Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1889 — Page 2

She jlcpublican. Gam E. MmMau*, Publisher. BKNRSELAER, INDIANA

JHtmatikg the sea has always been supposed to mean pipwing the surface, whatever the motor might be. But we qtn now travel under the sea as well as on the surface. Recent experiments have keen made at Toulen with a submarine boat, that proves to be a great success. It runs from nine to ten knots, while the light is good and respiration easy The boat can be moved in any direction, either vertically or horizontally. It will carry five persona. Of course, its purport is warfare, but there is no reason why such a boat can not be applied to purposes more peaceful, especially to aid scientific research. Ths history of names is most interesting and awful, Good Housekeeping tells us a pretty story of the thimble. It was formerly worn on the thumb, and because of its shape was called a thumbbell. Transferred mainly to the index finger, it still retains the name of thumbbell, or thim-ble. But it would not occur to any one to imagine the meaning of thimble, did he not know the history of the custom. The original tbimblea were made only of brass, but not long since the King of Siam presented one to bin Qupen that was made of gold and thickly studded with diamonds, ..arranged to spell her name. It was made in form to imitate a lotus bud.

Ths determ ned gtand taken by a few Sheriffs about the country is worthy of all commendation. It law is worth anything it is good for a man accused of murder. He has aright to a fair hearing. If law’s delays are numerous and vexing, and afford opportunities for breaking down justiee, bangs few attorneys. Mob law is a dangerous pastime, not only to the murderer, but to the public. It creates a lawless spirit that will surely end in more crime. It rarely Occurs that lynching is done by a spotless crowd. As a rule, more or less of the actors deserve hanging themselves. The Sheriffs are right. They should protect Satan himself, if put in their charge Usclx Sam’s Treasury Department has proven, within the past few years, to have been a convenient stepping stone to high financial position in private life. Several Secretaries of the Treasury, Comptrollers of the Currency and Treasurers have been put at the head cf banks and other institutions of that class in recent years, and now Comptroller Trenbolm is to follow the custom by becoming the President of a big surety company. If there is any particular ability in this line possessed by Mr. Trenbolm he Las been very successful in concealing it from the public thus far. However, McCulloch, Knox, Cannon, Manning and Jordau, who have gone from one bureau or other of the Treasury Department .into high position in the outside world, proved themselves to have been, while in the Government service, skillful and successful financiers.

OUR DEFENSIVE STRENGTH.

The Regular Army of the Country and the State Organised Mill aa. The statistics of the militia of the country, which Geneial Drum has just reported, in accordance with the law requiring him to do so, have a special value just how, from the disposition to take account of our defensive strength. The organized militia of the States and Territories, consisted, at the latest returns, of 8,397 officers and 98.109 men, making an aggregate, of 106.5 6. This is a gain 5,609 over the aggregate of last year, which was 100,837. Still the increase is not as great as the previous one. which was B,l< 3, the aggregate for 1887 having been 92,734. That in turn had increased from an aggregate of 91,200. The two prominent facta are that a healthy growth is shown, and that since the passage of the act of Congress doubling the annual J ! appropriation of the militia, the gains ” have b-en greater in ratio than before. Our organized militia is now more numerous and more carefully equipped than at any preceding time. As for the unorganized militia, that is equivalent, of course, to the remainder of the available male arms bearing population within the age limits assumed for military service. This is now reckoned at 8,104,028, oeinga gain of 183,260 over last year’s estimates. In some cases the estimates are not received from the States, but are made at the War Department; in some instances they show palpable inaccuracies still it is safe to say that 8.00(»,000 can be counted on as the maximum military force. New York leads as usual with her 13,53 t, a 'orce exceeding -also in ratio of population Pennsy 1 vhhra’s 8,351 ano Ohio’s 5,727. , These three States are well known to be in the vat, of organized militia strength, as their population should make tbe-n. THE SAMOAN QUcoTION. Harold M. Bewail, Consul-General to the Samoan Islands, Thursday, received a notification from the State Department that his resignation would be acceptable on the ground that his views were not in harmony with those of the Adminis tration. Telegrams from Berlin indicate that Prince Bismarck is not inclined to enU-r into farther negotiations with the Ameri can government with regard to Samoa until after the inauguration of Presidem Harrison. Information obtained from the official quartern induces the belie that Lord Salisbury has urged Coum Von Hatzfeldt, the German embassador to permit negotiations between Germany and England to lie over for the samreason, the Premier believing that an entirely different view will be taken ot he Samoan difficulty by the incoming ! American President and his Cabinet. I

