Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 April 1895 — Page 2
WEEKLY COURIER. CUE KENT TOPICS.
C. DOAXE, Iubli,her.
JASPER, - - -
THE KEWS IK BRIEF.
MltxtTATza. Mino., has established - o c,ock wfcw. after which anv chijd found cpoa tne twu L compelled to give an account of itself.
1SDIAXA. PERSONAL AND GENERAL-
int. vommereial bank of Cincinnati
mane an assignment, on the 27th, to W.
n. Campbell, its. cashier, payment on
. iyr naviug been suspended by the clearltiirhnn i ..iL ii... ..i.i .. .
i - - r. v u- tiiu UHll'M banking institution In ti,..i i
T . I.. . . V- v"Jl '"
. ui BKaoiva origin destroyed t """,re ls ui to be due to the greater portion of II-..t ! continued misma
ltcKin;r nouse fB Araiou-dale. Kassas, Citv. Mo., no th
long.
It reported from Tokio, on the "Mh- ha Li Hung Chang'-, wound was progressing favorably, and that an early resumption of the peace conference was expected. The sultan of Turkey has ordered that the sale or exhibition of portraits, of Mr. Gladstone aad Prof. Krice. president of the British board of trade, be
i'.uuiuiwm in Constantinople. The police of Victoria. B. C. hare decided that bloomers are not suitable for ladies' street wear, even when worn at, a bicycle costume, and have taken steps to enforce this decision. The Belgian government has informed the state department at Washington that the discriminating duties
uainsi jooa product, recently in IHei, hare been repealed by royal d,
ure.
near 24 th, over was hog feet;
and 200
top to
gov
im-
e-
The Manitoba leaWaiare will
not
oeai at present with the parochial schools mandate from Ottawa, as it was decided, on the S;tfe, by Premier Greenway to adjourn the hooe till Mav ft.
On tie tb the British house of lord, passed the asarqais of Ripoa's bill rea..ajr täe restrictions cponth AuTa..an oiooie regarding the imposi i ..f csstoms, aad :h measure ree Ti J rvyal assent.
Ii 3. a- frat iafornatioa received ly s. 4ary Morton, on the iStb, that the - r ' ne repabhc is fa,: shaping its aJa was U) become oae i oar prin ai coca petitors in the cattle trade in Eeropjan markets.
A BiirATCJi from Tokio, on the iSth. announced that Dr. ato. the surgeon in attendance apon Li Hung Chan. had telegraphed la the emperor that the Chinese envoy's wound was in rood
rendition and there was no anxiety regarding the result.
Fire members of the board of Iron county. Mich., were arrested, a the
th, charred with collusion and systematic robbery of the county. A taxpayers protective association, latelv formed, conducted the investigation eadia-g to the arrests.
Alt. of the election oSicers aad voters, nineteen in number, arrested in Xew York recently ander indictments found by the extraordinary grand jarr. were called upon to pJeadG os the 57th. m the court of oyer aad WnaSher. Withoat exception iäer pleaded cot STuiity.
The Spanish government oiScially announced, on the iSio. that all reports that the war ship Heina Rezente had been found submerged in the
traüs of Gibraltar were wholly without foundation, and also that neither wreckage nor bodies from the ship had been washed ashore-
O.VE nc.iBE3 employes of the Cleveland 0. Ship Building Co went out an strike on the Sth. The companv proposed to pay the old hands 2.ir and new men Si. 23 per day. The strike was for a i50 per day rate. The strikers were employed in the boilermaking department. A revimo.y of the Mexican customs tariff will po into operation, on the 1st. involving changes in the following schedules affecting exports from the l"n;ted States: Tinware, manufactures of r.-n and steel, textiles of linen, jute and "ther nbers, and certain cases con
taining articles of jrold, silver platinum in sets.
