Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 23, Number 43, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 1 January 1902 — Page 3

INTERESTING STATE NEWS. I

THREE ASPHYXIATED. Two Are Dead and the Other Dying at Fort Wayne, Ind. Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 26.—Two are dead and one will die as the result of asphyxiation Tuesday night at the residence of George Schaffer, a wealthy retired grocer, living on Broadway. The dead are: George Schaffer, Anna James. Dying: Henry Anderson. Schaffer was a German, 66 years old, who had made a comfortable fortune doing grocery business. Henry Anderson, aged 60 years, a veteran of the civil war and a lifelong friend, was his companion- Wednesday morning a nephew of Schaffer, his only relative, went to the house with Christmas presents. He found the place locked and forced an entrance and the bodies of the James woman and Anderson were found in the upper part of the house. The woman was dead, but Anderson still showed signs of life and was taken to the hospital. The physician says he can not live. An investigation by the police showed that the chimney flue was obstructed with soot and the burned gas had filled the house which was tightly closed. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Dec. 27. —The third party to the Christmas orgy at the home of George Shaffer died Thursday night at Hope hospital. He never regained consciousness to tell the story of the tragedy. Post-mortem exami- , nations were made Thursday on the bodies of Shaffer and Anna James and proved that death was caused by asphyxiation.

WILL REBUILD AT ONCE. Gov. Durbin Was One of the Losers in the Anderson (Ind.) Fire. Anderson, Ind., Dec. 27. —At 1 a. m. Friday fire broke out in the two-story block occupied by Buck, Brickley & Cos., drugstore; Haynes & Cos , furnishing store; Western Union telegraph office and several private offices, at southwest corner of Courthouse square. Anderson, Ind., Dec. 28. —B. W. Scott and Mrs. G. F. Chittenden, who own ed the business building damaged by fire here, will rebuild at once. Mrs. Chittenden carried $3,160 insurance and Scott SI,OOO. C. H. Haynes & Son, gents’ furnishings, and Miller & Haynes, tailors, were the heaviest losers, their stocks being ruined. Their total insurance was $13,000 on stocks valued at about $15,000. Buck, Brickley & Cos., drugs and wall paper, had SIB,OOO invested in stock and carried $9,500 insurance. Gov. W. T. Durbin is the “Cos.” of the firm. INDIANA HOTEL KEEPERS. The Association Held Their Annual Business Meeting at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 28. —The annual business meeting of the Indiana Association of Hotel Keepers was held at the Grand hotel Friday afternoon. Henry W- Lawrence, of this city, presided and the routine business was transacted expeditiously. Officers were elected as follows: President, W. V. Turpen, Marion; vice president, Joseph Hennings, Anderson; secretary, J. S. Ball, Indianapolis; executive committee, Nicholas "'Filbeck, Terre Haute", George H. Love, Richmond; George Fulwell, Indianapolis; A. J. Stevenson, Efiwood, and August Stoker, Lafayette. Indiana College Association. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 28. —The Indiana College association, at Its meeting at the Denison Friday, elected the following officers: President, C. W. Lewis, Moores Hill college; vice president, C. B. Coleman, Butler college; secretary, Andrew Stephenson, Depatfw; treasurer, Oscar Kelso, state normal school. Carnegie’s Offer to Huntington. Wabash; Infl., Dee- Larnegie has informed the school board at Huntington that he will give that city $25,000 on'oondition that a maintenance fund of $2,500 a year is guaranteed. Injured in a Gas Explosion. Marion, Ind., Dec. 26.-—William Lyons and Gail White were injured in a gas explosion in the basement of Barley & Spencer’s office. White struck a match to find a pas leak. The office was wrecked. Hernly Now a Promoter. Anderson, Ind., Dee. 28. —Charles S. Hernly is promoting an electric line from Newcastle, Henry county, west, through Cadiz, Markleville to Pendleton, where connection is to be made with the U. T. Cos. Raid on Gamblers. Muncie. Ind., Dec. 28.—Several hundred pieces of gambling furniture, confiscated recently, were burned Friday morning. The police are bearing down heavily on the gamblers. To Consolidate Odd Fellows' Lodges. New Albany, Ind., Dec. 27.—A movesent is on foot to consolidate the three odd fellows' lodges in this city, {Which will give one ’lodge a member£Mp of nearly 700. New Albany lodge No. I was the first organized in Indiana. A Hoodoo Train. Marion, Ind., Dec. 28.—A “hoodoo train” on the Pan-Handle, known as | the “Dutch Local,” added another vie- j tim to its list when an Elwood woman , died this week ot injuries svltaJaed , under Its wheels. j

