Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 January 1895 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

4ASPEB. INDIANA Tin: associated banks of New York city held S3a,WK),ü75 in excess of the requirements of the 25-icr-cent rule on thc22d. S wtiiT t v 1 . t iovt Itutiipd nn order. on the 24th. plnctnfr Urig.-Gen. David G. Stvaim on the retired list of the Briny, he having reached years. the age of (12 Humor is current in Washington that Assistant Postmaster-General Irank II .Tones, of Illinois, is engaged to Mr Nellie Grant Sartoris, Gen. Grant's dat'ghter. Tuk London physicians attending Lord Randolph Churchill issued a bulletin, on the evening of the 25th, say-ine-that their naticnt was in a critical j condition. Coi .1. 1?. Katciiki.ois. United States government Gettysburg historian, died, on the 22d. at hisr home in Kosten, of pneumonia. He hud been ill hut a short time. Thk Rreiucn state authorities have issued an order prohibiting the importation of cattle and pips from England and Ireland. The Hamburg authorities have issued u similar prohibitory order. Tin: biggestand most successful fox bunt In the historvof Alloirbenv eoun ty. Pa., took place on Christmas day. During the day u distance of twentylive miles was covered. The result of the hunt was ten foxes. Ky direction of the president a medal of honor has loen awarded in the name of congress to David I-. Day. private Co. 1), Fifty-seventh Ohio volunteers, for distinguished bravery in an assault on the enemy's works at Vicksburg, May 22, ISCJ. Thk report from Cleveland that the Carnegie Steel Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., had closed a deal for several thousand acres of land at Lorain. O., on which would b: erected a large steel plant was denied, on the 27th, by theofiicials of that company. Henry M. Skeley. aged 59 years, of Honesdalc, Pa., who was presiding judge of the Twenty-second judicial district of Pennsylvania, consisting of the counties of Wayne and Pike, from le'2 to 159. died, on the night of the 25th, of Kright's disease. Mxs Virginia Ciikw, 10 years of age, daughter of Col. IL P. Chew, and granddaughter of John Augustine Washington, the last private owner of Mount Vernon, and a great-grandnieee of George Washington, died at Charlestown. W. Va., on the 25th. John Vastixk. for years the Cincinnati "Enquirer" representative at Covington, Ky., while romping on the Hour with his children at his home, on the 23th, fell dead from apoplexy. He was one of the best known and most popular men in Kentucky. IlKNltv Mu.i.f.n, president of the Miners' organization in the Massillon (O.i district, has issued a statement in which he says the miners accepted the award of the board of arbitration under Protest, reserving the right to ask for a new settlement when opportunity offers. Tur. body of Mrs. William Waldorf Astor, after being embalmed and placed in a mahogany casket, the mountings and plate of which are solid silver, was inclosed in a case of lead and sent from London to Liverpool, pn the 27th, for shipment to New York on the steamer A urania. M. Rahtiiou, French minister of public works, and Jean Jaures, socialist member of the chamber of deputies, exchanged shots, on the 25th, on the field of lionor. Neither was hurt. The duel was the result of the violent debate in the chamber, on the 24th, in which Karthou gave the lie to Jaures. Tiik weekly statement of the associated banks of New York city, issued on the 22d, showed the following changes: Reserve, increase, $534.850; loans, decrease, $S,G05,lO0; specie, increase, $(1,351,100; legal tenders, decrease, $,309,600; deposits, decrease, $10,2111,200; circulation, dcrcase, $,'ii, 2Ü0 Tun president refused the applica tion for pardon in the case of the In- j dtan Cha Nope Huah, alias Two Sticks, j . ' ... who was eouvicieu ui muiuui in .-until Dakota and sentenced to be hanged on the 2th. The Indian, with his sons nnd another Indian, deliberated murdered four cowboys, whose hospitality they were enjoying. Tin: United States court of claims rendered a decision, on the 21th, in favor of forty letter carriers for overtime due under the eight-hour law. The claimants were located in Haitimore, Md., Hay City, Mich., and Terre Haute, Huntington and deffcrsonville, lnd. The amounts varied from a fewdollars to several hundred. Tiik extraordinary action of the government of Ecuador in permitting the Ecuadorian fing to Iks used in the transfer of the Chilian cruiser Esmeralda to Japan has excited the greatest indignation in Ecuador nnd the adjacent republics. The only explanation offered by President Cord uro is that Ecuador will gain an advantage from the transaction. A no Attn of survey has lwcn ordered to see what it will cost to put the historie frigate Constitution iu condition for sea service. The sum of 8225,000 is to Ik expended in puttinif her in as good condition as she was during her famous career, and as soon as she is made seaworthy she will be taken to Washington, where will be her permanent station.

