Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 February 1897 — Page 3

CAUCUS IS SUSTAINED

APPORTIONMENT BIU AS AtlKEED UPON WILL, PASS LEGISLATURE.

Vote On Preliminary motion Show! Woafc yr WU1 Go Through By ClfMW „.£ hi '.V Miireln.

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Special to the Express.^

Indianapolis, Feb. 4.^-This mornlhg a rote in the house demonstrated that the Republicans can pass their apportionment bill through that body without difficulty. In a contest over a committee report the meastire received fifty-one affirmative votes, the |,VV, speaker not being called upon to vote. The

Republican majority of the committee sseported the caucus measure favorably. The Democratic members submitting a minority report against it. Some of the members were absent, among them Mr. Thomas, Republican, who has reported as opposed to the bill. Mr, Babcock voted to table the minority report, though he has been a warm opponent of the bill on account of the hard luck that Lagrange and Steuben counties •i have in the measure. Mr. Butler of Steuben, was the only Republican who voted against tabling the report, and he said he did so in order that he might take that occaslon to express his disapproval of the way his county was treated in the bill. The motion to table was carried by a vote of 48 to 40. On the motion to adopt the majoritV report Mr. Butler voted with the Republicans for its adoption and the vote stood 51 to 44. It requires 51 votes to pass the bill.

The house adopted today a resolution by Mr. Packard inviting Susan B. Anthony to address both houses at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. It was adopted though there was a considerable chorus of noes. Just before adjournment Mr. Hedgecock created euripple of excitement by offering a resolution inviting Helen M. Gougar to address both houses, but it was tabled with a rush. The latter was in the city and sent Hedgecock a box of flowers in the afternoon.

Representative Ryan of Ft. Wayne, a persistent young Democrat, was roughly handied in the house today. On Tuesday Mr. Ryan moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the bill for cigarettes had passed 5 the day before. He and a good

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others

had heard from home and were seized with a desire to confine the bill to cigarettes without prohibiting the salfe of all kinds of tobacco to minors. The matter came up upon receipt of a message from the senate returning the bill. On this subject the

speaker made a ruling that the house had no right t» recall a bill that it had sent to the senate. The senate, he said, had no right to decline to receive a measure from the house and this was a great prerogative that the house should seek to preserve. The house declined to receive the bill back. It developed that Mr. Ryan had slipped over to the senate and told Senator Bozeman that the house wanted the bill back, when as a matter of fact the house had taken no actipn on this subject. The message from the eenate therefore created sorae little surprise and some of the members made a quiet investigation to find out how it came about. Immediately after the reconvening of the house at the afternoon session Mr. Nicholson offered a resolution for an investigation on the subject and the speaker aypointed Messrs. Nicholsin, Hart and Smith. They reported the facts and Ryan was hauled before the bar of the house and reprimanded.

The house took up a number of bills on third reading. The most important of these I was that of Mr. Root's, limiting the txpenditures of township trustees, which was defeated after a long -discussion. A bill prohibiting the hunting of quail or grouse for the market, shipping them out of the state or exposing them for sale was passed practically without opposition. The bill providing for a commission to reyise all laws of the state relating to local government was passed by nearly unanimous vote.

It is the expectation to make a thorough change in the system of county and township government. Bills were passed prohibiting the clipping of horses in the winter months, providing for attorneys' fees in suits for wages and giving circuit judges jurisdiction In the courts of brother judges during vacation.

The senate took up two important subjects but took no definite action on either. The /first of these was the bill to establish an

Intermediate prison and after some discussion consideration of it was postponed until Monday. The anti-trust bill was recommitted. A favorable report was adopted Upon the measure to limit the franchise of the company controlliag the Indianapolis lines of street railroad and some other important measures were advanced to second reading. Three bills were passed by the senate, one providing a method of building partition fences, another requiring railroads not using air brakes to employ three brake- ,. men where as many as forty ears are hauled, and the house bill re-appropriating $8,000 to the Chickamauga commission.

