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Jwww i 'OIO CHAPTER I. “And, indeed!” says Nurse Crotty from her seat by the fire, “though I'm not one of those as holds with cossettin’ and fussin’, yet 1 do say, Miss Joan, as you oughtn’t to be excitin’ of your mother so much. She’s that flushed and feverish, and not a wink has she slept these two nights, and this blessed infant a-wantin’ all the attention it can get.” ,“Oh. for goodness’ sake, nurse, shut up, aiij don’t bother?’’ It was I who said that—l. Joan, the eldest of that family of six of whom Nurse Crotty had been discoursing. I la.v there on the bed beside that quiet figure with the flushed face and feverish eyes— lay there with an aching heart and ,passionate, resentful thoughts, for I hated the interloper whose fretful cries sounded over and anon in the quiet of the fire-lit room—hated her with jealous, resentful pain for breaking in upon the completeness of the circle —for disturbing its usages and arrangements, for being of the same sex as myself, the eldest and the spoilt darling of this gentle, fragile mother, whom I had at once loved, and idolized and tyrannized over for fourteen yea rs. “I don't disturb you, do I?” I asked my mother softly, laying my cheek beside the dear changed face, that for months and months had been growing so pale and wan. “No. my darling." she answered tenderly. “But I am so sorry you are not pleas- j ed about it, Joan,” she went on presently. “I thought you would have liked a little sister something to pet, and protect, and j play with.” “I bad the boys, and I had you,” I answered rebelliously. “That was quite enough.” “It was God's will, my child—you should try ami remember that.” But. I was silent. I could not and would not remember anything except that the interloper was an interloper: that none of us had wanted her: that none of us eared for her; that my mother was ill. my father more stern and aggressive than his wont: that Nurse Crotty was a nuisance; that the whole arrangements of the house were upset and disorganized: that I was in a ’ vile temper, and altogether an ill-used and suffering individual. “Don’t talk about it.” I said at length. ■“Nurse says you are feverish, and ought to rest and sleep. Do try and get well soon, mother.’ If you only knew how we all miss you!” With a swelling heart and clouded brow I descended the stairs from my mother's room, and proceeding along the hall, opened a swing door at the end of it. and in another moment found myself in >ne midst of the noise and hubbub won h generally associated itself in my aiiad, and everyone else's, as part and parcel of “:he boys.” Hero they were, the whole four, making noise enough for eight. Teddy and Toddy were playing leapfrog. Hughie was jumping over the forms —those notched, and inked, ami long suffering pieces of furniture that we had dubbed “seats of learning"—and Alfred, the eldest of the four, was kneeling on the rug. a book in one hand and a toasting fork in the other. “Enter the tragic muse!” cried Ted. pausing in the act of accepting Toddy's ■“back,” and waving his hand towards me its I entered. “Doesn't she look like it? What's the news, Jo, and how’s the kid?” “Jo’s nose is out of joint." cried Hughie, vaulting on to the table instead of the forms, and facing me with a broad grin, which by no means beautified a naturally wide mouth, “or she's had a tussle with the nurse. Did you get the best of it, Jo? Have you seen the mater?” “Yes,” I answered curtly: “I've just left her. Is the tea ready'? It's five o'clock.” “King Alfred is doing his best to burn The toast as per usual.” said Ted. “And Trotter brought in the teapot some time i ago, iso I suppose it's ready. 1 know I'm i jolly hungry, and quite ready for it.” J walked to the fireplace. “Here, I'll help with the toast." I said, faking up another fork and quietly dislodging the book from the student’s hand. "“Alfy. I do wish you'd give up trying to do Iwo things at once.” *-Tr- “Inurse say it's ‘the beantifnlcst •child ns ever she nussed?' asked King ! Alfred; “you know she's told each of us that in tuou.” “I don't know,” I said, risin from my knees and carrying the huge pile of toast to the table, “and don't care,” 1 added, illfcmperedly. “Our sweet sister's usually placid naturn is rutiled,” remarked King Alfred, following me ami taking his seat at the well-spread board. "Don’t you mind.” ho added. patting me on the back, a process l*bated; “we'll stand by you to a man. The intruder shall be relegated to the nursery, her musical voice will not penetrate these sacred regions, and we'll promise you to forget weever had another sister." “It doesn't matter to me." I said; “I shall be grown up while she's still a baby in the nursery.” “And married and settled. Who knows?” chimed in King Allred. “Pass the toast to Toddy,” I said with ■dignity, waving aside those kindly suggestions. “The child hasn t had Half enough. How greedy you and Hughie are!” 1 “He's younger and smaller: he ought not to cat as much as we do.” said Teddy loftily. “We're only acting for his digestive welfare.” “Hush!” cried King Alfred warningly. *‘l hear the tramp of feet. Listen! 'I hey come nearer. It is—it ia " “Be quiet!” I cried, raising a white, scared face from the tea tray, and springing involuntarily u» my feet as the door opened.

