Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 18, Number 46, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 27 January 1897 — Page 2

:: BN ABLE TO HELP.:" Life-Savers Powerless to Assist Crow of a Sinking Schooner. ffe VMM* Goffl >o Piece* on the Long (aland Shore, and Her Crew' of Mine Person* Lose Their Uve* New Vork, Jan. 22. The schooner Nahum Chapin, of Kockland, Me., was wrecked near CJuoque, L. 1.. duwng the •arly morning and the crew of nine men {ferisbed. The names of the nine victims are: S E Any?, nvptslft. Afslden. Mass. A. E. DsvJs, first mate. Malden. Mas*. "L. a. Aiaudock, second male, Cambridge, Haas. John Nleber. Albert Dowe. B. O. Anderson. ( Victor Strachen. Oscar Oscar. Antonio Aucyanlch. The resiliences of the seamen are noi known. They were shipped in Boston last November. Before the schooner broke up six men were seen clinging to the foreiiiast aud rigging and three others to the jibtwom, | hut owing to the heavy surf und strong Sind the life-saving crew was unable l launch the lifeboat to render ussistence. The name of the schooner was learued from pieces of wreckage which were washed up on the beach. The vessel came ashore during what is reported to be the severest storm of the winter. She was first seen on the outer bar about four o’clock by a patrolman from the Quoque life-saving station. About eight o’clock the vessel began to break up, parts of her coming ashore, and in le*s than four hours from the time she struck she went to pieces, the masts falling luto the sea, carrying the crew, who were cliuging to them, along. LYNCHED IN LOUISIANA. Three Murderers Dragged Out by a Mob and Made to Confess. Orleans, Jau. 21.—Gus Williams, John Johnson und Archie Joiner were lynched early Wednesday morning by auiob in Tangipahoa parish, this stale, ltwasorigiually intended to burn Johnson and Joiner at the stake, but this idea was abandoned at the latebt moment on the ground that it would injure the reputation of the purish, and the negroes were merely scorched enough to make them confess. Johnson, who was only 20 yeurs old, wus chuiged with being the principal in the murder of the Cotton household some months ago, at which time Mr. and Mrs. John Cotton, Mervin Stevens und Lizzie and Agnes Miller were murdered, and Joinei >vus accused of being an accomplice in the •crime. The murder was so brutal and revolting that it aroused intense popular excitement tbrougVio'ut and it wus felt that if the murderers -ever fell into the Hands of a mob they would be promptly Ueult with under lynch law. They were .accordingly (taken to New Orleans as itoon a* arrested and had beeu con lined lu the parish prison here ever since to protect them from the mob. 'Tuesday they were taken to Amitn City to atund trial. Tuesday night was n,rainy and gloomy one in Amite City. At ten o'clock uvparty of 2UO mounted men, all armed with ritles und unmasked, very quietly Ueinuuded the keys to the jail und the release of the prisoners. The deputy ‘in charge refused, but when violence wus threutelfctl be quietly went to the ditlerent cells, unlocking the doors uud turned over the three murderers confined in the prison—Johnson, Joiner und Williams. C’ongrcHS of Mother*. Washington, Jim. 25; —Thu executive' committee of the National Congress of Mothers, which will be held in Wuuli ingtou February 17, 18 and i'J, have arranged the programme of exercises for that event. It includes u reception of the visitors by Mrs. Cleveland at tlie white house on the 17th and the reading of many appropriate papers. The move lient for the meeting of The congress has attracted the attention mid enlisti-d the- interest of women nttijvrrTtTFctnnu try. Lettersofsnquiry are coming from every cluss of mothers, many of whom cun scarcely write, but all expressing ajjreat uuxiety to receive benefit from the discussions. While the congress is in session a model nursery will be operated to interest mothers in proper, hygcnic surroundings for children. I’rohibUlaiiUi* Won’t Kune. Detroit, Mich., Jun. '23.—After a lengthy discussion the state prohibition convention Friday afternoon dcciurcd itself as op[K>scd to any negotiations toward a fusion with tiie national prohibitionists, who seceded lust sum mer at Pittsburgh. The resolution against fusion wus framed by l'rof. Samuel Dickie, of Albion, chuirmuii ot the national committee, and llev. John Bussell, who is known us the lather ol the prohibition party. The platform reiterates the Pittsburgh platform, nod asserts that fealuresof the straight-out party’s platform need hot debar the nationalists from returning to their forinei allegiance. In couclusiou, it pointß odt the diiliculties and danger of, fusion. _ ‘ TrUoners Btleued. Havana, Jan., 25.