CURRENT TOPICS. TEE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

I Second SHsloa. The senate was not In session on theSUt ... la the house Mr. Springer presented atul rend fur Information the substitute for the Carlisle currency ami banking bill, of which ho had Ktvca previous notice. The discussion of the measure occupied most of the afternoon, HUN were jased admlttlni; contract laborers and 1 Jgg i current re for exhibition at Atlanta. Ga., and Ore., exHltions duty free. A con volution was airreed to providing for the holiday recess of comrress extcndluj; frota the M to January 3. Ik the senate, on the M. the concurrent ' resolution for the Christmas holiday was concurrvd la. A resolution Instructing the secre tary of the navy to report why a United States shlpof war has not been stationed and retained ut Honolulu, offered by Mr. Lodge (Mass.), went over without action, The senate adiourned until January 3 . . Iu the house one sjieech was made in favor of the currency and bankinc bill, and three were made In opposition to it. Previous to the taking up of the. currency bill, several private bills were passed by unanimous consent. At 5.30 o'clock the house adjourned fur the holiday recess, PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Thk secretary of the interior, on the 21st, issued a requisition on the secretary of the treasury for $10,700,000. to be used in the quarterly payment of pensions, as follows: Chicago, S2,$00,000; Des Moines, S2.100.000; Milwaukee, S1,:?00,000; Kuffalo, Sl.OT.O.OOO; Pittsburgh. Sl.tiOO.OOO, and Concord, X. IL, S750,000. RoiiKitT Postkx, formerly a confidential employe of the packing firm ! aml w, OQ hih .jisapnearancc about one year ago, was charged with the embezzlement of over $30.000 from the firm, was arrested in Chicago on the night of the 21st. A schkmb to make a general distribution of government maps among schools throughout the country is provided for in a recommendation forwarded by Director Walcott, of the geological survey, to Secretary Smith, und by him transmitted to congress. Thk Portuguese government has decided to construct a navy, and with this object in view the sum of i'120,000 yearly will be provided for twenty years, inuswill be invitea from snip builders in the United States and other countries. It was decided, on the evening of the 21st, by the attorneys for Debs and the other officials of the American Railway union to take an appeal from the decision of Judge Woods. The case will bo carried to the United States supreme court. Tin: remains of Sir John Thompson were placed on board H. M. S. Blen heim, at Plymouth, on the 22d, to be conveyed home to Canada for interment. All due honor was paid to the dead premier, a wreath from the queen being among the floral tokens diplayed upon the coflin. The vessel sailed on the 23d. At an early hour, on the morning of the 22d, at Vancouver, K. C, a Canadian Pacific railroad laborer named George F. Ashwood, while crazed with drink, shot his wife and two children while they were asleep in bed. The woman and one child were instantly killed and the other child was fatallyinjured. The murderer then made a weak attempt at suicide. Thk Toronto (Ont) World, a paper supposed to be in the confidrnce of the j government, says trustworthy indications all point to a general election before another session of the Dominion parliament. A msrATCH from Chc-Foo says the mutiny of the Chinese troops at Wci-Ilai-Wei is ended, the soldiers' deinauds being satisfied by the receipt of their back pay. James Hiti'Gii and John IJrugh, aged 10 and 14 years respectively were returning home from school at Leiters, Ind., on the 21st, when they became involved in a quarrel. The older boy stabbed the younger, who fell dead at his feet The boys were cousins and had always been the best of friends and companions. Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt in Koiae City, Idaho, on the 24th, one of them so severe as to knock plastering from buildings and ring electric Wils. Thk officers of the United States cruiser Detroit were received by the pope on Christmas day. PitKHiDKNT Casimir-Pkuiku of France received the czar's special envoy, Tcherkof, on the 2.Sth, with much ceremony. Tiik Corean government has agreed to open to foreign trade two additional ports Mokego, in the province of Millndo. and Chiunapo, on the Tiaung river. Kink New York police captains wore t "u!ricd 1 muJ!,a ' fore the Le on the 2Gth, to appear bcxow committee. The government has contracted with the Navajo Indians for Iii. 000 of their wonderful water-proof blankets. Thk postal authorities ut St. Louis have seized :5(),O00 counterfeit foreign stamps, and the electrotype plates from which they were made. Tint United States consul at Zurich says that there is a wide field for the sale of American products in Switzerland. Two diamonds valued at S700 were stolen from the Mcrinod-Jaecard Jow- ! elry Co., St. Louis, on the night of the ! 21th, the thief substituting paste i:nii tations for the stones while examining j them. ' Amos Grkkni.kk, of Pike's Peak, IKrown county, Ind., was killed by a yoke of oxen that he was driving, on the 25th. The animals became unman- ' at? cable and trampled him to death. M Ariern: MrCi.ntK, 12 years old, daughter of a farmer living in the western part of Kingman county, Kas., was thrown from a pony, on the 25th, nnd dragged to death. The pony ran a distance of half a mile, dragging the ' helpless girl by her foot, which had caught In tlie stirrup Tin: International Geographical con grcss meets iu London July 25 next. Queen Victoria is a patron of the congress, and the prince of Wales, Thoinaa F. Hayard, the American ambassador, and Charles Tu pper. the Caniidhin high I commissioner, are vice-presidents.

I In February the W. C, T. V. will present to congress a polyglot petition

against the sale or mauufuctute of liquor or opium. Justice P. M. Waix, at Loadvllle, Col., in the case of The People vs. Ryan, for arson, has rendered a 'decision dismissing Ryan, and holding that there is no law in Colorado prohibiting a man from burning his own house, Cuahi.ks Edwaud Duiker, aged 28, died at Mobile. Ala., on the 25th, ol consumption, lie was well known a I "Home Run" Duffee, an ex-niember of J the St. Louis Drowns of the national j league and the American association, j and also of the Washington club of the iiiiiuuiui league. Ai.Tiiorou Japanese rule is accepted by the Coreans generally, the TongI llaks are still active. They have just 'captured Lai . tu. capital of the prov j inee of ilaido. The- expeled the govi ernor and installed one of their numbci in his place. II Aiiuv Mknibr, the English bridgt jumper, made a successful leap from the top rail of the PoughkeepsieiA. i., bridge, a distance of 212 feet, with his parachute, on the 25th. The parachute worked successfully and Mcnier struck the water in just eight seconds after he started. He was picked up byfriends in waiting. Thk Cliff house at San Francisco was burned on the 25th. The monetary loss is not great: probably nol over $20,000. The Cliff honse was a world-famous resort, as it overlooked the Seal rocks. It was part of the possession of Adolph Sutro, San Francisco's mayor-elect. Harry S. Dkckkk, the ex-baseball player, was held in bonds to the criminal court in Chicago, on the 20th, to answer charges of obtaining S21S and $0s on worthless checks from 11. F. Ayrcs, of 131 Ashland boulevard, with whom he boarded. After his release on lond he was rearrested on a warrant sworn to by A. (I. Spalding, the sporting-goods maker, charging him with forging Spalding's name to a check for S10J. A siT.ciAi. from the City of Mexico says: "it is evident there is an organized colony of several hundred persons scattered about the city employed in making and circulating spurious coins. Thousands of dollars of the stuff have been passed within a few weeks. Arrests of members of the band have been made daily, and now 2S0 of them nre in Kelem prison await; ing trial. The industr3 still flourishes," Mas. Pitciiku, wife of Gen. Thomas F. Pitcher, died at her residence in Washington city on the 25th. Mrs. Pitcher was well known in society circles, being especially prominent during President Grant's administration. Jamks II. GniDtcr, manager of tin. Washington oflice of the Scientific American, died suddenly at his