QUESTION OF USURY

House

Sustains the Nicholson

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Kill Bv a Heavy Vote

Indianapolis, Feb.. 4.-At 11:30 yesterday the house took up bills upon third reading and passed without discussion the bill of Mr. Canada providing for the organization of county homes for dependent children by •j charitable associations, and requiring the I county commissioners to place in these homes such children as are a charge upon the counties. The bill is practically the •ame as that of Senator Ellison, which passed the senate the other day, and a good deal of time might have been saved by a motion to strike out all after the enacting clause and substitute the senate bill, but nobody seemed to think of this time saving method.

The house bill by Mr. Hall providing for .* the working of jail prisoners upon the •. streets and roads to work out their fines was handed down on third reading, and the author spoke in favor of the bill. He was bombarded with questions from all sides, but held his ground very well. Consideration of the measure was interrupted by the veto messages of the governor and the noon adjournment, but it was resumed in the afternoon and the bill was defeated.

Mr. Nicholson's usury bill, fixing the lesal rate of interest at 6 per cent and maklng contracts of more than 7 per cent illegal was taken up as a special order. The bill had come from the rights and privileges committee with two reports, the majority against the bill and the minority for it. Mr. Nicholson spoke for the bill, declaring that the people were asking for relief in this matter. The change, he said, was comparatively slight. Mr. Roose thought the people would be glad to have a reduction in interest, just as they would be glad to be able to buy flour at half price. This was a ques-

tion that could not be controlled by legislation. He cited the cases of Kansas and Michigan. Mr. East favored the bill. Mr. Littleton declared that it would cut off the opportunities of borrowers to get money when they most need it. Mr. Linck made a clear argument, showing that lowering the legal rate tended to stringency of money.

The way to reduce interest rates was to attract capital. Money was no cheaper in any state than in Massachusetts, where there is no restriction. Mr. Henderson fathe bill. He said that if the security

was good money could be got cheap, and the law would be a dead letter, anyhow. Mr. Willoughby argued against the bill. He declared that they had no right to put laws upon the statute books to be ignored. Quincy Adams Blankenship talked in the interest of oppressed humanity. His speech was sultry, and in the course of it he spoke of "the building and loan skinners, fleecers and robbers." Mr. Haifley suggested that if a high legal rate of interest was a good thing, they might raise it. He talked for the bill. Like the brook, the discussion babbled on, and finally Mr. Nicholson took the floor to close the debate. The galleries applauded when he declared that the assertion of scarce money gave the lie to every Republican speech in the last campaign. A roll call was taken and the minority report was adopted, thus saving the bill by. a vote of 64 to 30. 'Pff

Senator Shively, at the request of Charles R. Lane, secretary of the senate, introduced a resolution yesterday morning for the purchase of a fire and burglar proof safe-at the cost of not to exceed $125 for keeping valuable papers belonging to the senate. He called attention to the fact that the cabinet in which the bills are filed away was a frail thing that could be easily opened by any one intent on purloining a bill. At the end of the session, particularly, he sfeid, such efforts were sometimes Aiade. The resolution was defeated, although Senator Newby and others who were in the senate two years ago said that the necessity for some such provision was apparent then.

THE FACTORY SYSTEM

THE SUBJECT OF PROF. CHARLES ZEUBLIN'S TALK. AT NORMAL.

Social Evils Underlying Dickens' "Hard Times" Uis«ms*w»-Tb» First In the Series of Lectures.

The first of a series of lectures on "Social Reform in Fiction" was given last night in the Normal Hall by Professor Charles Zeublin of the Chicago University. The subject for the evening's lecture was "The Factory System," underlying Dickens' "Hard Times." Professor Zeublin 6pened his talk by stating that the industrial revolution tie central «eU times The chief features about this revo

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which is stimulating invention to cheapen the production and distribution of goods mobility of the population, growth of cities Sid the division of labor. The factory system was the production of

