Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 January 1892 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

C. SOAJTK, PhMMmt. IXMAXJL BXFMTlfATWIktXKRAt. J. A, J. Cimiwu, died suddenly at Elktoa, ChMMf axt, Austria, Swltserlaad, Italy aad Swuf hare akrained tkelr willing--mmw to eoutiuuc their present eommeruial treaty relations with Spain. Tm aVake of Devonshire, who died at Matter Hall, Mils thorp. England, oa the skrkt of the ilst owwd 19S.9M aeres of lead lyin ia fourteen counties. Tke rent-roll of the sUteUHHmt to ear "l?t,s par year. ' , Thk Indian state fair ground at Indfcvaaaolis war sold, oa the 21. for mLMa. A eradicate will subdivide tern land iato town lota, as it i located ia the interior of the city. A sew fak atte will he parch aied. T ramsSaa of Senator Flumb ar rived at Toacka, Kua., oa tke 9Sd, and wen escorted from the depot to the a&sitol with all reer ceremony. The Malic aehoola were adioumed. immedi ately aftor the opeala exereie,outof resptct to the memory of tke dead sen ator. A waPATCK from Santiago de Chile to the Loudon Times says that is eon of tke delay in the trial of the ersoan eoseeraed ia the Kaltuaore ia eddeaL the Chilkaeonrresu will shortly mm measure providing; for public trial im place of the old, secret hpanink system ot preeedare. Gov. Hosacr Boiaa of Iowa, has wt4 a proclamation calling- upon the people of that state for contributions far the relief of Raaaiaa famine sufferra. A committee, of which II. C Wheeler, Iste candidate for governor, ia a member, has been appointed to kare charge of the matter. L,yk Clark, the larreat rrand army woatm Iowa, kas adopted resolutions against tke building of a soldiers' monument or a memorial hall with Iowa's kare of the direct war tax. The post favors, inctead. the building of cottages at the soldiers" hoate at Marshall town far soldiers, their wires and widows. As thk steamer Corona from Southera California was approaching San Francisco through tke Golden Gate, on tke 21st. a bkr ware swept her deck, earrviafC overboard J. C. Bailey, a busiees'man of Los Angles, awl a waHer, avame unknown. Several passengers were knocked OTer and washed along tkeeeek. n m . . - i l- . r ATH kk ksoehEr, nneei oi au inJpmmV pans ot nunan, ibu., Has neu tc town, and is thought to be in Canada. Ha has left debts amounting to about $l,ss, and hia creditors can find Vat little to lkjaklate their claims. Many of his parishioBers are sufferers, aetd it ia thought that the ehureh funds kare suffered by misappropriations. Mn. 0TKX1.KR, one of tke World's fair commissioners from Germany, landed km Hoboken, 2C. J., oa the 33d. karieg ia his possession wkat is said to ke the award carried by Christopher Celuatbas at tke time of hia discovery of America. The sword belongs to the museum of Salzburg, Germany, and kas been lent for exhibition at Chicago. Tnr. Oaborae-flargreaves libel suit in Loudon was suddenly terminated, on the Wd. by tke discovery, beyond a doubt, that Mrs. Osborne was really tke thief who stole Mrs. Ilargreavcs pearls. Sir Charles Russell, counsel for Mrs. Osborne, at once withdrew from the case and the jury, under inatrucUoae, found a verdict for Mrs.Har-

greaves. Tnr. first full car-load of American tin ever produced from an American tin nine was received by V. W. Stewart at Sa Diego. Cal., on the 23d, from the mines. The shipment conatated of over pounds of tin. The , Mtpat of the Temescal mines is being rapidly increased, ami American tin will he regularly put on the market !h ar-leada.

The report of the chamber of commerce of hwancea, Wales shows that tke direet exports ot tin plate to the United States from Swansea in amounted to le,S5 boxes. In ISM the amoaatwas 2,4"S,413 boxes, and dur-M-g tke three months endinjr June 9 of tke present year it reached 1,0K7,9S8, or say at the rate af 4,eaa,eaa boxes for tke present year. Mx. Lk Farkk, one of the Canadian fktkeries eommissioners, in an interview published in IRcclair, of I'aris. is quoted as saying that he is certain that Canada will secure a union with Xewfuundlaad on the fisheries question, and that there is no doubt that tke imperial government will exercise it authority to assure the triumph of tke federal principle. The Mexican government has amended tke tariff tolls so as to make the tariff duty on rag paper, except colored wrapping- paper, fifty eentsper 190 Icllograma in weight: unsized paper, except for cigarette wrappers, fifty cents per 1M kilograms in weight, and colored wrapping- paper, of native manufacture ami unsised paper for cigarette wrappers of native manufacture free ef all duty. Tar. dissolution of the Roumanian chamber is considered a victory for Russian intrigue. The Russians hare keen laboring- with unusual earnestess of late to secure a predominant inffueeee to K on mania. It is said in Vienna that Russia ia only waiting- to be sure f Roumanm's neutrality or cooperation to attack Bulgaria. The recent attempt to drive King Charles into abdication is attributed to Russian inHue see. the Russians Wing Jealous of tke presenee of a German and espeelally a Ilobenaottern, on tke throne ef tke leading Italkaa state.

