Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1893 — Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

The Joss to the lumbermen of Cleveland by the flood is about $200,000. An epidemic of cercbro spinal meningitis Is reported to be raging in' New York city. ■ The rivers and creeks innorthern New York and Maine are causing great damage. The whisky trust has authorized an issue of $8,060,000 in bonds for the distrfbutfon scheme. ■ ■ ■'j James E. Murdock, the colebratad elo" cutionist and actor, died at Cincinnati, Friday, aged eighty-three. Congressman Geary, the author of the Chinese exclusion act. employs a large force of celestials on his ranch in California. The Hudsoh Bay company has secured the contracts for supply ing bacon for the Indians in Manitoba and the northwest territories. BjHhe explosion of the glucose works, thecause of which is unknown, at Geneva, .111., Wednesday afternoon, seven men were killed. A secret teetotaler order the Anti-sa-loon Army has been organized at Clinton, Mo. It is proposed to make it national in character. President Greenhut has announced that on June 1, owing to overproduction, all of the thirteen big distilleries at Peoria, 111., will be shut down. The Whisky Trust has decided to establish agencies of its own in several States and as far as possible eliminate the wholesale dealer from its transactions. By the election of a Senator at North Smithfield the Rhode Island Republicans have a majority in the State Legislature, thus enabling them to elect Republican - State officers. 4The Cormack-Collier duel at Memphis is off, friends of the bloodthirsty editors having patched up a settlement by which both promise not to make faces at each other hereafter. Robert T. Lincoln, ex-minister of the United States to the court of St. James, arrived at New York city, Saturday, by the American liner, New York. He will, resume the practice of law at Chicago. The Russian Admiralty is preparing to send lo the United States during the next ten days three of Russia’s finest battleships. Their names are the Admiral Nachimoff, Nicolia I. and the Pamyat Azova. Jno. L. Sullivan, enrou te from Biddeford, Me., to Concord, N. 11., Tuesday, made a brutal attack upon a one-armed lawyer who endeavored to speak to a friend in the seat with Sulliyan. At Concord Sullivan was arrested and lodged in jail. Rear Admiral Gherardi is going to the Brooklyn navy yard. He will take command and relieve Commodore Erben, who will bo sent to a European station. The navy yard at this port has long been the Rear Admiral’s choice of shore command; The body of Palllster, the escaped murderer, was found in the Hudson, at Sing Sing. N. Y., Tuesday, and fully identified, although in a bad state of preservation. A bullet hole was found under the left eye. The supposition is that Rohle, whose body was found last week at the same place, shot Palllster, and then committed suicide George H. Abbott alias Frauk Almy, was hanged at Concord, N. H., Tuesday, for the murder of Christie Warden, at Hanover, July 17.1891. Miss Warden was his sweetheart, and the murder was one of the most brutal on record. Almy’s career of crime was remarkable and was proven by testimony elicited at his trial to have begun his transgressions when a small boy. Fifty printers have been “furloughed” from the night job department of* the Government Printing Office. There is nothing for them to do, and they are laid off without pay. Practically, this is a discharge, but it is called a furlough so as to save to the men their right to the thirty days leave provided for by law. An absolute discharge would cut them out of this benefit. A convention of dress reformers was In session at Chicago, Tuesday. Mrs. May Wright Bewail, of Indianapolis, appeared, on the platform in a dark blue suit that failed to reach the floor by eighteen inches. Mrs. Rachel Foster stood on a table and exhibited a divided skirt. Mrs. Henrietta Russell affected a classic Greek costume. Addresses on the subject were delivered by Mrs. Lucy Stone and other noted speakers. At Cleveland, 0., Wednesday, a terrible storm prevailed on the lake. A boat containing two men became disabled by the breaking of an oar and was swept. Out into ’me lake. Seven men manned a life boat and went to their rescue, but an oar broke for them also and the craft was at the mercy of the waves and was Overturned. Three of the life-saving crew succeeded in clinging to the overturned boat and wire rescued in an exhausted condition. Four were lost, besides the two whom they had attempted to rescue. Fourteen lives in all are known to have been lost as a result of the storm at or near Cleveland. Other parts of Ohio were flooded and great damage to property resulted. Charles H.. Price, a seven-year convict, sent from Detroit to Jackson, Mich., September 20, 1890, for forgery, made the cleverest escape from the prison within the history of the institution. Price was engaged in packing snacks in boxes to ship to Australia. He left out half of one lot, made a false top for the box, which he fastened In by means of wooden buttons On .ho inside, and had himself carted to the platform outside the prison. When the coast was clear he opened the box and sscaped. He had made two other attempts and was caught in the act. Price s wanted at Cincinnati for a diamond robbery, also in St. Louis, Mo. His real name Is Tiller, and ho resides at Louisville. Ky. The news from the overflowed districts In Arkansas and Louisiana is of the most discouraging character. Dispatches from joints on the west side of the river below Memphis report a distressing condition of affairs. The water which has been flowing around the head of the levee system above Osceola, Arg., has inundated the st. Francis basin, the farmers being comlielled to abandon all hope of raising a Dotton crop. Almost every foot of land n Chicot county, Arkansas, two hundred nlles below Memphis, has been flooded Bthe water from the Lakeport, Brooks Ills and Grand Lake crevasses. No effort will be made to raise crops in that lection this season. The New York Sun’s Washington correspondent of the 17th says: That new

