Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — Page 7

SAYINGS and DOINGS

A BLACK EXPLORER. Arthur A Anderson, the well-known wolored African explorer, now on a visit to the United States, was born in Georgia shortly after the close of the elvll war. About fifteen years ago he -emigrated to France, and settling in Paris, devoted himself to a study of the French language, which he soon mastered. He made a good success on the stage in the part of Othello and was summoned to the court of the Bultan of Morocco. The French goveardinal Is one of the members of the to join its diplomatic corps, and the

ARTHUR A ANDERSON.

young Afro-Ajnerican was sent to the interior of the dark continent, where he was highly successful in extending the sphere of French influence among the tribes near the-great Sahara. Mr. Anderson is convinced that Africa is the most promising field in the world tbr the American negro of resource and ability. He is on a lecturing tour through the principal. cities of the United States and expects to return to Europe in the-spring. His wife, an Englishwoman of good family, accompanies him.

THE FOOLISH “HAIL SHOOTERS."

Man might as well imitate the habit •of the foolish canine and bay at the moon as to attempt to prevent hailstorms by the use of explosives or by any agencies that are now under his control. This is the substance of the advice •embodied in a recent statement issued by Professor Willis L. Moore, acting secretary of agriculture. The statement was called out by manifestations •of renewed interest in the subject in' various parts of the world, particularly in France and Italy. Attempts have lately been made to prevent hailstorms by the use of explosives from especially designed cannon, but all have ended in failure. Professor Moore calls attention to the fact that scientists in both Europe and America have si own the impossibility of interfering with the great processes of nature that are going on in the atmosphere. Basing their belief on such knowledge of the forces of nature as science has revealed, they affirm that no explosive that can ever be invented by man will be powerful enough to prevent hailstorms.

Alleged Wholesale Poisoning.

A few weeks ago Mary Belle Witwer of Dayton, 0., was arrested upon suspicion of poisoning her sister, and is now held pending the police investigation. Since her arrest neighbors and acquaintances of the woman have reported the sudden death of twelve persons who have been associated with her, including three husbands, five persons in whose families she had served as housekeeper, and four children. It is due to Mrs. Witwer, however, to say that she stoutly protests her innocence, and that incriminating evidence has not yet been found, though, if she is innocent, superstitious persons will shun making her acquaintance, which they will regard as dangerous to personal safety.

Scandal Leads to Duel.

All society in Naples is agog over the forthcoming duel between Prince Dolgourouky, father of the Duchess d’Avarna and the favorite niece of the

minister to Athens, and his wife, and is the culmination of an open scandal which has been a topic of conversation for some time in eveiy court lp Europe. Great as is the excitement over the impending combat, the society, royal and titled, of southern Europe is saddened by the thought that the Duchess d’Avarna will never be able to return to her former prestige, and even the name of her youngest daughter is to be stricken from the reg:ster of legitimate births and the child will be rebaptized in her mother’s maiden name.

Seek Escape from Hard Work.

Atlanta Constitution: The history of civilization is but a detailed narrative of the efforts of men to get away from hard work. The derrick Is a device to escape from heavy lifting. The steam hammer saves thq labor of a thousand men. The reaping machine allows the operative to ride. The sewing machine Is a “get-done-quick” arrangement. The railroad train saves walking. War Itself is waged that one nation may appropriate the profits of another, in order that living may be easier.

late Czar Alexander 11, and Prince Colonna, known as the premier aristocrat of Europe. The duel is consequent upon the announcement of the granting of a separation between the Duke d’Avarna, the Italian

KENTUCKY’S GRETNA GREEN.