CUHBENT TOPICS,

TIE VEWI IX HOT. FIFTY-SEOOND CONGRESS. Tas aatt was aet la mhos aa Mw Nth. sJoi uW& atOWAt aoaHNT IMfc 4tfAfl)C y'H J Cksfbia Mttaara. Mr. MeMttaa sftswu a meumat rasoHiWoa prevMiec for adjoarsanat from December 3M to Jaaaar i, wake was aosftea. Mr. MeMtlna, from te wawln a raku, mfeathWNl a teohitka eesarmuMt tas ae ashrtistat ef (omatHNws of te Firty ieoJ easgw . wMeh was aioptad. A Jatat wsoluatea br Mr, 8riacr, peerialsg for tea paraasat of tke koMs'i slariss to essployea f eoatwat m the Ha. was yawed. Mr. Ctumaa (Miea.) saaoaaeed the SMth ot ak 1st aettafae. Ran. M. Hoars, sad ia pursuance af una steal molaUoa, ta Leumaijaarasi, Ian senate. oaths Mat. ma ieaaafo( tas aauHUsa was siaueesed wish, aaa naaater FfcaTer, f Kasisa. faahagb aaaoaacea tas awata ot his eolhagua. Fraatea B. rhmib, sad praaeatad tea caatoairy raae4aHoa. whiea ware adopted. gaaators rafter, Dolr. aaaaest, Padaork sad Pakaar ware appewtad a committee ea taa part ef the saaets ta, aceompaar the raaaaiaa af taa daetaaad senator te Kaaaa. A racass wm takes uatH l.p. at., and apoa raaaaaaibMag taa oMckl serv teas over taa remaisa of Ka tor Phmb wera eaadacted by the chaptaw ia the praseuea of taa praatdaat and repreeeatatirM of the eabiaet, aeaaa ef repreaeatatlres, dipieaiatte eorpa, oateersaf the army and aavy. aad other dtstmtutiSiit ptiaauaa'ta.sttha eeeclaeteaof whtee thaataata dhparaed. bat was Mbaeaaestly formatly adjouraad for tba day.. ..The hooae was akieeaioB. In taa saaste. oa taa M, taa viee-preaideBt laid before taa body a eoeaaaaakatioa from taa artMig aacwtery of war, traaewiltttaa a report af taa chief of eaaiaears rakttmc to ebatrac UoaawaariflaMe water ef the United State. Clark Kerr of the house aaaouaced the pastaee by that bodr of the concurrent resolatioB to ad jonraoataeSSd aatil the Sth of Janury. A aaadiar of aaw UUU ware faitrodaeadL Seaater aHaafara. of Cauteeeia. took uMNeathaaahU seat, sad preeeated a batch of bilk. The senate passed the coacmrreat reeotatiea to pay employaa their mouth's salary oa December 34, aadtoadjoara oataeiMto Jsaaary 1 After a aaort esecatire aeaaioa the aeaste, oat of reaoaettotheateniory of Kepreseatativa M. H. Ford, ef Sfkaifua, adjoaraed. . .The house was ajat im aaaaioa aW em aaBamvU'Uaa Ixtaeseaste.eatheaU, Mr. rrye, from tbe eomatHtee oa commerce, reported back the WU proMbHmc monopoly ia the traasportattoa of naestpredaets. which was referred to a epeekl ceawktee. Mr. aaermaa retatrodaced the bill peeduw upoa the kwt seastoB. iacorporatlae tMKkarataaCaaal Co., which was referred to the eeuuaittee oa toreifla reVstioaa. A aamber eC other biUa were prMeate4. A resolution callMfHtM aecretary ot aericaMara for uuformaMoasa to me procresa ef the arteeisa and overSow trriejatfem inqaky was sseaed. After a akort meeudve aeesioa the eeaato adioaraad mum Jsaaary S ...la the house the only bust, aaaa transacted was the readiaf of the speaker's Met ot eeatmHtee aaUsmmeata Mr, Meredmh eeaoeaeed the death of hia predecessor. 0ea. W. H. P.Leead the caetomsry resolmtioa wasefferedaad the aoaae adjoaraed to JsaPERSONAL AND GENERAL. The treasury balance, on the -Ut, was f83,91,6og, the lowest point reached sinee tke new form of stating the balanee was adopted. Owiso to the tightness of the money market the bank of tVnynesboro, Vs., kas suspended payment It is not thought that depositors will lose any thing. Ovr.R fifty cadets aad about twenty officers, being one-fifth of tke whole number of eadets and officers of the aaral academy at Annapolis, Md., are ia the clutches of the grip Tnk duke of Devonshire died in London, on the -1st, after a long illness. His successor in the peerage is the marquis of -Ilartington. A dispatch from Cairo says that Father Oherwalder and Sisters Catrins Chincarina and Elizabeth Venturini, who recently escaped from Khartoum, reaching Koroko, near Yady-IIalfa, in safety, have now reached Cairo. Fa ther Ohcrwahler and the two sisters mentioned formed part of the AustrianSoudan mission, who