Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 January 1897 — Page 6
WEEKLY COURIER . no AN IB, l'wMi-Her.
JABFBR.
IN'DI ANA,
Ok the 231 the president approved ftbe fenerpl penaloe and urgent deb cieuey appropriation uiHe. i Tin: I ii iu-ii a'cs revenue cutter Bagh McCttlloeh, the (NM Ol the bHOM illCt. W.l SUCCCSsfull?
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CUiniKNT TOPICS. TUE NEVi'S IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FOUKTH CONGRESS. Sri . iil rl"ii. IK the Hcnat. on BM list. UM eroeeeatlSBl cif I mi saaateresttae eheiaeter, nwW' In werol ol ine r-i rung of the until ut.an rcs.'lL 1 1. m 0) Mr ÜHWNN from Iii' loutmitiff ou foroig;. relailoas. Bad of tin- 0 i vunou substitutes for it ou the part ol sonalm arpkb cro eitiier laid oil the laHc .in
ii. i toreigs relations wIWii Mport, er rü"
adelphia, um the VAU.
Tuk Madrid aud provincial press continue their campaign f denunciation against the l iiited Muli' lt is asserted bvthem that the Spanish government has bm secretly preparing lor war for KNM tiuio past. TUM St. James Cuette says (Juceu Victoria will personally dictate uud revise a biography of her majesty, which WÜl appear in 1-'.'?. The work will toll the story of the longest reign in the history of Fug laud as the queen herself regards it. XWOM VSHI shocks of earth. jiiake isited Um rrOPtO part u Knifland aud Wales on the 17th Over !oo towns and villages were atleeted. The cathedral at Hereford was damaged fcouiewl..u. and iu the sauie p.uees Woman dMd of fright.
luiiti'iarv sDoronrtaliua bill beleg under pot
tUtsraliuu, uliuot the enure srssiou w.u. titUen m with Ms Ma mint Tf Ms feiere coasro. sl the library, Uether by the jolul couni.utcD on tat nbiury or by the libruriaii. ta um weaie. on u.e tr-M. Dm aaeeplag hour. In whleü it was expected the Cuban uueslloe .,1 come BP, wa occupied by Mr Morula (OMs,, ATu ) in a long speech BgiatMl the Pa sine railroad feaeTaf etil aad la fv..r at tee uuuiic takln soessssloB of those roaril, oPtee, be seatoateA It tti in rta-tn aud datytoae whenever a default hi pu inert ef beaaeOs currad. The BBpeBl .!e r.c icnoy MU was peaaed aad tauaaiilaMi) reinraeti m Um aoaat for eaaeortenre In the amendments agreed to in Um aaaaM. At 3 p. m um aaaaM adjoaraad until January ? In the houo the eeeuUv, Mflaluttve and jud.i i i npi ;r.aüi.u b 11 j. p.. . ..u s na a total of :-l iÄ.:t:u Tin 1 aaaM aUo ifiaad M Um MaiM umeuduient to the atgaat uaSeMMl MU, and ata.ai p. u. adjourned for the hohiluy rt-eeaa. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Tiik newspapers f Madrid puldiah
dknatahM from the United States re-
boUK i ii; Nil of a sonsatiou was oreateu purliiiK that the I u han agitation liere
in M'uihiiiarUin. on Lb lstii, ly lue uc
tiuu of the seuule cotiuu.ttee on foratgl relation iu ordering, hv a practically uuamuious Tote, a tavorahle report to the senate uf the t auieiou resolution recotfu.nitf the iuaepeioicuce of the Kcpubiic ot l u on. Tiik. Tennessee ceuteuuial hill, which carries an appropriation ot 8) Ju.uou for yoveruiueui building and exliiLul at the NaahtiiM exposition, which will MM iu May next, was signed, ou the 1st, by Vicc-l'reaideiit Slcvous. ui aud Bpcaker Baad und acut to the Wime House for UM prv s;, lent a aijf uature.
