St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 34, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 March 1895 — Page 7

STEAMER GOES DOWN TWELVE LOST IN AN OHIO RIVER DISASTER. The Longfellow Becomes Unmanageable, Strikes a Railroad Bridge at Cincinnati, Breaks in Two and Sinks with Her Cargo.

Refused to Obey Her Rudder. The steamer Longfellow, of the Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Line, was wrecked Friday morning by striking a pier of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad bridge at Cincinnati, and twelve lives were lost. The steamer broke in two and sank with her cargo. The passenger list was lost, but it is known twen-ty-five or thirty passengers were aboard, most of whom had engaged passage for New Orleans. The dead: David Aldridge, Cleveland. Dr. Anderson, female. J. W. Anil, Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. J. W. Anil, Dayton, Ohio. Captain John L. Carter, Newport, Ky. Gus Chauvet, barkeeper on Longfellow. Johnson, barber on Longfellow. James Slitter, deck hand. Thomas Reardon, deck hand. Michael Russell, deckhand, Cincinnati. Walker, servant. Unknown young woman, an invalid, of

New York. The Longfellow was to leave at 5 o’clock Thursday evening. A heavy fog came up and it was decided to wait until the fog lifted. At t> o’clock Friday morning, the fog having risen sutlieiently, Captain John Kirker decided to start. The tow boat Hercules Carrel, which was alongside all night, was signaled to be in readiness to help the Longfellow through the bridges. At G:3O the boats started. The Carrel was on the port side of the Longfellow. The boats passed safely un der the suspension bridge, but immediately afterward the Longfellow began behaving badly. A cross current seemed to strike her and swing her bow around toward the Kentucky shore, livery effort was made to right her so that she would pass between the piers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad forming the span on ; the Kentucky side. The swift current of the river carried her along rapidly. Those in the boat could see that *t would be impossible to avoid striking the pier. Tiie alarm was sounded immediate j ly, and the passengers, some of whom were at breakfast, while others were still tn their berths, were hurried to the deck. The boat struck the pier with her starboard side, just behind the boilers. The air was tilled with Hying timbers, glass and ironwork. Those on board, many of whom were in their night clothes, were hurried to the Hercules Carrel, which was still alongside. Consternation reigned. There were piercing cries and terrible yells and women fainting. Sinks with Her Cargo. In the meantime, the Longfellow was being driven harder against the pier by the swift river. In less than five minutes after she struck there was a loud crash and the boat parted amidships. The prow went down into the river, disappearing completely. The stern followed. Some of the upper works floated down the stream and then the wrecked hull came slowly up and also floated away. Four or five men were on the floating cabin and these were taken off by the crew of the Hercules Carrel. A number of small boats put out from the shore and picked up persons who had jumped into the river. Five minutes after the boat struck there was nothing left but a lot of float ing wreckage to show that there had ever been such a boat ns the Longfellow. Everything on board the boat in the way of registers, papers, valuables, cargo, etc., , went down with her. The cause of the accident is attributed to the boat refusing to obey her rudder when she struck the strong current just below the suspension bridge. The Longfellow was valued at $22,500 ami insured for $15,000. HAYWARD IS GUILTY. The Minneapolis Gambler Responsible for the Murder of Catherine Ging. Harry Hayward, on trial at Minneapolis for the murder of Catherine Ging. has been found guilty. A few minutes before 11 o’clock Friday morning Judge Smith finished his charge ami a little before 2 o'clock the jury had agreed on a verdict. Judge Smith hastened to the court room, the prisoner was brought in and the jury summoned. Kobler, the deputy clerk, asked in a tremulous voice whether the jury had agreed upon a v. rdict, and Neil McNeil, the foreman, stood up. His face was ghastly in its color, and there was not a man on the jury unaffected by the gravity of the situation. “We have agree.!,” said McNeil, in a voice that was scarcely audible, and the folded piece of paper that meant life or death to the accused was handed

