Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 22, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 March 1880 — Page 2
WEEKLY COURIER
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INDIANA.
CUKKENT NEWS.
v,v i.-i-Svrl MB were re-
.WUUi)UHilaMbrMr.V(M. for the
iZHZL f - iwhllebulldinK at ltHltHlUl. Mo,
Mr TharwHH mro the Judiciary Committee, Parted adversely on House bllbi for re SiNC the Committee oh JmHclary to ln fSl&her Comcrea hue the rtaluto make XTliHhHH Territory a serrate J udWal Ws- " J""": rL 1M. Pourtu there-
taHd tJurWdlto ought to lie JeUfcSwl upon MM Court. sml mort by S!!i?MberwW. Laid over undue the mW SKTbMr.LagH resuiiujdbl argtiTbf mutton to the lu John Porter 3mm alwp. m.sHi.peded htenjRrU acme feMth. r teh the rw
tciuneat w various IhiHar rwervae, aui prevMW for Mm puuUhment of the
NtWWWMMKWr, UfTMHI, rope Mm
Mm Miiimommmw njxrti a ihh mi iwwvv IihHium or NMnirtkHM Iwmh gob into Tux- . Mr. wuddeU (.. Mo.), trow Uw uh ownmiM.rMMrt4 a bill for the wWefot settler oh abeentee hawee lands in hanH. Mr. JohHou (I)., V.). from the wjtsw icom. Mtttse, rforUMl a bill authortatnx the !ere. tRryeJth Treasury to ascertain uud report the ifMmt of mmhmw expended nwt tadehteduw mnuuiwl by Kan Ih repelHRg Inva. rton aad smppreietiig liotHJtW; ami Mr. Uimmh (().. Tex.) reported h similar bill. All re lviaeiHl mih tbee-.hmdKr. At the pi ration -J .iu uuiraimr tuuir thu fivlitteMl Aim ma-
Mwt Wll. being the nrt bill oh the calendar, watt taken up, and Mr, Hosteller !., lnd.)
PWOKe lHrtHH. Count Lltta, First Seeretar; of the Italian Legation at Washington, bulead. The Senate, oh the 4th, rejected the nomination ot Gen. McNeil, of St. Louis, a United Stales Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri. The vote stood seven for eounrmatioa and thirty-two for reject!. The Senate Committee on AppreprlatkHW
Increased the amount graced for the " star " ntall service deie4ency from $1,070,090, as granted by the House Committee, to$l,80,000. The Committee, by a party vote,
adopted a resolution eemuriiHC the re-
otHee Department for ereatinf; a uenuency by "dlresardta5 the law which prohibits
expenditure of oner m exee oi appro
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w wa OTTwpk
eate from h( urhton at
oh the 4th. He outran all hia puwueraoH foot, but wm Inally overtaken and roaap-
tuml by a soldier on nomoaois. The Parnoil reoeptlon In St. Louk on the evening ot the 4th waa a Rrand affair. It tookplaea in the Chamber of Commeree, which waa crowded to Ita utmost capacity. Governor Phelps and other distinguished
eitlxwM were present and took part In tne proceeding. About $,0 netted as the mult of theiHeetlHK. The Indiana delegatee-at-large to theChU mmea Convention are isald to be divided
m thetr PreMdontlal prefereneea between Grant, Blaine and Washburne. The Groenbaokerg of the Seventh Indiana Dletriet have renominated Gilbert De La
Matyr for Congreea. The Kentucky Democratic State Convention will be held at Lexington, June 17. A severe tornado occurred during the
night of the 4th, ausing much damage to property In Indlanapolle, Loulevlllc, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo and other localities. In Toledo twolnen were killed by the falling of a chimney.
The Tennessee Democratic state conven
tion ha been ealled to meet at Nashville on.
MttHWod to work them ever by hla proow, the doUlU of whleh are of oourse not mad Koyal . Conant, ex-Ciwhlor of the Klllott National Bank.ot Boston, oonvletetl of embezzlemeHt, has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. The prlnolpal shops of the Danforth Leaomotlve Works at VateritoH, N. J.f burned
on the 0th. Three hundred wen are thrown
out of work.
