Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 47, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 August 1895 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER. O. DOAIS, Publllior. JASPER. - , INDIANA.

Tin: I'lilted States consul at Colon. Isthmus of Panama, cabled, on the 'JSd, that the strike of laborers in progress there threatened serious trouble. Tin: secretary of the treasury has decided that the money paid Into the treasury on account of the income tax (77,131) shall be refunded upon the Min,' claims and action thereon. Tin: Wyoming militia were ordered, on the S'.'d, to hold themselves In readiness for service In the Jackson's Hole country at a moment's notice. The Indians were increasing in numbers rapidly. Ex-Chirk Ji'stice Daly, of New York, is making a series of visits to the law courts of London. lie occupied a seat beside Sir Francis Jcune in the divorce court recently, while the Tasker divorce case was in progress. Tin: preliminary report of Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller for the year ended June V,0, 1S9.., issued on the 25th, showed that the total receipts from ail sources were SH3,'i4.'.,97S, a decrease from the receipts of 1893-4 of 13,022,472. A dispatch from I'ocatello, Idaho, on the 23d, said: The Indian war has broken out in earnest ilannock Indians have killed a settler, his wife and child in the Salt River valley, and the white men, pursuing, killed six of the redskins. Hon. Hokk Smith, secretary of the interior, began a brief campaign in the sound-money cause at Gainesville, Ga., on the 2-d. He said he should support the national democratic platform and oppose the populists' platform on the financial problem. At the sitting of the Dominion cabinet, on the 24th, there was considered the draft of a reply to Manitoba on the school question, prepared by Sir Charles Hlbbert Tupper. It is understood the document has been approved and forwarded to Winnipeg'. O.v the 24th the postmaster general issued a fraud order against the Columbia Benevolent association of Saginaw. Mich. Upon a report of the postmaster of that city the department declared the concern a bond Investment scheme and a lottery. Rei'outs as to the conditions of crops throughout the country and the general influence of weather on growth, cultivation and harvest, made by the directors of the different state weather services, on the iiSd. make a very favorable showing for nearly all crops in all sections. Tin: provisions of the New FrancoChinese treaty to regttlate the commercial relations between the southern Chinese provinces and the ndjoining French territory, grant new trade ports and a reduction of duties, and give to French engineers the first right to exploit mines. Arthur Ma.Mkr. of Chicago, took out a warrant, on the C3d, before Justice Richardson for 11. H. Holmes, the notorious insurance swindler. The charge it murder, and Manier fays he believes his aunt. Mrs, Julia Connors, was killed by Holmes between August I and November 1, 1S92, Tub district land officers in those parts of Kansas and Nebraska where parts of the former Otoe and Missouri Indian reservations are located, have been instructed to inform the purchasers of those lands that the balances due by them must be paid within ninety days, or their entries will be canceled. A dipi'ATCH to the London Times from Tien-Tsin, on the 24th, asserted that Japan's delnj in negotiating a commercial treaty with China, and in evacuating Llao Tung territory, has been deliberate! planned pending; the Uritish parliamentary elections, Japan hoping; to influence Lord Salisbury's government to support her against Russia. Tin: latest sensation In the search lor evidence against n. n. nniities, mu insurance swindler and alleged whole sale murderer, was the discovery, on the 25th, in the cellar of his Sixty-third nndWnllnce streetbitihling in Chicago, of a furnace that Is supposed to have been used by him ns a crematory for the safe and speedy consumption of the bodies of his victims. A caiu.b from St. Petersburg, on the 2.1th, said: The present status of the negotiations between Russia and Japan indicates the prospect of a decision providing for the evacuation of the Lino Tung peninsula In two successive stages. This retrocession will be made step by Mop as the Chinese government liquidates its indebtedness to Japan in respect of the war indemnity. Lv the second nice between the Vlgl laut, the former successful contestant for the America's cup, and the De fender, mult lor tue express purpose .of contesting for the honor against the EtiL'lish yacht Valkyrie HI., sailed off Sandy Hook, on th. 22d, on a trlangu lar 30-milc course, the Defender beat the old champion by it minutes and 17 seconds, outsailing her on every leg of the course. Tiik first cotton-spinning fnctory In China under foreign direction has been Marted at Shanghai by the great English firm of Jardinc fc Mathcscn. The project had lcen In contemplation since 1803, but could not be consummated in consequence of the refusal of the Chinese government to permit the importation of foreign machinery, which difficulty has now been removed ily the treaty of Shlmonosckl.

