Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 November 1893 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER. C. DOAX1C, PutiUsbor. jaspkil INDIANA. Tiif public debt Increased October (5,1-11,059.01. during It has been decided to hold a winter carnival iu Quebec in Februnry next Ax.vn: PixtSY. the well-known American actress died in London, on the night of the Sth, of brain fever. Thk great Manchester ship canal was entirely completed, on the 7th. when water was admitted to its entire length. The constitutional amendment provtllhig for female suffrage in Colorado was carried bj- a pood majority at the election on the 7th. M. Fr.nniXAXn rn Lksskps and family arrived iu Taris, on the Oth, from La Chcsnnye, his country home, where he had been in retirement for a long time. Thk municipal authorities of Syracuse, Scilly, have asked the Italian government to otTer their port to Oermany as a naval station for a large German squadron in the Mediterranean. Tue condition of ex-Secretary Jerry M. Ilusk, who had been ill for some days at his home in Viroqua, Wis., had grown alarming, on the Mh, and his friends were filled with the greatest fears. The state elections held in many states, east and west, on the 7th, proved a surprise to political prophets of both parties, being little short of a revolution in favor of the republican party. Ox the Sth the longest iron railway bridge in Germany was opened. It spans the Vistula between Forden, in Prussian Poland, and Culmsee. It is 1.450 yards long and cost S.OOO.OOO marks. Gkx. .Tajiks Unman died in Uoston on the Oth. He was born in Dresden, Me., June 1, 1S09. He was the leading ! spirit in the establishment o Harvard university in pursuance of bequests of John Harvard. Ox the Oth Emperor William issued the expected edict against gambling in the army. Uy it he forbids games of hazard of any kind among the men in active service, and directs the oflieers to report and punish severely all transgressors of the order. Mr. 11. E. Pkestox was sworn in, on the Oth, as director of the United States mint. He failed of confirmation by the senate, but the president commissioned him ns director in the recess, which insures his renomination to the senate in December. The Oriental mills of Providence, IL 1.. north of the city, which had been shut down for about two years, the result of the failure of Reed brothers, started up on the 9th. The mill is a large one, and will resume in full as soon as the machinery can Iks got into readiness. Ex-l'iiEMiEn Mr.ncir.it, of Canada, in a letter published in the Montreal Patriot, declares that his annexation views exist solely in the minds of the ultra conservative papers, and asserts on his word of honor that he is opposed to the annexation of Canada to the United States. Ox the 9th Dr. Wekerle, minister of finance and president of the ministerial council, announced to the lower house of the Hungarian diet that the civil marriage bill prepared by the government, having received the king's approval, would be presented to the house for its consideration within two weeks. Sevex cannon shots were fired upon the Pacific Mail steamship Costa Rica by command of the commissioner of the port of Amapata, Honduras, on the 5th, because her captain refused to surrender Poltcarpo Honilla, a refugee who recently led the revolution in Honduras, but was defeated by Gen. Vasques. The Costa Rica was tlying the American ling. Skveke earthquake shocks have occurred In Mexico recently, and there is much excitement among the people. The Colhna volcano Is in n state of eruption, and the people living' in the valley at the base of the mountain have left their homes in search of a MM. .. .1!. I.-.... "n .1 . , t i x i... been felt in the states of Oajaca, I'tteblu, Guerrero, Moreles and Jalisco. The fire loss of the United States and Canada, during October, as estimated from the dally files of the NewYork Journal of Commerce and the Commercial Uuletin, amounts to fll,014,700. This is over 2,000,000 less than the sum chargeable to the same month in IS92, but the year's record so far exhibits an enormous increase over the total for the first ten months in 1692. m Foun million jom.ahs in golden double eagles, the last of a 10,000,000 shipment, arrived at the Philadelphia mint, on the 0th, from the New York 'Mib-treasury. The entire amount will be recoined into englesnnd half eagles. Altogether 620,000,000 in gold will Im taken from New York under Secretary Carlisle's order, but the remaining 110,000,000 will not Ihj transported until .he first half has been recoined. Thk steamer Cnbo Macblchaca, Inden with dynamite, burned at Santandcr, Spain, on the 1th. Thousands of pcrBons had assembled on the wharf when t the flames reached the cargo, causing an awful exnlosion which eomnlctelv destroyed that vessel and the Alfonso, II , lying alongside, and burning debris over half scattered the city. causing its destruction by fire. It is officially stated that over SOO persons were killed while hundreds morr were iuiured. scores of them fatally.

