Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 38, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 December 1895 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

O. DOrfVIOC, IPubliaher. JASPER, .... IX DIANA. Watku hurst into a colliery at Cong, County Mayo, Ireland,, on the tlth, flooding the shaft to a depth uf 150 foot mid drowning six men. Okokok AiT.usrrs Sai.a, the well lenown journalist anil author, died, on the Sth, at Brighton, England, where he. had been ill for a long1 tune. Gov.-KlkctDiiaplky was sworn in at Frankfort, Ky.. on the intlt, thus innugtirating the first republican administration in the history of that state. Ex-Skxatok Allku It. TnritMAK, died at his residence in Colmnbus, O,, on the 12th, at 1:30 p. m., of the general debility of old age, ending' in collapse. Owk.vshoko, Ky., has been selected for the location of the tlrst factory for the manufacture of cornstalk eellulose, the new material for filling the cofferdams of war ships. Tub Minnesota delegation in congress has inaugurated a new departure by establishing themselves in permanent headquarters at 1407 F street, where the will always be accessible to visitors. Ei.nKn J. T. Shaxxox, of Lebanon, Ind., was held up and robbed of a considerable sum of money just as he stepped oft a train in that city early on the morning of the 10th. The robbers escaped. Tin; character of the information received at the war department concerning the reported Apache outbreak in-Arizona shows it to be trilling and not likely to lead to any general .uprising. Aovicns from Abyssinia, on the 11th, stated that Hen. Arimondi with his command had made a junction with the forces of Gen. 1'arateri, the commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in Abyssinia. l'cor. fiiANTrr.co, of New York city president of the Italo-American academy of medicine, has discovered a lymjjh which ho believes will ultimately furnish the world with a cure for leprosy. Hunts W. Peckham, of New York Dominated by the president to be associate justice of the United States.supromo court, vice Howell K. .Jackson, deceased, was confirmed by the senate on the 0th. COXOHESPMAX CltOWTHKR. of St. JoBuph, Mo., introduced a hill in the house, on the 12th, instructing the secretary of the interior to restore to the pension rolls those persons who had been stricken oil since 1593. It was announced in Vienna, upon scmi-otlicinl authority from Constant! nople, on the 10th, that the sultan had signed the firmans for the admission through the Dardanelles of the additional guard ships demauded by the powers. A coxcEssio.v from the Chinese government to build a line of railroad from tidewater to l'ekin has been granted to a syndicate of American capitalists. The road will be about UOO miles long, and will tap a valuable coal mining district. Maiiv Tni'itMAX, the erratic daughter of ex-Senator Thurman, of Ohio, is said to have made the richest strike known in any of the desert mining camps for years. She was prospecting in the hills near Yuma, Col., and found a vein that promises to make her a bonanza queen, A r.uowixn industry was suppressed at Dubuque, la., on the 10th, when five men were arrested for selling carcasses of horses and horse sausage, which they represented as leef. They had been buying broken-down horses and slaughtering them in the suburbs. The . meat was sold tc consumers. Porto Kico, it was said on the 11th, had issued a declaration of independence, and would soon join her sister island, Cuba, in the active struggle for liberty. It was further stated that an army was being formed by the sepa ratist party, and that as soon as the leaders were ready the campaign would open. Tub steamer Germanic collided hortly after leaving the Mersey, on the 11th. near Crosby lightship, with the steamer Cumbrae, inward bound lor Liverpool. I no Lrumbrae was sunk and the Germanic's bows were damaged. The Germanic returned to Liverpool. A dense fog prevailed at the time of the collision. Is the contest for the prize of the Republican national convention before the national committee in Washington city, on the 10th, St. Louis proved an easy winner over the rival cities of Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, I'a., and New York, and afterwards received the hearty congratulations of the representatives of her vanquished competitors. mi - m - It was stated, on the 11th, that Sen ator Hill would probably speak, on the 10th. on the resolution introduced in the United States senate by .Mr. Cullom on the Monroe doctrine. Mr. Hill is of the opinion that this resolu lion, worded as it is, and interpreted by the remarks of Mr. Cullom. leads to it conclusion that cannot Iks main tallied by this government. Tin: Italian government made the announcement in the chamber of dop titles, on the !)th, that the five coin panics of Italian soldiers composing the column under command of Maj. TossclH, operating in Abyssinia, had been surp-iscd and surrounded by a force of 2.VW0 natives, and that only a small portion of the command had sue cecdeii in male it;;; their escape to Ma Kalle.

