Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 January 1894 — Page 2

WEEKLY COUKIEK.

C DOAXI3, 3?ubUHhor. JASPEIl. INDIANA.

Tun license of the Monmouth Park I a negn at Yildwood, Flu., Christ-Racing-association at Trenton, X. J., mas day. culminated In a not in which has been r.-vokod ' two w,,lt ,,M'n wero hhot b-V k'rWN

bifOKTS of siHvie at the port of New York for the week ended on the USd, were S207.S27, of which S17l,sC3 was gold and f27.Vu5 .silver. Thk Xictheroy sailed, on the 2Mh, from rernambueo, Brazil, for the south. Her destination was not known to any of her crew except her commander. At its liu'otini?. on the 20111, tne Omaha (Nolo Commercial club started j a movement for the circulation of a petition to congress for penny postage. Thk foreiirn ministers at Bio de Jan' ciro met, on the 20th. and üeculeü against recommending that the insurgentsbe accorded belligerentrights. . TlIE Imports, exclusive Of specie, at the port t of New ork for the week enueu on the 23d, were $S,4M..3., of , which 51,1.,314 were n ry goons huui ... , i ..üui.uoi geuerai mercauimisv. Tick cruiser New York has been I floated out of the dry dock at the Brooklyn navv vard. Her departure from the dock wis as successful as her entrance into it. . . 1 Whk.N the majority of the committee j on wavs and means come together i again it is said that a decision will be j reached as to what kind of an income tax will be agreed upon. As expedition will soon start from Cairo to the Soudan to HWrato the Austrian merchant, Herr Ncufolder, nnd Slating Bey, who have long been held as slaves by the Mahdists. Jam ks Monius, commonly known as James Hice, a former slave, died in Lyons, N. Y.t on the 24th, aged 121. lie was born on the Uice plantation in Virginia, near Koanoke, on June IS, 1772. Maj. Fowiks. commanding the field forces of the British South Africa Co.. .says that the Matabeleshave been completely subjugated, and that King Lolenguln.has lied, and apparently has no intention of returning. Hugo LoKWKV.the Berlin banker who was recently convicted of fraudulent bankruptcy, has been convicted of further swindling and sentenced to live years' penal servitude and six years' deprivation ol his civil rights. RE.vn-AmiiKAL Stanton will leave 2s ew London, Conn., on the .1, to go to Port-au-Prince, Havti, where he Avill meet the Kearsarge upon which he will hoist his flag and proceed to the j scene of the trouble in San Domingo.

A C.VJU.KG11AM has been received from I Pennsylvania. Minister Young at Nicaragua, stat-j The Paris Moniteur Vinicole pubing that Honduras revolutionists are Fishes full returns of the yield of the inarching from Nicaragua to Hon- j French vineyards. The crop is estiduras. The army of the latter coun- J mated at 1.225,000.000 gallons, against trv had been nut in motion to meet ; 050,000,000 gallons last year. The total

them. To avoid the payment of ten cents fare, on the 2t)th, 15ub Togue, a coal miner of Zanesville, O., swung around the end of a Cincinnati fc Muskingum Valley passenger car. to hide from the conductor. He was knocked off by a bridge and killed. Thk huge fly wheel in the powerhouse of the Des Moines (la.) Electric railway burst, on the CUl, wrecking the roof of the building and causing damages amounting to$U),000. Xo one was injured. The company has duplicate machinery and the stoppage of cars was very brief. Written threats to destroy various public buildings in Paris and elsewhere in France, continue to be made hy anarchists. The latest buildings threatened are the stations of the Lastcm railway, and every precaution has been taken to prevent the threats being put into execution. Thk weekly statement of the New York associated banks for the week ended on the 23d showed the following changes: Reserve, increase, $1.70S,950; loans, increase, $SG5,100; specie, increase, $W7,500; legal tenders, increase, $1,020,000; deposits, increase, t3,2W),C00; circulation, decrease, $109,909. John Dawson, the oldest citizen of! Terre Haute, Ind., died, on the 22d, nged 101 years, 1 month and Sdays. He was born in Stafford county, Va., near the birthplace of Washington. He had a numerous progeny. Heattended the funeral of Washington, cast his first vote for Madison, and served in the war of 1S12. Special telegrams to Bradstrects, i received from regular correspondents ! nnd others at 119 cities throughout the country, show that there were wage earners in enforced idleness, on the 23d, numbering more than &O1,OO0, and that there were dependent for support upon these idle employes of industrial

