Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1904 — Page 7

FARM AND GARDEN

Sanitary Milkina Apparatus. With the recent report of a State health board official that an epidemic of fever in one of our largest cities could be traced directly to a case in the family of a milk dealer in that locality, the urgent necessity for sanitary inspection of the milk supply. Is again made apparent to even those individuals who are rather inclined to scoff at such advanced and scientific .theories. No doubt the time will come when all milk will have to be sterilized before being offered for sale, but

MILKING APPARATUS.

even should that desirable condition of affairs be reached it will , still be obligatory upon the milkman to see that no opportunity Is afforded for the contact of the lacteal fluid with contaminated atmosphere In the stable. Probably the best way In which this can be accomplished is by the aid of the pneumatic milking machine here illustrated. It is so arranged as to not only milk the cows automatically, but also incloses the milk in an airtight receptacle as long as it is in the proximity of the animal. This Is accomplished by a reservoir suspended overhead and connected with the teat cups by a short section of hose. By means of a vacuum created in the pipe to which the reservoir its attached the milk is drawn from the teats and de-posited-Jn the receptacle, whence it can be removed to the creamery for further treatment before being placed on sale.

Farm Conveniences. The first two figures show conv-eniv ences originally sketched in the Farm Journal, which says of them: This crate should be about three feet high and fitted with sidepieces extending below It that will just fit into the side irons of the wagon body. It can thus be set upon the wagon bed in an instant and will be found most useful In moving calves, sheqp, pigs or other stock. It will fit on to a sled in the same way for winter use. It is also convenient when hauling loose material. If this is long the rear gate

CRATE, PLOW AND MOVABLE HURDLE.

can be hinged to let down, as shown. It can also be hinged-to open at the side. The slats should be, of hard wood three-quarters of an inch thick. When there is plowing to be done close to fences or trees have your smith put extension rods on the plow and a clevis to hitch the team to, like the cut. The sketch was sent us by one of our readers in Kansas, and he says it works well for him. If the beam of the plow is adjustable to draft it should, of course, be adjusted before the rods are bolted to the handles. The lower figure shows two views of portable sheep fencing used at the Colorado experiment station. It is easy to move about and set up and very readily made. DresainK Ducks for Market Ducks much the same treatment In dressing for market ns do fowls. They should be kept without

READY FOR MARKET

mouth, nnd when (lend, scald In water at a temperature of 185 degrees. After scalding, wrap them up in a flannel blanket for ten minutes, which will help wonderfully in picking.

If (’(‘aiding is properly done *nnd bird* are wrapped tip In tjiis wiiy, they can be picked easily and qulcgly. It la cuntomary with many to leave feather* around the neck for nliout two inched, also the feathers on the tint Joints of the wings, including the ana In flights. After picking clean, put them Into hot water for a few seconds and thou throw into lea water, leaving

them for several hours, or until thoroughly cold, when they may be taken out, dried, and are then ready to pack for market.—E. J. Lawrence, in Farm and Home. ' ' _' 1 , ...

How Stored Grain Shrinks. The advantage to the farmer of storing his grain and holding it till spring is not always represented by the increased price he may get for it The shrinkage during the winter storage must be taken into consideration, and this shrinkage not infrequently more than offsets the increased price, In such cases it pays the farmer to sell his grain as soon as it Is in shape to go to the market. A good many investigations have been made to discover the percentage of shrinkage in various grains. The results have varied immensely. In some of the humid States and with early gathered crops the shrinkage has been as high as 30 to 40 per cent, while grain raised in arid States and hauled to humid States and stored has gained in weight during storage. The shrinkage of wheat has not generally been as great as that of some other grains. Wheat stored in Michigan elevators lost from 5 to 16 per cent during winder. A lot of corn vpry ; heavy and little dry at the time of storing lost 30 per cent in weight by February. Tests made in other States have shown shrinkages of 10 to 16 per cent. One lot of corn that was gathered at .the time of year when it was well glazed, but containing as large an amount of water as possible and passed in a State fair competition, shrank about 40 per cent. Oats shrink little, but are recorded to have lost about 4 per cent in weight during a winter. —St. Louis Republic.