3 DECEMBER -1895.

MoAjTueWei'M 1 s' 2 oio 12 19 W 1708 30 31 ... 26 $29 TVttT I 1 M TTfTTTtTfTTrfTT CUE RENT TOPICS. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. LIV. CONGRESS. (Fl rut Session.) In she senate, on theflth. Mr. .Moiyan dpllv eicil Ills jiromljsol sjoecli In uphrt of Iiis ' resolution In reference to the payment to ! Great Hrltiun of tho Hohrlut: M-a nwiml. j Tlio resolution was then agreed to, Two Mils, i tne tlrst of this session, were passed, one j nlloutni; the use of the United States court- : houses at Sc ran ton anil Willlnmsporu Pa., to ! the superior court of Pennsylvania, ami one appropriating StlXV 10 for a survey ami plans of Improve ment of lllscayno buy. Flu In the houso the tlrst bill of tho session, chancing the collection limits of the port of Chlcaco ho in to lncluilo the .state of Illinois, was passet t. In the senate, on the 10th. Mr. Cullom tteUvereil a speech In advocacy of tho clearest ami most strenuous maintenance of the Monroe doctrine, after which the resolution upon which ho based his remarks was referred to the com mittee ou foreign relations. A number of petitions and resolutions were presented and re ferred In the house a resolution was introduced by Mr. llarrett Irep . Mass ) looking to tho Impeachment of Thomas F. Hayard. am bassador to K- eland, for sentiments ex pressed in speeches in Uoston. Knirlaml, and Hdinburjjh. Scotland. After an exeitint; disc us-don the words "by iuiCiichment or otherwise" were stricken out and the res -dutlon adopted. somewhat similar resolution, offered by Mr. MeCull (rep.. Mass.). calling on the president for Information as to what steps he had taken to recall Mr. Hayard. w.is. under objec tion, referred to the committee on foreign rela tions. is the senate, on the 11th. propositions were Introduced In favor of purchasing and placing statues of Victor Hugo. John Faul Jones and Franklin Fierce. Mr. Dubois (rep.. Idaho) spoke In support of his proposed, amendment of the rules so ns to distribute the cencral appropriation bills among the committees liuviin charge of the various subjects to uhich tbey apply. Mr. Allen (pop.. Neb.) spoke briefly on his resolution for the recognition of Cuban beltt.. ...... , . ..v. .. . u. . ! Ulf -ru.lfcC. VIJ IUI' I.LU, two Cf.f.tlU iMIls ! to secure the payment of the indebtedness of the Faclllc railroads to tho government were Introduced. Mr. Call's resolution relative to the massacre of Armenians In the Turkish em pire was referred to the commttteflon foreign relations. Mr. IVCer addressed the senate In support of his bill for the proper disposition of the remains of senators and representatives dying in Washington during a session of con gress In the house ex-Speaker t!row, of Pennsylvania, spoke for an hour comparing the working of the protective tariff as it existed from lf-31 to 1M4. with the results achieved by th present law. which, he declared, had not proven a ucees. Several resolutions of In quiry of executive departments were offered und passed. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Owing to terrific gales prevailing throughout Italy, twenty or more i wrecks were reported, on the Uth, from f various seaports, in which there was ; great loss of life. j Mut, r.nftsv. niw ItK-vrov. fi'r.wl f,' i widow of ex-Congressman Jacob lien- j ton, and daughter of Gen. Xeal Dow, I of Maine, died at her home in Lünens ter, N. IL, on the 7th, from the ellects of an operation for the removal of a cancer. CiiAitt-KS Dick, chairman of the Ohio republican committee, says that Senator John Sherman's book has reached a subscription sale of 127,000 copies. Mr. Sherman gets one dollar on each book, so that he has turned a neat profit. Nkws was received at Duluth, IWinn., on the 0th, of the foundering of the tug l'earl S. Campbell, of the Innian line, off Huron Island, about forty miles from L'Anse, Mich., on the 7th. Seven lives were lost. Ouvku TAitniutT, a railroad switchman, was instantly killed at Terre Haute, Ind., on the Sth, in a manner perhaps never before recorded. With a lighted lantern in his hand he was passing over an oil tank box car when an explosion occurred and sent his body fifty feet in the air. It is sup posed gas was generated in the