and other establishments more than 1 on the 20th visited three of the leading1,050,000 persons. ' saloons and sang and prayed in front . ' of the bars, after the style of the TiiBitr. was filed in the office of the crusade of twenty years ago. They recorder of deeds in St Louis, on the announced their intention of visiting1 20th. a mortgage from the Walter A. every saloon in the city. Wood .Mowing and Heaping Machiu A dv.vamitb storage depot, 4 miles Co. of New York to the United Suites I from Montevideo, Uruguay, was exTrust Co. of New York to secure $2.000.- ploded by accident on the 20th. No 000 in 0 per cent 12-year gold bonds, j one was killed, but great damage was

I he bonds arc m denomination of $1,000, dated December 1, 1SU3, and maturing December 1, U'J.V (EX. .Iohx W. Sj'itAOi'B, formerly of Milan, 0., and of late years a resident of lacoma, Wash., died on the 20th. (Sen. Spraguewent out as a captain of the Seventh Ohio infantry. He was one of the founders of the regiment He -wns promoted colonel of the Sixty-third Ohio infantry, and came out of the war major general, promoted for gallant and meritorious service?.

CURRENT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A mmc vj.ty Wtween'n white man one seriously nnd the other slightly wounded. The negroes congregated , at some distance from town and the ', white men were shot from nnibiish. I Wnti.i: on a drunken spree, eelebrat- ! ing Christmas, AI. Haines, of Olathe, i Kns,, after driving a buggy through ! the streets Inn hilarious manner, drove j to the Kansas City, Fort Worth .t Mem1 phis depot and attempted to cross the track m front of a fast-approaching train. Mis vehicle was struck and demolished, and Haines received injuries that may result in his death. The icehouse of the Huso & Loom is Ice and Transportation Co. in St. Louis was destroyed by tire on the morning of the 2Cth. The loss will be about s$,000. On account of the location, among elevators, freighthonses, the su- ...,-.. f,.trtri,.s ml ntlw.r slrnc tnnjs conta5nm,, vah ...i i,1P, ...ns .rn.i in. ,." --". Tm: major-general commanding the ' United States armv has approved that Pf t new tactics providing for )s gnM.ig commands under certam circumstances by whistles instead of by word of mouth. '1 he whistles are to ' the cross-pieces of the guards of the swords. Fun; at 31 ontpelicr, Ind., on the 25th, destroved the leading business block of the town, including the Commercial I hotel, Schneider s harness anil buggy I store, Cloud fc Son, furniture; MeDor- ; man's saloon, and Wilkin's restaurant. A new modern hotel was badly damaged, and the guests escaped in their night clothes. The loss will reach $35,000. Firn: in San Francisco, on the 2.th, destroyed the block occupied by the Call and Bulletin newspaper offices; Francis, Valentine v Co.v, printers; the Fosqui Printing and Engraving Co.: Blake, Mofiitt & Townes' paper warehouse; F. .1. Shattuck ."t Co., ink manuac Hirers; the Commercial Steam