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TTUT VOLUME II PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 190H. NO- 30

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HE KISSES THE BABIES

President Makes Four Hawkeye State Mothers Happy and Establishes a Precedent THAT HAY BETUBK TO PLAQUE HIH Flying Trip Through the State Accompanied by Governor Cum ruins and Others. Ottumwa, Ja., April CO. President Roosevelt dashed across the state of Iowa and was everywhere met by large and enthusiastic crowds. Ills speech-making began at 7 a. m., when he made a brief stop at Shenandoah, And his last speech was delivered here shortly aftr S p. m. before thousands SECRETARY JAMES WILSON. ct people. Ills speech here was preceded by a ehort drive through the city, although his" train was late and IId not arrive until after dark. He spoke on the pood work Secretary Wilson has done in the field of agriculture. . r - ' OnetU af th President. The president bad as his guests Governor Cummins and Secretary Shaw, and for a part of the day Representatives Hull and nepburn. He spent the night here, leaving at 4:30 a. m. today for Keokuk, and will arrive at St Louis thU afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock. WHERE RE RISKED TOE BABIES YFhnt If He Um Mi.de the Greatest 111f take of Bis Life? T)ne of the largest crowds that has greeted the president since his trip began was waiting for him at Des Moines. He was taken for a long drive through the city, and stopped for a moment to address the Mystic Shriners, who were holding a convention there. He then was driven to the capitol, where he made an extended address on good citizenship, incidentally paying a tribute to Representative Hull for his efforts in securing the new m'litia law. . At Des Moines the president kissed a number of rabies. During the drive four mothers," each with a baby In her arms, approached his carriage and Landed him bouquets of Cowers.- They then held the babies up to be kissed and the president did not disappoint them. The future possibilities of this act are welL jist tremendous. : ; k It. . .-r. - 0 V. l.lf WWtttt -the : large number of school chlldre v: that jcreeted the president. At every place he stopped, and at many places where the train did not stop, the littb people were congregated, waving smad United ' States flags. This feature pleased the president very much, and fce referred to the children several times during the day. Stops were made art Shenandoah. Clarlnda. Sharpsburg, Van Wert, Osceola. Des Moines, Oskaloosa and Ottumwa. The president is bearing the strain of the trip splendidly and his face has not yet lost the -tan it acquired during his two weeks :ln Yellowstone park. Dritt OeU the Decision. San Francisco, April 29. At the end of the twentieth round Referee Eddie Graney declared Jimmy Britt the win ner of one of the fastest and best fights ever seen in San Francisco. Wil lie Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, 17. Y., was the man who put up the good contest . against the California wonder. Britt was the cleverer and faster of the men ana lanaeu iwu uwns iu luaoiu o -one. - - -.': T71111aan IX, near Kerrie. 2Jew York, April 29. Representa I - .A. TX til f m T TTaa rfTe4öie cf thfe New York American, Chicago American and the San Francisco Ex- . cminer, has married Ulzi Llillicent VTillson, daughter cf Georgs IL Will- . cca, pressest cf tho Advanco Music . csmpsny, cf thlj city. TL3 cerement vraa itemed in the clmtry ciGrsco , CZTCt El-bcp Pottxr c dating Ior,1 c;.e cf tla plcnscr clzttlzz ncrci-r cl ttn r.:rthwc:t, b Czzl tl rzcuiäcn. a red O. V.s c-c-cJ a lizzo

KlfiG VISITS THE POPE

