Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — Page 2

the journal. ✓ - LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub. MNSSEIdAKB, . INDIANA.

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY Record of Happening* of Mach or Little Importance from All Part* of the Civilized World —Price* of Farm Product* In We*tern Market*. General orders from Philippines describe “Guardia de Honor” band of natives organized for assassination.

Pope approved Vatican budget so 1901 amounting to $1,700,060. Contributions to Peter's pence 15,000,000. Total contributions, $6,000,000. Passenger train on the Northern Pacific breaks through a culvert and coaches are totally wrecked. Judge Richard Yates was inaugurated governor of Illinois at" Springfield Monday. Highwaymen at Chicago beat a bookmaker with revolvers and rob him of SSOO in money and jewelry. Five persons are killed* and fifty injured in a panic during a performance in West Twelfth street Turner hall, Chicago., _ Advices from Great Britain are to the effect that the queen’s government wifi accept the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, amendments and all. Police of Wilkesbarre, Pa., informed from Chicago Pat Crowe may be there.

Two girls, servants, burned to death in Buffalo, N. Y., apartment house. Island of Tutuila, Samoa, prospering under American rule. Burglars beat a man to death near Gorham, M«. St. Louis grandjury returned twentyfour true bills; twenty suppressed supposed to be against officials. Wedding of Miss Elsie French and Alfred Vanderbilt at Newport Monday. West Point academy on trial and cadets must answer all questions. Maurice Thompson, novelist, Crawfordsville, ..Ind., seriously Li. » Syndicate controls every theater In Broadway, New York. William Winter, the veteran dramatic critic, protests against placing art on a commercial basis. Louise Schaefer, teacher in public schools, New York, narrowly escaped being burned alive while in a trance. Mrs. Cyrus Taylor/Brazil, Ind., came to life after being pronounced dead. Land awaits old soldiers on Coman-che-Kiowa reservation in Indian territory. Indigent natives in Southren Luzon will be barred from overcrowded military hospitals. South American republic of Colombia tottering under the revolution. Owners of Manila railroad want SIOO,OOO damages. Paul Kruger said to be seriously ill at The Hague. Boers make daring raids daily near Pretoria. •’ Frank Brill, Chicafo, won national , contest for individual bowlers. President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern is said to be opposed to passage of bill authorizing pooling. Brooklyn man says his bride is held prisoner by her parents and seeks her release. * Mrs. Margaret Buchanan, New York, broke will of her husband, Alexander, obtaining $200,000. Three Chicago thieves worked three days on a job realizing $lO, and were Arrested. - Arguments on status of island possessions ended in supreme court. Request made for garden seeds to send to Filipinos, Coinage of last year $141,351,960, largest on record, William Waldorf Astor gave magnificent ball at Cliveden, Indicating return to society. Six hundred and fifty-two of Thir ty-seventh Infantry sailed from Manila for home. ■" Atlantic liner Ethiopa went ashore in the Firth of Clyde; lies in bad position. Boers attacked five British garrisons in dense fog and were driven back. In introducing kidnaping bill in New York legislature Senator Plunkitt stated on judicial, authority that Charley Ross was, drowned by abductors in New York bay. F. Hopkins Smith, before Newton club, Boston, declared “Uncle Tom’s Cabin an I'appaling," awful, criminal mistake.” . Sheriff tore up section of Chicago Southeastern railway in Montgomery county, Ind. Cadet explained boxing rules to congressional investigators at West Point. Gifts of apples and umbrellas to coupon ticket sellers caused row among western passenger agents. Distilling Company of America increased its capital by issue of $5,000,000 5 per cent bonds. The Wiener Tageblatt lays the decadence of commerce and industry in Europe to militarism. Ex-Gov. Lind of Minnesota assaulted Managing Editor Henry T. Black of the St. Paul Dispatch. Bill to enforce capital punishment introduced in Kansas legislature. General Manager Jarvis of Wisconsin Central resigned. New $5 notes from Honolulu’s First National bank puzzle Chicago bankers.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Winter wheat—No. 3 red, 77c; No. 2 red, 78c; No. 3 hard, 70671 c; No. 4 white, 68c. Spring wheat—No. 3, 73%c; No. 4, 57669 c; No. 2,68 c. Corn No. 3,3763714 c; No. 3 white, 37>4c; No. 3 yellow, 3714 c. Oats—No. 4, 23%c; No. 4 white, 26%c; No. 3. 23%c; No. 3 white, 26%627c. Rye—No. 2,53 c. Provisions—Mess pork, regular, 314.25614.50; old, 313.25613.50. Lard, 37.206 7.22%. Short ribs, 36.8567.10. Native shipping and export steers, 34.55 64.85; dressed beef and butcher steers, 34.1065.30; steers under 1,000 lbs, 33.406 4.90; stockers and feeders, 32.4064.45; cows and heifers, 32.0064.75; canners, 31.25@ 2.75;; bulls, 32.5063.35; Texas and Indian steers, 33.2064.50; cows and heifers, 33.25 63.40. Hogs—Pigs and lights, 35.0065.15; packers, 35.1065.20; butchers, 35.1565.25. Sheep—Native muttons, 33.7564.35; lambs, 34.7565.50; culls and bucks, 32.7564.25; stockers, 32.0062.75. Eggs, 19620 c; butter, creamery, extra, 22622%c; firsts, 19620 c; dairies, etc., 15@ 20c. Poultry-Live turkeys, per lb, 666%c; chickens, 467%c; geese, per doz, 35.00@ 5.50; dressed turkeys, 7%69c; dressed chickens, 767%c; dressed ducks, 7%68c; dressed geese, 667%c. Apples, good to choice, [email protected] apples, fancy, 33.0064.50; beans, navy, handpicked, $2.18.

