Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 May 1885 — Page 6

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JASl'KK. TNUIAXA TOPICS OF THE DAY. 1 News from Everywhere. tAX. Asm rOUTIOAX. " El Mahdi it reportd to have attacked mail defeatd ta Italians a-ar Miwwwak. Bhak pk arb's birthday anniversary was oaJy celebrated at the New Orleans Hxpoiitloa. The examination of Captain Job a O'Brien I or violation of the neutrality laws was eotaraenced la liew York ou the 24 th. Much distress is felt by the Duchess of Xdingburg, sister of the wife of the Csar of llusiia, over the strained relations ex Uting between Russia aad England. Os the Sfth Miss Coaatance E Jgar, step daughter of Jerome Bonaparte aad great granddaughter of Daniel Webster, took the veil at Baltimore, Md. Secretary Man.vixo has given orders for tae immediate repair of the revenue steaaer Manhattan, aow at Baltimore, with a view of utilizing it as a quarantine boat at the Cape Charles station. The Attorney -General has requested Solicitor-General Phillips to remaia in office during the present term of the United States Supreme Court, which will aot be closed until May 4th. Judge Phil lips seat ia his resignation March Gtb. The President ha appointed Henry P. Keraochaae, of Louisiana, to be Naval Officer at the Port of New Orleans, and Cornelius Schenck, of Oregon, to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Willamette, Oregon. The appointment ot James II. Ward oil, of New York to act as chief of the census dlvUton of the Interior Department is an Boaaced. Mr. WardeU will be assisted by four clerks in the completion of the work of compiling the unfinished census report. The Secretary of tha Treasary has appointed George P. Tingle, of Montana, and Charles Ryan, of Indiana special agents for the Seal Islands in Alaska, vice II. A. Glidden and J. H. Moalton, suspended.. Mr. Tingle's compensation is fixed at the rate of $10 per day and Mr. Ryaa's at the rate of $8 per day and expense. The trial of Richard Short, who stabbed Captain Phelan in New York, is set for tbe5ta. Genkral Henrt J. Hc.ht bas been appointed goveraor of the Soldiers' Home at Washington, D. C General G r a.vt aad family will go to Mouat McUregor in June if the General's health will th n permit. Judge Wvlie, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, has res gned. The Prince and Princess of Wales had an enthusiastic reception at Londonderry oa the 25th. They will visit Rome early la May. The Indian Commissioner on the 2Tth heard the complaint of Red Cloud against Ageat McGUlicuddy, aad the latter' reply. Secretart WwrrsfET bas appointed a committee to investigate a patent and plaat the Navy Department purchased for a very large saaa of money. Vice-PkESIDE.vt Hk.vd ricks thinks that the objnet ia electmg a Democratic administration was t clear out the departmeats bo that the clear light can shine Iherein. The anniversary ot General Grant's birth was celebrated at Washington on the 27th. General Grant, according to the statemeat of the doctors on the Stitfa, was better than he has leen la several weeks. General Grant celebrated his birthday a the 27th by a drive la Central Park. El Mahdi'8 forces recently attacked the garrison at beaaar aad were defeated. The Czar is going to Moscow, and it Is thought that when he arrives there he will declare war. At the Grant celebration at Louisville, Xy., oa the 27th, aa ex-Confederate soldier presided and a a timber of ex-Con federates spoke. S. N. Tallxadoe, the Milwaukee statistician, furnishes another report of the condition of the wheat crop. Frank McCoppin, of Ban Francisco, is to succeed John Russell Young as Minis ter to Cuius. Hon. Georoe II. Parker, of Iowa, has been appointed a special agent of the Treasary Department. Mr. Gladstone has again beard from Sir Peter Lumsdea la reference to the Afghan dispute. Hon. A. M. Kxilet, of Richmond, Va., deales that he has resigned the Italian talMlon. Ha has hta commission in his pocket, and says he will soon sail fofl Italy. Postmaster-General Vilas says that new appo ntments are bilng mads as rapidly as he can consider the cases. The recept on to the Prince of Wales at Omagk. Ireland, on the 27th, is described as a brilliant affair. 8m Edwa'id Thornton, the British Minister.to Russia, has reported unfavorably to' his Government in reference to England' recent note. General Grant's sixty-third annl versary of his birth was celebrated In many parts of the country on the 20. b, aad many congratulatory telegrams were sent utm. itie ueneral responded In a dispatch to all, both North and South, CHIMBS AND CASUAITIRS. At an early hour tha morning of tho Sid, the Louisville & Naslivilts Railroad . shops at Louisville, Ky., were reported burning. Barclay Johnson, of Greenwich, Conn., who klllel his mother and sister aad himself, left a very queer document describing his motives. He was evidently .na.ij.

