Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 38, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 February 1896 — Page 6
WEEKLY COURIER.
C. DOv:srK, Xublirther.
JASPER. .... INDIANA.
CUBEENT TOPICS.!
THE lWS IN BRUT.
Eioht m-.voRKn families in Wabash, Ind., were left without fuel during the
prevaiauce o: a niixj-nrd with the thermometer near zeroall day, on the 11 h.
ay tue bursting of a gas main leading
o wie gas nein.
-NEtVS from Australia sat-s tlmt
ing the first two weeks of January th
jn-aiin .ew -south Wales broke the
reeord, the mercury running up as high as 122 degrees. Manv deaths re
sulted and crops were cooked in the
lields.
MnxtAM E. Geh the evangelist of Doylestown, Pa., recently closed a two
ccks series 01 revival meetings at
j. vugnueepsie. v. I-iftv thousand
people at tended. Somewhat more than
l.OuO of Ins hearers were converted.
LIV. CONGRESS. t'irt Session.)
In the house, tho nerlouliural approprlnUon hill bolus under consiiif ration, iet end rural bers. chleitv ili'mivrm
tncksupon Seeretarv Morton of tho mrricultural denartmmit fur hu
PUriK)e of conirros in ilKirthnt.. ...... i ,....
the farmers of the country- Several ef the speakers included Cotuwrollor Howler In their oris, am! t1-m-rffiil-l t h- h,. tu....-
leunltiif the duties of tho executive department of the Kovernmeni be. moro chely drawn. Senate amendments to several house
diijs wore concurred In.
In the senate, on tho t;th. thn i-nmmi,.. nn
- " ' - vuniii ill L V ' I , Privileges rind pUwtinni r..iw.rt ...1 i.. r...-....r
Mr. Ihijxrat. of Delaware- .Mr. Hair offered a memorial making the 21th of June n national holiday In romffirmnratlnn nf th. itr
of the North American coast by John and Sebastian Cabot la IU7. Mr. Davis spoke for an hour and a half In support of the Monroe doctrine. The inilitarv ntmrnnrlfitlnn i.m ,...
then taken utK . . .In ttm Unu
v. mi- afiiicuiiiirai uiu ana tue attack unon
Oit of work, out of money and served with a disposses, notice, .lames
.uvartney, a .ov Vorlc bartender, shot himself through the head, in his apartment, on the lsith, wliilestu tiding with his wife's arms around his neck. Their six children were asleep in the next room at tho time. Rkmpks the sum of XD.r.OO.OOO which will bu asked ly the ltrltis.lt ndmiraltv for the construction of four battleshins, four first .i-t.-is.: Krnlv.iHc
' .ifv.f, nun third-class eruUers und rt torpedo destroyers, thegoverntnent will ask parliament for it large sum for guns and men. A .oiXT resolution to revive tho grade of lieutenant-general of tho I nited States army was introduced in the senate, on the ltth, by .Air. Elklns, of West Virginia, and referred to tho committee on military attains. Tin: hoard of immt i-i- tli.it ,. .ttl
j. .....v ... .v.-i.i-I gated the grounding of the steamship
nuu e.MMierniect uipt. .lamleson of any culpability in the matter. Tiik vote on the Arizona statehood bill has been reconsidered t 1 I Iii llAllwO
INDIANA STATE NEWS. I DUN'S TRADE REVIEW.