THE STATE LEGISLATURE

The Ben«te on the Sth nsared Bojrrl'i bill mak • Ini&HpMale judicial cljreulta of Hamilton im.l Madfeon -■nuuliea. Revere! •peeche* were made agsliißl' the bill nil account of the fxtra/expensa entailed. but only 12 Totes were recorded ajminat it to .44 in its favor. Bii-hotMki’* bill, rotating to drainage, waa also paw-ed. It in supplemental tn the art authorizing Circuit and Superior Court ludgea to order additional araeaamenta in pay for drainage. and provide* that hi conntiea with • voting population of 12,500 when the flrat aaaesament la liiauffieient another may l»e ordered by the court A resolution waa adopted oy a party vole providing for the employment of a clerk to copy bills Tor the printer. Hubbell's bill creating a Superior Court ip Elkhart county waa passed. The House, on the sth, considered the Curtis bill creating a Hoard of Public Works for Indianapolis The committee report favorable to its {Mtssage was presented The report waa concurred in by aves 51, nays .'l9. Cullen spoke against the bill and Curtis said that at tha proper lime he would reuly to Cullen. The bill waa then amended and ordered engrossed. The House, in Committee of the Whole, then began lonsldemtiou of the deficiency appropriation bill. The reductions recommended by the majority of the Committee on Ways and Means were approved without objection, until the item allowing the State Auditors thousand dollars for office expenses was reached. The allowance hns itsuallv been *6OO, and the minority recommended a reduction to that amount. Mr. Willard exphilnedthat It was from this fund that the Auditor bad paid the salary of Robertson as Lieutenant-Governor. Mr. Adams said that he hut! honed “the old sore’’—for thst’s what it wm wonld not he opened ogn+n and reviewed the Lieutenant-Governor's contest at length. The bill, as amended, makes appropriations as follows: For the yenrs 1887 and 1888. for the Governor, *s,axi; Governor's Private . Secretary, $1,501; Governor's . Clerk, *1,000; Governor's Messenger, 1700; Adjutant General. JcaVr Adjutant General's Clerk, *64XI; Qnartermntter General *300; Governor's office cxt>eni>ea. $:«<•. Governor's civil contingent fund; 51,000; Governor*! military contingent fund. *2.000; .Secretary of Stale, *2,000; Deputy Secretary of state, 51.500: Clerk of Secretary of State. *BOO, Clerk of the Bureau of Printing and Stationary, ll.l’QOl'Otfiee expenses for Secretary of State, So00;_fnrthedistributlonofliiws and reports.B2so; State Auditor, »l,500; Deputy Shite Auditor, *2.300; Clerk <if the Land Department. *1,201; Clerk o( the Insurance Department, *1,200; State Treasurer, *3,ol»)tl)epttty State Treasurer, *1,500; watch matt Treasury, *720: Treasurer's office expenses, S.IXI The other items have not yet lieen passed jipon liy-tfie committee. The bill providing ton a supreme Court commission was passed; ayes 53, nays 41. The bill to elect three trustees for each of the State hospitals, was ordered engrossed. Several bills were introduced. In the Scnnte on the nth a message from the Governor announced the appointment of Henry Watts and and B. L. Smith as -trustees of the Soldiers' Orhans' Home. -The appointments were referred to the Committee on Executive Appoint pients O.tohnaoii and the Republicans protested against this action being taken and the fact that thiscommittee has as yet made no reports on tip pointniehts referred to it was criticised severely by the Republican Senators. The following bills were passed: Authorizing the construction n sewetaljlhe Mtchigaa City penitentiary; providing for the formation of fair associations and •giving them authority to borrow money; legalizing Hie acts.of Notaries Public whose rominis'ioiis iiavexiitpircd, and amenfflngSec. 1493 of the Revised statutes; to make the term of office of township trustees and asreesnrs commence on the Ist of August; relating to Justices of the Peace by adding a clause requiring the defendant to first file an affidavit showing good c.msc of action: to render uniform the assessment of personal property; Johnson’s bill to require that the death penalty shall only be-inflicted nt the penitentiaries. Committee reports, favorable: to pay n warrant issued by the Senate at the for mer session; to direct the copying, filing and indexing of certain land records; to make approprintionfor the Home for Feeble Minded Youths; majority and minority reports were reported on the bill to.allow Alonzo G. Smith the salary of' Lieutenant Governor during the last Senate; recommending an appropriation respectively of *IOO,OOO and *65.000 for the State Normal School. Traylor's bill To punish White Caps was passed: ■ also the bill providing that eight hours shall constftute a day's work by substitutes on highways € Other routine business was transacted. In thfc'House a few bills were Introduced —one to prohibit billiard tables for public use being placed in any room where liquor is sold, and another takes from the Governor the right to appoint a State Coal Oil Inspector. Bills engrossed: Concerning proceedings in civil cases; authorizing commissioners to construct ‘.free gravel roads on county lines; reducing tint number of jurors in eases tried before Justices of the Peace from twelve to six. The bill making eight hours’ a legal days' work was discussed •mil referred back to committee. The Reynolds local option hill was made the special order for the 13th Inst. Several bills were engrossed. Other engrossed bills were made and referred.. The deficiency appropriation bill was called np. Culler offered an amendment to increase the allowance to the State Auditor to 81,400; which includes the money paid to Robertson. On a motion to lay the amendment on the table the, ayes and nays were demanded and taken and it was found that there wws not a quorum present adjournment was had. The Senate, on the 7tb, passed the bill legalizing the Inearponition of Poseyville. The hill repealing section 5,1:9, Revised Statutes, which says that a wife cannot legally become a surety or guarantor on any bond or contract wns defeated y The Senate then took up the Andrews election bill and the, remainder of the day was consumed in its consideration.

