The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 9, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 25 June 1908 — Page 2

Syracuse Journal WALKER & FANOL. SYRACUSE, ? - IND. —* ; 1 ; — t '' , Marriage is a failure only, wnen one / oiTboth parties to it are failures. A man may overtake a lot of people on the road to ruin, but he never meets any one. „ - “Tobacco’’heart” must be a terrible and deadly flialady if that is what is troubling Kentucky. j.We understand that the dlrectoire gown, like nearly all oth£r gowns, was not built for fat women. . The boll weevil, it is said, eats the richest food of in the worldAnd never gets the gout » < ' King Edward recently rode in an English street car. We are reliably informed that he'did not strap-hang. “What has become,’’’asks a contemporary, “of David Bennett Hill?” Have you looked for him in t the Oklahoma constitution? You may have noticed how much easier it is to exchange your money for experience than it is to swap yOur experience for money. If the scientist w’ho says posterity is going to freeze to death is correct, what is the use of going to the trouble of planting shade trees? ’ . There were 19,000 more deaths than births in France last year. Nearly everybody must live in a fashionable neighborhood over there. This country now has an arbitration treaty with Japan. What has become of that perky, peevish, peremptory feeling Japan had a few weeks ago? Since North Carolina has gone dry It won’t do the Governor of South Carolina the slightest good in the world to say anything at all to its chief executive. “The Greeks on the‘%sland of Samos are fighting the Turks,” ■ announces a cable dispatch. We thought all the Greeks had come to this country and were running ice cream stands. 7 - * _ One of the railroads has Just placed in order for 2,000 new steel cars.* The managers of this line have apparently arrived at the wise conclusion tha| the quickest way to have prosperity is tohelp it along. One of .the courts has held that kissing constitutes '■ assault and battery when it is accomplished without ’tl|e aid or consent' of the kissed. But some people will believe that even by that name it will bo just as sweet. * You are expected to swallow without ■n effort thl statement that 200 skeletons of men who were eight feet high when living have .been found in an . i ■ ancient eave in Mexico. If the discoverer of those skeletons had cared to lie about them he could easily have added a foot or' two to tßbir length. If the political history of. the United States is short, the geological history of America is long enough. Four expeditions are .to go out frpm |he American Museum of Natural History in New York to explore the remains of various geologic' in'' Nebraska, Montana and Texas, the most recent of which ended about a million years ago, and the most qncient probably , not less than eleven million years ear Her. # John D. Rockefeller says he.likes reporters. Once he thought they wefe a bad lot, but after having evaded them for many Jrears he'was surrounded by about twenty of them a few sutamers ago. Since then He has come to the conclusion that they are not hirdfl simply for the purpose 'of misrepresenting things and prying into Which do not concern the public. Other prominent men there are who would be much, happier and much btetter citizens if they could look upon reporters as Mr. Rockefeller doe§. ' Out of China comes a timely warning from Consul General Wilder Horgkong cautioning yoiing Americans from seeking to make their fortunes in th<; far East unless they are assured a steady position on reaching their. destination. *Only a most clever business raan,” Mr Wilder writes, “could come to the East without connections and with only a little money and get an independent footing.” He adds that, nine times out of ten, when a man goes to the Orient “with a vague hope of finding something ‘before his money runs out,’ distress and, likely, ruin awaits him.” Such statements as these should be pondered by the many who Since the “awakening” of China have regarded that kingdom as the promised land of riches. But life there Is more different from life at home than readily can be imagined. Living expenses dre high, temptations are many, com-* forts are cohiparatively few, and, finally: ‘'There are not a few Americans holding fair, positions in the Orient who would gladly quit if they had the passage money home and a position awaiting them there, and other®, who have no regular employment, are steadily going, down hill.” A distinguished committee of the American Bar Association has prepared a code of professional ethics un-