Roughage for Stock, While both horses and cattle are sometimes troubled with a throat difficulty that needs the attention of a veterinarian, in the majority of cases it will be found that that trouble is due almost wholly to the feeding of dusty hay. Horses are much given to this acute throat trouble in connection with sneezing, which will stop almost immediately if the hay is well moistened before being fed. It is a good plan, if lujy is fed In a manger instead of a rack, to sprinkle a little water in the bottom of the manger each time before feeding and then moisten the hay. Do the same when the hay is fed to cattle. It is a good plan to wet the corn stover also, for while there is less difct in it z than in hay there is enough to trouble the cattle; besides, the wet fodder is always more palatable.

The Farmer’s Wife. Don’t make a hired man of her. A woman on a farm has no more place tn drudgery than she has in the city. The duties of any home are sufficient for The wife. No woman can be a wife, a herder of cattle and swine, a milkmaid and do the general chores about the house. No woman ought to submit to such work; and no man will allow it. lie who does so can scarcely be called a man. Women wear out fast enough In the general course of life, and just because they happen to live on a farm it is no reason why they should enter into a life of slavery.— Exchange.

Cultivation of Oats. At Cornell University oats were sown broadcast, in the usual manner, the yield per acre being thirty-seven bushels. On another plot the oats were drilled in, fifteen inches apart, the hand-wheel hoe being used to work between the rows. This may appear to some as giving a large share of labor in that manner, but as the yield on the drilled and worked plot was sixty-one bushels per acre the method is worthy of attention. A man with a wheel hoe can go over a large piece of ground in a day, and it is possible that the method wifi pay.

A Dairy Pointer. The Toronto Globe says a Canadian 'farmer who kept twenty-four cows and two hired men tested his cows with the Babcock test, and found (hat eight were unprofitable. He disposed of them and let one hired man go, and at the,end of the year found that he had made as much money from the sixteen as from'the twenty-four. Now he has got down to twelve good cows, and expects as much from them as he made from twice that number. New he can Increase up to his original number as fast as he can find or grow good cows and Increase his profits.

Migration of Dr. Howard, the new secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of Selente, writing of the manner in which seeds are carried to great distances by birds, recited an experiment Darwin which had a curious result. Adhering to the leg of a Wounded patridge, Darwin found a ball of earth weighing O’.j ounces. From the seeds contained in this ball he raised thirty-two plants, belonging to five distinct species.

food and water for twenty-four hours previous to killing, so that the crop and Intestines will be well emptied. Confine them in a sin*• 11 pen with c 1 e n n straw* so that they will not be dirty. Bleed through the

ShreddinK Fodder. The fodder shredder is doing good work in one respect, anti that Is In reducing the number of shocks of corn that stand -In the Held all winter. As the shredder husks the corn and sjireds it at the same time, farmers find that It Is more comfortable to haul the fodder to the barn that; to stand out In the fields to husk the corn and then waste the fodder.*

Vutue of Corncob*. .Corncobs are exceedingly rich In jioUish. containing over 2.3 per cent (In the ushl, and are worth saving. They are not available, however, unless burnt and the ashes saved. On farms where heavy crops of corn are -grown tlie amount of potash that could bo saved by burning the cobs Is consequently very large.

AN INDIANA TRAGEDY

MURDER OF MISS ELIZABETH GILLESPIE, AT RISING SUN. Crime Haa Disclosed Sensational Scandal in One ofthe Hoosier State’s First Families Twin Brother Charged with the Deed. A thrilling drama is being enacted in Rising Sun, Ind., a little city of 1,500 touts, situated bn the banks of the Ohio River some thirty-seven miles below .Cincinnati. No m,ore fitting setting for this same drama could be desired than the section where seven years ago the brutal murder of Pearl Bryan occurred, the details of which are still fresh in the ininds of newspaper readers throughout the country. The first chapter opens on the evening sf Dec. 8, last, when Miss Elizabeth Gillespie, a member of one of the oldest families in Indiana and a leader in the society circles of her town, was shot by an unknown assassin. The crime was committed just at dusk. Miss Gillespie was moving about the parlor in her home, where she lived with her aged mother, preparatory to entertaining the Women's Literary Club of Rising Sun, which was to meet there that night. As slm passed a window looking into the street the report of a "gun rang out in the darkness and Miss Gillespie fell to the floor, blood streaming from a jagged wound in her head. An alarm was given and the unfortunate woman was carried to her room, where she lingered unconscious until the following day, when she passed away. The crime threw the town into a fever of excitement, and all kinds of rumors were rife. The day following the shooting Judge George E. Downey convened the Ohio county grand jury in special session and a sea rolling ... investigation was started. For a period of eleven da,vs the grand jurors heard evidence. Although the work of investigation was carried on as secretly as possible, sufficient details leaked out- to show that

