Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 January 1903 — Page 2

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EstabOshed October 10. 1901. HENDRICKS & CO., Publisher. Xelepnone Ho. 37 jrFICE la Bltstll Block. Corner Center and La port Street. aUVKBTlSING RATES will be mads known on application. Catered tbe Poatoffice at Plymouth. Iod.. as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year in Advance $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 40 cents, delivered at any postoffice. The Only Republican Peper in the County Plymouth, lnd. January 29. 1903. In Hon. Chester I. Lung tbe republicans of the Kansas legislature have given the country a United States senator who is entirely worthy of membership in that body. The indications are that the committees of the legislature are giving aa unusual amount of attention to the bill referred to them. At no stage of legislative work will care and sound judgment be more effective. According to present plans, it see ms probable that Secretary of War Hoot will resign next June or July, and that Jude William II. Taft, governor of the Philippines, will be asked by the president to take the place. The day after congress suspended foreign duties on coal the British dealers marked up the price on coal shipments for the Unit;d States 12 cents a ton.. A few more advances will wipe out the entire rebate of 67 cents. It is said that the fight will be continued vigorously against Smoot, the newly-elected United States "senator from Utah, on the ground that he recognizes a higher power than the federal government and cannot consistently take the test oath. It seems that the proposition to ctdify the laws of the stite relating to corporations provide for too great an outlay of money. Five lawyers to be paid at that rate of $4,000 a year means at least $20,000, and it may mean nearly $40,000, to say nothing of clerks and stenographers. It is too much money for what seems a limited service. Indianapolis Journal. The duty of 67 cts a ton has been taken off coal and it will only be a short time until all the democratic papers will be howling that the duty taken off ouly benefits tbe rich iron and steel magnates who ship ia supplies for their plants, and that tbe full amount of deduction,-was taken off the miners. It takes no seer to make this forecast. You only have to watch democracy a few years to know its windmill positions by heart. Isabella Beecher Hooker, the youngest daughter of that stalwart theologian and pastor, Lyman Beecher, and tbe last survivor of his extraordinary family, is yet within a few weeks of her eighty-first year, full of life and interest in life and a philanthropist, and reformer, as she was by birthright. She liyes in Hartford, Conn., where she beran her married life with the late John Hooker her worthy consort, in 1850, and near the last home of her sister, Mrs. Stowe. The bill providing for the furnishing of dead bodies to medical colleges has been reported favorably by the committee to which it was referred, and should pass. It provides that under certain conditions the bodies of paupers and those which are unclaimed by relatives may be sent bv local authorities to medical colleges for dissection. In the interest of medical i science it is important that the needs of colleges in this regard should , be rroTided for by law and the door closed against an illegal traffic. s New York is well fixed for takip? care of its public debt. The provisions made from time to time for a slaking fund have produced a most extraordinary result, and the revenues thro pledged to that purpose are so much in excess of the repuirements that in 1928 there' will be $300,000,OOO of surplus. Tbe annual excess of the requirements of tbe sinking fund J growing larger and larger, every year. Last year it was $8,465,106.80 more than wis needed, which is depo is ted to the credit of the public dsbt instead of being used Is to relieve taxation. What & situation to contemplate! Representative Crum packer's resolution, calling for an investigation of the Indianola postoGce aHalr, has created much talk in Washington, The New York Times goes into the matter at great leDgth. Then beadlines declare tbe "republicans will reopen the race question in congress," It is beiie?ed at Washington that Mr. Crumpacker will take advantage of this agitation over the race question to press bis southern opportionment measure, which is still In the hands of the house committee on rules. The belief prevails that if the measure is not taken up at this session it will noi come up ai tbe next session, because of the fact that a procidentia! election mil bo too near at hand. Mr. Crumpic!rcr i3 allowing the others to diccuca tbe matter, tut U cayinj nothing 1:1 elf.

