Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 38, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 April 1896 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER,

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C. UOAXK, l'ubl inner.

INDIANA.

Euikkt KAtTiavr., the Cuban eorreKpondcut for the Now York Mail nnd Kxpress. who wus expelled by onlcr of lien. Weyler, arrived at Now York, on the 30th, per steamer Yucatan fron-lluvaua.

A Cut: Town- dispatch says thai lohn Hays Hammond, the American under indictment at Pretoria, has ob In !n i'il li:iv to vl.it funrt Town on nr.

, - . - - i count of his health, but his bail has been increased to XL'O.OOQ.

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Tm: Newark (N. J.) Methodist con ferenee, on the 31st, favored absolut prohibition and decided against tha riding of bicycles on Sundaj. The sale or printing of Sunday papers was ulse denounced by the conference. AN amendment to the sundry civil appropriations bill providing for the purchase and repair of the house in which Abraham Lincoln died in Washington city, was adopted by the house of representatives on the 1st.

Ox the Sd the president approved the joint resolution authorizing (Jen. Ilenjatnln Harrison to necept eertaiu medals presented to him by the government of brazil and Spain during his term of service ns president.

Thk new Chinese Anglo-German loan j of 16.000,000 was closed, on the 1st, j kIx hours before the time advertised for the cessation of bids. The loan i was over-subscribed in London alone. I

It bears interest at live per cent. AnvtcES from the Transvaal show that the work of preparing for war if belüg continued there uight and day. Gangs of men relieve each other at intervals in the work upon the armored forts designed to protect Pretoria. A niPPA toi, on the 2d, from Cairo, said that the dervishes under Osman Azrak were advancing upon Suarda, and another force of dervishes was advancing upon Abu Fatmeh. Osman Digna was encamped 30 miles from Suakim.

The speaker laid before the house, on the 1st. a communication from the secretary of state recommending an appropriation of S3 i.000 to enable the government to take otlicial nart in tin.

International exhibition to be held at

Hrussels in 16U7.

The Saratoga (S. Y.1 standing com.

mittet on Historie day, consisting ol Mrs. E. Walworth. Mrs. Donald Mrs.

Lean. Miss Kate Patchcller and Miss

Ivhoda Thompson, have invited 1,C0C

5Mins and Daughters of tlie American revolution to celebrate July 4 in tha' city. Thk city of Iiesririo di Calabria, in

the Italian province of that name, was

visual uya snoek of earthquake on

me isu inc innaoitants of the city were panic-striokeu and vacated their houses with all possible speed, many refusing to return for some hours. Nc damage was done.

SKcnnTAnr Moiitox has let the contract for the 10,125,000 packets of vegetable seeds to be distributed to the public under the recent act of congress, to D. Landredth fc Sons, of Philadelphia. The contract for 1,000.000 packets of llower seeds was let to L. L. May fc Co., of St. Paul, Minn.

M. Hknm RocHF.ror.T says: "There are two things to which England will never consent the construction of a bridge over the channel and the evacuation of Egypt. The English will let the powers continue to protest against the continual delays in evacuation, but they are daily growing more determined not to quit."

CÜBRKNT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BEIEF. LIV. CONGRESS. (Flrtt SYo!ou.) I! the senate, on the 3Jth, the bill to aprroTe a compromise between the l'nlte! Mates nnt the state of Arkansas was passed. Some bills on the calendar, unobjected to. were passed, including one forti public buildIns at Indianapolis to cost f:.0.XO .... In the house resolutions appointing Hernard H. Green successor to tho late lien. Cnspy in the construction of tho new c ncressional library and authorizing ex-President Harrison to accept medals irlven him bv iiii

adopted. Tho sundry civil appropriations bill was then taken un ami tnr n,n.n,m.n,u