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CÜMENT TOPICS. TEE NEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. LoRKXfll'i.A, the Mntubole king, Is a huge old fellow, weighing over three hundred pounds He will probably lose a little of this by the time the Hritish have got through chasing htm. Thomas Ukkxx.vx, alias Thomas Dale, one of the persons charged with stealing the eighty-six-pound stiver brick and some precious stones from the Idaho exhibit at the World's fair, was arrested in Chicago, on the 0th, together with John Burgess, accused of being an accessory. Hi:itn Mkissxkk, a notorious painphleteer from llcrliu. was found dead on the plain near Jaffa, Palestine, on the 4th. His body had been torn by jackals. Near 'him lay an empty bot-j tie, from which he is supposed to have ! taken a dose of poison J Ox the 0th a riotous mob of tramway J ! eiimbives !n Mueillts :ssui:lttd thi'ir non-union successors, overturned n number of cars and, pouring petroleum over them, set them on fire. The woolen and cotton mills of the Winthrop Mills Co., of Winthrop, Me., resumed operations on the 0th, after a suspension of over two months. The king of Ashantee, West Africa, was stoned to death recently by insur- j gents m the streets of Coomassie, his capital. It is proposed to make a state monopoly of tobacco in Russia. The case of Eva Mann Hamilton vs the estate of Robert Ray Hamilton has been placed on the New York supreme court calendar for the present term, and will come up for trial early in the term. This case is the appeal that Eva Mann took from the surrogate's decision which denietl her the right to contest the will of Robert Ray Hamilton, und which also denied her status as a widow. SKCRETATtV OK THE IXTEHIOU SMITH has appointed William V. I'cppert, of Liberty, ICy., a member of the board of pension appeals. The other members of the board are: Orson H. Gilinore, of Illinois John A. Lacey, of Missouri; John S. Payne, of Tennessee; John C. McAllister, of Pennsylvania: Robert T. Hill, of Michigan; P. J. Rogers, of NewYork, and Herbert I. Rrackett, of Wisconsin. Jcdoe Johxsox, at Milwaukee, on the Oth, deeided that the indictments found by the late grand jury against Eugene S. Elliott anil F. W. Noyes, directors of the Plankinton bank, were invalid, because the grand jury returned them at the Octolusr term of the municipal court, whereas the grand jury's term had expired with the Sep tember term, for which it was called, j Mit. Oi.t.ie Nye, wife of a carpenter, I was instantly killed nt the outskirts t of Terre Haute, Ind.. on the Cth, by a passenger train on the Logansport division of the Vandalia. t-he did not heed the whistle or bell and seemed to be unconscious of her danger. Ai.Tiioi'fm congress amended the Geary act so as to allow the Chinese six months more within which to register, it adjourned without making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the act. The report that the steamer Costa Rica was fired upon by the Honduras authorities was confirmed at the state department on the 7th. A dispatch was received from Minister Itaker in which the details of the outrage were briefly given. The department is not likely to take action in the matter until n mora detailed report is made bv Mr. Fuller. The collection of antique Irish metal work from the Royal Irish academy, Dublin, exhibited at the World's fair, has been loaned to the Smithsoninninstitute, and will soon be shipped to Washington. Ox the Sth Judge Morrow, of San Francisco, took under advisement u motion to liberate fourteen Chinese confined in the county jail and awaiting deportation as provided for by the Geary act Wm. N. Mori", of Rloomington, Ind., has been appointed supervisor of Indian schools. linx. RtT.GLKs, the newly-appointed adjutant-general of the army, has been an assistant adjutant-general for the past eighteen months, having accompanied Gen. Williams, just retired, from New York. He is a graduate of the class of 1S.V, West Point, and before the war saw frontier duty in Minnesota and Montana. The treasury department, on the Oth, hud an actual working balance not to exceed