XfXDAJU TAt MLit, as'ent, who recently brvaght suit ia rittabmrg b, l'a., ior Uauiaj;e.s aaiust ah,ut PKJ lcadiuk' Marapapan iu the Lulled Males, Ciiarjiiny nbei iu liariuif puhlishcU an article alleging dishonest .ran.sactions ou his part, icccisc , verdict, ou the V'.'d, of 0 4 cents 1i...I.st UM Leader rubli.shiifc' to. Iiis sun w us for t.'.o,IM 'iiiK weekly statciuent of the New York city aaaociabad baafct Iwr the week aadad ou Um IWi ataowad Um follow lUfc- obaAicta: Bwaarte, iucraaae, bi, .!',,.,, luaua, increase, v.äljou; bp'cic, luercise, f..-, ..." lej I . Uuders, Uicreaee, j-.aii.oMi ueptit, Uoraaaaa t-,jM,.'uj; C'icu..i..u,., oaercaaai voo. Ai'Vu k.s (mid ( h..e are that the po litical siinatiou is aiaii tunatued, aud tuat prauivliuMI ill a raTwlatMM are openly uiaue, n uleaa KraauMttt Brraaa riA agrees to ratluTOM ucinandeu bjf the libciais. the ciiau.her ot depulies is fctili-uecked uul Mill U t IMMUpi ouilse, wiiiic the presiueiit is eijuaily iielei(UlUed.
A NOMMaM fttran by the Philadelphia .v LeaUiuif Laiiioad Co. to the Ccutral 'Iruat -o. of .New ork for a-i,uJU,0OU, and dated NovemOer IB, I-.-',, .as bleU with lue recorder ol deeds iu Pliiladclplua ou UM ISA it covers the property held by tbe old lo ading Uailroad Co. aud la a pail of Mm raoryaaiaaUoa plaa, " 'Int Paria tiauloia publishes iuterwiews Willi t x-Miuistei lu Ilm an, M. luibei t He Miiul-Amaud auu a foreign uipiouial, ail ol wiioiu reproach paiu lor a i .lUiJuniiiK' I ranee iu the Mcx.can expedaiou ol io, tneoojcciol aaielat they say was to create in Auier.ca a voverniueul lo couiilcruuiuuce lue power ol the Luileu Male. AOVtCM ieccvui in. in Havana, ou the .utU, conveyed the startling lutell.ieucti thai lue lusurgeul aiuiy iu heavy toi ce had crosseu the J neuroMoron ti ocna. There appeal s to be no (ioubl luat Uns Is lue foice colli iiiamlca by the insurgent nflMaiBBllT IW If ilMf. aud l nut tioiuc loug-iooked-for oifeunve iiioveiiieul has lrgtiu in earnest.
In the seuule, on the llaAj Seoalor tiear aubinilied a la rai e report ou the Kill to aatattlaail a uatiouul Btaadard tot Kratia. ine bill has tue badoraeOMSt of the agricultural Oepui iuieiil, Ml Mb. says ii ia coinuienuabie, uud seeka to UM a sUanduru lor laaaifiai und gradiafl grama winch Uiuy tie used iu lulersiale unit fureigu tiaoe.
' 1 iik lunbttsaadora ac redited to the porlc have received iuairuclioua from li.eir raapaoUVfl governiueula to act iu concert iu submitting fresli prop, sala lor refonna iu the Ottoman empire, and all ol the diplomats, inclining M. Nel.dolf, the Kusoun am iiassaUor, have agreed to raaorl to eoercive measures it the aaltan should be Unatory in enfoicn! tue raturoM.
A bK.v.M I H'Nai. scene occiii red Ul the Iflian cam aa bet at daputiaa ra the lfcth, Upen the oceamui of the discusaioii ol tlie ai.owanee lo he voti'ti lor the use ul I lie prince of Naples, crown pi nice ul Italy. A genelui ti j lit took plaoa, ii. svi.'.ii many of the ueputiea Were ruitghly hautlied. h lUallj a bill Krantiug im an nun I al low ance olT,uou,OOU 1 1 ulna was nuopled an. a. great uniutioa.
Aaio.su the earliest refonna of th kreuch govifTiniieni in Madugnacar ia a decree a boliahuig slavery, a eopy of whicli has reached the slate departlue.ii n iisiiiiiy ton from t onstil Wetter at. lama'ae. lt declares all Iba . I. i. it :. n I free foi 'bills I i a 111.' in tin.
Uian Innig, nullifying every contract providing lor the sale of (teiaoiis, and UMpoaiag ieualties fur violatiou of the law , v. hich are to be triuled iu case ol Aacoud otTeusa
a irrowinff, and declaring that oertaio
American newspaiers uro publMhing
false news in order to excite public
uiiinion
l.AiiiiK qaMtitMa of provisions, prinrlnall lard, hums and bacon, w ill he
- i j . , ahippil from New York city to tuba, for entry before January 1. On that
! date Lieu. Wcyler'e order raising the
i lanlT on imports live per cent, goes
into effect.
It transpires that Misa Mary LorJ
hnl. danarhter f the KJTernor of
Iowa, aud Uaorga Btardivaat, of Can
i Mrville, la., were secretly married at
' lien ver. Col., nearlv tWO mouths ago.
