St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 12, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 October 1894 — Page 7

BALL SEASON IS PONE. RECORD OF GAMES PLAYED BY LEAGUE CLUBS. &*" Haul by Revenue Officials in Tennessee— Battle with Bandits in Arizona— New Grand Sire of the Odd Fellows — Coinage of Silver. Diamond Is Deserted. One final change was made in the tables of the b ise-ball league by the closing games. It was a rise of <id joint fi !• the St. I o :is Browns over the (’incinnatis. Corni-key s team ha; been farther from the pennant this season than ever before, ba t as ttie Reds luck hat been in former years. The Browns played their last game at home :nd fortunately had an easy tea n for op; one its the Washingtons. The Browns boat the senators twice and as the ( incinnatis could not d i retter than tie with the ( levelands, the St. Louis pas ed the Beds and finished in ninth place. At Louisville Brooklyn won one and lost one. Chicago finished in the eighth place, which i better than its early performances in the yea • warranted. The season of 1894 is at an < nd. A complete record of all the game - p ayed by a 1 the clubs in the National League follows. It shows how manv vict ries em-h «.>inh » f,-. >»> ni> »>... :-»j- ■ how many lost : n I to whom, and the closing position of each club in the rate: ill Si -9 •« 5 I .3 ® “ CLUBS. £ ~ x - g q d x ® * * - n » □J*। —- $ n ~ ~। s > 3 C §' «l ? Xt p ~ * T 7: £ C x $ ;—« .— *! X . ;X w i** -2 Baltimores .. c 4 c sj r 0 irtOiß hl 0 New Yorks If, . e 71 i>| 51177 10 12 Bostons |sG . I r, ys7i; 8r 1 ■ Philadelphian .... 47 6| |75 8 5 8 8 Brooklyns 4 f Jfl 67 f, < y 8 Clevelands 3331 7 al 4pi h s s ■. Pittsburgh 4444 .v s 3 6 7, s 9 Chicanos 31 5 7 G| 2 G 1 ' 6 6 7 k St. Louis. 251«74 3; e G 56 (. Clncinnatis 2 1.4 2r,3|5! c, 7 -7 Wash ngtons 1 2 3 1 3 4 4 t , 5 Lonlsvides 2 । 2 3 t 3; 3 4 g 5 '4 SUMMARY. Games Po,t- Per _ . PliyeJ. Won. Lost, poned. cent. Baltimore 128 8t 33 5 ,«i New York 132 88 44 0 t. 7 Boston 132 81 49 0 .62V Philadelphia. 127 71 56 5 ,559 Brooklyn 131 70 t ;i 1 Cleveland 129 68 61 3 .5-7 Pittsburg 13 4 65 6> 2 .50 Chicago 132 57 75 0 .41 St Louis 132 fG 7,5 0 .4 ’4 Cincinnati 129 m 75 3 .419 Washington.. .132 45 87 0 ,341 Louisville 130 36 94 2 .2'7 MOONSHINERS CAPTURED. Largest Haul Ever Made tn Kentucky Men, Women and Bova. The largest gang of moonshiner that ever est the Big Sandy Valiev passed through Ashland, Ky , Monday en route to Louisville, where they will be given early hearings in th ■ Ignite i States Court. The crowd was in charge of Unit ’d States Marsha! “aid Gro t. 1 f Johns^t County. assisted by a sc >re of deputies, and represented the hauls of two months pi t. In the past six months Gro r and bis deputies have destroyed thirty-seven set arate stills and tho ^and* of gal'on- of their prod uct, commonly designated “inoonshine.’’ They ha e arrested about Toffenders and spotted numerous others, who will be taken as soon at the opp rtunity offers. In the capture of the vari us gangs some thrilling work has been done, and ^ome na- row escapes experienced. Seven of Greo ~ officers are now laid up for r pairs at different t urns in Floyd and Johnson Counties, while a out twenty of t o moonshin rs are also regaining their strength in various up-Sa> dy a L. The-e 'a’ter will follow their m re fortunate fellows to Louisvill ■ and L> the penitentiary as soon as their condition will permit < f a change of quarters. In the gang Monday were PH ollenders. Their’ ages ranged from 1> t ■ ’>, and in the degre ■ of their ci ime the e was ;n e ,ua! variance. S me of th'men have grown old and gray .n the business, s nne had followed it lut a short while, others had retailed the spirits for the makers, and others ha , boldly labeled it sor.hutu. and br< ug t it out by the barrel in push boat-. 'l'l.e boys were usually the sons of t ;e o d operators, who were f reed into the work from childhood ami literally knew nothing else. Several women were also among the lot. GRAND SIRE OF THE WORLD John W. Stebbins Elected to Hlph Office by the O ld Fellows. John W. Stebbins, recently e’ected Grand Sire of the world in Odd Fellowship b. the Sovereign Grand Lodge, 1.