JAMES GILLESPIE.

the authorities had discovered a domestic scandal in the Gillespie family which revealed a motive for murdering Elizabeth.

Twin Brother Accused. Despite tlie fact that rumors of a scandal had been numerous since the murder, yet the findings of the grand jury created a profound sensation. As a result of that verdict Janies Gillespie, the twin brother of the murdered woman, is now incarcerated in the county jail, while accused of being accessories to the crime are several of his relatives who are members of the wealthiest families in Rising Sun. These are Gillespie’s sisters, Mrs. Belle Seward; Mrs. Carrie Barbour, a sister of the wife of Dr. William Gillespie, another brother of the murdered woman, and Mrs. Barbour’s husband, Myron Barbour. The later is held under $20,000 bail bonds, while the two women were released under bail of $7,500. A Family FeuJ. For eighty-nine years the members of the Gillespie family have lived and died in Ohio County, Indiana. The Gillespies have all been physicians and the late husband of the rtiurdered girl’s mother was an army surgeon of note. The first differences in the family commenced with him. Trouble arose between himself and his wife which agitated this section for several years. For twenty years he never addressed Mrs. Gillespie, who was admired by all who knew her as a woman of the most beautiful and Upright character. Among the present generation of Gillespies everything was pleasant up to a few years ago. Elizabeth and her twin brother, James, were demoted to each other. They were inseparable as children ami young people. Elizabeth became engaged when she was 20, but the engagement was broken and the young man married another. Though no word of the trouble ever leaked out, Elizabeth Gillespie grew in appearance from a young girl to an aged woman, her hair turning almost snowy white within n year. She neter married, nor did her brother. James. Elizabeth devoted herself to the care of her widowed mother and threw herself heart and soul into plans which afforded pleasure to others. She was a lender in the social world and in church work. Then came trouble between her and her brother. She denounced James and Mrs. Carrie Barbour, a sister of Dr. Gillespie's wife, and thus another family feud was' brought on which culminated in murder. James Gillespie left his mother's house and went to live with his other sister, Mr«. Belle Reward, across the street. Dr. William Gillespie had married a niece of Dr. Thad Reamy. a noted Cincinnati physician, ami had moved to that city. His wife’s sister married 'Myron Barbour, nnd they live directly across the street from the Gillespie homestead, adjoining the Reward residence.

It 1s known that Miss Gillespie has hem in mortal (error of her brother for n long time. On several occasions lie boat her and threatened her life. She had consulted Mayor diaries Watson, her attorney, regarding the mutter. None of (lie four persons Indicted went to see Miss Gillespie as she lay dying in her home across the street, nor did they attend the murdered girl’s funeral. The outcome of the.cake will be watched with Interest.

Dr. H. F. Swanback of Nebraska wears the iron cross of Prussia, given him by Frederick IV.

JAMES L. BLAIR PASSES AWAY.

St. Louis Man Under a Cloud Dies at Eustis, Fla. James L. Blair, former counsel for the world’s fair and the central figure in a big embezzlement scandal in St. Louis,

J. 1.. Blair. Lottis, was charged a short time ago by a former employe with the embezzlement of large sums of money that bad been intrusted to hita. Mr. Blair undertook to fight the charges and then broke down. It is alleged that he twice attempted suicide, but the fact has not been fully verified. His country house in the suburbs was dismantled and everything of value, including his horses and carriages, sold. Mrs. Blair, who was president of the board of lady managers of the world’s fair, resigned and devoted herself to nursing her husband. In the meantime insurance companies Tn' earned nearly Si,<XXJ,OOO worth of insurance began to contest the policies on the ground that he had taken them out for the purpose of defrauding the companies by killing himself. The eases are still pending in the federal courts. Mr. Blair was born in St. Louis in 1854. He was the third son of (Sen. Francis Blair and the grandson of Francis Preston Blair of Washington, D. C., a friend of Lincoln and Jackson.

