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COST OF RAISING CORN.
I'm Favorable Years 1t Cannot he Done
for Less than 30 Cents n Bushel.

hOH hCsS th0sh oV NCntS u DuSnCis
Special to the indianapolis Journal
FARMLAND, Ind, Jan. 3O.-The follow
ing will appear in the Farmland Enterprise
tomorrow: Charles IF Hawkins, a prom
inent young farmer, who resides near
Goodview, in Stony Creek township, has
made careful calculation, during the
past year, of the cost of raising fourteen
acres of corn. The estimate includes plant
ing, cultivating, cutting and shocking the
fodder, moving away the fodder, and in
terest- on the money invested in the land
$40 per acre-at the rate OF per cent. The
total cost of the above items amounts to
1872. The amount of corn produced was
$50 bushels or forty-four bushels per acre.
The cost of raising and cribbing the corn,
alone, less the additional cost, 21a cents, of
husking with the machine, was s120.45, or
about 10 cents per bushel. The total cost
of the fodder in the NOW. less the sum
that would have been required to husk the
go bushels Of corn by hand. was $1.75. The
amount of fodder secured was twenty-one
tons. which cost, as will be seen, about
S.41 per ton. This includes every possible
item of expense, except tie exhaustion of
the SOL, incident to the production of the
crop. Mr.. Hawkins made charges for
watching against the crows. Corn cannot
be produced in this State for less than 30
cents per bushe in the most favorable
years, and then the farmer gets no paw for
the time necessarily lost between seasons
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Young Mcdowell ON Trial.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.

LOGANSPORT. Ind. Jan. 30-williard
Mcdowell who brutality assaulted his aged
mother near Georgetown a month ago, is
being tried by a jury in the Circuit
Court in this city. The crime was particu-
larly dastardly one. and lynching came
nearly resulting The Mcdowell family
consists of Mrs. Margaret Mcdowell and
two sons, willard and Frank. Two years
ago the father died and left a comfortable
esta &c. willard soon squandered his por-
tio'i. and since then has been enjoying a
lif of idleness at the expense of his
n.other and brother. who are frugal and
lard working farmers. on the night of
demanded that his mother give him So
This she refused TO do, and he knocked
her down and then beat and kicked her
most viciously. One of her thigh bones
and several ribs were broken. and il was
thought she would die The friends of the
woman were greatly incensed at the sons
crime, and had she died the county would
have been saved the expense of giving the
trial.
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4 Cool Quartet.
Detroit Free Press.