residence in that city on the night of the 25th. Mr. Gridley was widely known as a patent attorney. In Fulton, in the lower part of the city of Richmond, Va.. live boys were disfigured for life, on the 25th. by the explosion of gunpowder which they were using in firing a toy cannon. Ca it. T. II. Eckkkson, Nineteenth infantry, recently examined for retirement at Fort Wayne. Mich., was. on the 2(Jth, ordered to return to his proper station. Libit. C II VitKKi.A.vn. naval attache to the United States embassy in Dcrlin, arrived in that city with hit family on the 20th. Two iNCHKs of snow, the first of tht season, fell at Roanoke, Va., on the 20th. LATE NEWS ITEMS. POSTUFFICK lNSI'KCTor Stkwaist, of Chicago, arrested a man named Make in that city, on the 27th. whom he believes to be the lender of the gang that has been robbing hundreds of western post offices during the past two years. The arrest was made on the confession of one of the gang, and other arrests were expected to follow. A itoMB was exploded near the official residence of United States Ambassador Wayne MucVeagh in Home, shortly after 11 o'clock on the night of the 20th. The explosion took place while Mr. MacVeagh's reception was in progress, but caused little or no excitement among the guests. No damage was done. Thk police authorities of Kerlin issued orders prohibiting socialist clubs of that city from attending the theaters in a body or in considerable numbers during the holidays. This order was issued with the idea of preventing demonstrations in the theaters against anti-revolution bills. Hknisv Packku's residence, on tlie outskirts of Piqua. 0., was entered by sneak thieves, on the morning of the C7th. and robled .f äI.750. The money, which was in bam. notes, wasticdnp in rags and hidden in an old trunk. The family was absent at the time of the robbery. Tiik Stewart syndicate, which purchased the entire second bond issue of $50,OOO.o:0. for which they paid rsj,r.ou and accrued interests, had. up to the 27th, only received SlO.ooo.OOO of thi bonds. The .-est were ready for delivery, but had not yet been called for. Tiik presidents f the colleges of the state, al a meet ire held in Indianapolis, Ind., on th.' 27th, decided to prohibit inter-collegiate football games henceforth. Exhibition sp,rts of any kind only will W allowed. At.mutT Xkkhai's, residing 2 miles from MorencJ, .Mich., John Morclond, an old soldier, living near Elton, O., and an unknown man of Chicago were found frozen to death on the morning of the 27th. UKI'IIKPKN'TATIVB and Sbxatoimjuxt Gkaii, of Iowa, who was taken seriously ill in Washington, on the2lth, was much better on the 2Cth, and his physicians pronounced him out of danwas reported, on the 27th, that the Chinese forces had evacuated New Chwang. Tub French chamber of deputies was prorogued, on the 27th, until Jan nary S.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Richmond is talking of organisiaf mother brass baud. N AitSAW women have organized to secure a public bathhouse, JErmtsoMVU.i.K proposes to pave her treets with vitrified brick. Thkiii: are thirty-two divorce suits pending in the Elkhart circuit court. A Whitley county man will be investigated by the graud jury for stealing six skunk skins. MisruiKvot s Goshen boys pass away the time breaking the glass fronts of the fire alarm boxes. A I'ETiTio.v is being signed generally in Madison and Delaware counties praying for the pardon of Geo. Stottler, the oldest-time life convict in the Indiana penitentiary, now ou his twentyninth year. He was sent up for the murder of the lsanogle boys, at Daleville, thirty years ago. The crime was one of the most unprovoked and sensational that ever occurred in Indiana, nnd he barelv ocaned lvnchinir. Ho was finally given a life sentence. Warden French, who does not believe in life sentences, is desirous that he should be released, as he thinks the atonement bus been enough. Should he get his bill through the legislature, which provides for the abolishment of life sentence and making fifty years the limit, with twenty years allowed for good time, Stottler will get out in time for next Christmas, lie was a picture of perfect manhood, scarcely