Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 38, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 October 1895 — Page 2

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C. 1JOAN K, Publlhhor. INDIANA. Fkksiuent Fache of France is in ill health, ana was on the 20th, ordered by Iiis physician to take ten days absolute rest. A dispatch from St. Petersburg, on the SGtli, said that the rejwirt that Russia is under agreement with China to occupy l'ort Arthur is without foundation. It is assorted by those who claim to be conversant with the facts that Cuba will have the right of belligerency ueeorded to her by Mexico and several South American republics before, the end of September. Loup Diwhaven has decided to keep Valkyrie in this country until next spring, possibly longer. There is said to be a prospect of a special race between the Valkyrie and George Gould's igilnnt next year. A dispatch from Shanghai, on the 24th. said that the entire province of Che-lviang has again been placarded with anti-foreign and anti-Christian proclamations, causing great anxiety among the foreign residents. On the 24th Nelson Morris, of Chi cago, tiled an amended objection in the United States circuit court to the or der of sale of the Whisky trust distil lories, this is saw to oe a new move to continue the fight against the reor ganization committee. Chaklkb WitniED Mowiwjay, the. English anarchist, who came to this country for the purpose of teaching the doctrine of a red ling and no gov eminent, was stopped in the middle of a speech at Helmont park by the Chicago police on the 22d. In n. letter to0u7 M. Gest. of Cincinnati, Thomas l Drew, an American lawyer, writing from Nicaragua, says he has completed a deal for the pur chase of 200,000 acres of land in the southern portion of the Mosquito country for American colonists. A special meeting of the Dominion cabinet was held, on the 27th, to take decisive steps in summoning parliament to give effect toremedial legislation promised the Catholic minority should l'rcmior dreenway of Manitoba failed to take Hction in re-establishing perochial schools. On the 20th Gov. Culberson issued a call for a special session of the Texas legislature to consider prize fighting. He hopes to secure the repeal of the occupation tax law, and thereby prevent the Corbctt-Fitzshnmons fight. It is said public opinion commends the governor's action. The secretary of the interior has recommended to the attorney-general that action be taken against the Little Rock it Fort Smith Railroad Co. for an accounting to the government looking to the recovery of .1,000 acres of land inadvertently granted in excess to that road. It.uio.NEss UK Koqce, mother of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, who is now at Roux, Belgium, is said to to have communicated with her solicitors in London in regard to new and important evidence iu the Maybrick murder case, which will be submitted to the home secretary, .Sir Matthew White Ridley, who has promised to review the case. Advices by mail from Japan indicate a decrease in the number of cases of cholera, the number of new cases in Tokio daily having decreased from forty or fifty to only nineteen. Hefore the fctonmship Empress of India sailed from Yokohama, on the 14th, the disease had almost disappeared there, and marines were freely allowed nsliore. Rev. Da V. 11. Thomas, of Chicago, caused somewhat of a sensation, on the morning of the 22d. by declaring from his pulpit that the time had come for America to say that the oppression of Cuba by Spain must come to an end. There was a large attendance of the best people of the city, and the speaker was frequently interrupted by outbursts of applause. i To oivk effect to the president's order providing for the examination of candidates for consulates, the secretary of the treasury, on the 2.ith, appointed a board, consisting of the third assistant secretary of state, the solicitor and the chief of the consular bureau, to examine candidates ns they nre nominated by the presidenL The exam ination will be severe but pertinent. The Calumet and Hecla company of IlonghUn, Mich., is materially increasing its output of refined copper, and ore stored from the operations of previous years is now being smelted. This year's output of copper will bo nearly 20,000,000 pounds more than Inst year, an increase of one-third. At the present price of copper the company is earning nearly $.100,000 net profit every mouth. The trial of the alleged Cuban filibusters at Wilmington, Del., on the '.Mil, resulted In the acquittal of the accused, and they were discharged amid general rejoicing in the court room, which spread, with the news, all over the city. On tW same day, at Wilmington, N. C, the case against the captain and crew of the steamship Commodore, also alleged filibusters, was dismissed. IN the Irish national convention which met in Chicago, on the 25th, il was boldly declared that, no mattet what the sentiments of the American government or the American people, the time had arrived for the Irish In America to abandon constitutional agitation, to take up the sword, and to Reek the independence of their Isle by the use of weapons rather than through legislative enactment

C Uli RENT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF, PERSONAL AND GENERAL. On the 2id the president appointed John !. Baker, of Minnesota, secretary of legation at .Managua, Nicaragua Tin: "Sound Money' committee of the New York chamber of commerce, of which ox-Congressman Joseph C Hendricks is the head, has made a poll of the next house of "representatives on the money question. Its list re cords ; members for free silver, 210 opposed to free silver and .'2 whose views are not known. The schooner John A. Dixon, loaded with lumber, was found drifting about near Cedar Point on the Potomac by a river steamer, on the morning of the Ü.'ld, with the murdered body of the skipper on board. It is believed that he was murdered and robbed bv his crew, who took the yawlboat. which was missing, and escaped. Pkksioent PitoCTOit of the civil service commission was verv much de lighted, on the 23d, with the receipt of an order from President Cleveland placing all consular offices paying, salaries between S1.O00 and 2,500 with in the civil service rules. Skven persons were drowned in Lake Geneva, in Switzerland, on the 22d, bv the sinking of a yacht which had been run down by a steamer. Thkhe is a demand from all parts of western Kansas for laborers, to harvest the immense crop of broom-corn. In Morton county the schools have been dismissed and the children sent to the fields to assist in saving the crop. At least fifty young ladies, daughters of farmers, have donned old gloves and sun-bonnets and gone into the fields with their fathers and brothers. The annual report of Fourth Assist ant Postmaster-General Maxwell shows that the number of post offices in oper ation in the C nited Mates on June 30, 1505. was 70,004. During the year 2,42 post offices were established and 2.103 discontinued. The total number of up poiutiueuts tor the year was 13,142. Di kino the last fiscal year there were 2,2 in arrests for offenses against the postal laws, of which number 17.1 were postmasters, 40 assistant postmas ters. .10 clerks in post offices, 12 rail way post office clerks, 37 letter carriers. 52 mail carriers and 2S were employed in minor positions in the postal serv ice. AltltAHA m IC.VYi.on, aged 72, a highlyrespected citizen of Huntington county, Ind., fell dead on the platform of the Chicago & Erie railway station at Huntington, on the 24th, while wait ing for a train. William Milton Glenn, St Louis representative of the Associated Press, has accepted the offer of Hip Sing Lee, a wealthy San Jose (Cal.) Chinaman, to marry his daughter. Moi Lee, in con sideration of a 55,000 cash bonus and an interest in the old celestial's busi ness. In the ring built for the bull fights at Atlanta, Ga.. a fierce duel with swords took place, on the 21th, between two Mexican bull fighters, Genero Zetuicko and Don Carlos Garcia, rival aspirants for the smiles of n pretty American girl, who acts as cashier at the .Mexican village on the exposition grounds. Garcia received several se vere but not dangerous wounds. J. S. . Odihe. secretary of the NewYork Yacht club, has received a cable message from Charles Hose, of London, personally confirming the challenge sent through the Royal Victoria lacht club, in his name, for a race in IS'jG for the America's cup. Kev. T. De Witt Talmaoe said, on the 24th, with reference to the call ex tended to him by the First Presbyterian church at Washington, that he hud received two or three other calls of a like character. The call from Washington, however, was important ind presented an inviting field, but he wanted a little more time to consider and weigh the matter. Evidence developed, on the 24th, at the inquest of little Paul Trenary, at Indianapolis, that presents a serious problem to the health authorities. I he Trenary child died of diphtheria without medical attention, the parents relying