Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 51, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 August 1894 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOAXIC, I'libUidior.

JASPER.

INDIANA-

CUB RENT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

A xoNYMors letters threatening Emperor William's life uro frequently received at the (.ornmn Imperial palace. Ii in "' Tim: pope hud an attack of syncope, mi the UUh, und for mhiio minutes the condition of his holiness caused much alarm. Tim: attempt of the Chinese government to iloat a loan of 1.000,000 tnols, to be guaranteed ly Chinese merchunt.s, is Mild to have proven a Hat failure. Tim: plate-glnss and chemical trades

in St. Helens and N nines, omnium show a morehopeful feeling on account of the adoption of the American turllt bill. Tun rnllman relief committee w, on the 21st, informed ly lnv. Altgeld that immediate aid was at hand for the sufferers at Pullman, hut lie declined to name its source. lli'MOits were in circulation in London, on the 23d, that Mr. (Hailstone had died at lluwarden. Investigation proved, however, that there was not the least foundation for the report. Tub officials of the Japanese legation in London denied, on the 22d. that there had Won any engagement recently, either on land or at sea. letweeii the forces of .Japan and China. O.v the 21st A. K. Walker wired the Atchison reorganization committee in New York, that he will accept the receivership. He was then in Paris but will be in New York September 2. and immediately "qualify. llls.vsTHOfs forest tires have aain 1 1..... tin. S.lncr;itl minim iHs-

trict of Hritish Columbia. The buildings of the Noble Five and new Dead Man mines, in the path of the flames, have been destroyed. SiuiN, Italy and Great Britain are pending warships to Mazagan.to which place the sultan of Morocco's troops retreated after having been defeated by the Kabyle rebels. Mazaganis now "besieged by the Kubyles. A dispatch to a London news agency, on the 22d. stated that the king of Corea had declared himself independent of the Chinese government, and bad appealed to Japan for assistance

to expel the Chinese Irom me country. IIkv. Lkvi II. Gksochwinpt, a Lutheran minister, aged while eating dinner at the home of his parents near Ttntnlmrn-. Pa., on the 20th. was seized

with paralysis of the heart, and, food becoming lodged in his windpipe, was Miffocated. Yk Sug Soo, the Corean minister, and Jarng Itorng Whan, secretary of legation, left Washington, on the 2l6t, for Chicago, on their way home. They will leave San Francisco, on the 20th, nnd expect to reach Yokohama about the middle of .September. Tub match race between the Vigilant and the Uritannia was again postponed, on the ISth, this time indefinitely, by reason of the centerboard dropping out of the Vigilant just as the start was about to be made. She was towed to Southampton. Sks-atou Hii.i. expects to be attorney

in the first case that is brought to test the constitutionality of the income tax provisions of the new tariff law, and says that he believes when brought to the courts it will be declared unconstitutional in whole or in part. Thomas ll.vnn-i, of Esplenborough, Pa., returned to his home, on the 21st, after a short vacation, to find his wife dead nnd her remains horribly decomposed and his two infant children on the verge of starvation, and all saturated in the blood of the dead mother, who had died from hemmorhage. C.ov. Pattisox of Pennsylvania de

clined, on the 20th, to pardon George F. Work-, of Philadelphia, who is serving a term of four years' imprisonment for wrecking the P.ank of America of that citv, of which institution he was president. The board of pardons had recommended the pardon. Fuank II. Stanwoop, the long-distance bicyclist, who started from Chicago at 1:1.. p. m. on the 11th, arrived at the city hall in New Yorkat 10:03 o'clock on the evening of the 19th, ending his trip of 1,020 miles in 8 days, S hours and 43 minutes, breaking all records between the two cities, and arriving in good condition physically.

Tub Standard Wheel Co. of Terre Haute, Ind., has begun work on a

trunk on which the Columbia liberty

bell, the duplicate of Independence bell, made of metal composed of moneys and art treasures contributed by the educational institutions of thecountry,

will make a tour of tins country una nearly all foreign lands. The patriotic workmen at the wheel works donate their labor. Ox the 2 1st Gov. Altgeld issued an appeal to the citizens of Illinois and especially of Chicago for immediate aid for the "l,CO0 starving families of the town of Pullman, having first vainly Mnt a letter to George M. Pullman in which he outlined the desperate condition of affairs among the strikers at the town of Pullman, and Invited Mr. Pullman to call on him and devise means of relief.