On the 3d the United 8ites Marshal at New York arrested Ernest i'eraertoa com plaiat of the German Consul. It li alleged that h the algkt of the 0th of June, 11, he sot re to the house- of oae Hansen, in th city of Berlin, Germany. It is reported that Indians have burned all the buildings at Fro; Lake, Noi thwest Territory, and then shot ten white men. Thj Oregau mill at New Harmony, Iud., was burne loathe i!3L Less, Insurance, $ 17,0)0. On the 2il an explosion occurred in the basement of the Admiralty building in London, which was damaged consider

ably, and one person was seriously in jured. Chas. A. Buddbnmek, the wild-cat builder of New York, has, It is an nounced, jumped his bail of $),tXW and is en roil e to Canada. Among the effects alleged to belong to Preller, who was murdered In St. Louis, a leather match-box h is been found with the name of "Hugh M. Brooks" markod thereon. A ticket to Frlso was Bold to one Hugh M. Brooks. The question now is whether this la not the supposed Maxwell. E. C. Hibbakd was executed at Trinidad, Col., on the 24th. On the 24tk the mail steamer John Miller wss stranded on a sand-bar near.Vicksburg, Miss. Policeman N. G. Evans, of New Orleans, is charged with having murdered bis wife and a man named Casper Wenger, whom he foun 1 together in the bedchamber. On the 24th Nealy Smith, fifteen years old. was arrested for breaklnz into the Post-office at Calvert, Tex, and stealing small chance and stamps. He also bad other pluudsr amounting to several hun dred dollars. On the 21th the Post-office Department received information that Postal Clerk Weils, who ran away with the registered mail between New Orleans and Port Ends, La., was at El Paso. Tor., on the 22d. It is supposed that he crossed the river to Mex ico, aad thereby escaped his pursuers. Gkundy, the county-seat of Buchanan Countv. Virginia, was almost wiped out of existence by fire ou the 20th. Eighteen buildings were burned at the villago of Randolph, N. Y., ou the 2utb. At Jainacta. I I., on the 'Jtith, a man who was not invited to a wedding fired into the building while the ceremony was beinz performed. The bride was wounded. The town of Strathroy, in Ontario, had a narrow escape from total destruction by fire on the '.Hl.h. Eleven miners were burled In a snow slide on Homeatake Mountain in Colorado on the 26th. A large rescuing party start ed for the scene, but it was feared that all had perished. Numerous forest fires, extending fifty miles each sld of the Blue R.lde Moan tains, west of Lvnchburtr. Va.. have been tHirnlng for several days. Toe Iojs is re ported heavy. Floods In New Brunswick are tho most disastrous in fifty year.. Br the collapse of a building during n fire at Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 'J7tb, two men were killed and several injured. The rescuing party recovered the dead bodies of eleven men killed by the snow slide oa Homestake Mountain in Colorado. Ex-Aitoknky-General Brewster took the witness stand in the Dickson trial at Washington on the 27th. The jury re turned a verdict of not gull.y. Dickson has entered suit for $r',000 damages against ex-Attorney-General Brewster. Captain Phelan was lalSewxork on the 27th, ready to appear against Dick Short, the dynamiter, who tried to kill tho former. Phelan was glvea police pro tection. MISCKLLANBOOa. The steamer City of Mexico was seised bv the United States authorities at New York on the 25th for violation of the aeu trallty laws. Americans, 500 strong, entered the city of Panama on the 25th, but have since been withdrawn. Two more cases of Asiatic cbolera are reported iu Spain. The Egyptian ministers are firm in their refusal to apologize to France. A oeneral increase in regimental .of fleers in the Russian army uas been or dered. It Is thought that war will last at loast two years it Russia and England com mence hostilities. Governor oolesbt or Illinois issued a proclamation on tha 23th quarantining against Missouri cattle, and urging prompt action in Illinois to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonla. Odd