13 paces bcinjr disposed of with but one amendment being suggested. IN the senate, on the 31st. Mr. George (Miss.) occupied nearly the entire session in nn argument ngnlnst the claim of Mr. Dupont to the vacant seat in the senate from the state of Delaware. About half nn hour was giren to the consideration of the post onice appropriation bill In the house, in committee of the whole, attempts- were made to amend tho sundry appropriations bill In several particulars, among which to strike out the appropriation of 19..VM for fuel, food and clothing for the Indians r.f the Prib.vloff islands in Alaska, nil of which failed. Over tlfty pages

mun- man nan o; its content were passed. l.v the senate, on the 1st. Mr. George (Miss.) continued his speech against the claim of Mr. Dupont to tho vacant seat in tho

the state of Delaware. Mr. Call Fla.) offered a Joint resolution directing that aa adequate naval force be sent to Cuba to secure the ob. servanceof the rules of war by the Spanish and for forcible intervention la caso of a recurrence of murder, outrage or the putting to death of prisoners of war. The post office bill was disposed of save the question of Increased compensation for carrying the oriental mails. ....In the house. In committee of the whole, consideratiot of the sundry civil appropriations bill was almost completed. The discussion of the bill was interrupted several tunes bv pollticat interjections. Is the senate, on the Cd, Mr. George (Miss.) concluded hi speech against the report of the committee on privileges and elections declaring that Mr. Dupont was duly and legally elected as a senator from the state of Delaware. The remainder of the day's session was taken up in a diseussi.jn of an amendment to the post osiee appropriation bill In the house, la committee of the whole, after a three hours" debate, an amendment to the District of Columbia bill giving Howard university In Washington 3?,0m. was agreed to liv to ia"i after which the bill was reported to the house and

iftUUlJ.CU.

Ox the 30th, Secretary Laraont sent to the senate the report of Ma j. Sears, corps of engineers, on the examination and survey for the location of a ship canal connecting Lake Superior and the Mississippi river. Only two routes were recommended for survev. Thf en.it. be

one is estimated at 87,050,000, and bj the other Sl0,r.7.'.,715.

In the Ilritish house of commons, on the 30th, KL Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonics, stated, in reply to a question upon the subject by Mr. John Redmond, that there was not an atom truth in the report that the government was negotiating for the purchase of Delagoa bay from Portugal. A caulk dispatch was received it, New York at the Salvation army headquarters, on the 30th, announcing the death, in Loudon, of the aix-wccks-old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Hooth-Tucker, who have been detailed to the command of the h'alvation army in this country. Mrs. Hooth-Tucker was greatly affected by the news of her child's death.

In the Ilritish house of common.!, on the 31&t. Rt. lion. George X. Curzon. parliamentary secretary to the foreign oflice, said that consular reports which had been received indicated that there would probably be a renewal of the recent disorders in part of Asia Minor, Mr. Curzon stated also that repre. mentations had been made to the portr in regard to the matter.

Dilatouv tactics on the pnrt of the opponents of the hi granting statehood to Arizona prevented a vote being taken, on the 2d, in the house committee on territories, on a motion to report that bill favorably. A motion ti postpone consideration for a week- was defeated by 11 vote of five to six, but the session of thu committee expired nder the rules ut Boon without di jaosltiL' of the bill.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Accoum.vo to advices received at Cape Town, on the UOth, the ridng among the Matabek-s is not so serious as the first dispatches portended, but there is, nevertheless much anxiety as to what the final outcome will be. Thk comptroller of the currency, on the 30th, declared dividends as follows: First dividend of ten per cent..

itii.- ucrman national hank of Lincoln,

-Neb.; second dividend, ten per cent..

rirsi national uanic of Johnson City Tenn.: fourth dividend ton f

I'irat national bank of Middlr. Iiiirrt

Ky.

Cor E. A. Emyot. mernlr r M,

iominion parliament for 1 toll Hi sc

was found dead at his residence in Quebec, on the .30th. He had licon 111

with la L'ripne for some tin, but. ivn

uoi considered dangerously sick.

x he Dirsi national bank of Morris,

num., closed its doors on tho anth

The bank had a capital of S.C,000, and its liabilities are estimated at S100.000. Fivk nassenrrer steamers, .irrin.il t

the port of ew York on the 30th,

"ringing tue large number of 3,0.10 m- .