A tbi.boiiam from Shanghai to the London Times, dated the 2lst, gives account of two sanguinary engagements between Chinese and Japanese forces at Ping Yang, in loth of which the latter were defeated and driven from the field with heavy losses. The Japanese were also driveu out of Clilng Ho, which was captured by the Chinese. Another great battle WHS expected to be fought on the !Md.

Joux Pktkus, manager of the Fluiden Lumber Co. at Aekley, la., was found in hisotllee, on the morning of the 20th, with u bullet hole in his bead and barely able to speak. He said that he bad Ih-ch shot and roblicd of $5,000 He was mortally wounded. Tin: confederate veterans' associa

tion of Atlanta, (la., took the imtia

IX the -enate. on the Mb. a resolution of- , fered t).v Mr. Murphy (N. Y.) declarlm: the en-

uetm.'M of further lccislatloti uMarftf mill- .,,.,,..,.. fo, .i... erection of rt ters ut till sexton Impracticable an.l that , . -ÜUl- lot l,a trtcuoii oi ii - t J . . f tu (h.i xl.il iiKti itf f tiHI

eotim'N MKHiul miiouru ai uie eunies. jwsm-

iitii'mkmsM'il Mr. Mnnilerson's tuen!

ment to Mr. (i ray's resolution to report lack the tree supnr Mil with Miimr still free ami with a provision coniluuitiK the Mijrur Ixmnty wus !o.t for watit ot u quorum, Mr. White Oleta . Cal l was appointed to Hi' vacancy on the finance committee without opposition The house waa not in session on the ism. IN the senate, on iho :.Hh. tho foi house bills to place on the free list suiisir. coal, iron ore ami barbed wire were reported back by the finance committee. The tlrst-nnmeil was, altered so a to provide for an ud valorem duty of -W jer cent, on all sugar and specific duties on inolases. The free Iron ore bill was the only one returned iu Its original shape. All the bills were placed on the calendar In the house the session was short anil unlinixtrtunt Several bills, none of them of considerable interest, were missed. Mr. Tnrsne.Vs bill t"

amend the lead ore Item was reported and placed oa ihe calendar. Tin: senate was not in session on the '.'1st. . . In the house, durim: a session ot about an hour, futile efforts were made to secure conslil-

"oint monument to the mei..or.v of (Jen

Mcl'herson of the federal army and (Jen. W. 11. T. Walker of the confederate army, who were killed within a few yards of each other. The grand army post of Atlanta will join the inouiinieiit movement. Pkoi'I.j: of Chelsea, Wis., a village lately destroyed by forest fires, have appealed to Gov. Peek for aid, saying they are without food, clothing or shelter, und have no means to obtain either. Gkouoi: L. RcssKLi., one of the original seven brothers who constituted the now powerful bouse of ltussell .fc Co., engine and thresher builders, of Masstllon, (.. died on the 21st, 'I',, ...., .. !,,,,,, ! v.vt,-rt tine.

i nr. v.M. v ... j, at Shanghai, the circumstances atteiulinir the sinklnir of the Chinese

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INDIANA STATE MS was.

I THE FUGITIVE EZETA.

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City

8AMTA::lm may locate at Home

hour, futile efforts were made to secure consul- i " , hunir ov tm. .lapam-so eratlonof several Important measures, chief transport lo .snunj, itj wit '. Vi .! ninonc which was the Hill bill for tho c.wlu- war ship Naniwa has rendered a vision and deportation of alien anarchist. Sen- sim holding that the Japanese comnte bill was passed cntntiiw rieht of way to . ,namicr jn firing u pan the tr.mfxirt, thel)uluth& Wlnnepcs railroad throuch the . . . . ,in,i therefore the.FananChipiHMva and White Harth Indian resorva- ! was justiiiut, ana intruorc 1 tions in Minnesota; also a senate Joint re-olu- I ese government will not lv ealle.l upon i. i : tiilt fiAidAw rtf I ...r,1r.. . ,.ti.kk n t f ttt fnr1 111 lit-