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industrial

changes of the eighteenth century. The weaver, whose cottage had been his factory and whose hand loom had been his only implement, found himself beaten by the great manufacturer, whose machinery enabled one pair of hands to do the worl^of ten men. "The chief characteristics of the factory system were: The increased production, the physical deterioration of the laborer, the employment of women and children and the moral degradation of the laborer as seen in the destruction of his home, the neglect of the children and the emphasis of class distinctions. "One of the first effects of the factory system," said Professor Zeublin, is the taking of the children away that they might work in the factories, and thus the homes were broken up. No effort at all was made to educate these children until a law was passed by the English parliament compelling the employer to give them a few hours each day for school. Throughout all this time a cash relation was substituted for the human relation. This same condition would exist in this country were it not for the middle class which bridges over the gap which exists between the rich and the poor id thus makes the situation less appalling, have become so used to seeing the rich ting in one quarter and the poor in an-

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that nothing is thought of this condign whatever. 'Hard Times,' said the ipeaker, "is one of the smallest books writby Dickens and yet it is considered one his most important. By some it has been "_d the social philosophy of Dickens." passages were read from this book

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Pr6fessor Zeublin which showed that he a true insight into the "conditions and disposition of the people of that day.

KING HUMBERT ILL

Serious View Taken of What Is Reported As a Cold.

Rome, Feb. 3.—King Humbert has had a slight stroke of paralysis. This is now for the first time admitted to be the true cause of that mysterious illness which prevented him from holding any of the court festivities during the early part of last month, and which was attributed at the time to a mere feverish cold, and to influenza. How grave was the affair is shown by the fact that all the royal princes telegraphed to ask if they might come, the Prince of Naples arriving in the Eternal City and hastening to his father's bedside immediately on hearing of his father's condition.

Numerous telegrams were received from foreign crowned heads, the Emperor of Germany in particular manifesting the utmost concern about the health of his ally, while Queen Marguerite would not be satisfied with the ordinary royal physicians, but insisted on summoning ex-Minister Professor Beccelli, who is the greatest medical authority in the kingdom. •,

This would not have been necessary and would certainly not have been demanded by the queen, who was aware of the storm which such summons would create among the public had she not thoroughly realized the seriousness of her husband's condition.

The fact is that King Humbert has taken all the Abyssinian affair with its succession of disasters, defeats culminating in an ignominious withdrawal from the east coast of Africa, very much to heart, far more so than people have any idea of. It must be remembered that in addition to the defeatlthere are no end of disgraceful and shameful scandals connected with the entire enterprise, in some of which the court is concerned in an exceedingly awkward manner.

Humbert, who is the very .soul of honor, as he has shown by paying to the last cent the enormous debts of his father, to which he could in no sense be held liable, is distressed beyond measure, not only at the disclosures in the connections which have already taken place, but also about those which are still to come.

The\trouble about these strokes of paralysis is that when they have once occurred they are apt to happen again in a more serious form, and as King Humbert has from his very childhood been delicate, having Inherited the physical frailties of his Austrian mother, it is feared that his condition is far more alarming than officially admitted, indeed little credence need be attached to the ocial bulletin published concerning his health, and according to which he was afflicted with a "severe cold," for it ma.y be recalled that his father, King Victor Emmanuel, as well as Queen Victoria's husband, the Prince Consort, were only admitted to be suffering from "severe colds" until twenty-four hours before their deaths.

King Humbert, although he is on his feet again, looks shockingly ill, wan and jveary. His hair and mustache are snow white, and although he is barely 50, he looks considerably over TO*

RAILROAD Y. M. C. A.'S

A PAPER READ BEFORK THE ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD OFFICIALS,

