Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 January 1889 — Page 2

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WEEKLY COCKIER. C. BOA.N l?ulHlr. JASM1L - INUIAXA.

. TOPICS OF THE DAT.

: . Tmc proposed National skating Uwrna. Vmt at Newbnrgh. X. Y., ha been post4; , yon-d on account of absence of ice in the Cr. Ikm?w denie that b will reiga Uw prswddetiey of the Sew York Central rUlrt)Ml l accept any Government apTkk GfRWii Km st African bill, which i t he pushed through the Kttndesrath and Keiehstau; without delay, jtrovides tor the , appropriation of about XMW. A B.VNQt'KT whs given to Bishop MeQaJd, of Roebeater, X. Y.,at the Awr Jean m College ia Kohw. on the IHth. in celebrH-t-kw of be anniversary of hie natal tiny. Mrs. B. J. Clark and Mrs. M. J. Wright per arrested ia New Haven, Conn., oh the 1Mb, uader aa old Blue law which provides for the punishment of fortttnetellers. Dk I.ksskpj aal the administrative coaaril of the Panama Canal Company 1m ve made aa agreement with th Bank of rrb for the freea kwws of ),U00,tXW shares in two lot. i It is believe ia Berlia that during the debate on the Coloaial hill in the Reichstg. Prince Bismarck will dwell at length upon the existing relation between UerBtaay and England. A jcewspapkr reporter named Reeves was committed to prison at Dublin, on the 14th. for content of court in refusing to testify from notes lie had taken of speeches deMreretl by Parnellites. The thirteen White Cap who were arretted at North Salem, X. II., for assault npoa John K. Welch were, on the lth, ftaed ? and costs each, uhu payment of which they were released. m Thk steamer Saginaw, which sailed, on the 1Mb, for Dominican i torts front New York, had on board metal lie cartridges and sixty eas of rifles, eonsigned to parties in S&nutaa. Seve.v men left Needles, Cal., recently, for the new gold fields. While going tkciwgh the rapids in the river a few mile below that, city, the boat eapshed, and four of the party were drowned. If the permission of the Porte can be obtained a junction " of the Turkish and Greek railroad will be made so that the " Indian mails will be embarked at Pima instead of Brindist, as at present. It is announced in London that Captain

Petonrel, late private secretary to the Marquis of Normandy, will shortly be Married to Miss Blanche Eckley. daughter of the late Arthur Bckley, of Boston. The Naval Appropriation bill was completed on the 16th. In addition to the two sew vessels provided for ia the bill, it appropriates Jtl,tW,OW for armament and $&,O0 for a gaa plant at WashingA IHTei. wr fought, on the 14th, between Henri Rocliefort aad M. Usargy, editor of the Paris Ln Bataille. The weapons need were swords. Both combatant were wcHtnded, M. Lh-argy's wound, being dangeroas. The Shah of Persia, it is understood from ottcial nnnoaacementfl, will visit Knwia on March . remaining in St Petersburg a fortnight; Theaee he will proceed to Berlin, Paris, London and Constantinople. Mn. Dalt, rorietr of the Connaaght Telegraph, iablihed at Cattlebar, County Maya, Ireland, was served with three snmnone4 under the Crime act, on the " lSth, for iblihing artteiM inciting infractions of the law. The Paris Figaro assert that Count De Loeseps and the administrative council of the Panama Canal Comjwny have signed an agreement with the Basque Pariltenne for the iue by the latter of sixty million abates of new stock. m Ire the House, on the llth, Mr. Voorhees i presented petitions of citizens of Waehlagton Territory, asking that legislation be enacted so women can vote for members of constitutional conventions in the several Territories. The Secretary of State and Ml Bayard. . oh the 14th, entertained the President and Mrs. Cleveland and the other Ministers of the Cabinet and their wires, with the Kfteaker aad Mrs. Carlisle and Senator and Mrs. Gray, at dinner. It was reported from Berlin, on the l.Tth, that Prof. Gefllkcen was sufferiag from cholerine, which, It was feared, might deTehp into cholera. He persistently refaes to be interviewed, but still receives letters, telegrams. Bowers, etc Both the Pope and Premier Crispi have declined to grant to Cardinal La Vigerle the privilege of an interview on the question of a crusade againat the slave trad. The Pope,in refusing to receive the Cardinal, expressed his opinion that the question wax inopportune. ExroRTR of principal articles of provilon from the United .State during December past aggregated ia value jW.NKt,. 7S. against 4,W5,&i in Decemlwr, 1n7, awl for the twelve month eadd December 31, 1, were valued at 4ts7,0l,137, against 7tW,l In 17. The House committee on Territories, on the 12th, commenced a hearing, which will continue several days, as to the propriety of admitting Utah as a State. There is a delegation of tweiity-nve from Utah iwesent, all of whom in the course of the heating will give their views. i t Several Xew York jewelry Arms hare Ken Heeced of amounts aggregating ?7.V tt by a man claiming to represent A. M. Kgbert, t Cincinnati, k whom they sold good credit. The goods were afterward shipped to Kurojw, but h large portion of them were seised eu route. Kixa CHAMmtRtat.v. the whistler, was t have appeared at a concert at Worcester, Mii4., on the ntht of the 13th C.stitufei.v). A clergyman objected, and the mayor forbade Miss ClMunberlaiu to appear nViless she would whistle fcaercd music mly. She did not appear. I.v tJe Obli AV Oman's 8'ini ag. convention, held at Columbus with an immense nmndnncf, a the I.Kh, Mrs. Uttra M, 'okas, of Kansas, made the address of the duv, ami referred to Oskaloosa. in her State, where the my,r, eiwncll and city idWeers were women, ltog; the best g;efMed town in America.