The House, on the 7th, defeated the amendment allowine the State Auditor pay for Lieutennn Governor Robertson’s salary, by a vote of 53 to 42. The deficiency bill was then engrossed.. The Peyton-John contest was taken up and the majority and minority reports, both very long, were read. The majority report presented a statement of the testimony, showing who were the persons who had illegally voted for John. Thirty-four votes were counted as illegal, because'two persons who were named were nonresidents, minors, or had voted in the wrong precinct. The evidence ou the Republican side they deemed worthless, but conceded that there were two votes for Peyton hat might have ceen illegal. In additition to the thirty-four illegal votes for John, they reported that the ' evidence showed that in Silverdale township, Spencer county, there had been “a corrupt conspiracy” to influence votes by promise of rewards, and threats of visitation by White Gaps, and that on the night prior to the election, fortyfive negroes had been gathered in a barn, kept there all night, and marched to the polls in a drove and voted. They believed that these fortyfive votes should be deducted from the number credited to John, but were not clear on the law, and they left the statement for whatever weight it might have with the House. Their finding was that Peyton had received 2.699 legal votes and John 2,677, leaving the former a majority of twenty-two. The minority report discredited the testimony upon which the majority based their conclusions and recommendation. Giving Peyton v- the benefit of all doubts, not ’unre than eleven votes could be conceded to him. while they claimed, as an offset, seven votes for John, to which his right was •more clearly established than was Peyton’s lo the doubtful eleven. The evidence before the Committee, the majority'report stated, was mostly hearsay. Countercharges were made, supported by testimony, which was read, showing that John had a legal majority of eighteen. Mr. Zoervber, the chairman on the committee on elections, moved to lay the minority report on the table: and demanded the previous question, but the Speaker, ruled that the demand for the previous question was out of order. It was decided’that each side should have an hour and a half for discussing the case, and that at 4 o’clock a vote should lie taken. Mr. Zoereher, os Chairman”of the Committee on Elections, led in the debate, followed by Mr. Adams for the Republicans. The remarks of both speakers were confined to a discussion of the evidence. Other speakers were Adar, D.,’ Hess. R.. Hawell. D., Reynolds, R., Cullen R.. and Wilson, D. The minoritv report was rejected by ayes 47, navs 50. Kelly. Kabbe, Beasley. Lacy and Oppenheim i voting aye with the Republicans. The majorilfe report was concurred in by the same vote and Peyion was sworn in. Bills were introduced; others were engrossed. The Senate, on the Sth, devoted the entire day to the consideration of the election bill. In the House, on the Bth. a resolution providing for an investigation of the State Insane Asylum was laid on the table by a strict party vote. Bills passed: Oppenheim's,relating to promissory notes and bank checks: Willard's, prohibiting the 1 use dynamite by railroad companies inopeningof their tracks through the section of the State where the working of stone quarries are in operation: in relation to the Consumers. Gas Trust of Indianapolis, relating to county commissoners issuing bonds ior the completion of court houses; to extend the liability of .employers to employes; to establish a board of public works; to establish a State board of health; relating to the administration of the insane hospitals; relating to the duties of the State librarian; concerning the building of turn pikes instead of bridges by county commissioners; relating'to the duties and compensation of the Attorney General: to define the leth and creating the 53d judicial circuit » • In joint session. Speaker Niblack presiding, Jacob P. Bunn, Jr., was elected State Librarian, receiving 82 votes to 64 for Mrs. Virginia C. Merideth. Neither house had a quorum on the 9th, Tut they did not discover the fact The Senate returned, continued an i con-lnded its consideration of the Andrews eleriiou bill, but the vote on ita passage was postponed. Among the more amendments incorporated In the bill was one making it a felo;:-io .earn away election ballots or stamps wiu,.. -> vm&nt of the custodian An amend me l. -reviJifig for registration of voters was defeated uy a party