der a resolution adopted at an annual meeting of that body, and Is inviting suggestions thereon preliminary to its submission" for approval at the annual, meeting. Many, matters are covered’by the “canons,” and unquestiona- : bly the highest professional ideal underlies all of these. But it is very easy, for gentlemen at the top of the profession to lay down austere rules against ths abuses of the flagrant and ‘grosser kind; those characterizing the shysters, the ambulance-chasers, so-called, and ’ the employers of agents’and “runners.*’ The difficulty arises in connection with the subtler and more “respectable” abuses of the prosperous and eminent members of the profession, the kind of abuses to which, for ’Mr. Roosevelt cajied attention in his Harvard address. What of the nullification of law through technicality, the defeat, of substantial justice through delays And quibbling, the.setting up of questionable plans and defenses, the use of the “higher’’’ sophistry to discover methods of evading and thwarting , legislation imposed .in obedience to general public policy?- There is one canon* ip the proposed code which, somewhat vaguely to be sure, hints at these practices. It declares that “no client, corporate or individual, however powerful, nor any cause, civil or political, however important, is entitled to receive any service or advice involving disloyalty to the law.” The same canon says further that the lawyer advances the honor of his profession.jrs wrfl as the interests of his client, whfen he “renders service or gives advice.tending to impress upon the client and his undertaking exact compliance with the strictest principles of the moral law.” The ‘moral law, qjl will agree, frowns on chicane, artful dodging, the sacrifice of merit to trivial technicalities or fancied niceties of procedure, the seeking of delay for the sake of delay or in the hope of “something turning up.” But is the canon sufficiently explicit? Will it exert an appreciable» influence? The proposed code is admirable as far as it gbe§, but the layman will restrain his .enthusiasm over the prospect of elimination of the graver, because less palpable and less notorious, abuses until he has watched its operation for some years, t » M Science invention Malta’s celebrated goats are likely soon 15 be only a memory on* the historic island, for it has,been found banishing goats’ milk means an end W -the ravages of Malta fever. The commission appointed in 1907 to trace the origin of the fever in the garrisons and crews of warships made the discovery that the germ of the fever, was present fn the milkpf the goat. "Wherever the use of this milk has been prohibited the fever has ■China’s first setfool of forestry will sfiortly.be opened at Mukden. The Chinese empire is usually pointed out as the worst example, among, modern nations, of forest destruction. The floods which are periodically pouted dowfl from the denuded mountains are destructive beyond comparison With any other country and the want of forests is assigned as the chief cause. AYood is scarcer in China than in almost any other region in the world, although the country is well adapted to the growing of trees. Comparatively little damage was sustained .by the American liner St Paul lit the recent collision with the British cruiser Gladiator. This is another proof of what a well-built Atlantic liner can stand in such circumstances. Probably the most remarkable previous case of the kind was that of the Guion liner Arizona (5,147 tons), which, in November, 1879, crashed at full speed into an iceberg during the homeward passage. She put into St. John’s, N. F., with her bow completely smashed and crumpled up almost tq the collision bulkheads. But these and the ship, as ,a whole, remained intact in spite of the terrible resistance encountered. Dr. Simon Flexner pointed out, at the recent meeting of ■ the American Association for the,. Advancement of Science in Chicago, the fundamental difference between the-old and the new methods of combating diseases. Sufficient progress has now been made to show that there exists in the human body, in consequence of the reactions of foreign substances, particularly parasitic micro-organisms, a wide range of phenomena, some beneficial and some' injurious, which together 'constitute the effect of natural disease, or of the efforts to overcome it. The business of the medical science of the future is to unravel these complicated conditions, taking advantage of those which are desirable and removing those which are Objectionable. John J. Solomon has developed a plant for radiographing pearl oysters, to ascertain net only the existence, but the stage of development of the pearls without killing the animals or opening I their shells. As many as 500 oysters ’ have been submitted to examination in j one minute, hundreds of shells spread | on a tray being exposed at one time, j Oysters showing no pearls are returned ; io their beds; those showing partially j developed pearls are sent into “hos- i pltal” to be nursed, while those whose j pearls are full grown suffer the fate. that attends all things which, possess, something that man wants. It is al-1 leged that the treatment is not inju- 1 rious to the oysters—at least from their masters point of view. ‘

MANAGING A NATIONAL L POLITICAL CONVENTION 1 Slight Variation in the Procedure Between • Republicans and Democrats. i - - : ■. ’ < . p • • • , ■ ■ • • ’ Great Power Wielded Vigorously by the National Committee .Prelimi aary to the Gathering—Handful of Leaders Control Machinery, Nominations and Platform.