Haarly 90,000 Sloping Couples KutM There la Fifteen Tears. The greatest Gretna Green of ths United States is no more. The new law passed by the Indiana legislature is in force, and no more can runaway couplea. be married in Jeffersonville, the little city opposite Louisville, Ky. Young lovers who live in nearby states are not the only oneß who are sad at the changed conditions. Two whiteheaded ’squires sit in their offices and mourn for the fat fee that will no longer be theirs. “Runners" who met Incoming boats and tried to guide the runaways to their respective employer —each ’squire had a dozen of them, so intense was the rivalry for this lucrative business—“run” no longer, but have turned to other walks. 'Squire John H. Hause still has his office at the top of the hill overlooking the Louisville and Jeffersonville ferry. The .old horseshoe still hangs over his door, and the matrimonial sign still stares the passer-by in the face ’Squire Hause has married 8,000 couples. ’Squire Nixon, who has been in the business three years, has married 1,400. He is a watchmaker by trade, and has kept up hlB business, so he will not miss the fees so much. Recently Magistrate Ephraim Keigman died. He held the record over all competitors. He married 10 000 couples •during his life. In fifteen years ths three—Hause, Keigman and Nixon, Keigman’s successor—married 19,000 runaway couples.' These three men have derived from these marriages clear of fees paid to "runners,” a little over 8100,000. County Clerk Carr also mourns a rich source of revenue taken from him. During the year 1900 1,200 licenses were issued to out-of-town couples. Each was forced to pay $3 for a certificate, Of- which the clerk kept $2. So it can be seen that he loses $2,400 a year of his Income. All Jeffersonville mourns with these men, says the New Yor k Times, for its best advertisement has ceased. But thus do old institutions pass away. Many of the 38,000 who were married in Jeffersonville are still living, and many of the 76.000 eyes may possibly be wet with tears as they think that other sweethearts will not be able to flee to the haven to which they rushed to escape obdurate parents.

EXTERMINATING RATS.

A Vigorous and Successful Campaign Against Rodents In Cape Town. If the,Pied Piper of Hamelin had not been filling an engagement elsewhere, he might have found remunerative employment recently in Cape Town, South Africa, where the authorities have been waging a war of extermination against the numerous rats. Thest rats, according to the New York Press were responsible chiefly for spreading the bubonic plague throughout the region and thus gained the enmity of all classes. Hence in the war of extermination a reward of threepence a head was offered for each rat that should bs proven to have suffered the extrems penalty of the law—whether guilty oi not—of having introduced buboni< plague during the course of its enterprising but till too brief career mattered not. It sufficed that the gravt crime of bringing the plague from ths stricken ports of India into South Africa had been fixed on the rats thal came over in transports. The result of this was that so vigorous and successful a campaign has been carried out in Cape Town that it Is at this mo. ment practically ratless—save for fresi arrivals, which are summarily dealt with. During the early stages of thii minor war the rat-receiving office or the docks was besieged by huge numbers of bloodthirsty human conqueron every day, but in the later stages thi siege relaxed so much owing to th« growing scarcity of rats that the pol! tax had to be raised to sixpence. A* soon jls these rats were received and paid for they were taken to a Bmall hut near the sea and consigned tc flames lasting as long as there was ral fuel to feed them.

Young Man Nearly 8 Feet Tall.

The tallest man in the world, as hi claims, has been visiting different places in Maine and has attracted great attention.' His name is Edward Beaupre, and his exact height is 7 feet 10% Inches. Beaupre is twenty years of age and comes from the province of of Assinaboine, Northwest Territory. He says he is nothing but a boy, but there is enough of him to make half a dozen boys of ordinary size. He weighs 367 pounds and is a wellbuilt young chap. He wears a No. 21 shoe and a No. 21 collar, and everywhere he goes he attracts attention. In all the hotels where he has' ever stopped he has never found a bed long enough to accommodate him, so two mattresses are placed lengthwise on the floor, and on these he stretches out to sleep. Beaupre says he did not begin to grow until he was 7 years old. Then he began to shoot up and when he was sixteen years old he was seven feet in height. He says his parents are of ordinary height, his father being 6 feet 8 Inches in height, and his mother an inch shorter. Beaupre ib a great eater, smoked everything in the shape of tobacco, and is never sick. He takes pride in believing he is the tallest man that lives.—Lewiston, Me., Journal.

The Friend at Home.

