Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1894 — Page 3

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

The Rev. C. L. Paddock, of Macedon, N. Y„ has taken judgment for WO against Mrs. William Bennett for afuneral sermon. The new superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, has issued an order declaring that no clemency will be shown cadets guilty of hazing. Samuel Seeley, a bookkeeper in the National Shoe and Leather Bank at New York, disappeared a few days . ago. Investigation disclosed a defalcation of $354,000. The Democratic majority in Kentucky in the Congressional election was 2,173. There were 50,528 less Democratic votes cast than at the Presidential election in 1892. The United States will soon be visited by Ex-President Peixoto, of Brazil. He is in bad health, the result of overwork incident to the revolution in his country, and upon advice of his .physician he will make a tour. Rev. Henry Harrison, editor and chief owner of the Chicago Advance, the Con gregational denominational organ, was killed by a train at LaGrange, a Chicago suburb, Wednesday evening. The accident was due to his own carelessness. Mr. Harrison was widely aud favorably known in Congregational circles. j In an interview at Cincinnati, November 26, Senator Sherman sharply criticised both President Cleveland and ex-President Harrison for their alleged interference with the prerogatives of Cabinet officers. Mr. Shermhn announced himself as opposed ts the renomination of Harrison, and said if he was renominated he would be again defeated. The Senator stated that he would not serve ten days in the cabinet of either Cleveland or Harrison, and concluded the interview by stating that he would not have the presidential nomination himself, if presented on a silver plate.

FOREIGN.

Fifty thousand persofis have been made homeless by the earthquakes in the district of Reggio, Italy. A dispatch from Pretoria. South African Republic, states that the last spike of the Pretoria-Lourenzo Marques railway, the construction of which was commenced in 18S6, was driven, Saturday, at the Wilje river.

WAR NOTES.

A dis patch f rom Hiroshima, No v. 22, lays: It is reported that China has intimated that she will offer to pay a war inicmnity of 100.000,000 taels, and in addition pay all the war expenses incurred Japan. The report that the Chinese have lost the finest and most powerful vessel of their navy—the great battleship ChenVuen, which stood the brunt of the fight* 'ng at Ralu—has been confirmed. The confirmatory news came to the Navy Department in a cablegram received Thursiay. It states that the Chen Yuen, in leaving Wel-Hai-Wei harbor, on the 18th inst., accidentally struck a torcddo. She sas beached, but Was rendered useless for ack of dock facilities. In despair at the catastrophe, the commadcr, Commodore Lia, committed suicide. The Chen Yuen vas a magnificent lighting machine, very nuch like oiir battleship Maine. Siro was built in Europe in 1882 and was of 1,43 b tons displacement The » State Department has notified Minister Dun. at Tokio, and Mr. Denby, it Peking to transmit such direct offer as 2hina may wish to make to Japan. As ;he cable directions were sent Tuesday, nuflicient time has not yet elapsed todeiermino whether China will consent to nake an offer direct and definite, as Japan insists must be done. An Associated Press cablegram from Japan, states, however, that China has intimated her willingness to pay an indemnity of 10J,000,01)0 ;aels and in addition pay all the war ex penses incurred hv Japan. As the war expenses reach 1'0,000,000 taels, the total pffer of China would bo 250.000.000 taels. The |ael is a Chinese silver coin, wortii about 75 cents at the present exchange, io the whole amount would be approximately $175,000,000 in American money.

POSTMASTER’S REPORT.

