Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub. BSNSSBLAXB, . INDIANA.

MINOR EVENTS OF WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happenings of Much or Little Importance from AU Parts of the Civilised World—lncidents, Enterprises, Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes and War Person who threw acid In face of Miss Lillian Hawkins at Ashtabula, and made other attempts on her life, was a woman disguised as a man. Miss F. B* Taylor of Chicago and H. H. Weatherspoon of Portland, Ore., married on a passenger train. Gang of horse thieves captured by posse In the Montana Bad Lands after one of them was killed. Michigan university student has symptoms of disease which may be bubonic plague. St. John’s Military academy at Delafield, Wis„ gave its first dress parade drill (of the season. Buggy containing three persons fell into the river at Milwaukee and two of them perished. Plant of St. Louis Elevator and Storage company burned, causing loss of 165,000. Two schooners wrecked on the New England coast and several lives lost Filipino insurgent officers and soldiers surrendering by hundreds in various parts of the island. Emperor William in speech at Potsdam declared serious times are coming, but he reiterated his trust in the army. Foreign commanders in Pekin decided on fortifications to be destroyed by the powers. Solomon Holema and Sam Frye, Choctaw Indians, placed on trial at Paris, Tex., for the murder of three alleged witches. Emotional insanity is the defense. Booker T. Washington and others told how to solve the lynching problem. Think evil may be checked by inculcating more respect for the law. General Corbin opposed Funston’s promotion to brigadier-general. Told Congressman Long he was merely a boss scout. Philadelphia merchant with an artificial arm was caused much embarrassment on his arrival from Europe by the immigration authorities, who required assurances he would not become a public charge. Organization of the steel trust, it is estimated, will necessitate the payment of a $700,000 revenue tax. General Chaffee ordered by the president to take no part in razing the Chinese forts and establishing a chain of fortified posts from Pekin to the coast as planned by the powers. Twenty-eight victims of the Boxers hitherto unaccounted for were burned to death in a church at Houpec, in which they had sought refuge. Illness of Premier Waldeck-Rous-seau exciting apprehension in French government circles.'' Russian officers fought duel at Nice, one of them being wounded in the arm. Another confession by Valet Jones made public in-the Rice case at New York, in which Lawyer Patrick is charged with giving chloroform to the millionaire. Scheme to bring all the great railway systems under one management said to be seriously contemplated. Passenger train on the Jersey Central wrecked, killing one person and injuring four others. Charles W. Meyer of the Schorr stable won the Gaston Hotel Stake at Memphis. Miss Rose P. Duffey, aged 19, deputy postmaster at Parnell, lowa, charged with embezzling SI,OOO. Joshua Levering, Prohibition candidate for President in 1896, married Helen Woods at Baltimore. Leech Lake Indians complained lumber men are cutting green timber on their reservation. Mrs. F. H, Ames offered to give University of Cincinnati SIOO,OOO for a music hall. Aguinaldo preparing a manifesto asking the insurgents now in the field to lay down their arms and accept the sovereignty of the United States. Peace to be proclaimed when this is issued. Rumored insurgent leader has been invited by President McKinley to visit United States. Shipload of emigrants left Porto Rico for Hawaiian Islands. Boers brought suit in United States court at New Orleans to stop shipment of mules to British in South Africa. Governor Leslie M. Shaw of lowa, according to A. B. Cummins of that state, will be a Republican presidential candidate in 1904. Hotel Chicago at Oconomowoc, Wis., destroyed by fire. Loss is $40,000 to $50,000. partly covered by insurance. Mexican congress opened by President Diaz. Colonel Gonzalez, former insurgent governor of Manila, surrendered to Americans. \ Retiring Moderator E. H. Curtis at annual meeting of Chicago Presbytery characterized the. Presbyterian creed as out of date. Government crop report for March Indicated unsatisfactory weather conditions in the Missouri valley states and the upper lake region.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Winter Wheat—No. 2 red, 74%@76%c; No. I red, 72%@75%c;N0. 2 hard, 71’4@73c; No. 3 hard, 71(4@73c; No. 4 hard, 71%c. Spring Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 73%@74%c; No. 3 spring, 69@72’/ 2 c; No. 4, 60@67c. Corn —No. 2 and No. 2 yellow, 43c; No. 3, 42%c; No. 3 white, 42%c; No. 3 yellow, 42%@43%c; No. 4,42 c. Oats—No. 4 white, 28%c; No. B white, 28%c; No. 2,26 c. Cattle—Native beef steers, [email protected]; Stockers and feeders. |[email protected]; western fed steers, [email protected]; Texans and Indians, |[email protected]; cows, »[email protected]; heifers, »3.75@ 4.80; canners, »[email protected]; bulls, [email protected]; calves, $4.50©6.25. Hogs—Heavy, [email protected]; mixed packers, $5.95@«.10; light, $5.85@ 5.97’4; pigs, [email protected]. Sheep—Western lambs, [email protected]; western wethers, 34.50@ 5.00; western yearlings, [email protected]; ewes, [email protected]; culls, [email protected]; spring lambs, |[email protected]. Potatoes—Rurals, 35@38c per bu.; peerless, 30@35c; Hebrons, kings, empires, 25@32c. Poultry—Dressed stock: Turkeys, selected* lie; chickens, hens, 9@9%c; roosters, 5%c; broilers, 14@15c; capons, large, 12@12’4c; geese, B@B*4c; ducks, choice, 10%@llc. Butter—Creamery, extra, choice, 20’4c; dairies, choice, 18@19c. Cheese—Full cream, daisies, choice, 10%@llc; Young Americas, full cream, 11%@11%c; twins, 10t4@10%c. Eggs—Fresh, 12@12%c. Apples— Baldwin, choice to fancy, $3.25<3>3.50 per bbl.; greenings, good to fancy, [email protected]; Ben Davis, choice to fancy. 32.75<®3.26; Kings, fancy, »[email protected]; russets, »[email protected].

