Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 February 1891 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER. C. XKAX"JC, PttWlMkMr. JASPRK. - INDIANA.

CURRENT TOPICS. TIE JTBWI IX 1HEF. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS,

YVlt.UA! M.KXKU rrUHPKK Was, Oil tW ?tto, iW in joint sewdou of the KtutMW Legislature hi Senator from that Htt to succeed John .1. Ingall. Thk authorities of Loudon have received in formation from their agents hi America that the dynamite section is actively iHvparing to resume operation.

Tkk Cntnt Iron Works at Catasaqna, next to the largest tMT Inm-produeing o4ablishient in F.atern Pennsylvania, ha been soW to an English syndicate fc $1,500,004). Tmk vote for I'nited States Senatar in the Wisconsin hcrtslature, on the S7th. resulted: Senate: William F. Vilas, 1; John C. Spooner, 14. House: Vilaa, 0: Spooner, 31. Frascis Mi'hpiiy. the if rent temperance evangelist, i suffering from ncrvims prostration caused by overwork. He is at the home of fa Vrieud in Morristowa, ItuL. and quite ill. A pki.koatiox of Boston business

men sim-ared before, the House

mittecon coinage, weights

ures. on the tSth. and were

opposition to the Senate Free Coinage bill. $ A man arrested in Tlpperary. who was charged with carrying weapons eon- , trary to law, upon lie big searched was found to have a fuse a foot long, filled with gunpowder, concealed upon his lx a nnionist meeting at Hirmingham. Kmrlatsl, on tho 'Sth, Mr. Joseph CKmlirlam said that home rule was

as dead as Queen Anne: that Gladstone must either abandon it altogether or accept all of Parnotl's demand. Skxatok 1xoau.s has already received several tempting offers of engagement since his defeat for re-election, Mme of which will, if accepted, net him Miueh more thaai his salary as Senator would have amounted to. William Wrioht, who was recently co-en deacon of the Xew lk-dford (O.) Presbyterian Church. has been found to lie ineligible lieeause. .being a Vttchrlor. he is not "the hiislsHiwl of one wife, having his children in subjection." A CAK-toAD of walnut logs has been shipped from Hloomington," I wi., to Germany, where they will lie con vert ed into lumber which will be used in the flnhM of an imperial palace which is now being erected for Kmperor William.

CotoKKr. H. M. IUvck, commander of the Twenty-third Infantry and of Fort Sum Houston, Tex., whs retired f row active service at noon on the lth. Tk period of his aetiva wsrvlee yvm tie kot of aay offleer servinf ia th lltM.

lN tlw.eMti.iw ilmittlt. ttr a lirMx. NTMttvr keMottm. hea hhu lt-r mMrtiii(r, the renuituafr M Ibm Uuy wa mt ! AlavurnrtW tUw t'Mwr resolution siaalor R4wartaHt MorffMii Mk in wio1Umi u the )rtHU chunite In te ruW, m !h-. Uw ))uai r itjoki In uniort t the ivwImUom, ami Hefdattt!lr JuvortfU tht ie f the Kleetloa bill,. PtirUijc the Iitow Mr, AWrU'h ak'tl hwIiim) wmn'tu to llialt atoten tbe iYMlittIn miU ti the Mb a the day fort;ikuxoleonlt;Uut H)-vtlHi to 1-nch mtuect vaMt inui!tly (ronitbi INfMoeratie ot the CHUer, .,.,lntbe 1Ioh two hour t law w nt la the readiKKwnU firtvl of ihw mroat. The XavHrApproprlatlon bill wi t ben taken up ineotiiniHtettof the whol, but Klthut dini)liij uf the bill the ejHWiitte roae khU the Uou udJvuraMl. ts i lie tM-ttnte, m tbeJWh, Xr.Xornitn eontlitHnl hi iwh uaalaitt tb cloture rule ana the Klretloa bill. At 1 .41 p. m. the Sen w mloiHeil a HMttlon ot(erel by Mr. W'olcott

to take HP tli lloUMt ApfHirtloiiiMeat bill, tluifi diHtilaelnK tewnwrarHy the eUtture res

olution, by k vote of 35 to St. The Journal

o(t30tlmlt wtrr approve. ... lame House the reili ( the $eurnal vfh le wawiUU by the OeuiiHTatH. Mr. McKltUey ilcmainled the previous iictloi on the upprovitlof the Journal, wbifh wa hcoo ,eU, uud th journal wa approved. ttheeolte, on the 27th. the Jouranl oi the V-M, eoverlhK the proceeding of the four KueceedinK dy, hk approvetU The ere

com- UetlN of Mr. StnatorU hhu Mr. Irbv, h-

and Hieafr- SMtr from CltfornlH nntl outn faro.

