Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 35, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 August 1893 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOANE, Publisher. JASPER. INDIANA. Asa result of the present financial stringency the Kansas state school commissioners are purchasing Kansas city and county school bonds, original The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints and treasury offices, during the week ended on the 5th, was 1,274,340 for the corresponding period of last year the number was 452,425. Both the pope and Cardinal Rampolla have assured Prof. Bouquillion of the Catholic university at Washington, that the Vatican will use all means to satisfactorily settle the school question in America. The sum of $10,000 was shipped, on the 10th. for New York on the North German Lloyd steamship Lahn, sailing from Southampton, and the White Star line steamship Britannic sailing from Liverpool. On the 10th the executive committee of the World's fair board of directors accepted Theodore Thomas' resignation as musical director of the fair. It also decided to disband Mr. Thomas' orchestra of 114 pieces. Earthquakes were felt in several districts in north Styria, Austria, on thy 8th. Several buildings in different parts of the affected districts were damaged by the shocks. No loss of life has been reported. Hon. A. C. Beckwith, the governor's appointee to the United States senate from Wyomiug, has resigned his position, being dissatisfied with the delay and struggle which has attended his admission to the senate. George Shiras, of Pittsburgh, Pa., father of Associate Justice George Shiras, of the supreme court of the United States, and one of Pittsburgh's oldest pioneers, died at 5 o'clock on the morn ing of the 10th, aged 89 years. Choleha has reappeared in Moscow, Kieff and northeast Hungary. In Moscow the outbreak is most serious. There were thirty-two cases and eleven deaths in the convict forwarding prison at that city between the 1st and 11th Two iiuxmiKi) aki) fifty sharpshooters and marines have left Saigon en route to Chantibun, the town near the gulf of Siam which the French are to occupy temporarily in accordance with the terms of the supplementary ultima tum. It was reported, on the 0th, that the I'tes were off their reservation in large numbers and were becoming troublesome, plundering as they went and wilfully destroying game. Twenty-live mounted men had left Durango, Col., in pursuit. Tim Mississippi Valley Lumber association met in Minneapolis, Minn., on the 8th, in semi-annual session, and agreed to reduce tho cut for the balance of the season one-half. The date agreed on for closing the sawmills was September 'J. Mh. Nicholas Ktri'F.it, one of the wealthiest farmers of Jennings county, Ind., was found dead at an early hour on tlie morning of the 8th, by the side of Ins horse, where he had fallen while riding. The coroner's verdict was death from heart failure. VixcnszA Caiomostro, aged 'J.' years, a passenger on the steamer Knramania, was removed, on the 8th, from Hoffman island, to the hospital at Swinburne island, suffering with a slight diarrluca. The bacteriological examination revealed the presence of the spirillum of Asiatic cholera. Tun official list of members of the house as prepared by Clerk Kerr, gives the democrats 'J'JO members, the republicans l'JO, and the third party '., with one vacancy, the Tenth Ohio district, caused by the death of Representative Enochs, making the whole number :i50. Tun president's message was printed and on the streets of Denver, Col., shortly after 11 o'eloclc on the morning of the bth. There wns general disappointment over its recommendations, the people finding nothing in it that would tend to the relief of their section. On the 8th Attorney-General Honsel, of Pcnithj'lvnnia, refused the writ of quo warranto requested by certain citizens of Gettysburg to deprive the trolley company of its franchises on the historic battlefield, and decided all points involved in favor of the trolley company. Sknatou Wahiiiihi.v, of Minnesota, the father of the anti-option bill, nnd who made so vigorous and protracted a light in Its lichnlf in the Fifty-second congress, intimates that he will not seek to call up this measure dnrlngthe extra session, because in his opinion tlie financial question should first Iks settled. No truk bills resulted from tho investigation of the Cold Storage warehouse lire, on the World's fair grounds in Chicago, and the grnndljury was discharged by Judge Clifford on the 5th. Thus, exoneration comes to the four men held over at the inquest, 1). H. llurnhatn, Fire Marshal Murphy, John P. Skinner and Charles A. McDonald. English bankers arc said to have Income alarmed at the prospects of tho repeal of the Sherman lnw, and the incmWrs of tho Hritish cabinet are discussing, possibly informally, the advisability of making n proposition to the United States that if it will continue the purchase of silver under tho act of IWK' fhe Indian government will reopen its mints to the frets coinage of silver at the ratio ofiM to L.