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fifteen, of which Horace Greeley was a | member, which drafted the terms of ; agreement that led to the uniting of j the old Whig partv with the Republi- j cans. Mr. Stebbins became an Odd Fellow in I^*o. He was Grand Master for two terms: seventeen years ago became a member o the t.rand Lodge and was succe-sively Grand Warden. Deputy Grand Master, and Grand Master. He has ri en from Chairman of the Appeals Committee to th • office of Grand Sire. The Grand Sire in his annual report said that ince the last con. ention in the South, held in Atlanta twenty years ago, the membership in the Southern States had increased from K,OOO to 5 1,000, and to the people of the South Odd 1 ellowship had become an established institution. The total membership of the order was now 780,OCO, or, inc uding the sisters of the Rebekah degrees, 889,000. To this should be added a membership of 25,000 in foreign jurisdictions, making a combined membership of 900,000 men and women. The net increase in membership during the year had been .‘3,000. This was less than the year previous, but this might 1 e accounted for in the United States by a a^ason ot financial stringency that

lessened the resources or the people. In Canada the order has made greater progress than in any year of its history. In no department of the work had there been such decided progress as in making provision for the aged members and orphan children. In many States new homes had been opened, while numerous jurisdictions were accumulating fundsand pieparing buildings for the laudable work. WHEN WILL HE DIE? Great Anxiety for the Health of the King of Siam. < The absorbing subject of conrersa- | tion in I angkok is the c ndition of the ' Siamese m mar.h. When will he die? i

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the general ignorance on the subject, and ,1. G. Scott, British charge d'affaires, deemed it a<vnable to 1 ring down uiiether gunbi at from 1 long Kong ;» , ~f the alarminir rumors in high circles. ' . r ilio c.ty ■ is thus on-> of intense o viton ent. It has been asserted that the King is l> it suffering from an attack of fever, brought on by r sidence at Col eiChang an island in the < mill of Siam The real i au-e i f ai ment, however, is

ndulgen e in an । sthet cs. Io - years < hloral has been the la orite drtig of the Siam 1 s I mo na r c h , and m w its poi onous effects are felt' with a severity that ' leaver mall hope < f ;■ eeo\ ery. Maha Vajirunbh is the ( rown 1 r i n ce, oldo-t so i of ( hulalongki rn, who will probably succeed hisi

father. In Siam, h< w.ver, th" right of primogeniture is not tuily re< ognizod as a fundamental law of the realm, and the Se abodee, or Council of Mate, up in the death of the reigning sovereign. may « Sect a king. T: <• C rown Prit c •, whose full s ame i- Sum detch Ch<>« fa Maha Vh irunhis, U but Iti years el I. CO NAGE OF SILVER Dtdlxr* t<> Ihr >umHor of I .MH.2 Turned Out ot the .Mint. S cretury Carlisle ma« ea stat- nu n‘ cone ruing the c< inage of diver dollars unde this adminiMrati‘% ■ » coinage being under the u epaled portion of tiie Sherman a< t it »h ws that since the administrate n <'nm« into p wer '1,.