—,u hctfbr of the saint’s day of the king, Copt. Ben. Weyler, complying with the Rmnesty decree, has ordered the release of 15 pri* oners from the Havana jails aud two from the prison of Piuar del hip. Convict Burned to Drfctti. - Auburn, N.' Y., jau. 25.- Juincs MeL Taigne, an Elmira transfer to ihe Auburn prison, waa burned to death Saturday night in his cell, lie was cook ing his supper over a naphtha lump wfien it exploded, throwing the burning? tibid over his person. * ■ . den. Stevenson Head. BL Louis, Jun. 25.—Gen. John 1). Stevenson died at bis residence here after •n illness of several tnpnths. ben. Stevenson was born in SthunTbu, V*., Ir 1821, and served with distinction in the Mexican and war t. He leaves widow and two sous. - % ■

CALLS ,AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Llllnokalanl Pays up Informal Visit to President Cleveland. Washington, Jan. ist.— Ex-Queen Liliuokalaui puid n personal visit to President Cleveland Monday. It was entirely informal ngd'Waa So designated In the uolc sent by the deposed monarch to th- president, requesting the privilege cf calling, and the answer of the latter granting it. Joseph Heleiule, the agent and secretary of Liliuololani and Julia N. Palmer, of Boston, the American friend who accompanied her to Washington, went to the white house Monday morning with an autograph note from the ex-queen addressed to the president. She asked merely that be receive her informally' in a personal capacity, basing the request on the ground that it was a custom in her country for the head of the government to receive foreign visitors.of distinction Shortly after noon the pTident sent a note to Mr. Heleiule appointing three o’cleck as the hour at which he would

ULIUOKALANI. be pleased to have her call. At the appointed time LiliuokaUni, Miss Kia Nuhaolelena, her companion in waiting, Mr. liclelulc and Mr. Palmer drove up to the white house in a carriage and were immediately shown to the hlneroom. The ex-queen was tastefully Dressed. She walked with dignity across the lobby to the private corridor. The greeting between *lw> president and the former queen was extremely cordial. Mr. Cleveland, entering the room, advanced with outstretched hand and as he grasped thnt of Liliuokaluni he exclaimed heartily: “I am very glad you thought of calling on me." The president invited the ex-queen and her companions to be seated and then entered into a pleasant conversation with the former. They talked .about the death of Minister Willis and the exqueen spoke of him in words of praise. ‘Yes,” answered Mr. Cleveland, “heal ways filled whutever official position he occupied with credit to himself and his country.” There was nothing said about restoration, but Liliiioknlani took occasion to thank the president for his withdrawal IT the treaty of anncxtCrtStrseiU senate by President Harrison four year? ago. When Liliuoknlani inquired about Mrs. Cleveland’s health, the president remarked that she had Been preparing to go out as lie came downstairs but he would ascertain whether she was in or not. He culled a messenger who informed him that Mrs. gone out walking a few minutes before. These things formed the bulk of the conversation which was info'tnnl and pertonal from beginning.to end. KILLED BY A CAVE-IN. EnSagod t'ouple Thrown Into an Abandoned t’euusylvanla Mine. Shamokin, Pa., Jim. 21?,—While Frederick (iracber and Miss Maud Gothic were driving along the public road half a niile cast of this place Sunday night the earth caved in and they were precipitated into nn abandoned mineworking. Searching parties were unable to locate the couple until four o’clock Monday morning. Miss Gothic's body was horribly bruised and death must have been instantaneous. Botli of Mr. Graeber’s feet were frozen niql ho was almost dead from exposure. It is feared that he cannot recover. They wore engaged to be married. AN EXTRA SESSION. rresldent.-Klert Will (nil lonfmi To- ~~ r ffnlhnr Marrk_la—l Philadelphia, Jan. 2C>.