“Father!” came in a muttered chorus, as the four laughing boyish faces followed the direction of my own. “Joan!” said the parental voice, which had never been over and above welcome to our ears in that upward passage from childhood to indiscretion—“ Joan, nurse says your mother is asking for you, and—and—the boys.” “Asking for us?” 'there was no mirth now on the young white faces. 1 here was nothing in my heart save one sharp pang of agonized dread, as, without another word or look. I rushed from the room, and up the stairs to the dear loved presence, which, alas —alas, dear heaven! —would soon be a presence no longer—only a merzory! CHAPTER 11. It is three years since my dear mother’s death. How well I remember when father called us out of the school room to her bedside, where she lay so still, so pallid. Only once did she speak, and then her words were addressed to me in a faint whisper. “For my sake. Joan!” I knew tvhat she meant. I was to be good to the babe whom I had determined to hate, whose coming was costing her her life. 1 pressed her hand in token that I had heard and understood her—that was all I could do. Then came her death, my swooning, followed by an illness which prevented me from attending the funeral of my beloved dead mother and kept me in my room for nearly three months. When I was well enough to join the boys in their play they recalled to my mind the babe, whose very existence I had almost forgotten. I had. in fact, not seen her since the occasion 1 mentioned in my previous chapter. I went to the nursery to fetch her, and as I looked upon her little white face, and saw her golden hair and dark eyes so like my mother’s, all the resentment and jealousy I had felt against the child passed away, and then and there there came into my heart a deep, abiding love which nothing could replace. I took the tender mite from Nurse Crotty's arms and carried her in triumph to my brothers, followed by the nurse, and then and there, at Teddy's i suggestion, ne named her Darby, although father had had her christened Dorothea, his mother's name. “You are Joan,” said Teddy. “Let her be Darby; then it will be Darby and Joan.” And Darby and Joan it has been over since. We noticed now for the first time that the babe's eyes maintained a fixed stare, which did not change when brought into the brightest light or near the flame of a candle, and Nurse Crotty finally confessed that she had had for some time a suspicion that the babe had been born blind. And such it proved to be. The motherless little mite had come into the world wanting the sense of sight. As I made this discovery the memory of my dying mother’s dying words, “For my sake. Joan,” rushed over me, and I unconsciously repeated them as 1 hugged the little one to my breast. “I am gAid mother did not know." murmured Teddy, “for how she would have grieved." “I am glad mother did not know." Thiw were Teddy's words, and at first I had echoed them thankfully, seeing only desolation and martyrdom in the darkened life of my little sister: but ns time went on I found that she needed little of the pity : and compassion that overflowed in our hearts. A brighter, sweeter little nature never developed itself. The child herself seemed quite unconscious of her loss, and when she began to walk, would toddle about, and feel her way from place to place in a staid little fashion of her own that caused us all to wonder. All this time I have said little about my father; but, indeed, since mother’s death, he had withdrawn himself from us more and more. We rarely saw him, except at the formal dinner at which I and the two elder boys were in duty bound to appear; but in course of time Alfred and Ted and Hughie were sent to a boarding school, and Toddy ami I shared the instructions of Miss Cray, a somewhat antiquated governess, to whom, however, I was indebted for my limited stock of accomplishments, as it never seemed to enter my father's head that I needed more varied teaching. The misfortune of his youngest born won but a brief wonder and compassion from him. lie called in eminent doctors, paid them their fees, and heard their decision stoically. And after that he seemed to trouble himself in no way about ■ her. and rarely looked at her even when he I saw her in my arms, or clinging to my side. She slept in my arms, and