Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1901 — Page 6

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Puk KnrMBLABB, INDIANA.

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. RMOrd of Happenings of Much er Little Importance from AU Part* of the Civilized World —Incidents, Enterprises, Accidents, Verdicta. Crimes and War. -« , ' The Japanese squadron sailed for Corean coast. Commanders of Japanese forts called to Tokio for council of war. Karpovich, assassin of Bogolepoff, Russian minister of instruction, sentenced to hard labor for life. Czar called council of ministers to consider repression of riots in St Petersburg. Two bodies of Filipino insurgents surrendered in Cavite province. Vesselmen looking for largely increased passenger business on great lakes next summer, stimulated in part by Buffalo exposition. W. J. Gilbert, attorney of defunct First National bank, Niles, Mich., shot and killed himself. Funds for which he was trustee supposed to be involved in failure of bank wrecked by C. A. Johnson. Mrs. Kate Xenia Morris, former state president of South Carolina W. C. T. U.. charged with passing worthless checks. Enlarged and remodeled Presbyterian church dedicated at Lexington, 111. North Carolina judges on impeachment Jrlal expect senate to acquit them.

F. B. Wright, publisher of (jlnclnnatl, 0., and his wife both died Sunday. Union Pacific train stalled in snow bank near Ogallala. Lord Salisbury believed to be seriously ill. Practically all remaining Insurgents in Panay surrendered and gave up arms. Japan notified powers that it will oppose aggression in Corea at any cost. Mikado’s government waiting to see secret treaty with Russia concerning Manchuria. •... Kaiser says too much latitude has been permitted in criticism of crown. Italian chamber voted down proposal for free trade in breadstuffs. French chamber Instructed ministry to prosecute trusts. Omaha police say confession of man in Dallas, Tex., to Cudahy’s kidnaping is trick to get the reward. Prominent horsemen at Louisville joined fight against Western Jockey club. Jeffries and Ruhlin may fight on Pacific coast. , Dun’s weekly review of tre.de says position of general business is satisfactory and marked by increased retail activity in the west. Illinois Steel company bought sev- • eral thousand acres of coal land near Herrin. 111. - Woman found dead in a New York boarding house believed to be daughter of Thomas Lowry, the Minneapolis millionaire, and wife of H. P. Robinson, editor of Chicago Rafiway Age. Kenyon B. Conger, promoter, nephew of Minister Conger, filed petition in •bankruptcy at New York. Liabilities, $553,695; assets, $1,507. Troley car left track and rolled down hill at Anderson, Ind., Injuring several persons. \ " Steamboat City of Poughkeepsie ran on rocks and sunk at Stony Point. All on board saved. Brooklyn man introduced system of enjdless chain meal tickets. Sailor arrived at Southampton from Cape Town suffering from bubonic plague. Petition of 600 Filipino women for release of all prisoners denied. Philip Botha, brother of Boer general, killed at Doornberg. Unusual precautions taken to prevent attack on the czar. May pork advanced 60 cents a barrel. Pennsylvanlt company to expend SB,000,000 in improvements in New York harbor. Central Passenger association grantI ed one-cent rate to G. A. R. encampment at Cleveland. 0. W. S. Eden, manager of Great Northern hotel, Chicago, filed petition in bankruptcy, scheduling liabilities of $1,327,368 and assets $640,111. The Rev. Arthur Edwards, editor ot Northwestern Advocate, is dead at Chicago. M. A. Peterson forced to climb a tree at Chicago after being robbed by footpads. Administration urged to hasten establishment of civil government in Philippines. Fat Jack” Flaherty, Chicago saloonkeeper who lost SSOO on Sharkey hit Champion Jeffries in the jaw at Project on foot to unite all coal operators of Illinois under one management, with capitalization of $75 - 000,000. General Botha, commander-in-chlef of Boer forces, rejected peace terms offered by General Kitchener, adding that his government agreed with his views. Eight hundred Boer prisoners deported to Portuguese from Durban to Lisbon.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Winter Wheat-No. 2 red, 75@77c, No. 3 red, 72%@76c; No. 4 red, 62c; No. 2 hard, 72%@73%c; No. > hard, 71%@73%c; No. 4 hard, 63@70%c. Spring Wheat—No. 3 spring, 72%c; No. 3 white, 68c; No. 4 spring, 58@68c. Corn—No. 3, 39%c; No. 3 yellow, 39% c; No. 4,39 c. Oats—No. 4, 25% @25%c; No. 4 white, 26@27%c; No. 3, 25% @25%c; No. 8 white, 27%@28%c; No. 2, 25%@26c; No. 2 white, 27%@29c. Cattle—Native shipping and export steers, [email protected]; dressed beef and butcher steers, [email protected]; steers under 1,000 lbs, [email protected]; stockers and feeders, [email protected]; cows and heifers, [email protected]; canners, $1.25 @>2.85; bulls, [email protected]; Texas and Indian steers, [email protected]; cows and heifers, $2.50 @3.55. Hogs—Pig, and lights, $5.50<®5.75; gackers, |[email protected]; butchers’, $5.72%@5.90. heep—Native muttons, |[email protected]; lambs, $4- 35® 5.20; culls and bucks, [email protected]. Eggs—Fresh, 11%@12c. Butter—Creameries, ‘ extra, 20%@21c; firsts, 18@19c; seconds, 15®16c; dairies, choice, 19c; firsts, 16@18c. Cheese—Full cream, twin, choice, 10%@10%c per lb; first, single, choice, 10% @lo%c; daisies, choice, U@ll%c; Young Americas, U@ll%c; cheddars, 10%@10%c. Dressed Poultry—Turkeys, choice, hens, 11c per lb; ’ young gobblers, B@B%c; chickens, 9@loc; broilers, 14@15c; capons, 12@ 12%c; ducks, ,10@llc; geese, B@B%c. Live Poultry—Chickens, 9%@10c per lb; turkeys, 6%@Bc; ducks, 10c; geese, [email protected]‘’ per doz. Onions—Red, choice to fancy, [email protected] per bu; yellow, [email protected]; white, [email protected]. Potatoes—3B@4sc for common to fancy; mixed, 34®37c per bu. Apples— Baldwins, [email protected] per brl; greenings, [email protected] per brl; Ben Davis, [email protected] per brl; Kings, [email protected] per brl.