UOX. J UN UaM'h: pii TVCXBB, the
Umioeat jurist and dean of the law
school of V a hlngton and Lee urn
veraitv. is c. .ically ill nt his home in
Lexington, Va. Ha is Ts jrean ( i -c
l'-t iiM.II! S U(WKI4 UoBK
died at Plainfleld, N. J Ofl the 18th.
ft.-e a.i illne-s of two weeks with
bronchitis aud Bright, diaeaaa.
P. Alio aud his wife, of Sheffield,).,
natives of Finland, were awakened, at three o'clock on the morning of the mill, by neighbors ahonting that their houaa Wl ou lire. '1 hoy escaped in wfety, bnt retnrned toraaeaea grand el when UM il or gfctn. way and all Ihrea were precipitated into Um cellar, where tl.ey bumad to death. rlVK persons were b,irul to ilrath in their botse, 514 Last Fifty-eighth street. New lforkeity)ofl Uta night of the -'Jth. Tue victims were Aaron UoldamUb. 4ä years old, and his w ife ami ti ree ehildren. lioldsuiitli was a
I wholesale iiitior dealer. TiiKMudi id La l as asserts that it
Int-, been detinitely proved that Japan 1 has landed men ami nuinitious of war
tpon tbe Philippine islands, and that the Philippine rebels are commanded by Jaiiaiie-.se ollieer. Tin: llerliner bank (of Berlin) has decided to increase its capital from 7,5o0.oi)) marks to liu.ouo.uoo marks. M k. W . S. ( AKKoi L. l iiitcd States conaul-general at 1 res, leu. gave a grand reception at his resilience in that city on the MUa. 1 iik.uk were 7". t-hips loading and unloading at Hamburg on the '.'Oth and 1,777 men were employed iu the work. OV the 19th UM associated banks of New York city bold 31,S?4,T28 in Acesa of the reipiireiue .-, of the "JO-per-cenL rule. A hai.lot taken bj the striking Dane burg dockora, on the 1MB at live dlflerenl meetings resulted iu 7.'tt5 votes he'tig i ast in favor of a continu
ance of tin- strike and .1,671 against the strike cout.uuing. PBOroaAX! for the purchase of fc.7sii.ti in hr-.t mortgage bonds of the Central Pacific, I ni. u P.u ilio and Kansas l'acitic railroads, now constituting part of the ainUing fund of the Central l'acitic railroad, were received at the treasury department up to uoou of the List. Ten Mdl were received. ! J. P. Morguu &. Co., New York, sent u ' guarantee of a bid of at least par and interest, for the whole amount or none. i I.! , A Si 1IAI.FKB, of M. Louis, aged J6, to thloid her mother, confessed, on the Hat, that she stole an umbrella from the liuuotis depart iiient store.
. and spent a night iu the matron's room
; at the Four Courts. Tho girl insisted
that she and not her mother stole UM umbrella. Bat the proprietors refuaed
I to prosecute.
(IM the Slat Mr. Danford, Of Ohio,
introduced in the house n bill prepared
by the National Wool (.rowers' nsso ciatioii providing for duties n wool
A duty of ia cents per pound is asked
for wool of the first class; eight cents
per pound for w l of the second elas.s ami other wool aceoniing to grade. Tnr. aenate eommittee on com ii area, oa tbe Jist, ordered a favore
ble report on the bill appropriating
QMO,OQO for the Stoppage of the
crevasse in the mouth of the Miesla
aippi at i'as a Lout re. Messrs. I'aiTery
and Neison ware appuinted a eobeoai'
mittee to draft t he hi
John III KMiAM'i and (.ecrgu Leiss.
brivlvlayers, employed on a ba tiding ta course of ereeWon at the corner oi
Oraea and Bleeker streets, New York city, were, on the 38d, pi eeipilate.i
from the sixth BoortbrOVgil t he baud
ing to t he eel I a r bv the collapse ol a
heullohl. Kill kiiardt wns Ulileil lino
K-iss fatall." injure L
'I UK Lank f M mnesota. at St. Pani
elose.l its doors on the I.ii' k ol
reiul v tin o.e w us the cause. Ureal e
citrinent prevuio'd.
r KANh Acui.kV was touu.l guilty a
Detroit. Mich, on the 'J:'d. of the linn
der of .lames Mngee, a well-iuio 'a i local amateur nthleie, on July 3 last The jury waa out about eighteen hour i
1 v KNTT-n vk men of the cavalry detachoMnt at sNe.t point, n. Y., were repo'leil. on the 194, verv sick Willi ptomaine poisoainr, dae 0 euting canned l.oad chc. se. Font . ihecaawere regarded asor.tioul. Tin: competition lu tween the America n .sugar Henning Co, au i Um nraj
of Arbnokle Uroa., coffee inercnauie,
is on in earnest. A second reduction
of one-half cent I pound in UM wlioh-
sule pi ice of roasted coffee was made
on the .'.'.I.