were made prisoners when Kardofan was captured by the rebels in lbSO. Ox the night of the Slst a banquet wasjgiven at Delmonico's in Xew York city by the New "York state commissioners of the World's fair Cliannccy M. Depew, .lohn ItoydThachcrand Gorton W. Allen. Mr. Dcpcw was chief host, and acquitted himself gracefully. .Many notable public men were present .Spcuches were made by Mr. Depew, Gen. Palmer, President Smith ot the chamber of commerce and others. Kkv. A.ndkkw Jo.vf.8, of New York, the preacher who prophesied the Johnstown (Pa.) flood, preached at New liedford, Mass., on the 'iOth. During ltih sermon he predicted that another fearful disease would sweep over the country, following la grippe. LoiMSK Lkr Uavaki), youngest daughter of ex-Secretary of State liayard, was married, on the 21st, at her father's home. Delamore place, near Wilmington. Del., to Dr. Frank Angcll, professor at Cornell university. Thk Allegheny county (Pa.) grand jury, on the'ilst, indicted Mayor Wyman of Allegheny City for embezzlement of city funds two counts, and with the extortion in the matter of witness fees, two counts. Ex-Mayor Pearson was also indicted for cmltezzlcinent of city funds, two counts. Market Clerk Hastings of Allegheny City was also indicted for embezzlement of city funds, one count Mixistkh Eoa.v, on the 21st officially requested the Argentine minister at Santiago. Chill, Senor Urrlburn, to note the presence of Chilian police agents ia the immediate vicinity of the American legation, as also the attempted arrest on the night of the ISHh, of Frank Kgan, the American minister's son. Jr.noMK I. Case, Kacine's (Wis.) foremost citizen, died on the morning of the SSd. He had been suffering- for six weeks from diabetes. He was one of the best-known men in Wisconsin, and kia phenomenal horse, "Jay-Kye-Sce," spread his fame all over the civilised world. Mr. Case was one of the larrcat manufacturers of threshing machines ia the country. Ai.hkkt .Johnson kidnaped a s-vear-old adopted son of Mr, and Mrs. John Kills, of lloston. on the '21st and took him to Kxetcr, N. Y., where Johnson and a woman named Watklns were arrested and the lmy recovered. It Is be lieved the ooject ef the kidnaping was to secure a ransom, as Kills is wealthy. It is stated with much posUivcnese that the president has decided to appoint cx-CongressmaH John H. Baker. of IhiHhhh, to the vacancy in the eourt of ehima

Thk mills of ItulCak), Miss., will

tribute HNi.M pauada of four to the North r.'cstara Miller eargo for the star via j.' peasants of Russia. Tke total amount subset-ibed. up to tke eveningof the list, weeded 1.SM.0M pouads, Thk senate ht xoeutive sossioa. oa the M, eoa armed me selection of Stepkeu It. Klklas to be secretary of war. Tnr lHshop of Sodor aad Maa. Rt Rev. John W. Itardsley, kas beoa appointed bishop of Carl lata. THK British Cavalier from Gibraltar for Faataet has beea lost, and it is feared all oa board were drowned. ItlsHor Fuorrru the noted olerieal leafier ia the French chamber of deputtes, died in Paris oa the 2Md. Thk steamship Abyssinia, of tke Guion line, with IS souls on board, waa reK)rted by the steamship Spree, oa the 99d, to have been burned at Passengera and crew are thought to have been rescued by tke Teutonic. Thk tusk of a large atastodoa has been discovered at Darlington, ten miles north of Crawfordsrille, lad. The fad proves to be much better than was at first thought, and promises to be one of the finest ever made in this country. St'l'ERVisoR Thomas J. Wei.ch, of Sycamore, N. Y., was, on the "fined 9th0 and sentenced to'ine penitentiary for thirty days for contempt of eourt. Welch is the maa who took tke third ward returns to Albany when ke should have given them to the inspectors for correction. Da. I'l.i'MH. of Ames Ia., jumped out of a third-story window of the keeley institute in Dos Moines. .Ia.. oa the 3M. and died from the effects of injuries re ceived. Rev. Jos. Dwenuer, bishop ef Fort Wayne, Ind., who has been dangerously ill for some