Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 February 1895 — Page 2

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WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOAXK, Xubllhr. f ASPER, . - INDIAN A dispatch from Wet-Hal-Wei, dated the 12th, said thnt the Chinese general Tai co in m it teil suicide, on the 7th, in n lit of anger at tho desertion of some of his inferior oflieers. Gkn. Jamks Xkh. lUrrnrxE, n distin finished tfcorginn, who was the owner ami ior many years mu inn linger oi 'lHlnd Tom," the famous negro pianist, died at his son's residence in Washinfjton, on the 13th, aped 01 years. Sknatoh McMillan (rep., Mich.), on the 13th, proposed an amendment to the sundry civil hill, granting to the state of Michigan for use ns a state park, the military reservation and building on Mackinac island, Mich.. Tiik stern-wheel steamer Carrie Hope, belonging to the Louisville fc Evansville Mail Line Co., which was ice-bound at Evansville, lud., broke in two on the 10th. It was said all her machinery and upper works would be saved. Tiik general executive board of the Knights of Lalor in secret session in Philadelphia, on the 14th, decided to retain eminent counsel and combat the bond issue of President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle as unauthorized and illegal. Thk London Globe of the 12th published a dispatch saying the Armenian commission had examined several Turks at Moosh, their testimony all being favorable to the authorities. After all the government witnesses had testified several Armenians were to be examined. Ox the 12th Herr Ldbermann Von Ronnenberg, anti-setnite member of the German reichstag. challenged Dr. lioeckel, who is n deputy of the same political faith, to fight a duel in con sequence of some libelous remarks made by the latter in the course of an anti-semitic meeting. Conokemmax Dockkkt, of Missouri, on the l.Sth, handed Secretary Carlisle a draft for S100, forwarded to him by St. Louis banker with a request that it be deposited to the credit of the con science fund. The banker was acting for a customer whose name was, of course, not disclosed. Br the late blizzard in Florida all the early vegetable crops were killed and the worst is feared for tho orange trees. The strawberry plants arc re ponea uninjured, ui course, n tne old orange trees are killed, the loss will run into millions, but it is too early yet to malte an estimate. Slit Thomas Uok, llritish member of parliament for Derby, gave notice, on the 14th, that lie would ask the government what information had reached them in reference to the imposition of the death sentence upon V, 11. Rich ard, a British subject, for alleged par ticipation m a revolt in Hawaii. Ilo.v. Isaac P. Ghat, of Indiana, American minister to Mexico, arrived in the City of Mexico, on the 14th, on his return from a visit to the United States, unconscious from an attack of pneumonia, from which he died at T o'clock the same evening. He was attended by his wife and son Havard. Mit. Suirsox (pop., Kas.) introduced in the house, on the 13th. a bill providing that the statute of limitations Khali not be interposed in any suit brought by any laborer, workman or mechanic in the courtof claims against the United States to recover wages claimed to be due him under the eighthour law. Mm. Adda M. Sjiitii lias begun suit, at Fremont, O., for S'25,000 damages against H. A. Hayes, W. C. Hayes. IL 11. Hayes, Scott IL Hayes and Fanny Hayes, the sons and daughter of the late ex-President R, 11. Hayes, for permanent injuries claimed to have been received in a runaway caused by a large and fierce dog owned by the Hares. Tur eighty -sixth nnnirersary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, the 12th, was observed, this year, with much more than ordinary ceremony. AtAlbnny,N. V., Gov. McKinley; at Chicago, Henry IVatterson, and at llurlington, Vt., Chauncey M. Dcpew delivered eloquent orations in memory of the martyr president. In numerous other cities club banquets were held. .Tohx Vkvkka, one of the survivors of the El lie disaster, arrived nt his home in Cleveland, 0., on the 11th, over the Nickle Plato railway. A very large crowd had assembled at the Broadway depot to meet him, and lie was given a warm reception. His meeting with his wife and the widows of his four traveling companions, lost in the sinking of the Elbe, was affecting in the extreme. M. Makcki. Caxhoiiert, son of the late Marshal Canrcbert, and M. Hubbard, a member of the French chamber of deputies, fought a duel with swords, on the 13th, nnd the latter received u deep wound in the chest. The meeting was the outcome of M. Hubbard's criticisms of Marshal Canroliert in the chamber of deputies during the debate on the proposed grant for a state funeral for the marshal. Tin: French line steamer La (lascog no, eight days overdue, and for whose safety the gravest fears had been fell, especially by those having friends aboard.anehoretl of Sandy Hook N. .J. , on the night of the 11th, with her steering ge.-ir out of order, but otherwise hi good condition. The announcement that she had been sighted off Fire Island, which was telegraphed allover the country, was received with feeling of profound -"Hof.