oil tank and. escaping into the car, was ignited by his lantern. On the 10th Hon. Josiah Quincy. democrat, was elected mayor of Uoston, over Kdwin L. Curtis, republican, by about 3,000 plurality. Mus. John A, Loo an and the party accompanying her arrived at Constantinople, on the 'Ah, and took quarters at the Palace hotel. They will malic a short stay, after which they will proceed to Kgypt. Coi.'NT Hahkni, Austrian prime minister, announced to the parliament, on the 10th, that the proposed scheme of electoral reform was ready. It had been approved by Ihnperor Francis Joseph, he said, anil would be introduced at the first sitting of the relehsrath in February. A 11 itK in Dyersburg, Tenn, on the 10th, destroyed five of the handsomest brick buildings in the town. This is the third destructive fire in Dyersburg within three months, all thought to have been of incendiary origin. IN the district court at Leavenworth, Kas., on the loth, John II. (iatehell, a former fireman on the Kansas, Wyandotte fc Northwestern railroad, was given a ve-dict. by consent, for S0.0OO for the loss of an eye and the fracture of a leg and two ribs. Ax epidemic of hog cholera is rag ing in Harper, Harber and Sumner wjuuties, ICas. It was estimated that over 1,000 hogs had died there during the three weeks previous to the 10th, and there were no signs of the abatement of the disease. Hauhv IIaywaiih was hanged at Minneapolis, .Minn., at 2:10 o'clock on the morning of the 11th. Heforeascendlng the gallows he realllrmcd his former confession unci lorgnve ail tnose who had worked to secure his con vietion, including his brother Adry, whom he had previously anathematized and threatened with post-mortem visitations.

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mice1 oi tne mmctallia goes oi ureal imtani, r ranee aui i liermany opened in Paris mi the loth. I M. Loubet, president of the French Ui- ; uicttallie league, presided. Tlu object of the conference is to draft a resolu tion, regarding biinettallisni, which will be submitted to the parliaments, of the three countries. I'OM M.lsTKIKiKNKl, I, Vj s,:;, ai thel'th, forwardetl to Attorney'tienernl Harmon an ollloial notice of the removal of As.sistant Superintendent Hill . f the five-delivery system, for conspiracy," and practically suggesting that the facts warranted his dismissal J as commissioner to investigate the overl time claims of letter carriers. 1 Arii.lt two hours deliberation the J jury, at Lafayette, Ind., on the night oi me uitn. in tne case oi ,itiin iicsmt, charged with the murder of his tenant. Morris Lewis, last August, returned a verdict of acquittal, .ludge Taylor therefore discharged the prisoner. The prisoner proved a clear ease of self-defense. AnviCKs from Cape llatteras. on the night of the 10th, stated that President Cleveland and party were storm-lwmnd there and could not get out. A heavy gale was blowing there at 00 miles an hour, making sea-going in the lighthouse tender impossible. W.M. 1!. McMu.i.ax was found guilty at Toronto, (hit., on the 11th, on the charge of having set tire to the Osgoodby building in that city, on .Innuary 0 last, the fire resulting in the destruction of that and adjoining' property to the total value of about seven hundred thousand dollars. Tub directors of the American Hell Telephone Co., on the 11th, declared a regular quarterly dividend of three per cent., and an extra dividend of 1 1 per cent., payable January 1.1. This makes a total of per cent, declared this year. Tub suit of Secretary Tryou of the board of tire commissioners against Mayor Pingrre of Detroit. Miels., for S23.00O damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. was decided, on the 11th. in the mayors favor. Is addition to 20.0 u troops which are expected at Havana towards the end of this mouth and the beginning of January, the Spanish government is already preparing to dispatch 40.000 more troops to Cuba. Xkws from Uatavia. Java, on the 11th. stated that the Dutch troop on the j island of Madura had dispersed a band j of l.0 rebels, killing 20 of them and , capturing the chief, i It was learned, on the 12th. that the guarantee syndicate, formed in eonnec- ' tion with the reorganization of the ; Heading