Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1901 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLASS, Ed. And Pub. rotSSBLAZK, . . INDIAN*.

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happenings of Much or Little Importance from All Parte of the Civilized World—lncident#, Knterprlirs, Accident*, Verdict*. Crime* and War. South Carolina convict complained to governor that he was held in bondage after his term expired. Dr. M. W. Davison, Chicago, died of blood poisoning at residence of his mother in Kenosha, Wis. Archbishop Chapelle has plans for establishing church in Philippines on American system. Action on Chinese indemnity blocked by greed of French, Spanish, and Italians. Senor Villaverde will undertake to form a Spanish ministry. foreign troops preparing to leave China. King Edward arrived in London. John R. eßecrqft, hymn writer, is dead, at New York. G. F. Gilman, New York tea merchant, is dead. Envoys in China protested against empire negotiating directly with Russia. King Edward leaves Cronberg for London. Usher at Lenten services lh Leadville (Colo.) church drank carbolic acid, asiked pastor to pray for him and died. Mutiny among recruits at Ennis, Tex., quelled by regulars. Delegates to Cuban constitutional convention undecided what to do r*garding action of congress. Filipinos at Balanga, province of Bataan, Luzon, welcomed Philippine commission and civil rule. London waiting for confirmation of report of Botha’s surrender to Lord Kitchener. Famine driving Italian peasants to revolt. Collector of customs discharged thir-ty-one deputy inspectors to stop smuggling. Men claim it is a political move. Charles G. Gates, son of John W. Gates, hazed on becoming member of New York stock exchange. Albert Bernstein, originator of Anatomical Museum, killed himself in a Bowery hotel. Princeton’B"catalogue shows gain in gifts and students. London Chronicle says it has trustworthy but unconfirmed advice that Botha has surrendered to Gen. Kitchener. Filipinos of Bulucan province, Luzon, organized civil government and selected Maiolos as capital. Cubans adopted plan for relations with United States, objecting to naval station. Unknown steamer sunk off English coast by the Chamois, which is missing. Russian minister of public instruction wounded in neck by a visitor. British forces in China ready to move if pledges are not carried out. London cheered r by Boer losses reported by Gen. French. “Doc” Reed identified by Dorothy Darter as negro who attacked her near Indianapolis, 2nd. Lynching threatened. Residence of Francis B. Hoffman, broker, in East Seventy-ninth street, New York, robbed of $30,000 worth of jewels. New York Yacht club made public rules for America’s Cup races,, which will be sailed on Aug. 20, 22, and 24 next. U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R., at New York, adopted resolution condemning Admiral Sampson's letter regarding Gunner Morgan. I üblic subscriptions to be opened In London for monument to Queen Victoria. Mrs. M. Deckard of Elnora Ind. smashed her husband’s saloon. Cubaps in secret meeting talked of defying United States and refusing naval station.

THE CUBANS FIX A STATUS.

OaUtnd's Independence Shell Mo* Be Limited by Any Power. The constitutional convention at 'Havana completed its work of drawing up the clauses In the constitution .referring to the relations between Cuba and the United States. The .following clauses on relations were adopted: __ “1. The government of Cuba will not make a treaty or agreement with any foreign power which may compromise or limit the independence of Cuba, or which may permit or authorize any power to obtain by means of colonization or for military or naval purposes, <or in any other manner, any foothold or authority or right over any portion -of Cuba.

"2. The government will not permit its territory to be used as a base of operations for war against the United States or against any foreign nation. "3. The government of Cuba accepts in its entirety the treaty of Paris, in which are affirmed the rights of Cuba to the extent of the obligations which are explicitly indicated in these, and especially those which the international law imposes for the protection of life and property, and substitutes itself for the United States in the pledge, which they assumed In that sense, according to articles 12 and 162 of the treaty of Paris. “4. Cuba recognizes as legally valid all acts of the military government during the period of occupation; also the rights arising out of them,, in conformity with the joint resolution and the Foraker amendment and the existing laws of the country. “5. The governments of the United States and Cuba ought to regulate their commercial relations by means of a treaty based on reciprocity, and with tendencies toward free trade in natural and manufactured products, mutually assuring ample special advantages in their respective markets." Flame* a Fenttentiary. The Nebraska state penitentiary, four miles from Lincoln, has fallen prey to flames. The fire, the origin of which is not known, broke out at midnight Thursday in the rooms in the main building occupied by the warden and his family. Before the flames had gained much headway Warden Davis gave orders to release the convicts from the ceils and march them to the prison yard under double guard. The removal was accomplished safely and without disorder. Extra guards were also posted on the 9tockade walls, armed with shotgufis, with orders to permit no escapes. As an additional measure of safety, Lieutenant-Governor Savage, acting in the absence of Governor Dietrich, in response to the suggestion of the warden, ordered out the local company of state militia.