ICURRENT TOriCS.

THE NEWS IN B1IEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, ISecoaU Setton.1 In the senate, on thetfth. tho amendment to the diplomatic mid consular iipproprl&tion bill providing (or tho construction anit maintenance of a tnldcrapu cable bet wren the United States and the Hawaiian islands was adopted and the bill was passed, The post offlee appropriation bill was then taken up so as to have it before the senatc.and after eulogies oa j jou"rne,j the late Senator StockbrWUre. tho senate ad ln tho hou-e some progress was made in tho consideration of tho legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill. A resolution was nereed to extending; for this year only the tltno within which returns may be made under tho income tax law from March 1 to April I.V. KuloRles were pronounced upon tho late Keprescntatlve Wright, of Pennsylvania. In the senate, on the 11th. nroirress In tho consideration of the post ofnee appropriation bin was blocken by discussion urlsinjfout of Cithern imMMrMn (pop.. Neb.) switched off Into a Iouk speech relative to the elections In Alabama last Aujrust. nsscrtlnc that on account of cross frauds therein perpetrated that stato was deprived of a republican form of government. The post office appropriation bill went over without a vote on the southern fast-mall service item...,. In the house almost tho entire session was dovoted to consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, a number of amendments to which were adopted. Hills authorizing the coinage of gold and silver nt the Denver mint urn! for a l.i0.eoo public building at Chicago were passed. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was bent to conference. In the donate, on the I'.'th. all the private pension bills on the calendar, twenty-six In number, and some half dozen bills of a miscellaneous character were passed. No progress, was made with the post oltlce appropriation bill, the question a: election frauds in Alabama and direful predictions as to the fu ture of the couutry "under the curse of gold lwolitig" belnjr enlarged upon by Messrs. Allen (pop.. Xeb.) and Stewart (pop.. Xev.) In the house the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill was passed, as were a number of bills of minor Importance, among the latter being one authorizing tho restoration to the public domain of certain live oak reservation. In Mississippi and Alabama, containing about T.",00i) acres, which were originally set apart for navul purposes. IN the senate, oa the J3th. .Mr. Vilas introduced a bill -to save the people cf the United States ilti.170.770.'" which proposes the issue of 3-per-cent. gold bonds. Mr. Sherman re-introduced his bill for the issue of 3-per-cent. gold bonds, and ccrttrieates of Indebtedness payable "In lawful money." The former wn placed on the calendar, while the latter remained on the table to be called up for discussion In the morning hour. Most of the session was spent in further discussion of the post oftlce bill, upon which, however, no action was talien. .... In tho house, while the session was principally devoted to consideration of district of Columbia business. Mr. Van Voorhl (X. V.) Introduced a resolution requesting the committee on ways and means to report tho testimony, evidence and statements made by Secretary Carlisle before the committee regarding tho recent bond contract. This was later embodied In the report of the majority of the committee, and a motion was adopted to allow the minority to present their views on the subject oa the I Ith. IN the senate, on the 1 1th. the amendment of the committee on appropriations to the post oftlce appropriation bill giving the postmaster general full discretion as to expenditures was defeated 5) to 17 as was the amendment for a 10-per-cent, reduction of the rates paid to raurt..ds. and .Mr. Vll3s proposition that the government shall own and manage tho postal cars. Thebi.l went over In the house the entire day's debate upon the financial question nit served to emphasize the fact that no leg Islation affecting the financial situation Is to be expected from the Fifty-third congress. At the close of the debate a vote was taken on the joint resolution authorizing tho Issue of f'T.1.oj) 3-per-cent. gold bonds Ith which tore place tho as-per-ccnt. coin bonds negotiated with the Morgan-Ilclmont syndicate in pay raent for the purchase of SfiüOMJ ounces of gold, which was rejected by the decisive vote of 1G7 to ISO. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. .Mit. l in itSTOM, tue Hawaiian minis ter, received an official communion tion from his government, on the 12th, stating that up to January HO the court martial trying the insurrection ists at Honolulu had rendered deci sions in twenty-two cases. Sentences of capital punishment had been delivered in six cases, and of lifo impris onment in fifteen cases, in some of which, also, fines were imposed. A dispatch from .Shanghai, dated the 12th, said: "Wounded Chiuese soldiers nre Hocking' into Chc-Foo for the purpose of being attended by the doctors and nurses of the Red Cross society." Tin-: Debs jury in Chicago was dis charged, on the 12th, by reason of Ju ror Coes continued illness, and the case was set for a new trial on the first Monday In May. ixi: prisoners escaped from the county jail at Athens, O., about 4 o'clock Dnthe morning of the Uth, by boring a panel out of the inside door of the jail netting. Six of the nine are under indictment for felonies. Ovkh sixty jurors and forty odd wit nesses have been summoned for the trial nt Fredericksburg, Va., of Morganficld and Searcy, the Aqiiia Creek train robbers, which lias been set for the 20th. Ukv. h. C. Oakland, cx-chnncellor of Vnnderbilt university, at Nashville, icon., and one of the liest-known ed ucators in the south, died, on the lüth, aged 8.r years. Thk wife of Tax Collector Sanford. of Concord, Mass., with her attorney, culled on the town treasurer, on the 13th, nnd paid him 815,000 in cash to cover up the entire amount of her litisbund s shortage. Sknaiok Maniikkso.v, of Nebraska, whose term expires March 4, has been tendered the general attorneyship or the Burlington railway in Nebraska, and has accepted. i iiitr.K men were killed und several others injured under the walls of a colupsed building at a fire in Lynn, Mass.. out he nth. Vim case of the attorney-general of Illinois against tho Pullman company was entlud nt Chicago, on the Kith, with the exception of the filing of a irinted brief by the attorneys for the company, and Judge Baker took the case under advisement. On the Ulli the house of representa tive refused, by a vote of 107 nnv.s to 12(1 yens, to order the Wilson joint resolution, iinthorizing tho issue of $1,,,. 000,000 n-per-cent. gold bonds to substitute for the 4-per-cent. thirty-year coin bonds sold by Secretary Carlisle under contract with the llelmont-Morgan syndicate, t) a third rending, and thus dispOM'd of the mcusurc adversely

A nati'hai, gas explosion wrecker

the city building at Ml wood, 1 ml., on fie l.lth, and caused several thousntu dollars' damage besides seriously injur tng three tier-sous. Ox the 13th the mayor of New York oflicially nnnoHHeed "the appointment of William llookilchl as commissioner of public works; Lee Phillips as secrc tary of the civil service board and its executive ollicer, and Francis M. Scott, aqueduct commissioner, as eorportiou counsel, to succeed Win. S. Clark. SdMttof the striking glassworkcrs at the Huekeye works at Martin's Kerry, O., tiircw a dynamite bomb, loaded with slugs, into the office of tho plant. on the 14th, wrecking that portion of the building. 'I he works, winch gave employment to !t()0 men, will be perma nently abandoned. Ukv. Fka.nki.ix Spai'i.di.no, head of the Master .larvis hall, the fashiona ' ble military school for boys la Denver, Col., was arrested, on thu 14th, forertiol ' "nff two pupils, hpauhl.ng is tl,u son of H'shop bpaulding, under whoso immediate control thu Jarvis hall is. A dispatch from Shanghai, on the 14th, said that the Jitpune.se troop were reported to have arrived at a point five miles southeast of Che-Foo. Ox the Mill the president signed the bill for a new 1,000,000 post oilice building at Chicago. Joskpii Ulluitt, who had been connected with the New York Herald since it was founded in 1S35, died, on the night of the 14th, from pneumonia. He was the first sporting1 editor of the Herald, and a pioneer in the reporting of sporting news. Tin: final preparations for the wedding of Miss Anna (lould to Count Castcllane, of France, have been completed. The ceremony will be performed quietly at the residence of the late .lay Uould, on March 4, by liev. Dr. John Paxton, under whose religious auspices the whole Gould family has been brought up. Thk Chinese emperor has reconferred upon Li Hung Chang the yellow jacket, the peacock feather