l'ower Co. and numerous smaller concerns. Loss. $500.000. CiiAfXCKV IL A.VDiiEW?, multimillionaire and foremost business man in northeastern Ohio, died at Youngstown Christman morning. He built four railroads and established several iron concerns during his active career, lie was one of the first partners in the Standard Oil Co. Mit. Saiiah Johnson1 died at Camden, X. J.. on the 23d. She was the oldest woman in the state, her age being 115 years. Finn near Kittanning-, Pa., on the ' "- tone stock farm owned by llowser Wos"t of Manor township. Twenty2.1th, destroyed the stables on the Keytwo horses were cremated, some of which were the finest stock in western value of this crop is over $250,000,000, the best since IS77. Thk fortieth annual meeting of the Indiana State Teachers association began in the hall of the house of representatives at Indianapolis on the 2(5th. During the three days session many kindred associations, branches of the general association, met. Quantities of war material are being shipped from the Italian arsenals to Massowah, on the Hed sea, to be used In the operations against the dervishes. Font minor election officers were arrested in New York city, on the talth, charged with violation of the law at the recent election, making a total of s. xty-one now indicted on these charges. CoxitAD N. Jowu.v. the assistant treasurer of the United States, arrived in New York from Europe on the steamer La Bretagne on the 25th. Thk president, accompanied by Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle and Capt. Ilobley I). Evans, of the lighthouse board, left Washington, on the 2tJth, on a trip down the Potomac. They were intent on duck-shooting a few days. Ax attempt to assassinate Mayor Tyler of Louisville, Ky., was made by a crank at the city hall, on thc2Cth, The man drew a revolver and attempted to tire, but was quickly overpowered and locked up. Thk Washington police made a raid on the Ivy City racetrack, on the 20th, after the first race, and captured a bookmaker and his assistants. The cruiser New York finished taking on coal at the llrooklyn navy yard, on the 20th, and sailed immediately for Kio. Muss LonB Hoi.r.EnF.tto, need 32 years, died suddenly at Terre Haute, Ind.. on the 20th. from strangulation While eating breakfast a morsel of food lodged in her throat, and before aid could le summoned she died. Sixtkk.v women, members of the First M. E. church of Wichita. Kns, where n revival has been in progress, done to surrounding property. Nisi", prisoners escaped from the county jail at Lincoln, Neb., at an early hour on the morning of the 20th. Four were convicted burglars, the , others vags serving short sentences. The escajH? was made via the ceilings roof and a rope made of blankets. Mil Ovkhtox -Piiick, lato cashier of the wrecked Citizens' national hank of Hillsboro, 0. died in Cincinnnti on the night of the 25th, from nervous prostration resulting from mortification over the bank's failure.

