other things: “In reference to our reason for committing the deed, wo can only say that our monoy .is low and wo are tired of the ‘grind.’ Wo have no friends who need be notified or who would respond if notified. We have but one request to make, and that ig that we be not separated. We are man and wife and wish to ta-ke our rest together. If the salo of our belongings will suffice we should be glad to have you see that wo escape the pauper graveyard No doubt some undertaker will take charge of us for the advertisement, and if a plat can be purchased we will do the rest.” •? Hammond, after his wife’s death, wrote a letter which told the,entire story of the suicide. lie detailed the death of his wife'on Wednesday morning and told of his consuming fortyfive grains of morphine after tnat occurrence, but said it had little effect on him. Continuing he wrote: “About 2:30 Wednesday night I got my wife’s hat pin, with a white head, and drove its full length into my heart and lung between the fifth and sixth ribs—l think just to the left of the breastbone. My nerves being somewhat numbed, the pain was not severe, tut beyond causing a strain in breathing it had little result. I could move my heart about by pushing or pulling on the head of the pin. It was driven in fully five inches, and as it began to hurt in about half an hour I removed the same. It was *not hard to push in, but it took all my strength to get it out. I was much surprised that this did not end matters. ” The letter is ended by telling how he went out on the street Thursday morning and bought a revolver, but on returning to his room found lie was too ill from the effect of the morphine to use the weapon. Hammond was about 35 years old. He was formerly in the perfumery business at 68 Maiden lane, New York, the firm being Hammond & Brittner. In New York he met and wooed Miss Kathry Sawyer. After his business partnership w&s dissolved in went on tlie road for G. M. Ditner, of Des Moines, lie has a sister at St. Paul, la. Nothing is known as to the woman's antecedents. AN OLD GRUDGE. It Causes a Fight with the Los* of Three Lives In Kentucky. Lexington. Ky., Aug. 26.—News has just reached here of a terrible shooting affray growing out of an old grudge between the Cox’s and Thomas’s, residing in the vicinity of Looney’s creek in the Cumberland mountains. The battle lasted for an hour, in which three men, William Cox, John Boyd and Jack Thomas lost their lives, and Samuel Cox was mortally wounded, being shot twice through the body. John Boyd runs an illicit still, and the Cox’s and Thomas’s met there by chance,members of both factions being drunk, so it is said. One of the Cox boys fired the first shot, which struck Jack Thomas, inflicting a slight wound in his arm. Then the battle began in earnest. Besides John Boyd there were two Cox boys and three of the Thomas boys. They were armed with pistols, and shot from behind trees and stump* with fatal effect. John Boyd tried to act as peacemaker but was killed for his trouble by a bullet from one of the warring factions. Jack Thomas and William Cox were killed instant^. BILL TO EXCLUDE~JAPANESE. Senator White, of California, Has Promised to Introduce Such a Measure. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 26.—1n an interview Senator White said that Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald, of San Francisco, had asked him to introduce in congress a bill similar to tlie Chinese exclusion act which shall exclude Japanese. Senator White has promised to do so if Fitzgerald will furnish the data to prove that Japanese are seriously injuring American labor. He does not believe, however, that it will be as easy as it was to get the Chinese bill through.