migrants A pi'kcial to the Xew York Herald from Madrid says: A violent attack upon Senator Sherman is published in the Impareial. The newspaper calls him a former slave trader and asserts that he wants the Cuban rebclliou to succeed in order to establish shivery in Cuba. J. Milto.v Tvjinkb, of St. Louis, one of the counsel of the freed men of the Cherokee nation, says that all the ar

rangements are now completed preparatory to making the long-delayed government payment to the freed men. The work of revising the roll will require about 30 lays, when the payment, amounting to about S2.10 to each person, will be made. Haih-ku's Wr.KKi.v, ofXew York, has been permanently prohibited from entering Turkey. ICauol Em max pel Jan Moimcski, grandson of Modje.ska, the Polish actress, was christened, on the "."Jth, in .lariath's church in Chicago, with .lean de Keszke as godfather and Emma Calve as godmother. Mifs F. Jd'Nik Di'tv, formerly general secretary of the Xational Xonpartisan V. C. T. f., and widely known throughout the country as intemperance worker, died at her home in Cleveland, 0., on the 3()th. Miss Duty had been nilintr for a venr as th r.liil ..r

a paralytic stroice. She was 1.1 years of age. (iitKAT distress is reported in the Argentine Republic as a result of the failure of the wheat crop. Scarcely any wheat will be raised in Argentina this year. The yield of corn, howorer, promises to equal that of last year. The government is taking steps to relieve the suffering among the farmers in the interior. On the 31st, Minister Haentjens of thu Haytian legation received the following cablegram from thu secretary of foreign affairs at Port-au-Prince: "Perfect tranquillity prevails. The chambers have met. Election of president will take place this week." Gov. iti-Hii.vKi.i. of Ohio, on the 31st, respited Murderer Paul, the reason ssigned being the large number of applications from members of the legislature who wished to see the execution, ail of whom could not be gratified.

A brnn.vi. from Wnshliigton, on th

ist, said: "1 nereis excellent authority for stating that very soon after tho Cuban resolutions are passed by congress the president will send in a special message recognizing the belligerent right. of the insurgents.." A cLot'tinruoT laid waste a strip of

country about live miles wide along Little Sexton creek and the South Fork of the Kentucky river in Owslev and

t lay counties. Ivy., on the 31st. The residence of Wade Marders was washed

down and his wife and little girl

drowned. Tin: news, from the seat of the out

break in Matabeleland increases in

gravity, and details are coming to hand of the failure of forces dispatched against the natives to gain any Milhtantial advantages over them, Co.NnitMATioN has been received of the news from Suakim that Ostium Oignn, with a large force, is threatening Sinkat, which is only a little over .'.0 miles from Suakim. Tho Dervishes are advancing northward in force. A WATKitsrocT in Turkey Cove, Va., drowned four children and three other

persons were rescued from the tide. In ltussell county, Va., Charles Holt and child and Capt. Jenkins and two children were drowned. SKOitKTAitv Caüi.iplk lias accepted an invitation from the principal labor organization of Chicago to deliver nn address on the money question at a mass meeting to be held in the Auditorium in that city April 15. Tin: Xegtis Menelik has ordered the massacre of a number of prisoners and sick persons who have fallen into th.

hands of his forces during the present campaign in Abyssinia. Tin: trial at Philadelphia of James S. Gentry, the actor, for the murder of Margaret V. Drysdale (Madge York), tho actress, which had already been postponed several times, was again continued, on the 1st, because the witnesses in tho ease are mostly in the theatrical professsion nnd are at present, scattered all over the country. Xo time for the trial has been set. O.vthelst tien. William Shakespeare, of Kalamazoo, Mich., was elected commander of the Grand Armv department of Michigan, on the second ballot. L'l.l. .

nnaKt'speare is a prominent democrat of the state and distinguished himself ut the last democratic state convention by severely criticising thu pension policy of the present administration. It was learned from several sources, on the 1st, that King Menelik and all of his chiefs except the ras of Tigrc, had retreated, their provisions having given outThk debt statement, issued on the 1st. showed a net increase in tln nnl.

lie debt, less cash in the treasurv, during March, of S.V.'74.950. Tota'l cash in the treasury, S74 .'.G9:7.