months, was reported, oa the 3'Jd, as Iriag at the point of death. There was no hope of his recovery, his death being only a question of a few hours. Ihe prelate was suffering from heart disease, and was being kept alive by large doses of strychnine and other powerful drugs. Cot- Andrew II. Dawsox. of New York, is in Chicago in the interest of Mrs. May brick, the American woman who was sentenced to death ia Liverpool. England, oa the accusation of having murdered her husband, and whose sentence was subsequently com muted by the home secretary to im prisonmcnt for life. Minister of Foreign Affairs Matt a of Chili has sent a reply to the letter of the Argentine minister, Senor Urriburn, in regard to the Chilian po lice espionage upon the Ataenean lega tion. Senor Mat La promises to with draw the detectives from the neighborhood of Minister Egan's house, but says that he-will continue to maintain the uniformed police around the lega tion. Mrs. Ada Thorpe Lorrus, who Hie alleged came over from Europe with the avowed intention of killing Presi deat Harrison, has been adjudged ia sane and taken to Bloomiagdale (N. Y.) lunatic asylum. Dr. Douglaa, of Bellerue hospital, says she is suffering from a type of iaaaaity similar to that of Uuiteau. A dispatch to the London Timec from its correspondent at Santiago de Chile says that Gen. Campe, with a force of 3&e toes, has attacked the town of Santa Victoria ia the province of Rio Grande do ShI. The Crescent pottery, at Trenton. N. J., corering, five acres and employing over MK) men, was burned oa the Sad. Estimated loss. $13,ae. 'lite owners Cook Sc. Hancock. LATE NEWS ITEMS. t'L'HAL'AN'r to Hit; fiirvcttons cmtMraeed in a letter from the president to the heaU or each departHH-ntdated Decerning 4, lSwl, the secretary of the treas ury has completed a plan, which will take effect on the 1st. under which all promotions in the treasury department will hereafter be made oa a basis of merit only, and as the result of competitive examinatkin. Whii.k skating on the bay at Ashland, Wis., on the 25th, Joseph S!oson, a senior at the Faribault (Minn.) acad emy, and Mabel Shores, of Ashland, broke through the ice. and the former was drowned. He sustained hk com panion until help reached them, bat was himself so exhausted that he fell lwck and floated under the iee. A Montkkai. special says: The new treasurer of the province of Quebec, ou taking pocssion at once instituted an investigation and soon announced that there had been found an item off 1,GOO.eeO, called "special expenditures,"' which swells the total deficit or excess of expenditures orer receipts to St.JSJI.O00. Warxed of the approach of burglars, Mrs. Willard W. Scarle, of Lansing, burg. N. Y ran into her room, caught up a Io. of jewels containing screral thousand dollars' worth of diamonds. and oHitiiig a window jum-ed If feet to the ground, breaking her arm. bat saving her stones. Tin: receiver of the Maverick na tional Imnk of lioston has now on de posit with the suhtrcasury in that city 8i.H.:Vi. The cases against the Mavorlek directors will be presented to the grand jury when it assemldes ou Feb ruary and will then have precedence. 1 hk funeral of the late Senator Plumb, of Kansas, took place at KmIria on the 34th. All places of bustno were closed and business houses und residences were alike draped with emblems of mourning. A msi'atch from Ituenos Ayres savs that Gen. Koca has reiterated his de cision not to be a candidate for the urostdencyof the Argentine Republic , 4 l.rt wuntiatf til.a.ttt.1 ? an n,t cuniiDf n umutnuai CKfflSlicR Mm. MAY IIRI.K.V JtAIHI). the widow of the Kte Spencer F. Koird. the dis tinguished secretary of the Smithsonian institute, died ia Washington eltv. oh the SSd, aged 71. A I'Hominkxt naval ofReer is author ity for the statement that the United States government will soon take steps to bring the Chilian matter to a orkds. MR. Gladstone and Mr. .M or ley kare been unanimously eleeted members of Die English elub of liktrritz, Frauoa.