Two men entered a gambling houseat No. 20 I'ulney street, Chicago, tho other night secured $2.200 in cash, nnd with revolvers still leveled at a badly-frightened group of three faro dealers, backed out of the door and made their escape. A St. PKTKitsurno dispatch to the London Chronicle says that hosts of dews are being cxpoled from Kieif. The expulsions from St Petersburg continue, but upon a milder scale, .lews in tin interior are belüg provided with tickets to the frontier by the government for speedier riddance. Mit. Ai.ntKD lh:nm:i;o, widow of Capt. I led berg, the army ofiiccr who was shot a;ul killed nt Fort Sheridan Chicago, by Lieut. Maney some time ago, is in Washington with the avowed intention of making trouble for the officials by whom Maney is to be tried, nnd who, she claims, are not ardent in their prosecution. W.m, K. Mfini.vv, a veteran Chicago board of trade man, died at Pass Christian, Miss.. Christmas night. He was at one time a prominent trader in Chicago, and ran the first million-dollar wheat corner made on the Chicago board. Murray was born near Rochester, N. Y., fifty-nine yuar ngo, and began his career in Chicago as a bookkeeper for N. K. Fairbank. Tin: tradition that Cayuga lake never gives up its dead has at last been upset, for at noon on the tilth the body of Miss Mary L. Yeargin, who, in company with Instructor .Merriain, of Cornell, was drowned in the lake November IS, was found by a Lehigh Valley track walker on the east side of the hike, about. ft miles from Ithaca, N. Y. Fkaxcis J. Dkwks, the wealthy Chicago brewer, received word at New Orleans that his child was dying in Chicago, and, chartering an Illinois Central train, the tracks were cleared and .Mr. Dewes and his wife were whirled over the 1,000 miles at the rate of a mile a minute. He paid about $1.000 for the trip and broke all records between New Orleans and Chicago, making the run in 25 hours and !)0 minutes. As u measure of precaution against a possible dynamite outrage, the public securities in the custody of the Hank of France have been removed to the Place Ventndour, where there is an immense strong room. The estimated value of the securities is upwards of 4,000,000,000 francs. Ax unconfirmed report was published in Lisbon, on the 27th, that the Count d'Arces, Portuguese minister to Prazil, who was making preparations to denart from Kio de Jaueiro on leave of absence, had been detained by order of President l'elxoto. Thk Hanging Rock stove foundry at Ironton, O., was burned to the ground on the 27th. Sixty men nre tlirowr. out of employment. Loss, $70,000 on fotjidry, and $40,000 on stock and patterns. The foundry will not be rebuilt Oxk TiiorsAXD families, representing 4,000 persons, will be provided for by the Indianapolis committee having charge of the care of the poor of that city. The nineteenth annual convention of the Northwestern Commercial Travelers Insurance association began in Chicago on the 27th. Piumk Mixistek Chim'I of Italy is arranging in Germany to float a lo'an of 24,000,000. W. W. Lt.oyd, a noted Shakespearean essayist, died in London on the 27 th. Jonx Puexixo, a saloon-keeper nnd treasurer for the corporation of Elmwood, a suburb of Cincinnati, embezzled $5,000, the entire funds of the town, and disappeared on the 27th.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Br the aid of friends on the outside, and after shooting and severely wounding an oflicer, Chris Evans, the notorious train robber and outlaw, who killed so many men before his capture, broke jail at Fresno, Cal., on the 2sth, nnd made good his escape. A number of armed posses were organized nnd sent in pursuit. Aftkis being out for twelve hours the jury in the Annie Wagner murder trial at Indianapolis, Ind., brought in a verdict, on the 28th, of not guilty. The court room was crowded, and the announcement of the verdict was received with cheer after cheer. Tin; Albanians have severeclnll communication with Montenegro, and nre prepared to make an organized attack upon the principality. Montenegro has declared that she will hold Turkey responsible for any overt act made igainst her by the Albanians. Mi:. Mahoaiikt Mautix, relict of the late William Martin, one of the most eminent women in the Methodist Episcopal church south, ami author of many books on Methodism, died in Columbia, S. C, on the 27th. She was born in Scotland in 1807. Wakukx Laud, one of the bestknown citizens of New Bedford, Mass., and father of ex-Gov. Ladd, of Rhode Island, had the privilege of reading his own obituary, to the extent of a column, published, on the 2ath, by mistake. Cor.VT Wim.iam IhSMAUCK, youngest