Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1901 — Page 7

FARMERS CORNER

Winter Apples. What cheer is there that ia half bo good, In the snowy waste of a winter night, j&j a dancing fire of hickory wood •'And an easy chair in its .mellow light, And a pearmain apple, ruddy and sleek, Or a jenneting with a freckled cheek? A russet apple is fair to view, With a tawny tint like an autumn leaf, The warmth of a ripened cornfield’s hue, Or golden hint of a harvest sheaf; And the wholesome breath of the finished year Is held in a winesap’s blooming sphere. They bring you a thought of the orchard trees In blossomy April and leafy June, And the sleepy droning of bumblebees In the hazy light of the afternoon, And tangled clover and bobolinks, Tiger lilies and garden pinks. If you’ve somewhere left with its gables wide A farmhouse set in an orchard old, You’ll see it all in the winter-tide At sight of a pippin’s green-and-gold, Or a pearmain apple ruddy and sleek, Or a jenneting with a freckled cheek. —Hajtie Whitney, in St. Nicholas.

For Breaking; Clndi. A home clod crusher, designed for use with a single horse, answers the purpose better sometimes than some of the manufactured tools that are much heavier. It may be made of inch oak planks which should be eight Inches wide and three and one-half feet long. The sideboards are notched three inches deep In order that the proper pitch may be given to the boards forming the drag. The planks

HOME-MADE CLOD CRUSHER.

are fastened to the side with four-inch spikes and the handles, which may be from any discarded plow, are bolted to the side-pieces. The chains are attached to the side pieces by boring holes in the latter, and after the chain is» inserted running a spike through one of the links. In using this crusher, or drag, the operator stands on the tool whenever necessary to add weight, using the handles mainly to manage the tool in turning corners. This implement will bo found especially useful after fall plowing and for going over the fields at any time prior to setting small fruit plants.

Saving Seed. When a farmer has some crop that is particularly good the individual specimens being large and of good form and apparently full of vitality, it is advisable to save such specimens for seed. Oftentimes, however, the mistake is made of allowing the seed to remain on the vine until it is overripe. Of course, the seed Is not injured in any way, but the loss comes from the majority of it falling to the ground before it can be gathered. A good way of determining the proper condition is to notice when a portion of it begins to fall to the ground and then gather all of it, putting it in some receptacle W'here the air and sun can reach it and thus ripen it gradually. Cabbage seed, for example, should be gathered a day or two after the pods begin to look red. The stalks should be put on a tight floor in some place where the sun and air have access. Onion seed should be gathered whenever one-third of the seed receptacles hav*e cracked open and these seed heads should be spread in thin layers on a latll frame in a dry and airy loft. Peas and beans may be pulled when about one-third begin to drop and the vines should be placed in some location w’here they will have the sun aud air and on a tight floor w’here no loss will occur when the seeds begin to drop from the pods.—lndianapolis News.

Dual Purpose Cattle. We believe that every farmer as far ns possible in the grazing, grain and forage producing districts should use and breed dual purpose cattle. Where milk nud butter are the sole objects, as with those Who keep cows la the towns and cities and on the cotton farms, the dairy breeds are of course preferable, but this class constitutes only about one-tenth of the people who keep cows. Farmers, as a rule, should not only breed dual purpose cattle, but should use only such breeds ns Will, while providing the requisite amount of milk and butter, produce also lirst-class beef animals. Farmers should supply their local demand with the best beef the country produces.— Farm and Ranch. Feed in ir Wheat to Dire Stock, The old question of feeding wheat as a substitute for corn arises this year. There have been many farm trials from which results have been reported very much in fuvor of wheat food, but such results have not been borne out by the more careful tests carried on at the various State experiment stations. Their results chow that wheat produces practically no better results

when mi to live stock than does The common belief that wheat Is a “far richer food than coon” is found to be Incorrect, though in Its average composition It is found to contain more protein for bone and muscle than does com. In face of this fact it Is probably better economy to feed com until com almost reaches the price of wheat, and then, if wheat is substituted for it, it should not be fed in bulk as thrashed grain. The feeder must make sure that the wheat is given to the animals in such a form that it may be digested. Grinding or crushing the grain adds to its digestibility. Feeding wheat in the sheaf, or, if for hogs, scattering the thrashed grain over considerable territory, secures a more perfect mastication and better digestion.