FIFTIETH OONQRCMt

Is the Senate, an ih uih, at the eoaelntloi at the noralatt haikWeM, MildnitiOH ol ihv TmtM Mil wit reumed, the penatag qut'siuMi being Mr, Plumb' awteadaieat to put at) fresh nh on the tree llU Ininag te dicuMlm ol the Mil, Mr. Hale mov4 to strike out the para graph, wtilch would Wove all trh Hk under the duty nxedm another part l the bill :i halt cent a ptraad, wktck. alter further il,cus fctoa, w aOopiei, Mr. IMuwh i. HmeaJmen1 lietaK wlihdrswn. Paragraphs (Wather, old erps and aa (mka juu miea wte) were trurk trow h free lUt. Other para grsttb were wl over InforMiuUr, until the end of the freellst watreached.. ,1a the lloue Mr, Weaver oattaie4 bl obstructive turtles, eftVetuaUy tbloeklng legislatloa, He rotiferware report or .ke bill appropriating f&w,o.vj for the pureh or a lt to becla the coatruthtnot a public buiiatag at Omaka, N'eb,, b. lax the only action taken. Tke same poll c) prevailed at tke evening esskin. Is the Senate, on tke !tk, at tke conclusion of tke mornlatf hour, a few ehanaes were made ia tke pbraMMUogy of tke administrative ee tHM, and tne reaultie of the TarlH bill wat. naikd, after which tke Senate went into ex ecutive sesloa, and at 4:15 p. m. adjourned.,., In tke House, a temporary truee was declared between the adveeate and opponents of tke Oklahoma bill, and regular business was taken p. A private pensoa bill, increasing to rlfty dollars tke nentlon of Kilzabetn u. Scott, was passed. The Military Academy and the Dirdo matie and Consular Appropriation bills were. after H8e dicuwOB, rstked. The FortiHc' tioas Anuropriatlon mil wns tken taken tut. but pending action tke llue adjourned. IN the Senate, on the Ittk, Mr, Gray's amendment placing upon tke free list nearly alt the materials used in the construction of skips, was, after Ions debate, rejected by a strict party vote of it to 46. Several other a.-neml meats were offered and rejected. Tke freesalt discussion was resumed and occupied some time, after which the Mil was laid aside without action on the pending amendment In the House, the rule providing for ad jonrnment at Ave o'clock each day, was, after a long debate, rescinded. A revenue bill of importance was referred to the appropriations committee, and a number of measures pertainrng to tae District of Columbia, were pissed, l.v the Senate, on the 1Mb, consideration of the Tariff bill was resumed, tko pentlini; question being Mr. Vest's amendment put tine :Ut on tke free Ust. During a long discussion which ensued, Mr, Vest said that tke 1'restdent bad icone too far in saying that every cent of the duty is added to tke cost to tke consumer, but he tbougkt ths Imposition of a tariff duty affected the cost to the consumer, always modified by the amount of production in the United States. The bill was Anally laid aside, and tke Senate went into executive session. In the House, tke bill establishing a light-snip with fog-sbrnal at Sandy Hook, at a cost or tfiUOi, was pasted, and the remainder of the session was devoted to a discussion of the bill for the Admission of South Dakota, and the organization of ike Territory of North Dakota. IN tke Senate, on the 16th, petitions from the Woman's National Christian Temperance Union ami other bodies in the various States in favor of legislation for Sabbath oliscrvance were presented, as were also additional petitions from citliens of Orangeburg, S. C, asking that their rights of suffrage be protected. Upon resumption of consideration of the Tariff bill, the motion to put salt on the free list was ejected without further debate. The amend meat increasing the duty on cross cut saws was adopted .In the House, a resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury for correspor.sleace relating to the use of an Engl sn steamship In excavating the main ship channel is New York harbor. The remainder ot thesesstoa was taken up In debate on various bills for the admit-siou ot Territories to Statehood, PERSONAL AND GENERAL, The latest information from Representative Laird is to the effect that lie is iu O in alia. Neb., under treatment of some of the leading physieiaus of that city. His condition is materially improved, and his ultimate recovery is now almost assured. Alexander T. McGill, professor of theology at Princeton, died, on the 1.1th, at Jersey City, Jf. J., in his eighty-second year. A larok force of dervishes has left Doagola and is advancing toward Wady Haifa. DcKt.vr. the last trip of the Inman Line steamer City of Boston, from New York to Liverpool, MUs Maggie C?ale, of Albany, X. Y., committee suicide by taking rat poison, and