Impeached Judges on Stand.

In the impeachment trial at Raleigh, N. C., cross-examination of Chief Justice Furches continued Tuesday. An Ineffectual effort was made by the prosecution to have him acknowledge inconsistencies in several Supreme court decisions, but the witness made careful legal distinctions between all cases, and the cross-examination closed without demoralization of the witness. Several prominent Democrats from Judge Furches’ county, among them ex-Congressman W. M. Robbins, testified to Judge Furches high character as a citizen and official. The examination of Associate Justice Douglas consumed the remainder of the day. He showed where many cases had been decided against his own political friends, and declared that no Republican had ever approached him officially on any partisan question.

Shoots Theater Men in Cafe.

A W. Dingwall, general representative of the theatrical enterprises of Jacob Litt, manager of McVicker’s theater, Chicago, theaters in Milwaukee and the Broadway theater in New York, is badly wounded in Roosevelt hospital, New York. May Buckley, an actress, the intended target for the bullet which surgeons are trying now to locate in Dingwall’s body, escaped with a bullethole through the bottom of her skirt. John G. Leffingwell, an assistant to Mr. Dingwall, at the theater, was slightly wounded by a spent ball. These are the net results accomplished by Richard Hayden Moulton, scion of a Springfield, Tenn., family, who terminated an after-theater supper party at the Hotel Pabst, New York, with a few pisrtol shots, superinduced by too much drink and infatuation for the actress.

Says 3-Cent Fare Will Pay.