—-Unless ho should chunge his mind in the meantime President-elect McKinley will calf ills extra session of congress for Monday, March 15. This information was given to Congressman-elect J.JU. Stpadeyant, of the Tweiity-sixth district, by Mnj. McKinley, in Can tan, a few- days ago. Mr. Ktnrdevnnt said he gained from Maj. Me Ivi nicy's conversation the impression that the- president-elect thought the tariff question should he disposed of at nn early date. car Shops burned. HUnstrous I’lro at I-’lattsmouth, Neb.—On* Lite I,o*l. Plattsmouth, Neb., Jun. 20.—The Burlington & Missouri Kiver railroad's atr repair .shops in this city were totally destroyed by fire Monday night. Nine coaches were undergoing repairs at the time, of which number only two were saved, George Flechner, one of the foremen, was overcome by the intense 1 heat und perished. It is estimated that thci loss will exceed $125,000. aas-'. • Beelines the niter, ~ Madison,"Wis., Jaii. 20.—Prof. Charles It. Van Ilise, at the head of the geological department ut the state university, who has been offered the management of the. Smithsonian institute at Washington, D. C„ at a salary of $5,000 per year, has announced that he could not accept the offer. FADS AND SUPERSTITIONS. "Eid glove*. with hand-pain ted flowers on the back, ore the latest fad in Paris. High poke or Normandy bonnets of velvet, lace and leathers for young ladies. Girls as ushers have solved the problem of filling the feat scats of a Carthage (Mo.) church. Mexican farmers follow a strange custom. ’They use oxen of one color in the morning, and another color in the afternoon. Thtfy do not know why, but they say that it must be tbe right thtng to do, because their forefathers did it.

I THE COLD WAVE. It Causes Untold Misery in AH Sections. Appeal* for Help for tbe Needy Nobly Responded To—Coldest Weather Known for a Number V* ** ' of Years. Chicago, Jan. 26. —The people of Chicago, in bodies and &b individual citizens. were aroused Monday'to take prompt and generous action for the relief of the 40,000 destitute inhabitants, wbuv suffering, for vvaat of fuel, food and clothing has reached an extreme stage as a result of the terribly cold wave which came city Saturday, increasing in intensity until Monday it reached thfc lowest point officially recorded in a quarter of a century. Between five and seven o’clock Monday morning the weather bureau in the Auditorium tower, where it is warmer than on the street, recorded 20 degrees below zero. Only once in the history of the bureau—December 24. 1872, 23 below —has the temperature fallen lowey, Mayor Swift issued a proclamation Monday afternoon appealing in urgent language to all citizens who have- the means to spare to contribute at once money and supplies to prevent the starvation and freezing of unfortunate thousands. He urged the subscription of SIOO,OOO as being none too much to afford the help needed. The funds of the charity .organizations have become depleted owing to the extra demands made upon them even during the mild winter weather which hn3 prevailed here until a few days ago. Before the mayor’s proclamation was issued contributions to the Rpecinl fund came pouring into his office in currency and checks, while various offers of provisions, cjoth ing, coal and wood-were received on a liberal scale. The board of trade and other organizations started to raise relief funds, and the churches and Salvation armies began making systematic and extensive arrangements, to help in the chnritable work along their special lines. Roup houses ami shelters will be established and maintained as long ns necessary. At midnight the thermometer registered 11 below, ancf It is believed the upward tendency will continue. The pdliee stations throughout the city are filled with lodgers, many of whom applied for shelter with frozen ears and fingers. Kt. Louis, Jau. 20.—The cold wave, which reached here Saturday night, continues anil the mercury remains close to zero, with high wind, but no snow. The suffering amnDg poorer classes of people is intense, and Sunday nigH*evr 500 uufth Amutys werenheitered at the police station# Reports received Monday show the cold wave extends south to Texas and west to the Rocky mountains. ,4n western Missouri the mercury dropped CO degrees in 24 hours, und dispatches received from all parts of the state indicate that great damage ha? been done to the wheat crop, and that much of the early budding fruit has been killed. Milwaukee, Jan. 20.