Plans for Irrigation.

Gov. N. 0. Murphy of Arizona, who was in Chicago, stated that it had been decided by the governors of several of the western states to make Chicago the headquarters of the National Irrigation Association this winter. “We are of the opinion,” he said, “the government should not neglect the opportunities of development offered in several of the western arid states "by aiding in providing for a national system of irrigation. We want an appropriation of $25,000 for surveys.” Gov. Otero of New Mexico was also In Chicago on his ■ way to Washington to work against the Culbertson bill, which provides for the damming of the Rio Grande River at El Paso.

Knock-Out Blow Is Fatal.

Frank Welch, the pugilist, died Tuesday at Easton, Pa., from the effects of his fight at Cedar Park, Phillipsburg, N. J., on New Year’s eve with Paddy Donovan. Welch’s case is one of the most remarkable on record. He had not been conscious from the time he collapsed in the ring until he died, a period of over a week. Welch, whose real name was Frank Grabfelder, was 21 years old and lived in Philadelphia. Warrants are out for the arrest of about thirty men connected with the fight, and Donovan and several others are in jail at Belvidere, N. J.

Miners Have Narrow Escape.

A landslide or cave-in occurred at Santiago mine, some six miles from here, entombing sixty men. The main entrance to the mine, which is on the tunnel plan, was completely stopped. The mine was enveloped in total darkness, and the entombed miners had to crawl and feel their way to a small entrance or air tunnel nearly a mile from the main entrance, where the cave-in occurred. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt.

Train Caught by a Snowslide.

The Colorado & Southern train from Gunnison, Col., was caught by a snowslide at the Alpine tunnel and has been snowbound ever since. The report from the tunnel is to the effect that the snow is falling hard and being driven with the winds. The train is a mixed freight and passenger. How many passengers there are on the train it is impossible to find out. They are in great danger from cold and starvation.

Mrs. Nation Remains in Jail.

In the District court at Wichita, Kas., Judge D. M. Dale overruled the writ of habeas corpus filed there by attorneys of Mrs. Carrie Nation, asking her release from the county jail. Immediately after rendering an adverse decision he told her attorneys they might appeal the case to the Appellate court, then in session in the same building, which was done. A decision there is not expected for some time.