J. BE. LIndley Points Oat the W»7 Carry On This Work Sac-' cessfaily.

A paper was recently read by J. M. Lindley, road foreman of engines on the Vandalia, before a meeting of the Central Association of Railroad Officials, held in Cincinnati on the railroad Y. M. C. A. movement. Mr. Lindley has made a study of this subject and consequently gives a very comprehensive outline of this grand movement. An extract of his paper is as follows: "In looking over the situation with a view of determining whether or not reading rooms for railroad men are a success we find there are few if any successful reading' rooms for railroad men in this country. "For example, go back to the time when the Panhandle shops were built at this point, when a cozy little building was erected in the park and fitted up nicely to be used as a reading room for the employes. Soon afterward it was abandoned as a reading room and used as the trainmaster's office. About that time thene was a nicely furnished reading room in the Panhandle station at Logansport, which was later turned over and is now being successfully operated as a railroad branch of the Young Men's Christian Association. Five or six years ago the Clover Leaf employes organized a library association and club at Frankfort, Ind., occupying three or four nicely furnished pleasant rooms in a building block near the company's offices, the rent of which was paid by the company, but it was not long before they were closed. The Vandalia railroad men organized a railroad club at Logansport, Ind., last spring which was very successful for a short time, but is now almost a thing of the past. At North LaCrosse, Wis., a club house costing about $12,000 was erected by the Burlington Co., but was closed by the railroad officials something over a year after its opening, and has since remained closed because, according to the statement of the officials, they were no longer willing to be responsible for it. "Sometime during the year 1890 several of the Long Island railroad men who had come in touch with the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association work in New York City, started a movement for organizing a railroad association at Long Island City. A request for ,the co-operation of the railroad company was sent to the president, Mr. Austin Corbin. Mr. Corbin replied that he would be very glad to furnish quarters for a railroad club, but that he was not willing to have it connected with a Young Men's Christian Association. A club was therefore formed, and the railroad company spent considerable money fitting up a reading room, social room, dining roopi, kitchen and rest rooms. Mrs. Corbin presented the club with a good library and piano. The interest in this movement gradually decreased until 1894, the trainmaster and others who had been in the back of the movement appealed to the international committee of the Young Men's Christian Association to again bring the matter before the officials with the hope that they would consent to turning the plant over to a Young Men's Christian Association. The trainmaster reported very great difficulty in keeping the men from gambling in the rooms he also had trouble in preventing profanity and reported that the use of the rest rooms had been discontinued. Only a few men were using thp .privileges, and no books were being drawn from the library a comparative statement was prepared showing the actual use of the privileges of this club compared with the actual Use of similar privileges at other division points where Young Men's Christian Associations were located. One of the officials took this statement to the president, and strongly urged that as the club house was an evident'failure, the Young Men's Christian Association be given an opportunity. President Corbin finally assented to this as an experiment. The company expended some money in re-fitting the rooms and a competent secretary was employed. President Corbin presided at the opening meeting and stated on that evening that he proposed to become a member and assist in every way in. making the organisation a success. Ho watched this experiment closely, and regular statistical and financial reports were sent to him, and on several occasions he expressed his entire satisfaction with the results secured. Sometime during 1895 the building in which the association quarters were located burned down, and President Corbin at once issued orders that a new building should be erected, especially for the railroad association.1 "After looking the ground over it seems that a railroad company would not be justified in spending any great amount of money in reading rooms unless they ultimately expect to develop them into railroad branches of the Young Men's Christian Association. "The Young Men's Christian Association has successfully solved the problem of bringing together all classes of railroad men in one organization, regardless of creed, nationality or department of service in which they may be engaged. No better illustration can* be found than in the experience of the Norfolk & Western Railroad, which, with the liberal support of Mr. Sanda, who is a Roman 'Catholic, five railroad associations were formed on that one system, with a membership of 1,200 and Mr. Sanda is one of the most enthusiastic Authors of this special work for railroad men. There is probably not a single instance where it can be found that such an association, properly located and firmly supported by the railroad company, has failed to accomplish even more than was expected by their founders, whila the history of reading rooms and club houses has been one of uniform failure."

WILL PAY DAMAGES.

Reported Residents of Hawaii Will Be Properly Recompensed. Honolulu, Jan. 27, via Victoria, B. C., Feb. 4.—The Hawaiian government announces that although not legally bound to do so, it will aid the Australian steamship company In settling any judgment for damages that may be awarded as the result of the deportation of objectionable characters just after the last revolution. It is stated on what appears to be reliable authority tbat Paul Newrr who recently went to Guatemala, was engaged In a secret project for the annexation of a large island 1,000 miles off the coast of Guatemala. He found this island was unclaimed, and George D. Freeth, formerly of Laysan island, chartered a vessel in San Francisco and set sail for the unclaimed island, where he will raise the Hawaiian flag.

C. A. Spreckels, son of Clause Spreckels, today announced himself in favor of annexation to the United States. Clause Spreckels is bitterly opposed to annexation.