A serious tight was reported, on the 10th, as having- occurred on the TurkoMacedonian frontier between a force of Insurgents. Mated to have numbered 5.O00, and a body of Turkish troops. It Is reported that the latter were defeated wltlia loss of Out) men. Minnesota, which was once, consid ered outside the corn belt, reports this year 1. 252,000 acres planted to corn, or UOO.OOO more than last year. The crop is in a finer condition than ever before. A gruml plant is the maize, and the boom it promises moai ns wealth. , (iKokqk A. Hoi.zkh and Frederick Storms, Chicago policemen, were sentenced, on the 21th, to imprisonment, in the penitentiary for four jears and two years respectively for aiding and abetting- a conspiracy to deprive voters of their rights at West Pullman. Tub cemetery of the Iowa soldiers' home at Marshalltown was entered, on the night of the 22d, by an unknown miscreant, who, with a sledge hammer, defaced and broke off at the ground forty-six marble slabs erected by the government at soldiers' graves. Adolph Meyer, a 10-year-old boy, jumped from the Fads bridge at St Louis, on the 21st, just for fun. He was uninjured. Thk twelfth consecutive season of the St. Louis exposition will begin on September 4 for the usual period of forty days and forty nights, and the directors give assurance that the efforts they have put forth will result in the grandest and most costly display yet made in that city. Thk wages of the puddlers of the Columbia Iron Co, at Lancaster, Pa., were increased, on the 22d, from S2. 50 to S3 per ton. The pay of other employes was advanced proportionately. The increase affects 500 men and boys. The most successful long-distance heliographic conversation of which there is any record took place, on the 21st, between Mount Hood and Portland Heights, Ore., a distance of 7u or t?0 miles. The conversation lasted one and a half hours, and was a perfect success. Additional details of the collision between the Italian steamship Ortigia and Maria P., and the sinking of the latter in the Gulf of (Jenoa, on the Ulst, include the testimony of the lookouts ou both vessels that they sighted each other too late to avert the collision. Tub emperor of Austria will arrive in England on his first visit to Great liritatn about the end of August. It is expected that he will spend three weeks deer stalking in the highlands as the guest of the queen. John Gim.b A Sons, of Cleveland, O., have been awarded the contract for building- the new courthouse in Haitimore, Md. The price is Sl.S49.0Oi). PnoK. Rudolph On hist, director of laws and philosophy and professor of jurisprudence in the university of Herlin, died, on the 22d, aged 70. As a result of the gold exports, on the 20t'i, the treasury reserve stood at S10:.OO.ll57, on the 22d, a loss of 51,00.1,000. Kino" Callahan, a New York bar tender, dropped from the Brooklyn bridge into the East river on the 2'ld. lie was picked up by two men in a row boat and taken to the hospital in a dangerous condition. Tiik Norwegian steamer Terrier, which arrived at New York, ou the 23d, from Detnarara. reported that, on the 12th, outside the harbor at Detnarara, she collided with the schooner Eagle, of and from Uarbadoes, and sunk her. Twenty-four persons were saved and five lost. On the 23d the president commuted to imprisonment for life the sentence of death imposed ou Thos. J. Taylor, who was to have been hanged In Wash ington city on the 21th for the murder of his wife. Tin; total returns from the British parliamentary elections up to 4 p. in. of the 23d, showed the election of 30fi conservatives, a.", unionists, 124 liberals. .(' McCarthyltes and 0 Pnrnellites. Rr.y. J. I). Lki: died at Hennessey, Okla., on the 2".d, of old age, He was 111 years old, and for the past twentyfour years had been a missionary among the Cheyenne, Arapahoe and Kiowa Indians, receiving his appointment from the M. K. ehurch. Through his efforts a dangerousoulbreak of the Cheyenne Indians was averted in lfe7.r. Hon. II. P. Ciiknkv, president of the American Express Co., died, on the 23d, at his homo In Wellcsley, Mass., of intermittent fever, aged 80. Sin William Vehnun Harcourt, who was beaten in Derby by the conscrvative candidate, was elected, on the 23d, from West Monmouthshire by a majovity of 5,237. I he ex-ehancellor was opposed by . L. Williams, conservative. The vote stood: Harcourt. 7,243; Williams, l,i.iO. In 1802 the liberal majority in this district was f,:il. Du. Thomas X. MrN.v died at Chapman, Ivas., on the 23d, as the result of a fall down his olliee stairs the evening previous. His skull was crushed and back broken. He was a leading dcinoeratie politician, and was to have been appointed surgeon of the Leavenworth military prison. Gko. M. Maverick, an attorney living at C728 Locust street, St. Louis, and who Is visiting at Aransas Pass, Tex., holds the record for the biggest catch of a tarpon this year. One day he landed four Inrge fish, measuring 0 feet Inch, : feet 11!, Inches, .1 feet 0 niches and 4 feet 0 inches. In the same party were four other gentlemen who landed tarpons measuring more than tt feet A SiiA.vmiAi dispatch, received on the 24th, stated that Japan demands S38,.10O.OO0 additional Indemnl as compensation for the retrocession to China of the Liao Tung peninsula. Tin: Young Men's Christian association building on New York avenue, near Fourteenth street, Washington city, was destroyed by fire on the 24th; loss 830,000, fully Insured.

