BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, OCT. 26, 1900 Mrs. Tunie MARKS, Mrs. M. J. HUDSON and Mrs. M. C. BROWNING, who had been visiting at Freetown for several days, returned home this afternoon. H. H. STONER, an Indianapolis horse dealer, was in town Monday, and left that night for Shoals. He buys and sells fine horses, traveling over Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. Arrangements for a game of foot ball between the Freshman class of the I. U. and the Bedford High School, have been completed, but as yet no date has been decided on. William WADE, wife and son, of Smedley, Washington county, who have been here visiting the families of Henry HON and Eli STEPHENSON, for a few days, returned to their home Tuesday morning. Indiana as a corn producing State stands second this year. Iowa is first with 104 percent, and Indiana a good second at 99 per cent, with the price away above that of 1896. Corn now sells at 30 cents here while in October, 1896, it only brought 17 cents. Charley DODD, of this city, has just received word from a cousin in the Philippines, stating that his brother, Taylor DODD, and a Lieutenant had been captured by the natives, of the island. Mr. DODD is a volunteer in the 31st regiment, having enlisted here last summer. Ford WAGNER, a hotelman of Canton, O., McKinley's home, was in town Friday afternoon, and left at 6:46 for Linton where he will go into the hotel business. He says the Cantonese are almost unanimous for McKinley, who is greatly respected and loved by his fellow townsmen. A. J. FORSYTH, of Johnson county, who has been buying sheep and lambs in this part of the State, was in town Tuesday. He has recently bought 60 head of Herschel MOORE in this county; 300 head at Indian Springs; 130 head in Daviess county; 300 head in Monroe county; and 100 head in Brown county. Mr. FORSYTH fattens the animals for market. From military headquarters at San Francisco comes the announcement that the first installment of returning volunteers from the Philippines will leave Manila Nov. 1, and that from time until next June they will return at the rate of from 4,000 to 5,000 a month to the aggregate number of about 25,000. On their arrival at San Francisco they will be mustered out. Of course, this movement takes place by the order of the President, in compliance with the law, which limits the term of enlistment of the volunteers to July 1, 1901. It is a very effective answer to the silly talk about imperialism. By the first of next July all of the volunteers now in the Philippines will have been mustered out, the only troops retained there being regulars, and the regular army will revert to its old number.