Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1901 — Page 7

NORA'S TEST

BY MARY CECIL HAY

CHAPTER v VL— (Continued.) “Then you will doubtless have this window blocked at once, and, as this door locks—you told me that no other did —you will decide, I feel sure, to leave the key here, and lock and seal the door until Mr. Doyle’s arrival. Is that what you intend?” inquired Mark, coolly, as young CotT, muttering angrily, shuffled aeross the hall to the front door. “As you like,” returned Nuel, icily. “What was' Corr doing?” “OhT worshiping, of course,” answered Mark, with the keenest irony, “on his knees before the shrine. You seemed to know it all by instinct —or by previous knowledge of- your man —else I would have told you in his presence. He has a spiritual countenance,“has he not?" “He is a man,” remarked Dr. Armstrong, pointedly, “whose retaliation would know no limits of law or piety, if you injured him without cause.” “Yes, he looks a vindictive vagabond,” rejoined Mark, coolly. “Now, shall we help Breen? And then you will seal this door, with my assistance. I had hoped to be half way to Fintona by this time.” Dr. Armstrong did his part carefully, feeling how keen were the eyes ■ that watched him, and how' dexterous the hands which helped. And MarkPoynz walked away from the old house, slowly and thoughtfully, in the whitening dawn.

CHAPTER VII. The inquest was over; the anticipated verdict of “accidental death” had been returned; and for the first time withia five-and-thirty years, the old brick gravt of the St. Georges was opened; while, it. true Irish fashion, the people crowded into the Kilver churchyard to see the hus-band-called off so suddenly in his grim old age—laid beside the young wife who had begun to die upon her wedding day. The inevitable ceremony was over, and only compassion for the orphan girl had prevented its being a very hollow and indifferent one. But sympathy for her while she stood beside her grandfather’s grave had given warmth and feeling to the dreary proceedings; and now all those who, an hour before, had stood with her at the open grave, had met in the chill and gloomy sitting room at Traveere, rather amused in their own minds, most of them, to think what a farce it was to wait for a will where there was only penury to inherit. Celia Pennington sat beside Nora on the hearth, where the cats and dogs lay just as of old, and Dr. Armstrong stood beside her, with one hand on the back of her chair. She wore an old-fashioned black calico dress, which she had kept in her box for years, because she had thought it so very ugly. But what other mourning was in her power, when she had not even one shilling in the world? Celia was dressed prettily, as usual, in a thin, pure-colored dress, which stood her Instead of mourning, and which she had decorated funereally with jaunty bows of black ribbon. At the table near Nora sat Will Foster, employing the interval of leisure in studying a “Bradshaw” which was open before him. He had arrived from England only on the previous night, having been obliged to escort his sister home on the day after Col. St. George’s death, but determined to return for the funeral. Still, it was not for his own return that he was studying the times of trains and steamers now, for he knew he had to leave by the mail tha£ night, and travel without pause, to reach Heaton in time for his Sunday morning service. Opposite the girls, also at the table, sat the old lawyer and Mr. Pennington, each in his grave and somber black; and further off, Mark Poynz, half sitting and half leaning against the high, narrow window seat, seemed to have little to do with either what was occurring or what would eventually occur. At first, when he had come from the churchyard to Traveere, Dr. Armstrong had suavely inquired if he had any business to transact there, putting the questiea so adroitly that he felt Mr. Poynz would be forced into equivocating in his confusion, and leaving the premises at once. But Mr. Poynz had done nothing of the kind. “I have attended Col. St. George’s funeral as a family connection,” he said, “and by that right I wait until Doyle considers all business matters over, and is ready to leave the house himself; for I intend to drive him back to Fintona.” “Would not a servant do as well?’ ’inquired Dr. Armstrong, superciliously. “Possibly,” replied Mark, with the utmost composure; “but neither you nor I, Dr. Armstrong, have our own servants—here in Miss St. George’s huse.” So the argument had ended, and Nuel Armstrong was conscious of looking n little baffled, though he schooled his face determinedly. “I have for a long time,” observed the attorney, in a clear, business-like tone, “had in my possession the will of the late Col. St. George, with a letter of trust. As all the property of which he died possessed must be contained in the Iron chest which was in his own chamber, I propose, gentlemen, that we adjourn there first, that we mny avoid disappointment and mortification, if possible.” It was soon over, the digging out of the chest, the search in it and the weak tarrying hope—all soon over. The safe was found empty, save for a few musty papers of no value; yet it was patent to the slowest capacity there thnt the lock had never been tampered with, nor the seal broken. And now Nora had to hear her grandfather’s will, and to know the while thnt It was a hollow mockery, and thnt all he could bequeath to her wan the qld ruined house and the useless animals. But this was no new pain for Nora. “I always knew how poor I was,” she said, smiling at the vicar’s sympathy; “didn’t you?” “A perfectly correct and legal farce,” observed Mr. Doyle, ns he refolded the paper. “The only sensible thing the old man has fione, Miss Nora, is to leave me sole guardian and executor. Don’t you think so?” . “Thank you," said Noiy, simfrly; “but