T / rulings are contemplated, preliminary tc a complete reorganization of the workingforce of th& departments, the treasury especially, seems more than probable. This, it is believed, is one reason why so few departmental changes have been made. Those that ha ve been made are on a Her consistent with the new rules that are said to be preparing. Mr. Cleveland, it is reported, contemplates a new extension of the civil service idea, little less than the complete wiping out of the present system and the substitution of some main features of the English system.

FOREIGN.

Water in the river at Montreal is on a level with the wharves. = The British House of Commons has adjourned till Monday, May 29. a A commercial treaty has been concluded betweed Spain and Germany. 6 The Italian ministry has resigned because the Chamber of Deputies rejected the budget. Prof. Virchow says the recurrence of cholera any where in Germany this year is improbable. The Pope will send the golden rose of virtue this year to Marie Henriette,Queen of the Belgians. Every one of the eight parties in Germany is putting forth its full strength in view of the coming election to the Reichstag next month. A revolution is in progress in Nfcaraugiia, and the revolutionists are gaining ground rapidly. Apparently the present Government will be overthrown. The German Reichstag has been dissolved by order of the Emperor, and new elections ordered, because it defeated the army bill by an overwhelming vote. The Infanta Eulalia and her husband attended a grand military review at Havana, Saturday afternoon, and in the evening went to a ball at the Casino Espagnol. Charles de Lesseps, one of the convicted managers of the Panama Canal Company, is suffering from acute dyspepsia and has been transferred from his Paris prison to a hospital. A convention has been signed between Brazil and France for the appointment of a mixed commission to settle the dispute between the two republics over the boundary between Brazil and French Guiana. The government of Queensland has proclaimed a holiday for one month in the gold field in order to enable miners and others embarrassed by the recent bank failures to make new arrangements as to their financial affairs. Lord Randolph Churchill is authority for the statement that Mr. Gladstone has notified the leading Liberals of Midlothian that he will not again contest that constituency, and claims that the decision proves that the great Liberal leader realizes that a revolutionary feeling has been produced against him owing to the homerule bill. While Mr. Gladstone was travelling from London to Chester, Friday, a heavy missile was thrown at his compartment as the train approached Willesden. The missile struck the window of the next compartment, which was occupied by the Dean of Chester. It smashed the glass and struck the cushion a few inches from the Dean’s head. No arrest has been made. The German emperor accompanied by Prince Albrecht, regent of Brunswick. Prince Frederick Leopold, Count Von Caprivi, General Von Kaltenbergh-Stau-chau, Dr. Bossean and many other notables, proceeded from Berlin to Goerlitz, in Silesia, Thursday, where he personally unveiled the monument to his grandfather, Emperor William I. This event has long been looked forward to with great interest, particularly as it was assumed the emperor would have something to say about the recent defeat of the army bill and the present electoral campaign. The emperor did not disappoint his distinguished audience, for. in his speech, he said, speaking with great solemnity: This festivity is in the midst of serious times. Eleven years ago my grandfather addressed you tne most important words. Now we must maintain what William I said, and secure the future of our fatherland Our army requires increasing and remodeling. I have summoned the nation to provide the necessary meahs. All other questions are inferior to this, the most serious question, one upon which depends the very existence of the fatherland. And we need absolute unity in order to solve the question. Whatever separates us as Germans must now be put ~ aside because it imperils the future of the fatherland.