Edward Vll of England Does Roy al Honor to the Roman Pontiff. THEY TWO IN BEOBET CONFERENCE None Other Present at Their Meeting in the Vatican Another Protestant Protest," Rome, April 20. This afternoon at 4:30 King Edward went to the Vatican. Starting .from the British embassy he alighted at the court of St. Damas, in the Vatican, where he was received by Mgr. Pisleti, master of the chamler, accompanied by the Vatican officials. Thepontitical guards rendered royal honors to the visitor. Mgr. Iiislcti conducted King Edward to the stairway, where Monsignor Cagiano de Azevedo, thj pope's major domo, surrounded by prelates and high dignitaries of the holy see. greeted the British sovereign. King Edward was then conducted by the major domo to the private apartments of the pope, and no one was present at the interview between the pontiff and the British sovereign. Tlslt Noted In the Deputies. When th chamber of deputies opened President Biancheri made a short speech, in .which he said he had had the honor of assisting at the arrival in Rome of the king of England, and of presenting to his majesty the greeting of the chamber and its thanks for the visit paid to Itcly. to the Italian sovereign and to the city of Rome. He was certain he expressed the sentiments of the chamber in offering its salutations to the sovereign of a great and friendly nation, and in expressing thechamber's lively sympathy with the British people. The deputies listened to the president's remarks standing, and he was warmly applauded. They Here m Kick Coming'. London. April 29. At the annual meeting of theChurch association, held In St James' hall, it was voted with only three dissenting voices to send to King Edward at Rome a protest against his visiting the pope, similar in expression to . that sent by the lrotestaut Alliance. This protest expressed the Alliance's 'intense regret that our Protestant king Intends to vis it the pope, who is described In the homilies of our established church as anti-Christy FOREST FIHE3 BAGS FIEHCELY XX Ich lfn Weeds Fall of Flame and Many Town In Imminent Danger of Destruction. Alpena, April 29. Reports from the surrounJing country state that forest fires are raging more vigorously than ever, and that if rain does not fall soon the damage will be great Many small, towns along the line of the northern extension of the Detroit and Mackinac railroad are In immediate danger of destruction. The atmosphere in the vicinity of Alpena and the surrounding country Is almost unbearable. cdll was received here from Onaway for a fire engine to assist In fighting the Cames. Dispatches from Traverse City state that fire is threatening the summer resort cottages in that vicinity. Word also comes from Cheboygan that forest fires In" that county are raging, and many small places are threatened. Poth sides of Mullet Lake are encompassed with fire. Fierce fires are raging twenty-five miles from Ishpeming and doing great damage to farm buildings. AU th ArrreKtioDt "Blow In.". Chicago, April 29. All the base ball aggregations have "blown In' now, the Western League having opened its score book. Following are the scores: League: At New York Philadelphia 7, New York 12; at Brooklyn Boston 4, Brooklyn 2; at St Louis Pitts burg 2, St. Louis 4; at Cincinnati Chicago 4, Cincinnati 9. American: At Philadelphia New York 3, Philadelphia 7; at DetroitChicago 6, Detroit 4; at Washington Boston 11,. Washington 4; at Cleve land St Louis 3, Cleveland C. Association: At Indianapolis Co lumbus 3, Indianapolis 4; at Kansas City St Paul 18, Kansas City 7; at Louisville Toledo 5, Louisville 13; at Milwaukee Minneapolis 1, Milwau kee 5. Western: At Kansas City Peoria 14, Kansas City 3; at Colorado Springs Des Moines 7, Colorado Springs 12; at St Josephs Milwaukee 5, St Jo seph 1. . - Less T7ork and Xlore Pay. Chicago, April 29. An agreement has , been reached between the Chicago Metals Trades' association and District Council No. 1 cf the blacksmiths, whereby 2,000 men will get a nine-hour workday and an Increase In wages ranging from. 2Jy to 10 per cent above present rates. . Esrl23 Ctrlke Crews. Chicago, April 29. Thirty-five bra dred men are ca strike at the Decring LTarvcctsr wcrts. The 2.CC0 rzct-l vrcr-cr3 wto Crrt quit wers j;!-:Ji ty 1,500 recruits frcra ether departments. ZZzm X7n3 lazaa C:rU Lcrlntoa, Ky., April 20. lira. Jcn IL P. Vccrhis, prominent in cociil lira In Denver, Cclo., is dc:d here. Cl3 was a di'jhtcr cf ex-Governor A. A.