National conventions are very expensive affairs. Their cost party holding them is estimated avw>t less than $150,000, and perhaps more. In • each great pa rty is a body of wise men known as the “National Committee.” This body is the acme of political ascension. A nian may be a proud member of a division committee, which is the first step in the ladder. But when he reaches :he dizzy heights of national comm tteeman from his State and appears at the convention with a badge as big as an ancient breastplate, so tha: there can be no mistake in his standing, the height of ambition is reached. There is one national committeeman from each State. This augufet body meets in December preceding a nat onal convention, examines the claims df the different cities that desire the gathering, and critically looks into the size of the “guarantee,” as it is called. This latter form means that the city paying ttfe most money usually gets the convention. The guarantee is accepted by the committeemen, and they then proceed to spend it lavishly, .apartments at the most expensive hotels are, secured, a host of employes js retained and- business begins jin real form. The hotel bills of the National Committees are somer t • . thing eaorm jus. , Machinery, of a Convention. the preliminaries are being arranged the delegates are arriving. The delegate to the. National Convention is generally a person -pf importance at his home. The Democrats require a two thirds vote of all the delegates present and voting to make a nomination. The Republicans require a majority of those present and votirig. At a national convention each State ! ihas Us own headquarters, where the ’ delegates gather. They do ..a lot of “conferring” with eacty other and with delegates frjm other States. They hold* meetings and elect chairmen and honorary vice presidents. The honorary vice president has a seat .on, the form and an extra ticket, but little else, The chairman-does the dickering in some cases; in some cases the posi; tion is a sinecure. Usually- the “coalferring” and .the dickering begin days before the convention is to be called to orders i Prior to the calling of, the ‘ convention to order the National Committee Is virtually in of the situation,, With it li#s the arranging of the* details, the, “framing up” of th& procedure of the first session, the selection of the temporary chairman, and, ’in ia great many cases, though not always, the progra n making of the whole convention. temporary and permanent oirganizations, nominating and platform building. ’ Convention Is in Order. Now for the convention, the great meeting that the country has lookpd forward to for so many weeks. The chairman of the National Cbmmittjee calls the convention to order, about noon upon the day set. The cor.vention called to order, the proceedings are opened with prayer. The chairman requests the secretary to read the call for the convention, which is done. Then the rollcall is gone through, and this takes a lot of time. The next step is the announcement by the chairman that the committee offers to the convention as its temporary chairman the name, of So-and-So. There are loud and prolonged cheers, and by a viva voce vote Mr. Sorand-So is uaniinously elected. There is usually little trouble over the election of ft temporary chairman. The chairman then appoints a committee to escort the temporary chairman to the platform ; the band plays, the delegation fron Mr. So-and-So’s State makes a lot of noise, and all is merry, j It is incumbent on the temporary chairman to make a speech. He invarb ably takes advantage of the opportunity. He “sounds a keynote.” It is a sustained note. It is invariably a tribute to the “party of Abraham Lincoln” at the Republican convention, and a glorification of the “party of Thdmas Jeffersoi’t at the Democratic. It lasts a very long time. . i. After the speech various resolutions are offered. Usually these have been | arranged for in advance, and the temj porary chairman works according to a I printed schedule, calling on John Doe I and Itichard Doe 1 at the right time, so j that there may be no hitch. Cohimit- ! tees are appointed; one-on resolutions, {which will have the drafting of the platform; one on credentials or conj tested seats; one on permanent or- ‘ ganizat!on. These are the important i ones. When they are all chosen,i and | there has been a lot of hand-clapping ’ and cheering, as well-known men are ’ appointed to this or that committee, , the temporary chairman announces an