S2.000.000. If this be comes exhausted the department will i have to meet current obligations from ,, ,, . n..i..u however, hope for better times, and hope that further loss will be stopped. Julius Fiiokiikl, the well-known Swiss writer and statesman, died in Zurich on the 7th. He was a nephew ot Dr. Froebel, the founder of the kindergarten system. DiTTMAU'f dynamite factory at Uaychester, N. Y., blew up on the 7th. The building, a large, low, frame structure, was completely demolished. If the struggle in Morocco is prolonged Spain will declare war on the I sultan and make the affair on the Riffian coast a secondary consideration. The latest details concerning the terrible disaster at Santnnder show that the number of dead, missing and wounded is fully 1,000. Rv a collision in a dense fog between the Western Transit Co.'s steamer Albany and the Anchor Line steamer Philadelphia, off Point Aux Harques, nt 2:150 o'clock on the morning of the 7th, twenty-four lives were lost and both steamers were sunk in 200 feet of water. II Y a rear-end collision on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad nt Seventy-first street, Chicago, on the j sU. between the Hlue Island necom mm,, tum tut ,k iiuiiirvii unLi imiuu ir.x- .., i. I,. ....... i ..... III.HI...I press, nve persons were killed nnd elcyn Injured, many of them being badly scalded by escaping steam from the disabled locomotive of the ixpress. j The accident occurred in a dense fog.

Six men and nine women were killed by the explosion of a bomb thrown by anarchists in the Mcco theater, In Dareelona, Spain, on the night of the 7th. A number of others were injured by splinters of wood, pieces of glas and fragments of iron. Mus. 1". S. Okaxt, accompanied by her son Ulysses S. (rant, arrived at San Francisco, on the hth, from Santa ltarbara. She will remain there a week, and return to Santa Harham for a two years' residence. Commaxdkk V. 11. Wiiitino, late of the Putted States'steamer Alliance, arrived at San Francisco, on the Sth, from Guatemala, en route to Honolulu, where he will be married to Miss Ah. Fong. Ox the Sth Kniperor Francis Joseph formally accepted the eivie marriage law, which has caused much clerical and other opposition in Hungary to which country the bill applies, Sirtxoit Fiuxiisco (iKXKI.a, Italian minister for public works, was stricken with apoplexy on the Sth. It was expected that the stroke would prove fatal. A meetixo of liberal Presbyterians, called to consider affairs in what they believe to be a crisis in the church's history, began in Cleveland, 0., on the Sth. The county high school building at Effingham, the first of the kind in Kansas, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 7th. Loss, $20,000; no insurance. The United States cruiser Olympia, under command of Capt. Goodall, put to sea from San Francisco, on the Sth, for her contractor's trial trip. Josmw Ji mi, of Terre Haute, has been appointed by the president to be c dlcctor of internal revenue for the Seventh district in Indiana. A M'EAMuit in the harbor at Kiel rammed the steam pinnace belonging M the imperial yacht Hohenzoilern, on ti.e Sth, cutting it in halves and sending it to the bottom. The crew wero rescued. The steamer Hurlington. with two barges, bound up, light, sprung a leak when 10 miles on" Sand Reach, Mich., on the Sth. She was picked up immediately by the steam barge Tempest, which started to tow her into Sand Ueaeh, but she sank just as she got inside the piers. She was built in 1S57. The house of J. Long, at Stanchfield. Minn., caught lire from a prairie file, on the 9th, and was consumed. One child about three weeks old was burned to death. The mother was burned so badly that she is not expected to live. Another child was burned quite severely. The Quebec legislature opened, on the 9th, with the customary ceremonies. In his speech from the throne Lieut.