Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1901 — Page 3

As the World Revolves

S*n Old -Place of Worship. The history of American Methodism is the most marvelous fact in the religious history of the nineteenth century. The first church of the century was erected at Marietta, 0., in 1801, built entirely of logs and affording the very poorest kind of accommodation, but, nevertheless, faithfully attended by the Ohio pioneers, who traveled a-horse many miles to this crude little cabin, wherein they worshiped while fellow members took turn about in

FIRST M. E. CHURCH IN OHIO, guarding the entrance against attack. The old cabin is-yet standing, although in a badly decaying condition. The Methodists are considering the proposition to erect a memorial church on the site. 4 The matter will be officially ..brought before the next state conference.

Dishonesty is Spreading.

Is kleptomania a new type of universal pestilence? Sanitary science has sterilized incursions of cholera. The black death and related types of oldtime plague have been denied admittance to the cleanly western world. But while the health of .the human race is better than-o formerly all the year around, is morality, especially as to the meum and tuum, is apparently getting worse. At a governor’s installation at a etate capital last week the city was Infested with thugs and-genteel thieves who tore women’s costly coats from their backs, snatched jewels from ears and fingers, picked parses freely and

Princess Wants a Husband.

Like his brother, the Prince of I had one unmarried daughter. Like all ’ales, the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg | three of her sisters, this Princess has

PRINCESS BEATRICE,

First Girl Messenger "Boy."

Miss Dottie Hammond of Denver, a pretty young woman of 16, is one of the few messenger “boys” in the country. She is regularly employed to carry messages by the Western Union Telegraph company from its stockyards office in that city. She is so prompt and speedy in the delivery and collection of telegrams that there is talk of replacing the usual messenger * hoys in Denver with girls of equal energy and promptness. While performing her regular duties, Miss Hammond has learned to receive and dfend mesages, and she is soon to be promoted to a regular position as operator. She has served as a messenger for more than a year, and declares that she can see no reason why girls‘cannot do the work as Well, if not better, than the boys usually employed. For one thing, as Miss Hammond points out, the girls do not smoke cigarettes.

Department of Education.

There is a commissioner of education at the head of one of the bureaus of the' interior department. It is his duty to collect statistics and facts showing the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories, and to diffuse among the people information about school systems and methods of teaching, so as to promote the cause of education throughout the country. The commissioner is aided in his labors of diffusion by a chief clerk, a compiler, and a statistician. Among them they collect data and get out yearly reports which may serve in a degree to promote the cause of education. Senator Hansbrough has introduced a bill to expand the bureau Into a department and the commissioner into a secretary.

everything else in sight and invaded private homes as well as public parlors in successful search of booty. Larceny upon social occasions has become so common at even private receptions that, despite detectives in evening dress and police in uniform, hostesses and guests alike dread a throng even under the most beguiling circumstances. A wave of theft appears to be over the world. Thou shalt not steal is a lost commandment. Yet the jails are full of thieves and the courts show reawakened zeal in punishing offenses against property.

Save the Sequoias.

There are now two measures before Congress providing for the preservation of the sequoias in California. One places a restrictive tax upon lumber manufactured from the big trees, and the other is a proposition to incorporate in the sundry civil bill an appropriation for the purchase of the whole Calaveras grove from R. B. Whiteside, an eastern speculator, into whose hands it has come, so as to include it in the Yosemite National Park. In the meantime, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, Whiteside has gone to Washington to demand an exorbitant price for the grove, threatening in case it is not paid to set up sawmills and destroy the trees. It Is of opinion that the fairest thing for Congress to do is to proceed arbitrarily against the property, as was done in the case of the private forest claims located within the boundaries of the Yosemite National Park, by declaring the sequoia groves a public reservation. This in any event would be fairer and less likely to establish a dangerous precedent than to. put a restrictive tax upon the lumber. If Whiteside proposes to hold up congress by demanding an exorbitant price upon penalty of destroying the grove; congress would be justified in taking the course pointed out. / Alexander T. Brown of Syracuse, who placed his private launch at the disposal of the Syracuse university crew last year, has promised to present a launch to the university navy.

Victoria in her name, after their grandmother, the queen of England. The =rest of her name is Beatrice Leopoldine, and she is usually spoken of as Princess Beatrice of SaxeCoburg. Hitherto Princess Beatrice has been lost in the swarm of young grandchildren and great grandchildren of the queen, but now she is to be heard from, for she will be 17 next April, and her imperious mo t h er, daughter of many cza>rs, thinks it is time to arrange for the young girl’s marriage. Mother and daughter are now going over to England to see the queen of that country and to afford her majesty the keen delight of making another match. They will remain in England several weeks.