Fellows' day was observed at the New Orleans Exposition on the 2itu. General middlkto.vs troops nau an engagement with the half-breed rebels In tho Northwest Territory on the 21th. The troops appear to have gotten the worst of the fleht. their loses being ten killed and about fifty wounded. Tha rebels are re ported to have lost twenty-five men. Latest a dvlces from London are to the effect that Russia is trying to force En gland to fight. Austrian papers think that England will certaialy make an alliance with Turkey in the event of war. Paris papers are urging the French Gov ernment to show its ''spunk" in dealing with that Egyptian affair, In Germany the movement for a total closing of all shops of manufacture and trade on Sunday grows dally. W stkkv Union operators at Chicago decided to wait until May 1st on the com pany, in reference to extra pay for extra work. It Is said that the Pope will confer with the Irish Bishops at Rome In re fere no to tho discourtesy toward the Prince of Wales, if not, in fact, Issue a pastoral lot ter. Durino the past minth the Russian mil itary an thorites have sent 10,GX) troops across the Caspian Sea. Circasria is preparing to revolt against Russia in the event of a war with Ka

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A San FranciiW) dlspateh of the 'Jftth

from Sonora reHrta a terrible battle be tween Mextoaus and Indians, ths f oritur being dtrfeated with heavy loss. The President of the Co d Miners' As sociation at l'UtHlmrgh, Pa., has issul a card to the striking railroad miners de olaring the railroad strike at an end. A Sr. Petersburg correspoudjut of a Loudon paper i:a es that the latest Kaglisk proposals arrived, aad that he Cx.ir atill ia-ors the ntaiatenauee of tha Russian demand. Typhoid malarial fever is prevailing at Plymouth, Pa., to such an alnrmlu. ex teutthat-aM business U practically sus pended. Polluted wells are said to be the cause. Citizens of Louisville, Ky., visited tho Penitentiary at Columbus, O., on the 2."th, to gather oiuta about th bu.Ul.n, to be used in an article describing the escape of Oeneral Morgan during the war. Sunday, the tXltli, was the sixty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Odd-Fel lowship iu the United States. PaosPEOrs are goo I for an uuusually large peach crop in Delaware. The visible supply of wheat on the 2th was 44.fW4.672 bushels; corn, 8,Sl9,071 bushels; oats, 2,2fl8.:l, tushels. The British House of Commons on the 27th yottxl the entire credit of $.V),000,000 en bloc, which was asked for by tho Gov ernment. E.noland and France are about to come to an understanding iu reference to tho uppression of the French paper at Cairo. Confederate Memorial Day was ob served in many parts of the South ou the 7th. Reports from St. Petersburg and Brus sels state that there has been another battle on the Afghan frontier and that tho Russians were defeated with a loss of 1.7C0 kiUed. A telkoram received at New ork on the 27th says that the withdrawal of our troops from Panama destroya American prestige there. Small-pox U decimating Omuunnan, opposite Khartoum. Russia ha ordered a numlnir of small rnntlnir-Dresses from how ork to be shipped to Afghanistan. Cholera is said to bo prevailing in Cal cutta to an nlarminz cxtont. The Confederate Survivors' Asoclatlon at Augusta. Ga., pasted resolut ons ex tolling General Grant, and wisliint him restored health and long life. The port of Vladivostok In Siberia, mar the confines of China, has boen closed by the Russians. Hismauck is said to bo opposed to mediation as a means of 'settling tho trouble between England and Urmia. The British Government prohibited proposed Nationalist demonstration Tyrono, Ireland, against the Prince Wales. The American Baso Ball Association held a meeting at Pittsburgh, Pn., on the 7th. in reference to tho blnck-listed players. The action of the League In re insta ing certain players was discussed. A twelve-hour por day six uays go-as-you-please pedotr an ma ch com menced at Ioudou, Eng., on the 27th, with eighteen entries. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Chop prospects urn uut uutteriug in Cali fornia. Grain rates from the Sea of Asov are advancing rapidly. Fred Tyler was killed atTravare, -Jaic., on the l'8th, by Antvu Nelson. The Prince and Princess of ales re turned to London on the '.3th. General Grant's physicians report that he is daily growing stronger. The Island of Bermuda is being put in state of defense. A Russian man-of-war Is watch. ng the operations. Two nii-n were arrested on the 28th lor robbing the railroad safe at Athens, Tex. The Ohio Legislature reiuses to lavestl cate the alleged br.bery cases. Eoypt Iihb apologized to trance n too matter of tho suppress on of th'j ftosphore gypticn, and the trouble is settled. Measles caused the death of 4.') chll dren In New York since January 1st. Russian importers are anxious to get soal early int the Baltic The Execufve Council of the National Board of Trade met at Chicago on the 28th. Mrh. John T. Clark was shot and killed by her stepson at Port Austin, Mich, cn tho 28th. All British merchantmen have been in sured against war risks. Stonemasons are on a strike at Dayton O., and men at work have boon com pulled to quit Adolpii Hess murdered his wlfo and child near Cencordia, O., on tho 28th, and then hanged himself. Governor Martin of Kansas has issued a proclamation In re'orence to pleuro pneumonia anions cattle. The British troops aro returning to Suakim, orders having been givcuto with draw. Tin: detailed opinion n to General Law ton's eligibility for the Russinn mission i made public. Tin; bulls and boars of the Chicago Pn iluco Exihango had n mer.'y day in thooli halls on lho28h. Then was a stng danco and much other hilarity on quitting iheol building. TUB Third ABsfBtnnt Postmaster-General makes on annual report In reference to postal reductions. Latb advices irom Panama nro to tho olTect that another battle Is about to tako place. A child in Gregg County, Texas, re ceutly found a irile ot old Spanish coin, some of them bearing the date of 14 lit. Thk Ohio Log stature has passed a bill requiring Cnciiinntl saloons to remal Uosed Hem midnight until (1 a. in. Civil service relornicrs .'ave a compti mentary dinner ou the 28Lh to Hon. Geo, If. PendUten at D&Jmontco's, iu .New York.

ENGLAND'S PREMIER.

By-iepsls ef Mr. OlaUatitHr's Myrectli Jh the HrltisH llimse ef Commeaa On the .Supply Qm-ntloH KHKikfc Menor In N DhhKt at III llatte Firmness Without JlHicciUm. London, April 28,--Tha credit of $55,. 900,990 was voted by the House of Commons, after oiio of thu most powerful and telling speeches cvui' delivered by Mr. Gladstone, The Premier was chicrod to the echo, both ilurlnu thu del Ivory and at the close of tho speech. He was also most enthusiastically cheered when leav- ; the House of Commons, After tho speech, Mr. Gladhtonu brought up the subject of tho vote of credit asked for by the Government on tho army ami navy accouut. and said he hoped the motion to divide the credit would not bo pressed. The Government, he said, would not de vote any portion of the money voted for particularly for purposes Iu the Soudan, but would reserve the discretion to apply thu money taken for the Soudan account for the purposes of special preparations. Ho urged that the House vote the Gov ernment thu entire 55,000,000 en Oloc. The proposal to separate the Soudan credit from the credit for special prepar ations was rejected by a vote of -'-'O, gi'slnst 180. The House then cutered luto committee of suppdy, ami .Mr. Gladstone proceed to explain the object of the vote of credit. In moving tho vote of credit Mr. Gladstone said tho Govern ment coustdered it necessiry to have the entire resources of the l.mplre well In laud for use and application wherever It may be required. Events Since the fall of Khartoum have shown that El MabdlV power has collapsed. England's possession of Khartoum would uot put a stop to the slave trade, and therefore It would be useless to shed bto id and treasure In the Soudan. Iu .regard to the alleged smalluess of Hithpcci:tl