was ministered to by me alone; and now, as I take up the thread of my story again, she was three years old —a little sunny haired, fairy like creature, who seemed to me the very embodiment of infantine loveliness. It was nearly Christmas again, the snow lay thick upon the moors, and in the glow of the firelight I and Darby were sitting waiting for the boys. They Were coming home for the holidays, and Toddy had gone in the dog cart to meet them, for the station was four miles off from our house —the old. grim, batteredlooking building that had come to us from some remote ancestor in the reign of William the Conqueror, jtnd la.v amidst moors and forests, in a wild district of Hampshire. The child was sitting quietly on my lap. listening for the first sound of wheels. Long before 1 heard them tin' little voice calmly anfioumed, “They's tummin'l" ami sho was quite right. A few moments, and there was a rush of feet, a Shout of eager voices, and the schoolroom door burst open to admit the troop. They kissed and hugged me first, then lifted the little one on to the table and began to criticise her. "How she’s grown! And how much prettier! Isn't she a dtlckscy?” and then they fondled her gently and tenderly, and (King Alfred lifted her on Io his shoulder, and marched about the room j,'i that fashion, in order, so lie said, (^exhibit her to the best advantage, “Isn't she a swell?” asked Toddy, admiringly, as the firelight danced on the bright crimson frock, with its knots and sash of black velvet, that 1 had made for her. "She is so!” agreed Ted. “Who dressed you up like that, little Darby?” “Jo made my pitty sock.” answered the

little one; “and mas dot a coat, and * muff—me has.” “How much plainer she speaks!” said Hughie. “Does she still say ‘Yes, I do; yes. I will,’ like she used to?” “Yes, I do!” answered the child, with an emphatic nod. There was a shout of laughter, from the boys. Then they brought the child back, and placed her on my knee, and grouped themselves around the fire, and for full ten minutes there was a babel of questioning, chaffing and nonsense that was well-nigh deafening. I suppose you know Monk's Hall is occupied at last, ’ said King Alfred, rising and ringing the bell for tea. “I noticed the blinds were up and smoke coming out of the chimneys as we passed, and Croft told me the people had been back a week.” “I didn't know,” I answered carelessly; I haven t been out at all since the snow fell.” W onder if both uncle and nephew are there? went on Ted the loquacious. “I saj, what a sell for the young chap, wasn't it —the uncle turning up after every one had given him up for dead'? I should think he felt rather savage.” “Who—the uncle or nephew?” I asked quietly. “Nephew, of course. I wonder what the old fellow is like.” “You’ll be able to see him on Sunday if you go to church,” I remarked, smoothing the soft loose curls from Darby’s pretty brow. (To be continued.) ONE DOLLAR OR ONE DAY. I’uniohinent that No Man Need Fear in the Police Court. If any respectable person should happen to get into the hands of the police and be fined by a city magistrate, when he had no money and didn’t want to make known his plight to friends, he might be benefited by knowing that some threatened terms of Imprisonment are not so awful as they seem to be. This is due to the fact that the day of commitment and the day of discharge always count in law as ftfll days, and that it is the custom not to put a person to serving out a sentence until the end of the day of commitment and to release him on the morning of the day of discharge. A curious instance of how this works was witnessed the other day at the Charles street police station. A Sun leporter had gone there upon some news errand, and while he talked to the sergeant at the desk he noticed that the main room was nearly filled with push ca rts. “We have had to make a raid upon a lot of the poor fellows,” explained the sergeant. Just then a policeman came in with two venders and reported at the desk. “They were all fined $1 each or one day,” he said, referring to the batch of push-cart men that he had taken to court. “Those two men paid their fines and have come back with me to get their carts.” “All right.” said the sergeant; “get some men from the back room and help them out with the carts." While the carts wore