To Keep Burglars Out.

Here is a little arrangement for use as a burglar alarm which is complete in itself and needs no batteries or wires to operate it. It consists of a circular base plate, upon which is mounted a gong and a spring-actuated escapement and clockwork mechanism of any convenient form. From one edge of the base project ,two sharp prongs, which rest on the floor, while on the opposite side there is a sliding spindle, also sharpened to a point. To put the

BURGLAR ALARM DOOR LOCK, alarm In position the' pair of prongs are driven into the floor a short distance by a blow of the device Itself. Then the tip of the spindle is placed against the bottom of the door, inclining the alarm at about the angle shown. As the spindle is controlled by a spring, a push on the door drives it in a ,short distance and releases the bell mechanism, at the same time effectually locking the door against further movement.

Cornstalk DU«mm. The Division of Animal Pathology of the Nebraska Experiment Station haa received, within the past few weeks, more inquiries regarding the disease in cattle known as “cornstalk disease” than it has received before during the past five years. The inquiries show that a great loss has been sustained by the feeding .of cornstalks. This is one of the mysterious diseases that seem to baffle the scientists. The division issued a bulletin in 1898 on this subject, which discusses the various theories with probably the exception of a few pew theories that are being advanced this year. There have been quite a number of inquiries as to whether this disease oould be caused by chinch bugs, tor it has been reported that cattle have died in stalks that were heavily infected with these insects. As near as can be told, this has little or nothing to do with it, because there are numerous outbreaks where the fields apparently free from this pew. A question that is asked in almost every case is, whether it is safe to turn in cattle after a heavy frost From past experience it can be said that the frost has very little to do with it, for cattle have died in stalks in very severe, cold weather, so for that reason could not recommend the use of stalks simply from their having been frosted. The only reasonably saje suggestion that can be given to any one that wishes to pasture his cattle in stalks is, to not exclusively feed them on stalks, but to provide some grain ration—either hay or oats or straw. By this is not meant that the animals should be allowed to run at will to a straw stack, because there is some danger in that; but they should be compelled to be in an enclosure for a certain length of time, and during that time should be allowed no cornstalks, but should be given hay, alfalfa, straw or grain. Another inquiry that is always made is, what can we do for them when attacked? In almost all cases the treatment is of no avail, because the animals are dead before treatment can be administered. In cases where the symptoms indicate a brain affection, give chloral hydrate in repeated dosee at intervals of from half an hour to three-quarters of an hour apart, as long as the symptoms may require. Give from an ounce and a half to two ounces at a dose. Mix the chloral with a little linseed water or flour water, and give in about a pint to a quart of water as a drench. Many cases have been cured by this heroic treatment.

Of Interest to Horaemen. Queen Victoria has given an order that none of her horses shall hereafter be docked, and the Prince of Wales has taken the same stand. This is said to be the result of agitations carried on in England by those that consider docking cruel. Now that royalty has taken a firm stand in the matter, it Is expected that the custom will become obsolete. * * * Some recent estimates on the horse supplies in the United States and some European countries are as follows: United States, 14,000,000; England, 1,152,000; Scotland, 194,000; Wales, 153,000, making about 1,500,000 for Great Britain. Ireland has about 490,000 horses. These statistics are said to cover only the animals on the farms and do not include the number in the cities. * * *• Those that patronize stallions should see to It that the pedigrees are correct, if they are paying for the service of pedigreed stallions. We notice in a recent exchange an expose of one of the tricks that is said to be extensively worked in the West. The owner of some unpedigreed stallion gets out a pedigree with high-sounding names and prints it in a circular to the farmers around him. They, not being experts in such matters, are readily taken in and patronize the Btallion. The practice is very injurious to the horse-breeding interests, for it fills the locality with almost worthless horseflesh. Live Stock Item*. Cattle in Lee, Washington and Fayette counties, Texas, have been dying of an unknown disease, which to thought to be tetanus or lockjaw. Mr.. Marcus Daly’s interests in tke trotter were ten times greater than in runners, and he died the owner of by far the greatest collection of trotting brood mareß ever gotten together. According to an Oshkosh farmer very few cattle will be wintered in that part of Wisconsin this year. It is all owing to the scarcity of feed, which has already commenced to be felt. Notwithstanding its splendid equipment and fine shipping facilities, the big packing plant at New Brighton, Minn., is closed, except the feeding pens used by cattle shippers. Fire recently swept over the ranches Ip Sherman and adjoining Texas counties. A score or more were burned over and all feed consumed. The burned area is estimated to be forty miles long and six wide. Most of the cattle were saved, but will have to be transferred to new feeding grounds. Imports of woolen manufactures into the United States are less than one-third in value what they were in 1895, while during the decade 18901900 exports of woolen manufactures have more than trebled. During the eight months ending August 31, 1900, the imports of woollen manufactures amounted to 812,084,928, against 840,667,044 in eight months of 1895 and 820,544,094 in the corresponding eight months of 1896. The horse business Is certainly on the up grade. As an indication of this we may point to a horse sare recently held in New York at which 702 head of horses were sold. The total sum realized tor them was 8352,180, or over 8500 a head.