railroad, included nearly all - the capitalists identified with the ' other anthracite coal railroads. The ( amount subscriled was said to be over . thirtv million dollars. Qi'BB.v ViCTouiA, in council at Windsor, on the 12th, formally prorogued parliament until the middle of February, when it will meet for the transaction of government business. It was stated, on the 12th, on excellent authority that Speaker Heed would not announce his committee appointment snntil about the 20th. John Mri.noi.i.K.v, first llaron Dunleath, died in London, on the 11th, 77 l'fa,rs t a"v' , ,,B f1,eral ,?f lieorge Augustus Sala, the journalist and author, took jdace at l.righton, England, on the 12th. Tub venerable P.obert William llrowne, archdeacon of Hath, died at his residence in WellsyEngland. on the 12th. He was SO vears of age. LATE NEWS ITEMS. It was given out. on the 13th, that Senator Sherman was preparing an answer to the financial part of the president's annual message, but that he would not speak until after he had an opportunity of digesting the rep jrt of the secretary of the treasury, which had been unaccountably withheld from congress. Ox the nth John Kirwin, one of the oldest employes of the Chicago A: Alton railway, was cut in two and killed by the wheels of a freight car in the repair yard at lllooiuington, 111. While working on an air brake the car was movVd b 11 V1' wheda pag over the unfortunate mans body. II. C. IltwTiNOTOX, United States jommereial agent at Castellamere di Stadia, Italy, says Italian oranges wiil be shipped to America in large quantities this season. This has been brought about by reports concerning the damaged state of the Florida orange groves. A l Uli r.ic a gr i eu 1 1 u ral eo n fere n ce was held in London, on the 13th, at which many influential men were in attendance. Mr. .lames Lowther, M. P.. presided, and stated that the object of the conference was the establishment of the system of protection. Tbn acres of land near the old Dunhard church, on the Antietam battlefield, in Maryland, have been purchased by the Philadelphia brigade. It will be converted into a park, and a Sioo.ooo monument will be erected upon the site. A London Ouhii: news ngeney dispatch, on the 13th, said that the Chinese ollleials resumed possession of Port Arthur on the 12th, (Jen. Sum, on behalf of China, taking over the station from the Japanese otlicers. FAii.nms throughout the L'nited States, as reported by II. O. Dim .t Co . for the week ended on the 13th, were 33$, against .140 for the correspondin-' week of last year; and for Canada ,i4. against 40 last year. Thb first squad of policemen mounted on bicycles in Xew York city went on duty tin the 13th. Hereafter four mounted men will constantly patrol FJghth avenue and the Injulevard. Hi;h:i:m.ntativb Hopkins, of Illi nois, had the honor, on the J3th. of be- ; ing the first chairman to preside over the eommlttce of the whole of the present house. ON the 13th Oliver Hammond, hi wife and three children, were killed at a crossing on the Dayton & Union railway, seven miles from Greenville, 0.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Kokumo is the home of pecsliarIj allltcted family. Tke husbatd and wife are both blind, tke latter being also helpless cripple, the accident that produced blindness likewise depriving her of the use of both arms. Their hired girl, a schoolmate of the woman's, is also blind, the entire household being bightless. The husband sells caady oa the streets that is made by the women folks. Their residence is as neat and clean as the tidiest housekeeper with good eyes could keep it. MKS. En Mkvkks, wife of a farmer living near North Manchester. Wabash county, while cleaning a chicken found in the gizzard a small lusp of pure gold weighing thirtv-three