Wife—“ Why did you whip that poor dog so unmercifully, William?” Husband—“ Because the brute won’t keep quiet when I am wrestling with my lecture to be delivered before the Dog Friend society.”—New York Times. Singing in sorrow is the sign of God’s saints.

RELICS OF ANCIENT BABYLON

A cable message from Berlin to the New York Sun reports a discovery of interest to Bible students as well as antiquarians. It reports that Dr. Koldevey and his party, who are excavating on the site of ancient Babylon, have uncovered walls whtcb they believe to have been part of the palace of Nebuchadnezzar. One of the walls is faced with glazed tiles, which seem to have wonderfully withstood the ravages of time, and are artistically ornamented with flowers and tracery. In the courtyard near the wall were also found several bricks, evidently part of a mosaic pavement, the design of which was composed of enamels and glass-raised work. Among their other finds in the courtyard were coffins, coins, stone utensils, and fragments of stone inscriptions. Dr. Koldevey considers the recent finds as fully proving that this part of the city contained the finest of the Babylonian palaces, doubtless that of Nebuchadnezzar. Meanwhile, extirpations are being carried on In the business ’quarter of old Babylon, where the Arabs found the entire business documents of the Babylonish firm “Egibi & Son” —possibly the oldest house of business of which the worl 1 holds record. These documents included unpaid bills, daybooks, ledgers, etc. They were made of hardened clay, and the wonder is that they had not crumbled away during the course of the centuries. This

NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S PALACE. (From a restoration Suggested by the Ground Plan and Excavati on.)

discovery shows how literally the prophecies against Babylon have been fulfilled.—Christian Herald.

DISTRIBUTION OF NEGROES.

In Some Southern States They Are Becoming Very Numerous. The result of the last census shows that, taking the whole country together, the Colored population is not increasing at a rate greater than the white, and that the fears formerly expressed in this regard were quite groundless. In some states, however, the colored people are becoming disproportionately numerous—in South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Arkansas, for example. The census brings out two main tendencies. The first is the gradual concentration of the blacks in certain regions and the second is their concentration in cities. City life is very hazardous for the negro race, as the colored people live in unsanitary dwellings and under poor conditions. In Chicago, for example, more than 14,000 negroes are huddled together, and here, as in many other cities of the North, the negroes constitute an undue proportion of the criminal class. The fertility of the blacks is greater than that of the whites, but their mortality is much greater also, so that their increase is considerably less. Taking ten of the largest citieb of the South it appears that the mortality of the blacks is 32 per 1,000, and of the whites only 20, and there are indications that the former mortality is increasing, not diminishing Five counties in Virginia now inhabited by 69,000 blacks and 52.000 whites produce today 12.000.000 pounds of tobacco, instead of 32,000,000, their former yield. Four counties of Kentucky, inhabited by 81.000 whites and 5,500 blacks, have, on the other hand, increased the yield from 90.000 to 10,000.000 pounds in the same period. In the whole of Virginia, where the blacks constitute 38 per cent of the population, the tobacco crop has fallen from 121,000.000 to 48,000.000 pounds in the last thirty years; in Kentucky, where the blacks constitute 14 per cent it has risen from 108,000.000 to 221,000,000. Rice culture in South Carolina and Georgia is subject to similar losses owing to the uncertainty of negro labor. The cotton culture is passing into the hands of the whites, before the ciyil war this crop was entirely raised by black la-' bor, while at present 40 per cent is raised by whites. From 1891 to 1895 there was no increase in the holdings of land by the blacks In. Virginia, and the same is probably true for other southern states.

CANDLES NOT OBSOLETE.