Get Four Alive and One Dead.

Sheriff J. W. Taylor and his deputies arrived at Sedan, Kan., Tuesday with Sid Appleby, Sol Appleby, Ross Graves, Arle Benning and a dead man named Reed, having captured the prisoners after a pitched battle in which Reed was killed. The prisoners Monday night terrorized the citizens of Wauneta and Cedarvale, nearby towns, by riding through the streets firing off pistols and raiding stores. Sheriff Taylor traced the men to the Appleby home, four miles from Wauneta, organized a posse and surrounded the house during the night. At daybreak Reed came out and was ordered to surrender, whereupon he drew a revolver and was killed. After an exchange of shots the mother and sister of the Appleby boys induced the men to surrender.

Fight with Knives Over Girl.

Lewis Parrish and Henry Lawson, young men of good families, met in a billiard room at Zanesville, 0., and engaged in a quarrel over a young woman. They retired to the rear yard to settle the matter, where Parrish attacked Lawson with a knife, cutting him in the neck, arm and body. It required sixty-seven stitches to close his wounds, and his life is hanging by a thread. During the fight Parrish slipped and fell upon his own knife, severing an artery in his wrist. He is being held without bail to await the results of the wounds inflicted on Lawson.

Boy Fatally Stabs Playmate.

In a fight which resulted from a quarrel over a game of marbles at Nashville, 111., Eddie Fratre, a 10-year-old boy, stabbed with a pocketknife and fatally wounded his playmate, Albert Harris, also aged 10 years. Both Fratre and Harris are members of prominent families living near Nashville. Fratre is in the custody of the police, but what will be done with him has not been determined.

Wisconsin Editors in Session.

The annual meeting of the Wisconsin Press association was held this Week in Madison. One session was given to the discussion of the linotype machine in small offices, the sentiment being in its favor. Mrs. Adelaide King of the Waupon Times read a paper oh newspapers and the work of women’s clubs, advising the appointment by women’s clubs of their own reporters.

Fatal Collision of Trains.

Two dead, three badly hurt and a passenger rain burned is the result of a head-on collision between passenger train No. 16, south bound, and a local freight on the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston railroad Thursday evening at Coal Valley, five miles from McKeesport, Pa. The dead are: Frank White, engineer, of Uniontown, horribly mangled; Milton S. Thompson, mail clerk, of Brownsville*, Idg burned off, hurt internally, died on way to hospital.

PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.

Summary of Legislation in National Body. MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES. The House Concurs la the Cuban and Philippine Amendment* to the Army Appropriation Bill Sunday Closing foe St, Lonl* Fair. Tuesday. February 16. Senate: Important amendment to Philippine amendment to army ap-

The most recent addition to the diplomatic set in Washington.

The Countess Quadt is the most recent addition to the diplomatic set at Washington. She was preceded to America by her husband, who succeeded Baron von SternDerg as first secretary of the German embassy. The German ambassador is a bachelor, and the arrival of the countess gives a graceful hostess to the great embassy

