Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1899 — Page 2

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MANY LESS FAILURES.

BJrGE decrease from last ■ W YEAR’S FIGURES. of Trade Much Larger During BpKmbcr than Through CorrespondBile Month of 1898 American SyndiIgßjfte to Divert Grain Trullic to Canada. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of says: “Business continues wonder■Ky large, prosperous and heallhy. As K^We tailed statement of failures by ■Hjches of business cannot be made unHfaext week it seems well to say that ■four weeks failures have been reported ■bunting to $0,848,590, against $8,110,IflP in th( ' same weeks of last year, sll,■1195 in 1897 and over $12,000,000 in ■pß and a'so in 1895. Yet the volume |Bpvent trade represented by exchanges HKfae principal clearing houses has been month 22.5 per cent, greater than and 40 yer cent, greater than ■■*B92. Wheat remains weak, yielding ■Bbeats, although Western receipts .but barely half last year's for the ■■he, and for four weeks only 21,743,505 ■pels, against 38,002,739 last year. The decrease in Atlantic exports for the and for four weeks 10,173,735, ■pst 17,388,210 last year—explains ■left weakness. Corn declined 1 cent, ■jti slightly smaller exports than last Bir for the week, but for four weeks H&745 bushels, against 11,479,098 Failures for the week have ■pu:T:44 in the United States, against |Kjast year, and 21 in Canada, against ■ust year.” HpIDS SON THROUGH A DREAM. Bpnessee Farmer Meets the Boy He ■ Long Believed Dead. Rogers, who left his family in County, Tenn., forty years ago HEjWM not heard of after, being reportwhile a member of the Twenty■h| Ohio regiment in the civil war, |Bnd his son Frank at Maryville, lte■tiy he dreamed that his wife and oldHSon were dead and that Frank, born Ker he left home, was alive. Investigathis vision accurate in detail. K father is a farmer in Sullivan Coun:«nd the son a fruit dealer. They have within 125 miles of each other ISthirty years, each thinking the other

!eht grain traffic. fce Steps to Capture Large if American Trade, commissioners of the port ave accepted the proposiluffalo and Cleveland capito an increase of grain sh that port. The syndijranted a site for a large freight sheds, and in turn fifteen steam barges with cost' of $1,100,000. The ees to bring 25,000,000 lin to Montreal next seaxease this amount to 35,jor more in 1901. A bond o be given. Woman Kills Two. >ng shot and killed Lizzie Calvin Andrew in a fit of ndpebble- Phosphate camp, la. Andrew had been payle attention to the DeLong d transferred his affections ins. Mamie DeLong went > woman’s house to borsethe trouble ■resulted in the two. in Noble’s Wedding. ; at Springfield, Ohio, that ;rom of that city had been larried to Eva Lindahl of he groom is working in a His father is the distinal Engstrom of the Swedin attache of King Oscar’s iuple next summer will go d take up their residence astle. sr Kills an Indian. >f the Indian police from reservation was shot and Schultz, a bartender at The Indian and his iouiIrunk and the Indian startwith a gun, which he had at others in the saloon, d the Indian to desist, but it coming, and was shot ?art. on Union Pacific. , Neb., the Union Pacific ll trains collided wuh t. Fifteen passengers mnone fatally, is the report trains, both of which were . One of the trains was rhen the other crashed into loone was fatally hurt. I Girl Are Drowned, several students were skating at Man., on the reservoir two of Ijrtb, nonivent ■ eath (ting has i liv- . ask olicy conrred 18 of cord the ; heath. Jriptbiy

