Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - • INDIANA.

DIAMONDS IN REFUSE.

AN ODD GOLCONDA STRUCK BY NEW JERSEY BOYS. Voar Hoboken Yonths strike a Mysterious Mine Yielding Jewels—Two Soldiers Shot by Provost Guard at Lexington,Ky.—Fire at Atlantic City Gems Found in Garbage Heap. From among a pile of refuse outside the Fowhall Paper Company’s plant at Hoboken, N. J.. four hoys dug diamonds, emeralds, rubies and other precious stones. Had not a jeweler to whom was offered i one diamond, over a carat in weight, thought the stone stolen, this New Jersey Kimberley might still be yielding up treasures unknown save to its discoverers. The plant of the paper mill is one of several which has during several years past been established on the Hoboken meadows. Paper stock in bales is received from all over the country, so it will be a difficult job to discover whence came the treasures unearthed by the boys. KILIiKU BY HIS~BROTHER. Albert Aigner, of Indiana, Is &lain In n Family Disturbance. Near Wanatah, Ind., Albert Aigner, aged 25 years, a prominent young business man, was killed by his brother, Henry Aigner, aged 18. Young Aigner spent the day with a party of friends hunting. He returned home intoxicated and at once began abusing his aged father. Unable to put him out of the house, the father called for his son Albert, aud with his assistance Henry was ejected. Albert picked up Henry's coat and hat to take to him and as he stepped out of the door was struck on the head by Henry with a club: He diet! six hours later. The murderer then fled to the woods, where he was found iu almost a demented condition. It is feared he will lose his reason. SHOT BY PROVOST GUARD. Fsldier Killed and au Engineer Badly Wonndcd at Lexington, Ky. At Lexington. Ivy., Private Edward Nygran, belonging to Company B, 13th New York, was shot and killed about midnight by the provost guard while running away to evade arrest. His body was at first thought, from n pass in his pocket, to be that of Private Heffennan of the same company and regiment, but Heffennan answered to roll call the next morning and inquiry developed that be had loaned an expired pass to Nygrnn. Private Bailey of the Third engineers was also shot by the provost guard ami is in a critical condition. Aeronaut Seriously Injured. Charles W. Vosmer, an aeronaut, fell from a balloon at the chutes, a pleasure resort near Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, and received serious injuries, several riba, besides an arm and leg, being broken. He made the ascent hanging by his teeth to a strap attached to a trapeze. His body failed to clear the ropes and wires surrounding the grounds and he was thrown from a height of about fifty feet into the street. He will recover. * uicidc at Fostoria. <’hlo. At Fostoria, Ohio, Fred Swick, an aged German, committed suieide. He was for many years employed about the bank aud home of Charles Foster, ex-Beeretary of the Treasury, and when Foster failed in 1893 bad money in the bank. He had .made repeated demands for the money, ~nd told Foster if the money was not forthcoming he would commit suicide. He killed himself on his wife's grave. Italy Reduces Naval Expenses. Owing to Italy’s financial straits, the minister of marine. Admiral ili Canevaro, has renounced the sweeping naval program, involving the expenditure of 540,000,000 lire, and will be satisfied with a naval credit this year of 28,000,000 lire. A ministerial crisis is thus averted. It is expected that the budget for the current year will show a deficit of 17.000,000 lire. Twenty Bnlldings Destroyed by Fire. The moat costly block of amusement buildings and stores on the beach front at Atlantic City, N. J., was destroyed by lire within two hours of the time the fire broke out. Twenty buildings, occupied ly about fifty business establishments, were burned and a half dosen families were rendered homeless. The loss is estimated at $200,000. standing of the Clubs. Fallowing is the standing of the club* in the National Baseball League: W. 1.. W. L. I tost on ~.100 45 New York... 73 71 Baltimore .03 50 Pittsburg ...71 ,74 Cincinnati .01 50 IsutisviUe . .157 80 Chicago ...84 05 Brooklyn ...53 87 Cleveland ..70 05Wash’gtou ..50 08 Phirdelph’n 74 70St. L0ui5...30 110 Rig Failure in Leather Trade. The leather firm of Hoeknmn. Bissell & Co, of Boston, assigned to George W. Brawn of the firm of Bullivnnt, Brown Jk Friske. They have been doing a business of between $500,000 and $750,000 a year. Indian Territory Coal Deal. A deal is on foot by which nil coal lands hi the Indian Territory will be leasts] and held indefinitely nutil the company is ready to work the. coni or sell Its loose*. John I>. Rockefeller is to furnish the ssoocy. - Oregon Elects Joseph t inton Oregon now lias two Republican Uniled States Senators. Joseph Simon of Portland win elected in Joint ballot by the Legislature, receiving the full Republican vote. Gogebic Promoter Fall*. John E. Burton, the main promoter of (be Gogebic iron-mining movement in XtVM-7, filed a (tetition in hankruptey in the United States court at Milwaukee. U is liabilities, according to the schedule, r mount to about $200,000, aud the assets to less than SIOO,OOO. Jealonsy (.Buses a Suicide. John Hole,' of Crtt wfordsvllle, I mb, bcJtrring that his sweetheart, Miss Alice RtTlwell, no longer loved him, shot liim*e4f. He fired jnst Jong enough to be «<Mvhtced of b!a mistake.