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KEFEERED TO THE COURTS Matter of Those Papers Taken from the P. O. V. by the Wire of GeoercJ Tjrser. Washington, April 28. rcstmaster General Payne has forwarded to Attorney General Knox additional Information regarding tho abstraction of

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JAMES N. TTXER. pers from the assistant attorney general's' office last Tuesday. His letter of. transmission says: "I transmit herewith the package of papers submitted to me on behalfof General T.vner by Mr. R. Ross Perry and General L. P. MIchener, and opened by them in my presence and that of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Pristow, and which it was asserted were all the papers lelonging to the department Which were taken. - "I am unable to conclude .that no other papers, were taken than those submitted and returned. Inasmuch as it clearly appears that certain papers of the government were taken, and since in my opinion all of the facts presented tend to show a willful violation of law, 1 recommend that the matter be referred to the United States attorney for this district with instructions to submit the case to the grand jury." n aruohy sin see at srooklyh Chas. A. Towne Pleads Thst There Should Be Concord and Suggests jkWay. New Y'ork, April 2S. The annual dinner of' the Brooklyn Democratic club to commermorate the anniversary of the birth of James Monroe, and which had been spoken of as a "harmony dinner was held at the Germania club rooms. There, were about 3o0 persons present. Those at the guests table included Chas. A. Towne, of Minnesota, and Towne, responding to the toast, "The Democracy of tl? West put In a plea for harmony. He said he wanted real harmony and made this suggestion: "To those Democrats, therefore, who were not with the party in 1890 or 1000, let us say: 'Are you sincerely with us now?' If they answer 'Yes, let us examine the record of those campaigns only as bearing upon their good faith.' If satisfied with that I shall be glad for my part to keep step with you and them to the music of the constitution and the declaration of Independence until the principles of both are once again the recognized and honored bulwarks of the. republic." OLD C0U HARDER HONORED Grant's Birthday Anntrersary Kept la SI any Places, bnt Especially at -His Old Borne. Chicago, April 2S. General Grant's birthday anniversary was kept in many places in the United States, notably at Boston, by the Middlesex club, and at Salem, O., by the M. A. Hanna Re publican club, and by the Americus club, Pittsburg. ' - ' . But at no place was the celebration so general as at his old home. Galena. jQls. The town was decorated and there were thousands of people from Chicago and other outside points to take part In the exercises. Another International Wedding. New York, April 28. Mra. D. A. Brown, formerly of Tu coma, Wash., and A. L. Macfie, of Liverpool, England, were married at the Hotel Manhattan, this city. Archdeacon Johnson, of Staten " Island, officiated. Mrs. Brown was Miss McLaren Post a daughter of Linus Post, of this city, .tlacfle Is a sugar refiner at LlverpooL 1 (stake That Became a Tragedy. Glenwood, -Minn., -April 28. Lewis E. Olson, a peddler, was shot and mortally wounded while in the act of entering a house which he thought was vacant, to find a night's lodging. He was taken for a burglar and the neighbors began shooting. He claims to be from Leach, Wis. Dies Suddenly In Lire's Prime. Milwaukee, April 28. William Gender, a member of the firm of Gender & Pae8chke, manufacturers of tinware and sheet metal goods, died suddenly of apoplexy in the bath room cf hi3 residence, while he was prepar ing to take a bath, years'cld. Geuder was 51 ad X7l. rendl DesJL Walthaiii, Mass., April 23. Israel Bent and his wife were found dead in thslr tome In Linteln. Both bodies tera mr-s cf vlclenca. TL 3 poüea tro inclined to believe it a czzz cf mcrC:r exl cuieide.

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7EL3H ATTACKS ROOT The Secretary's Refusal to Call n Court llartial to Try Gen. I untton for Acta In tlie Philippines Criticised. Philadelphia, April 27. Owing to charges that he had ordered his soldiers before a fight in the Philippines to take no prisoners. (General Funston asked Secretary Root for a court martial. The request was refused, the reason briefly being that the facts had already been well 'established In Funston's favor. Now Herbert Welsh, an anti-imperialist editor (of "City and State," of. this city, lufs written an open letter to Root criticising the refusal and th? secretary's conduct of the war, as ve4! as Lis treatment of complaints of cruelties, etc., iu the Philippines. Heays he had testimony that would have pioved Fuuston's "gross military incoi ietenee.M He then suggests t at the secretary summon a court, th members to be named by General Miles, and names several witnesses officers of Kansas troops engaged in the Philippines, whom he ask3 to be summoned in the Funston casp. He also suggests that the secretary publish and wldel. disseminate 'a report Gf rferal Mile mace to the war department, and fo. which there are constantly increasing calls."