SHIP’S MISSION A MYSTERY. Vewel at Mare Island to Go to Panama Under Sealed Orders. The United States ship Ranger, now lying at Mare Island, San Francisco, has been quietly fitted out for some long voyage, and well-founded rumors are current that she is bent on some secret mission. The officers of the warship refuse to discuss the nature of the voyage. Several six-inch guns are being placed in position on the vessel. The only thing the officers will admit is that the Ranger has been ordered to Panama, and will sail early in December. Sealed instructions have been received from Washington, to be opened on arrival at Panama. It is believed by naval men in San Francisco that the Ranger’s ultimate destination is Manila, and that she will be anchored for shore duty at some of the new ports recently taken from the rebels. SON HELD FORM OTHER’S DEATH. Alfred Swingle in Jail at Zanesville, 0., on a Charge of Murder. Alfred Swingle, 14 years old, is in jail at Zanesville, Ohio, charged with shooting and killing his mother, Mrs. John Swingle, near Stovertown. It was at first thought Mrs. Swingle had been murdered by a tramp. Suspicion begun to point to the son, who told conflicting stories, and when questioned at the coroner’s inquest he broke down and confessed. The lad stated that the shooting was accidental; that the gun was already loaded, and that when he happened to pick it up it was discharged, the load entering his mother’s head, killing her instantly. The boy’s story is contradicted in part by liis father, who says that the gun had not been loaded for some time and that both barrels were empty when he went to work in the morning. ' STARVES IN A PULLMAN CAR. Illinois Man Sick as a Result of Riding in Linen Closet. A well-educated young man who says he is Charles Hassinger of Collinsville, 111., is under the care of the St. Joseph, Mo., city physician, suffering from hunger and injuries caused by remaining several days in a cramped position in a linen closet of a Pullman sleeping car bound for East St. Louis from San Francisco. Hassinger says that be gave the porter in charge of the car an overcoat and a few dollars, all the money he had, for permitting him to ride from Sacramento. He was compelled to seek medical aid at St. Joseph. FARMER SHOOTS TWO OFFICERS. Attempt to Levy an Execution Results in a Double Tragedy. Near Chicago Junction, Ohio, Constable William Smith was killed and Marshal J. T. Conklin of Plymouth was fatally wounded by Ezra Moore, u farmer. The officers went to Moore’s house to levy an execution and Moore became incensed. Seizing a gun, Moore shot Smith in the head and Conklin in the head and shoulder. Smith died in a few minutes.

Passes from Harpers’ Control. The difficulties under which the publishing house of Harper & Brothers, New j York, has, according to rumor, been laboring for many months, resulted in the entire business passing from the bands of the Harpers into the control of the State Trust Company, acting as trustees for J. P. Morgan & Co., holders of $3,- . 500,000 in mortgage bonds. Shot Wife and Himself. Louis Bach of Brooklyn, N. Y., attempted to kill his wife, wounding her twice, with a pistol. She fell in a faint, and Bach, thinking her dead, shot himself through the brain. Bach wished his mother-in-law, Mrs. Bobbins of Denver, to give him $5,000, but his wife objected. This led to a quarrel between husband and wife. Telephone Combine Fallß Through. I The attempt to form a company to control all of the independent telephone companies of the United States has failed, on account of the withdrawal from the ! scheme of William C. Whitney. Thomas ! F. Kyan, Anthony C. Brady, William L. j Elkins. P. A. B. Widener and Thomas 1 Dolau. i'lot Against the Sultan’s Life. A number of arrests of Mussulmans have been made in Constantinople, inj eluding a general of division and several important officials, charged with being engaged in a plot to assassinate the Sultan with dynamite bombs on the occasion of the Selamlik. The accused have been exiled to Yemen. Advance iu {standing Timber. The purchase oi luige tracts of nr forests iu Washington Stale by Eastern lumbermen has caused a sharp advance m the prices of both logs and stAidiUrf limber. Stumpage prices have risen with j in the past thirty days from 10 to 2U ! tents, according to the accessibility of the : timber belts. Dying by Hundreds. Yokohama au\i>es that a terrible condition of affairs prevails at New Chu uug, Manchtu.a. vv itb respect to the bubonic plague. Hundreds of deaths are occurring weekly, ihe mortality reaching forty to sixty every day. The disease is beginning to spread over Manchuria uets Freucii .-cientific Medai. 1 Dr. William U. Brooks, director of Smith Observatory, has just been awarded by the Paris Academy of Sciences the Grand Lalande prize for his numerous and brilliant astronomical discoveries. The prize is a gold medal worth 500 francs. Hardwick Bill Is Beaten. The negroes of Georgia will continue to exercise unrestricted the right of suffrage. 'lhe house by a vote of 137 to 3 deteatecl the bill offered by Mr. Hardi wick of Washington County, calling for j the practical disfranchisement of the j negro. Torpedo Boat Is Very Fast. Tne new torpedo boat Craven had her builders' trial over the Southport course. She made one knot at the rate of 31.07 and two knots at the rate of 30.75. She developed greater speed than the Dahlgren attained. Cherokee Treaty Is Revived. After killing the late Cherokee treaty, the Cherokee council took it up again the next day and passed the bill, extending the t ; me for ratification by Congress aud asking that body to make certain changes in the document .Garland, Tex., Destroyed. The town of Garland. Texjis, with 2,000 inhabitants and an important business lK>»nt twelve miles from Dallas, was destroyed by fire. The property loss, exclusive of cotton and railroad iuterests, canpot fall below SIOO,OOO.