Three men were killed and two seriously
Injured by a ooal-mlne explosion at Nantl
eoke, Pa., on theMh. The body of Dr. Samuel Huhn, Ilunga
rlsn, aged thirty-nine, for several years a
practicing physician in .sew lorn, was ere mated at the Le Moyne Crematory, Wah
burton. Pa., oh the Wh, In accordance with
hk last wishes. The funeral services were aonduoted by Prof. Felix Adler, a friend of
deceased. FOKHIOK.
An attempt to awmwdnate Gen. Mellkoff wttu inu.ln at St. PetersburK on the 3d. As
he was alighting from his carriage at his ros
iilnnofi 11 roune man tired at nira wun a rc
iinimtnn of AlalMima, were kbh mi Biuur. ,, , V o . 1 . 1 .iu. ba riiininnatl luence ayoung man nivu "l - SvelRtwbew oeJtreredeutoKtosBpon the prjatii; whleh deleieney, unless wpplled, June 8, to select delegates to the Cincinnati b,et ng thrm,sh tH0 back
tnreaieiw uCTnc mo vw...... fnli of tho fjoncrara cioas. iiiejun
Mahck 4.-Senate-Hr. Vest, from the Committee on Territorioereported the bill to MtabHsh a United Stated Court in the Indian Territory. Placed on the calendar. Mr.Mormm introduced r Joint rwklutlon oeclRrtnie Eum ito bee tiani. of the United State and if tStateT Where they wide, and thjit no shall make or enforce any law abrldKinx fbtlw Immunities an citUK-iw of IblldSutes. Kefenvd to the JudkHanr Sr. Harria lBtrodueed ft biit SuSSStk crime ofrTpe puntehable with
an InllfrirlbeiV ffi 5KndlnKJe,18W. pawed. At the conI : tlie Mtornlag boor Mr. I-okhii onShl"rteOToo.itlon to theblllfor IkereHef of FHa JohnlWter, and aRwrnHeed ththewond resume hi anrojiM-nt on the foXn tUiy. tfew-Tbeblll regulHtlnjc C of causes from tftat IT riSl Courts was nnally disposed
of. mi4hk by a voto of MS yens to & nays.
mry wall services to which they are entitled." The House Committee on Appropriations have determined to press to passage the several anrronrlatlon bills In order as fol
lows: Denclencles In pay of Marshals, Diplomatic and Consular, and Indian. The Bub-eommltteeH in charge of the remaining regultr appropriation bills which have not
yet been noted on by congress nave oeeu wutiled that they shall proceed with the bills now under consideration and press them to
early completion. The Senate Committee on Appropriations will recommend for pasaage the bill to repeal all laws which provide for permanent and lade nlte appropriations except so far
as they relate to the linking fund and to the
mv. wiwv w.-y-i tiYuV a hill to payment, oi interest or imnvi.m. i i iATolT lie ebt or of the bonds imied to the Pacific
and to certain oiner
wbteh be stRtei lie wowiu wt ? iUllrosd Companies
stKt i?r xm j aM,lfiMl fii.u.ts. such as the support of the
H?itV fnltedStates WHl-teHUrTrt"RM.r- MariH4! HospiUl service, etc The bill also
propose a number of important, cnanges in
the laws eoncernlag lapsed appropna-
sotes or. when tpeel la Temaded. In sllver
feHk luen. The House heW m even br
scaolon for the conskJerattoa w jwimtob Wtts. JtARCH kv-5!fiwle-Mr. Baldwin, from the Gomtntttee on Commerce, reported adversely a the ilouce bill to amend the statutes relative to the Importation of neat cattle. .uLuitttlv nnetnoned. The HMHulnif iKMir
of
concluded
hvlc expired. nsWeratlon
fU the Wll
John Porter,
Ms anrunient
for
the relief
Mr.