propriation bill was agreed to. It was amplification of amendment previously offered by Mr. Hoar, laying restrictions upon sale of public lands and granting of franchises and concessions in Philippines. During the afternoon Mr. Allen severely arraigned Rear Admiral Sampson for indorsements upon application of Chief Gunner Charles Morgan of the navy for promotion to grade of commissioned officer. House agreed to a partial conference report on Indian appropriation bill, and sent bill back to conference; defeated conference report on the naval bill on account of item creatiqg assistant chiefs in navy department. Adjournment taken in the midst of violent attack upon the speaker by Congressmen Lentz, Richardson and others because a speech by Mr. Lentz had been withheld from the Congressional Record on account of its offensive fiature. Wednesday, February 37. Senate; Day devoted to debate on the Cuban and Philippine amendments to the army bill, after which voting began on the minor amendments to the measure. All of them were offered by Democratic senators, and all of them were voted down by heavy majorities. Philippine amendment adopted by a vote of 45 to 25. Cuban amendment adopted by a vote of 43 to 20. House; Day spent in consideration of various conference reports. Reports on fortification, District of Columbia and military academy bills, the latter containing anti-hazing legislation, were agreed to. Naval bill was sent back to conference after defeat of a motion to concur in the senate’s provision for three more submarine torpedo boats. Thursday, February 28. Senate: An immense amount of

P[?]ans Ball in Pesthouse.

Preparations are making for a house warming at the new addition to the pesthouse at Kansas City one night next week. Captain Thomas Phelan has charge of the ninety-four smallpox patients in the hospital, and he has decided that the housewarming shall take the form of a grand mask ball. Captain Phelan was at the city hall issuing verbal invitations to his “evening at home,” and he requested that everybody bring all their friends. The general public is invited.

business was disposed of, but not « ■ingle point raised was sharply controverted. The river and harbor hill, carrying appropriations of more than *50,000,000, was passed without & word of discussion, and the senate adopted the conference report on the war revenue reduction measure without disturbing the smoothness of the proceedings. Friday, Marsh 1. Senate: During the greater part of the session the sundry civil appropriation bill was under consideration. An interesting and at times lively debate was participated in on a resolution to discharge the committee on interstate commerce from consideration of the •bill requiring railroad companies to make detailed investigations of ail accidents involving loss of life on their

THE COUNTESS QUADT.

on Highland Terrace, late the scene of The most gorgeous reception of the , year. Countess Quadt is the daughter of Martini, a famous Italian diplomat. She has lived in many European courts and was in Japan with her father, when she met Count Quadt, whom she married six months later. She speaks English as easily as If it were her native language.

lines and to report to the interstate commerce commission. No action was taken. The old question as to the reclamation of public lands in the arid and semi-arid sections of the country was brought up, but the effort to attach an amendment to the measure appropriating money for the work was defeated. The bills appropriating $500,000 for Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, $5,000,000 for the St. Louis Louisiana purchase exposition and $250,000 for the Charleston, S. C., interstate and West Indian exposition were attached to the bill as riders Saturday, March 2. The first Sunday session of the Fifty-sixth congress was held by the senate. It will not appear in the Congressional Record as a session of Sunday, as the senate was working under the legislative day of Saturday, and will continue so ti work until the session was declared adjourned finallly at noon Monday. Closing hours of house marked by exciting debates Sunday. 'Representative Hepburn assailed river and harbor bill. The house, still in the legislative day of Friday, was in session from 2 to 6 Sunday afternoon, and in the evening from B,o’clock it worked on into the night to dispose of the conference reports which crowded in upon it. Everybody was at high tension, and it only required a spark to create a scene. The confusion and din on the floor with the speaker’s gavel going was incessant. There was a big fight during the afternoon over the senate amendment to the sundry civil bill, which linked together the fate of the St.. Louis, Buffalo and Charleston exposition appropriations. Mr. Capnon, chairman of the appropriations committee, led the fight against them and defeated a motion to concur. Gold discovered~on7 island of Upola Samoan islands.

Wife's Pie Basis for Divorce.

In the divorce suit of Mrs. Carrie J. Schlaudecker against Casimer X Schlaudecker, at Cleveland, 0., the the first family quarrel between the two dated from the refusal of the husband to eat a piece of pie which the young wife had made. This incident whicn occurred a few years after their marriage, precipitated a serious quarrel, and trouble from that" time was frequent. The people are quite prominent on the west side. The case la still before the court.