son of Prince Bismarck, received a let- ! ter, on the 2Sth, in which the writer threatens to blow up the count's house with dynamite. Measures have been taken to protect the house. Baxk F.XAMixiiit Kimiiai.i. says that the rumors that ccrtftin New York city national banks are in trouble is unfounded. All the national banks of that city, he says, without exception, are in good condition. Thk Pennsylvania Railroad Co. will go out of the year lMft without any floating debt, and with nothing but the ordinary obligations growing out of its traflic and current relations with other corn pa nies. Tin: large elevators and Hour mills of A. W. Doherty A Uro., at Ladoga, Ind., were totally destroyed by fire on the 2sth; loss, S-lO.OOO, with about $H,000 insurance. Thev will be rebuilt. S ami r.r. McKoo.v died nt San Diego, Cal., on the 28th, aged 01. He was the oldest Free Mason in the United States, having been admitted ns a member in 1S2;J.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Pnor. li. A. Smaht, principal of tho Windfall public schools, wns tried on the charge of assault nnd battery upon James C. Clark, aged 14 years, one of his pupils whom ho had whipped for disobeying the rules. The charge was preferred by Henry Clark, the boy's father. The prosecution claimed that the whipping wan done with tin unlawful instrument and was unnecessarily severe. It was a late hour before the trial, in which several lawyers were engaged, was ended by the acquittal of Prof. Smart Coi.rMiirs is the home of two remarkable men, Washington Polen, aged 85, nnd Minus Linn, aged 02. Each is the father of twenty-two children. Mr. Polen was married twice, twelve children being born by his first wife and ten by tho last Fourteen of these children are still living. He has sixtylive grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. Mr. Linn has been married four times, having four children by his first wife, two by the second, six by the third, and ten by the last, only four of whom are still living. A LAlir.K scaffold built across the White river by tho Indiana Bridge Ca, at M uncle, for the construction of the new Elm street bridge, collapsed and several men had a miraculous escape from death. A large derrick am a steam engine used in the work went down with the timbers and into tho river. The loss will amount to several hundred dollars. CiiAiu.Kr Hoi.i.kx, living at Winslow, nine miles south of Petersburg, was killed the other morning by being run over by a train of cars on the Air Lino railroad. He was drunk at the time, and had laid down and gone to sleep on the track Two unknown tramps fell under a Lake Shore freight train and we're killed at Valparaiso. John Rudv, a dry goods clerk of Muncie, is insane as the result of a joke played by some companions. They had a bogus oflicer arrest him for horsestealing. T. J. Wai.tkiis, of Indianapolis, colored, a merchant policeman, was killed by two burglars. He was stabbed in the breast and back, his body showing the marks of five thrusts. The murderers have not yet been detected. MiciiAKt. D. Waoxkk, a saw mill man, aged 40, living four miles east of Milton, committed suicide by hanging. William Ht'SHKM. and family, living one mile north of Cold Springs, wero poisoned by jimson seed and may die. One of Russell's horses was sick nnd ho ground some jimson seed in the coffeemill to make a poultice. His wife being away from home, his 12-year-old daughter, Anna, prepared supper. Not knowing the mill had been used to grind the seed, she ground coffee in it and served it at supper. The whole family were taken very sick and a physician hastily summoned. They are still in a dangerous condition. Joski'H Witsox has brought suit against the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Co. to recover $10.000 damages. Wilson was run down by a train at Briant, one year ago, and one of his legs cut off. Miss Rosk Paok, of Brooklyn, brought suit against Hiram Gregory for $5,000 damages for breach of marriage contract Gregory was married In July to another young woman of Brooklyn. After being out twelve hours the jury returned a verdict giving Miss Page $75. Miss Emma Vaxck. one of the efficient teachers in the Noblesville schools, daughter of W. C. Vance, leading grocer of Noblesville, became wildly insane. Typhoid fever was the cause. Dtutixr. a free fight at Asherville on Christinas eve, in which many persons took part, Wm. McClelland was dealt a heavy blow on the head and fatally injured. His skull is crushed, but he is still alive. Several other of the participants received severe, but not fatal, injuries. Much excitement prevails tit