It is intimated that the stean.ei
Three Friends, wh.ch has not Keen
, i i . i f i.. , , . ,1.1 1 ni,s
Ilelllil run si nee sue irn ... - Vim., with her cargo for Cuba, had
Other expeditions in view before re
turning to port to be sei.ed.
I'liK New Filmland society of New
York city celebrated, on the Vl'-'d. the
niuety-lirvt annivei sary of the exist
ence and the t w o hundred and seventy-
sixth anniversary of the lauding of the
Pilgrim Fathers with a banqaet at the Waldorf.
Tiik death of Franklin A. Koboy,
near Hill Top, Charles county, Md.. re
moves the last white survivor of those who helped John Wilkes lloothtoes-
cape from Maryland after the assassination of President Liucoln by Booth. Tumi, is much excitement at Deadw. od. . I)., over the great strike at Bagged Top, iu the Dacey shaft MUM, l ue ld of ore continues to show evidences of fabulous wealth, going over 1U to t he ton. i,k. H ARitisoN, on the ltd, received a package from Chicago containing the watch that formerly belonged to his wife, and which, am ng other things, was stolen from his house in lud. an apolis by burglars. II n MM 1 oi k, 17-year-old daughter of wealthy parents, at Leneva, Ia., waa sentenced, on the ISd, to all nraontha imprisonment at Ana na cam for burglary. She stated that she was trying to get money enough to get a bicycle. Xaa Empire Olyoarine Co. "a aaagav z.ne. near Moutpelier, Ind., in which w as stored several hundred quarts of nitroglycerine, exploded, on the lid, at Tili a BV Thi shock w as felt in every town within :.0 miles of the place Hurry Adams and GOOTge UbBtoB were at the BMgaslae at the time of the explosion, and both were blown to atoms. Thk residence of Karl Kuasell, nt Ma. .h ull, ad, on the Thames, was burned to the ground ou the '.'.Id. The tire was undoubtedly of incendiary origin. s Barl Rttseell liadreeeaUa received several menacing letters, some of them tbreatenlag him with per
sonal injury ami others lurea toning the homing Ol his property. N Kiaos Moi. ms. the millionaire uneUor. and J. C Boliart. a livestock
I ,
INDIANA STATE NEWS, heLD UP IN BLUE CUT,
ON the Bjrel Saturday ill Mi tch tliree representativea each of Wabash and Earl ham col le gee will meetat the latter place iu debute. The picslion wlectcd is: Keen! fid, that the jury ay Mem of Ilm irnite.l Mates should le ubol-
UBed." ,D .SK .loir . son will serve two years af the JclVersoii ville penitentiary for killing Andrew Popp. Noveml er 14. Tin: American (ii ( . has been inaarporated at Richmond to operate in the Ohio oil aud gas lielda. '1 ho capital stock is t&i99a ( ii ut is Ii. Hl akk. n prominent jeweler of Marioll. ilied t he ot her llf terlioon after a prolonged illness of typhoid fever. Till, trial of John C F.var.s. former president of a JonOsborO bank, and In-urancc Agent J. W. ( rum is on at Marion. Hai Bee claims to have been a green-gOOde victim. He Bays he paid ,900 for 1 rows paper. Si mm MMN. of Logansport, is said to he organizing a new light company for Indianapolis. Tiik Prince Ax Co., of Pittsburgh, will move to Alexandria. Da, Hex hi i mux mistook laudanum for medicine; hi- died u little later at Indianapolis. In: C H. FcKKUT, of Marion, says thai he's a colonel for the ( tiban junta to raise volunteers. '! HOktAJ Diu w, just out of the JefferBOnellle prison, says he lias been in n cell half a band red times. He uwus ChteagO property. A PETITION was circulated at Lushville calling on the next legislature to pass a law calling for a two-cent fare per mile on the railroads of Die state.