SHENKLE SAVED FROM MOB

Illinois Soldiers Guard Him at Trial. ORDERED OUT BY GOVERNOR. Th® Prisoner Pleads Guilty In Order to Escape Personal Violence —His In~ careerstson Ordered by the Court Under State Indeterminate Law. Albert Shenkle, charged with assaulting Grade Gfller, a daughter of Charles H. Giller, the girl being aged but 13 years, pleaded guilty in the court at Carrollton, 111., Friday, and was sentenced by Judge Owen Thompson under the indeterminate law. He was taken to the depot immediately upon the announcement of the sentence and hurried by special train under a heavy guard to the south Illinois penitentiary at Chester. Upon the arrival of the prisoner from the county jail at Springfield, whither he had been taken to avoid a lynching, a large crowd had assembled in the street at Carrollton, but all plans of violence were frustrated by the presence of four companies of state militia, specially ordered out for the occasion by Gov. Yates. The accused marched through the streets heavily shackled, with a strong cordon of police keeping the mob -back along the line of march. No hostile demonstrations were made, the people appearing to be aware that the numbers of the soldiery were sufficiently large to insure the failure of any attempt to subvert the due processes of law. No unnecessary time was wasted In preliminaries. The warrant charging Shenkle with the crime was read and the prisoner asked to plead. “I plead guilty," said Shenkle. “The judgment on your plea is that you be confined in the penitentiary at Chester, there to remain until your discharge in the due process of law,” said Judge Thompson. Shenkle flushed, bit his lips and then sat down. Sheriff Conlee arose, and without a word the condemned prisoner extended his hands for the shackles. A moment later the militia formed a guard around the sheriff and his prisoner and started down the street for the station. Within five minutes after their arrival the train departed for Chester. Shenkle made a full confession of his crime while ,on the way from Springfield to Carrollton.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Winter Wheat.—No. 2 hard/ 73%c; No. 4 red, 68@>69c; No. 3 red, 73@76c; No. 4 hard, 72c; No. 3 hard, 71%@72%c. Spring Wheat. —No. 3,70 c; No. 4,69 c. Corn.—No. 2 yellow, 39%c; No. 3, 38%@38%c; No. 3 white, 38%; No. 3 yellow, 38%. Oats.— No. 4, 25% @25%c; No. 4 white, 25@27%c; No. 3, 25% @26%c; No. 3 white, 27@28c: No. 2, 25%@ 26c; No. 2 white, 27%@29%c. Provisions. — Mess pork, regular, [email protected]; lard, $7.45 @7.50; short ribs, [email protected]. Cattle—Native shipping and export steers, [email protected]; dressed beef and butchers’ steers, [email protected]; steers under 1,000 lbs, [email protected]; Stockers and feeders, $2.50 @4.55; cows and heifers, [email protected]; canners, [email protected]; bulls, [email protected]; Texas and Indian steers, [email protected]; Cows and heifers, [email protected]. Hogs.—Pigs and lights, $5.40@ 5.55; packers, [email protected]; butchers, $5.50@ 6.65. Sheep.—Native muttons. [email protected]; lambs, [email protected]; culls and bucks, $3.50@ 4.25. * Dressed Poultry.—Turkeys, choice, hens, 9%c per lb; young gobblers, B@B%c; chickens, hens, B@B%c; springs, B@9c; broilers, 12@12%c; capons, ll@12c; ducks, 9%@10%c; geese, 7%@8%c. Live Pbultry.—Chickens, 7%@Bc per lb; turkeys, 6%@7c; ducks, 9c: geese, [email protected] per doz. Eggs.—Strictly fresh, 16%@17c. Butter.r-Creameries, extra, 23@23%c; first, 20@21%c; seconds, 16 @l7c; dairies, choice, 19c. Potatoes—Good sound stock, fancy, 45c; common and mixed. 33@35c per bu. Apples.—Baldwins, [email protected] per bbl; greenings, [email protected]; Ben Davis, [email protected]; Kings, [email protected].

Kills Son and Burns Houses.