Centenial Anniversary of Chief Justice Marshall's Appointment

John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the centennial of whose appointment was this week celebrated all over the country, was born in Virginia in 1755. His family was one of the oldest in the colonies, his gradfather having settled in Virginia in 1650. His mother was Mary Isham Keith, a lineal descendant of Robert Keith, who was grand marshal of the Scottish army under Bruce. His father, Thomas Marshall, was a Virginia planter and a man who was noted for his rigid uprightness and his frankness in speech. When young John Marshall was, years after, a candidate fpr the Virginia legislature from Fauqquier county, only one vote was cast against him. When the elder Marshall heard of this one vote In opposition he declared that the man who cast it “could only have been actuated by spite and malice and must be punished.” Forthwith he set out to find the name of the single voter and the next time he met him gave him a sound thrashing. His Early Education. \ John Marshall was educated at home by his father and mother until he reached the age of 12 years. Then a private tutor was procured for him. At 14 he was sent to the school in Westmoreland county where Washington had been a student, and at which James Madison was one of his fellowpupils. He staid there but a year, coming back to the plantation at the end of that time to resume his studies under a private tutor. He never attended a college. For what was best in his early edu-

cation Chief Justice Marshall always gave credit to his mother, who was a woman of strong character. In his later years he declared that so strong had been the influence of his mother on him that he never failed to repeat every night the childish prayer of “Now I lay me down to sleep,” which he had learned at her knee. n Studied Latv at 18. When he was 18 years old he began the study of law. Almost immediately, however, the war of the revolution broke out and the young lawyer found it necessary to forsake his books for the sword. He joined a company of Virginia volunteers and devoted himself to training them for active service. His father, Thomas Marshall, was appointed colonel of a regiment of minute men, in which John became a lieutenant. By way of uniform the men of the regiment wore green hunting shirts on the breasts of which was embroidered the motto, “Liberty or Death,” and the regimental flag bore the image of a coiled rattlesnake with the warning message, “Don’t Tread on Me.” As weapons they carried rifles, knives and tomahawks. Almost without exception they were experienced hunters, good shots, and used to the harships of the chase. As Army Lieutenant. Lieut. Marshall early distinguished himself for bravery ai*L good judgment in command of his ifceif. He took part in all the most important battles of the war. He was exceedingly popular in the army, and was often chosen to act as umpire in disputes arising between both officers and men:. Thus at an extremely early age the judicial temperament, which afterward so greatly distinguished him, was recognized. In the army he became well acquainted with Gen. Washington and with Col. Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton he had met before in a surveying expedition in West Virginia, and for him especially he formed an attachment which lasted during his life. When in after years he was called upon to preside over the trial of Aaron Burr, the murderer of his friend, it was remarked as the stongest possible proof of the justice of his character that he could do so with such fairness and hon-

esty that detractors said he showed every partiality to Burr. A.# VUilliam and Mary College. In 1780 CapL John Marshall was sent back to Virginia to take charge of any additional troops which might be raised by that commonwealth, and there he took advantage of the opportunity to attend the law lectures at William and Mary College.. In the summer of that year he received a license to practice law, but when Gen. Leslie began his invasion of the state, Marshall went back to the army and remained in the field until January, 1781. Then he resigned his commission and resumed the study of law. Almost immediately the young soldier 'became prominent in public life. In the spring of 1782 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and In the fall a member of the executive council of the state. In January of 1783 he married Mary Willis Ambler, daughter of the state treasurer. Her mother had refused an offer of marriage from Thomas Jefferson to marry her father, and It is a cuious matter of history that her father’s brother was the successful suitor for the hand of the beautiful Miss Cary, who refused on at least two recorded occasions to become the wife of George Washington. Early Married Life. After his marriage John Marshall settled down to make his permanent home in Richmond. In 1784 he resigned his seat in the executive council of the state to devote himself to the practice of law, in which he was prominent and successful. Almost immediately after his resignation, however, his old