>:>.2-. Htan-mr.l silver dollars have been e dned, of winch M-o, « ( 9 have been seigniorage. Ti.e Secretary says: UnlkUe law proHiei th..t radeotned treasury u»u« may be reKtuod. It nis«i trail s ■. »n espre»s ilmltn l >n upon ibv power to ro.SsUv b»- declarlnv that -nn tr-uur or .v.s touuuat ot such Holos slt silt» ’ uta. stuadln,' al any tin < thau the c> t .? t - sliver l u ilm An 1 the standard •1 v< r,l lai’s Colne 1 UH-retroin then h« i<l u t - treasury purchased by such n»n< When such notes uro redecln ;o 1 there is no obstacle in the u », of t .".r reIssue, because such redrmpt on >!> > • rm affect the stock . f sijxcr hold I i the ir usury uutier ttu? act of July 4. I* • i t . u they arc redeemed with silver cmned fr in the bullion purchased under that u -t. they must be retired and cancel el, for ot rrwisii there would tie. after the rMi-uu ti n and rel-sue, a treater mount of notes . utst imlbut than the C st . f the '4-er originally turrbisel all d then hel l In the treasury, an 1 tbl- expre-s y pr-ml i.d by tho statute. T.m jutj i s f tcnih » was to prevent the duplication of tin- urroocy. which would p„ the , |f t n< t> s aid - v< r purch soil with t .o nite, eeuol bo outstandlny at the salve tlmw Treasury notes o elvod tn the ordinary course of business. or redeemo ! in cold or exehanred for silver dollars » t u- 1 from bull! n. pureh.is d under il.o -o t of July 14 ;si ~ me net retired and e nod < d All such n >tes ar.- rel-.in d Prs r S" the last day of July. Ml, silver dollars t • the amount of f 5.J1'.264 were coined fr< • . ibo bullion purchased under that act The s - tailed gain solrmdrage arising fn: this coinage was ?6.-f‘>7. s<)3. v hlcb a a-paid In o the trensur.- ns a n.lscv: Iswims rec. ;t, leaving. '29 4'0.4f>l to bo he i ax n fund to pr >vide for the redemption of the tr< :i' : y notes, as provided by law. BATTLE WITH BANDITS Three Men Hold I p a Southern I’aelflc I x ores • in A r izon i. The Ix ldest express r. bbery over known in Arizona was committed near Maricopa Monday night. The train he'd up was the e sibound Southern Pacific, and the i ex; eradoes ate believed to have secure 1 *-*MJ k» in gold. The robbers were pu’s’ied and i a desperate light with the Sheri g > p >~so ■one robber was shot an I another captured. Two of the bandits who attacked the train were n asked and the third who was a mere b\v. ’ was not. The robb.-r wh jecI viously cl nibel iron the train jin tured ’.he head-brakeman and i comrebed him io turn on the a r । brakes and stop the train. The other j l andit cov" - ed th > engineer, who with i the brakeman was comje led to go j back to the express car and induce the messenger to open the door. The boy was then hoied into the ca”. Whifo he was searching f< r expres- treasures the two bandits guarded each side of the tram. When ti.e b y came from the <a- the trainmen, who were under the bandits' guns, were compcl e.l to march with the bandits a short distance into the bushes. There the robbers relea-ed their pris ners. and, mounting the horses, rode away. I'eualty Is De < i h. The penalty for robbing trains in Arizona is death. The po.-se, It d by Sharin' Murphy of Maricopa bund the trail of the robbers at the point where they had crossed the Gila River, seven miles east of Ph » nix. Soon afterward they came upon a camp r hich the robbers had hastily abandoned. There they found three Winchesters and three horses. Not long after this they overhauled one of the bandits, whom they called upon to throw-up his hands, instead he turned upon the officers and fired, but a charge of buckshot from the sheriff s gun brought him to the ground. Another was afterward captured, but the third e caped. Gustave Humbert, a Senator of France and Minister of Justice in the Freycinet Cabinet, died at Paris.