A dispatch from Colon, on the 2d, .said the American schooner Y. Whitford, of Xew York, had Wen seized by the gunboat Cordova, six miles oil Manzanillo, The schooner was without cargo, but the captain of the gunboat threatened to sink her, and putting an ofiieer on board convoyed her to Colon, accusing her of having contravened the customs law. E. Mantel Xixoki: was arrested in Xew York, on the night of the 1st, and confined in Ludlow Street jail in default of S2U.000 bail. In his arrest t l.n

secret service agents of the federal government believe that they have a counterfeiter who has balUed all their efforts for 17 years. Tub Ohio senate passed the Fosdick anti-theater hat bill, on the L'd, and it Is now a law.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Tin: senate was not in session on the 3d... .In thchoiHe consideration iif t in

conference report recommending thu

.uiopison 01 uie senate resolutions, relating to Cuba was bc'-un. Mr. Hit

speaking for and Mr. ISoutelle against

nie adoption ot the resolutions. Thirtv eight private pension bills, which had

oeen previously favorably acted upon, were passed. .Mr. Hooker reported tlu

river ami narin-r annrotir at ion b . t.

be called up on the Ith. A bill author

lzinc- the c ji struction of n lirM.n.

across the Mississinni river at St. I.nuU

was passed. An evening session was

nein lor tlie consid . ati m of nr vt.

pension 0111s.

I i K 1 ' I KN TATI V E He.VXKTT. of W.tt.

York, laid before the hou

committee at their meeting, on the 3d. a substitute for tlie various Hawaiian

cable bills alrcadv introdti

ing that the cable shall

San Francisco to Honolulu, thence to

tae .Midwav lr-'ands and tofbinn ..n.i

Japan. The uovernment is- tn m

subsidy of SHJO.0O0 for 20 years, for

ujcu government business is to be carried tree of cj.st for all time.

Tub senate committee

on the 3d, ordered a lavoraule report tobe made on the nominal im f !....

jamin Franklin to be gurernor of tn.

territory 1 Arizona. Tho eommitte, also favorably reported tin?

viously passed by the house, atnendiu" the divorce laws of the territories so as to require a legal re&idmce of at

least one year before proceedings ii Jivorce cm be commenced. - Thk president has further amended the civil service rules by placing- under

uie ciassiucci service lb assistant attorneys and law clerks of the depirtmentof the interior. Thu order includes about thirty persons, whose salaries range from W.nr to S ',7.10 p.-i 'utnuin.

A 1'itivATi: cable dispatcli from Capt O Jlrieu of the steamer Permuda. refc'.vcd in Philadelphia, on the 3d, said that the Bermuda' landul tiarias, rtvand most of the ammunition taken from Xew York hefon s,t. was chased away by the Spanish imiuboats. v Tin: house comm i ice on buildings and grounds, on the n.l

onlmul a mvornbk rn ir? a r.

"Prosen tativeJiiiggs bill to bll!I(, a t4,üM).(KK) CUStoiribmis.. ... v.... .. ...

city, on the site of the presen 1 1, Uding. 1 in: shaft of the monument to mar!

tue o rtnpiace of George Washington was placed in nnsitb.i. , o 1

Wakefield, Westmoreland county, Va.

Tub fl'Jth wedding anniversary of Mr Mid Mrs. I,. U, Noble was ceU'bratcu iu Goshen. Both are in excellent health. Ar Valparaiso Willis L. Priest, aged 55, a prominent furnier, died suddenly

1 m omcr morning. 110 leaves an estate rallied at over 100,000. Tub common council of South Hend wtll order that all electrical wires be placed under ground by July 1, Tub First Itaptist church, of Valparaiso, has extended a call to Kev. Win. E. Uandall, of üc-onc, hu Tut: next North Indiana .Methodist conference will be held at Kokomo one year hence. Tin: Elwood baseball cluh, which for several wars has won the iiinnttnr

championship of the state, has been reorganized, and will he under the management of Ollie HolVman, who is nn expert mannper. A strong battery has been secured, and tho club will have the finest park in the state, us tlie new fair grounds have been leased for the purpose, and will make a grand ball park. The club will make a great light for the amateur chaumionsbin

again, und issues a challenge to all

comers.