Annual Recommendations and Remarks by Mr. BisselL Advises Higher Bate* on Many Publications Now Bated as Becoud-Clas.% Postmaster-General Bissell, Saturday, submitted to the President his annual report for the year ending June 30, 1894. He recommends a revision of the law as to second-class matter so as to place the Department on a self-sustaining basis; advises against expensive experiments and rural free delivery; recominends the extension of free delivery in cities now enjoying that service; thinks that there should be tiirect supervision of all postal affairs by expert officials from classified service. The revenue forhe year was $75,080,479; expenditures, $94,194,414, leaving a deficiency of $9,243,9353.The estimates for the current year ending June 30, 1895. are: Revenue, $84,427,748; expenditures. $90,399.485; deficiency, $5,971,737. The estimates submitted to UmJSimretary_pf the Treasury for the next fiscal year are: Revenue, $80,907,407; expenditures, $91.059,287; deficiency, $4,151,870. This annual deficiency the Postmaster-General says, could lie overcome by the increase of postal rates, but he does not believe this advisai le. Economy has been practiced. but nevertheless great care has been taken that it should not affect the efficiency of the service. Of the obstruction of mall by strikes the Postmaster-General says: “In my last report I called attention to the necessity for legislation such as then was and is now recommended by the superintendent of the railway mull service for the punishment of train wrecking, and for legislative determination and definition of a mail train, bueh legislation would be of great advantage to the postal service.” On the subject of second-class matter the Postmaster-General gives figuiet for the past six years showing that in 18.>8 the weight of second-class matter carried was 143.000.1.00 pounds, and in 1893 it was 25U.0U0.UX). During the year 1>94 there was carried 451.000.000 pounds of all mail matter, of which 299.000,(.00 pounds was second-class matter, the total cost being $30.207,582, an average of 8 cents a pound. Returns (rom postmasters show that the amount upon which postage at the rate of 1 cent per pound was paid was 254.u0(>.0(X) pounds, the remaining 45.000.000 pounds being matter carried free in the county of publication. Iha cost of carrying the second-class matter was S2O 321),000, while nt the rate of J c ’tit a poun<i ib« roilectlons were■s2/47,006, and SBOO,OOO special

local rates in carrier cities, leaving a net loss to the Government of $16,973,000. Mr. Bissell advises the withdrawal of secondclass privileges to pretended periodicals such as the “Fireside Series” ‘Detective Library” and other publications not legitimately known as newspapers and magazines. The Postal Telegraph scheme is condemned as too ex pensive. Mr. Bissell refers to the bill now pending in Congress to relieve the PostmasterGeneral of the responsibility of postoffic* appointments. Commenting upon thh bill, the Postmaster-General sayi: “Whether such a plan is or is not the best that can be devised, it is at least the formulation of a plan which is entitled to the most earnest, careful and immediate consideration and may become a foundation upon which to build. What is earnestly desired, api what daily appears more of a necessity, is legislation of some kind which will insure an improvement upon present methods.” Mr. Bissell closes his report with a request that a new building be provided for the Postofflce Department. He says in* terest on the cost of ah adequate building would be less than the amount of rent paid. —- —■ " < ■ . '' -

A ROYAL WEDDING.

The Long Anticipated Event Takes Place. Czar Nicholas II Wedded to the Princes! Alix Amidst Great Pomp and Ceremony. The long anticipated marriage of the new Czar Nicholas II and the Princess Alix took plaee at St. Petersburg, Monday, Noy. 26. Before 7a. m, vast crowds surged on every available space along the route of the wedding procession on the

Nowsky prospect. At 11:15 a. m., in the distance t was suddenly .heard the grand swelling strains o( the national anthem, all along the route the multitude uncovered in anticipation of the approach of the bridarparty. The CzaF? equipage was preceded and also followed by the detachments of Chevalier des Gardes and Jlussars and Lancers of the Guard, all in brilliant', gala uniforms. Then came a superb landau, also drawn by four white horses, in which was the Princess Alix and the Czarina. After the carriage of the Princess and the Czarina followed a long train of car-

riages with the royal guests, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, the l Princess Irene, of Prussia, the Grand Duchess Sergius and other prominent members of the imperial family, as well as all the wedding guests. Military bands were stationed at various points along the route between tho two palaces, and they each struck up the national anthem as the procession approached. The national hymn was thus sounded in the ears of the imperial party along the entire route. The wedding procession entered the winter palace at 1:15 p. m., where so soon as possible afterward were assembled all those who had been Invited to be present at the wedding. At 1:30 p. m. the guns from the fortress announced that Czar Nicholas II was married to Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt. Current reports state that the new Czar goes about tho city unattended and does not appear to have the least fear of Nihilistic attempts on his life.

REED TO REPUBLICANS.

