Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1901 — Page 6

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

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MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happening* of Mneh or Little Importance from All Parte of tbe Civilised World —Incident*. Enterprise*, Accident*, Verdict*. Crimea and War*. Mackay, the owner of Banastar, won $46,850 by the horse’s victory in the Metropolitan Handicap at New York. Last of the legislators left Springfield, 111., Sunday. Speaker Sherman slowly improving. Presidential party welcomed at El Paso, Tex., by the personal representative of President Diaz of Mexico. Cordial messages exchanged. Battleship Ohio to be launched at San Francisco on May 18. Mrs. McKinley to press button setting ship afloat Commissary depot established at Jacksonville, Fla., for the relief of fire sufferers. Militia enforcing martial law. Steamship Northwestern struck bottom repeatedly In going through St. Clair river. Hull may be damaged. Men who deserted wivss in Minnesota to be punished under new law making it a felony. Durno, a magician, robbed of $2,000, his season’s profits, while showing at Kewanee. 111. Fifty Brule Sioux Indians engaged in a fight at Valentine, Neb., and one was killed.

Twelve persons injured tn trolley collision at Akron, O. Passengers on steamer City of Chicago, in midlake, see hi i rage bringing to view at the same time buildings in Chicago and St. Joseph. Five-year-old girl lost on the prairies of Washington was found dead of starvation in a badger hole, having wandered without food or water five days and nights. Former Secretary of State John W. Foster, replying to a critic, quotes eminent authority to prove that the singular verb is correct as applied to the United States. Edwin H. Conger, minister to China, and his family were given a public reception by the people of Des Moines, at which congratulations were exchanged. President McKimey and party given warm welcome on travels in Texas; entertained at Austin by state officers. Visit San Antonio today. Eastman prosecution loses vital point through exclusion of defendant’s statement to grand jury. Defense opens its case. Kaiser accepts defeat of the canal bill and closes the Prussian diet, but he forces Von Miquel to resign, and other cabinet changes follow. Forty thousand Italian emigrants are booked to sail for the United States this month. w Census returns show- population of London to be 4,536,034, a gain of 308,717 in the last ten years. R. G. Dun & Co. report trade In wonderfully healthy condition, labor difficulties fewer than for several years, demand for merchandise active and prices well held. Failures for April show smallest defaults In ninety-one months. Chicago bankers loaning money in Wall street at sto 6 per cent. The Grinnell, lowa, Congregational church voted to call council of churches to try Prof. Herron for conduct unbecoming a minister. Mrs. Herron denied interview in which she defended her husband. FJnal terms to China outlined by Indemnity commission. The total indemnity, including private claims, fixed at $325,000,000. Powers may have to guarantee Chinese bonds. President McKinley and party occupied Thursday In Inspecting New Orleans, and left In the evening for Houston, Tex. Mrs. R. H. Grogan, mother of Prof. Eastman’s victim, Boston, testified that her son was repeatedly threatened by Eastman. Rigid economy to be practiced to reduce the expenditure of the army to a peace basis. Secretary Root ordered officers to avoid unnecessary expense. Capt. McCalla to succeed Capt. Folger In command of the new battleship Kearsarge.

PAN-AMERICAN STAMPS.

■erica Commemorative of the Great BaK falo Exposition. One of the most striking illustrations of the intimate relations existing between American railroads and all other commercial interests, is set forth in the "Pan-American Series” of postage stamps jnst issued by the postmaster general. One stamp of this series is a compliment to the New York Central and is a proof of the fact that it is in touch with and an integral part of the 'commerce of the world. The Pan-American series of postage stamps consists of six beautiful steel engravings printed in two colors producing the effect of a framed picture. Each or these stamps represents what is styled an "aid to commerce,” and, curiously enough, and without any design on the part of those who planned the series, each subject is associated with the New York Central. The stamps are as follows: The one-cent stamp represents “Fast Lake Navigation.” Steamers of this character on each of the great lakes of America run in connection with the trains of the New York Central lines. The two-cent stamp, a reproduction of which appears herewith, is a picture of the New York Central’s “Empire State Express,” from a photograph by A. P. Yates of Syracuse, taken when the train was running sixty-four miles an hour—a very appropriate “aid to commerce." The four-cent stamp represents an automobile of the same style as those used in the New York Central Cab Service at Grand Central Station, New York. The five-cent stamp gives a beautiful picture of the steel arch bridge over the Niagara river at Niagara Falls.

