Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1901 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. B. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENBSELAER, , ■ • INDIANA.

BIG BREAD COMBINE.

GREAT CORPORATION GETS NEW JERSEY CHARTER. National Bread Company Will Seek to , Control Eventually that Line of Business in Larger Citiea-Steel Industry Not Crippled by Strike. What promises to be a bread trust of huge proportions had its beginning in the incorporation in Trenton, N. J., of the National Bread Company. The capital stock of the corporation, fixed at $3,000,000, It is stated, has been fully paid In. The immediate ambition of the concern, if reports from a source seemingly authentic are accurate, is to control the bread output of New York City, Jersey City and Newark. Eventually the corporation expects through a beginning in Chicago and St. Louis, to acquire a similar control over the bread industry in all of the more important cities of the United States. If this be true, the company ts aiming at controlling in its line similar to that of the other great corporations regulating other products. Several of the larger bakeries of New York already have been absorbed on a division of stock basis by the new company, and it is said that in the resulting fight of the trust tor control the other bakeries will be forced into the new concern or suffer from the usual methods of competition.

STEEL 18 IN DEMAND. Factories Not Affected by the Strike Display Unusual Activity. “A fortnight of the steel strike has passed without materially altering the position of the contestants or adversely affecting the industry as a whole. Exceptional activity is noticed at the mills not affected by the strike and the movement of structural material for bridges, buildings and track .elevation is still heavy. Steel bars for agricultural implement makers are firm in price and freely purchased. Railways seek freight ears, and rails axe sold for delivery next January. Cotton ties, sheets and hoops are commanding a premium. Pig iron is accumulating, but producers offer no concessions. Offers for tin plates were not accepted for delivery before Oct. 1, when the strike began, owing to the oversold condition of mills, and distant contracts are still taken at unchanged prices, but jobbers are receiving high prices for goods deliverable immediately. Tin has fallen to the quotations prevailing in •May, owing to the lack of demand here and weakness in London,” according to B. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade. “Failures for the week numbered 198 in the United States, against 231 last year, and 28 in Canada, against 28 last year.”

PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing of League Clubs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L W. L. Pittsburg ...47 32 Boston 36 40 St. L0ui5....48 35 New Y0rk...34 38 Philadelphia 45 33 Cincinnati ...32 4G Brooklyn ...42 38Chicago 32 54 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....53 28 Washington. 32 40 Boston 4G 30 Philadelphia. 32 42 Detroit 45 35 Clevelapd ...31 48 Baltimore .. .41 32 Milwaukee . .29 54 Nephew of Tevis a Suicide. Following close upon the death of young Hugh Tevis at Nagasaki on his wedding journey, comes the suicide in San Francisco of youthful Lloyd Breckinridge, nephew of Hugh Tevis, and grandson of the famous Breckinridge of Kentucky. The young man. who was only 23 years old. was afflicted with spina] disease and recently became despondent.

Earthquake Brings Rain. A section seventy-five miles wide through the Nevada desert from Death as far west as Carlin experienced a series of heavy earthquake shocks. At Elko, New, the shock was unusually severe. The high school building, a big brick structure, was badly cracked by the violence of the vibrations and other buildings were slightly damaged. The earthquake was followed by heavy rains. Cigar-Makers on a Strike. A general cigarmakers’ strike was officially declared at Tampa, Fla. This is a strike of all La Resistencia workmen, about 5,000 in number, because the International Union men were at work in their factories. The men did not leave the factories at once, but agreed to close up the day’s work and then walked out. *

Live* Lost in n Fire. In Louisville, Ky„ Mhx Beloviteh, a cigarnraker, and Policeman James Purden were burned to death xvhile trying to rescue women and children front flumes. The fire destroyed the property of the Badgely-Graham Photographic Supply Company. Strike Knda in Draw. J. Pierpont Morgan has ended the steel ■trike by arranging mutual concessions. The result of the giant struggle between capital and labor is regarded as a draw. Raine Freak UrmiKht. Drenching rains in five States of the treat corn belt broke the drought and revived the shriveled crops. Millions of dollars will be saved to the farmers. Convent Deatroye I by Fire. Fire destroyed twenty-nine houses and one convent at La* Prairie, near Montreal. The blare broke out in a frame cottage and quickly spread to others. The moot important structure burned was the convent of the Congregation of Notre Dame. The loss is about SIOO,OOO. New Board to Rule China. New board to rule China, consisting of flve men, with Prince Cbing at the head, lias been named and Pekin regards the action as rendering the situation more Impeful.