vote he reminded the House that It is the lamest that has ticcn sskcu since the Crimean war, and is also coincident with large Increases in the annual armv and uavy votes. Furthermore, he said the case relates primarily to inuta. in order to fully appreciate the amount entailed It is requisite to know the extent of the measures being taken in India. The case is not one of war, actual, or perhaps remote. He did not feel called upon to define the degree of danger, bu he would say In regard to tho sad continaeucy of an outbreak of war or a rupture of relations with Russia, that Her Majesty's Go ernment had (driven to conduct the diplomatic controversy in such a way that if it unhappily ended in a violent rupture, they might at least he able to challenge the verdict of civilized mankind, whether or not they hud done all that men could do, and had used every just and honorable effort to prevent the plunging of two such countries Into bloodshed and despair cheers. The question before the committee, he said, was a simple, and even a n.irrow, although au Important one. The negotiation continue, but to give Parliament partial Information only would mislead them, The Government Mibmlticu its case upon tne facts with which the whole wothl Is acquainted. There exist abumlaut cause for the war preparations which are bclu. carried on chi-crsj. The starting point was the obligation to tne Ameer, wnicn should be fulfilled In no stinted manner. Loud cheers. The covenant with Kussla of .March 16, h was oiie which England hoped and believed would be n-cogtuzi'd as one of the most sacred cvir made between two great Nations, sud V any deviation occurred there ahould be jcalo.is rivalry between thi two Nations to sift to the bottom all that remained in suspense. A bloody engagement occurted on March tfrtth, showing that one or both failed to fulfil the covenant. England considered it the duty of both countries to ascertain how the calamity occurred. He would not anticipate that the British were right. He felt nc'fect confidence In the British officers, but he would not assume that thev might not have been misled. He would not sav that the Government possesied all the fuc s In the case. They possessed facts which created an imnrc8lon adverse to some of those formed bv the other party to th cove mint, but thev would not deviate from the strictest principles f justice by an ticinntingauvtliing of the ultimate Issue of the fair liuiulrv thev are desirous of nrosccutliig. Tne cause of the collision Is perhaps doubtful, but It Is certain that the HusIans were the attacking parly, and that the Afghans stiff red Iu life, snlrlt and repute. Knowing that a blow has been struck nt the credit and author ity of our aliv. we nr unable to close tlie book and to say wc will not look Into it anv more. We must do our best to have right done In thu matter. There fore there Is a cause for war prepara Hons. He honed the House w uld not delay Its ascnt, which would only tend to nronagate there and elsewhere the opinion that there was some In decision in tho mind of Parlla ment. whereas he believed that one heart and a solo purpose, anlmtted them. He believed, wid e reserving ab solute liberty to judge the conduct of the Government and to visit them with Us r.ntmpmieiit'o. thev would go forward to meet the demand of justlco nnd call of honor, and only subject to juttce and honor, to labor for the purposes of peace. At the conclusion of his speech, the delivery of which occupied oil" hour, tho House broke nut Iu loud and prolonged cheering. Mr. Gladstone was listened to with deep attention und silence, nnd his words created n profound sensation. The general opinion, based upon fits speech, is that war Is Inevitable. The House, without discussion, ns suggested by Mr. Gladstone, voted the cntlro credit. London, April 28. Mr. Gladstone has seldom, if ever, spoken with greater force and effect than ho did In tho House of Commons yesterday, It Is the general opinion that the Government will Insist upon satisfaction from Kussla for the 1'enjdch affair.