friends in Fauquier county chose him to represent them in the House of Burgesses. In 1787 he was chosen a member of the same body from the district which comprised the City of Richmond, and in that capacity he was chiefly instrumental in securing the ratification of the constitution of the United States, which he afterwards did so much to expound. The value of his services in this connection may be gathered from the fact that the leader of the forces opposed to the ratification of the constitution was Patrick Henry, to whose speeches Marshall was always expected to reply. -- As a Quoit Throtuer. But the future chief justice did not devote all his time to grave and serious pursuits. He was one of the founders and for many years the most popular member of the Richmond Quoit club, which was formed in 1778 and lasted for more than forty years. This famous club met every two weeks at grounds a mile outside the city of Richmond, where a dinner, the chief feature of which was a barbecued pig, was served before the game began. One of the things which the Quoit club has bequeathed to posterity is the recipe for its justly celebrated punch. It was composed of equal quantities of brandy, rum and Madeira, poured into a great bowl one-third filled with ice (no water), and flavored with lemons and sugar. This punch is still one of the boasts of Richmond. Wanted in Washington’s Cabinet In 1795 President Washington offered John Marshall the appointment of Attorney General of the United States, which he declined. He was now 40 years old, and stood at the head of the Virginia bar. Next year Washington wished him to succeed James Monroe as one of the envoys of the United States to France. This appointment he also declined, but when Adams him as one of the envoys to France in 1797 he felt that his duty to his country compelled him to accept it. He and his fellows were not successful, however, in establishing satisfactory relations with the French government,and Marshall drew up an elaborate statement, setting forth the views and re-

quirements of the United States, which was presented to Talleyrand before the envoys were ordered to leave the country. Elected to Congress. Marshall returned to United States in August, 1798, and Adams at once offered him a seat on the Supreme Bench, which he declined to accept In 1799 he was, much against his own wishes, elected to congress, in which body he served a single term! During this term he delivered a speech which is still regarded as one of the most authoritative expositions of international law in its bearing on the extradition of citizens of a foreign country. Before his term in Congress had expired he was made secretary of state in the cabinet of President Adams, and on Jan. 20, 1801, he was nominated by the president as chief justice of the supreme court. The nomination was promptly confirmed and Marshall took hie seat at once. During the same year Princeton university conferred the degree of doctor of laws upon him. For thirty-five years he served as chief justice, and, as has often been said, his best and most enduring monument consists of the thirty volumes of reports of his decisions and of those of the supreme court while he was at its head. In 1829 he, with Madison and Monroe, served as a delegate to the convention for revising the state constitution of Virginia. For six years more he remained on the bench of the supreme court. In the spring of 1835 he went to Philadelphia to seek medical advice and in that city he died. Besides his published opinion* he is

the author of a five-volume life of Washington, which was published in 1804. Many statues, busts and portraits of John Marshall are in existence. His figure is on the Washington monument at Richmond, Va., and there are two portraits in the consultation room of the supreme court at Washington.

Pan-American Congress.

Relatively the progress of many of the American republics recently has been as great as that of the United States. From every part of the hemisphere come reports of enterprise and activity. From Alaska to Patagonia tfce story is the same. In Argentina a dozen railroads are building and projected. At Belle Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Geraes in Brazil, a permanent exposition of the state’s industries and products is to be Inaugurated. This state, which has as many inhabitants as Illinois,is making great strides in every particular, and its gold product last year exceeded $3,000,000. Scores of new factories are •being established in Brazil. New coal and copper mines are being developed in Chile. Woolen and cotton factories are being established there for the first time, and beets are being raised and sugar refineries built. The most important railroad enterprise in Chile is the Central railway, which Is to be extended to 1,300 kilometers, at a cost of $30,000,000. Nearly every republic has railroad enterprises on foot and agricultural resources are being developed everywhere. This information is gained from reports to the Bureau of American Republics at Washington, and it is said that with the industrial revival has come a change in sentiment towards the United! States, which is looked on with more friendliness a year ago. Capt. Henry S. Eastman, who died in Berkeley, Cal., a few days ago, began his naval career as a common seaman under Commodore Perry and was one of the barge crew that rowed the commodore through the crowd of Japanese boats on the famous visit to the Mikado.