Apostle Smoot, the new senator from Utah, is doubtless open to criticism from an orthodox point of view, but he talks like a man who will do his duty. In a speech of acceptance to the Utah legislature he said the policy of the present administration on all national . Issues met his most hearty approval and added: "I hold that the constitution of the United States is divinely inspired; that under the folds of the starry flag freedom reigns supreme, and that my first duty Is to my; country, whose laws and institutions I love, honor and respect." '

The fact that Aguinaldo has made an appeal to the United States government for the financial relief of the Philippines is significant as showing that th ewould-be leader of the Filipinos has accepted the sovereignty of the United States in good faith and looks to this government for whatever assistance the islands may obtain for their development. Whatever the American people may think of Aguinaldo's suggestions, his offering them must be accepted as assurance tiat he has come to the conclusion that existing conditions cannot be changed. Tbe Argos Reflector reached our office this week looking just as it usually does except that the name or Richard McNeill is at the head of the editorial page. J. R. Jones in his farewell to his readers introduces Mr. McNeill as a newspaper man of thirty years experience. He comes to Argos from Lacon, Illinois. We extend to him the right hand of fellowship and hope he may live long and prosper in Marshall county. Mr. Jones retires from the editorial chair with the respect and esteem of the entire newstaper fraternity. He has given Argos and vicinity an excellent newspaper. Good Returns on Insurance. John II. Bass, the millionare foundryman of Fort Wayne, has just made cash settlement of a $90,000 insurance policy taken out 15 years ago with a New York company, receiving 12 per cent, compound interest on the money invested, less credited at a low rate for protection. Lakes of Steuben County. . In Steuben county, there are more than a hundred lakes large enough to have a name, an average of one to every three square miles of territory. Thirty of them exceed half a mile in circumference. Lake James is the largest, being five miles long and averaging a half mile in width. Michigan City May Get it The navil appropriation bill, as reported to the full committee by the committee, contains an item appropriating $250,000 for a naval training station on Lake Michigan. The paragraph requires that the station be located on Lake Michigan below latitude 48 degrees and 40 minutes, he sire to be selected by the naval board appointed last summer. This provision still leaves Michigan City, eligible and citizens of that place propose to keep up the agitation in favor of their site. Formal Election of Senators. The election of all senators chosen by the legislatures on Tuesday was formally ratified in joint conventions on Wednesday. Their names follow: Thomas C. PJatt, New York; James P. Clark, Arkansas: W. A. Stone, Missouri; Orville H. Piatt, Connecticut; Reed Smoot, Utah; R. A. Alger, Michigan; Albert J. Hopkins, Illinois; Jacob H. Gallingber, New Hampshire; H. C. Hansbrough, North Dakota; Boies"Penrose, Pennsylvania; A. B. Kittredge. South Dakota. All of these are republicans except Clark of Arkansas and Stone of Missouri. Boen for the Kankakee. Thousands of south African Boers are said to be contemplating the abandonment of their native country since it has come under English rule, and emigrating to America. Their agents are already in this country looking after places for settlement among their countrymen around Holland and Kalamazoo, Mich. Why docs not some one steer the Boers towards the Kankakee ralley in this state, which is just the kind of soil suited to the Boer tastes and mus cle. The Boers make ?ood citizens and they raise the best kind of celery and other crops. South Bend Trib une.

Anotfc i vbitecap case has disgraced Indioai If occurred near the old and cf l'uröd town of Lafayette, It was (i& of the early kind of cases. Since, fndiana originated this infamy, therei ia?e been many varieties of it; but this one is of the old kind a return to original principles, as it were. The yictim was not a pattern of dornet ticlty; he was accused, according to the statement vouchsafed the public, of living too much off hi3 wife's labor. So he was decoyed from hi3 home and beaten. J The legislature of Indiana is in scsccn. It knovr3 that the law we have; on thb subject ia incquito. Will it cdjeurn pltLcut strsr.7thslag Viz liw? InZlzzzz 1TCT73. f - 1 i

Peru Gets Shop. Peru has won out in the contest with Muucie for tbe location of the C. R. & M. division headquarters. Contract with the road for 30 acres of land ln the western part of the city, for the shops, bas been , signed and filed with the county recorder. The contract calls for the erection of shops costing $60,000. They are to be begun by April 1, and 'finished and , in operation in a year. , .- .