and all the other honors of which he had been deprived. His majesty has ordered Li Hung Chang to proceed immediately to Pekin, where he will be given an audience by the emperor. Thet.cc he will proceed with all haste to Japan to arrange terms of peace. It is reported that Admiral Ting, the Chinese naval commander, and the general commanding the Chinese forces on the island of Liu-Kutig-Tao, in the harbor of Wel-IIai-Wei, have committed suicide. Chagrin over the repeated reverses of the Chinese forces is supposed to have prompted the two men to kill themselves. Mexico's conditions have been peacefully accepted by Guatemala, who guar antees their fuliillinent. lhc condi iHMit. 1 lie condi- i iiblished ollieially. ; concessions. Tho tions will soon be publ Both sides have made Guatemalan question is at last arnica bly settled upon an equitable basis be tween the two republics. PntVATi: Patkick V. FAOAX.of Troop h, .Sixth cavalry, Iort Leavenworth, met with instant death in Leaven worth, has., on the 14th, by falling down the Home coal shaft, a distance of 750 feet. The man had lieen drink nig, and it is not known whether his death is due to accident or suicide Si.vck making his declaration of ab solutism, the czar has received almost daily nihilist proclamations and threat ening letters. It is rumored that a pal ace otlicial has been arrested for plac ing in his majesty's study printed pie tares of the assassination of Alexan der II. LATE NEWS ITEMS. I.v the senate, on the 15th, after fur thcr efforts to reduce the compensa tion of railroad companies for the use of postal cars and for fast mail service. the post oilice appropriation bill was passed. The agricultural bill was taken up, but not finally acted upon. House bill to abolish the differential on sugar was reported favorably and without amendment and placed on the calendar, with a resolution looking to the re-enactment of the reciprocity and sugar bounty provisions of the .McKinley act and the reimposition of a duty on wool In the house, after the passage of a few pension bills, the naval appropriation bill was taken up. A conference was ordered on the .senate amendment to the house joint resolution extending, tor this year only, from March 1 to April 15, the time within which income tax returns may be made. An evening session was held for the consideration of private pension bills. Mus. Hakkikt A. Ivski.vi, whose father reigned as king of Guinea, died at Lebanon, Pa., on the '4th, aged 111 years. .She leaves two daughters, Frances J. Kskins, of Williamsport, and Mrs. H. A. linker, of Lebanon, besides forty-four grandchildren, thirtyseven great-grandchildren, eighteen grcat-grcat-grandchildrcn nnd fourteen great-great-grcat-grandchildrcn. til'HAX It. Axtiioxy. of Rochester, N. Y., was 7.iyenrs'of age on the l.'.th. In honor of the event the general of the woman suffrage hosts was given a banquet and reception nt Washington, I). (,.; where she was in attendance at the general council. AccoitniNO to the Merlin newspapers, thedernian emperor is studying the international laws regarding the protection of private property in naval warfare, and entertains plans in reference thereto which will be a boom to the civilized world. Tiii:i:i: men mot death recently on a strip of land added to Hurt county, Neb., by accretions from the Missouri river, and the murderers cannot bo punished, Kineo neither Nebraska nor Iowa claim jurisdiction over the territory. Tin; president, on the Söth, appointed IU. Uev. Henry 15. Whipple, I), l) bishop of Minnesota, to he a memhe" of the board of Indian commissioners, vice Charles C, Painter, defeased. Tin: public-school building of Lamont, la. .was totally destroyed In lire. on the lr.th, while school was in session. Alfred Ifrown, one of thu pupils, win fatally injured.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