Hon directing the printinc of 20.W copies of

the tariff bill. IX the senate, on the 22d. most of the time of the short seslon (which lasted only an hour and three-quarters) was passed in waiting for a quorum, there be lac only thirty-two senators present at roll call The serjamnt-at-anus was. itinu!.Mi n rp,int. tht attendance of absent

senators: and when a quorum was reported I

the leaders on the side of tho majority resolved upon procceUtnu to the consideration of executive business, whleh iveupled the time until 1:45 p. in., when the senate ndjourned ... The house was not In session on the d. is the senate, on the SM. there was no quo-

and answerinc and no oustne

to make any compensation for the destruction of the vessel. LAWvr.ns and jurists to the number of 200 occupied the front seats in Convention hall in Saratoga. N. Y.. when the seventeenth annual meeting of the American Par association was called to order at PU&un. m. on the 22d. Miss Edith Ci..u:k was terribly burned, on the 22d. by her elotliiug igniting from a spark from a locomotive on the Panhandle road at Grafton sta-

I tion. Pa. She may not recover. I Commission!-:!! Mli.l.r.r. of the inter-

rr.ont

whatever was attempted-even me reauint: oi

the previous journal and the presentation or a , revenue bureau savs the income

inquire from the president beinc prevenica . . eolu.c,.,

by the failure of members to attend. The ser.fini.üt.urms was ordered to compel the at

tendance of absentees, and after an hour s weary waiting the senate ndjourned... . In the house the committee on naval affairs submitted their report on the alleged armor-plate

tax will be collected notwithstanding the failure of congress to make an appropriation therefor. Ik the investigation of the late strike

bv the national labor commission at

tneir repon mi im' u.ui-..tv -, ... ,

frauds, accompanied with a joint resolution to ! Chicago, on t lie vvu, iosuhhjii u-.ur.i-have plates now on certain ships removed and ' be lo the l'ullman company was for subjected to ballistic tests to determine their fi t . j,nt, jIurtKluced. oualitv After discussion the joint resolution! . . . , Äto One or two private bills were l Wii.mam Stoiui. 27 years old, wanted passed and the house adjourned. in Chicago for a SI, .'00 forgery, was ar

rested in .Ni'iv lorK on tue :isi. ne was formerlv a real estate dealer in

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Pr.nsiDKNT Ci.i:vki.ani) returned to Chicago, and is said to have victimized

Wnshini-ton. on the 22d. from Gray

Gables, where Mrs. Cleveland is spending the summer, at Ituzzard's Hay, Mass., much improved in health for his few days' outing and rest from the turmoil of the national capital. Ox the 23d the state department initiated the next phase of the sealing question by addressing an identical

note to all maritime powers inviting

them to adhere to the agreement

his customers.

Tub New York Sun says the three men, Herlitz. Scharf and Nelson, who were arrested in Chicago, on the ISth, on charges of aron, are supposed to have once plied the trade of incendiaries in Xew York city. A unknown man fell off an eastbound freight on the Fort Wayne road at the depot in Salem, (., on the 23d, nml wns instantlv killed, his body be-

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reached bv the United States and j mg cut in two. iucu1Ui.5 .wGreat britain relative to the protection j to have been a tramp who was beating .... I 1. t ..- -

of seal fisheries.

The testimony before the strike commission indicates that Pullman paid exceedingly low wages, and that his rent collectors let mighty little of what he

paid escape his coffers.

his way.

A. S. Tccker, a Chicago 1-oard of trade broker, shot himself dead, on the 2:id. in Washington park. Hclmdbeen nostril on chanire bv the manager ol

the clearinghouse as having failed to

Uli CSCilin; ill." vuuviiJ. I , ' ... nav his debit balance.

dam HS toT at CtaJuon j T, Pall Mall (London, Gazette the 20th. while the family were at it is stated that the Norwegian membreakfast. William, John m1 Mary, 1 Wrs of the party assert the unfitness three children, were instantly killed of the American me nbers of the W ellnnd their mother received a fatal , man arcti, expedition to take part m

shook. Jim Stack, who was in the , such an enterprise

yard, was badly stunned, but will re- j cover. I l!nt .lAN-Bino advices state that by i

the explosion of a gunpowder wagon

in Largo do Sanulad, tinrty-two per

sons were killed, many more were

wounded and several houses were demolished. Withoct debate and without objection Senator Hill, on the 20th, secured the passage by the senate of his bill providing for expediting the claim of the government against the Stanford estate arising out of the personal liability of the late Senator Stanford as an original stockholder in the Central PaciGc Uailroad Co.