GREAT STORES BURN.

LOSS OF OVER S3jPOO.OOO IN PHILADELPHIA. Entire Block of Business Houses Destroyed —Li ppincott’s Burned Out - Two Big Department Stores Are Reduced to Ruins—Suicide in Midlake. An electric spark in the basement of Partridge & Richardson’s big department store, 15 to 29 North Eighth street, Philadelphia, started a fire that in less than four hours laid in ashes nearly an entire block of business houses and caused an estimated loss of over $3,000,000. The heaviest losers are J. B. Lippincott & Co., book publishers, whose big six-story brick building, containing rare and valuable plates and machinery, was completely gutted, involving a loss estimated by a member of the firm at $2,000,000. The next heaviest loser was Partridge & Richardson. Their loss on building and contents is estimated at SOOO,OOO. Lit Brothers, whose department store adjoins the Lippincott building, estimate their loss at $400,000. In addition to the big houses mentioned numerous smaller stores were either gutted or badly damaged. Chief among these were Bailey’s 5 and 10 cent store, loss SIOO,OOO, and Rosenberg's millinery establishment, loss $30,000. CUTS HIS WIFE WITH AN AX. Then Sets Fire to His House and Perishes in the Flames. At Duluth, Minn., Jacob Schneider attacked his wife, Mary, with a meat ax at their home in an isolated portion of the city, and after cutting her horribly saturated the house with kerosene ana set fire to it. He perished in the flames, but the wife was saved by her daughter. Three other women in the house rap to the rescue of the wife, but Schneider drove them out of the house. Schneider had borne a good reputation, but his home life had not been pleasant. Big Purchase of Zinc Property. The Colonial Zinc Company of New York has purchased from C. E. Mayne of Omaha a forty-acre mineral lease and the Mayne mill, near Galena, Kan., 110 acres of mineral land of the Free Coinage mine and lease, including two mills, the Blue Wing and several large and small zinc and lead mines and first leases on three tracts of rich mineral lands near Carterville, Mo. The consideration was $300,000.

Jumps from Boat in Midlake. Officers of the Flint and Fere Marquette steamer No. 3 reported on their arrival at Milwaukee from Ludington that a passenger nanfed Max Pfenning of Janesville, Wis., committed suicide by jumping overboard while the steamer was in midlake en route to Milwaukee. Pfenning was 60 years old. No cause is known for his act. Promised Big Profits. The doors of the home office of the Investors’ Trust, 1221 Arch street, Philadelphia, doing business exclusively with patrons outside the city and promising large profits on investments, have been closed. Efforts to find the president, secretary and cashier are unavailing. Murder to Insure Freedom At Wilburton, I. T., two masked robbers knocked Postmaster M. A. Cox senseless, robbed the postoffice safe of S3OO, and, while escaping, shot and instantly killed United States Deputy Marshal Henry Prekenbaugh. Many Hunters Are Killed. The deer hunting season recently ended resulted in a total of eleven hunters killed and seven wounded in the Michigan and Lake Superior sections of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Most of them were mistaken forUeer. Husband Dead, Wife Missing. The dead body of John Cremeans, with a bullet hole in the head, was found in a bed in his late home at Glenwood, Ohio. Cremeans was an aged and wealthy citizen. His young wife cannot be. found. Clerk Dropped from Rolls. N. E. Dawson, a clerk in the office of Gen. Miles, has been dropped from its rolls on account of letters he has written to officials of the Government reflecting upon the President. - George K. Davis Is Dead. Col. George U. Davis, most prominently known for his official connection with the World’s Fair as director general, died at his home in Chicago of palpitation of the heart.