i. in lw tor tne lernt iegmmna arcn hkji, lit nrtl 1" I ,,,l ttliut Tli.. A tiiuirtlriii -

tueiitblli wtts taken up, but without 'tioti( the Senate vrent into executive (tension mhI later adjourat'U .. In the House a bill Wait l:iK'd for h brldae Heroes the JIU-mr( river between Counell Wuffs, la., ttl Oiimlta, Neb. The House then wont Into committee of the whole oh the Military Academy bill, the lute Indian war hmU the KM-tlons bill b'intt aoule ibJeeW of adverse crltleUwi by several speakers. In the .-!, oh Hie 3Mh, the Hou.-e aim luiuient to Senate bill teferrln to the Court of Claim-the claim of the I'hesapeake female Collee or VlrsInU forue mid oceu patlotiof Its property from 1U to ls by the military wi eoucurretl In. SeiiiUe bill for a pontoon bridge at Lejtlatcton, Mo., and Hou.ee bill to ratify aadConilrw aKreement-. with the SiW and Fos and the Kiowa Indianof Oklahoma, were' passed, and the Houi Apportionment bill was taken up... Ill the llone the Journal wa- approval without ilii'nt. The conference report on tbeWlltor tlw dlRpoitI of the abandoned fort Kill- tMnnt.) Military UerVatlOn, under the Homestead law. wun adopted. The resignation of John H. McCarthy, at reprewntative from the Kijthth UWrk-t of Sew Vork.was laid on the table. The llouethen went Into committee or the whole on the Military AeMdetity Apptoprlatloa blll. IN the senate, on the 2lHli, alter routim Iniflne the Apportionment bill wan taken up. The amendment providing for adll ttoiihl Kepreeiitatlve from the tle! oi MlnncMtta, MIourl, Arkansas and New York were rejected and the bill ptts"ed It came from the Ilou"e, Cotileration ( the Army Approprlatiqn'blll was then pro eeeded with. After a -liiirt eseiutive wtioii the Senate adjourned In the House, after the journal had been read and approved, Mr. Illnaley, chairman Of the sib verpool lnvetiant(iix ciiiiilttet reported the failure of J. A. Oacnby to appear iM'fore the couiiolttee, ami akel that a warrant ho iiMued and the wrgeant at-arttift bedlrccti-d to brliiK Ow'enby In-fore the bar of the House, to show chum- why he tltould pot le punished for contempt. After Mme tiK'toMton the onJer w made. The llomn; then went Into eommlttee of the whole mi the Military Academy Aropritton bill, but without aeUoh M4ljourH4l.

It ia announced by the French physicmns ISertin awl VUi, of Sautes

flty, wlvo recently Injected fifteen

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Wilson I Iowa ho, of Harlan County,

Ky whose reputation xs a desperado is

Thoma Ktxu ami A Hmt t'U. wtt boMHi in the employ of 1'eUir (.'' tel la, a mtrador, cu(hI Ik a tiunrrel at HjMikane Falia, Wam., on the nth, K inn drew revolver on Cull ami th latter run the tiiie of a pitchfork thiMMrU Kinif's hewl, kilHuif him inkUutly. Call jrave himaelf up. Hnt'CK Dot oi.ASs, aed twenty-heven veat Mho claimed to la th Hepliew ami lieir if Hilert Percy Ihnyrla., fourth Karl of tlmt name, died at the San Krancueo County Hotitl, mi the e.Mh, aa a jvnult of dUtdjwtion ami pneumonia. Tint war yesds of the Chilian revolutionists tok up jaitun in the roadstead of Porto QuiBtbo, on the ath, and oinmeiiml IxnnlwnHnfr that city. The insurgents have captured the, towns of Unwell Alto ami Quillota. A sKco.VU attempt was made by unknown imrties, on the Uh. to destroy the offlce. of the OWrlin (0.) lleexrd by lire.

Two MKJYSPPOid to 1ms the murderers of Conductor CVXeil, have Wen arrested, one near Helle Plains and the other near Tama, la., not far from the (.cone of the murder. One of the men had a fresh bullet wound In his K presumably from Detective lMtrceU'h revolver, who hhotattho lleeinf tramps after O'Neil was killed. Tun negotiations now pending" for the purehane hy the Vanderbilts of several of the Northern Michigan iron mines now eontroled by the ehleKsinger syndicate, will involve, if consummated, a consideration of several millions of dollars. Tiik coutract for the building of fiftyfive miles of the Great Northern railway, last ween llotmer's Ferry, on the

Kootenai, ami kwtcnai rails, iasn.,

has Wen let to ltums ,v Chapman,

Spokane Kalis. The contract Will involve an expenditure of over a million dollars.

Mrs. Flack, formerly wife of .lames

A. Flack, ex-sheriir of .New ork, died at 1 a. in., on the J7th, of paralysis. The district attorney said he could not say what the ert'ect of her death would

be on the new trial of ! lacK aim nis son for criminal conspiracy in the

divorce ease.

Tin: Republicans of Allegheny City,

Pa., burned Senator Cameron m effigy.

, . i .s t

on the Viin, m comtemnaiMui "i

vote in ConKrcsa shelvinjf the Kleetkm

bill

A mu to provide the State -with the

Australian system of luillot has pasml the Orejfott HoUsc of Uepresentatives.

DH. Si'l.UVA.V WhUNKV, the first

American physician U manufacture

houubopathie remedies, died at Newtonville. .Mxsn., on the ftSth, aKel eighty-

three.