TO FIND POLES.

About All That'i Left to the Now Century. At the beginning of the century Africa was almost an unknown land. The few European colonies scattered along the coast were mostly slave Rations. Egypt and the Barbary Statek were possessed of an eastern civilization, or rather semi-barbarism, but the heart of the Dark Continent was a sealed book to the world. It was a continent of legend and story, but one of which the outside world had no definite knowledge. Napoleon, with his dream of an eastern empire, had made Egypt known to the western world by his Invasion, but the continent as a whole was one of which so little was known that the geographers, after exhausting legend, were obliged in their maps to "place on pathless downs elephants instead of towns." Now nearly every mile of the once Dark Continent has been trodden by the foot of the white man, and the nations of Europe have apportioned among them6elves the territory. Railroads and steamboats now blow their whistles upon the deserts and the rivers and lakes where once were heard only the hoarse cry of the slave hunter or the Shouts of belligerent cannibals fighting for their human prey. Practically a whole continent has been given to the progress and civilization of the world by the opening up of Africa in the course of the last century.—New York Press.

Valuable Almanac Free.

We have received a copy of the new almanac for 1901, published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. It is an artistic and useful book and will be of interest to housekeepers. A noteworthy feature of the almanac is a prediction of the weather for every day of the year, by Prof. DeVoe, who correctly prophesied the great Galveston cyclone and other important meteorological events. We are authorized to say that any woman reader of this paper can secure a copy without cost by sending a request to the company, at 100 William St.. New York.

What “Bedlam” Means.

The word “bedlam" is a corruption of the word “Bethlehem,” and originated as a synonym for chaos at the time when the house of Bethlehem, occupied by a sisterhood in London, became an insane asylum. The treat-' ment of the insane in the early part of the sixteenth century was not well understood, and it was necessary to frighten the patient out of his lunacy. All sorts of awful expedients were resorted to, among them “surprise floors,” which slipped from under the feet; “surprise baths,” and flogging at the period of most severe illness. Hence the name “bedlam,” the result of incorrect spe*tling. possibly, came easily to stand for awful things.

Cork Tree Renews Its Bark.

The cork tree is an evergreen, an oak, about the size of our apple tree, and grown largely in Spain for commercial uses. The bark is stripped in order to obtain the cork, which is soaked and then dried. The moment the bark is peeled off, the tree begins to grow another cork skin, and each new one is better than the last; so the older tree the better the cork. The trees are stripped about every eight years, and so strong does it make them that they often live to the age of 200 years. After the bark is stripped off it is trimmed and dried and flattened out. Then it is packed and shipped to all parts of the world.

POLICE OFFICER RESCUED.

Officer A. C. Swanson of the Council Bluff-* Force Tell* an Interesting 8 tory. Council Bluffs, lowa, Jan. 19, 1901. (Special.)— Officer Swanson of the local police force is very popular in this city. He has lived here for seventeen years, and has enjoyed many high offices in social and society work. He is now Vice-Presi-dent of the “Dannebrog” Brotherhood, the largest Danish secret society in America, which combines benevolent with the social features. Owing to the constant exposure and many hours on his feet, which his duty as a police officer makes unavoidable, Mr. Swanson became the victim of serious Kidney and Liver Trouble. He was very bad, but has entirely recovered. He gives the story in his own words as follows: “I have been a sufferer for many years with Kidney and Liver Trouble, and have tried many remedies, some of which gave me temporarily relief, and others which were absolutely worthless. I began to think that there was no help for me, when my nep*hew gave me a part of a box of Dodd’s Kidney Pills which he had left, saying that it would do no harm to try them, as they had certainly fixed him all right. What he gave me helped me so much that I felt justified in purchasing more, and I grew slowly better. It took almost two months to effect a complete cure, as mine was a very bad case, but I can cheerfully and truthfully say that I am a well man today, and I am very grateful that Dodd’s Kidney Pills were thus brought to my notice.” The wonderful cures effected by Dodd’s Kidney Pills in lowa have created quite a sensation in some parts of the state. There does not seem to be. any case of Lame Back, Rheumatism, Kidney or Bladder Trouble which these wonderful Pills cannot cure. They are certainly popular here, and the sale through the local druggists is very large. The Empress of China is said to carry with her 3,000 dresses when she travels. These fill 600 boxes, and are taken care of by 1,200 coolies.