Porto Rico Census Returns.

According to the figures of the official census of Porto Rico, just compiled, the total population is 953,243, with 8,721, more women than men, somewhat more than three-fifths are white and two-fifths are partially or entirely negro. Porto Rico has 264 persons to the square mile. This density of population is about the same as in New Jersey, nearly twice that in Pennsylvania and thrice that in Illinois.

Girls Have a Class Rush.

Two hundred girls participated in a class rush at Ohio Wesleyan university at Delaware, O. The trouble was percipitated by a junior girl wearing a senior cap and gown into chapel. A lively struggle between rival class girls for possession of the cap and gown ensued, but was soon stopped by President Bashford and members of the faculty, who rushed from the platform and secured the battered cap and torn gown.

Rev. C. M. Sheldon’s Crnsade.

Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author of “In His Steps,” resumed his church 1 work in Topeka, Kan., after an absence in Europe and the East. Mr. Sheldon is preparing to make a vigorous entry into the law enforcement campaign of the state. He will start this work in two weeks with an address befo.e the state convention of the States Temperance Union.

Transport Brings in Sick.

Gen. Shafter has informed the war department that the transport Sherman, which has arrived at San Francisco, bad on board 431 sick soldiers, six insane soldiers, forty-two prisoners and twelve remains of deceased soldiers.

Fire Evicts Fifty Families.

Fire evicted fifty families from the McLennan apartment building, a fivestory brick structure at South Park avenue and Thirty-first steet, Chicago, at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning.

PERISH IN A BLIZZARD.

One Hundred and Twenty Lives Are Lost. A GREAT STORM IN RUSSIA. Eighteen Hundred Person* Huddled Together in a Railway Station —Unable to Communicate with the Outside World for Five Day* —Great Suffering. Communication with the world has been reopened at Odessa, Russia, after ten days’ isolation. The snow blizzard continued , unceasingly for 100 hours, and it is reported that 120 persons perished. The Odessa correspondent of the London Daily Mail" describes the sufferings of the railway passengers who were overtaken by the

POLICE CHIEFS HOLD A CONVENTION AT CHICAGO.

William A. Pinkerton, J. H. Haager, Richard Sylvester, George E. Corner, Chicago. Louisville, Ky. Washington, D. C. Cleveland, O. Frank J. Cassada, James F. Quigley, Col. Phil Deitsch (Presi- D. S. Gaster. Elmira, N. Y. Indianapolis, Ind. dent), Cincinnati, O. New Orleans, La. Joseph Kipley, George M. Porteous, Chicago. Chicago, 111. MEMBERS BOARD OF GOVERNORS. NATIONAL BUREAU OF IDENTIFICAT lON.

The annual meeting of the board of governors of the national bureau of identification, which is composed of police chiefs of the leading cities of the country, was held in Chicago, beginning Wednesday. Among the chiefs who attended were Col. Phil Deitsch of Cincinnati, Ohio, president of the board; Richard Sylvester, Washington, D. C.; George E, Corner, Cleveland, O.; James F. Quigley, Indianapolis, Ind.; Frank J. Cassada, Elmira, N. Y.; D. S.

storm. Hundreds of persons left St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kieff, and elsewhere for Odessa on Jan. 6, for the Russian Christmas, which as the event proved they were doomed to spend isolated from the world. For five days and five nights they were half-starved and half frozen. The first train struck the blizzard south of Razdyelnaia and was soon stuck in a twelve-foot drift. The passengers were not alarmed, expecting that the line would be quickly cleared. They made themselves as comfortable as they could at the station. The expected help did not come, and in the course of twenty-four hours three more trains arrived. There were then 1,800 persons huddled in the station with vanishing hope of relief. The food stores readily dwindled, and the passengers became alarmed. They clamored that something be done. A telegram was sent demanding help, but there was no response. Another 24 hours passed, and two more trains laden with terrified and hungry passengers arrived. They had occupied sixteen hours in covering forty miles. The late arrivals stormed the buffet, struggling ravenously, and consumed what food was left. A horrible night was passed. The passengers were virtually without food.. In the morning a peasant volunteered to carry telegrams to the nearest station, which was six miles away. He arrived with several of his fingers frozen. The dispatches begged for help from St. Petersburg and Odessa. Sixty passengers, including Count Kapnist, resolved to trudge and seek sledges rather than to spend another night on their train, where the stench was almost unendurable. Count Kapnist’ and forty other succeeded in reaching Odessa on Friday. The fate of the others who started with him has not been learned.