-Oov. Chaplau made, kindly allusion to the term of service and the departure of the earl of Derby. Flattering mention was also made of Lord Aberdeen. EMi'Knoit Wii.mam has ordered that ten military officers who were implicated in the Hanover gambling ease be cashiered. M it. Fuaxcis Paiikmax, the eminent historian, died nt his home in Jamaica Plain, Uoston, on the 9th, of peritonitis. Hox. H. E. TASCHEitAr, judge of the Dominion supreme court, died suddenly in Quebec on the 9th. The Panhandle glassworks at Wellsburg, W. Va., resumed operations on the 9th. employing 200 men, after several months' idleness. Fhank I. Daumxo, of Michigan, and John G. Townsend, of Illinois, have been appointed special examiners in the pension office. LATE NEWS ITEMS. AiTi-.n a protracted meeting of the cab'met.on the 10th, Secretary Gresham, with the concurrence of the president, gave out for publication his report on the investigation of affairs in Hawaii made by Special Commissioner Ulouut, submitted some time ago, in which lie takes strong ground against the action of Minister Stevens in connection with the overthrow of the queen's government in January last. The Ward line steamer Seneca arrived at Quarantine, Slaten Island, on the 10th, bringing Capt Hoffman and fifty-six of the crew of the steamer City of Alexander, which was burned at sea near Havana, on the 1st, involving a loss of eleven lives, five of the crew and six negro stevedores. Gkx. Jacoii Uaiz. consul-general of Honduras and Guatemala to the United States, said, on the 10th, that he had just received a long dispatch from his government in which no mention whatever was made of the alleged firing on the United States steamer Costa Rica. Ox the 10th President Cleveland irranted n pardon to Clarence U. Harris, formerly cashier of the Commercial national bank of Dubuque, In., convicted April 18, 1S93, of violating the United States banking laws and sentence suspended. Notice has been received in San Francisco that any -cssel found sealing within 90 miles of the Commodore group of islands on the Siberian coast will be confiscated and the crew and officers imprisoncthin the mines of Siberia. Fuse of unknown origin destroyed the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Harrows, of Chicago, on the 10th. Mrs. Rurrows and the police succeeded in rescuing six of thechildren, but Frank, a 2-year-old boy, was burned to death. The Pittsburgh and Lake Angelina mino at Ishpcming, Mich., employing 500 men, suspended work for the win ter nn the 10th. The miners iktnieh f(,r -,iBi,er wages, which the company j refused to pay. pay. The Western Colorado Development Co., In sinking a well east of Grand Junction, Col., struck a strong flow ol natural gns, on the 9th, at a depth ol 300 feet. A pressure of CO pounds wo obtained. Ronr.HT Glaikstoxi:, the sportsman nnd breeder of race horses, died nl Uroad Green, near Liverpool, on tin 0th. He was a nephew of the prime minister of Great Uritain. Tjiriik was a heavy fall of Know .throughout Colorado on the 10th.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Mil am Mm. John Feiixkii. Mh cie, while passing the .Midland Steel works, were attacked by a gang of drunken iron workers nnd nearly killed. Thu men attempted to take Fohuer's wife away from hhn. He made a hard fight, but was nearly murdered, and the woman was badly injured by being hit in the face with a stone. There were seven men in the crowd. A number of them wero arrested. The other night for the first time in the history of Jay county two couples were married at one ceremony-. Squire F.vtlstzor officiated, and the contracting parties wero Foster Thomas and Lulu Hvsell and Orlando Hysell and Nora E. Collins. Fi.oitKXCE Shea died in Indianapolis a few days ago at the reputed age of 104 years. Four generations were at his bedside when ho expired. The young son of Thomas White, a farmer at Dora, Wabash county, was fatally Injured while riding a horse. The lad slipped from the animal's back and falling on his head suffered a fracture of the skull. Gov. Matthews has received a number of threatening letters of late from cranks, and his friends fear that ho may suffer violence at the hands of some lunatic. One writer informs him that he will be blown up with dynamite if he pardons a certain prisoner in the penitentiary. Fori: hundred miners, employed by the Parke County Coal Co., at Roscdalc, went