this little hamlet, as McClelland was a prosperous citizen of the place and tpiiet when sober. It is not known who dealt the fatal blow, but all that were engaged in the altercation will be arrested. Thk Belvedere hotel, Columbus, one of tho largest and finest in Indiana, under the management of 1). 1C. Johnson, formerly of Cincinnati, changed hands the other day. John Scruinp becomes the owner, Mr. Johnson retiring. JosKfH Decker, a well-known citizen of Valparaiso, received a letter a fewdays ago from his sister, saying his mother had died in Bavaria, Germany, and had bequeathed to him $25,000. Ci:r- Mooiik, while celebrating Christmas at Petersburg, shot himself through the right thigh. A I'AXtc was nnrrowly averted at the Presbyterian church, Portland. An imitation Ferris wheel was being used to distribute Christinas presents from, and it caught fire from the candles. A rush for the door and windows followed, but no one was hurt Fun: in Montpelier, nt an early hour the other morning, burned the 'Commercial hotel, a restaurant, a saloon nnd a furniture store. Loss, $12,000. Tin: infant child of John Darnell, living near Washington, was found dead in bed the other morning. It had been suffocated by being drawn too near its mother's breast while sleeding. Wm. Pkacock, who was injured by a train at Scottsbnrg, died of gangrene. A I'.MtMKi: named Cole, living in tho vicinity of Butler, was robbed of 47 turkeys. At Elkhart, tho other day, a shock was distinctly felt and considerable damage resulted in broken window glasses. It still remains a matter of doubt what occasioned the shock. Some express their lelief that it was an earthquake; others claim it to have been caused by a meteor exploing in that vicinity. Jacoii HouvAoKit, 52, fell dead the other morning in his store nt Madison. ILvititv Gr.oitnn, a noted pickpocket, arrested at Muncie during the National Danker meeting, must go to the state prison for two years. Judge Koons lias overruled his motion for a new triuL