tfens." An additional report has been made by Ma). -Gen. Wright, Chief of Englneers.on the
subject of establishing dams and reservoirs for the purpose of rendering the Upper Mis
sissippi navigable tkreugHout tne summer season of low water. The report says that
the plan Is feasible, and that through Its op . .1. AAA VSWY tJJ
jit. u-,.. '..t- ftftionnom
aealBSC the bui.........'. eraiiwi a rewnBman6 .vrwr
ar-Mr. Carltsle (I)., Ky.) introaaeed a bill
.uiw thi duties on suirar. xr. v anee
o mm the committee en
WeWchte and Measures, submitted
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iT tliedeclmal syt ot wetehte and 1 V:nvMh.mekt two-
SeT Ordered priated and recommitted. Vlr fM)n (!., O.). from the Committee on AwirliknH, reporte4l a bill to supply eer(SdelleWie In RWropriRtlonB for tile MCTlee ol the Government for the earn nt sHd vear. Ordereil printed and recommitted. rWtotl amount appropriated liy the Wll Is Jof which Llm W for public JriktmV. Adjourned ilUMondR. Mahch 8. nf Xr. Teller introduced aMHto enable town sties to be entered on MbbeMmls.fR accordance with the sukkcsLI uti in the bite report of the Land
SemmteeSoner. Some private bill were dw-
cubic feet of water can be accumulated and made available for doubling the depth of the rlver.af ter the lth of July. The first cost of the proposed system is estimated at $400,000, and the annual expense of operation thereaf
ter about $7,S40. The Committee on Invalid Pensions have unanimously agreed to report favorably the bill Introduced by Kepresentatlve Clardy, of Mktouri. tirovidiwc for the payment of ar-
rears of peat-lon to the widows and minor heirs of soldiers who died in the United States service during the war of the reliellion, or who have since died from wounds ami injures contracted In such service.
The House Committee on Commerce will
f.i nnnnaltlna
Mtmf Sot 1b session.
XAHCH Z.Stmtt'Xr. Kirk wood subwmed a resolutlw lnMrvwtinjc tle Secretary ef the Treasury to coiuunkRte to tke Sen t a. fARtemeut of the amount of money ex-
wended by the United States for alt purposes SewSirtly irrowlnic .(Ml of the hue war.
dueed by Mr. Clardy, of Missouri, proviuimj for the removal by the Lighthouse Board of wrecks and sunken vessels lying In the course of commerce ami obstructing navigation in the Mislslppl River and tributaries.
Commodore Tsalah Hanscom, Chief of the
Walter Kllgere was hanged at Mexico, Mo., on the 6th, for the murder of L. D. WllHngham in January. 18"9 The xecu' tlon waa witnessed by some ivo thousand people. Joseph Core was hanged at Lelmnon, Mo., on the &th, for the murder of "W. II. King
In September last. From six to ten thousand spectators witnessed the hanging. The Ohio Prohibitionists held a State Convention at Columbus on the &th and placed
in nomination a full ticket of State officers and Presidential Electors-at-largc. Munger, Mack A Co's elevator, containing 170,000 bushels of grain, at Duluth, Minn., burned on thertth. Thelaree wholesale dry-goods house of
Atnbach, Finch, Culbcrtson & Co., at St. Paul, Minn., was totally destroyed by tiro on the 7th. The building t 0,000 and the
stock of goods was valued at $8tt,00u. Botli were Insured for about one-half the sums named. A John M. Palmer Presidential Club has been organized at Springfield, III. Much of the fall-sown winter wheat In central "Wteeonsin has been mined by the alternation of freezing and thawing weather
the past winter. Charles Alsberge, a French tailor In Chicago, died from hydrophobia on the ttth, caused by the bite of a dog about two months
previous. The autl-Chlnesc excitement In San Francisco has been further heightened by the concentration there of several regiments of United States troops, under command of Gen. McDowell, by orders from Washington. As a further measure of precaution, the arras lMilongingtothcmllltla have been removed
from several of the city arsenals aim piaceu
Ih secure plaees, the reason assigned by officials being that the arsenals and their content were exposed to capture by the disorderly classes in case of a riot. Placards are posted about the city, signed by the "Council of Thirteen," warning the employers of Chinese to discharge them. The workingmen are greatly agitated by the military movements, ami their leaders charge the authorities with trying to force an outbreak. The Louisiana Democratic State Convention has been called-for April 12th, to select delegates to Cincinnati. In accordance with an order of Court, the wires and property of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company along the Union Pacific Railway, seized by order of Jay
owners
ami the prevailing low rates of fare have al combined to bring about the exodus.