Harry haywahp. caihikini hi^g. to the clerk. Every eye was turned toward the condemned man as Kohler read ■ the verdict. There was nothing in his face to indicate that he had heard a wor 1 of it. lie threw his head hack ns the word “guilty" was pronounced, hut it I was only to adjust his collar hand, lie did not change color by a single simile. Catherine Ging, a Minneapolis dress maker, was murdered in a lonely spot on the north shore of Lake Calhoun, near Minneapolis, early in the evening of Dec. | B last. The murdered woman had taken ! three mysterious rides, according to Liv- ! eryman Goosman. On Nov. 27 she took ■ the first, calling in person at Goosman's i livery stable in Grant street, and driving ! the horse herself. She brought it back at 9 o'clock, and no one was with iter. She was gone but an hour and a half, i Dec. 1 Miss Ging ordered the same rig over the telephone, and instructed the I liveryman to leave the vehicle at the West Hotel. Accordingly the carriage was left at the West Hotel at 7:20 o’clock, and Mias Ging returned it to the stable in perern at 9 o’clock. As before, no one was seen with her. On the evening of Dec. 3 she took the third and fatal ride. It was the sensation of the year in Minneapolis, and the discovery of the murder

p,t the police on their mettle. Mayor Eustis himself headed the investigation, setting the whole force of detectives at work on the ease, and he caused to be summoned to the office of the chief of police all parties whose business or social relations with the murdered woman were such that they might throw light on the mystery. Harry Hayward, who was in charge of the flats in which Miss Ging had lived, was arrested on suspicion on Dee. 4, the day following the murder, and kept in the “sweatbox" for twelve hours. He told a plausible story and was finally

released from custody. He said he had loaned the woman $9,500, taking as security two life-insurance policies of $5,000 each. He claimed that ho had loaned her $7,01)0 in cash shortly before the murder, but this could not be found. । At 11:20 p. m. on Dee. 5 Adry A. Hayward, brother of Harry, was arrested, charged with the murder, and on the afternoon of Dee. 0 Harry was rearrested. A day later Adry made a confession in which lie declared that his brother Harry had planned the crime to secure the insurance money and that the bloody deed was done by Glaus A. Blixt, engineer of the Ozark flats, where Miss Ging lived. Blixt was arrested on Dec. 7. Harry’ Hayward and Blixt were indicted for the murder, and the former’s trial was begun the latter part of January. On Feb. I Blixt went on the stand and told the story of the crime—how it had been deliberately planned by Hayward and how he had carried it out.

A SCAR SAVED HIS LIFE. A Young Man Is Nearly Hnngeit for Another'** Crime. Walter Bryant, a young man with a broad sear on his forehead and another on his arm, has just been released from the jail in St. Joseph, Mo. Few men have conn* nearer to being hanged for a crime of which they were not guilt J' than Bryant, and he owes his escape from the gallows to a sear. A week or so ago Bryant was arrested in Springfield on suspicion of being Thomas Harris, wanted for the murder of John McDowell seven years ago. It was in vain that the young matt declared that lie was not Harris, who had escaped from prison while under sentence of death. Several men who knew Harris ; went to the jail and positively identified . Bryant ns the man who wns wanted, but i Bryant did not lose hope until Harris's ’ father came ami said he was his son. Bry ' ant told the authorities that bis parents and brother lived at Santa Rosa, Cal., | but there earne no answer from the mldress he gave. He declared that he had I been arrested before on the same charge, once at Sheridan. Wyo . and once nt Lit tie Rock, Ark., but he had forgotten ths name of the sheriff from Atchison (‘mtn- ■ ty who had gone after him nnd found that he was not the right man. He remetn- ' bored the year, however, ami descrilH’d the sheriff. William Turner, who lives in Red Willow < ounty. Neb , was sheriff of the county nt that time, nnd he cam* to St Joseph to save tho young man's life. Turner recognized the prisoner nt once nnd said he was not the murderer of Mel low ell. Bryant's statement that ho has tveen : twice arrested before this time on nci-ount of bis resemblance to the fugitive wan confirmed by the ex sheriff. When Turner came he brought with him a minute description of HnrHa, made while the । murderer was n prisoner in his charge, and called attention to a