Thera Are Still Many IJm for the Flickering Light. "Candles going out!” said a candle manufacturer. "Oh, no. There are more candles sold in the United States now than ten years ago, and I don’t doubt that the same thing would be

found to be true as to the world at large.- The world over, candles are us’d by miners in gold, silver and copper mines. Candles are burned in chuiches, and they constitute a part of the undertaker’s supplies. Candles are burned on ships. Butchers use them In their ice boxes. Brewers find use for them, as plumbers do, also. They are used in conch lamps, and for table ornamentation. Candles for Christmas trees are sold yearly to the number of many millions. Candles are still used, too, for the ordinary purposes of domestic lighting. *, “I various foreign countries, despite the world-wide introduction of petroleum and electricity, you will find candles in wider use for ordinary lighting purposes than here. You would find in some countries candles used in hotels, and you would find places where caudles are used in street lamps. “Candles are made nowadays in almost endless variety. The fancy candles are made in various sizes and In different shapes; as cylindrical and tapering, stt;aigh£-sided and moulded into various forms, and sometinies with ornaments attached to them, and they are made in many colors and shades of colors, and many of these candles are artistic and beautiful. Candles are made nowadays most largely of stearic acid and adamantine, these two materials being both pro-

ducts with a basis of tallow, treated by refinement, pressure and other processes; they are now made largely of paraffine, and they are made also of beeswax and spermaceti and of tallow. And there are competition candles made of a combination of materials.”

PHOTOGRAPHING SOUND.

The invention of the telegraphone, says the Electrical Review, seems to have stimulated tesearch upon the possibilities of reproducing sounds. Among the various methods of making records of sound vibrations none is more accurate or sensitive than that employing photography, but hitherto no method of reproducing sounds from these records has been described. In a German mechanical Journal, Herr E. Rohmer describes a method of astonishing originality and beauty. He photographs upon a continuous moving roll of sensitive film a “speaking arc,” or arc containing a telephone transmitter circuit in shunt, and reproduces the sound by projecting light through this fl.m on a selenium cell in circuit with a telephone receiver and a battery Of course, every variation produced in the transmitter circuit and affecting the light emanating from the arc is photographed as alternate shadings and tightenings on the film, and these light variations impinging upon the sensitive selineutn cause corresponding fluctuations in its resislan. e and reproduce the sound in the receiving telephone with great accuracy. It is stated that the reproduction of sensitiveness and dearness !r superior to that rendered by the Poulsen telegraphone. As the Aim can be made very long without reaching a considerable weight, it pobsess s great portability, and has advantage over either the wax cylinder or the cross magnetized steel wire. Another striking advantage is found in the fact that any desired number of reproductions can easily and cheaply be made from the original film.

Cresceus' Cosily Harness.

The quarter boots of the famous trotting-horse Cresceus cost about $lO, shin boots sl4. knee and arm extension $25. The bind chin, speedy cut and hock extension, with curb joint protection, cost SSO a set The twominute harness of itself costs but about $25, yet the main harness costs over SIOO. Cresceus’ reins cost at least SSO a pair. The first great drought on record happened in 678 and the two succeeding years, when, according to the records. there was practically no rainfall In England. In 879'the springs in England were dried up and. it was impossible for men to work in the open air. In 993 and 994 the nuts on the trees were “roasted as if m an oven.” There are three telephone circuits between New York and Atlanta.

BOOKISH FARE COLLECTORS.

StudvnU M »tmt Ou CmdMtoH tm Holyoke, Mom. When you pass through Holyoke, Man., on thi trolly lino In the summer time, says a correspondent of the Springfield Republican, and the conductor asks you for your fare, be sure you address him politely, for there are chances that he is a college undergraduate earning money to pay for his tuition and knows a thing or two*besides fares, transfers and meeting points. Holyoke young men as a rule have a way of making a success in life, when they set about It, and a dozen or so very earnest and determined young men rely upon their work as conductors on the Holyoke Street Railway company’s lines during the vacation months to assist them in their efforts to obtain an education; and It doesn’t hurt them a bit, and the outdoor air and exercise—there is considerable exercise In the life of a conductor, which you will observe If you keep your eyes open—generally gets them into pretty good physical form for the year’s work at college. They are a standing rebuke, these determined, often athletlo and always courteous and Intelligent young fellows, to the many street loafers and cheap Jacks with which Holyoke is afflicted. “They make good conductors,” said John McDonnell, chief conductor of the Holyoke Street Railway, recently. "They are quick to learn usually and Intelligent and polite. We never have trouole from the eollege boy conductors; wish we could get more of them. Some of them run both ends, the strongest of them. It’s the policy of the company to have a number of men who can run both ends to use In case of an emergency. But they act as conductors for the most part What do they earn? Well, thal varies; from fl 4 to perhaps yls a week. Many earn sl6 for making extra runs. The regular schedule of pay is $2 a day and they work seven days a week. Most of them have night runs, and are not able aB easily to make extra trips. The best day runs are given to the men In the order of seniority of service." The summer months require a number of extra motormen and conductors, and the men striving for a college education have taken advantage of this fact, with good results, apparently, to themselves and the road.