KILLED IN HIS TRACKS. One of the Supposed Michigan Train Rob* bers Slain. Me Bain, Mich., Aug. 26. —A man supposed to have been one of the Chicago & W T est Michigan train robbers, and the murderer of Detective Powers, was shot dead Saturday night. He came here from Clare Saturday night. He was known here as John Smalley. His description tallies closely with that of the murderer of Powers, and hisactiofis were such as to arouse suspicion. About 8 o’clock Gillis Mcßain, of McBain, and Bert Spafford, of Cadillac, stepped to the open door of the house of Chip Brown, brother of Smalley’s wife. Smalley was sitting in a rocking chair slightly behind and at the right of the doorway. Mcßain and Spafford called upon Smalley to throw up his hands. Instead of complying he threw his hands toward his hips and at the same time 6lammed the door shut with his feet. Mcßain and Spafford each shot through the door wjth their Winchester rifles. The man rose from his chair, took half a dozen steps toward the rear of the house and fell dead into the kitchen. It was found one of the bullets went clear through his body, entering the left breast. The other entered his neck. On his person were found two big revolvers with all the chambers loaded. He had been arrested once before on a charge of train robbery, but was discharged for lack of evidence. It is known that Smalley was a member of the Cook gang in the Indian territory and while there his place was a rendezvous for the desperadoes of that section. Detective Way, who was with Detective Powers at the time he was killed, has identified the remains of Smalley as those of the man who murdered Powers. BRUTAL SCENES. Bull Fights at Gillette, Col., Disgust the .Spectators. Gillette, Col., Aug. 26.—Three sleek 5 Hereford bulls were slaughtered in the arena Saturday and Sunday afternoons before a large audience that had . assembled to witness a programme of sports. They saw a genuine bull fight, the first ever given in the United States—but they were not very highly edified, nor were they pleased with the spectacle. They probably admired more the nerve of Manager Wolfe, wlio pulled off the fight in the face of the sheriff and the adjutant general of Colorado,who were to prevent a fight. After tlie performances a constable arrested Wolfe and his assistants and escorted them over to Cripple Creek to be tried before a justice of tlie peace, but really to prevent Sheriff Bovvers from making an arrest and carrying them off to Colorado Springs. Adjutant General Moses made a vigorous protest, and was active enough in urging the sheriff to take a stand, but Sheriff Bowers did not care to 'iirouse the anger of the miners. The sight of an ordinary Hereford bull, accustomed to quiet scenes, being badgered and tormented, his sides pierced by the cruel darts and by the goads of the picadores, and finally the disgusting brutality of the final stabbing and. tlie death throes of the tortured animal, was a spectacle revolting to American ideas of fair play. The Cripple Creek miners want the public to understand that' they do not indorse the show. Had tlie civil authorities used their proper power:to stop it no protest from the miners would have been made. FIVE FATALLY HURT. Result of n Collision Between Vessels Off Presque Isle. Toledo, 0., Aug. 26. —Saturday evening the steamer City of Toledo, with 800 excursionists on board, 400 from Ada, 0., and 400 from Bucyrus, was in collision with a schooner. The City of Toledo was returning from her regular trip to Put-in-Bay and encountered the schooner Magdalen Dowling in tow of the tug Butler in the straight channel just off Presque Isle. She met the-Dowling, but her signals were misunderstood, and a collision followed, by which about 50 feet of the steamer’s upper works were carried away. A panic ensued aftiong the passengers, but was quelled within a few minutes. It was then found that seven persons had been severely injured by the force of the collision, and if is feared that five of them .will die. The steamer was towed to the dock, and the injured ones were taken to a hospital. The damage to the City of Toledo will amount to about §3,000. The Dowling is not damaged to any great extent. Following is the list of the wounded, the first five of whom may die: Grace Garwood, Neilie Garwood, sisters, of Ada, O.; Jessie Jackson, Ada. O.: Annie Zimmerman. Ada, O.; Mrs. John E. Miller. Bucyrus O.: James Farley, Bucyrus, O.; Mrs. John Sanderson, Ada, O. THE DEADLY CIGARETTE. It Finds Another Victim In the Person of a Young: Missourian. Dexter, Mo., Aug. 26.— Oscar Cunningham,' a young man living 7 miles from Dexter, died Saturday night from the effects of cigarette poisoning. When death overtook him he was smoking a cigarette and had grown so emaciated from the use of the poison he had to take to his bed. He awoke at 12 o’clock Saturday night, rolled a cigarette, lighted it, called for a drink of water and expired in an instant. He smoked about 100 daily. New Line to Be Put in Operation. Bloomington, 111., Aug. 26. —The official announcement is made from the headquarters of the Chicago & Alton in this city that the Peoria proposed line of that road will be put in operation October ] by agreement between the officials o* the Alton, the Toledo, Peoria & Western and the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville. The line will be operated as an extension of the Dwight branch of the Altoni and not the Toledo, Peoria & Western, as was reported recently. Coaches will be run through by way of Peoria from Dwight to Dela▼au and Lincoln.

