Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1899 — Page 2

[weekly republican. MEfe—== ", ----- -- - GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, INDIAN-.

CORNER BROOM CORN.

ILLINOIS FARMERS PROPOSE TO KHAVE A SHARE OF PROFIT. •mßrokera Are Offering Big Prices for tile Product, but Growers Are Hold- [ tn® Out Well-Volume of Business i Still Continues to Grow. It appears that Illinois farmers are iilabout to corner the broom corn market. ftLast year the brokers got hold of ail the ■ljlM’ush in sight and, storing it in wareBtouses, spent the winter in meeting once month and, while they ate and drank I'the best to be had, marked up the price fc'a few cents on the pound. The bulk of last year’s crop was bought for SSO a |[ton and before the new supply came in it [had been marked up to SIBO and had practically “cleaned out” at a figure gfnear this fabulous price. When the new I [crop was put on the market a few weeks ago it started off at S6O and finally got up to S6B for prime brush. About ten |[days ago foreign buyers began to come | into the district and the farmer with ■w-broom corn to sell at once became a man | |;ot importance. He raised the price and «[from S7O to went to SBO in twenty-four [ hours. Then the buyers took everything they could get, regardless of quality, at | SBO. Then they offered S9O. and finally •’sloo. There is no shortage to speak of Khhis season, but the clean-up of last year’s B Crop makes broom corn a scarce article I in all quarters. PRICES TEND UPWARD. Trade East and West Still Reported Good by Bradstreet. Bradstreet’s weekly review says that I>6diatributive trade, while smaller at some is still of encouraging volume, Ottdustry is active, railway earnings ■lljwtvy, prices still tend upward and bank KiSCarings increase, while failures lessen. ||[Fall festivals and other celebrations at |t®eyeral cities have exercised an apprecia- | ble effect upon retail trade and proved a Stimulating factor in wholesale lines. In | industrial affairs activity is widespread h- and strikes are fewer and less costly ['than in most years. Business failures are jfrapparentlv at a minimum and liabilities fe are certainly less costly than for many 6 years past. Prices as a whole manifest ■ aggressive strength. I BOSTON CLUB HOUSE RAIDED. fe fifaicide of a Gambler Cauaes Police to Hw— Arrest Wealthy Men. [[ The Oxford Club was raided by the £ Boston police early Sunday morning and [[thirty members arrested charged with E gambling. A wagon load of paraphermir | Ba and $4,000 in poker chips were taken I to the station. At the station the prisonft.ers, among whom were twenty-seven of E[[the most prominent and wealthy business [men of the city, furnished cash bail, and p superhuman efforts were made to supt: press the story. The raid is a climax to the “wide open” manner in which gam--1 bling has been conducted at the club, t Ouly a few nights ago a well-known citif sen, once wealthy, lost $7,000 at the club, B- the last of his fortune, and then cfcmmit•<ted suicide. B POISON IN TEETH. fc" Alloy In Fillins Thought to Have . Caused Death. r Dr. J. E. Lowery died at his home in Cedarville, Ohio, the other night. His death, a dispatch says, is thought to be i due to an alloy of copper or brass used ft in filling his teeth. His system became filled with poison from the alloy, finally E ending in convulsions and death. The fillings were removed shortly before he ft GRANT ROUTS NATIVE FOE. [ Troops Under General Occupy the West Bank of the Imus. t Gen. Fred Grant, with three companies J[ of the Fourth infantry, two companies E of the Fourteenth infantry and a band of scouts attached to the former regiment, ft advanced from Imus Friday morning, ft- driving the Filipino insurgents from the i .entire west bank of the Imus river. Three were wounded. It is estimatI ed that ten of the Filipinos were killed. |ft' Race for the Pennant, .. The standing of the clubs in the National League race is as follows: S W. L. x W. L. .. .97 45 Pittsburg .. .75 72 feßostqn 92 55 Chicago 74 72 KPhiladelphia 92 55Louisville ...73 76 K-Baltimore ..85 59 New York... 57 87 St. Louis... .84 66 Washington. 52 96 t Cincinnati ..79 65 Cleveland ...20 130 Army Mules Lost. ft The transport Siam, which sailed from | San Francisco with a cargo of forty-sev-en horses and 326 mules, arrived at MaR nil* without her cargo. Three hundred , and fifty-seven of the animals were killed ft in a typhoon by the pitching of the ship and lack of air from the necessary closjng of the hatches. Mutiny on the Fram. Something like a mutiny broke out on ® the Fram« aretic expedition under Sver- £ drup. The naval lieutenant in charge of k the ship, it is reported, refused to submit to Svgrdrup’s authority. ■ffc ■ Bostdn’s Rich Gift to Dewey. Boston’s gift to Admiral Dewey will EM a jeweled gold watch with chain and charm, to-cost from S7OO to SI,OOO. Woman Wants to Be Mayor. Martha Moore Avery has announced J her candidacy for the socialist nomination ■ft '■ Lay a Corner Ftone. Spph? largest throng of people assembled ; ' in the,downtown district of Chicago since 4*lß92gathered Monday, the twenty-eighth ? anniversary of the great fire, to lay the {£• comer stone of the Government building honor the representatives of three