HOTEL BOOKKEEPING.

Cnrlooa Mysteries of Account-Keeping In Hostelrles Explained. Of course the keeping of books for 1,500 patrons of a big hotel who have all sorts of expenses charged to their accounts, from the ordinary hotel charges to telegrams, cabs, flowers, theater tickets, packages delivered C.” O. D. and money loaned, and of the 1,500 employes is a very complicated problem, says a writer in Alnslee’s Magazine. That, however, is only a part of the bookkeepers’ duties. To prevent any leakage which might seriously Impair the small percentage of difference between success and failure, all big hotels employ a system of checking. Every order from the dining room passes through the hands of two or three checkers before it reaches the kitchen in the shape of s requisition, which Is held as a voucher for the delivery of the portion. After the order has been filled in the kitchen It Is again inspected by another checker, who marks off each item on the order blank. When the bill, with the separate Items added up, has been paid by the guest, it goes to the cashier, who receipts it, tears off the stub for the waiter and files the bill Itself. Every twelve or twenty-four hours, according to the system, the originai order in the guest’s handwriting and the several memoranda made by the cashier and the checkers are turned in to the auditor’s department, where they are compared for the purpose of discovering any discrepancies. Each department is conducted independently of every other in its accounts, so that at a glance they may be compared as sources of revenue. In his books which are really daily logs of business, the proprietor can find a record of the number of dinners served on any day of the receptions and banquets, of the coal burned and electric light used, of the stock on hand and repairs made, of the weather,- and, in fact, of every detail of the thousand or more that go to make up the business of running a big hotel.

LONDON’S IMMENSE TRAFFIO.

City Proper Small, but Ovor a Million People Traverse It Daily; The movement of the traffic in the city of London proper, the center of the financial activity of the world, is suggestive. Although but a square mile in area, with a day population of about 300,000, and a night population of but a tenth of this, In a single day over a million and a quarter of people and 100,000 vehicles enter and leave its limits. The general street traffic is carried on by about 200 miles of tramways, nearly 150 lines of omnibuses, and 12,000 cabs. Internal communication is also provided by two lines of underground railways, with suburban connections, says Engineering Magazine, and three deep-level roads operated electrically. Two lines are under construction, six more authorized, and parliamentary rights are sought by existing or new companies for thirteen railways or modifications or extensions thereof. Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do Id all cases, and, like good marksmen to hit the white at any distance.— Seneca. Love never turns Its microscope on our faults.