j DUN'S TRADE REVIEW. WALLER'S RELEASE. Tin. Kettorntloit of tin. Treaurj Itcervt i Th" K-'mIIh KihIc rmit Mt TaH,r... mid Uio ISN In llon.U SlreiiKtlw ii-. 1Mb. jVBr'' Mh Pr'. I t'ßrrcMHiN.uY.t!! lie C.itI.l...n o AVIIhom An .pp.ir..ttt Vn,l,'r,,, T,"M" Tlir..nKh V. ' i ' llWpo.ltloii I. i:M,,,, Uusl,. l'rhe' ,MrU l,u ,r.l..ii w, s,.CUrr.l u. u, llf I .. .,.... . Null fur II.. I'..i....i . .. "Ill
A Rnmsit blue liook just issued has a tabulated report from the embassies of the !ix powers showing that the total number of persons ina.vytcred in Armenia, concerning whose fate accurate information has been obtained, is
Secretary Morton were rvMuneä Seven 1 . ZUiZ . V I e HOl.sC amendment were acrecd to. .! ri -s. I 1 ,om""tef on territories, and it now
15v the burning of a large factorv "building in Troy. X. Y on the nth, a number of employes, thought by some to be at least 30. mostly young girls, perished in the flames or were killed by jumping from fifth-story windows to the pavement . The urgent deficiency appropriation "bill, as agreed to by the conference committee of the two houses of congress, appropriates 50,301,430. or about n.000.000 more than the house bill, ami
30,000 more than the bill as it passed the senate provided for. A company of Alsatians belonging to the Sixtj--ninth liennan infantrv. in garrison at Treves, Rhenish Prussia, deserted in a "body, on the 19th, and marched across the frontier into France. Thev "Werii ilisnrm,! li.t
vere allowed their freedom.
It was reported in Constantinople, on the 16th. that Russia alone objected to the United States having a lispatch boat there. Hon. A. W. Terrell. American minister, had referred -the- mii(,.r
to Washington for settlement with the government at St. Petersburg.
TriE fifth annual congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution began its sessions in Washington city, on the lsth. behind closed doors. There was a large attendance of bright-faced, intelligent ladies present from nearly every state in the Union.
oaieminientH were agreed to. and when the
Holls? ailHIurtl,.,! 111,. .n,lln.. n..w.ln
amendment to the lull providing for the purchase and distribution of seed. In the senate, on the ISth. the military academy bill was considered three hours mid rassetl. The pension appropriation bill was aNo taken up and passed In the house the agricultural appropriation bill wa. after a three days' debate, tinaiiv ,iun.in.i nf a ..t.
tneats Incorporated In tho bill make It mandatory upon the secretary to purchase and distribute seed, and tho appropriation for seed was increased from JI30.0KI to l.'d.OO. The Indian appropriation bill was retorted from committee, ami the executive. IccMatlro and judicial appropriation bill was ordered tiled
In the eaate. on the 15th. the diplomatic and "ution
.v.uu.. jjjji'nn iauiiu oni was passed and the conference report on the urcent deilciencv bill was agreed to. The remainder of the f-esslon
was spent in the passage of private t ension bl!ls In the house the bill to extend for four years the time within which the government may institute suits to annul land grants ille;nny or erroneously issued was passed. The agreement of the conferees on the urgent defleiency bill was reported and concurred In. The unanimous report of the committee on
ajs ana means against tho passage of the bill to regulate the UsTo of liquor licenses was submitted and ordern!
appropriation bill was passed. In the senate, on the 10th. the session was occupied with a dlsCUsSlon of the resolution for recognition of the belllgrent rights of the Cuban insurgents and the allternatlve resolution for the recognition of Cuban independence. The feeling dewloped on the floor and In the galleries was enthusiastically in favor
01 me more stringent action, even with Its possible result of war with SmIk in 1
, " - -u IUI" 4JUU-C the consideration of the provisions of the lu-
ui.iu impropriation mil occupied most of the
session, ine general pension appropriation bill was sent to conference on the disagreeing vote at the two houses, and the senate amendments to the diplomatic and consular bill were a greet! to.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
A dispatch from Shanghai, on the 20th, said it was believed there that Russia intends to establish a protectorate over Corea, and that England and the United States will strenuously resist such action. In the meantime the Japanese are making active preparations in their navy. The porte agreed, on the 17th, to comply with the request made bv United States .Minister Terrell to suspend action in the case nf Mr ir
the American missionary whose arrest upon charges of sedition was recently attempted at Uitlis. until Mr. Knapp arrives in Constantinople. A delegation of mining men from Colorado arrived in New York city, on the 10th. to attend the opening ofXew York's first mining exchange. The party was accompanied by a bullion car laden with exhibits from the Cripple Creek country, and containing bul
lion 10 uie value ot ssoo.O'JO.
Jcdge Valiant, of St. Louis, decided the famous Post-Dispatch injunction ease on the nth. The injunction is made permanent, and gives Col. C. H. Jones absolute emit ml .r ti..