CUBREXT TQl'ICS. TEE NEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

I The Irouton KU wittern o.ks were

burned, on the 'Mtl.. from spontaneous combustion. I he boiler burst mid wrecked the building. The city is left without protection in case of fire, and many industries will be compelled to shut down: loss, over SlOO.OoO. Indian Commission!:-: Hcownino received a message from Agent Teter at Fort Hall, on the ,'lth, stating that a very serious condition of affairs existed among the ISai.'.iock Indians, und urging that troops be sent to the scene at once. An otlicial report from Havana, on the 24th, nld that Navarro's and AI ilave's columns, under command of lieu. Lechambrc. comprising 4.000 In fantry and 300 cavalry, with three .runs arrived at Nuevitas on July 21. A ci.orn-nriiST swept over the vil luge of Brecon, O.. on the night of the 22d, and many buildings were damaged, and a large number of cattle and sheep were drowned. Crops suffered severely in the southern part of the state. Tin: Scotch peers met In Edinburgh, on the 24th, and elected sixteen of their number, all unionists, to represent them in the house of lords in the nominating parliament. Thk American schooner Carrie E. Lane had a thrilling encounter in Cuban waters, on July 14, with a Spanish gunboat Two shots were fired at the Lane by the man-of-war, and one of the schooner's crew narrowly escaped being killed by one of them. The vessel ,vas made to heave to and give an account of herself before being allowed to proceed. Mn. , Jambs W. Fhkncil for five years warden of the Northern Indiana penitentiary at Michigan City.hasbccn selected by Attorney-General Harmon as warden of the United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kas. Mr. French is well known as a prison reformer. Secretary La.mo.vt has issued an order, by direction of the president, transferring to the department of the Platte, all that portion of Nebraska lying between the forty-fourth and forty-ninth parallel and west of the Missouri river. Tub engagement is announced of Miss Pauline Whitney, daughter of exSecretary Whitney, to Mr. Almeric H Paget of St. Paul, Minn. Ex-Secretary Whitney is away on a yachting cruise, and Miss Whitney is sojourning in New England. At the conclusion of the inquest at Toronto, Out., on the 21th, on the body of Alice Pitezel. a verdict of willful murder was returned against IL H. Holmes. Gov. RiCHAitns of Wyoming received a telegram, on the 2.th, from (Jen. Stit.er at Market Lake, saying that notwithstanding reports of a sensational nature sent out from that point there was nothing new in the situation, and no authentic news of further trouble. Dr. Alexander McFahlav, professor of physics in the I'niverslty of Texas, has been appointed lecturer in cleci tricnl engineering at Lehigh (Pa.) uni versity. Dr. Mcrnrlan s reputation as an investigator in physics is worldwide. Willis, the president's coachman, who succeeded the more famous Albert Hawkins about four years ago, was stricken with paralysis, ou the night of the 2Uh, and Is believed to be in a serious condition. Thk government's expenditures on account of the collection of Income taxes were SsS,73(i: taxes collected, 77,131, which will be refunded. LATE NEWS ITEMSA 1'itiVATi: letter from Havana, on the 2Uh, confirmed the report of Martinez Campos' defeat at the battle of Valenzuela. Of 1,600 Spanish troops that went into battle, only 300 escaped to llayunto, where they were surrounded by 0,000 Cubans, under Maceo, Masso, Quinhind, llaudero aud Goulet. GrEltiMTA, a famous Spanish bull fighter, may give performances in the City of Mexico, and may even consent to go to Atlanta, Ga., in Oe toiler. His terms are higher than Patti's, as he asks S.IO.OflO for each performance. This would require an entrance fee of ?. Tiik Swedish storthing, on the 20th, adopted the proposal of the military i committee for an extra grant of 12,000,000 kroner for the use of the naval administration. Of this sum, 8,000,000 kroner has been devoted to the con struction of two ironclads. Tub H. I. Nail Works Co., of Cleveland, (),, indefinitely closed their rod mill on the 27th. The strike commit tee gave the company until August 1 ; to decide whether an advance of 12K pc.r CCnt. would begiven the men. The lode-out was the response. Ladv Frances RosbGi-nnino. widow of the late Rev. Sir Henry Gunning, hart., and daughter of Hev. Hon. William Henry Spencer, was arrested in Loudon, on the 21th, upon an extradition warrant charging her with forgery. Fl- to the 20th 333 conservatives. 00 liberal-unionists, 104 liberals, 0.1 McCarthyltes and 12 Parnellltes had been returned to the British house of commons. The net conservative-unionist gain thus far was 0. 1'Ali.t HBs In the United States during the week ended the 20th, as reported by R. G. Don &. Co., were 202, against 240 for the same week last year. In tannda the failures were 27, against i.".0 last year. FntB in the fiber warehouse of the Decrlng harvester works at Chicago, on the 20th, damaged the stock to the extent of 20,000 and the building ,100. Rio Ja.NKIHo advices, of the 20th. stated that the British consulate there was guarded by police to prevent an Attack upon It by citizens. Chah. Itt'CKNF.it, aged. 74. died, on the 25th, at West York, III. He wan born and always resided within a mile of that place. Four children of John Hicks were cremated In the burning of their home near IHg Stone Gap, O., on the nlht of the 25th. .