At tl A venae Theater.

There was an interesting performance at the Avenue Theatre last night given by colored talent. It was for the benefit of the South Third street colored church. The attendance was very large and the show was thoroughly appreciated, being as it was under the admirable management of Mr. C. B. Butler. Sack of the parts was well

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taken care of by the young people taking characters. The Drunkard's Warning was the piece put on.. Those whose work contributed: to the pleasure of the evening are: C. B. Butler, James Rider, Miss Ella Burdehn, M. L. Roberts, Miss Estella Daniels, Miss Boone, Nathan Burdenn, George David, Mel. G. Smith.

Ohio Miners Are Actually Starving. Bellaire, O., Feb. 1.—A cemmltte of mincers from the Belmont coal mines in this scity were out all day soliciting food for the families of men employed at that mine. .Investigation shows that there are over fifty families at these mines suffering for the necessities of life, and some are actually starving. The story they told of their sufferings is terrible. These miners have not had work for over four months and when they were laid off their supplies from the company's store stopped also, thus cutting off all source of support. Secretary Glascow said tonight that reports from all over the district show much suffering and many appeals for aid has been received.

TALKED IT TO DEATH

SENATOR HILL DEFEATS MOVEMENT TO STOP LIQUOR SELLING.

New York Senator Makes a Strong Flea For Personal Liberty and Carries His Point,

Washington, Feb. 4.—The session of the senate today was one of unusual activity with sharp colloquies and vigorous speeches, which drew large crowds to the galleries. The ball was set rolling early in the day, when Mr.: Morrill endeavored to pass Ahe bill prohibiting the use of intoxicants in the capitol building. This aroused the opposition of Mr. Hill of New York, who vigorously denounced busy-bodies and mis-chief-makers inspiring this class of legislation. The senatcr spoke for the fullest enjoyment of individual liberty consistent with the common good. The immigration bill was recemiritted to conference, Mr. Lodge in charge of the measure adopting this course as a result of urgent appeals fdr a modification of the bill. Before this was done, however, a warm personal and political colloquy occurred between Mr. Lodge and Mr. Chandler on one hand and Mr.^Gorman on the other. The Maryland senator took exceptions to recent suggestions of steamship and corporate influence and declared there would be ample opportunity within the nex,t year for Republican senators to resist the corporate influences at work after March 4th. In reply, Mr. Chandler asserted that the Maryland senator had for the first time turned an immigration debate into partisan channels. Mr. Vilas added another day to his speech against the Nicaraguan canal and bad not concluded when the senate adjourned.

Sale of Liquor In the Capitol. Regarding the sale of liquor in the capitol, Mr. Morrill said there was much feeling throughout the country against it. He had just received a letter stating that the writer had seen a man coming from the building drunk. While there was misapprehension as to the existence of ordinary saloons in the building, yet as the publicfelt that an evil existed congress should make a

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prohibition.

Mr. Sherman asked if it was right tha any part of this great public

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here was! justified. There was nothing like ah ordinary bar here. But the law should be made stringent so that when a man wanted whisky he would have to go outside the capitol to get it.

Will's Plea For Personal Liberty. Mr. Hill came into the debate at this point, speaking with much vehemence ajgainst the "busy bodies" and "mischief makers' Who libelled congress and inspired this class of legislation. He had received many letters, he said, protesting against "this abomination in our national capitol." Such statements were false. No such thing as a bar existed here. Mi*. Hill read in sarcastic tones a letter appealing to him to aid^iiTdriving saloons from the capitol and thifs "f'aise the standard of national honor."

our national honor come, to this?"

exikinjed Mr. Hill, "that it depends upon wh%thet we take a glass of ale or beer with ouf mjfals?" ^his'kppeal to national honor, he added, wa's becoming a common device every time some stnall question presented itself. But there was no question of national honor involved in this matter. "There are no salodns fiere there is no drunkenness here I Iikve^'nevsr seen a drunken man in the capitol. I state for the benefit of these agitatdrk that it is a libel on congress to say that saloons are here and drunkenness exists here. It is absolutely false."