O. < >. F., at Chattanooga. Tenn . is .5 ; years of age. He is a native of New York, and resides at i Rochest r. After graduating from Union College he be- I came principal of 1 Macedon Ai a em.. He stuilied law. wus I an in 1-5 > was cleet- | ed to the State I eir- j ■of the committee ot I

AGRICULTURAL NEWS A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. Cut Down the Russian Thistles Before the Seeds Rlfpin—Top-Dressing; Winter W heat and Rye—Experiments with the SiloApple Growing in lowa. The Russian Thistle. Kill the Russian thistle by cutting I It down before the seeds ripen. There ■ is not a moment to lose. If the weed is allowed to seed, it will then be too late this season, as it is almost Impossible to destroy the weed by burning, and once it begins to roll it will scatter the seeds for miles. This pest has been a terror to the Northwest, and since it was reported utoon in Bui 15, botanical division department of agriculture (sent free uj^pn request to Washington.) lias be|n found for the first time at Ham- । mond, Lake County, Ind ; Canonl Falls, Goodhue, County, Minn; I Marshall, Lyon County, Minn.: North-J western, Jefferson County, NeU|l Blue Hill, Webster Conntv. Stockville, I rentier County. Parks, Dundy County, Neb ; La Salle, 1 Welde County. Col.; Nampa, Ad A County, Idaho; Manitoba, ( anada^j < >ur Illinois correspondents also r«J port up to August 27 tlie appearanc^ of the jest at s veral northern and 1 eastern joints—St. Charles, Polo, Hampshire. Peotone, Nachusa, and Davis Junction. In each of these latter • uses it was g owing along railroads. since only a few specimens are found in each locality, vigilance on the part of farmers can prevent its spread Lei each land owner examine railroad rights of way and banks of water cour-cs in his vicinity. Scattering plants cin n()W easily lie destroyed Later the task will Le difficult, and may be Impossible. When found place s ec mens on exhibition at tho I'O-twT o, -»that all may l>ec"me familiar with it- I nles- eradicated in these places Instantly, the whole adjacent country may become infested anot er year.— ^Ymericm Agriculturist. r.X|HTlrrm wlt h I hr‘•iln. The Wisconsin station reports that the cheapen floor e<ms -is of so id clay raised a few inches above the surrounding ground. The foundation should D> of st<me or Lrlcic, though thi- is not al--lute y nervssary. Concrete formed of gravel and cement is c in i L good, especially up to the surface of the ground The wall upon wit.ch the hRL rot should he at least six inches ai-ovc the floor am! eight im in - aUne the ground surfa c. The sills should to anchored to D e masonry by means of Iron nxis. They mar tn- made of two pieces of :xs or 2xio in'-h stuff spiked together Thme should painted w th << al tar and lie bled Sn m wt.vr wthtb-co!- --. 4^? Ilir corm is an w ii spiked together seldom med. even f r no aT *trueturex Ixp -imc .t- carried rm at theWhe . isin Em < rim nt 'Utinn with a v,’ a t«> d- :• r :i -e the re'*ure wb. h wassafc to allow on the In thr -e tests the upr.ghU were 1* inches ajar:. To l-c -ecured aga n-t in ti.e wail- i- n ~-t t->cn'tal the air and spoils the ensilage. The u*ual lining consists of tw • thickthickness of tar ja; >r -h" d ! e used theinsi e t f-1. s with coal tar or pre-e ving the w I Si me prefer an ordinal v c at of paint Ap;»u< Gr”w Inc In low*. Pcojdc who thong t In jiioneer days that no tru t could be ra -ed in lowa aou’id !>e -urprised to visit S uthern lowa. Th< greatest apjde business seems to I e doing in the Vicinity of Glenwood, where lowa’s Attorney Gtrneral, Horn John Y. Stone, indulge-- in a little recreation occasionally by going out to look at the fruit that grows on a 700-acre farm. A Davenport paper re ently said that the orchar Is of lowa were dv ngnnt and the t.