upon Christian science methods to effect a cure. Foil the first time in history Uncle Sam's publications are on tlve market. They are advertised for sale at speci fied prices, and anybody who wants them can buy them. The new bureau of documents will issue a catalogue every month, giving a list of whatever has wen printed by the government during the previous thirty days. ! Seciietaiiv Hoke Smith is responsi hie for the announcement that Presi dent Cleveland will shortly set at rest all talk of his ambition for a third term. According to this story, the secj retary gives it out that Mr. Cleveland has no aspirations for another term, mid that lie will aoon publicly announce Iiis position. The widow of Gen. George Crook, the famous Indian fighter, died at Oakland, Md., at her country place, "Crook trest," on tue 'inn. .Mrs. croon was Miss Mary Daily before her marriage to Gen. Crook. The latter died in Chi cago four years ago. Gkokoe BitoWN, the defaulting treas' urer of Springfield township, .Muskin gum count', O., has disappeared, and is supposed to have lied to Mexico. The deficit, it is thought, will amount to nearly 820,000. Sin McKenzie Howell, Dominion premier, went to Winnipeg recently to offer a compromise to Mr. Green way, the Manitoba premier, on the paro chial school question, but the Man! toba government refused to consider any compromise measure. The king of Corea has granted ex elusive mining rights in the provinces of Pyong und Do for twenty-five years loan American trading company. The company is to pay one-fourth of its profits into the royal treasury. 1 he marked growth of America's silk purchases from Japan during the past ten years is quite a feature in the Japanese trade. Ihese purchases in creased from l.,.00.(K)0 yen in 1-8,600,000 yen iu 1804 18S5 to

A dispatch from Kingston, Jamalen, on the 2.1th, said that CnpL Williams, commander of the llritlsh ship Lady Blake, had bcci arrested by the authorities at Cape llayti for alleged smuggling. The officers who arrested him handled him so roughly as to endanger his life; and in fact, he camo very near being murdered. Mk. Mvopo Yronto, a Japanese jour-nali.-t, has shown that a celebrated Chinese poem, written several hundred years ago by Liu Ting Che, bears a reallv striking resemblance to "The Last Leaf," by Oliver Wendell Holmes. It is scared' conceivable that the American poet could have had any idea of the Chinese poet's work. A dispatch from Constantinople, on the 25th, said the town of Huyedu, in the province of Yemen, had been overwhelmed by a landslide from a mountain near by which killed 100 persons. The steamer Sylvia, with the Peary Arctic expedition party on board, sailed from St Johns, X. F., on the 2.1th, for New York. O.v the 2.1th United States Secret

Service Detective Louis Summers arrested CnpL Henry IL Patton, foreman of the Pattou Manufacturing Co., lo cated iu the Indiana penitentiary nt JclTersonville, on the charge of circulating counterfeit inonev manufac tured by the convicts. Pattoti confessed. Mus. Lanotkv, who expects to re ceive a divorce from her husband about October 0, will thereafter take up her residence on her Lake county (Cal.) ranch, and devote her time to the breeding of fine stock, the growing of fruits aud the cultivation of garden truck. A TEitnuiLE wind and rain storm struck Itanium ,fc Hailey'.s circus tents at Burlington, la., on the 2-lth, completely wrecking the main tent, animal teutand boarding tent. The evening performance had just ended, and the audience and employes escaped unhurt Wilton Lackayi: and Miss Alice Evans were married at Council ltluffs, la., on the 25th. by Uev. Stephen Phelps. Both are well-known theatrical people, and reside in New York city. Miss Evans was formerly a resilient of St Louis. Six .men were killed outright and five, fatally injured by an explosion of dynamite in the Belgian mine in Adelaide parlc.1 miles from Leatlville.Col., on the 20th. The explosion caused a cave-in under which the miners were crushed to death. Advices were received from San Francisco, on the 20th, announcing the arrest of 11 R. Clark, the diamond broker, who last month ran away with $0,000 worth of diamonds left with him by Denver (Col.) citizens. In the United States court at Guth rie, Okla., Mrs. W. C. Taylor was, on the 2Gth, acquitted of the charge of murder, the jury being out but two minutes. Mrs. Taylor shot and killed William Henry Harrison on February " last, while the latter was trying to force an entrance to her house. DruiNG a recess in the Irish national convention in Chicago, on the 20th, nearly 1,000 of those present signed petitions to congress in favor of recog nizing the Cuban patriots as belliger ents. The Venezuelan authorities at Cara cas refused to interfere with a meeting of young men held for the purpose of organizing a club to aid the Cuban insurgents, and it Is stated that the Spanish minister to Venezuela will re sign and leave thecount'. Thus Venezuela may be the first to recognize the struggling Cubans. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Pa?senokr train No. 1 on the Balti more & Ohio side-wiped passenger train No. 4, lying on the switch near Tunnelton. W. Va.,un the 27th. United States Marshal Garden, of Wheeling, W. Va., ami ex-Secretary of State Win. A. Ohley, of Charleston, were fatally scalded by escaping steam; Miss Mary L.. Downtain, librarian of the state, was also probably fatally injured. Several other passengers were injured slightly. Sin AltTHCH Paokt, of the British legation at Washington, has ordered the Herreshotf firm to construct a two-and-one-half rater, to be used for racing in Kritish waters. The boat will be twenty-seven feet water line, und will be finished in mahogany. The hull will be covered with bronze. Lkti ehs have been received at Varna from Autioch, Syria, saying that a mob composed of memliers of the Moslem population raided an Armenian church and destroyed the nltar. Ten Armenians were killed or wounded while resisting the attack of the Moslems. Tin: Hritish ship Star of Austria, from Santa Rosalia. March 25, for Swanseaand Falmouth, aud the British ship Lord Spencer, from San Francisco, April 0, for Queens town, long overdue at their respective ports of destination, have been given up for lost. The Echo dc Paris says that reinforcements from the island of Reunion will join the column which will be sent to relieve Gen. Duchesne's troops In Madagascar after the French troops under that oflieer have occupied Antananarivo. Kailciiks throughout the United States for the week ended on the 27tb, as reported by U. 0. Dun & Co., were "10, against 2:w for the corresponding week last year. In Canada the failures were .10, against .15 last year. The Berlin Ueichsanzelger published ii decree, on the 27th, setting forth that after October no cattle or hogs shall be imported into Germany from any country without being quarantined. A STitANOE hog disease has within two or three weeks swept away thouHands of fat porkers in McLean and adjoining counties In Illinois and threatens the extermination of swine In those parts. The Standard Oil Co. has leased 3.1,000 acres of lnml in the Uughy tract in TcnncRiee, where oil and gas hnvo recently been discovered iu paying i iunnuucs.

IX DIANA STATE NEWS.

Tin: eight window glass factories of Eluood, Orestes, Alexandria and Frankton nil resumed operation with full force. The water from a flowing well at the works of the National Tin Plate Co., at Ainler-on. kills all desire for strong drink, it has taken nearly 200 custom ers away from the saloons already. Amo.no the newly appointed postmas ters are: John T. W iley, Gordon, i ass county; Victor L. Harvey, Worty, er million county. Ai.ri!i:i E. GhahaM, president of the First National bank at Martinsville for many years, died the other night from a stroke of paralysis. He was .10 years i.ld and unmarried, Kt C. Ruowx, while riding a bicycle near Huntington, was attacked by a savage dog and dangerously bitten before aid could reach him. 1'iiank Kksip, who. some time ago, shot and killed his father in a quarrel, plead guilty in the circuit court the other day, and was sentenced to three years in the Northern prison. The town of Tum, ten miles south of Plymouth, was destroyed by fire the other morning. A saw mill, lumber yard. live stores, elevator and a number of simps are all iu ashes. The lire started in a burning pile of sawdust. A post office has been established at Leach, Grant county. At Indianapolis, Klllo Stickler, who was promised a share of the fortune of her uncle. Jos. Deitsch, but was not provided for at his death, has sued the estate for Sil, WW and interest due for services Chakles De Werse, the plate-glass worker, who became overheated while at work in the furnace at Hi wood two years ago, resulting in epilepsy, died after fearful suffering of more than one year. John C. Ociiilthke, editor of the Richmond Daily Telegram, has resigned, and will remove from the city. Ti:n cases of diphtheria have been reported to the board of health of Washington in two days. Two of the cases