The Treasury Department announce the
exWenee of eounterfelt $100 bills en the following banks: National Uevere Bank, Bos-
ten; Pittsield National Bank, Pittsfield;
Mefohanta' National Hank, New Bedford:
Second National Bank, Wllkesbarre; Pitts-
burg National Bank of Commeree. Tho counterfeit notes on the banks mentioned
are so admirably executed they are. liable to
deceive even experts.
Col. J. B. Chambers, nominated by the
Greeiiliack Convention at St. Louis for Vice-
President of the United States, la a resident of Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, and Ic
regarded as one of the wealthiest men In the State. He is a lawyer, and at one time was engaged In the banking businesi.
During the canvass of 18i lie published an open letter to Senator Coke, taking Ismu
with him on the financial question, winch gave blm considerable polltleal notoriety.
On account or tno mssoiution oi i-arua inent, Mr. Parncll has returned to Ireland but will return In a few weeks to cotnulcb
his engagements In this country. Gen. Grant and party have secured pasnsg. from Vera Cruz on tho British ktcamshi Uaytlen, due at New Orleans on thu 15th, A project is on foot, backed entirely b French capital, to start a weekly line i dteamers between New Orleans, Havre an London.
SSHWS Bureau of Conduction and Repairs of the Gould, have been restored to their R.nuHint of the Interest puM on I n ..,, and all connections re-established.
h "debt for each year. th. Rroonnt r ' 7,7 " . ... 7 " T, ZZZr'n. The main buildin of the Kansas
iainiiizv m rum m. hihi liw linn rwm ruiu n r. i i ri: iia ui n - i
. has introduced a bill maKing
..t.l Cm- lufuumi
SShhiformatlon to be broujtht down to Jan-fT-i idda tiWtniMl. The Mil for the relief
ITfemnestead settW on public laBds.Rmendwtbe HoraetU laws la several partieumrs, banned. The morntnit hour hariair explrwl. 8K8Aeremea consldemtloB of tlie tdli to the reHef of l ltz John Porter. Mr. Bayard 4dresel tlie Senate advocating the adoomofMr. Randolph's subetltiite, authoriz. iwroea. Porter's reappointment a Cihmel; J? bsmw vsfl received from the President ftatnot read or laid before the Senate) r4ttveto the Inter-oeeanls Canal..... . jSSme' The Speaker Rnnouned the new rales iZwatire to-day. and called the States for 3Lretc?. In Rlohabetlcal order. Several bills
ra'aobJler. ami; sailors of aU wa. wk for
Aerieulture,
the Department of Agriculture an executive
department, and Its head a member or the Cabinet. Kepreseatetive Covert, Chairman of the Committee, presented a mlaorlty report, signed by himself alone. The House Committee on Coinage,
Weight ami Meaiure have agreed to report
favorablv Representative f ort's mil to pro
vide for the exchange of trade-dollars for
legal-tender silver dollars. A provision was added that the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be exchanged at the Treasury .ad at all Sub-Treasuries United
dollars for trade
State In
sane Asylum, at Osawatomle, was partially destroyed by lire on the evening of the 8th. The Inmates were all safely removed. The fire Is believed to have originated from spontaneous eorattuttion. The bs Is estimated at 3,000, with no Insurance. The Select Committee of the House on the
Iater-oeeanlc Canal have agreed to present joint resolutions pledging the Government
limit, to fire a second time, when he was
seized bv a Cossack. The would-be assas
sin is said to be a student. He feigned In
sanltv when arrested.