Riotous Scene at Augustana.

At Rock Island, DI., a small riot growing out of strife between the sophomores and freshman classes took place at Augustana College. After a number of exciting encounters between the two classes during the day a mob of hoodlums, forty in number, assembled near the college and made an attack on the gymnasium. Tnere they found a number of students, whom they roughly handled, some being injured. The building was considerably damaged. The police were summoned, but the Inob dispersed before their arrival. A number of warrants were sworn out, and arrests will be made.

Wealthy Land-Owner Killed.

As sequel to a trivial controversy over a land boundary, B. P. Caldwell, a prominent land owner near Manchester, 111., was struck on the head Wednesday afternoon by I. N. Swartwood, a neighbor, and died of his injuries a few hours later. There were no witnesses to the affray, and Swartwood’s version is all that can be obtained as Caldwell died without regaining consciousness. Swartwood escaped and was pursued by the sheriff of Scott county with bloodhounds. Caldwell is survived by a widow and one son. He was a wealthy land owner, known throughout the state.

Noted Medium Is Dead.

Mrs. Clarisse J. Huyler, wife of John J. Huyler, and who succeeded Miss De Bar as Luther it. Marsh’s favorite medium, died at Middletown, Ky., after a long illness. She was 62 years old. Mrs. Huyler, though a woman of little education, is said to have been gifted with rare mediumlstic power. Mr. Marsh had boarded with her ever since he came to this city, over ten years ago. It was through her mediumship that Marsh received the communications for biblical characters that made up his “Voices of the Patriarchs.”

Swiss Rioters Are Killed.

The London Daily Express has received the following from its correspondent at Geneva: “A terrible riot has occurred at Dienne, in the Valley of Chamonix, owing to the Municipal Council selling land on which the people had enjoyed grazing rights. The inhabitants tried to set fire to the town hall and a fierce conflict ensued between the rioters and the gendarmes. Ten persons were killed and fifteen injured."

Hanging for Kidnapers.