are thought to be fatal. The public schools will be closed. William Wai.kkh. of Washington, was drowned in White river. He tried to swim the river in ordsr to get a boat on the other side, but was seized with cramps. The rumored closing of all the tinplate factories in the country for an indefinite time as soon as the supply of billets on hand is exhausted is untrue so far as the American tin-plate plant at Klwood was concerned. Si:ven children of W. W. Brewer's family at Wilkinson are alllicted with diphtheria. A case to test the law taxing building and loan association paid-up stock has been brought at Terre Haute. Cecil, the 12-year-old son of John Carson, living near Logansport, was bitten by a rattlesnake while gathering watermelons in his father's patch, and may die. A $10,001 kike occurred at Logansport It began in It F. Karstring's drug store and spread to John Dewentcr's furnishing store and II. Schnadig's dry-goods house. Fkances, the daughter of Dick Goodwin, of New Castle, was injured in a runaway. A ooop deal of football interest is apparent at Wabash College, where the athletic association has reorganized. liiiAHAM SiilDEi.Kit. commissioner of Cass county, was badly injured by a bull near Logansport The animal was dehorned and the injuries may not prove fatal. Shideler's collar bone and shoulder blade on the right side were broken, and internal injuries resulted. Shidcler is (5.1 years old. Miss Till a Linvili.e, a teacher, the daughter of County Commissioner Thomas Linville, was fined in a Shelbyvllle court for whipping two of her scholars Arrick Merrick and Parlay Snyder, ten-year-old boys. At Anderson a Big Four freight train struck a switching train at the C & S. E. crossing, and damage to the amount of S 1.200 resulted. Joun Kei.i.v was given a three-year sentence, nt Brookville. for breaking into the store of Joseph Haekman, in Laurel, in August last This will be his third trip to prison. Tin: state supreme court the other day a (11 r med the decision of the HatuII ton county e'reuit court in the suit brought to overthrow the will of the late Senator Jos. McDonald. By this decision the will is broken and Senator McDonald's widow defeated. The property in dispute, worth about $10,000, goes to his son and grandchildren. The case is one of the most celebrated ever fought out In the Indiana courts. An Indianapolis man has been arrested for stealing lunches from workmen. Ciluii.es M. Dctciikk, aged 14. and Miss Flora A. Worncr, aged 13, were married in Adams county. It is feared that Capt. Seth Matthews, aged 50. of Matthew's Station, has been foully dealt with. Thk total amount given away to the poor by Indiana township trustees during 1S04 was 580,232.27. 'Foil some weeks Richmond has been engaged In drilling a gas well and the drill Is now down between 1,700 and 1,800 feet The driller can detect the smell of gas and the water in the well bubbles. The sum of .$3,500 was allotted to the work by the city council and will all be spent if necessary. Eakliiam college opened with a large attendance and prospects for the year arc flattering. Among the new students is Miss Simmons, an Indian girl who comes from White's institute near Wabash, and is the first girl of her race that has ever been in Earlham. Fk.vnk Smith, the crazy burglar of El wood, who attempted to rob James Emmons and scared his sick child to death, has lcgaiucd his reason and says that he had been given a "drugged'' drink of lemonade, which caused him to lose his mind. Uiiow.N County drinker will have to fo to rime stores now. No saloons.

CORONER'S BUSY DAY.

HI. I mil riirnlnhi-t 1'uiir NiiliJiTta for Ih tti Ml Wlililii Twenty-Tour Hour All .-itli'Mc Another liiSilit - loulil"l'ragl.T In Tower Cron Turk A Vt'ternt KinU i I. lit- of SulTerlnc A Sirmt hiic M I. Ill' l.'llllt'll (It Ollt'l' A llenpolllll-lll .Mihi' AI liilil. St. Lot is, Sept. 27, When lludolpl ttoh mit?, a clothing dealer, was takinj.' a ride through Tower Grove park about i;;iO a. in. he discovered the forms of a man and woman lying under u tree not far from the north en trance. Dismounting, he proceeded to Investigate, and found that both were dead, each having a bullet wound iu the right temple, from which the blood had oozed, forming a pool beneath each head. Mr. Schinit?. at once notified the police. The bodies proved to be those of Cel ia Baliu, aged 10, and Joseph Hoinseh, dr., who had been a pressman on a morning paper, and the finding of a note written by Miss Balin would indicate that it was a ease ol mutual suicide, promised