TIi 44tm1 AMembty. iNltlAN.U'OI.lS Tob. 7.-8KNATK Wedticday tho Mimte pasn-d u bill n'gulut ng the construction of suburban railways, and another rcgulatlug, tho appointment of special Justice of 'the peace. A bill wus In rcdiieed In the senate to make it unlawful for any one to act u detective unless a rertltlcatu and pow ern aro obtained from the chiefs of police of cities or from sheriffs, a bill wa introduced aimed mraliist tho Uoby ruco track, it author Ues the Governor to ask for a receiver for any corporations transacting an illegal busi ness. Hot'KK Tho Judiciary committee of the house Wednesday reported favorably a bill Invostlntf tfce covornor with poucr to romoo a (sheriff ho rtfux'.s to uu his power to pre serve order. This is n stab at tho Uoby nice tracK, us a result of the covernor's inability to have his orders unalust that institution put Into effect. Tho Judiciary committee also re ported favorably uikih the bill to make It unlaw ful to discharge an employe because he belumni to a labor union. Tho election commltteo reported adversely upon Mr Moore's bill pro vldlni! for a separate canvassiutr board to act while the votes are belnjr cast, so as to oxc dlte the count, but tho houce refused to concur and the bill went to tho cnlendar for second reading. The Mlllor-Howcrs e.ectlon contest was before the houso Wednesday mornlnc- A motion to withdraw tho matter from commit tee and to decide the contest in the house was pending when the house adjourned. Indianapolis, reb. 8. Senatb A lire In tho Denlson hnu.se, caused nn early adjourn ment of both branches Thursday, icna tor Crumpacker Introduced a Joint reso lution calling upon tho state librarian to turn over to tho Fifteenth Indiana in fantry a battlo flair presented to it by the worn en of I.aportc eountv for tho regiment's valor at Stone river. Tho Veteran assoclitlon of the Fifteenth Indiana infantry is to be the cus todian of tho Uuk. which must be kept in Indiana. The resolution was adopted and went to the house, where it is thought it will die. IIoi'su Holloway y bill amending the Kvansvansvlllo charter was placed upon Its llnal passage Thursday mornlnc under a suspension of the rnles. The original WH had been modified in some of its provisions by the commltteo on cities and towns, and was passed in its amended form with only six discntinK votes. Tho rules were also suspended and Keprcscntatlvo Kcmy's bill to tax crcenbaclts also passed. Representative Lctdy introduced a resolution to investigate tho alleged frauds in the crant ins of supplies for state benevolent institu tions, Indianapolis. Feb. P. Sknatk The senate Friday received n favorable report upon Hoyd's bill to require Insurance companies to add the cash accumulations to the capital stock until thu amount reaches JIOO.OOO and maklnt; dlvl dends payable before that time unlawful. The Joint benevolent committee went to Hvansvllle to Investigate the charges ncalast Dr. Thomas, superintendent of the hospital. HousEThe house spent tho mornlnc dis cussing tho railroad pass question. It enme to no conclusion, and the members continue to use the pasteboards. A bill to prohibit prize fighting at Koby was favorably reported. The committee on temperance In tho house decided Friday to report favorably on the Nicholson bill: throwing restrictions about the saloons at illegal hours. The vote was 0 to 2, and a minority reiort will be made against it. The provisions prohibiting chairs nnd tables In saloons was stricken out. The bill gives tho mayor right to revoke 11 censes for repeated convictions for violation of the law Petitions signed by thousands and tens of thousands arc pouring in upon tho leg party ,eauer8 aro ak.ainSt Its political wisdom, The house referred the anti-pass bill to the committee on railroads, where it will sleep the islature for the passage of the bill, but tfco sleep of the Just. Indianapolis. Feb. lt. Senate Xo ses sion Saturday. IlorsE-Illlls Introduced: To amend tho act relating to public offenses, to amend the elec tion laws to appropriate 2.!'i0 for the Woman's prison and CIrls" reformatory: to appropriate J15.00O for the purchase of boilers for the same Institution: providing for the consolidation of street railroad and electric light companies; to amend the tar law; to dellno the Eighteenth and Sixteenth Judicial circuits: dellnlng certain offenses and their punishment. An anti-pass bill; concerning grant ing tho rights of war over public highways, to establish a stato railroad commission, relat ing to building and loan associations: to amend the common school act; concerning licenses and fixing fees, amend the act defin ing who are persons of unsound mind, to amend the act under which cities are incor porated amend the act regulating assessment of property: to amend the law governing the organization of loan and safety deposit companies. Indianapolis. Feb 1?. Senate-TIio sen ate was without a quorum Monday, but that fact was kept from the record, i-cnator Haggard introduced a bill providing for a