BOMB FOR A ROTHSCHILD. Infernal Machine Opened by a Clerk Who Is Terribly Injured. Paris, Aug. 26.—A serious attempt has been made upon the life of Baron Alphonse De Rothschild. A large and heavy envelope was received at the bank Saturday, addressed to the baron, and was opened by M. Zadkovitz, the confidential clerk of the banker. Just as the clerk opened the envelope it exploded with great force. It tore out his right eye and blew off some of his fingers. The police were summoned hastily and an investigation was commenced. The remains of the strange envelope were picked up and examined. The police expressed the opinion that the envelope was an infernal machine. It consisted of pieces of cardboard, tightly bound together, and was quite bulky. But there was nothing strange in its looks, as peculiarly constructed packages of similar appearance are frequently at banks, and are found to contain money or securities, valuable papers of various descriptions. The cardboard envelope of this package, it is presumed, contained fulminate of mercury so ar- 4 ranged that when the outer covering was torn open an explosion occurred. Upon one point the police seem to be unanimous, and that is that the outrage was the work of anarchists. The bank itself was not damaged and very little damage was done to the private office in which the explosion occurred. The police are of the opinion that the construction of the infernal machine and the material employed resemble in many respects those sent to the French deputies in 1891, in boxes made to appear like packages of books. The police are using every effort to discover where the letter received at the bank was posted, if it was posted ata^r* 1 HARDIN IS FIRM. Kentucky Democrats Hold an Important Conference. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 26.—The conference between the democratic state central committee and Gen. Hardin and the other democratic nominees Satur* in the last named deciding to go ahead under the policy Os the head of the ticket. Gen. Hardin and all of the other candidates on the dSrhocratic ticket were present at the conference* Gen. Hardin made a speech full of vigor. He did not recede one iota from the position he has taken on the financial question. He contended that he was standing on the platform and was not in conflict with the party. He said he would submit to a caucus of the party, but lie would not yield to dictation. He asserted his ability to construe the platform and said he stood by his utterances which have been published. All of the candidates with the exception of Mr. Tyler, candidate for lieutenant governor, agree to stand by Mr. Hardin in his construction of the platform. Mr. Tylers announces his purpose of continuing to speak for sound money, no matter what the utterances of the head of the ticket might be on the currency question. 34 A committee of five, consisting of three silver men and two gold men, was appointed to draft an address to the democratic voters of tho state. The voters will be called upon to support Gen. Hardin as well as the remainder of the ticket. The address will also urge democrats to drop the currency issue. NEGROES TO BLAME. Report to Gov, on the Riots at Spring Valley, 111. Sfringfield. 111., Aug. 26.—George Schilling, secretary Os the state bureau of labor statistics, who was sent to Spring Valley by order of Gov. Altgeld to investigate the trouble between the Italian and negro miners there, will state in his report to the governor that the imported colored miners were the cause of the trouble entirely. The town had been peaceful until negroes were brought from the southern fields by the company. Colored women were allowed to carry on orgies and dance indecently in saloons, houses and people were robbed and frequent assaults were committed after the negroes came to town. All citizens sided with the Italians. Tho report concludes with the recommendation that the disturbing negroes be removed from the valley or more trouble will break out. WAR UPON SALOONS. Methodists of Ohio to Take an Active Part in Politics. Cleveland, Aug. 26.— An important circular signed by every presiding elder of the Methodist church in Ohio has been sent to the/members of the denomination throughout the state. It calls for united political action on the part of all Methodists in an effort to elect to the next legislature aamany members as possible Who will fight the saloons. The circular states that “special services will be called for by tHe elders in this connection in every Methodist church in Ohio.” Cincinnati Policeman Killed. Cincinnati, Aug. 26.— Henry Ziemerer, one of the best-known policemen in the city, was killed Sunday evening. He was standing on the outer guard of an open car, expecting to step off and arrest parties who were fighting. He was struck by a car runhing in the opposite direction and killed in a horrible manner Maximum Axe Limit Removed. Washington, Aug. 26. President Clevelands at the suggestion of the civil service commission, has removed the maximum age limit from the requirements for applicants for appointment in the government printing office. The modification of the rule will apply at the next examination. Sixteen Buildings Burned. Council Blwffb, la., Aug. 26.—Sixteen buildings were destroyed by fire Saturday at Blanchard, la., a small town on the Wabash railway near here. The loss is 925,000. The fentire business portion is destroyed.