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

TWO OUTLAWS ARE ARRESTED. “Sol" Temple and William Henseley Taken at Leavenworth, Kan. "Sol” Temple, a member of the old Ellsworth gang of outlaws, which several years ago operated extensively in Southern Kansas and Oklahoma, has been arrested at Leavenworth, Kan., together with William Jones, alias William Henseley. They were taken by two detectives near Fort Leavenworth in what is known as the “Klondike” saloon district outside the army reservation. They had, it is alleged, planned a raid on the saloons, and had cut the telegraph and telephone wires to Leavenworth to make escape easier. Temple surrendered only when a revolver was placed at his breast. Jones snapped his revolver twice at the officer who had covered him, but it failed to fire, and the officer shot him in the neck. The wound is serious, but not fatal. Temple will be taken to Pond Creek, Oklahoma, where he is wanted on several charges and for breaking jail twice. Jones, or Henseley, is about 22 years of age, and says his home is at St. Joseph, Mo. Temple's identity was not known at first until examined by two detectives brought from Kansas City. He went under the name of Murphy.

FOUR PERSONS BURNED ALIVE. Woman and Three Children Perish in Blazing Tenement. A whole family was burned in a Tenn avenue tenement fire, in Pittsburg. The mother and three children are dead and the husband is badly burned and is now at the hospital. An explosion of an oil can was the cause of the fire. The dead are: Mrs. Sophia Ratza. aged 30 years; Viola Ratza, 8 years; Kashuer Ratza, a Buy, 5 years; Wabock, a boy, aged 2 years. From what can be learned Mrs. Ratza was preparing breakfast in her apartments on the third floor of the tenement house. The fire in the kitchen stove was not burning as quickly as she wanted it to and she took an oil can and poured some of the oil on the fire. In a moment a blaze from the grate of the stove ignited the oil in the can and an explosion, which was heard throughout the house, followed. ACCIDENT NEAR MUNCIE, IND. Two Stre-t Cars Collide and Many Narrowly Escape Injury. At 1 o’clock on a recent morning a west-bound special interurban electric car on the Union Traction Company line west of Muncie, Ind., ''dashed into the regular passenger car from Indianapolis, the switch having been tampered with. The vestibules in both cars were smashed and Motorman Willard Ellar of Muncie had a narrow escape. The special was filled with 125 colored people from Anderson, who attended a colored social event in Muncie. Many persons in both cars were slightly injured. None reported as serious.

Prisoners Attack a Priest. Duriiig a melee at the county jail in Omaha Dean Campbell Fair of Trinity Cathedral was rudely jostled and barely escaped into the corridor with the aid of a jailer. The dean had been giving the prisoners good advice of a somewhat personal nature which was resented by several of ihe audience. Other prisoners took the clergyman's part and a general fight ensued, in which the pastor's following was about to be vanquished when the jail attendants came to the rescue. Mixed Paint Trust. It is reported that negotiations are on foot looking ,to a consolidation of large mixed paint concerns. One report has it that the company will engage in all branches of the paint business, including pigments, oils, turpentine, varnishes, chemicals, brushes and glass, and that a $100,000,000 company will be organized. Eleven Injured in Wreck. Eleven passengers were badly injured by an unexplained accident to a westbound Denver and Rio Grande passenger train one mile west of Marshall Pass, Colo. The Pullman sleeper broke loose from the train, turned a complete somersault and plunged down a fourteen-foot embankment. Killed in Self I efense. At Nevada, Mo., in the preliminary examination before Justice Poage of L. E. Bryan, who killed John Davis in that county on July 3, the case was dismissed by the prosecuting attorney, the evidence tending to show the killing was done in self-defense. Brooklyn Bridge Disable 1. Several suspension rods of the north cable of the Brooklyn bridge were discovered to be broken. Car service and team traffic were suspended as a precautionary measure until it was ascertained the damage was slight. Debt Leads to a Murder. George Young, a barber of Ilion, N. Y., was shot dead by Henry Brown, as a result of a quarrel over a debt of $16 which Young alleged was owed him by Brown. Both men bore excellent reputations. She Cslle 1 the Judge a Liar. Mrs. Annie Blehr of Cincinnati, in open court at Batavia, Ohio, called Judge Parrot a liar,, and was sent to jail until she retracts tie statement. This she says ■he will never do.