Roosevelt in Colorado.

Vice-President-elect Theodore Roosevelt arrived at Colorado Springs, C010.,i over the Rock Island from Chicago Thursday.

No Mercy to Bandits.

Copies of general orders from the Philippines received at Washington show that a large number of native Filipinois have beep convicted of murder and other crimes and sentenced to be hanged or to long terms of imprisonment.

Porch Climbers in Louisville.

Porch-climbers at Louisville, Ky., broke open a private safe at the residence of Aaron Kohn, an attorney, and robbed It of $5,000 worth of jewelry and money.

Thirteen Is Fatal Again.

Jacob Cole, a wealthy real estate dealer and an old-time resident of Fordham, N. ,¥.» died at the Fordham hospital just thirteen hours after he had been stricken while playing a game of pinochle at the Roosevelt elub. There fell to his hand the "suit of death,” and though the old man never believed there was any prophecy In cards the peculiar circumstances just before he was stricken must have impressed him.

Wiaconsin Banks Thriving.

A great stride forward in the banking business in Wisconsin during the last year is shown by State Bank Examiner E. I. Kidd. The increase in the deposits in the state, private and savings banks for the year is $2,851,629.19, the increase in resources is $2,560,496.75 and the increase in the resources of all classes of banks in the state is $10,917,354.26. The total resources of all the banks of the state are $159,260,131.12.

Gaser, New Orleans, La., and J. H. Haager, Louisville, Ky. Chief Kipley of Chicago and William A. Pinkerton assisted Superintendent George Porteous to receive and entertain the visiting members of the bureau board. The bureau, which was perfected by George Porteous, is a system for the exchange of photographs and Bertillon measurements of criminals throughout the country. The central office is in Chicago in change of Mr. Porteous.

Castellanes in Supreme Court.

The Countess de Castellane, who was formerly Miss Anna Gould, in debt for $4,000,000 and insolvent; Count de Castellane, alleged to be a perpetual deceiver of dealers in art objects, buying these for the Castellane palace with notes ever renewed by the dealers and selling the art objects for cash to others; the countess familiar with his deceptions and united with him in them; the trustees of the Gould estate informed of all this—these are the amazing things that were said in the Supreme court of New York Thursday.

Sold State Farm Products.

The state of Indiana by Joseph Coffman, superintendent of the county almshouse, has sued John Ott, ex-su-perintendent of the institution, his bondsmen, William %arr and Frank Crump, and the county commissioners, charging that Ott while at the institution sold and converted to his own use numerous farm products, in all about SI,OOO in value. All the defendants are Republicans.

Fight Feared at Panama.

Consul General Gudger, at Panama, cables to the state department at Washington from Colombia that the Colombian government announces that the revolutionists are approaching Panama and making preparations for a fight, which is likely to occur soon. The state department intends taking vigorous action if the city is threatened with bombardment to protect American interests.

Destroy Camps of Rebels.

Several insurgent camps were captured and destroyed recently in various districts of Luzon and Laroe. One camp was captured in the mountains of Marinduque. A scouting party of the Forty-sixth regiment captured a score of ladrones near Silang. Arrests of suspected insurgents continue numerously in Manila and vicinity.

Four on Trial for Murder.

Jacob Winne, Annie Bryan, Charles Burns and Ellie Barrett were arraigned at Philadelphia charged with participating in the murder of Father Riegel, who was found dead on Saturday night last in the hallway of a lodging-house in the “tenderloin” district of that city.

Johnson Gets the Dectalon.