sear on the left ankle, which could not be found on Bry ant. Ho said the rvwmbhtm e between the two mon wns perfect, with thi* ex. ■ ception. The absence of that sear on the ankle has probably been the means of saving Bryant from being exei uted for another man's crime. Henry Villard has niinmn 1 his inten tion of residing in Berlin in future. Dean Hole declares that for one Billy young woman there are fifty sill) y .mug । men. Senator Murphy is make g a r> : in" ti In Washington as a hospitable nnd successful entertainer. M. Casimir IVrirr will shortly tell the . story of his presidency in a pamphlet, ' which he has already begun. M'ss Anna Shaw, D D.. says the kd way to address an audience is to talk ns if you were scolding your husband. George Kennan, of Siberian fame, lias ' long had writer's crump so badly that ho i has had to use a lead pencil instead of a ■ pen. The Marquis of Tweeddnlo holds directorships of more joint stock companies than any other member of either of the two houses of Parliament. General Mct'ook said the other day that in forty years' experience with Indians ho had never known a difficulty but had a white man at the bottom of it. Signorina Lnbriola is the first woman to receive the degree of doctor of_ law*— from the Vnivvisit^--**--**^^ ~ qIP is a 'mere girl yeK only I s years of nge. I Bornaud. the artist, whose sket.hes ~f street life in Paris have be. >me so popular, docs all his work in a cab, winch, drawn up to the curbstone, forms his st udio. Tim German emperor’s mustache Is

curled every morning by a barber who makes this operation his specialty and receives a fee of live shillings for each visit. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an untiring pat ron of all the beauty increasing and maintaining artists. She says she believes on > principle in being as good looking ns she Congressman Tom L. Johnson Ims pur- ' chased the palatial residence at the corner I of Euclid avenue and < diver street, Clevej land. It is one of the handsomest on the I avenue. i The disgrace of Captain Dreyfus made I so keen an impression upon the French i army that two lieutenants of the same I name have applied for permission to i change it to I travel. । When Senator Mills, of Texas, is once i thoroughly aroused it takes him a long I time to get cool, and the moment he loses I his temper he starts off to do some stairclimbing. He plunges along nt a tremendous pace until he reaches the top of the building, and then he swings round and comes down again at the same rate. Then he crosses to the opposite wing of the capitol and repeats the performance. He never allows himself to open his mouth when in these moods.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pleasant, Interesting,and Instructive LcMOti, and Where It May Bo Found—A Learned and Concise Re* view of the Same. Lesson for March 17. Gohlen Text.—“ The Son of man is como to seek nnd to save that which was lost.” Luke IP: l<i. “Zaceheus the Publican” is the subject । of this lesson, which is found in Luka 19: 1-10. This lesson follows well upon the one of last week. Both are concerning men who were rich. Last w eek it was the rich young ruler; this week the rich publican. Yet how strong the contrast! With the young num riches were allowed to be a bar to his entrance for the kingdom of heaven. In the east* of Zaceheus, far from staying the feet of the well-to-do tax gatherer, his riches wore made but the larger pledge of his devotion. Then* are rich men to day, and mon w ho are to become rich. How will they use their wealth? Shall they make friends out of the mammon of unrlghtwusneHH? friends and fortune unto eternal life, or eternal enmity ami misery ? Shall wealth be employed for the flesh or-fmChrist; in the interest of this world or of t This is the personal and pertinent question for us all, for we all have some sort of wealth. “Ami Jesus entered nnd passed through Jericho." Take the moments ns they fly. A gracious opportunity, seize it. The Incident nt the city’s edge, just prior, is j suggestive. A blind man sitting there nnd begging, heard the tramp of feet. Then arose that strident cry: “Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.'* In another way Zmcheus seems to have expressed the same eager, personal Interest. His climbing of the sycamore wns itself an appeal. Hnrtlmueus made up for his blindness by his < lamor>ms voice. Zaceheus helped out Illa deficient stntiire by menus of the tree boughs. If you Would see Jesus, show it. "Ami he was r h.” The blind man I was poor, i beggar. The publican was | rich, very rich, perhaps Thank God for I this instimce. Christ is m>i for the js>or alone, and no more for the rich. But : tils., no less, lie was "chief among the pubic ms." nt ix gatherer This menus | that he was not only wealthy, but in away to grow wealthier. Ah, here is I the test So many men f.