The prop oatd law meets with favor
Bold Train Robbari ou tho Chii 0 ck A 1 tou
1 At I"' Maaae nl Paraaat icnii -1 rio.-.. Mee ii.u.i Up taw 9rala OBI lata aaA t aiilii iiu iiitiu in i iv , Kaa "f m ou i n.' Kiea - atM iixani; Vara
Kansvs Ciiv, Mo., Deo. ?4 Train No. 9, tba bt. Louis and Kunsus City express train, was he'd up near lliue Cat last night iy train robbers. The 1 1 tia, in charge of 'onductor Nichola uiii Bngioeer Nleade, loft here on tiaee at l:tA p. in., a id when the Missouri P. o i. io crossing, 1 miles east tf Independence, was reaoited) at 9:M o'clock three men hon-, led the engun; uud compelled the engioeor ami Bra man to descend from their machine. The en
; press and baggag care ware aaoonpled from the remainder of the train, and ! the robbers started east ward with the
locomotive and two cars, i he express ear wae in charge of Messenger N ic hells. The conductor walked back to Independence and reported the h dd-up, while the brakeman and engineer staite! after the stolen oars, and at this writ ing, 1 a. in., have jusi reachud them Oiondale, live mi lea from lüde penile 1 1 ee A special train carrying a pos.so of offlciäll lias just loft here for tho scene of t he hold-up. Whet her t he ex pre .s ear. were looted has nol jret been ascertained. ben the train reached the Missouri Pacific crpesiog, a red light waa swung
here and the petition is being freely across the track, ami W ban the train
mtalaalon aaaa at the L'nion stock
yards in Chicago, wore gored by a teer while passing throogh a cattle pen at the yards on the 33d. Mr. Uobart had a shoulder dSeloeatOd, bnt Mr. Morris escaped with slight bruises. Tin. gnnboat Aaaapoibj was suecossfu.ly launched at the Crescent shipyard at Biiiabethport, N. J., oa the Hai, Miss QoorgtaU l'orter, granddang h tor of the late Admiral
porter, christened the new eaaiuon to Um navy. Tiik office re of the Hclgic. lately arrived at San Francisco from Yokohama, report, that the smallpox epidemic is raging in Kobe and Tokio, Japan. On Christmas day Ouecn Begettt ChrieUna of Spain signed a decree ordering the operation of certain reforms in the island of Porto Lico. A DM t BAL liKUANi.F.K, Spanish minister of marine, denies that his government is purchasing war ships.
signed. W aiikkn P.itos , at Saratoga, Randolph county, cast of Manchester, struck a monster gas well on the farm of Win Warren. A company will probably 1 formed to carry the pro!net to Ohio towns. '1 he pressure is so Strong that it is yet impossiule to shoot the well. 'I he people in that vicinity arc excited and preparations are being made to put down other wells, as there are ind ic.it ions of oil, laabOWB by a well put down two or throe vears ago. TWBSTY-TKREE yOOag men nt Ledford signed the roll as Cuban recruits the other day, and sereral more have si raided their w Uliagnea to do so. An ;n of tin- Insurgent! his been In BOUthern Indiana for several days soliciting remits At HloomingtoO -10 young moo were enlisted 'I hi: bituminous minora' Btrike near Terra Haut.- eaaee to an end the other morning. The mea of the four big eompanloa in Vigo, Parke and Ver- ' million counties have voted to accept BS eenta It is expected that opera ton i . Mia here Who conceded M cents w ill osk for a reduction. Th- striKe has been on since May L Mak-uai. Mooiik. arreste 1 tieorge i Barnard, of Wabaah, for paaeing eoun. ; torfeit coin. :nd the arrest so fright-
w .is brought to a Itaudstill, the inen
covered the engineer and tiieinan. the ( onductor went forward with his lantern to seo what tiie trouble was, when he, too, was covered with a uii. He n as asked ti i pass over w hat funds he bad an 1 he hau led one of the men four dollars. Asked if it waa company's money, he replied: "No, and the bandits banded bIbJ bach tWO dollars, saying he would make an even divide. T.'.cii ho was inarcheil back and compelled t" cat tbe baggage ami express cars loose from the train. Horaoa Matthews, gateman ou the train, ami hear Urakoman Bogera, itartod down from the train to see what was the trouble when thev were J ordered back or be shot. The paaeengore were apprised of what the trouble was, and the usual scenes, followed. BOOM of the woiu.'ii i. '. line ayatorieal, aad after tue roh her. hail pulled (Hit With tho eng. no Bd cars tiny secreted their valuables. Co .1. In Ke w ild (lie K'iblx-r.. lvAN.s.vs Cl Ct, Mo., Dee. .'4. Lxpres oliieiais Here dttv the ruu, so tmt as money was concerned, was light, hut thee have a hoavv run of freight. The