and
A ihspatch from Constantinoole. on the vth. said the English, French and Hussian ambassadors hail jointly presented a memorial to the parte, calling
attention to the insecuritv of Chris
tian, in the province of Diarbekir. In
reply the rrte rave assuranocs that
the prox-incial authorities would be or
dered to protect them.
l'i wxr, the ceremonies at Fried-
nchvrhue, on the Mth. in honor oi
I'rance Ki-marck, Emperor William, after an address, delivered in a drenching storm, presented the old ex-chan-
ceior with a pold swo.nl Itesides the fcord. the emperor presented Prince Bismarck with a seal which was used
ty his grandfather. Emperor Wil
liam L
involving a loss of something 51.CCO, 000, upon which there
an insurance of STsnntVi Th.
building, three-atorr. 75 br loo
ltc ice nouses, !M bv ?0rt
the storage buildinc. four-story.
oy -hj ieei, ami packed from
ooitom witn pork, were burned before
me profrressoi thetlames was cheeked.
ta uepartmeat learned, on the 25th. that restrictions imposed upon foreign commercial travelers in Russia have been so modified that foreiffn Jeivs, duly re:is.terei bv commercial firms, may avail themselves of the
pnviiejre o: entering- the country when
i"u,'u w" proper passports and
vumpiyjn- wnn the regulations erning their issue.
Tcvn-nvK thousand people were disappointed at Cramps' Philadelphia ship yard, on the 2.1th. by the refusal of the International Navigation Co. s big steamer St. Paul to more from her wooden cradle into the Delaware river. The launch was postponed. The treasury department is keeping
sjrp wosoat inr violators of the oleomargarine law, and, on the 23th, four
ueaicrs ta Illinois were fined S!5 each for failing to properly mark packages of the product. The Spanish -cruiserr Alfonso XI I. arrtve.1 at Havana, on the 25th, having on board I.3U) government troops. " Ox the 24th a London grand jurv presented a true bill a-rainst the marquis of tneensberry for libellins' Os
car i:lt. The reeently-puWished views of exCommissioner of Internal Revenue Tbootas Harlan, to the effect that no oae can be compelietr to pay the income tax unless some amendment to the new law is made providing for it;,
vu..vriucas, are muorseti m opinions
puWished in the Internal Revenue
t.eeortf, on the 2öth, by ex-Surrogate
i.oiiins, ex-united Mates District At
torney Loot. ex-Judge Traux and Mr. Wm. Hildreth Field, all prominent members of the New York bar. Is the United States court in Boston.
on the 2th, Maj. John McDonough, tvho pleaded guilty of stealing from the mails, was sentenced to five years in state prison. 3Iaj. McDonough was, assistant superintendent of delivery in the Boston oSiee, xvhere he had served in various capacities for thirtv-one
- - a prominent mason, and enjoyed a spotless war record. FlEE. caused bv a cas enlri!nn
broke out. at midnight of the 20th, in the palatial building at the corner of Grand avenue and Fourth street, in
-mwauJieev occupied by Landeaner & Ca, and the A. F. Tanner Furniture Ca. and spread to and consumed several adjoining buildings, causing a total loss estimated at over $1,000,000. Bakey Mix es, the former confidential clerk of J. Pierpot Morgan A Ca. of New York city, charged with the erniwxilement of SI0.00O from i.-., i -. , , ....
w' p;eaueu iruiliv to an
At the meeting of the (Jnm.l
of the Republic, department of Michigan, at Mount Clemens, on the 27th, n collection amounting toS200 was taken up to assist destitute veterans in drought-strieken Nebraska. Msi'ATCit from Madrid, on the 27th, stated that the Spanish government had decided to send Martinez de Campos with 9,700 additional troops to reinforce the army in Cuba. The Japanese loan of 3,000,000 yen tc Corea has fallen through, owing to the
remsaioi Japan to rrant Corea's r.