A ukL'l ytuuAilONti, Chicago—Cattle, common to prim*-. $3 nil lo $7.25. hogs, shipping grades $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to >4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, hue to ooc: corn. No. 2. oil in 32c, uuis. *o -.- to 23c; rye. No. 2,54 cto 55c; butter, choice creamery, «>c to 27c; eggs, ircsu. 17c to 19c; potatoes, choice. 35c to 45c per bushel. lmliuuapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 lo st>...o: hogs, choice light, $3.00 to >4.23, sheep, comniou to prime, >3.00 to >4.25; wheat. No. 2 red. 65c to 67c; coyi. No. 2 w hite, 32c to 33c; oats. No. 2 white. 25c to 27c. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.25 to $6.75: hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep. $3.00 to $4.25; wii.ai. No. 2. eli '• . coru. No 2 yellow,' 30c to 32c; oats. No. 2. 23c to 23c; rye. No. 2. 5 e to ,>3c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2,69 c to 70c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats. No. 2 uuxegt 25c to 2ic; rye. No. 2,5 mto 01c. Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00: sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2,69 cto 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats. No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; rye, 57c to 59c Toledo-Wheat. No. mixed. 67c to 68c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 32c to 34c; oats. No 2 mixed. 23r to 24 rye. Xo. 2. .».*c to 57c; clover seed, $4.70 to $4.80. Milwaukee—Wheat. No 2 northern. G4c to 6t»c; corn. No. 3. 32c to 34c; oats, N'o. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 1,54 c to 56c; barley. No 43c to 45c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers,, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, common to choice, $3,25 to $4.25: she*"- fed >o choice wethers, $3.00 to $4.50; 'ambs. common to extra. $4.50 to $5.“" New York —Catt'e. $3 sto $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No ceil. V2i i*. •> n. >, 39c to 40c; oats. No. 2 white. 30c to 32c; batter, creamery, 23c to 27c; eggs, western. 15c to 21c. X

CONGRESS AT WORK.

THE OPENING SESSIONS IN BOTH HOUSES. General Henderson of lowa Elected Speaker—Opposition to Certain Members Elect Taking the Oath Adjournment Out of Respect to Hobart. Washington correspondence: Promptly at 12 o’clock Monday the two houses of the LVlth Congress were called to order, the Senate by Mr. Frye of Maine and the House by its clerk, Mr. McDowell. The*opening attracted more than the usual widespread attention which always attaches to the annual assembling of the national lawmakers. There was added interest in the event this year, for the many far-leaching questions awaiting consideration gave unusual importance to the return of Congress. Aside from this, the Roberts case introduced a phase which promised something outside of the ordinary developments of an opening day. As early as 10:30 o’clock the conspicuous figures of Congress began to arrive and this served to give the waiting throngs a. temporary diversion. Gen. Henderson went direct to the Speaker’s private office, where he shared his time with the House leaders and with those

SPEAKER.HENDERSON.