The Ex-Speaker T.ilks to Boston** Home Market Club. The annual banquet of the Boston Homo Market Club was held, Thursday night. Ex-Speaker Reed was the guest of honor and made the principal address, which was largely devoted to a discussion of the recent election and the causes which contributed to the result so satisfactory to the Republicans In concluding his speech, which was received with great applause, the ex-Spcaker said: Victories bring responsibilities, and, as I hava.uo.in.ted out to you, our victory is so great that it probably means responsibility for many years. Of these many years I shall not now speak. If we have wisdom for two years, we will be trusted for more—and the wisdom for the next two years seems to be easy. We have neither the President nor the Senate and all we can do is to let the country try the results of the folly of 1892. We shall have two years to look over the situation, so as to do the best wo can when our time has fully come. So far we have done all that lay in our power. The bad work cannot goon, even if the good work cannot commence. We have removed ono uncertainty,that of the future, the uncertainty of possible change, but the uncertainty of the present still remains, How, then, can we utilize this victory, mako it permanent and give to this country a return of the prosperity ol the past times? There is but one way. Wo must educate the people of the country up to the full measure of wisdom In lids matter, or, rather, the people must educate themselves. And there never was a better opportunity.

WORLD IS LOOKIN’ AT 'IM.

Governor Pennoyer, of Oregon, in an Interview at Portland, Nov. 22, said.: *1 seo the Japanese government has fol lowed my example, by reminding President Cleveland to attend to his own business. For the sake of the country, th< Prtsldsnt really ought not to have ailowet himself to be snubbed the second time.”

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Dundee will incorporate. Chicken pox is raging at Columbia City. There is not a vacant house in Rockville. Orange county has ninety-four school houses within her borders. Swayzee had a bad fire Nov. 25. Seven stores and one residence went up in smoke. Terre Haute grain men contemplate erecting an elevator with a capacity for 350,000 bushels. Four horses suffering with glanders were killed at Terre Haute by order of the State Veterinarian. A genuine “gusher” was brought in at Anderson, Wednesday, for the National tin-plate mill. The well will supply much more fuel than the mill can use. The Rev. 8. M. Stimson* D- D., of Greensburg, is dead of heart failure. He was a well-known Baptist minister, and secretary of the missionary society. Thomas Frost, son of one of the wealth - lest men of Knox county, has been placed under $5,000 bond .as an accessory to the killing of Blann Williamson, at Sandborn, by Ed Lankford. The Sheridan gas plant has been sold to the town of Sheridan, the consideration being $19,000. As soon as the plant is freed from indebtedness gas will be furnished to consumers at actual cost. The legality of the appointment of a lady as chief deputy in the office of the recorder of Delaware county is questioned, because-she is not a-voter, and the court will be called upon for a ruling, W. A. Ketcham assumed the office of Attorney-General, Thursday. Merrill Moores, of Indianapolis, is the new deputy. Alexander Hess also succeeded A. M. Sweeney as Clerk of the Supreme Court. H. O. Huffer, a teacher of Farmland, committed suicide, Sunday, by shooting himself through the head with a Winchester rifle. Mr. Huffer had been in bad health Lor some time, and thought he was going crazy. Tipton county elected a mixed ticket by small majorities. Defeated Republicans contested for the offices to which they aspired and the defeated Democratic candidates followed their example. Every office, therefore, which was to be filled by the November election in that county is now in court for final arbitration. W. R. Blanchard, the implement dealer of Clinton, accused of forging notes calling for $20,000, who was arrested in Colorado, after a long search and was placed in jail at Vermillion in default of SB,OOO bonds, walked away while the old sheriff was turning over his qffice to the new. Blanford went out of the front door and disappeared. Neither the old nor the new sheriff know how it happened.

THE PRISON NORTH.