Mr. II. Hlondou died iu an attack of delirium tremens. While shooting at Buckeberg. on the l."Hh, Emperor William accidentally wounded a bystander. His Majesty expressed his regret at the occurrence, and invited the injured man to call upou him when he had sufficiently recovered from hie injury. A band of White Caps attacked the house of a man named Harp in Robeson Couuty, N. C, on the night of the 12th, ana began to fire through the windows, l Several ir the inmates were wounded, and Mrs. Harp was killed. Jekkmiah Johnho.v was married to a Miss Ma Blackburn, of .Silver Lake, Iud., mjine years agoj1 but they became estranged, Hud were divorced. Recently they met at a ball, and the old flame rekindled. .Johnson's ex-father-in-law objected to the re-marriage, and on the 13th the couple elojied. Great distress among cattle and sheep is reported from New Mexico, and hundreds nre ierishiug. The plains and the mountains are covered with deep snow, and it Is hard for the stock to stib-det. A drove of antelope were found frozen to death in the mountains south of AlbttHierriue. Harry Taylor, the circus employe who killed lleitry Uorthwlck at Bprlnstfleld, Mass., last June, by a blow of hw fist in a quarrel aliout a reserved seat, was arrested, on the Kdli, in Philadelphia. Mr. Bain, acting assistant city crk of Erie, Pa., committed suicide, on the l."th, by shooting himself in the head with a pistol. The Senate and House conferees ou the Nicaragua!! Canal bill held a meeting, on the llth, but came to no agreement, as tho House couferces insisted ujwn the House amendment to the bill. At a joint session of both houses of the Colorado General Assembly, ou tho 1'ith, K. 0. Wolcott was elected United Status Senator to succeed Thomas M. Iimven, receiving the solid Republican Vote. C. h". Thomas received the complimentary vote of the Democrat. I.v the New York Htate Senate, ou the loth Mr. Cantor introduced a bill establishing a State naval nir.tiit by voluntary enlistment, to lie patterned after the naval branch of the Federal Government, if Congress furnishes the necessary facilities. The Hntro tunnel was bid in by tlie tunnel company at the foreclosure sale at Virginia City, Nev., on the llth, for$i Tug Kxefcaatte Batik of Dilnlap, Ia failed ,n the loth. Its liabilities are thought to bu ..s),oix,. I.v the annual boxing tournament held at the United States training station at Newport, It. I., on this 15th, Apprentices Kotey, O'Toolo and Texido, the champions last year in the heavy, light nlttl f cathcr w.'lght elnsscf, rcsjiectlvely. Were again winner?. The House commUicn on immigration (the Ford committee) held a session, on the lrdh, and completed their report and commenced the druff of a bill to carry out their recoMmeMdfttfiHH.

It in Rseertalued that the mrty of Cos-

aacks deslrtug to laud at Olatck, Abyssinia, ostensibly t found a colony, ia really a military exiditioH under the command of the notorhms Cossack raider, AsehoK, who was concerned iu tlteemeute at Itoorghas a year ago, and sttbeimeutly plauneit other revolts iu Bulgaria, Tl la discovery was the lals if the refusal of the audi- ritie to iermit the e-peUtiou to land. Two of the men who took the places of the forty striking weavers at the Moitument Mills, in Honsntouic, MasM were attacked, ou the 1 1th, on thetr way home, by fifteen masked men, aud Wateu until insensible. Thk Santa Monica Hotel at Sunta Monica, Cal., was burned on the liVth. Joh.v Mittex Phu.lii's, New York manager of the Methodist Book Concern, died in that city, on the 15th, aged sixty-nine years. 0.v the l.th, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Mayuard decided that six jwlrs of silk hose aud eighteen jwlrs of silk gloves, imported for the use of the Bishop of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Albauy, N, Y,, arc not cxantpted from duty as "regalia specially imported iu good faith for ' the use of( any society iitcorimrated or established for religious purposes." Thk Anarchists attending tho Pence Congress recently held in Milan, Italy, decided to foment a general revolution in Ktiroeiu the event of a wr involving any of the continental powers. HK.VRt Woi.kk, the celebrated Dntch icroilaut, nseeuded from Antwerp, Belgium, in f, balloon, on the Kith, accompanied by Lieutenant Daniel. The balloon was "driven seaward, and it is feared that its occupants are lost. Thk House appropriation committee, on the Kith, gave a hearing to Major J. W. Powell, Chief of the Geological Survey, in favor of an appropriation of $KMH)Q for surveying the arid lands of the West and determining