New York and Philadelphia authorities are at present receiving the attention of Albert L. Johnson, the traction company promoter, who wants to introduce his 3-cent-fare system in both cities and connect them with a highgrade trolley service. Johnson will propose to the New York officials a plan to build tunnels under the East river and the narrows in order to carry passengers from the Philadelphia Electric railroad in to the heart of New York city and to build a new trolley system, connecting New York and Brooklyn, with 3-cent fares.

Alleged Plot on Czar’s Life.

The Berliner Tageblatt prints a special dispatch from St. Petersburg by way of Lemberg to the effect that the Karpovitch in vestigation has revealed a great plot similar to the nihilistic conspiracy, with Kieff as a center, the main branch at Odessa, and ramifications extending to the lowest strata of society. The plan was to make an attempt on the life of the czar, who was thereupon removed to Gatchina. Eighteen students are closely confined at Schluesselberg because they were affiliated with the murderer of M. Bogoliepoff.

Hutter Laws In Minnesota.

The Minnesota legislature has no bill before it for the control of the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine, as has been erroneously stated. The state has a very stringent law upon the subject, which has recently been sustained by the United States Supreme Court, though it was declared unconstitutional by the Minnesota Supreme Court. The legislature has passed a bill regulating the sale and branding of renovated butter and has passed a joint memorial urging Congress to enact the Grout oleomargarine bill into a law.

Buy a Mexican Railroad.

Positive assertions have been made at New York to the effect that the control of the Mexican Central Railway company, Limited, has been acquired by a group of New York capitalists. At the next meeting of the company, It was said further, these interests will show their hand and bring about changes in the management

Votes Marriage Regulations.

The state senate of Minnesota reconsidered and finally passed Senator Chilton’s bill prohibiting the marriage of insane, epileptic and idiotic persons, and requiring a medical certificate of all applicants for marriage licenses. Amendments were adopted making the physicians’ certificate not quite so sweeping and to permit the marriage of any feeble-minded person over 45, the bill originally having extended such permission only to women. The bill passed by a vote of 34 to 17.

BRITISH FORCED TO LEAVE

Their Work on Railway Siding Stopped. RUSSIA DICTATES TERMS. Russian General Does Not Stand on the Order of the English Troops' Departure, but Says They Must Withdraw or He Will Mot Do So. Count von Waldersee, General Barrow and General Wogack have been in consultation at Pekin, China, and General Wogack has agreed to withdraw the Russian troops from the disputed ground at Tientsin provided the British also withdraw. He insisted also upon a guarantee that work on the railway siding should not proceed until the matter had been diplomatically adjusted. This proposal and stipu-

lation were satisfactory to General Barrow and were accepted by him. The British and Russian troops were withdrawn at 5 o’clock a. m. Friday. Orders have been issued, however, that no British officer should leave, or even "sleep out” at night, or go to dinner without furnishing his address to the adjutant. The marines will return to the ships. Admiral Seymour objects to any of the Australian naval brigade, who volunteered for service on the railway, remaining. The military authorities say he does not understand the situation, that his interference is uncalled for and that the Australian marines are just the men needed. The Russians have ordered a regiment to proceed from Port Arthur to Tientsin. The arrangements made by General Bailloud, the French commander, are regarded as completely satisfactory, and all danger of a collision between the British and French is considerably obviated. Earlier Reports of the Trouble. Prospects of war in the Orient loom up even more rapidly than the hopes of immediate peace in South Africa have gone glimmering. Tientsin dispatches report the situation there as of the tensest nature, while inspired utterances in St. Petersburg are goading Britons into frenzy. It became known at Tientsin that Great Britain formally protested against Russia’s agreement with China regarding Manchuria and that the czar’s laconic reply, wittily interpreted, was that his occupation of that province was none of Britain’s business. In giving out this information the inspired Russian official stuck the goad into the lion’s present most vulnerable spot. He caustically warned Britain to catch Dewet, the fox, before tackling the bear. The excitement and anxiety in Tientsin as to the possible developments of an Anglo-Russian siding dispute do not abate. A company of British troops and a company of Russian soldiers remain encamped on either side of the trench, looking at each other. The Russians have orders to fire on any one commencing work. General Wogack says the trouble was caused by the unwarrantable interference of the British in the affairs of the Russian concession, and he adds that the siding will not be continued unless he receives orders from his own superiors. Both sides will appeal to Count von Waldersee, but they both consider the matter to be beyond his authority and will await orders from Europe. General Wogack, Russian commander, demanded withdrawal of British forces from disputed territory at Tientsin, and apology for removal for Russian flag. British commander refused both demands.

