St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 August 1893 — Page 7

ANtDYL OF HONOLULU. I A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Written for This Paper. BY LEON LEWIS.

CHAPTER I. TUR VENOKANCE of a RIVAL A young Chicagoan was taking a lengthy stroll one line afternoon a few xniles from the capital of the Hawaiian Islands. Suddenly as ho turned a sharp bond in the road, which was bordered by rocks and trees, he camo upon a scene which at once fixed his attention. Not ten rods ahead two persons, mounted upon horses, wore approaching at a walk the one a coarse-looking man of flve-and-thirty years, in a sailor’s holiday suit; the other a girl of rare beauty and grace, whose years could have hardly numbered eighteen. They were flushed and excited, and engaged in angry contention. The man had even seized the girl’s bridle to prevent her from flying. “Is this your final decision?" he was asking. “It is,” was the quick answer. “But why do you refuse me? Are i you in love with the young fellow who visited Cape May last summer, mid saved yom* life in the surf —that luilpn Kemplin?” The question was unanswered, save by a look of increased scorn and a rosier glow of features. “That is the secret of your refusal of me, no doubt, ” continued the rejected suitor. “1 noticed at the time that you and Kemplin seemed smitten with each other. Have I not fathomed the motives of your conduct?” “You have no right to ask me these questions,” returned the girl coldly and haughtily. “All 1 have to say to you is that I will never marry you I” “Then this ride may as well end here.” Slipping to the ground the man led the horses into the wooded solitude beside the road, coming to a halt. This bold proceeding naturally surprised the girl, but she lost no time in alighting, pale with a sudden increase of anger and disgust. “Since you act in this vile manner,” ehe said, defiantly, “I will return to town on foot.” She moved away as sho spoke, bat her oppressor seized her roughly by the arm, detaining her. His eyes glared and his brawny frame trembled. “No; you shall not return on foot nor in any other way," he declared. “Under the circumstances, I am not going back to the ship myself.” “What then?” “I am going to turn outlaw! Since .you won’t marry me, Maida Stepp, you shall never marry anybody never return to your father even! I'll hide in the woods and caves of the interior, taking you with me by force!" “Villain! how dare you touch mo?” •cried the girl. “Let go of my arm this instant!” “I won't let go ! Since you won't be my wife,' you shall be worse than a slave !” Ho looked up at the immense precipices by nhleh the Nuuanu \ alley it. -closed inland, as if invoking their awful : solitudes, and clutched the jfirl -till ’ more tightly. f hoar that robbers and cut-throats . have been seen in these hills,” he added rapidly. “Ail I have to do is to I disappear with you. leaving it to be , supposed that we have been murde red. No help can reach you in this lonely i spot ” ’ Here our young Chicagoan appeared to the view of the couple, advancing ■ swiftly toward them. “Miss Stepp! Is it possible?" was his greeting. “Ralph Kemplin! Thank Heaven!” She was already free, thanks to the consternation of her as-ailant. and flow to the protecting arms of the neweom■er, nestling upon his breast. . “You see, too-confident-stranger," said Ralph, with airy and scornful intonation, as ho looked over the sunny head of his charge at the rejected suitor, who stood as if thunderstruck, “that, you have counted your chickens before they are hatched. I am hero just in time to constitute myself this young lady’s protector. At the least further insolence to her. 1 will prepare you for admission to the nearest hospital.” “Sir! I " “No reply is necessary. A crowd of people are coming around the bond, ■and you've barely time to hide in the woods and eaves of the interior, as you just now threatened. Heo" at once.” An instant the baffled villain hesitated —long enough to assure himself that several naval officers, on their way to the Pali, were just coming into view around the bond mentioned—and then he sprang into his saddle, dashing