He went on to speak, of the hypocrisy of the bill. It was soon evident that the senator would talk against the measure until 2 o'clock, when the bill would be cut off by the Nicaraguan canal. He spoke of the extremes to which prohibition legislation had been carried and the excessive punishment inflicted. The violation of an excise law had, he said, become worse than murder or burglary. Tim sort of legislation would not. It' was unwise, unnecessary. Under it the venerable senator from Vermont (Morrill) could be taken out of the senate on a charge of violating the excise laws. Under it senators would find on reaching the chamber some day that onehalf of their associates were in the police court for violation of the excise law. Mr. Hill talked up to 2 o'clock, when the bill was displaced and the Nicaraguan canal bill was taken up.

Immigration Bill Recommitted.

Mr. Lodge endeavored to have the can»I bill give way temporarily to permit action on the conference report on the immigration bill. An objection being made, Mr. Lodge moved to take up the immigration report and the motion prevailed—35-13.

Mr Hill appealed to Mr. Lodge to allow the bill to be recommitted for modifications in the age of illiteracy provisions.

Mr. Chandler seconded the appeal, saying a recommittal would secure the desirable end of uniting political parties in immigration legislation. Mr. Lodge yielded to the appeals and thereupon moved that the senate dsagree to the conference report.

Mr. Gorman made an emphatic protest against the recent statement of Mr. Lodge tbat the opposition to the bill was due to corporation and steamship influence. He hoped the senator (Lodge) would have occasion during the next year of opposing the power of corporations. It waB corporate powers which had largely controlled in the selection of the president for the next four years.

Mr. Chandler said the language of the Maryland senator implied a threat that if this bill was not shaped to suit him then filibustering would be resorted to. This was an extraordinary statement. This senator (Gorman) had for the first time injected party politics into the immigration question. The motion to disagree to the conference report was then adopted without division.

The debate on the Nicaraguan bill was then resumed, Mr. Vilas speaking in the .opposition. Mr. Vilas had not concluded, when at 5:15 p. m., the senate went into «xecutiv£ session and soon adjourned.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

WASHINGTON TRYING TO AROUSE INTEREST IN BASEBALL.

The Brail Times Tell of Poor Mali flarvlce Along the Midland Railroad.

Quite an enthusiastic base ball meeting was held i«t the city hall last night to determine hether or not this city is to enter the Central Base Ball League, say3 the Washington Gazette.

After considerable discussion a committee was appointed to see the business men and base ball lovers today to raise $300 with which to hold Washington's franchise in the league. The money must be raised by Saturday or else this city can not become a member. Shares will be sold in the association at $25 each. Quite a number h«.ve already been taken and from the present outlook we presume that Washington will have plenty of base ball this summei.

Citizens of towns along the line of the Midland, whose only mail facilities are over this line, are very indignant at the manner in which the road is -hauling the mail, says the Brazil T'mes. Cardonia has only had about two mails a week for the last two months, and the postoffice department will soon be petitioned to re-establish the old star route between thst office and this city. A conductor on this line said the other day that, while his regular run Is on this end of the line, he had been on the east end for the last month and that this end had almost been abandoned. He said the road had more work than it could possibly handle, but other roads refused to loan or lease them rolling stock and they are not able to »uy. The road is losing thousands of dollars every month on account of not being properly equipped, but capitalists cannot be found who have enough confidence in the road to loan it any money.

The students of DePauw held a mass meeting Friday afternoon after chapel for the purpose of denouncing the proposed anti-foot-ball bill before the legislature. Ed Davis, a prominent player, presided. A unanimous resolution condemning the. bill was passed and Messrs. Sandy, Shinman and Roller were appointed a committee to draft a petition and to secure the names of students.

The investigation of the murderous assault upon Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, near French Lick, has come to naught, in so far as revealing the identity of the criminal. The young man against whom suspicion was directed because of the training of the dogs, has been vindicated.

C. W. Valentine, a junior at Purdue, has invented a pipe that will not get "strong." It has two holes in the stem. One carries away the saliva and the other is a passage for smoke. It's said that not a drop of moisture ever gets in the hole carrying the smoke.