The report of the arrest of Vera Sassulltch proves to be unfounded. Gens. Grant and Sheridan, on the 2d, reviewed the troops stationed In tho City of Mexico. It was a gala day in the Mexican capital. The paper-makers of the Northwest arc
Mid to have combined for tlie purpose ol making a vigorous effort to prevent legislation by Congress alioli-hlng the tariff on paper and articles used In its manufacture. The Mont St. Gothard Tunnel, nine miles In length, Is practleallv completed. It ooniifcts the lallway systems of Germany,
Switzerland and Italy, and aq an engineering effort surpasses the Mont Cenls Tunnel,
wbiidi ha heretofore eiven to France the
practical monopoly of trans-Alpine railway traftic.
The London 7YfHe anticipates an unusual
ly large emigration to America the coining Sanson.
James Russell Iowell has left Madrid for i nmlon to assume his duties as Minister to
the Court of St. James.
The would-be as.assin of Gen. Mellkoff was tried on the 4th and executed by haiigine on the Mh. Ills real name was Melodet-
Hkv: he was a native of Minsk, thirty years
of age. He maintained a stolid demeanor throughout his Incarceration, and would only say (u his own defense that he acted
from principle and not irom personal motives. He further said, as reported, that though he hul failed in killing Gen. Mellkoff some of his comrades would succeed. A Berlin dhiiatch says that, with a view to affording Bismarck further relief from his arduous duties, Count Von Stolberg Wernlgerode, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, will be appointed Prussian Premier. A boiler explosion at Glasgow, Scotland, on the Mb, resulted In the death of sixteen persons. On the same day Galbraith's spin
ning mill burned and two lives were lost. The residence of Norman McLeod, at Scottstown, Quebec, burned on the 1Mb, and his two children perished In the flames. A Bio Janeiro dispatch of the 5th gives a
brief statement that the Chilian fleet Had attacked Arica, and that the commander of the Iron-elad Iluaxcar was killed during the engagement. The reports of the famine In Armenia are heartrending. J. ne locality fifty-two persons died from starvation. Thousands are endeavoring to escape to neighboring Persian province, but the roads are covered deep with snow, and many perish on the journey. The Duchess of Marlliorough, writing to the Lord Mayor of London, March 7, says: 'The distress In Ireland continues to 1
general, and in some parts Is increasing."
The Proposed Isthmus Canal. A MKSSAHK FROM THK TOBSIOBNT. To the Smatt: I transmit herewith the n fort of the .Sectetaryol State and ccnmpau
line papers in respond o rwnmi iwii i.v hi H.Mi.mi thu nth oi February Ihm. n
nuentlng copies of all cornpoudeuoo In tween thbt Government and nny forelu Oo
eminent since February, ibw. imiii-Biina
ship canal acrwwt tlie iHtumu uiHwrp.u America and 5onth America, together wit copies of any pinj-eted treaties r;'W;tlBK tl
Ruino which iiir i'ini mivii. .r. --' have propiwwt or submitted Klnee that dati-1 any foreign power or Its ulptoinatlc rwir-
wiiiaiive, ... ... Ih further coinpllanoe with thr resolution the Senate. I deem It proporto state brlrrty ii opinion as to the policy ot the Lnited Matwith respect to tho construction of an Inte oceanic canal by any route aerosa the Amci
can Isthmus, i he policy oi '"V,r canal under American control. Thw I idt
StRtes can not consent to wurreiuier iuis w trol to any Kuropoan jmwer or to any coi bliiRtlonof Kiiroiwan powers. In ylew ol
unt treauea ueiwecn inn unuyu .-imv? ... )ther nations, for It the rights of soverebru
to maintain the Monroe doctrine in regard
to all project for Isthmus transit. Count de Lesseps had an interview with President Hayes on the 8th, during which the Inter-oceanlc canal project was freely ilUctiMsed. De Lessens statetl that it was
not eontemplatetl that the canal should le under foreign control, and he would be glad to have the majority of the stock placed In
Slat feral-tender ailver
- .. .ml ulaU rofwiln Ha til trade-
sgSi''ssssraaaOT zszsz. -? ?- ITiTJ'Ti... .i iriuiimvi-no teHio( -eiHMvrt ; I ,.t.t,i t,v uw. nml liall sien the further
wmV. (Mtlette (Gr., Jowr) Apprppriatlmc 1 ....inlUiM. rovWl that the this country.
