Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1898 — The State Ticket. [ARTICLE]

The State Ticket.

Secretary of State. UNION B. HUNT, of Winchester. Auditor of State, WILLIAM H. HART, of Frankfort. Treasurer of State, LEOPOLD LEVY, of Huntington. I Attorney General, WILLIAM L. TAYLOR, of Indianapolis. Clerk of Supreme Court, ROBERT A. BROWN, of Franklin. Supt. of Public Instruction. F. L. JONES, of Tipton. • State Statistician, JOHN B. CONNER, of Indianapolis. State Geologist, WILLIS S. BLATCHLEY, of Terre Haute. Judge of Supreme Court, Second District, ALEXANDER DOWLING, of New Albany. Third District. J. Y. HADLEY, of Danville. Fifth District, FRANCIS E. BAKER, of Goshen. The County Ticket. For Congressman, E. D. CRUMPACKER, of Valparaiso. For Joint Representative, A. F. KNOTTS, of Hammond. For Prosecuting-Attorney, ALBERT E. CHIZUM, of Newton County. For County Clerk, ESTIL E. PIERSON, ofUnion Township. For County Auditor. WILLIAM C. BABCOCK, of Marion Township. For County Treasurer. ROBERT A. PARKISON. of Barkley Township. For Countv Sheriff, NATE J. REED, of Carpenter Township. For Countv Surveyor, MYRT B. PRICE, of Carpenter Township. For County Coroner, TRUITT P. WRIGHT, of Marion Township. Commissioner Ist District. ABRAHAM HALLECK, of Keener Township. Commissioner 2nd District, SIMEON A. DOWELL, of Marion Township.

The rate of mortality from all causes experienced by our army in the war with Mexico was one-half i greater than it was in the War of the Rebellion, and of the British troops in the Peninsula more than double, and in the British war of: the Crimea more than three times! that experienced by the Union 1 armies in the War of the Rebellion. To sum up from abstracts of military statistics of the United States, the deaths in the volunteer forces of the United States (June 1861, to February, under! more favorable conditions than those experienced by the volunteer forces of our present army, were from wounds received in action J»8 per cent.,, disease ami accident I 44.5, or a total of 53.2. The an ! nual death rate in both Europe' and America of civilians of the military age is nearly one hall' the death rate experienced in the army of the United States in the present war from all causes. During the. war with Mexico the mortality was 118 per thousand, 14 from wounds received in action, including killed in battle, and 104 from disease* and accidents.