Titu revolutionary forces of Chili

have occupied the city of Uanumbo

(otherwise called La Serena!, the capi

tal of the province of Coqmmbo. unopposed by the government troops, though the latter were present in force. I'pon the appearance of the insurrectionists

the government soldiers evaciiateil the

capital ami retreated toward the In

terior.

It is said that Senator Quay is alwut

to break hi km stlente by a speech In

the Senate in reply to two varum

elmrges of corruption ami criminality which have been so freely made against

him.

OvKKone hundrwl people lost their

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

WINDOM' LAIT SPEECH.

rmwiAefs of goat's blood into thethitfbs Mfcond only to that of .lesse James hnd lives in llotsls following a terrific storm of twotutertilosisimtients.thatinlMth Craig Tollirer, has lieen discovered in on the island of 3Ia.Mvah, hgypt, on cses there has been ati almtement of the California penitentiary at San Quen- the 'Jbth. and the los of property was

ewses there

tiic fever.

tin tinder the alias of tharJeS Hrown. enormons.

n. ,'K wanted in Missouri for niurder. .1. II. Itm.KK, the night elevator man

Tiik revenue cutter hear is being in the Omaha (Neb.) Hee building, was

fitted for sea nt San Francisco. The found dead in the elevator, on tne win,

Tip: long ded-lock in the Montana T.esnslaturc is over. Doth houses mot

together atnoOn of the tith. The Demo- mof,t siffniflcant change that is leing having been crushed m tin? shaft

crats aare tne organiKiRn. jiuoiiic. iik- Hii,.. irt on tne hpar ueea, cuuinjf imjh- -

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

rml'lkaushavc majority of one. There i,oi0H hi the shies and putting down gun

hi much rejoicing, as neeucu legislation carriages for two long; lonr-mcn nues.

i now assured.

Tiik first international convention of pre.- clubs ever held convened in Pittsburgh, Pa., on the. litth. Delegates were nrescnt from Kurope, Cmnwl nd the Fnited States. TImj iVIegates while in the city were the guests of the Pittsburgh Press Club. CHAKi.Kf Monzotmt was convkted, on the '-HHh, in the New York Court of General Sessions, of an attempt to sell eoanterfelt money to ltussell It. Harri

son, sow of the President. This is the first conviction of the kind obtainel in that city in ten years. Skcbetauy of tim: Tkbasckv Wi.nimm died sntklcnly at Dclmonico's in Kew Vork City, on the evening of the UHUh, just after delivering set speech, dctinlngr hl future policy in the Treasxi rv. iHiforc the members of the Hoard of Tratlc ami Transportation, whose guest lie was.

Tom IlETt.r.Nn and Charles Thomp-

SlX ixt'HKS of snow and sicca leu m

New York City and vicinity, on thctiMh,

and sad havoc was caused among the

electric wires, hundreds of miles lieing prostrated and the city enveloped in a

regular tangle.

A MAX supposed to 1kC. E. Stanley,

of Cleveland, ., delilM-rately plunged

into the Niagara rapids, on the '25th,

from the brklgc connecting Cout Islund with tlio main laml, and was carried

over the falls.

Mayor Mowokovk of Hook Springs,

Vvo.. died, on the 24th, from the effects

of e.vtosuie during a hunting trit In

the mountains. .Mr. Mosgrovc was the

nlonecr hotelkeepcr of Hock Springs.

.loil.v S. IIou.kkhack, Sk., a retired business man of Cincinnati, committed

suicide at Hartwcll. O.. on theWth, by

firing two hullets in his heart. The de

ceased was sixty-one years of age. He

leaves a widow and five daughters. It is believed that jealousy drove him to

desperation.

Hi:v. lh;N"J. IIkkndo.v, aged seventy

seven, and his wife, llutdaO. Ilcrndon,

Is the Senate, on the Wth. the an

nouncement of Secretary Mmioms

death, prevented any attempt to do

business. In his opciimg prayer tl'.o fbuplain made feeling allusion to the great loss sustained by the country and

the relatives and personal ineniis aim

associates of the deceased SocroUiry,

and the venerable "Father of the Senate," Mr. Morrill, in tremulous voice

ami with great emotion, announced tlve death of Mr. Windom, after which the Senate adjonrned...,...In the House similar proceedings composed the day's ses

sion, Mr. McKinlcy making the sau announcement

Tin: business failures occurring

throughout the country during the

evon days ended on the With, numiarr, for the (Silted State. 37S, and for Can

ada. 4'2, or a total of !, as compared

with a total of MI the previous week.

For the corresponding week of last rear the figures were '2tl, representing

210 failures in the United Mates ami 4.

In the Dominion of Canada.

Tpon' the announcement of Secretary

Km. J ?X X. WHlaMjr and wife eele heated the gulden milestone of then vwkled life at CrawfowtvUle, a few tktys au. A XdMHKK of counterfeit luolasaiMl oia have been found In a Miami aa hnia. A fonner roH'Hf tor I usKeted f Wing a wituderfeitcr. .1, J. FtKi.tw, treasurer of Orange County, is short in his necomits Pi." Wii.mau N. lti:ici lathe new mayor of Decatur. o A mastodon's UMth, In iierfeet eondi tioa, was found near t!reencasUe, lt total weight ia seven is)iimU, A mad io near Alaska wounded several dogs and other animals liefore it was killed. A it it a k km an in the Pennsylvania Yard at Columbus, who succeeded dames StanHehl, who was run over and killed while coupling ear a few days Itefore. was himself crushed to death the other MfteriMMUi between a boxcar ami tlte deiait platform.