-ar to take Jesus lest he interfere with their business, and. j ns with tlu^o men at Philippi, the hope of their gains be gone. And did Zn< - i cheu« simply wish to see who it uns that । i was going by in the throng; n mere pnss- I ing luriostli? Nay, he Wished "to seel Jesus, who In- »»ns." He hml heard <»f ' him ami his gracious mission Iwforv. Hlißmuh-I 11 lust rat ions. The right use of th Ims Tbaf are other s lessons, Imt this is tlw pnrammint nn*. I Ami never wns ih.-re greater to-e.l fur in i stru, l'.>n on tins isont \. ~t wits there greater wealth in the church, ami neter j perhaps such liindrnm e !<» our denominational benetolvnces throush menns with- ! held. We hate nod ol a finangvlist to j go through the >-hur. hes and bring «« to i the tuourtiers* h br- ause of onr nr- ! sriec Nay, we hnve tn «s| nt the HplHt i of G-«| to ••onvict vs of th* «sii of selfish’ | Hess. Put the truth strotigiy . we «an ; scarcely be too severe Zn< • brus* prompt adjustment nt ids ; mentis was m<t simply n partition with ■ his M»m.t It pr-o. l rath. r a spirit of I total rviisecrafum. He 1m l taken a new ■ muster, whin it « i- that t’hrist “wns gone t<, I.e » gue.t with a man who ■ wns a siiiuet Possibly it was wealth ■ that w is m ist, r |~ > , r . Hut. unlike the rich young ruler who qub kly protrsl by i his acitott- that he was lumself rubs! br I his riches. Z.n > helis imin ates that he I* j hlmu nu.l os ct b s «. nHh. nnd he .an ' j ns. ft t.. the glory w? <. I Thank G 4 for sm hnn < xamph \\ .<!• man imp—al pile, with God P’-stblc Kild how i*.sal-I bl.- By the implanting of am * motive ami id- tl. 1 -r vxherv y-m: tt- ■ ite s. then- will your heart !«• -Is,. \ lesson -r tw I win wlint “the higher Ilf*-" mrnn« Jt is tn hare । nffivtimis set mi high, nnd. rich or j»s,r. ; our steps following the lofty ideal or u-..il t -ntrnriu i- . I •«. t- «bat it is to liv- n l -w 111- High life iu the i great city is not high life in benvvti. God has his own picked "four hnndrisj.” They are thi s.- who refuse to live fur the js-r ishing tilings of . luy I he arbiter of thnt earthly gnM »-f ■ t p«s>ph« in New Y ork -ity. w cut io fl - <1 - the ether ,1.11 ami made his Im <1 w ith the four hundred million who wait Hie judgment in their graves N" quality there 1 kc.-w now the secret of Christ's marvelous life upon earth. His hard denials were not in anaver to the "S > t of man, ludiold thews ..toms." or “nil these things 1 will give thee," but to withhold himself n little longer amidst the fleeting j<»ys of enrth from the joy set before him nnd the glory that he had with the Father before the I^*^**'" । mu Heme he iuM endure th^ cross find Tfesplse the shai^^l-erfiap^ here is V.mr mistake and mine How «nn w ithout the higher joy set Wr| 1 know now w hat wealth is for, it is to tell w here the heart is ami where other hearts ought t-i b<> ami t<> cull wry loudly along that way. The larger the wealth the stronger th- testimony for or against G.nl, Ami I know, too, what my heart is for. It is for finding ami appreciating the highest treasure. We are restless for God. This pain of hell is a misplaced affection that finds no satisfaction. The joy of heaven is eternal satisfaction with the riche-, nt Christ. <»n this kind of a life do we see Zac. heus entering even hero. Yti'l there are other; like him. How to be ri.-h ami servo God. It is the lesson Zaecheus is teaching. And we have some new witnesses in this generation, men w ho make money for Christ's sake and pour it out lavishly in his name. Next L. sson 'The Missiun of the Seventy.” Luke 10: 19. . Patience is a virtue for which there is no substitute. There is often no oth- , er way out of a difficulty than the wtty . of patience. But n-ally this is a most i gracious way. when the sufferer finds It. Nor is it away which any one need be ashamed to take, for our Lord reconitnends it: "In your patience '.r^u 1 shall win your souls.” He knows that '. there is often nothing left to us but this one thing patience. We must use j it; we must win our souls, our very lives, by it.