The revival at the Oregon Church, in- Linton township, under the direction of Rev. Kendall of Dana, has just concluded, with six conversions. One of the additions to the church was Robert H. Boyle, one, of the leading citizens of the community, now in his 65th yedr.

Earlham Athletic Association will meet, this week, and resolve that the anti-foot ball bill is a bad thing and will instruct their representatives to vote it .jlo-wn Earlham has promise of a good team, ijgxt season. 3:V'

Miami University at Oxford, O., has challenged Earlham for a contest in athletics. 'Twill talie place some time in April at Richmond. Each college holds third place in her respective State.

William Prather drove to this city from Brazil Tuesday afternoon in a sleigh and has not yet returned. The rapid melting of the snow evidently stranded him some place along the road.

The Macksville schools were closed yesterday after a five months' term. This was due to .\ mistake in fixing the school levy and will be corrected so as to give an eight months'term next year-

The Tecent cold weather has killed all the peaches in Hamilton county. The previous warm, wet weather had developed the buds and when the cold came they were nipped.

The American Hxpress Company has placed on the Big Four and other roads a number of armored express cars which are supposed to be burglar proof.

The prospects for base ball at DePauw the coming spring are Mattering. Several new members are in training. ^Jo^n liaskell was elected captain. Et« .«*v

William Sopp, aged 26, or Terre Haute, and May Ruksh, aged 24r of Vincennes, were licensed to marry at .Marsha«ll, this week.

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A one-story-and-a-half house two miles south of this city on the First street road, owned by Darius Donham of 522 South Center street, father of Postma-ter A. H. Donham, was burned to the ground Monday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock. The place was tenanted by a family by the Dame of Laughead, who fortunately got their household goods out of the house before the fire reached them. It is said that the fire started from the overturning of a lamp, but what anyone wanted with alighted lamp at that hour in the morning is a mystery. The damage to the house vvll be About $600, which amount is covered by insurance to about hklf. There was no available water supply, and oncethe fire was started nothing could be done but let it burn.

The Brazil Times, in commenting on .Judge McGregor's decision in the KabbesBindley damage suit, prints the following:

The defendant in the above case filed an answer to the complaint and the plaintiff a demurrer to the same. The court overruled the demurrer, plaintiff failing to file further answer, and the case was ordered stricken from the docket. This ended the case, as far as this court is concerned, the only recourse of the plaintiff being, as we are informed, an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Dr. James A. %linieh of Worthington died Saturday morning last at 7 o'clock, says t!he Sullivan Union. He was well known in this county, fte was born at Carlisle, March 30, 1831, and studied medicine under the elder Dr. Hinkle of Carlisle. Dr. Minich was a surgeon and physician o*f wide repute. He was elected to serve one term in the legislature, defeating John D. Alexander in 1870. At the time of his death he was on the pension examining board at Worthington. The last time we saw Dr. Minioh was at the old settlers' meeting at Carlisle, in 1895.

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The B. & O. S. W. laid off ninety-two men at Washington, Saturday, and reduced tihe hours of the remaining force from nine to eight,

The American Press Association has sent Mrs. J. H. Beadle of Rockville $276 since the death of her husband.

The annual bench show of the Hoosier Kennel Club will take place next week in Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis.

The Riley Times, which was launched but a few weeks ago, has suspended publication.

Damon aod Pythias Tonight, Melville Company. Matinee Saturday afternoon, Fanchon, tbo Cricket. Children, 10c to all parts of the house.