UNCLE SAM WAR.'lf T. .Ill N..I l.n n. ii, l , , ,(,!,. ..B(j io Pteataaal i'toeMaee .i U ...i i Use feaaa IWvalHtlaui Kaastf Uaiinrslif liylil BSSWSI USMNSSJ il I . Ii mi Mnsl r Ian atMaal n , , aotasfj Naate aastara c. , .. i.o.n'.on. He. Tim iimoe tea day pubHahei u d Una top (ruin ltkt allying that the l iiite.l State, has bes aobfldeatiaUji informed bj th., iu,t friendly tonus that th- Karopau jtow ers could not renin in aaaalve iu the event of the UaltOd Si des abta dulling tho altitude of IVesi lent i ,n,.. laud and his cabinet. Should I tad I i,,r, States preMilllü lo exercise i resiflM on Spain by rccog n i.iug the i nbaa la aargonta or eaeoaraging them lutheLi resistance, it has been informed that Europe generally might beuooiu nneasy at the idea of such MeXteasloBj of international action by the i mied states, Inaamach aa it might, a; n given paoaaeat, Uireaibn almuet all the powers whose poaaossloua prs in proximity to tlie L'uitoil Si ne,, ;nU might tempt the spirit of eul rpi ami eiicrouciiiueui taut is laapiriag the suuato cuiuiui ttee on forel i -latloaa "If," continues the writer, "i iUfX correctly Informed, the United Kt&tee has been eoneurren tly Inforitaed Unit Qeraaaay ia already ipiite prepared te sido with Spain in tho event of Micj United states ebowing tbat alia ia
disposed ollicially to side with the rebels. Moreover, aeade.uic con versut i ms are proceeding iu certain foreign offices a neu! the un is. uree the powers ebould take t. form e lyndicaM agaiaat tin- invasion of socialism which ia BOW menacing all 00 litical orfranisetions. lt uas during these pour parlers tho friend. y u.iruing to tho United Suites originated, Senator Cameron's resolutions rortUe recognition uf th.- Cuban Insurgents being considered in some ipi.i rtcrs as rerolutionary. "
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
enod George BaUenger that the latter suft. conlaiued only three small packgave himself up tOtko otli.-ers and eon- , tollf jewelry. The baggage OU was feeeed that he, erith Jacli llarnanl. two pumbered 1J, and c mtained the bagother members of the family, Arthur gga of the "lllack Crook" company, Simmons, two women mimed infield which recently stranded iu this city, and Faidley. and three other men had VVbOP the train had passed Ulna been running a eoin-tiiakintr establish- dale t he express ,-ar was entered and ment, and had "shoved' a large H faw suiall packages wore taken, amount of "the qm er" there this fall. Xbe engine was ÜMU cut from the Ballenger also conducted the police to cmrt and run a mile furth i on, Where llarnard's house, pulled up the carpet jt W1is killed ami ab.iu loaed, and tho pad raised a trap-door and le i the of- robhers took to the timber,
tiers int- the private mint. A large amount of pig silver and lead and a box of dollars were captured, but the
QULLN LIL AT THE HUB. shu Passes yareoph Jersey Cttyaassl Mshee u Ppaaeaa Nkw VmtK, Dee. L'tl. -Liliu. ikaiani, : ex-tpicen of the liana. inn islands, ari rived in Jersey ( ity from the SOU til at in: .., p. ni. yesterday. A orowd of curious persons w a s at the station to , Bteot her, ami when her private ear came to u slop iu the Peunsy Iv.ima railroad Btatiott they gatberod ciuso uround it in urder to aateb a giimpae uf tue deposed piccu. Altera brief interval the ex-nueen appeared on the platforM of the car ami addreasetl
tuoae preaent, aaylag:
I eerluiuiy ii.ie r.
reoapl .on . Americans
dun as a race." Later, in fun ver.sutiou with a repro sen ta tire of tba United aasoclsMd ProeeeS sue said that a be was uul iiero on any political ei rami, and that uer visit wus purely a friendly one. Sho fui iher suid that sue did not know whether she would lator go to iVssbington or nut, as bur pi aus are not arranged for inure than a month. "L will go to lloatou," the ex-ipii i'ti said, "lo Visit u cousin of the uncle of my late husband. Heis Mr. Wdiiatn bee, of the linn of Lee i BBOBBrd. I elU slay witn the Le. s lor four week st least, ami then 1 shall gO who re v r my fancy dictates." What about the annexation uf Hawaii.' ' ws Baked.
! . a a
eeivcu a r. vaa
are noat ( r-
A PUPATCP fr)iu Calcutta, on the Iftth, said that ex-Judge Ooodrieh had w ritten a letter to t he Fnglishinan, n DSWSpaper of that city, stating that every day thousand, of persons were i , ng from starvation iu the central pr. vinces of India, und deelariug that the government ar ran ge men ta to cope with tlie situation were entirely iiiiiu-
equate. an i that the fumiue wus be-
v. nd control.