Tub government receipts from inter-

Tin. Japanese government has declared rice to le not included among articles contraband of war. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Jj? the senate, on the 24tn. all but four minutes of the session was spent tiehind closed door. Eight or tn bills, were taken from the calendar and passed, as was a concurrent resolution for the final adjournment of eongress on the 2sth In the house the concurrent adjournment resolution was passed. Another unsuccessful effort was made to consider the Hill bill for the exclusion and deportation of an

archists. Two or three unimportant

nal revenue at its various bonded ware- measures were passed an.l after a soshouses. on the ISth, were S3,0$0,000. On Kion of an hour the house adjourned . . . v . . i it -n til I li !7t I.

tiw. oiuh t iw rnitinniK irom tue iiiuu i

lillv- "JV" v.v- s--1 '

sources were $2.771,271).

In olM'dience to orders from the for

eign oflice the customs ofticers of Glasgow have selaied the warship Islam,

which is receiving her outnt jot tn"

service of Japan. The warrant was issued under the foreign-enlistment act,

the same as in tho case of tue lorpeuo

boat recently seized at Klswyck.

Tin: commissioner of internal rev-.

enue says it will be exceedingly Hillcult to secure effective treasury regulations under the provision as it stands in the alcohol bill, and estimates that It will result in a loss of SlO,000,0GO in revenue if not repealed. Mns. MAitv Joiinso.v, a widow, who

lives near the soldiers' home at Leaven

Attokn'KV-Gkn'BUA t. Moi.o.vkv appeared before Judge Hanecy. of Chicago, on the 24th, and asked leave to Hie information in quo warranto against the Pullman Car Co, revoking the hitter's charter. Judge Hanecy refused to take up the motion. Hon. CintisToriii:n Fini.kv Fkazbii, late minister of public works in the

Ontario government and. recently appointed inspector of registry olliees for Ontario, was found dead in his room at the parliament building in Toronto, Ont., on the 24th. Tub City button works at Allentown, Pa., "shut down, on the 23d, for an indefinite period, paid all its em-

i LJ1H CT .1 111 l t

worth, Kas.. on the 20th, instantly I will lie kept closed until the fashion

Mil ml an old veteran named Patrick

Donohue. Mrs. Johnson nlleges that Donohue invaded her premises for the nurnose of stealing fruit.

Aiioi't .10,000 people assembled at l Fallen Timbers battle ground on the. Mnumee river, 12 miles altove Toledo, O., on the 20th, to celebrate the centenary of Wayne's victory. There on . . .... l... .1..f...4.w1 4tt.. U'vnti. I

AUgUSV -U, hin, iir.m iiiiitii dotte, Ottawa and Delaware Indians, j breaking the power of their confederacy. Elijah Dai.to.v, one of the live whitecaps sent to the Indiana state prison, south, at JelTersonville, under a live years' sentence from Salem, died in

prison on the 20th. IIlltAM HntKSMlTU was blown to pieces and Andrew Koose and four other persons were fatally injured, on iu. ist. bv Iba exnloslon of the boiler

of a threshing engine on lierksmith's furm, a miles south of Hyron, 111. l'r.urH SrPIM'.IXTFN'ItBNT HvitNT.s of

Now York city, on the 20th, preferred charges against Police Captain Stevenson of the Mulberry Street station. Stevenson is charged with having received brlhes while in command of the Leonnrd Street station. He will be, tried before the coiuniihsioaer..

forwearinsr fancv buttons is revived.

A XKOiio who calls himself Anderson Hoyd was arrested at Jvtioxville.Tenn., on'the 23d, on the supposition that he is identical with Jacob Haitz, who killed Kdward Uhl, in Marion county, O., ten years ago. Tin: chief executive of Hcuador has prolonged the session of congress in order that it may pass the budget anil arrange for a French syndicate to build a railway from Guayaquil to Quito. Gkouoi: W. Kkki was caught in the

belting in a planing null at Hagerstown, Md., on the2Uh, and Hayed out of all semblance to humanltv. L. W. SciiBUitMA.NW, of Hudson. O., has been disbarred from practice before the interior department for violation of the pension laws. An imperial edict has loen issued by China ordering HMMKK) Maneboos and Pekingese to hold themselves in readiness for war service. Tin: Paris Gaulois says It is rumored

that Germany will celebrate the anniversary of the victory at Sedan for the last time this yean Tiilirrv-SBVB.v inine.s, white and colored, perished in a mine explosion anil firein the Franklin mine of Franklin. Wash., on the 2 Uli.

ii .... i. .... ,.,. -in verv bust.

