Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 February 1892 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

4 IUIKTMrHlMk shock feet Me., o tlM ITta. BJUWK ALMtftT ROTCMt aeAed 9M.MM toward beriltflaf ademption hoapltll iM Vleeuae. CAJT. flMMMK A. StKYKSN, U. S. A.. retired, died in Boetoa. on the lata. ml aa H at it ad im tk Marina n --Je " " - ' ' ' WW I Ml Da tip Dunham Wiruan, know aa "The gaffe a Hrookdal,M died nt the Brcvooft aotsee In If ew York eity, on the 19th, of dlabctce . KtJK3TKM MTC fas progress in Japan far mm next riymiitown aeeemmy, Ktotntf is nperiM at several and there much excitement. Ok the lth the Immim committee on mrcn affairs reported favorably Mr. Geary's WU to absolutely prohibit the C of Chi a tag to the United Statse. Utctkd States Mixmtbk to Exolaxo Rox, Roikrt T. Lixcoi.Sf, had a long in terview, on Um 1th, with Lord Saltatory on the subje-et of the liehring . ngetiauoas. T bill appropriating tMO.txMfor the state's exhibit at the Chicago World' fair was faTorsbly reported by committee in the Xew York state assembly on the 1Mb. Cahmkx Maxu Lontc, the sel f -pro-elaimed Indian Meaeiah, k4 dying in the hospital at Chihuahua, Mexico, and Km announced that after death he will rise from hie grave in three days. Txx reciprocity commission adjourned, on the 15th, mhI the Canadian eemmimkmers left nt once for Canada. It can not be aeeertaiaed whether or net any agreement has been reaehed. It in rnatored in Bridgeport, Conn., that ex-Preeident John Iloeyhaa written a latter to the Adam Express Co. praying thena to grant him a pension in raeafrnltion of hia long services to the The Sprhag-ar free wool bill and a bdl to place eetton bejrginjr. cotton tiee and machinery used in the naaanfaetare ef cottoa bejrgtag en the free list, were favorably reported to the houee of repraaantatirea on the lth. Smut Hcxihiicb axv kightv-skvrx enumerators beraa taking the census of Kew York eity, on the lath, under' the aet recently panned by the lejriela tare. They are expected to complete tne-worlc bofoee the .tath. Thk recent dfoplny of aurora bore alia ia maeh diaeaaaed in aehmtifte eir Jea throefbont Europe. In Norway. P)weden Raaaia anel eren the northern part of Scotland, tite telegraph wires were eoaaieerabiy a-ffeeted. Ix the Gemaan reielHdaf a resolution wan adopted, on the loth, that the reffMlationa under which gentries are per to Sre upon deeerters and othi in buey atreeta afconld be modified far the protection of the pnhUe. Ma xt Raanian Jews are spplrinjr daily at the oflee of the Russian eon Ml jroneral in New York eity to be seat baek to Ruaoia. They are unable to wake a Hviae; hi the United State, and want to go baek to their homo aad friend. A XIX.T, prorWInff for a reorganisation of both the artillery ami infantry araw of the army, prepared by the senate committee on military affairs as a sab nUtate for sereral other bills referml te the committee, introduced in the eaate by Mr. Manderson on the 15th. uxor Dox Pkihio Moxtt, Chilian TaiinlNter to the United States, when naked, im the 17th, if he had any news from Chili hi regard to the reported at tempted smmmm! nation of President Xoatt at Valparaiso. replied that he had no information eoneerninfr the Mat ter and bad nothing- to communicate. It ia said that South Dnkotn may lose in its contests of hotneatead filings on sebou! landa, made on legal ndriee nnder decisions of United States oourta Sn California and Minnesota. If it does the cbool fuiHl will loan fl.Oov.WO expennea ot the mil now in proarreasin the several United States land offices. Tmrxr died on the Dog TnVe reaerra tlen, Winnipeg. Man., near Lake Manitoba, recently, the largest, woman lit the world. She wan a squaw and was Married to a buck named Chippewa, fthe weighed TOO pounds and Mteantred m mchesmnnd the arm. It took a oMn 7 feet long and 5 feet wkte to held her remains. SkxatorCaskt mmr introdueed a bill Sn the United State filiate te redttee the fees on domestic money orders as follows: Not exceeding S&, three eenta; from 9ft to $10. eight eenta; from 11 to 9tfi, ten cento; from &U to tM, fifteen eeatu; from t4 to fl, twenty eents; from tM to ITS, twentyflre eeats; from m to SIM, thirty eenta. XtXR prisoners were faateaed to the whipping poat at Kew Caetle, Del., on the ISth, and giron from three to tn-eoty laahea by the sheriff, aeeordiaf to the trade of crime of whkm they bad baan eoaTieted. Three of the nam bar, eenelcted aad aenteneed for aaort aUMoawaaHmee, m addition to the waie mht worn obiiged to nmaia m Mm pit Mry Jwmx A. , a prominent pttrotoam rednoar. ban leas ad the farm of Sea fMmry of fitote James Cfc Matoe, hi Albntheny eonnty, Pa., and will aeon pot down a toet well for oil. The farm eomrrhm aereo. It in part ef a traet ef 4, tot aete Mr. aheee htm eh tamed eeatroi ef far the pnrnsaa of aeTelopiog what hbaffd to be a tiuabk Ml regtoa.