OFF WENT HIS HEAD.

rituliiK lr. Olttnlii . IlrilriMl Letter et Jtei'oiuiiiemlittloii, C 1. Iloiitton, mi i; l!iir liupertur, Aiull Iii I'nri'iiitni of tili St. I. iil Termliiul AhhocUUoii ultli a ritol, mill (ii'ttliiic WorMtetl, Sulihh Ity I.yliic I" Trout of n Truln. St. Lor is, Dec. 28. At a:50 a. m. Oflicers O'Connor nnd McGrath, of tho Central district, found the dead body of C. P. Houston, until recently an employe of the Terminal association, nt Sixteenth and RIdgely streets, on track 21 of the I'nion depot, about 200 yards west of the Fourteenth street bridge. The man had evidently plaeed himself on the railroad track and lain there until a train approached nnd ran over his neck, completely severing tho head from the body. Houston's body was taken to the morgue und when searched, among other small things found in his pockets was a small memorandum book, on one of the pages of which was written thu following: HIS I.AST MKSS.tOK. My nnrao is C. P. Houston. Take tho sorrowful iiew-8 to my fatally, 2U2 Hrooalyu street, St. Louts, Mo. Houston, who was a switchman in the employ of the Ends Bridge ami Terminal Co., created considerable of a sensation Tuesday evening when he called at the otliee of the Terminal association and approached Edward McDouuld, foreman of the association, demanding u letter of recommendation that he might obtain employ merit elsewhere, having recently been discharged from the Bridge and Terminal 'association. McDonald had not time to answer Houston's request, when the latter whipped out a revolver, and crying in a loud voice, "Take that for what you you have done to me." he fired on "the foreman. The bullet did not strike McDonald's body, but passed through the left side of his coat. McDonald, who is a powerfully-built man, sprang upon the would-be assassin, and wrenching the weapon from Houston's grasp gave him a severe drubbing. Houston finally broke away from McDonald's grasp and ran out of the office, followed by McDonald. Houston was toolleetof foot, however, and he rapidly drew away from his pursuer. McDonald, seeing that lie could not overtake the fugitive any other way, turned loose the revolver which he had taken from Houston and fired three shots at the hitter's fleeing form. Tho would-be assassin's speed did not lessen any, and he was soon lost to sight The police, who were notified of the affair, made a search for Houston Tuesday night, and tried to locate him at his old haunts. When his dead body was found in the union depot yards it was identified by the train hands and others. THE GOÜLdTnicOLAÜS CASE. The Drfrtiilimt File III Annwer In the 940.000 Suit Mrs. Xtrolium Took Xu CoiiliI Mn iiey ultli Her to Klimpe. Nkw Vokk, Dee. 23. George Gould, through his attorneys, Cochran .t Clark, has made his answer in the $40,000 suit against him commenced by Mrs. Zella Nicolaus. The answer covers ten pages af typewritten matter, and consists of a general denial to each and every charge made by 3 Irs. Nicolous in her complaint. It contains no demand for a general bill of particulars as many believed it would. Lawyer Hurnniell was seen and said in regard to Mr. Gould's answer: "Messrs. Cochran Clark have served us with a copy of Mr. Gould's answer in this ease, but we are not at liberty to make the contents of the answer public. If Attorneys Cochran & Clark are proud of the document which they have prepared for Mr. Gould, they should rot hesitate to give it for publication, but it is not our place to do so. Attorney Clark, of the firm of Cochran t Clark, counsel for George Gould, said: "It is impossible for me to make public the answer In the case of Mrs. Nicolaus against Mr. Gould. If Mr. 1 1 u imiiell thinks best, he is at liberty to make publication of the answer. The case has not been compromised in any way, and will not be. When the matter comes up in the courts for trial we shall be prepared to fight the case to the end. We shall give them all the fight they want in this matter. In tho meantime I see Mrs. Nicolaus is enjoying herself in Europe. She must have raised some money from another source, for I assure j'ou she did not get a dollar from our client" NICE POLICEMEN. fling nml Mtinlerem In tho Ttnto ol (iunriliniin of ('lileaKo'ii fence The Jluriter of K. A. NelUoii. Chicago, Dec. 28. At the inquest on the body of E. A. Neilson, who wuh shot early Christmas morning by Offi cers Moran and Healy, May Berkinan swore that she was aroused at 3::i0 o'clock Christmas morning by the eric of Neilson, nudshe found him under the back steps of her house and recognized him as a friend. She called the police and asked the wounded man what he had done. He replied that the oflicers had shot him nnd had taken everything he had. When Oflicers Moran and Healy arrived Neilson begged the woman not to leave him. The police usked her if she was going to do as Neilson requested, and she replied that she was. Oflicer Healy. she says, thereupon "threated to kill her, too," if she did not go away. Mrs. Berkinan repeated this statement, and then swore that Oflicer Healy struck her twice on the breast with his fist. Officers .Moran :tnd Healy are under arrest. Milpniintrr Trote! ARiilnat tho ApiUhy of llrltUli OCIclnW tit Itlu. Rio nr. Jaxkiuo, Dec. 23. It is reported that eighty British shipmasters, representing 2,000 men, and property valued at $1,500,000, have sent to Lord Rosebery, the British foreign minister, a protest against the course pursued by Capt. William M. Lang, commander (if the British cruiser Slrus, and senior officer of the British squadron now here, and Mr. (J. Wyndliam, the Ilritish minister to Brazil, neither of whom, thoy chnrge, will protect them In discharging their cargoes. There Is no change whatever in the situation here.