DEFENDED HIS MOTHER. Theodore Watkins Shot and Killed His Father at Brazil, Ind. Brazil, Ind., Dec. 26—In defending his mother from an assault by her drink-crazed husband, Theodore Watkins (colored), 18 years old, shot and killed his father Wednesday evening at their home on South Forest avenue. Richard Watkins, in an intoxicated condition, came home gnd began abusing his family. He picked up a hatchet and started after his wife, saying he was going to kill her, and attempted to strike her on the head with the weapon. Theodore, the eldest son, ran into an adjoining room and returned with a 38-caliber revolver, which he fired at his father. The bullet took effect near the heart and death resulted in a short time. Young Watkins immediately went to police headquarters, where he surrendered himself to Chief Prince and told what he had done. The boy says he shot his father to keep him from killing his mother, but that he did not intend to kill his father. The young man is greatly affected over the tragedy, but says he is justified in the shooting to sa.ye his mother. NATURAL GAS EXPLOSIONS. Two People Probably Fatally Injured Within An Hour. Muncie, Ind., Dec. 27.—Two probably fatal natural gas explosions occurred in this city Thursday within an hour. The first, at the Dickey spool factory, probably fatally injured Lewis Staggs, aged 31 years. Staggs was hurled some distance by the force of the explosion. The escape of a number of other workmen who were near at the time of the explosion was miraculous. Almost at the same time a natural gas stove in the grocery of W. F. White, in the western part of the city, let go. White and a clerk, Claude Dunn, aged 21 years, were caught and both men were horribly burned about the face, arms and neck. Their bodies have become terribly swollen and their condition is precarious. HENRY R. M’DONALD’S WILL. Daughters Protest Against the Bequests That Cuts Them Off. Valparaiso, Ind., Dec. 27. —By will the late Henry R. McDonald cut off his three married daughters by his first wife, Mrs. Abbie Heineman, Mrs. Martha Vail and Mrs. Emma Lynd, of Chicago, with $lO each and bequeathed the remainder of his estate, nearly SIOO,000, to his second wife and a son by his first wife. The daughters protested against the instrument being probated because it was made before his marriage to the second wife. The court took the matter under advisement.

EX-TREASURER BAHR DEAD. Almost Within Sight of His Old Home When He Expired. Princeton, Ind., Dec. 28. —Charles Bahr, ex-deputy treasurer of Gibson county, who resigned a few months ago on account of lung trouble to go to Colorado, died on his return homo at Marlow, 111., Friday afternoon among strangers. Feeling that his end was near, and wishing to die amid familiar surroundings, Mr. Bahr started home on Christmas. He died almost within sight of his old home. The Men Boon Left. Muncie, Ind., Dec. 26—The Nation’ al Window and Bent Glass Cos., of Montpelier, Ind., lost about SI,OOO by the actions of 30 men, who were brought from Findlay, 0., to work in the plant. The men were each given S3O in cash and their railroad fare was paid. by the company. They became dissatisfied after two days’ work and deserted the company, returning to their homes in Ohio. Bitten By a Horse. Milan, Ind., Dec. 28— Reece S. Jackson, a veterinary surgeon, of Law* renceburg, while treating a horse for a farmer living on North Hogan, in Dearborn county, just east of this place, which had been bitten by a rabid dog and was showing signs of hydrophobia, was himself bitten by it on the hand and very serious results are feared. New Industry For Elwood. Elwood, Ind., Dec. 28.—Henry Duffet was sent to Atlanta Friday morning with instructions to move the big stacks of the tin plate mills. This leads to the belief that the plant is to fee dismantled by the trust and the mills removed to this city. The mills at Atlanta have been idle since the steel strike. The plant covers seven acres. - Will Establish a Uniform Price. Mngcie, Ind., Dec. 27.—The officials of the window glass trust and manufacturers will meet in this city Saturday to establish a uniform price for next year. An effort will also be made to gather in all the outside manufacturers. ' Will Train at Richmond. Richmond, Ind., Dec. 28. —Catcher Jessup, one of the best backstops In this state, has signed to play with St Paul. Arrangements were made Frlday to hare the St. Paul team train in this city.