Kidnaping for ransom is made a capital offense, according to a bill which has passed the Illinois house. It carries an emergency clause, giving it immediate effect if the senate takes similar action and the governor agrees. It also provides that the kidnaper may be tried in any county through which the criminal may have been carried by his captors. The bill went through without debate.

Victim of Husband's Deceit.

Mrs. William Hancock and her husband of Helena, Mont., quarreled a short time ago and Hancock told his wife that they were not legally marrled. She took his word for it and married a railroad man named McCall. Then Hancock had both of them arrested, and Mrs. McCall has, upon the advice of her attorney, pleaded guilty to bigamy. She was sentenced to three months in the penitentiary.

Kills His Mother and Brother.

At Kline’s Grove, a small country village, a few miles from Sunbury, Pa., John Gulick, aged 32, killed his mother, aged 68, and his brother Phillip, aged 27. After committing the terrible crime he coolly placed the smoking revolver in his pocket and walked off in the direction of Danville and is still at large.

Church Dislikes Long Sermons.

As a result of dissatisfaction over long sermons and subsequent bickerings the relations between the First Reformed church of South Bend. Ind., and its pastor, Rev. J. Dirk, have been dissolved by mutual consent.

Says He Killed Millionaire Rice.

Valet Charles F. Jones, who confessed originally that Lawyer Albert T. Patrick chloroformed the old millionaire, William Marsh Rice, and confessed, secondly that Patrick killed Rice by administering mercury, testified at New York that he him seif poisoned Rice with mercury and oxalic acid and killed him with chloroform, all at Patrick’s suggestion, because Patrick’s plot to get the old man’s money had reached a point where Rice must die to make things safe.

ELECTIONS IN MANY STATES

Results at Polls Monday and Tuesday. LOCAL ISSUES INFLUENCE. Carter H. Harrison Elected Mayor of Chicago, Kolla Wells Mayor of St. Louis —Prohibition the Issue In Many Kansas Towns —Election Figures. Carter H. Harrison was elected mayor of Chicago for the third time Tuesday by a plurality over Elbridge Hanecy of 28,257. The total vote was 296,596 out of a registry of 400,166. The number of voters who failed to go to the polls was 103,570, or over onequarter of the electorate of the city.

CARTER H. HARRISON.

All of the remaining candidates on the Democratic city ticket were elected along with Mayor Harrison. In fact, Charles F. Gunther, the candidate for city treasurer, ran better than the mayor, 'his plurality being 33,376, or 5,119 more than that given the head of the ticket. Of the two other candidates both William Loeffler, elected city clerk, and Andrew Ryan, city attorney, suffered severely, and although they have safe pluralities, they are not large ones. Oscar Hebei, the Republican candidate for city attorney, heads his ticket.

Wells Wins at St. Louis.

Rolla Wells, the Democratic nominee for world’s fair mayor of St. Louis, has been elected and ? with him the entire city ticket. Based upon the returns it would seem that Wells’ plurality is about 10,000.

Wisconsin Vote Scatters.

Joshua E. Dodge was elected to the Supreme court Tuesday in Wisconsin without opposition. About one-half the usual vote was cast in the judicial election at Milwaukee. The only real contest was between Paul D. Carpenter and Judge Emil Wallber for county judge. Judge Wallber is an old wheel-horse Republican whom tradition has said for twenty years it was impossible to beat for office. Young Mr. Carpenter turned the trick and defeated him by a narrow margin. According to the incomplete returns from the city the vote stands Carpenter 12,143, and Wallber 11,958. The Democrats elected two of the five aidermen in the new wards of Milwaukee, and will contest the election of one aiderman on the ground there ii no vacancy. The Democrats retain control of the council. Returns of results in other towns are as follows: Racine—Michael Higgins (Dem.) elected mayor by 500 majority. Republicans elect the rest of the city ticket and a majority of the council. Oshkosh—Democrats won by about 250 majority, a gain of 159. John Mulva was elected mayor. Ten Democrats out of fourteen aidermen were returned and the council will be Democratic. Marinette—Democrats elected Campbell for mayor by 400 majority, and also city treasurer and assessor. Waukesha —The entire Republican city ticket was re-elected by an increased majority. The Republicans gained three aidermen. County Judge M. S. Griswold and Municipal Judge D. S. Tular were re-elected. Fond du Lac—A Democratic mayor and a majority of the aidermen were elected. A Republican county judge was elected. The council is Democratic. Grantsburg—The temperance people won election and license was voted down by big majority. All the old tickets were re-elected. Janesville —Republicans won by an Increased majority, Mayor Richardson being elected by 420 majority, a gain of 304. The Republicans elected three out of five aidermen. Madison—Professor Storm Bull, nephew of the great violinist Ole Bull, was elected mayor on the Democratic ticket. The complexion of the council is unchanged. Appleton—Democrats win by a small majority; no political change occurred. Wausau —Democrats elected all the city officers and sixteen out of eighteen