I Quest that the loan be kept standing for fifteen years. I Mrs. Fhaxk A.n.nis perished in her I burning home, four miles north of Fentou, Mich., early on the morning of the 27th. She was ill and could not save herself, although twoyoung children escaped uninjured. Neighborsarrived in time to see her raise up in bed as the tlatnes enveloped her, but rescue was impossible. A.v American named Wendel Rend was shot three times and fatallv injured in the Northern railway sta'tion
m I'ans. on the 27th. l n,. vi,vi.
man named O'Brien. Both men were bookmakers, and the shooting was the result of a quarrel over moner matters. Sr. Acc.t-sTi.NE, Fla., was visited bv a most destructive conflagration, oil the 2Sth, the flames spreading with great rapidity because of the inade
quate water supply. Forty-six resideces and stores and many other buildings went down before the all-devour
ing element, while about 100 families and many guests of hotels were rendered homeless. The aggregate loss is estimated at 200,000. All the palmetto trees along the ea wall from the fort to I lay a lane were killed. The United States ironn .tnti
there worked manfully to extinguish the flames and to save property. The mayor of Columbus, Ind., on the 2Sth. ordered a court of inquiry, and had all the ministers of that city served with notices to appear and tell, under oath, what they know about violations
or law. 11ns was done in retaliation for charges uttered from the pulpit by John P. Quinn, the reformed gambler, implicating the mayor and other city officials. Fifty-six buildings were consumed
aad thirty-four families rendered homeless and desolate by flames which b-r.
eietl almost the entire business portior of the town of Canaseraga, N. Y., on the 2sth. The total loss is placed at SlS.'i.ooO, with insurance between SiO,000 and S100.000.
Seci:et.u:y
INDIANA STATE NEWS. A Sectios of the uew fee and salan law was a few dnys ago discovered ta contain a provision that the county auditors and treasurer shall first take in fees equal to their fcahiries before the amount taken in is due them for their work. In the case of auditors and trenMirers, unlike the ofllces of clerk, cheriff and recorder, fees nre a
nmll part of the income. 2111(1 it WIS
evidently through an error that the words auditor and treasurer crept into thin section. This nfTetts most serU
ously every auditor and triM sii nr in
the state, and the section will reu u ire
a judicial construction at the earliest
possible moment.
John Culvert, a prosperous laborer of
urazii, was unnirerouslv iniured while
engaged in an altercation with Thomas
L. Dewellen. The latter struck the former on the head with a brick, crushing his skull. Dewellen escaped. John F. 1axsons jewelry store, at Waterloo, was robbed the other afternoon. Tho clerk's attention was attracted while Judson Potts stole n
watch and chain from a show Potts pleaded guilty.
Decatuk saloonmenwill prosecute nil Sunday openers in any kind of business. I'JiosrF.CT Hu.r, coal mines, near Vincennes, have been leased to an Illinois firm.
case.
pptson.
effects of
si.cjucu puiiiy to an indictment of grand larceny before Justice Fitzcerald, on the 26th, and was
to three years
imprison
lux alleged existence of pleuropneumonia in Kansas, as recently claimed by some of the ofScials of that
Mate, has been thoroughly disproved
by ttie agricultural departmest. and
Or. Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry, authorized the state
ment, on the 27th. that, at no time had there been any fousdatioH for such aa
assertion.
a i is uuiv assenea inat m( woras
"nt a citizen of any American repub
lic in ureat Britain, ultimatum to
Nicaragua, was not intended to bar
the I nited States from a place on the arbitration commission, the phrase
- men can republics, as ordinarily
employed and understood bv the for
eign ofEce being limited to the smaller
republics of Central aad South Araer-
ca.
A paktui. report of the experts an
pointed by the courts to examine intc the affairs of the Whlskv trust wa made public, on the 25tb, ?.nd sfaowec
a discrepancy of SI.9K.I23 and an f
fort to hide it by erasures on the books of the cozapaay. The experts' repor
v.era a period enuing .March 31, Wj2 and throws ao light on subequea
vransactions; while it is in the recordj J
1 ana that the greatest ir
rc&uiarivies are expected to be di
orereo.
sentenced
meat.