VYii.mk M. hhu is the eight-year-old ticket seller of the Dig Four railroad at Cothmhus. ibi.iAM Nimmiikt, an employe of the chilled plow works at South Head, was killed by the bursting of a grindstone, At Mill Grove a natural gas explosion hilled one man and badly hurt two others. Tw: Citizens' Street Hail way. of Klkhart. h.ss been Mild to an organization known as the Klkhart Kleetric and Hallway Cominy. comprising capital from Flkltart and Detroit. Thomas .M. fifxx. tmce an honored citizen, and deputy cottyty auditor, iiicd in the county hkh asylum, aged nhicty-ouo years. Thk other night the city council of Muncic elected Mrs. Dr. F.llzaljoth .Miller, a practicing physk'ian, to the city board of health. The objectionable features connected with the duties causes trouble in keeping the Isvard tilled, mid much surprise w,ns occasioned by the election of a lady. Tut; four-year-old sou of Frank A. r.aphatti. of Indianapolis, was coaxed from home by two boys untl taken to Fall creek, where he was compelled to

strio and forced Into a hollow log. re

maining there for several hours. He was found on the road stark naked awl

taken to a ticisrhhnrimr house. His con

dition Is critical. Tiikkk was a smash-up two miles west of Hluffton, thw Other night, Ten ears of the east-loiind freight train were demolished by ties which had been idled utKMi the track. Then.' was a

heavy loss of grain. Farmers who have

been fighting against the crossing are suspected. The employes jumped and

were but slightly injured. Hm'ci: Cahk. Auditor of State, re tired the other day making way for Os

car Henderson, who was elected as a

result of the recent campaign by an overwhelming majority Joph T,

Fanning of Indianapolis, has licen ap pointed Deputr State Secretary. (Seo

W.Dukc,of Kokoiuo, is placed in charge of the Insurance Departaictit and Geo.

A. llingham continues as Land Clerk.

Walla ck Van Dvkk, the two-year-

old son of U. II. Van Dyke, of Anderson, mistook a cup of strong lye for cof

fee and drank a good deal of it. The

little-fellow lived but a short time after

swallowing the sulstance.

Eiioak Fakmrr, teacher of Mt Hope

school, a suburb of Anderson, attempt

ed the other morning to punish Charlie

Del nh. a vounjf man. for ol scene con

duct toward tlte tfirl pupils of the

school, lie resisted, and was aided by

four of his schoolmates, who attempted

to do the plucky teacher. The latter threw off his coat, lockefl the door and sailed in. He fought the entire party

to a finish, ami came out with colors

ilying. After giving the refractory pu

pils a thorough drubbing, blacking

their eyes and smashing their nose's,

thev gave in and acknowledged them

wives whiptH'd. Mr, Farmer then re

snutcd the day's programme as though

nothing had occurred.

louN MlU-S dropped dead while ehop-

..rur,. t.iu Trwuurir. M eft) re the

sr Wk Hwml ttf Trade aad TrH-

porMitloM. mela4ed Kut Few Mlaate Luiku-u tuu ifutui itiruliM t kut at Owee

ICaded HU OOI4m1 Career a vol HU Mle-

Nkw Yohk. Jan. Folio whig is the

sjHHH'h of Secretary Witidmn tkdiveml , ,Mrt f0j jm. titled in speaking more than

jiu.1 iteUM-e ins ueaiu wst nignt:

making-, (amply sayiag that there wu "a tivat m 4H" that f)rlmle him samlag- any time. He calbnl upn ex. Jmbjf William H. Arnoux to act lis toauHMO.tr,aml that gentlemau atephi uj)B the roatTHm Ut tm as happy ami umuvitt a tHuupany aa liaa aver (leeii seatuii . ....

i n-1 moil ico s. ne, ion, said that be iit

i Hoi o, r,. nk i.ri.riv of the Instrument-

ttf Muoaterve In their relation to the wealth aud pro-tH-rily of the eouatry. The oabet M very Uroail aiHt my time very limited. I ubttll therefore, eoonue my mmark to two chief lBtruHet;4)ltle-traMiiortatloM and wMvaey, A natlon'M wealth and poperlty aroa-uallyln pwnambm to theetentad nuwciw I it- cououerce, and eoHiateree U.elf I- tlependenl ujH the adequacy ad aloptittUm of thee two ewiwntlal intdra-

meatN, The history of all elvllUtetl eoutrh atWMn the tael that the nation best equipped In the, rewpecto rapMly la-eoinet the mot ptiwerful, the rlehettt and the mot proierou. Our country Is no except lou totherule. No aulloit Iimk ever foterHl more liberally or pi-oteeted more carefully iw internal and co4twMo trad Uihh we have doae, and rooultant mHxnltude and prtv-perlty of our

domed to rmmtieree b, I lodleVe, Wittmut a

arallel In the hbdory or the worm. e have MMtremlten of railroad than all Kurope, Ada Mjid Africa combined. The wiatlnjc ton nafif the Catted St.de eiKKed In coatt-

wlMjcommereo and on our lakes awumer Is far In e.e-sH of that of any other nation.