INDIANA STATE NKWSL John C. Mitchell, of Richmond, hai a very old British coin, which is dat-d 130.1. Ho found it inn mound near Piqua, 0. He also excavated a petrified dog head at the same place and time. At ii picnic at .Monroe City, recently, a colored woman ill years of age was given the prize for being the oluest person on the grounds. Wahash, Grant and Huntin'jton counties will organize a tri-ccnty fair association, with grounds at Lafontaine. Sorrn Bbxp chief of police has ordered all .saloon partitions taken down, in compliance with the Nicholson law. Tub body of John P. Aylward was found in the Wabash river, at Lafayette, the other morning. How he got there Is not known, and there is a suspicion of foul play. Young Aylward was evidently thrown over the side of the bridge to the water, fifty feet below. A TBHiuiii.B storm passed over Franklin, wrecking Shiloh church.about two miles out. At Laportc Joseph Growalske and Valentine Bilski quarreled over the ownership of some property. Bilski attempted to strike Growalski, when the latter retaliated by dealing his assailant a murderous blow on the head with an nx. The injured man will die. Growalski is in jail waiting a preliminary hearing. At Indianapolis Joseph Wuensch, a German, aged 30, dined with his mother, after which he crawled under the house and committed suicide by drowning himself in the cistern. He was a man of family. No cause is known. Wild lettuce is bothering Madison county farmers. Oxk of the heaviest rainfalls ever seen in Valparaiso fell the other day. More than three inches of water fell, flooding basements and washing out culverts. The Franklin street bridge was washed out and a hole ten feet deep washed through the street W. II. Ubach, an Elkhart drayman, is suffering from blood poisoning caused by a horse biting him. Fhank A. Reaoax and fellow capiitalists, of Lebanon, have secured a telephone franchise at Brazil. Thk 5-year-old son of Wm. Daugherty, of Mecca, was accidentally drowned in Big Racoon creek. Job Vax Clbvk, the Greencastlo saloonist, fined S42.50 for violation of the Nicholson law, will surrender his license.

Farmland has voted to purchase a chemical fire engine. , , , , ... r IHK .Saloonkeeper.-, association Indianapolis may collapse. Valparaiso has passed a -stringert ordinance on the laker nuisance. Ft. Wayxi: authorities arc prosecuting cigar men for selling cigarettes to boys. Mits. W.u. Whalk.v, Seilersburg, fell into a hive of bees, and was fatally j stung. "SqriHBLYLi:, Richmond, has married 1 000 couples since lSf..". Kkni'AI.i.vii.lians are mad because the post otllce has been removed from a room it had occupied for nine years. Dr. S. A. Hull, of Hammond, has accepted a three years' contract to represent a dental company at Ilio Janeiro, Hrnzil. Warsaw wheelmen held a bicycle parade the other night. Trizcs were given for the four most handsomely decorated wheels. Tin: old settlers of Eaglestown will hold their twcnt3'-Üfth annual meeting in the grove near that place on August 10. As old gentleman giving h's name as E.ekicl Rates, with hotr a Tippe canoe county, was found by i-rank fort police the other day wandering about the western outskirts of that city. He was in a condition of dementia. The police placed him In prison and notillcd the Lafayette authorities. AS injunction suit has been filed by the Connersville Oas aud Electric Light Co. to restrain the city from building a municipal electric light plant. The case will be brought to immediate trial. IJooD rains throughout Randolph county the past week insures the best corn crop for years. I'rof. W. H. Foiu'man, principal of the 1'nion City high school, has been elected to the superintendency of the Petersburg public schools and has accepted. Marshal Hcntkr, of Frankton. who was injured in & fight with Frank Wright, was in a critical condition at last reports. Wright is in jail, on a charge of attempting to kill Hunter. Connlrsvii.i.k is to own its own electric light plant Tin: orchards in Washington townfhip, Harrison county, are bending and breaking, so heavily are the fruit trees loaded. The e-timated value of the fruit crop Is placed at SM.OOO. Mono an cof.NTV's hickory, hazel and walnut trees and bushes are biinply overburdened with nuts. Alrkrt Harvkv, near I'lainficld. captured a large chicken hawk measuring over four feet from tip to tip. L. 1). Kki'TINoi:!".. employed in a sawmill at Loogootec, was dangerously hurt by a Hying fragment of wood thrown off by a circular saw. Voi NO quails arc reported very plen-" tiful in Daviess county. A cat is on exhibition iu ffreencastle that has the ears, tail and gait of a rabbit. Stockholders of the Anderson Kelt Railway Co. elected the following directors: W. T. Durbin. C T. Doxev. C V. Oarvey, M. H. Williams, ('.. Lilly, W. L. Finch, J, I. Kilgorc. Officers: President, C P. Sarve v; vico president, M.R. Williams: secretary, W. L. Finch; treasurer, W. T. Durbln. Tiik Wabash Agricultural society has formally dissolved, and the secretary Is now paying a dividend of .10 per cent, on the par value of the stock held by the nhare owners. Martinbvii.lk has a female umbrella ,Bicndcr who travels about with the customary bundle of umbrella stickt aud ribs.