Indiana State News

Newton Innes was shot and instantly killed by William Mohler, the city marshal of Atlanta, a town twelve miles south of Noblesvllle. Innes had been drinking and when the marshal attempted to send him home, Innes drew a knife and slashed the officer across the arm. Mohler drew his revolver and fired, the bullet piercing Innes’ heart. Sitting up in a buggy on her way from Monticello to Kokomo to visit her brother, C. N. Hart. Mrs. Charles Helton died from heart trouble. Her husband, thinking that she had fallen asleep, drove several miles, not knowing she was dead. Leander J. Monks, who, it is believed, will soon be named as successor to the late Judge Woods on the United States circuit bench, is a lawyer residing at his native town of Winchester, where he was born July 10, 1843. The opening services at the new Grace Episcopal church at Oak Park, 111., were held Sunday, Bishop John Hazen White of Michigan City, Ind., delivering the address at the morning service. George W. Fryhoffer, who was cashier of the Bank of Ellottsvllle, which made an assignment several months ago, has been Indicted for embezzlement. The charge Is that he collected notes for the American Reduction Fertilizer company from about twenty farmers and did not send the money to the company. Fryhoffer is said to be in Chicago and was a business manager for Edmond Palmer, wli'o owned a chain of banks. Professor Newton E. Yost, superintendent of schools of Porter, dropped dead. He was 48 years old. The wedding of Miss Blanohe Harris, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Harris, to U. 8. Briggs, a wellknown jeweler, was celebrated at Plainfield. A meeting of the twenty-odd independent window-glass manufacturers of the country was held at Indianapolis Thursday, for the purpose of making overtures to the trust and its allies. The two organizations propose to take the products of the independents. From the Indianapolis Journal: The Benjamin Harrison Monument association has been organized, with Senator Fairbanks at its head, for the purpose of erecting a worthy monument to the memory of Indiana's only president. We commend this project to our readers and venture to hope that each will be disposed to contribute, however small an amount. A postal card addressed to Evans Woollen, Indianapolis, stating the amount subscribed and the name of the subscriber, will he sufficient. Bach of our sister states, Illinois and Ohio, has erected a magnificent monument to the memory of her president. Surely it would be unworthy for our state to show less appreciation. The purpose is in no sense partisan. Those who differed with General Harrison politically will agree with those who supported him in recognizing the distinction he brought to Indiana-by his services as soldier, lawyer, senator, president, citizen. We are gratified to learn that the contributions already In hand, no appeal having been made hitherto in Indiana outside of Indianapolis, aggregate about thirty thousand dollars. The hope of the organization is that the contributions from all sources, including the other states, will amount to one hundred thousand dollars. Every school boy and girl in Indiana should bring 10 cents to school with them Nov. 22—Harrison Monument day—in all the schools of Indiana. . John D. Sarnighausen, publisher of the Indiana Staats Zeitung of Fort Wayne and one of the oldest German editors in the country, died at the age of 82. He had been editor of the Staats Zeitung forty years. He served in the Indiana legislature as a Democrat. Mrs. George Gilligan, who with her baby was stranded in Chicago while en route from Michigan City, Ind., to Fargo, N. D., to Join her sick husband, was sent on her way happy. Before boarding the train at Chicago she hed been given a ticket to Fargo and SIOO in money. Mr. Gilligan was a soldier In the Philippines, and was shot in the back. It is believed he is dying. United States Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota telegraphed Assistant State’s Attorney Barnes to investigate the case, and If found genuine 'to forward to Fargo at his expense. Many persons called as the Harrison Street Annex when they heard of Mrs. Gilllgan’s case and contributed to the purse which Matron Mary Keegan presented the unfortunate woman. The committee of the ministers’ association has arranged for Thanksgiving services at Terre Haute as follows: Central Presbyte. ian church, Rev. C. D. Case of the First Baptist church; Plymouth Congregational church, Rev. S. E. Long; Grame Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. N. E. Tlnkham; Tabernacle Baptist church, Rev. L. E. Sellers, Central Christian church. Mrs. Nelson Hubbard, wife of Henry Hubbard of Linton, was arrested charged with stealing $lO from her husband’s brother, but it is alleged that the charge is really preferred to compel her to surrender her child to its father, husband and wife having separated. The woman clung to her child, and was transferred to Linton. Joseph Straughan, bookkeeper for the Parke County Coal Company, who committed suicide by hanging, was singing a song only a moment or two before attaching the fatal noose and swinging off.