CURRENT TOPICS.

m iiwi n mxr. FtrTYCOONO OOMORESC net In .In tea at a to WkNHt (Mtat.). LHk (X. Y.l. oaaaai o.). uaa iw-i, mm mtem ra. awfi to WUHmm W.Wedaawead. A Won providing tec an nwrtlaallna at il ef tae m-mIM "weattat" atitim of toaenwat aa4 etaer atanateetmiee. aad aa wafiMaa4 WirMI OB Midi NMHlfeMWrM! W4M MMaMNl 1lMI MM for the betUc control of tad to promote tat . . . il. 1 tta U -MM - aahtr of asttaaal Vaaas WMabulsttolMuat tae miatmum pmaityfw nuernai meaue la the Mast, ea the lath, the MU to imprev tat aaviesHoa of the Mt tlnr iwer aad to prtTeat otMracttTe floods waa rsfiortcd fro tat csmmHtoa en ceaimiret. A rttoialioa pro wetag for sa iawtngaHoa ef tae hamisrstioa bws was pswed. as wss a bill for s rornimst dock at Alators. La, sad a Mil autaoriitoff tat wisttiaHloa ef brfctaet swan the Mleeoari, Mbttotajml sad luteals rirtra. The priatiaic bill waa pMted aad tae para-rood MU was taata aa asacoatinalac ontor....Ia the aoase tat VtMlattoa Inttntcttaf tae cemmhtee oa agrt caHare to rtport tae cftct upon aertrulturr ot ta praseat law for the oolUctkm ot rtraaatt bf awaas of datitt apoa importo wss sdootod. A reeeMtfcm for a Joint eotaaiittoe to laTtiatto the faamlcrattoa laws, etfiecislly ia eea aeeooa with tat recent tfpaat import lion, wet adopted, aad the MU far s govtraattat drj deck at Algbrs, La., was pasted. In ta Stasia, oa the Mta. Mr. aaerasa'a eredtatiab oa his election to tbe sixth torai were IM bafore the senate aad flled. TaeurgMtd)lleitacy MU was tahta up aad, after arframeat, patted. Bills were pstttd sppropristiag MO,80 for a miHtacy ttorehoaet st Osasas, Xeb., aad UU.(tlOforspablicbildiag st SsH Lakt City. Consideration ot tat Daboto-Claagttt coatott esM oecvpied tbt rsnwlnder of ths set' tios In tat hou-e s reeokitien was pasted eslhae; for sa aceovat from the trestary dpsrtmeatof exptednvres and of the rtceptioa and CMTe of immiimntt and other persons under the Immigrant lawand for the refrt of tbt special muaitTatioa comutietioaerB who visited trope last year. The aoate toea after got into a tens; te over the question of what butiaess wst atit tn order, and tat dttaattioa ecew pied tae seautederef the day. Is the senate, oa the 17th, a rttelntioB reqweetit the prtttdtat to retara to tae repabnc of Mesieo tae battle aaas eantartd by the srnay of tat United mates d arise the war of 148 vu Bills taertsaiag tat apaeepriattoat for pubhc baildiaM at m. rami. Mian., sad Oataas.Xeti ,to tl.MW.WO anawM.aoe rteptcMrely Aner some prirass Mils wart eitpoeed of, the stasia return id the atscuetisa at theldaae coalested-ettetioa case.... Id tat hoate a retolattoa was adapted ealhag apoa tat eaetaifor mwimattoa rNattre te ude uader the msil subtidr aet Tataeaee then went into semantttot ef the waeie ea the Irtdhva aattieftoa MIL IW a4snV ausant9 Ova " tssM) lamle e-kaf PMa4w94Kai S oa the Choctaw aad Chick anew tat table for futnre dteaotitiBa. A rteatatioa was psssed iattrnctiaa: the coaunHtee ea forciee retstioat to report each provision of law as will empower the federal coarto to try cauau MTelrine; the coaaideranoa of iatersaUuiah tiatttioaa. Btaar Vooraeas preetaltd s peti nea from cniteaa of Veedertbarg. lad., pray inc thst the Pinkerton detectire force be either abohehed by law ef lacorporatod into the aaiHtary forces of the country. After ealogiea te the late gtsstor Plumb the senate adjoaraed. .. ..In the house the preeidtnf a ladies eleima wss received sad hwd en the table. A iBiuaieatioa from the seerttary ef the treatary atoliac. hi aatwer to a reaolanea of tat hoate. by wast authority the 4 per seat, toss had beta oxWeecd, was read. After some far laer haslaitt of miaor mspartaaea the houet west tote committee of the whole aa the ladisa appropristios MU. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Saram Altmka Tbrry, who gained fiuch notoriety by her divorce suit against ex-Senator Sharon and her subsequent marriage with J udge Terry, has become insane over apiritualiam, and on the morning of the 14th she suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from the residence of Editor Culbreatii, of the San Francisco City Argue. The most thorough search failed to reveal her whereabouts, ami it is feared that she has drowned her Mlf in the Imy. Thk application of Hon. J. J. Ingalls for membership in the Atehisoa (Kan.) post of the Grand Array .of the Republic haa been favorably acted upon by the committee. He will become a mem ler in time to particulate in the state encampment. Thk employes at the Lawrence & Itrown colliery, at Xshenoy Plane, Ia., about BOO in number, struck, on the lath, for seven weeks' back pay. Is eonseeuenee of the financial crisis Portugal will not take part in the World's fair at Chicago. Thk steamer Kugene struck a snag five miles north of Helena, Ark., on the 1Mb, and went to the IkjUohi of the river. Jio lives were lost. Thk JapsiK-Mi parliament liaa voted SO0,O0O for the proper representation of that empire at the World's fair in Chicago. A 1'i.AOfK of small-pox and typlnis fever Is raging in the eastern portion of the republic of Mexico, and many deaths have occured. IIkxkv Ilt.ACK, of Red Illuff, Ark, shot and instantly killed his la-year-old stepdaughter, on the ISth, while she was endeavoring to protect her mother from a beating by IMuek The murderer escaped, pursued by a posse. Thk State Lunatic asylum, near Jack son, M IDA VJIft burned early oa the morning of the lath. It is supposed to have been set on fire by a lunatic named Itrown, who perished in the flames. Thk strike a4, Illoekwood colliery, near l'ottsvillc. Pa., has been settled, ami work was resumed on the lnth. Two hundred men ami boys Rtrnek against a reduction of time. 0.vr thousand New Jersey clergy men visited the eapitol at Trenton, on the ISth, to protest against the passage of ttit. race-track bill. A ms patch from Coleraine, comity Londonderry, Ireland, says that Mrs. Anna Margaret Montague, daughter of Lord Robert Montague, waa committed for trial, on the 17th, on the charge of causing the death of her daughter, Mary Helen Montague, a ehihj only I years of age, by most inhuman cruelty. Tun sixth indictment against R. M. FfeM. of the defunct Arm of field, Lmdley, Wleehers A Co., of Kew York eity, was lied on the 17th. It charges forgery in the second degree, and has two counts. Mm: xt Ktxa is in an unusual stale of volennk disturbance. The people ef Lagarano, a market town on the eastern atope, have abandoned their dwelIkegs hi rMMHMaVJMw ef a aeries cf pie laMe ap4arCkSt

AacnHCMKsa Marix ValrRtR, daughter of the emperor af Auatrm aad wife of Archduke Fmnek Salvator of Austria ami Tuaeuny, ht ilsugeronsly ill with pneumonia. It is reported thatexKig Milan has been offered indtieeatents to become a Russian subject and will accept them, Thk thermometer registered Stt degree below aero at Lydenville, Vt., on the 17th. Thk total loss by the great tire in New Orleans, on the night of the 17th. will not exceed Sl.tt.toti, with insurance covered mostly by foreign com panics. Local companies will lose about 9300, 000. Thk bill for consolidation of New York, Brooklyn and other munieipali ties bordering on New York harbor, has been 4 on the table by the New York state assembly. Sik Auousrus .Ikrxixsmam. Uaron Stafford, dietl in London, on the ISth,

of softening of the brain, at the age of H3 years. Latk news from lirazil by way of London indicates that serious move ments of a revolutionary character are taking place there. Thk Pennsylvania railroad depot at North Elizabeth, N. J., caught tire from a spark from a locomotive, on the 18th, ami was destroyed; loss, ,OO0. Mas. E. II, SouiRK died at Clyde, O., on the 18th, aged fttt years. Mrs. Squire was the mother df United States hena tor Watson C, Squire, of Seattle, Wash. Lek A. IJassktt, a child, was choked to death at Keokuk, la., on the ISth, while eating an apple. A piece lodged in the little one's throat and death en sued before it could be removed. O.VK of the largest timber land salos ever made in California bss just been closed, atl.OGO acres or thirty miles square of sugar pine Umber in Skiyou and Shasta counties being sold to Mil ler & Urewster, of Green