BIG EXPOSITION IS OPEN.

Formalities at Buffalo Delayed Until the President’* Arrival. The Pan-American exposition, incomplete yet very interesting and beautiful, was opened at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning without ceremony. At noon forty-five bombs, one for each of the states, were fired, and the United States government exhibit was opened. At 2:30 there was a band concert and at 3 o’clock 5,000 carrier pigeons were released in the esplanade to wing themselves to the many parts of the country whence they were shipped. Each bore tied to its leg a message of greeting. In the evening there was a grand illumination of all the buildings. This program may seem trivial for the first day of a great fair, yet it was not thought wise to make a splurge over an unfinished enterprise. Twenty days from the opening, when the exposition certainly will have been perfected, the real ceremonial opening will take place, with the president starting the machinery.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Winter wheat—No. 2 red, 72 1 /2@74 1 ,4c; No. 3 red, 71@73'c; No. 2 hard, No. 3 hard, 72@72%c. Spring wheat—No. 1 northern, 71%fa72%c; No. 3 spring, 71@ 71%c; No. 4 spring, 67%@69%c. Corn—No. 2, 47%c; No. 2 yellow, 48c; No. 2 white, 47%c; No. 3. 43i4Ca>43%c: No. 3 yellow, 43%c. Oats—No. 2, 27i4c; No. 2 white, 28 1 / s@29c; No. 3 white, 28iA@29c; No. 4 white. 27Vz@ 28%c. Hay—Choice timothy, $13.50<£t;14; No. 1, [email protected]; choice prairie, $12@13; No. 1, Jlo@l2.

Cattle—Native shipping and export steers, [email protected]: dressed beef and butcher steers, [email protected]; steers under 1,000 ibs, [email protected]; stockers and feeders, 32.80 «@4.80; cows and heifers, s2@4. canners, $1.25@3; bulls, [email protected]: Texas and Indian steers, $3.25@5; cows and heifers, $2.50@ 4.10. Hogs-Pigs and lights, [email protected]; packers, [email protected]; butchers’, [email protected]. Sheep—Native muttons, $4<gt4.65; lambs, [email protected]; culls and bucks, [email protected]; stockers, [email protected]; Texas sheep, [email protected]. Eggs,—cases included, 12c; eggs, cases returned, cheese, ched., 9%@10c: twins, 10@llt4c; flats, 10%c; daisies, 11@ ll%c; young Americas, ll%@ll%c: butter, creamery extra, 18c; firsts, 16@17c; dairies, choice, 16c; live turkeys, 1b.,5@ 8c; live hens, 9*4c; ducks, 10c; spring chickens, doz., s2@s; roosters, iced, 6c; iced geese, 6@Bc; beans, pea, handpicked, [email protected]; apples, good to choice, $3.25@ 3.85; ’apples, fancy, [email protected]: potatoes, Burbanks, 38@39c; Peerless, 34@38c; Rurals, 37@45c; Hebrons, 31@37c; mixed. 33@38c; Kings, 33@37c; turnips, bu., 28 @3oc.

Gass Workers’ Wages Raised.

As the result of a national conference of window glass interests in Indianapolis it was decided to close down nearly all co-operative factories in the United States on May 11 and give all employes an advance of wages of 15 per cent. The conference was attended by representatives of all the co-opera-tive glass factories in the country, including President Cole of Lancaster, 0., who is at the head of an independent combination, and Simon Burns, president of the L. A. 300. There were also present members of the Wage Workers’ committee and President Chambers of the American Window Glass company, commonly called the trust. The result of the conference affects 2,750 glass blowers and 15,000 other employes, all of whose wages will be increased 15 per cent.

Popcorn Grows in Head.

A 5-year-old daughter of Elmer Little at Milton, Ind., recently complained of a pain in the head. Friday it ached so violently that the parents decided to take the child to Dr. Gentle of Milton, who made an examination. A grain of yellow popcorn was found in the ear which had sprouted an eighth of an inch. The child says one of her playmates put the grain of corn in her ear on Christmas day. The growing popcorn will be extracted.

Marries on Way to Prison.