-.i-mt— 1 .coning uupto..tatJe, that it had fallen 0.. in the la«f twenty vears. Hi cor re ting this ,-tatement the Glenwood < ipinion Shows a wonderful Lu-ine-- in fruit in the - ■ ithwestern part of the Mate. That paper says that within ten miles of that place th ie are 7'c',fiio apple trees growing, John Y. Stone’s farm alone has ijc.m. 0, and in Mills County there are probably as many as in the whole of lowa twenty years aga The Council Bluffs Nonpareil adds that J remont. l’age, and I’ottawat taniie Count es have also imim nse apple orchard.-. The tir-t premium lor apples wasawar ed to lowa at the World’s lair. Apples shipped fiom Mills County by tra 1: load, three yearsago, the finest Jonath ,ns ever seen, were held in cold storage and shipped to Europe toward spring, where they commanded the highest price. This year there will be 100 car loads from Griswold. Le Mars Sentinel. Clover. Clover, the common red sort. Mr. Hodgson says, is the most valuable proiender grown on our farms: that is, when projierly harvested, stored, and fed. It should be cut when in { full bloom —that is, when it contains the greatest amount of that honeydew which gives the rich aroma, as i at that time it holds its greatest

What will Imppen I afterward? (Jues- ■ tions like the-e are heard on all sides, it is death has been I repmtui at least, ha f a dozen times. Indeed, not a few I K believe he is dead | -and the intimation ' withheld for .state rea-ons from the go eral public. The I foreign ropresenta- ' tixes even share

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?w? tlv e value. If at any time be-i iween this and being stored it is sub- I wm ? heavy ra,nr an its sweetness ! W il be lost and its value depreciated. I me husbandman who does nut cut ' the clover in June, and leaves it un- 1 til he has cut his wheat, will lose 30 Per cent, of the crop. Clover should bo cut after the dew is oil, ana as soon as it ia wilted and before it begins to break, should be teddered, and while yet tough should be raked in win rows and not be ex- । posed to a night’s dews unraked. As- i । ter it is wilted it should be loosoned UP in the winrow and allowed to make and be co ked before the second night’s dews fall, and stand in the co k over n ght. When the dew is on it will be found tough and (lamp, and should be turned over, and when dry should be haule I and stored n a tight barn. When cured in this manner it has within it elements that will in the most healthy condition sustain every animal on the ( farm. Top-Dre»slng Winter Whrnt mid Rye. F Instead of hauling tho barnyard r manure to the field as made, many I farmers pile it up in the yard, ai d latter the wheat or rye is sow 1 lop^yressthe field with the thoroughly ■Recomposed material, which is U - Ftially spread directly from the wagon, ■ entailing less labor and a more even Id.strlbution than by any other plan. I There is, however, a question about making this application after sowing. Those who have tried both plans in the same field and uj>on the same croj\ prefer to apply the manure just previous to the ia»t hat rowing, or at least I efore drilling, as this insures not only a more even distribut ion but a fining of all lumpsand the covering with s 11 of a large je cent, of the manure, jvlacmg it nearer the growing plant, where the soli will absorb the fertillt' - , instead of allowing it toescajc. as much of it does when simp.y scattered over the surface The more thorough tho harrowing the better the effect of the manuic. Carr of Brood Sowa. Pork Is worth so much money this spring that farmers cannot ass rd to n< gleet the sows that are alout to drop their p gs. If left in the woods, about the straw stacks, orcven in old sheds, very wet or lit ter cold weather may overtake them just at the critical time, to the certain loss n'nnny or all of the tender little pigs There is time enough, if one lakes ; d vantage of IL G> tit up some old stalls or other convenient places to make the sows omfortable. There Is no need of extra warmth, provided the pen is dry and pro crly Ndded. Leaves are better than straw to k cp Ibe little pgs from getting tangled tip as they crawl al> ut. The sow Should be jut in the Icn some days before pa turition, to ac ustoin her to the new surroundings and if *hc D of a wild nature she should be dis da- iittio as j» -<!