At Findlay, 0., Grant Johnson, captain of the Chicago Giants, colored ball team, was given the decision over “Con” Riley, “Kid” McCoy’s ex-train-er, after six rounds of clever boring,

PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.

Summary of Legislation in National Body. MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES. Army Reorga Dilation Takes a Prom aent Place In the Work of the Senate, While the House Is at Work en Hirer and Harbors. Tuesday, January S. In the Senate: Day occupied by discussion of committee amendment restoring canteen provision in army reorganization bill. Amendment supported by Messrs. Sewell, Hawley, Money and Carter and opposed by Messrs. Galllnger and Hainsbrough. The arguments on each side were along the customary lines, opponents of the amendment asserting the canteen led to drunkenness, immorality and consequent lack of discipline, while its advocates declared the post exchange promoted discipline and good" order in the army, as well as reduced drunkenness to a minimum. The House by a vote of 165 to 102 passed Burleigh reapportionment bill, which increases house membership from 357 to 386. Wednesday, January 9. Reapportionment bill, passed by house, provides for 386 members and goes into effect in 1903. Many states gain. Representative Shafroth of Colorado predicted construction of Nicaraguan canal will cause endless scandals. Senate by a vote of 34 to 15 agreed to house amendment abolishing sale of liquor in army canteen. Thursday. January io. In the Senate: Discussion of the army reorganization bill occupied the day. The House: Devoted the day to further consideration of the river and harbor bill. Friday, January 11. The senate passed house reapportionment bill without objection and devoted rest of day to continuation of debate on army reorganization bill. The house passed 170 private pension bills, among them being one to increase pension of General Americus V. Rice, formerly member of congress from Ohio, from $36 to SIOO a month. Saturday, January 19. After an hour spent in miscellaneous routine business, during the course of which several bills of minor importance were passed, the house devoted the day to a continuation of the debate upon the river and harbor appropriation bill. The main feature was an elaborate speech by Mr. Catchings of Mississippi in defense of improvement of the lower Mississippi river. The senate devoted the session to services in memory of the late Senator Cushman K. Davis of Minnesota. Nouroulah Hassan, another “Terrible Turk.” brought to America by Martin Julian.

THE PERIHELIONS OF EROS, MARS AND THE EARTH.

The planet Eros has come to the aid of the astronomers. Though Eros was only discovered in 1896 it has been found that photographs of the heavens taken three years earlier show the little planet. Only the moon, of all the planets, is now nearer the earth than Eros, and the new measurements of planetary distances will be made, with Eros as a base. The importance of the discovery of the exact location of the orbit of Eros and the distance pf that planet from

A Page Escapes Quarantine.

A sensation was caused among the senators at Lincoln, Tuesday, by the announcement that a fugitive from smallpox quarantine was in their midst. Leavitt Ashenfelter, a page, was last Saturday caught in a quarantine which was placed over his boarding house, where a case of smallpox was discovered. Here he was confined with thirty others, but he escaped from the house, evaded the police and reported at the senate chamber for work.

Saya He Sold Horse Meat.

Jaoob .J. Memmesheimer of Hempstead, who has been doing a thriving business in the horse-killing industry and who is known as Jack the Horse Skinner, was arraigned in New York charged with conducting a horse-slaughtering establishment without a license. Memmesheimer pleaded guilty and was fined $3. As he was leaving the court he remarked: “Long Island is> getting too hot for use. Guess we will have to go over into New Jersey in some outengaged in the industry and that ho has shipped thousands of pounds of of-the-way place.” Memmesheimer admitted that for some time he has been horse meat to the sausage-makers of Switzerland every year. During the past week he has killed over thirty horses at h is place and has shipped over 1,200 pounds of cured horse flesh abroad.

Fatal Head-On Collision.