Rebel Chief Urges Peace.

Aguinaldo has the assistance of Chief Justice Arellano and of Mr. Fischer, General MacArthur’s private secretary, in preparing his manifesto at Manila. The work is not completed and the tenor of the contents is not divulged. Chief Justice Arellano had a long conference with Aguinaldo. He says Aguinaldo is realizing the futility of further resistance and is desirous of sparing the Filipinos additional distress, trusting to the justice and generosity of the American people.

members of the council. This is a gain of mayor, two justices, assessors and twelve councilmen. Eau Claire —William Rowe -(Rep.) was re-elected mayor by a small ma-i jortty. The Contes* in Kansas. Municipal elections were held in all the larger cities of Kansas Tuesday. Party lines were not drawn generally and in numerous cities the issue was prohibition, Mrs. Nation’s crusade having aroused the temperance people to demand enforcement of the law against liquor-selling. In Topeka the republican ticket, headed by J. W. F. Hughes for mayor and supported by the temperance people, was elected. In Atchison J. W. Orr (dem.) was* elected mayor by 500 majority. At Leavenworth the entire democratic ticket was elected by a majority* of 500. The democrats carried Galena, electing J. V. McGann mayor. Concordia—<H. J. Messall, for mayor, and remainder of anti-temperance tick-* et was elected by 300 majority.

Municipal Elections In Minnesota. Municipal elections were held in the, various cities of the third class throughout Minnesota Tuesday. Party lines were not drawn, and in many cases there was but one ticket in the field. Wherever the issue was “license” or “no license” the former has. been successful. In several instances the question of issuing bonds for various local improvements was voted upon. At New Ulm a proposition to issue $30,000 bonds for a municipal electric light plant carried, while at Le Sueur a proposed tax levy for a public library was defeated overwhelmingly. Republicans Win at Denver. Colo. Leading democrats at Denver, Colo., concede the election of the body of the republican ticket by 4,000 to 5.000* plurality, while claiming the moyaralty in doubt. The council will be mixed. New Mayor of Evansville, Ind. The official count of the municipal election at Evansville, Ind., shows Covert (rep.), elected over Boehne (dem.), for mayor, by 82 plurality.

Brought to Life by Prayer.

William Fish, president of the Fish Stone and Brick company, Columbus, Ohio, who has been dangerously ill from cancer of the stomach for three weeks, was pronounced dead by three physicians Saturday afternoon, but soon afterward revived while Rev. Dr. Hyat, surrounded by Mr. Fish’S sons and daughters, was praying over the supposed corpse. “I died, lam sure,” said Mr. Fish, .“but I am going soon, not to return. Before I leave I want to see my wife, for she is to follow me soon.” Mrs. Fish, who was in an adjoining room, is very low with pneumonia. She was carried to her husNeither is expected to live many days, band’s bedside and they embraced.

Turkey Will Pay Claims.

There is reason to believe that Lloyd C. Griscom, secretary and charge of the United States legation at Constantinople, who is now on his way home, has earned the credit.of effecting a final and satisfactory settlement of the American missionary claims against Turkey that have taxed the abilities of no less than three of the ablest ministers ever sent by the United States to Constantinople. It appears now that Mr. Griscom has finally succeeded in arranging with the Turkish government the principle upon which these long standing claims shall be settled and the pledges' of the Turkish government is in such a binding form that it is not doubted that payment will soon be made.