got out thw sergeant glanced up al the clock. "It's after 4,” he said. "All the rest of them will be hero in a minute or two. You’d better stay and be ready to help them out with the rest of the carts." "You see." continued the sergeant to the reporter, "these two men who paid their tines have saved only a few minutes, and If they bad not been greenhorns they would have kept their money. The others, I guess, have been there before. The official day in court ends at I o’clock, when the court adjourns, and all the prisoners who have been fined $1 or committed for one day are released. It's time for the others to be here now." Sure enough, as be spoke they came trooping in. They wire smiling, ami they glanced with quizzical looks at the men who had paid their tines and were going down the street. New York Sun. Prompt Lesson. Some years ago there was in a Western town a judge whose ideas of the majesty of the law. at the time of bis accession to office, were unbounded; and his sense of his own importance as the representative of justice was also great. At one time two persons quarreled in the judge's presence; one rtian struck the other, and the judge immediately ordered his arrest on a charge of assault and battery. On the day of tin 1 trial the defendant pleaded, “Not guilty." Instantly the judge, who was a short, stout man, was on his feet, crimsonfaced and puffing with indignation. “What do you mean?” he demanded of the prisoner, without any preamble. “What do you mean by saying that, when I saw you, and had you arrested? I fine you one hundred dollars for breach of peace, and another hundred for contempt of court, sir, I reckon.” said the judge, his nostrils dilating with rage and injured dignity. "I reckon that'll teach folks to be careful bow they call this court a liar!” Wedding in the Philippines. When two Negritos, a people of the Philippine Islands, are to be wedded, the whole tribe is assembled, and the affianced pair Climb two trees growing near to each other. The elders then bond the branches until the beads of the couple meet. When the heads have thus come into contact, the marriage is legally accomplished, and great rejoicings take place, a fantastic dance completing the ceremony. Cider. It is as the result of long and patient experiment that certain parts of France have become tbe*pr< mier clderprodticers of the world. Normandy was the first to popularize cider as a beverage. Thence it spread to Picardy, Flanders, Germany, Russia, England and, finally, to America. Ever since the fourteenth cenutry the Norman juices have been the most celebrated, and even to-day her eiders are considered the finest In the world.

havoc of waters. STARTLING STATISTICS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Thousands of Square Miles of Farms Are Submersed-Millions in Capital Stake Agricultural Department fends Out Definite Flood Figures. Appalling Facts Given. The. flood conditions in the South are appalling. The Mississippi valley is stricken almost beyond intelligent comprehension. To give an idea of the frightful ravages the deluges have wrought from Cairo, 111., southward, this self-explana-tory table is appended: „ SUBMERGED LANDS. Square miles f n Mississippi 7.900 Square miles in Arkansas 4,509 square miles in Missouri 1.750 square miles in Tennessee 1,200 sq late miles In Louisiana 450 JTotal 15,800 * UMBER OF FARMS UNDER WATER. In Mississippi . 18,500 In ' Arkansas 10,500 In Missouri 5.0(H) In Tnnessee 5,000 fTotai 38,500 WARM ACREAGE I NDER WATER. jnißroved land 2,(MH),000 yWaproved land 1,800,000 Jfrotal 3.800,000 gK ALUE OF SUBMERGED LANDS. iwWlsslsslppl $40,000,000 in *kanßas 15,000,000 In Missouri r>.(MM),<M.M) 1“ cmnessee 5,000,000 ’ J ial $05,000,000 r INVESTED IN AGR 1< Th i TRE. pl CfSißixsippt S42,(MH).(MM) p 1 AJfcinsns 17.(HM),(HM) p 1 MKotrrl 1)000,000 In TRnessee 8,500,000 T®n! $70,500,000 PROBUCT of the region last year. Cott<& ’... .