Fall Plowing. Fall plowing is in order as soon as the crops are off the land. It is often said that the benefit of fall plowing depends upon the character of the soil and its liability to have the surface washed away during the winter or the spring rains. But it will be beneficial on all lands, as they can be sown to rye, which will furnish some green feed for the cattle in the spring if it is needed, and then may be turned under as manure. It will prevent both washing and leaching of the soil, as it takes up the fertilizing elements in it and returns them as it decays in the spring in a form to be readily available for the following crop. It may not add anything to the fertility, or chemists assert that it does not, but it prevents waste, and it gives that humus or vegetable matter to the soil which is needed to make it porous and friable. There are but few soils where rye will not grow well, growing even on a wet soil if sown early enough to germinate before the fall rains. We like in fall plowing to have the furrow slices set on edge rather than turned over flat, as we know then the action of rain and frost is more powerful in bringing about the desired chemical changes in It, and it also drains off earlier in the spring.—American Cultivator.

Fnaar in Fruit. It is a well-known fact to many, and unknown to many more, that an unusually wet season is not favorable to sugar development in either fruit or vegetables. It is in* such a season that we often hear complaints that strawberries and other berries are not as sweet as they should be even when seeming to be well ripened. The same thing has been noticed in melons and proven by analysis in sugar beets. The larger growth caused by wet weather or by copious Irrigation may look tempting, but it lacks the rich flavor that is the result of growing on dryer soil. Those who grow only for home use should not select very wet soil if they like rich and high-flavored fruit or berries, and if a new variety is tested in a wet season do not condemn its quality without another trial under other conditions.

Pasture for Poultry. For the best results, the range is necessary during the summer for poultry. The best calculations as to the area is 50 by 150 feet for each twenty-five fowls, and even a space like this should be divided so that the fowls can occupy one-lialf of it for say a week, and then the next week occupy the other half. If a little grain is used occasionally to scatter over its surface, this will permit the unused half to get a new start aud be ready for them the next week. In figuring on this space for the number of fowls named, it is understood that the grass is thick and young. Oftentimes, after haying, It is a good time to turn the entire flock on to the meadows. They will pick up an immense number of insects, and will obtain more or less fresh young blades of grass.

Goo! Hornes* Oil. To two quarts of fish oil add two pounds of mutton tallow, one pint of castor oil, one-fourth pound of ivory black, one-half pound beeswax, four ounces of rosin, one ounce of Burgundy pitch. Put all together iu an Iron kettle over a slow' fire. 801 l and stir half an hour. Then set off and let settle fifteen minutes. Then pour into another vessel, leaving all sediment in the bottom. When cold it is ready to use. If you cannot obtain fish oil, get neatsfoot oil. The fish oil will keep mice from gnawing the harness.

Keep Plat Warm. Good, warm houses are necessary for fall litter of pigs, not single sided sheds where the temperature gets very low In cold weather, but good, warm buildings where pigs will be comfortable all the time without piling up four depp to keep warm. Keeping pigs warm and comfortable means growth. If, In consequence of cold quarters, they have to bo kept warm by the aid of feed and at the same time kept growing, they will require too mucjt feed to make the business profitable.

Calling the Cow. Professor George Hempl of Ann Arbor, Mich., has been investigating the manner In which we call the cow and otherwise talk to her In this country. He finds “co boss” the normal call in the North, and “co mully” frequent in Maine and other parts of New England. In the midland and the South the most common call is “sook" or “sook cow,” and In the largest portion of our continent ‘ sook” is the normal call to cows, while some diminutive like “sooky” is used to the calves.

Amonnt of Hijr to Feed. ' When hay or other roughage is in good condition, no more should be placed before the cow than she will consume with a relish. This rule should be enforced and followed with strict precision.

THE CASE OF SCHLEY

Comprehensive Review of the Naval Inquiry.