GIFT OF THE NATION. Sword Voted by Congress Presented to Admiral Dewey. The presentation to Admiral Dewey of the magnificent sword voted to him by Congress took place at noon Tuesday on the steps of the capitol at Washington. Tremendous crowds attended the event and the wildest enthusiasm was manifested. Accompanied by an escort of police and committeemen and headed by the Marine band, the admiral was driven to the White House through cheering crowds. His’progress was slow and he repeatedly bowed and smiled his acknowledgment of the greetings given him. During the parade. the avenue rang with tleafening cheers, and the banks of humanity took on life and motion as flags and handkerchiefs were waved madly. At the capitol the ceremonies were singularly impressive. The presentation speech was made by Secretary Long, who paid a glowing tribute to the man who to-day fills the hearts and minds of his countrymen. AMERICAN HORSES AND MULES. Great Britain Buying Them for Use in South Africa. Agents of the British Government are now in this country picking up horses and mules by the hundred and arranging for speedy shipment. New York dealers say that 12,000 horses _and mules are to be bought for use in South Africa. Some are to be shipped from gulf ports, others from. New York. It has long been known that American horses are meeting exceptional favor abroad, but it was not hitherto understood that our stock was so highly regarded as this action of the British war office would seem to indicate. “As to mules,” said a New York dealer, “we have already exported them to South Africa from here, and the British war office must have noticed of what value they have been. The mule is never troubled with the Tsetse fly, so prevalent in Africa, that drives horses wild, and it can do good work in a campaign, if it cannot be fed oftener than once in twen-ty-four hours.” VICTIMS OF MAD DOGS. Two Chicago Children Die from the Effects of Bites. Chicago has a hydrophobia scare produced by the death of two children who were bitten by dogs. Helen Yott, 6 years, and Adam Lukanitsch lived in neighboring homes, the former at 513 Oakley avenue and the latter at 1001 West Twelfth street. The girl died Monday and was buried Wednesday. Just as her body was carried out of the grief tenanted house her playmate passed away. Both suffered intense agony before they expired. Other children in the vicinity have been bitten. WAKES FROM A FAINT TO WED. Belated Groom Finds His Indiana Bride in a Swoon. Moses Smith of St. Paul, Minn., and Miss Dora Thuman of Evansville, Ind., were married Wednesday under peculiar circumstances. The wedding was to have taken place Tuesday night and the bride was overcome when the groom failed to appear. Smith was delayed at Terre Haute. The bride did not regain consciousness until Wednesday.