over twenty, when convicted, now ho is old, gray, bent, and can not live many years at best. He agrees to cxUc himself from Indiana for pardon's take. In a side hunt for game near Crawfordsville 370 rabbits were killed. One man killed sixty. Vincknni:- may take steps to preserve the old Harrison house and relies of the elder Harrison. Nkai: Homer, Rush county, Xinirod Wiley and Wni. Miller had a controversy over a crop of tobacco, resulting in Wiley striking Miller in the face witli a board, and before he could repeat the blow dropped dead. He was subject to heart trouble. Gko. HiTZKNitKiifiKR. son of a North Indianapolis saloonkeeper, the other dav. went into police headquarters and turned over two dollars which he said he had stolen. He claimed he was mistreated at home, and said he Avanted to be sent to the Reform school. In Fulton county, some distance north of Peru. Day Krough stabbed his cousin, Emery Drough. to death. The murderer is but a boy, and his deed was prompted by personal feelings that had been growing for some time. Tnn lichtning-rod agent is getting in his work in the northern part of Madison county and in Grant and Howard counties among the farmers. Jamks Pnron and John Prugh. aged 10 and 14 years respectively, were returning home from school at Leiters, west of Huntington, when they became involved in a quarrel. The o'der boy stabbed the younger, who fell dead at his feet. The boys were cousins, and had always been the best of friends.Pleasant township. Johnson county, voted upon the question of whether the Franklin, Greenwood fc Indianapolis Electric Street railroad should receive a subsidy of $34.000. The returns are all in and the subsidy lias carried by fifty-three majority. Kloominoton vigorously objects to the proposed scheme of moving her university to Indianapolis. W. S. J .latch ley, the stnte geologist, is of the opinion that Indiana should make a collection of her birds and animals at once. Many arc becoming extinct. Of the 225 birds in Indiana, there are in the state museum specimens of only 140. He desires to have the collection complete. At Torre Haute, after being out over two hours, the jury convicted Hen Reed of the murder of Dan Hendrickson, and sentenced him to the penitentiary for life. Five of the jurors held out for a time for the death sentence. Reed murdered his companion, Hendrickson, in cold blood, to obtain $.50 in money which he knew he paseesied. J. R. Guben, of Indianapolis, made a social call on his father, Joe Green, the other night, and at bed time family prayers were held. Something in the old man's suppHcation to the Throne of Grace moved the junior Green and he laughed. The senior then cut it short and sailed into Iiis son with a chair. Then he left the house nnd spent the night lamenting the sacrilege of the youngster, ending up by getting intoxicated. Early next morning he went home and renewed the fight, in which several of the family were severely injured. Kotli father and son were arrested. No change will be made in the Twelfth Senatorial district, says the committee, iNDlANAi'OLts wiil soon be entitled to be known as the Headquarters City. A iter a two days' session the state convention of the Tin and heet Iron workers, at Terre Har.te, adjourned the other night after electing these officers: President. Christopher Rennewit.. Lafayette; vice president, William Ncukom, Terre Haute; secretary and treasurer, George Jlockett, Indianapolis. Sl'i.NCKit Ci.orsK. a wealthy citizen of Albion, dropped1 dead. II. I. NoitTH was the other day appointed postmaster at Ceylon. Adams eminty. vice C D. Kennedy, resigned. TttEtiB are several cases of scarlet fever in Rockport nnd the citizens arc greatly alarmed about it There have been no deaths by the malady tlure, but several in the adjoining county, Perry. All means of precaution are being taken by the health board to prevent its spreading. Sot'TH Kbnd and Ft. Wayne papers deplore the fact that their respective towns can not be placed in the list of Indiana cities having commercial exlhanges. Two hundred Mishawaka girls go to South Kijnd every morning on the 'trcet cars to work in th. factories there

A PRISON TRAGEDY.