WASHINGTON.

Hundreds of office-seekers still haunt the Washington hotels. Complaint has been made to the .President that the South and Southwest are getting more than their share of Federal patronage. Secretary of the Interior Smith, Wednesday, signed the contract for the cession of the Cherokee Strip, which includes over six million acres. The Secretary of State has received official information of the purpose of the government of Siam to establish a legation in Washington. The Chinese minister at Wash ington has assured Secretary Gresham that his Government will not resort to retaliatory measures In reference to the Geary Chinese exclusion act. James N. Tyner, formerly of Peru, Ind., assistant attorney-general for the Postoffice Department, was superseded. Thursday, by John L. Thomas, of Missouri. General Tyner will not return to Indiana. Delegate Rawlins, of Utah, who sent in his resignation as a Congressman because the President would not let him control the patronage of the Territory, had “a string tied to it,” for he has withdrawn R. The files have just disclosed the fact that Representative Holman, of Indiana, has indorsed three men from his own district for the same office—medical referee of the Pension Office. He has indorsed Drs. Henry and Brant, of Dearborn, and Dr. Worlen, of Switzerland, for the place The rumors which have been in circulation in the Interior Department during the last several weeks, which bring in serious question the official Integrity of W. E. Simmonds, the late Commissioner of Patepts, took tangible form Wednesday by the filing of formal charges against Mr. Simmonds and Foster & Freeman, the attorneys for the Bell telephone company. alleging improper Inspection of the secret files In the celebrated Draughbaugh telephone cases and the unlawful taking of copies thereof for the private use of Mr. Simmonds and the Bell telephone company. Mr. Simmonds denies having done anything improper. “

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Waynetown has a lodge of Red Men. The electric street car line at Columbus is now in operation. --•CBpt Wiriram H. Conant, * well-known river man of Evansville, is dead. William Sloan, a Big Four brakeman, was f ataliycrushed~b-y Xhe’carsat Elkhart, A district convention of the I. O. O. F. encampment will be held in Laporte, May 25. During his official career ’Squire Chamberlain, of Goshen, has married six hundred couples. The bank of Albany has reorganized, the majority of the stock being bought up by local capitalists. The Lewis-Porter cabinet works at Indianapolis were destroyed by fire, Wednesday night. Loss, $30,000. Emerson Wells Johnson, of Franklin, Ind., has been appointed a cadet to the West Point Military Academy. The masters of the four Masonic lodges of Ft. Wayne have established a relief fund for distribution in that city alone. The Rushville postoffice was robbed, Monday morning, at 3 o’clock. About S4OO in stamps and S2O in currency was secured. A spoonbill catfish was taken from Eagle lake, near Warsaw, Monday, by Tony Osborn, a fisherman. It weighed 107 pounds. A ledge of diamond gray glass stone has been struck on land owned by the Albany Land Company and the find will be -developed.- - - = Eight horses were cremated and much grain was consumed in the burning of John Mohr’s barn in Moral township, Shelby county. Frank W. Parks, of Terre Haute, has been commissioned adjutant of the Third Indiana militia, vice John Ewing, of Evansville. J, J. Wilson, of Elkhart, was duped out of SSO by the pretense that a Chicago attorney wanted to look up his interests to j an estate in the East. ; Franklin College has won the suit j against the estate of the late James For- j sytheet al., for the payment.of three notes calling for $5,000 each. The Tullis-Shortridge murder case was ] given to the jury at Rushville, Tuesday, j and after being out four hours they re- ; turned a verdict of not guilty. A land and improvement company has been organized at Fortville. Two hundred acres of land have been purchased, and several factories have been located. The body of Lou Trenck, the Brownsburg lynchee, was brought to Indianapolis, Wednesday, for interment. His family reside there and are highly respectable people. - Paul Hanns, of Bloomfield, indicted for illegal voting, was fined SIOO and costa by a jury, to which was added thirty days’ Imprisonment and four years’ disfranchisement. The May Musical Festival at Indianapolis has been abandoned because of the defection of the Seidl orchestra, who held out for a higher figure than' originally contracted for. William Hence, of Roann, atttempted to ‘block” a log which was being loaded on a car, and was crushed to death. He was' nighty-five years old and a pioneer of Wabash County. 4 Mrs. J. E. Clough, wife of a well-known Baptist missionary, was fatally injured by a folding bed at Evanston, Monday evening, and died from the effects of the wounds, Tuesday morning. Four thousand teamsters and shovelers went on a strike for an advance in wages at Indianapolis, Tuesday. They demand eight hours with $1.65 per day for shovelers and $3.75 for teamsters. Ex-President Harrison and ex-Postmas-ter General Wanamaker attended Saturday’s session of the International Y. M. C. A. convention at Indianapolis. Both made brief addresses and were given a cordial and enthusiastic reception. Commissioner Lochren has decided to make a departure in the appointment of pension examining boards.. Heretofore they have consisted of two Republicans and one Democrat, or vice versa, but hereafter the members will all be Demncrata. £ / = The City Council of Shelbyville, by a vote of six to two, has directed the marshal to enforce what is known as the screen ordinance. Heretofore the saloons of Shelbyville have virtually managed municipal affairs and the new departure is watched with interest. « The Odd Fellows’ Home for Old People, which has been accumulating money for several years, has $5,000 in its treasury. It has been decided to locate the home at or near Indianapolis. The organization will proceed to buy land and the buildings will be erected this summer. The plate glass combine is taking form. The factory at Kokomo is closed to take an inventory of stock pending a transfer to the syndicate. The trust includes the plants at Kokomo and at Elwood, the Charleroi factory in Pennsylvania and the Crystal City works, of Missouri. Not less than four hundred chickens and turkeys have been stolen at Brazil within the last week, and no trace was discovered until Friday, when an old cabin was found In the woods, showing where the fowls had been dressed preparatory to shipping to market. There is no clue to the thieves.