$25.45 PER CAPITA. Treasury statement Shows $1,948,703,186 in Circulation. The United States treasury statement issued Wednesday, based on an estimated population of 76,561,000, places the per capita circulation of the United States on Oct. 1 at $25.45. The total circulation of all kinds of United States money on Oct. 1 was $1,948,703,186, an increase since Sept. 1 of $6,572,045, and since Oct. 1, 1898, $132,106,794. Typsetting Record Broken. William H. Stubbs, a compositor on the Baltimore Sun, broke the world’s record for machine typesetting in a contest with William Duffy of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Stubbs set 66,617 ems in five hours and thirty-five minutes, or an average of 11,940 ems an hour. Duffy set 55,026 ems in five hours and twentythree mindtes. The previous record was 10,800 ems an hour, made in St. Louis four years ago. Verdict la a Compromise. By the decision of the Anglo-Venezue-lan boundary arbitration commission, some of Great Britain’s claims as to the interior and on the coast are disallowed. Her frontier will start at the Waini river. The award was unanimous. It is considered in the nature of a compromise rather than as favoring Venezuela. Aeronaut Is Killed. Marza Townsend, an aeronaut, was instantly killed during a parachute jump at Des Moines. The balloon began to descend when 200 feet from the grounj. Townsend’s assistant fired a pistol, the signal for him to cut loose. He did so. and the distance to the ground was not sufficient to inflate the parachute. , James Harlan Dead. James Harlan, former United States Senator, former Secretary of the Interior and father-in-law of Robert T. Lincoln, died at Mount Pleasant, lowa, Thursday morning. He was conscious to the last, but unable to speak. Twenty-eight More Arrested. Twenty-eight more members of the Scotsman’s crew were arrested on their arrival at Montreal. When they were searched over $4,000 in money was found on them and a quantity of goods and jewelry. Volunteers from Canada. The British Governmqiit has. accepted Canada’s offer of volunteers, and a Canadian regiment is to be sent to the Transvaal at once. Canadian ships have already been chartered by the British Government to transport troops. Word “Lady” I* Tabooed. The word “lady” is tabooed on the Long Island Railroad. Superintendent Potter issued an order forbidding the em-. ployea using the objectionable term to any female passenger. The word “madam" is to be substituted. Strike of Canadian Workmen. Three hundred machinists and fitters of the Canadian Pacific road, representing various centers from Fort William to Vancouver, went out on a strike. Recognition of the union was demanded, but the company refused. w ■ - - Harrhon Upholds Decision. Uenjamiß Harrison, in an interview at Paris, confirmed the state-

FOUND LOST FORTUNE

VALUABLE VALISE GOES TO HONOLULU BY MISTAKE. Lost in a San Francisco Hotel, It Is Recovered in the Hawaiian Capital with Contents of $50,000 Intact— Gnm-Chewer’s Month Paralyzed. R. B. who left Honolulu Aug. 30 on the steamship Australia, lost a valise containing nearly $50,000 in bank notes, bonds and sugar stock in the Occidental Hotel, just after he arrived in San Francisco. The valise was shipped by mistake on the Nippon Maru as part of the personal effects of Pqrser Rives, who discovered the mistake and left the valise on the Pacific MSil wharf. He evidently had no idea of the value of the contents of the valise, as he made no report to the steamship company’s agents, and the valise containing a small fortune lay comparatively unprotected among other uncalled-for packages, until adviqes received resulted in a search being made. The lost valise was found intact. PARALYZED BY GUM CHEWING. Indiana Girl May Die as a Resnlt ol Continual Mastication. Miss Lettie, daughter of Daniel Stutsman of Goshen, Ind., is suffering from a peculiar affection due to chewing gum. The young woman, who is a bright student in the high school, was an inveterate chewer of gum and a few days ago noticed that the left side of her mouth was drawing up toward the ear. The trouble grew worse and a physician sum-, moned pronounced it a case of paralysis of the muscles of the mouth due to continual mastication. BIG SHOW SHEDS BURNED. M Passenger Trains Stalled in the Mountains on Account of the Fire. One mile and a quarter of big snow sheds on the Central Pacific in the Sierras between Cisco and Emigrant gap burned early Wednesday morning, causing a loss of $50,000 and blocking all travel on the road for the whole day. That the fire was the work of an incendiary was shown by the fact that the Western Union wires and fire alarm to Cisco were cut. Fleet to the Philippines. President McKinley, upon the advice of Admiral Dewey, has ordered the armored cruiser Brooklyn and the gunboats Machias and Marietta to proceed to the Philippines. Admiral Watson’s fleet will be further strengthened in order to effectually blockade Luzon and prevent the Filipinos from receiving arms and ammunition. Wind Fails Yachts. A fickle wind that blew by fits and starts made a fluke of the first of the races for the America’s cup between the Columbia and the Shamrock, and it left them three miles from home when the time that they had under the rules to finish the course had elapsed.