away : at full speed. As prompt and rapid as ; was his flight, however, he was not yet I out of sight when Maida Stepp, with ‘ her rescuer’s aid, was again mounted ' and on her way to the capital. “After what I’ve seen and heard,” , said the young Chicagoan, as he walked beside the girl, when the naval : officers had passed, “I must, of course. ) congratulate you upon your change of ! escort. But,” and his eyes kindled and his voico softened, “I must also congratulate myself. ” , A swift flush leaped to the girl's * “You came just in Hum, Mr. KcmpvHin ”sho murmured, shuddering. “That ; Villain would have dragged me away to i a horrible fate.” “Who is he?” , “His name is Hank Ripple. lies first officer of the Nor-'wester, my father’s ship, now anchored in the harbor. I had no idea of his real character until this hour. He has bothered me with his attentions ever since we left home last fall, but I supposed him to be harmless. I wanted to see the Pali very muei . Aunt Alice was not well enough to go ■with m q and father was too busy. Mr. Ripple offered his services, and wo had no misgivings about accenting them, so carefully lias the villain kept his real nature hidden.” “I see. You have been well and happv since I saw you last?" “Yes, thank you. I always enjoyed good health, and am always happy, and sho sighed. “And you, Mr. Kempliny"

“Oh, I can say as much,” and he also sighed. “How is your father?” i “Apparently as strong as ever. How ■ pleased ho will bo to too you.” i “The pleasure will bo mutual, of i course. I neod hardly say, Miss Stepp, | how delighted I am to see you again. I Thore is something fateful in our mcotW/* “Thore certainly is. You have saved my life to-day us surely as you did last summer when you drew me gasping from the surf. Rost assured that lam grateful.” A little hand stole out to him, and ho pressed it fervently, continuing to clasp it. “Do you over think of those days?” ho asked, the light of his eyes and the expression of his face becoming tenderer. "Think of them! They are always with me.’’ Ralph drew the hand quickly to his I lips. / “Tt’a the sumo with me,” he declared, | hie rich voico vibrating with a thrill j of joy. “I have loved you constantly । from the first moment of our acquaintance, and greatly regret that 1 (lid not tell you so lust summer. Several sentiments restrained me, among which was the fear of speaking too soon, and when, upon my return to college, I hud reached a resolve to write you my views, I learned that you had sailed with your father. Now, there are thousands upon thousands of happy ' couples who never would have marri- d if Providence had not actually bumped their heads together, but 1 do not in- i tend to wait for tiny special aids of that i nature, Pardon, therefore, dear Miss j Stepp, now and here, a single question. \ Aro you still free to accept me as a । suitor for your hand?” A look was a sufficient answer. “Then I beg cf you to legat'd moas < such from this moment.” A brief silence followed, but it was a silence full of roseate huosai.d gladness i unutterable. Probably the girl's hand i returned the pressure of the hand in which it was resting. Probably, too. ' her eyes were more eloquent than vol- ! untes of commonplace declarations. Be ; that as it may, they could not have looke 1 any happier if they had owned i the whole wor'd. The journey into town was only to > quickly ace inplished. Pa-sing the missionary printing establishment and school-room, the young couple took their way direct to the outer -t >ne pier, where ( apt. Stepp, a noble-look-ing man, with a boat and crow, wai anxiously awaiting his daughter's coming. Hei prevision respecting Ralph's reception was fully realized. No one hail ever seen the honest old mivigat >r more delighted. “Why, look at that ship," ho cried, when his joyous excitement had found I expression, as he pointed at the Nor- ‘ wester, which lay in full view of the I fort. *Tt in that thaf • i earned every dollar i shall io ■., m> j daughter. And it was your father, a- [ I must have t >ld you last summer, who ' enabled me to buy her. JI" i the first . triend I ever had. and the b- st cm . j You, doubtless, remember 11. at he first named me c mimaniUr? How ca: . ■ you here?” “Oh, 1 am simply taking a triparimn I the world." replied Ralph, hind i'\"'" j to sail in the next steamer fort mm." “Well, well,” eommenVod ( ap'.mi Stepp: "our meeting hero is a stran : > one. But. come let's be off for t he-hip. for you'll certainly honor us with a visit. Mr. Kemplin? I've forgotten all about Mr. Ripple in this excitement. Where is he. Maida? Maida explained. The surprise of Captain Stepp at Ripple's baseness was exceeded only by his consternation at the peril his daughter had encountered. An officer with numerous aids was immediately (flpatched in quest of the offender. and the little party took boat for the Nor'wester. A pleasant visit of several hours followed. during which Ralph made the acquaintance of Maida's aunt. Mis^ Alice Stepp, who was making t o- wyage, partly for her health and partly f >r reasons that were duly set forth by W r niece. "You doubtlesa wonder that Aunt Alice and I aro with my father upon such a long voyage." the girl took iwasion to say to her lover, when they had been left to themselves. "But he's now well along in years was fifty-eight I yesterday and his health is not wnat lit used to be. He lost my mother, you I know, when 1 was a baby. He has had | only Aunt Alice and me to live for all : these years, and I have always been ‘ been with him. lam the living image . ' of my mother, and he cannot bear to 1 have me out of his sight.” , " I don't wonder at it.” said Ralph. i ■ emphatically, his eyes beaming with ; । tender admiration. j “We are now on our way to the j ! Arctic ocean through the Straits of i Behring-,” continued Maida. ‘ The ! right whales have gone up into them waters —at least such is fatln-r's theory -and as this is intended to ho his lust voyaw ho is determined to make u sue- 1 cess of it. We. shall probably ^remain I here throe or four days longer. I “ And I expect to be here a like I I period.” ‘ A mutual sigh succeeded, but the i communing of the couple was contin- ■ ued, and before night they were walk- । lug the deck arm in arm, greatly to the astonishment of the good maiden aunt, i who wondered how and where they had I “got so thick” with each other. The ! next day they were almost continually together, and upon the third day they . were formally betrothed to each other. During these days not the least traeu j was found of Hank Ripple. i The hour of separation came painful--5 ly soon for the lovers. We have ’ I neither time nor space to relate the - । sacred communings and equally sacred griefs of that adieu. It was agreed 1 that the young Chicagoan should claim ” his betrothed upon her return home, - and that they would then decide in family council and according to cir-

cumstances whether to settle in Chlcag<An’deso°they separated, the Nor’wes- ! tor resuming her voyage. KnmoThat same afternoon, as Ralph Komi ' ed, near Kalika Bay, whither ho gone to look at the fish ponds una ^ | curiosities, while awaiting the turo of his own ship, which was > upon the following morning, denly found him-elf | three rough-looki ? sailois w nifiod that they had business with n • j “We’re friends of Hank Ripple, hM ( the spokesman of the trio. ..v 1 camo here in tho Nor'wester with but have deserted." , , , ‘•Where is Mr. Ripple now? a*kca Ralph. . • » “Ho has gone on with the ship. • ‘•With tho ship? Impossil 1j! We vu had men looking for him tor three I days past.” ~ , . 1 “Nevertheless ho has sailed in , I Nor’wester, so as to bo near the Cap n . t daughter!’’ . 