■ adjournment, usually until the next ■ day; Pulliar Wires i» Committee. 1 At last the machinery is in motion { and the district delegate begins to wonder what he is on hand for. A big man at home, he is lost in the burly burly and roar of the conven- ! tion. He may be assigned to a committee, but he had nothing to do with that. The State boss decided that so1 and-so should be a member of the-Per-manent Organization Committee; that Mr. Brown, who is a political economist, should be honored by a seat in the Retolutions Committee, and that the Boss himself or one of his most trusted lieutenants should be a member of the Credentials Committee. These bodies all meet separately. AH the contests that were handled by the National Committee the week previous go to the Committee on Credentials unless pressure has been brought to have the contestants withdraw their fight. The Credentials Committee wires are pulled the same as was the National Committee, and the result is usually nearly the same. Framing the Platform; It is when the district delegate sits in the Committee on Resolutions to draft the platform that he begins to realize that he is only a small “i” compared with the bosses. The genial Mr. Doe, who has been coming to the national conventions since 1868k_Js elected chairman with a hurrah. He assumes his position and draws from his pocket a carefully prepared document, which the secretary proceeds to read. The district delegate might have had an idea some time previously that he would be consulted as to the platform. But the party leaders saved him all, the trouble and worriment. They had skilled men at work on the platforin weeks .before, and it is built according to their ideas. The committee usually adopts the'platform with a rush. Sometimes there is a fight on particular topics. But party expediency usually rilles. « Reiil Work Now JJesins. The Committee frequently sits for three davs and the convention must wait until its ‘labors are finished. The Committee on Permanent Organization 0 usually a cut and dried affair. Finally the Credentials Committee reports and the new roll ig made up. Then the Committee ► on Permanent Organization makes its report. It recommends that the “Honorable* Senator or Mr. So-and-So” be .pilled,upon to preside. Cheers' greet the name, and the gentleman is escorted to the pla'tform. After he has been electedtiie makes a profound speech, the other officers are chosen and, like race Worses, the meet is on. If the Committee on Platform is ready to- report it reports, after the permanent chairman has made his speech. On the report there must be a roll call. There is always, too, the possibility of a fight. Certain “planks” that please Maine may be abbot rent to Texas. When the matter of the platform is disposed of. either by the com- ; mittee reporting or by the announcement that it is npt ready to report, the permanent chairman announces another recess; maybe until the next day, possibly until later in the same day. Nomination of a Candidate. Frequently the time is taken up with, speeches placing the candidates for President in nomination. These addresses are usually good in their way. Men noted for their eloquence, who can portray the virtues of the aspirant in language that will thrill their hearers, are selected for this work. The platform is usually accorded the speaker and his oration is hailed with deafening applause and cheers. Each candidate is brought to the front and his works painted in glowing colors. Then comes the critical period. The district delegate Lielieves now is the moment when he counts for something. The roll call begins and proceeds monotonously. The chairmen of the different delegations alone do the talking. That is all there is to it. The first ballot in the convention is usually devoted to complimenting favorite sons. After that the real work begins. The district delegate learns that he is not to vote as he intended, but that he will vote for some one else on the second ballot. Suddenly there, is a roar in the convention. It is a mighty shout, louder than cannon. Somebody has been nominated for President. Amidst great disorder the rollcall is pushed to conclusion. The chairman tries to learn how the tellers agree in their count. But the crowd knows all about it. The powerless as Mrs. Partington with a broom against the waves of the ocean, tries to do his duty. The shouta and cheers keep up for ten or