$13,000,(MM) Corn 1 3,400,000 Othea cereals Soo,<hm> I Tiltnl $17.SO(),000 POPULATION OF FLOODED DISTRICTS. Mississippi 180,48!) Arkansas l(M),gps Missouri 51.51 M) Tennessee 41,401 Total 37!»,(!85 This statement has been compiled from statistics gathered by the Department of Agriculture. It is based upon a chart prepared under the direction of the chief of the weather bureau showing the extent of the flood. To this chart the department has applied the crop statistics of ISIMi. as representing more closely than any other nvaihtble data the acreage and value of the crops of ISD7 now in jeopardy. The statistics of papulation, of the um ber and acreage of farms and of the value of farms and farm implements, are those of the census, and the statistics of live stock are the department's own figures for Jan. I. IRD7. It is significant that this report is from only the southern districts that are floodstricken. No estimate Ijas been prepared of the damage done in the Northwi st. The Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota. lowa, Illinois and other sections are still flooded, but no figures have been compiled to show what havoc the torrents have wrought. No mention is made of the loss of life. While few persons have been drowned in any on^'lcMiility, it is conceded that the total hg^' 1 is very high, but there is no way as bTel to make even an estimate, ns in most Clises the people drowned have been away from all eenters of trade or communication. Detni'H of the Disnster. The total area under water April (i was lo.HDO square miles, of which 7.!mmi square miles was in Mississippi, 4..5(H) square miles in Arkansas, LTa* l squnre milts in Missouri. 1,2(K) in T<tims^ ( e and Kh) ia Louisiana. This region contained in so f. r as can be determined in view of the • nine what indefinite boundary lines of the flood, a population of R7IMSXS, of which 1N8.488, or about one half, was in Mis sissippi, ItHi,'Alo in Arkansas, and the re ntninder, almost tqually divided between Missouri ami Tennessee. The flooded districts contain, it is estimated. :<B.StH) farms, of whit It 18,500 are in Mississippi, nearly 1<).O<)O in Arkansas, and a like number about equally divided between Missouri mid Tennessee. These farms contain a total area of .'i.simhhm) acres, one-half of which is in Mississippi and rather over one-fourth in Arkansas, the proportions in Missouri mid l enm s see being about the same as in the case of the number of farms. The total value of these farms, with their improvements, farm implements, etc., is .SGSJHH),(mmi. and here also the proportions in the different States are about the same ns above noted. Pestilence Moy Come. The people of the United States wiil never realize the extent of the great flood, mid can hardly appreciate the suffering which it brings to several hundred thousand hnmsn beings. Not only are these flood suffiwers wanting for the necessities of life, f<» food mid shelter, but on all sides rniJstares them in the face and they are almost stmicered by the knowledge that 1,1 .''""s have been swept that it will take a decade or more of toil and privation to reach the condiGA^^M’y were in before the flood ■ is this the most distressing feature of the situation, for their great dread now is the imminent danger of pestilence when the waters subside. Fevers and plagues hover over the submerged region and ate ready to snatch their victims. The raging waters have dealt mercifully with human lives —probably not more than 2(H) being drowned through the entire valley—but the pestilence will not be so sparing of loved ones and it will cause suffering horrible to contemplate. It is impossible, of course, to estimate even approximately the damage done by the floods, but it surely will not fall below $100,000,000. More than 15(1,0<)0 persons are homeless, sheltered under strange roofs, in tents, box ears and barns. More than twice as many are still living in their homes, surrounded by water, mid with cellars filled with water. More than 10,000 farm animals have been destroyed by the flood any many of those that were carried to places of refuge have perished. It is a sickening situation and the worst is not yet. Thousands of persons, men, women and children, are slowly starving in the tree tops and on the nnsubmerged hillocks of Arkansas mid Mississippi. Should relief fail to reach them their skeletons Will bo fbttnd Inter on when the grass grows green in the torrent beds mid when the floods and the sufferings caused by them are forgotten. From source to mouth the furious 1 ather of Waters is making new brcrfks in the levees and spreading disaster through now territory. Already IG.WO square miles are under water. Far up in the Minnesotas and Dakotas and back in the Allegha-