From Darkness To Light

it will be a thankless task for you, Mr. Doyle.” “Do you think,” asked Nuel Armstrong, lifting his eyes for the first time from Nora’s face, where they had fixed themselves with surprise, “that the letter you hold may contain an inclosure, which would throw any light upon this matter, Dojrie?” “Not the slightest. And I have read ihe letter already,” replied the attorney. “St. George gave it to me to open, and wished me to read it. This will renders the letter void; but the letter can throw no light upon this irritating will.” “Is it possible,” inquired Mr. Foster, “that that iron chest has secret receptacles, a false back, or anything of that kind?” “I thought of that,” returned the lawyer, “as I examined it; but you will find that the most careful measurement will not disclose a secret recess. No, there is no doubt at all permitted us, though the house shall be well searched. The only ray of light at all in this gloom; Miss St. George, is your own previous assurance of—your present condition.” ■> “Yes,” said Nora, quietly, “of course, 1 knew how very poor I was. I have known it all my life, but I never thought of it till a few days ago, when grandpa told me how I was to earn my own livelihood:” “Oh, he told you that?” questioned the lawyer, briskly. “That betrays a great deal. But I would scarcely have believed even that forethought in him.” “And he nearly consented,” put in Will Foster, eagerly, “that she should accept a proposal of my mother’s and go to England to study with my younger sister. What do you think of that, sir?” Quietly, standing with his hands behind him and his head bent forward, the Irish lawyer listened to the unfolding of Mr. Foster’s proposition, and nodded his approval more than once. “It is the very beau ideal of a plan,” he said, heartily. “Then, if you can manage this year of study, Miss Nora, you will be all right, and the world will be your oyster, which you, with knowledge, will open—eh?” “If I can really afford that year’s study,” said Nora, in her grave, straightforward way, “I shall not fear. I will work so hard that when the year is over ” “Well, when the year is over?” interrogated Mr. Pennington, with a smile. “You will see,” she answered, and she even smiled, too. “It is only talk, Nora,” whispered Dr. Armstrong, under his breath. “You will have no need to work. You forget, Doyle,” he added presently, aloud, “that this time of preparation and study in England—as marked out by Mr. Foster, and, as he avers, his mother—Miss St. George must be possessed of funds, and you have just informed her that she is without this neecssary adjunct.” “Then what do you propose?” It was Mark who put the question, for Mr. Doyle seemed in no haste to reply,, and the other gentlemen only gazed blankly at the speaker. “I propose,” rejoined Nuel, “the only course which I see open to my young relative —that is, to accept the home to which I am waiting to conduct her. I am a kinsman, and I have sufficient means to provide a home for her. I was her grandfather’s trusted friend, and have been her guardian and adviser all her life. What more natural than that she should come to me now?” “As for that,” said the vicar, meditatively, “she would be very welcome, if she came to us; but we are thinking of the future, and for that Mr. Foster’s project droids out much greater advantages.” “Yes,” said Nora, smiling at Celia; “kind as your thought is, Mr. Pennington, I know I could not work half steadily enough if I lived with Celia. It will be hard, of course, in any case, after my idle life, but it would be hardest of all at the vicarage.” "My offer is best, is it not, Nora?” queried Dr. Armstrong, flushing a little in his eagerness. “Yours is very kind, too,” she answered, while Will waited breathlessly for this reply; “but I should not think of that for one moment. Need I say again how determined I am to work, and not be idle?” “Then if,” put in Mr. Pennington, "we could dispose of Traveere ” A wistful smle curled Nora’s lips. “Who would ever buy Traveere?” she asked. “Now, too,” added Celia, “when the half of it is only a heap of rubbish.” “It is not of very much value,” interposed the attorney, speaking as if deep in mental calculations; “but in the event of all the animads going with it, Nora, I know a purchaser.” “The animals!” Baid Nora, wondering. “People have often said no one but grandpa would have kept Borak or Snow. And there are only the pigs. Kitty has killed the last of the poultry now; and the dogs nre all so old and lazy, and," as her eye fell on the hearth, “the cats ” “There is not a very great marketable value, so to speak, in a cat,”, observed the lawyer, “but still, perhaps, my client would include the cats in his purchase, and be inclined to pay accordingly. Of course I shall inquire about thnt; meanwhile we will conclude thnt the purchase money of Traveere supplies you with funds for education and pocket money at present, Miss Nora, and that the future will secure its profits? Now, gentlemen, I think that is oil I need decide today, in my new capacity of guardian and trustee.” “It is well to recollect you hold that office,” interrupted Nuel Armstrong, sarcastically. “Even though nothing is intrusted to you, you are, of course, still trustee, and it is an important office." “I agree with you, sir," returned Mr. Doyle, affably. “Now, Miss Nora, I will wish you good-by for the present. Pack up your things as soon as you can.”