llay. Wis., and latum & Kowcn, of San I rsncisco. The average price was $15 per acre. Jkfkkkson Hakkacks at St. Louts is to be reconstructed as a military post capable of accommodating a full regiment, or twelve troops of cavalry. Or ders have been received from Quarter master-General Itatcheller to begin the expenditure of the f&O.OOe already ap propriated for this purpose. Bktwkrx fifteen and twenty wolves have made their appearance in West Seneca, a suburb of Ituffalo, N. Y., and women aad children are afraid to go out of doors. They appear in the village at night and escape to the woods about a mile away. Several old hunters are following the trail well armed. Dii'hthkkia is raging in Pleasantview, a suburb, of lilackrtver rails. Wis. Several deaths have occurred from the disease. The school has been closed, and the citizens are greatly alarmed. Efforts are being made to check the progress of the disease. Thk United Workmen of Canada, in session at Ottawa, 'have discussed at great length a proposal to secede from the supreme court of the United States. The feeling of the convention was op posed to any such severance, and the proposition was rejected. Thk dry goods store of the E. M. McGillin Co.. at Cleveland. O., whs burned on the night of the 18th, involving a loss of at least ooO.OOO; probably covered by insurance. Tim building was a five-story brick block on the corner of Superior and Seneca streets, and extending back to Long street. O.v the morning of the 19th a sadden darkness overspread St. Louis about 8:80, and the city at once became dark as midnight, causing an almost complete suspension of business for a time. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Ix the senate, on the UHli, the vicepresident htibmittutl the opinion of S?eretary Poster that the transfer of the revenue murine, to the navy dp,rtmtnt would lie inexpedient and unwise. Referred to committee on naval hIThIi s. I'lie bill extending for ten years the existing provisions sn to Chinese im migration was passed. Thirty-three relief and one public building bill from the calendar were passed. 'I'lie bill amending the law concerning the inspection of steam vossels wns also passed...... In the house the morning' hour was dispensed with, and, it being private bill day, the lionsc immedi ately went into cotntuittcu of the whole for the purpose of considering bills on the private calendsr. Messrs. Ilarter Mini Hland occupied most of the Mission n a discussion of the former's circular in opposition to the lattor's free coinage bill. Thk business failures occurring throughout the country during the seven days ended on the IMtli, number. for the United States. 351, and for Can ada 48, or a total of 'iWHjHS compared with 37 the previous week. Kor the corre sponding week of last year the figures were SVH) failures in the United Suites. TliK most extraordinary snowstorm that hns visited Kn'lund for a generation lias just lH-eii experienced. The .snowfall in some places Is several feet deep. The railway communication is stopped, ami the tehgra.ph lines are down in every direction. U.mtxh Statics Coxsui.-O HNr.icAr. SohsHW who- was among the refugees niTiviiig t rntiHina, by tlu last steamer from (tunynnuil, Kcuador, reports yelw lever epidemic there and assuming mostHlitrmiug proportions. Chaki.ks I'Ohtkk, secretary of the treasury, will leave for Europe, on the 24th. on au extensive tour for his health. Hen. .lobn It. Hamilton, sur geon of the marine hospital service, will accompany him. Thk revolt in the province of Cesra. Brazil, which was caused by the faet that the governor was a partisan of Fonseca, has been pacified by the resignation of the obnoxious official. CAsm of yellow fever are still occurring in Caracas; Venezuela, despite every effort made by the sanitary authorities to stamp out the disease. It Is stated by the Paris tiaulots that Mr. Whltelaw Keid, the American minister to France, haa resigned and will leave Paris on the x7th. Axothkr trig strike of silvnr is reported from Crlppte Creek, Col. The rnah for the rich mining Meld eontiutiee.