SECRETARY MORTON

Write n Letter Coiitnliilnc Olivet Lt-fon l'lin Ihr Intrinsic Vitlae ttt Minify -Tlii'1 Mftnl, Iii nail Sllvrr, Im tili- 1'orui of Money, Put In tlm Trat of I' In Mini IIik V. S. SUiup tillter.teil Tin. I'.ull. Wasiiino?o.v. July 20 Secretary Morton, who ranks among the most ready letter-writers of the present administration, and who is generally recoguized as a hitter from the shoulder, has written the following letter in reply to an inquiry from an old friend which, in view of the prominence of the monetary question at the present time, wiil not be devoid of a certaiu amount ) interest to the public: Jl'I.Il'S STKHLINO MORTON. Secretary of Agriculture. Washington. July "3.-ukau Siu: I'eturnln from a small furlough, I 11 nil your letter. In tt you state. "Money, whether made of metals or paper, is merely a tlctlon of the law. The. commodity value of the material out of which money is coined or created Is of no consequeuce In a currency." In Wyomlnp. Otoe county. Neb., there lives a rood citizen, who. on the Held and In the

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npure. lie ims in nis umc nuvocatc nearly all kinds of money. Including, of course, the "poor man's money." meunini; silver at I to I- And now he advertises for sale, for cash In hand, to the highest bidder, a half mile square of his large domains. Many thrifty citizens of Otoe county arrive at the Hotel Wyoming the nicht before the sale, to be on hand when the bidding treglns at 8 o'clock the next morning. During the night the hotel Is burned to the ground. Sixteen of the would-be purchasers, each having a thousand stiver dollars melted in the contlagratlon so that the Goddess of Liberty anil "In God We Trust" arc erased and swallowed up In nigged chunk! of bullion, awaken to llnd that the commodity value of money is of consequence. For. placing their bullion of silver on the market, they Und it worth only (3 cents, whereas they bought it at n mint value with labor und labor's product at Sl.tS an ounce. Sixteen thousand dollars of .silver coin acciilthtallj raelti'U Into bullion brings its owners less than Hut there was also one would-be purchaser w ho had melted In that same tire ll.UW of gold coin so that the Goddess and "In God We Trust" were Ion to view In a lump of yellow bullion without a single sign of governmental i stamp thereon. And this one who held gold

I finds that the commodity value of hl? bullion: w;t, ti,e neighbors and even the othi ' ; nearly. If not quite, ciual to that I t f ti,e building were in con Mnrnped upon it as coin by the , . , . , , , .. t-nU,,d states mint He has learnrd. at ! plete ignorance concerning her habit