Lights His Own Funeral Pyre. Louis Westerman .lighted his own funeral pyre at the county infirmary, Toledo, Ohio, by starting a blaze in a haystack with his pipel As soon as the flames spread he jumped in. He was burned to death and SSOO loss to a barn and implements > Plpt of Manila Fire Bugs. A plot by insurgent sympathizers to burn the residences of the governor general and the archbishop, as well as several government buildings and banks, has been revealed to Gen. Otis by the archbishop of Manila. The plot failed to materialize. Charles Page Bryan Returns. Charles Page Bryan, United States minister to Brazil, is in Washington on leave of absence. He presented to the President a bronze statue of the Brazilian goddess of liberty, sent by the people of Brazil. Cattle Raisers in Trnst. A trust in Texas cattle is in process of formation, to comprehend 12,000,000 acres of grazing land, 600,000 head of cattle and capital stock of $25,000,000. May Quash Dreyfus Verdict. A Paris correspondent says that Germany is about to hand over documents which will lead to the quashing of the Dreyfus verdict. Thanksgiving Day for Canada. Thursday, Oct. 19,' will be observed as Thanksgiving day in the dominion of Canada.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $7.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 31c; oats, No. 2,22 c to 24c; rye, No. 2,57 cto 59c; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 17c; potatoes, choice, 25c to 35c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 71c; corn. No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.25 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25;. wheat, No. 2,72 cto 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2,23 cto 25c; rye, No. 2,59 cto 60c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25: wheat, No. 2,72 c ’to 73c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 2,62 cto 64c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,73 cto 75c; corn, No, 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats. No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, 60c to 62c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 raix'ed, 23c to 24c; rye. No. 2,’ 58c to 60c; clover seed, $4.90 to $5.00. MilwaukeeT-Wheat, No. 2 Northern, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 3,32 cto 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 27c; rye. No. 1,58 c to 60c; barley, No. 2,45 cto 47c; pork, mess, SB.OO to $8.50. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to‘ss.oo; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.00 to $4.50; lamb*, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.T5. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50* wheat, 2

WARSHIPS ASSIGNED TO MANILA

President Acts on Dewey's Advice to Strengthen the Fleet. By the advice of Admiral Dewey the cruiser Brooklyn, the gunboats Marietta and Machias and several other war vessels are being prepared for a trip to the Philippines to augment the naval forces already there. Admiral Dewey is said to have strongly urged a much larger and more important fleet for the Philippines, contending that it was necessary to make the blockade of the islands more effective. He favors an aggressive land campaign, and believes that this, *wi‘th a vigorous blockade, to cut off the supplies that have been regularly smuggled to the Filipinos, will shortly reduce them to submission, as the only alternative of starvation. In addition to the vessels now being made ready for the journey, the cruisers New Orleans and Albany, the Monocacy and the gunboat Nashville may be sent. Acting Secretary Allen telegraphed orders to the cruiser Nashville, at San Domingo, Thursday, to proceed to San Juan, P. R., and coal with all dispatch, and then proceed to Gibraltar on her way to join Admiral Watson at Manila. At the same time orders were sent to the Brooklyn and the New Orleans to prepare to leave as soon as possible for the Philippines, via the Suez canal. Orders were also sent to San Francisco to prepare the Badger to cross the Pacific as soon as practicable. Acting Secretary Allen also telegraphed to Boston to prepare the Bancroft for sea immediately. The Machias and Marietta will also be ordered to start for Manila in the course of a week or two, and probably the Annapolis. The orders, it is officially explained, are due to Admiral Dewey’s advice that every vessel of the navy that' can be spared from other duty be added to Watson’s fleet, with the view of crushing out the rebellion as rapidly as possible. He thinks this can be quickly accomplished with the increased army force soon to be assembled in the Philippines, if there is sufficient naval force to secure a rigid blockade, and if there is energetic co-operation between the sea and land forces.

CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.

Decrease in the public Debt During September of $8,400,775 The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business Sept. 30, 1899, the public debt, less eash in the treasury, amounted to $1,148,905,780, a decrease for the month of $8,400,775. This decrease is accounted for by a corresponding increase in the cash on’ hand. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt.... .$1,046,048,850 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity... 1,215,030 Debt bearing no interest. . 389,337.412 Total .$1,436,601,392 This amount, however, does not include $647,965,903 in treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash on hand. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold ’. $343,002,379 Silver 499,628,449 Paper 78,678,145 Bonds, deposits in national bank depositories, disbursing officers’ balances, etc. 83,932,112 T0ta151,015,241,086 Against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $727,545,473, which leaves a net cash balance on hand of $287,695,Q12. The comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States during the month of September shows that the total receipts were $45,334,144, and the expenditures $37,579,372, which leaves a surplus for the month of $8,754,772. The receipts from customers were $19,120,357, against $16,759,574 for September, 1898. Internal revenue, $24,364,591, against $21,555,288 for September, 1898. Miscellaneous, sl,849,194, against $1,463,207 for September, 1898. For thq last three months the receipts were against $184,748,114 for the same period in 1898. The expenditures charged against the War Department during September were $10,541,515, as compared with $24,643,374 for September last year. Against the Navy Department, $4,757,853, as against $7,251,219 for September last year.

The Political Pot

Single taxers are preparing for a more energetic campaign next year. Joseph W. Bailey seeks to succeed Senator Chilton as Senator from Texas. Maryland newspapers of both parties praise both candidates for Governor. There has never been such an oratorical campaign in Kentucky as is now on. Lieut. Gov. Woodruff of New York is suggested as a vice-presidential possibility. Mayor Jones of Toledo is lecturing on “Why Am I a Candidate for Governor of Ohio?” Clark Howell is to be a member of the Georgia, Senate and hopes to win the presidency of that body. W. E. Chandler’s election as Senator from New Hampshire is opposed, but the opposition is badly split. West Virginia elects a Governor next year. The present Republican Governor is not a candidate for re-election. But'languid interest is being taken in the New York World’s attempt to have 'Admiral Dewey nominated for the presidency. Nearly every newspaper thinks he would not accept a nomination. At the recent New York primaries only 42,000 Democrats and 18,000 Republicans, a total of 60,000, participated out of an electorate of over 800,000. Eighty per cent of the voters took no part in the primaries. Earnest and indefatigable work will be required, apparently, to pre-

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Death Signals Its Approach—Burgle* Killed by a Girl—Horrible Suicide at Ehelbyvilik—Founder of a Town Commits Suicide. Chesterfield has a mystery. Persons have been Warned by peculiar rappings that death was near and several have died. The seventh case was reported recently, Ora McDaniel being the victim. The warnings which preceded the deaths consisted of loud rappings on the front doors of the homes three nights in succession, followed by raps on the inner doors. The Steinman family of seven was in good health two months ago. All have received the death warning since, six have died and the seventh is on her deathbed. Girl Vanquishes a Burglar. Miss Goldie Cothran, aged 14, of Muncie, struck a burglar in her room with a silver-backed hair brush and the unknown man was fatally hurt. The robber was detected by the girl carrying a valuable clock from the residence when she commanded him so drop the timepiece. This he did and, closing the door, turned upon her, when she threw the brush, striking him in the temple. He fell to' the floor and has remained unconscious since.