Riley White Is Arrested.

Riley White, Mrs. Carrie Nation’s grandson, has been arrested at Cleveland by United States Revenue Detective McGinnis of Chicago as a fugitive from justice. He is said to have failed to pay the United States revenue tax. He will appeal to Mrs. Nation to help him out when he gets to Chicago.

Gushing Oil Well in Wyoming.

There is great excitement in the section about Cheyenne, Wyo., over the discovery of high-grade lubricating oil near Evanston, in the southwestern corner of Wyoming. The Union Pacific, while drilling for water, struck a flow of oil, and the well has since assumed the proportions of a gusher. Oil men from California, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Utah have hurried to the scene, and upward of 621 square miles of oil land have been located. Experts pronounce the discovery one of the most important made in years.

WASHINGTON.

United States Supreme court will adjourn on March 25 for two weeks to consider opinions. All Intoxicating liquors to be barred from transmission through the mails. Senators Mason and Cullom called on president and indorsed F. E. Coyne for postmaster and Henry L. Herts for internal revenue collector at Chicago. American soldiers in China went to be paid in Mexican coin, to outwit money changers. Treasury surplus growing so rapidly that Secretary Gage may buy bond* on market. Consular reports show Boxer war has almost ruined trade of Americans in China. Employes of navy yards and navy stations to be given vacations for first time. Appointments of large number of presidential postmasters to be made soon. Albert W. Wishard appointed United

States District Attorney for Indiana, and H. C. Pettit United States Marshal for same state. Attorney General Griggs expects to retire from Cabinet on April 1, to be succeeded by P. C. Knox of Pittsburg. General Chaffee, who is to succeed General MacArthur in Philippines, will reorganize army in islands. Postoffice department making plans to obviate necessity of rehandling European mails at New York. Representative Burton, returned from Cuba, says island must be free before annexation comes. Denied at White House ator Wolcott is to be secretary of the interior. Majors H. C. Carbaugh, J, A. Hull and G. M. Dunn appointed judge advocates general. Assistant Secretary Hackett likely to remain in navy department. Warship Massachusetts floated at Pensacola without damage. Politicians in Washington inclined to believe Governor Odell is coming power in New York politics and may be presidential candidate in 1904. Senator Platt has admitted defeat at the hands of Odell in expressing acquiescence in governor’s decision regarding police legislation. United States supreme court may soon give decision on Porto Rican cases.

Feared for McKinleyes Life.

Apprehension that Thomas P. MeKeating of Chicago might attempt the life of President McKinley brought Agent L. P. Porter of the United States secret service, who is one of the president’s bodyguard when he is traveling, to Chicago Thursday. Any danger that might have existed from McKeating was averted when he was committed ,to the insane hospital Thursday. Several letters threatening his life have found their way to President McKinley from McKeating. It was believed that the writer was insane, and the matter was turned over to the treasury department, from which County Physician Hunter of Chicago received instructions to find the writer of the letters and examine into his mental condition.

No Gambling In Arkansas.

After a spirited contest the house of representatives of Arkansas has refused to reconsider the vote by which it passed the c senate bill for the suppression of gambling. The bill imposes a fine of SSOO to SI,OOO for gaming, half of the fine to go to the informant and half to the common school fund. During the debate on the bill, Representative 1 J. W. Clack of Yell county caused a sensation by declaring he could have received S2OO if he would vote against the bill. Advocates of the bill contend it will be a death blow to gambling in that state.