Post-Dispatch newspaper during the
tuv ui nis contract witli .Mr. Pulitzer,
which runs lour years longer.
in committee of the New York
legislature which has investigated the
greater .New York question reported, on the 20;h, in favor of the consolidation of New York, Rrooklvn and Long
j.sianu city, ana suggested a commis t nn y. ...... . ... . ... .
jjn.-jja.e a cnarier. wie con
solidation is to take effect Januarv 1.
Tun house committee on territories.
on me lutn, reconsidered the action taken at the last meeting of the committee by which a motion to report the Arizona statehood bill was defeated by a vote of six to Ore, which leaves the bill without prejudice and in the ame position it occupied before action was taken.
President Pouter of the Traders' national bank of Scranton. Pa., swore out a warrant Ik? fore United States Commissioner Colburn, on the 20th, for the arrest of A. II. Williams, late cashier of the bank, charging him with embezzling S3G.O00 of the institutions funds. Williams was taken into custody and held for a hearing. The senate committee on immigration, on the isth, reported a bill pro- . Jn,ff . for thu ""racr test, under which immigrants who can not read and write a portion of the constitution of the I nited States, pi luted in their own language, will be sent back at the expense of the steamship or railroad company responsible lor their tires-
,.W,a!i.,Bem,."ak,ia,,y Ported, on the 1-Hh, that thestate department was In correspondence with the ltritish foreign oliice looking to the appointwent of a joint commission to invest!gate all the conditions connected with the seal industry in lUhring sea, and to consider and report what further regulations arc necessary for the precrvatlon of the seals. v
The three-year-old daughter of William Wilson, of Can field, 0., while playing with sulphur matches, ate off the heads and died from the effects of the poison within two hours of the occurrence. (Jen. Weylek's latest proclamations have evoked a storm of indignation in the eastern press; A i-vnpr.-il ,1..,,,.. ,.,i
has gone forth from the lending coast
cuies lor me recognition of the insurgents as belligerents.
.MLSS t ATIIKKINE .M AKTIN WESTON Ft i.lek, daughter of Chief-Justice Fuller of the United States supreme court and .Mr. Theodore Smith Ueecher, a' young Buffalo lawyer, were married at Washington on the 17th. Ax examination of the steamship St. Paul in dry dock at Newport News,
u., ucmoustraieci mat the big vessel
"us, practically uninjured by her recent mishap. Mas. Sisan Manley, wife of Hon. Joseph Manley, of Augusta, .Me., died, on the 17th. after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. W. P. Kjiekv. of Topelca, Kas., has patented a paper bride which mav work a revolution in the pavement of streets and walks. It is made of straw and wood pulp. It is made the same as brick, and at one-third the cost. The inventor says, with the wheat straw that annually goes to waste in Kansas, he can pave the streets of every town in New England. . ... .
hi ten ocjoeK on the morning of the ISth three men, one of whom was marked, entered the Market-street bank of San Francisco, closed the
outer uoor of the bank, forced thu
casrner and bookeeper into a steel
vault, and escaped with a trav con
taining a large quantity of gold and
one iruy 01 Sliver.
tiad a touch of winter in the
cast ana northeast on thi i7tl. Mr
way of example the thermometer at
c"raua ''at-c, .. li ., recorded 10 below-zero.
The Vulcan coal mine, located in the
ug .kick just Uclow the town of New
castle, Col., was comnlti1tr
and set on fire by a terrifie'gas explo-
twun, u me ism, and it. was believed
in. 1 1. wi wnrtmon in tu min iv...
instantly killed.
The foitr-vear-old .son nf .Tntin Trn.
1 , . .... . -
lumiwas ourncd to death in the Haines
winch destroved his father's homi, In
Xf.... Ah . s .
.uiigur, u., on ine lötn.
.MKS. M AKTIN F. CO.VWAV. wbnsnlti,
band was tho first representative in congress from Kansas, died at tho
nome of her daughter In Lawi--rif.
Kas., on the 17th. at a verr irronf. nr..
Matanzab intelliL-encc. on t)n mtli
announced the
muuis, oi a new iiandor tilibusters, led
oy tapt. Jones, an American.