Il have always been afraid OF fire In a
hotel" said a traveller for the boot and
shoe house. land my verv first trip
provided myself with a knotted rope sixty
feet long. Anything Ike the smell OF smoke
always awekens me. and any unusual noise
in the night brings me out OF bed One
night there were four OF US boys occupying
two beds in room In Southern hotel.
which had crush Of guests. Our room was
on the fourth story. and each one OF US got
out our ropes before going to bed. We also
went out into the hall and located the
sta.rways. elevator etc. AT o'clock In the
morning. with the rain purirg down and the
night as dark a VOLTS throat, the hotel
caught fire i'm the kitchen and all the guests
were aroused. ! have always felt proud of
the GOODNESS or our quartet One man
whipped the sheets off the two beds. tied
them together and ran the length OF the
hall and lowered himself down the opening
OF the freight elevator. A second seized
his trunk and dragged IL down one pair OF
stairs and left Ii. and then threw his coil
OF rope out OF the window without stopping
10 fasten the end. and then ran into the
hall and into . room at the Tar end ct "
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last illness was very painful, and his ex-
tremef age aided in bringing on the final
1874 in Randolph county, North Carolina.
and I'm 1891 removed with his parents to this
county, settling In Ripley township. He
was one of ten children. six brothers and
four sisters. He began his business career
as clerk in the store of Henry Henley,
afterward buying a controlling interest. He
continued in the mercantile business TWEEN
ty years. and became quite wealthy. He
then assumed control Of the Carthage -four
and wooden mills. At the organization of
elected it's first president and reelected at
every subsequent election. His reputation
as a business man extends over three coun-
ties, and he was known as an honest and
upright citizen. He was an influential men,
Der OF the Friends Church.
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sippie Get. SIX Years.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. 30.-The trial of
James Sipple. of Milton. charged with
shooting Joseph Revelee with intent to kill,
came to a c.ose at noon to-day, when the
jury brought in verdict giving Supple six
years in the penitentiary and filming him
$50 When the prisoner was being taken
from the court room he created sensation
by attempting to assault A. u. Hoffman. a
resident of Milton. who had arc lsed Sin
pies ire by testifying against his character.
Spples assault was prevented by Deputy
Sheriff Richard Smith, who had him in
charge, and he was hanGcufed. The rage
of the prisoner was great and threatened
every resident of Milton who had testified
against him.
The shooting occurred in February 1895,
at Milton. the trouble that led to it being
a quarrel between him and Revellee over
some rent money. The ball passed through
Revelee's lung. grazed his heart and lodged
in his body, and it was at once pronounced
a fatal wound, but ii did not prove so, al
though Revellee's heart was pushed con-
sderab,y to one side by the hardening of
the lung.
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Roland Reed. Manager Dead.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 3O.-A. S. Pen
noyer. one o. the oldest and best known
theatrical men in this country. died OF pneu-
monia to-day at his home in this city. He
began his career as property boy in the Mo-
bile Theater, under the elder Booth He was
the first manager of English opera i'm Amer
lea. and for many years looked after the
business interests of Lolita. About ten years
ago he identified himself with Roland Reed
his brother-in-law. and since that time he
has been his business manager. Mr.. PEN
noyer was seventy years old. He served in
the Mexican war as a drummer boy. and
was one or the charter members OF the Or
der of Eiks
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Indiana Notes.

Bud Goodman. arrested In Richmond for
forgery committed at Muncie, was sem
fenced yesterday TO two years in prison.
c.. w. Feher was badly burned by an
explosion OF natural gas yesterday while
at work digging gas well north OF Mum
Gle.
While attempting to cross the Calumet
river on the ice yesterday two boys. John
Morris ard Ben Arrnit. were drowned.
Their bodies were recovered.
Samuel -,ench, charged with larceny.
was held to the Circuit Court in $500
bonds at Button yesterday. He stole
his employers wearing apparel. and was
arrested at New Corner. Delaware county.
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othcr Denths I'm fhe State.

CRAWFORDSVILLsE,1 Ind, Jan. 30.-B. w.
Engle dropped dead last evening from heart
failure. He was born Jan. 10. 1920. near
on the farm until 1893. when he went to
Rising Sun and remained until 1S45. coming
then 20 Crawfordsville. He edited the Re
office three years and was appointed
ceiver of public moneys by President Polk.
In 1853 Elston's Bank was organized. and
Mr. Engle was elected cashier. which posi-
ton he has ever since held. He married
Miss While Beard Sept. il, 1854. and leaves
three children.
MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. 30.-Numerous Mum
Gle relatives of Mrs. Martha Gates, of
Olive Hill, Wayne county. were to-day in
formed of her death at the advanced age
OF ninety-eight.
buggy works, in Cincinnati. but residing
here, died yesterday in the Queen City.
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Candidates for National Delegates.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind, Jan. 30.-At a meeting
of the Tenth district Republican central
committee, held in the Great Northern Ho-
tel, Chicago, tonight, the time and place
for holding the congressional convention
was fixed for Michigan City, June 4. The
primaries are TO be held Saturday, May
%. Lafayette was selected as the place
for holding the district convention for Sc
lecting delegates TO the national cOnven-
ton. These candidates were spoken of for
delegates: Marcus NJ. Towle. of Ham
mond; Claude Laughrey, of Monticello, and
e. r. Bingham, Of Goodland.
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and was found in a wardrobe after the fire