LEE RESIGNS HIS OFFICE I-leatenant GoTerncr of Missouri Becomes a Private Citizen Because of the Boodle Scandals. St Louis, April 27. Lieutenant Governor John A. Iee has resigned his ofiice as assistant executive of Missouri. The resignation was mailed to Governor Dockery after Lee had spent much time In conference with his advisers. It is not necessary that the resignation be accepted by Governor Dockery. Under the constitution of the state a teslgnatioii Is self-opera tive and becomes effective the moment It Is filed with the governor. Senator Thoma9 P. Rubey, of Lebanon, Mo., president pro tem. of the senate, succeeds to the efflce of lieutenant governor. Lieutenant Governor Lee's lesignation is voluntary. Until Saturday he was undecided what course he would pursue, and declined to say whether he would resign. After consultation with his advisers he decided to withdraw from office. In speaking of his action he expressed gratification in laying aside the cares and responsibilities of office, and remarked that holding a position of trust was a thankless job at the best 8UUDAY AT GRAUD ISLAI7D President Goee to Cttii ife la the Morning and for a Borseheek Ride In the Afternoon. Grand Island, .eb., April 27. President Roosevelt's day In Grand Island was quiet. His train Was run into the yards and the president and his party remained aboard. The president attended St Stephens' Episcopal church in the mornings In the afternoon he went for a horseback ride, accompanied by Senator Di' trich. Tbey rode out to Taylor's sheep ranch, and then around to the Soldiers' Home, where the president greeted the veterans. The president will reach Omaha at 5. -05 p. m. today. -En route here from Yellowstone park the president stopped and spoke at Newcastle, Gillette and Moorcroft Wyo., Ardmore and Edgemont, S. D., and Crawford and Alliance, Neb. At Edgmont a cowboy exhibition had been arranged where riding and roping steers, etc., were the feature. This had one disappointment the worst "bucker" in the country would not buck at all in the president's presence. Everywhere the greeting was hearty and the crowds were large. Will Stop Killing of Deer. Lansing, Mich., April 27. The house has passed the bill to prohibit the killing of deer for the next five years In the counties of Lake, Osceola, Clare, Mason, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Newaygo, Mecosta, Isabelle, Benzie, Leelanaw, Grand Traverse, Oceana and Gladwin. A fine of $50 to $100, and imprisonment for fifty days ' to six" months, are the penalties. Taeques Is a Back Number, New York, April 27. The latest news from San Domingo, which is dated April 22. says that President Vasquez was defeated and routed, his army taking refuge la the mountains and half of It deserting to the rebels; also that A. Wos-GII has been made president In a provisional government Prof. Osil I - Goes to Colorado. Madison, Wis., April 27. Professor W. L. Carlyle, professor of animal husbandry In the state university, has decided to accept a position offered him as professor of agriculture in the state .agricultural college of Colorado. He will not leave Wisconsin until the end of the college year. IleCelflnger Declines aa OClce. Washington, April 27. W. W. lief felflnger, a Yale athlete, who was offered the place on the civil service commission made vacant by the retirement of Garfield, has informed the president that he will be unable to accept the c3ce. la rfeaer of tl'Mltury Ueroes. London, April 27. The Prince cf Wales unveiled in Et Janes' pari a statue erected in mcmcry cf jtha marines recently killed la Couth' Africa end China. TZsra&rabl Hlse la C:ieer. CIt7 cf Mexico, April 27. TL? tizi fci silver within a short time has bea to remarkabla that exchange on New York has dscilned frca ever CL) to

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K0THING IS DISCOVERED