1 “Impossible!” protested Ralph, in a voice freighted with pain. “Oh, not at all,” answered tho sailor. I “Ho disguised him .elf so thoroughly i that the Cap'n didn't know him, and | no difficulty in shipping us a seaman in my place.” | Tho information gave Ralph a ehill of consternation. “And that, isn't all, sir," resumed the spokesman of the three ruffian- 1 , lieckoning his comrades nearer, "Mr. Ripple thinks so much of you, Mr. Kemplin, j that ho tins given ns n hundred dollars i to present his compliments to you. AntUJ here they are!” The three men hurled themselves upon him at those words, and gave hin» i a terrible beating, despite all be coulil । do to protect himself, and then van-| ished as abruptly as they had appeared, ■ leaving him for dead. CSIAPTEK 11. VNDEH A TEIUIIIII.E SHADOW. A couple of hours later, a native of the island, going homo in that direction, found tho young Chicagoan sitting up and looking calmly, yet w.mderingly, around. Nearly all the Kan- ' akas speak English, and this one spoke I it fluently. Hoping to earn a trifle, he | drew near, with a respectful salutation, j ; and offered to bring a horse. "A horse? what for?" returned Ralph. I “To take you to town, sir.” “Town? what town?” i “To I lonoluln.” Marking the wondering shire with which Ralph receive 1 these words, th* Kanaka added: “You know where you are, don't you" I “No. Where am I?” The Kanaka retreated several steps ■ rapidly, title ing a ery of horror in his I native tongue, bit returned to the charge. “You can at lea.-t tell mo wh«> you I are," he sugge ded. “Who I am? I 1 don't know!” “B it yon mu-4 know where you enme from and how you arrived here?" Balph shook his head, looking thoroughly puzzled, and responded: "I don't know any thing alxmt it.” “You can certainly tell me your name," cried the Kanaka, in a fright- ( ned voice. “Name? Nami'? 1 haven't any name ns I know of." Ahis for the truth. The b’ows Ralph had received u|xm his head from his assailants had utterly annihilated hi< : memory. < >bii" Tated was all his past -his journey his wherealxmts his i qlutiouj ; U! ‘ V’ } fifhM- n'hd f-limiK ft- w»»* i rnot^*uA < or ail thv factseoiieerntuvr him * to his own name. The Kan aka was -tr<ng!v h-ripted t<> i take to his heei- without further Inquiry or e iinnmnl. hut ho hau more than the ave ago Kanaka le-art and brain, and he res died t> proß l tho my.dery <>.' !iai]>h - rin,uh»r -itimti- n. "I > ■ n’t \on . . ’ re in a ■ am<-r •■ IC . • a : : • ■ -I a . ■ ■ ■ \ : y< i i a.i \ K i ph coii - .iii- b. ow- in a desperate elb i t to furnish a solation of tins problem, out a; te t a fu! i mi mite ho wa' obliged to an-wer: "I don't know.” “W.iere were y >u alien you first kneu anythin; about out'e’.f?" tinued the Ka aka. “1 I was here! ’ Smiling involuntarily m this reply. : the Kanaka ■oqqied nearer ai d lit’ d Ralph's hut. i i< n sterling b.u .. in ptiinfulamaz nicnt. "Ah. 1 .-e!" he ejaeulat - L There wa- a bump upon Ralph's head, ludueen his ear and his f- mp nearly as large as a hen'- egg. a:.d di — i colored to blackness. Touching this bump geniiy, the Kanaka clie-ted a sharp ery of । ain. “I see,” he repeated, giving his attention to various other injuries. "You've b on waylaid knocked on tho I head almost r ardered!" < rrm it in *4 Ciarh.iixc. The con-tunption of garbage by cremation has been begun in quite a number of places in this country, and the one which is an object-lesson to our other cities in Massachusetts and New England is the double tire sys- : tciu now in use in Lowell and in other parts of the country. The I crematory is a brick structure forty feel long, ten feet wide, and twelve i feet high, with a stack seventy-five ! feet in height. The top of the furnace is reached by a platform, and the garbage is collected in carts an 1 dumped down the slopes into the feed bole- in the t 'p of the furnace. After the furnace ha- been ' '“‘“'j" ' two Hu- are lighted, Ihe I<l WS pass from 1 w ,ll>L ’ ,ire to t!ie ktH'btlgC piled on the grates, and the gas and smoke tittending the combustion then i pass to the second tire, where they ! arc consumed. All the products of ; the burning of the garbage must pass through one of these fires. We have not room for detailing how this sys- : tern is managed, but the results are such that it works successfully , wherever it has been tried, and its I adoption in many of our large cities ■ is apparently only a question of j time. Home-Made. There should be a scale for all such things as home-made jellies, canned fruit, etc., as the articles produced on the farm would be better prepared than those put up at sonic factories. The Great Eastern w.is the largest ship ever built—-680 feet long, 83 broad, 60 deep, a.ud 28,627 tons burthen.