“How will Miss St. George travel to England?" lnqnlred Will, bis fingers on his railway guide. "Unfortunately, I am obliged to leave to-night; but I could manage to come again for her.” “Quite unnecessary,” interrupted Dr. Armstrong, his low, smooth tones unusu-

ally hurried now. “I shall myself taM my cousin to England if I eventually allow her to go. At present Ido not sea that I am called upon to do so.” “Not being legal guardian to your couain—l did not before this minute know of that near relationship,” said Mr. Doyle, placidly—“you have no need to worry yourself in the matter, Dr. Armstrong. You will, of course, travel with Miss Nora if you like; at the same time, you can also spare yourself if you like, for I shall certainly myself accompany my ward to England, to make all arrangements with the lady who has kindly proffered her co-operation.” “Thank you,” said Will, heartily, though his heart failed him a little as he pictured how variable his mother's cooperation w T ould be. And then a few further matters wera discussed, and Mr. Poynz and the attorney prepared to leave. As Nora had steadfastly refused to leave Traveere and Kitty that day, Celia was determined to stay with her; and Mr. Pennington drove home to fetch his wife, as well as a basket of provisions from the vicarage larder, which should supply the deficiencies at Traveere, if they all stayed to cheer Nora. Mark thought they "were still all chattering with Mr. Doyle in the hall, when, as he brought down his horses from the yard, he saw Nora issue alone from the back door, and go slowly out among the gnarled old trees. Stopping his horses, he stood and called her by her name; in such a natural, easy way, that though she had started at first, she turned and came up to him running, with genuine gladness in her eyes. “Are you going at once, Mr. Poynz?” she asked. “You hadn't.said good-by to me, had you?” “Not yet. Are you content with what has been decided to-day?” “Yes,” she answered him with simple earnestness; “quite content and very grateful to those who have put it into my power to work.” “You will like Mrs. Foster.” “Yes; Will says so. But never his sister —I mean, I was thinking just then that it might be better for me to go to some sort of grown-up school, if there are such things in England.” “But there are not. Schools never grow up in England.” “Mr. Poynz,” said Nora, fixing her eyes upon him with the frankest scrutiny, “mustn’t it be a curious person who has bought Traveere?” “I think not,” answered Mark, reflectively. “I believe there is valuable ore on the land, and some shrewd client of Mr. Doyle’s has found it out.” “I have found it out,” said Nora, laughing. “I suspected it before, but I wanted to be sure. I know the shrewd client of Mr. Doyle’s, and I ” Here she broke off, and began to speak very earnestly. “Oh, Mr. Poynz, how good it was of you! The land is worth nothing; and of course you know it. And the animals” —she could not help the laugh coming back to her eyes—“are as useless and helpless as —as we have all been at Traveere for years and years. And there is Kitty. She says she is to live on here —and Breen. Oh, Mr. Poynz, how good you are to us all!” “But I am not keeping you on at Traveere.” “No,” she said, with her beautiful, swift smile, “you are doing still more for me. I shall owe all my better life to you. I shall work—oh, so hard! And you shall see If I have wasted it all; though”— w r ith a retgretful sigh —“I have wasted so much already, and I shall be so slow compared with what other girls would be.” “Good-by,” he said then, giving his hand to Nora; “we may meet in England.” “Only may?” she questioned, too anxious for his reply to notice how closely and how tenderly he held her hand to the last moment. “As I understand that you are to be buried in books for the whole year, of course no resurrection on behalf of an old friend is to be hoped for; so good-by.” “Yes, I shall be very, very bulsy,” assented Nora, with great gravity; "but still I hope I shall see you sometimes, even when I have not time to talk.” “And ask questions.” “Oh, Mr. Poynz,” she said, with a total change in her voice, and a great dumb question already in her beautiful eyes, “what shall I do in England if I may not ask questions? If I met you, I know I should have a hundred ready to ask, weighing me down utterly, and you would be so shocked, and so disappointed in it me. “Try me,” replied Mark, laughing; and then he turned almost quickly from her to bid good-by to Miss Pennington. Only in the briefest manner had he responded to the lawyer’s varied remarks when they reached Fintona, and Mr. Doyle offered his hand at parting; then he said, without any preparation: “You will see that Miss St. George has money with her, for her own nameless girlish fancies; because cats sell well, you know.” “Generally,” assented the attorney, .with a twinkle in his eye. “And, if I were you, I would not let that one tenant, young Corr, know juot yet that he has an English landlord. You understand?” “Perfectly.” (To be continued.)