So Fer the Boodle Inquiry of the Illinois Legislature Is a Waterhauh Springfield, Ills., April 20. The boodle, committee of the bouse was busy last night examining witnesses to discover if there was any offer of boodle made to anybody in the matter of the lueller city ownership bill, and ui to this writing they found no one. Among those before the committee were: Colonel E. R. Bliss, general counsel for the Chicago City railway; Edwin Burritt Smith, special counsel for the crty of Chicago, and Representatives B. M. Mitchell and A. W. Nohe. There were others, including state Treasurer Fred Busse and Representative Llndly. None of these knew of any boodle. Busse told of going to see Editor Hinman before the Chicago city election, to try to get him to support the Mueller bill, telling him that if the bill was passed it would elect Graeme Stewart mayor of Chicago. Hinman. however, insisted that the bill was wanted by the traction companies and refused to withdraw his objections to it or favor its passage. Lindly knew of no illegrl means being used or of any suggestion to use them. That was the testimony of all who were before the committee last night. The committee adjourned at 1:45 a. m. today. The text of the testimony by Editor Hinman has been made public and is substantially as outlined in the dispatches when the testimony was given. STRIKERS FACE BAYONETS But First They Produce a Reign of Terror on the Docks at Montreal Torch Is Used. Montreal, Que., April 29. Six hundred militiamen are stationed at the harbor front, guarding property and protecting non-union men who can be secured to work on the five ocean liners loaded at the docks. During the afternoon a mob of C00 strikers overpowered the &raall force of city policemen doing duty at the wharves, and went on board the steamers where nonunion men were working and chased them ashore. Disorder reigned at the docks. In one of the disturbances, Joseph Lavoie, a French-Canadian striker, was shot in the leg by Stevedore Wm. Quinn, whom he was assaulting. A furious mob chased Quinn, but he escaped. Later he was arrested. Before the troops reach'd the wharves the strikers set fire to the cargo of the Leyhind liner Alexandrian. The fire was extinguished, before It made much headway. " 1 '- - " THIRTEEN ARE INJURED Bat In Spite of the Unlucky umher Na On Bee el res Fatal Wounds In This Wreck. Toledo, O., April 20. A Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton train, consisting of an engine, baggage car and two coaches, was derailed at Bate's sidr ing, four mites south of this city. Thirteen people were Injured, seven seriously, but none fatally. The most seriously Injured were brought back to this city and taken to the Toledo hospital. The list of severely injured Is as follows: B. A. Wolff, of Findlay, O., head cut; Mrs. William Down, of Hasklns, O., left shoulder dislocated and bruised about head and chest; Maurice Brown, fireman, of Lima, O., scalp and face wounds; E. W. Fänger, of Indianapolis,, face badly cut and hip bruised; William Channels, of Avis, O., scalp wound; Sherwin Johnson, of Tontogany, O., back injured; Miss Ida Wadd, of Pemberville, O., cut about head. Michigan Company Complains. Washington, April 29. The Richmond Elevator company, of Lenox, Mich., has filed with the Interstate commerce commission a complaint alleging that the'Pero Marquette raUroad at various times . since Oct. 15 last has failed to supply cars for the complainant at Valley Center, Doyle, Avoca, Croswell, and Memphis for interstate shipments of hay and grain, although meantime furnishing cars at other points for other shippers, including the competitors of the complainant. Signs of an Awful Crime. . Joplin, Mo., April 29. The dead body -of Mrs. Myrtle Talbot aged 23, of Galena, Kan., was found burned to a crisp and tied to a tree between here and Galena, revealing a horrible crime. The body was found by Bob Jones and Reuben Long, of Galena, and taken to a negro shanty, and since then the men have not been seen. College Debate Date Fixed. Iowa City, la., April 29. May 8 has been fixed as the date for the annual debate between the teams of the Universities bf Iowa and Wisconsin. This Is the seventh time these teams have debated, each so far having won three contests. The debate will be held at lladison. Wis. t7onld Expedite the Trial. Indianapolis. April 20. W. H. Watkins and Charles Ruschaupt, owners of the Indianapolis base ball dub, will try to havo the temporary Injunction against Sunday ball playing tried this week. Jude Carter set the final hearizs of the case for May 8. AEUfcJxsntted Cxxts. Cclurabua, O., April 20. The Amaicsmated Association of Iron, -Ctecl and Tin Vrcr'ers fc"s adapted ths report cf th;vrse committee 3 far as It ap4Vrt:m3 to bar and twelve-inch mills ciVA gulda mills, which is practically trie' same as last year.