Hill Nyi: was stricken with paralysis
"is nome at inielt hlioals. eight miles from Asheville, N. C. on the night of the 18th, and his condition was such that his physicians feared he could not recorer. Tin: president, on the IDth, approved the hill abolishing the post of chan-
laiii and professor at the West Polut
-miliary academy and providing that a regularly ordained clergyman be appointed to serve at. chaplain in a civilian capacity for a term of four years. PmvATi: William II. Iam's, who gained unenviable notoriety for insubordination during the gre.it strike at Homestead, Pa., was reported, on tho Kth. to be dying in a ISaltimore (Mil.) hospital from n bullet wound in thu abdomen, received during an altercation with a fellow-lodger.
stands unprejudiced, as it did before
the vote sidetracking it was taken. Tm: pardon of ex-United States Con. sul Waller, a prisoner in France on conviction of treason in .Madagascar, was sent to President Fa ure, on the ltuh, for signature. Tin: young king of Corea has arrived at t. Petersburg with the object of seeking the protection of Russia for his
country. A pisi'atcii from Havana says that 3C days is the limit which Hen. Wovlei
na .set. nir me wiping out of the revo
lle promised a delegation of
sugar planters that by March LI the
i equntry would be cleared of the insurgents. Tin; city of fiuthrie, Okla., retains title to Noble park, containing almost IS acres, in West (Jnthrie, bv a decision rendered by Secretary Smith, affirming a lower ruling. A rim: occurred during a masked 1 ball at San Tareni, Portugal, and in the ensuing panic many lives were lost. Forty dead bodies were recovered. j J. T. Lamhokn, a wealthy farmer, was found murdered in his house at , Fall Leaf, Kas.. on the 19th. The i murderers literally chopped the old J man to pieces. They left no clew. ! The grand lodge of Kansas has decided k establish a M
that state. The location has not been fixed. i Pkksi pent Cleveland in denvinga1 pardon, on the '0th. to F. M. 0. Holston, convicted of forgery in a pension case, said lie was decidedly in favor of
strict punishment "in a case like this which involves tho swindling of the poor and needy veteran and prostitution of the benevolent intentions of the government as embodied in its pension law." An expedition bound for tho interior of Labrador will leav.? P!ii!:.,l,ln1.!n 5.,
June, for the purpose of studying the Esquhneaux and collecting specimens of the llora and fauna of that re-don.
Prof. Frank Russell, curator- of the
i niversity of Iowa, will accompany the expedition as archeologist. On the i'Oth the president signed tlu act to extend the mineral land laws of the United States to lands embraced in the north half of the Colvillo Indian reser-ation. The secretary of the interior, on the 20th. approved school indemnity selections embracing l.-,,735 acres of land inuring to the state of Minnesota, situated in the Marsh.il.
J ' " -VAWUV WJ V4 Dultith land districts.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Wiethe act the
the
The senate was not in session on the 21st.... In the house senate amendments to the military academy appropriation bill were agreed to, and the following senate bills were passed: To amend section .V.-ttl. Revised Ntiiint.u.
so as to empower the secretary of the treasury to remit or mitigate forfeitures under his jurisdiction as well as lines and penalties, and to amend the law regulating the establishing of final proof in timber culture entries. In committee of the whole the Indian appropriation bill was further considered. An evening session was held for the consideration of
bills, and the house adjourned to the 21th. John L. Wai.lek, ex-United States consul at Madagascar, who was courtmartialed and sentenced to 20 yearV imprisonment under conviction of haviag illegally communicated with the Iloviis, arrived at Paris, on the 21st, having been pardoned and released from Nlines prison the day previous. The ltritish irovcrnment Im n.
proven me course pursued by ltritish .South Africa Co,, and, on the fist, appointed Karl (!niy to conjointly with Cecil Rhodes in administration of the.
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nil limy t.iiiiriilllMl v tin- nonniim. ...
- J ,.4 south Africa.
On the eve of her departure from Kochester. N. Y.. for Ciillfnr,.;..
Susan H. Anthony, was, on the 20th.
tendered a reception bv "Oil of h..- ...i.
mirers at the home of Dr. Linn. The affair was also the celebration of .Miss
Anthonys slxtv-eiirhth birth. I l v- rin.
niver.sary.