nies the melting snows are pouring into the surging stream and until these are carried to the gulf there can be no hope of relief. Until this week the disaster was confined to the lower valley, but now it extends nearly the entire length of the stream. Up at St. Paul, the river is over its banks and . 2,000 people are homeless. At Minneapolis 500 have been driven to higher ground. From there to Cairo little damage has been done, though the people are living in terror. Cairo has been transformed into an island. Bird’s Point, on the Missouri side, across from Cairo, is deserted. Oth. , er towns between this point and Helena , that are abandoned or whose streets have been turned into canals are New Madrid, Mo., Caruthersville, Mo.. Columbus, Ky., . Luxow, Ark., where a hundred homes have been washed away and not a soul remains, and Marion, Ark. This is the region which has been under water three weeks and the situation which has been ■ well described heretofore. Many people 1 are still living among trees and housetops or on houseboats, and are fed by relief boats sent out from Memphis, Helena and ' other points. DAN VOORHEES DEAD. “Tall Sycamore of the Wabash” at Last Totters am! Fall. Daniel W. Voorhees, ex-United States Senator from Indiana, died at 5 o’clock Saturday morning at his home in Washington, D. C. He had been in poor health for several years, suffering from rheumatism of the heart. His friends therefore expected to hear of his death suddenly. At last reports, however, he was showing signs of improvement. His death, therefore, while not entirely unexpected, came with a shock. Mr. Voorhees was 7P years old. Prior to his retirement from public life on March 4 last, he had been for many years one of the most conspicuous figures in the Senate. He was born in Ohio, and taken by his parents in infancy to a pioneer home in the Wabash valley, Indiana, DANIEL W. VOORHEES. with which under the soubriquet of the “Tall Sycamore of the Wabash." his name has since been associated throughout a long and honorable political career. The immediate cause of death was an attack of angina pectoris. Two weeks ago his old rheumatic trouble became aggravated ami three days before lie died became alarming, but not until a half hour before the final summons did any one realize that death was near. The remains were taken to Terre Haute, Ind., for interment. WILL GO TO CUBA. Judge William R. Day as a Special Commiss’ouer for United States. Judge William R. Day. who will go to Cuba as a special com aissioner for the United States to be present at the investigation into the death of Dr. Ruiz, is one of the leading citizens of Canton, D. For many years the judge has been a near neighbor and an intimate personal friend of President McKinley. He is a son of 11 yw < ■ T ■■; ■ । ’ / MSB;; - ; y JIDGE W. It. DAY. Luther Day, who was the chief justice of the f)hio Supreme Court, ami from his birth breathed the atmosplJere of the law. Judge Day was educated at the Uuiversity of Michigan. Since 1572, in which year he was admitted to the bar, he has lived in Canton. He was elected judge of the court of common pleas in 188 G, and on that occasion was the candidate of the Republican and Democratic parties. Mrs. Day is a leader in Cauton society and is one of the most unostentatious women in the world. She is the mother of four sons. About the Seat of Wcr. No part of Greece is forty miles from the sea. Greece is a little larger than one-half of Pennsylvania. Hellas is th<> name by which the Greeks call their country. The royal palace at Athens, built by King Otto, cost $2.5iH»JHhi. Greece has a longer coast line than that of Spain and Portugal together. About one-half of the population of Greece are shepherds and agriculturists. The present King of Greece. George L. came to the throne in ISG”, at the age of seventeen. The Greek flag is a while cross on a blue ground, the Bavarian colors and the Greek cross. King George of Greece is a brother of the Princess of Wales and of the mother of the Czar of Russia. The standing army of Greece consists of 1(1,280 infantry, 3.120 cavalry, 3,842 artillery. 1,080 engineers and 3,400 officers. The legislative power of Greece is vested in a single body, called the Boule. The members are elected by the people ever/ four years.