Fifteenth Annual Convention Begins Sessions at Indianapolis. The fifteenth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America opened in Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis, Mou-

ELIZABETH GILLESPIE.

day morning. Approximately 1,000 delegates were present from the various districts of the country, Canada being also represented. The convention was to continue for ten days and be followed by the annual joint conference betweeh the miners and coal operators of the States of Indiana. Illinois, Ohio and western Pennsylvania. It is at the joint conference that the wage scale for the ensuing year is fixed. It involves 300 operators and 150,000 miners. Illinois, with 350, had the largest single State representation. Early Monday morning there arrived the Michigan del-

egation, 100 strong; district No. 5 of Pennsylvania, with 100 delegates, headed by Patrick Dolan, the district president, and district No. 1, with 150, headed by T. D. Nichols. The convention was opened with an address of welcome to the delegates by Mayor John Hcdtzmnn. which was briefly responded to by President Mitchell, who then announced the following committee on rules ami order of business: G. W. Lackey, district No. 11; Edward Cahill, district No. 12; Adam Rescavnge, district No. 1.

The report of the committee A credentials was then called for. The committee, consisting'of John J. Mossop, North Lawrence. Ohio; Patrick Fitzsimmons, Olphant, Pa., and William Blackley, Lintoii, Ind., had been nt work on credentials for three weeks.

Great Destitution Prevails in Macedons. The latest reports to the American board front the relief centers in Macedonia show that there nre now' IOOJMMI persons homeless nnd without means of support for the winter. Of this number about 52.1 HM) nre in Monnstir vilayet. Tlh- Turlcixh government is affording some relief and funds arc coming from America nnd England. There is f£ar on the part of those on the ground that unless some decisive ateps are taken during the winter there will be another |s>litical outbreak in the spring.

A duel was fought nenV Paris between Captain L-»vi of the Fifth regiment of Engineers and Captain de Malmoy. nnd the foymcr was wounded in the arm. The duel was the result of an altercation over the Dreyfus case. ,

A Bio Grande freight train was wrecked at Adobe, Colo,, nM the discovery that the spikes and tish plates hud been removed from twajaOls lends to a belief that train wreckers intended to ditch the Pacific coast limited, which was due at the time of tlie accident.

The I’nion National and Colonial Na' tional banka of Cleveland have consolidated under the nnine of the former, with Senator M. A. Hanna, who was nt the head of the Union National, ns president. The consolidated capital stock ia >1,000,000, and the deposits >10,000,000.

died at Eustis, Fla., Saturday evening. He had previously been taken with a congestive chill and 11 ever recovered. Mrs. Blair and their son Perry were with -him at the time of his death. Mr. Blair, who had been one of the foremost lawyers Land reformers in St.

MINE WORKERS MEET.

MRS. BARBOUR.

TOMLINSON HALL.

REPORTS 100,000 HOMELESS.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Sister Accuses Brother of Fraud nt I unernl of I other—Constable’s Aid Convicted of Manslatightci—Thieves Rob Coat Cars and Sell to Poor. . According to reports from Poplar Grove there was it sensational scene at the funeral of Jacob Harness, an Octogenarian. who died a few days ago. Deceased was once wealthy, but gave his property Io his children. At the open grave it is alleged lliat Mrs. Easier Barker, a daughter, turned on her brother, Solomon Harness, and bitterly accused the brother of getting their father drunk and forcing him to deed all his property to Solomon and George Harness, then taking him to the poorhouse. Friends tried to quiet the. woman, but she refused to be sUonced and continued her tirade until exhausted. It is claimed that Jacob Harness bin! property amounting to $60,000 which he turned over to The sons. The Harness brothers frequently have been threatened with whitecapping for neglect of their father. and for months there has been great excitement iu-t-heneigliborliood; ——

Constable’s Aid Guilty. In Slielbyville the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Ola B. Powers, which means a sentence of from two to twenty-oneyears. Oct. 10 Powers iwoeiired a warrant for William Wells and returned to assist the constable in making the arrest. Wells went to Fairland on an interurban car ami when met by the constable and Powers started to run. Powers shot twice and Wells was killed. Powers is 23 years old and has a wife and two children. Wells was barely of age and owed I’oweis a bar bill. Powers claimed that Wells bad obtained drink under false pretenses.