~~~~ ——l^n PwLSE^W Chica K o’H IHsKrucc. hi h'/rT ’ ° ngh ! ,n l “’ r alJermen to her hvo stock market. Detroit TribJ presently to »> a notable overturning and disiufei-t 111 , h,> "Omleipa l politics of Chicago. Hurt ford ( otirnnt. n , l‘! ire, - v sordid standpoint there ’■ nttie choice between being elected an t uermitn in Chicago ami marrying into the t.ould family. Nebraska State Journal. Ihe good people ot Chieago are so ineensed over the corruption of their nhlermvn that they forgot themselves and held their Indignation meeting Sumlay. Washiqgton Post. ■To judge from its recent action in voting 11 Tay valuiiblc fratwhixes to unknown par ''is, the Chicago City Council appears J^ernduvd to ont-Tnmiimny Tnuimany.— (••“'■•■l -I <-iirunl. y he I Hiuolm State Logislnture has dis ^vvrvdtluit the city of Chicago is cur A»t. The Legislature ought to get a Allier medal for this great discovery.— sy>ux City Journal. ^■'lucag-i people arv furiously and justly iniligmint m er the rampant corruption of the tHispetikalde aldermen, but they seem to hick the ability to unite for au overthrow of the rm-cals. New Y ork Adveri tiser. Chit ago Inis Im en holding; m:i-.s me; t Ings at which tin- "boodle aldermen" of ' j the city were denounced. The people who i took part in these meetings owe them- j Hvh'ex sunn- denunciation for electing ' "b>odlv aldermen.” New York Mail and Espress. Tile Ituiwurd \vrdiit. Mr. Harry Hayward also has a wry j ■ per upinion ot juries W ashington Post. I Hurry Hayward's bet of SP> that he i would be ii-quittcd of the charge of mur- | i dor showed bad taste nnd had imlgnu-nt 'in nlsnit equal proportions. YY'nshingtoii Star The vt rdi. t will Is- indorsed by file gen { oral scntimviit of the public. It wax an ; ■ nxvfid crime, nml the murderer de-erves the full is-milty of the law. Baltimore ‘ ■ Atami, nu. Among those who hiiw followed the tos ' | ttm«>uy In th,- <lmg mnrder < an- then- ' j will he Imh- donlit thnt tin jury, in t ,-n ■ ■ vi«thtg Hayward, hn* brought n most d«M,|M-rntv s<<>nitdrel to jn«ti,e Imlinunp ] <di« S» ntinel. The <smvieth>n „f Hurry Hnywanl for i I the murder of Mi»s Ging in Mmm .iis.lis j i w»« espenr-il. It wa« the only thing !•» Ido. IL-han bliowii hi If to Im am. mu- , aud dnnger><n- per—m. nu<l •!>< ht, he l«-t ' ".aid lead only to Sen. - pns .u or tlm s aH-d-l. N « Y rk World Iti- a a ttint n bioiinn i>, mg full < f lite mid : S mliw-'I Iw a .-pt.-d l-i on <<th-r human । tx-&t with •nti«fa, tom Y<i thnt Is un ■ qnS*J*inM«b »!»• fivling of th<- W bob - ■ emflk«<ti>iti io<r th- i, rd t • f the me In of Harry lUy«*rd Sr Pm,l . p r Home Olut«»«rx Note*. Cornsr« s» nt U»t i» bf, :> «< Let it n-f In D - lx < i<y YY tiiHM. it i. th nd llushurg Di.pnt. h The .MMttri M”e-1 thu H t-m. i for mhnrhief haa < ud«4 I u-.i iff, t mm t ! •Phr port og k Is to If - q-tr > C.n i gn-M IB both num* ruu« ati-l h< By It .ton Herald The Fifty Ihrr-I • --iri» • »” h« bk. Uken go it st l.vuis | GleG | K m. h The l ift, third < -mgr- is fir»t hi th. Iwarto of B» -eiHryim It but St - the maHde heart in iw-t - Dmr -it Trtbimc The adjmtrtttm ut »t Cm gr- -- ought to lure n tnuulaliog ■ fl- • t on bu-iu-K .a. City J urm.l l’.,U6t,’«s adjourned just as tin- wedding ! of Mi«» Aomt Gotdd and Count < .i-tvlkim : -mmimme.! It is ot round of ; , pleasure her. in th- | nit I SMt- - D- | troit Fn. p r .... Mr. Itmiu's Xi w >ult. There hm long Innm a irmlhi.m in the Sun office that if y-m -< e it in the Sun it's so. We will m-w b n.- an op|w»rtunity to find out whether there is any truth in that j tradition. MinueajHdi* .Imirmil. ! Editor Dami of the N. w York Sun has i K»»t himself stivd for erimitml lib.-I. Mr. । Dana's ot! - >nt ought .<> hav, Meeurml . the copy <>n tthi’li B'" ■ •* •> -e.l ami ■ eaten it before it reached llw typct tm-s. | St. Paul Globe. X Till mdi- tm * ! 't’ ' , s A Puna, of th* Sew York S 11, Will imrlly i je thill g< iiHeimin U, lyse any r- st. Hu ' fl ”*np«n indicted before am! iifo! aTTy n ; ' 1 th incidents of mils i pi.flr lift Smith Bern! Tribune. The I iifclicit ivw of Marriid Lite. Tile Dravtou divorce trial will be con ibt-’t- ’l in pul hc >n New Y m k ami w ill, !of course, the main lent. Detroit Tribune. That New Ym k judge who declared that । the real honeymoon began titty y e:-rx c.ftvr i marriage of course retie, ted that one ot tin* parties, possibly both, would be dead. Clmelaml Plain Dealer. Dr. Morse, of Oklahoma, has fib-d a suit for divorce on tin- ground that his wife pulled the bod bedclothes off his manly form in winter and doused him , with hot water in summer. As the laws of Oklahoma permit a divorce for "extreme cruelly," it is presumed that the doctor will win bis suit. Kansas ("tty Star. Notes of Current Events. Germany w ill take part in the I'tench exposition of P.Mm. Marshal Yamagata lias been appointed Japanese Minister of W ar. Elbridge T. Gerry was ordered off the tloorof tin- New Y'ork Assembly by Speaker I’ish. A. E. Burkhart, of Cincinnati, sent two Anu-rican bison to Bismar. k as a birth day present. Fred Lawrence, former advance agent for Forepaugh ami Barnum, is dead ul Concord. N. 11.