NEBRASKA'S RABBIT PLAGUE. Rapid Increase of the Animals of Late and No Means of Destroying Them. The farmers of west Nebraska are suffering from the depredations of jack rabbits which have lately appeared in that part of the state. Fruit trees and winter wheat have especially been injured, reports the New York Sun. Last summer the rabbits multiplied with surprising rapidity. There were no heavy rains to drown the young and the extreme heat caused them to grow rapidly. The old rabbits in many cases produced three and four litters, each brood numbering from six to eight healthy young rabbits. The disappearance of the coyote is another factor connected with the present plight of the farmer. The coyote preyed on jack rabbits. But there was a bounty for coyote and besides animals were the enemies of the sheep owners. So coyotes ha ve^been thinned out. And now the jack rabbits flourish and increase in number. In the eastern part of the state the rabbits have made no noticeable increase, but in the central and western regions their increase has been alarming. Raids are planned by the farmers for the wintAr months. Poisoned corn and grain cah sometimes be used to advantage on farms where there are no fowls. Sometimes the poison is placed about the edges of young orchards and partially protects the trees from the teeth of the rabbits. “Jack rabbits are the pests which will give the farmer the most trouble for the next couple of years,” said Prof. Lawrence Bruner, head of the department of entomology at the state university. “I have just returned from an extended trip in the western part of the state and was surprised at the number of rabbits I saw. “I know of no rapid plan of exterminating them. Organized hunts and raids take time and money, while the actual number of rabbits killed often does not repay the efforts made by the farmers.” • —— —-—- Two species of jack rabbits infest Nebraska. They are commonly known as black tails and silver tails. There is no difference in their size, food or habits. Several scientists connected with the entomological department of the state university are now making a detailed study of the pests, with a view to inventing some scheme for their rapid extermination. Young jack rabbits are very palatable as food, but after three or four months they become too tough to eat, and game dealers are chary about buying them. Telephone Busineaa. The Electrical Review gives dala on the telephone business in the United States, showing that including all companies there are 4,311 exchanges in operation with- 2,378,717 telephones in use. The total capital invested is nearly $500,000,000. One company employs 33,000 persons, and handles a total of 2,000,000,000 calls per .year. The manufacturing side, says the Electrical Review, is estimated to produce a total of 3,000 telephones per day, this annual output of instruments with their accessory apparatus being valued at between $50,000,000 and $00,000,000. The telephone industry, which is only 22 years old, has become one -of the most important in this country and the authority quoted states that it is now at the beginning of an extended growth.

HU Plan. “Ah,” said the great foreign actor, “I have hit on a plan which*will, indeed, bring me distinction.” “What is it?” asked a friend. “I shall make a farewell tour of the United States—and I shall not go back.”—Brooklyn Life. An Insinuation. | Tom (looking over his papers)—Here i is a receipted bill from my tailor—- ! three years’old.' Might as well tear I it up. Jack Keep it as a curiosity.—Brook* | lvr 1 ' r ' J . [“ THE MARKETS. ~~ I . _, : ■ I ■ .•. New York, Dec. 30. LIVE STOCK—Steers... J 4 80 (&/ 626 Hogs 5 6<) <<A 6 30 ! Sheep 385 375 FLOCK— Winter Straights.. 3U) <(i 365 WHEAT—December 85%44 86% May M>“/M 87% COHN—December 770% May 86% u. 87% OATS £3 it £7 KVE—No. 3 7.>%4i 76% BUTTER—Creamery 15 35 Factory 13%(it 1% CHEESE 9% 44 H% EGGS 33 l U 29 CHICAGO. CATTLE—Prime lieives W 35 ft 7 00 Texas Steers 3 60 44 SW) Stockers 3 30 44 3 to Feeders 3 CO 4i t £0 Bulls 3 30 <u 4 66 HOGS—Light 5 65 4* 6 45 Heavy Mixed t~4LJ6 —€ylM!9—SHEEP —3 40 4f 4 80 BUTTER—Creamery 15 <a A Dairy 14 vj 20 EGGS—Fresh 31 44 34 POTATOES—(per bu.J 70 44 86 MESS PORK-May 17 17%4H7 V) LARD-May 10 RIBS—May ABO ® 8 85 GRAlN—Wheat, May —% Corn, May 66 4f 66% !e -Datsr May ................. - 44%!: 45% Rye. No. 2 04%4i 66 Barley, Choice 62 tj) 63 MILWAUKEE. GRAlN—Wheat. No. 2 Nor’n $ 76 @ 77 Oats. No. 2 White 45%44 48% Bariev. No. 2 64 4* 64V: Rye. No. 1.. <9 ij> C 6% KANSAS CITY. GRAlN—Wheat, May | 79%4f 79% Corn, May—............. 68 <w 68% Oat* No. 2 White 4*%to 49 Rye, No. 2 ST. LOUIS. CATTLE—Native Steers ... S3 60 @ 6 £0 Texas Steers . Z 90 ty 600 HOGS-Packers’ 565 44 826 Butchers' 6 35 44 6 75 SHEEP—Native 275 41-3 85 OMAHA. CATTLE—Native Steer* 84 Cos 0 6 75 Cows ar>d Heifer* 2 80 44 4SO Ctocker* and Feeders 275 44 4 30 HOGb-Mixed 615 44 625 , SHEEF-Muttcns 3 75 4/ 4 26

WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES Regard Peruna as Their iShield Against Catarrh*. Coughs, Colds and Catarrhal Diseases*

Catarrh is an old cold. Even the strongest and most robust are liable to colds during the winter months. A cold, if neglected, is almost certain to cause catarrh of the head, which rapidly spreads through the system, setting up catarrh of the throat, lungs, stomach or pelvic organs. What a host of winter ailments would be prevented by a preventive aa wellas a cure

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Miss Lizzie Brady, No. 47 Hoyt st., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes:—“l desire to speak in the highest terms of PERUNA, the medicine which I believe is entitled to more praise than any other and to the confidence and good will of every woman in America. Last winter I caught a severe cold, which settled all over me, and as I at first paid but little attention to it I 60on found that it had a strong grip on me which no medicine could cast off. I became weak and irritable. I felt nervous and mentally and plifsically exhausted. I relished nothing I ate, and medicine only nauseated me. In my trouble I read in the paper of PERUNA. I sent for a bottle, and.it proved a godsend to me. I improved slowly but surely, and in less than two months perfect health was restored to me.”

TOLD OF THE TOILERS. England’s first cooperative society was established in 1844, at Rochdale, Lancashire, by 28 workmen, with a capital of £2B. The Wrapper Makers’ union, which is composed of women, has started a series of strikes in New York city for higher wages and recognition of the union. United Textile Workers is the name of anew organization. It is composed of five national unions in the textile industry—the loom fixers, mill spinners, weavers, slasher tenders and textile workers, which combined. So great is the demand for window glass that one-third more workmen could be employed ihan are to be had. The trust is cutting prices to force t c he independents to join them in sustaining' prices where it wants them to be. Chicago possesses the largest bascule bridge in the world. This bridge has just been completed by the drainage board for the Chicago Terminal | Transfer Rnilrond company at Taylor street. The bridge has two tracks, j is 272 feet long and 32 feet wide. Its | total weight is 4,890,978 pounds. The \ structure was built by the- Fennwyl- ■ vania Steel company and cost the sanitary district $500,000. j The legislature of Georgia has be- ! fore it a child labor law. which nbso- | luteiy prohibits the employment in mills aLjdiildreiuwhfi are under ten years of ago, and further provides that children under 12 cannot work unless they have indigent parents. Another clause in the bill prohibits the employment of children under 14 years of age unless they can read and write. The measure has been favorably reported by the committee on labor. A WONDERFUL CURE. Wright City, Mo., Dec. 30.—Medical men are still wondering over the ! Symes case, which has aroused such j a widespread interest in this neighborhood. Mr. Joseph G. Symes had suffered very severely with Inflammatory Rheumatism, enduring pains which were something terrible, and which made it altogether impossible for him to ; work by day or rest or sleep at night. sipite of all treatment! he grew worse and his case seemed to defy all the usual remedies. He began a treatment of Dodd’s Kid* ! ney Pills and very soon noticed a | marked improvement, which increased | as he kept on till six boxes wers used, ! when he found himself without a trace ! >f pain or ache. He is now able to work all day and sleep all night, and bis rapid and complete recovery is regarded by the doctors as little short of a miracle. The Handsomest Calendar of the season (in ten colors) six beautifnl heads (on six sheets, 10x12 inches), reproductions of paintings by Moran, issued by General Passenger Department, Chicago, ! Milwaukee & Bt. Paul Railway, will be sent on receipt of twenty-five cents. Address F. A. Miller, General 'Passenger Agent, Chi* Wo* . . _

for colds. Peruna is such a remedy. If taken at the first symptom of catching cold it heals the catarrhal condition before it becomes established and makes impossible a spread of the disease. Should the cold be neglected and result in catarrh, Peruna will cure, but it will take much longer and will result in much unnecessary suffering.