INDIANA STATE NKWR

, Kuan Stru art. 17. ef knocked his teacher down with a chair because the teacher slapped him. La Poktk eitixens arc worked up agalast the '27 insurance companies for failure to pay their losses in the Nilcs & Seott tire. Cm a K .km Carr, the Valparaiso boy murderer, has been released from the Michigan .''ity pen. Ixihaxa has engaged quarters for 1,M members of elubs at the democratic convention at Chicago. Nkwton Hamilton, of Wilset, fell from a thirty-five foot scaffold at the llaught-Kurtz steel-mill, in Anderson, aad waa picked up unconscious and fatally injured Thk Park Plaee Natural (las Co.. of Anderson, the other day, drilled in one of the bast gas wells yet attained in that field. The well is but 810 feet deep and seventeen feet in Trenton rock. The flow is perfectly dry ami the capacity placed at 10, (XX), (MX) cubic feet per day. Miss Ida Quick, of Ilrookllne, was found dead on a sofa inhor home, with a rifle ball in her head. It is not known wuethcr she suicided or was murdered. Aptkk woodmen had felled a tree on the John Abrell farm, in Delaware county, it is said the smell of natural gas was noticed and a match was applied to the stump. Immediately a strong blaze sprang up. showing that gas was flowing through the grain of the wood. E. A. Thkssi.kr, a Columbus school teacher, has skipped, leaving a number of unpaid debts. ,, Sam Mn.t.KKwas jailed at Mun'cle for forging a blind man's name to money orders. X ati'ral- gas has Icon struck within four miles of Richmond. Thk Anderson rolling mill will be located at Munoie. John Kkak.nkoa.v walked out of the Lawrcnceburg jail in the absence of the sheriff, some one having unlocked the door. Matb Chapman, of New Albany, went to the penitentiary for five years, a few days ago, it being his third terra. He had also served one term ia Kentucky. Since a union revival of all churches in Jeffersonville, conducted by Dixon Williams, the Methodist Church has had ninety-three new accessions; the Christian, fifty-one, and 150 have gone to the Presbyterian. Southorn Methodist and St. Luens' German Reform. A xkvival, is in progress at the Friends Church in Carthage, under the preaching of Rev. John Henry Douglass, the Quaker evangelist, of Des Moines, I a. One hundred and forty persons united with the church. Persons have become deeply interested, and are coming from miles around to hear the preacher, who is said to be one of the most effective evangelist work ers among the society of Friends. Mas. Ei.izabkth Gkav, wife of Judge Gray, deceased, of Osgood, aged eightyfive years, has cheated the dentist twice during her lifetime, as the third set of teeth have made their appear ance and are protruding through the hardened gums A pkomixknt young lady named Cordie Hall committed suicide at Christney. She took strychnine, and died without giving any reason for the act There is a mystery in connection with the affair that has not been explained. Lokkxzo Williams, a young man of Anderson, died at his home Sunday afternoon. Last Monday he fell in a trance, and upon awakening, said to his friends that he was going to die. Later in the week he told those at his bedside he would leave this world at 8 o'clock Sunday. True enough, he passed away at that hour, and the strange event has caused a slight sensation among those acquainted with the circumstances. John ISookr, an escaped convict, was captured near his mothers home, a few miles cast of Princeton, thu other night He recently escaped from the prison at Jeffersonville. JosKPit Eldiibt). a hrakotnan. waa killed in a freight wreck between Goshen and Kcndallville. Naxcv Kubskll. of Corydon, was burned to death her clothes catching fire from the grate. Wm. Wkhh. a Lancaster, O., clerk, died at Anderson front delirum tretnen after an eight weeks' spree. Gov. Chamk has issued a proclamation calling for grain and Hour for the suffering residents of Russia. Thk Pennsylvania Co. is discharging brakomen at a lively rate en the Jeffer sonville suburban lines. Rklki tot's enthusiasts of Seymour have started a movement to close butcher-shops on Sunday. Mk. Lockhakt, of the state board of agriculture, is preparing a full statement of the recent bribery charges at Indianapolis. Mayor Robinson, of Jeffersonville, has taken the task of closing the saloons in that city on Sundays. Mns. Elizahkth Laniiam, one of the pioneers of Decatur county, died a few days ago, at Richland, aged ninety years. She was born in Switzerland county. Grant Laws, a New Albany burglar who was badly wanted, is under arrest Richmond claims to have struck a rich vein of lead near there Tkk Coats had his forearm cut off in Renaer's furniture factory at Union City. Chari.rr Carr, a life prisoner at the Northern penitentiary, waa paroled a few daya ago by Gov. Chase, after a confinement of twenty-one years. Carr, with a confederate named K rooks, murdered A. M. Slater, at Loganaport, in 1871. May Mookk, aged ten, with a legacy ef S15.06 in her own name, wan saat. so the Fort Wayne Institution for Feeble .a. mtmtea loutns by her guardian, at Sey mour, f Thompson A Co., millers, of Ed in burg, skinned 8 .590 Bounds of finer Ira a special ear the other dav for tka atarv. mg peasants of Russia. Millers of f rasl:lin shlBBed li,m pounds.