• 1 ndcr Tl»k MUw.>rm’« DS«». 1t h said that no insect but the silkworm wul eat the leaves of the lu nll sc rr v tree In -eiMus wben the grS'shqqier or the army worm aboilti i* every of! D- an I | lant dewurer- Lit the muii-’rry will t--wid eat c' rvthing else tint, and, when a l t <' r-'l * gone w th wry mouths will then i n kle the rnub berrv leaves. It - ‘em* to lie the one the support of the -iikwurm. AtK-41 u K m lime may Ie used freely on all i m l that is pi w< >l. Ls eSi’ il w il t'* ti >ti , ' d fur several years Tui apple trade w th Great Britain has a-sutm d .r-at prujxirtions, amounting tn 7.” o,koo bushels within the past twelve years Potato blight is a fungus disease, and must be gotten out of the soil by growing the potatoes on new plots of ground every year until the disease , leaves the old potato field. The success of Denmark in l-uttcr making is almost wholly depx'ndent upon the education of everv mean er ' ot the farmer’s or buttermaker’- ( family in the most advanced lines of butter-making science. THERE, are farnmrs who grow a r w , acre«of wh at w. r> o-ir, d»-j.Belts , low price, t hav • (lie -traw. The.v Ser lid* jjiviiu : - - * 1 ’ - *“ f Ans straw is very valuable for bedcfflg and other purposes. J.ah'.e as is the corn crop, the weight of ttie Todder equals that of the ears on each acre, as a rule hence the crop of fodder is as enormou- as that of corn, and is nearly as valuable if carefully saved and used for stock. The silo saves this food and keeps it in the liest possible condition for winter use. Those who keep young stock alive through the winter on rough fodder ' for the sake of the growth tiiey will make next summer should be able to see that the summer growth could be adapted just as well and much cheaper if the animal' had been kept growing all winter. You can not ■ starve a young animal and make it up afterward Ose of the best protections against the atta ks of l ies, where there is «• । cut or a sure on an animal, or aroma ! the bass of the horns, is to int mately mix one gill of pine tar with one quart of cr de petroleum, applying a small quantity to the parts affected. The cost of the mixture is butatritle, : and it should be kept on hand, in a ’ convenient place, ready for use, as it is also one of the best linaments that i can be made. ‘ ===== People get into a habit ot worry- ’ ing the same as they do eating with i j their knives. |

HUSTLING HOOSIERS, j ■ < ITEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATEAn Interesting Summary of the More Im. portant Doings of Our Neighbors—Wed. dings ami Deaths—Crimes, Casualties, and General Indiana News Notes. Minor State Items. Columbus police are now uniformed | in metropolitan style. South Bend will probably organize ' another militia company. St’ablet lever Las broken out in * epidemic form at Brooklyn. i he famous Roby jiark prize fight cases cost l ake County * I,m 5 10. Fort Wayne authorities are still fighting the Chicasro Sunday Sun. South Bend is pluming herself at prospect of securing a un on railroad i de; ot. Mrs. Joseph R. Jones, near Muncie, is suf.ering with hydrophobia, caused l y a cat's bite. Di 'K Goodman, the notorious highwitymnn, was sentenced to five years in the pen ut Anderson. His wealth : is estimated at ssO,uuo. A. Gaßhoden, a farmer near Decatur, was gored to death by a vicious hull. This is the same animal that killed George Spangler two week-ago. W.m. Deckard, well known farmer near Bloomington, was swindled out of a large sum of money by a man who left a stolen horse and buggy as security. At Marion tho l l-year-old son of M. H. Kaylor was probably fatally shot by the acciden ai di-charge of an old revolver with which the boy was playing. John Artis, a colored carjenter, aged 70. fell from a scaffold at Sharpsville, Howard < ounty. and was instantly killed. A wife and seven children survive. Mann Emily, aged 2d years, who resides with his father on a farm so.dhea.