out on n strike recently. The men struck because the operators lowered their screen nine Inches, which the miners claim is a violation of the contract made last May. Claukxci: RiTTEMiorsB was killed the other day in the Auburn band sawmill. He was roding logs on the carrier, when he fell backward, being caught in the carrier and breaking his neck and crushing his head. Mits. Ollik Nye, aged .52, was struck by a Terre Haute and Logansport passenger engine, near the Union depot, Terre Haute, and was instantly killed. She was trying to cross the track in front of the engine. At La Porte Conrad Hoeloecker hanged himself with a clothes line while temporarily insane. Miss Effik Hokxiikcic, aged 10, of Shelbyville, has been subject to fits, and the other afternoon sulfcred from seven severe attacks in a few hours. She then procured strychnine and took a large dote, causing death. Twotnembersof one of the prominent families of Hlountsvillu are dead from the effects of milk fever, or milk sickness. The first victim was Morton, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dillhcimcr, who died after but a few days illness. Ft he totally destroyed the porcelain buildings of the Peru Electrical Manufacturing Co., causing a loss of probably f 10,000. A large quantity of valuable dies, which were in daily use, all machinery and manufactured and raw material were ruined. Fortunately the company has new buildings, which have not been occupied, but considerable delay will be occasioned by loss of dies. Fouhth-class postmasters: G. C. Harbuugh, Colfax, Clinton county; Philip Hoffman, Earle, Vanderburgh county. Pexsioxs issued to Indinnians a few days ago: Original John Fitzsimmons, Marion; Lewis D. Hammond, Argo; Robert Hollis, Royal Center. Increase Rolla Hofsteater, Knox. ReissueJohn Sheaks, Tccgarden; Terrell Hunch, Monon: Austin F. Harper, Eugene. Original Widows Sarah J. Frcel, Lafayette. When Henry Owen, of IScdford. returned after midnight to hishome from watching over his father, Jordan Owen, who is dangerously sick, he noticed a man at his door, who upon his approach tied. Upon investigation Mr. Owen discovered that the fellow was about to administer chloroform by letting a bottle down through the transom. Mrs. Owen, the only person in the house, was asleep. The other morning Emcr Wink asked his wife to dress their three-year-old daughter for Sunday-school. He did not gO there, but took the child and lied overland in a buggy. The mother was apprised of his actions, and, securing a rig, armed herself and pursued her fleeing husband, riding continuously until S a. m. next day, when she overtook him and compelled Mm to surrender her daughter. She drove sixty miles before securing her child. Rky. M. Maiiix and wife, now stationed at Tipton, have celebrated their golden woddinganniversury. Rev. Mahin was admitted to the Indiana M. E. conference in lull, was ordained by Hishop Andrews when but 17 years of age, and has continued in the ministry ever since. Thk democrats of Richmond and township have decided to hold an election to determine who shall le postmaster under the new administration. The election will occur Saturday, sovember 18, and will be according to the Australian system. The candidates prominent for the position at this time are Hon. Luther Mering. 15. F. Wissler, John G. Schwegeman, John II. Holing nnd John P. Thistlcthwnite. John R. Davis, a Madison confectioner, has become insane over financial troubles. Dit. Em' and the students at Rose Polytechnic, Terre Haute, are again nt loggerheads over Halloween capers. James A. Rookhs, Hfl years old, a workman at the Indianapolis Light Ca's power house, Indianapolis, was instantly killed the other night In oiling a dynamo he touched the brushes with 1m)Hi hands and a voltage of 2,500 went through him. The town of Hickncll, Knox county, was visited by burglars the other night The Iron safe In John Donaldson's store was blown open, nnd the cracksman secured forty-two dollars cash, a large quantity of clothing and other articles to the value of $250. Geoiioiana HoWAnn, a divorced woman, suicided at Indianapolis with morphine.