Burns Herself to Death. Mrs. Myrtle Bright, daughter of J. B. Plymate, ex-postmaster of Fairland, committed suicide by setting her clothing bn fire after covering it with gasoline. She lived with her father and was alone when she committed the act. She never spoke after running from the house. Hex apparel was destroyed by fire and the body was literally roasted. Mrs. Bright was not happily married an 4 was separated from her husband. Nonagenarian Tires of Life. James Brooks, the founder of New London, committed suicide by jumping from a third-story xymdow at the county house, of which he had been an inmate for several years. He was 93 years old; He worried over being a county charge. Within Our Border*. Hog cholera is raging in Warren County. Hired girl famine has reached Jeffersonville. Commercial club has been organized at Sellersburg. Brownstown K. of P, lodge will build a three-story brick. Company will mine asphaltum in Jasper and> White counties. . An anti-trust spoke factory will be started at Fort Wayne. Walter Munsel, 24, Noblesville, had both feet cut off by a train. At Brazil, the 7-year-old son of Realsus Modisett was killed by a train. Oliver P. Hastings, 66, ’ Fortville ’squire, fell dead of heart disease. • Mrs. Clark Lane committed suicide at Elkhart. 11l health was the cause. Mrs. Mary Carroll, 71, Terre Haute, was instantly killed by a Vandalia train. Fairmount brick layers are carrying their own brick and mortar. Labor is scarce. Edward Martin of the Magic City Gun Club, Muncie, broke forty-eight birds out of fifty. Unipn Traction Company, Anderson, has begun the erection of a power house to cost $400,000. .Stanislaus Kornowiz, 15, working in a South Bend factory, had both his arms torn off by a belt. Brass works department of the Pennsylvania Shops, Fort Wayne, will be moved to Allegheny, Pa.

W. W. Buck was buried alive in the Bicknel coal mine'by the falling of tons of earth and slate on him. It .is known that he is dead. Wilke Refrigerator Company will build a SIOO,OOO plant at Anderson, and the Diamond Paper Company will spend SIOO,OOO for improvements. Trial of Clyde Jones, charged with kidnaping Nellie Berger, Peru, has been postponed again. Doctors say the girl jmay never get out of bed. Capt. John Plotz, 69, of New Albany, is dead from injuries received in falling down stairs. He owned the steamer Ray'mond, dealt in coal and was wealthy. George Robinet, Anderson, has brought injunction proceedings against a man .named Swisher, 40, of Cincinnati, to pre•vent him from running off with his 17-•year-old daughter. ( j The corner stone of Salem church was ■blown’open by* robbers and rifled of its 'contents. There were valuable records, icoinsiand various articles in the stone, all of which were carried away. . , ; Hiram Minnis and George Thomas, employed in Julius' Ehrlich’s mine west of Brazil, prepared a shot and went in an adjoining room. . The explosion instantly killed Minnis and mutilated the body of .Thomas. At La Porte, the grand jury has returned an, indictment of six counts lagainst Uriah Coker, the principal wit? ness for the State at the trial of Mc'Clellan Calloway for tjie killing of Harvey Grady. ■ ' * The;Fort Wayne Consolidated Street Railway has been sold at receiver#’ sale 'to Gen. George A. Garretson of Cleveland for $1,092,000. Garretson represents the Cleveland bondholders and the reorganization committee. On a public stage near the business center of' Seymour, and in the presence of 8,000 persons, W. R. Smith of Jonesville and Mrs. Sarah Harper of Seymour were married. Each'is neatly 60 years of age ,and were once before husband and wife, having been divorced- several years. Jacob Orieski, a fanner, was killed by ia Lake Shore train at La Porte*. Religion and love caused Monroe Christ, Liberty, to suddenly go insane, j J. M. Wood of Indianapolis has been in Marion looking to the erection of a $300,000 cold storage house, and Will .'Harris, Union City, has a project to put Tip a glw.vw produce nouse. Rev. George T. Torrence of Cambridge, Ohio, has been called by Bishop John