CUBREN T TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. (Kxtra Session.) PiriwfAST to call of the president congress met In extraordinary session m the 71k. In thö senate jut before tho stroke of noen the 1oinlcleiU' cavol fell and the chaplain opened tho ewloii with prayer. The usual opening forms anil ceremonle wero ob "served, nnd tho usual temporary ennv mlltei's were unpointed after which ' ,r w,)Ul 0, California.' announced the death, during the ree?. of hi colteazuo Senator Stanford, out of respect to whoso n.emory tho senate adjourned i. .... In tho hoiwe tho usual opening day formula was observed. Mr. CrNp was reelected peaker an took the oath; seats wero drawn ami after ordering that I the dally hour for opening should bo 12 m., tho . houso. at 3:;), adjourned. In the ornate, on tho rth. th') credential! of (JcorKeC, 1'erklns. appointed by tho coventor of California to till tho unexpired term of Senator Stanford, deceased, wero read and the oath ofof!i?ea'lra'nlt?red. Thdorciitleiifmnessajo Via received, read nud ordered pnV.ed. Several t Ills were Introduced and referral. . . . In Ho houso. after the reading of tho Journal, a rc cess was taken, and when tha to.ly rcr.ssemMeJ th president's mcssi-o wis rjart. Tho lUchardson IMkuap contest -d ele Hon casa from Michigan was taken up and decided, on a party vote, In favor of Mr. IMchardson. Ts Hm sonnt nn Ihn Oih Ihn tmv Item of business transacted was the reference to tho 1

committee on appropriations of the housn , Mhmiok, the engineer; loss, $ 20,000. Joint resolution to provide for tho lynwnt of , 0. tho 8t,, Fm, A n0,rmiu, jumped sessional employes of congress during tho pros- , , , . . . '. ent extraordinary session. On tho motion j from the roof of his uncle s house in to adjourn nil tho republican senutors frqni tho Pittsburgh, Pa., and died almost in-sllvcr-produclnc states voted with tho ma- j stun tly. He was a native of Hutler, and Jrhy The houso was not In sevdou on the j 1....1 ;.,st 1.. nv,otit insu no asvlmn.

9th. In the senate on the 10th. the session occupied less than twenty minutes, the proceedings boliiK routined to tho Lord's prayer by the chaplain; readlnK the journal, embrneed In a j couple of paragraphs, and two yea and nay , votes on motions to adjourn In tho house, j after nn early recess, taken to permit the silver , und antlsllver steerlnit committees to confer, J tho sinker appointed the Steakerand Messrs, Catehln's, Outhwalte. Heed and Burrows a com mlttee on rules, and the house adjourned. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. And so there are American interests in Siam, as well as European! It seems there is a street-car line in ltangkok constructed with American capital and operated by American eitizens. We may yet have to send a squadron to Siamese waters. A NUMHF.u of Philadelphians are in a sad plight. The government wanted to buv some of their ground, but they put the price so high that Uncle Sain I wouldn t buy. Now the tax assessor, hearing of the increased valuation they themselves put upon their property, has raised the assessment on it, and there is consequent wailing and gnashing of teetii. Ai.fhkh Packfk, the man-eater, who

ate five of his companions 111 a mining I utjlt .,15.1, camp some ten years ag. and who is j . hkavv nun, insuring a full crop of now in the Colorado state pmou under . corn f,.u ull ovur thc ea8tern ,KU.t of a cumulative sentence of forty years, Kansas and wilern Missouri on the Is reported to have become insane, an'l joth. an investigation has been ordered. J The Safe Deposit. Trust and HankSi'KAKKit Crisp and Secretary Car- I ing Co , of Nashville, Tenn., with a

lisle, his democratic predecessor in the 1 speakership, held a close consultation at Speaker Crisp's apartments on the Dtli. It was confined to the discussion of the rules to Im; adopted for the government of the house of representatives. Thk Italian government has decided to forbid all pilgrimages to Rome in the eventof cholera continuing abroad. Gii.mork's band made its debut at the Columbian exposition, on the 7th, and the musicians received a generous greeting. Their work justified the applause bestowed at the end of the numbqrs. The first concert was given in the Music pavilion on the lake shore from 10 to :S o'clock. Chuihtopuku Evans, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, estimates