more minutes. Excited men parade the ‘ aisles, carrying their State banners, cheering and singiag. Finally, when order is restored, the chairman announces formally the name of the nominee. World Knows five News Quielcly. This is greeted by more cheering and everybody is happj- except the friends of the defeated. 'Chey move to make the nomination unanimous wfith a formal grace that lacks enthusiasm. This is done and the band play?. In the meantime the click of the telegraph instrument shows that the has been carried to every town and hamlet in the country. It has been cabled to ’oreign countries. The rulers of all nations know within a few minutes after the nomination who is the prospective President of the United States. No matter how long it has taken to choose a nominee for the Presidency, the whole performance has to be gone through again when it combs to nominating a candidate for .tie second place on the ticket. There are not so many “favorite sons,” however, tnd one ballot frequently suffices. More noise, more enthusiasm. The convention has nominated the ticket. Each State delegation, at one of its conferences, has chosen its candidate for member of the National Committee. The election of tills committee is now in order. It is put through quickly, as a rule, and without a hitch. Then resolutions of various sorts are passed. The ticket is named, the convention passes into histoi-y ’and the battle for power and patronage begins. The district delegate go«s home. His townsmen congratulate him on his' good work. —Philadelphia Public Ledger. THE “FIXER” OF GOTHAM. New York East Side Character Has a Real Mission in Life. You will not find him mentioned in the city’s charter nor on the. pay roll of Greater New York, but the east side “fixer” is an established institution and is as important :tn his way as the policeman who samples the wares of the pushcart peddler, or as the white-robed street cleaner. When aliens come to this country, says the American Hebrew, and are enmeshed in a mountain of ordinances and regulations it is obvious that their lapses from the straight patn marked out for the native must be viewed with an eye of softened by kindness. “This eye of kindness is the ‘fixer.’ He is the man who rushes to the rescue of the unfortunate wight who has been caught in the wheels of rhe law and who needs a sponsor. “Necessarily the ‘fixer* is the intimate friend of the ward heeler, of the district leader and necessarily of the judges of the minor courts. He is usually bluff, hearty, good-natured and with a genuine love for his fellow citizens. “When a pushcart peddler is suddenly made to realize that he is violating the law by standing on orife spot for more than -the regulation number of minutes, and he is arrested by the policeman who has been sampling his beans or his fruit, it is not a pleasant situation in which he would find himself if he had no means of communicating with friends who are friends of the ‘fixer.’ “It is the ‘fixer’ who sees the district leader for him, who appears in court to say a good word for him, who sees the judge before the case is called, and who, if necessary, puts up the bail to take him out of jail for the night. “It must not be supposed that the ‘fixer’ is a philanthropist. He disdains ethics and civic virtue as the fanatic mouthing of the silk-stocking folk. Wbat he does is done for his own good. “If, he does not receive his fee in money he knows he may count upon the rescued individual for his vote, and a vote is easily (inverted into monetary value. As the friend Bf those in, distress he becomes an infiuence in the neighborhood, and an army of such friends may lead to political preferment of lasting importance.” The Remittance Man. Throughout the west from Cape Nome to San Diego, stretch long ranks of pioneers, building great cities, turning arid deserts into fertile plains, harnessing mighty rivers to do man’s bidding, clearing away primeval forests, laying the foundation of an empire in lands where solitude has reigned supreme. But one figure stands aloof from the stern-faced, hurrying throng, unmoved by all their clamor and contemptuous of their feverish strivings. It is the Remittance Man.. Here,on the skirmish line of civilization, with the roar of battle ringing in his ears, with men on eveiy side of him rushing eagerly into the fray, some to emerge victorious, some to fall fighting gallantly against odds, he remains an only-slightly-interested onlooker. The remittance men in large numbers come from England and are supported by money regularly sent to them. They have left 5 * their native lands on account of some scandal, or infraction of the law, or family‘disagreement, and form few ties here. Battlefield Logic. Among the men who served with Roosevelt’s rough riders in Cuba was a little Dutch Jew, who, according to the men in his own troop, was “the very incarnation of cool, impudent bravado in a fight” He was a consistent fatalist One day he observed a comrade dodging a spent bullet that had whistled rneomfortably close to him. “Vat’s de use to todge dem pullets?" sang out the little Jew. “DeyTl hit you shust as veil vere you are as vere you ain’t!”—Evefybody's Magazine. »

| REVIEW OF INDIANA 1