Murder, suicide, and wholesale destruction of property were the results of Henry Warn’s insane fury Friday morning. Warn was a German farmer living six miles north of Depison. He became seized with a savage desire to kill and destroy. He killed his son, William, aged 21, burned the house, and then proceeded systematically to set fire to everything he possessed. He destroyed the farm waterworks, fastened his cattle, hogs, and chickens securely, and set fire to every building on the place. While he was at his work neighbors, seeing the smoke, rushed to the place, but he drew a revolver, fired several shots, and drove them away. After firing the remaining buildings he went into the burning barn and his charred body was found among the bodies of the horses.

Constable Kills a Robber.

At Claysville, Pa., Town Constable John Neely shot hnd killed one burglar and captured another, with the aid of a posse, after a desperate fight. The burglars robbed half a dozen houses and were located soon after by the officer. One attacked him with an iron bar and the other shot at him. He drew his own revolver and killed one instantly. The other fled, but was captured later. Neely was badly hurt in the fight.

Court Upholds Liquor Act.

The important case of The State vs. F. L. Taft and D. H. McQuen, which had been pending in the Supreme court for ic’ny months, was decided at Burlington, Vt While the case is remanded, owing to a technicality, the court held that the liquor law passed by the Vermont legislature in 1898 was constitutional. This law provides that the holding of a United States license for the sale of liquor is prima facie evidence that the holder is a common seller and he may be punished tor vio* lating the prohibitory law.

Current Topics

Liverpool CT rambuay-i. The recent cocnpletion.of the “outer belt,” one of the most popular features of-the* reorganized tramway service of Liverpool, calls attention to what is now the most extensive system of electric tramways in Great Britain and to another instance of municipalization of transit facilities only second in interest to Glasgow’s departure in this direction nearly seven years ago. Tramways were started in Liverpool under private enterprise in the sixties, but disputes arose with the city which led, in 1874, to public ownership of the tracks and the leasing of these to a private company. More friction occurred in 1897, however, and the city finally bought out the company. Plans were then entered upon for introducing electric traction, the overhead trolley was decided up, and the conversion has been going on for two years. The mileage has been nearly doubled and now comprises eighty-five miles of single track, routes have been rearranged and extended, 275 cars are now employed, and the number is to b$ increased to 400, the passengers increased from 38,500,000 in 1897 to over 63,750,000 in 1899, the receipts increased in the same period from £287,786 to £356,265, and it is expected that the passengers for last year will be shown, when the report is out, to have been nearly 120,000,000.

Finds Traces of Deluge.

Rev. Dr. George Frederick Wright, professor of harmony between science and revelation at Oberlin University, writes from Jerusalem to a friend in New York that he has discovered reliable evidence of the truth of the biblical account of a universal deluge. Professor Wright has been one year abroad, during which he haß traveled in Asia for the purpose of discovering whether there are any geological signs

REV. DR. WRIGHT.

of a deluge which might have been of a charactr like that described in Genesis. Professor Wright has spent most of his sixty-three years of life in trying to prove that the truths of science do not convict with the statements of fact in the sacred scriptures. He began his ministerial career as pastor of a Congregational church in Vermont in 1862. Always an earnest student of geology and zoology, his literary contributions to these sciences have been voluminous and interesting. His work on the glacial epoch in relation to Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky opened a new era in this line of research. In 1892 he was given the chair at Oberlin he now occupies, and he has filled it creditably.

Duchess May Come Over.

A rumor has come to Washington from New York several times of late but I do not know how directly it comes, writes a Washington correspondent. The zephyrs say Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, intends taking advantage of the mourning season in London to visit her home in New York and spend some time in Washington, where her mother will begin a social sovereignty next season. The announcement of the American duchess’ visit has really not created a stir in Washington or elsewhere, but we should like to see her in this country once again, as she has not visited America since her elaborate wedding. Washington will gain by the presence of her mother, Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, who will be a leader in official society and undoubtedly the most notable hostess in congressional circles. Mrs. Belmont has long been acknowledged

DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.

one of the cleverest entertainers In New York society, which she conquered not without opposition. She will be a leader in Washington as in New York.

Conger Starts for Home.