IlAYOKX Aiimstko.NO. who resides

with his mother, Catherine Armstrong,

ten nines nortn of Shelbyville, becamu

uddenly and violently insane the other

uiurninL' and nttemnted to murder his

mother with an ax. The mother wn

chased over the premises and fell exhausted just as a neighbor caught the son and disarmed him. Mrs. Armstrong is in a critical condition. l. Shelby township, Shelby county, the other morning, the clothing of Mrs. Amelia Monroe, wired Sil vinr. 1....

j came ignited while standing before an , open fireplace. Before the llames could I he extinguished she was so badly burnj ed that she diet!. A lo.no petition from Anderson was sent to Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, praying for executive clemency in behalf of Poliert Bich, who was ri-f vm.

turcd at Anderson some weeks ago and returned to pri.,on in that state. J udge Alfred Ellison. .Mayor Dunlap, Sheriff Storr and hundreds of well-known citizens of Anderson signed the petition. Mt'xciK ollicers have discovered twodollar hills which have been passing as ten-dollar hills. The bills have been altered with pen and ink. The celebrated divorce suit at Lol anon of Michael Hessir.n against Margaret Hessian, was decided in favor of the defedaut, and she was given 51,000 alimony. To.vv Saoptkttkh, of Wabash, assaulted Albert Wigner, about Iiis own aye, with a stone, breaking- the temporal bone and making a fracture which the surtr'on fears may result fatally. The attack was unprovoked, it is said. Satrstetter hns lnnn t 1.-..

i into custody. Hap it not been for prompt medical assistance there would have been wholesale deaths from poisoning of the I six members of Widow Man- Missalinks 1 family at Terre Haute. The mother j went on a visit to Baker Strtibbe's fam-' ily. and left the house in charge of her I eldest daughter. .Mary. In preparing I the noonday meal Mary fried some ' liver and rolled it in what she supposed j was Hour. Tlie stutr nrnved

composition of Hour and rough on rats, which the mother had prepared for mice. The children all ate the liver, and it took tho doctors all day to get them out of danger.

I he Paoh Mineral Springs hotel has opened its doors. The hotel building

.1 jour-story, au-rcom structure, with

tue uoor, electric lights, steam heat, hot and cold -water, elevator, every kind of hath, etc Col. Amos Stout is the manager. Mns. Sarah Schki.l, five miles from North Manchester, Wabash county.

uitTu wie oiner morning of old age, she being in her eightieth year. For four years she has been .confined to her bed. Mrs. Schell came to Wabash county CC years ago. A mum a Mo.vhok. aged h9, died at Shelbyville the other night from the effects of burns rcccired several nurhts before.

I in: other evening at 5 o'clock for the first time Shady Childcrs, aged bU, and Mrs. Amanda Winters, aged Hi' met at the home of the former in Harrison township, Delaware county, and next evening just y4 hours 'later. Squire Gray, of Muncie, united them in marriage. The bride's home is in (truene county, near ItloomhVld. She came to Delaware county several days ago to visit her son, who had married a

agmer 01 Jir.v Celia Coone, her children s nearest neighbor. The two wo men visited the old gentlemen the other evening. Five minutes after their arrivalhewasinformi.fi tlmt fi... ..!.:...

...... mitut was a widow, and a proposition for a

WHOLE PARTY LOST.

Col. NotT. N pod it I Aueilt of tile Interior ll..rliiiiiit Sunt oil 11 Tour of Invi-kll-Ktttlim oftlin Iti-pnrti'il Slctlln- or TimImt Uy I'ii iixlliins, unit III flirty Itreitk Through Un- lc und Arn Drowned. I'ltooi.MO.v, .Minn., April .1. A letter received by the, Crookston Times from the Winter Uoadriver.Miys that it is reported there that Col. A. F. Naff, spe:n agent of tho interior department, who had gone to investigate timber depredations by tho Indians in the Rainy Lake country with 1111 outfit of a half do.en men and a United Stat ;s marshal, had gone through the ice on

Kainy Lake river mid that all were lost. Col. XulT left here a few week ago to look up the reports that had reached the government that Camidians weru stealing large quantities of pine on the Bed Lake und other government lands along thu boundary and tho streams tributary to Rainy river. The Winter Lake Road river, from whieh the report came, is near the mouth of tho Bainy Lake river, and the story is believed to be authentic.