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Miss Lou Cetchum, No. 1,155 Hass nv., Memphis, Tcnn., writes:—“PERUNA brought me relief and health, and I firmly believe in its efflency. I had la grippe last winter and suffered for

HU Mistake. He had worked for many years in a dry goods store, but fftte placed him behind the counter in a coal office, and that was the cause of his undoing. A lady entered the coal office, one day, and said sne needed two tons of coal at once. “All right.,” said the clerk, tipping the ashes from a cigarette in a dreamy fashion; “will you take it with you or have it sent, madam?”—Yonkers Statesman. Wlien Yon Order Baker’s Chocolate or Baker’s Cocoa examine the package you receive and make sure that it bears the well-known trademark of the chocolate girl. There are many imitations of these choice goods on the market. A copy of Miss Parlna’s choice recipes will be sent free to any housekeeper. Address Walter Baker & Cos., Limited, Dorchester, Mass. It ’Wasn’t Smallpox. One of the colored porters on the Hannibal & fit. Joe who was quarantined in Kansas City because of the smallpox was telling his experience to some acquaintances: “Dey done kept me cantcened for three weeks and it waim’t smallpox at all. it was nuilin but celluloid.” —Chicago Chronicle. Beat for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Casearets help nature, cure you without a gripe or paitC produce easy, natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Casearets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet lias C. C. C, stamped on it. Beware of imitations. —e— Easily Interpreted. Mrs. Iloon—l dreamed last night that yon had given me an automobile?"* ■ • Mr. Ifoon—H’W, yes! You had a horseless nig li tunare—and, by. the way L my dear, dreams usually go by contraries.—Smart Set. Holiday Flowers and Greens From Chicago. Order your Holiday Flowers arid Greens from us and get the best the Chicago Market affords. We will fill orders for flowers and ship by express to all parts of the country. Send us a trial order. 8. Muir, Florist, 3630 Michigan Ave,, Chicago. Long Distance Telephone Oakland 319. Established 1860. Had lleeome a Habit. "I’ve been looking for my husband for the last two hours, ’"said an agitated woman to a calm one. "Don’t be excited, madam,” replied the latter. "I've been looking for a husband for the last 25 years.”—'Tammany Times. I do not believe I’iso’s Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs’ arid coidi.— John F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15. 1900. Hasardln* * Gaea*. Delia—Phwat is this copper company that the man o’ the house does be talkin’ about so much? Bridget—Shure, Oi suppose 'tis a poliasman’a union, no lew.—Philadelphia Press. Sweat or fruit acids will not discolor goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Sold by druggist*, 10c. paeksge. Necessarily. She—Really, my hu&and is quite a philosopher. Her Aunt—Well, a man might as well bow to the inevitable—when he’s married to it!—Chicago Journal. To Care a Cold la One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggist* refund money If it fail* to cure. 25c. V * X When He Forgeli, When a young lover figuree on whether he can support a wife, he counts in everything except tjie rent, butcher and grocer, clothes, and incidentals.—N. Y. Frees.

If you do not derive prompt aa satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman*, giving a full statement of your case*, and he will be pleased to give you hfavaluable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President off The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus* Ohio.

several weeks without obtaining relief until I took PERUNA. Three bottle* not only cured me completely, but it left my system in a fine condition, an# I feel better than I have for years. You have a host of friends in Memphis* —Miss Lou Cetchum," Miss Beatrice Brown, No. 590 Wulnut* st., Memphis, Tenn., writes:—“Thi* fall I became very much run down, being overtaxed with social and domestic duties. I caught a hard cold, and* my system being in a weakened condition, I found it impossible to shakw off the cold. I was advised by a neighbor to try PERUNA and bought a bottle, and am only sorry now that I did not know of it before, as it would bar*saved me so much suffering. I -shall not be without it again, as it effects# a speedy cure."

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