Clyde B. Wynegar was sentenced in the Criminal Court at Indianapolis to a term of from two to fourteen years in the state prison for embezzlement. Within an hour after being taken back to jail he was married to Laura Spoon, who has stood close to him ever since he was arrested in New Albany and brought back to Indianapolis for indictment and trial. Rev. W. V. Wheeler performed the ceremony. Later Wynegar was taken to Michigan City,

FIRE LOSS IS $15,000,000

Jacksonville, Fla., Is Swept by Devouring Flames. 15,000 PERSONS HOMELESS. Th. Fir. Destroy* j3O Block* of PubUe •nd Private Building*—Hon*** Are Blown Up with Dynamite—The Military Called Ont.

The most disastrous fire In the history of Jacksonville, Fla., began Friday shortly after noon in a small factory from a defective wire, according to the best belief, and burned for nearly ten hours. In that time a property damage estimated from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 was caused, and from 10,000 to 15 000 persons rendered homeless. According to the city map 130 blocks were burned, many of them In the heart of the business and residence

OWA OFFERS HER BEST GIFT TO MINISTER CONGER.

section. The estimate of houses to the block is ten; hence 1,300 of them»went up in smoke. Many of the finest public and private buildings were destroyed, including hotels,, theater, churches, and residences. The casualties cannot be accurately estimated. That there were several seems to be well authenticated. Among them was that to the fire chief who sustained a bad fall. The mayor ordered all of the saloons closed, and has impressed help to clear the wreckage. After the fire the mayor said that he estimated the loss at $15,000,000, and that 10,000 to 15,000 people were homeless. The burned district reaches from Burbridge street on the north to the St. Johns river on the south, a distance of almost two miles. The width of the desolated area is thirteen blocks. Within this space practically everything is blackened ruins. On Bay street, the principal mart of trade, the Western Union Telegraph company’s building is the first building standing going west. Everything east of Laura bay is gone. At 10:15 p. m. the fire was under control, having practically burned itself out. The suburban settlements, with the exception of La Villa, were intact. La Villa is badly hurt. The extent of the damage cannot be told at present. Thousands of persons are on the streets homeless, with practically all of their worldly possessions upon their backs. The depots of the railroads, situated in the southeastern section, have been turned into temporary lodg-ing-houses and hospitals. Luckily, the weather is fine, so that there will be no suffering on that score. Meetings of the city council the commercial bodies, and the charitable institutions were called to devise ways and means for meeting the situation. It is not known yet if an appeal for help will be issued, though it is thought likely that the exigencies of the occasion will demand such action. It is hoped that an appeal can be avoided. When the fire reached Julia street it was a roaring furnace without any prospect of being put under control. The local military companies were called out to keep back the crowds and the fire department began to use dynamite to blow up houses a block from the fire and thus prevent the flames from spreading. So fierce was the blaze, however, and so strong had become the wind that millions of sparks and flying burning shingles spread over five or six blocks, setting the roofs of the houses on fire in advance of the department. Soon Senator Taliaferro’s

Seven Perish in Fire.

Within full view of firemen and police, who were checked in their race to save lives by a freight train, seven persons burned to death at 3 o’clock Sunday morning at No. 9316 Marquette avenue, South Chicago, 111., and the remaining occupants of the house ar* so badly injured that few of them are expected to survive. The screams of the burning victims were heard for fully fifteen minutes, and those who did escape were forced to jump for safety.

residence, then the adjoining houses oa that block were ablaze, and in spite of all efforts to save the Windsor and the St. James hotel, both hostelries were Quickly enveloped In flames. The city building went, the fire department building, the armory, the county court house, the clerk’s office with the county records, the Criminal court house, the city jail, the graded schools, the Catholic church and orphanage, St John's Episcopal church, and the convent All this destruction was wrought in less than four hours.

San Juan’s Pier Is Burned.

The new $150,000 pier at San Juan, Porto Rico, caught fire Tuesday afternoon and was totally destroyed in half an hour. A large stock of sugar and rum was lost in the fire. The value gnd quantity of the goods destroyed is not known. The fire continues to rage and threatens to spread to the stores of the custom house. Lives may have been lost, but this is not yet ascertained.

—From Chicago Record-Herald.

Runaway Boy Is Killed.