Annual Report of the Warden and Direct or*. The annual report of Warden French .and the directors of the Prison North was filed with Governor Matthews, Wednesday, November 21. Mr. French desires to inaugurate reforms in the Indiana penitentiaries. He suggests in his report that the State penitentiary be converted into an industrial school, where diversified trades may be taught, so that men can leave the prison with a knowledge s! a trade. If illiterate, the Warden thinks the State should furnish them the rudiments of education, and when dismissed should meet them at the door and assist them in finding employment in the line of :raft taught at the prison. The Warden also recommends that the term of a life prisoner be made fifty years, with time allowed. He says that there are forty men in the Northern Prison whose only hope for relief is a pardon or death. A fifty years’ sentence, with time allowed, would cut the term down to thirty years-. The report says that the population of the prison is rapidly increasing. October 31. 1893, the institution had 841 the fiscal year closed with a population of 308, and at one time during the year there were 951 men inside the walls. The Warden believes the population will Increase to one thousand this year. During the year one man escaped, but he was recaptured in Pennsylvania and returned to the, prison. During 1893 the prison earned $13,294.37 above expenses; in 1894 the surplus earnings were $7,832.32. In the four years of Warden French’s administration the prison has earned and paid into the State Treasury the sum of $451,030.42; there has been paid out for maintenance, new buildings and repairs, the sum of $438,460.14, leaving to the credit of the prison a balance of $12,570.28. In 1893 the cost of maintaining each prisoner was $128.20; in 1894 the cost was $110.03. The Warden’s report asks for an increase of the annual appropriation from SIOO,OOO to 8120,000. It is the desire of the prison directors to next year build a prison front for office purposes, and to reroof a part of the prison. Money is also needed to put in new boilers, the old ones having been pronounced unsafe. The Warden deplores the existence of the contract system, and laments that Indiana, as well as other States, works prisoners for the benefit of the State Treasury, and says that the methods nowexistingsfmply tend to make confirmed criminals of convicts after their discharge.

RETIRING ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

Blnnniul Redort of Alonzo Greene Smith. Alonzo Greene Smith, retiring Attor-ney-General of Indiana, filed his biennial report with Gov. Matthews. Wednesday. Nov, 21. It is a printed book of 394 pages, and contains facts and figures “too numerous to mention.” There is an extensive review of the litigation under the management of the department, in which detailed reference is made to the important coses, such as the Indianapolis-Uniou railway tax case, the Tolleston Club case, the school revenue law, those suits pending in the Court of Claims and those disposed of in the last two years. The Govornor is advised to recommend that the General Assembly revise the tax law. so that it will clearly provide for the addition of interest upon the penalties with reference to delinquent taxes. Mr. Smith congratulates the State upon the result of the tax-suits, involving $7,000,009, and states that he might have legally claimed 12 per cent for collecting the same, but he was “determined from the beginning that these taxes- should be collected with the least possible Cost to the people, he

j claimed nothing for his services, not evex his expenses, and the fabulous amounts involved in that great controversy were covered into the - public treasury undiminished in volume, and so far as the At-torney-General is concerned, without the cost of a cent to the State. The Attor-ney-General asserts that he voluntarily forfeited" to the treasury fees of $840,000 The Attorney-General says that every city 1., the State, with one or two exceptions, receives a much greater part of the State revenue than It pays into the State for tuition purposes. Sixty-five cities received from the State school revenue foi tuition in 1893 over $200,030 more than they paid in. Reference is made to the of Indianapolis in which it is shown that the city has been taxed $169,480.81 and has received from the StatesU4,Blß.6o; of local school taxes was utilized in other parts of the State for the support of schools; The total collections by the Attorney-General for the past two years have been $541,242.55, After deducting from this sum the percent, allowed by the State he has paid into the State and county treasuries the following: Unclaimed balances in estates...? IK Liquor licenses 1,748 9? State and school revenue 136.349 (M Unclaimed fees .. 4,596 2f Jury fee 5.............,... .... .... 2,(Mr? It State tuition revenue.... 164.135 4( Fines,. 31.835 41 Common school fund 5.993 8? Congressional school fund 10,796 41 Tuition revenue, 35.534 9: Common school interest 2.274 9< County school revenue 50,747 6; Congressional school interest... 10,489 12 Permanent endowment fund.... 15,705 2? Total .8476,293 51 These amounts show the Attorney-Gen-eral’s collections from Oct. 31,1893, to Oct. 31,1894, after the deduction of 12 per cent.. Which goes into the pocket of the officia making the collections. It can be seen that in addition to his salary of $5,003 (for two years), Mr. Smith has received $64,949.04 in the last two years.

A SLICK SWINDLER.