INDIANA STATE XWg. Thrrr are over . eoeos of grks la Kvaasrttks. H Thk strike amour tke ampler of th Xaaeie FMot-Cllaas work kas beea ml iftauaAdMfL alawm avaDwas Mm KtKAHtmt Coxvor. tk rt wsmaa married m laeUaaa uador state law. died tke other day at Peru. W igkty-akse. Eiwar SurrM. a well kaown farmer, aged tweatgr-four, livksfr at New Washington, while oat kuatlog. the barrel of his rife exploded aad the breeeh-pia imbedded itself ia his eye, destroy lag the member. Mixmk C Haxsex, of tskea. secured a divorce from her arst husband, the otoer morahsc. aad was married to

F. L. Morakoao. of Elkhart, ia the ereaksg. Mrs. Axxa Cox. colored, of Seymour, died a few days ago. She was reported to be 1W years old. W. P. Cook kas beea appointed treasurer of Wayae eoaaty, vie Alfred L McMeaas, deceased. Miss RiLT Kechtki- of near Columbia City, sued K. A. Kaufmaa tor I li,um for breaek of promise. Levi Moshier. while attending the U. K. ehureh at, Columbia City. kt Sl&t, some oae pickiag his pocket. The bank at DUlboro ia opea for Ma J. Coxx, of Esglkh. kas a siafdag rooster. Tmi.me was aa old-fahioaed aad animated corn husking bee, aear Romaey. tke other day.aad the excitemeat ran so high that loft was wagered oa who should husk the most eora ia twelve hoars. At tke close of tkecoatestit waa found that Grant Lay ton bad husked 131 bushels aad sixty-eight pea ads. and Charles Parker. 14 bushels and forty-eight pounds. Lay ton ako husked thirty-one ears of eora ia one minute, aad also threw thirty ia a wagon. At Columbus. Wm. Milter was sentenced to prieoa for oae year for larceny. The Iadiaaa supreme eourt kas deckled that the metropoiitaa potior bill is applicable to Terre Haute. A MACHINE for huskisgeora kas been invented aad is m successful operation by I. II. Hardy, at Hardy. N. A. Kremer. of Canaan, woa a prise of fts for the best sample of Rasiaa eaaftower grown in tke United States ia 151. The large bara aear Eraasrflle, owned by Isaac Itdell. was destroyed by fire, caused by aa exploding lamp. Loss ST. OWL Lafavettk k bow stricken with the dreaded grip. Chari.es Stock weia, of Ruskrille, a former patieat at the Keeley usstitute at Plaiaf eld. died from a dose of morphine which ke had secretly obtained. Bexjamix Scubier. a school teacher of Tipton, yaaked Frederick Ogle bay oat of hm scat for creating- a disturbance, breaking tke boy's leg. He ia the sou of a prominent attorney. He aad other bright urekias have been trying to raa the school. The toll pikes ia Delaware eoaaty are having a tough time of it, aad recently several of them kare beea areseated to the county commissioners by dissatisfied stockholders. Tke farmers in many instance refuse to pay the fee. and several lawsuits hare easued. The other evening four farmers. J oka and I Samuel Ilaell. Nelson Adams aad John I MeClean, were coming to Muaeie oa the ! Granville pike. A toll-gate was pulled aowa and locked oa them for ref using to pay the three-cent fare. Samuel Baell hitched his team to tke gale, pulled it down aad proceeded to Muaeie. Wm. C Cook kas beea appointed county treasurer at Richmond, te ill the unexpired term of A. & McMeaas. deceased. The saloon ists of Portlaad kare orgaaiaed for mutual protection agaiast the temperance league. A Camp of the Patriotic Order Sons of America have bees orgaaiaed at Darlintrtoa. Mrs Sarah Hili of Daarille. aged seventy, fell down her cellar stairs aad received, perhaps, fatal mjaries. A panther has beea seea four miles east of Washington. It is Mtpposed that the animal kas escaped from a circus. WHoerixe cocsh aad tke grip have both broken out ia KowJing Green, aad S out of IS pupils in school are down witk oae or tke other. Twextv New Albany people were poisoaed by eathsg keadekeese that had beea cooked la aa uacieaa copper vessel. They will recover. Ox December 18 Mr. A sail Tboraburg celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday anniversary at hkt kome near iesoto. Mr. Tboraburg is th- oldest man ia Delaware county, aad among tke oldest ia the state. Quite a number of. his friends and relatives were wkh the old gentleman that day. He ia well aad hearty, and should ke live uutU Christmas ke will have parsed kia one hundredth Christmas. His mind is as clear as that of a maa of 44. and ke gives promise of not only seeisg his oae-kun-dredth Christmas, but pasoiajr iato the next