ACTIVE OPERATIONS,

V.eiUlini? Was fit nnra mr.,1.. n...i .

el. J he frroom'K ! ri;..,i ..u. .Y..

" . .v nu WVIIlllS ngo, after a married life of 40 years, tlllt. TKWil.tl.l.... 1. 11 .

..... ...,v...u.(i-j, j,u l)eon urn to them. Mrs. Winters has boon 1,1.,. .

years. Mr. Childers owns a farm and is extremely adle for a mini .f 1,5

"ge. The i'rrxim .mf t ..

(jack, inviting the neighbors to be nres-

...v. ,,, uvc-r iw persons witnessed the wedding ceremony. Scott Sink, of (lli!nm..i

doned by the govenur a few days since. Ii- was servimr n 1

tence for attempted murder.

lOll.V ILHKI.jf. tnlin....4i .......t

01 liuntinifton. asslirii,.,! ,,.

1 r k.is ago. I he assets arc W.OOO; liabilitict:,

STI,U1U. John Pikiick, af;cd 12 year.i, lidng ten miles west of Lebanon quarreled with his stepmother the other clay. I hat night he toolc her pocketbook and his .stepbrother's horse and left. He wiis arrested nt Lebanon early the next tnorning. Dl'iuxa a case of jim jams the other morning, John Harold, u K!ss workman at Muncie cut himself 14 times with a knife. Eleven of the gnshoa were In his abdomen. Ho may recover. Ki:mp ,fc Williams, dealers in Bgricultural implements Rnd farm machinery, at Hartford City, have made 11 asrdjfnment. Assets and liabilities each about S3.000.

TAKEN TO OHIO FOR BURIAL. Why tho 1'rlKiiitn or Cliut uro So Auxlnui to l'rovc IIU Iliitlty. CiiiCAOO, April n. Tlie body of Oilrer I'ike, who was murdered in Wash-

1 ington .state und shipped to Chicago ! from Salt Luke City, was yesterday afI ternoon taken by the uncle and cousin to Fulton, ()., whence it will be taken to ; Fayette, the old home of tlie murdered j man, for burial. I The friends of the missing Frenchman Cluiset, who persisted in claiming the body as Iiis, did not resort to injuntion proceedings as threatened, but they talk of invoking the aid of the French consul and sending to France for more evidence in support of their contention. The reason for their activity is that S'.'.OOO is lying in a Salt Lake bank for proof of Chasct's death and since Chase t's disappearance a relative died in Lyons, France, leaving him a lurge fortune which Chaset's heirs cannot claim because they cannot legally prove his death.

THE COUNTERFEITERS DEN Thoroughly Kxplorril unit a Wilson Lor.it of Plunder Ciiptiirril. Mottviu.k. Mich., April 3. The United States inar.shnl, acting on instructions from the federal authorities at Washington, Wednesday night visited the counterfeiters' cave unearthed on an island in the St. Joseph river near this place, and, guided by the two men who discovered tho snht...-.

j ranean chamber, thoroughly explored j the den, and a wagon load of machinery nnd bullion was shipped as J drummers' supplies to Grand Rapids. ' Tt precaution was taken to ship the j material under cover of darkness, j The entrance to the cave is guarded by a lone sentinel. Detectives arc at j work and arrests are promised within , a week which will cans-a sensation and settle several dark mysteries. ! MISSISSIPPPSSTATf?HOUSE. j A -Mhlnlcht AlNMi.pt to ron-Ntnl! a Col- ' hipnj of tin- Criiiiililln- sirm-tnr.-. ' Jackson, Miss., April 3. Great excitement was caused here yesterday' morning when it was learned that an attempt had been made during the j night to tear down the state capitol. Two large stones were removed from !

wiu souiuwesi comer, and had not Secretary of State Power, who was working iu his otliee later than usual, heard the stones fall and gone out to investigate, a large section of tlie crumbling building would have been undermined. The vandals ran on his appearance and uro not known. The building is ohl and in such a dilapidated condition that the removal of the smallest support would cause collapse, and the state- officers talk aboul moving out.