THIEF 3IAKES A BIG HAUL. Unlocks n Bank Vault and Away with so2*ooo—A Mysfjfry, Molson’s Bank in Winnipegf Man., has been robbed of $62,000 within the last few days. The vault was entered by working the combination! and not the slightest injury was donelto the locks nor to any other part of the building. The money tn the vault was in two boxes, one being known as the teller’s box and the other as the treasury box. It is the latter that was taken, the teller’s box, containing the cash used in the ordinary daily transactions, not being disturbed. In order to reach the treasury box it was necessary to work two combinations, only one of which was known to any one man. The bank officials decline to say anything, but a telegram from Montreal states that Mr. Thomas, general manager of the Molson banks, confirms the report of the robbery. He was notified that $62,000 had been taken. Of this amount $25,000 was in non-negotiable notes, so that $37,000 is the real loss to the bank. Mr. Phepoe, manager of the Winnipeg branch, was away on his holiday. There have been no arrests yet. BIG BLAZE AT LOWELL, IND. Fourteen Business Houses Destroyed by Fire—Loss, $40,000. Fourteen business houses in the business district of Lowell, Ind., were destroyed by tire early the other morning. The blaze broke out in Dr. Bacon’s barn, in the rear of Main street, and as tlje town has no fire protection the flames spread rapidly and laid a whole block in ashes. Among the buMdings burned were Nichols’ opera house, the postoftice, Wat-, ers’ drug store, the Viant building, Hayward’s studio, Gersham’s tailoring establishment, Spindler’s store, the Lowell Record printing house, Hacker’s saloon, Gporge Death’s hardware store, a millinery store and several others. The loss will probably reach $40,000, With little insurance.