LIVE-STOOK STATMITrOC

fWiuaa lnrnliliMil k -- "--'-'- mi W ri e eare trrarew'c'an cpa wm-ae Tvearac- a '-" we lk Itoparlmen-t ef Arc tauter h Me gard te XMHtber aad Vats t the Varf. mm Kinds t I.lv Htoek Owned m the Tea s-HMtkw fetors mates. Washington, Feb. The report of J, R. Dodge, the amtiaticiaa of the 4c )artment of agriculture, will be out in a few days. Tile report shows the estimated number of animals on farms and ranches, total value of eseh kind nnd average price January, INtli, There is a slight increase over lmH) of each elass of live stock. Sheep, swine and horses show an increase of X to 4 per cent., cattle about 't per cent and mules scarcely 1 per sent. A slight increase in the average value of store cattle and lateves, sheep and swine is shown, and a decline of 1 per cent in the price ot cows, 'i per cent in horses and it in mules. The total number and value of farm stock in this country for lSWU is as follows: Horses 15.4t8,140, value fl.0O7,.W8,8; mules tf.SH.WW, value $I74,hS,(HW; milch cows nUlB.HM, value $851, Jt78 182; oxen and other cattle S7.flsl.21nl, value 8A70,74,lWi; sheep 44,t!W,8fi5l value Sllfl, 121, ii"0; swine .Vi.WS.OlU, value. 8-241.0M.4 1ft. The total value of American live stock is fit, 48 1,755,078. Following is a summary of the product and value of the horses, mules, cowa, oxen and other cattle, sheep and hogs of nine of the south western states: 8 2 It ao 5 A A ff s 2 i i Value., ..... 1T S 33 I? . n Hoks. I I I I - aa tt ft x f Value i i i i "Of 5 S 9 I I x a' Sill i i i i ,ie p. 1 1 Sheep s g a fi X i $ te 2 r e Si i 1 I a 5 8 S S Value ., 8 B Oxen & other cattle 1 EC i n 5 e 3 I H I Value.,.,,... 2 S !I S S s s a M9 rIS 5 -3 i: 'J 8 a Milch Cows . i u " i"S H 8 H i s s 5 i i i i i i i i Value s a 3t art) e 5f Qed0e !! I s I U ? s " "iTfiUlll i s 1 1 i e i S 3 t5 s s a s s " ,: 1 S S 6 1 X S i f i i s u g i i Value.. a&rSOSeet FOSTER'S REPLY. The Secretary or the Treaimrjr lurnrma the tlnuac Why the I'nur-itHil-n.tlnlf t Cent. Iteiitia Were CnntlHHrtl, aud t?Htter What Authority. Washincton, Feb. lt.-Secretnry Foster sent the following h'ttcr to Sioaker Crisp: VTASHtNATox, D. C, Feb. lfi, lf-Se. T the Jl0nr,rt4f, (he fymtixr y A Hmr. e Hrprttt tHHtirt; Sia: I have tlw honor to rkmiwh-.ljc the receipt of thf mmhitlon of Uie hmiee of reprewntativet. datl the 13th ultimo, as ToIIowh! '.Vwirf-7, That tlie weretr' the trewmry lie, and be is hereby rniuested to inform thU Imh. whether at any time sluoo the f our-and one-half txr rtnt, Umth Iwame iIuk. there hns Iwn sufficient funds in the treasury to pay the same: ami if so, by what authority be haj assumed to eHitinu any of such tioads at Kr tv nt. intret. ami why the same were not all jwM st the time sbW hot. Is weredne." la rrjily I Itave to stat) tlmt tho liondi of the I 'a Pfr cut. kian twtnie raleemahH at the pbs.ira of tbs Unltel States, after Septemlief 1, 1KJ, Th"j itlil not Ikwhib dae on that date, but utwler ths pnivisioos of the set of oonirwH by whkh they were nnthoriseil, th? United Htates then winlred ami now list the option of rt-vUvmln thtm at U pleatara uoou throe wrtntht' nntlo? to the boMers. Thr amount of 4 x cent. IkhkIn outtatid ls- JHly 1. ll, km 0,WS.af. nm tMcssh ltac)in th? tros-rttry Auwnt 31. WU. Itefore any of them had been redeemed was81(i"Jf7l. l.t. hi vkjw of the reduction of nraiUMe ltabnc which the redemption of tlio loan would st thst time have effected, It wai Imllovwl tlwt Its continuance at a lower rate of lnt?n-,t would Ve a rrndeat and profltalite trvwecuon, all the lienorlta of which, and not any dr-advantages would accrue to the United StatH. The sutlwjrlty under which thi IkvkIi wew Itcrmtttcd to coatlnno i a part of the InterswtbaiiuKilulit icoatalnd la the set which authorised their Ismu. A stated aliove thlMmds dM not liecomo due. The Unltwl Ktstei hid the undoubted rklit todefer their redemption indefinitely, nwanwhlic paying to the lmklers cpiarterly as It hIkiuM accrue, the Interest tlwreon. lint hiibb of tlw hohlers were wIIIIbk. without impfMu(c any rmidlUorM, to