An east-bound Pere Marquette passenger train on the Saginaw division met a freight engine in a head-on collision at Plymouth, a village about 40 miles northeast of Detroit, with the result that Engineer Alexander Moore of Saginaw, the engineer of the passenger engine, was killed outright by being pinioned against the boiler of his engine. Express Messenger Warner of the train is, perhaps, fatally hurt. William Blische, the fireman of the freight engine, was brought to this city shortly after midnight on a special train. He was so badly injured that he died five minutes after he arrived at St. Mary’s hospital. The fireman of the passenger engine was John C. Kennedy of Saginaw. He was also killed.

Negro Slayers Are Hanged.

George Ward and James Jones, colored, were hanged at Washington, Pa., Wednesday. The crime for which they were executed was the murder of Samuel Wustlich, an aged German of Stockdale, Pa., on the night of Sept. 29, 1899. The two men entered Wustlich’s house for the purpose of robbery and were surprised by Wustlich and his wife. Wustlich was shot and almost instantly killed and his wife was seriously wounded, but recovered. About 300 persons witnessed the execution, while outside the streets surrounding the jail were black with curious people.

Many Cleveland Saloons Close.

Nearly 500 saloons have gone out of business in Cleveland within the last six months, and the revenue of the city from this source has decreased $40,000. The report of the city treasurer to the auditor of state shows that at the beginning of the last half-year there were 1,968 saloons in Cleveland, and that since then 253 have received refunds on their licenses, and that the last half of the license was remitted to 234.

Grip Raging In New York.

It is estimated that t&ere are 250,000 cases of grip, bronchitis and pneumonia in New York City. The city hospitals and private institutions are full to overflowing and physicians in many instances find it difficult to make their rounds. The disease has assumed a catarrhal tendency, which is new.

the earth lies in the fact that with such knowledge astronomers will be able to accurately compute the distance of every heavenly body from this globe,” says Forest Ray Moulton, professor of Astronomy University of Chicago. “Compared with the distances measured the present errors are very small, but with Eros’ distance a known quantity these errors will be nearly eliminated. Eros now occupies the unique position of being the nearest heavenly body to the earth except the moon.”

Eccentric Miser Is Dead.

George W. Reed, an eccentric bachelor and recluse, died near Brazil, Ind., in a modest little dwelling on his’ large river bottom farm, in the southern part of the county, aged 82 years. Mr. Reed spent his long life in seclusion, with dogs as his only companions. He had hot cut his hair for thirty years and it hung in profusion about his waist, while his white beard almost reached his knees. He had but few, 11 any, relatives and he left a fortune amounting to more than 170,000.

LATIST NEWS FROM CHINA

Diplomatic Negotiations Are in Progress. SOME CLASHING INTERESTS. A Parle Correspondent Says the United States* E Aorta Will Bo Devoted to Securing Commercial Advantages la China —Other Nations Want TradeTuesday, January ’B. Li Hung Chang declared he and Prince Ching would ignore certain clauses of Chinese ruler’s edict for the good of the country. Emperor and empress dowager influenced by hostile ministers Empress dowager planning to honor the memory of officials executed during Boxer outbreak because they favored foreigners. Wednesday, January 9. Count von Waldersee may return from China in March. Australian officials announce European opposition to Hay’s proposal as to China. Thursday, January IQ. Officials in Paris say the Chinese have signed the joint note, but that clashing interests of the powers now raise almost insurmountable obstacles to peace. The United States’ efforts, apparently, a Paris dispatch says, will be devoted to securing commercial advantages, while France and Germany will desire to increase their trade generally and their political influence in certain provinces. Friday. January 11. Death of Li Hung Chang said to be imminent. Said Salisbury will cede to Russia railway from New Chwang to Shang Hai Kwan. Compensation is not known. Russian minister of finance says Russia and America have been agreed all-through the Chinese trouble. Saturday, January IS. Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching, under telegraphic edict from imperial court, signed preliminary note of powers. French kill 1,000 boxers. Li Hung Chang very ill.

Blow Up Tw Bridges.