"Ixjcs" Joe, once a prominent chief of the Ottawa Tndiaa tribe, died in Grand Haven. Mich., os the nth. He was 71 years old. It is reported that John Y. McKane, the old time political boss of Gravessad township. Kings county. N. Y., who is now in Sing Sing prison, is insane. His particular hallucination is th3t he is to be released from prison, always on the morrow. The secretary of war. on the 26th. issued an order placing: PaymasterGeneral William Smith on the retired list of the army, by operation of law, with the indorsement that he retires with a complete record of service well
performed. Col. Thaddens M. Stnnton
was appointed by the president to fill
the vacancy.
Aktiitk B. Chase, a retired theatri
cal manager, of Holyoke. Mass., com
mitted suicide, on the night of the 2fith,
in his apartments in New York city,
by shooting himself in the head. He
was well known among the profession, having been manager for Edwin Booth
and others of note.
The department of state was noti
Bed. on the Sola, by cablegram from
0aka. Japan, of the sudden death at
Hiogo. of Consul Enoch J. Smithers.
Mr. Smithers was appointed from Del
aware June I, IWJ.
TwEXTr-THREfc prisoners were lodged in the United States jail in Gathrie,
K-i lac -Mil. iney were cap-
larea oy ceputy marshals in various
parts: of the territory. Among- them were three Hiurderers, ten counterfeiters and six horse-thieve. There are
now twenty-eight people in the federal
jaii charged with counterfeiting.
Stx tall roughly-dressed mountain
eers held up No. 3 south-bound passen
ger train on the Cincinnati Southern
railway, about a mile above Green
wood. Ky., at 2:30 o'clock on the morning of the 27th. There were three detectives on the train, and in the fight
wnicn en,uea, two of the train robbers were killed and one wounded, the
detectives coming off without injury.
1 ne tiiree uninjured bandit made their
escape.
At J0-.3J p. m. of the 27th Iron Mountain train No. 51 was held up at Wil-
iiamsviiie. lo.. by two masked robbers, who ordered the express messen
ger to open the safes. The messen
ger did not have the combination to
the through safe, and the local safe
contained no money. At this point the robber became frfirhtened and
left, having first possessed themselre
of Conductor Webbs gold watch.
The newly-elected president and
vice-President of the German reichs-
Cvni.lsLE left Washing
ton, on the 2sth. for Covincton. Kv.. tc
be in attendance at the bedside of hU brother, George, who was critically ill. Mr. Carlisle's absence, it was said, might be indefinitely prolonged. The proposed loan of 3,00,009 yen by Japan to Corea was finally "arranged, on the 25th, the latter government agreeing to Japan's terms that the loan shall be repaid in five years. The body oi Michael Salmon, 70 years old, who had been missing from his home in Cleveland, 0., since Christmas, was found, on the 2Sth, completely encased, excepting one foot, in a huge cake of ice floating in the lake near the shore, which at times had been driven many miles out into the lake and back again bv reverse winds.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Ix the New York city court of oyer
ans terminer, on the 20th, Justice
Brown entered an order dismissing
all the pending Gravesend indictments found at the time John Y. McKane
was indicted for offenses against the
elective franchise, except those against
.McKane and Kenneth F. Sutherland.
A number of Brooklyn indictments for
similar offenses were also dismissed.
rnoH advices received from Samoa,
under date of the 23d, it is learned
that disturbances were still threat
ened by the rebellious Tauiets. Chief
Justice lue had sentenced Charles
Thomas Taylor to three months' im
pnsnnment for charging that the
reikis were supplied with arms and
ammunition by the late Robert Louis
isteveuson.
I'.t.v. William S. Bikch, presiding elder of the Kokomo Methodist Kpisco-
pai uisinci, cuetl at I.ogansport. Ind..
on the20th,wherehehadgonetoattend
conierence. He was seized witli a re
lapse of the grip while preaching, on the evening of the 23d. and sank gradually until his death.which occurred on
Ins seventieth birthday anniversary.