and was found in wardrobe after the fire
had been extinguished.
And in your case?" was asked.
"Oh. / was very, very cool i threw up
a window made the hook of my rope fast
and slid down 10 the street amid the jeers
of the assembled popu,ace."
You mean cheers"
Not exactly. You see had only 10 cross
the roof TO another window TO step cut
on the roof of a store level with the SUI.
and the assembled populace couldn't under
the rope and burn the skin of the palms
OF my hands till / was a cripple for SIX
weeks. l believe one impulsive individual
called me a hero. but the rest of the crowd
and the daily papers spoke OF me as an ass.
and / think they hit the case plumb
centeri''
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At the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. John G..
Stophans. in Shelbyvlle. .ast night. took
place the wedding OF Miss Nora Johnson.
daughter of John johnson. OF the Indian
apolis police force. and George Cummings.
a groceryman at PSI CobuTn street Indian
apolis- IL was the 709th wedding performed
by magistrate Andrew j. Higgins In thirty
years. MIR. and Mrs. Stephans had quite q
banquet in honor OF the event. 1t is under
stood that the wedding Is a surprise on
the family OF both parties. They returned
to indianapolis on late train last night.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 30.-The steamer
Rio Janeiro arrived to-day from Hong
The Japan Mail says: In the northern dis
tricts OF Forrncsa. where il was supposed
that order had been completely restored
Chinese arc making a desperate effort to
drive out their Japanese conquerers. The
Japanese troops. which have just returned
from the subjusaticn of the island, will be
returned to Formosa and a permanent 5ar-
rison established.
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Five Miners Injured.

WIIKESBARRE. Pa, Jan. 3O-An explo-
sion of gas was caused to-day in the Petit
bone shaft by a laborer crossing the danger
line with his lamp lighted. A portion of the
workings caught fire and large force OF
men were put to work fighting the flames.
Shortly afterward a second explosion oc-
CURED, and five of the fire fighters were Sc
riously burned. Their names are Charles
Dougherty, Joseph Jones. John Edwards.
Philip Randall and Samuel Phillips.
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SDscial to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Jan. 30.-Mrs. Eliza
beth McWilliams, of Madison, was ar
raigned to-day before United States Com
missioner Harrison, of this city, on a
charge of writing and mailing obscene let
tiers to Charles and nj. ]. Bowman, Of Madi-
son. She was held in $3.50 bonds to answer
to the United States grand jury, gave bond
and was released. The Bowmans appeared
against her and were guarded by the Off
GERS, as she threatened to attack them in
the court room. On account of her letter
writing to teachers and scholars one of the
public schools of Madison was nearly
1.~Dl
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After n Police Captain'. Scalp.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind, Jan. 3o.-The Fedora
ton OF Labor of Madison county has taken
steps looking toward the removal of Amos
Coburn as captain OF the city police force
Last night a committee from the fedora
ton composed of Messrs. II. A. Marley. OF
the Bricklayers' Union. @. A. Barte of the
Carpenters Union. Duck Collins of the
Clerks Union. j. f. Collins OF the Tailors
and Ed Main of the Typographical Union
for the scalp of Captain Coburn. The op-
position TO the captain dates from the time
last summer that some glass blowers were
stated that the captain was a bitter foe TO
union men and took occasion to run them
out OF the city on the slightest provoca-
ton. II was also alleged that they were
often knocked down and brutaliy treated.
No witnesses were produced and no other
charge was held against the officer. The
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Dozen Freight Cars Wrecked.
,aoiol 70 tho Indiana nnIic Journal

SptcldI 10 the lHuldndIOIIS JUur1Idl.
SCOTTSBURG, Ind, Jan. 90.-This morn
ing a passenger train on the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern railway ran into the
rear end of freight train at Lexington,
this county, derailing about a dozen freight
cars and blockading the track. Few par
ticulars can be learned A telephone mes
sage from there says no one was hurt in
the wreck. Lexington is located on the
North Vernon & Louisville branch of the
b. & o. Southwestern and the Big Four
is now running it's trains over this read
to and from Louisville. Trains of both
roads this morning passed here going both
ways over the Pennsylvania lines via Sey-
ruOur
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Meeting of County Chair,nen.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind, Jan. 30.-A meeting of the
chairmen of the Republican central COM
mittees of the six counties in the Eleventh
district has been called for Monday in this
city to decide on the time and place for
holding the congressional convention. Wa
bash is an applicant for the place. There
Marion, and James Statesman, of Peru.
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Natural Gas Near Flntrock.