grains. Whether the fowl picked up the metal in the creek bed or the small nugget was lost.by some one is not known. The gold was disposed of by Mrs. Meyers for SUM. Mr. Agnes Gwvnn Hakrbi., a bride, aged 19 years, attempted to commit suicide at Lexiuton by swallowing morphine. Despondency was the cans. She is the daughter of George Gwvnn, of Lexington, and th rce months aro she eloped with her present husband, who has deserted her. Gko. Kmc aged 40 years, and a prominent citizen of .TelTersoaville, committed suicide by shooting himself. Sickness and domestic troubles responsible. Sincb April 1 the Door of Hope mission, of Indianapolis, has cared for 40 unfortunate girls. The home will be incorporated. Tub Delaware county commissioners have decided to force all workhouse prisoners in that county to wear stripes while at labor in the future. This action is to put a check on the number of escapes. At Shelbarn an 5-year-old daughter of Mrs. S. E. Emery was playing before a grate when her dress caught fire. The girl was severely burned, and it is thought will not live. Chaki.es Gkaham. a nurseryman of Ohio Falls, planted several grains of maize that had been taken from a mound supposed to be 400 years old. Strange to relate, the grain sprouted and grew and bore several ears of small-grained corn looking like the sweet corn of to-day. Mas. Makv J. Maxwell, at Shelbyville. has filed a Sr,000 damage suit against the Dig Four Kailroad Co. for injuries received whjle alighting from a train at Fairland recently. Tub Kokomo plant of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. made a new record on bent glass the other day. Five mammoth plates were turned out of the bending room that are the xnonarchs of American-made bent glass. They were on a special order, three for Xew York and two for San Francisco. In the first shipment one plate measured SSxl3S inches, and in the San Francisco order one 4x114 inches. The bent plates are made for oval business fronts. The statistical part of the report of the state auditor which refers to the building and loan associations has been completed. The report shows that 142,024 persons hold stock, that 4S,07S of these are borrowing members and 03.010 are investing members. There are 501 associations incorporated under the laws of the state, with a combined authorized capital of $3sj,755,000. The amount of capital stock subscribed is 03,050,034. Loans have been made on 274,40 shares. Daring the year loans were paid on 47,050 shares, and loans were made on 0s,G3 shares. The present number of shares is 614,425. of which ?0.2;2 are paid up or prepaid shares and 731,150 are running shares. Jligk ISakbi: has confirmed the sale of the South llend and Mishawka Electric road. The confirmation puts an end to long litigation. Chakles Stbi'IIENson. on trial for the murder of Jack Moore, at Tipton, last May, was given ten years sentence. It is doubtful whether St. Joe county will have a fair next year, as the Agricultural society is $2,000 in debtiioi.i.Ki: skating is being revived in the state. The thirteenth annual meeting of the Randolph County Sunday School union, after a two days" session, at Farmland, has adjourned. The mammoth gas pumping station of the Indianapolis Gas Co., atl'crkinsTille, has been completed. Hoo cholera is prevalent in the vicinity of Hagerstown. Tin: Holand damage case has been venued to Shelby county. Tub El wood-Anderson electric road will be built this spring. Hon. A. I- Dallou is oat for cobgrcss from the Twelfth district Zella Nicola es' father, Wesley Lytle, keeps a small grocery at Wabaih. James McHrwe, of Franklin, was probably accidentally fatally shot while hunting by his companion, Art Red mon. A tenement house owned by J. IL Hand, of Indianapolis and occupied by J. T. Hobinson and Itoy Hartt, was fired by mice gnawing matches, and was destroyed, causing a loss of 52,000. The United States glass factory, of Joncsboro, has made a reduction from 11 to 9 cents per dozen on goblets, though It is said this is only the beginning of the cuts to be made. Workmen say good wages can not be made at this rate. A suit for $2.000 damages has ben tiled against the Montgomery County Agricultural association by E- J. Haidwin. It is alleged that last fall the running horse San Francisco was injured on the race track by a harrow and drag which had been left upon the track, and such injuries received by the horse as to reduce its valae from f2,000 to 1CKX Cüktih Ih'KE. engineer of a corn cat ting and shocking machine on the John McCaslin farm. Franklin, had his left arm torn off. Miss Kate Bailet, agco 15, disappeared from home at Logan sport aid fecr present whereabouts are anknowa.