; " ' Heavy Flow öl Shale Gas.'- ; The greastest flow of shale gas ever encountered in the state has bean struck in a well on the George HInes farm," a mile north and two miles west of Portland, at a depth of 650 feet. The output is four million cubic feet daily. The flow is so. powerful that slate is thrown twice as high as the derrick and the heavy tools, weighing nearly two tons, are lifted in the hole until the cable links. Charles Hotaling, the contractor, had his hands cut by flying slate. Ytut the Icicle Teiche.. Ilave you ever noticed how an icicle Is formed? If you have, you noticed how it froze one drop at a time until it was a foot locg or more. If the water was clear, the icicle remained clear, and sparkled almost as brightly as diamonds in the sun; but if the water was slightly muddy, the icicle ' looker! foul, and its beauty was spoiled. Just so our characters are formed one little thought or feeling at a time. If each thought be pure and right, the soul will be lovely, and sparkle with happiness; but if impure and wrong, there will be deformity and wretchedness. Oil Schemes Topple. The San Jacinto Oil company, one of. the largest concerns of Dallas, operating ia tne Beaumont field, has been placed in tbe hands of a receiver, on the application of the Texas Cotton Products Company of Texas, which company had a contract with the an Jacinto Oil Company for a large quantity of crude oil. This is only the beginning. -These oil companies and mining companies that are organized to catch the money of the people will soon begin to topple. There is always excuse enough, but the real reason back of it all is that seven out of ten . of these concerns aie organized for the purpose of falling. Elkhart Review. Senator Bcvendge. Charles Emery Smith, former postmaster general, in an article contributed to the Saturday Evening Post, makes some interesting allusions to thefightlin the senate over the pending statehood bill, and. incidentally to Indiana's junior senatorMr. Beveridge. In part he says: "Tbe leadership of the opponents of the omnibus bill devolves on Senator beveridge as chairman of the committee on territories. He engages In the contest with all his ardor and earnestness. His position in the senate is steadily advancing, ne came there with a high reputation as an orator, but with the challenge which faces a new member. He encountered the prejudice directed against his youth, and the inquisition är-jused by his undisguised purpose to achieve a place and make an impression. But with his ability, his studious industry, his patriotism, his high ideals, his unselfish devotion to the public interests, he disarmed the challenge and has raplajy gained the esteem of his associates. He has not made the mistake of speaking too often in the senate, but be has been a pocr on tbe stump, and the range, elevation and cogency of his speeches have commanded respect and confidence. " Look Out for Frauds. . The city is being canvassed by a representative of an association in Chicago which pretends to build homes for those subscribing to its stock and represents that it will give to a member $1,000 or a home within 6, 8 or 12 months. This association is one of many in Cbicago,cgainst which Attorney General Hamlin is taking action with a view to inducing the legislature to pass laws which will drive ' them from the state. He says 'a large number of concerns called home co-operative companies, or home builders, or home purchasing companies, hare engaged in business ic the state, pretending to furnish homes at small expense." He declares that they are "primarily for the benefit of the promoters, and incidentally may benefit Ja few of tbe members to the expense and lea of a great majority." It does not seem as if Elkhart people would need to be warned against these foreign institutions, but would, from the. experiences of the past, naturally expect them to be fraudulent and organized with the sole purpose o swindling the provinces. The Review adds one more note of warning against any and allot these institutions which are organized outside of our own community.. They have proved failures in the past even if they are not fraudulent in their purees. There 13 cot a prcmic3 niids by thcz3 tzzzli that i3 net tetter

Quick Work. An experiment has been made to see how quickly a tree can be turned into a newspaper. At 7:35 a. m. a tree flourishing green, was sawed down. Just two hours later, 9:35 a. m. it had been converted from pulp into, paper. At 10:30 a. m. the first" printed and folded copy came from the press. At 11:35, just four hours from the time the tree stood growing it had been delivered to and read by a subscriber 100 miles away. Lafayette Times.