pleading for admission cards. Representative Richardson of Tennessee, the Democratic House leader, was also early on the scene, conferring with his lieutenants. Very early in the day a monster petition, said to consist of 7,000,000 names, protesting against the seating of Mr. Roberts, was brought into the hall. It had been collected by a New York newspaper. It consisted of twenty-eight rolls of names each about two feet in diameter, incased in the American flag. These rolls were stacked up in th'e area ill front of the clerk’s desk and were viewed with great curiosity. Later, Maj. McDowell, clerk of the House, ordered all except two of the rolls taken out into the lobby. At *51:30 a shrill-voiced clerk directed those not entitled to the floor to retire, and officers and pages rapidly cleared out those already in. As the minute hand of the clock opposite the Speaker’s rostrum overtook the hour hand at noon, the gavel of Clerk McDowell descended with a bang. The members arose and the spectators in the galleries bowed their heads. In this stillness the voice of the blind chaplain, Rev. Henry Couden of Michigan, was elevated and his prayer made the occasion reverent. After the invocation the reading clerk began calling the roll. Mr. Roberts, when his name was called, responded “here” in a loud voice. But he looked nervous and ill at ease. There were no demonstrations during the roll call. When it concluded Clerk McDowell announced that 352 members had answered to their names—a quorum. Mr. Hepburn of lowa offered a resolution, which was adopted viva voce, providing that the House proceed to the election of a Speaker for the Fifty-sixth Congress. Thereupon Mr. Grosveuor of Ohio, as chairman of the Republican caucus, presented the name of David B. Henderson of lowa. The mention of the name of Gen. Henderson was greeted with a round of applause from the Republican side. Mr. Hay bf Virginia, chairman of the Democratic caucus, nominated James D. Richardson of Tennessee, aud his name drew the plaudits of the Democratic side. Mr. Ridgely of Kansas nominated John C. Bell of Colorado as the Populist candidate, and Mr. Wilson of Idaho placed Francis G. Newlauds of Nevada in nomination as the candidate of the Silver party. The rollcall resulted: Henderson 177, Richardson 153, Bell 4, Newlands 2. The clerk thereupon announced the election of Mr; Henderson amid great Republican applause. He designated Mr. Richardson, Mr. Bell and Mr. Newlands as a committee to escort the Speaker to the chair. In the shadow of the recent death the Senate convened at noon in its first session of the LVlth Congress. The death of Vice-President Hobart cast a pall over the preliminary proceedings at the north end of the great marble capitol. Mr. Frye of Maine, president pro tern., called the Senate to order. The chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Milburn, pronounced the invocation, making a beautiful and touching reference to the death of Vice-President Hobart. Remonstrances aud memorials against the seating of Mr. Quay were presented by Mr. Burrows (Rep., Mich.) and Mr. Jones (Dem., Ark.). By direction of the chair the new Senators . were then presented at the secretary’s desk, where the oath of office was administered to them by the president pro tern. Usually the President’s annual message to Congress is received on the first day’s session. This procedure, however, was postponed at this session, out of respect to the memory of the late Vice-President Hobart. The official announcement to Congress of his death was made by Senator Sewall.

Judge Chambers of Alabama, Chief Justice for Samoa, expresses great satisfaction at the settlement of the Samoan question. England, Germany and the United States standing together, he says, are invincible in war or commerce. The minister of justice' of Santo Domingo has stopped the sale of the late President Ueureaux’s real estate, on the grouud that it lielougs to the Government. Buddhists are taking steps to erect a temple in San Francisco.

MUCH WORK FOR CONGRESS.

This Promises to Be One of the Moot Talkative Sessions in History. This, says a Washington correspondent, promises to be one of the most talkative Congresses in history. Indeed, the conditions for speechmaking are so favorable that all records may be broken. In the first place, there will be a general desire to produce material for the presidential and congressional elections of next year. In the second place, Roberts, currency, the army, expansion, Nicaragua canal and ship subsidy will afford an inexhaustible mine from which speeches may be drawn. In the Roberts case, polygamy, precedent, the constitution and States’ rights are involved. Currency heads the legislative list. A funding bill to float Government bonds at less than 3 per cent will be introduced and probably passed. A strong effort will be made to pass the Hanna-Paine ship subsidy bill. It will be a terrible struggle, the result of which cannot at this time be foreseen. Speaker Henderson and Leader Payne favor it rn the House, and it will be backed by strong influences in the Senate. Opponents of the bill will decry the bounty system and object on economical grounds to the payment of $9,000,000 annually in subsidies. Friends of the measure will insist that Congress should save the $25,000,000 now paid annually by Americans to foreign ship owners in freight charges and encourage the building of a great American merchant fleet. There will be legislation for the government of Hawaii, Porto liieo and Alaska.