vote. The section of the bill requiring corporalions and railroad companies to suspend all work for four hours on election dsv created a lengthy Hwusaioti bulall citorta to amend it were futile. The House passed four hills: Senate bill giving cities authority to construct levees, Senate bill legalizing records of circuit snd .superior courts; House bill limiting bequests for charitable or religious purpose* to one-ftfUrtb the eatale, and Houm* Lili! amending the tub law. Several bills were read the second time. In tbe Senate on the 11 th bills were introduced, petitions were presented slid committee reports were read. Foley introduced a bill which authorizes School. Commissioners to levy a tax assessment of five cents on the *IOO for II rary purposes. A bill by Mulllnix provides lor the election of a Superintendent of. the State House by the General Assembly, whose salary . shall tit, *1,500 a year. A petition from 325 citizens of Henry county.asking for the enactment of a law prohibiting tbe sale of tobacco to persons under eighteen years of age, was presented by Grose. The majority of the Judiciary Committee recommended the indefinite postponement of Senator Johnson's bill authorizing the Supreme Court Judges to employ secretaries; and the minority reported favorably upon it. Two reports from the Judiciary Committee were presented on Crona's bill to repeal section 5,1117 of the Revised Statutes, the majority being adverse and the minority being favorable. Uriustoo introduced A bill authorizing the sale of the old State building at the corner of Washington and Tennessee streets. Senator Barrett presented a petition from the Young Men’s Dediocratlc Club of Franklin, ask Ing that theproposed new law should be made to apply to all elections. It Was represented that there was so much corruption in the elections in that county that there whs no.chanee for a poor man to get an office. The election bill was again taken up, and ns amended was read through. In tbe House the bill to amend the bill which makes it a criminal offense to intimidate men from working to intei sere with the working oi trains was engrossed. A bill legalizing the a. ts of J. B. Hutcli.a justit e of the peace, was passed. Beasley's bill limiting the power of township trustees was passed. The bill requires that trustees, before making contracts lor tbe purchase of supplies of any kind or for the construction of bull lings, shall .file with the county auditor at least Un days before the first session of the Board of County Com-mis-iiuiers, a statement of what may be needed, *tb which any tax-payer.may have the right to tile objections, which must be given considera- • b>- the conntv commissioners. Whenever a trustee issues a note, warrant or other evidence ...uuou-mikw be shall register it in a book to be kept for that purpose. Carroll’s bill amending the road low, reducing the toll, was consiuered.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The Curtis bill for a Board of Public Works for Indianapolis, passed the House Friday. The bill is very objectionable to Republicans. Ti is c 1 aimed that T. F. Legg, of Windfall, Who is a member of the present General Assembly, is the oldest man in Indiana, born in tbe State. He was born in Lawrenceburg, October lb, 1800, and he is stilt spry and nimble. Mr. Stanly has introduced a bill in tbe House providing for increasing the tax on dogs. He thinks there are too many dogs and not enough sheep. In many counties of the State the dog-tax fund is not sufficient to pay for the sheep killed by dogs. Governor Hovey Tuesday appointed Ben L. Smith, of Rush, and Harry Watts, of Henry county, as trustees of the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home. Mr. Smith is president of the board, his appointment being a continuance for another .term. Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks was a visitor in the Senate Tuesday. Out ct respect to the distinguished lady a recess of a few minutes was taken, and all the members were presented to her. When business was resumed she occupied a seat by the side of the Lieutenant-gov-ernor.