Will Emigrate to Africa. Robert Tagoe has organized a colony of fifty-one negroes of St. Louis, who will go with him to Liberia. He has also formed a band of missionaries to go to Africa with the settlers. Fifteen years ago Tagoe was the heir apparent to the throne of a cannibal nation on the west coast of Africa: to-day he is annointing sinners in n gas fit tent at the corner of Twenty-second and Locust streets, St. Louis, and casting out devils and disease in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Miss Minnie Bryan, an intelligent daughter of Kentucky, 22 years old, who has been doing gospel work In St. Louis, and Robert Tainsh, an ex-waiter at the Mercantile Club, are two of the missionaries. The missionaries are all white except Tagoe and his wife, whom he married in St. Louis twelve years ago. Tagoe is as black as midnight. He speaks English with a marked French accent. He is also master of German, Greek and Latin, besides three African dialects. In his native country, Ashantee, he wore a single garment thrown about his ebony shoulders with the ends dangling below the waist. In America he wears a black Prince Albert coat, plaid trousers, white shirt, standing collur and black bow tie. “I desire to Christianize my nation and to place good homes within the reach of distressed negroes of America. The two aims can be pursued jointly to advantage,” said Tagoe. Boy Simply Ran A^ay. A mystery has been solved and a sensation spoiled by the finding in Chicago of a lad who disappeared nearly two years ago, and who, it was claimed, had been murdered. Oct. 30, 1806, Hurry Goldberg, aged 12 years, an udopted son of Samuel Goldberg, disappeared from I.aporte, Ind., and from that time until a few days ago his whereabouts were unknown. Harry was a prime favorite in the neighborhood of his home, aud when weeks passed and tJVe boy was not seen the neighbors made inquiries of the family as to his whereabouts. The Goldbergs are nud always have been reticent, and they simply replied that they did not know. Thinking that perhaps he had gone away to work somewhere, the neighbors paid no more attention to the matter. Some weeks ago the subject was again brought before their notice in a rumor that the boy had been murdered. An investigation by the authorities was begun aud was still in progress when the information came that Harry had been found alive aud well in Chicago. The finding of the boy was the result of a search instituted by Mrs. Goldberg, who never believed him dead, and who hud been untiring in her efforts to locate him. It appears that the young fellow left his home to seek employment. He drifted from town to town and finally landed in Chicugo. He whs at work when found. Nancy Guildford Indicted. Coroner Doten has completed his inquest into the death of Emma (Jill, whose dismembered body wits found in the Yellow Mill Pond at Bridgeport, Conn., a few weeks ago, finding that she came to her death by felonious homicide nt the hands of Nancy A. Guilford, assisted and abetted by Alfred Oxley and Rose Drayton. The grand jury has indicted Nancy Guilford for murder in the second degree. This will facilitate her extradition from England. Ftole Government Timber. James R. Wicker aud John C. Gentry, owners of a sawmill In the South Park, Colo., and Benjuniln Wolf and Matt Dolphin have been arrested on a bench warrant from the Uuited States District Court charging them with the theft of 500,000 feet of timber front Government lands in the South Park. John L. Russell, Government timber Inspector, caused the arrests to be made. Eight Lives Are Lost. The four-masted schooner Sarah E. Palmer, Captain Whittier, with phosphate rock from Charlotte harbor to Carteret, N. J„ was lost off Stone Inlet, seven ntilcs south of Charleston, 8. C. The entire crew of eight men was drowned. Tennessee City scorched. Flames swept over ten acres of ground in Clarksville, Tcnn., destroying n tobacco warehouse and contents, storage and coal sheds, Louisville and Nashville depot and six freight cars. The loss is estimated at $500,000. Much Cotton Ruined. Trustworthy indications are that the couon crop in Georgia will be cut down at least 300,000 bales by the recent severe storm. The money damage will n mount to nearly $5,000,000. One Thousand Perish In Fire. A special dispatch front Shanghai, China, says that 1,000 lives Were lost it, » great fire which pnrtl.r destroyed the city •f Hankow on last Sunday.

PARIS STRIKE GROWS

FRENCH METROPOLIS HAS 60,000 IDLE MEN. Present Labor Troubles Have Extended So as to Interfere with Work on Exposition—San Francisco Counterfeiters Produce Big Bills. rituation Is Alarming. The strike of the laborers in Parts has extended to nearly all the building trades, and it is feared the railroad men will join in the-movement. Work on the exhibition buildings and underground railroad has completely ceased. About 60,000 men have gone on strike, and the situation is causing consternation. The attitude of the strikers is increasingly aggressive, and fights between strikers and socalled “blaek J legs” are incessant, involving the intervention of the police, troops and mounted republican guards, who have been obliged to repeatedly charge the strikers. The quarters in which rioting has taken place are patrolled by strong detachments of police and troops. There are great apprehensions lost the agitation turn the strike movement to political ends. WOMAN STRANGLED IN DENVER. Mrs. Voglit, a Clairvoyant, Found Dead in Her Apartments. Mrs. Julius Voght, a clairvoyant and medium, was found dead in her apartments on Champa street, Denver. She lay ou the floor, face downward. A twisted towel was tied tightly around her neck and there is no doubt that she hud been ‘strangled to death. There is no clew to the murderer, but the police believe that the deed was committed by the same