by a hopeless love. The note read: "Good-by all. 1 used it for myself and he used it for himself." The hopelessness of their love Is explained by the fact that Heniseh had. some time ago, been engaged to marry Victoria Thouvenal, with whom hu quarreled before the wedding day and cast aside, but not before he had wronged her. This subsequently led to his arrest, and to save himself from imprisonment he married Victoria, but never lived with her, having iu the meantime formed an attachment for Miss Balin, which was reciprocated. Miss Balin's father learned of the attachment of the young people and forbade Iiis daughter keeping company with Konisch on account of his being a married man. out lier infatuation was such that the lovers met clandestinely, and Jinally appear to have re solved that if they could not live together they cnuld die togetii .-r, and the tragedy at Tower Grove park was the sequel. A V-termi i:mli( Ills SufTiTlni 1m- Suklile. St. hoi'is. Sept 27 Henry Spahn, ; ngeti 1.1, a veteran o: tne civil war, ended his life by drowning himself iu the lake nt Benton park. Officer Spulte, while making his reg ular beat through the park about day- j break, saw the old man's body floating .... .1 1 . nice umvuwiiros on me suriace 01 me lake. Mr. Spahn, who lived with his son, had long been a sufferer from asthma, and it is said attempted to end his pain by death once before. Mr. Spahn left the house at 1 a. 111. His son heard him stirring, but as the old -jeutleyian had been unable to sleep of late he thought nothing of it and went to sleep again. Entli-tl w Spreu und III Life With 11 3taor. St. Loris, SepL 27. Fred Koch, a cabinetmaker, "1 years of age aud mar ried, living at 3110 hlliot avenue, committed suicide Wednesday night by cutting his throat. Koch had beeil on a spree for two days, and when he committed the rash act was under the influence of liquor. He was found in an alley near his home by his wife at 7:1.1 p. in., bleeding profusely from the great gash in his neck. He was carried into the house and a doctor summoned. The case was pronounced hopeless, and he died at f o'clock. Koch leaves a wife and two children boys, aged 5 and 7 years. Cut III Tlirnut hikI Stubbcil Iliitmrir. St. Lorn), Sept. 27. Charles F. Lewis, whose wife, from whom he has been nparated, lives at I'inc BlufT, Ark., made a desperate elTort at suicide at his room on Choteau avenue. He cut his throat from car to ear with a ra?.or, severing the windpipe and then stabbed himself twice over the heart, and cut his left ' wrist in two places. ' A letter was found in which he said he was tired of living.and stating that ' drink and despondency were responsi- , ble for his act. Lewis is nt the city hospital, but there Is no chance for his recovery. MRS. TAYLOR ACQUITTED. An OUUliom: Killing Thai the Jury Con-ltli-ri-l .lnlUlulilf. QUTliltlE, Okla.. Sept 27. In tho United Slates court Mrs. W. C. Taylor was acquitted of the charge of murder, the jury being out but two minutes. Mrs. Taylor shot and killed William Henri' Harrison on February 22 last Harrison was a drunken, dissolute fellow, and on the date mentioned went to Mrs. Taylor's home and attempted to force an entrance. Mrs. Taylor, realizing his designs, warned him to leave, but he began kicking in the door. Thoroughly frightened, Mrs. Taylor picked up a shotgun und fired. Harrison fell dead on tho threshold of her home. A PENITENTIARY FOREMAN Arrnnlril for ClrniliitltiK Spurlnua Coin MhiIc Within Ilm I'rlnon. J e K r n ns o n y 1 1. L e, Ind., Sept 27. United States Secret Service Detective Louis Summers arrested Capt Henry K. Pattnn, foreman of the l'attou Maniifacturimr Co. located in the state penitentiary in thin city, on the charge of circulating counterfeit money manufactured by the convicts. Batten on being arrested confessed anil was taken to New Albany to stand a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Harrison. His confession shows that the money has been made by convict William Alsop, who ' serving his fifth term. BADLY SCORCHED. Thn ill Innen poll CliHinbrr of Commrrr I'uriUlljr iillfl hy l lri-. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept 27. Fire broke out in the chamber of commerce building, corner Fourth street and Fourth avenue, south, about 0 a. in., and completely gutted the two upper floors. The loss will not exceed S30.000. There Is 8100,000 insurance oti the building. The cause of the fire is supposed to lc electric wires. The occupants who were burned out hare secured offices U adjoining buildings.