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Near Francisvilie Frank Hooker, ft veterinary surgeon, was killed by the explosion of a bottle of liniment He had purchased the ingredients separately and was engaged in mixing them when the accident occurred. It is thought that he made a mistake in filling the prescription. Four men were arrested for passing Mexican dollars at Avilla. At Moorefield the people expect a large attendance at the annual Celebration, has been held for many years, the attendance sometimes reaching 5,000. It is one of the best known gatherings in the state. It will be held August 31. The enforcement of the Nicholson law is having a serious effect on the receipts of the United States revenue offices at Indianapolis. The county-seat war gives fair promise of breaking out again. Leavenworth now threatens to sue for an injunction to restrain the contractors from building, upon the grounds of the county being in debt beyond the two per cent, limit. A Kokomo girl baby, born recently, has the strange pedigree of being the fourteenth daughter of the fourteenth daughter. The drought in eastern Indiana is becoming quite serious. The Salamonia and Wabash rivers are mere rivulets. Small pools of water are found here and there. Many large fish are found in these pools, and they furnish amusement to boys who wade in and kill them with clubs. The water supply of this city shows no scarcity. Ora Stakbuck, of Newcastle, fell from his bicycle at the northern Indiana meet, Warsaw, and broke his arm. f At La Porte Will Gedder, aged 13, picked up a gun the other day, and pointing it at his companion, Waller Bunton, aged 12. shot and mortally wounded him. Gedder did not know the gun was loaded. Wm. Keller has escaped from the insane hospital at Long Cliff, and is thought to be following the Barnum & Bailey circus. He was injured when a young man while tumbling in a circus ring, and was mad on the circus question. James McHenry, who died at East Enterprise, has lived sixtv-three years in the house where his occurred. He was 86,and had been a Baptist sixty years. •James Burris, an old farmer living three miles west of Lebanon, and Bert Neese, 14 years of age, who also lives in the same vicinity, had a serious quarrel at the former’s home, in which Burris was fatally stabbed. A petition for rehearing in the Roby case has been filed in the supreme court. It is claimed that the new racing law is void. While drilling a well for water on the Kendall farm, west of New Castle, a two-foot vein of coal was discovered. It is of excellent quality and burns readily. Steps will be taken to investigate the matter, and, if profitable, the vein will be worked. The fire in the cranberry marsh, in Blackford county, continues to rage, and 2,000 acres of good land are now in danger. Over 60 acres have been burned over to a depth of two to five feet, and all hopes of a rain extinguishing the Haines have been given up. Suits aggregating §40,000 have been filed at New Albany by ex-government employes at Jeffersonville for back pay and over time. Bethlehem township is greatly excited over the repeated killing of live stock by arsenic poisoning. Recently two fine cows belonging to John Horton were poisoned. Other farmers have lost cattle in large numbers, and several fine horses. The reunion of the Eighty-fourth regiment of Indiana volunteers was held at Duklin, a few days ago. Sixtythree survivors of this famous organization were present. McCune, Malott & Cos., Indianapolis, took possession of the grocery store of J. W. Gemmill, Portland, on a chattel mortgage they had on the stock. A. C. Denny, aged 40, was found hanging to a tree in the woods, ten miles southwest of Winchester. Warsaw has a revivaL Four young women are holding it. Vincent Mosley, who claims close kinship with the late Gen. Mosley, of Virginia, was arrested at Kyana, upon a charge of child murder and was jailed. The Hancock & Conkle mine at Farnsworth has conceded the demands of the miners and resumed work the other morning at the 60 cents scale. The old soldiers of Grant county have elected William Feighner, colonel of a battalion which will go to the national encampment of the G. A. R. at Louisville. All the posts in the cojunty will be represented. The other officers will be William Shepard, lieutenant colonel; John Sanders, adjutant; Joseph Lugan, quartermaster. Solomon Wilson, of Wabash, general manager of the Wabash School Furnishing Cos. of that city, has purchased the Suman block, one of the largest in Anderson, for §42,000. The property was recently sold to K. C. Haworth, of Liberty, who will soon remove a large implement factory from Liberty to Anderson. The Nineteeth infantry will hold its "“annual reunion on August 28, at Union City. # At Portland Mrs. Trent Conlson took 30 drops of belladonna by mistake. She may recover. Many building associations have failed to make their reports to the state auditor, as required by law, and this official is now sending out copies of the law bearing on the question, with the information that longer delay will subject the delinquent associations to a fine of §IOO. The Seventieth Indiana, Gen. Harrison’s old regiment, held its annual re-union at Bethany park, Indianapolis, a few days ago, but Gen. Harrison was not present, not having returned from the east.