Alexandra on the Continent.

Queen Alexandra has arrived in Brussels, traveling in the same white saloon car used by the then prince of Wales at the time of the attempt upon his life by Sipido. All the curtains of the train were drawn. The British minister to Belgium, Edmund C. P. Phipps, presented a bouquet to her majesty and the train then proceeded for Copenhagen.

Ship Wrecked by an Icoberg.

All aboard the sealer Iceland narrowly escaped death in a collision with an iceberg, according to the story told by the officers of the Aurora, just in port at St. Johns, N. F. The bows were crushed in, the jibboom, bowsprit and topmasts were carried away, the foredeck torn up, and the forecastle filled with jagged 'beams. All hands were above or many fatalities would have resulted. Twenty-two sustained slight injuries. A panic followed the accident, but the ship remained afloat and the sailors were quiet.

Sioux Cheats the Gallows.

A mixed-blood Sioux Indian. Louis Cottier, was killed at his home on Spring Creek, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, by Billy Day, a full-blooded Sioux, recently, and Tuesday to escape punishment Day killed himself. Cottier was alone when Day, accompanied by his wife, drove up to the house. Day and his wife soon afterward rode hurriedly away, and half an hour later Cottier was found with a bullet hole In his head and a wound in his breast. Indian policemen sent out by Indian Agent Brennan soon brought Day to bay, surrounding his place of refuge. When the officers entered the place they discovered the fugitive’s lifeless body.

Killed Looklag for Burglars.

After searching for burglars whom he believed were in his house, Frank, P. Scott, a pattern-maker about 40 years old, was found dead with his throat'cut in the passageway outside his home in Portland, Ore. A razor lay beside the body.

Ingulfed by Burning Oil.

A river of floating oil swept down upon the little village of Glen Gardner, N. J., while its inhabitants were asleep Sunday morning and reduced eleven buildings, stores and residences to ashes. The village is in a valley along the line of the Jersey Central railroad. An Immense freight train was wrecked at Glen Gardner at 6:30 a. m. It was composed of a string of coal cars and eighteen tank cars. The tank cars burst and the oil caught fire. Villagers awakened by the explosions rushed from the oncoming flood of blazing oil, carrying children in their arms. From the wrecked oars the oM also flowed down the incline of the railroad track, making a long line of fire that destroyed the ties and bent and twisted the tracks. The loss is estimated at from $60,000 to $75,000.

Slays Six Children.

Becoming violently insane while her husband was away, Lizzie Naramore wife of Frank Naramore, at Cold Brook Springs, Mass., murdered he; six children with ax and club, tried to kill herself, at their home on the Babcock farm, about an eighth of a mile from the village. Mrs. Naramore laid the blood-drenched bodies on the beds, two on one bed and the other four on a bed in another room, and then cut her own throat with a razor. When discovered she was in the bed on which the bodies of the four childre were lying. Although she cut a deep gash i nher throat, and suffered the loss of much blood, it is believed she will recover.

Collision Caused by Blizzard.

A head-end collision occurred at a curve on the Burlington & Missouri road, between Johnson and Graf, Neb., Tuesday evening, as a result of the storm. A passenger train from Beatrice had just left Johnson when it met and collided with a freight train, which was late on account of the heavy wind and snow storm. The trains were badly wrecked. Fred Jensen, the fireman of the passenger train, was killed, and three men were seriously injured. The crew of the passenger train was unable to see the freight on account of the blinding snow.

Glass Plants to Close.

It develops that the visit of President James A. Chambers and General Manager George Moore of the American Window Glass company to the factories in the gas belt of Indiana was due to a desire of the company to close some of the smaller pot plants. Of the forty-two factories owned by the trust twenty-six are located in the Indiana gas belt. The blowers and gatherers at the small plants will be put in the large tank factories, which are short of help. It is probable the shut-down will occur at the beginning of warm weather.