century. Mr. Thorn burr kas a sea, Jacob, who is TS years old, who has a son Eliha. with whom they both Hre. Elthu k 4fl years okl. was in the late war ia the Nineteenth Iadiaaa. aad kas a married daughter, ilk first rote was for Jean Quiaey Adams for presloeat Mahmx may kare aa ameteurtkeatrical dak Ixckxdiarmm are eomniained of br Kew Albany. Fai.se fire alarms aauor the La fayette department The L E. A- St L. rail war has been sued at English for ft) for killfar James 'L. Jones two setter dog. v. (.hash has aimomtrd an OWo river commission to took after tke rirer interest in lad aaa. Xeahlt six kuadred Vnlkttacs kare been erected ia South Read eiurW tke year. -:w MMxsirr as Jiac:e la a ... . .

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A PH NOME HAL FOG.

a mm ant m il ftao t nam atfaua li aua mm m sswwwa own aaa OTnnanrinnnj asi h mt the laeseael Vm Meat VoaaT Islaau Wailwaae Alamt Maipenilad aaul na.mnF m aaUamaC antm.andamJtMn' pnwaiea,af em uornjarswTPna awrnmnanjRnj Loxiaox, Dec Thk eky ia still hidden beaeatk a fog of phenomenal black aess aad tkickHesa. For seveaty hours kas Loadeu. to all iatentaaud purptoeu, beea plnaerad ia elarkneaa. Throng bout tke day the Mtreotlamps, to say aothhsft of tke lights 'within doors kare been alkeht, aad link-boys are making small fortunes by piloting cab and other vehicles through the street by tke aid of torchoa or lantern. Regular trafifc aad trade are ut a standstill, aad navigation on the river TIwIbbHIMu ImhI ImpWI tMMM Je4wljf Many proprietors of jewely stores aad other suck pi sees kare shut up their shuttera until the fog clears away. They are doing absolutely no busiaess aad fear the visitation of thieres. The entire police force may be said to hare beea on duty night and day throughout the sereatjr hours of klaek fog. As this dispatck is seat, tiiero fc no saga of the foe lifting, ami the eity remains covered by the most dense pall of fog within tke re collection of the present generation of IndoMra. Some faint idea of the density of the fog may be gathered from t he-fact that several people hare beea drowned and a number of others nearly drowned by wandering into rivers and canals after having lot their way. Eight bodies of persons supposed to hare been drowned ia this manner have already beea recovered, and many people are inquiring for mistdug relatives or friends who are supposed to have met death through the fog-. "At Leeds alone, aceordin;? to a dispatch from that place, three men walked into the eaaal and were drowned. As may be readily imagined the fog is having- a most serious effect on railroad traffic ami the result is that all the mails are behind time by many hoars. Traveling by train, while the fog lasts, ia both a slow aad a dangerous boMaeSA though up to the present ao accident has been reported. This delay in railroad traffic is causing great annoyance to that ihh tioa of the commercial community depending upon Christmas shopping for a profit Country visitors f ml the greatest difiteulty in coming to London to make their purchases, and the theaters which count upon the country contingent to kelp fill their seats at this time of the year are suffering coasklerable CHILI'S NEW CRUISER. The Krraierl Arrive m tke Harbor ef Valparaiso. Valparaiso. Dec. a& The Chilian war-skip Errazuriz kas arrived at this port This is one of the cruisers which Kalmaceda had built abroad, and upon which he counted to assist him ia the supreme effort at thk city before hie falL The Errazuriz sailed from France to the suceor of the dictator, bat before she reached Montevideo tke battle of Vina del Mar had beea lost aad won and lmlmeeeda was a furitire. Her eommander deserted her, aad she was soon delirered over to victorious iasurgeata. The Errazuriz is a powerful cruiser, of the same model of the Captain Pratt now building abroad. Her speed is Vi knots an hour: steel hull, copper skeathed; armament. 4 l.Vcentiiacter jruns. 