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ahr«wd bufcin«s lDVMtpo*n«i»He gained the «lt;*tbriquet of ‘‘Gum shoe Statesmen*' from the fact that he always wore rubbers, in dry or wet weather; also be cause of his quiet methods of conducting campaigns.TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.It is said that Speaker Reed will to day announce his Committees on Rules, Ways and Means. Appropriations and Elections.Among the first appointments to be sent to the Senate to day is that of Perry S. Heath to be First Assistant Postmaster General.Between 30.000 and 40.000 per sons participated in a demonstration in Trafalger square. London, yesterday in behalf of Greece and the Cretans.A small riot, in which abou* a dozen persons were wounded aud a little boy was killed by a stray shot, occurred yesterday at Birmingham, Ala, resulting from an attempt to arrest a negro burglar.Congress will meet in extraor dinary session today pursuant to the call of President McKinley. The Tariff Bill has been completed by Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee and will be taken up early.Gov. Bradley yesterday concluded bis consideration of the papers in the case of Alonzo M. Walling, one of tho condemned murderers of Pearl Bryan, and will announce bisdecision to-day. It is believed a brief respite will be granted.The appropriation bills which failed at the close of the Fifty-fourth Congress will be rushed through at the extra session by means of special orders, probably without the formality of put ting them through the regular committee channels.In concession to the demands of France and Russia, the Powers have decided to make no reply to the conciliatory note from Greece as to the situation in Crete, and have determined to issue orders to their Admirals for the immediate blockading of the ports of Crete. Troops will bo landed in sufficient numbers to maintain order, and the future fate of the island will be left to further negotiations.The Mississippi river continues to rise, aud at Memphis the stage is the highest since the sinking of the lowlands of Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee by the earthquakes many years ago. On all of the islands near Memph s and in the Arkansas lowlands there is great suffering, though no loss of life*has been authentically reported. At Os coola, Ark., great apprehension is felt, and everybody iu the place was hard at work yesterday strengthening the levee. At all other points south of Mem pliis, however, tho levees are re ported in good condition.It is the iutention of Warden Hert. when things get into work ing order at the Reformatory, to start a weekly newspaper that will be edited and printed by prisoners. The Prison South has had no newspaper since Joe Bush was released and his cele brated publication,“Hot Drops,” was suspended. “Hot Drops” was published serai occasionally during the whole of Bush’s term and was full of bright things. He printed it with a pen and it was liberally illustrated by ttie same method. Sometimes but one copy was printed and sometimes as many as four. For 3 cents’ worth of tobacco a pris oner or guard was permitted toNaChread It,and for a dime's worth he j could have the paper. It varied in size according to how much! *■’ the editor had to say, andj . was almost entirely devoted ide to roasts,” though it occasion- j ally contained an item of priBon, pj, news. When Hinshaw arrived; tlx at the prison it was duly chroni-1 cled in Hot Props” with the! wi cousoling comment that if Hin-;1 shaw were not guilty the editor of Hot Drops” and Buggy” Little were him, and if guilty,all the rest of the prison population were with him.Bush did not spare the management any more than any one else. While Patten was in charge he endeavored to suppress the sheet, but it was circulated on the sly and the mean things it contained about Patten would till a book. Bush was more friendly to Warden Hert, but he also got one or two sly pokes. An order was issued at one time requiring all prisoners to turn their money in at the office, where it would be kept for them. None would be allowed to carry money, the rea son being that it would facilitate their escape, should they ever get beyond the walls. This order was duly chronicled in Hot Drops,” with the heading, 3 per cent, wanted.”At the time Warden Hert was introducing the reforms that have made the prison famous and brought Deputy Warden Gar-ver from another State, the poli ticians of that vicinity set up a great cry and there were indignation meetings and resolutions and things. The Warden did not believe that it would help the discipline of the prison any to let the convicts know that there was a war on the management from the outside, so he ordered all mention of these matters to be clipped from the numerous copies of the Courier Journal and other papers received by the prisoners. When Hot Drops” next appeared there were two or three holes clipped in it, with no other comment than the assertion that no second rate Democrat sheet could get ahead of Hot Drops.’MYSTERIOUS NATURAL FREAKCounty, Indiana, Has a Little Earthquake Of Its Own.SICK HEADACHEPositively cured by these Little Pills.They »1» relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per. feet remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID UVER. They Regulate the Bowels. Purdy Vegetable.%mmN PM. *n« SmaRPrloi.Franklin, Ind., March 14.— News of a terrible upheaval of the ground oil the farm of George White was brought to town today. In the night there was a severe storm and While and his family, who live near the Brown county line, were awakened by a heavy rumbling and shaking of the bouse. The windows rattled loudly and dishes were shaken from their closets. The shock soon passed, and as there was much lightning, they supposed it to have been merely an electrical shock. In the morning, however. White found an unusual state of affairs in his fields. The ground was broken and cracked open and bore evidence of a great disturbance. There were large zig zag cracks several feet wide and yards deep. Nu merous hillocks and cavities were apparent all over the fields. For about a quarter of a mile the ground, for a depth of about thirty feet, and in the form of a crescent, is badly twisted, arid looked as though it had been suddenly raised and then do pressed. White is unable to furnish any explanation for the peculiar phenomena unless it is from an explosion of natural gas, which was not supposed to exist in this section of tho country. The ground torn up by the explosion covers a field of several acres and has attracted much attention.hitflnheUtijik; (.luv-ij. uU.ut. Dr. Nansenis cirlt; uii' in .-tiskholui. It is Naiilthat I s. x|»- nlt; nr.-* in tin- iinrrli haveruin. lt;17,!i[N-r. soured i.!Nlt;iiKiN»lt;itiontui i..-lt;11-1... ...In u moody mison-thrnjM .v. i...i- only desire infer solitude.Am Toilui? tlt;• tlirsi- stories, lit- left theKraui ill..t n.aiie his I* rilnus journey ouf«JUt ov»r (J.i• drift mu lie simply to «w-lt; ii|«* Up*ii-fy of his shipmates. Thistheory 1.UN 1.ie.i pushed mi far as to makeit iult;oificl »..r the fiat that Mis. Niui--rii, it; I• ad«.f living at home with herliiuiialid. nu.ukiug a eotKS-rt tour of
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Bedford Mail
Bedford, Indiana, US
Mon, Mar 15, 1897
Page 4
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Mark B.
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