John Wymer, a 15-year-old Davenport (la.) schoolboy, while running away from home, fell under the wheels of a flight train in Rock Island, 111., and both legs cut off. He died in the hospital there. His relatives blame traveling hypnotists for the boy’s waywardness and death, claiming that until he became a subject at hypnotic exhibitions during the past two winters he was bright and steady.

New Bishop Is Enthroned.

The Rt. Rev. A. F. W. Ingram, the new 'bishop of London, who was accused of ritualistic practices, was enthroned at St. Paul’s cathedral Tuesday. There was no disturbance of any kind. On the occasion of his ennfirmation some few days ago there was considerable disorder due to the agitation of the anti-ritualists.

Great Output at Cripple Creek.

The April Cripple Creek output is $2,400,000, which brings the total for the camp to $100,864,812. In 1891, the first year, the production was $200,000. Last year it exceeded $22,000,000. For the first four months of 1901 it is SB,500,000. The dividend total to date is $20,000,000, all paid by eighty-six public companies.

Refuse to Close SaloonS.

The police commissioners of Kansas City have refused the request of the special committee of the Law and. Ordinance Enforcement League to close the saloons on Sunday, and the league called a mass meeting to take the first steps toward petitioning Gov. Dockery to remove these officials.

Man Sues Old Sweetheart.

Elliott D. Williams of St. Louis, a restaurant keeper, announces that his attorney has in course of preparation a suit for breach of promise against Mrs. Homer Bantly of Carbondale, 111., who was married last Thursday. Mrs. Brantly does not deny the engagement, but claims it had been broken.

Spanish Miners on a Strike.

A thousand men are out on strike at the Aguilas mines, Spain. The company has refused the men’s proposals and there has been serious disturbance. Some of the miners fired on the police guarding property and the gendarmes charged the crowd, killing one man and wounding several others.

Famine in Tomato Market.

Reports in Chicago foretold something like a famine in the local tomato market this year. In the Daily Trade Bulletin, the official organ of traders in the wholesale produce district, the shortage in the Florida tomato crop was noted and a rise in the price was prophesied. Not only has the year’s <frop been late in reaching market, but receipts are said to show a deterioration in quality, color and size. Thus the price for the limited supply ol really fine tomatoes was stiff.

HEAVY COST FOR CHINA

Indemnity Bill Is Made Out by Allies. EXPENSIVE INSURRECTION. International Demands for the Boxer Uprising Foot Up to •573,000,000—A Difficult Problem Confronts the Nations as to Methods of Collection.

Two hundred and seventy-three million dollars Is the international bill to be laid before China as the sum total of the cost to her of the Boxer uprising. This enormous amount— nearly 40 per cent greater than the expert, Sir Robert Hart, has repeatedly declared the empire can pay without seriously crippling her—has, according to Paris report, been decided upon by the committee of ministers at Pekin.. Official advices received at Paris from Pekin say the ministers are divided Into two parties as regards the man-, ner In which China is to raise the indemnity. France, Germany, Russia and Japan agree in favor of raising the customs duties, which can be relied upon to produce a "great part of the requisite sum, and the imposition of a duty on junks, which will constitute a tax on inland navigation, and the taking over of some of the likin (provincial transit duties). On the other hand, the United States and Great Britain decline to agree to an Increase of the customs duties, but they do not appear to have presented a counter proposition. The fact that the United States and Great Britain have joined hands on this question has caused surprise at Paris. It was hoped the United States would stand with France and Russia. The result will be greatly to protract the negotiations.

To Control Big Coal Mines.

From an authority which seems indsputable there comes the information to Athens, 0., that almost the entire coal industry of the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys will come under the management of the gigantic combination of capital of which J. P. Morgan is the head. According to the information it is the intention of the syndicate to get control of all the mines now in operation and to secure as many acres as possible of undeveloped coal lands. This deal will practically include all the coal lands and mines in the three counties of Athens, Perry and Hocking. Conservatively estimating the amount of the deal it can be approximately placed at from $7,000,000 to $10,000,000. The total daily output of all the mines in the three counties when they are operated at their full capacity is conservatively placed at 30,000 tons.

Mayor of Algiers Is Shot.