A iKtK is called a plain Kw at Marlon. . Kl.woon and Alexandria an now connected bv telephone. At Matamora William Pierce was crushed to death under a wagon load of stone. PiCKrorKBTS made a big haul in a Monon sleeper out of Indianapolis.

Two were captured. (iBonoK Waitbs, of Logansport, is lving dangerously wounded and Hill Siclntosh, a horse-trading wanderer, i in the Cass county jail, charged with shooting with intent to kill. Ihe trouble grew ont of a horse trade. Hbniiy Wbi.stho, aged 01 years, and Mrs. Knieline Dolch, aged 71 years, were married at Valparaiso. Doth have been married three times leforeTiik 4-year-old child of Angus Schultz, of lk-dford. was burneil to

death. Mysterious circumstances surround the case. Nothing is known as to how it occurred except that the child claimed two boys set it afire. IsitAKi. Hbaii:, bf-vear-old grandson of Israel Patton. was slacking lime at Crawfordsville, when it exploded in his face, burning out loth eyes Hoys who jump on moving tniins at Garrett are compelled to work out their lines on the streets. Sru-lVAX i experiencing a water famine. Kven the street sprinkler has had to quit work. X Till ox lady was arrested the other day for disturbing the neighUirs at unseemly hours by ponndinjr heef-steak.

Fa i:ikk have threatened to stop

tradinir ut Goshen K'eause they are not

nlUnv.Ml tn hitch their horses on the

public square. Km ja n ai.ton, aged sixty-five, a convict in the state prison south, died at that institution the other morning.

He had been confined in the prison for nine months, being sentenced for complicity in the white-capping of his wife near Salem, Washington county, about a year ago. The trial at the time attracted widespread attention. Although Dalton did not assist in whipping his wife he stood by and witnessed the deed without attempting to interfere. Thk annual picnic of the Pennsylvanians of northern Indiana and southern Michigan, took place on the island at Elkhart, a few days ago, with several thousand in attendance. Hon. J. H. Stoll, of South ltend, was the principal orator. An appropriate programme was carried out. Statb Gbolooist Goitr.Y. 'Squire V..illninan ami Hiram Cohen, of this

city, have formed a syndicate and have nnnhased l.s30 acres of land in Oconee

county, S. C, looking to mining for

gold on an extensive scale. A sTUANGEit visited a northern In

diana town and sold tickets for a play called "The Disappearance of a Man." After sellimr about fifty tickets he

slcmned with the proceeds.

W'm. Akderv's barn, with contents.

was burned by a tramp m JJartholomew county. Loss, 82,000.

Pktbü Crcm, a Delaware county farmer, assigned the other day. Marion H. Carev being assignee. Liabilities,

82,000: assets small. MKS. Matiliia Wilson, aged eighty

fin. died near Atlanta. She was

well-known in Shelby county, having raised fourteen children in the Wray

nnirrhWhood. a few milcS WCSt of

- r ' Shelbvville.

Folm: more cases of smallpox are re

ported from Atwood, a small town nve miles west of Warsaw. This makes

seven eases there now. L. Plummer,

wife and two children were taken down

a few davs airo.

Thk bodv of Edward Garrity, the

rif-ht-vear-old son of Mrs. John Gar-

1 riti.- a widow, was found the other

r.. nine near his mother's home float

5nr in the ConnersvllleliYdranlic. dead.

Yin Imvimr it is suntwscd. fallen from

one of the bridges and drowned a few

minutes tefore found.

At a Sunday-school picnic near CoThomas Wvkoff was danger

ously stabbed in the neck by Kdward Neville, a desperado. IN Indiana there are 402 children in poor houses and 1.2.19 in the orphan asvlums. In 34 counties last year the dependent children cost S10r.0X. The total cost in all counties was about 8150.000. At Mt. Vernon Jesse Pike shot his brotherin-law. Doc Perry, with a shotgun, inflicting dangerous wounds. Per

ry was in a quarrel with his wife. Tikes sister, when Pike interfered. Nbw brick walks adorn the thoroughfares of Warren. Tub chewing-gum social fad has struck Greencastle. FAiiiiBits all over the state are feeding' wheat to hogs. At Montpelier John MeKlwain fell from a ladder and was killed.