—The coin wave which came litre Saturday was felt here Monday in full force. In the morning the thermometer recorded 20 below zero. The relief organizations ot the city are overwhelmed With applications for help from the suffering Unemployed mid there is much distress that cannot be alleviated. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 26r—The last B 4 -hdurs has been the coldest ever known in Michigan, and ut points in the state the thermometer registered 24 degrees below zero. In Detroit the mercury marked 24) degrees below at the Michigan Central slip dock on the Detroit river, and-at St, Clair the river wasentirely choked by ice, and showed 24 degrees below .zero* From all over the state came reports of extremely cold w cat her. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 26. —The government thermometers-here. Monday registered 32 degrees below zero, hilt priratc"tiprtrume]its'"Went nfucTf lower. There Is no wind. It is 51 below on the ranges at Virgin in, 42 ut Tower, 40 at Ely and 28 at Two Harbors. Omaha, Neb., Jun, 20.—Pitiful stories of want uiid destitution are coining to tiie attention of the authorities, aggravated by the intense cold which still holds Its grip on the city and state. t Tk e city authorities on Monday had over 1,000 families to provide coul for, in addition to food and clothing. The charitable institutions of the city nre able to assist only a small portion of those in actual need of protection. Dubuque, In., Jan. 26.—This section of lowa is experiencing the. coldest weather it has known for many yeara. Monday morning it was 22 degrees below zero. The heavy snowstorm was followed by severe cold. Several cases of freezing have been reported, but none of them of. merlons nature. The poor people.are in desperate straits and the authorities nre besieged with applications for relief. Washington, Jan. 26. —Throughout the Ohio valley, and the lake region the prevailing cold wave has been accompanied bv lower temperatures than any previously recorded by the weather bureau for this season of the year. The reports received by the weather bureau Show the cold wave to be general over the entire United States, and there are po indications of a relief within the nielli 24 hours. Thg ring, as an accessory of the marriage ceremony, was in use long before the Christian era. In Egypt, at a very early time, gold money used to eirculate in the form of rings, and the Egyptian, at his marriage, placed one of these gold rings on his wife's linger to signify that he intrusted her with ail his property. So, too, with us, when the bridegroom places the ring on his bride’s Anger, ■he all ms worldly goods I. thee endow.” " Wells says that the aauual dew fall of Great Britain is equal to 21,161,337,365 tons. -

' WEYLER’S PROGRESS. Declares That Practical Peace Exists Is Havana and Matansas. Washington, Jan. 26.—‘‘The most important news that we have yet received from Cuba,” said M r . Dubose, the first secretary of the Spanish legation Monday. “Reached us By cable’from Madrid Sunday night. It is a telegram from the minister of foreign affairs, duke of Tetuan, embodying the material points of a dispatch sent to biro by the captain general at Havana. The duke’s dispatch reads as follows: ‘“Gen. Weyler.attheheadof 14 battalions; has traversed the provinces of Havana and Matanzas, compelling the principal rebel chiefs to fly to Las Villas, abandoning their horses In the River Hanabnna, many’ of the fugitives -perishing In Marltimas. Weyler considers that In Havana and Matanzas there are no longer any great organized bands to disperse and that both provinces may he considered almost entirely pacified. The sugar properties In the rear of the troops have already begun to grind.’ \ “This Information the minister, Mr. Dupuy de Lome, authorizes me to give to the public,” said Mr Dubose. “Aside from the fact that it comes from the minister of foreign affairs, It has been confirmed from several other sources and may be relied upon as being entirely correct. The legation Is very particular not to give out news officially that cannot be fully substantiated. This Is the second dispatch the legation has made public In two months. ’The other was the announcement of Maeeo’s death, which was at first denied hero In New York, and afterwards when It could be no longer denied his death was Imputed to treachery. “I should explain,” Mr. Dubose went on, "that Gen. Weyler started on his present trip about eight days ago. The province of Plnar del itlo has been under practical subjection ever since the death of Maceo; the only revolutionists now there arc a few scattered guerilla bands. The province of Santa Clara can hardly be said to have ever been In revolt and as a result we now have four provinces In which there Is little If any disturbance. The rebels in Cuba aro anxious for peace. In my opinion the days of tho Insurrection are numbered.” SUDDENLY CALLED. . ■* .Editor Koeppen, of .Milwaukee, a Victim of Heart Disease. Milwaukee, .lan. 26. —George Koeppen, editor-in-ebief of the German newspaper Germania, died Monday night at 10:30 at the rooms of the German club, where he uttended a meeting as president of the same. Mr. Koeppen, who had been suffering from heart disease for some time, died of heart failure. He was born in 1833 in Germany, and was a brother of Count Htieseler, general In the German army. He came to this eouutry in 1867, and had been editor of the Germania since that time. After leaving Germany he changed his name, and was known here under thenunieof George Koeppen. He was the founder and president of the German elub, pres identof the German Immigration society and of the German Press elub. He was a writer of note, and published a history of the Franco-Prussiun war, Army Tales,AnJ a hiografthy of ffiaiMKk. BIG FIRE RAGES. Business Blocks at Syracuse, N. Y., In Ashes. Syracuse, N. Y., Jau. 26. —A big fire which started at the comer of South Kalina and Fayette streets early Monday evening, owing to the violent wind became practically unmanageable, qnd at midnight hud destroyed three large business blocks occupied by the New York cloak house, Palmer’s millinery house, Kimball Piano company’s agency, Leiter Bros.’ piano and jewelry hotißC and L. A. WitheriU’s dry goods establishment. Many other firms suffered extensive damage. The loss will aggregate $250,000. At two a. ni. a fine broke out in Kearney’s brewery in the First ward, which, owing to lack of apparatus, will probablj’ be a total loss. This is valued at about $25,000. Messages hnve been sent to Oswego, Rochester and other cities, for apparatus. BOLD IHIEVES. They Loot a Private Residence In Hi. l.oais. St. Louis, Jan. 36.—With two furni- , t ure vaus.fqurToTihers carried Off afl tlTe furniture in the residence of E. F. Kaimc at 3741 Delniar avenue Friday afteriioon. Thu family were absent on a visit to friends In Texas.” Policeman Daudridge, whose beat is along Delmar avenue, exerted himself to prevent depredations upon the plunder as it was piled upon the sidewalk, and goodnaturedly helped to place the piano into a van. The robbery was not discovered until Monday. None of the estimates of the loss are less than $7,000. When the thieves drove off they gave the house keys to Dandridge and advised him to look in occasionally to prevent a visit from lead-pipe thieves. Hanged Him*, -If. Chicago, Jau. 26. —I. T. Benham, a traveling salesman for the Hoffman Publishing compauy, of Minneapolis, committed Buicide in his room at the Grace hotel Monday by hanging himself to : the bedpost with n beck scarf. The body was found at three o’clock p. m. His wife and family nre living in Spokune Falls, Wash., gad it; is said tlini Benham had recently been served with a notice that his wife was seeking a divorce on the ground of nonsupport. Drunkard Kills His Wife. Galesburg, lil.-, Jan. 26.-—Mrs. Anson Gregory filed Sunday night from the effects of injuries iuflicted by her drunken husband January 13. Gregory gaught hex. by the thrOiit, threw fier over a stove nnd beat and kicked her. He was ordereiFcoinfiiitted to jaifwitfiout bond, A $U).000-da)uuge suit against those who .sold her tuiabund liquor i&s been begun, ; : A . , ... HISTORICAL. Th* oldest wood building in the world Is said to be the church at Borgund. in Norway. It wax built in tb eleventh century, and has been protected by frequent coatings of pitch. It is built of pine and in fantastic Romanesque design. —‘. . *'"•*'* The wedding’ ring is of very ancient origin, and has always,’ so Tar as la known, been placed on the fourth finger. During the reign of Elizabeth, however, Englishwomen used to transfer it to the thumb immediately after the marriage ceremony.