AutKUT I. 1'OSTEK. for five Vf-ifE fi-
collector at Concord. N. IL.
rested, on the 21st. on two ,.,.,i.,l...
charging him with the embezzlement of 810,000 of the funds received hi-
him. lie admitted his guilt, and said ue hst the money in a bucket-shop in Huston.
Failures throughout tin. ir..!,..i
States for the week ended
as reported by It. li. Dim ,fc Co., were
-IM), as againiitao. for tho correspond, ing week last vear. For C.m...,i ii.,.
-. . v - - , -mi uiu failures were 0, ngaint .'10 last year, A itri'oKT reached Hnvnmi. 'i.
21st. from the islnnd of S
that n vessel In the hands of HHbuslers
n those witters had tried to rcmttn-.. ,.
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npaiiisu mercnant vessel. The
tempt was, however, frustrated,
I hi: treasury irold reset- i,..,
Intact, on tho 21st, for the Hrst time
since .'September 7 last, standing at
tnu.,uy,',ai;i.
at-
f
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An artesian well has been completed t tho plate glass factory, El wood, to supply that plant with water for the grinding department. The 1 well is 30.'. feet deep and has an output of 400,000 gallons of water per day. Heforu it could bo controlled it hail inundated almost thu entire plant. At Crawfordsville, T. J. Huston was bound over to court to answer to tlo charge of collecting a note for StO and spending the money, which belonged to the Singer Sewing Machine Co., while he was acting as its agent. (Ikohok Oi.ivek, a freight brakeman on the Clover Leaf railroad, sued for injuries received. The. ease was tried at Crawfordsville and the jury returned a finding of facts, leaving the judge to name the amount of damages. .Judge Harney has given Oliver SI, 400. ' Tm: Forma Cvellny club, of rv-.iv.
fordsville, has been disbanded and a new one formed, with Omer Cox, president; Maurice Kelly, vice president; K. F. Wilhitc, secretary, and D. V. Rlair, treasurer. Richmond lodge of .Masons has received a historical brick one from the cell in the old jail at Cunandaigua, N. Y., in which Morgan, the principal in the great sensation of 1Sl'7, was confined. h E. Helms, of DePauw university, late organizer of the Y. M ( A ?
conducting revival meetings for a week at Earlham college. The three linen handkerchiefs found in the pockets of Scott .Jackson were received by the Rryan family at Greencastle from Chief Dcitfch, of Cincinnati. They were identified as tho prop- , erty of Pearl Rryan, having been given i her by her sister, Mrs. Stanley, last Christmas. The poeketbook found in the manhole accompanied tbe handkerchiefs, but was not identified Loris Socle, an aged Frenchman, was found dead in bed the other morning, in a cabin eight miles below Vineenncs. Dk. Washington Gladden, pastor of the Congregational church at Columbus, O., has been secured by Earl- j ham college for commencement dav orator. , Rev. Ezka Rutlek Newcomb, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of , Elkhart, has tendered his resignation, ' to nccept a call to the First Westminster church of Keokuk, la. Mr. New-
comb is one of the trustees of the McCormick Theological seminary, Chicago. J ri
-in-: new stone M. E. church at Williamsport was dedicated tho other day. Dr. .Moore, of Cincinnati, editor of the Christian Advocate, had charge of the ceremonies and nreached two sermons during the day! Tho edifice is said to be the first stone church built in the Northwest Conference. Its cost was S7.S50. 10. Subscriptions were secured for the extra church debt, which amounted to over SI, 300. Rev. IL N. IUkne-j, of the North Indiana Conference, died at his home in Pasadena, Cal., the other morning. In lö.'.l and lS.r.5 he was the pastor of Roberts Chapel, Indianapolis, and from 1S01 to ISO! was presiding elder of the Indianapolis district. W. R. Stevens, a former emplove of the Pittsburgh Plate-Glass Co., of Elwood, has entered suit in tho superior court for S2..,000 damages against that company. Stevens was ordered to repair some machinery, he alleges, and while doing so the starting of the machinery caught him and crushed his . back so as to render him a permanent cripple. i The limited express on the Vandalia line early the other morning ran over Felix Ulutboker, a German shoemaker, aged 43. nt the Center street crossing, Terre Haute, and ground him to
pieces. Parts of the body were taken from the train at Glenn, five miles cast of Terre Haute. The head was completely severed from the body. Pkof. Geokoe.Maieb, of Fort Wavnc, has accepted a call to the superintendcy of tho Wernle Ornhr. tin' hnmn n
I Richmond. : It is astonishing to noto the great activity now going on in the great In- ; diana oil district. New derricks for 1 wells are springing up in all directions. There seems to be no one favored spot i for pushing the drill. The work is scattered over the entire producing I area. IL C. Mouratshas leased a small I acreage three miles south of Montj pclier and will put down a test well on the Dr. Elder farm. Several good producers have been completed in the past few days. A review of tho late com- , plcted work and the new work now
under wav is given by counties, as follows: In IUaekford county, out of nine
new wens one is dry. The other eight , yield 190 barrels daily. Eighteen new
wens are oeing drilled. In Wells j county six new wells showed 173 bar- . reis a day at the start. Twenty-five
, ucw wens aro oeing drilled in lllack
ford county. In Grant county eight
uciv wen- aro oeing drilled, five are ' under way in Huntington counts
in Jay county and one test well is eot JM . ... ... "
'"t'uuwn in vtaoasu county.