strangler who murdered three women on Market street in that city in 1894. Shortly after these murders Mrs. Voght informed the police officials that spirits had given her, while she was in a trance, a description of the strangler, but he had never been discovered. It is thought the murderer of Mrs. Voght either believed she did know something or he was also a believer in “spirits” and decided to put her out of the way and possibly save himself from exposure. BOGUS BILLS ON LARGE SCALE. Silver Certificates of SIOO Counterfeited in tbe West, It is said that United States secret-ser-vice officers, aided by ..Chief Lees, have discovered that large numbers of counterfeit SIOO silver certificates have been produced in San Francisco. The operators are reported to be under police surveillance. The Call asserts that 5,000 of these spurious bills were sent into tbe Klondike district. They are readily exchanged for gold dust and their falsity was not discovered until the returning miners tried to pass them in Portland. The paper is said to be of government make, ns are also the various inks, with the exception of that with which the number is printed. This is of au ordinary quality and cannot withstand the action of acid. GARCIA ON HIS TOUR. Agent of the United states to Induce Cubans to Disarm. General Garcia left Santiago de Cuba on his mission through Santiago province, acting as an agent of the American Government, to arrange the details for the disbandment of the Cuban army in the east. He will confer with the military commanders in the outlying districts, using his strong influence to induce the peaceful disarming of the Cuban soldiers ‘and their return to work. Enemies Burn His Property. Dr. Harrison, an old settler and the richest man in Newton, lowa, incurred the enmity of unknown persons upon being .charged with selling whisky in his drug store. The other night the drug store, livery stable and a dwelling owned by the doctor wore burned by incendiaries. While the fire was raging the doctor’s residence and private stables in another part of the town were blown up by dynamite aud partially destroyed. The family narrowly escaped death. Dr. Harrison’s loss is $15,000. Big Log Rnft Found, The big lumber raft which has been floating around the Pacific for two weeks bus been towed into port at San Francisco by tugboats. The original raft was built ut Astoria. Ore., and was taken in tow for Sail Francisco, but had to be abandoned during a storm. The portion saved is 350 feet long and worth $75,000. Drowned in a Creek. As Mrs. Adam Troutman and children were returning home from a visit with Shelby, Ohio, relatives iu a carriage, the horse backed off a bridge, precipitating the whole load Into the creek. A child abort 2 years old was drowned, the mother rt adored Unconscious. Ktninj. Mill Destroyed. TLj Standard Consolidated Mining Company’s 20-stamp mill ut Bodic, Cal., was totally destroyed by tire. The fire started in the boiler room. The adjoining officer and the cyanide plant were saved. The estimated loss is $50,000, partly insurer. Mrs. McKinley's Brother Killed. Gtorge D. Suxton, the only brother of Mrs. William McKinley, lies dead at the Canton, Ohio, morgue, murdered by a woman. Mrs. Anna George, an intimate friend of tin* dead man, is under arrest charged with having fired the fatal shots. No Vorc llanglne*. Alfred Williams, convicted of the murder of John Gallo, in Lynn, July 22, 1897, Wms hanged at Salem, Mas*. This is the ln«t hanging Massachusetts will ever know. In the future the penalty for nil capital offenses will Ik* electrocution. Big ltittle*hip Launched. The muuunotli United States battleship Illinois, one of the three latest additions i<> the navy and probably the most powerful flght'in: tuoehiue afloat, was launched at Newport News, Vn„ under auspicious ! circumstances. » Bn.v State for Silver. The Democrat* ot-Massachusetts ttomi- ! anted Alexander 1). Bruce for Governor. | The platform declares for silver and oppose* expansion. Democrat* : weep Georgia. The Democrats elected all State officers in Georgia by majorities approximating 70,000. Allen l>. Clioud)**' was chosen Governor.