the projier points whero irrigating reservoirs should be located. The ultimate cost of completing the work of irrigating the arid hinds is placed at The Governor of Florida has Called a special legislative session for February fl, to adopt healtli-luiard legislation. Thk London Standard says that the publication of the indictment against Prof. Gettickeu shows that Bismarck himself was the author of the charges agtiinst Sir Robert Morier. Lk Temps says that a Loudon firm has offered the Carthusiau monks of the Chartreuse la Grande ;t,0:)!),).)3 for the secret aud the monopoly of the manufacture and sale of the famous chartreuse cordinls. It was reiM)rted, on the Kith, that the health of Rev. Charles II. Spurgoon, of Loudon, is rapidly improving, U.mteii States Minister Phelps, ntthe Fishmongers' Com imuy's banquet, in London, ou the 16th, responding to n toast, said: "The only complaint I bring against this country is that my experience here makes it more difficult to say good-bye than to jierform any other duty which has devolved uiou me since I came here." The Reichsanzeiger published, on the the 10th, by command of Kmpcror William, the indictment brought against Prof. Geftieken, in order to enable the public to judge as to the administration of justice iu his case. A special from Jackson, Miss., on the 10th, says information has been received by Governor Lowry that mob law eon tiuttes to exist in the southern part of Noxubee uud the northern part of Kemper County, and that negro cablus are being destroyed by incendiary fires. Over forty families have been driven away aud their cablus burned. A majority of the Royalists iu the Department of tlic? Seine have decided to vote for General Boulauger. The Republican Legislative cauijs at ! Salem, Ore., on the lfith, decided to re- i elect J. N. Dolph to the United States Senate, Mr. Glaiisto.ve will shortly visit Rome, and hold personal interviews with the Pope and Kiug Humbert. i ... LATE NEWS ITEMS. I.v the Senate, on the 17th, Mr. Hoar re ported favorably without amendment, the resolution providing for a joint tneetiua of the two houses on February l!l, to couul the electoral vote. The Tariff bill was then taken up", and Mr. Allison, iu answet to a question, said that the imuortant matters yet to be acted on were the wood en, sugar and wool and woolen schedules. The discussion of the pending question the amendment to the tin-plate schedule was continued by Senators Allison and Vest........In tho House, the resignation ol Representative Hovey, of Indiana, was received. The bill releasing LieutennntColoncl K. A. Eyre from liability ou account of receipts and disbursements of funds as acting Quartermaster, was passed, nud tho Territorial bills wero taken up and occupied the remainder of the session. Three large men of war will be built by Russia during the present ycur. Mr. John Bkkuit, who had been improving, suffered another relapse on tho 17th. Pri.vcf. Bismarck in suffering from indisposition in consequence of his exertions at the opening of the Reichstag.. A hister of Kdwia Booth, Miss Rosalie Ann Booth, died in New' York City, on the loth, of paralysis, at the age sif sixtyfive years. Perry S. Westkall. editor and proprietor of the Tern; Haute (Iud.) Saturday Kveuing Mail, died, on the Kith, aged fifty-five, from a pnrafyttc stroke. The President, on the Kith, sent to tho Senate the nomination of John Farringtoit, of Miuifsota to be collector of customs for the district of Minnesota. W. D. WAKiiHtrKN was nominated for Culled States Senator from M inuesotn by the Republican caucus at St. Paul ou the 17th. The largest mortgage ever recorded In Ksumwha County, W. Va was ihnt of tin Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company for M.i)X),iXW, made to tho Central M ortgage Company of Now York, wild placed on record on the K?th. Reprkextativk Symks, of Colorado, appeared before the House committee on appropriations, ou the 17th, and made mi argument iu favor of Prof. Pouell'tt , scheme for Irrigating the arid lds of the West. I The Vienna FremdenblHtt denies the statement published in the Novoc Vremya, of St. Petersburg, that Aimtria, tuider'an agreement wnii tno Porto, would occupy the second portion of the Saudjak of Novoe-B:i7.ar, in Bosnia. Preliminary charges Jmvu been filed who the Hoithu judiciary committee for imiKwiiment proceedings against Judge IwrHCR, of Tombstone, Ariz., for resort lug to gag-law Ho.v, Geo. D. Wise has served on KdiilHHd W'Hddoll, Jr., hi answer to the lat tor's notice of coHtest iu the Congressional election lu the Third (Va.) district.