Special to the 1ndianapo1is Journal
COLUMBUS, Ind, Jan. 30.-Yesterday
afternoon while boring a well on the farm
of Charles Rotary, two miles west of Flat
rock, natural gas was struck at depth of
fifty-seven feet. The flow seemed strong,
and when lighted blaZed up TO a consider
able height. The gas is now burning with
steady flame about four feet high. The
discovery has caused considerable excite
ment in the neighborhood, which is near
the place where the disastrous explosion oc-
Cured in the Flatrock river bed some years
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Argument I'm Necdham Will Case.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind. Jan. 3O.-The entire day
in the Circuit Court was spent in hearing
the arguments in the Needham case. At
torney Barnett, of Franklin. opened for the
plaintiffs. He was followed by Hon. Geo.
w. Cooper, of this city. for the defendants.
Judge X. NJ. Hord, of Shelbyville, closed
for the defense. Attorney Miller. of Frank
lin, was well under way in the closing
speech for the plaintiffs when court adj
journed this evening.
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Farmer Henley Assigns.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVII4LE, Ind, Jan. 30.-Walter c.
Henley, a prominent farmer of Ripley town.
ship and member of the late hardware
firm of Henley & Henley, at Carthage,
made an assignment to Capt. j. Il. Reeve.
of this city, this afternoon. Assets, 5000;
liabilities, $500. The assets consist chiefly
counties
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Stricken with Paralysis.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

RUSHVILLE, Ind. Jan. 30.-Mrs. A. j.
Sargent. whose peculiar attack of paralysis
some months ago was at the time noted in
the Journal, had second stroke yesterday
afternoon and lies at deaths door. She had
almost recovered and was yesterday recev-
ing her friends of the Woman'S Relief
Corps when again stricken.
John Smith. of Shelbyville, while visiting
his brother, Sol Smith, was tonight strick-
en- with paralysis and lies in a critical con-
dition.
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Prentis Champlnin Cut tn Pieces.
Snecial to the Indianapolis journal

INGALLS,, Ind, Jan. 30-The Knicker-
booker special on the Big Four struck and
instantly killed Prentis Champlain here last
night He was well kDown and
enty-three years old. He was a native of
Vermont and drew a pension as a Mexican
war veteran, enlisting i'm an Ohio company.
In the civil war he acted recruiting OFF,
GER He leaves two children, several grand
children and one great-great-g randchild
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swindler Bennett Caught.
,eci,, 70 the Indianapolis .,ou,nal.

Special to the IndianapOlis Journal.
VINCENNES, Ind, Jan. 30.-E. Bennett,
ST., was arrested here to-day charged with
defrauding several farmers of Wayne coun-
ty Illinois. out OF large sums of money.
Sheriff Dlckey, CT Fairfield came here with
requsition papers from Governor Altgeid
and took the prisoner hack TO Illinois to-
Gay. Bennett is probably sixty years old
and has family living at Kansas City.
officers.
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Henry kuntx.
Special to the indianapolis Journal,

FRANKFORT. Ind, Jan. 30-Henry
Kuntz. the weIl-known florist, was found
dying last night by his WIFE, Mr. Kuntz
after supper had gone to his greenhouse.
Mrs. Kuntz became uneasy and investigated
with the above result. 1t was first thought
that he had taken poison, but the physician
pronounced it heart trouble and Bright's
disease. He was born in Allentown. Pa,
fifty-eight years ago, and came to Frank
fort in 1860. He had reputation among the
florists of the country.
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Four People burned to Death.