Many farmers in Southern Indiana are plowing ground and planting corn in daytime and harvesting wheat by moonlight as a result of ilie floods in May. While Robert Boskill, aged 14 years, was working in the bakery of Robert Neal, in Brazil,, his right hand was caught in the dough mixing machine and almost torn from v his Ijody. * George Lowe, 3 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lowe, of Hartford City, died as the' result of frightful scalds received when he tumbled backward into a tub of boiling wat;er while at Play. The explosion of a gasoline stove in the kitchen at the home of Walter Pixley, near Albany, destroyed the house and all of its contents, involving a total loss of $3,900, covered by insurance. James Henley Carpenter, a wellknown dairyman living vrest of Brazil, ate a hearty supper, and after drinking two j glasses of cold lemonade, finished the meal with two pieces of cherry pie. Fie was seized with acute indigestion and died in a few minutes. He- was 57 years old and a physical giant. He leaves a widpw and children. An automobile run was made recently from COrydon to Louisville, to save the life of Mrs. Perry Shaffer, of Corydon,; who is suffering from lockjaw, the result of stepping on a rusty nail. She was taken to Louisville to receive anti-toxin treatment, and the thirty miles between the old Indiana State capital and the Louisville Infirmary was covered in an hour. Her condition is critical. Thomas Dodge, of Neyr Albany, was shot in the breast, nearly five years ago, the bullet penetrating his lung. It was not removed, and recently an abscess formed, which threatened his life. He was taken to £. hospital several days ago to submit to an operation, and later he was seized with a severe coughing speH and the bullet flew from his throat. It is now thought he will recover without the necessity of an operation. Eli Craybill, 72 years old, fell from a cherry tree the first of the week, alighting on'a picket fence. •He was picked up unconscious, but soon revived and refused to allow a physician to be called. Later, however, his sufferings kecame so severe that an examination was had and it was found that his right arm was broken and he was probably internally injured, besides being severely bruised. His condition is serious. ■ ' The new Twelfth Avenue Baptist church in Evansville was dedicated last Sunday. The dedicatory sermon was preached by the Rev. J. R. Edwards, field secretary of the church, Owensville. The new edifice cost in the neighborhood of SIO,OOO. Most of the work was performed by the pastor, the Rev. E. G. S. Burdette, who did the carpenter work while not engaged in his pastoral duties. All of the members of the • church, in the main, are working men and their families. Mrs. John Grimes, wife of a wellknowij farmer near Oakland City, has on exhibition two lemons which I 'she grew, the combined weight two pound's and seven ounces. The lemons have the same -flavor as the ordinary lemons aild aside from' their unusual size they have the same appaerance. The tree has been kept constantly in the house and a year has elapsed since the bloom from which the fruit was produced appeared. The lemons are about the size of a fancy navel orange. Fire caused a loss estimated at be-i tween $12,t)00 and $15,000 in the gra'inf elevator of the Union Grain and Coal Company in Anderson The origin the blaze was not definitely determined, but it is thought that it was caused by spontaneous combustion in a quantity of cornsilks stored in the basement. The building is 100 feet high and before the ‘fire was under control it had worked its way from the basement to the roof. About $3,000 worth of grain was damaged by water. Insurance of $22,000 is carried. John Ring, a house mover of Alexandria, undertook to move a house acr ss the track of the Indiana Union Traction line between West Alexandria and Orestes, and for twelve hours the company ran a passenger car back and forward, up and down the line, while waiting to obtain a restraining order from the Madison Circuit Court. The order was finally obtained. , The | company has a self-cnactfed rule that house-movers must post a forfeit of $25 with the company to cover any possible delay In traffic while a house is being shunted across the tracks, and to cover cost of repairs for linecutting, usually about $l5O. Mr. Ring declined to post the forfeit, and he will fight the matter in the court; meanwhile the house will stand in the roadway till the question is settled. George Harwood has filed suit in the Circuit Court against the Kreil-French Piano Company-of Newcastle, demanding $5,000 for personal injuries. Harwood was operating ;a facing machine, and lost two fingers. In the Circuit Ciiirt at Princeton, Miss Stella Ballard, of Hillham, Dubois Coupty, was given judgment against William R. Fuller; a saloonkeeper, for S4OO. The suit was ‘for $2,000, alleging unlawful sale of intoxicants.