M. Max Regis, the anti-semite mayor of Algiers and the editor of La Revan Che du People, each of whom was accompanied by friends, had a fight in an Algiers restaurant Tuesday over statements which M. Regis had circulated regarding the editor. The furniture of the restaurant was hurled about, and then pistols and knives were used. M. Regis was hit in the head by two bullets and his brother and two friends were all shot, none of them, however, seriously. One combatant was stabbed twice and is believed to be dying. Various noncombatants who were dining in the restaurant at the time were injured.

Would Return Cudahy Money.

Edward Cudahy of Omaha has received indirectly from the kidnapers of his son an offer to return $21,000 of the money paid as the boy’s ransom on condition that the reward of $25,000 offered for the arrest of the miscreants be withdrawn. The offer has been rejected.

The capitalistic trusts are now met by an organized army of 2,000,000 workingmen. Many of the leading trades have united in a national organization which has unified all Inter ests in a common cause.—Press Dispatch.

Four Perish In Flames.

Four little children were burned to death in a farmhouse six miles from Muskegon, Mich. The victims were Thomas and John Wertman, aged 3 and 4 years respectively, and Jennie and Hennechey Kool, aged 4 years and 8 months respectively. Mrs. Wertman had gone out of the house to get a pail of water, and when she returned the building was on fire and the children were beyond help.

Fallows Ross in Resigning.

One more professor of Stanford university in California has revolted over the treatment of Professor Ross and has resigned to preserve what he regards as “academic freedom.” This time it is Professor Arthur O. Lovejoy, associate professor of philosophy. In his letter of resignation to President Jordan Professor Lovejoy says, after referring to the examination of the documentary evidence in the Ross case: "I am forced to the conclusion that the dismissal of Professor Ross for the reasons assigned, after the president had declared he was a fit person to retain, involves an abridgment of the liberties which any university professor should demand."

Girl Rescues Her Sisters.

Lottie Wangburg, 16 years old, made a heroic rescue of her two little sisters, 3 and 5 years old, at Marinette, Wis., in a fire which totally destroyed her home. She was awakened by the smoke pouring into her room. She opened a door leading down stairs and the flames shot in. She closed the door, raised a window, and jumped to the ground, twenty-five feet below. With her foot sprained she ran for a ladder on the other side of the house, placed it in position, and'ascended into the burning dwelling, and carried the children down the ladder. They were safe when the neighbors arrived. The girl had to be attended by a physician.

Heirs of Estate Defeated.

A decision was rendered by Judge Fish of the circuit court at Racine, Wis., in favor of the purchasers of what was known as the Perkins land track in the city of Burlington. F. W. Perkins, before his death in 1865, gave a title to certain land in Burlington, now valued at over $200,000, to business associates and the property was to be sold and the money paid to the heirs. Two years ago the heirs claimed that the title was illegal and brought ejectment suits against manufacturers and others who had erected buildings on the land. In his decision rendered today Judge Fish stated that he believed the cases would be carried to the supreme cqurt of this state.

Perish on a Sinking Tug.

The steamer Germanic reports at Little Current, Great Mountain Island, Ont, that when off Gore bay light the tug Tecumseh was sighted in a disabled condition. The captain of the tug asked that he be towed to Gore bay and the Germanic gave her a line. After proceeding some distance the captain of the Tecumseh hailed the steamer, saying they were sinking. The tug was brought alongside and two men and a woman were taken off, when the tug suddenly lurched and sank, carrying down with it the captain, whose name was not ascertained; his sister and a Toronto man named Forbes.

Gets Taste of Old Blue Law.

Omaha, Nefb., . was given v a taste of puritanical Sunday with a vengeance. Practically everything but the town clock was stopped last Sunday. The mayor’s orders were that nothing be sold or dealt in that did not contribute directly to human existence. At the last moment, however, the street cars were permitted to run, because the officials of the line# called the mayor’s attention to the fact that they have a contract with the postal department to carry the mails, and it would be an interruption of United States regulations. Then the mayor relented. .

British Loan Allotment.

In the house of commons at London the chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, replying to Mr. Channing (liberal), said £30,000,000 of the new loan had been allotted as follows: To the Rothschilds, £11,000,000; J. P. Morgan & Co., £10,000,000, and the Bank of England, £9,000,000.

THE NEW GIANT.

—From Boston Herald.

Brakeman Killed by Trumps.