survey of the most practicable route for a ship canal from Lake Michigan to the Wabah river, the said canal to drain in Its course the Kankakee river. The caucus Monday night agreed upon a bill declaring the present apportionment unconstitutional, and indorsed WIshnrd's senate bill and Xewhcuse's house bill making an apportionment. HorsE McOcnth's bill authorizing tho county commissioners to Issue bond? for tho completion of the courthouse, of interest chlcily to lllackford county, passed tho house under suspension of rules, senator Cranor's bill provides for compensation of county ofllcers by n system of fees only, and Is bound to ma!:e a sensation before the session is over, as the party leaders arc committed to a ralary system and Cranor Is said to bo cham pion of tho County Officers' association. Speaker Adams is still III. and Mr. Merrill remains In tho chair. In the house the age of consent bill was amended and the limit placed nt IS by n vote of 01 to 8. The senate favors 16 years, and a compromise Is probable. At the afternoon scsMon. the F. M. Mlllcr-A. .1. flowers contested election case was settled in favor of Mr. Miller, tho republican, by a voto of ts to -ii Inuianapoi.ih, Feb. 13 Senate Hills wcro Introduced In the senate Tuesday ns follows: lly McLean, for the rcl cf of four township trustees of Igo county, who lost nn aggregate of !7 000 by the failure of Heach s bank by Milvcly, to abolish tho fee of Vi per cent. which the law gives the attorney-general for collecting tho excess of school revenues i tho hands of local school officers by Duncan, to provide a system for free libraries In towns nnd townships. Senator Lnfollcttc intro duced u resolution providing for an Investi gation of the Indiana Schoolbook Co. This corporation sells tho state all its books, and according to tho statement of the lato cxcudltor of state, James like, the democratic leader who know the inside workings of the concern, no money has over been paid in divi dends for the reason thnt tho prollts nre so largo thnt n safer way to prevent the public gaining knowledge of the corporation's business Is to divido the earnings In salaries. House Xo business of Importance trans acted. Tun entire force of deputy Tnited States marshals from Indianapolis arc busy now bringing in persons from all over tho state who are under indictmont by tho federal grand jury for violating tho internal revenue laws. lost. I'M komnsox, brother of Col. Williams llobinson, appellate judge, foil 70 feet at Anderson and was per naps mtaiiy injured, ne was on nn elevator shaft on the third iloor of a fumitilro store when he slipped. Littm; Jennie Cramer, of Vt. Wnvne, isparalyr.od from the effect of swallowing several nlrophino pills. Tin; .Misliawaka.postoflice has so in creased its business that it is entitled to a f.ceond-clnss position. Al.iiKltT (1am., stato treasurer, re tired, after turning over his accounts to lib successor, Fred .1. Schulz, o Evansville. The books In 1st need to tho cent.

Idun's commercial review.

fcxpiirl iifdotd ami Withdrawal from thu Tr'U-y StlipiMMl III' III IHMKI IMMIO I.OH tract Tim r.ci-lliig iiipiii-iii of Purin I'riMliuls mid Itt-Ktrli'trtl Opirtlntl In Imliistrl..H Olm tin lr rrlilrh lllock the J 'a Hi of IlmdiiPH l'rutprltjr. Kv.w Yohk. Vab. 1(1. It. O. Dun & Co. 's weekly review of trade, iKsued to day, says: Kxin rts of gold and withdrawals from thu treasurv have been almost entirely stopped by tho contract for purchases of gold from Messrs. hoi mont and Morgan. Though its do tails only became public Thursday, and were finite sharply critici.ed by many, the fact should not be forgotten that tho rate of exchange was in fact controled, gold was actually started hitherward from Kurope, sind there was entirely arrested at least thus far, thu outward move inent which lias teemed within fortyeight hours of emptying the treasury Close criticism of things done in such a stress comes later. 