MARSHALL. Mich, JAN 30.-Harvey
Page, wife and two sons were entrapped
and burned to death in their home In Ma
range township, six miles northeast Of this
city, this morning. Harvey Page and fam
lily occupied one-half of the double log
house where they lived, his brother Wilbur
and family the other half. The latter fam
iy, however, slept on the nrst floor. Har-
vey's family slept up stairs. When Wilbur
discovered the fire he and his hired man
tried to reach the hapless people up stairs.
who were overcome by smoke and burned
to death. There was but one window in
the upstairs room. The house burned to
the ground, and the bodies, horribly
charred, fell into the cellar.
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Last of Foust Murder Case.

SpecldI 20 the IHuIdHdpOIIS JUuTHdI.
ELWOOD, Ind, Jan. 30.-The case
against George Crull, charged with being
an accessory to the murder of William
Foust, in this city, almost two years ago,
has been dismissed by Prosecutor Seaman
and the case has been stricken from the
docket. This ends the famous Foust MR.
der trial cases, and the plea for new
trial for George HERS will likely be
dropped. The case has already cost the
county about $4,000.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Speclai 10 the Indianapolis journal.
PLYMOUTH, Ind. Jan. 30.--At a public
sale this afternoon about eight miles east
of this city, John Swaverland and his son
assaulted Samuel Stuart with a revolver
and knife. whereupon Stuart shot John
Swaverland in the head. killing him in
stantly. The deceased was wealthy farm
and we'll known I'm this county.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RUSHvILLE, Ind, Jan. 30-Frank Ahold,
a young man lately employed about the
Windsor Hotel, has been reading detective
stories until he became possessed of
strong desire to figure as a detective. See
ing an advertisement in a Cincinnati paper
of fake detective association, he wrote
for a situation. and. after paying neat
sum, was admitted to membership and
given the agency for this county. The
young mans condition did not become
generally known until night before last
when ne was found proving about the vii
lage of Sexton by some farmers. He was
taken to a store in the town and there told
them that he was out after some horse
thieves, drawing his credentials to prove
his rank. No horses being stolen in that
neighborhood that anyone was aware of,
Ahold was taken into custody as a suspi-
cious character and sent to this city, where
his case has been taken under advisement.
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FOR DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
State Committeeman Caskey Calls n
Meeting for Feb. II.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG, Ind. Jan. 30-James f.
Caskey. Republican district committeeman,
has called a meeting of the chairmen of
the county committees at North Vernon,
Feb. IL, to fix the date and place for hold
ing the Republican congressional conven-
ton to nominate two delegates and alter
mates to the national convention, one cleo
tor and a Congressman. Erwin, of Column
bus: Montgomery, of Seymour; Nowlin, of
Lawrerceburg, and Daily Wilson, Of Os-
good, are mentioned for delegates.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LARWELL, Ind, Jan. 30.-During the
year 1890 Young Bros, in company with
several others, drilled test wen for gas
near this place. in Whitley county. The
well contained oil and water in abundance.
and, as gas was what they were after. they
abandoned the project and thought no
more of II until a few days ago. when the
oil fever struck them, and they are going
to test the territory thoroughly in hopes
of opening up an extensive oil field in
Whitley county. The indications are good
deep in the oil-bearing strata AT Column
bia City the sand was found at 1869 feet,
and the drill penetrated it to the depth OF
forty feet, with light trace of gas. II
this well had been drilled to the depth of at
least 100 feet in the Trenton rock il might
have made an oil gusher- One thing Is
the gas sand. so the Columbia City well
can be considered no test.
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Kansas City Journal.
Ii at least can be said for BENJAMIN
Franklin that he was more of a gentleman
than the Colonial Danes who are criticising
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ThougI

Tammany Times.
Don't be too severe on the man who scolds
his wife in public. Perhaps that IL the Only
time he dares to do SO.