Work will be resumed on the Louisville and Jeffersonville railway bridge under the supervision of the Phoenix Bridge Company, contractors. It !s understood that the bridge must be completed and ready for traffic November 4. The report is that when completed the bridge will be used by the Big Four, New York Central, Ohio & Mississippi and the Baltimore & Ohio railways. Monday night there was an explosion in the freight-room of the new railway depot at Cayuga, tearing out the north end of the building. In a short time the entire 1 structure burned to the ground. There was some powder in the room where the explosion occurred, but how it became ignited is unknown. The depot was built by the Ci AE. I. and the Clover Leaf Railway Companies, and it was the finest depot in Vermillion county. 6Several months ago two smooth-talking individuals, claiming to be age nts of the Now York Photo Service Co mpany, established themselves at Goshen, and a systematic canvass was made, in which they agreed to furnish one dozen cabinet photographs for SI. The money was collected in-advance, and several hundred subscriptions were taken. Some time later a proof of the photograph was received, but nothing else came to indie ate that the com- ' I* ’ ' i

pany or the agents are still in existenceTowns surrounding Goshen were also canvassed, and while they remained in that section of the State the agents did a thriving business. Jerry Sullivan, employed tn the Darnell iron works at Muncie, while drawing a ball of molten iron from the furnace was .overbalanced by the weight and was raised in the air, a bar of iron piercing his arm near the elbow. Had he loosened his hold the ball would haves allen in a pool of water, causing a dangerous explosion, and he clung to his terrible perch until relieved by his fellow-workmen. His arm was frightfully injured. A. colored man named_Mattox was confined in the Brownstown jail at the time of the lynching of Trenck. While the mob was breaking into the cells Mattox kept screaming “Don’t take me; I’m only in for stealing meat.” Mattox passed the night in the greatest agony of mind, and when the friendly face of the jail attendant was seen the next morning, showing that danger had passed, he shouted, “Oh, what a night!” The Brownsburg Canning Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $15,000. Frank Van Camp, of the Van Camp Packing Company, of Indianapolis, Is one of the directors, and he will superintend the business. The buildings are to be completed by July 1. The company has already contracted for over three hundred acres of corn and tomatoes from the farmers of this vicinity. The capacity of the'factory will be forty thousand cans per day. Chicago sports are about to establish a big pugilistic resort on Indiana soil. Vague rumors that New Orleans and Coney Island athletic clubs were to have an active rival have been current for some days, but no official announcement of the fact was made until Thursday night. The Columbian Athletic Club is the name of the new organization and its home will be Lake county, Indiana. The arena will be built on a tract of land close to the Roby race track, midway between that course and the shore of the lake. Patents were granted Indiana Inventors for the week ending Tuesday as follows: J. B. Deeds and A. Mack, Terre; Haute, grinding machine; A. Delatter, Goshen, vehicle seat; F. Farmer, Richmond, pawl and ratchet mechanism; J. M. Harter and S. E. Harsh, Wabash, gag swivel; D. Hay, North Manchester, flue thimble; Z. Lassar, assignor of two-thirds to C. C. Dunn and A. Conner, Stilesville, stone channeling machine; W. B. Martindale, Rochester, automatic time stamp; J. W. Turner, Van Wert, 0., assignor of half to T. Clapper. Hartford City, saw swage; E. Walker, New Albany, device for chalking lines; J. A. W’ard, Greenwood, lathing harness; J. G. Whittier, Attica, door check. Trade Marks —South Bend Medicine Company, South Bend, Ind., and Chicago, 111., eosin itic.

THE MARKETS.

May so, 1893. Indianapolis. GRAIN AND HAY. W’heat—No. 2 rod, 67c; No. 3 red, 61@ 63c; No. 4 red, 50c: rejected, 45@55; unmerchantable, 35@40c; wagon wheat, 66. Corn—No.l white.43%c; N 0.2 white,43c; No. 3 white. 43Xc; No. 4 white, 38C; No. 2 white mixed, 40c; No. 3 white mixed, 39)£c; No. 4 white mixed, 37c; No. 2 yellow, 40e; No. 3 yellew, 39Xc: No. 4 yellow, 30Xc; No. 2 mixed, 40c; No. 3 mixed, 30>£c; No. 4 mixed, 34J£c; sound ear, 44c for yellow. Oats—No. 2 white, 35Wc; No. 3 white, 35c; N 0.2 mixed, 3.mixed, 30Xc; rejected, 26@32c. Hay—Choice timothy, $13.75; No. 1. sl3; No. 2, $11; No. 1 prairie, $7; mixed, $8; clover, $9. Bran, sll. LIVESTOCK. Cattle—Export grades. ......$ 5.25(35.75 Good to choice shippers 4.85(35.25 Fair to medium shippers [email protected] Fair to choice feeders. [email protected] Slockers, 500 to 800 [email protected] Good to choice heffers ?.. [email protected] Fair to medium heifers 3.40(33.85 1 Common to thin heifers I Good to choice cows [email protected] I Fair to medium cows [email protected] Common old cows [email protected] Veals, common to good 3.50(35.50 Bulls, common to fair 2.50(33.00 Bulls, good to choice [email protected] Milkers, good to choice.. [email protected] Milkers, common to fair. [email protected] Hogs—Heavy packing and shipping $7.60(37.85 Mixed 7.50(37.80 Light........ [email protected] Heavy [email protected] Pigs [email protected] Sheep—Good to choice clipped. [email protected] Fair to medium clipped 3.50(34.25 Common clipped 2.50(33.25 Spring Lambs, 30 to 50 lbs [email protected] Bucks, per head...£[email protected]