A Gsod Presiding Officer. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert is an ideal presiding officer. Even the gentlemen who are luck enough to occupy seats on the left side of the chamber admit that. Despite the fact that the lieutenant governor finds it necessary now and then to check rampant oratory and to put his foot down Reed-fashion on filibustering -tactics, they agree that he is absolutely fair and that be is not inclined to give democrats the worst of it because they are democrats.' Mr. Gilbert has the faculty of getting things done. There Is a tendency to loaf now and then and to waste time over things that are not essential, but tne lieutenant governor, with a few short, brisk words, sets things moving with a hum. His voice has a peculiar sure quality about jt,. the same never-to-be-mistaken quality that rings in the command of an army officer; tbe voice of a man who has found himself; who knows how to command. The Coal Situation. The demand for soft coal has been immensely increased during the past vear. Many manufacturidg establishments have been enlarged, thus requiring much more coal than in former years. Every available engine on the railroads is in use; this calls for more coal. Anv number of new electrie roads are in operation; this requires additional coai supplies. Thousands of carloads of coal have gone East, to take the place of anthracite, that wasn't mined last summer and fall. Block coal (soft) can't be stored fo: a long time, like anthracite, because tt slakes, thus reducing it enormously in value and .In selling price. Soft coal is too bulky to be profitably handled like anthracite, stored away and delivered as wanted. It should be hauled direct from the cars as thes3 are unloaded by the dealer. The cjal question is a manysided one, and must be viewed from various fctaad points in order tt get a correct understanding of all the features Involved. South Bend Times. Bound To Be Dissatisfied. The professional trust busters in Washington, the statesmen who denounce all combinations In production as monopolies which must be destroyed, but who will not present a plan by I which the destruction may be accom plished, are said to be greatly disgusted because all the prominent men who are connected with extensive manufacturing combinations are in favor of the legislation proposed by congress for the regulation of trusts, as they are called. They have been expecting and predicting that every combination would send a lobby to Washington to defeat any legislation which shall seem to be a recognition of the right of congress to regulate such really interstate combinations. These men are surprised that the great railroad corporations are more than willing to have a law enacted which will prohibit the granting of rebates and even the solicitation of them. It makes them suspicious, for they cannot see that the railway company which issues rebates usually does so under compulsion and parts with a portion of its earnings as often as it does so. They will not see that a manufacturing combination . whose business is on a sound basis desires publicity for the reason that it prefers to have its stocks sell at par. They ignore the fact that the managers of weak trusts burdened by issues of watered stock, shrink from an exposure of their assets and their transactions, and the speculatorswho declare that publicity , will keep them out of the stock market are those who now deal in "Industrials of doubtful Talue." The truth is that the trusts which are In the nature of monopolies have been made so by railroad rebates. The Standard Oil Company attafned its commanding strength by rebates. - It notonlyhad a rebate of a goodly size upon the oil it shipped, but strange as it may seem, competitors' oil was made to pay the same rebate. into the Standard 's treasury. All of the meat combinations are the favorites of the system of railroad rebates, and while they have been made a monopoly by lavish rebates the revenues of the railroads have been correspondingly decreased. These facts have no weight with the demagogue who sees politics in the trust question. He will continue tc , rant about monopoly and offer no vemedy except some impossible one liki) placing trust-made goods upon the free list, which would be equivalent to putting all the great staples manufactured in tbv country by independent competitor u well as by combinations upon the free list, ncthirg dee will satisfy him. InCanpollj Jcurnel.- "."