Navy,” dealing with the events of the war of 1898. Maclay, himself an employe of the Navy Department, was understood to have had the sanction of some of the high naval officers in his work. His history contained various bitter attacks on Admiral Schley. These attacks led Schley to request of the Secretary of the Navy an investigation by a ffirial court of his conduct during the war. The request was granted, and Admiral Dewey, president; Admirals' Benham and Howison were named as the members of the court. When the court met, on Sept. 12, Admiral Schley challenged the competency of Admiral HowiBon on the ground that the admiral had shown prejudice against him. The challenge was allowed and the court adjourned. Admiral Ramsay was selected by the Navy Department to fill the vacancy and the court reassembled in Washington Sept. 20. Under the direction of Capt. Lemly, judge advocate general of the navy, the examination of witnesses was begun, with a view to establishing the,facts relative to ten points contained in a precept drawn up by the Navy Department. The first paragraph instructs the court to inquire generally into the conduct of Schley during the campaign. The second paragraph deals with the blockade of Cienfuegos and the third with the progress of the flying squadron to Santiago after it was discovered that the Spanish fleet was not in Cienfuegos. The fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs deal with the retrograde movement, the conditions for coaling and the question as to whether or not Schley disobeyed orders by starting away from Santiago to return to Key West. The seventh paragraph relates to Schley’s failure to destroy the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon when it lay nt the mouth of Santiago harbor. The eighth paragraph relates to the allegation that Schley withdrew his squadron from in front of Santiago at night. The ninth paragraph deals with the celebrated loop made by the Brooklyn during the battle with Cervera’s fleet. The tenth paragraph relates to the alleged colloquy with Lieut. Hodgson about the Texas while the loop was being made. Judge Jere Wilson, leading counsel for Admiral Schley, died suddenly soon after the investigation began, since which time ex-Oongressmnn Rayner of Maryland has conducted his case. The testimony has shown that on May 19 Admiral Schley left Ivey West with the flying squadron for the Caribbean, with instructions to find the Spanish fleet, then supposed to be at Cienfuegos. On that day, however, the Spanish fleet entered Santiago harbor, where it remained until it emerged on July 3 and was at once attacked and destroyed. The flying squadron arrived at Cienfuegos at midnight, May 21. Forty miles from Cienfuegos guns were heard, and Admiral Schley believed these to be a salute in honor of the arrival of the Spanish fleet. So the flying squadron began a blockade of the harbor. Red signal lights were seen on shore, but no one in the fleet knew what they meant. However, Capt. McCalla of the Marblehead, who had established a system of signals with the Cuban insurgents, arrived from sLey West on May 24 and immediately communicated with the insurgents, learning that the Spanish fleet was not in the harbor. Before that time Schley had received various messages indicating that the Spanish fleet was at Santiago. This information came to Sampson from a telegraph operator at Havana who could communicate with the American authorities for a few minutes every evening about C o’clock. He had forwarded promptly the news of the arrival of Cervera’s fleet, so that this was known at Key West on the evening of May 20. However, on the same date Sampson wrote a letter to Schley in which he said, referring to a telegram from the Navy Department advising him to instruct Schley to proceed to Santiago:

"After duly considering this telegram I have decided to make no change In the present plans; that Is, thaterem should hold your squadron off Clenfuegos. If the Spanish ships have put Into Santiago they must come either to Havana or Clenfuegos to deliver the munitions of war which they are said to bring for use In Cuba. I am, therefore, of the opinion that our best chances of success In capturing their ships will be to hold the two /points, Clenfuegos and Havana, with all the force we can muster. If later It should develop that these vessels are at Santiago we could then assemble off that port the ships best suited for the purpose, and completely blockade it. Until we then receive more positive Information we shall continue to hold Havana and Santiago.” On the evening of May 24 Schley started for Santiago with his fleet. On the morning of May 23 he had received a communication from Admiral Sampson by the Hawk directing him "if satisfied that they are not at Cienfuegos to proceed with all dispatch to Santiago.” Lieut. John Hood, commanding the Hawk, testified that when he delivered the message Schley Baid ho could not go to Santiago, as he was not satisfied that the Spaniards were not in Cienfuegos, and besides his ships needed coal. The fleet came into contact with the American scout ships abont twenty miles south of Santiago ou May 2*l. Much testimony was introduced in regard to the slowness of this trip and the state of the weather. That the weather was bad was generally agreed, though many witnesses declared, in opposition to other witnesses, that the ships might have been coaled. Schley said that he had taken a course ao far south of Santiago because it had