Two bridges on the' Chicago and Southweastern railroad, one sixty feet long and twenty feet high, near Crawfordsville, Ind., were dynamited and destroyed by farmers. The company’s roadbed across Wesley Grantham's farm has been leveled with plows, and numerous Wagonloads of its rails have been removed, carted three miles from the right of way and are now piled up behind a schoolhouse. Traffic on the road is entirely suspended, and cannot be resumed for at least a week — the length of time it will require to condemn a right of way across the farm and repair the damage that has been done.

Smallpox Closes the Schools.

Murray, a town of 1,000 inhabitants, twenty-three miles east of Creston, lowa, has been inoculated with smallpox and the authorities have closed public schools and churches and forbidden the holding of public meetings. A portion of the town is under strict quarantine. The village of Gates Mills, Ohio, is cut off from communication from the outside world because of an epidemic of smallpox. The number of cases is about forty and it is feared the disease is beyond control of the doctors. The village is reached only by suburban trolley cars to Cleveland, and the cars have refused to stop at Gates Mills.

Crash on a High Bridge.

A frightful wreck occurred at Everson, Pa., on the Monongahela division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and six men were killed. An engine-driver, in saving the life of his fireman, lost his own. Engine No. 359, running without cars, going across the fiftyfoot high trestle at Everson, collided with engine No. 230, drawing forty empty cars. The dead are William Bowman, engine driver; John Devinny, fireman; William Parrish, conductor of 359; Wiliam Parrish, brakeman; Joseph King, conductor of 230; William J. O’Neal of Leading Creek, W. Va., passenger.

Wins $10,500 at a Single Roll.

Winning the largest single wager ever made against roulette in New York City Michael Meagher on one roll of the ball took >10,500 from the Savoy club. He had placed >3OO upon the number “1." When he won he became anxious to force Louis Ludlam, the club proprietor, to quit and laid the entire >10,500 on the red. Ludlam refused the wager and said the house was closed for the night.

Perpetual-Franchise Test.

The attorney general has brought suit in the supreme court at Gplumbus to test the validity of perpetual franchises in Ohio. The case in point is that of the state against the Cincinnati Edison Electric company, being an action in ouster. The important feature is that the supreme court will be called upon to pass on the per-petual-franchise claims of various corporations in streets of municipalities.

Buried Train Is Relieved.

The train which was imprisoned by a snowslide ne#ir the Alpine tunnel for the past forty-eight hours was relieved Thursday night. The train contained several loads of coal, so there was no lack of fire, but it is not believed there was any food.

Little Hope for Cervera.

A dispatch from Puerto Real, near Cadiz, where Admiral Cervera is lying ill, says his condition has grown worse and that his recovery is almost hopeless.

THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

Principal Recommendations to the State Assembly, CONDITION OF FINANCES . ***• Subject Touched Upon—Coademn* Election Bribery aed Buggaete - That Both the Seller aad Buyer at ▼•tee Be Puniabed. THE MESSAGE AT A GLANCE. “ Governor Mount's message to the General Assembly is one of the longest ever •ent to an Indiana Legislature. The state's affairs are reviewed and numerous recommendations made. He condemns election bribery and suggests that both the seller and buyer should be punished. He recommends that the judiciary of the state be revised; speaks of the good effect of non-partisan control of state institutions, and recommends that the Indiana state prison be placed under non-partisan management. He would make a law requiring non-residents to take out a license before hunting in Indiana; condemns the professional legislative lobbyist, and suggests that in se far as possible Indiana laws be made uniform. Ho wants the state to take gbod care of Purdue University; approves the oounty and township reform laws, and mxkas some recommendations for the getting of better roads. Lynching is condemned and the legislature is asked to consider the subject carefully. The hope is expressed that the legislature will do something on the trust question and it is recommended that the lawmakers go after the fire insurance combination. The governor would inflict capital punishment in extreme cases of kidnapping The State's Finances. Some of the principal points in tha message are as follows: The cotfflltion of the public finances of the state of Indiana is certainly a matter of congratulations to every citizen of the commonwealth. The debt-paying policy has continued during the past two years until at the present time It can be safely predicted that all of the state's indebtedness that admits of payment will be paid within a time not exceeding four years, should the specific appropriations of the coming legislature not be abnormally large. The amount of the state debt January 10 of the present year was as follows: 3 per cent, refunding school fund bonds, series 1596t2.930.000.00 3*4 P er cent refunders, series 1896 566,000.00 3H per cent State House, series 4896 .. .. .. 500'XO .00 State stock certificates (interest stopped) 5.615 12 5 per cent bond. Purdue University 340.000 00 5 per cent bond.' Indiana University t 144,000.00 Total *.t4.504.615.12