Fa ill res in the United States for the
week ended on the 30th, as reported by It. G. Dun &. Co., were 231, against 23S
avovst lavai., an old citizen of Vinoennes, made a second attempt to blow out his bruins, a few days ago. Several days before he tried to do the rash act, but the pistol failed to discharge, and he tried again, sending a ball crashing through his head. The wound is serious and may prove fatal. Ill-health the cause. Mrs. Thomas Catjiox, wife of a wealthy Clinton county farmer, com
mitted suioide by taking rat
while suffering from the
grip. For sympathising with a fellowconvict, who hud assaulted a guard in prison south, James Dalgarn, sent up from Brazil, has had his time extended 300 days. Jacob Fikk, of Chili, was found in a dying- condition at the foot of the Wabash railroad bridge near Peru, which he fell through. Poctoffick established the other day: Echo, Wells county. Two footpads with clubs and knives attempted to kill William Clem, of
Peru. SiMO.v T. Coh.v, aged 7$, one of Dela
ware county's pioneers, fell nearly ten feet from the top of a wagon loa'd of logs, the other day, and is believed to be fatally injured. Floyd Thomi-sox, a 14-year-old bov employed at the United "states Glass factory, at Gas City, was found dead on the track. It is thought he was ßtrqck by a passing train. Mt. Carmel has passed an ordinance prohibiting children under the age of 10 from playing on the streets after 7:30 p. m. during the winter, or after Ö p. ni. during the summer. The largest well in the Nottingham
field has been drilled in by H. C. Zicgler. The well is flowing eight hundred barrels daily. Much oil is being wasted because of insufficient tankage. A VALCAnLK bed of clay for the manufacture of crockery and fire brick has been discovercd near Bourbon. George Ai.vxr, Muncie, fell over a chair and burst a blood vessel. He nearly bled to death before medicai aid came. BrROLAits have been making such wholesale raids on tho farmers of Clarke county recently that the latter
have been worked up to a frenzy and the perpetrators will be summarily dealt with should they be captured. Johx Walke, a self-confessed forger, was taken before Judge Comstock at
Richmond, a few days ago. and pleaded gTiilty. He was sentenced to two years and three months in the penitentiary and fined 10. Ax eayle measuring 7 feet and 10 inches from tip to tip was killed by H. S. Marks, near Marion. While boiling some beef in a covered vessel the top blew off and the steam badly svnlded Mrs. M. W. Harkins, of Anderson. Tehrk Hal'te schools have abolished the old custom of each graduate delivering an oration on commencement day.
The other day at Greenfield Charles
MANITOOAN AFFAIRS.
ThAttrnit tit ItrrMk l?p the l'nbllc Scheel
iyiin oyih,. Hume timrriimrut t Ottw SironKy lttUtl bjr tho OritUK ml rrotcitMiit 1'opuUtloH tif lUt fro. lm--Th ItfMilutluu tu Adjourn tho LchI LKUIturt. WixxwKo, Man., March 29. The eurprising and sensal tonal feuturo of tho school question diilleultv, was tho
announcement, yesterday, that the government had decided to adjourn
wie legislature to-ilay until May 0, It had been considered certain that consideration of the remedial order would be proceeded with yesterday or to-day, but Premier Green way nmiounced in the house yesterday afternoon that adjournment had been decided upon. He declared that the government did not see any reason whatever to change its position or its opinion in reiriir.l t
the school system of the province, despite the order to do so from Ottawa. The remedial order issued by the government raised for the first time constitutional questions exceeding in gravity and importance any constitutional question that has heretofore arisen in any legislature in Canada, and affecting the whole Canadian do-
11111110:1. In view of these facts it had been decided to adjourn the house. The goveminent had already opened communi
cations with certain eminent constitutional lawyers and submitted to them for their advice some of the chief points affecting the jurisdiction of the legislature. The premier was asked whether the Dominion government would be likely to take this proposed adjournment of the local house as a refusal on the part of the province to net in the matter of the order, and replied that no such construction could bo put upon the adjournment, inasmuch as the provmcial government was taking the ordar into ctuisidorutimi.