that 100,000 men are out of work In New York city. A snvKKB rain-storm occurred at Lynn, Mass., on the (Uh. The basenientsof business homes in the central part of the city were Hooded from two to fie feet, causing heavy losses. A number of places were struck by lightning, but no fatalities occurred. T. Sai.avkiua, a rich coffee planter of Salvador, who.recentlaorlvcd in San Francisco says a band of 150 brigands swooped down on his coffee plantation, 00 miles from Salvador, and after binding and beating Salavcria and his aged wife, secured f20,000 in coin which had been provided to pay the coffee pickers. The robbers were tracked to their mountain retreat and seventeen of them captured, who, after a brief trial, were shot. Tub directors of the Lehigh Valley railroad, in view of the default of the Heading railroad on bills due, have dis solved the lease of the road to that corporation. Emim:i(oh "William left Cowcs, on the ' 7th, where he had spent a week attending the yacht races. As he sailed away salutes were tired and he was heartily cheered by the crowds that had gathered to witness his departure. Commissioner John Twomiu.y and lion. Isaac N. Stevens, of Denver, Col., consulted, on the 8th, with the Providence (H. I.) witnesses in the ease of T. Thatcher Graves for the murder of Mrs. Harnaby. The witnesses have agreed to attend thesccond trial. which will lie held about the middle of Octolcr. TitK ::00 employes of the LalanceGrosjcan works, at Ilarrisburg, Pa., who were locked out Iwcausc of the effort to form a branch of the Amalga mated association, decided to abandon the attempt. The result was communicated to the management, on the 8th, and operations were resumed. Tun Hungarian minister of agriculture has issued a statement showing that there will be a decrease of about 4,500,000 meter centers In the wheat yield, 4,000,000 in ryo and 300,000 in barley, as compared with the crop of those cereals last year. The quality of the grain crops this year is much above the average. John Plot.nku, of Cherry Hun, W. Va., met with a horrible death on the 8th. He drore two oxen to a pasture and was attacked by one of the animals. He was gored and his lody mutilated almost beyond recognition. Tlie ground for 100 yards around was torn up in the struggle with the Baad beast.

A 1'ukki'maiii.t incendiary nre at Tort Hurin, Mich., on thu 7th, destroyed t entire block of fifteen buildings near thu Hutler-streot wharf known as "Fbitiron Point," Tho buildings destroyed wero tenanted by poor cople, who lost most of their household effects. On the trth Howard W. Grcar, ex-telegraph operator front Kl Dorado; Arthur Hanseher, express insengoi and Tack Heck, clcrkat the Occidental botel,

were arrested at Wichita, Kas., for the ...... robbery the United states express wagon on the streets of that city on the night of July 29, and $5,000 of the stolen money was recovered, The British wheat crop, says the Mark Lane Express of the 8th, is now estimated at 7,000,000 quarters. This leaes 21,000,000 to be imported. Deduct the stock left over from 1892, there will be needed 10,000,000 quarters. It is not easy to see where this supply is to come from. It will absorb all the good crops of Russia, India and southern Europe to fill the requirements. Tub Cadwallader Milling Co, 's boiler at Pöstoria, 0., exploded, on tho 8th, instantly killing G. C. Davis, secretary of the company, and fatally injuring Fred O. Meredith, hook-keeper, Calvin Robbins, James Long and James A. after eight months' treatment, lie leaves a widow and two children. Tin-: gold in the national treasury, on the 51th. was $:t, ITm. I above the siOO.000.000 "old reserve. Tin: Lin en Steel Co., one of the largest m iiiufacturing concerns in Pittsburgh. Pa., suspended operations on the Oth.' All the employes, about 800, were discharged. A HKAVY earthquake shock was felt in San Francisco shortly after 1 o'eloclc on the morning of thoOth. Two shocks were experienced at San Diego on the Sth. Tub convicts in the Kentucky state prison at Frankfort another made attempt to blow up the penitentiary with nitro-glycerine, on the night of the 8th, but were foiled by the timely discovery of their plan by Warden Norman. Tlie principals were the Keeves brothers and a man named Millard, serving terms of thirty-one years each. From the