2 12-ccntimeters, 4 rapid-tiring (millimeters) and a machine guns. Her maia battery in canot Jat-enliber, the French type. She kas three torpeilo tubes. The armor protect km is an allteel protection deck with cellular belts ami coffer dams. TRACY HAS HIS EYES OPEN. The Xstrj- Department Read tc Htrilce When the Iron la lint. New York. Dec t. The Herald says that Secretary Tracy has Wen in New York for a week, ami has leen in daily conference with o flic Mils of the navy yard ami some of the ldg steamskip men with a view of securing options on merchant vessels to he used in case of war. A naval offtcer says the article & authority for the statement that tke United States government vVill soon take steps to bring the Chinan matter to a crisia. The Herald's informant said that it was understood that President Harrison would in a few days semi a special message to emigre, advising decisive measures in dealing with the Chilian government in case immediate sat&sfactHHi was not given for the massacre of the Haitimore's soihirs. The article quotes the omeisl as saying that every suitable skip of war in the United Slates nary was now m eommis!oa, and could read;lv concentrate against Valparaiso. Merit ait KMclrHrjr to tm Ihe Test. Washixto.v. Ihjc. 3A. Pursuant to the direethms em braced in a letter from the president to tint head of ench department dated December 4. 151, the secretary of the treasury has completed a plan which wilt take effect January 1. under which all promotion in the treasury department will hereafter be made, on a 1ms is of merit only, and as the result of competitive examinations. These examinations will 1? made by an examining board in the department designated by the secretary ami not by the civil-sep-riee commission, ami as a rate such examination for a promotion to any grade will be confined to elerks in the next lower grade and in tke same offiee. MeM fee Tried. Gktty;cm. Pa., Dee. Joseph Skadle was shot and killed and his brother. Frank Shall I e, was seriously wounded by Officer K rouse, at Littlestown, this county. Thursday nlgkt The Shadle hoys had raised a disturbance and the officer tried to arrest them. They resisted and a crowd of their friend aided them. K rouse, believiag his life was in danger, atrew his revolver and fired into the crowd with tke above results. A coroner's jury investigated tke matter yesterday and rendered a verdtet of killed in selfdofei.se. He was held, nevertheless.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

tear-shol CnHtalMH a the w Yeh Ceotrat MaWroau Ih wMeh Xtae V?. seae were KHtau Mh4 a SmUr lujureu A44 ,k Hrer Yoxkkhs, N. Y Dee. 5.A shockMsg aotddent occurred last night on the Kew York Central between the St, Louis express and the Niagara Falls special train. Several parsons are reported killed and a number injured. Some place the number of killed at eight, while others elaim that ten persons ware wither crushed or scalded to death. This aecklent was directly the outcome of the collision which occurred earlier in the evening in the tunnel at King King. .The accident blocked the road und trains were held attothsmesof the tunnel. The weather was very thick ami this prevented the trainmen oa the St Louis express from seeing the blockade in time to prevent the collision. Tho, locomotive of this train washed into the rear aaaek of the Niagara axprass , and several ears, mostly sleepers,' wera kndiyV wrecked. ' To add te'tke. horror, of' the wreak the koiler of the loaomotire of the St Louis express exploded and the escaping steam dial deadly work among the unfortunates who were ia the wrecked ears. The scene at the wreck was indescribable. The trainmen lost their beads and ran out in a frantic manner, peering into the wreck at those who lay within groaning and dying, but doing very little toward rescuing tho victims. Finally a number of physicians and citizens of this place reached the scene, and the work of rescue began. Tho dead and injured were placed on a special train and brought to this place. Owing to tho excitement it was impossible to get anything like a list of the killed and injured. It is stated that a number of the injured are likely to die. Nine persons in all were killed, three of whom have been identified. Their names are A. M. Knight, conductor of the Wagner car Gibraltar: A. M. Baldwin, of New York, and Thomaf V. Tolley, of lioston. The injured are aa follows: FatallyT. V. Murphy, a lawyer, of New York; D. IL Ford, of New York; Mrs. E. D. Ford, of New York, and 15. W. Hohy, colored porter of the Wagner car. SeriouslyDr. Rest, of New York, Mrs. H. IL llaldwin, Mrs. Lilian Raidwin. Homer llaldwin. all of New York. There were eiehteen n&KKemmrs in the rear coach of the Niagara and Hnffalo express. Only three of them escaped uninjured. The IkkIIcs of the victims and the injured arc on their way to Yonkers and will reach here about S a. m. The accident occurred about one mile north of Hastings at S:45 p. m. THE COUNTRY'S TRADE. Buslaeea Keperted ItaHaaallr Meht In Xew Vrk, Hut I-arjfr at Most Other Paints, with Memrx Fairly Kasy HualNew Yokk. Dec. 