COLLISION ON NORTHWESTERN. Fireman Hack wall of Chicago Killed and Three Cara Burned. One man killed, three cars burned and a locomotive wrecked was the result of a collision between a passenger and freight train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, about eight miles south of Milwaukee. The freight train was standing on the main track, and the accident was caused by failure of Engineer Lane of the passenger to notice a block danger signal. The passenger train on crashing into the freight telescope the caboose, setting it on fire. The locomotive toppled over sideways, burying Fireman Thomas Duckwall of Chicago, whose dead body was taken out several hours later in a badly mangled condition. The engineer escaped. The flames communicated to the mail car and also to a freight car containing coke, next to the caboose, the three being destroyed. All the mail, with the exception of one or two sacks, was saved and the mail clerks escaped unhurt. BUILDING ALASKA RAILROAD. * Line from Skaguay to White Pass in Working Order. John Stanley, Mayor of Skaguay, Alaska, who is now in San Francisco purchasing apparatus for a fire department, says: “The Pacific and Arctic Railroad, now being built from Skaguay to Selkirk, is well under way. Rails have been laid to White Pass, and up to that point the road is in full working order. Over thirty-five tons of freight is daily shipped over this spur. Seven hundred men are working on the road. Last month the pay roll was $129,000. From White Pass to Lake Bennett, a distance of thirty miles, freight is transferred by sledges. Laborers on the roacy-eceive 35 cents an hour.” Woman Confesses an Old Murder.Eleven years ago. Louis Bali was foully murdered at Washington Court House, Ohio, his head being cut off with a razor, and his head and body laid across the railroad track in such a manner as to appear that he had been killed by a train. Abraham Huffman was arrested for the crime, but was released for luck of convicting evidence. Others were suspected, but it looks now as if the deathbed confession of Mrs. Jeffreys of Hillsboro, Ohio, just made in the presence of four persons whom she called to her death chamber, will reveal the identity of the murderer. Mrs. Jeffreys implicated herself, another woman and four men, giving their names. She said that she held Ball’s head while a man cut it off with a razor; that the blood was allowed to- flow into a tub, ! which was afterward concealed under a house, and that the other woman held Ball [ on her lap while his head was being cut , off. The men carried the body and head to the railroad track to cover up the crime, j The persons implicated live in and about , the city.

Woman Is Exonerated. George W. Clarke, under sentence to be hanged at San Quentin. Cal., for the murder of his brother, has made a confession, in which he states he alone is responsible for his brother’s death. Clarke was enamored of his brother’s wife and thought that should, his brother be put out of the way the woman would marry him, and he made the confession for the purpose of exonerating her of any complicity in the crime. Result of tlie Sugar Fight. All the sugar refining interests are now openly selling granulated sugar at 5 cents a pound. Owing to rebates to the grocers the net return to the refiners is such that the trade is agreed that the present price leaves no margin of profit to the refining interests. His Sum Left to U. of P. At a meeting of the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania it was announced that Col. Joseph M. Bennett, the late merchant and philanthropist, had bequeathed to the institution a number of valuable properties valued at over $400,000. Fmoilpox in Ohio. An epidemic of smallpox has broken out at Wapakoneta, Ohio, but so far there have, been no* deaths. All the schools have been ordered closed, and public assemblages have been forbidden. The scare amounts to almost a panic. Dorn Richardsou Is Married. Dora Richardson, “child wife” of General Cassius M. Clay, and w ? ho was divorced from him a month ago, was married at Keene, Ivy., to lliley Brock, the farmhand to whom she was engaged. Big Bank Crocs Under, With $2,000,0CX) due to small tradesmen depositors, the Tradesmen’s National Bank of New York closed its doors.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to s<>.oo; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 03c to 04c; corn. No. 2,20 cto 30c; oats. No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 48c; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 15c; potatoes, choice, 27c to 35c per bushel. Indianapolis---Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light. $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 03c to 04c; corn, No. 2 white, 2l)c to 8>)c; outs, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. St. Louis—-Cattle, $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep. $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,07 cto 68c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 29c to 3*.to; oats. No. 2,23 cto 24c; rye. No. 2. 47e to 48c-Cincinnati—-Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,00 cto 68c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31e; oats. No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; rye. No. 2. 48c to 50c. Detroit—Cn*:tle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep. $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,05 cto 67c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 3l)c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 20c: rye, 47c to 48c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, C6e to 68c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31c; (Kits, No. 2 white. 2le to 28c; rye. No. 2,47 c to 40c; clover seed. ?3>5 to $3.95. Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 spring, <>2o to 64c: corn, No. 3,29 cto 81c; oats. No. 2 white, 24i to 26c; rye, No. 1,47 cto -I8e; barley. No. 2,44 eto 46c; pork. mess. $7.75 to $8.25. ' Buffalo— Cattle, good shipping steer** SB.OO to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, cotnmou to' extra. $5.00 to SO.OO. New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50: hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep. $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2,35 cto 37c; oats. No. 2. 20e to 2Se; butter, creamery, 15c to 2lc; eggs, Webern, 17c ,to 18c.