quantity of dynamite, nitro-glycerine, and other combustibles found in tlicir possession they evidently intended to make a death struggle for libertv f after blowing up the prison walls. j W.u. IJownits, one of the best-known capital stock of 1100,000, did not open on the morning of the 10th, but posted a notice on its doors stating that because of inability to realize on collateral the diretors had concluded to suspend. Tun Hank of England advanced its rate of discount, on the 10th, from :t to 4 per cent, Tim steamship Orizaba, which arrived at New York from Havana on the 0th, brought $140,000 in Spanish gold. Skchktauy Caih.isi.k is credited with advising the anti-silver men to insist on the unconditional repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman law, and to reach a vote on the subject as soon as possible. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tin: henate was not in session on tlie 11th In the house, immediately after the reading of the journal, Mr. Wilson introduced the cepeal bill, and Mr. Hland offered the agreement made t govern debate on the silver question. The substitute bill of the freecoinage caucus was also presented by Mr. Hland. Thediscussion of the question, to run fourteen da3s, was then opened by Mr Haynor (dem., Md.), who spoke in favor of unconditional repeal, followed by Mr. Urown (dem., Ind.), also for repeal, and Mr. Hland (dem., Mo.), for free coinage. Tub assessor's estimate that lloston's population is now about rCO,000. The census returns of 1800 gave the city a population of only 440,000. Alpkna, Mich., hail a narrow escape from destruction by forest fires on the 10th. The fire department was kept on continuous duty, and men were sent into the woods to fight the fire back. AccomiiNO to Dun's lleview of Trade recepts of gold from Europe, for the week ended on the 1 1th, amounted to ebVSO.OOO, while on that date 110,000,000 more was on the way. M. J. Sontao, stepfather of John Sontag, the dead outlaw, has declared his intention to prosecute the slayers of his son. On tlie 11 th Commander-in-Chief Weissert, of the Grand Army of the Republic, left San Francisco for tlie east. I'RBsiPKNT Clkvbi.a.nd left Washington, on the Uth, for Gray Gables, at Huzzard's Hay, Mass., having liecn advised that absolute rest wns necessary to his continued good health. I'lioiiAHLY the most important development in financial circles in New York, on tlie 11th, was the amount of money offered on time, the total transactions in this line for the day footing up fully 4,000,000. Fivb nt'NDiti'.i) unemployed American citizens met In mass meeting in Denver, Col., on the Uth, and resolved that imported foreign labor should not be allowed on the sewers just contracted for in that city. They announced that they would prevent the work being done by foreign contract labor if it came to bloodshed. Tub steamer Campania passed out over the bar at Sandy Hook, X. J at 12:45 p. in., August 5. Her time to lirowhead was 6 days, 10 hours and SO minutes, breaking the lest previous record between Sandy Hook and Quccnstown, made by the same vessel, vie.: 5 days, 17 hours ami 27 minutes.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. While bathing in Spring creek, four miles west of Columbia City, Stephens Paign, aged 15, was drowned. He could not swim and got beyond his depth. There Is a litter .of seven pigs on tho farm of Thos. Hornbeck, noar St- Croix, four of which have six leg each, while one has feet like a dog, Mike Shea Pat and Reddy Duffy, fought over a package of cigarettes, at Muncie. The scrap ended in Pat shooting Shea through tho breast. The shooter escaped. Frank Veerkamp stole away from a happy picnic party, at Mllhausen, went swimming and was drowned. Larry McKean, the once famous baseball pitcher, struck J. O. Deeder over the head with a cane and probably fatally injured him at Indianapolis. McKean says Deeder insulted a woman with whom he (McKean) was talking. The state board of tax commissioners tl?t ? 'cw days ago in annual session, 11 tin. members being present The