Tfcllci tier Jaw Loose. - Miss Pnscilla Leyter of Coalaville Utah, dislocated her jaw the other night during a debate In Salt Lake Woman's club on the proprietory of Mrs. Mary Coulter, the only woman member of the Utah, legislature, voting for Apostle Reed Smoot in the republican caucus. Mrs. Coulter is president of the Utah Federation of Woman's clubs; Miss Leyter, says a dispatch, was engaged in .vigorously defending Mrs. Coulter.- In tbe midst of her eloquent peroration something snapped. Her jaw refused to work. Upon examination it was discovered that the bone had jumped out of place, i A doctor was summoned and then some of the other club women got a chance to talk. County Public Halls. . .The farmers of Howard county have instructed their senators and representatives to introduce a bill giving the board of county commissioners in each county of the state of Indiana power to construct and maintain a public hall or halls, conveniently located for public meetings; such halls to be open to use by all societies, organizations and associations and political parties for lawful meetings in which the public is interested and to which the public is invited without an admission fee. The bill gives the board power to purchase lands for such halls and to provide janitors, light and heat for such halls. It also provides for the use of such halls as market houses in cities that are willing to pay for same and provides for renting such halls for other than public uses when no public meetiugs are scheduled. Circulars have been sent to all the counties in tbe stats asking tbe assistance of taxpayers in securing the enactment of tbe law. The bill has been carefully drawn and we see no objection to it, provided the people elect commissioners who are honest and have good judgment, as the law is not compulsory. Most counties need a hall that should be built and maintained at public expense for the benefit of the people. Capture of Murderers. The capture cf three n en, Mallory, Rankins and Sherman, known to be the murderers of John M. Koonsman, is a fine piece of detective work and redounds to the glory of Chief McWeeny, of the South Bend police department ond those of his force who assisted him in the case. Mr. Koonsman was shot down like a dog in his grocery store on West Washington street, this city, on the night ti Dec. 13, as he was closing up

for the evening. Three men entered the store at that time when tbe proprietor and a yonug clerk were the only occupants and at the point of a cocked revolver ordered the two to throw up their hands. This, Koonsman, an old soldier, refused to do and a few moments later he lay a corpse in the center of the store and the three men. who were no doubt bent on roboery, were fleeing from the premises. There was small clew, none in fact, to work upon, but Chief McWeeny went at the job in true detective style, and from very slight thread of suspi cion he followed along certain lioes with the aid of the Chicago police authorities until he not only captured the murderous gang, but had extorted coniessions irom two. There is no question but hehasth9 right men and that they will speedily receive the punishment that the law directs shall be the penalty for this awful crime. Suuth Bend Tribune. Popular Vote for Senators. Tbe senatorship war in the Colorado legislature goes merrily on. From the wholesale unseating cf members, the flourish of revolvers and the calling out of the militia to preserve order, kidnaping has been resorted to as a means of breaking the ranks of opposing factions. Supposing a senator should be elected by this legislature, who will he represent, the state of Colorado or a bunch of fighting politicians. Let us have United States senators chosen by the popular vote of tbe people and do away with such disgraceful work now going on by state law-makers in Colorado and Delaware. The people are demanding & change to this effect. South Bend Tribune. Senator Milburn was euchered out of a bill the other day because, through (weariness, he nodded at his desk and went sound asleep. History has been changed more than once because somebody "went to sleep at the switch," and Mr. Milburn now realizes how true the statement Is. He had a pet measure which did not meet th3 approval of some of his republican brethren. -They did not like to oppose him flatly, but they racked their brains (to find a way to kill the bill, Mr. Milburn called it up, there f was some delay and in the .interim he lost consciousness. Somebody saw that he was dead to the things that were and quickly put in a crippling motion. It was carried. Another motion struck out the enacting clause and the bill was dead. Senator Milburn awoke, found what had been dene and con cluded to laugh rather than get angry.

EORTUARY Mrs. William Rtthcwson.