AT Metamora W. IL Pierce was instantly killed by a runaway team. A cow became unruly at Knightsville and it took 20 men to hold her down. Ft. Waynb saloonisLs have decided to disregard the Sunday closing laws.

Tiios Ryan's crop of oats ami wheat was burned near 1'nion City by a tire

started while threshing.

Tin: Adams County bank, at Deeatur, has leen reorganized with a capital

stock of S175.oi.KL James K. Niblick is

nresSdent and iL K. Allison cashier.

At South bend A. L. Hudson, aged

45. drtir-LMst. was found dead in his

lrutr store bv his daughter. The drug

store had been closed for several days. Hudson had been a morphine eater.

Itr.v. . C. CiutisTXBit. pastor of the Presbvterian Hunker church at North

Manchester- has abjured the faith and resigned his position as president of

the Urethren state conference, t!co ntsnsident of the National Ministerial

association and the Urethren. National

conference.

Jajibs K. Skxton, a young freight

bi-nkemnn. fell from a I-ake Lne and

Western train, north of Peru, and wa

killed.

Hr Mm! Ill CoHiktr!oU !h-U f Mtuliiil IUUImIii Mt-vii I'nmrUni IIU Slry KrUlnl to 4 l!rMrtrr-lle Ktplaln, To lli Own SAtlfrf-llMi ut SBif tf tin- AtriM-UH t'rlmr iBipulcl I Him Tlir rrUner WüHt Julrk ActiuM. Sax Fi:.vx imo, Aug. SS. -The fagitive San alvadorian. Gen. Antonio Kzeta and his companions, who t.ere arrested Thnrsilay on the t'nited States steamshin lteimington bv Fnited States

marshals, passed the night in the mar

shal soiliee. To a reporter l-zeta torn his. storv with the assistance uf Lieut.

Cotlin, of the Henuington, as inter

preter. Kzeta says that N't ween tue

20th of April and May, three laities were fought near Santa Ana, in which

his forces were defeated.

t-ZBTA wor.MiBi.

Kreta was wounded in the head en

Mnvaaml was concealed in a house.

Two veek later with SOO of Ills follow

ers, he made his way to the seacoast.

Then he found the Itenmnsrton anil

asked for refuge until the steamer San

Itoules. on her war north, arrived four

daws Inter. When the San ltoules ar

rived the refueces were not allowed to

board her. but were kept against their

will on the Pennington. A niABOB OB MfKItBK KXri-VINKP

Kzeta explains the charge of murder

arrainst him bv saving that he did not

kill the man. but that the teamster

who tried to intercept him was shot by

one of his men, an American, i.ieiu

irrolmnited the storv. As re

gards the kink robbery. Ezeta says he took the monev from the Iwnk and

irave Ids receipt for it. as president of

the republic, and used it in the pay of

his soldiers. This, he elaims, lie nan a

right to do

r.VPKI! TUB LAWS OF TUB COr.VTBY

Gen. P.ustamento. who is accused ot

han'-in"- four men. states he hung

them, bnt said the men were deserters

from the nur. In fact all the of

fenses charged against the refugees

are explained by them as committed

while attempting- to lulhll the laws oi

the country.

Tliry Want Oiilrk Artl.m.

Sax FnANCisro. Aug. 2.',. Kzeta ana

his companions are to K taken before

I nited States District .luilge .Morrow.

Their counsel when asked what pro

ceedings would Ik- taken, said that im

mediate action will be reouesteu. e

have a good ease he said, "as nothing

it n if nroveil ov l-.zcta enemies.

Vnml.Ti nf .rwrsons have come for

ward and offerel to testify on otir side.

THE PLOT MISCARRIED.

tmiihrr Attrnmt in.tuilnalF thr I'rrl

Irnt f llayti A Woman iiroasm .ihui II railure- lllppo!t- lo llc lU-ni ...l,iil..il in Iii War tu IIU Country

llflilrtirt Thr l'Iottrr SarprUr.1 mikI

Srirnl Calitured.

Ni:w Yoiik. Aue. 25. A Herald cor

respondent in Kingston. Jamaica, writ-

under date of August 15. says:

"V.m-s has reached here from what has

hitherto proved a reliable source, that

another attempt was made a few days

ago to assassinate rrcsMlent Hippolyte

of HavtL The attemm. it is saiu, was

made onc evening while Hippolyte was

on his way to hs country resilience,

few miles from Port Au Pnnce-

AUMBI MEN IX AMBCSU.