STATE INTKLIilOKNOK. t The tagWIatHre. iNWAVAisM.ni, Jaa. R Sbnatk. The Seaate was called to order this morning. Chief Doorkeeper. sUkhI outside In the corridors, aad, as each jiersoa seeking admission appearsl, asked the question: "llav you a ticket of 4mUm.!oii? ' tuom? not having such ticket were relted dmiioH, aad lu this way (!olonel KoberlMHt ws prevented front entering tlia chatnter and from even attempting to preMe. Senator Cox was elected as presiding ofneer. The Senate remained In session for two hours

and tken adjourned until ten o'clock to morrow. Horn: The House whs called to order uy Searetary of Ktttte (Jrimn. If there are quite a number of vountf wen in the Senato the number is greater in the llou.e, us scarcely a gruy hair can Ih seen, and their speaker, Mason J, Xihlack, Is only twenty feven the yonnest Kho ever occulted the stand lu this State. After prayer, Mr. Xihlack was selected Speaker. New HM-niltcr were sworn in, A resolution was adopted refusing to reeotmlssc Senator Cox as presiding oftlcerof the Senate and declaring that K, H. RotiertMin is legally elected and Actinic Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and should iwctdde over the Septe, The caucus nominees T. J. Ncttkirfc" chief clerk; Charles K, Crawley, assistant, and UarniUHiigh, door-kecp-i r w i re then balloted for and declarutl duly elected. INIHANAI'OMS, Jan. n.-Colonel ltolrton presented Uitoself at the door of the Senate chumter and was denied admittance, a oh yesterday. The joint rules of the two hows were so amended as to make the Seakcr of the Home the i rsidtnK otttcor on all occasions of a joint meeting of the two liodies. No bills were Introduced to-day, butanumherof resolutions were presented. At a ti'clock the two houses met in joint session to hear the last message of Governor Gray, Adjourned until Monday. House. No business of importance was trancted In the House to day. A nnmtisr of resolutions were Introduced but no lulls. After the meeting In joint session to hear the tlovernor's nicssnne read the IIihim! adjourned ua- ' til Momlay, lNlMA.VAPOt.tS, Jan. 11. This hasheen a luy day. politically ami socially. A Governor and Lieutenant Governor were Inaugurated with appropriate ceremonies. The vote of the State was cast for a President and Vice President. There was little doae in either branch of the Legislature. In the Senate Senator CSrllllths (Pern.) presented and had read the standing committee for the ensuing session. This brought on a wrangle. In which Senator Detn"tte (Itep.)grew sowrathy that his language was ordered taken down In writing. The reiMirt as to the standing committee was adopted. Senators Johuton and I)r-sser submitted without reading, a long protest against the proceedings of the Democratic majority In organizing iho Senate a they did, which was signed by all tho Kcpublican members, and a demand was made, based uKn the constitutional provision, that It be Included In the journal of proceeding. .iNiiiANAPOLUt, Jan. I5--SKSATB. Idcttten-ant-Oovcrnor Chase took the chulr lu the Senate, and the work of Introducing and reading bills rapidly proceeded. Hills on almost every Imaginable subject were introduced. Among them one providing for Iho registration of voter", but as this measure has been vigorously oppo-ed. there is no poidWIity, it Is believed, of Its liecoHiIng a law. In 1SS.S the lieople adopted an amendment to the constitution providing for an act to register all voters, but It has tieen Ignored by oran persistently. House Hills Introduced: To provide for tho control of the Ihreu new Insane hospitals by a board of trustees to be chosen by the Legislature: for the relief of the Supreme Courts revising the election laws: against trusts. It provides that all trusts, pools, contracts, agreement or combinations now existing or hereafter made between persons or corporations, with a view to prevent full and free compctten in the production or sale of any article, or in any way tending to create a monoply, arc to be declared conspiracies to defraud, are to be unlawful, and against public policy. Persons entering Into such agreements shall he fined not less than fj,0f.X) nor more than flO.OiO. ami Imprisoned from two to five years. All companies or corporations that enter Into such agreements or combinations, may also be held liable for damage In civil suits that may lie brought against any of the parties to the agree ment. The wooden butter-dish factory at Seymour is said to be the largest one of the kind In the world. It turns out 230,000 dishes a day. A LKIiitko match, a natural-gas regulator and two foolish boys tell how Samuel Kline's sons were badly burned at Richmond. Under the leadership of Jeisa Zsrn, Peru capitalists will build another natural gas pipe Hue to that city. In the case of Neal and HugRlns, two boys on trial for stealing butter at Hartford City, the jury brought In a verdict of $10 fine, len days in jail and disfranchisement for three years. As neither of the lads will be twenty-one for four years, it Is rather a peculiar sentence. At Andrews, twenty masked men took AVnu Dowel I, who failed to provide for his family, from a saloon and strung him up to the nearest telegraph pole. After hanging a short time he was lowered. The section men on the Now York, Chicago and St. Louis road recently found the remains of an unknown man by the sble of the track, near Ft. Wayne. Tho head was entirely separated from the body. It i supposed he was stealing a ride and fell Itetween the cars. There was not a thing ou the body by which it could lie Identified. The case against Banker W, B. Durham, of Crawfordsville, for returning a false list of his taxable, has been dismissa l. The residents of Lagro are exercised over the report that a White Cap band is being formed in that vicinity. Several citizens have received warning, embelhh ed with skull and cross-bones. Rkurev Lamh, Samuel Peck and Jatnei Ilogard pleaded guilty to the charge ot grand larceny at Evansvllle, aud each were sentenced to one year's imprisonment in Iho Jelfcrsonvlllo penitentiary. E. F. Beruy, a photographer, of Now Washington, wn dangerously poisoned by inhaling vapors In his "dark room," a few ilny s ago. Anderson authorities hnvo ordered nl! the telephone poles lu that place removed within ten days. The Governor has paroled Louis Ililmor, of Allen County, a Hfo-torm ninti, conviced of killing his wilo eighteen years axa He uHvhjm claimed that tho woman's death was by accident, while lio was drunk. TltK towns and villages in tho southern part of I ho Stats have adopted a novel plan of ridding themselves of worthless dos. They are loaded Into empty box cars destined for some wustern point, and then left to shift for thoimetve. JriHiK woods finally dispoioJ of tho Dudley case at Indianapolis, by Instructing the grand jury that the sending of tliu alleged letter was not Indictable unless the receiver acted or attempted to act, upon the suggestion,, Thk old prison burylnR-Rrouud at Jeffersotivllle is said to be iu a deplorable condition. Governor Hovey ha? appointed as his private secretary W. A. B, Robirtr, of Indinnauolis, formerly of Sullivan.