Minister Conger has Just left for this country on sixty days’ leave of absence. Commissioner Rockhill will have full power to conduct the negotiations now in progress. Conger returns of his own initiative. For some time pest he has been anxious to get back to lowa, but the opportunity has not presented itself until now. Now that the foreign ministers have satisfactorily settled the question of punishments of the offending Chinese officials, and a new subject Is to be taken up, it will be easy to pass the negotia-

MINISTER CONGER.

tiona into Mr. Rockhill’s bands without sacrificing any points. It was Mr. Conger’s own suggestion that Mr. Rockhill be placed in charge. Our government has now received assurances from nearly all the powers represented by military forces at Pekin of their entire agreement with the United States government as to the inexpediency of resuming offensive military operations in China while the peace negotiations are in progress.

Only a Five-Galion Dance.

"In the early days of the northwest,” said a Spokane (Wash.) visitor in New York the other day, “I was in Idaho. At that time we used to have dances there quite frequently in the various camps. The male members of one camp would go Into their jeans and make up a pot to defray the expenses, and when arrangements had been made invitations would be sent out to the other camps for the members thereof to attend. The principal cost of these parties was for liquor, and the amount supplied varied in direct ratio with the amount contributed by the hosts. There would be 5, 10, 20 and even more gallons of whisky, as the case might be. ‘Cockeye’ Leary named these dances for all time when, in answer to a query as to whether or not he would attend a certain shindig soon to be given in a neighboring gulch, he made reply: ‘Naw, you can bet I ain’t going. It’s only a five-gallon dance.’ ”

Balmoral Castle.

There is an old tradition in the Highlands of Scotland to the effect that the owner of Balmoral dies when the snow lies on a particular spot of Lochnagar, which is rarely covered, even in the severest winters. In fact, according to the local report, the snow has lain there this winter for the first time during the reign of her late majesty. It is not generally known, either, that the custom of stopping the clocks at the moment when a 'Laira ’ dies and keeping them so until after the funeral was practiced at Balmoral Castle, where the clock In the tower was stopped at the hour of Queen Victoria’s death, just as the flag was at once lowered to half mast

Life Preserving Garment.

One of the first thoughts of a passenger on board an ocean liner when he gets out of sight of land Is in regard to his safety in case of accident, and he wonders if there will be time to get out the life-preservers and place

them in position,or if there would bt too much confusion and hurry. These thoughts will not rise in the mind of the wearer of the garment recently designed as illustrated in the cut This garment is intended for use is a life preserver, and is always ready for

With Inflatable Pockets.

instant use, as it is always in place on the body of the owner, and that, too, without the inconvenience and discomfort that an ordinary* preserver would occasion. When occasion arises for the use of the life preserving waist all that is necessary is for the wearer to place the two mouthpieces at the ends of the tubes projecting from the garment in his mouth and by blowing therethrough distend the bulbs located at the front and rear of the body. The tubes lead directly to a pipe connecting all four of the pockets, while check valves are provided to prevent the escape of the air when once forced inside. Under ordinary circumstances the pockets are deflated and the waist may be worn underneath the coat or vest if desired. While the wearer is crossing the deck or going from his stateroom to the deck he has sufficient time to inflate the device, and he is ready to meet an emergency much sooner than the passenger who is compelled to find a life-preserver and put it on.

THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE

R*portt of Proceedings and Bills Introduced. MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES* Ssllwsj ContoUdatlon Rill Admit tilljFramed to R.aon Obstacles froa lha Fatlt of 4. Pier pout Narf ao't SchaMSSVetoed by the Governor, Tneeday, Febraary U. The bill providing for the punishment of kidnapers by life Imprisonment was passed by the house of representatives. The vote for the measure was practically unanimous. The house, by a practically unanimous vote, passed the bill to remove the board of woman managers of the Woman's Prison and Industrial School for Girls The bill requires the governor to appoint a new board of managers and makes the members removable at will. This Is the result of the lnveetigation by a legislative committee of charges of cruelty mad* against the management of the Institution. Wednesday, February *7. The railway consolidation bill, admittedly framed to remove obstacles from the path of J. Plerpont Morgan's schemes, has been vetoed by Governor Durbin. It was passed by the legislature In the face of open chargee of bribery, but these are not mentioned In the veto message, the governor taking the broad ground that the measure is Inimical to the beat Interests of the state. A similar bill Is now ponding in the Illinois legislature. Thursday, February as The Calumet river water way biU we* killed in the house, the enacting clause being stricken out by a vote of 55 to SL Among the incidents of the three hours' discussion was the unrolling of a petition some thirty feet long, purporting 1® b* signed by Whiting people. Mr. RrdllU, s~® member from Lake, who opposed tha bill, lives at Whiting, and gave as the reason of his opposition that his people were opposed to It. He was called upon to look at the petition and say In face of it that hie people opposed the measure, but he remained silent. It was charged on the floor that he was Influenced by th* railroads, and was misrepresenting hie people. The advocates of the bill argued that the canal would be a great advantage to Indiana, and that as the state la not asked to bear any of the expense the legislature would stand In the way of progress if it killed It. The only reason given for Voting against It was that the people of Lake county did not want it. The bill provided for a ship canal from Lake Michigan to the Calumet river. The cost was estimated at several millions of dollars, to be assessed against property within a distance of one and one-half miles. The east and west railroad line* bitterly fought it. Friday, March 1. The legislature passed a primary-elec-tion bill for Indiana. It is mandatory in the counties of which Indianapolis and Evansville are the seats and is optional at the diction of the county central committees of the two principal parties in the other counties of the state. The governor will sign it. NOTES OF LEGISLATURE. ■ Representative Bonham is prepared t» introduce in the house a bill exempting from taxation real estate up to the value of SI,OOO, owned In Indiana by any honorably discharged soldier or sailor in th* civil war. Mr. Bonham says the bill has the unanimous approval of the G. A. R.. and he expects it to pass. Mr. John asked unanimous consent to withdraw House bill 509 and to introduce another bill on the same subject, legalising expenditures of certain townships trustees of Spencer county. His request was granted and his new bill was passed under suspension of rules. The Calumet canal people were chagrined when they discovered that their bill had not been printed. Some of them were inclined to belfeve that the railroad lobby was responsible for the delay, aa It la to the latter's advantage to keep it away from the house as long as possible. There was a goodly number of country publishers in the meeting called at th* Stubbing hotel today for the double purpose of organizing a state association and of opposing the passage of the Burns and the Conlogue bills, now pending in th* legislature, which afreet legal printing. Senator Brooks, who has favored antitrust legislation during the session, said he Intended to vote for the Agnew bill, but that he knew it would be killed. The judiciary committee, of which he Is chairman, has not yet considered the Cooper bill, but will probably make a report on it. this week. It la understood Senator Agnew will be asked to cWisent to further postponement until -the committee reports the Cooper bill, and if he consents. then all after the enacting clause of his bill will be stricken out and tb* Cooper bill substituted. “Before 1 came down here." said Senator Dausman, "it was pumped Into me that Indianapolis would expect everything and want to give nothing * • return. But I did not find anything of that kind. The Marlon county representative* and senators are fair and square, and i can not see that they are doing any more than the members from other parts of the country. The attempt to bring up a feeling against Indianapolis Is wrong ’ Representative Davis, of Wayne, who went with the house committee on state prison to Michigan City. Saturday, lo visit the Prison North, says that the committee found the institution in excellent condition. "We went all over the prison." said Mr. Davis, “and we carefully examined Warden Shldeler's books. I think Mr. Shldeler has a perfect system of bookkeeping. The warden is popular with his subordinate officers and with the Inmates, and hla management of the Institution will undoubtedly stsnd the closest •xamlnation. The representatives who made the trip were Messrs. Davts, Cully, Carmichael, Matthews and Cable. Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Cully and Mrs. Art man were also in the party. The trip was not official- « The desk of Secretary Huffman, of the senate, was broken into and a large number of pencils, with paper, knives and ether supplies, were tkken. Beside this, several members of the senate complain that the law books, and other volume* ot value have disappeared frem their desks. Since the passage of the senate bill No. 270, known as the Joss railroad consolidation bill. It has been discovered that there was an error In the title, and that instead of reading "bill for an act, etc,” It simply read "a bill authorizing the sale, purchase or lease of railroads, etc." The discovery was not made until the bill reached the senate committee on enrolled bills. The records were then changed so as to read correctly.