VIVA LA CUBA LIBRA Th" "sUhhI that lKlir.i Ihr IVfUnje In l'a turn., ( svuii4l!i fur strttKKHiix CuIki ! it IV;'..- uli.i tjtmz -ar lnrl A.UHiIrr lht I il till. Ill k C ItnUIlit Thnu. I HHiMic. t thr d-ttlUn Thnmr I r-,-i!iHi' Aiuilvrrr.tr). lvuiA,D-.t II. - Th. Star an I Herald .n v Panama eletnius I its seventyfourth anniversary of independence on the th ultimo and for fwiir cosiUng days. The celebration marks ti;. jvriod when the last cord which ivii.ioeted the is; hums of Panama w ith Sjsiia was burst asunder and the isthmus Itvame ituheitdent. iHiriny the ct-!-br.ttiott on the night of the -.-th ultimo shouts of "Viva Cuiita lire" were heard on alt sides. At the i-ite of the day's auiusenwnts in the VuiJst dv Harrera. in connection with th- i.:!tia:i ind ?, nden .v. the band went to tho residences of several prominent gentlemen who are in sympathy with the Cuban cause and serenaded them. Apr.p to this- annotmcenu-nt.it i rumt.re 1 that the Spanish consul reluested of the authorities to have a Culaa ag removed from tlu private residence of a Culun gentleman, where it had ln-vn displayed in common with other llags ami bunting throughout the city in honor of the feast. Tne request was refc-vd. The Spani-sh element in Panama is much incensed over all thest-happfiiiugs. During the feast a young foreign merchant wa.snttacked by thrtt- Spaniards lweause he shouted "Viva la Cul-a libre. A fight ensued, in which the party attacked had his finger broken. A papn-r euUcd El Espan.i Iia made its app.-a ranee in defn of Spain. It is edited by Spanish priests. A elub has been form.il at Punta Arenas. Co-a i:i;, to awl the Cuban caasv. its name Is "Maris -al Stiere." A committee organize. I at Santa Ana, S.n radar, to collect fund for the Calxan insunrentv raised $KJa fu two days. A serer shock of earthrpiake was felt in Caracas on the 16th t:!t-

THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS. Htr Tri-tt Trip Kt-ult- In an Kntirvl)- Sat1 -f ;i 1 1 ry IV r t rm.i n r -. W.ijs..i.x. lUf. It. The trial yestertLty of the government-built battleship "!Va. whosse several misfortunes have gi.vn rise to many eoatlictiug opinion, as to her eap'ibiltties, resulted in an entirely satisfactory performance, according to Cipt. Henry liiavs. her comma nder. In a tv'xart written hu,! night at Tompkintiville. S. I., and received at the navy departtamt to-day. Capt. Glass, says: "With moderate wind and sea on bow or quarter, she is very stmdy. and a speed of lö to 17. t knots was oltainetl with engine revolutions from 115 to 124. At these peels the absence of excessive vibrations in any jortion of the hull is very marked. Th ship "handle." with perfect ease and speed and poses.ses, I think, great maneuvering power." The engines of the Texas were run at full speed for four hours, excepting several times when it was. necessary to slow down or stop them for a few minutes because the journals lnv-ame overheated. The trial wa dually discontinued on account of this, and Capt. Glass says that certain journals, of the main engines will have to he overhauled and put in thorough order. He rewmraenils that as the Texas has had two tiay.s of sea trials no further preliminary trial be directed until the board of engineer lias Ik'oii appointed to conduct the otHctal trial, as is his opinion when the working journals have Inren completed nothing further can be done to put the engines, as now arranged, ia condition for service. THE NEW CRUISER MAINE I'ractlraltj- i:r.