ONE OF "THE M'COYS

DIsappPHM, Lravln n Itlooily Trull II.

lilixli:liI!Uly .nunlorcit. HrxTixoTO.v, W. Va., April U.-ltob--rt K. McCoy. 11 rehit.lv.- nf tin. t...

toys, who years atro weru mixed im in

a feud with the Hatfields. on tho Rig

nanny river, moved to this county about two months ago. He left here last night for his home. His horse was found grazing about fifteen miles smith this morning. The saddle and sides of tho horse were covered with blood. People living in that vicinity say th y heard shots about midnight, and it is supposed that McCoy was shot and his body thrown into 'thu creek and carried away. Blood stains lead .o the creek. CURRENCY STATEMENT

fJliotvlin- th.. Pri-soi.t Clrrulutlon of N' Uoi.hI Hunk mi.l fiiUrd .Sliilc Not,.,. Washington, April 3. The monthly statement of the comptroller of the currency shows that circulation of national bank notes was SS-'l.WT.-sO.'i, an increase for the year of 13.777,001. and for the month of 1.131,:!I0. The circulation based on 1'nitcd States bonds amounts to SHKi.TL'.'l.OOl, an increase since March HI, lS'.l.l, of 5ll,.S7.'i.V.,,. and since February a last of l,(;7t,o.-,l. The circulation Keen red by lawful money amounts to ;!,( r.OJ.MX). a decrease for tho year of Si,().7,ti(51, and

iur lueuiontliof s.-3ll,7!l. The amount of reiristered bonds 111 flimnitt 4 ,1 ....

" ' vs iu eure circulating notes nmounts to SV-'Os.mkj, and to secure public deposits S17,M3,0()0. AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE. .Much Wim tn! CotintrrrrltiT Captured After .ScvfiittH-ii YeitrV Clin.. Nkw Voiik. Anril 3. K. Mn1111.1l VI..

f v was arrested Wednesday night ami confined in Ludlow Street jail in defoult of 820,000 bail. The secret servcc agents 0f the federal government iM-'llcyo that they have solved the secret or this mysterious 11111118 life und uti,0 Mino time have a counterfeiter who has ba filed all thir cfT ort.s for 17 year? le is believed to be tho pen artist whe "is mm e so many successful imlu lions of United Status notes.

H10 l.wrKy DUpliiyo.t hy cu. UVyt,.r In C.1I..1 lliw T.-nilcl to .i.M.rallutlon Km her tiiiin 1,1 ;in, l..i,.y, un.l ili, p., irlou (IuIiumI .Mom In .Mureh thiiu liurinj Any I n.) .Month Heforo-Tlio U ilny s,. . 011 Approticiiliii;. Havana, April 1, via Tampa, Fl i., April I. -Army preparations have been pushed with great vigor for thu pa,t inontli. (Jen. Weyler has given ollicers and inen no rest. Ills orders

uuc oeen peremptory, and many a general has incurred hin displeasure by tardiness. The result of these aclive movements have been to completely tire out a largo portion of the army iu the field. The insurgents have been kept moving; their camps have been destroyed, mid a do011 of their hospitals have been burned during the month that has just passed; but the government lias not forced a single battlu upon the rebels. The only serious engagements have been those iu which the insurgents have had the advantage of position or numbers, as at Cuyajabos and Candelarin, assumed tho oiVensive und defeated tho regular troops of Spain. There have been many rear guard skirmishes which appear in the Spanish oilieial reports us battles anil victories for tlie crown, but, upon in-

t.ii.ig.iwou, u number of thorn proved to be massacres of unarmed citizens, and there have been more tales of horrors committed than battles fought in this island of Cuba during the month of March. If one hundredth part of the stories that reach here of the operations of the columns of tlener.ils Melquiso and Hcrnal, and of Colonels .Molina, Tort, Sequent and others are true, the reason why (leu. Weyler cancelled all passes held by corrcsuondcuts is plain. Owners of estates report excesses committed by detached bodies of Spanish troop iu all parts of the island und there is no longer talk of attempting to grind sugar this year, the problem is how to preserve the lives of em

ployes aim prevent wanton destruction by the troop. Tlie insurgents have gained more in the past mouth than in any two that have preceded it. Weyier's decree compelling the people toabandon their homes in the interior lias driven many peaceable inhabitants into tlie rebel