Claude H. Barnhill, a young business man of Evansville, trom the effect of injuries received by being run over, while riding i bicycle, by a runaway horse. Last week a mare belongipfe to Luther Brunton, a farmer living near Morocco, gave birth to a pure Old horsemen say 1 that a colt pure white at birth is seldom heard of. By the falling of a balcony on which she was standing, Mrs. Abraham Israel, wife of a well-known business man of Evansville, injuries that may cause her death. She fell fifteen feet. Because he tried to hug Miss Cornelia Meier,’ a well-known society girl, whom he says he mistook for some one else, C. V. Degarme was fined SIOO and costs in the Evansville Police Court recently. Thomas Thompson, -40 years old, who lost both hands and feet in a blizzard, near his home in Montana, three years ago, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Williams Thompson, in New Albany, of appendicitis. WilliamfF. Craft,, a young taan of Evansville, while on his way To Boonville, deliberately walked off the front end of a traction car as it was running at full speed, breaking his collar • bone and hurtiinr'him internally. H.e is believed to be mentally unbalanced, as he remarked: “I don’t see how I stayed on the car, anyjvay.” While planting potatoes in a field near hfs home 'in the southwest 'part of Kosciusko County. Alien Moore, 29. years old, the father of two children, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Thrre tforses which he was driving were alfso killed. The father of the victim aQd his 6-year-old daughter were seated beside him in the wagon, ?but they; escaped death, both being badly stunned. ' The 2-year-old son of John Brown, at Fairview- while playing in the yard, found a screw three inches in length which he attempted to swallow, and which lodged in his tjiroat. The child almost suffocated bejfore the mother could relieve it, but the threads caused inflammation, fallowed by spasms and death. The ,12-year-old sister of the little bpy collapsed with his death,, and her condition is serious. Charles Stewart, near Newport, hav4 ing use for a leather washer for hisl cultivator plow, picked up an old boot! in his tool shed, and finding it unusu- ’ ally heavy, run his hand inside to rex move the obstruction. His hand was struck by a snake, which so' excited him that he turned the boot upside down, and out dropped two black snakes, each five feet in length, which fell to the floor. After he- recovered from his fright, both snakes were killed. Four valuable horses belonging to the Indianapolis Fire Department have', lost their hearing because of the explosion at the Prest-O-Light plant. The engine house was badly damaged, but the firemen rescued the horses without apparent injury to tnem. The, horses have list their “ginger” and they $o to their work in a mechanical fashion, in strange contrast with their former action. The firemen have concluded that the hearing of the horses was destroyed. Eck & Eck. contractors, have completed the large stone* arch bridge spanning Flatrock river at St. Paul. Ther, are four fifty and one eightyfoot arches, giving a water way of 280 feet. The full length of the bridge is 380 feet. The bridge is built entirely of light stonq,. and the contracyrs say it is the largest of its kind in the. country. By building this bridge the distance between St. Paul and Greensburg is shortened 'two milts. The cost was $13,050. Frank Gruel, 15 years old. son pf a well-known business man of Hobart. is in a dying condition at his father’s home, because he was caught in N. P. Isaacson’s strawberry patch. He planned with two companions to raid the patch, and Isaacson came up while they were piicking berries. Isaacson opened fired on Gruel, while the other lads ran away. Isaacson went home, while Gruel dragged himself to a house a mile and a half away, with buckshot body. He cannot recover. * The .barking and howling of a fox terrier directed attention *,to a fire in j the loft of Dr. R. S. Jackson’s livery stable in Lawrenceburg, which was suppressed with difficulty- by the fire department. Ten vehicles were included in the loss, with twenty .tons of hay and other property. Isaac Liddle, 56 years old, while rescuing horses, was seriously injured by an elevator falling on him. His skull was fractured. The cause is attributed to spontaneous combustion. The loss is $4,000, covered by insurance. Roy Revis, aged 8 years, of Frankfort, while at play in a field where a mowing machine was being operated by hig uncle, got in ilront of the machine and his right foot was mangled. The foot was amputated. Elma, the young daughter of Lewis Blankenship, was burned tp death at •her home in Colhmbus. She was playing alone in a room with a 'match which ignited her clothing. Her mother was badly burned in trying to save her. " st ' • ■.