WHY THEY WERE HELD tUiUnllMi it! ltiiln'a III Trrtttiiif Shlpivrrcki'il .iitirlrii-.!'li-r II1-I1I 11 Sii.jicct Until TIm-jt VVrro to tSlvn 11 l'niii-r Arrniuit of Tlii-in-WasiIinhton, Sept 27. A clea plu nation was made here yesterda tho cavalier treatment which the vlvorsof tho schooner Diana. was wrecked In Behring sea spring, received at Ihu hands of Kassian authorities upon their ar: on I ho Siberian coast, as t Iii iu United l'ress dispatches from Bo.The men were lauded, uccordln their own report, 011 the Loekolon land, which is an extension of a e of the Japanese island, off the so eastern const of Siberia. I Lokoloue island, is1 used by Russian government as a penal se incut and it is to that place that tain offenders against the law transported. It is pointed out the Kassian government does no: pose the death penalty for any e: except an attempt against the li the emperor. Murderers and des does generally are. therefore, exih Lokoloue, where their families permitted to accompany them where, if unmarried, wives are vided for them. All persons on the island who unable to give a proper accouu themselves are regarded as susplc characters. As the survivors of schooner Diana were unfamiliar the Kussian language, they natm fell under the bend of "suspects," were retained in custody until t were able to give a proper oiccouii themselves. When this was done men, according to their own st meiit, were released.

FISCAL AFFAIRS. TrenMirv Itf-rrlpt mill Kxpc mlltm Iti-iii-liril tili Turning I'olnt. Washington, Sept. 27. All heavy expenditures of the treasury this mouth have now been paid, : yesterday, for th first time, the figi showed a slight rise in the receiptthe month. The excess is only S; 741, but it is expected that by Uct 1 the excess will reach S2..1OO,O0a the deficit for the pre-ent fiscal y which is new Sia.000,000, will W duced to SI0,.1OJ.O0a. The recti however, are. running below last month, principally in revenue. As October. is an tllOSI intei inter paying mouth, it is anticipated t the expenditure for the month exceed the receipts by from 63,000 to S9. 000, 000. The annual inte charge, at the present rate of recei is over 10 per cent, of the revenue the government pösYmasters. I'rralili-iitlnl Appoint niriitu Itt-onhllr ii Stop Pom 11 st ml Out To !r .11 Hilf 1'r llflltlKl. Washington, Sept 27. It is likely that there will lie any more pointments of presidential postn ters until the return of the presid to Washington. IJetween nowand opening of congress there w'll about twenty appointments to be 111 where commissions have expired. From December or for tho ensu five months the president and the p master general will le kept busy about .10( postmasters' commissionpire. The offices arc principally I by republicans. In New York st alone there are about fifty republic holding through their regular tcr OctolM-r 1 about forty-five foui class offices will be made president MONTHLY MEETING .If thn Itoanl nt Onlnnnr nnil Kortif tloim How Tlirjr Will L' Their Fum Washington, Sept 27. The Im of ordnance ami fortifications, at monthly meeting, decided to use funds at its disposal for the follow among other purposes: To test the new breech median for the 12-inch steel mortar, desigi by the ordnance department; to fit Dashiell gun with breech median! so that it can be tested with ot field guns; to pu rchasc twelve Web field range finders; also to test Hriggs minimum recoil field carria Estimates for the next fiscal y amounting toS2t.1,003 were submitt This is less than for the currant ye Suitable resolutions were adoptei regard to the retirement of Liei 'Jen. Schofield, president of the boa SPAIN AND VENEZUELA. OlploniHtlc llrlntlnn Likely to !tXfrr nt Any ."Moment. New Yohk, Sept. 27. The Sun sa It is reported among the Cubans this city, on seemingly good author! that the Spanish minister in Venczt: will resign and withdraw fr that country, thereby severing t diplomatic relations which ex letween Spain and Venezuela. T expected action on the part of t minister has becu brought about the Vcnc?.uelan authorities in Cnra refusing to interfere with a meeti of young men for thn purpose of gani.inga club to aid the Cuban surge nt. A prominent Venezuelan, nn cxp er, who was interviewed on this tu tcr, said that if Spain withdraws representative iu Venezuela it doubtful whether tho latter count will ever renew its relations wi Spain, as the two countries tire 1 now very friendly. He said furtl that lie believed that in that case V' ezucla would !e the first to recogn the Cubans as bei ige rents. CHOLERA UNDER CONTRO Arrival of Ilm Steamer AUtiieilttChnl In Honolulu Under Control. San Francisco. Sept 27. 'I Ateamcr Alameda arrived from Sydn ia Apia and Honolulu shortly af noon yesterdu'. The steamer arrlv off Honolulu at 0 a. m. on the B' and nailed at 7:30 a. in., without ti ing any passengers or malls owing the prevalence of cholera. Up to tl date there had been eighty-six en and forty deaths, including three I ropeans. It wan aUted the tlisei vraaut ndr coatroL