least, that the bullion value and the mint Holmes was not often seen with he

, value of gold a e very much the same and' . on these occasions he kept alo

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owner feeN sixteen times as much consolation when selling In bullion his gold thousand dollars us docs anvono of the others scllinr his ' thousand dollars o'f silver reduced to bullion. J And the poor man's best raonev is that which ! loses Jcat tn valuo when by tire or otherwise It loses the stamp of the government. And If at that lire some flat money advocate lost a tew thousand paper, promlses-to-pay dollars, he also will rfe up and dispute tha IKipular fallacy that money Js a mere action of the law and vehemently denoum-e the vngiry that a commodity va'ue In money is unnecessary and useless. Gold and silver were moner before any law made them so. before any government coined them or any mint stamped them. And then each was valued by the demand for each, and nowaNo the relation of the supply of silver to the demand for silver regulates its value. Hut you further say tht the government, not taking silver for coinage nt 10 to I hn destroyed the demand for silver. In a government like ours, which as an entity Is slmpiv all of us, there can be no demand rreatert. cither for silver or anything else, except tha Integral parts of the compostte evolve that demand: onlv the people of the United States by their gcm-rallv expressed desire for u thin :an create a demand for It Yours Faithfully. J. StkkmNo MoitTON. A KANSAS CANARD. Frank Hoger I Alive ii'id Well, and1 Ileum mi ttiililemUlieil He putMtlnn. St. Lons, July an. The Republic prints the following special from Tay- j lorville. ill.: j Tayi.orvillb, 111.. July 21. In your Issue of tili. date a telegram from Topeka, Kas.. says that a man who committed suicide there last Saturday has been ideutilied as Frank Uotrers. alive and well and a resident of this city. His wife was formerly Miss Cordelia Drown, of Pocohontas, and they are living happily together, am have ever since their marriage Hogers was not discharged by ( the abash railway, never having i been in its employ. lie worked for the Vandalia line, for seven years, anil has excellent recommendations from that company. He has not squandered his wife's money; on the rontrary. he is better oft financially at present than ho win at the time of his marriage. Hogers was elected city clerk of this city in IS'.H. ami has been re-elected twice, and is now serving his third term. He Is city collector of water rents, and handles large sums of money to the mutual satisfaction ol the public and himself. RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Prrarnt Statu of the Negotiation! Kelatlrr to th" HrmriiHtlon of I.lao Tunc. New York, July 20. A snecial cable dispatch to the Herald from St. Petersburg says: The present status of the negotiations between Hussla and Japan Indicates the prospect of a decision pror tiling for the evacuation of the Llao Tong peninsula In two successive tage. This retrocession will be made stepbyatcp as the Chinese government 'liquidates It indebtedness to Jtepan in respect of the war indemnity.

THE HOLMES CRIMES.