Twentv-fotir men. it is reported.

ann.il with pistols, stationed them

selves along the road the president

was to take, anil acconiing to arrangeTn,.nis the first shot was to lie fired

when the intended victim had reached

the center of linP and escape would tVion N r.-ndereil almost impossible. A

wnman was responsible for the failure

of the plot. One of the would-Pe assas

sins

TOLI HIS SWEKTIIKART or TUB BLOT

and she gave a hint to one of Hippo

lvte's generals. The consequence was

that on the evening in question the

president set ont from Port Au Prince with an extra strong Nxlv guard, while

a squad of soldiers were sent on ahead

tn search the woods on either slue ox

the road. Several of the ambushed

men were captured and placed tinder

arrest, but the rest eluded pursuit.

ONLY TWO WBBB IIOI.P ENon.II

to trv to carrv out the original inten

tion. Hoth of these got close enough to the president to fire at him. bnt both

bullets missed the mark, ihe presi

dent proceeded to his destination.

where be spent the night. The next

day several arrests were made, but the

charge of attempted assassination conm

onlv be brought home to inose who

had K-en caught in the woods.

A HORRIBLE DEATH.

Cansht mnil Thrhrl to Tlrrr In th

Shaftinc ' HaoerstowN. Md.. Aug. 25. eorge

W. Peed, a miller, employed in Kminert Hros." planing mill here, met a

horrible and instant death. A ieit

had slipped a pulley in the mill and

Heed set a small ladder against a

girder near the shaft and climled up to put the belt in a place. The

belt caught his arm as he was atiempt-

iii'' to aduist it and he was urawn

up between the revolving pulleys and crushed and threshed, stripped of arms and legs by the machinery. It was

was some tune lefore the engineer learned what hadhappened and stopped the maehiiierv. Reed's bodv was man

gled almost N-yond semblance to hu

man form. He was I years oi ageanu unmarried. Will Olrbrate for the Ijit Time.

Pa ins. Any. "5. The Gaillois says it

is rumored that Germany will celebrate the anniversary of the victory at

Sedan for the last time tlusyc-r. WILLIAM T. BELDING,

-i.ri.rb of tho Hotel Metropole. w

York. Wanted for KmbcrIemrnt.

Piiilaiiklphia. Pa.. Aug. 25. Win.

T. Itehlim- a clerk at the Hotel Mctrt

pole, who was recently discharged for

the theft of a small sum. is now oe-

lieveil toN'Crt.OOOshortin his accounts.

The hotel proprietor did not discover

the wholesale theits oi ine eier r.ntii after the latter had leen dismissed.

The police are searchinjr for the ac

cused, who, it is said, Is in tnicaco. Pesides appropriating money from the

hotel.

DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

An ImproiriurHt la Trmile All the Mor, . s.,tUfj, ,r. iiju. t Ami.untlHC tti a IbMitu A Cna.lual Itrrrruw In Nrarlj Alt Line f ltHtiir ami Mjimtf jrturr The lUwur to I'lirn. lhii;li Srirrr. Not S,, I5, B ijjj. New Yokk, Aug. sr. U. Ii. un Jc Co. 's weekly review of trade issued today says: Changes during the past week have not Nvn definite nor verv eosnp'ete.

As the president's final decision re

garding the new tariff is assured, but not yet certainly known, part of the hesitation which appears may le attributed to the uncertaintv

which must soon terminate. Other

conditions, if not. entirely favorable.

have at least not changed for the wote during the past week. The iniurr t

eorn is less than many apprehended. 1... i . 1 . . 1 .......I

ii ,s .sun iviitioi ii note the vi. -LI kUint VUl IXiil IVH) bushels.

The strike of coke workers and coal

miners has ended, and while the lockout of cotton operatives is iaiportant. it affects the earnings and livelihood of a much smaller numN-r.