1 or the moment business only waits to know whether sales of American securities and with drnwalsof gold from tho treasury havo been lastingly stopped by the remark able increase of commence. The transactions with foreign bank ers could not put into the treasury a larger revenue, winch is still falling behind, expenditures for February thus far being Sl.l:.:i..v.i:'. While tho iumorts of merchandise at New York for two weeks have been !50 per cent. larger in volume than last year, they are much behind those of two years ago, and thu customs revenue averages HO per cent. less. The reviving confidence lias not only prevented withdrawals of gold by Americans in tho main, but stilus of American seen rities by foreigners have been nearly, if not quite, balanced by purchases. The two obstacles which block tho path just now are exceeding cheapness of farm products and restricted opera tions in the industries. There has been no gain in prices of farm products on the whole: corn is nominally halfu cent higher, but with an insigniil cant movement, while wheat, also with a movement hardly half of last year's is a quarter of a cent lower for the week. Cotton with continuing large receipts, remains unchanged. Few words tells tlie story: I he corn crop is umieniaoiy snort, iiioiigu prou i t Sj 1 i i i . nblv a much larger supply than of ficial reports indicate. Wheat and cot ton' hitnnlles aro so far beyond the world's demands that extreme low nrices are natural and speculation for advance is greatly handicapped. Ilestricted mirehases by the west and south naturally result. Perhaps this inllucnce is felt as much in tho boot and shoe industry as in any other, for only a part, though a large part, of the various qualities has been advanced in prices, the distinct curtailment of orders in others is espe dally observed. Itetween this shrink age. and that winch results from inability of jobbers to pay ad vanccd prices for other goods. quite a number of factories have been closed, and others are running part time, comparatively few having orders for their full force. .Shipments from the east continue larger than in any previous year to date 47'J,li.2 cases, against 454.41'J two years ago, but a continuance of such activity is scarcely to be expected. Leather continues strong in all grades and receipts are, on tho whole, closely taken. The output of pig iron l ebruarv 1 was HiT.Sttl tons, against 14 weekly January 1; but the stocks remaining unsold were 718,07:1 tons, against Ot r5S Janunrv 1, and indicate a decrease of K5.1Ü7 tons in actual consumption weekly, during the month of January Continued dullness is reported in cottons and a reduction of prices by the Amoskeag mills causes some hesi tation. In the main tue wnrKs arc well employed, but with extremely scanty profits and considerable doubt whether a market will be found for accumulating. stocks of some goods. Trade in woolens is by no means satisfactory, though fairly large in volume in medium and low grades: but prices have been generally reduced und competition with cheap foreign goods is felt somewhat more. Sales of wool continue witluu about a sixtli oi a week's normal supply for eastern mills, amounting to r..r0rt,4()() pounds, of which :i,.V.j,000 wcru domestic The money market shows a tendency to strengthen, and somewhat larger offerings of commercial paper appear, though not in proportion to the reported activity of mills. Doubtless many are working only short time, but any improvement is encouraging. A somewhat closer market is expected as a result oi tue bond transaction. The volume of domestic business rep resented by clearings was 5.3 per cent, larger than last j'ear, but 34.5 per cent smaller than in 18915, aud the average for eebruury to dtite shows an increase of 8.11 per cent, over last 3'ear, but a de crease of Hü. 1 per cent, from 18Ü3. J'ho failures for the first week of February show liabilities of only S2,1100,800, of which S7!.,0,348 were of manuincturinj and Sl.lKJl.H'JI of trnding concerns. J lie tinai report for .innnary shows an aggregate of $l.V'i37,ri33, against S20,813,r.'JS last year; SUWV-'-'a were of manufacturing concerns this year, against SI l,6Sti.7in last year, while last year SILS'.'C, 105 were trading concerns, against SI 7,'-'3 1,587 last year. Fn ilu res for tho week were in tho United Statci.. nyninst .Ti.l last year, and 51 in Cu inula, against 55 last year. ANOTHER MISSING STEAMER. 1'Iie City of SI. AtiKunllnn Nine Days Over. dun tit N-w York. Xr.w Yottit, Fob. 1(1. The steamer Tity of St. Augustine, Capt. (Inskill, from Jacksonville, for New Yorlt, is now nine days oterdue. If the steam er lias ueen uif.auied ny urcaKing of machinery she may have been carried hundreds of miles out of her course nnd would bu almost Impossible for her to have yet been able to beat back with her limited sail power against the strong westerly winds which havo prevaile I for several daws.

mr, jones dilemma.