Prayers for Rnin Answered. The grain States had their prayer for rain answered the other nigljt and the threatened destruction of corn, wheat, and other cereals has been partly stopped. Pchley Inquiry Coart Named. Secretary Ixmg has named Admiral Dewey and Rear Admirals Kimberley and Bonham, retired, as the members of the Schley court of inquiry. Great Davea-port Fire. Fire in Davenport, lowa, destroyed property worth $700,000 and rendered homeless hundreds of persons.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.85; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $0.20; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2,54 cto 55c: oats, No. 2,30 c to 37c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 50c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 12c; potatoes, new, 90c to 93c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $0.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.25; wheat, No. 2,06 cto 07c; corn, No. _2 white, 55c-to 50c; oats. No. 2 white, 37c to 39q. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.85; hogs. $3.00 to $0.00; sheep, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, GSc tet 09c; corn, No. 2, 50c to 57c; oats, No. 2,39 cto 40c; rye; No. 2. G3c to 04c. . Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $0.25; hogs, $3.00 to $0.20; sheep, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,07 cto 08c; corn, No. 2 mixed,-57Ctb 58c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 41c to 42c; rye. No. 2,50 cto 51c. ' Detroit—Cattle; $2-50 to $5-10; Hogs, $3.00 to $5.85; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2. 70e to 7-lc; corn. No. 2 yellow, 53c to 54c; oats. No. 2 white, 41c to 42c; rye, 54c tc 55c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 54c to 35c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 37c; rye. No. 2, sb'c to 54c; clover seed, prime, $0.50. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 3,55 cto 50c; oats, No. 2 white, 40c to 41c; rye, No. 1,54 c to 50c; barley, No. 2,55 cto 50c; pork, mess, $14.27. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers. $3.00 to $5.05; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $0.20; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to $4.23; lambs, common to choice, $4.50 to $5.50. New York—Cattle, $3.75 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $0.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 78c; corn, No. 2, 5Sc to 59c; oats, No. 2 white, 43c to 44c; butter, creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, western, 14c to 15c.

MANY ARE HURT IN WRECK. Serious Accident on the Mexican Central Near Montezuma. A serious accident occurred on the line of the Mexican Central near Montezuma, Mexico. . Several passengers on the train were severely injured, some of whom are exp'ected to die. A Pullman car, which had been sidetracked to allow another car to be coupled to the train, got beyond control of the brakemen and started down a steep grade. The train backed up to catch the flying car and on reaching it a collision occurred. Althongh the ear was not derailed, the passengers within received a terrific shock and the car was considerably damaged. BOY SJlVes A TRAIN. Finds Rails Warpe 1 by Heat and Warns Just in Time. A 1 Vickery discovered that the track of the Tennessee Central Railroad half a mile from Crossville, Tenn., was twisted and warped by the scorehing heat of the sun, and flagged a passenger train just in time to prevent a frightful wreck. The rails and ties were twisted out of line a distance of ten feet. The train was crowded, and every passenger signed a petition to the president of the road for an annual pass for young Vickery.

Kansas City Concern Fails.