first fifteen days if the session will be iriven to the railroads and corporations. the second fifteen to appeals, and the remaining ten days-to general business. Auditor of State Henderson reports that seventy-four railroad cases have been filed with the board. Flora, the pretty young wife of Clarence Minor, of Muncie. attempted suicide with three ounces of laudanum. Dr. Jackson saved her. At Valparaiso, Henry Myers, a farmer, was terribly beaten by tramps, who also robbed him of $100. j 11 r. a ipiuu n;ii 11 uurucrs iiuw mri'iii en to turn their attention to residences. I Joseph Grossestreuer, a German tailor of Elwood, while attempting to get off an electric ear while it was in j motion, accidentally fell under the j truck, the wheels passing over his left i foot, cutting oft the heel and Injuring the foot so it is feared that amputation is necessary. At Muncie, O. C. Wyckoff, a despondent marble-cutter, suicided by severing the juglar vein. He leaves a wife and daughter who resides in Ft, Wayne. Sam Knight, colored, who was shot to pieces on tlie C. & B. railroad, jut v.orth of Mitchell, the other evening. U doad. He had fired a shot into a gang of colored workmen, so infuriating them that they turned upon him and shot him full of holes. Tub governor has refused to pardon Henry Bernor, who murdered his J friend. Borlein, at Vincennes and took possession of his business. I Edward Kuhn of Shelbyville, the German farmer, and his wife, who dis- j covered strychnine in their coffee, sugar, salt and pepper, have not partaken of any edibles which were in tlie house since the poison was found in these articles, and upon examination it was found that a large quantity of the drug had leen placed in the llour, meal and lard. Tub ice houses of the Schmidt brewery at Indianapolis burned a few days ago. t Tub breach of promise suit brought by Mrs. Kate Henderson against Hon. Alf Guthrie, proprietor of Indian Springs, was compromised at Itcdford. It is thought she got only about five thousand dollars. At Columbus, David Sheaf died of lockjaw after four days of terrible agony the result of having cut off the end of his finger by a mowing mnchiuo some days ago. Gov. Matthews has issued a proclamation designating August 22 as the date for holding a general hoosier con vention under tho name of "Indiana I day" at the World's fair. Gov. -Matthews says it is expected that there will be a very large attendance at the convention, which will not l.e held in the Indiana building, as might be supposed, but in some hall not yet designated. The speakers for the occasion will bo ex-President Harrison, (Jen. Lew Wallace, James Whltcomb Riley and numerous other distinguished Hoosiers. Tub Vienna Enamel and Stamping works, at Charleston, Porter count', closed down indefinitely, because of financial condition and cancellation of orders. Will Jefferies, 14, colored, was smothered to death at his home near Churubusco. His folks left him to take care of the house, and while lying on tho bed he hnd ti fit and was smothered in the bedclothes. A desparate attempt was made by seven prisoners to break the Clark county jail. They were only prevented from accomplishing their designs by the timely arrival of Mollie Donovan, , sister of the sheriff. j It turns out that Eleanor Mullen, a j young woman of Indianapolis, was ' kept a prisoner at the state reformatory for three years, when her sentence was for but thirty days. 1 Mus. Sarah T. Bolton known for t half a century as "the Indiana poetess." 1 died at Indianapolis, the other night. J She was born in Newport, Kv., in 1811. Mrs Bolton's poems were published in J book form. For many years she stood foremost among the writers of Indiana. Among her poetic effusions probably the best know are "Paddle Your Own Canoe," and "The Union Forever." Sixty tramps boarded a freight on the Pittsburgh road, and fought while the train was in motion, near Liverpool. An unknown white man was shot and fatally wounded by a Negro. Seven tramps were arrested. Emanuel Rothschild, the proprietor of the Golden Rule store, at Bedford whose stock of goods was set on fire, was urrested and given preliminary trial. Some very strong testimony being against, he was bound over to court under $5,000 bond. The goods wero all lost, but were insured in several companies. A htatkmbnt of the nffairs of the Exchange bank of Buck & Toan, of Plymouth, by the assignee, shows Habiiitiesnj$i:i,7t0, of which $:t7,110 are deposits, against 51,:i4 available assets. Mrs. Lizzie Storms Is the woman implicated in the murder of Kent Browne at Winchester

DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW.