The business so long delayed by

tariff uncertainties begins to come

forwanl, so that transactions in many denartuients as-e larger tlian f late.

and on the whole larger than at the

time of especial stagnation last year, but it is still too oon to determine

how far the satisfaction of postponed

demands will set mlc nanus at worn, or raise transactions toward the normal volume. Put it is a healthy sign that

the gain thus far is gradual and n.t spasmodic or flighty in appearan In all the great industries soar in

crease in demand for prtKluct-s has pcared, and the Not and shoe tradcontinues to lead others in roeoverv. as

shipments from the east not onlv e ceed last vears largely, but .urpas

those in August tf prt'viotis yesrs.

Keonosnv amvars here in purchases of

- - - , cheaper qnalitios rather than in purchases of fewer pairs or ea;e-. an I the

demand is largely for speedy i -iwn . reflecting unusual reiluction of st-n-k-.

In the iron and stisel manufacture the demand for finished products increases, hut is at present not as large as the capacity of the works which

have endeavored o resume operations.

A moderate increase is seen in the

woolen mills in operation, and agents who have offered spring go wis. gener

ally at a reduction of alwit 1- . per

cent, from last year s prices, have tauen orders for considerable quantities; but "

there is still great uncertainty ai-out the extent and effect of foreign com

petition in may important classes, partietilarlv of the N-tter grades of goods.

and as this must continue for months.

the adjustment to new conditions mast

be gradual.

Mxut l.r,ovl,O0a.(0ibushcIs is now the

more common estimate ox yieiu oi

corn, which will leave nothing fir ex

port, and, falling; below a lull supply for feeding, will materially affect prices of meats for the oming year.

Wheat lias been stronger in spite o: favorable reports that a yield of V).-A-jft son hashels or more is now ex

pected. . Receipts at the west for the

week were 4.t4.ria tmsiieis. agaiast 2,724.148 last year, aad Atlantic exports only 1,437,435 bashels, against 2,051,424 last year-

Hog products are only a shade strong- ! ... , i .

er. l otton leu a snaue maimy ou account of curtailment of consumption by the strikes, but recovered. Accounts from the south continue to

promise a yield considerably larger than that of 14H.

Monev markets continue to reflect a

legitirrä'e increase of commercial de

mand, which comes mainly xrom urj

goods commission houses, but it t-

noted that although the last week o. August is at hand.' the miuirements fnmi the west and south for crop moving purposcsare by no means of ordinary magnitude. Foreign exchange

has Nsen a shade stronger, tnouga domestic exports of products fntm

New York have oeen tor tnrce weess Si. 177,000, or Oper cenu less than last year, the decrease in imports having k-en onlv 400,000 in the same veeks.

Fore'gn capital appears to N doing scarcely anything at present in Amer

ican securities, anil the advance oi ;i per share in railroad stocks and SI. 10 in trusts this week has been due to speculative operations on the floor.

lUilroad earnings in August nave leen 1 percenU larger than last year, but 14.1 per cent, smaller than in lsW. though it is oWrreil that in ton

nage manv of the leading railroads an now doing better than two years ago.

The treasury has gamed a little m though New York Iianks

liegin to resent and resist the process

of drawing gout Irom them xor cur

renev shipped to the interior.

A year ago tnis week paymem-s through clearinghouses dropped "J per cent., railroad earnings lrt per cent., thirtv iron works stopped and half the cotton mills at Fall Uivcr. and then-

were 410 failures, of which only nine

The exchanges this wcck are larv.

than last year by 11M per ten., although they are 1C.4 per cent, below

thixse of 1st. Tiiii liliilities of firms failing for the

second week of August amounteil to

only SI,:3,SCl. and for the last mrce -.wL-. tn ..nlv ST 'ty.,.07.. of which 52.-

tMa,205 wen- of manufacturing, 3nd SV

7s7..129 of tradmsr concerns. The failures for the week ended oa the 21th were 2-"4 In the I'nited States, against 410 last year, and 29 in Canada, against 20 last year. Thrown rm-TT Tml In WUron.U. by Trami anl Killed. Wix.n-ArKr.i-, Vis-. Aug. 25.-A Itaüy Xctvs special from Madison. V. LH.,says: Conductor Kichanl Gosrg'tn tvas hrown off a moving freight train Thn-k.y nightonleavinff.lefferMm.Hnctio8by3 doz,.n tramps. He was missed hort X afterwanl. bnt the train conWi BottP till Uke Mills was reached, a-v it Ma to net a train there. Onrebirmng he was found lying near the tracks ib conscioHs. He never regain . cm sciousness nd died soon a fw train reached Madison. His lioaw is at ltaraboo.