DMIRAL Schley’s immediate cause for requesting the appointment of a court of inquiry tor investigate his actions in the Span-ish-American war was the publication during the last summer of the third volume of Edgar S. Maclay’s “History of the United States

been expected that as soon as it was announced by the Spaniards that he had left Cienfuegos the Spanish fleet would leave the harbor at Santiago and try to slip past to the south and reach Cienfuegos. Therefore he had gone to the southward to secure a wide horizon. The scouts at Santiago had given him no information regarding the Spanish fleet, Capt. Sigsbee of the St. Paul having gone on board to tell him that nothing had been seen of the Spaniards. Capt. W. C. Wise of the Yale, who was the senior officer of the scout ships, had been informed by a dispatch from the Navy Department that the Spaniards were in the harbor of Santiago, but he had not given the information Jo Schley, though he did give it to Capt. Philip of the Texas. As there was no news for him there regarding the enemy, and as the weather, in his opinion, was too rough to coal at sea, Schley started back to Key West on the 26th, sending to the Navy Department this dispatch: -. “Received dispatch of May 26 by Harvard off Santiago de Cuba. Merrimac’s engine Is disabled and she is helpless; am obliged to have her towed to Key West. Have been absolutely unable to coal the Texas, Marblehead, Vixen and Brooklyn from collier, owing to very rough seas and boisterous weather since leaving Key West. Brooklyn is the only one In squadron having more than sufficient coal to reach Key West. Impossible to remain off Santiago In present state of coal, account of the squadron. Not possible to coal to leeward off Cape Cruz In summer, owing to southwest winds. Harvard Just reports to me she has only coal enough to reach Jamaica, and she will proceed to Port Royal; also reports only small vessels could coal at Gonaives or Mole Haiti. Minneapolis has only coal enough to reach Key West, and same of Yale, which will tow Merrlmac. “It Is to be regretted that the department's orders cannot be obeyed, earnestly as we have all striven to that end. I am forced to return to Key West, via Yucatan channel, for coal. Can ascertain nothing concerning the enemy. Was obliged to send Eagle to Port Antonio, Jamaica, yesterday, as she had only twenty-seven tons of coal on board. Will leave St. Paul here. Will require 9,500 tons of coal at Key West.” “We had,” said Schicy in his testimony on this point, “ten ships in the squadron, seven of which were short of coal. These were the auxiliaries and the Texas.” That it was impossible to coal on account of tho weather on May 26 was his bplief. Sigsbee’s statement, together with the statement of a Cuban pilot, Edouard Nunez, to the effect that ships as large as those of Cervera's fleet could not get into Santiago harbor, and an apparent doubt on the part of the Navy Department as to the correctness of Its information, had led him to believe the enemy was not there. However, after going some miles westward, the weather moderated, the Texas was coaled and the fleet returned to Santiago on May 27, where tho Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon was seen lying outside of the harbor.

Then a blockade was established, the ships constantly moving. Much testimony was taken in regard to the effectiveness of this blockade, the testimony varying surprisingly. Capt. Higginson of the Massachusetts and others declared that the ships were closer by night than by day, and that there were picket boats, like the Marblehead and the Vixen, nearer to the harbor than the battleships. Others asserted that the ships were eight or nine miles out at night. In regard to the firing on the Colon May 31, the testimony showed that this was ineffective and at very long range, so that it did the Colon no harm. Some witnesses, like Capt. Folger of the New Orleans, which participated in the action, asserted that it was a successful reconnoissance, developing the strength of the land batteries. Others, like Admiral Evans, sneered at the whole movement. Lieutenant Commander Potts of the Massachusetts, to which Schley had transferred his flag temporarily, testified that Schley was laboring under great excitement and seemed to suffer fear, saying: “We are very conspicuous; let’s get out of this.”