WAS GTON GOSSIP

The Dewey who has been welcomed* back to Washington by his fellow townsmen and who is the recipient of a nation’s tribute is the same Dewey as of yore, except that since he left here—within a short two years—he has had hia opportunity and seized it, and his new measure has been taken. Seventeen months ago he emerged from the “wings” and took a place on the stage of marvelous historical achievements. He was 60 years old when he left Washington. In his personal appearance no noticeable change has occurred, except that his eyes are possibly brighter and his bearing rather more soldierly. The man Dewey, howeyer, is the same. His smile is as genial and his bows and gestures of recognition as cordial as in former days before he became the national hero. His head has not been turned by the adulations of millions. If ex-Attorney General MacVeagh trie* to get his client, Captain Carter, out of jail on a writ of habeas corpus he will be going against a stone wall. The thing has been tried before and the highest court* of the .land have passed affirmatively on the competency of military courts in times of peace to deal with those In the military service guilty of inr fractions against the civil laws. Courts of final appeal have held that the constitution is not violated and that neither officers nor privates can secure civil trial on the theory that the constitution guarantees every man charged with offending against the law a trial before a jury of Ms peers. The articles of war are held to establish the right of military courts to pass upon , cases agreeing in every essential particular with the Carter case. President McKinley is a great reader of newspapers. Every day he goes through at least fifteen newspapers. His skill in reading rapidly is as great a* that of the average exchange editor. His time is very valuable and everything is done to facilitate the process. The papers are arranged tor him by an attendant. They are opened and folded so the editorial page is uppermost. He glance* at the heads of all the editorials and reads enough to get the gist of all which bear upoh public matters. Before casting the paper aside he glances also at the news columns. In- addition the White House has its special corps of readers who clip, classify and paste in scrap books .all matters of public interest. The wonderful growth of the United States is graphically illustrated by the increasing size of the different official registers kept on the shelves of the Interior Department. This year’s Register is a tremendous two-volume quarto affair, weighing hearly twenty pounds. It will be considerably larger than the last one published, and that contained 2,743 pages and showed that there were 200,000 persons in the service of the Government. It looks large beside the first volume published in 1820, when Monroe was President and John Quincy Adams was Secretary of State. Then the Register was an octavo of 224 pages. The regular publication of the “Blue Book,” otherwise known as the Official Register of the United States, is nearly ready for the printer. It will be bound and reqdy for subscribers by the time Congress meets. Although its pages have a dry and uninteresting look, being for the most part an endless succession of names in parallel columns, the Blue Book is in greater demand than almost any other Government publication. It is ex, ceedingly valuable for reference purposes, containing the correct official title, together with the residence, birthplace and salary of every man, woman and child in the employ of the United States. Attorney General Griggs will direct proceedings to be brought against Cap? tain Carter’s alleged accomplices; in the robbery of the'Government on Savannah contracts to recover the stolen money. The Atlantic Contracting Company, which did the work, and which Is charged with having been in collusion with Carter. in the fraudulent operations, is made up of rich men who are supposedly responsible.' Secretary of War Root will have the experts df the War Department supply the Department of Justice with full data upon which to proceed against the persons incriminated. For the past two months the Government has had E. S. Holmes of the statistical division of the Agricultural Department at Work in Texas getting figures ’ as to the damage done by the Brazos river floods last July. The report sgys that* the property destroyed will figure up to $7,412,583. In the devastated region the landlords are accustomed to advance money to the tenants on the security of the prospective crops; $756,000 was so advanced. With the rent anticipated for the uae of the land the owners [are out of pocket $2,519,000. Brig. Gen.. Charles B. Eagan, who was suspended from rank and duty aa a result of the language employed by him before the' war investigating commission, hopes to obtain a vindication from Congress during the coming session. Gen. Eagan ,is in Washington to settle matters connected with the furniture of the house, he occvpied before hia departure lor Hawaii It is understood, however, that he ia trying to enlist the sympathy of members of Congress <n order to obtain a congressional investigation of the beef scandal. President McKinley, in honor of Ad-