OurlMercacv of wealth from l;u to ivmi h -ooiar-d with that of other nations wa:

Cnltwl StateH, $I3.J7:',4S1,1'.; (Jrertt nritatn.

$.i,2V,wi.Mi; France, H,l7r.,WtyMt; Herman y,

$j,0,'i.i. i.)ur home market! hi ls-o ansorbed live ttaiea aa mweh f our Hooiufaet-

n red prtaluetM a- Ureal Hritaln exported of

her to all markets f the wor d

"Contra-t these arHiid re.iult- of our iiiht-

allv lU veloited dom-tIe commerce, oiH'rat.

lux UtMiH our prote-ted,lHdu.trIei, with the

prcM-ut shamefMl condition oi ourioreijen

earrylai: tr.ide.

"llH'ro was a time when we Moon ur.-i

aiiniiit; t'.ic Not on in t l IHMllHUi : :ooi

(ireat Itritaln ahme osoeled ii- in ta-euu ton

HStfc. mice ! ht eeat. f our ImiMirt- and W

iht cent, of mir i-Miorls were earrieo in

American boat and our merchant wwrinu

Im-cahic tlic !hi:i-I of everv iitlzcu UNd the

envy id" the world. Xow,"o fur a foieiKn

ahlps are concerned, our -IilpyardH are com

paratively silent and ourlUK aimoni his

aniM'itred from the blah sea-.

"S MroiiK bad our position ins'ohie umier

th' protective policy of the flr-t twenty five years of national life that our merchant mu

rine continued to he prosperous "oioiik a wooden veseN were the only vehicle- of

ocean commerce ami other Nations refrained

from lie:ivv subs dies to their ship-. Hut

when wiHslen vckm-Is bean to be Mippiatu

ed bv iron steamers ami Kurotiean aoveni'

ments poured their contr bntloiH into the treasuries of their steamship companies the

decadence of American shiwmux IM'X.OI ami

Uah emit Itined i-Vi-r siltee.

"In my judxment.tlie remedy I plain and oillv applied, if we would reuaiu our lost

iretlf. leiitstate our tla anon the oevan

and open the markets of the world to"Alucr

lean pHHcer. w e mut mane mv e'uei w ith the (tame weapons which have proved

so uc( e?iui in tne annus oi our nvai.

The folly :uul dancer of dependiut; upon oir

eompetltors for the means f re:u-litnxeom o,t . . ....

pctittve matketi can not no esinuuteu. t

suppose that' tor twenty-live year- w

had invcn I5,""(i a year in excess of our

foreixn shlpoiiitf. and n-diieed b fliat

amount the prepayment of onrbond -d debt,

should we not have Keen lar n tier tin tuaii we are now'!- shall we tfive that protection

"and Mipport to our foreign mermant ma

rlwe that other nations jilve to their, ami

which wo freely Kivc to all other j;rcut inter.

est, or shall wo accept as Inev table our

present shameful position? I resret to say

that the uniform record of Indiifei ce-, if

not actual hostility, durinx the pat tifly

veaN aKordu little enconraaement, In tm t.

the tendency of late ha bvn losarrender

to foreigners or domestic eoiaiiM-ree rather

than to anKrt mrselve upon the ocean.

Presidents of the Cat ted i-atea have re-

neatcdlv ejrireiKel the National humiliation

and annealed to Conares- for aid In m-balf of

inir rapidly vanfjb nx merchant marine, but

thus far their wonts have fallen upon -at

oars. i.tn-nope mat tne urgent apin-aw f' President IlarrKin on this subject may

lamr fruit In mine Well-devised aoa-Ureof

urotet-tion and eneowraxenient

"It is es-ntial to commerce that me cur

rency with wnicn it in coMunctiMi, imhh in

quantity and quality, to the wants of trade

as that the vessels of transportation, suouoi

b adapted to their purpose!. The Ideal UnaiH-htl eondithm should be one that would

lurnl-dt hist enomth of ubwlnloly sound eur

rciicv to meet the leiiltimate Waiitiof trade

and no more, nut!

a win-u or iwu, ii, won' t Ih' aim to inject an occasional spice of m' inU) the feast f wisdom alantt to l,HU. fertsl. As he had sS)ken uf wd im wlMhmi, he sahl that he Wtnthharrj hv alliteration a itep farther and sh jk f

WimUmi. ami he called u)mu th- se,-r,.. tary of tlte Treasury to ropoiid to it toaat: "Our Coaatry'a Pruanerlty llopemh .t u,u..

Its liodrumeuta of Commerce."

A more perfeet picture of ln-u'th an,!

csmtetitinent than was Scitary dom when he atoc hi response t tlm call and stood bowing and smitiii;'

fore the aim gentlemen who wen- ajs plaiidtng him could scarcely be .-nn.

ceived. He htwl preiHirwl himself f,tf

the occasion, and sttxal with histh'itnU thrust into hia waistcoat tuHrket aptirtr-

ently confident that he was alsnu V)

titter an arifiiineiit that would W mn.

viuchig to the company of liiisin tnen to whom he was talking.