The republican etate central com-
mmee metal Indianapolis and decided
w aiiacK in mo courts the apportion
mein act ot iss;,, wtiich the supreme court has declared to be in forr Tide
is with the proviso that Gov. Matthews
laus to can an extra session of the
legisicture.
O. F. McClkllan's general store at
nan, urn county, was burned. Loss. 0 a nn. !
n,-uu; insurance, "--',400. Joseph Lauohton. aired at.. wr.w
Renting a sewing machine company,
uruppcci ueau oi neart. dlseaie at the
residence ot non. .lolin ISIessing, Shclbyvillc, while put up a machine. The formal dedication of the Elkhart Institute, the college just completcd, took place in tho presence of n crowdcil auditorium. Tho college has an efficient corps of Instructors, and t.tnrts out with a largo membership. II. E. Diikw, of Indianapolis, one of he promoters of tho Chicago, Indiana & Eastern railway, states that capital. Ists are row interested h this line and thut It will bu finished to Richmond and new eauiotnent nurehnsjd.
of louilllii.lltles us ii U'ltnltt ut tin. 1.01.
est Average liver Kimnii.
me c iiiieu i-ress, to whom ho said: -The governor of tho Nhiies prison informell me at 4 o'clock yesterday aftermwu that he had f I , L t ........C.....1 ..... .... 1 X.I .
...ii..,, ic- Jim. uiim ii my JMriUHI. J 00 lOrtlialremark- ities necessary for my release oectip'ed ice. The some time, but 1 was able to leave the
, . rn-urrii in Will ShII for Ihr t.ill.l MuI... rrtiriwry Vi
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New Yoiig, Kol. '--Dun .fc Co. In LTnl'ted si1...:b"7".? , ! ,.X:,,U'r'
their weekly review of trade this vh( waseo.irt-iiiartialcdandsemcuelli . " m" " M,f r' , , l? " VC!UV 'Priso.,,H,t Sr eo,,. Liabilities in failures during the vietion of having illegally e , ,n S0MU.)J, against W,.V.u,liSrt last year., at 9 a. m., having been panlone.1 -n ,1 Manufacturing liabilities were S3.10.V released from Niuies prisi.n Thursdäv 9.s0, against Sl.r.H'aill last veir l.ll,, i Mr. U'rdl
trading were 5.m against Sl,:t3V arrival here by a representative of III!) IllVt fl"l. I,,, il .. ...... t 1. . . , .1. . t- .. I ' l. ui
- ........ i-r, nij- Ulu wecic have been 2Si in the L'uited States ugainM 303 last year, and Cti in Canada against .'10 last year.
1 he restoration of the treasure re
serve Has been effected with
ably little nionetarvdi.stitibance
rapid rise in the pm-o of bonds prison in M-ason to take a train for Kt en mi im ..I.!.. ...... hi i. i. . , .