Life Sentence for Rogers.

Charles Rogers, who shot and killed his father-in-law, Milburn Baty, and seriously wounded his wife, Angelina Rogers, on March 10, was given a life sentence by a jury at Terre Haute. Seven of the jurors voted on the first ballot for hanging. Rogers’ defense was that the shooting was accidental. He testified thhat he intended to kill himself at his wife’s feet and she grabbed his revolver and was accidentally shot. Baty then tried to secure the revolver and was fatally shot. Mrs. Rogers is still in the hospital and was not able to appear at the trial.

To Avoid Homestead “Runs.”

A lottery scheme will probably -be adopted as the most satisfactory method of distributing the public lands upon the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservations in Oklahoma when opened to settlement next fall. Congress at the last session strongly disapproved of the old “run” for homesteads, and directed that a more suitable method be devised.

Kills His Wife: Shoots Self.

Darius Bachelder, aged 60, shot and killed his wife, aged 35, then shot himself through the head, at Adrian, Mich. Their son had left home about an hour before the tragedy, but says there was no trouble, but it is known Bachelder was jealous. They have been married nineteen years.

But One of Crew Saved.

During a furious windstorm the schooner Wendall Burpee of St. John’s, N. F., was driven ashore on the cape near Portland, Maine, and of the crew of four men but one, the mate, was saved.

Car Robbers Are Caught.

“Jig” Riley and James Johnson, members of a gang of Lake Shore car robbers, were arrested at Durham, after a running fight with railroad detectives. Johnson was seriously shot.

GEN. CLAY ROUTS A POSSE

The Old Kentucky Warrior Shoots to Kill. PITCHED BATTLE AT HOUSE. The Hero of Two Wars and Many Duel* Defends White Hall Against Officers Who Attempt to Rescue Some Household > 'Goods* ▲ pitched battle, in which the participants were General ’ Cassius M. Clay, the old lion of White hall, on one side, and a sheriff’s posse, headed by Deputy Sheriff R. W. Collyer, on the other, took place Friday morning at White hall, the home of General Clay, eight miles north of Richmond, Ky. The officers were attempting to seize some househould goods belonging to Mrs. Mary K. Clay, the general’s daughter, which the general refused to surrender. Some time ago General Clay, who, since his divorce from his child wife, Dora Richardson Clay, has been living alone, induced his daughter and her son, Attorney Green Clay, to make their home with him. Everything went smoothly until Sunday, when the general’s daughter returned from the city with a number

of young girl friends. As the gay party drove up to the house General Clay appeared at the door and ordered his daughter and her girl visitors away, emphasizing his order with a revolver. Mrs. Clay returned to the home of her sister at Richmond and sent her son out to see what had caused the sudden hostility. He, too, met a hostile reception, and had to take refuge behind a tree to escape the murderous bullet of the irate old general. Seeing it was useless to try to pacify his grandfather, Green Clay secured a writ of delivery for the goods, and, accompanied by Officers Terrell and Kennedy and Deputy Sheriff Collyer, went to White hall this morning. The general met the officers at the door with a revolver and ordered them from the premises. When they endeavored to reason with him he opened fire. Deputy Sheriff Collyer jumped behind a tree and thus saved his life. After emptying his pistol the old fighter produced a Winchester and reopened the engagement. The officers opened fire on him, and for several minutes the fusillade was general. The officers returned to the city without the goods. It is the belief of Mr. Collyer that General Clay was slightly wounded during the fight Brutus J. Clay, son of the general, will endeavor to secure the goods by peaceable means. If this fails a strong posse may be ordered out by Sheriff Collyer to capture White hall. General Clay is 91 years old, and this late outbreak has led his friends to believe that his mind is unbalanced. Gen. Cassius M. Clay continues fortified at White hall against all comers. Jim Bowlin, the tenant who lives in the little cottage near the residence, is the only man who saw him Sunday. Bowlin went to take Gen. Clay the meals which Mrs. Bowlin had cooked. Gen. Clay continues on the alert and every time that Bowlin knocks the general appears, but always with a

Painting Long Lost Is Found.