hut free coinage. | silver men from forty-two STATES MEET. ^,!rjT.’!”t- -....

Pi accai , P art of the Trir th, ’ N,uM — --d Ten Delegates l n Attendance. fnr fmT would have tube sought KU future sessions. i h V ndr S d and ten fielegat-s from forty-two State-! and Territi ries representing all political parties and every shade of political belief, rallied to discuss silver. It was an enthusiastic body of men. They had met for a single purpose, and they kept that purpose steadily ih mind. A grave crisis, as they viewed it, had called tlmm together. J When Chairman Warner of tho Biullic League culled tho convention t'A 01 '?,. were, d to stand in tho aisles, but an Spok the inconvenience good naturcdly,

.J; A . . j wWwtl w Ml - ■ ■ '7l r1 | I > r THE CONVENTION IN SESSION AT CENTRAL MESIC HALL t .. <

as the convention was so largely at- I tended. After a few ojiening words, i Chairman Warner intro iuced Mayor ' i Harri-on of Chicago, who welcomed ’ the delegates to tho city. Aim ng • other things he said: In ahnoxt i>>. hl-inrl ■ thves know that gold sod ellviT werr th«- monry metal- of the world, bi l l i« found In p-i+pt' it i- the j trnlt of chance Ent llvi r I- work< il out ot the rocks by hard, n -tbodlc.il inevitable labor. Hwy say that those who b< hev«> tn bl met aUl.’ni are crazy If the net of l< i could I c blotted ; from t,!ie rnnaG of American political action, lb Itevctho r!I»i r wool I he w ith 1 m cent* I an ounce. I e in your deliberations, but he fenrh'-’ Cor.m a nu: tomcit (live ' the benefit r.-f vrur dehberathm* t > Ci nKre»‘». I an t toll tin '• r Cl< vel । id what (be r< pie of the l uitedhtateo want. Iwi Icome you all. Thoma- M. Patterson, in re-i* aiding I to Mayor Hnrri-in addri ss, -aid; I knop- that the Mayor of Chicago is heart ■>a-ttn »’■ <-au«c. Chh a«o Ih not a uold- i lA.- citl ’l' " ■ who ■■■ <rt know i>-ilv Wi^cpb'b ’'- ' O ’ ■ .7 •« la -if- Th i»ln,<-«•!! 1 ■ ' .-> I • ow <• ■ ■r ' ,' lb - I n ot thoconutry I hev call tin lunatic-: crnzr lunailc». »o wea-k for nnwhif u-no'-•' til we a-k for is that Ce law of Ihe .the law fee.d lir Alexander Hamllt. u. the law approved by Ueonre Washlni-O It L- reotoirjl to the «t»tiite l o* ke v. .! bout 1 t 'ng ou- a let ter or the ottHxdonof a line. Winn the Chicago Clearing Hoon - ■ ciatiou banker- meet, let them r<cail thut it I- not Hi- ta: IT imaoire tint add- to the cln-uKiug me Hnm ot the country, but that it 1- their i ■ io v that im"truck dow n all VI r : tel h : - ■ .1 i- ■ I tbo -e who have lout part of tl ■ Ir miiu. y to fc .r for th.e remainder an I to v it draw it from circulation. <ien. tlartur " du < Hi- Vddn -^ Gen. Warner er. : ■! b ior, «f I Him is, to the chair whih e <;. live red his ttddrvas an President of the Bi- \ hp CHAIBMAX A. W. THI RMAN. metallic League. The address was an exhaustive discussion of the causes of । the present financial depression, tracing them directly to the demonetization of silver in 1873, which he characterized as a crime. By it the money of the world had I>een' decrea-ed । n - half, thereby reducing t va m- nf everything but the evidom- s el debt. These it ^ad cabane, d. During the, course Os K'-S remark- In- -aid: I Hnu- tbo i n’ted States could ever have been ; Ft Fn ired inti Mpch a plot as that of 1H73 1 can- I no-"md 'k • * My only explanation of it is • no 7 V "y’ —r«eT> unawares. Nobody at ole knew that «he Sherman act demon- ! etized silver. The President did not know, i the Senate di n t know it, the presiding officer ; ) didn't know it—there was only one man who ! knew it, and he has not been hanged or in- ' dieted for treason, if ever a sepulcher stalked abroad it is the perpetrator ot that measure. That act will be known in history as "the crime i of 1873. Let the names of