....hv... ...niiiuiiBWHiiHi-uw. i i-ompi i ans at t o clock in the evenin" I n aetionin the house on the silver bill j grateful fortius opportunitv to thank has helped to incvase foreign cunfl- the president of the Fnited States the deuce m American securities. In no 1 state department at Washingfon aud complete branch of business is there ' United States Ambassador Eustis " J yet apparent much disjiosition to e;:-! well as Secretaries Vignaud and x!nTpand. Prices of commodities as a ton Eustis of the United States
I hu, .ii, me lowest average embassy, the latter of whom visever known, though only one-l.alf of ited me at the prisnn. His visit s!n,!!'d C0',lt;, , -,,ÜU" thü avelM ot'Chml me very much, and was in n- T V? J5, , , .followed by a marked improvement i Ildes, leather and their products. in my treatment I feel hi-hlv elved texi ilc goods ami iron products have to find myself free after eleven months' eel cd much since that .late, and incarceration umb-r condemnation to meats are also lower. 'solitary confinement for years , Ktceiptsofwheatcontinuu heavyand which was equivalent to eternity "l depress prices February delivery to am in good health and scarcely suffer .-. i, although what is nominally called at nil now from the .Madagascar fever a cash price is 74 cents higher. Corn ; which made such terrible havoc amour is one cent. lower jor cash, western re- j the French troops in Madagascar. I ceipts having been huge. Cotton shall remain four days in Paris, and ngain declined a quarter cent, with large shall also stop a few days in London lealnung reported sales aggregating 1 expect to sail for America on Februa million bales for the week. Specula- ury .0." liVe.uedSbn,,,S. 'r.e 11K,,'-t,U,nt,-v -r. Waller added that although he or k ,'et i:iecr1:t;lu.,,tvortl,eni, was treated as a prisoner of war on : uZ - i r , 0ous.umI'U;J" vnvonlt- hoard the ship which brought him to Si T '!,!rPI'T f rl franco, the treatment w.s mo( li He ücUine cont nues, though in some ordinary treatment-equallv as .wl as classes quotations are so irregular that , that shown to white prisoners hi ho I e change cannot be accurately mens- , Nimes prison. All things consider iiicd. besscmer p,g ,ron anil grey Mr. Waller looks except ionallv well forged are a shade lower at Rittsburgh, lie lost but little weight? deite hU
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"viu., open reanciions
entging two per cent, for cotton
gooos, ana since January 1, about nine per cent. Dress gonds'aud blankets are in fair demand, but men's woolens are inactive, and actual transactions are in many cases live to ten cents below open quotations. Sales of wool for the week were .!() per cent, smaller than last Vt:ir Prieme tutt
I ---- p.vv.- -w nub decline, as the foreign market remains i strong. , The volume of domestic trade re- ' fleeted by clearings is 33.7 per cent, larger than last year. Railroad earnings in February thus far are 13.0 per cent. larger than hist year. Stocks weakened until Thursday, but then advanced and closed about eighteen 1 cents per share higher for railroads. Exports of products in two weeks of February have been seven per cent, larger than last year, with prospects of increase in grain, though cotton j bills are growing fewer. The imports no longer show the increase formei-K-
observed, but for two weeks have been per cent, larger than last year. TEN THOUSAND SOLDIERS To be Sent to AliynHiula to Kolnforco the Italian Army TImti-. Rome, Feb. 2U The minister of war has received the report of Gen. Daratieri, commanding the Italian forces in Abyssinia, in regard to the recent combats between the Italians and the reliel bands near Adlgrat. In these fights the Italians lost 07 killed and from thirty to forty wounded, and the enemy's losses were about equal to those of the Italians. The report was laid before the cabinet, Which, vester.lnv. stuf hnr!v..d s:!.. i
Crispi to send to Abyssinia immedately
It appears that Waller's release was
promised try the authorities a fortnight ago. Failing in the meantime to get the notification of the decree of pardon signed Fnited States Ambassador Eustis, on February 11. called upon M. Itcrthclot, minister of foreign affairs, at the foreign office, and as the result of the interview between the two President Fa uro signed Waller's pardon Thursday morning. An otlicial immediately conveyed the news to the American embassy, which immediately cabled the information to the state department at Washington in a cipher dispatch and also notified Waller of the fact that the president had signed his pardon. The release of Waller is being widely discussed in diplomatic circles, in which it is the consensus of opinion that the granting of the pardon is a tribute on the part of France to Ambassador Eustis, who is highly es teemed at the foreign office.