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Russia's Story of Recent Occur rences Puts a New Face Thereon. HUGH CRY OVER VERY LITTLE WOOL Foreign Ofiice at St. Petersburg Makes a Statement as to That Manchnria Matter. St. Petersburg. April 28. The foreign office hore has received tlie news of the excitement caused by the alleged acts of Russia in Manchuria and Russian intentions as to that country, and is inclined to think the whole matter much ado about nothing. The foreign office was particularly Interested in the alleged demands of the Russian governme:. an cabled from Tcking on April 23. Demands a They Were Cabled. These demands were as follows: "First No more Manchurian ports or towns ari to be opened! "Second No more foreign consuls are to be admitted into Manchuria. "Third No foreigners, except Russians, are to be employed in the public service of Marchuria. "Fourth The present status of the administration of Manchuria is to remain unchanged. "FifthThe customs commission Is to port of New Chwang are to be given to the Russo-Chinese bank. "Sixth A sanitary commission is to be organized under Russian control. "Seventh Russia is entitled to attach the telegraph wires and poles of all. Chinese lines In Manchuria. "Eighth No terrtory in Manchuria is to be alienated to any other power. Comments of the Russian Foreign Office. Commenting on each point separately the foreign office says: "First Absolutely false. Not our affair. "Second Depends upon China. Not mentioned In our pourparlers. "Third False. "Fourth Unimportant "Fifth Such is the present arrangement. "Sixth Extremely important, f ince an English vessel in 1D02 introduced the plague. "Seventh False. "Eighth The integrity of China is already adopted into the Russian programme. No need to discuss that now. No Attempt to Shut Any Door. Regarding th:; whole negotiations, which have been dragging on since January, the foreign office says: "There is nothing directed in any manner against the interests of the other powers or their commerce; others enjoy the same rights of commerce in the interior as we. Of the towns not opened to trade the railway will carry Russian and foreign goods alike through the country, but we or they cannot sell them In the unopened towns. If the towns are opened all will benefit alike. It is In the railway's interests to demand the widest possible developments of trade. The pour parlers concern "multitudinous detailed questions which were not foreseen when the evacuation was decided upon.' LEE FOR THE CAPITOL Statue of the Confederate Commander Recommended for the National " . Statuary Halt Richmond, Va., April 2S. The joint comittee appointed, by the legislature to provide a statue of General Robert E. Lee for the National Statuary Hall In the Capitol at Washington, will recommend that life-size bronze statues of Lee and Washington be provided, the Lee figure to be made by Edward V. Vaientlne, of . this city, and the Washington statue to be a replica of the Houdon statue In the state capitol here. Seventeen thousand dollars are asked for the purpose of securing the statues. With reference to the Lee memorial the committee says: "It will take two or three years, at least, before the statue can.be completed, and it is believed that when it is ready for presentation our brethren of the north will be ready to unite with their trethren In the south in giving the same welcome to the statue of this great hero that she has always joined to. give the heroes of other states" on similar occasions.. - Cholera Threatens L,uson. Manila, April 28. Cholera is again threatening the island of Luzon. The bad outbreak in the Camarines apparently is spreading northward. The Sagayan valley is infected,' and It is feared ' the recrudescence will extend over all the Islands. Railway Vital Statistics. . Washington, April 28. The interstate commerce commission has Issued a bulletin on railroad accidents for the three months ended Dec. 31, 1002. It shows that during that period in train accidents 200 persons were killed and 2,783 injured. . TsleTapu Ilesoecsrs Ctrle. : Duluth, April 23. The messengers cf the Western Union. and American District Telephone companies have ftruc!i for an Increase of t'bout 25 per cent in wages and a half hour mere at nccn. " CrtUsh Ce-blnei OCeer Dea. London, April 23. Ri-ht Hen. Robert Williin Ilanbury, president cf tha beard of agriculture, died this mcruirs cf pnsumcnia tftcr an il 3 cf a tzyr days only.