lie Ilormnr CltlirH of the llwwultiin Ho. public, Vot Winds United 8tut Prm,.,.. Hon, NoUvlthMitiidlHic Ott Ailtrrs,. Unit, luu of Sccu lury Orenlmni I'rr. in inj V to AllMlilcr Willis Tlu. Tu-,,,,. Trials Mill ITogroMlH. 1 Uoxoi.iti.ir, Feb. 8, via San Fii,wns. co, Feb. 16. A letter was address.,! u few days ago to United States Minister Willis by P. C. Jones, a proiiiuu nt American resident of Honolulu, sauuu that although nearly all his iiieumo was derived from investments In tlu.se islands, lie was prepared to pay Ins iu. come tax as an American citizen, but first desired information of Mr. as to his standing and right to protcc. tion as such citizen. According t(, a decision by Secretary I V Imj,. huysen, he has never forfeited his right as such by accepting iocai citizenship iu Hawaii, although Secretary Greshani is understood to hold an opposite opinion. Jones says he h;l8 served as minister of state both under thu monarchy and provisional guv eminent; that lie has taken oath tt support the republic of Hawaii; that during the recent insurrection he cur ried a gun to defend his house and family and those of others aga.nst mob violence, lie now asks the Tinted States minister whether he continues to beentit'.ed to protection as an American citizen notwithstanding the apparently adver.se published instruct, .ms sent to Admiral Keardslce. He i- nsiders it wrong that he should lose his right to protection for .so defending himself. lie is prepared to pay tli United States income tax, but asks to have Ids status clearly defined by the minister. Mr. Willis has replied that he wi.I (submit the question to the authorities at ashiiigton. On thu afternoon of the 5th the.-ases of John V. Cummins and Capt. Da vies of the Waimaualo were taken up together with the charges of misprision for treason. ISoth had contributed important testimony in other trials. Cummins' counsel, Mr. Magoon, made a lengthy plea for only a fine for the old man who had been led away by Iiis intimate, he ward, ami his son-in-law, Walker: who was much broken iu health and finances, and who had been noted for generous hospitality. Cummins was one of Liitoukalaufs commissioners to Wash ington last summer. He confessed to having assisted in arrangements for the landing of the arms. Hotli Davies and he pleaded guilty. Judge Advocate kinnev thought the age of the accused and his previous position in the country would weigh with the executive iu favor of the ac cused. Messrs. Craig and Marshall, who were convicted of treason, are still confined in prison awaiting the court-martial sentence to be curried out. WATCHING FOR ARMS .StijipoHfil to Ilnvi Hern Shipped on tli Srliixincr Vine. San Francisco, Feb. 10, The steamer Mariposa brought uews from Honolulu yesterday that the. authorities there ure watching for the arrival of the schooner Vine, Cant. Hums. tlovernmentoflicialssav the Vine was chartered to carry arms by the same people who sent the first installment on the Wahl berg. Several persons are now under arrest for supposed participation in the scheine to bring thu arms into the country. It is saitl that the negotiations wero conducted by one Cainerinos, wno is under arrest and awaiting trial. His arrest was based upon certain corre spondence w hich fell into the hands of the authorities, ami it was through that correspondence that suspicion fell upon Capt, Hums and the Vine. Iii Talked Too Mucli. Sax Fhancipco. Feb. 1C Kdgar Franz. 10 years old, a native of Penn sylvania, was deported by order of thu Hawaiian government, lie was fur nished with a steerage ticket and put on board the Mariposa a few moments bofnrC she sailed. Franz docs not seem to have had any part iu the insurrec tion. His offense consisted m min gling with the royalists and in in dulging in indiscreet talking. Was Mm Dunkjr Kx-IJiieen Iiiipird Upon? Washington, Feb. 10. The truth of an extract from thu diary of ex-Qucca Lilioukalani, read at her trial aud contained in Honolulu advices by the Mariposa, stating that she had re ceived u present from President Cleveland, was authoritatively denied at the lute House yesterday. It is stated there that the president sent no present of any description to her, and that she was imposed on if any gift was given her with the statement that it came from Mr. Cleveland. PRINCESS PAULINA, ThuSmnllestof Women, Succumbs to I'npaihoiiIm. N'kw Voto nt Pritii-oKs Pau lina," the smallest of woman, known as the "Living Doll." died yesterday morning of pneumonia. She weighed but 8SJ pott nils, und was only seventeen iiu'lii'. tail. Sim was to havo celebrated her nineteenth birthday on the '.'(Ith of tills month. SIu wiik bnrii nt. Ossniitlreclit. Hol land. Fohnmrv L'tl. KS7fi. the seventh child of a family of twelve. Her par- ' . . . ents are robust people, miner aoovo tho nvnnitr. hidrrht. ns are also her six sisters and two brothers, all of whom are living. On the day or ber birtli she measured twelve inches, and gained only five inches in stature thereafter. COULDN'T FACE DISGRACE. A IlrfitultliiK Stiitliui , eilt IIIimvs III! r ItritliiH tint. Si'itiNOKiM), 111., Feb. 1(5. While his accounts wore being audited yesterday morning, ('. J. Howttinn, station ng'tit of thu Wabafah Knilroad Co. at Ulverton. this county, stepped outside the oilice and, inserting the end of a revolver in Iiis mouth, pulled the trigger. IFh death was Instantaneous. He acknowledged a deficit in his ac counts of Oioa, which he had taken to further au invent ton a patent tele phone ho was perfecting.