SKELETON. What m l'irly or IrMlBr Found In Ailitiiiloiu-il I'oml on it Kurw Xeitr tVu I rutin, lllltioU -Iiiiliiltltultl twiddles Unit it Foul t'rlmo llil II-m Ouiiiiilttfd Yrur Ak Cnnh-eluro a I thu ItU-n Illy tit the IteiiiiiliiH. Ckxtiialia, 111., Nov. 10. -.Wednesday evening, while some hands were dredging an abandoned pond on the Alex McClelland farm, .". miles north of this city, they unearthed the skeleton ol a man, which lay under eighteen inches of sediment in the middle of the pond. The body had been carefully weighted to the bottom, while the pond yet contained water, and the legs of the dead man had been staked down with short wooden pins. All the tlesh had disappeared and nothing but the skeleton and a bunch of gray hair remained. An old leather pocket-book and portions of garments were found, but were very much rotted. It is thought the corpse must have been deposited there over a decade of years ago. Alex. McClelland, the former proprietor of the farm, has been missing for over ten years, and some are ol thu opinion that he was foully dealt with and hidden in the pond. Another version of the a (fair is that the remains are those of a man whose name Is forgotten here anil who came to C'entralia about fifteen years ago from the east and mysteriously disappeared. His friends iu New York state claimed that he had fallen heir to a large estate there, and came here in search of him, but failed to get any trace of his whereabouts. The coroner is now investigating the ease. A RUCTION NEAR RIO A mo Ii K the Frnlmhlltlct of I In- Very Nrnr Future l.oriil Nitvul Ofllrtr I.oiivo Fninei' to AhiI! In Muntilitir Felxoto'x Neu- Fleet mid KiiKiige Admiral Mcllo' .Squadron iu u Huttie tu Decide the Uubcllloii. Tofi.ox, Nov. 10. The commander of the Hrazllian warship Riachuelo has left for Paris to take the place of the liraziliau minister, who has been summoned to Rio Janeiro. Twelve Hrazllian officers leave Laseyne to-day for Marseilles, where they will embark on the Espagne and the cruiser ltenjuiniu Constant for Montevideo. These officers are to assist in manning Peixoto's new fleet which is preparing to attack Admiral Mello, and fight what is expected to be the decisive battle of the Ihailian rebellion. I'eixoto, lirnzilinn officers here are informed, has a small fleet at Montevideo, the most important ship of which is the unartnored gunboat Tiradentes, and the other boats loyal to Peixotc have been unable to get out of the Rlu de la l'lata and put to sea. She is closely watched by Mello's big battleship Republica. Officers here say the Tiradentes and her mates will enden vox to dodge the Republica and assemble at some loyal port in the north of Hrazil, there to be joined by the battleship Riachuelo, the protected cruiser Henjnmin Constant and the war-ships which Peixoto's agents have bought In the United States. Then this new liraziliau fleet will sail for Rio nnd engage Mello, when the biggest naval battle ever fought in South American waters maj- occur. OBITUARY. Otath of FrnurU I'lirkmiin, the Imminent American IlUtoriiiu. Uostox, Nov. 10. Mr. Francis Parkman, the eminent historian, died at his home on Prince street, Jamaica Plain, Wednesday afternoon. Ills last sickness was brief, peritonitis being the cause of death. Several months ago Mr. Parkinan's condition was regarded as serious, and fears of his deatli were entertained, but he rallied from the attack. He remained, however, in a weakened condition, and when attacked by peritonitis his vitality was insufficient tosustain him. Francis I'arkman. whom lllnckwood'a Mneazinc recently called- the "most American historian now alive." wai horn In Hoi ton. September IC, lfil. In-lSIO he entered Harvard college, ami it was then, at the a-o of 1", that he planned a project, sin ce realized, of writing a history of the French and Indian