THE SAMOAN TROUBLE. MrtioiK Prom the President to Congress filvlHg the Mataa of Atfulra lu Kumaa antt the Attitude of tka Halted ritaias la llrorH to tho Controversy with tha Herman fioverHmeiit. Wamhinutox, Jan. 18, The President yesterday sent to Conscross a message, accompanied by a mass of documents, giviuK the ntntus of affairs now in Samoa, and the progress of affairs there. The correspondence inclosed is that since December 21, is-?. Tho President says: Tke information thus laid te fore Congress of mueh Importance, since it has relation to tke preservation of American interests ami the protection of American citizens ami their property In a distant looullty, and under unsuitable and unsitisfiictory government, In tho iitidst ot the disturbances which have arisen at S unoa, such Miwers Have lieen exercised as seem to be within tha Kxecutlvn control under tha Constitution and law, which appear to accord with our national jsillcy and condition, to restore tranquility aud secure tho safety of our eitlaciu through iieot.utlon and Hgieement with Great llritalu and Cermunv, which with our own Government constitute tliu treaty powers Interested la Hamoan peace and quiet, Tho attempt hue been made to dellne more clearly tho jwrt wliloh these powers shall assume. In tlmgovorment of that country', while, at the name time, its authority has been Insisted ujkiii. These negotiations were at one time interrupted' by such action on the part of the German Government as appeared to be Inconsistent with their fur ther continuance, Germany, however, still insists, as from the first, that she has no desire or Intention to overturn tho native Sainonn Government or to ignoio our troaty rights, and sho still invites our Government to join her proposition ou this subject, and seems to leail to such h preponderance of German power in Samoa as was never contemplated by us, and is Inconsistent with every prior agreement or every understanding, while her recent conduct as between native warring factions gives rise to tho suspicion that shu Is not content witli a neutral position. Acting under tho restraints which our Constitution and laws have placed upon tha Kxeetttlvo power, I have insisted that the autonomy and Independence of Samoa should bo scrupulously preserved according to tha treaty mado with Samoa by the Powers named, and the other agreements and understandings with each other. I have protested against every act apparently tend ng in tho opposite direction showing tho existence of Internal disturbances. One or in ire vessels of war have been kept In Sumaan waters to protect American citizens and property. These things will abundantly appear from the correspondence and papers which have been submitted to the Congress. A recent collision between the forces from a German man-of-war stationed n Samoau waters and a bjJy of natives rendered the situation so delicate and critical that the war ship Trenton, under tin Immediate command of Admiral ICImherly. was ordered to Join tho Nlpslc already at Samoa, for the better protection of person ami property ot our citizens, ami in furtherance ot efforts to restore order and safety. The attention of Congress is especially called to the Instructions given to Admiral lClmberly, dated on the llth instant, and the tatter ot tho Secretary of State to the German Minister, dated the l:ith Instant, which will be found among theppo-rs herewith submitted. Hy means of th- putters anil documents heretoforo submitted, nnd those ac-omoanylng this communication, the pree.so situation of affairs ia Samoa Is laid before C mgruss, and such Kxccutivo aetlon as has Iteen taken is fully exhibited. Tliu views nt the JJxeeutlvo In respect to the just polley to be pursued with regard to this group or islands, whicli lio iu the direct highway of tliu growin? and important commcico between Australia and the United States, have found expression In the correspondence and documents which havo thus been fully communicated to Congress, and the subject, in its present state, is nubmltted to the wiser discussion conferred by the Constitution upon the legislative branch ot tho Government. The correspondence alluded to by the President was not laid beforo tho House or Senate. A YOU NQ1 MATRICIDE. Klmcr ShrkV Cnnfesr to Having Mur. drrf red Ills Mother to l'r.?vmt Her IllsInheriting Him A Lynching Feared. Eaton, 0 Jan. 15. Every malo citizen of Eaton able to bo out doors, with Hundreds from the surrounding cities, were on the streets last night, while from the jnll the sheriff read the riot act and warned the people away. The occasion for all this was a confession mado by Elmer Sharkey. At his request tho county had offered a reward of Sd.OOO for the apprehension of tho murderers of lite mother, who was killed lust Friday night. Sharkey had uot been under arrest, though suspected of tho crime. After the announcement of tho reward, Herman