Strikers Will Not Weaken.

President O’Connell of the International Association of Machinists gave out at Cedar Rapids, lowa, that the sixty striking mechanics in the Burington, Cedar Rapids and Northern shops at Cedar Rapids cannot go back to work on anything but the day’s work schedule, and the 340 other shopmen will stay out until the trouble is ended.

Oleomargarine Bill Passes.

The state senate of Minnesota has passed the Sivright oleomargarine bill, which is extremely strict in its provisions, being known in the legislature as the “Little Grout bill.” The bill will take the place in the clause of the present law prohibiting the sale of oleo as a “substitute” for butter, which Attorney-General Douglass found to be unconstitutional. The bill was prepared by the attorney-general, and follows the Massachusetts law, which has been sustained by th* courts.

ON CHINESE CIVILIZATION

Minister Wu Talks of His Nation’s Standing. COMPARES CHINA WITH WEST. Aska Oar People to Study the Civilization of China Instead es Trying to Pull it Down —China Must Also I earn LtMOtli Hl* excellency Wu Ting-fang, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of China to the United States, addressed the thirty-seventh convocation of the University pf Chicago Tuesday. He paid high tribute to western civilization, but maintained sturdily that its superiority to the civilization of China has not been proved. The establishment of the present political and social institution of China Mr. Wu attributed to the duke of Chow, who flourished eleven centuries before the Christian era and was the Moses of the Chinese. Then came Confucius, who not only made the institutions permanent, but made classic ancient Chinese writings and fixed the language as it now exists. He said Nature had blessed the country with every variety of soli and climate, so that the people had never been obliged to look to other countries for the supply of their wants. They have been able to live within themselves without difficulty, and to get along without having anything to do with the outside nations. Their long seclusion has been not only a matter of necessity, but also a matter of choice. It must be admitted that today China is centuries behind th* age In her knowledge of chemistry, electricity, steam navigation, rapid transit and other arts and sciences. All these things she must learn from other nation* before she can hope to put herself abreast of th* times. There has lately been a great deal of newspaper talk about civilizing China. Mr. Wu gave credit to those people who advocate such a course for their good intentions, but Its desirability, to say nothing of its diffiuclty, should not be overlooked. China has already a civilization of her own. It is the growth of time. Long before the ancestors of the people of the west ceased to be naked savages and emerged from the primeval forests of central Europe the Chinese had already known the use of the compass and the art of printing. Now for the people of the west to turn around and ask the Chinese to put away their old civilization is rather novel. The people of the west may know more about the building of railroads, the floating of foreign loans, the combination of capital and trusts, the development of resources and the like. But the Chinese naturally feel that they are in a better position to judge what Is best for their own Interest and welfare than any outsider can be. Therefore any attempt to impose upon them any reform or religion they do not f*el th* seed of is apt to create trouble. It Is not easy for foreigners to look at Chinese questions from a Chinese standpoint. Fortunately there is an increasing disposition on the part of many public men in America and Europe to deal with Chinese affairs not in a high-handed way, as of old, but in a spirit of forbearance and with an earnest desire to do what is right.

HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE OPEN.

The opening of the first territorial legislature of Hawaii was the first public event connected with the annexation of Hawaii in which the native Hawaiians as a body have been able cordially and heartily to take part. The fact that it was the first legislature elected since the overthrow and the beginning of what to them was a dark period in Hawaiian history, chosen at an election in which Hawaiians could fully participate, was to them like a return of the time when native Hawaiians were the people of the land and all ethers were strangers, admitted te rights by their good will. It was like a return to the house of their fa-

Collision in Cincinnati.