-nl- for any S-rvlre t W!il-li sht- 5I;tjr A!;nt-tl. V siUNrN. IVe. lt. Tlu armored cruiser Maine i practically ready for any service to which sh.- may be assigned. A telecrram to the navy department, dated Newif.rt. II I., yesterday, from 'apt. .corse Dewey, president of the navel bar.l of insp-. ti.ni. says the Maine is nearly ready for sea. and it will not fe necessary to send her to any navy yard for repairs or anything of that nature Had weather has prevented her from leaving' Newport. Capt. Dewey says that the loard have completed the inspection of the vesd. including; a sue--essfttl speed trial, except obtaining her tactical diameter, firing the turret guns and testing her hydraulic machinery. If the torpedo test has Wen made the .Maine will be ordered to coal and join Admiral Dunce's squadron of evolution at Hampton Roads without delay. The squadron is scheduled to sail December 21. OFFICE-SEEKERS AT FRANKFORT. Got. IJrmWIrjr Furml Ut !nc h IStil'rtiu tu Krtntln Tlirnt. Fkankfokt. Ky., Dec, 14. Gov. Itradley was yesterday morning forced to issue a bulletin to hold back olliciscekers who are monopolizing his ti.nc. The bulletin a nnouncc.1 that the governor had selected his private secretary without naming him. It nlo stated that no appointments which have to K con tinned by the senate wil! be made until that body meets in January. The governor dws this so that applicants will give him a chance to write his message. STABBED IN A CHURCH. A Yoens Woman I'atalljr Wmoittrtl far Itrtalarto to the Altur. Kvansvillh. Ind., Dee. 14. Pearl Daum, the Is-j-ear-old daughter of Ueorge L. Daum. Sr.. one of the wealthiest ami most prominent residents of Evansville, was stabbed last evening at Ingle-street M. K. church. She was attending revival services. Her assailant was Ueorge Kubright, Is years of age. He is of unsound mind, but he has heretofore been considered 'ctly harmless.

DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW

Vallurrt Irlir Slowly Itrreatiu Iliornuoriit' Crop Krtxiri, s,, yi'" f. tr.-, Htr. n6 X;w Yi:k, Deo. II. M (;. j,un fc Co. s;iy in their weekly review o?tr.k,ie Issued ttHtlay: Failures, for the first week of t, bershow liabilities of in S4.o3rt.Miri last year and 51. ..i' In mauufneturing si.,. HQ. agamsi äi,-;;!.' last year, u . i a trading SI. sv.'.s21 against 8'.". lui.i.-.t ;as year. Failure-si for the Week have !, ., In the Fnitcd States, against '..fc,; year, and 51 In Canada against ., :AJ year. It has been a very quiet week v. ithout any disttirbitnce. Prices o' m.mc. faettm'd pnlttcts slowly re-e.i,. i-,n the high-water mark of spoeulat ',n and no tn.itcml increase in dt nMi,4 jt now expected until after the holi.u.vs. Sjeculatioii in pnsluets is not y.-rv bri.sk, and in sticks decidedly ir, itv. tive. The outgo of gtdd does nut fj. pand and the titwztrd iitovemetit u pnwlucts Ls in shade larger, rieuriiif., are 10.1 pt-rcciit. more than las. ,ear. The government crop rcKrt wumiI s:ireelya ripple f interest.thouh imt;. eating less than (",40O,CO bales of ..it,,n, and a larger acreage than hail act a -. peetedof winter wheat. Heavy on', is by the Hoekefeller interests f.ir av, and ttlier material to build ves N;.,r tr.msKjrtation of Mesba ore ne y. r have strengthened the mark t .,- what, hut the demand at the e,t: ,4 very light, and most of the wort;., shortened force considerably. The siitx' manufacture is g t' nir rather more new business, matiih a chenpr g-tMhls. by a reduction In !; . which has averaged nearly four jcent. since the last week of Nov :u The demand for leather is a little Utter, with priees nvernging tu. ; cent. Unver for the week, though unchanged as to hemlock sole. Woolhiis not advanced with Lonoia soles, as was expected. The slow lüarket for gools hinders dealings, r.'