A nisi Aieii from Madrid, on the
5th, said: Senor (anovas lel Cus-
ti.lo, the prime minister, has again
affirmed in the preeenee of ins cabinet
hat be Ui determined to intronuce re
fur mp in Cuba, dating their application from the mclosion of the negotiations curried on with other powers.
which are already tending in a direc
tion favorable to Spam.
I iik London Times, on the I'Oth,
pab Ishsd a dispatch from Paris saying that the United Slates had been confidentially informed in the most
friendly terms that the European pow.
rs could not. remain passive in the
event of the I'nited Mit -s abandon i ng
the attitude of President Cleveland and his cabinet in reference to the insurrection in Cuba.
Si. mi in i n s church, the most f as li
en. i Liu.eop.il church in Wilkes
harre, Pa., was destroyed by tire early
on t he morning of tue Jäth, the fire
having caught from the heating apparatus in the basement The great pipe organ and n doaen memorial wia
lows and tables were also destroyed. Filth, on the morning of the Mtb, lestroyed nearlv one million dollar's
ni Hi of property ou Fast Thin y
fbird street, New York city, and ren
dered iik) persons homeless. Pour
buildings, Inelading fiuhiner'e tpiaae
warehouse and the New York Poly-
uiinii' li'i.i'i ul, wore inirneii.
i t RSI BP II. I a i i k m u. fi ir some
years a prominent politician of Indi
ana, and of recent years private sec-
retary of senator Vowrheee, mod at Proridenee boepital, in vVaahington, on the t&th, Of injuries received by belog run over by a street car the pre vi ins n ight. Foil i;i.' throughout the I'nited S ates for the live days ended on the Nth, as reported by Ii. (i. Hun ,t I o., were '.".'7, as against XVI for the sauv! w eck last year. For Canada the failures were 14. against, t: last year. Bp Qt i i n I. il. ll ok Al. AM, of Hawaii,
arrived in UoetOB, on the 8&tll, and was at OOee driven to tho Parker house, which will lie her hoadquurtcrs during her stay iu that city.
outfit, which P.allenger said was buried iu the yard, had been broken up. Thk Pennsylvania (ilass Co.. of Anderson, has sued Charles Russell In Chicago for 99,400, The company inaured and had a fire, then it WPP informed that there was no such insurance company as the one in which it was supposed to have a policy. Tiik Freokfort and llarnesville toll road, the last surviving toll pike in that part of the state, is causing much e Ncitenient in the vicinity of RokomO The farmers, 300 Strong, have entered into a league t.. reaiat the further pay. Baent of toil. '1 he tollgates were torn out a dozen times in the last few days, the farmers coming to town in processions, each with an ax in his wagon.
Teams of horses were hitched lo the
Tri
Of
G l A T d R-PJ3LI0
(nil mi Assarts roruirraiy BaseapT
MtsaM b lrasMal tTMselaaa Wasiiinuton. Dec. Jl.-l'resi.'.ent cUve. aud yesterday fonnaiiy recogpippd the new greater republic of Central America, composed of Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, by receiving the envoy of the new govern. nent, Mr J. D. Rodriguez. After presenting ids credentials toe minister made u lev brief remarks suitable to the oeeaslott to whiob the president ta ieply said: "1 take pleasure in rpoogpisicg, iu Die name of the United Slates of America, the greater republic of Central America, and in entering into diplomatic relations therewith. Such recognition ia given and auch relu-
Al this point seemed to forge I ami feigned not
t ne question was
tions entered upon tho distinct under-
. . .1... .i... :i..i;,.. ..f
gates, which were pulled ou rout and -siainiing " .es,,u..s ... r, - ' r . j ....... I . , . f.. t i . . l ..it..il
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branch. Several of the farmers have been arrested, but standing together, they escaped conviction. More than 'ih gates have been chopped to pieces j by the enraged farmers, w ho declare ; thev will lie destroyed as fast as replai'ed. Till, other afternoon Theodore Scott, pf Fountain county, left ( raw fords- ; ville in Company with his wife and OP. Coin:,' dow n the Yountsville hill hip rig collided with another. He was J thrown out and died neat morning from Injuriee received. At a well attended mass meeting at Angola, over which ex-Judire S. A. Powers presided, short speeches were made by several prominent und influeattp citizens, nil breathing astrotig spirit of sympathy for the Cubans and n bitter denunciation of Spanish methods. AMMUri W'apk.. nllepeil to have cmheeiled more than 180,000 from the First national bank of Mt. Vernon, vias arraigned before Federal Commissioner Wnrtmnn at Fvansville, pad, waving
examination, wns held to the grand jury in the sum of :( (' i0. John F. HAUL, f BeW Albany, who escaped from the jail at Jasper, Ind., recently, where he was awaiting trial for horse stenling, was nrrested at hia sister's house, north of New Albany. While at large he stole two horses and buggies. Tiik. Hamilton Comity Farmers' institu closed the other day. D. Ii. Johnson, of Mooresville, and ( . F. Lane, of Putnam county, were the viaitinir speakers. Thomas iIiikoo, of Toronto, ( an., fell from a train on tho Wabash railway, a few days ago, near Mngee Station, find wns cut to pieces. His limbs were scattered alonir the track for bo roils.