-t of Seymour, built a fire of some underl rush and when it had got under gtMHi headway he took an epileytic tit. Falling into the tire he was s<> badly burned that he died. The I ,ig t our tram to Indianapolis j Lued uji tnc d ad body of Robert Ante- qving on the t ack near Niles. Tin’ .or, sc was horribly mangled, and it is -ui p »ed that Ames was run down and killed by freight train No 40, or f«’’. is ierthe wkee - Be. eased was about 4'» years of age. < Haklls Tuamas, fi-vear-old son of A' ert Thomas of Martinsville, bled to death re. ently. from a small scratch on his hand. Th -is the third son in the Thomas family that has bled to ib ath. The p.c.iliar disease is known ns hoemophilia. The daughters, of w i.oin there a e thr e in the family, are not a” icted. It is a jiecularity of the i!i- w that it is transmitted to -> - without interrupt.on. Mra. Thomas’ three broth- i s died in a simiRa t i nrs have Iwn granted to tho following Indianias ( harles H. Dale, Ha. tf-rdi itv. «ontin omeut off reg isf ■ for- •am • • Joabna \. Had- . H a .a- . - ; ..r of one-half to W. F. Maurer, Harmonv, Ind., lamp; B e. W M”s : V,ra < ruz.aud.f. ( a- Park- and A, A. Hamilton^ M.' • . ■•■ ti. •• ’ r M . Henbaek. a—sign r !o Liberty Man ifaeturing Com-j-any i u- rty machine for finishing J hn Go ij n, of Kokomo, was fata > n lire I a: Russiaville. He was w ■ dew ; a— from th»- \rmstrong, lumoenA Hunt i onquiny, at Kokomo, at; wa.- a.— -ting to nioad the n from mg be.e i ho ditig one of the props w entheLiav} upright box slid off t<> 'lie gro in i and .-aught the man. ma ii.’.g lii n down The ribs were broken lou-e from the vertebral <olunm, :md the column injured. The ph;. - ciar.s -ay he । annot recover. He i- a colore i man, single, and has been in the employ of the Armstrong comuany for us« r thirteen years. He is «:• as and >ou ! no’ hear the warning A । . -:;p> of engineers have just comP ‘ d a trq> up the St. Joseph River and Us I ranches in the interest of tho j ru.ecl of Toledo capitalists to build a canal to ( licago. The route as shown t-. the - tr .ey is from Chicago across Lake M - oigan to Michigan City, to L khart. thence through a series ot iak- - and river- to the Maumee, close to the Stii’e line down the Wabash < -.io. a: ■; ■: akmj Toledo the terminus. Dr. W. T. Harr s of Elkhart, has been making an exhaustive study’of the subt He has prudi aiy covered every Mrs. Lizzie Keener of New Alliany. has engaged an attorney and. w;;l tile s lit against the heirs of Nel-.-on i ordiue. who med a few weeks ago at Shoals. She claims she was married to Mr. Fordice in l^, and at liis request the marriage was kept a secret. Mr. boraiee was a well-known r< sident of this city, ib-accumulated ala go fortune, a greater portion of which he lost at Shoels in the smelting business. The friends of Mr. Fordice claim her story is a fabrication invented for the p :rp- -e of securing a portion of his estate. The only heir to the estate is a nephew, who is administrator. The estate will be worth about 8 OjM I after all claims are pa d, and consists of land in Martin and Boone counties. Mrs. Kejmer's claim will be opposed bitterly. Her husband. Barney Kepner. -ecured a divorce in on the grounds that she kept a disorderly house. She is about (35 years old and Mr. Fordice was 73 years old when he died. At Shelbyville. Harry’ Schultz, the 10-year-old son of John Schultz, jumped on a freight train going west on his way going to school. His hand slipped from the ladder, and he fell under the wheel and was ground to pieces. The 12-months-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Roscoe C. Griffith of Muncie, was seriously burned by natural gas ip a very peculiar manner. The little tot had been left in a room alone. Admiring some red-hot clay brick in the shape of potatoes, she tried to get one of them out. She succeeded in getting one out, but her hands and face were j tx-ightfully burned.