Catholic members of the legislature say the government is merely trviin-
to shirk their responsibility, and that
THE WAR IN THE EAST.
Ilo.tllltlf. t,, M,K...Ha llurlnir H Te-.
the Mlki Upon the f.hootlK of
- "I'urmiice in Kuitera
r.meiriiiijr Ur Hlumt THteil.
AlTnlr
adjournment Is merelya .subterfuge. The Orangemen of Manitoba, in inassnieeting assembled yesterday, passed the following resolutions unanimously:
,ICW ,vun tne jjreatest nJarm the stato of affairs which exM between thejlominlonana the local governments, and we desire to express our approval of the stand taken by our representative in the provincial lecMature in Manitoba. In support of
..hu uuu privilege, in broolt. inx no Interference bv the central irou-rnnient In our educational affairsand we call upon all oranemen and Protest ants to support no candidates for the house of commons or the local legislature who will not f UIMua"a Plflße himself to determinedly 0WKsC anv .in.l -.11 ..
, 1 th?,lJrt'1klnK "P of "ur public school system, ami the Imposing upon us and our children of the accursed system of eparate and sectarian schools. It is proposed to hold a monster convention of all religious and poli tical bodies, in Winnipeg shortly to discuss the question.
WASlllS'flTdV -in MM. . ..
ing telegram was yestet ,',.,y afternoon received by the Japanese legation from
wiv unpuuese ioreign oflice: "On the opening of the negotiations the Chinese plenipotentiary proposed an armistice, which the Japanese goveminent was willing to accept on certain conditions. While this negotiation was going on the untoward event happened on the person of the Chinese plenipotentiary. His majesty having in view of this unhappy occurrence' commanded the Japanese plenipotentiaries to consent to a temporary armistice without conditions, this was communicated to the Chinese plenipotentiary."
.Minister hurino says that the effect of the emperor's order will be the immediate cessation of aggressive hostilities, and that the Japanese armies will make no further advance as long as the urmistice lasts. Some fightingmay occur if provoked by the Chinese, but the second step toward peace has been practically taken, the arrival of Li Hung Chnng. the satisfactory character of his plenipotentiary credentials having been the first. The minister is of the opinion that the action of tl
enced by the confidence Iiis majesty reposed in the .successful conclusion of the peace negotiations through the ultimate acceptance by Li Hung Chang of the terms stipulated by Japan. "It was immediately after the cloe of the second session of the peace plenipotentiaries," said the minister, "that U Hung Chang was prostrated by a fanatic, and up to tiiat time nothinghad been considered but China's request for an armistice pending the consideration of the terms of peace. The proposition had 1K.(. met bv the i.r,-
sentation of certain conditions from the Japanese plenipotentiaries. The discussion of the terms of final peace had not been entered upon. "The emperor's command of temporary armistice is also a refutation of idea that Japan is disposed to humiliate China or merely to acquire territory. Japan has gained the end of demonstrating Japanese importance in eastern affairs." ' Minister Kurino promptly notified Secretary Greshnm of the armistice, and it was made known to President Cleveland, who expressed his gratification.
John yi
LOOKS
Annli,
SUSPICIOUS.
THEIR DOOM SEALED. Ocn. De Camp ti Uo to Cuba anil Put Imu the Patriot' Itebellion. Ma diu, March 29.-Gen. .Martinez de Campos has accepted the commission to go to Cuba at. the head of the reinforcements which are to bo sent there, and has declared that the moment he lands in Cuba he will proceed with operations designed to put down the revolt instanter. There is a great deal of irritation in oflicial circles over allegations that Americans arc supporting the insurgents by supplying them with money, arms, etc The government yesterday forwarded 52,000,000 to Cuba. The troons
are rapidly being concentrated at their respective ports of embarkation. .Six merchant steamers have been chartered for use as transports and will sail from Cadiz, Valencia, Corunna and Santander with troops and war material some time between April S and IS.