jfijM to enable im w ",J- ! "?!.. " " , " .k- i ltrfere witL ' A young woman from Kentucky gave
tomtseMOurWilS' wiu"'" '""". iimmniwicuwn. ..... ....... - - I ...... .. it.i
the minimum now authorized by the exw- "ins u a chhu v hu-v. mm,, u,nvnm.w, the minimum now , wrapped It In
L rri ban de- asheet and dropped It out of the second
..ACli it m. tn additional cases in- story window. In the morning the child was
olvlngthe constitutionality of the Federal Eketion law-, In lioth of which their oonstln.iUtB.1ttv Ih sustained. Justices Field and
h .It 'i i"
Zll ..u.lk1, and sorehum. Mr. Scale
til.. X. C), Chairman of the Cfupmlttee on inAffair, reported W"."""1 r Secretary of the Interior to Set lands in sevenilty to IndlSSr Ordered printed Rid recommitted. 127 t n.. I .a.1. Chairman of the Inter-
eeVmie Canal CHmlee, offerwl, by unaiil .mm lRrtmetloR. that eommlMee'si resolu
a-V(I).. Mo.T,InmitseCoiHfe.m Klec-1 cilKoni delivered a dissenting opinion In
tfeM. reported a resolution is" w. ,h.i .
Mr. ilec-
. wMlntinn (untetl UV Rtt I . . ...,. .- .... uuliur
UUU. - ' u... uC.l.....;jln 1 I mill MUHMt.SVfl UMI WWKWUW I'iMrcj.
"l yi"r:XZ? w i;"T,'h ; : rl,,uw.tM i the Method Episcopal
VJvSTsfr4 WoRrUV Conference (colored), about two bundled 1SV and fifty in number, on the 8th called upon TriC; vttfM ordoHxl M-hMted and ,i.ioni ti-M th White Houe. Blsh-
Ea'Tn Ti!' op Peck made brief address on the part of SSito theler-oceankj cansl. wlrtch was (he delegate!, to which the l'rdM'.leHt re-
Mamcii 9.&We The President's mes- wrst AND stiUTHWKST.
eace on Die Inter-oceanlc canal was reed, Mbrehead. a commercial traveler,
and, with neeompany'"su"c,,"":nw'' Senator Thurman presentett a meiwirial of the ddejmtes of Indian tribe In tlie Indian
oWc liftlto eablWi ?"" in tHat TerriUMT. In view of the linportRRt nHHs)l.iv.lv:.l l the subject, he I5ved the relerence of th.memorial to the Committee on Judiciary. Intho alecn IrfSenator Vex, who reported tlie bill, 2L wTu,n to refer whs laid over. 8n
lAr HaiieT mimttm ""
foimd In the area, alive and kicking. The
mother bad left the city on an carlv train for Van Wert, 0., but
was arrested at a station near Dayton and brought back. Her name is said to be Miss Adams. She was accompanied to the hotel by the Hon. John W. Perry, member of the Kentucky Legislature from Owen County, the two belnggiven separato rooms. He claias to htveknown nothing of hlsonmpa Hi on' condition or act, but says she has lived with his family from childhood. He was held for examination. The main building of the Kansas State In-
Kane Asylum, at usawatomic, was partisiiy
Tho VreHch Government refused to sur
render Hartmann, the Russian charged with being connected with the Moscow explosion, but ordered him to leave France. He Is said to lie now In London. An explosion In the artillery barracks at Santiago, Chill, killed twenty-four persona and inhtrfd many others.
The bark Klbana, from Newport, Wales,
for St. JohnK, N. B., waa wrecked atMggcr
Head, five miles from her port of destina
tion, on the morning of the 8th. Capt. Barry
and seven men were drowned. Parnell and Dillon received a hearty wel
come at Montreal on tho night of tlieStb. In
the procession were a number of Home-rule transparencies. A Vienna dispatch of the Mb reports the Ice In tho Vistula Hlver accumulating on the
Auntro-Ruwlan frontier, near Dlzkowa. The river broke through a dike and Hooded thirty villages, some of which were completely destroyed. Thousands of person arc without shelter or food. The dissolution of Parliament has been announced, to take place at Kaster.