Emma, wife of William Mathewson died Friday night, January 23, at her home in In wood, aged 48 years. Deceased was a christian lady who had the respect and esteem of every citizen of Inwood and vicinity where she had resided almost her entire life. She was known as a kind and loving wife and mother and as a neighbor was always ready to assist in time of need. She leaves a husband, three sons and two daughters besides other relatives to mourn her death. One son, Oral, recently enlisted in the regular armv and is now in San Francisco. Funeral services will be held at- the church in Inwood Sunday afternoon. Mrs. John Hewitt Mrs. Pearl Nightingale Hewitt, wife of John Hewitt, died at her residence on East Laporte St., Tuesday morning, Jan. 20, 1903. Sne was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Isightingale, or Paw Paw, Michigan. She leaves a husband, a little daughter, five years old, a father and mother to mourn her loss besides a host of friends and neighbors to whom she bad become beloved by virtue of her trustful, sunny nature and kind disposition. Mrs. Hewitt was born near Paw Paw, Allegan county, Michigan, 27 years ago; was married to John Hewitt six years ago the 10th or last October, came to Plymouth one year later making this her home. Short services were held at her late residence this morning after which the remains were taken to Paw Paw, Michigan for burial. Card Playing Clubs Unpopular. The Indianapolis News of recent date said that "two seasons ago there were scores of card ciubs, today there are only a few. Persons are not tired of playing cards, but they are tired of feeling compelled to keep a regular engagement to plav. It makes play entirely too much like work. The card club is not a factor in making and maintaining friendships. Conditions in a club are such that friendships do not continue as do friendships made with persons out of J the club. It is said that the card club is a great place for the cultivation of dishonesty. Persons who would scorn to cheat become callous after playing in the club. ' Particularly does this happen in clubs where prizes are given at every party. , Can Bring Back Life. . Dr. George W. Crile, a member of the Cleveland Medical Society, has contributed an article to the current Cleveland Medical Journal announcing that through tbe use of a fluid he has discovered life can be restored to apparently dead bodies. .The article quotes Dr. Crile as follows: "By the combined use of intravenous infusionof the fluid, artificial respiration auu rythmic pressure upon the thorax over tbe heart, animals dead as . long as fifteen minutes were restored to life. Animals decapitated were made to live ten and a half hours." Dr. Crile states that the fluid is an extract obtained from the glands directly above the kidneys of animals. Tbe discovery is the result of recent experiments in vivisection by Dr. Crile and other physicians in Cleveland. MARRIED Leighton-Hoover, . At 3:30 p. m., Thursday, January 22, 1903, Mr. John E. Leighton, of Chicago and Miss Edith Hoover, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noah V. Hoover, of this city, were united in marriage by Rev. J. E. Hartman, pastor of the Preformed church in this city. The wedding was a quiet one, only the immediate relatives being present. The ceremony took place- at the home of the bride's parents on West Garro street. After a beautiful solo by Miss Bertha, accompanied with the piano by Miss Grace, sisters of tbe bride, the couple entered the parlor and took their places under a canopy of decorations, tbe chief feature of which was a large horse shoe of smiiax. All thedecorations were expr essive and appropriate. After tbe pleasant dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Leighton took the train for Chicago where they will make their future home on Cole Arenue The bride was born in Marshall county and is well known in Plymouth, having spent most of her life here. She is an amiable and accomplished lady and has the well wishes of many friends as she departs for her new home. ' Mr. Leighton is a mason-contractor, formerly employed, on the construction of buildings at Notre Dame, South Bend, and is now engaged on the contract for enlarging the plant of the McCormick Binder Works in South Chicago. His former home was in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. We bespeak for them both a long and joyous wedded life. ' If you want all tho nov7S, and in a clear and readable shape, you'll cct m Tne Tribune.