Critical Year of Married Life.

‘Some folks Lave a way of declaring that the first year of their married life Is the most trying,” writes Edward Bok In the Ladies’ Home Journal. “But where one gets a close knowledge of several families the conviction Is brought home that the trying period lies beyond the first year. I should fix it rather at the third year, when the pretty trousseau Is showing weer and needs replenishing; when the weddlug presents have lost their lustre, and this thing has worn out and that thing has to be replaced; when a little family Is growing up and doctor’s bills are Introduced Into the family reckoning. That is the trying period when Interests are apt to become very close. Likewise calculations. Then It Is that the saving of the comparatively care-free and less expensive first year of married life comes In handy, or Is sadly missed If the Income was then lived up to In unnecessary buying and foolish entertaining. A great deni of happiness In this world Is wrecked by debt, and generally the debt could have been avoided If a little more care and common sense bad been exercised.”

MAN WHO IS CREATING A NEW GOVERNMENT.

JUDGE WILLIAM.H. TAFT

picture of Judge Taft is said to be the best likeness of the first American Governor of the Philippine Islands, to whom has fallen the great task vi of making order out of chaos, substituting American methods for Spanish bribery, organizing courts and municipalities, giving the right to vote to those fit for the franchise, and, generally, “creating a government from the ground up” where nothing but semi-barbaric ideas of government have prevailed. Judge Taft is from Ohio, is a graduate of Yale,. and is a son of Alphonso Taft, Secretary of War and Attorney General under President Grant. He was judge of the United States Court of Appeals when appointed chairman of the Philippine Commission, from which he stepped info the governorship when that office was created.

WIFE CHARGED WITH MURDER.

The Deserted Husband Is One of Her Main Prosecutors. The crime of having murdered her own child has been charged against Mrs. Elizabeth Howe Dale of Hoboken, N. J., a woman of good connections, of former good reputation, but for the past two years living separated from her husband, Harvey S. Dale, an insurance man of Chicago. Unfortunately Mrs. Dale formed an attachment for another man, Elbert Waller, a German, whom she met in Europe, and to this is due her condition, with her husband pressing against her the charge of murder. Some seven years ago Harvey S. Dale and Elizabeth Howe were married in New York. Their relations were happy and harmonious until a little over two years ago, when Mrs. Dale began an in-

MRS ELIZABETH HOWE DALE.

timacy with W’aller. Husband and wife separated and by agreement the father obtained the custody of their child, Erneline, then 3 years old. He placed her with his family physician, Dr. Stubbs, meantime awaiting the expiration of two years to begin suit for divorce, being averse to institute proceedings for any other cause than that of desertion. A short while ago Mr. Dale allowed Mrs. Dale to take Emetine to her home, where also Waller lived. Then he returned to Chicago. Emfline was not returned to her guardian and afterward Mrs. Dale and Waller, with Emeline, left the Belden avenue house, saying they were going to Philadelphia. They put up at a Hoboken hotel, however, and shortly after a doctor was summoned to their apartments to attend Emeline. He administered medicine and left her apparently in good condition. Early Tuesday morning he was summoned again. He found Emetine dead. The circumstances surrounding the child’s death aroused the suspicions of some of Mr. Dale’s relatives and when these spoke to Mts. Dale of the matter she said that the child had died through tfie mistake of having eaten strychnine tablets for candy. Whereupon the authorities, upon the representations of the husband, took charge es the case.

Sparks from the Wires.