A tlimril tit Ihn Columloi (O.) I'eHltrRtUry Attacked by Thrc CuHvlrU atttl Hadlj Iltm-Onr -.f th Attack! I'artj U4 and Anoti..T WoHHdul-Gart Twflja Narrow INr.ipo From Helnv Mwrtlerrtt. Columiuth, O., Dec, 27.FollowiK close on the Christmas festivities at the penitentiary came one of the most shocking tragedies that has ever occurred at the institution. One prisoner is dead, another wounded nnd a guard seriously injured. The affair occurred about 10 a. m., at Reynold's foundry, and appears to havo been the insult of discipline in the department of the prison. The sub-guards have generally been on duty there, and the convicts have been is the habit of taking undue liberties. Recently Warden James determined to put a stop to this, and placed S. J. Temple, of Columbiana county, one of tlie strictest guards in the institution, in this shop. The prisonersdid not like Temple, and information was conveyed to him that three of them had been making threats against him. These were Joseph O'Day, l two-year forger from Cleveland; John Kurke, u McClaiu county robber, anil John Kird, iu for manslaughter from Franklin county. Temple reported these three for making threats. Hearing of this, the trio lay in wait for him in the foundry. Kurke seized him around the neck, while O'Day struck him over the head with an iron bar. Guards Fulton and Kutler rushed to Temple's assistance, while other prisoners in the shop Hooked to the scene. Dazed by the blow, Temple vainlv attempted to pull his revolver, which he grasped, but was prevented from getting it out by his assailants. O'Day shouted to Reub' n Gardner, a WikmI county prisoner, in for manslaughter: "Bring me a knife and I'll cut his hand off or cut his throat." Temple managed to shoot through his pocket at Gardner, the bullet taking effect in the calf of the hitter's leg. Ky this time the guards had succeeded in freeing Temple from the convicts. O'Day turned to strike at Temple, when the guard shot him through the right lung. O'Day died .soon afterwards. Temple will recover from his injuries. The convicts engaged will be severely punished. NEARLY THIRTY YEARS Of Stealing From u Hank Drtertrd at lMt hr a Mere Arcldrnt. Nkwj York, Dec. 27. Another dishonest bank clerk fell into the hands of the police yesterdny. The prisoner is Edward R. Carter, 44 years old, of 240 Monroe street. Rrooklyn, who has been employed for the past twentynine years as a transfer elerk in the National Rank of Commerce, at 2'J Nassau street, of which William V. Sherman is president. His stealings, according to his own calculations, aggregates S;;o,000. He declines to tell how he spent the money. At police headquarters Inspector McLaughlin had a talk with him. Carter said that hi.- pilfering began within a short time after he secured his position with the bank, and continued up to the present time. His stealings, he said, were small at first, but increased, and to use his own words, he went from bad to worse. He did not tell in what manner he had got the money nor explain in what manner or by what means he evaded detection for so many years. Carter claims to have use 1 the money in his living expenses, which is probably true, as lie indulged in no vices or speculations. The loss, of course, is not a serious one for the bank, which has a capital of S5,000,000 and a surplus and undivided profits of S3. 500.000, but the defalcation is none the less distressing, as Carter had tlie confidence of all who came in contact with him and he has a wife and two children. President Sherman said Carter concealed the defalcation by covering into various accounts of railroads and corporations smaller sums which, of course, were not paid, but so cleverly hidden that it was only by accident that the defalcation was discovered. If it had not been for reccent defalcations which put all bank officials on their guard, it is very probable that Carter's statement to the effect that he paid coupons ahead of time would hare been accepted. The extent of the defalcation can only be ascertained by nn inspection of the books for a long period, but the amount is stated on Carter's confession. A KENTUCKY TRAGEDY. Prnliultlo Murilcr of I. C. I.nctm, :t Prominent l.i'xliiKton (Ky.) Rimini Alan. Lkxinoto.v, Ky., Dec. 27.D. C. Logan, aged 05, one of Lexington's most prominent business men, and member of the hardware firm of Logan fc Diggins, was found in the back yard of his home on Fourth street, at an early hour this morning, with a bullet hole in his head ami a revolver with two chambers empty lying by his side. The position of the weapon and the body were suggestive of suicide, but there are oilier facts that point to murder. The bullet entered the head almost exactly from behind and nearest the right ear. Then, arc no signs of powder as would have been produced by holding the pistol in such a position, and the physicians attending say there was undoubtedly a second party to the tragedy. Logan is still alive, but unconscious, with scarcely a chance for his recovery. AN ARCTIC WAVE KxTrrplnjr Down from tlt I'nr Northwest. St. Paiti, Minn., Dee. 27. The first real arctic wave of the winter swept down upon St. Paul last evening. At 9:30 the range of temperature over the northwest was from zero, at SL Paul, to 20 below at Que Appelle. The barometer at the latter point has reached the very high level of .11:20. Signal Service Officer Lyons reports that temperatures ranging from 20 to nearly 48 degrees below zero will be registered over th HQrthwest this tnornio