Tue committee on reformatory institutions, Tuesday, submitted to the House a report of its visit to the Reformatory for Women on Jan 29. The members join in saying that upon the whole the result of their visit was most gratifying, and that they have only words of commendation for Hose who manage its atlairs. There is need, they say, for an additional building for a hospital. The same committee reported that it had visited the Reform School for Boys, at Plainfield, and that they were favorably impressed with its management The Barrett bill, proposing to tax certain building association funds, is exciting interest in all the cities of the State. The members of the associations look upon it unfavorably. They say their moneys are already taxed, and that this borders upon double taxation, inasmuch as all revenues of associations are taxed either on surplus ofc in the buildings which it is used to erect by the borrower. The large Indianapolis Associations are holding back somewhat in their opposition, mindful of the fact that two years ago they called for an “assessment,” and were left to pay all tills incurred in advocating and opposing legislation. Mr. Adams, of Morgan, introduced in the House, Friday, a resolution providing for an investigation of the State Insane Hospital. It was laid on the table. The preamble recited charges almost siuiiiaf to those of two years ago: That the inmates had been cruelly and inhumanely treated; that foul’ impure, rotten butter has been fed said inmates; that diseased hogs have Save been purchased by the Trustees for use in said hospital that acts of indecency and immorality have been committed and practiced among the emploves; that the funds have been wrongfully applied, and so on. The asylum will probably receive investigation before the Legislature adjourns. “Riotous Conspiracy” is the legal name proposed for the White Cap entrages in a bill by Senator Traylfer which passed the Senate “If three or more. Jefsons shall unite or combine togntj r forthe purpose of doing an unlawful act in the night time, or for the purpose of doing any unlawful act while wearing white caps, masks, or being otherwise disguised, shall be deemed guilty of a riotous conspiracy, and upon conviction thereof, shall oe imprisoned in the JjState Prison not more than ten years nor less than two years, and fined in any sum not exceeding $2 000.” The enactment of the bill is said to be necessary because there is no law adequately defining the offense. When the bill passes the House it will immediately go into effect When the Senaiewas occupied in the discussion of Senator Johnson's bill, requiring that criminals condemned to death shall be executed secretly in the State prisons before sunrise, Senator DeMotte proposed as a substitute that the death penalty should be abolished. Several Senators expressed themselves aS opposed to capital punishment but would not vote for the substitute .because it might defeat the bill, which' they believed should becofine a law if the death penalty could not be abolished. The bill provided that the executions shall be witnessed by onlv the prison directors, the spiritual adviser, two pbygicans, and not to exceed twelve relatives and friends of the; condemned person. A bill abolishing the death Penalty may be introduced by Senator DeMotte, and it is not impossible that it will pass the Senate.

I, Mr. Adams, of Morgan, introdoced a bill in the Hon-e, Monday morning, which providee that telegraph and tele* phone companies shall be liable for damage in case of negligence in rate delivery The Supreme Court has held that under the present law tbe companiea are not liable for damage in case of negligence in the delivery of messages. M Petitions are oircnlatingat Ft. Wayne and other pointe, calling upon tbe Legislature to pass a law requiring that the effects of alcohol, opium and tobacco on tbe human system shall be taught in the public schools. The K. of L. has obtained 1,800 signatures favoring such legislation, and the W. C. T. U. and the churcfjes generally have united In a similar request. Two more of tbe caucus measures passed tbe House Friday evening. One provides for the election, by the General Assembly of three trustees for each of the additional hospitals for the insane, and the second, introduced by Mr. Wilson, taking the appointment of the five members of the State Board of Health from the Governor and giving it to the General Assembly. In the House, Saturday afternoon, Mr. Nolan, chairman of the committee on prison north, submitted the report of the committ e’s investigation last week. The report states a thorough examination was. made and everything found in good order. Tbe committee found the prisoners’ cells lighted with tallow .-andles which they procure themselves, and they recommend that an electric light plant be placed in tbe prison, not to cost over slo,i Oil. The State new pays $2,700 a year for gas, and as there is enough steam power to operate dvnamos to light every cell with incandescent lights it would not only be a great saving to this State, but a humane act to appropriate money for electric lights. In the school-

room the committee found seventy-five convicts in attendance. The report state that 'ls per cent, of those entering the prison are illiterate, and the .school has been a great success. An appropriation of SSOO is recommended for for improving th 6 library. The kitchen laundry and bath-rooms were found clean. There are some insane convicts, and the committee recommends that they be transferred to one of the insane as iums. Corporal punishment has bfeen abandoned, and the dungeon, with the usual bread and water diet, is used for i refractory prisoners. The “good time” ; act has proven to be a good law, under I which better deportment is secured. The committee recommended that life convicts, after serving twenty-five years should be paroled. The people of Michigan City complain a great deal of the i filthy condition of the sewer, and a i recommendation is made that SIO,OOO be appropriated for a new sewer. The committee also reccommended that the salary of the warden be increased, in which recommendation Messrs Reynolds and Carrick dissented. The committee then details at length tbe m nner of ' employment ot the convicts, with the recommendation that the present contract system should be abolished; and that convict labor should, under the direction of the warden, be engaged in the manufacture of such artcles for the ; various State institutions as are required by them and which are now supplied by purchase*

WASHINGTON NOTES.