When tins applause had eetise.l y

started to talk in a calm, matter-of-fau

way. using figures freely. As tie pro- - t..i,... . ... i... ,.r.. ...I. . i, .

cccoeu ne, wnrimsii m ins snojcci. vim

he lagan to talk in a line that burden,!

on piMieetKin a diversity of opniiun

was uoiiceci niuoiig ins amiiiors. i :itr was even a little hissing. Tim he

did not seem to notice W

went straight ahead until h - !' up, in an indirect way. the Silwr bill. He seemed ! have reserved him

self for this oiiostion. lie grew far

more eloquent than w:vs his wont ai;e

proceled, ami, when he took his M'at,

was Hushed with excitement, secretary Tracy gave him a coiignito!.torT

shake of the hand, and his listeners ap

plaudcd generously.

A JOKE MISUNDERSTOOD.

lteau ltniianicl's Thrut of Sttleiile Tukr

Seriously. The cynk'aPhnmor ami eccentric sav

ings of Heau Hrummel were not a'naTit received bv the auditors in the wanner

which their originator anticipated r

desired. Atone time ltrunimel vvn a

memlHT of Watlers Club, in homlun.

.which was then tlie nmst inrted 'jtc-

bling-hoiiM' in the uH'troimlis. Am-nyr

his fellow-meplars was- a man liaui-'ii

Hligh. whtMe eccentricity amounted as

tun to mild insanity, - One 'en'tc the Heau, having lost a considerate stake, affected, in his farcical way. a

very tragic awl' suicidal air and eric!

out: ' alter, bring me a candle .belt

ami a loaded pistol!" Fpon wlnefc

P.ligh, who was sitting opposite to hia

calmly produced two pistol fro"- V-

pocket and. tuacmir them m'n tb ta

ble, said: "Mr. ltmmm11. it y

reallv desirous nut. a perw t v u.

existence I am extremely happy 1

von the nutans without troubli

waiter." The effect upon those pre-en.

may lie eaatly imagined, for it v a ripjwr ent toall that the gcHsl-natiired in"u

was aiaeeraly meant. A feu 'i'ldieioMS wonla from the DaH, now all seriousnesi. induced the oUter U repKT;et hi weuiMins, but the incklent s.Mr.ewh;(

dampened the spirits of the card party

which quickly bnke up and sep'iratod

N. Y. World.

(y tooftvr ibling tii.

FRENCH ECONOMY,

How Old IlooU and Shoe- Are ionve-ieo

eon, two ranchmen were arrested and Hge,j hcvcnty-fivc years, tiled at Short- Window's death the New York Assemhviged in jail at Pierre, S. D.. on the ervilh, Ala., on the ii-tth, within a few hly adopted resolutions eulogizing his atttli. for stealing range cattlo on Had seconds of each other. The remains personal character and financial adriver and wiling them in Pierre. This .vcru deposited in Shortorvllle Ccme- ministration, and adjourned. The State

exonerates the Indians fnnn much cat

tle stealing on West river laid to them during' the last two months. Tin: trial of James A. Simmons, indicted for aiding ami abetting in embcz7.1ing the funds of thu Sixth National llank of New York, In complicity with General Peter Clausen, already convicted, was begun in the criminal branch nf tho t'nlted States Circuit Court in

New York City on the SSth. Dhctohs Hkkti.V and Pleq, of the. faculty of the Nantes School of Medicine, exliibited to their colleagues of Paris, on the tWth, an experiment in inoculation with goat's blood for ttie treatment of tuberculosis. Fifteen grains of the preparation were injected into the muscular tissues of the thighs of two patients. The injections will lie renewed every tan days.

At the dmnmiet of the Huston Com

mercial Club, on the afith. the Mca-

ramta canal was the subject discussed.

Speeches were made by lion. Warner Miller, president of the Nicaragua

Cnnal ConstrucJkm Company; President Hitchcock of the Maritime Canal Com

pany Of NMcanigttM. ami Captain Se.1-

fridge, U. S. giving the history ox the canal company, a resume of the work accomplished ami the present enaoisIJS stale of the enterprise.

: depositi

terv in the same grave. Senate also adjourned as a mark of re

Tiik promised raid of the Columbus stu'et to the lute hecrctiiry

(0.) law and order committee upon the fpB Minnesota House 'and Senate, on

Sunday theaters did not take place, on thc'Mth, adjourned for two days out of

the 'Jr.th, as extwctetl. respect to the memory of hecrctttry

Tin: French Government w slowly Windom. and ths Hag On the State Cap

itol was ordered at half-mast until after the Secretary's remains were interred,

SuvKitAt, sanguinary buttles have re

cently Ikeen fought in Chili, but the re

sults are not known. M lie government has recaptured Coquiiiibo and La

urainunr tMsseslon of thu Tahiti Isl

ands.