Thm KxM-rtrit Improvement Ih MnnrUry Clrt'lt-K Not Yet Apparent, ul Ihr Full urn Continue Tlie Knot of the Trouble ilia Withdrawal tif eollt from Nullnnul ItMiika The Mm erneut of liuliixt rlul l'rndiii't CurtHlletl -All Kyen Turned Townrd WhlntH llunlueis Fitllures, Rtc. New York, Aug. 12. - R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade, published this morning, says: Tho low; -deal rod inctlni: of concrete with s president's message which fully answered ex pcctatlons, nud the arrival of flS.Wl.ou cold from Kuropo with flu.ooo.OCM moro on tho way, have not brought the Improvement many an tlcipated. Stocka uro stronger, but failures continue, and with tho dosha: of Industrial estalilLshin'euts Idlo hands multiply and silent shops, and tho disorganization of domestic exchanges Is even uro-iter than a week aco, Yet tin-re Is a more hopeful spirit, though tho nation looks to Washington with noun impatience where tho nennte ecnis disposed to rival tho mills In workintr short time. While xtatCMiion consider, men haut and tankers and unemployed thousands anxiously wait, knowing that the wrecks of each oai,slnt; week makes the task of recovery moro dint cult. There han been no Martllm: crash, but the formal failures of lianks. including one In this city and several in Nashville. numrcr 31, while refusals to pay except throujdi u clearInrhouse or with limit ltlonn arc beconilni: f J!ntnoi -rrjal disaster in ..umler, iu.iu.. w .ju'ilm as K. II. Coleman, tho "Iren Kir.." J H. Walker 4: Co., of ChUaco, In dry gou s and 11. I Hotchkls. in stocks. Whatever lelii-f umnress has power to clve may be less frutwul for soo.l If long deferred. The ma.hinery of exchanges has almost stopjied. When W per il.POl Is paid for New York at Chlcnco and tlS or -W at other western cities ncttlements l:etwceu tho east and west, which ordinarily amount 3.t!..(J,ono In a year, become extremely dlfttcult. Kven the New York Central could not m'l currency here on checks of tli-J Hosten Si Albany, and was obliged to send to Uosinn for tho money. Tho root of the trouble Is that, according to reports of July VZ to the comptroller, over f 131.,kk),00!l of deposits hnd been withdrawn within two months from part of tho national lianks, and probably Jl.UOJ.0Ot) from all. I esldes unknown unis from savlnss. state nnd private bunks, and during the month since July I", the withdrawals and hoardln must be eea creator. A premium of from 10 to 12 per cent. Is paid for told und 3 to I ier cent, for currency. The government Is prlntlna 1.2S0.0M bask notes dally. Tho clearinghouse has isf.S.U,U more certificates, and the hope Is that conildence may bo restored anJ the hoardlr.es Unlocked, The arrest of Industry goes so far that a third of the Iron production ceased In tho month of July and tho consumption of Iron In tnanuf actuie diminished I pir cent, from May 1 to July 1. Not even this shrinkage ftlmulates demand enough to support prices, which remain the lowest on record and further stoppages In August have roduicd the weekly output below 100,000 tons. Copper has declined to 9' cents and lead to 3'i cents, with narrow trade. Shoo shops are looking In vain for further orders, and last week's shipments from Uoston were in.ioo cases oriM per cent, less than thoso of the same week last year. At Fall Illverulonc 7.000 .spindles stopped on Saturday, and the whole number of spindles In all th- couthcrn states Is said to be less than the number now Idle In Xew Kngland. liven more than la;k of orders, want of conildence in the integrity of orders troubles the textile mills, for cancellation multiply. The Wamsutta has lowered prices of oods 5' i to 7 ,er cent., while Jobbers tlnd a better demand for dress goods. The sales of wool at the largest markets were only l.STO.'ifl pounds