CHRIS EVANS ESCAPES,

The. Xoteil I)i'nu-ritl tAlgitlli ut l.:trc. l.riiiiuiK i. nine hi nuiiiiKiiu I lm, Ilia (Mil FIkIiIIiik Orouiiil IWe or.' giuilzlni; mi Ktery Corner of 1 r -,,,, fill., ami Tniliu lined to Head Him (g Iletnll of tho i:eupi'. FitK8.N0, Cal., Dee. 2S. It is reported that Chris E vans, of Kvans and Sim, tag, notorious outlaws and train r,l). bers, escaped from thu county jail. Posses are organizing on every curium nnd starting in every direction. Mi-v Kvans is in jail locked up. It is nut known whether Evans hud a team nr not, but when he got out he tmi! a horse und cart from a newsboy und started northward. It is thought Iiu was met by some of his friends on thu outskirts of town. Jack Barrett, one of the city police, men, has just left with the police , horseback with the object of heading Evans off from Sampson's Flat, his old fighting grounds.. Arrangements nre being made for a special engine to take the posse to Ueedley to Intercept him at the head of Squaw valley. The excitement is so great that it is hard to learn the particulars of the escape. The .Juller'n Account of the lUeiipi', Fp.ksxo, Cal., Dec. 'J8. Ben Jmmu, who was in charge of the jail at the time, gives this account of the cscap,: About (i:::o to-night a man nauicl Ed Murtell, a waiter, brought Kvans his dinner, nnd had been in the jail about fifteen minutes. Evans had asked to be removed from his cell to the large central inelosiire. s-ott, went and unlocked tho door and Martell stood close to him, and Evans was eight feet behind him. Martell presented a pistol and told him to ..p,-a the door. Scott thought hewasj .i,-. in.', and did not make any attempt to open the door, but Kvans steppntup and pulled a gun out of his pocket and said in a gruff tone of voice: "'I hat's right, Ben; throw up your hands. " .Martell searched him while Kvans held the gun on him. They then walked Scott a block and a half towards Mariposa street, to the alley between Oand P streets. Scott says: "As we mtit along we came across another man, and Evans told him in a threntetmig manner to come along with us. 'Jhe fellow we picked up was so frightened he could not walk, and we had to carry him, as I was afraid he would shout both of us if we did not bring him. When we got to the alley this man started running and left us. Kvans told me to walk away but not to run." After the two men left the alUv where they parted company uitn Scott, they met ex-Mayor S. II. Cole, who was going home. He had a revolver placed to his breast and was mmmanded to walk along with tl. in. He did not recognize them. Farther on, two men supposed t be footpads at the time, held up ( ity Marshall J. 1). Morgan and W. M. Wxatt. who were returning to their homes. Wyatt emptied his pockets. While he was going through this, the city marshall grabbed atone of the men, catching him by the coat sleeve. The other immediately tired a shot at Morgan, the bullet passing under his arm, makintr an utrlv wound at the left side of the breast At Q and Mono streets Evans held up a newsboy, took his horse and cart, and after firing several shots drove rapidly away. They have not been heard of since. There wns great excitement in the town to-night People gathered in thtS streets to discuss the news. Numerous posses were rapidly formed and dispatched from the sheriff's office in every direction. They started within an hour after the escape. All were excellently mounted and equipped, and the chances are that if the rouges keep the road they will be overtaken. A special train, loaded with armed deputies, left here for Sanger and Porterville about S o'clock with posses for those points. Everything' seems favorable for the officers. ON AN EMPTY STOMACH. The Unemployed of London Akeil t Walt fur mi Oppeortilnu Time to t'nie Kider Their l'etltliiii. London. Dec. 21.- A deputation if unemployed workmen waited upon Mr. Gladstone yesterday, nnd asked that the government provide work fir the unemployed by building light r:.Jways in London. Mr. Gladstone, in reply to the request, said that the want of employment was not confined to London or any partof Great Britain. The government .sympathizes with the men and their families in their distress, but it would be difficult for the government to engage in work that was beyond its usual powers. Tlure were parties, Mr. Uladstone added, that desired the government to become the owner of all the railways in the country. To a certain extent he shared in this desire, but it was a complex question which could not W decided without mature consideration. For the present it was impossible to i.nno.1.11. It,., (ixiiuttnll 1.1, In, lirOlllieU vi'iina.. . till. .... w . j.to do so when the time was opportun A .Icwluli ItuUhl llrlveii Iimnne ly 'I-1"1 inony. Nkw YoitK. Dec 2. Judge Me-Uim of the superior court, has coinunttrd llabbl Samuel Kloighton Lewis t- !' Blooiningdnle. Asylum for the lue Lewis came here from Louisvilb h . . II. and wns married on luesday last went on his wedding tour, and on Wednesday he became insane in Wsh' ington. His bride took him ',-. U a'' he was taken to Bellevue hospit ' fancied he was pursued by nun ure seeking his life. A NlKlit Wiitehmuii Hound unit Uytx (Isms; "f Hiir.uliiri. r.lUAili. 0 Dec. '3. At mi""-"''' Wednesday night seven innsl.e ""'n held up Night Watchman .M s. Ik'13' son. They bound and gauged hi.u a"' took him to Wallace's blacksmith where they tied him to a work'' nnd left him. The gang then inter" HnrUell t McN'eish's general store and took all the cash tliere vaThey also took a lot of deeds and mon gages of no value except to the oWta'f Bronson wns found yesterday mor ing by Wallace, Ho was noarlv with fright mid cold-