On July 1 Admiral Sampson arrived and took command of the ships before Santiago. The investigation leaped from that date to July 3, when the battle occurred. A very large amount of testimony was taken on the battle. The loop of the Brooklyn and the colloquy with Hodgson about the Texas, when Schley is declared by Hodgson to have said “D—n the Texas,” were the points chiefly regarded. Schley denies that the Hodgson colloquy ever occurred. The loop was ordered by Capt. Cook of the Brooklyn and heartily approved by Schley. The purpose of it, according to Cook and Schley, was to get the Brooklyn quickly in position to pursue the Spanish ships while avoiding blanketing the fire of the American ships and ramming or torpedoing of the Brooklyn by the approaching Spaniards. Admiral Evans of the lowa and varioup officers on the Texas, particularly Lieutenant Commander L. C. Hellner, navigator of the latter ship, testified that the turn of the Brooklyn was extremely perilous to the Texas. That ship, according to Hellner, was within 150 yards of the Brooklyn and was saved by the promptness of Capt. Philip in stopping her and reversing her engines. This caused the Texas, says Heilner, to lose three miles in the chase nfter the Spaniards. Capt. Cook and others testified that the Texas was not in the slightest danger from the movement.

Many witnesses on the Brooklyn testified to the courage and alertness of Schley during the battle and to the high effectiveness of the Brooklyn in the fight. Capt. Clark of the Oregon and other officers of that vessel testified to the magnificent work of the Brooklyn, which received more shots ot the enemy than all the other ships combined and which inflicted 35 per cent of the hits on the Spanish ships. Indeed, one of the strik* ing results of the inquiry has been to bring out clearly that the Brooklyn and the Oregon were the ships that did 'most of the work of destroying the enemy’a fleet -

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Unprovoked Murder Stlra an Indian* a polls Suburb—Bobber Caught In Wrecking a Safe—Farmer Shoots Hia Friend—Held for Poisoning. The residents of Haughville, an Indianapolis suburb, are aroused over the unprovoked murder of a well-known young man, who was shot down by a negro. Though the news of the tragedy spread over the suburb in a few moments, the murderer and his companions succeeded in getting out of the village, and all trace of them was lost. Joseph Combs, one of the most popular young men in the suburb, and a friend named Frank Henry, were standing in front of Jenkins’ saloon, when five negroes ranging in age from 20 to 24 years, came mp and stopped near them. A white boy passed along and one of the negroes said something to him, following the remark by Blapping the child. The assault was entirely unprovoked and Combs expostulated with the negro. The latter quickly drew a revolver and fired upon Combs, killing him instantly. The negroes then ran down the street and disappeared in an alley. Bank Robber Caught. James Reed of Elkhart was caught the other night in the act of attempting to wreck the combination of a safe in a business house there. He is in jail. The polie'e have found that Reed was preparing to work a daylight robbery of the First National Bank and that this robbery was planned to afford funds for the expense of arrangements and to get out of the country in case of failure. Ho nas broken jail twice and has served two terms for burglary. Kills Neighbor in Quarrel. Joseph Wolf, a farmer near Flora, in a quarrel with Oliver Ginther, a neighbor, fatally shot Ginther, the victim dying soon after. The two men had had difficulty over a stock deal and when they met in the highway they renewed their troubles. Wolfe, being quick tempered, drew a revolver and shot his antagonist, the ball piercing the spine. Wolf gave himself up to the officers.

Convict for Life at Twelve Years. The youngest known life convict in the country began his imprisonment in the State prison at Michigan City the other day. He is Smith Jones, 13 years old, and was convicted of murder in the first degree in the Warrick County Circuit Court. The crime was so cold-bloode<J that instead of sending the lad to the reform school the judge sent him to prison. Held on a Serious Charge. Lying unconscious in their home at South Bend, Mrs. Rebeccah Webb and her son Charles were found by neighbors, evidently suffering from slow corrosive poisoning. The young man died, hia mother cannot live, and his brother, U. G. Webb, who, it is alleged, was ordered from home several days ago, is under arrest. Shocking Suicide of Glass Blower. Wm. Hogan, a glass, blower at Hartford City, slashed himself across the abdomen with a razor, then tore out his entrails and threw them on the floor. He died soon afjer, Hogan was insane from drink. His wife and seven children witnessed the horrible deed. Within Onr Borders. Roy Ward, son of a farmer living west of Sullivan, had his hand cut off while chopping wood. Saloonist Noah . Fuquay, Evansville, shot William Battag five times, the result of a quarrel. Policeman Adam Deems, an old minstrel showman, was killed by falling from a step-ladder at Muncie. The Arcadia lamp chimney factory started after an idleness of over fava weeks. Six shops are running. Mias Lon Gammon, colored, Kokomo, was sentenced to prison Saturday for stealing S3OO worth of jewels from G. P. Wood. George D. Long of Flora, who enlisted in the army at Fort Meade, S. D., last June, has deserted and is now hiding from the officers.