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Retail Grocers Ask tha Enact ment of Such a Law for Their Protection. Ä.E6UMENT3 BEFORE A COMMITTEE Strike of Students at Purdue Univerv. sity Epidemic or Mumps Is IsiSi. Disastrous Notes. Indianapolis, Jan. 24. Tbe judiciary committee. So. 1. Senator Parks chairman, held an open meeting for the discussion of Senator Wood's jrarnishee bill, which provides that 25 per cent, of the waees, salary or regular income of a person shall be subject, to garnishment for necessaries sold to him. At Its first consideration of the bill Senator Wood was the only member of th committee that favored passage. He asked that the committee hear representatives from the Retail Merchants association before it makes its report. Representatives of labor organizations were also invited to attend the meeting, which lasted two hours. Merchants Irent Their Caot. . Fred Meyer, president of the Merchants association, Lafayette, said the bill woul: n'üke merchants sure of their claims, und thereby enable them to sell at a closer figure and enlarpe their credit business. Meyer favored an amendment reducing the amount subject to pjmishnient to 10 per cent Harry N. Cook, of Evansville, president of th- Retail Merchants' association, laid stress on the moral effect He said pro-Trs as a rule stand by their honest c ustomers In times of misfortune, and that there would be fevr hardships. TIsw of a Labor Leer. Edgar A. rerkins, president of the State Federation of Labor, said the matter of trade between . merchants and custoirers vras a private matter and that the state had no right to step In and say along vrhat lines It should be conducted; that to do so would be a stop toward socialism. The average wages of worklngmen is about ?9 a week, so that on a 10 per Dent basis, as many seemed to favor, the amount that could be garnisheeC at one time would not exceed $3.50. Terkins said the law bad proved a failure in Illinois and Ohio. Doings In the Legislature Indianapolis, Jan. 24. rn the senate a bill was introduced appropriating $5.000 to place a statue of George Rogers Clark In the Statuary hall at Washington, ond bills passed authorizing an Increase of the school tax levy of Marion county and appropriating S2.500 for a rronument for victims of Pigeon Roost massacre. The house passed no bills, but had a laugh at the presence in the chamber of a big rooster sent to Representative Kirkpatrick, author of a bill to prohibit chickens from scratching. STRIKE OF PCEDCE STUDENTS fttefoe to Attend Class Until Two Member Are Reinstated After Expulsion. Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 24. One of the most detcrmjutxl stands ever taken by students of Purdue university against the action of a professor was that of fh- s'iior class in chemistry in the sehooi of pharmacy, when the fifty members left the class room in a body and refused to return Dr. A. L, Green, dean of the pharmacy school, had expelled two members of the class because he thought them to be the instigators in a disorder in the class room. After the disniissad of the students, a committee of the class waited upon Dr. Green and told bim that unless he would permit the men to return to their class all the rest of the members would refuse to attend classes after a stated time. The time expired, and when the students assembled for work they asked Dr. Green for his answer. He told them that he could not consider the demand and the students arose In a body and left the building. They did not return all day. Dies In a Gymnasium. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 23. Miss Leora Anderson, aged 19 years, of Poland, Ind., and a student at the Indiana State Normal school, dropped dead in the school gymnasium while engaged In her exercises. Rtrnck a Flow of 4,000,000 Feet Dally. Portland, Ind., Jan. 23. A flow of shale gas, estimated at 4,000,000 cubic feet dally, has been struck In a -well on the George Hines farm, northwest of town. Humps Cleses a Facte 17. Munde, Ind., Jan. 24. The Stratton carriage manufactory has been forced to suspend operations owing to mumps making serious inroads in the ranks of the employes. All the foremen and superintend en ts, beside many work; men, hvVfallea victims to the malady, which is becoming epidemic here. Other factory managers are ufferih? from a scarcity of men owing to th came cause. Lake Carriers to Hsorg-aalse. Detroit Jan. 23. Without a dissenting vote the plan for the reorganization and incorporation of tbe Lake Carriers association was adopted at the convention yesterday. The plan decided upon by the reorganization committee was presented to the convention and adopted after two long executive sessions. East Indian Dies at Chica-o. . Chicago, 'Jan. 24. Zeblas Ignisz, a noted educator of Baroda, India, died, here yesterday of typhoid fever, after an illness of three days. Ignisz arrivM in Chicago last week and was sent to' this country by the British government for the purpose of studying the public school system. Carthquaaa Felt im Geor la. Savannah, Ga Jan. 24. Two saocis cf earthquake trcre felt ttre at 0:13 p. ta. yectcriiy. TLr7 ttck, f.:: ln