CARNEGIE'S CLAIM. H"mr ,,l,,:,,rr1t'' ""'-'l hiatrmmt fcthr II N.r III. Frlenrt. sal.l AnythlHgAhoiit Suluc IM Clmrrmi-nt tu K4Mwf.r tkm MMy Wltlilil , ne. Wahiiinoton, Dec. 2. Secretary Herbert authorizes the following statement in regard to the Carueirio affair: ".Mr. Carnegie came into my office and said he had seen my testimony before the naval committee of the senate, and indicated that if the matter was to go ou he would make a proposition; that he was willing to do anything that was fair. Mr. Carnegie expressed himself as having unbounded confidence in the armor, and said he was willing to go to any expense to show it. I told him that the newspapers had only published a portion of my statement before the committee. 1 stated to him the substance of what that evidence was. 1 told him the testimony had been published by the senate, committee; that he could get a copy of it; that 1 had given it as my opinion that the Quay amendment providing that the $140,000 should be returned to his company in case the plates named should pass the ballistic test ought not to pass; that that fine was not imposed on the idea that the plates would not stand tlie ballistic tests, although on this point I might be mistaken. I further said that whether the plates stood that test or not, I did not think he was entitled to the money, because the line had been imposed upon the company on the ground that it had not made the plates as much better than what those tests indicated as it could have done. "1 referred Mr. Carnegie ami his friends to the printed testimony, and they left without making t ,m. ;u,y definite proposition and without saying anything about suing tlie government. 1 told Mr. Carnegie that so far as the department was concerned the payment of that line was considered as a final settlement of tlie question of damages." JOHN W. FOSTER

Coin to. Jhj.ihi toAsHlKt the Chlnmc I'rara CoiiiiiiUftlonrrii. Washington, Dec. 28. Mr. John W. Foster has been requested by the Chinese government to go to Japan and meet the plenipotentiaries of the former government to aid them in their negotiations for peace. He has accepted tlie invitation, ami expects to leave Washington within a day or two, hailing from Vancouver for Yokohama an January 7, unless informed of a delay in the departure of the plenipotentiaries. The Japanese government has been advised of the appointment, and its minister in this city has expressed his satisfaction with it. Mr. Foster desires to have it understood that he goes to Japan pnrely in a private capacity as an adviser of the Chinese plenipotentiary. lie has no authority to represent or speak for the government of the United States. The fact that Mr. Foster's appointment was submitted to the Japanese government and approved by il, indicates that politic overtures, as exclusively announced by the I'nited Press at the time, were begun simultaneously with Mr. Foster's selection as the adviser of the Chinese government. Mr. Foster has had an extended diplomatic career, having in addition to Wing secretary of state in President Harrison's cabinet, represented the United States at the. court of Spain, and more recently one of the counsel of the United States iu the Kehring sea arbitration at Paris. The immediate effect of his appointment will be to delay the beginning of the peace negotiations. Mr. Foster's mission lis taken as an indication that the Chinese expect to gain more favorable terms from Japan than has hitherto leen considered at all probable. As. Mr. Foster does not intend to sail for more than a week, and the voyage across the Pacific will consume two weeks more, nearly a month must elapse before the peace negotiations are fairly inaugurated. NEWFOUNDLAND'S MISTAKE In ItrfailnK to Kntcr thr Dominion Ri poiitlbl for llrr I'rvarnt Condition. London, Dec. 28. The Daily News says to-day. In a leader on the arrests of the bank officers in Newfoundland yesterday: The arrests seem to be in the nature of an heroic remedy for the financial troubles in the colony. Whatever the issue of the prosecution may In?, it can hardly strengthen the public confidence on which the poor remnant of the colony's prosperity for the moment rests. Newfoundland Is in a piteous state. She has almost returned to first principles as a social organization, and she must now regret her shortsighted refusal to enter the dominion. If she had joined the federation she would haven better claim on the support of her sister communities. Her refusal never was based ou any other reason than selfish prudence." Illooily Ficht Owr i Game of Crnp. Hri.KXA, Ark., Dec. 2S. Pistols, guns and knives were used in a fight over a crap game at Hillhouse, -Miss. Louis Allen killed two negroes instantly, mortally wounded two others, inid.being shot by another of the party, fell dead on the bodies of Iiis victims. Allen's father brought the body here for burial. KENTUCKY'S BIG DEFICIT Will Probably Itmult In an Ktra .Henslon er the I.i-glftlaturr. Fjiankkout, Ky., Dec. 28. There Is a probability of an extra session of the legislature to take action in regard to raising finances to defray the expenses of state government There Is at present a deflolt of about S80O.000, which is increasing daily. When asked to-day, however, Gov. Krowu said he had not decided to call the extra session. Nevertheless there have been rumors that he would do so early In .lunuiirv