Frank Converse, a boy jailed at Muncie fdr theft, donned the coat and cap of Jailer Williams and walked from the jail yard without being recognized. Madison County Circuit Court decided that <l. A. Guyman, Windfall, is entitled to Tetail liquor license. Temperance people will take case to Supreme Court. At Brazil Andrew Kussell attempted suicide by taking paris green after he had giveh Samuel Acre orders to dig his grave and had arranged for his funeral. The will of the late Lydia A. Nicholson of Economy provided for the education of a girl in African missionary work, and hlso for use of the Christian Church Erection Society of the United Brethren denomination. At Boouevflle W. B. Wheeler, who murdered Elias Burns, his son-in-law, was sentenced by Judge F. 11. Hatfield to be hanged on Feb. 8 at the prison north. He is the first prisoner to get the death penalty in Warrick County. In Kokomo December and May were wedded la the persons of Milton Garrlgus, commander of the Indiana G. A. It., aged 70 years, and Miss Marie Thomas, who hiu seen but 17 summers. By this alliance the child-bride becomes a greatgrandmother. The unmarried women of Indiana not only have $29,000,000 in the savings banks, but every,single one of them from oldest to youngest sighs to lean her head on some man's breast and hear him ask if she will be his’n. Don't go West looking for gold mints.—Warsaw Times. Miss Clara Walker of Poplar Grove left for Oregon to marry John Street, formerly of Ivokomo. Silas Tilson, a prominent Dearborn County fanner, and his colored servant were bitten by a mad dog. Hydrophobia is feared.

Robert F. Shoemaker, a student at Earlham last year, was run down and killed by a Panhandle train near Well*viUe. Ohio. Aftey twenty ballots the county commissioners elected Joseph M. Brown clerk of Henry County, to succeed George W, Burke, who died.

MORE FARMERS' MEETINGS.

Supplemental Institutes Arranged far Late in November. Prof. W. C. Latta, who is ia charge of the Indiana farmers’ institutes, has arranged a series of meetings over the State for the latter part of November that are calculated to arouse additional interest in the established county institutes and to promote scientific agriculture and horticulture. He calls them supplemental institutes. They will be held at points where no institutes hare been held. The meetings begin Nov. 18 and continue until Dec. 1. Some of the best speakers that do work in Indiana institutes have been engaged. The schedule of dates and speakers is as follows: Chesterton, Nov. 18-19, speakers, Babcock and Van Norman; Lowell, Nov. 2021, speakers, Babcock and Van Norman; Wheatfield, Nov. 21-22, speakers, Babcock and Van Norman; Hoagland, Nov. 18, speakers, McMahan and Curryer; Monroeville, Nov. 19, speakers, McMahan and Curryer; Churubusco, Nov. 2021, speakers, McMahan and Curryer; Sonth Whitley, Nov. 22-23, speakers, McMahan and Curryer; Ossian, Nov. 18-19, speakers, Husselman and Mrs. Erwin; Akron, Nov. 20-21, speakers, Husselman and Mrs. Erwin; Remington, Nov. 22-23, speakers, Husselman and Prof. Troop; Knightstown, Nov. 18-19, speakers, Nowlin and Trnsler; Losantville, Nov. 20-21, speakers, Nowlin and Mrs. Bates; Ridgeville, Nov. 22-23, speakers, Nowlin and Mrs. Bates; Fortville, Nov. 18-19, speakers, Billingsley and Mrs. Bloss; Cumberland, Nov. 20-21, speakers, Billingsley and Mrs. Bloss; Greenwood, Nov. 22-23, speakers, Billingsley and Flick; Martinsville, Nov. 18-19, speakers, Lane and Corners; Bridgeport, Nov. 20, speakers, Lane anct Somers; Pittsboro, Nov. 21, speakers, Lane and Somers; Greentown, Nov. 22, speakers, Lane and Somers; New London, Nov. 23, Speakers, Lane and Somers; Elwood, Nov. 18-19, speakers, Burris and Flick; Middlefork, Nov. 20-21, speakers, Burris and Keim; Pine Village, Nov. 22-23, speakers, Burris and Keim; Frlchton, Nov. 18-19, speakers, Randel and Gwaltney; Yankeetown, Nov. 20-21, speakers, Randel and Gwaltney; Elberfleld, Nov. 22-23, speakers, Randel and Gwaltney; Birdseye, Nov. 18-19, speakers, Collins and Dorrell; Otwell, Nov. 20-21, speakers, Collins and Dorrell; Rockport, Nov. 22-23, speakers, Collin* and Dorrell; Laconia, Nov. 18-19, speakers, Burton and Stevens; Underwood, Nov. 20-21, speakers, Burton and Stevens; Martinsburg, Nov. 22-23, speakers, Burton and Stevens; Paoli, Nov. 25-26, speakers, Burton and E. M. C. Bobbs; Gosport, Nov. 27-28, speakers, Burton and E. M. C. Bobbs; Patricksburg, Nov. 29, speakers, Burton and E. M. O. Bobbs; Cataract, Nov. 30, speakers, Burton and E. M. C. Bobbs; Ladoga, Nov. 25-26, speakers, McMahan and D. B. Johnson; Roaehdale, Nov. 27, speakers, McMahan and D. B. Johnson; Russellville, Nov. 28, speakers, McMahan and D. B. Johnson; Mooney, Nov. , 29-30, speakers, McMahan and D. B. Johnson; Mentone, Nov. 25-26, speakers, Husselman and Curryer; Nnppanee, Nov. 27-28, speakers, Husselman and Curryer; St. Joe, Nov. 29-30, speakers, Husselman and Curryer.