A WEEK IN INDIANA

RECORD OP HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. Promote!* Who Are Bnildlag a Trolley Line Centhweet from Fort Wayne Elect (Officer* —Father Drop* Dead om Hla Daughter's Return. New Oißcers Are Choeen. The management of the Island Park Chautauqua held its annual winter business meeting at Rome City, and arrangements for the opening twentieth century session were completed. A twenty-one days’ program will be filled, opening July 24. The following officers were elected:* Rev. L. J. Nafttger, Muncie, Ind., chancelloor; Rev. G. W. Mosher, Hillsdale, Mich., vice chancellor; Dr. P. J. Becker, Dayton, 0., superintendent; Rev. J. F. Snider, Lagrange, Ind., field secretary; W. F. Owen, Rome City, Ind., president and auditor; P. G. Cobbs, Rome City, secretary; M. A. Williams, Rome City, treasurer. Arrangements were perfected for the publication "of a monthly magazine by the assembly association, to be called the Western Chautauquan. Rev. J. F. Snider will have charge of the editorial department

Indiana Town Badly Burned The business portion of Rdhnn, this eounty, was wiped out by fire this evening. The flames originated in a business block in Main street .and a terrific gale carried the fire entirely through the business portion. The place is practicaHy without fire protection and assistance was called for from all the surrounding towns. Engines were brought from Peru and North Manchester on special trains, but they were of service only preventing the flames from spreading to the residence part of the town. Telephonic communication with the place is cut off and details are not obtainable, but the loss will amount at least to 175,000. “OH F«ver“ at Terr* Haute. The Mewhinney oil well is showing a capacity of about twenty barrels a day under pumping pressure, which Is a profitable quantity, inasmuch as the cost of pumping is light, the pumping 'machinery receiving power from the Mewhinney factory near by. The finding of oil in this well has renewed ths "oil fever” that has taken hold of some Terre Haute people several timet since the first finding of the fluid fourteen years ago. and it is probable that other wells will be drilled. Officer* of Road Elected. The ’T'ort Wayne and Southwestern Traction company, formed by Chicago and lowa promoters to build a trolley line west from Fort Wayne along the old Wabash and Erie canal, has elected the following officers: President, W. S. Reed of Chicago; secretary, George Townsend of Dcs Moines, lowa. The grading is now completed to Roanoke, fifteen miles, and the ties are distributed over nearly all of that part of the line. Honor to Hoont'ii Memory, The Indiana legislature adjourned out of respect to the memory of ex-Gov-ernor James A. Mount. The state officers met and adopted appropriate resolutions, body of the former governor lay in state at the capitoL Funeral services will be conducted at Indianapolis at the First Presbyterian church. The body was takeq to Crawfordsville for burial. RaUe* Blockade on Midland. Judge John H. Baker of the United States court has raised the blockade of the Midland railroad on the Grantham farm in Montgomery county, where the movement of trains has been hindered for over a week. Attorneys for the road asked for a restraining order against further blocking of the trains and Judge Baker granted it Wltaeaa Sent to JalL Charles Barrett, an employe of the Pioneer Hat works, Wabash, was subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury. He refused to answer questions end the Judge fined him |5, sent him to jail for twelve days, with explicit instructions that he should be allowed nothing but bread and water. Barrett swears he will ngver give in. I»4l»n» Election Cum Cp. Judge West of Montgomery county began the trial of the election contest cases at Frankfort. There are four cases In ail and two of them he threw out of court on faulty complaints, the attorneys of the Democratic contestants for county commissioner and surveyor having failed to allege that contestors were electors. Dropped D»d on Daughter'* Return. Overjoyed at the home-coming of his daughter, Mary Hulton, from Arkansas, Nathaniel Bramlett dropped dead in her arms at Shelbyville. He had not seen his daughter in twenty-five years. Pupil, to Visit Legislature. The teachers in Terre Haute schools have decided to give another excursion to Indianapolis for the pupils of the city, that they may look in on the legislature and the state offices, as has been several years past. The date has not been fixed. Ex-Senator Bell lIL Former State Senator R. C. Bell, counsel for the Nickel Plate, Lake Shore and Lake Erie roads In Indiana, U At the point of death at Fort Wayna.