accept a lower rate of Interest thui that apecifled In the WmI: and the offers of uch holders to tnke tlie lower rate, when accompanied !iy a rekHiaf. under scsl. of the rrmalnihr of the Interest, were arespted. tho United States in tha meantime retainltiK all It HKhts In the premises In this connection I deem It fwoi-ar to state that the Forty-seventh roaTt-esfi by bKhtaton rcspectln the bond then ontstsadlng liesritH tatetr-t nt ter cent. Indicated its approval ot the action of my dlstlnfat!ehd pndeccM-or who had dnrftiK the rroj-w then jURt pawtl continued at as per cent. f4JM.W of the five and sis per cent, bones which had become redsem a!4e. Very respectfully, (MfXBea.l CnAauM roaraa, gemiery. Haddea IMMpaearaaea M a rromtweat MwtlneM Man Heavily lavedved. Cahhoix, Ia., Feb. m.This eity hns experienced a genuine sensation by the sudden disappearance of 0. A. Kent ner, until Wednesday rnreahient of the ClUaen's state hank. Thursday he disposed, of his interest in the bank, and yesterday morning left with his wife for parts unknown, Kin finances are in a badly mixed condition. He owes the First national bank 9,e0; 8. W. Libby, a stock raiser, fS.lHfti John McCarthy and Frank Mrady, of Audubon, Sle.toe. This it for cattle old and money a-dvaneieel.

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WEEKLY TRADE HtVlEw.

The WuWatsa fmaalMm Karelr w. melcry aa K Haa lteH-TI TJ rr-a-Tirc-stls"? t'ettoH a 1!. nt l.allaeM Ti tha sHth-Huslaett rallare- r Week, Kir. rauare. rMr NKW Yokk. Feb. .-R. o C,'s weekly review of trade says ' The hueuuNH sHuatkHi ht mt pit m wlL factory .M-eac-mrsKlnK a u has 1, laeacrf mert-aaislrse eaatlauM, there hUriU InKdemaml atsl much denwwkm In furtlw decline la cottoa Wbrhts lmim 5 viral In wmHwrn trwle, ami the wwcuUh mania ntiwukt-xl by cheap money and Wo Kreat Huccesa of the coal specBlatlon. I teads to wheat sad threatenn to re,trirtl MH-ta. Meanwhile more talk of fr, 1?' 1 coaKr,"s tends to cause distrust of thefutuh..' tlHMiKh taw welldaformed know that any chaBK at this esloa of eonicrww is n,i2v bh. From all jtartM ot the country th. turn reimrdlaK tlie money market- , satittfa-tory, Iwllcatlne sn ample UttJ ami m the whole better cZ thin than Hftually seen at thin ,,., NotwIthstandliiK the fact that ex-mrt of Wk haveb.-en dlmlnlsJilnif while western receit continue Utk), siteculation at Chlcai i lifted th prkw centi durinx thn wwk w sales hertt have lt?en ft7.00n.niil busheU, lias declined half a cent with larva exjioru y verylarKft n-celpts. Pork receipt anl coj are ftulittuntially imchaiiKml and oil U only ceaUhiKher on small transaction.,. ttton b sbade lower, with salee of 6rt7,(l lwlei here r celptu lielntt -H Mr cent, irreater for the w. than last j-ear, but exj-irt 3 er cent. Brest. At IJoitou trade Is reiortel satiafactory Halttmort th? IuiiiIkt trade Is more acti,' The movement in dry rwkIs at I'hlla l.-h4 promises an active eprlnif trade, thwuch t south li ntill liehlud, but in liquor. tolv cbemlcalM. alnU and k1. trade ix quiet, aIn Krocerh-s dull. The wool market U dull, t worsted millrt ls:kln onlern. At Pittslmr. trade in Iron and fteel hsx grown du:.'. and prices are weakenlni. At Clc land Imprnvoinent 1h mh'H In mint Kn. and trailei ia larger than last year, and mn facturlnre at Detrtilt also exceed lsnt year'n n ord, while vesstd rates are better. At Chics, sales of merchandise continue fair incrw over last year. Trade Is roo 1 at Milwaukee a collections are satisfactory. At Minnesiw and St. Paul business In fair and tho outlook promliltiK. At Oinalta and Kansas City, 1trade and collections are fair and money plenty, Ht. Lonh buMnesa lieRfus to tihi hIkiis of revival, the outlook for tlie sprliiK tra b encourasiiiK and the corn crop li in (, movement, much of It King to the river, Tra abo Improves at Denver. Throughout t south the continued depression of cotton noted as a caute ot dullness. The wet-k b tieon gloomy In the iron trade, from pre4sure realise on qualities of Iron not well known, produced in exces; of requirements. Theoo per