FANNY DAVENPORT.

Oetth Ends a Long and Remarkably Successful Dramatic Career. The death of Fannie Davenport removes one of the best known and most successful actresses on the American stage. Her dramatic career began when she was a little girl and extended over a period of forty years. Fanny Davenport inherited her dramatic talent, 7 her father being Edgar L. Davenport, while her mother was knotvn on the English stage as Fannie Vining. The daughter was born in London iu 1850 and she came to this country In 1854 with her pai-ents. Shp made her debut as a child in Boston. When 13 she went to Louisville to All soubrette roles. Next she played with Mrs. John Drew In opera and drama. Her ability atti'acted the attention of Augustin Daly, and under his management she came to the front rank of

FANNY DAVENPORT.

American actresses. For many years she had been her own manager and met with great success here and abroad. Some of the roles in which she made a name for herself were Rosalind, Nancy Sikes, Lady Teazle, Fedora, La Tosca and Cleopatra. Her splendid impersonations made Sardou’s dramas popular with the American people. In 1891, while Cleopati-a was being produced at the Fifth Avenue Theater, New York, the theater was burned to the gi-ound and Miss Davenport experienced a great loss. The entire production, however, was replaced in three weeks. As an actress Fanny Davenport was noted for her strong artistic sincerity and the Intelligence of her vivid dramatic style made her particularly effective in roles requiring breadth and power. She was regarded as one of the ablest stage managers in this country. She was twice married, her first husband being Edwin H. Price, to whom she was wedded in 1879, and her second, Melbourne MacDonald, who was her leading man for several years.

SHELLS AND STONES ADORN IT

Appearance of the Grave of Major Grady at Bantiajso. Maj. Grady’S body was Incased in a box made from boards from a Spanish blockhouse and was deposited in a grave at Santiago about four feet deep. After the grave was tilled a mound of earth was thrown up over It about one

GRAVE OF MAJOR GRADY AT SANTIAGO.

foot high, sloped on sides aud ends, with round stones sunken In all around the slopes. In the center of the mound was a cross made of shells and surrounded by a circle of small stones. The headstone was of brown tiling, with Inscription' cut In.

Men and Women at Sea.

Walter Wellman gives us the following statistics ns to a voyage with moderately rough seas or long swell: Men seasick and invisible, 20 per cent.; men sick and on deck but not going down to meals, 25 per cent.; men who go to meals but only nibble through pride's sake, 15 per cent.; men who were “never seasick,” but who have “eaten something that disagreed with them,” 10 per cent.; men not sick at all, 25 per cent.; women too sick to leave their cabins. 35 per cent.; women sick on dock, 40 per cent.; women who are “not seasick at all,” but who have “bad headaches,” 15 per cent.; women who “don't feel Just right,” 7 per cent.; and women who really enjoy It, 3 per cent. —Argonaut.

Queer Chinese Passport.

In Chinn a traveler wishing for a passport is compelled to have the palm of Ills linml brushed over with fine oil paint. He then presses his hand on tliin. damp paper, which retains an Impression of the lines. This Is used to prevent transference of the passport, as the lines of »,o two hands are alike.

Testing steel Bullets.

A new method of testing steel bullets lias been devised in Germany. The balls are dropped from a fixed height on to a glass plate set at an angle. If properly tempered they rebound Into one receptacle; If they are too soft they drop into another. Stop finding fault with your wife. Would you do better If all you got was your board and clothes?