those who are.con- I : nected with it rot in oblivion. The comp: o- ■ mise we offer is to put.ns back under the laws 1 that obtained prior to k;j. At the close of Gen. Warner s speech 1 j the delegates jumped up in their scats | । and gave three wild hurrahs for him. I I A committee on credentials was then 1 j appointed, consisting of one member . from each State. o n motion of ex- ' Congressman Symes, of Colorado, the , Chairman mas authorized to appoint a ! committee of five on permanent organ- | ization. As this committee, the CliairI man.named Symes of Colorado, Rea>'an | of Texas, Washburn of Massachusetts, i and FuliinwK.er of Illinois. A conj--1 mittee consisting of one delegate fn m each State was authorized to bo appointed on rules and order of business, this appointment to be made by the various State and Territorial delega- ■ tions. The Committee on Permanent Organization was also authorized to

select a larger hall in which to hold the sessions of the convention. The - 1 convention the n adjourned until 2:30 ■ Ccn ! ?r»i a M er " O T? « ession was held at 1 i Central Music Hall. The various State delegations filled the entire lower floor. Colorado, with its big delegation, took ' ‘——————

'A\' OENERAr. WARNER. up a position in front and to the left of the stage. Immediately back of Col- । orado sat the Nebraska men, and be1 I a goodly numlxn- from Cali1 bv" 'L t!' Mexico sat side , / I ’A ’ 'h® viaht m front. Back of । 1 them Hlinois’ b:g dei< Rlv tion

its quarrel during most of the meeting. Indiana. Pennsylvania, and Washington had to iind seats back of the railing. The committee cn permanent organization r peril d commending Allen W. Thurman, of <>hio. \o:i of the “Old R mian," as pc: mauent < 'hairman of the convent ion. The report was ratified by a unanimous vote, and Chairman Thurman, being introduced by the retiring Chairman, was received with great applause, and pi kc in substance as follows: tlr.. ( riAiBMvN axd Gkntiemen of the (oNirNiieN rhe tight bttween those who believe that the cir-ulat ing medium of this eiee try -l i uld be h::nl nu ne. that is, real sin", v gold and silver, and paper redeemable inti: Fame and those wlio believe in the uno of soft rurnev that is. paper promisea to pay money, redeemable in other proniises to pay— I- on Since tho late demaml in the Kant to have 'he (lovemment K tn Im ."ml the cry i.■ u I no., ma.' r,,i (h- I m omllt I 'liul repeal ot । s!n rm:i-i taw. i hat ng it. regardless of fn ts with all the ilis that flesh is heir to, ! m ton.ike it i”i . tly apparent toevery t• k i .. . t - it -In .1 Id tile sliernian law be ; 7 d wlttmM t tii -I ituting anything in lieu t to: it ■ . in ; i.i.e tiuai d< st ruction of silver n m i an ■ -uu of value, and no man can il win : oHiever b< cam rest or ,| to it B fi rti. • pltn Xo m-tt r what may be said to th- । ■ t arv, t li' - m 'inis, for years and years i t । o-i , it - r< d i ' " to t oken money, after w hu-b.t he :tsm- i -niw-s itself i.own simply to t n nu -t .i n vh n h r ian r money of the countrv iifolc -« il y ।.nk ng corporation! ill 'll th- m- 1 o' tl.e j ei.ple nr upon । : her kni - o ■ ; । । -.te -ecci it :«'s. or whether it is to re-t upon tlm li d • d safe basis of 1 gold an i iv " . I i i-- e ause gold alone . i < rtainlv cnm , .; a-i in. lent basis upon v.hmh ’in- ano-aht i t i-i nmi: ting medium reiiuir. db, the o; of tl'is c< v.nf ry can safely T. V. i’nwdc iy. 