Robbers bu’sted Sain Smith's safe, Dell Roy, Ohio, and took $l,lOO. The postofflec at Chapman, Kan., will beoome presidential on Jan. 1. Wm. Jackson, a Chicago tailor, recovered $2,500 worth of goods taken by burglars. Ground lias been broken for an auditorium to lie built by the citizens of Omaha, Neb. A postoffice ha* been established at Nelms, O. T„ with Clark C. Nelms aa postmaster. T. M. Buffington, principal chief of the Cherokee nation, issued a Thanksgiving proclamation. A vein of zinc ore was struck at Fort Scott by drillers working on a farm four miles from the eity. A postoffiee has been established at Goodwin, O. T„ with Mandtia K. Branham a* postmaster. Daniel 8. Dammit is tieing sprung for presidential candidate by way of giving opposition to D. B. llill.

ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS

Amount Is $16,000,000 Less than Ws ■ AskeJ lor 1032. The Secretary of the Treasury Monday transmitted to Congress the estimates of appropriations required for the government service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, as furnished by the heads of the several executive departments. The total appropriations asked for are $610,827,688, which is $16,000,000 less than the estimates for 1902 and $4,000,000 more than the appropriations for that year. Following is a recapitulation of the estimates by departments: Legislative $10;188,030 Executive 294,160 State Department 2,446,328 Treasury Department 1 ~.. 10g,484.925 War Department 161,i;20,101 Navy Department 100,701,122 Interior Department 161.710,535 Postofflce Department 4,464,966 Department of Agriculture..:... 5,509,540 Department of Laoor 190J550 Department of Justice 6,917,330 Total $610,827,688 Following are the principal items under the several departments which show increases or decreases as compared with the appropriations for the year 1902: Congress, public printing, etc., increase $430,000. State Department, foreign intercourse, Increase $233,000. Treasury Department, mints and assay offices, increase $133,000. Internal revenue, increase $340,000. Public works, Increase $4,405,0:J0. Miscellaneous, increase $1,000,000. District of Columbia, decrease $503,003. Permanent unnual approprjat.ons, decrease $2,500,000. War Department, military establishment, decrease $10,400,000. Public works, increase $36,000,000. Permanent annual appropriations, decrease $€50,000. Navy Department, naval establishment, increase $0,545,000. Public works, increase $14,600,C00. Interior Department, Ind an affairs, decrease $325,000; pensions, deerea-e $5,400,000; public works, decrease $386,000; miscellaneous, decrease, $1,375,000. Postoffice Department, salaries and expenses, increase $115,000. Department of Agriculture, salaricg and expenses. Increase $932,000. Department of Labor, salaries and expenses, increase $12,000. Department of Justice, public works, Increase $52,000; miscellaneous, increase $50,400. Civil Service Commission, salaries and expenses, increase $65,000,

AN INDIAN CONGRESSMAN.

Charles Cartla, Representative of the First Kansas District. Charles Curtis, who represents the First Kansas District In the House of Representatives, enjoys the distinction of

being the only Indian in Congress By his colleagues he is held in high esteem, because of bis thorough mastery of public questions, his extraordi nary intellectual qualities and liis delightful manner. Ho Is one of the brainiest men in the House, a brilliant speaker and excellent in debate.

To tho Jfeople of his own blood lie appears as an almost worshipful figure, second only in importance to the Great White Father. Curtis is still a young man, being in his 41st year. He belongs to the Kaw tribe and annually draws his share of tho money allotted to his people by the government. He is a lawyer by profession. He went to the House of Representatives when the Fifty-third Congress assembled and has ever since been a member, serving on important committees Rev. 8. P. Slack pleaded guilty of bigamy at Butler, Mo., and was sent to the county jail for six months. Leniency was shown on account of sympathetic appeals from both wives. Work has been commenced on two new flouring mills in Kansas City and its snbnrb, Rosedale, Kan. The new mills will have a combined capacity of more than a thousand barrels of flour daily. The postofflce* at Enfalia. I. T., and Lexington, O. T., will become presidential on Jan. 1.

CHARLES CURTIS.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Bio; Machior Ditch la Opened—Fire la Clrcne Winter Quarter* in Pern— Crawford, vi He Wire Mill Burns— Odd Fellows Klect Officers. The big Machlor ditch in Laporte County, which has been under construction for the last eighteen months and which is. one. of the largest drainage canals la northern Indiana, Is completed. The ditch Is ten miles long and cost abouts $40,000. It begins near Thomaston and 1 the Nickel Plate Railway, and Joins the Kankakee river three miles from the Panhandle Railroad bridge. It is estimated that It drains and improves about 17,000 acres of land, although only 14,000 acres have been assessed for its construction. When the connection between the ditch and the Kankakee river was made the released water in the canal rushed down with such a velocity as to carry the big dredge into the river in spite of its heavy anchors, and in twenty minutes the water in the canal had lowered four feet three miles from its mouth, and five feet at the point where it joins the river.