Election Bribery. The corruption of the ballot, through the purchase of votes, is a menace to free government. This dangerous evil is growing, and has already reached alarming conditions. Success in a campaign Is becoming more and more contingent upon boodle Instead of principle and merit.The number of men who put their votes on the market are increasing. What is the fruitage of this deplorable tendency? Men of wealth, instead of ability, have the preference. Syndicates, monopolies, trusts, corporations are solicited for large campaign contributions, thus placing the parties their debtor. Wealth has undue Influence in molding laws. Hence the tendency of legislation is not so much in the interest of the man who holds the plow or wields the hammer, who works in the mine or factory, as in the interest of the men who furnished the “boodle" in the campaign. The present dangerous and disreputable methods must be stopped. Both the seller and the buyer of votes should be punished by disfranchisement. by fine and imprisonment. Labor CommtasiODen. With commendable wisdom and seal, the state labor commissioners have discharged their responsible duties. But little disturbance over scale of wages has occurred. The workingmen of the various industries and Interests of the state are industrious and law-abiding. The commissioners have been a potent factor in securing an amicable adjustment of all labor troubles. The public has an Interest in the peaceable adjustment of Industrial disputes, and where the public is made to suffer loss and inconvenience, where public carriers are stopped, travel and traffic suspended, perishable commodities in transit to market endangered, life and property jeopardized. the power of a court of arbitration should be enlarged. It is against public policy to allow local differences to menacw the general safety and welfare of com-" munltiee at large. Live Stock Sanitary CommlMloo. There ik great need of better protection to the live stock Interests of the state from infectious and contagious diseases. The loss annually sustained in this state amounts to more than three million dollars. A bill prepared with much care was introduced in the last session by Senator Guthrie, which was a great improvement over the present law. In the passage of 4his bill, wool growers were much interested, as it had stringent provisions for stamping out the infectious disease known as scab. From the state statistician I learn that this disease now prevails in fifty-six counties of the state. The present law makes no provision for stamping out this growing menace to the sheep industry of our state. The Lobbyist. The lobbyist is becoming more and more an element of danger in our lawmaking assemblies. They are often thepaid agents of promoters of questionable schemes, the hired tools of syndicates, corporations—working not for public weal, but for the promotion of the ambition or greed of adventurers, whose servants nhey are. The professional lobbyist is a foe to good government, and merits the righteous condemnation of those who have uppermost in their desires the good of the people.

Public School*. It is most gratifying to note that the educational Interests of the state are making substantia) progress. In the common schools the country finds It* anchor of safety. These should always receive th* fostering care of the state. The Indiana University and the State Normal, under the splendid and efficient management of their prerjdenta and faculty are making commendable progress. Instruction for Farmer*. I recommend a liberal appropriation for Improved building and facilities for agricultural instruction, and a strict provision that the amount annually paid to Purdue under’ the act of 1898 bo used along the line of’industrial education, aa contemplated by law. and not in the line of the work carried on in our public schools or higher institutions of learning, but that Purdue be made a great agricultural and mechanical university. The Insane. A long step was taken by the last legislature toward providing for the insane of the state. Still larger provisions must be made. It is the duty of the state to provide for its unfortunate wards. Th* speedy administration of treatment to those bereft of reason always increases the chances for recovery. Delay in such attention is attended with unfavorable results. The aggregate number of inmates in the four insane hospitals is 3.502, divided aa follows: Central .. I.CS Northern ®1 Eastern . 548 Southern 57» Both the condition and management of these institutions are to be commended. They are controlled by able and experienced superintendents.