Fuels roiK'ernlnc Thrm Griiduully Coriiln( tu Light A SluHlHt-BHt l.fller III., i,, rreil WII lit Si'Mt to CiiiiMd to stun. Trial fur li .Mnnlerof the I'lrUr! n,u itrrn - Iloliin-ft' Private Crciniitury I n rarthett by Kenrcrienu Ciiicaoo, July 25. -Not so sensa tlonal a llnd as that of yesterday wa made by the men digging in the base tnent of the Holmes building to-day but it was one which may go fartlie towards securing the conviction of t limit rdc re r. One of the workmen foam in a pile of rubbish a letter signed" "H II. Howard," and dated May fi, !'! The signature is one of the man aliases used by Holmes and one ofth' commonest of the lot. The letter is ii his well-known handwriting, and I addressed to an occupant of the build ing, but to whom the detectives, win took possession of the letter he fori the reporters could get hold of it, re fused to state. It is believed, how ever, that the letter is to C. K. Davh the jeweler who occupies the bulldlu, with Druggist Uobiiison. The letter Inquires particularly a to the doings of Janitor Quinlan, an nsks where ho now is. It then goe on in a jocular manner to discuss th, fate of the Williams girls, aud asks the recipient whether he has seei them or their ghosts about the build ing. Special inquiry was made as t the partitions in the house, and ii conclusion the writer expresses the bt lief that he will not have to stay i; jail much longer. It was at llrst reported that two let ters had been found, hut Dcteetiv Norton, who has charge of the matt rial found in the cellar, denies tha He declares that the tw supposed letters were only parts the same letter. A new accusation now rests agaiuIlolmes character, and that is that h made away with u Miss Clgrand, wit whom he lived in the house at Sixt third ami Wallace streets just be for he had the Williams girls there. Th neighbors remember but little of th girl, not even her first name. SI was a stately looking blonde, abot twenty-five years of age, and live with Holmes something' less than si months. When she went away Holm told Jeweler Davis, as the latti claims, that he had succeeded iu "ma rying her off." It will be remembered that this very much like what he told concen ing the disappearance of Mrs. Conno He said at the time that he had ma ried her off in California. Miss Cigrnnd came to Chicago fnv Indiana. She associated but litt Mrs. W. L. Doyle, of 717 Sixty-tint street, knows more about this girl. Is believed, than anybody else, bi the Central station ofllcers will in permit her to talk about the ease. The building in which Holmes' Ch cago crimes were probably concoeti and accomplished will not be pullc down. P. II. Chandler, a mortgaj broker, who holds a lien on it for SI" 000 advanced to Holmes with which build It, was told by the building I spector that all that was necessary w; to inspect the