SIR ISAAC PITMAN DEAD. Inventor of System of Stenography Away at London. London. Jau. the inventor of the system stenography which bears bis name, is dead. [Sir Isaac Pitman was born TwWilts January 4, IH* Alter si* vears*'servlee as a clothier’s clerk he was Lnt to the Normal college of the Brl^ and Foreign School B f c . lety ’riose^ ot after five months training, at the close of 1831. was appointed master of the British school, Barton-on-H umber. He estao llshed the urltlsh school at Edge. In 1830. and removed to Bath Jr W His first treatise on shorthand, entitled "Stenographic Soundhand, a ' 1837, and ne thus became th ®.°£ i '* :, "*t or the spelling reform, to which. aWW* propagation of his system of . phoneUc liborthtMd, V devoted his entire jt-itenUon sine* 1843, when the Phonetic society, was

SIB.ISAAC PITMAN. established. His system of shorthand was renamed In 1840 und entitled “Phonography, or Writing by Sound,” and his ’ Phonograph lc Reporter’s Companion” appeared In 1840. Mr. Pitman edited and printed the Phonetic Journal. Besides printing his own instruction books for teaching phonetic shorthand, Mr. Pitman had issued a little library of about 80 volumes, printed entirely In shorthand, ranging from the Bible to Rasseile’s. In the autumn ot 1887 an international shorthand congress and Jubilee O-f plionography. was.lieid In London, and Mr. Pitman's family were presented with his bust. A gold medal from the phonographers of the United States, and one from those of-Great Britain and the colonies were presented to Mr Pitman in recognition of tke'inventlon of his system of shorthand and at his labors for the reformation of English orthography. Mr. Pitman received the honor of knighthood in 1884.] COAST DEFENSES. Resolutions Adopted by the Convention ae faiupa, Fla Tampa, Fla., Jun. 23. —In the coast and harbor defense and improvement convention Friday the committee on resolutions submitted its report, which wus adopted without debate. The resolutions provide that the convention shall not submit any suggestions to the government looking towards the appropriation of any specific sum of money for the national defense, leaving the matter entirely to the recommendation M the.proper.lULlljmulgL- Xh* army garfization or “Lamont bill" is fully endorsed, and nn early consideration of the same bill by congress is urged, and its passage recommended. An increase in ♦.. nnnual appropriation for the stute militia of the United Stales and the distribution of the Springfield ritles turned in by the United States army among the militia or national guard of the various states is recom mended. Congress is urged to enact such legislation as will give proper aid to the naval reserves of our country. 'J he yearly addition of fighting ships uud torpedo boats to the strength of tbe navy is recommended. The attention of cougress is called to the necessity of immediate protection to the seaboard of the country. Thc convention closed its session Fri day. The committee ou resolutions further recommended the orgunizHtionTOF a national defease organization und that tbe followinggentleme-coust itute officers of the permanent association for, the first year: President; Uen Horace Porter, of New Yorly secretary. Col. J. A. Frye, of Massachusctt"s; fiiei vice president, Uen. J. B. Gordon, ol Ueurgia; second Vice president, Gen. Lew Wullace, of Indiana; third vice president, Hon. A. K. McClure, of Pennsylvania; fourth vice president, Geu R. A. Alger, of Michigan; fifth vice president, M. |l, Be Young,, of Calif or nia; sixth vice president, Geu. William Miller, of Florida; beventh vice president, John C. Popes, Massachusetts, it was ulso resolved that tire next couveu tion he held at Washington, D, C. ' Insurgent* Win a Bloody Eight; Cincinnati, Jan. 23.