' Fifteen hundred men from the regular army and the militia ot the District SMjs a Washington special, will escort the President and Vice-president-elect to the Copitokon inauguration day. Between forty and fifty thousand men will be in fine when the chief executive and the Vice-president are escorted from the Capitol to the Wnite House. It is to be the proudest pageant ever witnessed in this country, of any ether, not exe< pting the <4vic and military displays upon ihe coronation of the Czar ot Rui-sia or the crowning of a king or an emperor. Immense stands of seats, from which the public will view the parade (by paving from $1.50 to $3 a head) are being erected all along Pennsylvania avenue wherever a vacant plot of ground can be found, also, around the Treasury and other buildings occupied by the government. Hundreds ot carpenters 1 are employed putting up the seats, which resemble those at a base-ball park or a fair ground. If the weather I three «eeks from to-day should be I pleasant here, the seat-dealers will make a foitune. The police arrangements for keeping Pennsylvania avenue clear are complete, and there will be gorgeous decorations along the line of parade, which is fifteen squares in length—about a mile and a half. General Alger states in & letter to Senator Stockbridge that he does not i expect to go into President Harrison’s Cabinet; that he has not solicited the p>sition,and does not know that Gen. . Harrison has seriously considered his name at any time. This infoimation has created great surprise among the Michigan Republicans in Washington, as they expected to see their recent candidate for the Presidential nomination at the head of the War Department un- ■ der the incoming administration. They have bow given up all expectations in |hat,direction.

''' In a communication to the State De partment, Minister Denby states that the number of American citizens now residing in the Chinese Empire is 1,022. Of this number 506 are missionaries, 73 are seafarers, 28 are in the Chinese customs service and 23 follow mercbantile pursuits. The occupations of 345 are unclassified. The President laid before Congress, Friday, all the correspondence and papers about the German-American relations at Samoa since the treaty t.f i July, 1887. The correspondence shows only amicable feeling between the representatives of the two Governments. 3 It has developed that more than four hundred nominations have been “pigeonholed” in the Senate committees, and it is announced that there will be no more confirmations except for non-political offices until after March 4. Among the nominations sent to the Senate Saturday afternoon is that of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Thompson to the vacancy in the Civil Service caused by» the resignation of John n. Oberly. The House, Thursday, passed the Nicaragua bill by a vote of 1 • 7 to 60. The House passed the Nicaragua bill by a vote of 177 to 60. Flatterers are the cleverest thoughtreaders; they tell you exactly what you think.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Vincennes will have an ice factory. Tramps are troublesome in Jennings. Vigo Measles are raging in Fayette county schools. There are fourteen pl nek-me stores in Clay coun'y. Walkerton was visited by a $35,000 fire, Thursday. The South Bend boiler works will remove to Marion. A new I. O. 0. F. block will be erected at Huntington. The new Marine Hospital at Evansvi le will be well located and an imposing structure, tz Michigan City authorities have inaugu rated war on the gambling and illfame element Nathan Adair and wife, of Jeffersonville, married three years, are blessed with six children— duet, solo, trio. Four alleged White Caps, charged with frightfully beating Dr. Clare, of North Manchester, have been arrested and placed under bonds. Over one dosen residents in Delphi have received notes signed “Garroll county White Caps,” warning the rereform or leave. ■» I. C. B. Snman and N. Cooper, of Valparaiso, have sold a yearling Hambleton ian colt to tbe proprietor of the Platte Valley, Neb., stock farm for $1,500. At a recent spelling-bee in New Albany “sumac,’swept down all the competitors, with the exception of Ed. Hobson, a student, of Jeffersonville. Tbe first born-son of Samuel Johnson, of Decatur county, will sign himself R. H. W. T. B. J. Johnson—in full Robert Hamilton Woodfill Tackett Bennett Jackson Johnson. - 1 H. Ogden, a dry goods merchant of Lake*on, Wabash county, was robbed on Wednesday night, of $l.O 0. He had the money under hie pillow, and the burglars drugged him.