PENSIONERS EWAREI

The NewCotHtulstliiHer HhhUhk OtU Ille gal ItiMiplnut of Unele Ham' tluuniy. Payment .Made to Ueuit Men ami ItnHmrrlril Widow to Un Miti(l A Number or Income That Will Sihli-ljr C'ea-r. Wasiiinoton, 1), 0., April 29, In reply to au Inquiry from Senator Cockrell, Commissioner of Pensions Black yester day addressed that gentleman a letter ou the Mibject of tho appointments of examIning surguous for the various pension boards, In which he poluts out the requirements deemed essential in the sc. lection of examining surgeons. lie says: Appointees must bo meu of personal honor ami Integrity. They must be muu of tried professional ability and experi ence, at least live years of active profes. Hluual practice being considered essential; and they must be men of diligence, men who would be unwilling to make a slip, shod examination Iu any case, or subscribe to the work of others." Where tho above requisites are com bined, tho Commissioner prefers the appointment of men who havu been In the military service of the United States. Boards to be organized and reorgan ized," ho said, "will consist, In every case where the above requisites can ht combined, of two Democrats and one Re publican, it being one of the alms of the C immishloner to strip this branch oi the public service of all partisan bias, and to render these boards what they should be, safeguards to the public Treasury, as well as jnst witnesses to the- rights of lawful claimants against the Governnift." In conversation with Commissioner Black yesterday afternoon, a representa tive of the United Press was informed that he has issued orders dlicctiug the suspenlon of imvment from the Phila delphia Penfdon Agency of 102 pensions, the orlglual recipients of wtilcti nave been dead, In some instances since 1871, nut the names have been carried on tne roiis atid pensions regularly drawn by other persons since tin: death oi tne original recipients. The Commissioner nas also directed the suspension of pay ment from the Philadelphia Agency of seven pensions which were grnuted to willows. These pensioners It has been learned, notwith standing their remarriage have continued to draw pensions for several years past. Commissioner Black has laid thes-e mat ters before the Attorney'Gcueral, am! re quested him to take steps to recover from the pension agent and tils oonusmen, tne sums so unluwfu ly dls-'iursed. Figures to be Issued at the pension oilice on May 1st, It Is f-al I, will show that the work ot the bureau timing the past month will be considerably gicater thau that of any'prcvious month in its history. ASCENSIONI DAY. An AiUvrtUrd IVrrorni.iurB That Old Not MiUcrlitlir. Preparation, of tho MlllrrM Torn Jrnnd ,cimhIiii. Coiunna, Mr.., April 29. During the winter months the town of Corluna, Newport ami Orrtngton have experienced a revival of the .Mlllerlte excltemeut, a piophet named John Nlckersou having labored extensively and secured many converts. They make the vision related to In the seventh chapter of Daniel the basis of their faith, and over that all things which Daniel saw have come to pass, save one the coming of the Son of Man. He, they solemnly prophecy Is dae to-day. A reporter uttendod one of their meetings Monday nlghs. It was a weird scene. There were about one hundred people Iu a small room lighted by two kerosene lamps. Ou the wall, where all could see It, was a large chart, on which the allegory -of Daniel was illustrated and explained with realistic pictures. Tho farmers who have been drawn into the craze did not get out any wood last winter, and have done no plowing this spring, l'hc female members have been busy making ascension robes. They did not sleep last night, hut passed the hours in fasting and contemplation at their homes. This morning at four o'clock they assembled at their tabernacle, put on their white robes and sashes, and In unbroken silence await the Ancient of Days. Thu favorite mode of elf-disclpllne by these Mlllerltes has been to crawl thiotigh the streets on their knees lu the mud and slush, and they have Indulged Iu many other strangr actions. A ST. LOUIs'lHOTEL FIRE. flio I.lndrll numiiKtMl S.10.000 by Fire and Water Paul ' Among lh Uncut. Uut No Srrloti HHiialtlf. St. Louis, Mo., April SO. Jnst eighteen years ago the original Lindell Hotel, a massive strucluic that was the pride und triumph ol the city, went down In llery grandeur. Late yesterday afternoon Its successor, tho present Lindell, which partakes of the triumphs of Its predecessor, fell a victim" to flamq nnd water, and was only saved from destruction by the energy of the fire department, led ly tu "oUl chief," It was a few minutes before five o'clock when smoke was obsurvetl Issuing In thick, gray clouds from tho base- ! ment ot the hotel. I Tho lire originated In the basement, nnd soon smoke was seen issuing from all the windows on the Sixth street aud Washington avenue sides. The principal damage was done by smoke and water, and Is estimated at $30,000. . . i , The ofllccs In tho rotunda were a total wreck, and tho rich furniture throughout the building was ruined. The guests of the hotel wcro panicstricken, and several narrow escapes but no serious casualties occurred. The loss Is fully covered by Insurance.