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. The legislative features of Tuesday were the passage of the congressional apportionment full iU |d the bill governing benevolent institutions, by the Senate. ♦ni o' ^ < ‘ ,lo ' son bill was postponed again till W ednesday morning. The House rushed through two caucus measures, one being the bill to provide for « metropolitan police force in all cities of more than 10,(DO inhabitants, and the other nakmg certain at so the Australian election law. The Jackson County seat bill was called tp, and, alter a heated discussion, passed The Governor \etoed the legislative anpoHmnment bill ami it was passed oxer his ) T | m House killed the Ellison diainage I he Senate Wednesday jumped over the caueus leneeon the fee ami salary bill. 1 his led the way to numerous amendments m mlditimi lo the twenty or thirty that the committee made, so that when the bill was । I’l’^ed by a substantial majority there hint been trom sixty to seventy-live amendments. The Senate henrd the report of tl e teinperanee committee xxhu-h reioni.iiemleH sweepina uiiieiidilients to the Nicholson l>ill, rhe bill and aiiieudnii-ntK were ordered printed ami made a special order for Thursday. The Senate passed the direct lax bill jirm iding i venue for the educational institutions. Also Moore's House temperance bill. It gives cities acting under general charter the right Io presi-ribe where saloons may )>c kept and prohibits screens. This does not apply to lndiana|>olis, I’ort W ayne or Eviinsx ille. The Semite faile<l to pass Ihe building | and loan bill for want of a constitutional I majority. the \ ole standing 23 to 18. I lli’ Semite pa-’-ed the bill abolishing the i Board of Monument Commissioners and ert atiiig a board of three regents, over the V -to of t ,o\ . M utllew s. The 1 louse rejected Ilie senate amendment.- to Ihe fee ami salarx bill. The House passed the caucus bentwo- > Sent institutions bill, .vlsoa bill repealing M-< timi 2of the employes’ eo-liabihty bill I in iieeordance with the desires of the railroad employ es'organizations. The Senate । lull making an appriipr lalion <>f s|o.ff) t an- ' nually to the stale Board of Ygriculture : for piemiunis on exhibits: a Senate bill for la nnmi<d]i:il gerrymander, by amending the law so as to permit the < ill -- to tie re- ‘ districted every two years instead of every j ti n autl.i ri,, - l< n< her-holding a thirtyI six month, licen-e to teach in any county ; m tin- '-lab on that lits-n.se. Ynother bill j |- 1" d by the Ib-u- -of wub- interest was the amomlnii-nt of the pro-ent law offered by Mr. '-takebrake. which authorizes the Govenmt <-t tl Yttoinev General to bring a -ml in th.-mime of the state on their own t iM-tialf (or the enforcement of law I'l-v N a tml-on toinpcranee bill was the -!••- il or-b ro' the s r n ite Thursday. the <«mimHt-'e having it in charge reporting -- veial amendment- which were ilesigm-d to make the bill le— stringent in its proviI -mil- The amendment- Were adoptetl W ith the ext-eption of tie-one to strike out the —•clton providing fiat li> eu-e shall not Imi i—it—l wiien the majority of the voters of a w.ml or precinct r< in<in-trated against il. • I In- n reqanl—l a- one <>( tlie most ini|Mirj tan! -eeimtis of th t>{|| tUl d was saved only ’ after a hard fight. W hen the Hou-e resolution to ajipropri - ate flo.mi for stain--- of W ilbatu Henry 11 i-11 .mu am! Um Morton to !» placed in M ituaiv II ill .it W asliington w as reported th-- li. tn’M't it-li i,si to-nb-titute tip- name of \ t > I'; e-id-llt Ib-tldnek- for that of H h;:'-ui The motion to substitute the n um-o( llemhi-l. w a-defeated bv a part) I ■ 11->>> - n t s, nate < imfereni " com - mtt - on th- t- - ami - ilary bill held a in- <t: . g awl. to t!w surprise of both I todies, i .in-' t>, an agicenieiit within an horn and I po-te-l |n th- IW O hon-e. and flu- lepolts -- ■■ ■ igt ■ I । h । i --I :ig I lie lul I. The s-.’iiafe r> • • d- d from all its amendments ex- ’’ pt tho- im re.i-mg the salaries id -llpr- im' judges to >1 "sio and the salaries of Uqs’llat-’ judges to M,7«<>. I h” fate of th.