The famous Gainsborough portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire, whose theft from a London art gallery created a profound sensation a quarter of a century ago, and which has been an object of search in every civilized country of the globe, has been recovered in Chicago by Pinkerton detectives. It was returned to the owner, C. Moreland Agnew, a week ago, and will be back in London in the next few days.

pistol in his hand. Gen. Clay is spending the time writing the second part of his autobiography, which will contain the secrets of his private life. There are many incidents of great interest to the public, among them a probable explanation of the reasons for marrying his child wife, Dora Richardson. Brutus Clay, Gen. Cassius Clay’s son, says that his father is not insane and that his children have no intention of attempting to put him in an asylum. He says he thinks his father will give up the furniture belonging to Mary B. Clay and the sheriff will not be sent to White hall again.

Guard Herds Against Disease.

The officials of the agricultural department at Washington are closely watching all repirts from abroad regarding the extent of the foot and mouth disease, a fatal malady that is raging among the live stock in almost every country throughout Europe. For the last three years the outbreak has been general on the continent, and the reports constantly arriving from various foreign points do not indicate any diminution in its extent. This government, as it has done since the epidemic reached such alarming dimensions, is refusing to admit any cattle, sheep or swine, excet from the British isles. This is done not only to protect the vast live stock interests, of this country, but also to protect our $30,000,000 or $40,000,000 annual export trade in cattle.

GEN. CASSIUS M. CLAY.

Nobleman Dies in Misery.

Albertus Linmmaier, a scion of a noble German family, died in Bellevue hospital on Tuesday after having lived for five years on a diet of bread and water. Lindmaier’s father was a general in the German army and one of his brothers is professor of languages in a German university. Lindmaier became estranged from his family and got but little of his mother’s large estate. A scholar, speaking ten languages, fitted to shine in almost any calling had it not been for his eccentricties, Lindmaier five years ago gave up a place he had with Delmonico’s, where he was a sort of superintendent, and thereafter took upon himself what he called a “penance,” sustaining his life solely on bread and water. Although wasted to a mere shadow, no amount of persuasion could make him change his mode of living. During the day he sat in the park reading. At night he slept in some Bowery lodging-house.

Noted Criminal Is Caught.

Two of the Chardon, Ohio, bank robbers, who were run down and arrested at Willoughby, were taken to Chardon in irons. The elder of the two, a heavy set man, was recognized by Marshal Connell of Painesville as a notorious pickpocket and criminal. The younger one has completely lost his nerve and is expected to make a confession implicating the rest of the gang, who escaped toward Buffalo. Blood was found on the recovered papers, which would indicate that one of the gang was badly wounded by Officer Pomeroy.

Given $10,000 for a Leg.

A jury in Judge Neely’s court at Chicago rendered a verdict for SIO,OOO in favor of John Enright for the loss of a leg on Sept. 1, 1896. The verdict is against George A. Seaverns, for whom Enright was operating an automatic shovel used for unloading grain cars at the Seaverns elevator, when he was hurt.

Cecil Rhodes, the man to whom more than any other is due the credit for the rapid commercial development of South Africa, is reported to be seriously ill at Kimberley, and the South African Critic, a periodical published in London, states that his friends are fearful that he may not recover. He is a director in the De Beers mines and is interested in a host of commercial ventures in the cape regions, a fact which has won for him the title of “the uncrowned king of South Africa.*

Cecil Rhodes Is III.