Hughes, a well-known yonn man residing here, had himself appointed a special officer on some pretext, and at once placed Shnrkc under arrest. Sharkey exhibited neither surprise or emotion, and remained aa fctolid as ever at tho funeral, which occurred yesterday, attended hy an immense throng. At the grave he showed signs of breaking down, and once, when his eye fell on his sweetheart, he wept slightly. After tho burial Hughes had n talk with the young mnn, who broke completely down and confessed the horrible crime. He said that for a long time he and his mother hud been partially estranged bocause of his love for Miss Straw. They had frequent quarrels, and often did not apeak for days. Friday lust their quarreling had been more vehement than over, and on his declaration that lie had decided to mnrry tite girl at nil hazards his mother announced her Intention of making a will the following day disinheriting him. They had not quarreled after supper, and both retired early, no one else being about the house. He lay awake thinking the matter over nnd litinlty decided that the only way to keep the farm was to kill his mother. He pluunod the affair carefully nud at once put it into execution. Without dressing ho left tho house, going in his stocking feet half n mile to whero he had been chopping wood, whera he got n maul. With this he entered his, mother's slceplug room. His entranca did not disturb her. She was lying with her face nwny from him. With one blow he crushed hi the skull, killing her instantly. Hughes nt once took Sharkey to tha jtll. Tho news of the l-onfcsslon was swiftly disseminated nnd crowds began collecting, Hy six o'clock it wat known fur into the country and tho farmers began to arrive. Tho muttering grew louder ami only the determined rdnnd of tho mayor and the frenzied advice ami oxertions of lending citizens prevented an attack oa tho Jul r. a - Warned by While CJap. CJohhkn, Intl., Jtm. 15. Momhcw of the Reformed Church hero nre in a sbto of great excitement over throats "purporting to come from an organization of Wlilt Caps, which were sent to the intended pastor, Rev. Smith, of I.nHcaolef, A trial Horntou was preached hcra by Smith Some thno ago, and ho was engaged as Jmslor. When nlxiilt lo move hora ho received letters warn hit; hint lo slay away, nud threatening severo punishments. Smith has forwarded these letters to member of, tho church, nnd desires to cancel his engngeimmt. Acts alleged to have been lterformetl hy Smith In tho Knst are suppoied to eauss ihs While Cat) throats.

GENERAL SWAIM'S CASK. He May he Parrioaett ami Ketlresl and (ieaeral Hlaek Appointed Ills haeettosur as 4Hdge-At(VHiHle-(ietierHl. Wahhinhto, Jh. n.Uoncml St alin, tke titular Judge-Advoeato-Uenurnl of the United Stales army, now undergoing the aeutenee of a court-martial, lius been ordered before a retlrlitir buurd. At all events, a hoard whs ordered to oxamlua him to ascertain whether or not he cau ha retired. It is the opinlonof those who ur-t acquainted with the order for the board that it is preliminary to retirement, mid that the pardon of (ieiieral Swulm and the order retiring him will bo contained In one general order, uud that this order will be hninedluttsly succeeded hy tho up. pointmeut of iSoiientl .1, 0. S. Illnek. at lrosenl Commissioner of Peiwious, to the life-office of Jiidge-Advocute.Oenural of the United States army, to All the vac t.u y thus created. The Ksitioii of Judge-Advocnto-tJeu. oral Kwuim hi the army is well understood. It has no purnllel ta our military history. He was sentenced in July, iss( to suspuision from duty for twelve yeunj tin half pay. The sentence will expire in July, ISiW. At the end of that time lm would bo entitled to rcshiration to his of. lice. Ih would then have seven years to serve before he could bo retired under Iho Compulsory Retirement net. It Itus long been a serious problem lu the army how to dispose of the case of Swaiin uud maintain diaciplhio iu the nrnly. This could only be done in two possible ways. One

was 10 nominal!! ins successor and securo- , for him u confirmation. TIio olher was to I pardon aud retire him. A decision of the United States Supremo Court, rendered u few yours ago, makes it possible for the President, if he can secure the concurrence of the Senate, to van cute nil of tlm eoinmisidous In the army any navy. President Cleveland, if Inclined to do so, could not have disposed of the case of General Swaiin hi this manner, for that ofneer lias a great many personal friends in the Senate. Aside from that a good many United Stales Senators are unwilling to recognize this decision of the Supreme Court. Kmlnent lawyers art; of the opinion that upon further and more extended hearing (the hearing on the decision In quest Ion win unsatisfactory) the court us now constituted would reverse tho former decision. This decision puts an extraordinary power into the hands of