A fire, starting in a kitchen in one of the several buildings at St. Mary’s in-tbe-V'oods, the Catholic female institute, four miles wist of Terre Haute Thursday, caused about $1,5000 loss, which is fuby covered by insurance. Altogether sixteen persons in Warsaw have missives signed “Commander of White Caps,” warning them to mend their ways or leave town within fifteen d-ys. These missives aeem to have been distributed promiscuously, without regard to sex or color. Several days ago, at Terre tHaute, William Riter was arrested for ening to kill his wife, and wihile he was in jail she brought suit for divorce. Yesterday he secured his release, and then went home and hanged himself. His dead body was found swinging in the kitchen. A young hdy at Mt. 2Etna, having incurred the displeasure of her associates, has received a letter signed “Lady White Caps,” warning her that she will receive rude treatment unless she changes her methods. The recipient bears a most excellent reputation, and is not conscious of having given offense. Last week it was given out with a flourish that George Zinn, formerly an inmate of the Laporte Coqnty Asylum, had fallen heir to a half million esta'te in the old country. The Laporte Argus pursued the rumor to hard-pan, and finds that Zinn has fallen heir to onefourth of an estate valued at one hundred dollars.

Abram Hoagland, the last of the pioneers who firstsettled Southern Indiana, di d at Evansville, Tuesday .aged eightytwo vears. He was a veteran of the Blackhawk war, and took part in many Indian engagements. His children and their cnildren include many of the prominent families in the southern part of the State. - It is estimated that 7,000 veople took part in a fox chase in Pike county, on Saturday, among whom were several hundred ladies, mounted on horseback. Twenty-five foxes were scared up, and thirteen jvere killed. A wolf and about twenty ebons were also slaughtered, but a panther, which was discovered inside the lines, was suffered to go his way. The citizens of Johnson township Knox county, a great watermelon pro-, d ucing district, have formed a trust "and have employed ex-Congressman Cobb to petition the railroad companies for freight rates for them. Unless they secure the rates they will not grow a melon the coming season If successful in their request ofThe railroads they will plant a larger acreage than ever before. Last June William Brock, aged eighteen, and Grace Holman, aged thirteen. eloped from Seymour to Jeffersonville, and were married. They lived’ together only a few days before they were separated by the girl’s father, who immediately began suit for divorce. It was granted Tuesday, and now the father will prosecute the justice and others concerned in the marriage.

The following patents were granted to Indiana inventors Tuesday: Stephen G. Baldwin, Marion, ink-staid; John B. Cleveland. Indianapolis, fence; Frank C. Cleaver, Terre Haute, slide-valve; Wm. J. Griebel, Fort Wayne, folding bedstead; Joseph B. Himes, Ladoga, cultivator; George Potts, Indianapolis, moldsanding machine; H. W. Rutor and H. A. Gore, Goshen, carpet sweeper; Martin D. Spr nger, Indianapolis, latch for match flasks; Abraham L. Teetor. Indianapolis, sand-molding machine; Benton Wagner, Milton, cultivator a tachment; Orson H. Woodworth, Columbia City, filter-pump. Fannie Mann, Annie Lee, Douglas Cole, Jacob Grime s and wife, and Charles Grimes and wife, were baptized by immersion, Sunday, a few miles southwes* of Danville. A large hole had been cutin the ice, and the minister took the thinly clad and shivering converts, one of whom is a chronic invalid, and another g yon ng mother, one at a time into the water, which was five feet deep. A blizzard and snow storm were raging, and it was so cold that the ice formed on top of the pool and stiffened their garments as soon as they came out of the water. On completion of the ceremony they walked in their stocking feet a quarter of a mile through the fields to the nearest residence to change garments. John E. Sullivan, late County Clerk of Marion county, is undoubtedly the worst scoudrel unhung. New rascalities are coming to light daily, and from every direction. Soon after Sim Coy’s conviction his political friends gave a ball, the proceeds to be applied to the relief of Coy’s wife. The net receipts were about $1,200, which was paid to Sullivan to be paid to Mrs. Cby. Not a cent of this

it developes, was paid to her, bat was all applied to Sullivan's private ends. Daring tbe tally sh e *‘ t trials Coy was indebted to Sallivan $1,500, and he gave Sullivan to secure him a deed to his home with tbe understanding that it should be deeded back as t-uon as Coy was released. Sullivan, instead, sold the property, realising much more | than Coy’s indebtedness, and also applied this to his personal needs. There are. in fact, few friends of Sullivan now in Marion county but what mourn because of the base ingratitude of the embezzler and thief.

CORN IS KING.