11. 11. Holmes, alias Howard, a criminal of monumental achievements, arrived at Philadelphia, Nov. 23. in company with Mrs, Pitzel, whose husband he is accused of murdering in order to defraud the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, in charge of Special Agent Perry of that company, who secured his arrest at Boston. The record of Holmes as a swindler has seldom been equalled in history or romance. His operations have been successful in defrauding several insurance companies and he is believed ta have committed a number Of murders in

HARRY HOWARD, ALIAS HOLMES.

(From a sketch made of him in Philadelphia,; different parts of the country. Pitzel. the principal in the last attempt to swindle the insurance compan.v. Holmes claims to be alive. Pitzel formerly lived in Terre Haute. Holmes tried to britx the detective enroute but failed. He then made a full confession of his crimes and said that he deserved hanging a dozen times. Holmes is not lacking for money, as he himself admitted that at the present time ho is supporting nearly two dozen persons, Including Mrs. Piztell. hei mother and an imbeiile brother; two orphans in Chicago who live in one of his. properties, three separate alleged wives and their children, and his own raothei and father in Kankakee. He would no; give the names of the women. He firmly mai tained that Pitzel is alive in S an Sab vador and that he will hear from hin through the personal column of a certair New York newspaper. Mrs. Jesse Richards, a Miami Indiai squaw, the last of the Wa-ca-co-nahs died on the Indian reservation, near Som erset, November 22, in abject poverty an< squalor.

THE MARKETS.

Nov 28, 1894. ImUanapoll*. Oil AIN AND HAT, Wheat—so'ic; corn, 44c; oats, 33Xc; rye, 48c; hay, choice timothy, $9.00. LIVE STOCK. Catpi.e Shippers, Stockers. $2.25(<52.75; heifers. $1.75<<53.35; cows sK<g3.oo; bulls, milkers, 418.0 c (<540.00. Hogs— Sheei*—sl.oo(w2.Bs.» poin.ritr and oriiKit piioduce. (Prices Paid by Shippers.) Pnirr.TH?-Heiis. 0e per H> ; spring ch Ick ens, 6c; cocks, 3c turkeys? toinC” hens, 5c per li>; young turkeys, 7c ducks, 6c per lb; geese, pel doz. for choice. Eggs—Shippers paying 19c. BorrKK— Choice, iodize. Honey—lßc PicaruKits—Prime geese, 30@32c per tt>; mixed duck, 20c per lb. liKEswAX —20c for yellow; 15c for dark Wool—Medium unwiMitpd, 12c; Cotts wold and’ coarse combing. 10<5f2e; tubwashed, burry and unmerchaut able, 5c less. Hunts—No. 1 G. S. hides, 4tfc; No. 2 G S. hides, 35i'c; No. 1 calf hides, 6>£c; No.: cuif bides, 4Xe. (Iblcago. • WnEAT— corn, oats, 28%<pork, <12.47X1 i*nl. $7.20. Now k'urt. Wheat— 59Jic; corn, 60c; oats, UalUinorn. Wheat—s9}<c; corn, 53c; oats, 362. St. LouU. Wheat 52Xc; corn, 45Xc; oats, 30.%' t'nlla lelpiiz. Wheat—6oc; -orn, 53J£,c; oats, Mln ■ lea »U«. Wheat—No. 1 hard. 61a Detroit. Wheat—s7Xc; corn 43e; oats, 333<c. Kut Übartr. Hogs— $3.75@4,70.

PORT ARTHUR CAPTURED.