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. The Supreme Court of the State BeMt That Fraetlcinc Physician* In the AS•enoe of a Specific Contract Are Mot Bound to Respond to Calls. Doctor May Refuse Serrieea A licensed practicing physician is not legally bound to attend any patient for whom he is called, where he has not made any contract to do so, even though he may have served as family physician, and he is not liable in damages for the consequences of his refusel to answer such a call. The supreme court has so decided in affirming the judgment in the case of George D. Hurely vs. George W. Eddingfleld, appealed from Montgomery county. Dr. Eddingfleld was summoned to attend Hurley’s wife, but he refused to go. There was no other physician who could be obtained in time to be of any service, and he was called a second time by Hurley, and a third time by the neighbors, and at last a preacher who lived in the neighborhood called on the doctor and urged him to go, offering to pay his fees in advance. There was no apparent reason why he should not go, except that he did not choose to do so, but he proved obdur,ate, and it is charged that Mrs. Hurley’s death, soon after a baby was bom, was due to the lack of a physician’s aid. In affirming the judgment of the lower court Judge Baker said the act regulating the practice of medicine was only a preventive and not a compulsive measure. Aged Petitioner for a Divorce. In the Monroe circuit court Mrs. Mollie Fisher, aged eighty, appeared and asked for a divorce from her husband, William Fisher, aged elghty-one. Both were so feeble that they went to the witness stand with difficulty, and the father said he had been driven from his home many years ago because a son, then twenty-five years old, had treated him cruelly and abused him, and the mother took the son’s part. The old man had gone to the home of a daughter and now lives with her. The wife asked for a separation and $3,000 alimony. Judge Martin refused to take action and said that the trouble would soon be settled forever by the great Master, as both were on the verge of eternity. Mail Clerks to form Colony About twenty railway mail service clerks, with headquarters In Indianapolis, have decided on a unique colonization scheme on a twenty-acre tract of land in the city suburbs. Streets and drives are to be laid out and neat houses built, and a direct telephone wire will be run to the office of Chief Clerk C. E. Votaw in Indianapolis. As 200 clerks report at Indianapolis, several of them are off every day, and, in providing substitutes, there has been much inconvenience to the men. When the colony is established all the chief clerks will have to do will be to telephone to it and a clerk can be obtained. * Named by Governor Durbin. Governor Durbin has made the following additional appointments: Adjutant general—John R. Ward of Monticello, to succeed James K. Gore. Member public library commission— Jacob P. Dunn, Indianapolis, reappointed. Board of metropolitan police commissioners for Kokomo— ~V. D. Ellis, republican; George P. Wood, republican; Joseph S. Tarkington, democrat. The new adjutant is 29 years old. He is an attorney of Monticello, and was a second lieutenant in Colonel Durbin’s regiment in the SpanishAmerican war.

Indiana Teachers a* Andereoa. Thirty-two hundred teachers attended the nineteenth annual convention of the Northern Indiana Teachers’ association at Anderson. The meeting was opened by an address by Governor Durbin. Others on the programme were Mayor M. M. Dunlap, Walter Scott Perry of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Rev. William J. Long of Stamford, Cbnn. It is likely that South Bend will be chosen for the next convention. Among those spoken of for president are Superintendent Mott of Richmond, Professor Raimer of Lafayette and Professor Douglass of Logansport. Asks Pay from Labor Body. Charles Beebe, a flattener and member of the new Anderson assembly, Knights of Labor, has sued the old organization for $5,000. The action is the result of the fight with Simon Burns of Pittsburg, president of the old organization. Beebe is sustained by J. S. Parsons, who heads the new assembly. Beebe took up with the new organization and when the old body won, was blacklisted along with the others. He has since been unable to obtain employment in any of the factories. Indian* News Note*. Muncie’s postoffice receipts for the year ended March 31 were $45,432.78, an increase of $4,941.92 over the preceding fiscal year. Frank N. Kaunapell, a New Albany druggist, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with assets of $1,500 and liabilities of $5,000. Scarlet fever is epidemic at Freelandsville, in the northern part of Knox county. Several of the oases are severe and the schools have been closed.

PLAGUE’S WORK ON COAST.

Experts Report on Situation t a Francisco. The plague situation at San Francisco is given in a statement published, in this week’s issue of the public health* reports of the marine hospital service,, which is just out. The statement 1* brief and the facts given in it are taken from the long awaited report of the commission of experts which made a special investigation. This statement shows there have been ten cases of plague in San Francisco officially reported since the beginning or the year, all of them being fatal. The number of cases and deaths on each date meationed are identical. They comprise two on Jan. 15 and one each on Jan. 6, Feb. 5,6, 7, 10, 11 and 12, and March 2.