Patterson Pleaded Guilty. Andrew Patterson, who shot two emplo.VM of a mining company's store at Fontanet, and who was caught at North Vernon, pleaded guilty in Terre Hunte. Judge Piety withheld sentence to await the result of the wounds of the two men. Patterson said lie was drunk and when one of the men kicked him while he was in the store, he used a shotgun. The second man. named Hein, he said, was struck by some of the shot fired at Parrott.

Coni Th ieves Were Busy. Lafayette authorities have ascertained by investigating Foal stealing cases flint quite an industry lias sprung up in the vicinity of the railroad yards. Because they told pathetic stories of suffering and poverty many of the coal thieves arrested have been allowed to go unpunished, but it develops that in many cases the coal is stolen from the railroads by persons wh o sell ,it to.4h wouhLuoL stoop to theft themselves. Fine for Ducking Teacher. Ira and Floyd Deckard. Pearl and Katherine Purks and Gertrude and Jessie McClellan, the six school children who "ducked” Miss Erline Sinclair in a pond near the Parks school in Cass township Dec. 8, pleaded guilty to rioting and were fined ?5 and costs each.

May Part Yonug Elopers. On New Year's day Everett Cleis, aged 19 years, of South Bend, and Maine Lucille Murray of Goshen eloped to Cassopolis, Midi., where they were married. Cleis’ parents were strongly opposed to the union and will take legal action to annul the marriage.

Brief State Happening* The large canning factory which was to be located in Tipton may not materialize. Mrs. Daniel Gordon of Greenfield is asking-the court to grant her a divorce because she wants to disinherit her husband. She claims there is no ill feeling between them. James Tilbstlt, g woodworker of Kifbiville, Tenn., is uy-der arrest in Lafayette for shooting MaZK Flannery in Chicago. Tillett claims Flannery was intoxicated and attacked ’’ ! m and that he shot in self-defense. James Vernor, proprietor of a large dairy farm eeven miles from Lafayette, will build a spur of railroad track from the Monon Railroad to his farm in a few months. The track will be used only for the traviporthtion of his own products. Realizing that death was a question of only a few hours, George P. Moorehead of South Bend sent for his bride-tq-. bei Miss Mary Nicar Tutt, and, propped up by pillows, became the husband of the roung woman. A few minutes later Mr. Moorehead willed his bride his fortune of $50,000. Two hours after the the groom'was dead. Mrs. C. L. Fisher of Indianapolis was awakened at midnight by burglars pounding on her door and, demanding admission. She jumped from a second-story window her night robes and ran barefooted sev<**ul blocks. She met two policemen, who hurried back to the house nnd were met by a fusillade of shots from the revolvers of four men. There was a running fight and two of the burglars were wounded, but all escaped. Hamilton. Ohio, police nre asked to locate Llewelyn H. Vinnedge, a member of one of Butler County's leading families, who has disappeared from Anderson, where he is alleged to be short $5,000 in his accounts with the American Wire Nail Company, of which he was chief clerk. He is said to have cashed the cqtapany.'a check for $5,0U0 Dec. 31. representing to the bank that he wanted it for the pay roll. Vinnedge was n deacon of the Presbyterian Church and vice president of the Y. Mri'. A. • It ds charged that he led a dual ’life ami lost heavily la gambling.. His relatively are ignorant'of his whereabouts. At Kouts Willinm I* Lane, a contractor. fell off a building, breaking his neck. He was a former resident of Chicago, nged 37, nnd leaves a widow and th.-ee .children.