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Whitecaps Near Nashville Undertake the Mob System of Moral Reform. BL00MINGT0N OFFICIALS MOVING Ghouls Will All Plead Guilty---What Looks Like a Foul Assassina-tion---State News Items. Nashville, Ind., April 29; ---A double whitecapping occurred in Johnson township, sixteen miles from here. The victims were James Hoffett and Elsworth Hashman, living one mile apart. Shortly after midnight a mob consisting of forty masked men surrounded the door of Moffett's home, broke in the front door with a rail, dragged Moffett from his bed, tied him to a tree in the yard and gave him forty lashes on the bare back with hickory switches. He was carried back into the house, and in the presence of his wife was told that unless he stopped his visits to a certain house of unsavory reputation in the neighborhood, and quit beating his wife the punishment would be repeated. The mob then went to the Hashman house, where the same programme was repeated. Bloomington Gets a Move on Her. Bloomington, Ind., April 29.---Prose-cutor Miller and Mayor Dunn held a court of inquiry and examined the victims of the recent whippiug. Eight names of persons supposed to have aided in the outrage have been secured, and arrests will follow. There is no question but that the outrage was a most brutal occurrence, but good citizens did not participate. The victims all say that the mob was made up of bums, toughs and hangers-on about the saloons, who were drunk, and carried beer in baskets with them. Families That Were Attacked. Sarah Stevens, widow, white, lives with three daughters. Ida, 16; Rebecca, 17, and Sarah, 14 years old. The house is a tumble-down frame doubletenement, one side occupied by Mrs. Stevens and family and the other by Joseph Shively, colored, with his two daughters, the eldest 13 and one son, a saloonkeeper. These are the two families that were attacked. Grave Robbers to Plead Guilty. Indianapolis, April 29.---It is now practically certain that the rest of the negro grave robbers confined in jail will plead guilty and be sentenced without putting the county to the cost of trials. The attorneys for the negroes are willing to instruct their clients to plead guilty. ASSASSINATION MOST FOUL Death That Has All the Indications of a Cowardly and Villainous Murder. Kokomo, Ind., April 29.---A mysterious tragedy took place at the farm of John Peters, south of Kokomo, the victim being Francis Sutton, aged 22. Sutton was engaged to marry Miss Stella Mabel Peters, aged 18. He had spent Sunday evening at the Peters home and at midnight kissed his sweetheart good night and departed. When Peters went to the woods for his horse next morning he saw a horse and buggy wandering around and later found the body of Sutton with a bullet hole in the forehead. The body was taken to the Peters' home and Coroner Harrison, of Kokomo, was sent for. He is now investigating. There is a total absence of motive for suicide. Means China's Disintegration. Evansville, Ind., April 29.---Seizure of Manchuria by Russia, in the opinion of Charles Denby, former minister to China, means the disintegration of the Celestial empire, but he does not believe we can prevent the Russian government from taking Manchuria, should China cede that country to her. He said: "We send a grcat deal of petroleum to Manchuria and are interested in that country. We also send much cotton there. It may be assumed as a fixed fact in international politics that Russia is our friend." Great Gathering of Prelates. Indianapolis, April 29.---The celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the elevation of Francis Silas Chatard to be bishop of this diocese, May 12, will call together the largest and most distinguished gathering of Roman Catholics ever known in Indiana. Among those who will be present are Cardinal Gibbons, twenty-seven bishops and archbishops and 300 priests. Woman Indicted for Murder. Evansville, Ind., April 29.---Mrs. Bonaparte Dixon, of Perry county, has been indicted at Cannelton for murder in the first degree. She is charged with poisoning her husband, who died three weeks ago from the effects of arsenic. Dixon and his wife did not live happily together, although Dixon was wealthy aud prominent politically. . Indicted for an Accident. Princeton, Ind., April 29.---Charles Eaton, aged 20, son of the late Fire Chief George Eaton, has been arrested on a grand jury indictment charging him with involuntary manslaughter. He accidentally shot and killed his sister-in-law, Lizzie Scott Eaton, a few days since.