Odd Fellow*’ Officers. The following officers were elected at the recent session of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in Indianapolis: Grand Master, George P. Bomwasser of New Albany; Deputy Grand Master, E. E. Pryor of Martinsville; Grand Warden, Alexander Johnson of Fort Wayne; Grand Secretary, W. H. Leedy of Indianapolis; Grand Treasurer, W. H. Morris, Frankfort; Trustee, Benjamin Franklin of Indianapolis; Thomas R. Jessup of Richmond, Grand Representative to the next convocation of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, which meets in Des Moines, lowa, September, 1902. Wire and Nail Mill Burned. Fire started from a gasoline engine at the, Grawfordsviile wire nad nail plant, and in two hoars the entire establishment was in ruins, entailing a loss of $150,000. The plant was built by local capitalists last spring and was outside the trust. The wire drawing mill had been in operation only two months. The loss includes $50,000 of finished product awaiting shipment. There is but $25,000 insurance, distributed among several companies. One hundred and fifty men are thrown out of employment. The stockholders say they will rebuild at once. Elephants in Peril of Fire. The elephant barn at the winter quarters of B. E. Wallace’s circus at Peru was destroyed by fire, but the bulky animals were taken out in safety, although with considerable trouble. Fortunately the fire was confined to the one building and this prevented the destruction of a $5,000 hippopotamus and other animals that could not have been moved in time. The fire started in the hay mow of the barn, and seven elephants were taken out with live coals raining upon their backs.

Within Onr Border*. Michigan City has a Bueltzingsloewen building. Wm. Cromer. 35, Salem, was killed by the limb of a falling tree. Fireman David Shoemaker was injured in a wreck on the L. E. & W. at Lafayette. Benton Hough, Bloomington, tried to stop a runaway horse, and was seriously injured. Walter Bennett, Elwood, was perhaps fatally injured by a horse throwing him into a ditch. Fred Black, an'eroploye of Wallace’s circus, was ground to pieces under a train in Peru. Ernest Livezey, near Muncie, was perhaps fatally shot by his brother Joseph, while they were hunting. Nelson Williams, 67, a New Castle carpenter, fell from a scaffold and fractured the bones of both legs at the ankles. Charles Seegars, 30 years old, was almost instantly killed in an explosion at the Val Gruber stone quarry, eight miles south of Vernon, caused by a defective boiler. Jesse V. Bright, cashier of the Bank of Flora and son of R. K. Bright, president of the institution, was married in Chicago to Miss Theresa Cloidt. The bride is a musician of considerable note. Mistaking him for a burglar, John Cole of Plevna shot and mortally wounded his brother-in-law, Milton Kendall. Young Kendall had been out late and sought to enter the house without knocking. The people of Peru are proud that Captain Hiram Bearss, who has just been commended for bravery, is of that city. Tbe*young man has been reported as one of the leaders of an attack oa a Filipino stronghold in the Philippines. In the federal court at Indianapolis Richard C. Davis, bank cashier of Washington, indicted on the charge of embezzling $70,000 from the funds of the People’s National Bank of that city, pleaded not guilty through bis attorney, Smiley Chambers. Thirty ministers of St. Joseph County have adopted resolutions agreeing not to perform the marriage ceremony for divorced persons except where the decree was granted for biblical reasons, and where the facts arc positively known to the minister. A 50,000,000-foot gas well ha* come, in on the Hobbs farm, four miles south of Tipton. Gas was struck, the tools were thrown out, and the drillers had to run for their lives. The well is <*qual to if not larger than the Wallace well, struck near Fostoria, Ohio, seven years ago. Congressman Crumpacker settled the Hobart postofflcc squabble by deciding to retain Miss Jennie Spray, a cripple and a Democrat, as postmistress for the present. Elwood has cabled acceptance of ?-•>.- 000 offered by Andrew Carnegie, with condition, made, it is said, in deference to labor unions, that building shall not bear Mr. Carnegie’s name. The Farmland Natural Gas Company has developed a new oil field near Parker City, a gusher being drilled In the other night. In forty-one minutes the well spurted 300 barrels.