Mtates of America remain wholly un-
afi'ected. "I discern in the artieh s of association, from which the diet derives its powers, a step toward a closer iiihou if Central American states in the interest of their common defense and general welfare, and I welcome it a thu precursor of other stops to be taken iu the same direction, and which, it is hoped, may eventually result iu the consul ida t mil of all the states of Central Ahmt tea aa one bpUoo for all the purposes of foreign relations und intercourse. "To you 1 BKtend a cordial greeting, both personal ami official, audi trust that your renewed residence at the Capital of this country will be a" agreeable ia its personal relations as l bellata it will be useful und profit able for the countries you represent, be! areOP each of which and the I'nited
States has always existed, ami it is hoped will always exist, tho closest, ties of friendship. " The president expressed hope that
the now republic would soon include ' .sin Rica and iuatemala. RETURNED TO CANTON. MnJ. MrKlnley mul III Party Again at in tHsie atosaa Canton, 0 , Dec. President elect Mnj. McKinley with Ins wife, Miss Duncan, his niece, ( apt. II. (. Iloiatand and party, arrived in Canton at lit! o'clock this afternoon. The trip was made very comfortably. Judge William It. Day, of Can tou, the major's particular friend, was iu tho party, having returned to Chicago Inst night from Wisconsin in time to join the train at Chicago. Msj. Mchliuley ia iu aplendcd health,
the former qaMB her Baeat English understand. WaeO put again she " BP
equally dense and it was evident that the anaonation question uns no; to be Oiacuaapd PJ) the deposed qneon. The latorrMw owe. me ea qeeen, bar traveling oooipaniou, K. H. plaBeo leua, and her private secretary, Joseph lialohule, eaoortod hy tue naea ger agent of me popUmtp railroad, boarded the lerryboat Mar.iad, Which brought tiiein to this city. Later they took a traiu for lloatou. The ex-queen and uer party ..i ' vod iu Bos torn last aigbt Arr.vr.l In llosi.iii. Boproat, Hoc - Kx-Quecii Lilino kuiuui, of Hawaii, arrived ta thlacitjf ut ten o'oloek last erening, and was at once driven tu t ue Parker house, whiofa w ill be her nea.hpiarlers darittg her slay iu tins city. ANOTHER VICTORY rantUMi iy m passoaa aii t Haw M MuHHi rv if l" iaei. Havana, Dec. :U An OPBCial ' uouiicemeiit was made yesterday that
the palli.sll troi.ps under UL Babanati have hud an engagement with several rebel pui tics under Rojas. 'The scene of the fighting was near Ciinarrooues, province of Puorto Prinelpe. a rebel camp wus captured, and the insiirjfeii IS were completely dispersed, With the loss uf M killed. The Spanish loss was one ItUked ami eight w ounded Advices from a more reliable source than tho government show that the Bo-culled engagement was simply a massacre, uf unarmed n.'ii-eoiiihatauts by the t roups. While a UalU w as passing Ploag t liu railway betweeu Caioarien aii ltaiua-
of Santa iura, a
main, iiiovinei!
nmmlte bomb uxplodad, wrecking the armored ear containing Um traina ni.i.ta.y escort. Two soldiers wore killed ami two wounded.
STRfcET CAR'S VICTIM.
rival
m..i iiMth of .intor eoertMee'
paeMPaefk Wamiiinuio.n. Dec. Hi Cheater Bl iiuliuier, for POPM years II pro.niue.il poiiticiiin cf ladiana, aad of reeoni years pr.viile secret ury Of Se.,..-.u Voorhees. died at Providence hosi-itai
f injuries by be i i g rat n.. fell under
T . i
the car which ran over .. -PjrUahpd his rpfhl leg abovo thelniee. Amputation was resorted to, OJt Victuu saiiU under the aliock.
yesterday aftOfP 1
ceived 1 liursduy night
over by u street, car.
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