last week. Mnce May 3 the decrease, compared with Inst year. Is Sü per cent. If only conildence In the future could bo restored tho monetary troubles might soon be relieved. Hut at present the want of cash has retarded the movement of wheat from farms to the wctdern markets, and exports have not met expectations of la;e. 90 that prices of grain have somewhat destined. I'ork products arc sold more largely for export this week. 1 ut cctton has yielded an eighth, stocks of SoO.oo) bales here and 1..TSS.U American abroad beim; too heavy whsti many of the mills are stopping: Coal is dull and tho output Is much restricted by the dlnkulty of getting money for wages. The movement of unlmals Is less affected. Cattle receipts at Chicago are fairly maintained and ho receipts In the latter part of July have licen nearly as larae as last year. I Ca II road earnings show a dc-rcase of about p2r cent, compared with that of last year, but the clearinghouse returns at the principal cities !how a decrease in settlements of 23 per cent. Appeals to tfie treasury for some relief ure freqiient. but Its cash Lalance has been reduced üolow that the gold re?e;fo may have to bo used it; part for current expenses; but tl3,0)).o;jj bank notes will quickly bo aided to tin circulation through uso of th1 bonds purchase! from savings bankj. and 3,01.0 0 In gold from Europe in spite of tho advance in ths Hank of Knzland rate to 4 per cent., and of Its chirgo for gold to 701 61 which, with home .specie und notes from Canada will make the largest addition to the monetary supply ever experienced In a single month. If this fcuftlccs to cause the release of hoarded money borao recovery may come without waiting for sloH-footcd lawmakers at Washington. Hut late advices give ground to hope that tho wishes of the btudnej-s world may ,wn lio answered by unconditional repeal of the silverpurchasing clause of the act of I KM. Failures during the week number 391 In tho United States, against ICO List year, and 'Si In Canada, ngnlnst !S for the same week last year. Tho number of the past week shows a deereaso from the previous week of 40. The west still contributes the largest nnmlcr. In tho east there wero 119, In tho southOI, and In the wes 131. - SWEPT BY FIRE. The I.ttlle Town of MHfortl Outer, O., Nearly Swept from the Fare of the Kitrtli by FireHotel. Undue House anil DwellliiRH io Down Itefore the Flame. MAitvsvii.i.K, (., Aug. l'J. The village of Milford Center, about five miles from here, was nearly swept from the face of the earth by lire yesterday morning. The tire originated in the lodge room of the Ancient Order of Ued Men in Dr. norland's new block, in which building was M. T. Flaherty's merchant tailor establishment nnd I. Tiean's hardware store. The other buildings which came in the path of the fire were as follows: Richter hotel, N. T. Kvans. barber shop; W. M. Snodgrass, dry goods; (ieorge Lyons, drug store; .NoJiurt and nice it Uro., gro ceries; Will Aid, dry goods, shoes; the post otlice; s. dwelling: Krank Itichter, Lyons & Alden block; boots nud A. Mann, dwelling; Heller & 1 looser, blacksmith shop. The Columbus and Springfield fire departments were telegraphed to for help, and both responded, but were too late to do much good. An Important Development In Financial Clrcle. Nkw Youk, Aug. Pi.- Probably the most important development in financial circles yestcrdny was the amount or money offered on time. Yesterday afternoon f 1,500,000 wns lent at 0 per cent for six months, and the total transactions in this line for the day footed up fully 54,000.000. One mil lion dollars was renewed at rt per cent for six months. Mercantile houses ought tobe the next to feel this relief, and the deadlock in thu market for mercantile paper will probably Im bmUeti shortlv.