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Man in Small Boat In Danger From Charges of a Big Fish. It was a lieutenant in the United States revenue marine serivce who felt himself impelled to tell this fish story after the other fellows had trotted out their best yarns, says the New York Sun. "We had hired a small sharpie, Goddard, Lennig and myself," he said, "and had spent, the day with the king of fish, the tarpon, with magnificent success. We were lying on the top of the cabin companionway and also lying about the tremendous fellows which had escaped us as victory was in our grasp. We were either silent from lack of imagination or wondering how any man could disgrace himself by lying so barefacedly as the other fellows had done. Our reverie was interruppted by a great commotion in the water. "We sat up and saw a school of sea devils, the first that I had ever seen, darting hither and thither after small mullet. They looked and swam like immense water butterflies, propelling themselves by flopping their huge wings, which were at least twenty feet from tip to tip. "Well, Lennig— he always was a chump— was seized with the idea that he must shoot one, and laughing at our warnings, went below and was soon shooting away at every fish that came near the surface. The fish did not seem to mind this at all and calmlyr'Vf-' kept on with their dinner, as if being shot was simply the spice that added zest to tbeirV appetites. "The mullets, in their frantic endeavors'^'to escape, gradually drew the sea devils out of range. All we could say did not have any effect on Lennig, for he jumped into the*!'# small boat and started in pursuit. We laz-s-t'-ily, with iacreasing interest, wctched him' as he stood up in the boat and fired at a fish without any apparent result. "We saw him bring his rifle to his shoulder'and fire, then fire four times in rapid sue-' cession and then fall down and almost capsize the boat. Wondering what was happen-^s^s ing, we stood up and saw him scramble to/^ his feet and fall again. As he fell we saw» V. one of the wings of a sea devil come outiWof water, and apparently the fish was en-"! deavoring to seize the gunwale and capsizeit* the boat and in that way secure the occu- ~r y'a a more, seized his rifle, and fired shot afteivshot into the animal's head without anyapparent effect, except that the fish would' back off, and, swimming at his full speed, would ram the boat with his head, upsetting-. Lennig every time and almost capsizing* the boat. "Finally we saw him apparently fire his&'i rifle, and as there was no report, his magazine must have been exhausted. While he was occupied in this manner the fish rammed the boat again, and Lennig, being: unprepared, was knocked overboard. Wei jumped to our feet and scrambled into ona# of the small boats to go to his assistance,^: but as we were shoving off wo saw hinv scramble back into the boat, displaying agility that would have done credit to any pro-' fessional acrobat. "He had hardly regained the boat befor* a black whip, which proved to be the fish'# tail, struck him \yith a resounding whaclfc across the back. As soon as he was fairly, in the boat he sprang to his oars and wa£ pulling as for dear life in the direction the sharpie, pursued by the fish, who -t rammed the boat repeatedly. He passed u» without a glance, deadly pale, looking?, neither to the right nor to the left, and almost breaking the oars at every stroke. H«.. reached the sharpie and hit her a terrible thump which upset him, but almost at the same instant he had resumed his oars and., with a yell of terror tried to pull the boat through the vessel. He was really so scared that he was out of his mind, for every time he bumped into the vessel he would yell with all his might and renew his exertion: with greater vigor. "The fish, apparently discouraged, hal disappeared, and as soon as we recovered from our astonishment at his frantic behavior we pulled alongside the vessel and fastening our boat waited for him to hlt the sharpie again, and as he did so we seized him and, in spite of his efforts to escape, drew him on board, where he fainted.* We exhausted our remaining stock of li-« quids in bringing him into something like a state of sanity."

Trotters Auctioned Off at Chicago and Lexington, Ky. Chicago, Feb. 4.—The annual sale of trotting horses by Berry & Co. opened today with 225 head catalogued, and fanciers from all parts. Adam Matchettie of Glasgow, Scotland, bought Steel Prince (2:07'^), a 9-year dd brown stallion y-Steel Mail, for $1,000. Speed was in good demand and, and where such promi-ed a return for the money in style, breeding bv inn ritance or individuality, the prices were decidely satisfactory. The youngsters were par '(.ul ly liked, and BOtliiug in that nno sole be'o $200, and experts considered prices better than a year ago.

Lexington, Ky., Feb. 4.—At Brasfields combination sale of trotting stock there was a fair crowd and prices were in keeping with the stock offered, which was not first-class. Sixty-seven head sold for ru ag3rc?ate of $8,100. The top price was $700, for the. pacer J. H. L., 2:^814, sold to W. T. Williamson, Mason, Tenn.

Dstmoa and Pythin* Tonight- «j Melville Company. Matinee Ssturli? afternoon, Fanchon, the Cricket. Cn'Vl: en, 10c to all parts cf the house.

Germaria Theatre, Melville Co. ^MatJnSeV'* Saturday efternoon. "Fanchon.' children, 10 cents. New pic'.Ures new songs.

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