poultry and other produce. [Prices Paid by Dealers.] Pbui.TRY-Hens, 9><c B>; young chickens, 9J£c lb; turkeys, young toms, 10c¥ ft; hens, 11c ft; ducks, 7c $ ft; geese, s4@ 4.80 tor choice. Eggs—Shippers paying 13c. Butter—Grass butter, 15@18c; fresh country butter, 10@12c. Honey—lß@2oc. Feathers Prime Geese, 40c ft! mixed duck, $ ft. BEESwax—2oc for yellow; 15c for dark. Wool—Fine merinq, 16@18c; medium unwashed, 18@20c; coarse or braided wool, 17@19c; unmerchantable, 12@15c; tubwashed, 25@28c. Detroit. Wheat, Corn, No. 2,44 c. Oats, No. 2 white, Minneapolis. Wheat, 70@78c. New York. Wheat, No. 2 red, 79c. Corn, No. 2, 51 %c. Oats,3sJfc. Lard, $10.85. Butter, Western dairy, 20@25c; creamery, 25@29c. Chicago. Wheat, 73%c. Corn, 43c. Oats, 30Wc. Pork, $20.35. Lard, slo.4oj£. Short-ribs, $10.07. Cattle—top steers, $5.73@6; others, $4(34.80. Hogs—Heavy mixed and packers, $7.50(37.65; prime .heavy, [email protected]; prime lignt, $7.60(37.60: other lights, $4.80 @7.50. Sheep Top sheep, $5.0X35.69; lambs, [email protected]. Cincinnati. Wheat, No. 2 red, 70c; Corn, No. 2 mixed, 45c; Oats, No. 2 white western, 33%c; Rye, No. 2,63 c; Mess Pork, $20.50; Lard. $10.50; Bulk Meats, $10.50: Bacon, 12c; Butter, creamery fancy, 24c; Eggs,l3c. Cattie, [email protected]. Hogs, [email protected]. Shesp, [email protected]. St. Doula. Wheat, No, 2 red, 70Xc; Corn, No. 2 mixed, 39j<; Oats, No. 2,3lJ£c; Butter,23c. Buflbto. Cattle, $5.30@5.!»; Texas fed, $4.20. Hogs, heavy, [email protected]; mixed, $7.20(3 $7.50; light, [email protected]. Sheep, native, [email protected]; Texas, $3.25@$6.50. Philadelphia. j Wheat, ’No. 2 Red, 77c; Corn. 'No. 2 Mixed, 50c; Oats, 50c; butter, creamery, 29c; eggs, Baltimore. Wheat No. 2 Red. 77Uc; Corn, mixed, 50c; data, No. 2, White Western, 42c; Rye, 65c; Pork, $21.50; Butter, creamery, 29c; Eggs, 14c.

INDIANA ODD FELLOWS.

Sixty-First Semi-Annual Session of the Grand Lodge. Present Conditions Shown By Reports of the Grand Officer!—A Prosper- .™ . one Half Year. The sixty-first semi-annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Indiana, convened Wednesday morning iri the Grand Lodge hall, at Washington and I Pennsylvania streets. Indianapolis, and heard the reports of the grand-ofiieers. Grand Master Enoch G. Hogate in his report/ says he believes that in no six months of the existence of the order have so many evidences of increased prosperity been apparent as in the six months just closed. Dispensations have been granted to three lodges and charters to fifteen Rebekah degree lodges issued. Grand Secretary B. F. Foster