The Traders’ Grain Company .of Kansas City stopped payment, and it is said the liabilities amount to $150,000. The company operated on a capital of $20,000. The failure was caused by the advance in both corn and wheat, aided by the heavy buying orders of country customers. . New Prince of Wale*. On his return to England in November next the Duke of Cornwall will be made Prince of Wales. As soon as preparations are finished at Buckingham Palace, King Edward and Queen Alexandra will remove there from Marlborough house, which will be handed over to the new Prince. Report to Cost a Million. The management of the Union Pacific has decided to spend nearly $1,000,000 in establishing a resort on the site of the natural Indian fort on Dale creek, 8,400 feet high in the Rocky Mountains, a short distance southeast of Sherman, Wyo. - Mystery in Shaft Death. J. L. Collins, 52 years old, was killed in a peculiar elevator accident iu the Masonic Temple in Chicago. He was caught between the open door on the fourteenth floor and the bottom of the car and dashed to the basement to instant death. Proclaims Free Trade. The President has issued his proelamatioif establishing free trade between Porto Rico and the United States and declaring the organization of a civil government for the island. The proclamation is purely formal. Noted B<ndits Given Work. Coleman and James Younger, after their twenty-five years in the State prison, will begin work as salesmen for a St. Paul dealer in gravestones and monuments. Warden Wolfer has signed the contract for their new work.

Ship Meets Disaster.

An explosion of petroleum on board the American schooner Louise Adelaide, in the harbor at Stockholm, Sweden, resulted in the death of Cnpt. Orr, ten members of the schooner’s crew and four Swedjsh customs officials.

Wrecked by Exploaion of Oil.

A terrific explosion of petroleum in the most thickly populated quarter of Batum, Russia, wrecked the whole center of the town. It is impossible to estimate the loss of life and property, but in both cases this is very large.

SIX MEN found dead. Bodies of Members of a Party of ATaskan Gold Seekers Discovered. A tragic story comes from St. Michael. A party of men on the way to Nome re-, cently found the bodies of six men at a point near Cape Romanoff. It is presumed they all froze to death during some one of the terrible blizzards that prevailed last winter. The bodies were scattered at intervals —five of them about a quarter of a mile apart. Each was found wrapped in blankets, and each had some camp equipment near him, but no food. One of the dead men had been evidently either injured or sick, as he lay on a litter constructed of a pair of oars and a canvas sheet. It would seem that the storm must have overcome the men carrying him. Evidently becoming exhausted, they had abandoned him and wandered off, each for himself, to perish where found. General Randall thinks they were a party of prospectors, who. in an effort to reach St. Michael, ha,ff;. run out of provisions and perished from exhaustion and exposure. LYNCHED IN PUBLIC PARK. West Virginia Negro Pay 9 Penalty for Shoo ing Chief of Police. William Brooks, colored, was lynched in City Park, at Elkins, W. Va„ Mondav afternoon by a maddened mob of 500 half an.hour after he had shot and fatally wounded Robert Lilly, chief of police. Brooks was creating a disturbance in the lower end of town and when Chief Lilly tried to arrest him the negro fled into a house. The officer followed and clinched with him. While they were rolling on the floor the officer’s revolver dropped from his pocket and Brooks seized it and shot Lilly through the abdomen. Brooks then jumped from a window and was instantly pursued by the crowd which had been attracted by the fight. He was captured after a chase of half a mile and .carried to the park, where his body was soon swinging from a tree.

DID NOT WANT TO DIE RICH. Passing: of David Block, Who Distributed His fortune .Months Ajso. David Block, a well-known member of the St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange, died in moderate circumstances, though he might have passed away a millionaire. He believed with Carnegie that it was almost a crime for a man to die rich and several months ago, acting on this theory, he called his children about him on his birthday and distributed his fortune among them equally. Mr. Block was well known in financial circles of Chicago and New York. TO ENLARGE ENGINE WORKS. The American Locomotive Company’s Plant to Make 1,000 Yearly. The American Locomotive Company has appropriated the sum of $500,000 for the purpose of enlarging its plant at Schenectady, N. Y. It is stated that the capacity of the plant will be increased from 425 to 1,000 locomotives yearly. The idea is to make this plant the central one, and it will be developed to the greatest extent, although other plants are to be improved and enlarged.

Death in a J.onc Fall.