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Fatal Head 1 -End Collision at Dillsboro DoublwTragedy In Indianapolis— Traveling Salesman Robbed New Glass Factory at Summitville. There was a head-on collision on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway between the second section of westbound freight train No. 97 and the second section of east-bound freight train No. 98, in which Harvey Bryan and John Lee of Sparksville were probably fatally hurt. Several tramps, whose names are unknown, were nlso dangerously injured. The wreck was caused by a mistake of the operator in giving the wrong orders. Twenty cars are badly wrecked. The wreck occurred near Dillsboro, and the injured men were taken to Aurora. Kills Wife and Self, At Indianapolis, Robert Lesh killed himself and wife. They had not been living together Jor several months. He sent his wife a note requesting that she see him, wanted txflive with her again. The note was not answered aud he repaired to where she was living. He was refused admittance, but finally forced his way into the house. He and his wife talked together a few moments in the hall. No one knows what was said, but he pulled his pistol, shot her through the eye and she fell dead. He rushed out of the house, looked back once at the dead body and then blew his brains out. Ohio Salesman Beaten and Robbed. Martin St. Morris, a comniercial salesman for the Tappan Shoe Manufacturing and whose home is thought to be Auburndale, Ohio, was sandbagged in Granger. Morris was going from one depot to another when he was assaulted. One hundred and seventy dollars was secured. The victim lay unconscious for three hours. Two men were seen at daylight by farmers driving toward Mishawaka at a terrific rate, but at the Edwardsburg road the trail was lost. * New Glass Factory for Fntnmitville. The Fairyiew Land Company located a 12-pot window glass factory at Summitville and aiTangements are under way for the erection of the plant. The parties who will build the factory are led by L. S. Woodbridge, formerly Dunkirk and Redkey. Within Onr Borders. The apple crop in Madison County is reported to be almost a total failure. Jack Tierney, proprietor of the Senate saloon at Seymour, lias left for parts unknown. The Anderson-Marion electric line will be extended to Hartford City, via Gaston and Gilman.

Forbes Holton, Jr., of Anderson, while playing in a game of football, had his right leg broken. Estie Jackson, aged 10, while returning from school in Shelbyville, was stoned by a crowd of boys, dying from her injuries. Albert Griffith, a contractor and builder, who recently came to Michigan City from Three Rivers, Mich., committed suicide by hanging. It is estimated that Nelson Horine of Howard County, on a little over six acres of ground, had' 40,000 watermelons ripening at one time. William Bishop, a prominent resident and business man of Russiaville, was married the other day to Mrs. Laura Bishop. The bride is his stepmother. The dismembered body of a man was found on the Lake Shore tracks near Whiting. It was identified as Charles Feige, aged 56, of Saginaw, Mich. The Emison and Oaktown schools have been closed by order of the County Board of Health, on account of diphtheria, which is prevalent to an alarming extent in these neighborhoods. The Big Four had a wreck at Crawfordsville. A double freight attempted to run on a switch and let the second engine proceed to the main track. A miscalculation was made as to the distance and the first engine was knocked from the track, blockading traffic. J. B. Connors of Evansville rowed a skiff across the river to the Kentucky shore and opened fire on a man and woman who were concealed on the bank. It transpired thfPt Connors’ wife was with Charles Williams. Mrs. Connors and Williams were both killed and Connors escaped. The mangled remains of an unknown man were found on the E. & T. H. Railroad north of Vincennes. There was nothing by which he could be identified. His luK had the firm name of “Amons & Allen, Newton, 1a.,” stamped on the inside. He was well dressed, and many people believe he was the victim' of foul play. Quincy Coble, a young man of Stilesville, aged 20, was found dead at the sideof the Monon tracks at Putuamville. Coble was on a visit to a young woman friend at Quincy and it is thought that he had boarded a freight train for her home. Where the Monon road crosses the old National road is an overhead bridge which has been the most prolific death trap in that section of Indiana. The death of Coble is the nineteenth or twentieth fatal accident that is chargeable to this bridge. At the yearly picnic of the Baptist Church for Delaware, Grant and Black--ford counties at Mnyhews there was an excitlnglneident not down outhe program. In the afternoon the ordinance of baptism by immersion was to have been conducted in the Misaissinewa river by Rev. James Richnrds, a veteran minister, aged 82 years. The man to be baptized was a physical giant. When the time came forbaptism the strength of Rev. Mr. Richards proved unequal for the task, and both men went under and were carried to a hole of deep water near by. They wererescued, hut it took some time for physicians to resuscitate them.

Her Father's Hope.

"That was an excellent paper your daughter read on the ‘lnfluence of Science as Applied to Practical Government,’ " said tlie man In the crash suit. ‘‘Yes,'' replied the man wltb the whiskers. "Julia is the pride of her class, and now that she has mastered the ‘lnfluence of Science ns Applied to Practical Government,' I hope that she will be able to do something ing the ‘lnfluence of the Broom as Applied to the Kitchen Floor.'”