An acre of space in the Congressional Record will be filled with remarks about Cuba and the l’hilippines. The size ot the standing army’s proposed plans of reorganization will receive much attention. There will probably be no general river and harbor bill. A bill to construct the Nicaragua canal will be strongly pressed. A number of railroad bills will be introduced, the two most important of which will declare in favor of pooling and against ticket scalping. There will be much talk about trusts. A constitutional amendment to regulate or abolish trusts will probably be up for consideration. An earnest effort will lie made to secure a large increase of the navy. A determined effort will be made, too, to advance the project for the construction of the Grant memorial bridge across the Potomac*. While comparatively little time will be spent in the Senate chamber during the early days of the session, much attention will be paid to getting ready lor the important matters to receive attention later. These include the financial bill, the policy to be pursued in the Philippines and Cuba, the form of government to be provided for Hawaii and the ratification of the various reciprocity treaties negotiated during the recess, and Porto Rico. The Fifty-fifth Congress passed an act fixing the price of- armor plate at S3OO a ton. It is expected that a strong effort will be made to change this, as it is stated that no factory in the country can furnish the material for the newly authorized warship at that price. Harveyized armor plate sueh as is used oil the battleships Maine, Ohio and Missouri, cost S4OO, with an added royalty of $11.20, making the cost $411.20 a ton. Owing to the passage of the act referred to, the Secretary of the Navy has been obliged to suspend construction on those vessels now building, because the stipulated amount will not buy the proper armor plate.

FOR A LARGER NAVY.

Secretary Long Recommends an Increase in Vessels, Secretary Long calls for a larger navy in his annual report. He recommends the construction of three armored cruisers, three protected cruisers, aud twelve gunboats. These vessels, he urges, -should be added to the navy to give the United States a more prominent place as a naval power. Secretary Long also asks that the officers who participated in the battle in which Admiral Cervera’s fleet was destroyed be rewarded, as have those who were iii the battle of Manila bay. The report opens with a review of operations in the Philippine waters, saying that the principal duties of the Asiatic squadron have been to co-operate with the army and to maintain a blockade of such extent as has been determined by the general policy of campaign laid down by the War Department. Many important expeditions have been carried out, involving duty of an arduous character, and few casualties have occurred. As there is a “lack of harmony and adaptation” under the present organization of the bureau of construction, repair, steam engineering and repair, -Secretary Long recommends their reorganisation with one common head. He asks for authority to appoint graduates of the naval academy assistants to the naval constructors. The formation of a naval reserve is urged. Authority is also desired to establish commissary stores in remote stations like Cavite, Guam and Sitka. Coast surveys and an enlarged activity in the hydrographic bureau are desired. It is shown that S3OO, the maximum price allowed for armor, will not secure first-class armor, and a Government factory is suggested. A new battleship, the Kentucky', will be completed Dec. 24. Many vessels are now being built, nearly all of which will he finished in 1900. An estimate of the cost of these vessels is $62,570,610.23. • The cost of the present navy, with equipment, was approximately $250,000,000. In the navy is an enlisted force of 14,501 men, 87 per cent of whom ate Americans. A table incorporated shows the tonnage of the naval vessels under construction to be: England, 331,680; France, 255,533; Germany, 148,235; Italy, 120,540; Japan, 130,000; Russia, 222,975; United States, 123,236. Last year the cost of the navy vas $39,045,113.51. During the present year it will require $74,230,309.15, the increase being due to the improvements under way.

Told in a Few Lines.

Dewey has promised to visit Chicago May 1. Hundreds of cattle drowned during the recent floods iu Texas. The torpedo boat destroyer Viper, tendon, has been given a successful test. A 70-pound seal, covered with bristles, was shot in the harbor at Mamaroneek, N. Y. Desperado “Bill” Hounycutt. and Geo. Pritchard killed each other by shooting near Lenoir. N> C. Pritchard was pursuing the outlaw.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Boy Prevents a Train Wreck—Student's Hearing Destroyed by Initiation—Explosive Under an Undertaking Establisment - Schoolgirl’s Brave Deed. The presence of mind of 14-year-old Frank Williams prevented a disastrous wreck and doubtless great loss of life on the Vandalia railroad. Williams was going from Knightsville to Brazil when he noticed a broken rail, which had been pressed out of position by a freight train. He heard the west-bound passenger and mail train whistle for the Knightsville station. Knowing that the train did not stop there, the fioy ran up the track and when he sighted the train stood between the rails and waved his hat. The engineer, seeing the boy would not leave the track, stopped the train. The engine then was within a few feet of the broken rail. The engineer said he was running fifty miles an hour when he saw the boy signaling him to stop. Serious Result of a Prank. At the Eastern Indiana Normal University in M uncle Clarence Deaton was initiated into the mysteries of class society. Wagon axle grease wgs smeared all over his body. His clothing was then torn off in shreds und an electric battery was applied. The shock was so great that his sense of hearing has been destroyed. Another candidate "was tied to a tombstone in the cemetery and kept there all uight. Girl Saves Child’s Life. Miss Ethel Smock, a girl in the Centennial school at Lafayette, distinguished herself by saving the life of a child. The child fell between the Monon tracks just as the Louisville express dashed on to the crossing. Miss Sinock rushed in front of the engine, seized the baby and barely escaped. House Wrecked by Dynamite. Farmersburg was the scene of a terrible explosion. Some unknown person or persons placed dynamite beneath the undertaking establishment of W. J. Wood of that place and the explosion wrecked the building and broke window glass throughout the town. Large Water Tank Collapses. In Indianapolis the immense water tank of Ivingan & Co.'s packing house collapsed. The paiut shop and other smaller buildings were destroyed by the avalanche of water. The tank was 100 feet high and held 38,000 gallons or 140 tons of water. No one was injured.