Tub Democratic majority in the Indiana Legislature is taking measures to retaliate if the I .ml go Federal Hlection

bill pusses. A bill Is being prepared to

restore tho OcxoIht election for State

and county olliccS. Another measure ponia, and tho revolutionists are cou-

is to withhold the World s r atr appro- ccntratlng around the. capital,

print inn. Tin; Arkansas Senate has expunged

Tiik lower House ttf the Austrian from its minutes the resolution con-

Helchuralh was dissolved on the i5th, tfratttlatlttg the FjirmciV Hiance of

bv an unexpected decree which was Kansas upon its victory over Mr. In-

published in the official journal, .rails.

The elections will bo held Immediately. 'pUK announcement of Secretary Win

Count von Tnalfe, the Premier, desires dom's death caused deep sorrow in the

a new ronsorvaiivo mammy in uiu American colony in i.otiuon. t-tags on

House, having Abandoned tleiH'tulence hj,,. Aatioit building were displayed at

on Hobemlan and siar tueuiuers, wnom half-mast

he eonsklers unadiable. Mk. Cii,iili:s HitADLAt'Oit, thu einl

On the 'iith the Kansas Legislature rH,t English Flce-thinker ami memlHT

voted W I lilted states .senator, i ne nf the Hovi of Commons for Xorth-

vote in the House was Pfelrcr, w; Hiupton IhmI n tho UMli,

IJ. Senate 1 wklvb thousaml Chilian tr

IiiL'Slls.2!l: C. W Hlalr, 0.

Imralls. U'd Pfelfer, 'i. William Alfred

Pfetfer, the sucvesmir of Mr. Ingalls, Is editor if tin; Kansas Fanner, up tt a yeau aga a statieh Ilepubliean, an exUtikm soldier, nud lawyer,

sips senl

against the insurgents have gone ovci to the enemy. Tub wife of the American sculptor Hall died hi Florence, Italy, on the With. ,

ping Wood at Medora,

Pock truinis encanira'd near 'lenv Haute were arrested, and nnumlwrof

stolen articles Were recovered.

Wii.iji: NoKitts, a once notorious

gambler and once the wealthiest man

in New Albany, died in the Floyd Coun

ty poor-house.

Makspai. Mkpi.ock made a queer ar

rest on the public square in Salem.

Some animal ran past some, ladies as they were going from the oM.-ra-house home a few nights ago, at about it):;)

p. in. They screamed and the marshal,

going to their assistance, ran the ani

mal into a recess door in Wnlkers mil

linery store, capturing a large opossum,

How he got so far from his favorite

haunts is u mystery no one has solved.

tiik i.eonnon Mgiu, ncninmi rower

Company arc to be made defendants in

a 10,000 damage suit, growing ut of

the company shutting the supply f nat

nral gas from John M, Powell - busi

ness-room, in which he used It for heat

and light. Mr. Powell is a leading

member of the council and had jmid for

the use of gas for the month of January

in advance. 1 his is to be a test case,

and. if successful, more are to follow.

aiausiiai. vat.au an, ot Kraxil, arrested for vagrancy tramp, who had

on bin person a set of drafting tools. He hulled from the KasL The. tools are held there for the owner, who can have his projM'rty on description Jack Haht, ii Monon brakeman, was crushed to death between the cars at Attica. Mlts. Connor?, from Jasper County, an Inmate of the F.vansville Insane Hospital, made her escape by jumping from a second-story window. DuKINO the absence of the family, who were away visiting, the elegant Merry street residence bf .John M hatulenberger. Ft Wayne, was burglarized the other nl,'ht, ti nd over $1,000 worth of sllverwatc', jewelry and other valuables wfro taken. No elew to the thieves. Tim two lads who started fruit Crawfordsvjllc t.) light the Indians have returned hotrur iittvtug eotuc to the court union thtc, thotr services w not needed.

elasticity of volume to adjust Itself in the

vurvlmriieeessithMof the people. Could sHeh

u circulation medium bo secure-! the gnu est

commercial dlsasti m wbh'h th rout on on

future might bo avoid d. The-e di.

dfiwters have nlways tome when johj-uuI

activity In busiius 1ms Cau-i

dcuinud for money, as in the mituiuu lor the

movement ot our immense np.

"Imto will always be reut daner at

those time under any t a-t Iron system of

ciitrenev, stieii as we now have Had it not

hem lor the pecul ur confitmu h eh nablvd the t'nlted Mates to eislmrse over

K.i,WJ,KHn about two mid n half montlw, la-t autumn, I am tirmly coin inceil that the

strhiKein y In Aufrust and September would have resulted In wtdes-pteml ilnauelal ruin.

1 am tlioroaxhly convinced that n better mctliod can be ih-visel which will In a lante deftn-e replace the power of expansion or

contraction hi the hands of the people them

selves. The opportunity for seeuriutt such a currency may bo found In. our Lonted

debt which In my Judx-iient miy in part Ik: exclianxe! for interconvertible liomls, lar.