market has tieen steadier and tin and U are stronfeer. The coal market is very dull wa iK the results of the combiaatton. Boot and h trade ia etady and nrowinf. In wool there distinct improvement in the demand for carj uee. einco tlie Blight advance in product 1 some makers aad also ia one-fourth or thn ebchts hlood wiwls liecaase of the stronftd mand for cheviot Roods. The spring dema for men's woolens is lance, and many tar clothiers find their orders long delayed or r fu-cd. Trade in dress goods is also improrin though at this city there is much cutting in r tall prices, Cottoa goods are more active th in any previous week, and a few other grad have ftilghtly advanced. Domestic makes a over saiplied with money, aad if nothing el can check the tendency to excessive specul tton. some exports of gold might be good. Tl value of all exiorts from New York forb woeksof February haa been 27 per cent, larii than for tlw same weeks last year. The business failures occurring throughe the country during the lset seven days, nuinU for the United State, 2M, and for Canada 44, a total of a compared with 27s 1 week aad 31 the week nrevkjas to tha 0 For the rorresiondlng week of taat I the figures were USD. TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE Great' Kxcltement and Narrow Escape r JHnny nt the TetinHts of the l'rrclra Flats Ih New York City. NkwVokk. Feb. 30. Fire in the Per cival flats on West Forty-second htreci yesterday, caused considerable oxclb ment for a 1 while, the tcrror-stricke tenants lenving everything liehind i their frantic dash for their lives. While the occupants of the lowe floors were in comparatively little d m ger, the position of those ot the uppc lloors was more serious, those who e enped by the stairway fighting tliei way through tho smoke and heat wliil those who were driven back sought! -j lake their oscam; by the fire cscain' fjiuldors were hastily raised and Mt eral women, too frightened or excite tn avail themselves of the lire escape!were carried down to the ground h the firemen. Tho fire hail by this tira assumed proportions which render the firo department's efforts futile. The rear of the building from tin third floor nmvard wns completely gutted ntid the lower floors completely deluged. The loss of the tenants wcr very heavy, ninny of them losing al most all of tholr personal effects. Tb loss is estimated at $f.0,000, fully in sural. The PreatilPHta Itehrlojc Sea 1'roctom lion. Wasiunoton. Feb. 90. -Tho preii dent bus issued tho usual proclnma tion prohibiting tho killing of ' Utdirlne- sen. It refers to the law '' tnlncd in seel ion 1,0-W. It. S., chaptci'? title S3, which enacts that no persot shull kill otter, mink, sable or furse or other fur-bi'aring animal within tin limits of Alaska territory or in u waters thereof, nnd cvervnurson guilty shall, for each offense be lined not '""' than $200 or more than 51,ooo or " prisont?d not more than six months ' both; nnd all vessels, their tnckit. Bpimrcl, ftirnituro and cargo fottml ' ployed in violation of this section slmi be forfeited; but the secretary of H" treasury shall have power to million flieklllinf of anv such mink, tnarlen otter, sablo or other fur-hotiring n"1 mal, except fur-seals, under such re;.'" latlon as he may prcscrilo nnd it Mini' lie tho duty of the secretary to pifceni the kill In-,-of any fur-seal and to pro vide for the execution of the provision" of this seetlon nntll it is otherwise pro Tided by law, nor shall he grant anj apeelal privileges antler this section. A BeeleHat Paper That Knnwt Too Mat te Raw tae Autnwnr. n.iii, vi. ia Th socialist joif' al Vorwaerts, which has from time w time made startling statements showing the growth of socialistic Mess giving Inskle facta regarding events ib government circles which rews markably high sources of " formation, states that It will shortly pnh other baUh of Interesting erelstl3i The Vorwaerts claims to taw tf j In every government omce. this lie mere boasting er sot. mud " m a .. a . 1'tt I at 11 noyance is Known to nave w-"

ia high eircies.