George Roddy of Cincinnati, representing the L. B. Pierce Mercantile Company of Kansas City, was arrested at Vincennes accused of embezzling sl2 of the firm's money,'hut he afterward escaped from custody. The fate of Charles Dunn, charged with assault upon and the murder of ten-year-old Alice Cothrell, was in the hands of the jury at Fort Wayne, Wednesday. The Chicago & Alton railway company is settling the claims at Covington of Christian Endeavor excursionists injured in the wreck several months age. L. A. D. Harry and daughter Zola, who were terribly scalded and scarred, will receive about SIO,OOO, and Mr. Harry may receive $5,000 growing out of the death of his wife. The Adsits of Hoopeston are booked for $5,600 because of the death of Mrs. Adsit and the 'injuries sustained by Mr. Adsit. Fire destroyed the large tube and pump manufacturing plant operated by A. D. Cook, the largest and most valuable industry In Lawrenceburg. Loss, $76,000; partially insured. The large factory of the Harrison & Rudd Pants Company, on Water street, Evansville, was destroyed by fire. The fire originated in the stockroom, about the center of the fourth floor, and spread so rapidly that In a few moments the entire building was enveloped In a blaze. The excellent work of the firemen saved the adjoining buildings from destruction. The loss on the stock is estimated at $70,000; building, SB,OOO. The Marlon Owls defeated the Hartford Crty eleven at the baseball park at Marion, 30 to 0. This Is the seventh game the Owls have played this season by electric light, and no eleven has been able to Rcore against them. |j| The divorce evil in Terre Haute reached the climax when Thomas RhoadH asked for a marriage license, and when told the decree in his first wife’s suit for divorce from him had not been entered, asked to have it done at once, offering to pay all the court costs at the same time he paid for the marriage license with which he was to marry a second wife. He said he had defaulted in the suit against him purposely. A few days ago a man paid the costs in a suit for divorce brought by the woman whom he was to marry, and in which a decree had been entered the day before, but under a ruling of the court marriage licenses can not be issued to persons when either has been a party to a divorce proceeding In which the court costs had not been paid. The coßts in this case were assessed against the defendant husband, but the second husband paid them, afong with the $2 for his marriage license. One couple married a few days ago were both under 30 years of age, but each had been married three times. In October there were twenty-two divorce cases and slxty-slx marriage licenses. The Detroit A. C. and the South Bend A t A. elevens battled at South Bend for the western athletic championship. The contest was fierce and exciting throughout, but was played without a mishap, ending in South Bend’s favor, 11 to 0. The local team displayed superiority at all times and offered its opponents but one opportunity to score. Both touchdowns wefe earned by straight, hard football, and at no time were gains of more than six yards made. Pat O’Dea’s playing was about the best in his career. Peter Matyaczko, a Hungarian boy 17 years old, whose home was at 80 Rawlins avenue, Cleveland, and who had been a member of Notre Dame manual training school for the last three months, committed suicide at that institution Thursday. As the boys were going from the refectory to the recreation field young Matyaczko, who was quite an athlete, engaged in a friendly bout with Tom Canty, a cljum. In the contest young Canty’s foot caught on some obstacle and his let was broken at the ankle. It is thought .that Matyaczko believed he had seriously injured his friend and that the thought temporarily unbalanced his mind. He left his playfellows and ran to the garret of St. Joseph’s hall, secured a 32-caliber revolver and shot himself through the head. The coroner’s inquest was held. The body was sent to the dead boy’s parents in Cleveland. „ Thirty-five years ago John KaoUgh left Fort Wayne for the west, after telling his brother William that if he made a fdrtune they would hear from him, but not before. Thursday Mr. Kaough, who has since been postmaster and become prominent in business and politics, received a letter from John stating that he has made a rich -strike in mining claims in southwestern California, and asking about his mother. The aged woman Is still living and is overjoyed at hearing from her long-lost. son. Two of the fire cisterns in connection with Indianapolis were wrecked by a gas explosion and two members of the city repair gang were fatally injured. A boat accidentally overturned and precipitated Dr. E. B, Rhodes and George Goss Into the water at Rochester. They clung to the side* until their cries alarmed Frank Rader, onehalf mile away, who reached them barely In time. The daughter of John H. Lewis of St Louis, who committed suicide at Jeffersonville several weeks ago, is Investigating her father’s death. Her father left home with good clothing and considerable money, and his body was found shabbily dressed and penniless. ,