- N n’lmlson bill vv ill finally ■ w ith th- i.overnm. The senate pa-sed th-’ bill Erubiv, with several amendments. I - bill.i- amended went totlieHon.se, whi- h eon i;ii’i| m all the ainendment.s, exwpt on«- r- .aliiig to the -al of liquor by drug -lore-. \ l oiifi’ii mv cominiftei- was ! appointed ill-- tiovernor ha- vetoed the bill removing tlii- ap|M>Hitmcnt of metropolitan poll- b-i.irds from the Governor to Ilie mayors of th • iitu-.s in w huh the act ion appl.. - A motion tn pa-- the bill over the - Gtivernor s veto (ailed lot want of a con- । -titutiomii majority The Si-iiate committee a]ipointed to in- , . .ligate Hu- i ohiiectimi of Senator Seller -with the theft of the anti-winter racing : bill made its report exonerating Senator Seller from any criminal connection with । the <li.sa|,pearance of the measure. The House was engaged almost all day in the eonsidt rat ion of bill-, most of which ... r< of sei’oml and third rate importance. Andrew Jm k-on. the member from Carroll, who was censured for sjiringing flu’ -en-,itimi about tin- barrel of whisky in i the State House basement, offered a resolution to expunge from the journal all r-’e-i ords evu-mmg him. ( lie reason foroft'er- ; ing the resolution as stated, was that the ' Senate had voted to retain in the State ' I louse the man who had kept the supply < f whisky in a bottle. Tbe resolution was adopted, all the Republicans voting for it. Saturday the Legislature practically fini’hed its work. The Nicholson bill is ready for the Governor's signature, the conference committee having reported on the new section punishing druggists for selling liquor. A minor change only is made in the section, and (he committee report went through with a whoop. Emir bills were passed over the Governor’s veto. They are: One practically abolishing the ofliceof Comity Assessor; one giving Ihe incoming Republican tnistei-s the election of County Superintendents; the creation of a Superior Court for Lake County, and the Jackson County seat removal. No attempt w ill be made to resurrect the metropolital police bill. The Senate refused to correct the INPI fee and salary aid. The Senate concurrent resolution, prepared by the Indianapolis Commercial < Tub, prov idiug for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the advisability of holding a centennial celebration in ISftO, >f the ereation ol Indiana 'Territory, was - loptcd by a viva voce vote. Aboi t 2,000 soldiers are discharged yearly from the English army for bad conduct. The field of YVaterloo is covered with a crop of crimson poppies every year.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING FAITHFULLY RECORDED. An Interesting Summary of thin More Im. portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed. dings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties and General News Notes, Condensed State News. Daviii Sei i.eiis was killed by the cars at Columbus. Loh vxspoirr electric light company has reduced the price (rs lighting one-third. 'oihW ayxe is to have a company of cavalry. It will he the only one in' the bi atos. M Ai.eace \\ HiTE.aTerreßaiiit’ carpentei went hunting. Uis exploded, killing him instantly . < ' <l I!l,'' 1 !l ,'' ' S,II!| A< k. AFtieatland, who was <•1 ulily woumUKrffiy bußglars, recently, is recovering and will soon lie on Inis feet. I r proposed to build an electric railway from Valpariso to Chicago, whiclli will carry passenger;- for Io cents for tbe round trip. ’l'm: Paragon Paper Mill 1 'oinpany, XI uticie. was lined SSOO for polluting the waters of the Mississinew a Itiver witli ts refuse. A i vitMEi; near Syracuse put ground coal in Isis hog feed, having heard (hat it was good for swine. All his porkers are dead. □Joe<>iteiuh . Evansville, attempted to drive across the tracks in front of a train. His horse was killed and lie wv.s badly injured. Ski nk farming in Porter county has become quite an industry. They are raised for their oil and furs which sell readily and at good prices. A r Sullivan a grindstone burst. One j'ieee crashed through st tvvo-incli plank, plsistering, laths, and weather boarding, and landed outside. The Commercial (Tub of Rielimond lists ( psisscd a resolution by which the next State Encampment of theG. A. IL will be asked to meet in that city. T in: student-of YVsiba.-h College vigor- 1 <msly opposed the action of the college president in forbidding college ball teams : to play w ith professionals. The Indiana Teachers' Association will . hold its annual meeting at South Berni the first week in April. It is expected that l.dtMi teachers will be present. Di < k Cm i:k. flowing through the center of Elwood, is so lie converted into a monster sewer and covered. By sodoing $■..