wars. Young I'arkman resolved to live the lifo of the Indian in order to tit hlmi?lf for the work h" had projected. Early In IUo fprlns of ll(5 ho started for the distant west. Through the region now covered tiy the states of Kansit, Nebraska and Colorado he traveled J-'or weekt he lived nmoni; tho Indian, partaking of their food and llvln-f their rough life His health, however, suffered severely by this ejciwsure. The account of hi. travel appeared in l ook form under the titlo "The Oregon Trail." Thl appeared In I?l". After this work was completed Mr. Parkman resumed hi. work on tho "Conspiracy of Pontine." In 1HT0 he published hlsllrst novel, '-Vasscll Morton." "Tho Pioneers of Franco In the New World" was given to the public In I Vj.", This was followed two years later, In 167, by a remarkable volume, the only one of Its kind, upon the "Jesuits In North America In tho Seventeenth Century. A Il-ttch nt Moonalilnrr. RtUKFir.i.i), W. Va., Nov. 10. United ßtates Marshal Vinson and his corps of deputies started for Charleston, having in charge between sixty and seventy prisoners, the result of recent raids on moonshiners und blind-pig operators in Mercer. Logan, Wayne, McDowell and adjoining counties. About 400 witnesses also accompanied the marshal. There are several hundred of the onset, of the character described to be tried at the term of court lHiginning next week. A number of the prisoners nre men of good standing, nnd able to give bonds for their appearance. Tho Quebec lKllittirp. Qukiikc, Can., Nov. 10. Th? Quebec legislature opened nt 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon with the customary ceremonies. In his speech from the throne Lieut-Oov. Char.lan mndo kindly allusion to the term of service and the departure of the Karl of Derby. Flattering mention was also made of Lord Aberdeen. His honor announced to the house that a report of the provincial commissioners to the World's fair will be pre Rented shortly. Ho congratulated the province on Its success among the mv tions competing at the fair.

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A THOUSAND KILLED.

Mm-hlim (lim ms h Poti'iit Fuelor in War A Tlioiitilliil MitUltetfH Killed in u (,.. edit lUttle Willi Klug tolienculn'ü Army Nnr llHliiwMjre-Tht Itnyul lir:ii, wllh Its MuKMilue, lluriii'd !y Hut n. fi teil ClileUidii Au I'llliiiiktinn with i (iiiiirunli-c unit h Threat. Capu Town, Nov. 10. Dispatches from Dr. Jameson have been received at Fort Victoria. They confirm the report that Huluwayo, l.oheiigula's capital, was captured by the forces of the chartered company. The columns which took the town wero comma titled by Dr. Jameson and Maj. Forbes. They had several skirmishes with the Matabeles before the critical battle. When about ten miles from IltiJmvnyn, on November 1, they were harrussed constantly by Lobcugulu's tinny. Several attempts were made to surround the columns. At noon Dr. Jameson und Maj. Forbes deeided to give battle. Olio Thousand Ilt-nil nnd Wounded, The Matabeles, 7,000 strong, accepted tho challenge. They attacked furionsly, hut were held at a safe distance by the Maxim guns. The fight lasted tin hour, during which the Matabeles kept P a steady but ineffective rillo life. They tied in disorder. Mounted men were sent in pursuit, but wem soon recalled, as they were unable to do much execution. The Matabeles left 1,000 dead and wounded on tliu field. The forces of the chartered company lost three killed and seven wounded, all by rille shots. Tlin Ailvancn on lliiliixt uvo. During the same afternoon tho columns advanced some distance toward Huluwnyonnd then went into camp. The night passed quietly. Kurly in the morning of November "J the columns resumed the advance with grent caution, but no Matabeles appeared. Huluwayo was found empty, but for a few old people and the wliitu