“Our” corn erop just gathered never before yielded such a bountiful harvest. Nearly two billions of bushels were raised on 75.567 276 acres of the finest land in the world, which will bring “us” in nearly seven hundred millions of dollars. Tbe train that woqld be required to bring this immense amount to the seaboard would be 3,00u,(M>0 cars, loaded with 662 bushels each, and nearly 611,0001 locomotives, an** would,, reach more than around the worlij, Bo'_ heavily loaded a train travels slowly, and would require a whole year to pass through Chicago. .For hours the express train whirls past a green ocean of corn, wherein not a hill is missing. Its towering stalks would afford secure amnush for an army of 1,« 00.000 men, mounted and foot, artillery,ambulances, mule trains and stragglers. ihe present price of corn is below what it costs to put it in the farmers* cribs and if tbe life is thus to be pounded ont of it and no relief comes, the farmers must let their lands return to grass and their only hope lies in an increased export demand. According to the State Agricultural report, lowa is the banner State for corn, last year having raised on 7 787,090 acres a total product of 321,620,962 bushels. The average price paid is only 23 cents per bushel, commercial value of crop, $73 974,891. This is almost equal to the value of all the goldj silver and lead mined in the United States in 1888 which was $87,535,000. It is almost a larger sum all the railroads in the United States, paid in dividends on s ocks in that year. It is $8 000.' 00 more than ths total net earnings oi all the National banks in America and is considerable more than tbe total dividends paid by those banks in 1887. It. gives to every man, woman and child in the State, after reserving seed for 8.000,010 acres, nearly 12,000 bushels or six tons bf corn. From the official returns of tbe lowa Agricultural Society, the yield of the corn States is as follows: States. Acres. Bushels. lowa ,7,797,090 321,629.968 111in0i57,047,813 277.726;451 Indiana-,419,577 128,436,284 KansAs 5,574,465 168,754,047 Missouri 6,447,165 210.832, <94 Nebraska2,Bo4,2l6 84,1 6,352 0hi0...,, 90,423,821 Total for the seve n States 1,281,919,34*

ANOTHER WHITECHAPEL MURDER.

The body of a wo man, concealed in a wooden chest, was discovered Monday by the police of Dundee. The a’jdomen was ripped open and the body otherwise mutilated. The chest was so small that the niurderer had been c mpelled to squeeze the body into it. The bus-' baud of the woman has been arrested' on suspicion of being her murderer. The Jpjirderer is W. H. Bury, the husband B of the victim. Bury was a resident of Whitechapel, London, and his antecedents which have been traced, suggest that he is probably “Jack the Kipper,” and’ that be is subject to fits of unconscious murder mania. Bury says *bat he left Whi tecape 1 three weeks ago. He refuses to say why he left Whitecapel, and acknowledges that he had no business requiring his attention in Dundee. He says that he and his wife drank heavily last night before retiring, .and that he does not know how he got to bed. Upon awakening, he says, he found h’s wife upon the floor with a rope around her neck. Actuated by a sudden mad impulse, for which he cannot account, he seized a knife and slashed the body. Upon reason returning he became alarmed and hastily crushed the body into the chest in which it was found, thinking to fly and make his escape. He found, however, that he could ,not leave his wife’s remains and he finally resolved to inform the police. - ' The theory of the police officials is that Bury’s wife knew of facts connecting him with the East-end atr cities, and that she took him to Dundee in the hope of preventing a recurrence of the crimes.

$100,000, FOR UNCLE SAM.

The Queer Bequest «>f * M"H Who Was Very Much for Blaloe. A New Yorx dispatch of the 7th says: Surrogate Tuthill has issued a citation for the probate of the wid of W. M.,, Mferriam, the eccentric Suffolk County schoolmaster, who willed his property in bulk to the United States Government. Theexecutor, C. B. Ackerly, in searching fqr the assets, found sßl,Obo in Merriam's room at North port. It was tucked awar in old letters, books and corners of old trunks and valises. It is thought that when his money is all got together it Will amount to more than SIO’,WO. He has a sister, who, it is said, is worth $500,000. One reason he gave for willing his money to the Government, was that it. was rich and. Could afford to fight his sister if she attempted to contest the will. His sister, it was said, will not contest the will, as there are some unpleasant familv affairs which would necces arily come’ to light in the controversy. Merriam was a zealous Blaine man. He refused to vote the Republican ticket last fall because his favorite was not at the head of it When the success of the Republican party became known be at once named Blaine as ips choice for Secretary of State. He said if Blaine was not appointed he would change his will and cut off the Government. He fell dead in his schoolroom at 'Springs last Wednesday. He was sixty-five years old. ■

SOCIETY NOTE.

A. 8. Gookin, Cashier of the Manhattan Elevated Railway Company, N. T. and Henry Di»ckmann, Acting President of the Manntel-Borgesa Milling Co., St. Louis, are visiting iri Canada. They are both reasonably wealthy gentlemen. Mr. Gookin baring about $70,OQO and Mr. Dieckmann $50,000.