Two men were dangerously injured and four slightly hurt by an engine of the Big Four carrying employes to Riverside for an examination crashing into a caboose at a siding at Delhi avenue. Cincinnati. The seriously injured are William L. Brown, a brakeman, and O. ’F. McCampbell, baggagemaster, both of Indianapolis. The accident was caused by a switchman failing to turn the switch in time to keep the engine on the main track.

The Situation in China.

Mlntetr Wu referred t* Hawaii M a country which had yielded to th* political, social and religious influences from abroad. A* to a similar effort *f foreign influence upon the institutions of hi* owa country he declared the case to be different with China. That occidental civilization in all it* phases is superior to oriental civilisation 1* not clearly established. The burden of proof is on th* side that endeavors to effect a change in the existing order of things. The mere assertion that one system 1* superior to the other is not sufficient. It does not follow that system which has been tried and proved successful in th* west must be suitable to th* conditions which prevail in China. A superb landau rung with great smoothness and rapidity oa the asphalt pavement of a city; but that doe* not show that it can go any faster and more safely than an old express wagon in a muddy country road. Sixty years of foreign intercourse have by n* means convinced the Chinese that western ways and methods are better than 'their own in all respect* and under all conditions. If the people of the west will study th* civilization of China Instead of trying to pull it down, they will save themselves a great deal of trouble. They will find that the Chinese are not addieted to “ways that are dark and tricks that are vain,” as they are represented to be by an American poet. days China Is Vigorous. They lyill find that China, old as she is, still exhibits all the strength and vigor of full maturity. They will find that the civilization that has stood the test of forty centuries is far from being effete. They will find that the proper course to be pursued in putting China on the road to prosperity and happiness is not to shake the foundations of her social and political fabric, but to allow her to incorporate such elements of western civilization as she can assimilate. On the other hand, China must keep up with the times in the onward march of progress. To this end it is necessary for her to take lessons from the western world. But she need not be a servile imitator. By adopting from the west only what is best for her welfare, and avoiding everything that is not suited to the conditions and needs of her people, she will transform herself into a modern nation without losing those elements of national character which have made her great and strong in the past.

Pass Him His Pay on a Pole.

The Sangamon county grand jury at Springfield, 111., was thrown into a panic Tuesday when a deputy sheriff rushed into the room and breathlessly announced that one of the sitting members—James Stevenson —had broken smallpox quarantine at Salisbury to come to that city to do jury duty. A hasty adjournment was taken and the members of the garnd jury fell over one another in their mad rush for the open air, all except Stevenson. He regarded the actions of his fellow jurymen as ridiculous and uncalled for. The jurymen appealed to Judge Thompson, and he asked Stevenson for his resignation. An order for Stevenson’s pay was handed to him at the end of a pole.

there. The fact that the legislature was very largely composed of members of their own race, just as it was in the old times, doubtless added very much to this sentiment. This feeling was displayed in the crowds that thronged the grounds of the oapltol building on the morning the session began and which filled the visitors’ galleries in both houses. The opening session of the senate did not attract as much popular attention as did that of the house. The senate is a smaller body, and there is a less proportion of native members in it. The chamber in which it meets is less commodious and well flitted.

Battle with Bank Rathers.

Bank robbers wrecked the vault of the Wapella, 111., bank at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning. The first explosion shook the entire town. A second terrific explosion tore open the safe. W. R. Carle and two young m<»n living opposite the bank opened fire on four men seen inside the bank. The robbers returned the fire. Otheb citizens aroused by the noise of battle joined the attack, and the robbers fled without securing the $4,000 exposed in th* safe.

VEEK IN INDIANA.