traders, Falrbairn ami Usher, who were supposed to have been killed by the Matabeles. The traders said they had been well treated, Abandoned itnd Hurtled. Huluwayo had been abandoned u week before. Loheiigula had set tire to the huts and exploded the magazine, which contained 0,000 cartridges and 12,1100 pounds of powder. They had been disheartened by their defeat at Indus mountain, but the men Insisted upon another encounter. An Ultimatum. Cafk Town, Nov. 10. A dispatch from Fort Victoria says that Dr. Jameson has sent to Lobengula an Ultimatum guaranteeing him wife conduct and good treatment if he will surrender and thus prevent further loss of life and destruction of the kraals. If Loljcngula declines to surrender, says the ultimatum, troops will be sent to hunt Lobengula and his men until they shall be captured. Seventeen Hundred Warrior Desert. Advices from Papye, Chief ICham's capital, sa- that he.with 1,700 men, deserted the imperial forces, after a skirmish, in which he lost four men. Hi excuse was that smallpox had broken out in his camp. The desertion would have had very serious consequences had not the chartered company's forces already vanquished Lobengula. A WOMAN'S DESPAIR. Mrs. Hella Clopton Wife of n I'rtmiitieut St. I.ouU Attorney, Cnniuitt Siilrldo by Cuttltijc Her Thrimt anil lliingini;. Höing (Sonded to the Ileed by the OespnirliiK Holier Tlmt She Und "lternoed Ilm lilesvlng of Ilenvrn." St. Loins, Nov. 10. (loaded on by the despairing belief that she had lost salvation, Mrs. Hello Clopton, wife of Attorney W. II. Clopton, committed suicide yesterday afternoon by cutting her throat from ear to ear and hanging herself. The deplorable tragedy occurred some time between l'J;"0 and 2:;i0 p. m. probably nearer the earlier hour and was enacted at the beautiful home of the unfortunate lady, No. 2740 Lafayette avenue. Tho direct cause of Mrs. Clopton'. awful deed was the belief that she had "refused the blessing of Heaven" and could not be saved. Site has been in a terribly overwrought state of mind with the hallucination for about a month, has often talked despondingly of It to her nearest friends, but has never .so much as hinted that she intended to take her life. Her self-destruction, therefore, came like a thunderbolt of horror upon those who loved her. The news wns a crushing blow to Mr. Clopton. He wns in the court ot appeals arguing on important case before that tribunal when a messenger boy slipped in and handed him a note, telling him that Mrs. Clopton was dead. He looked at the message, turned deadly pale, staggered a few steps and fell In a ehalr. Hy this time tho judges attorneys nnd others in the court realized that some dreadful tidings had been imparted to him in the note. The proceedings were stopped in an instaut, and when the news was made known the case was laid over forthwith. Trembling with amazement and grief unspeuknble, Mr. Clopton left the court room nnd went direct to the side of Iiis deceased wife. The scene in tho court room was affecting, but the scene tit the house was indescribable. When he arrived the children were all home sobbing aloud and he, strong man that ho is, was utterly unable to restrain his grief. Friends who hurried to the resilience to console him were themselves moved by his violent emotions. Kmilander Virtually llpstroyod-Thlevcs Kunilerlnic thn Ilniu.d . Madhiii, Nov. 10. -A dispatch from Santnnder says that ninny cases of dynamite have leen recovered from the wreck of the Cabo Machicaco. The town of Santandcr has been virtually destroyed. Tho damage was not supposed to be so extensive until the mil itarv began razing all unsafe buildings. The police and military nro watching A& and night to prevent thieves from plundering the few shops und homeless thousands. More than 20,000 citizens nre encamped in haiiileU sear Santander.