>0,000 wortli of land will be reclaimed. Ji iM.t Hi imvnii Ims given judgment for Jl-Jl'i against the city of Laporte in favor <>f the Gamewell eh etric lire alarm company. Coum il put the system in despite the maym's veto. W IL Su \ i \s, an Elmwood employe of lie Diamond pJate-glsi— factory, has instiluti d -mt for sll),t)oodamages sigainst the ; company for injuries received while in their employ as engineer. Fk vnk si.um k. a young man employed fn Coleman’s barrel-heading factory at Terre Haute, was fatally injured by being caught up by a licit and drawn with ferritic force against the pulley. A r Earmland, Charley Dull, aged twelve years, son ot Solomon Dull, a country ditch contractor, while carelessly handling a revolver, accidentally shot his younger brother, Frank, through the head. The wound isa dangerous one and will probably prove fatal. Mn- M vim \m r Wii.-ox, an aged “lady oi Sey mom . vv Im resides vv ith her laughter, ; Mrs. Doll Kennard, Ims been ill for some time with grip. The other night she started upstair- ciu yinga lamp. When sin-reached i the lop she fainted, falling to th ■ bottom mid fracturing Iht skull. The house caught fire from the lamp, but the flames were extingui-hed before much damage 'va-done. Nii s. Wil-on i - in a critical condition. Wi t tit:; a few days over one hundred dogs have been killed in Tern Haute. Some of them were valuableanimiJs. One per-on who was biffin used the niadstone, and when applied it adhered sever tl hours, 1 draw ing v irus. The Humane Society officer docs not belive there is liy drophob a in the city, but that Ihe dogs act queerly because they have Iweli poisoned. The drug stores have sold ii great deal of poison for that : purpose. 'l'm: jury in the case of James Truelock, T homas Kirk and Lee Martin, charge with । grave-robbing, at Franklin, returned a I verdict of guilty . The men were ea h given six yearsin the penitentiary. The offense fm whieh these men were convicted was that of stealing the body of James Curry, a : prominent citizen of tin 1 country, who died sonv’time ago. Kirk and Truelm k reside in Indianapolis, while Martin’s home is in Greenwood. I’viiNi- have been awarded Indiana inventors as follow-: George IL Archer, a.-signor of one-half to 11. Dahlen, Terre Haute, touch regulating devise for pianos; Edward Goof, Franklin County, door or w indow s< reen: Jeremiah Herring, assignor of one-half to W. E. Gerding, Fort Wayne, eav s trough hanger: Fred Shunti ing. Fort Wayne, transformer; Lafayette i Johnson, assignor of one-half to J. 11. Ntotsenburg, New Albany, new electric ! lamp support ami cut out: Matthew R. Moore. Imi ianapol is. steam boiler; Joseph L. Potter, assignor to 11. (I. Olds. Fort Wayne, wood pulley; Francis IV. Tfobin- ‘ sou, assignor to Robinsun & Co., Kich- ! mond, straw stacker; William S. Rowell, Muncie, measuring and drawing instrument: Lee 11. Williams, Indianapolis, wa- ’ ; ter closet valve. A resident of the Indian rose vat ion states that James Sasaquo, known as J ime Sas- . i safras, the venerable Miami Indian, lately ■ j died of starvation in his little hut m the reI serve. Sasafras was never a Chief of tbe Miamis, nor was he related to a Chief. He ; ; was of plebeian strain, inclined to be lazy and with a passion for firewater, characteristic of the degenerate remnants of his tribe. Tin' Township Trustee had ■ wearied of siip]>lying Sassafras with food > and clothing, and requested him togo to ; the Poor-house, but Sassafras was obdurate and was left to starve alone. A messenger ■ from Gabriel Godfrey , one of tbe few industrions'aml thrifty of the Miairis, with a basket of clothing and victuals, called at the little shanty which Sassafras called I home, just before the latter’s death, bilt he was too weak to accept the present. Chaci.es Di li,. aged 9. Farmland, I while play ing with a revolver, pointed it i at Frank Jones, aged 11. and pulled the trigger. The ball entered Jones’ face, inflicling a fatal injury. Dull says it was an : accident, while Jones declares it was done in a lit of auger. At Mentone. a> Mrs. W. S. Charles was rendering lard on a gasoline stove, the lard ignited causing an explosion. Mrs. Charles being at work near the stove het clothing caught fire. The flames completely enveloped her person, destroy ing her hair and burning the flesh of her limbs so severely that her toe nails dropped off. It is thought her injuries will prove fatal