—A special to the Commercial-Tribune from Key West, Fla., says that News was received in Havanu frbm Cuban sources that a light occurred in Pijun, Matanzas province, last .week, tu which the Spanish _jost 100 men killed and wounded. They were uttacked by Capt. Mofenzio’s band of Cuban guerillas at daybreak, while marching to reenforce u Spanish garrisou there,.uud hut for the from Pijuu would have been pieces. Pijuu was abandoned the next day, uud the town wus uuiued by the Spuuisli, who retreated to Colon, biking with them 150 wounded and sick Spauish soldiers who were in the hospital at Pijua. Many of them perished during the journey, as the insurgents uttacked the columns at points and kept them constantly on the defensive. of 1,400 Victims Found. London, Jau. 25t—A dispatch to the Times from Teheran, Persia, reports that 1,400 bodies have been recovered Xrdm the ruins which resulted from the "recent earthquake bn the island of Kishm in the Persian gulf, the inhabitants of which-were estimated ton umber 5,000, mostly Arabs. Whit* Caps, Fired On fr, m AmbstU. AdairvUlc, Ky., Jan. 23.—A gjing of White caps from Price’s Mill w erd fired on from ambush while they were eu route to Black Jack, lenn., to punish snme .negroes suspected ofTßeft. J. L. Conn, tbe son of a wealthy farmer was Instantly killed and the rest of tha regulators retreated, - ' Again Attempts Hi*T.tf. Columbus, Jan, 23.—Dr. W. X, Ryder, under sentence of death ' for murdering Miss Owens at Ttfihatton. Ga., again attempted suicide by jetting fire to bis bbd clothe*.T>ut he was die-, covered before being suffocated.

INDIANA STATE NEWa Legislative Proceedings. IknußAPOLis. Jan. 18. -SIMAT—Tbs sen. ate st Us morning a salon passed the two fee snd salary biffs dritwn by the attorney general and Introduced by Senator Duncan. Ihe first of these exempts county auditors Worn the requirement that the salary thall be made up from-the -fees of the o®o*rTbe second legalizes the acts of county commissioners who have allowed the salaries of the-e offices at the figures stated In the fee and salary law. regard.es* of whether the office* produced sufficient revenue In me way of fees to make up the salaries, snd requiring Cos; my commissioners to ma ;e auoh allowances forthwith where they have not allowed then are dy. The senate also took up and passd Senator Lai ollette-B bill making ep. orate judicial clroluts of Jay and Adams counties. * bousx—No business ot Importance was tran*acted In the house. At thtdr caucus the democrats appointed a steering committee for the house, headed by Bellamy Sutton, hnd they will use their utmost endeavor to defeat the passage of any legislative apportionment bill in the house Indianapolis, Ind. Jan ai— The senatorial election so thoroughly oceupied both branches of the legislature that little was accomplished at the morning session of either house, though both branches killed many unimportant bill* upon committee reports. The house held no afternoon session, but the senate Continued its work- The chief event of the afternoon was the introduction by Senator Horner of a resolution for n amendment to the constitution providing for the Introduction of • the Initiative and referendum ” Tho amendment provides that the doctors of tho state shall have the right to reject any and all measures passed by the general assembly, and provides a method for voting upon such measures It also provides for the same method of legislation In town ..nd city councils. Even though the present assembly should p;is the resolution it would take six years to amend the constitution. Under the suspension of the rules the senate passed the bill continuing the life cf the appellate court for four years, beginning J.nuary 1, 1897. Ch rles W. Fairbanks was elected United Stamps senator. Indianapolis, Ind.. Jaa 21.—The closing act in the election of a United states senator to succeed Voorhees occurred at noon Wednesday, when Hon. Charles W. Falrb-nks was formally declared elected to represent Indiana In the senate during the next six years 'iho two houses of the assembly met in Joint eon- - - vention. Mr. Fairbanks when he entered jthe„ house'Was received"wltb^greaV'appT ,usa He spoke briefly, saving in conclusion: “I be--1 eve. with President Hayes that he serves his party best who serves his country best Upon purely partisan questions I shall not hope for the approval of my democratic friends, but with respect to the great majority of questions whioh are nonpolltical I trust I may be able to win some sh iro of their approbation.” Av the close of the address of Mr. Fairbanks both bouses adjourned, and the newly elected senator held an impromptu reception. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 22. — Sznatx— The senate turned down a majority report against the constitutional amonument providing for the election of United States senators by popular vote, and i dopted the minority report favoring the resolution for the amendment. This wus done by a vote of 21 to 15. The big surprise of the day developed when the senate, by a majority of two votes, voted In favor of a measure to permit real estate mortgages to be deducted from tax returns up to a limit of SS6L The resolution to Investigate the alleged indebtedness of the Vandalia Kai road Cos. to the state, which passed the house a few days ago. was palled up and a substitute for it adopted by the senaty coniines the ia-vciti—tatjjietfMM"' tion Os whether tho state has a valid claim in the m> tter. and directs the committee, if it sh ill find that the state has a legal right of action against the company, to prepare a bill for that purpose House—The house spent the whole da; In discussion of comparatively unimport rnt matters on committee reports Among the i aft of bills killed on these reports was one relieving the plaintiff In damage suit* of the burden of proof that there was no contributory negligence and another reduolng tho penalties in ca>es of election bribery. The bill of Mr. Reynolds making It a misdemeanor to teach any other language tnan English in tfce schools was introduced. Indianapolis, Jan. 23.—Senate—The question of the Vandalia investigation created a breeze in both houses of the gener -1 assembly Friday morning. The senate took up and passed under suspension of the ru>es toe bill that passed tbe bouse the day before, requiring count officers to t ke acknowledgments of pension pipers free of charge House—Mr Henderson, the author of the original resolution that passed tbe house, gave expression to his feelings by introducing a resolution calling upon tbe attorney general to transmit all Information he could obtain In regard to the claim of tho state against the Vandalia company. This was adopted without dissent and with rnt discussion. The house received a meas re from Mr. Fornshell declaring it a mlsd> me er for a woman to wear a hlyh tin in tbe theater, and another from Mr. Patterson, of Franklin, declaring football an dm awful sport and imposing a fine or It’S upon an. person who tn. ai y way participates in the game. The hou-o concurred in favorable reports upon a bill to create a labor commission nnd providing for voluntary arbitr tion: a bill for a commission to m .ke a thorough revision- of the laws ratattng to city. county and township government, and a bill limiting very gre.tly the authority of township trustees in purchasing supplies. The age of consent was fixed at 18 years At Kokomo, at an early hour the other morning, Mrs. Kate Teegarden’a clothes took fire from an open grate at her home. She was alone in .the house at the time, and but for the arrival of a local sewing machine agent she might have been fatally burned, Daniel S; W. Swank, , who was arrested at Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago and taken to Wabash, on the charge of forging a check on Lafontaine bank, appeared in the circuit court and pleaded guilty to the charge. Judge Shively sentenced him to three years? in tbe penitentiary. Arrangements have been made for the holding of a summer school and camp meeting at the Pine Lake Assembly grounds, near La porte, during one of the summer months by the associations of Methodist ministers of the state. An association of Baptists of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin will also hold a minister*’ meeting at the grounds the coming summer. Mr. Alfred Goix, living ih the country, near Noblesville, went oat about his daily businesn, leaving hi* wife alone with an infant childJ When he returned some hours later, he found Mrs. Goin lying on the floor, horribly burned from head to waist and in conyulsiona She is dead. Ex-Gov. Matthews and wife wHI leave for California early in February, accompanied by, their daughter, Helen, and their biece. Miss McMechen. Mrs. Matthews, whb was so alarmingly itt, is rapidly convalescing. The/ will return in the spring to the home farm in VermHlion county. The People’s bank, 6f Portland, has elected the following oflScers: PreoiJ*Bt, J. M. Haynes; vice president, William Newton; cashier, Walter M. Haynes; assistant cashier, W. A. Moorman. There may be a field day between Earl bam and Miami university oa the Earlham campus this spring;