OUR COUNTRY'S FLAG. lien. Mll- Talk! of It to tlir Wathlnctoa High School Pupil. Washington. Feb. 22. The feature of the Washington birthday celebration at the Eastern high school was an address be Gen. Nelson A. Miles. 'My young friends." he said, "the flag is nothing in it-self, but it is great as an indication of the principles it represents.' (Sen. Miles referred to the Chinese Hag a dragon the symbol of strength and numbers, but, he added, it has In-en demonstrated recently how little that avails without intellect and training. In describing the llag of the Fnited States, he referred to the white as a token of purity, the red as showing
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" cai.iuess to ie emiKirlced for ' loyalty.
.uus.su wan to join Uen. Raratieri's : forces in the interior.
ADJUDGED INSANE.
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Gen. Miles, "that the llajr should lloat over every school and educational institution in the countrv The nnrnmt.
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Committ,.,! to mi ahjIuiii. j pect it, and, if need be, die for it. in Chicago. Feb. 22 Kv.AlöWt.... ! onIer to Preserve it. Should danger
öaio W. Roth, who. as secretary 0 y"" enemies, inianti or two building and loan associations is toreiBn oxihl attempt to lower it, I responsible for a shortage of r OM ' "rffu yon to dl,fcnl il to t,ie lat lein the funds, was adjudged inskm I Kn;e on !an.'r ". waving billow."
t..ui,..i..,. I , , in reniv tue tirim-nifii r t
u u jury m tue county AI f. t," r 1 ' court and ordered by the judge com- . , ,'s , , Ct? ,,S,tcs' n,iule mitted to the asylum at Wauwataso )" wh' he pauI a K,owin Wis. This judical disposition of the ' 'Cn M ,c "e o thu h case, precludes a nr5mfn.il it..- "avc IneM the llag on tbe h
case, precludes a criminal prosecution
ior uie uemication, but the associa-1 tio'is will endeavor to recover the loss from the estate, which is estimated at ' less than fifty thousand dollars. The ' evidence showed that Roth had leen j buffering from melancholia more than throe years.
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A Illll to Aliolluli thn Fre Nytcra
uieilltiil Kaiarlen. Washlvoton, Feb. 22. The house coiiiinittee
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conclusion he said: "Roys and girls. I call on you to pledge with me, In the presence of Gen. Miles, once again, everlasting loyalty to the flag." Three ringing cheers were given for the fing, for Washington and for Miles, amid the waving of many flags. Attempted Kalcldd of WMlthy Chirac HrrtHit. CmcAao, Feb. 22. Almosllutterfield,
8. commission me.rehrmt. ent. Iiis thront
teino I... IT..I4...I ei. . ,. : . ' "" commission merchant, cut his tiiroat vein Oi tlie unlteil States ili.tr!,.t i .. 1
nee !.t..i ....... 1...1 ... 1 1 L V. ,n ms room on .Xnith atcr street, ana rics SS; ? substitute sah,- i in thc countv hospiu, u-itho,.iany ncs. under it no salary or coimu.nv.. : i .. 1 tin,, of any officer will LZ.1 of. e "as a graduate
vimililmöm,...,.! - l . 01 northwestern university, anu was oml the amount paid under existing reputed to be worth 00,000, but lived
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the life of a hermit.
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tpon other davs of the iiti.
- .. .im l-l-lll weic engaged in studying the Miner bearing on the controversy which have
uvvumuiiucu in vast prouortions.
ALFRED FIELDS Cenfr-ni-.t thn Mtmlrr of Mm. Kilon Ran
tlolpli In CMrjiK-Wa lilrrd to Po It. Cliicwoo, Feb. 22. Alfred Fields, colored, elevator boy at the Hotel Lexington, confessed to the police that ho murdered Mrs. Ellen Randolph, whose frightfully mutilated lwxly was found on a burned bed Thursday. Fluids says ho was to receive S75 from Edward Mcintosh, a former lodger with Mrs. Randolph, for the commission of the crime, the motive of which was a quarrel about moncv due Mr, Randolph.
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