in his report says: Gur net increase in membership for the term is 1,025, which is above the average for the December term. It to this is added the net increase for the term ending June 30,1893. we have the grand total of 3,231 as the net gain for the year. Our relief report for the term may be summed up as fol lows: Two thou sand, two hundred and seventy brothers, and 17). widowed families have !>een relieved. Thu sum of $49,859.05 ha-< been paid for the relief of brothers; $2,148.60 for the relief of widowed families; $186.49 for the education of orphans; $11,700.75 for burying the dead, and $4,589.22 for other charitable purposes, making the total amount of relief $68,475.11, If we add this to the sum reported for Juno 30, 1892, we have the sum of $163,255.21 as 'the relief for the year 1892. The report of Grand Treasurer Theo. P. Haughey shows that during the year $lO,347.28 has been received into the general fund, which had a balance of $17,748.82. From the same fund $6,624.03 has been paid out for various expenses. Of the assets $18,472.67 is in cash and $22,800 in Grand Lodge Hall stack, making a total of $41,272.07. Of this $2,585.50 is due to the Odd Fellows’ Home, and $1,410 to defunct lodges. The report of the grand trustees shows that an aggregate of $5,032.52 has been received, which, added to the balance of $6,892.55, makes a total of $11,925.07. The disbursements amounted to $5,081.99. Dividends amounting to $2,486.25 have been paid since last report, and $166.25 in dividends remain on hand uncalled for. At Thursday’s session legislative subjects were discussed. Among them was that of doing away with the visiting card. Thenomination of officers forelection next November was made, and a contest developed for the grand wardenship. Following are the nominations: Grand Master—W. H. Talbott, of Orleans. Deputy Grand Master—M. A. Chipman, of Anderson. Grand Warden—H. L. Williamson, of Ft. Wayne; A. C. Beecher, of 'Lagrange; D. M. Bell, of Dunkirk; R. L. Higginbotham, of Delphi; R. J. Loveland, of Peru; J. A. Henaman, of Hartford City; S. C. Hinnes, of Muncie; C. F. Northern, of Greensburg, W. B. McDonald, of Augusta; C. C. Frey, of Seymour; Edwin Farrer. of Rushville; J. E. Edmondson, of Bloomington; George Shirts, of Noblesville. Grand Secretary—B. F. Foster, of Indianapolis. Grand Treasurer—T. P Haughey, of Indianapolis. Grand Representative-'E. G. Hogate, of Indianapolis. Trustees—George Shirts, of Noblesville; G. P. Anderson. J. A. Ferguson and J. F. Walllck, of Indianapolis. The session adjourned Thursday afternoon.

DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH.

Eighth Annual Convention at Indianapolii. The eighth, annual convention of the Daughters of Rebekah, which was the largest ever held in Indianapolis by about two hundred delegates, elected officers, Tuesday, as follows: President—Mrs. L. M. Lefever, Union City. . Vice President—Mrs. Roxey S. Hathaway, Aurora. Secretary—Mrs. Mary Syreapey, New Albany. --- Treasurer—Mrs. Emma Reed. Sullivan. Chaplain—Mrs. Ppthes, Terre Haute. The convention also elected delegates to the national convention of the Daughters if Rebekah, to be held in Chicago in September. The following are the delegates “lected: Anna I. Henderson, of South Bend; Belle Traester. of Aurora; Mary MeAlpine, of Evansville; Bailie C. Jackson. of Jeffersonville. The alternates, were: Miss Alice McQuiddy, Indianapolis; Mr.ry L. Mayer, of Thorntown; Sadie Carter, of Camden; Mrs. Pothes, of Terre Haute.

A YOUTHFUL KING.

Mplionso XIII of Spain Attains the Ags of Seven. King Alphonso, of Spain, attained his seventh birthday, Wednesday, and the svent was celebrated with festivities all >ver the country. In Madrid business was practically suspended, flags were flying everywhere, and the people gave themselves up to a general jollification,

A large crowd assembled in front of the palace at an early hour, and cheered lustily in honor of the young monarch. The •vent is an epoch in his life, from the fact .hat henceforth he will have a household d h|s own, including a grand chamberafn, five sub-chamberlains, a grand •qnerry and four sub-equerries, ahd T jrivate secretary. In short, he will have t royal establishment, which he may con;rol as he thinks proper, subject only to the suggestions of his major domo, the Marquis of Casa Irujo. This is the first nstance in the courts of Europe in which Itn establishment has been allotted to to fonng a sovereign.

ROMANCE OF THE WAR.

A Hoosier Drama—Reunited ' After Men/ —C" Teara . ~ C ~ —-—, A story stranger than fiction is disclosed in the visit of Mr. Brown Wilson, of Florida, to his sister, Miss E. O. yWllson, of Terre Haute. When the war ibrbke out Mr. Wilson was living in Terre Haute with his wife and four children. He enlisted, and after serving his time he re* . turned home and made preparations to settle in the far West. Soon after settling tn the West, and before he sent -for his family, the settlement was attacked by Indians and Mr. Gilson was leftfor dead. After his wounds had healed it was fonnd that his mind was impaired, and he was sent to an insane asylum, where he remained five years. During these years his physical system was wrecked, and when his mind was restored he was transferred to a hospital for medical treatment. He finally recovered sufficiently to be removed to Florida. Letters which he sent to his wife never reached her, and in time Mrs. Wilson mourned him as dead. Meanwhile she had removed to Brazil. Some months ago Mrs. Wilson applied for a pensicn, and this brought a return from Washington that her husband was living and was himself a pensioner. Mrs. Wilson refused to believe the report, and to make sure of her right to dispose of her property she applied for a divorce, which was granted. Quite recently Mr. Wilson discovered something of his family by writing to a friend in Terre Haute, who told him, however, that his wife had remarried and that his children were dead. Thursday Mr. Wilson paid a visit to his old home, where he was speedily made acquainted with the condition of things. Word was sent to Brazil and two of his daughters met him in Terre Haute. Friday he went to Brazil to again meet his wife, who has remained single. Mr. Wilson will go to Chicago to undergo a surgical operation, the result of injuries received at the time of the attack by the Indians, after which hewfll decide whether to take his family to Florida or remain with them.