A young woman, supposed to be Mrs. B. De Graft of La Crosse, Wis., either jumped or was thrown out of a sixthstory window of the Hotel Morrison in Chicago and was fatally injured. The police believe an attempt was made to murder the woman and that her plunge was made through the window in an effort to escape. Americans Hurt in Russia. The wheel of a sleeping car on the Moscow-St. Petersburg express broke when the train was near Okoulowka. The car fell over on its side and thirteen persons were injured, among them Mrs. Beard of Boston, Mrs. Harmin of San Francisco and Mr. Calendar of New York. New Oil Field Opene'. An oil well which win drilled three miles east of Lima, Ohio, proves to be the biggest gusher in the Lima field. It will average several thousands of barrels a day. It is impossible to control the flow. The new well will open up a big territory. Mrs. Nation Sentence 1 to Jni*. Mrs. Carrie Nation was fined SIOO and given a thirty days’ jail sentence by Judge Ilazen in the District Court at Topeka, Kan., for disturbing the peace and dignity of the city by a Sunday joint raid last March. There is no appeal and Mrs. Nation must serve her time in prison. Boers Mmt Ficht It Out. It is reported that Gen. Delarey has informed the Ivlerksdorp commando that there is no longer any chance of European intervention, and that they must fight the war out to the bitter end entirely on their own account. Combine of Chair Companies Charles It. Flint is organizing a cbnlr trust, the capital of which is said to be The combination will include about forty chair companies, or practically all the big concerns in the United States. Fatal Walk on a Trestle. While walking on a trestle near Eve, Mo.. Grover Lemmon, aged 18, and Frank Long, aged 21, were run down by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas flyer and instantly killed. John Van Dusen. a companion, was badly injured. Maniac Runs Amuck.. Michael Kelly, a maniac, brooding over fancied wrongs, murdered John R. Garrett, a lumber merchant of Leavenworth, Kan., fatally wounded a physician, shot three policemen and a laborer and was himself killed by the officers. I. Juror! ja Trolley Collision. Seven persons were hart—one man seriously—in a collision between trolley cars Iste the other night on the trestle crossing Coney Island Creek.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Elopers Win Race from Yonng Woman’s Father—Two Young Gamblers Killed—Riot in an Indianapolis Park —Town Marshal as Pistol Target. An exciting elopement occurred at New Ross, Arthur McLaughlin escaping with his sweetheart, Effle Tipton. The bride’s father, Wilson Tipton, a wealthy farmer, had forbidden McLaughlin to come to his house because the young man treated him to a loaded cigar. The girl met him clandestinely, however, and an elopement was planned from the band concert at New Ross. A wild chase of over ten miles followed, Tipton finally taking the road for Crawfordsville at a cross road, while the lovers went on tef Ladoga, where they were married. They took a train for Chicago, to remain until Tipton cools down. He threatens vengeance against every one connected with the runaway.

Crap Game Costs Two Live*.

Two yonng men were killed, a third dangerously injured and two others badly hurt while playing craps in the shadow of a box car on a switch of the Union at Indianapolis. An engine shunted a train into the other end of the switch and the impact drove the car behind which -they were playing over the gamblers. William Westling was killed outright, Harry Armstrader suffered the loss of both legs and an arm, and died shortly after; Pay Pierson had both arms and one foot mashed, and is in a very precarious condition; John Anderson was badly cut and bruised about the head, and John McGraw lost one finger. All were between 17 and 20 years of age.

Phot in n Riot by Boys.