Walter Phinney escaped from the Terre Haute smkllpox hospital nnd was found drunk on the street. He fought the police who seized and took him to the pest house, where lie died. Great alarm is felt nt Normal City on account .of the race war. The negroes have received arms and ammunition and the police with many deputies are guarding the homes of leading negroes.

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

One Hundred Years Ago. Napoleon threatened to exterminate the Portuguese nation unless it declared war against Great Britain. ' John Dalton made the first announce* ment of his atomic theory. The German universities of Rambeq&r Dilligen and Dttisberg were closed because of the threatening military outlook. Kara George, the hero of Seivia, organized an uprising which later expelled the Turks from hiskconnfry? The universities of Kazin and Kharkov were founded by order of the Czar of Russia. - _____ _ The military post at Natchez, Miss., was turned over to the Unitel States government by the Spanish officials there.

Seventy-five Years Ago. 75 YRS AGO . •.. Vincente Guerrero, afterwards deposed by Santa Ana, was elected pusident of Mexico. Gen. Andrew Jackson, then presidentelect of the United States, was burned iff effigy in the statehouse square at Hartford, Conn. A revolt against Spain was started by the Society of the Black Eagle in Cuba; The first ship built in ths new territory of Florida was launchei at St. Augustine. The anniversary of the battle of New Orleans was celebrated £t New York with a great public dinner in Tammany Hall.

fifty Years Ago. The Astor library was opened at New News of a Turkish victory over the Russians nt Citale on Jan. 0 was conveyed to the British, French embassies at Vienna. Messages were received from Honolulu indicating a strong sentiment there in favor of annexation to the United States. The American frigate President, captured during the war of 1812, arrived at Valparaiso flying the' British flag. The Irish process nnd practice act was put in operation in Ireland to stop the dishonesty of the courts and law officers. Two English warships appeared before Sevastopol and their commander notified the Russian admiral that the allied fleets had entered the Black sea.

forty Years Age,. Two Confederate prisoners who had escaped over the fence at Camp Douglas, Chicago, were found frozen to death on the prairie. Newspapers called attention to the wars and' insurrections in nearly every country of the globe, Mexico' and the South American republics being reported in a “chronic” state of revolution. A motion was made in the House of Representatives at Washington to expel Garrett Davis of Kentucky for alleged disloyalty. John Dean Caton resigned as chief ju»tice of the Illinois Supreme Court after twenty-two years’ continuous service on the Supreme Lench. President Lincoln ordered that S.Vgeon General William A. Hammond be tried by court martial for alleged mismanagement.

Thirty Years Ago. President U. S. Grant, angefed at the rejection of Attorney General Williams and the opposition to Caleb Cushing for chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, threatened to nominate Jeremiah 8. Black, who had been a member of Buchanan's cabinet. Attorney General Williams withdrew as a candidate tbr justice of the United States Supreme Court, President Grant, who had nominated him, being convinced that confirmation was impossible. Cardinal Pacia's edict forbidding the exporting of art objects from Rome war officially repudiated by the Italian government. "Remodeling” of the White House wae declared finished, nnd the east room was said to be the largest in the United States, excepting public halls. Caleb Cushing of Massachusetts, who had just been confirmed as minister to Spain, was nominated by President Grant for chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Serrano, the newly elected president of the (then) Spanish republic, announced that he would not convene Parliament for a year, but would devote* himself to suppressing the revolutionists.

Twenty Year* Ago. The class of IS2II of Hniyard Unb ( versify held its annual reunion at Cain-' bridge. Dr. Oliver. Wendell Holmes, the Iter. James Freeman Clarke and other famous members attending. French troops expelled the Chinese officials of Kontqy, in Tonquin, and took possession of tlie government there. Henry B. Payne, a Democrat, was elected United States Senator by th* Ohio Legislature, charges being mad* that the Standard Oil Company had contributed >250,000 to his campaign fnnd. Premiums totaling >22,011 were paid for a year’s sitting In Henry Ward Beecher's church at Brooklyn. N. Y.. I>esides the regular rental of >l2O each. IL B. Claflin, the dry gcoda merchant, heading the list with. a bonus of >575 tea first choic*.