'ab.tr leader, was callml ut ( ii to Mr. Pow- / derly raid ic ■. : to it present iabor. "B i; g; a Ai.. i a:i, 1 believe v. ' tire callable (f m mazing our own affairs and making <n- t wn currency ■ without hooding any dcmunls from aci'i -- tl:o water. ’ -aid ho, "Governor Waite has I eri Hei-od because he referred to tho poople across the water. He was rigiit. If there ever was a time when there was need < f cool and calm deliberate n now is the time. The entire memb rship cf the Knights of ; Labor stand a unit on Ihe question, ■ and they are in favor of free and unlimited coinage of silvtu’ at the ratio to , gold of 10 to 1. j Ignatius Donnelly kept the delegates : applauding for an hour. He said in , part: “This is the most significant ' event of our era. It is the people risj ing to the cc< asion of a great calamity. We are in the midst of the most anomalous condition ever seen on earth. : Our country is stored with every treas- ! uro that can make us rich—a most 1 fertile soil, an industrious people, la-bor-sav inz inventii ns. And yet, with ail t’he-e elements, we are staggering i int । universal bankruptcy.” After the close of Mr. Donnelly's. s]n-( (di the convention adjourned until । 8 o'clock. Free Coinage Resolutions. The Committee on Resolutions, at the •night meeting, practically determined ; ! upon a report, the nature of which was , I । utlined in the speech of Congressman ' Bryan at Central Music Hall. It was ' agreed to ignore all questions with the । exception of that of money, and to de- • I mand free coinage and the" remonetiza- i : tion of silver. Ex-Senator Reagan, of Texas, was made chairman, and Robert ■ Schilling, of Wisconsin, secretary. A I ' sub-eommittee consisting of Senator : Reagan. Congressman Bryan of Ne- | bruska, ex-Congressman Bartine of j Nevada, Ignatius Donnelly, George Washburn of Massachusetts, Thomas i Patterson of Colorado, and Mr. Man- ‘ ning of Alabama was selected to draft ! the resolutions and report to the general committee at 9 o'clock the following morning. An order of Secretary Smith reversing the practice of Pension Commissioner Raum in disability cases is found to be in line with a previous decision of Assistant Secretary Bussey. The steamer Dorset arrived at New York from South American ports and reports that five of her crew died on the voyage of yellow fever.

AROUND A BIG STATE. BRIEF COMPILATION OF INDU ANA NEWS. What Oar Neighbors Arc Doing—Matters of General amll o n! Interest—Marriages and Deaths—Accidents and Crimes Personal Pointers About Ind anians. Ilrlef state Items. A tramp was seriously injured bv a tram at Mitchell. y W R. Golden of Gas Citv, has a caue ( oasistmg of 487 pieces. Shv ehal head <>f cattle were killed by lightning in Wayne County. A large vein of tine blue limestone has been struck at Hcltonville. Martinsville Odd Fellows are te have a new hall, costing ^-9.660. i Haney. :.o. drunk, was killed by a train near Evansville. 1* ire destroyed the Golden Rule dry goods house at Bedford. L< ss, $2,000. Henry Mc<‘i’li.ough S 4. a [uosper- : ous fanner of Bartholomew County, is dead. Miss Emma I.insey. 16. Jeffersonville. was suddenly stricken blind and I dumb. । .John .1 ei’feries. a stock dealer near . I Carmel, had $550 stolen fiom his house , . by thieves. t | Sylvester Bierck. a TG-year-old lo?farN^S. ina fall from a stable

1 Patrick Carroll was burned by a gas explosion in a foundry at Fort Wayne. Hugh Leach, aged 22 years, died of consumption at the home of his father, Frank Leach, in Martinsville. Alden Cox's house, near Hortonsville. was burned while the family was at the World's Fair. Loss, $1,500. The Moore family, which numbers nearly 162. will hold' its fifth annual reunion near Farmland Saturday. Aik. 19. The Henry Taylor planing mill at Lafayette, together with several residences. were destroyed bv fire. Loss, $38.01)0. The tile mill at Curtis McCoy, leased and operated by James Murphy, five miles west of Wabash, was destroyed Mrs. Ritchie, aged about 70. while crossing the Big Four tracks at Adams. Shelby County, was struck by' the local freight