CURRENT COMMENT. War In the Orient. If the Japs do not fee what they want, let them ask for it.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. He who fights and runs away will lose his head another day if he makes his home in the Orient.—St. Louis Republic. The Japs can fight at sea as well as on land, and no one knows it better than the Heathen Chinee. —Pittsburg Dispatch. It is to be observed that there is not ; so much poetry about the Japanese i method of warfare as there is about | the Chinese. But it is a great deal । more prompt and thorough.—Washington Star. Twenty-five millions of dollars has been appropriated for the ceremonies observing the birthday of the mother of the Emperor of China. At the same time the Chinese soldiers are starving. — Baltimore American. It is an ill wind that blows nobody ' good. The laundry’ trusts and other consolidated washee-washee institui (;°. ns wa tcli the progress of the demo- । lition of the Chine e By the Japs with ' a joy akin to that that tills the soul of ! the coal dealers at the approach of a , blizzard.—St. Lou s Star-Sayings. ( With so many interests involved in .' China it is not . urprising to find the J ' British pre s unanimously of the opin- , ; ion that the time has arrived for > friendly intervention of the powers ; with a view of bringing about a settlej ment of the Corean troubles. John Bull is extremely sensitive when his pocketbook is exposed to possible as- ’ sault. —Pittsburg Dispatch. Thr I> f.* ?te<i ••Willie.” Those prayerful Kentucky women are now erdng trium handy “Ah. men!" —Exchange. “Old Kaintuck” has done well in putting a sullied uongressman out of public view.—New York Tr bune. Breckinridge's refusal to talk is the first thing in the whole business that wo can commend in him. —Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. The opposit’on to Colonel Breckinridge wa no: the offspiing cf hatred or malice, but of conscientious conviction.—Louisville Courier-JournaL No stronger evidence was ever given : of the positive jxiwer woman can wield in politics, even though not armed with the ballot, than the outcome —Toledo Blade. The district -hould be proud of-the result, proud of the loyalty of its manho d and the fight that was made against the man who had brought disgra o upon the State. —Wheeling Reg-i-ter. His defeat teaches the veung men of America that educati n mental brilliancy or great oratorical gifts are of no real value when their possessor stoops to indecency.—Washington S ar. ' A great many people have been op- » posed to having w men mix in the “dirty pool of politics. ” There couldn't ■ be a much airtier pool than in the Ashland, Ky., district, but out of very’ . si If-respect the women had to mix in that. As a result there has been a . whole-o:nc cleaning out. —Indianapolis . Journal. As to Forest Fires. It looks as if the government would have to take hold of this matter. — ' Philadelphia Call. ’ No such catastrophe has visited the . country since the terr.ble Johnstown ■ flood. —Bost n Journal. The e ormous waste of marketable . timlier is as m-thing c mparel with 5 the I’sses ot home-, often representing the labor of vears, and the extinction of whole fa rilles. — Baltimore Herald. The Charleston earthquake of ISB6, which brought for its victims succor from every part of the Union, was less • disastrous than have been the forest tires of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.—Phi adelphia Ledger. The destruction of numberless farmhouses and cottages, with no one left : to tell the tale, is a story of disaster and >udden death -u h as has never 1 been told in the hist ry of the No. th- ’ west —Nebra-ka Stat* JcurnaL Ah u* Tie ' Ri The sugar trust can be laid out at the next session of Congress without reopening the tariff question.—Roch.es- , ter He: aid. 4 What is firmly believed is that many ! Senators did make thousands and hat s these were the pri ecf their votes for j the sugar tariff bid.—Portland Orej gonian. If the sugar trust has no particular i emblem or figure for its letter-heads or . bills we would suggest the appropri- . ateness of a big scoop.—Philadelphia i Times. The sugar trust contributed heavily ’’ to the campaign fund- of both politi- ; cal j arties in the la e election. It did this for the purpose f putting both - parties under obligati, nto itself. The point to be considered b the people is as to how long this scandal of controlling both parties by money in the inL terest of private leg slation shall be . permitted to continue.—Boston Herald. Tlie Vanderbilt Scandal. ’ Now the Astors have a big scandal ' of their own. Thev can afford to have anything the N auderbilts have.—Buffalo News. Is it possii le t at W. K. Vanderbilt wants to run for Congress? He is “acting up” as though he d.d.—Omaha World-Herald. Mrs. Va-dcrbilt will hardly compromise unless U ulie n akes an unconditional surrender of his night-key.— Washington Post. With 510,000.0’0 in her < wn name, not to speak of several magnificent establishments, Mrs. Vanderbilt may learn to forget Nellie Neustretter.— SL Louis Republic. Gov. AVaitc’.n Renomination. Gov. Waite has performed many undignifie 1 acts during his administration and Las disgraced his State in the eyes of t e country.—Philadelphia Ledger. It is sufficient evidence of the character of the C olorado Populists that they have renominated Gov. Waite after the rec rd he has made.—Providence JournaL From one end of the country to the I other he is recognized as the most blatant of a'l the mountebanks who have succeeded in reaching high public station, and the prospect of his continued ascendency is not to be regarded without feelings of humiliation and : shame. —Brooklyn Eagle.