a President uud a partisan Senate, aud in times of political excitement might work a grave injury lo the army and navy and to the Republic. Such n disposition of the case of Swulm was, therefore,, not to he thought of. There remained only n pardon ami a retirement, fot it appears not to have occurred to the Administration that he should be pardoned and restored to active dnty. It would be his right to assume the duties of his oftleo, unless retired for some one of the causes known to the military law. An army ofneer may he retired (1) for disability: ('-') because of thirty yenrs continuous service; Gt) because of age. General Swulm can only be retired on the ground of physical disability. Can that cause be found? It Is assorted that It can be, mid that Swnitn is willing to be pardoned and to be retired on that ground. As preliminary to such a movement, the Hoard of Retirement was ordered. What nexU l'art of this movement U mU to be to provide a life place for General Hinck, nt present Commissioner of Pensions. The friends of General Illnek, so fur as they are at liberty to talk about the matter, say that they expect that Swalni will bo retired iu the manner indicated, and that then Hlaek will be niHtlo his successor. A LETTER FROM STANLEY. A T.rtter From tlm lolreped Kiplorur, lit-nrv M. .Sttsnley, Atltlr-SHtl to Tlppno TH In Au"t t.itst, Forw.r.led to llrtis-i-ls His Coimniiul In Good Trim anil Siii'porilliiic In Its Mission KihIh I'asha In Prosperous ClrciiiiislaHOi-K. BKtrsKKUt, Jan. 17. The following letter, written by Henry M. Stanley, has been received in this city: HOMA OK IIOM.AYA, .MirilKTU, Atlg. 17. Sheikh Hamtsl-Ucn-Maliomt'd, from His Good Friend. Henry M. Stanleys Many salaams to you. I hope that you are la as eood health as I am, and that you have remamed in good health since I left the Congo. I havo much to say to you, but hope I shall see you face to face tsifore m my days, I reached here this morning, with 11 Wangwana, three soldiers and sixty-six nat ves iKjionglng to Hinin Pasha. It is now eistity-two days since t left Kmln I'asha on theTNyanza. I only lost three men all the way. Two were drowned and the other dccamited. I found the white "men who were looking for lhtiln I'asha quite well, Tho other white man, Casatl, is also well. Kiln Pasfo.i has ivory In abundance, thousands of cattle and sheep, gnats anil fowl, and roodof all kinds, I found lilm a very gottd and kind man. He gave ttll our white and black men numbers of things. His liberality could not be exceled, Ills soldiers blessed our black men for their kindnoss in coming to far to show them the way. Many of them were ready to follow me out of tits country, but 1 asked thorn to stay quiet for a few month, that I m'ght return and fuU'h tho other men and gornls left at Vambunga. They prayed u (Jod that lie would give mo strength to tinlsh my work. May tholr prayer le heard. And now, my friend, what are you goln? to dot We have none the road twice over. W'o know wtf-re it Is bad and where it Is good; where theie Is plenty of rood and whore there is none: where all the camp are and where Wo sicca and rest. I am Waiting to hoar your words. If you go with tne. It Is well: I leave t. to you. I will stay hero ten days and wilt then proceed slowly. I wilt move hence to Hfg Isl-.tid. two hour march from here above this place. There are plenty of houses and plenty of food for the men, Whatever you have to say to me, my cars wilt Im open, with n stood heart, as U has alwiys been toward you. Therefore. If you como. come quickly, for on the. eleventh morning from this I shall move on. All my White men are w-U, hut I left them all behind exet my servant. William, who H Wlth me. IlKNitv M. SrANi.KV. Shelkh-Hnmcd-ncn-Mahomed, to whom the above letter Is addressed, is the Arab, Tippoo Tib. OTIIKU I.KTTBRS EXTKOTEl). The letter, which was taken to Stnnloy Fulls bV n messenger, il which reached lhussels hv poit hut night, Is tho only one from Sinnley which lias reached tho coast of Africa. A number of other lettors which the messenger conveyed to Stanley Falls still remain there, but it is expected that t hoy will arrive iu Huron iu two or throe month. .Mltclii-ll's Hail lliitld. New Youk, Jan. HI. Charley Mitchell, the Ktigllsh pugilist, sails for home today ou the steamer Hrlt'umic. Unl night he prepared and signed a statement lu which he says: "In tliu light with billll; van, I broke my left hand lit tho third round, nnd sines that, limivl 'laro n' trust my hand to make a match to flghlto n finish with any man I have been endeavoring lo take sttuh care of my hand M would enable It to get strong so that I could risk It in a light to n Antsli, but T regret that, after consulting with one of tho most foremost surgeons in the United States (I'rof. Ii. I.. Koycs), I can not make n match to fight any pprsou lu tha world."

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