*V itnm Our Boraer*. Martinsville will have a sewer system. Anderson bolt works will be moved to Louisville. Muncie trades council will establish a free library. Krein chain works, Marion, has gone into the trust. Chas. Curtner, 24, Union City, was cut in two by a train. The electric railroad from Logansport to Kendallville is a go. Benson Wantz, 65. Goshen, was instantly killed by a train. W. F. Edwards, agent for the Lake Erie at Hobbs, is missing. Oliver B. Arthur, Waterloo, has been appointed railway mail clerk. Fern McGovern, 4, Anderson, fell from a toy wagon and broke his neck. Theodore Pratt was instantly lulled by a runaway team near Ross station. Beds of shale near Martinsville may be the means of locating a large steel mill there. Farmers in DeKalb County complain because there are no little potatoes to feed the pigs. Mrs. Louis Schorr, near Baiesville, found several lumps of gold in a duck’s craw the other day. Three mules at Brazil bad glanders, aud they were ordered shot aud ihe stable burned over them. Lafayette physicians bold a private meeting the other day to take steps to stamp out diphtheria. Haynes & Appersou, automobile mauil-. facturers, Kokomo, have turued out a motor to propel farm machiucry. Three children of Cou.au Bakei, Pleasant township, died vvuhm a few hours of each other, of diphtheria. Benson Wantz, aged u>. a prominent and wealthy early settler, w as struck aud instantly killed by a Luke Whore train at Millersburg. Little child of Ryan Hickcrsou. Petersburg, got hold of a box of puls and swallowed all of them. He will live, out will never do it again. A new sidewheel steamer hue, Known as the Pittsburg# Cinciuuau and Louisville Packet Compauy, has been organized with SISU,UUO capital, iu ouch tne Louisville aud Cincinnati Pu> uei Company. Employes of the Midland Wtcel tiimpany, Muncie, have requested that ihe weekly pay law be not euioued, us .ue mills would be closed Saturday uuoration to make out the pay rolls, which means a loss to each of $2 a week. While Ambrose Colby, No'blesville blacksmith, was shoeing John L. *vert heval’s horse, Kerchevul's dog jumped through a window, ’lht* horse was frightened and kicked Colby on ibe log. crippling him for life. Colby bus now sued ■or SIO,OOO damages. The custodian of the Indiana wire fence factory at Crawlorusvdle. winch was recently absorbed by the trust, acting under instructions rrom headquarters, destroyed three new wire feme machines. These cost $1,500 each und nad been used but a few weeks when the lactory closed. They were broken to bits and the fragments will be sold’ to junk dealers. Win. Anderson, Greensburg, lost a foot under a Big Four train, and he sued for $20,000. T. G, Simpson, Crawfordsville school teacher, has been fired for writing love letters to a 14-year-old pupil. He has dis appeared. ' W. J. Smith, who has been president of the American flint glass workers’ onion for seventeen years, will resign Jan. 1. No reason given. Directors of Winona assembly have decided to sell thirty acres of the ground to wipe oat the debt and use what is left for improvements. .. - •