1 ai unes. 1 lie harsh measures adopted toward suspects in cities and towns j have also increased the number of re- ! cruits from families of the better class , in cities. I TIlt' landing of four important expeditions has given inspiration to the insurgent army. Their hopes were never brighter. Hut weather is already here, and the rains are not far oir. The limited time remaining for military operations this spring, makes it plain that Spain cannot crush tlie rebellion before the wet season sets in, and the serious problem of earing for the lives of her soldiers presents itself. A Spanish ollic-. ,ay.s that the losses of thu army th -vU 11 fevers ami' other si.-kuess have been l'.'.(FH) since September, and over tiventy-flve thou-

s.mu miring tue year ended March 1. Generals Aldrea and Malan have been sent back to Spain, making nine generals who have been returned since I tiun- Weyler arrived. Uen. Obrejon is I also booked to return and (Jen. Pando, commander of thu first army corps, has been order back for allowing Come, to enter Santu Clara without lighting a battle. Uun. Snare. Valdoz is also on the list. He is in command of Pinar del Rio. and besides failing to uuppress the rebellion iu his section, he sent an impertinent message to Weyler by heliograph. Weyler says he can get more active work out of colonels than from generals, and the exodus continues. There is much dissatisfaction among ollicers of hi"her grades. " Hen. Weyler has been iu a highly nervous state for several days, und many stormy interviews between him and Iiis ineu have taken place. His tr ubles with the politician;! are just beginning. He h as 11ssii1r.nl I 1 If ktltll

government that elections can be held in Cuba, and now hu has two parties the reformists and the autonomistsrefusing to take part, leaving the union-constitutional or conservative Spanish party alone in the field. Humors that Weyler will be recalled are persistent. Since advices that the L'nited States will not recognize the belligerency of the Cubans, (Jen. Weyler has begun open executions of prisoners of war. Three have been shot at Cabanas prison withi II !l Wl'I'b. II till

more are doomed to the same fate.

L Fuamk Ckakk. H A W A 1 1 AN CAB LEB I LL. Comr.iitl.s.s Substitut for tho Vnvlott Hill Heretofore Iiitroiliicml. ' Washington. Anril :t 1

tive Itennett, of NcW York, to-day laid before the house

at t heir meeting a substitute for the

Miiis Hawaiian cable bills already introduced. It m-oviib. 1 1

- I - - - VIMIV Kill VJV shall extend fron, San Francisco to

Honolulu, thencu to the Midway is-

mu.s mid u unnu and .lapan. The government, is. 1,. ,1.,. i-i..

, - " MlllOV, tic tin'ly of SlOO.OdO for ".! ........... .

meat business to be carried free of co:.t Cor all time. The tolls to China am .lapan are fixed at S1.S5 a word, inil to Honolulu at r, conta a word, with press dispatches rates at onefourth of these amounts. The, general sentiment or the committee is reported to be favorable to the propoMtion, although sonm thought the amount of the subsidy nhould bu reduced.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. LurKt. Iiicremn In .Money Onlar lln-thion. Washington, April i. Postmaster. Ueneral Wilson has issued a statement

snowing a inre increase In money order business last quarter over that of any preceding quarter, the receipts aggregating 810,W5.071. The net revenue, SJ7.r,(KM, Ittis never been equaled, except in the quarter ended December 31, iM3. The value of domestic orders ssued was Slll,()0),0()() against 84 1.UOO,000 iu ism, aml tIl0 reCfllptM u.ere arger than thoso of the uorreauouduig quarter of MM by J30,ihh).