Crazed by Spouse's Death.

Mrs. R. Gates Rice, a wea Tilly resident of St. Joseph, Mich., and a wellknown society woman, became Insane Friday from grief over the loss of her husband, who dropped dead in the streets there recently. She left home in the early morning and went three miles south of the city, where she lay down on the Pere Marquette railroad tracks and waited for a train to come and kill her. Mayor Nelson C. Rice, the unfortunate woman’s brother-in-law, organized a searching party when her disappearance was noticed and the countryside was scoured. J. L. Cox had discovered the woman lying on the tracks and took her to his home, where the mayor and his party found her. Mrs. Rice recently created a sensation at St Joseph by paying up the entire indebtedness of St Paul’s Episcopal church.

Carter's Stealings Located.

Officers are said to have found the whereabouts of nearly all the $722,05# which Oberlin M. Carter, former captain if engineers, was convicted of stealing while he had charge of harbor improvement work at Savannah, Ga. The money is invested in real estate and securities, and ft Is expected that a considerable sum will be recovered for the government The arrest of two or three well-known men charged with knowingly protecting Carter’s operations is likely to follow. Carter is now serving a five years’ term of Imprisonment in Dea ven worth penitentiary as the result of conviction by a court-martial. The government lost $2,500,000, but much of this went to Carter’s accomplices.

Old Veteran Ends His Life.

Captain Charles Palmatier, a member of the G. A. R. and of the Loyal Legion, shot himself at Kenosha, Wis., dying almost instantly. For thirteen years he has been a sufferer from diabetes. Last month he went to Hot Springs, but failed to And relief. He returned a few days ago and seemed despondent While talking to one of his daughters he asked her to step out of the room, and, rising from the bed without even closing the door, he took his revolver from the bureau and shot himself. The decedent was 67 years old. He served all through the civil war.

New Scale for Miners.

The wages contract which has been signed by the Indiana operators and miners for the ensuing year gives the miners an advance of pay from $2.10 to $2.25 for one class of inside day labor and from $2.28 to $2.30 for another class, and grants recognition of their organization for outside labor, such as engineers and blacksmiths who had their own labor organizations and wanted to be recognized independently. There is, however, some feeling over the concession to the operators of the clause requiring miners to buy powder from their employers at $1.75 a keg.

Big Corner in Peanuts.

It was announced at New York Friday that a firm in Hoboken, N. J., had cornered the peanut market, having purchased all the nuts in Chicago, Boston and New York markets, a* well as having secured this week 125 carloads from Norfolk, Va. There was an advance in price of from 70 to 80 cents a bushel lately and a member of the firm says this is due to the corner, and expresses his opinion that it will go still higher.

May Save Playmate's Life.

Josephine Prickett, daughter of W. S. Prickett of Wilmington, Del., has just submitted to an operation whereby twenty grafts of her skin may be used on Joseph, the little son of Rev. Samuel Polk of Eddington, Pa., who was badly burned some time ago. Grafting was necessary to save the little fellow’s life, and the girl, who was his playmate, consented to the sacrifice.

Kiss Seals a Murder.

Before turning a revolver upon himself at Chicago, S. Stepenskl paused to kiss his murdered wife, then sent a bullet into bis own breast He is not expected to live. The tragedy took place in poverty-stricken rooms, where the couple had been living with their three children for the last six months. Despondency because of inability to obtain work was the cause of the deed.

New Shipyard Near Cramps.

An English shipbuilding company Is reported to have purchased Petty's Island, Philadelphia, one-half mile from Crampe’ shipyard, with the object of establishing on it one of the largest shipbuilding plants in the world. The Island embraces about 300 acres and is completely surrounded by water, and has long been regarded as an ideal spot for a shipbuilding plant. The price for which the island has changed bands is reported to be considerably less than $3,000,000.