and instantly killed. Mr. P. K. Polk of Tyler, Texas, desires to open correspondence with some one who served in Company I, Oneh undred-and-forty-fourth Indiana Volunteers. Richard Smith was probably fatally injured at Liberty while throwing a band on a threshing machine. He was caught by the band and knocked some distance, resulting in concussion of the brain. In the Mississinewa River at Red Bridge. Clark Lamm, aged 17. was drowned while bathing. The lad had swum the stream, and was returning, when seized with cramps, he sank to the bottom. A pa -sing freight engine is thought to have set lire to Ed Bain's stubble field, near Martinsville, and about 1.000 bushels of wheat was burned in three large ricks. W. G. Bain, formerly Morgan County Auditor, came near loshl',’'his life in iHv wheat. George Dodson, a farmer of Brown ('ounty. subject to epilepsy, was ‘•rightin'/ up” a burning log heap on his farm, when he fell in a lit into the fire. A small l>oy ran to his aid, but was unable to drag him from his dangerous position. The little fellow then ran for help, but Dodson was found to be critically burned before he could be rescued. The fast mail on the P./ C.. C. & St. L. railway, struck the rear of Jacob Young's buggy, at the crossing east of ( ambridge City. He was thrown from the vehicle and dragged several hundred feet, escaping with one rib broken and being otherwise badly bruised. Mr. Young is CD years old. a resident of East Germantown, and the injuries may result fatally. While fighting a fire in her husband's wheat field. Mrs. Joseph Wherry, living two miles west of Marion, was the victim of a painful accident and but little hopes are entertained of her recovery. Her clothing caught fire, and she was severely burned from head to ankles. Her sufferings were intense. Mrs. Wherry is 26 years of age, and is the mother of one child. An advance copy of last week’s report of the Indiana weather service, compiled in co-operation with the agricultural experiment station at Purdue University says: The temperture and sunshine during the past week were excessive, and although local rains prevailed over the State, temporarily benefiting the growing corn and potatoes, crops were reported at the end of the week as suffering from drouth, except in portions of Southern Indiana. The dry weather has affected the crops : most severely in the northern portion of the State, and reports from some of tlie northern counties indicate that the oats crop will be almost an entire failure. Wheat threshing is about completed, and plowing for fall wheat has commenced in some sections of the I State. Late reports say that the qual- ; ity of the grain is very good, but the I yield is not so large as was expected, i Without exception pastures are reported as very short and dry. and in ! some instances farmers have been compelled to feed their stock as in winter. Late potatoes, already suffering from . drouth, have been injured by bugs in | all sections of the State. Reports again I indicate that the melon crop will be i unusually large and fine. Pears are in better condition than other fruits, and grapes have apparently suffered but little injury from the dry weather. ! Wheat took a tumble at Greensi burgh recently, "The fall was caused j by the west end of the brick flowering mill of Gebs & Habeg giving way and 15.000 bushels were dumped into Lincoln street. The building' was two stories high, and the west end was used for storing grain. Under this part of the building the office was located. A few moments before the wall collapsed several persons were in the office making settlements. Persons going along the street heard the creaking of the building and gave the alarm, and those in the office saved their lives by a hasty exit.