-.;. nejss in cotton has notgitined, and r,al cloths are lower at 3 cents. wli'V 1 few more rednetions are notetl injr.rs of otlu-r tro.sls. Hailniad earnings in Xovcmlier. .r. roads having over half the blls!Ile. f the country, show increase of iV ;i cent, over last vear. HOPE FOR ARMENIAMS. The Knl Cro.4 Wilt t'mhTtuke tili tlu:) f ICfllfvtns the -Sliirvhis. Wasiiixotu.v. Dec. 15. The fo'.I.iing olucial announcement was is.-ii from the national headquarters f Iled Cnrvs yesterday: "Owing- to the unanimous an I urgent appeals from the I riends f h iinanity, representing nearly all of ti. people of this country, the Amerl-ia National Ued Cross ha.s decided th . t must accept the sacred trust of -a-deavorinjr to relieve the starving r menians In Asia Minor. According to conservative estimates there are u) utterly destitute people in tl.it country, who will have to be assis -! for six or eight months until the n' .t harvest. "Fully realizing the dillicultics ant5, dangers tt lie met, the lied C ross i' start for Turkey as soon as sulllcien: funds are placed at its disposal ur guaranteed to insure success. "Funds may Iks sent to Miss t ara 1'arton, in-sident and treasurer of :b American National Ued Cross. U ington. "Authorized agents to receive U :.-a and materials will le published In a few days. 'The Ited Cross also suggests tl.it goods, grain and other materia! na le sent by chartered steamer. "American National Ued Cross. "Clara Daktox, Presider'." A CALL ISSUED I'or tin- Mertlnc; of tlie IIoiiukt.uIi- N tl'n:il C Ditiiult tri-. PmLAtiKi.rmA. Pa.. Dec. I.". ' h.. man W. F. Ilarrity has issued a v -H"' a meeting of the democratic m.: committee tobe held at the Ariln." hotel. Washington, on Thursday. 1 a uary It), at 11 o'eloekn. m.. for t: purpose if tixiug the time and p"1 for the meeting' of the democratic 1.;. tions.1 convention of ISM and f'-r-'' tntns;iCtion of tther business. The resolution offered by lien. P Collins, of Mass,'chusetts, in thed.-:n cratie convention of LSW, requesting the democratic national com mitte provide aecommolations only fr l" delegates, the alternates, the ra hers of the democratic national com mitteeand the meniliers of thepr. tvlll be acted upon. The resolut 1. -u if now in the hands of a subcommittee ei the national committee cixnpsel 1 William F Ilarrity, of IVnnsylv..:i.J. who is chairman of the commit fee Itradlev It. Smith, of Vermont; Ariaa: P. Gorman, of .Maryland; Don l . a ble. f Illinois, and Edward C. Wwof Wisconsin. ... . . ' Im l-tllll ll1 uirr ii;iii m .tiiiii.mi ,,ifii.. ... ----vtilf ml. Hrvrivr.Ti.v. W. Va.. Dec. 1" -u extensive stilt involving-the oWih rs.n; of a Wie of land in the centra' an' businesHisirt of the city, worth ever s half million dollars, is to lie i 1 by the Hanley heirs, who ft"John Hanley, who deeded t erty to the Centnil Im. Co was mentally unbalancisl. I '1' will attract widespread attention A FAMILY Or FIVE, ait Kl.ltuclii Cl-t Vrhtrle, In.tioitl Ki:!' ' lor n Tniln r, ...,. .vi. n 11.. 11 A siH'ia toj Ii. l'n.t (mm lIr.'nr!Ile. ().. sjlVs. Oliver Hammond, his wife and t ir-'-l children werekilledata enissiugi"1 11 1 Dayton .fe Fnfon railway, M-'veti tm--fnm this city, Thursday nticn Th.'V were crossing the tnu'k n . , ... , ,..t ..j, j,.. etictoseti veiucie aim tun approaching train, which struct carriage, and all were killed. Hammond and two children literally ground to nieces.