The Japanese Again Victorious in An Important Engagement. The News Confirmed at WaahSngton— Practical End of the War. A London cable, Nov. 24, says: A dispatch to the Times from Chee Foo says that Port Arthur was taken, Wednesday evening. The fighting was continuous from Tuesday noon. The Japanese fleet did not* take part in the engagement though the torpedo boats attached to the fleets did. A Shanghai dispatch to the Times confirms the- report of the capture of Port Arthur. It says that the Japanese torpedo boats distracted the forts while the droops entered the town. A later dispatch received from Shanghai asserts that twenty-three Japanese torpedo boats made a concentrated rush upon the entrance of the harbor of Port Arthur, and at the same time the Japanese land forces attacked the place from the rear, while a heavy artillery fire was poured into the Chinese forts. The Japanese infantry then stormed defense after defense. The Chinese resisted feebly. There were a few hand-to-hand fights, but finally the Chinese became panic stricken and the Japanese carried everything before them. Another dispatch from Shanghai says that the third Japanese army^sVhich.teft.Japan_onji{qy i 2o, l£ supposed to have been sent to attack Wei-Hai-Wei, where a portion of the Chinese navy remains. It adds that the place will be easily captured, as the Chinese soldiers who are encamped for its defense are deserting by the thousands. The whole place is said to be in a state of utter collapse and confusion. A Washington dispatch, Nov, 24, says: The State Department lias received a cable from\Minister Denby saying that Port Arthur fell on the22d Inst., and the Navy Department received a message from Admiral Carpenter, in command ol the Asiatic station, likewise announcing that the Japanese had captured China’s great naval post. Additional cables to the London Times, Nov. 26, give further details. A dispatch from Shanghai says that the chief stand was made at the chain of forts at Han-shin-Chang, overlooking the narrow channel leading to the inner port. Hundreds of Chinese were killed there. A Che-Foo dispatch says that Port Arthur is still burning. Twelve Japanese war ships have been seen there. The Chfnese fleet is at Wel-liai-Wei. A Shanghai dispatch to the Times states that it is reported from New Ch wang that the Chinese army commanded by Gen. Sung has been divided. One partis firmly holding Mothienling and constantly repulsing part of the first Japanese army; The other part is making a! forced march to Port Arthur to attack the Japanese there. A part of the first Japanese army Is following the Chinese on the way to Port Arthur. A dispatch boat left Ping Yang inlet this morning for Port Arthur, conveying the Japanese Emperor’s congratulations to Count Oyama and his thanks to the troops. Another dispatch from Shanghai states that steres for troops and munitions of war sufficient to withstand a two years’ siege fell into the hands of the Japs at Port Arthur. DENIED BY CHINESE. A dispatch received at London from Shanghai stales that the Chinese officials are telegraphing notices broadcast saying that the reports of the downfall of Port Aathur are falsehoods. The place,„they say, is defended by 30,000 brave soldiers.

TO BULLDOZE BRAZIL.

Italy, It II Said, Will Send a Fleet of Wat Ships to Brazil. A special dispatch to the New York World, Nov. 26, from Rio de Janeiro says: Italy has decided to send a fleet against this country, it is learned, on account ol Brazil’s refusal to arbitrate a pending question. Though the action of the government in the case is universally approved here. President Moreas will prepare new propositions and forward them to the Italian government. The United States may be asked to arbitrate. Part of Brazil’s fleet has left with sealed orders. Itjsrumored that war shipshave been sent after Da Gamma, who now commands eight thousand m™. The monarchists, the report says, propose rising all over the country. It is feared that the government will be unable to cope with them. Troublesome times are predicted.

IMMIGRATION SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT.

The annual report of Superintendent Stump, of the Immigration Bureau, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, shows a very material falling off in the number of immigrants arriving in this country. He estimates that -since October, 1893, the exodus of foreign steerage passengers from the United States has been greater than the number arriving, and, therefore, concludes that, num< r e; 1 y, therSarenow fewer foreignere in" the Uiii ted STateS Who came as steerage passengers than there were at the end of the fiscal year 1893. From the table accompanying the report it appears that during the last fiscal year 288.030 immigrants arrived in this country. Of these 285,631 were landed, and 2,3d# were debarred and deported.

NEW BONANZA GOLD FIELD.

Michael Shuman, a well known mining man returned to Spokane, Wash., Nov. 15, from his mines in the Okonagon district. He reports the find of a veritable bonanza gold mine on the summit of the Cascade range of mountains near Slate Creek. Two young men from Anacortes, named Baron and Gerrith. are the lucky finders, Shuman says that the bora, after a week's work with the crudest of implements, have cleaned up $12,000, with plenty of the same rich dirt in sight. Nearly all the miners in this section of the country have flocked to the new Eldorado and slaked out claims. First Little Girl—Has your sistdr begun t ikln’ music lessons yet? Second Little Giri—She’s tailin’ somefin* on the piano, but I can’t tell yet whether it's mtuicor typewritin’ —..... .. '

A RULING ON LIBEL.