While 10,000 persons were crowded under the trees at Fairview Park, Indianapolis, a riot broke out between the “Bungaloos,” a lo;-al crowd of white boys, and some colored boys. The whites chased the colored boys into the main pavilion, and when the officers of the park protected them the ‘•Bunguloo.s” fired several shots and stoned and clubbed the crowd. The officers were powerless for two hours and telephoned to the Governor for a company of militia. Failing to get the Governor, fifteen policemen were asked for and sent out. Charles Daniels, a bystander, was shot through the neck. Attempts to Kill a Marshal. As a result, it is thought, of his vigorous campaign against the use of cigarets an attempt was made to assassinate Thomas Collins, the town marshal, at Flora. As he was patrolling the business district a shot was tired at him from across the street. He hurried across the street, but the wound-be assassin had escaped. Collins recently issued an order that any person found smoking cigarets within the corporate limits would be arrested, and much dissatisfaction lias been expressed over the action. He believes that one of several young men who have opposed the order fired the shot. * State News in Brief. LaGrange County has only sent nine persons to the insane hospital since Jan. 1. David Ray, 76, near Crawfordsyille, cut his throat and wrists, but will recover. , Graduates of the old Roanoke Seminary, Huntington, will hold a reunion Aug. 29. W. A. Harris, Anderson, caught his foot in a frog and it was ground off by a switch engine. * Samuel Mace and Samuel Wilson were injured by the fall of a bridge near Brazil. Mace may die. Harry L. Waldon, Wawaka, stepped in front of a Lake Shore train and was instantly killed. He was divorced a few weeks ago-and was despondent. Howard MeGawghey, in the Jeffersonville reformatory, was about to be released by the board, but tobacco was found on him, and he will have to stay three months longer. Frank Reed, the aeronaut, made a trial ascension with a new balloon at Marion and the cut-off of the parachute failed to work. He was suspended 3,000 feet in the air for two hours, when the hot air escaped from the balloon and he returned to the earth safely.

John A. Hinsey, former president of the endowment rank, K. of P., whose resignation has been accepted by the supreme lodge, was at one time marshal of Laporte, where he gained notoriety over the escape of a crook who was charged with robbing a safe of SO,OOO. State W. C. T. U., in session at Lake Winona, elected these officers: President, Mrs. Mattie Gibson, Jonesboro; vicepresidents, Mrs. Jennie Erwin, Bourbon, and Mrs. A. H. Daub, Goshen; secretary, Mrs. Julia Overman, Marion; treasurer. Mrs. M. A. jToinpkius, Elkhart. Louis Roehrie, 30, and Wilhelmina Rouff, 00, were married in Columbus. They were to marry three years ago, and the bride gave Roehrie SOOO with which to get a license. He and the money both disappeared for a time, but lie returned and they patched up their difficulties. The 17-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Mew of Goshen was riding in its cab. propelled by the nurse, when it sprang from the carriage, carrying \nth it Its nursing bottle. The bottle struck the pavement first and was shattered. The child's face struck amid the fragments, and the end of its nose was cut off, while a gash was cut in its forehead. The frantic nurse picked up the child and its severed nose, ran with all haste to a doctor, and the end was sewed back in place. The doctor thinks it will grow on again. John R. Walsh, president of the Southern Indiana Railroad, will Improve his Indiana Springs hotel. Caleb Harvey, well-to-do. Laporte County farmer, was thrown from his bugjjy and perhaps fatally injured. Frank Oak Branch, Martinsville naval cadet, has been ordered home from Hongkong. He has had tropical fever. Rushvilie permits Sunday ball. The people are said to oppose It, but the MayoT and prosecutor are with the fans. John Norton, 33, Muncie, slipped off a load of hay and ran himself through with a pitchfork. He died in great agony.

STATE INSTITUTIONS.

Th« Cost of Maintaining Them and L Their Popnlat on. The cost of running the benevolent, penal and reformatory institutions of Indiana during the six months ending April 30, 1901, was $747,201.13, according to the forty-fifth quarterly bulletin of charities and correction, issted from the office of the State Board of Charities other day. This large amount was di-' vided as follows: The four insane asylums, $298*544.84; Soldiers’ Home and Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home, $92,431.91; blind, deaf and feeble-minded institutes, $138,578.20; the four penal and reformatory institutions, $217,040.12. In addition to this amount paid for maintenance, the State paid out $147,930.74 for new buildings at the various institutions, making the total maintenance and construction c05t'5893,137-87. The earnings of the institutions were $01,770.06. making the net cost $833,307.21. The cost of gross maintenance, $747,201.13, is divided per capita as fellows: Central Hospital for the Insane, $80.34; Northern Hospital for the Insane, $89.85; Eastern Hospital for the Insane, $85.85; Southern Hospital for the Insane, $83.97; Soldiers’ Saif&rs’ Orphans’ ilome, $79.04; Institution for Deaf, $128.02; Institution ' for Blind, $153.24; School for Feeble-minded Youth, $105.83; State Prison, $88.27; Reformatory, $97.72; Industrial School for Girls and Woman’s Prison, $91.15; Reform School for Boys, $59.50. The population of the State institutions has shifted considerably. On account of increased accommodations the insane asylums and School for Feeble- . minded Youth have had more inmates. An inqyease is also shown in daily average number present in the State Prison, Industrial Sehool for Girls and Reform School for Boys. The population of the Soldiers’ Home, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home, institutions for deaf and blind, the Indiana Reformatory and the Women’s Prison has shrunk. The number of persons actually present in each of the State's thirteen institutions on April 30, 1901, was as follows: Central Hospital for Insane. 1,673; Northern Hospital for Insane, 787; Eastern Hospital for Insane, 022; Southern Hospital for Insane, 589; Soldiers’ Home, 434; Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home, 620; Institution for Deaf, 309; Institution for Blind, 130; School for Feeble-minded Youth, 744; State Prison, 878; Indiana Reformatory, 909; Industrial Sehool for Girls, 103; Woman’s Prison, 46; Reform School for Boys, 579.