CAPT. CROSSMAN DENIES
llniHna,
Another
1.. if. Bun & Co., were 231, against . t. .. i .
i n'c currcspunuing weeic last j-ear. ForCauada the failures numbered 42.
against 30 last year. Hut the recent increase indicates past rather than re
cent conditions of unsoundness.
IT was learned on good although
not oflicial authority, on the 29th, that
tne mtrerences between the Canadian
premier and Sir Charles H. Tupperhad been amicably adjusted. Xothinc could
oe learned as to the exact nature of
the differences or the terms on which
the adjustment was reached.
I.v view of the "unexpected event"
that had happened, viz.: the at
tempted assassination of Li Hum?
t Jiang, the emperor of Japan, on the
29th, declared an unconditional armis
tice, which it is believed will be effective until peace negotiations are con
cluded.
A mas of dirt and rock in the
blecpy Hollow mine at Central Citv.
Col., fell, on the 20th, and crushed to
death two miners named Alfred Mr.-.
tin and Henry James.
Rmnor.D Sadi.kk. lieutenant-irov.
0 fc 1 "
ernor 01 evaua, was arrested, on
A 1.
- decided on the ,7th, not to apply cltT in EuVea counon t ,e ch.rS for the customary audience with the Lf pmWm.m "'r.
emperor for fear of still further strain- A oasoi.i.v tnr iu t.. nu,
mg the situation, but to merely leave cago. on the 29th. caused the "
tion of four buildings and a los ol
tio.ooa
their cards at the palace in the bands
o: Court Master Hotnoesche.
Jlossermnn, conductor of local freight Xo. 75, west bound, wns severely
crushed about the chest. He was mak
ing n coupling, and, the cars not being the came style, the bumpers slipped
past each other, and he was caught between the sills of the cars.
At Jeffersonville great interest was
manifested in the trial of Mrs. Mattic Shepher and George Willis, charged
with arson. The trial resulted in their
acquittal.
A BITTXR quarrel among the Hunga
rian of Whiting hat resulted in the
murder of George Otke by Andrew
Roney.
The trial of Isaac Bridges, alleged urderer of Mrs. Joseph Montgomery.
laat November, has begun in Tcrrc Haute.
An Edinburg sncakthief stole S300
worth of jewelry from the house of I). R. Webb.
Hors playing in a deserted tenement
in Franfkfort went into the attic and found the skeleton of a child.
N HUSH college classes of '9(1 and 'B?
will give an oratorical contest this
spring.
Theub is a movement on foot for
Nw Albany to buy water works under
the provisions of the charter granted the water company twenty years ago, and which has now expired bv limita
tion.
Thiiee hurglara were urnrised bv
officer while trying to gain nn en
trance to Oard's liquor store, Valparaiso. Two of them were captured. They gave their names as James
Brown and James Williams, of Chi
cago.
A host office was established the
other day at Vine, Fountain county, and John II. MeCool appointed postmaster.
ICrport Sent Out from
mid Call 11 Wlttie.
I'A.VAMA, March 2l).-Tho Star and ilerald publishes a report of an interview with Cu.pt. Grossman of the .steamship Allianca, in which ho gives a flat denial to the story sent out from Havana about his having the insurgent Mneeo on board and landing him at Sandy Hook. Capt. Crossman expresses the wish that the pilot who wai on board at the time would say whether or not a landing did takeplace at Sandy Hook. lie took tin pilot on board many hours before tht hhip reached Sandy Hook. The captain declares that he has not seen Mae.eo and does not know him.