RECORD OF THE WEEK INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Prescriptions for Liquor Must Designate the Manner in Which It Is to Be Used —Strange Story from Edinburg—Blow to Educational SystemNo Sunday Bottles. The Appellate Court, a branch of the State Supreme Court, handed down a decision defining the circumstances under which druggists may sell liquor on Sunday under the Nicholson law. The decision says: “The fact that the sale was made in good faith by the druggist for medical purposes is no defense, if there was no physician’s prescription. A writing addressed to the druggist by name and signed by a physician, which reads. Tlx spiritus frument, qt. 1, for medical purposes,’ is not such a prescription as the statute contemplates. To justify the sale of whisky on Sunday the prescription should name the person for whom it is prescribed, tell how it is to be used, to whom the sale shall be made, and indicate i that a Sunday sale is contemplated and Ma n Hib t: The community between r^Jinburg 1 and Columbus is exercised over finding a welldressed stranger hibernating in a large hollow tree on the farm of Dr. Wright. He had constructed a door, neatly concealing the entrance, and his presence was only discovered by accident. T’jwn being questioned he gave conflicting accounts of himself, in the main pretending that he is representing the State Fish Commissioner in looking after violators of the law. Other times he says that he is a flood refugee from Arkansas. He looks, acts and talks like a gentleman, and the authorities will be asked to investigate. under a suspicion that he is a fugitive fearing arrest. Rcadinz Circles Killed in Indiana. The ruling of the Appellate Court of Indianapolis that township trustees have no authority to purchase “reading circle" pooks is likely to destroy this valuable adjunct to the educational system of the Ftate. The directors, who are named by the State Teachers' Association, with the f nperintendent of the department of pubj jic instruction, ex-officio a member, have ; been called to meet in the hope of devisi ing some wa.v by which the circles can be I continued. George F. Bass of Indianapo1K is general manager. All Over the State. At South Bend, Kempner & Schafer's clothing store was closed, with liabilities and assets of about S2S,(HM) each. The explosion of a barrel of whisky caused the destruction of a freight train of fifteen cars on the Big Four road. At Muncie. S-year-old Mary McAllister was instantly killed by an electric street car, the motorman being her cousin, Walter Heyworth. William Roller was found dead in a pas- : ture near Dayton. There was a bullet I wound in the forehead, and he is believed | to have committed suicide. At Lafayette, F. M. Bales was found dead in a storeroom. A paper containing ! what is thought to be morphine was found on the floor near the body. Bales had taken a dipsomania cure, but had returned to drink. Tbi. Indiana Iron Company, which has j been working very irregularly at Muncie ; for months, has put on a full force of 901) : hands, who are working double turn, day I and night. The same situation exists at the Midland Steel AVorks and the Ontario Silverware Works has increased its force. Three Chicago boys, Billy Magary, Frank Murphy and John Brown, whose homes are on Archer avenue, were arrested at Fort Wayne on suspicion. When searched $l3O in gold was found in Magary's shoes, and Brown, when questiou- ’ e<l by the officers, broke down and confessed. He said the three bad held up a stranger in Bonfield street. Chi'-ago. and ■ secured SIOO. They escaped the police i and came on to Fort Wayne, having gotten rid of about S3O of the money. Further investigation of the E. S. Dean Company shows that the concern, during the seven months it operated at Indianapolis ook an enormous amount of money I out of the State. In one week SI2JH)i) was gathered up in one township. Miss M. E. Massey, who was in charge of tlm general Western office, is still missing, lit i mother ami brother say that she litis j gone to New York to learn what the troui ble is. Stores of men anil women out in the woods, who have not iieird that the ' i oneern has failed, are still sending in money to be “invested." T' ”ee hundred ami more investors in Dean & Co.’s “Get Rich Quick" company, which was levied upon by the sheriff in New York, gathered in the Indianapolis office Tuesday, only to find a placard posted: “Closed; agent gone to New YorkZJ~»-. It is estima’ed that during the few weeks i of the company's operations fully $300,000 was forwarded to New York. The local agent was Miss M. E. Massey. She received a percentage of money collected. Her earnings, said to exceed $7,000, were also invested with Dean & Co., sharing the fate of those who invested with her. The funeral of Philip Snyder, who committed suicide, was held in Decatur. Ow- | ing to the unfortunate condition of the j entire family, this death has attracted I more attention than any that ever took place in the history of northern Indiana. Six children were born to William Snyder. All of them have become insane and the three sons have committed suicide. Two daughters are now in insane asylums and have been pronounced incurable. None of the children have shown any signs of insanity until after maturity, and up to that time were considered naturally bright and intelligent. None of the family now remain except the father, the mother of the demented children having died from grief several years ago. The father is not expected to live long, as his troubles are weighing heavily upon him. Last night thieves broke into the Indianapolis base! all club house and carried off everything portable. Old uniforms, sweaters, towels, soap, balls, bats and everything were carted away. The police are now searching the pawnshops. The new uniforms were not there yet. Gov Mount, acting upon the advice of the Attorney General, has directed that the plans for the transfer of B<H> convicts. as provided for in the new reformatory law, be abandoned until the Supreme Court has passed upon the law. In the South Bend case Judge Hubbard held the new law to be unconstitutional.