AT FEVER HEAT. Th. Condlllnti .,f Affair nt Hie ,Teii,ea Owl Minen of a Katlier Volraiiie Description, r.iii! I.Ultlt. to llrtnk Out -t Any MmucHt-The Hellet CanIK Urniiiul that an Innocent Man wai Lynched at llrlrvvllle. Kxoxvu.u:, Tenn., Aug. ll.-Thongh npiMtrently quietude has reigned all lay in the mining regions to-day, Mich, is not th case, and reports from then nay", that the excitement is at fever heat, and the situation is growing moro serious hourly. The miners are all ntill out on the strike which was hum. gurated yesterduy. They are reported as drinking heavily, and a clash 1htween the state militia and miners now seems unavoidable. Considerable excitement prevailed here to-day when Capt Miller, or Co. 1), received orders from Adj't .lohn A. Kite to hold his company in readiness and be prepared to go to Coal Creek at a moment's notice. The companies at Chattanooga and elsewhere also releived the same orders. The soldiers here held a meeting to-night, and are prepared to leave at once when ordered. A. report received here to-night says that Monroe, the leader of last year's riots, antl who is now under sevi 11 years' sentence for participating in the game, has been quietly circulating among the miners fur the p i it few

days and rekindling hatred for the sol diers and convicts in their breasts. At these mines the miners are still at work, though they are greatly excited, and fears of an outbreak here as well as elsewhere are entertained. They have been upon friendly terms with the soldiers until the trouble this weec came up, and then all speaking stopped. Mrs. Keller Anderson and daughter arrived in Knoxville this morning from Coal Creek, where they had Wen staving up to the time of the present troubles. It is understood that they were escorted to the train by a body of militia, but it is not known whether they were sent away from the fort on account of impending trouble or not The body of Dick Driimmoud, the man who was lynched, was brought to Knoxville to-day. ltnow looks like an 1 innocent man was lynched at Priceville yesterday morning, if the state ments of . It. Laudrnm. Mrs. Landrum and a man named Peek are true. Mrs. Landruin positively swears that Driunmond, the man lynched and who bo.irded at her house was in his roora from S o'clock of the night Laugherty was murdered until breakfast time tho next morning. Peek, who is.al.so a lioarder in the hous. ispo.sitive of the vi 1 no thing, and Landruin. while not being able to swear to this, thinks, that all the circumstances point to that f.ict. It also looks as if the lynching was the work of soldiers and no one. else, if the testimony of the same parties is to W believed. Laudrum say he can swear that the lynchers w.iro uniforms uch as are worn at Port Ander.son. THEY ALWAYS DID IT. rlou Cliarse Against United state M.irihal f!:ttrkln. Ixiuaxapoms, Ind., Aug. l'J. Silas P. .lones, of Mt. Yernon, one of I'nited States Marshal W. II. Hawkins' deputies, resigned his office hist night and will, to-day bring suit against the marshal for back salary. Jones is a farmer, and has been for years chairman of the democratic committee of Posey jvuinty. Incidental to his resignation be makes some very serious charges against the marshal. The government allows the marshal for the district of Indiana $l,000 per year if the receipts ;f his ofiice produce that much aWve the expenses of the office, the latter including the pay of clerks and deputies, but all net receipts over $0.000 must W turned over to the treasury department. Jones avers that in order to keep the receipts within the $",000 limit, John E. Foley, ehief clerk of the otlice,' has receipted to the marshal for more salary than has beim paid him, and has receipted for greater sums as ofiice expanses than were paid. Jones declares that this has been a practice in the office for years, under republican as well as democratic incumlMMits. Marshal Hawkins is not in the city, but his ehief clerk, Foley, denies that there has been any irregularity. Hedeclares'lhat it häsrälwaysbeen the practice to divide up all the receipts of the ofiice alMwe the marshal's salary among the employes of the office, counting the "divide"' as salaries. INTENTION AND RESULT. Huricl.ir who .Meant to Kill and It Thrlr Qwn I.lvea Iimtead. Lkiiioh, Okla., Aug. l'J. Four outlaws attempted to rob the store of Phillips & Co. Thursday night with the result that at least two" of them were killed. They first seized A. H. Tutt, who lived next door to tho store and had the key to it, and forced him to open the door. Warnimr of the proposed raid hail Wen given, and Town ""Marshal J. W. Cacl and three other policemen had W-en placed inside the store. When the outlaws entered the olBcen called to them to surrender. The rObWrs immediately began to sfcoot, and the officers returned the lire, killing two of them and wounding the other two. One of the latter said it was the intention of the gang to kill Hookkeepor Harlow and Clerk Johns, after they had W-en forced to open the safe. One of the mtn killed was nr.med Pearce. Tin other man's name is not known. t Xrjccttil reatal Carilj. Wor.i.D's Faiu nokW. Chh'aoo, Aug. l'J. One thousand or more World's fair souvenir postal, cards were stopped at the exposition post office vesterday and thrown out of the mails. At noon Inspector Fleming, of tho post office department, informed theexposition officials that the sale of the postal cards would have to W stopped or somebodv would have to go to jail. The postals are sold from thetiickcl-in-tltc-slot machines, and two of them go for that amount 'hc cards nre under Hi7.e, and the people who sell them ar. liable to orosecutio.