VALUABLE PROPERTY A WRECK.

Heirs Who Are Deadly Enemies Have Refnsed to Sell Their Interests. Twenty years ago Benjamin Kelly, a capitalist, came from Boston and took up his residence at Dublin. He brought with him his second wife. He built himself one of the finest residences in Eastern Indiana. Kelly’s wife died and he married a third wife. At Kelly's death he made a will in which he left his bandsome residence to his only heirs, his third wife and a daughter by the first wife. The former received thp north half of the house and the south half of the lot, while the wife received the south half of the house and the north half of the lot. The heirs are enemies, and the house is not used by them. Each refused to sell her share in the property, and it now stands a wreck. Superstitious 'people say it is haunted.

GIRL INHERITS $1000,000.

Indiana Young Woman Gfts Share of Vast Estate. Miss Bernice Berry, whose home is in Wolcottville, has received word that a settlement is about to be male whereby she heirs, six in number, to an estate estimated at between $0,000,000 and $7,000,000 is to be made. Miss Berry was notified that her share would be something over $1,000,000. The original owners of the estate were early English colonists. The last person to inherit the vast lands was the grandmother of Miss Berry, who died recently at Richmond, Ind. Miss Berry is 19 years old and is possessed of rare intellect. Many suitors seek her hand in marriage.

Keeps Marriage a Secret.

News of a secret marriage contracted at Goshen .June G between Henry C. Calloway, a wealthy banker of Elwood, and Mrs. Dora Ellithorp, has leaked out. They met by agreement, sought a lawyer, had antenuptial contract drawn, were married and left the city--within two hours.

Boy Killed by Train.

Otis Pickering, 16 years old, was killed by an I. & V. train near Vincennes. Pickering had been picking blackberries. The same train struck Mrs. Rhoda McKee at Lyons. Her injuries are perhapa fatal. Her foot was caught in a cattleguard.

Light Booty for Burglars.

Burglars blew open the safe of the National Express Company at Russiaville. They secured but 30 cento. The safe was demolished and the Clover I.eaf depot damaged by the explosion. The robbers escaped.

Young Wife Kills Herself.

Mrs. Alice Smith, aged 24, committed suicide at La Porte, by taking paris green. She died in intense agony. Despondency, resulting from domestic trouble, was the cause.

Among Our Neighbors.

Brown County fruit growers expect an immence peach crop. Samuel Burrus, a telegrapher, aged 30 years, was drowned at Wheatland while bothing. , i A 2-year-old son of William Oden, Converse, was killed by an engine on the Chicago, Indiana and Eastern. E. S. Mellale, foreman in the shoe department of the State prison at Jeffersonville, was beaten to death by Lee Kelly, a convict. Two Big Four freights collided on a aiding west of CraWfordsville, kilflng J. W. Mathers, brakeman, and wrecking both trains. While no one was at home, somebody built a fire against the door of Edward Abejl’a residence. In Petersburg. It was totally destroyed. \ Edward Hasxledon, the saloonkeeper who volunteered to marry Edith Houk, the 17-year-old girl who was about to be recommitted to the reform school from Anderson, backed out at the last moment and Samuel L. Miller, s bartender, took his place.