Inifa low rate of Interest, atid n.wayn Inter

eliani .tide for money ut the will of the

bidder. The quality of tin c rculatloH Is

even more important than tin- quantity. He

lievin that there is not emniyli of cither

gi. Id or silver in the world to no i t the neecs

sltles of busmen,! am an em m-st bl-metal-1st, ami concede to no one a stronger desire than I feel for the free nud unlimited coinage of silver, as soon as conditions can Ihi reached, through International agreements or otherwise, by which such eohintR fhall be safe. Hut It Is my Ilrm conviction that for thin country to elder upon that experiment now would he. extremely disastrous, and that It would result n it in hi mctallsm. but In silver mono-metalsm. I bet-eve It would produce a swift ami sure contraction, and eventually reduce the market value of silver. "When the silver dollar ceuss to have more value than the bullion it contains there will be Ilttlu hiducenicnt to coin our

own sliver, ami the cost oi trans

pollution will prevent Its

abroad. How, then, will Hn

aieo either expand tne circulation or ,

enhance the value of silver? The advocates

A foreign newspaper bus an account of the use to which old l)ts and sins are put in France. After being coP.cc!d from the streets ami corner. :ti.la-h

iiliiiitv minnoi 4141m1 . t - it hould hae eiionh lwrivls, they are ripped apart :i!-t '

leather i Hiibjcctetl to sme -'i-' pnxjess by whkdt it is rcdtlc d to a pliable mass, from which, by i - i-V)-ing ami iressing, a peettltwr hiiul rf new leatlier is jwoiluced. 1 'hK stamjH'd in patterns and h

hnndSiiHie article fH' cvermjr -

trunks ami 1hxcs. In the

orisons the convicts are emp

wf'rkinir-up' the cast-off foot

tnincd from Spain. They

FreR-'ii

.-Vl,I .1

i"-.-eb

soak tif op

per leather and make it into urn" for children's shoes; th.' so! s :re ersinto heels for ladles' boots and sbpi"-; the nails and brads and tacks are out to be sold; ami all the scraps odds and ends go to the former 8 t i f,,elil5es. ?-'t trit

!!,... ..,.t :, Jlf !tl old sMh

wasted. This thrift is chitraetcrisiu' the French people. Their eooks iu

exiHTv in lining - - - , bl tho whole nation could he i1

from what is thrown away by vmr. cans.-Christian Secretary. Parisian tlnoide Damis. No Parisian mondatne considers lirself completely "dans le motived it or.aswc would say, "in the stttto. she can not spend an hour a day In 1 "snllc do gymnasthiue." I ? honw nt.W a room Is fitted up .with trniicw Htid all tbiaitlu-r liiipeditiicn. lH'longing to a gymnasium, not - tinir that In an adjoining cabl"'1

toilette there Is a eomple douche app ratus. Kvery morning lK'fore hn-aUi-. which in France takes place ut - .!,.. ..lotbes herself in tt smt M

comina from ft tlanncl,couuMsed of aouave tr oh "H1 "!a i Mouse, ami irives herself upf

: .....i-iiu- hi ,("..- -

oi exeruir-v-.-? -v

Series

v....... - ..... - ....... .... .... . , ...... ...., u,,,v:ir

of pn sent tree coinage insiiiiiuitt it snau mo j wltli the rcsuiv iimi- i-u - -ri"-

. . ..it. ..t..lr elu'i Us.

brenKfast, taoie v. no t.. ,,v lHMt eyes, and a look Of genera 1 aa-J

temper very ptcasaot -

ami irootl

hold.-K. Y. Tribune,

The Origin of Consumption. All eiiilnent veterlmjry thonty, Huiiiekope. ssserts that 1 inl t ' sumptio. !H thiseountrylsdne

. . . a . t

unions can ic.

........ .. ii , w mu

in coios- , I,.

( in .

wait the slow proci ss of mint operation, but

tho tin-printing press shall bcfctto wra providing ccrtlrlcntca to be Issued forsllver bullion at fl forwo'i Krahis, 'When ibis eotHtimmationslmll bo reached, as surely It Will In pee coinage, under exist ISk conditions, will be adopted, Thu too ardent and Impetus lovers of Silver will nadb ly realize the tt Hlh uttered by the King of Israel: UI that lovelb siller shall not lie satMcd with silvor. iy. U direct ami ample transportation facilities under the American flag and coiittoled by American citizens t a currency sound III iUtMH.v nid a(leiHnlolHHuMUty,idj International bilik

to h'jilltnte cxcHmiikcs, prweity carefully adjiisl

liroteciiou: nan not oiuy win our " r i,tnnr

coiiimcreeaKalH invade every sea. but every - , 1:,.i1 ,wfliir In ninny A

American Indnslry will bo .pdckeiied and ; HV' L i tu us our whole people feel the impulse of a new mly throtigll u.t

. ' .. ... . ... r .i.i fetiiM i he i"

It was shortly after :15 o'vlrck when iniiaiatioii . - aiihn:'-

Captain ."snow eatieti utc company 10 spmn .sw orik-r. lie H.ade no httewia ht spitcch-; Health.

, .i,i,uyt i ot. M

ISXSSIPIC l",""1""1" " Y ,ts;

nositive evidence, but witeu ;

ry,n iHterna.o,Hdbi.. 1 v" ! ' ' ltscT.,"r Kes.im.i a syMi-in or reel- cis the exceedingly l"ml"," 1r..t ,i, liiisiedMllhin the lines of f u,e dtsea.stHl its gr n ! H only will our fotetgu Hlnmil cattle, It Is easy to ' .

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