'in.R. O. Dho A . Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Trade thk season Sa unusually light, merchants heusg engaged in takisfc stock, but at maarpotatak is reported larger than usual, aad even larger tasa last vesr. Reports from other cltkw show less complslat as to eolk-c-tieas aad a lance trade In process. Boston reports quiet wholesale trale in dry Romls. bat retailers are doing a Idg tmslsets. ami shoo mMaafaeturerH still have orders to keep them lmr. Leather is steady ami hMes quiet. Iron manufacturers talk more encouragingly and the money mrk?ts are firmer. At Hartford mt branches of trade are quiet awl coliecttoesdull. Iwtat Rait I more trade in clothing, dry goods and Ink 4naixl shoes is gmvl forth" seaon. At Philadeliihia the jewelry trmle Is aaiai)ly active: the grocery trade light but equal to last yars trade; in tea, roffee and sugar, fairly active, and la chemicals quiet and steady; while toliaeco, HVnwrs awl wool are quiet. At Pittsburgh trade is unusually good in all lines wkh Iron and st-el manufacturer more hopeful, and the glass trade fairly gicsl. At Cleveland wholesale trade is gond. although the shoo trade is dull, General trade is good at CincianaU and iroe)ects very fair, rlgar makers exreeding Wt year's work. At Chicago sales and eollertlons of merchandise exceed last year's in He of sft rountry rowls, and the lioliday trade is phenomenal; nitits if wheat, corn and rye are .double last year's; of dreswed Ix-ef three tirne Mst year's; the increase in Hour is a third, in eured meats a quarter, and in oat, bsrWy awl rattle large, notwithstanding tho ntmiplaintttof ear famine tliroaghout the west. V'MVy is esiy awl the demand gool. At Milwaukee o;ien wenther and ImuI niwU retard tnuk, but the holiday lmiiHMS excewls lat year's. though traders in ewntry towns are sufferiag. At Ht, Louis mihl weather ali rbeoks trade, but trade m clothing, shoes ami otlier emsbl goods Is above ths avers ze. rnd mowy is eashr. At Kaae Cltv hoHtUy trade is brisk, though the blockade affects receipts of cattle and grain, aad other trade is fairly healthy. At St. Paul, in spit of uuesvnalle weather, the jobbing trade U good ami the retail trade very active, aad at MmaeatioHf the cut of lumlier for the year te 4MIJIH.IW) feet too output of Hoar ll,(Mi liarreKagaisst li,H kf.t year, aad the genera feehng conlWeat. At Omaha trade Is good though money is rkw, toutheru cities report Im eheerf Hlly, the low price of cotton causing dullneMi at Memphis and Galveston, and also at Savannah, But at Xew Orleans business is more active and larger in volume, though rot ton receipts are hf-svy ami sugar is fairly active, wMh mMtey in strong demand. The great indutrl.n ckm tho ye.vr with more than usual activity. Speculation continue moderate, wheat having risen U cents with sales of SI3,i.M)0 bushels, corn having declined one cent and oats a fraction. Coffee is unchanged, oil half a cent higher and lork unchanged. Cotton has dropped a sixteenth lielow s cents, with receipts from plantations exceeding last year's to-date by &3S.W0 lmles. The very Urge output of coal leads operators te exct kiwer prices. The lmsiness failures occurring throughout the country dark the lt six days, numlwr far the United Htetes, X7, aad tor Canada !. or a total of a; as compared wnh as last week, f j4 MR the week previous to the last. For the correimdig week of last year tho failures were 3W, represeutHiK m faihues in the UnHed Blalui. and a ia the DoaihikMi of Caaada. Keaehed the Knd ef the Heanrtal. Lajcsixs, Mich., Dec. The end of the scandal in which ex-Secretary of State Sopor whs involved lins prnctieally leen reached, notwltlistandlnff that the investiiratlnjf commission lias not finished its labors and will not report until next Wednesday. Yesterday Sopar announced that lie would not contest Secretary lllncker's hpolntment, and would not further embarrass the governor In nny way. It Is probable that Soper will get off wjth only a reprimand for official careless tsess from (lov. Winana, and the isvastkrating commission.