Appellate Court’s Decision in Pt, Wayne A. P. A. Case. Judge Reinhard, of the Appellate Court, Wednesday ruled against the American Eagle, the A. P. A. newspaper, edited at Fort Wayne by - William P. Bidwell. The American Eagle, some time ago, published a sensational article exposing alleged immoralities in the Catholic Orphans’ Asylum at Fort Wayne. A feature of the printed article charged that a young girt, an inmate of the asylum, was confined in a dungeon for a week because she would not submit to the proposition of a priest connected with the asylum. Bishop Joseph Rademacher, the creator aud superintendent of the institution, began a libel action for damages igainst the proprietor of the paper, and was awarded judgment. Bidwell filed a demurrer during the progress of the case, alleging that the plaintiff had no cause of action. Upon the action of the court the defendant based his appeal to the Appellate Court. Judge Reinhard, in his opinion, decided that the lower court had not erred in overruling the Jemurrer. “That the publication was defam itory and libelous of some person,or persons, unless justified, is certainly beyond controversy,” comments the court. “It can not be claimed with any degree of plausibility that the perpetrator of such a nefarious act as charged would not merit and orobably incur the contempt and obloquy of every right-thinking citizen. The publication charges that a young woman, probably an orphan, admitted to the institution to be taught morals and religion, has, according to her own account, been systematically pursued by one who had been set over her in loco parentis, in an attempt to induce her to yield to his desires, and when she spurned his advances was locked up and fed on bread and water for a week. Whoever is implicated in such diabolical exercise of power over a helpless female deserves the condemnation of every person who upholds decency or even modesty, and that the publication was intended to have that effect is plainly apparent. The charge implicates not only the priest who sought to wrong the girl, but it reflects directly upon the asylum and ind its management, if not upon all the Roman Catholic citizens and churches in Fort Wayne. It plainly intimates in its closing words not only that corruption and crime exist, but that every convent, nunnery, orphan asylum or other institution peculiar to the sect, is tainted with similar corruption and crime, which the writer proposes to expose by turning those places inside out for public inspection. If these charges are true, whoever is familiar with the appellee’s connection with those places would naturally and justly ascribe a large portion of the blame to the bishop, whose duty it is to see and know that proper management and government prevails. “It is required in a declaration of slandm* to show that the plaintiff is the person referred to. Under our . code it is not necessary, in an action for libel or slander, to state extrinsic facts connecting the plaintiff with defamatory matter as the person to whom the words were applied. It is sufficient if there be any averment generally that such matter was published of and coofcerning the plaintiff. If the allegations be denied, it then devolves upon the plaintiff to prove that the defamatory words were spoken of him. It has long been the rule that publications and their character cannot be excused on the ground that they are matters of such public interest as to properly form the subject of comment in a newspaper. Where the words are capable of having a special application to the plaintiff and there is an averrrnent that they were published of him, the action will lie, although at first sight the words used may appear only to apply tc a class of individuals and not to be specially defamatory of any particular member of that class. It is sufficient to say that in our view the complaint states a cause of action.”

A Perfect Judgment.

Waterbury. “My father,” said the small boy to the woman who was calling on his mother, “is a great man. He knows what time it is without even looking at his watch.” “What do you mean, .Tommie?’' Queried the visitor. “Ob, when I holler out an’ ask him what time it is in the morning he says it’s time to get np. An’ when I ask him what time it is in the ei en ng he alius savs, ‘time to go to oed, Tommy.’ Oh, I tell you my father is a great man!”

A Woman of Thirty-Five.

A woman of thirty-five has enthusiasm without gush. She discriminates and is quite sure what she likes, writes Elizabeth B. Custer in the Ladies’ Home Journal. The abruptness of youth has given way to the softening and subduing grace of maturity. She has still passionate intensity of heart, and great capability of devotion, but she has reserve, and daws do not peck at her kleeve. Gent —I have called on the recommendation of a friend to have my portrait painted. But I should like to know if you can take me in my fur coat. Artist—Oh! certainly. Eact is, you know, lam an animal painter. _ » . 1