Some vicious tramps who were ordered off a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train at Tennessee, 111., turned upon Conductor James Wade and Brakeman A. C. Larkins, stunning the former with a revolver and shooting Larkins through the heart. Larkins’ body was taken to Galesburg where his wife and child live. The conductor says the attack was entirely unexpected. The tramps escaped, but suspects are under arrest

KILIS HIS FOUR CHILDREN

Evidence of the Terrible Crime of William Rotenfield, BODY OF ON£ VICTIM FOUND. V Search for Other Little Ones Prooeeetod Along the Mississippi Near Fort •nailing—Father Supposed to Haro Drowned Himself after Committing Deed. The finding of the body of 9-yaar-old Joseph Rosenfleld in the river near Fort Snelling is regarded by the police of St Paul as almost positive evidence that William Rosenfleld drowned his four small children and himself a week ago. Rosenfleld had been separated from his wife for some time. She had been living in Minneapolis, while he lived in St Paul. The children were being kept by a relative. A week ago Rosenfleld took the children from the house of the relative. At the same time he tried to persuade his wife to go along. When she refused he told her that the next time she saw either him or any of the children she “would be wearing crape.” The next morning the horse which Rosenfleld had driven the day before was found near the Marshall avenue bridge over the Mississippi, the children’s pet dog still in the buggy. No trace of either the father or the children could be found until today, when the watchman of the St Paul Broom Company found the child’s body floating in the river half a mile this side of Fort Snelling. The appearance of the remains indicated murder. The noee was broken, the forehead was caved in, resulting from a blow against some heavy substance. Both injuries were such as would be sustained by a fall over a bridge. The lad was fully dressed with the exception of hat and overcoat. The search for the other bodies will be pushed rapidly. The missing children are Mary, aged 7; William, aged 4, and Samuel, aged 2.

Public Debt Being Reduced.

The public debt statement, issued by the Treasury Department, shows that at the close of business April 30, 1901, the debt, less cash in treasury, amounted to $1,072,745,256, a decrease for the month of $4,397,653. This decrease ft largely accounted for by the purchase of bonds for the einking fund. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debts 995,350,380 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity 1,557,840 Debt bearing no interest.. 382,331,244 T0ta1,...51,379,239,464 This amount, however, does not include $770,842,989 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash held in the treasury for their redemption. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold reserve funds 150,000,000 Trust fund 770,842,989 General fund 140,919,971 In national bank depositaries 98,322,828 Total.-$1,160,085,789 Against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $853,591,580, leaving a cash balance in the treasury of $306,494,208.

Despoiler Are Punluhed.

John Buckles, James Caldo, Fred Elliott, and Frank Rhoden, who recently ruined Indiana’s monument to Thomas A Hendricks by despoiling it of the scales of justice and other bronze pieces, which they sold for junk, were convicted in the police court at Indianapolis. The following sentences were imposed: Caldo was fined $l5O and costs and given 180 days for malicious trespass, SIOO and costs and thirty days for loitering, and $l5O and costs for petit larceny; Elliott, $l5O and costs and 180 days for malicious trespass, and SIOO and costs and thirty days for loitering; Rhoden, $l5O for petit larceny, and SIOO and costs and thirty days for loitering; Buckles, SIOO and coats and thirty days for loitering.

To Purity Kansas Polities.

Mrs. Nation’s crusade against the saloon has resulted in a movement to purify Kansas politics that promises to be more far-reaching than anything of the kind ever before attempted in the Sunflower State. A permanent organization of the Grand Chapter of the Law Enforcement League of Kansas has been effected at Topeka, whose obt ject is to purify the politics of the state and to promote its interests.

Killed by Train at Kenosha

In Kenosha, Wls.. John Conley, supposed to be a Chicago man, was killed by the cars. Conley stepped from the west to the east track to avoid a freight train and was struck by the south-bound Northwestern passenger train. His identity was established by a membership card in the First Ward Democratic club of Chicago found in his pockets.

Editor Ordered from Conurt.