GLASSWORKERS FORM A UNION.

“Snappers” Complete National Organization in Fonr Days’ Session. The organization of the Window Glass Snappers’ Association of America was completed at Muncie, after a four days' session, Muncie was selected as national headquarters. Several States were represented. It was decided not to adopt American Federation of Labor rules, but to become associated in the near future with the Knights of Labor, which controls several branches of the Window Glass Workers. For the present the organization will be independent Officers elected are as follows: President—Delphos Battles, Findlay, Ohio. Vice-President—D. A. Peterson, Shirley. Secretary—Claude E. Robie, Arcadia. Treasurer—Edward Greer, Findlay. Trustee —Charles Brpwn, Eaton; Chas. Eller and Fred Cannada, Muncie. The meeting decided to ask a raise of price for some kinds of work. No trouble is anticipated, and the men will go to work with thousands of other glass workers.

BAD FIRE AT NOBLESVILLE.

Residence Part of the City Threatened —Heavy I.osv One of the most serious fires in the history of Noblesville broke out the other night. It was with difficulty that the flames were confined to a limited section. Hare & Sons’ carriage warerooin and planing mills, Collier's grocery and meat market, W. N. Evans’ barn and the stables of James Boone and Marion Aldred were destroyed. Daniel Craycraft’s residence was on fire once or Half a dozen other houses caught fire, but were saved by the prompt work of the department, which had to call for assistance from citizens. The origin of the fire is not known. The aggregate loss will amount to $15,000, half of which is covered by insurance.

Among Our Neighbors.

At Flora a bursting emery wheel fatally injured Samuel Cook. Catherine Cooper, 5, was fatally burned while playing about a pile of burning leaves. Mrs. Samuel D. Millet has been granted a divorce at Indianapolis from her husband, the son of ex-Attorney General W. H. H. Miller. Howard County has broken into the Indiana oil belt. On the farm of Henry Thomas, five miles south of Kokomo, an abandoned and plugged gas well broke its anchor, and a rush of crude oil spread over the barn lot and escaped through an open ditch. The well is said to be flowing a stream the full capacity of its twoinch casing. An unknown man of 73, supposed to be William Forham of Louisville, Ky., was found near Bruceville, horribly burned. He died. It is supposed he touched a match to his clothes or fell into the flames. John Mortz pf St. Croix was kicked almost to death by his brother-in-law, Thomas Conley, who entered Morta’a house while Morta was urging a vicious bulldog to attack his Wife. Mrs. Morta was badly lacerated on one arm by the dog. Mortz was drunk and Conley might hare killed him but for Mra. Morta'n pleadings.