GEARY LAW A FAILURE.

Unregistered Chinese Cannot Be Deported for Lack of Funds. At a Cabinet meeting, Tuesday, It was decided th at, owing to the lack of an appropriation sufficient for the purpose, the Geary Jaw will not for the present be enforced. Chief Justice Fuller dissents from the Supreme Court decision, Secretary Carlisle showed that but 116,000 remained of the 1100,000 appropriation for the enforcement of the law, and that Its provisions could not be complied with for less than 16,000,000. It is evident that the administration is surprised with the decision of the Supreme Court and embarrassed by the situation. Officials who are posted fear that the effect of the enforcement of ►the law will be serious and far-reaching, and think that China will surely retaliate. The Chinese Six Companies have asked for a suspension of the law, and this will be probably granted for a time, although it is known that one-third the Chinese now in the country have come in Illegally, through fraudulent certificates provided by the Six Companies. In fact, the Six Companies, it is asserted, have practically mortgages upon the labor of thousands of Chinamen for years to come, and if they be now deported the Six Companies will lose hundreds ol thousands of dollars advanced by them to Chinese immigrants* Secretary Gresham declines to discuss the matter.

LE CARON THE SPY.

He la Dying Through Fear of Assasslna- • tlon. A London cable to the New York World of the 17th says: Major Le Caron, the celebrated British spy, is lying critically ill at his home in a suburb of London. His health has been broken for some time, principally by the constant state of terror in which he |iad lived, fearing assassination. He has dyed his mustache and hair a fair tint—-they were raven black—and this made him look so strange that he fancied it would lead to his detection by enemies. This fear has preyed on his mind. He lives in a small house and is under unremitting police supervision. For two months he has not ventured out otdoors. The most remarkable feature of the case is that by the purest accident the doctor who is attending him is a younger brother of Thomas Burke, the Under Secretary for Ireland who was assassinated, with Lord Frederick Cavendish, by the Invincibles. Dr. Burke happened to practice in the neighborhood and he was called in by the police as a person who could be trusted with the secret of Le Caron's identity.

THE SPANISH INFANTA.

Arrival of the Royal Princess and Suite. The Princess Eulalieof Spain arrived at New York, Friday, from Havana, and was received with becoming honor. The Dolphin passed out to Sandy Hook to greet the Spanish vessel. Later they sailed up the Hudson, and dropped anchor off the Pennsylvania railroad station. The transfer of the royal party was made and the special train started for Washington shortly after 1 o’clock, arriving at the capital at 8:40. Secretary Gresham, oni behalf of the Prescient, greeted the royal visitor at the railway station, after which the party were driven to the Arlington hotel. The names of the distinguished party as they appear upon the Arlington register are as follows: Her Royal Highness the Infanta of Spain, His Royal Highness Prince Antone Do Bourbon Orleans, His Excellency the Duke of Damanies, Marchioness of Aro Hermosa, Senor Don Pedro Jovar Y. Tovar, the private secretary of the princess.

JUST FOR FUN.

The mysteriousdeath of Max Eppstein. son of S>Russian living at Lancaster, Pa., has been called to the attention of the authorities. Several weeks ago the child was sitting on the steps of his home when Isaac Katzenberger. fourteen years okji, of the samefwatlonaiity, came along with several companions, and out of sport put a noose around the child’s neck and suspended him to a tree. When they low- ! cred him to the ground he was unconscious, and the mother believes the child died from the effects. Katzenberger has disappeared. The case will be investigated by the police.