I
or proiieity or oiner nanuiw mju the way of this pollcy-a conttngen which is not apprehended suitable jtv should be taken by Just and lta negotiations to promote and establish American policy n this sublvct eon-Went with tho rlichta of nations to be Rffeet4d by The oapitHl invested by corporations or ci zens ol other countries In such an enterpn must, In a great degiee, look for protecUon one or more of the Great Powers of the woi No European Power can Intervene for su protection without adopting measures on V continent which the United Stales wot deem wholly liiadmldble. If thopr.itwtion ii.b rnit.Ml .stRH H 1 relied upon, the I nit
StHten must exercise such control as will ei ble this country to protect 1U uatlot interevw and maintain the rights tbo whrxe private cltRl Is embarV in tho work. An imer.oceanlc ca across tho American Iidhimis wilt esentl clmnKt) the geogrnphtcal iclatloiti betwt the Atlantic ami PuclHc eowus ol tint Pub States, and between the United StaUvs and t rest of the world. It will be the groat oc thoroughfare between our Atlantic and I ae ahorns, and vinually a part of the ctwist I of the United States. Our merely cpminen Interest tu It Is an-ater than that of all of countries, while Its relations to our pov and prosperity as a nation, to our meiitidefense, our unity, peace and salare matters of paramount conaldcrat to the people of tho United MaNo other irrcat power would, der similar circumstances, fall to arightful control over a work bo closely : i-itMitv ugwtlmr Its Interest and well
Without urging further grounds of m o Ion, I reiMJHt, in conclusion, that It right and duty of the United Htats to as mid malntasH sueh stipervMou and tborlty over any Intcroceanlc canRl act the Isthmus that connect North mid America as will protect our national in etrta. This I am quite sure will lie found only compatible with, but promotive of, widwt and most permanent advantage commerce and civtllaatloH. (SlgnHl) HimtKRroKiill. 1Ixt Executive Mansion, March
The Elmira Advertiser asks vcrj noccntlv, "How could nmtrimo sweets "be preserved without a fm inr?" Tboy couldn't, they could
Hut the trouble w tncre are nui. usu
enough swoets In the average famii:
nil one smaa jar. inuo " iv.
trouble lies. QoumwUi EtitcrprtM.
Dora DTstria, Princess and aut
has written to Mm Kate Ssamuor say that slm if coming to visit Amet
Tho submarine cables now worl
traverse a distance of 97,000 miles.
THE MARKETS.
NW YORK, March 18. 1 niT-rt.flta.VatlrvMLuAtti.. 6.M I
.miKHP fYimtium to Chelae.. fM
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Maih Dyer, Wm. Wolfe and W. K. Ames, three well-to-do farmers of CaseyVflle, Union County, Ky., and a colored man aeeompanyiRg them, were drowned en the
The Inmates were all safely removed. The fire is believed to have originated from spontaneous combustion. The loss U estimated at $ftf,000, with no insurance. The trial of the Gully brothers, charged with the murder of John P. Ollmore, was begun at DcKalb, Mips . on the Hth. James Allen, the waiter at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Las Vegas, N. Mex., who shot and killed James Moorehead, a commercial traveler from St. Louis, was taken from tlie custody pf the Sheriff and hanged by a mob, KA8T AND SOUTHEAST. KdlsoH hi said to have invented a process for extracting the gold from ore already
OKNKRAI.. The National Union Greenback-Labor Convention, was held In St. Louis on the 4th. fc'omo 218 delegates were present, representing 11) States. Judge Stephen D. Dillaye, of New Jersey, was nominated for President, and B. J. Chamlie, of Texas, for Vice-President. Tho platform of Msrelt 4, 187, was substantially remlopted. A Committee of Conference with the Chicago National Greenback Convention was appointed, and an adjournment of the Convention to Chloagn on June ii carried In the face of considerable opposition.
The Chinese arc leaving SM Franeieo by j the oar load for the AtlantlcStatea. The recent action of the an Francisoo Board of,
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