The managing editor and staff correspondent of a Cleveland newspaper were ordered removed from -court at the opening in Upper Sandusky, 0., of the trial of the Johnson murder case. Judge Young’s action was provoked by the publication of testimony presented in court. Judge Smalley, counsel for defense, asked the court to revoke its order restraining the publication of testimony, but Judge Young eurtly replied that the order would stand, and ordered the trial to proceed. •

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

record of HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. Br^d-Ml Dd e4 Lady, Mrs. Rebard a® Mwwm, Bay. th. a* la Theme.lv..—A r--y>r AfSee Maay Tryl.y Delays. ladlanan.il. Ars.aal te Ba AbalhheA The Indianapolis arsenal has bees abandoned. The action has been takes by the secretary of war. Five were ordered abandoned, aa follows: Indianapolis, Augusta, Me.; Ft Monroe, Va_; Pittsburg, Pa, and Columbi*. Tenn. The order merely states that the property at each of these departments will be disposed of by the several departments and- the men a»signed to duty elsewhere. The Indianapolis arsenal was established in 1863 by request of Governor Morton during the civil war on account of the central position of Indianapolis with reference to the armies south of the Ohio river. It has been used as an arsenal of deposit ever since, except that during times of war it has been utilized aa an arsenal of repair, and dur* Ing the Spanish-American war wa« used as an arsenal of manufacture when several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of equipment was manufactured for the troops. The buildings were completed in 1867. The property comprises seVenty-five and one-half acres in the heart of the city, and the original cost of the building! and Improvements alone to the federal government has been $600,000. There are seven large buildings, and at the present time Maj. Shaler, who is in command, has twenty men with him. The real estate, in addition to the buildings, is estimated to be worth from $300,000 to $500,000. and there is now stored at the arsenal government property to the value of $400,000.

Marritd After Many Trial*. After many trials and tribulations, and interruptions innumerable, Mrs. Mollie Brown of Indianapolis and Rev. Amos Smith, who was at one time pastor of the Christian church at Stewart, lowa, have been united in the bonds of matrimony. This wedding Is a glowing tribute to the power and efficacy of the newspaper “want ad.” Mrs. Brown desired a second husband. She advertised to that effect She received an answer. Rev. Amos Smith responding. A courtship by mail followed, which ended in their agreeing to become one. The day was set for last Thanksgiving. But it was not to be, yet. When the fateful day cams around it found the pastor sick with a fever. The loving couple decided Christmas would suit their purposes just as well and the wedding cake was prepared for that day. But the winds blew and the snow fell and Brother Smith was prevented from reaching his destination. Again they chose a holy festival day, Easter Sunday. But • third time relentless fate intervened and quarantined the groom-tSat-should-be, with the smallpox. Escaping from this, another holy day was chosen, Sunday, April 29. But alas! Owing to circumstances over which he had no control the seeker after connubial bliss was delayed and did not reach Indianapolis until Thursday. Then with the determination that characterizes lovers the pair were finally made happy.

Tells of Fads in Education. The twelfth annual session of the Indiana Union of Literary Clubs met at Evansville. The paper that attracted most attention was one by Mrs. Wilford Hickman of Bedford on “Fads in American Education.” The writer discussed the many fads and methods that have grown up in the schools of today and asserted that the school education of today is nothing more than a glossing over of too many subjects for the children to absorb. Miss Margaret Holland of Vincennes, In a paper on "What Shall We Give Our Children to Read?" though the daily newspaper should be eliminated. In the discussion that followed Mrs. Heberd of Princeton warmly defended the newspapers on the ground that they were an education in Professor French of Chicago University lectured on "The Analogy Between Composition in Literature and Composition In Art.”

Plan* for Caruegle Library. The Carnegie Library board of Wabash at a meeting decided to build the structure in the Grecian style. Correspondence has been opened with a number of architects over the country with reference to plans, and it is hoped to have the design adopted by June 1. Of the $20,000 donated by Andrew Carnegie $17,000 will go into the building proper and the remainder is to be expended for furniture.

Thirteen Bargee of Coal Sank. The towboat Raymond Horner sunk thirteen barges of Pittsburg coal in collision with a pier of the Henderson (Ky.) bridge, a few miles below Evansville. The loss in coal and barges will reach $45,000. The coal was destined for the southern market

Fouad Dead la Boa. Leonard Parish, aged twenty-one, an employe of the Mitchell lime company, was found dead In bed at his home at Mitchell. He went to bed feeling well, but It is supposed he died of heart disease.

Baby Weighed only Oae Pound. A girl baby, weighing one pound, was born to Charles Ward and wife at Connersville. The child was perfectly formed, but only lived twenty-three hours.