It 800 RD OP HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. Dleenaaloa at 8orn« of th® Prevtelow •* Gen. ■arrUoa’e Will —Important Ap» polauaentt Mad* by Governor Dubto —Maa La®®* Wlt» and Home. May Reject Her Huband*® Win. Intimate friends of Mrz. Harrison at Indianapolis say that she la seriously contemplating the propriety of rejecting the will of her late husband and standing upon her right* as hl* widow, which would give her a considerable larger part of the estate, and she could dispose of it at her death az ah* pleases. Estimating* the estate at $275,000, one-third would be $125,000, and this is the amount in which under the will she now has a life interest If she should take this amount under the law each of the three children would get $83,000, whereas under the will they would get about SIOO,OOO, a reduction in the case of Mrs. McKee and Russell Harrison of about $17,000. General Harrison contemplated such a step on the part of his widow and gave her one year in which to make choice between her rights as his widow and the provisions specified in the will. According to these provisions, she is to receive a life interest of $125,000 and the home in this city, $15,000 in cash, and the summer home in the Adirondack* in fee simple. Her friends say she will be a gainer by rejecting the will, and she can thus leave theentlre fortune, which represents her third, to Elizabeth, and the latter would thus get, all told, $200,000, while the other children would receive only $83,000 each. When W. H. H. Miller was asked about the matter he refused to discuss it, saying substantially that he never talks of his clients' affairs. It is thought from this that Mrs. Harrison. has consulted him in regard to her rights under the law. A wellknown Indianapolis lawyer said: "The impression is that the son, Russell, and daughter, Mrs. McKee, were cut out of part of the estate for the sake of- his wife, but if anyone got the worst of It it was Mrs. Harrison herself.” Ex-President Harrison left $40,000 life insurance. This fact has been announced by the president of the Union Trust company, which is executor of General Harrison’s will. New Indiana Appointment*. Governor Durbin has announced the following appointments: Quartermaster general, Gen. R. S. Foster, Indianapolis; state veterinary. Prof. A. W. Bitting, Lafayette; judge of the appellate court, Frank S. Roby of Auburn; trustee of the Indiana reform school for boys, W. C. Varnarsdel, Indianapolis; executive clerks in governor’s office, Patrick J. Flaaagan, Lafayette, and Miss Grace Duvall, Indianapolis, both reappointed. Ihe appointments will all t*ke effect at once, with the exception of that of quartermaster general, which will go into effect March 31. General Foster is a member of the board of control of the Indiana state prison at Michigan City. Recently he resigned as a member of the prison board, the resignation to take effect March 31. Prefessor Bitting, who is professor of veterinary science at Purdue university at Lafayette, will succeed Dr. F. A. Bolser of New Castle. He is recognized as one of the foremost veterinarians in the state. The appointment of Frank S. Roby of Auburn as judfe of the appellate court was made in fulfillment of the provisions of tht new law calling for the appointment »f an additional judge for the appellate court. Testimony Again®! Leach Interest in the trial it Muncie of Dr. Garrett Leach for earning the death of Mary Farwig, of Richmond, by an operation, was increased regardless of ths fact that the evidence is simply a rehash of that once be'ore given in the trial that convicted John Dish!. The dead girl’s mother aid brother testified, as did the hacknan who hauled the girl to the offlo of Dr. Leach. The latter testified that she was in good health, to offiet the defense’s claim that she was operated on at some other place and brought to the Leach home for treatment. Dr. Bowles, called by Dr. Leach -tefore the girl’s death, testified that ae died from a criminal operation. Wife, Hom®, Proarty Gon* To avoid payment < judgment in a suit brought against him six weeks ago, Moses Batson ofHuntington testified that all real at personal property about the placebelonged to his wife. Mrs. Batson tld part of . the personal property ai eloped with. Grant Beeching. Batm instituted replevin proceedings, tx now finds that his testimony in the >rmer suit nullified his claim to anylghts, and he is now without wife, tone or personal property. Telephone Sy®** 1* Sold. A telephone deal was completed at Fort Wayne wheby the stockholders of the Horn-Telephone company of that city pubased from the Telephone, Telegrapland Cable company of New York 11 the interests represented by the Nional Telephone company. The celderation was $120,000. The Natial company has 1,100 miles of wire, anectlng Sturgis, Mich., North Baltlire, 0., Auburn and Kendallville, li, and all intermediate points witifort Wayne.