upper portion. This wi be done at once. An order of for closure has already been secured fro the court, and to-morrow or next da an order will be asked for allowin the improvements to be put on. Tl property is now worth 40,000. H sides the principal there is 81.000 bai interest and taxes due on it. A few more bones were found V day in the same hole from which tho were taken yesterday. There wei vertebra aud a portion of a hntnn shoulder blade. The force of men w. doubled to-day and the work is pt gressing much faster. The belief is gaining ground th. Holmes wife, who lives at the snbin of Wilmette. knows much more a bo the crimes of her husband than si cares to tell. It Is probable that s will be put in the sweat-box. .Mrs. (Julnlan and Mrs. Doyle, wl were examined to-day. are still und police restraint, as arc Quinlan ai Owens, though, uoue of them are a

of Greenville. III., a son of K. n. tually under arrest Hogers, a minister, who married Miss I To the police to-day, Mrs. W. I Cordelia Iirown. of Pocohontas. I Hoyle said that an aunt of hers own. The telegram further states tliatjt' house in Toronto where the tv Hogers' wife is divorced from ; Dietzel children were found den him, and that Hogers wlls Mrs. Doyle was sliotvn n picture ntt: discharged from the employ of the t I'lctel children and of the excavati. Wabash railway for drinking after j i" the basement of the Hojme. castl spending his wife's fortune. The facts of ,v. . c , , in the case are as follows: Frank "H - "ci bc ter P,clMr Hogers, formerly of Greenville, 111.. 1 w-'rc ,in thu Tor,on.lu VTi'" son of K. It. Hosiers, a minister, Js the house there, and of the children

Asked how she know the pictttr were better, she said: "I had a pap sent to me from Toronto and the pi1 1 urcs in it were horrible.' ... ... . . .Mrs. Doyle was asueil now tnc pap came to be sent to her and , what ' terest she had in !tlie case. She i plied: r t "Well, you sce.it funny, but i mint owns the house that llolu lived in in Toronto. She rented it "Do you mean the house where t bodics'of the twoPietzel children w found?'' "Yes," she replied. Mrs Doyle watf rtsked if nhe kn Pietzel, to which she hesitatingly i plied that she had met him, but s refused to say nnthing further abo her acquaintance with the man th Holmes Is supposed to havu murdcrc Will Im Sent to Curtail to Stund Tri for Murder. Philadelphia, July 20. The v. Jict arrived at by tho Toronto coro er's jury, charging H. H. Holmes wi the murder of tho two Pietzel childrt whose bodies were found in that cit has eliminated from the mysterlo case one of the uncertainties that h confronted Dm author i tie. The chances are norf alta-wt, beyoi doubt thnt Hplmcs will bc taken Canada to stand trial for the nntrdci It is stated, however, that It will r quire at least two months before t accused can be extradited.