THE BLOOD OF LI HUNG CHANQ Ctirerrully Offered on tho Altar of IVmco, for Which I'r.mprcU Are llrlchtenlnir. I'Aius, March SO. The European edb tion of the Herald nrints to-dnv a ,u
patch from Its corresnondont in
Simonoseki, who quotes Li Hung Chang as saying 011 his sick bed: "If my blood can aid in bringing about pence I give it cheerfully." "This sentiment has produced a good
effect, says the Herald's correspondent. "There certainly are better prospects of peace. All Japan feels tho shock of the outrage, and tho condemnation of the police is general among all classes. It is understood that Li's assailant will bo condemued
10 pcual servitude for life.
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imrncii m Ucjith, ThuKht to lluvo .Started the 1 I ISfftire S'l-ttlni; Out mi III Aliened Trip for 11 Doctor ICrni:irkalde Story Told by III -Viur.OliI Daughter, Who KciiptMl. Fkxto.v. Mich., .March 30. Frank M. Annis, who is accused of causing the fire which resulted in the death of his
wife on his farm near here a few days ago, has been arrested. The arrest has caused talk, and gossip sny.s that there are grounds for the belief that his little daughters should ulso have perished in their burned home. Laura is 9 years of age and Mabel 4. Laura says she was awakened by a noise, nnd listened. A moment later she heard a gurgling that sounded like liquor escaping from the neck of a bottle. This was followed almost immediately by the sound of a parlor match being scratched and igniting. She then heard hurried footsteps, followed by the closing of a door. A moment later she saw a little blaze at the foot of her bed, another in the sitting room and a third in the center
of her mother's bed. She says she screamed and called to her mother but getting no answer, went to the bed of the sick woman ami tried to awaken her. Getting no response and being warned by the approach of the flames to hasten, Laura says she returned to her own bed nnd picking up her little sister, carried her out of doors. A moment later the neighbors began to arrive, but the house was in flames and all efforts to save Mrs. Annis, were fruitless. In a few minutes Annis drove up on u run. his horse nearly exhausted and was told the story of the loss of his wife and his children's escape. He said his wife was suffering greatly when she aroused him and asked him to go to Fenton for a doctor. He declared that he left at exactly 2 o'clock, but as he did not reach here until two
hours later and the distance does not exceed four miles, the neighborsthought an explanation was in order. Annis had a fast horse and could cover the distance to Fenton in half an hour. At :i:30 farmers along the road heard a man who was evidently driving furiously shouting fire. It is now charged thnt this man was Annis. At the point in the road where the alarm was given, tho Annis house could not be seen, and It is alleged that the flames did not break out of Annis' house until some time later. The couple had not lived happily together. Mrs. Annis had a 81,000 insurance policy in the Macabees iu her husband's favor.
A Lnnd-Ornblilnjc Lealxlature. St. Paul, Minn., March 30. The senate passed yesterday a joint resolution looking to the annexation of that part of Wisconsin In which the city of Superior is located to Minnesota, the object being to consolidate the cities of Duluth and Superior.
HIS SATANIC MAJESTY. A.v oath on tho lip is tho devil's doorplate. Tun devil soon runs from tho man he can't discourage. Womk.v can bo the devil's best friend or his worst enemy. Wiikn tho devil goes to church he generally dresses in white. A stoxe thrown straight at the devil is pretty apt to hit some politician Miliare In tho face. The devil keeps many in bondage, because ho can make a rope of sand look like as iron cable. Barn's Horn.
MISSOURI ON TOP In the IntenUt Oratorical Contest atKansas City. Kansas Citv, Mo., March 30. A tremendous crowd was present at the Coatcs opera house last night to hear those taking part in the interstate oratorical contest. There were six contestants and Missouri came out on the top of tho highest wave. First honors were won by T. L. Anderson, of Central college, Lafayette, Mo., and second honors by P. 1). Decker, of Park college,. Parkvllle. Mo-