Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 February 1897 — Page 2

weekly con: l KU. C. POAK B. rubb-shor.

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INVAS

OR th 23d tatt enttarnt hanks 4 Kew York t-ity held l'Wi.i " x" ceuof MM rviuircineut of the M '' cent, rule. Mk. am Mit. mtm: started from Hwr4 . on tt Ml, for London, eti Mino f.iruunev avOail OJOftt tu exeelleut health.

CURRENT TOPICS. TEE NE -VS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Stn.u.1 Saaalee. mm Mt,t- .. u.f s-d.uM . .. ..IN Were lasen fr .... Hi.- . ..lendar slid I ' mm, m4 MM ter "l. un d. clot to. I Z rmt tm "' i,;B1; ,,r ... ... .u.-.u.. aiadelue swl.jo.t ot resolution ..1 lUsluir) iMnMM U MwmmiI Another resolution waa pMse.l call "i the presuteat f.-r all orrMeadenee a-Ua me Mhseumim fwrwa taes INI releUei I" Ntwarus auai Tin- Souse a net tn sende OB me -"' . i . II .i -.. a, at

the senate, ou tne -oui. Mi.-li ) nlM utt.-i.tloti to.-orriiutp.dil-

l!ie state of i.e. aware

li.il! he trie. I u. u

INDIANA STATS NEWfiL

IK I rep

lea. pi ... t. n III

provil.Uk' that no pwM

Tut consular um dlflBUl dl MA reported to tl.ol.ouv 00 108 J .tlu it carried an pproarltttto of Nt, w Inch is ' ol ,.v. if tli.- appropriation for the currcut lis.'..! VO.li1 p u J. Ivoia. UM IW. lad i'i I. onion ..r I charge of oooaoljO" itv in dviiatinte OOOBOirnoy, Ml4 John M. lnt v .. . formerly district ttltor- ! in N- vv Vo, u. ark sraal to London in defense of Ivory, sailed for New York on the 'Jalli. Tu senate foreign i elm i m committee, on tbettth, fax oral. iy reported i -ii ti.ut i In slmre end of

a inn ...... .....,, v ..- , uu,.,ti,.ns

a:.v new Ubmariue telegi apliic i . IV ul,ip to win ."IK- sli.r.

.. si. I! I l.rotoctoit ill uuy

0l onu

I" VI I 111 STArl.M l V A I.'K

voiT. with I. is family, lias left Loudon 1 i... ...Ill ...o.tilllll' hot

ilMU. Tufc Hawaiian C.alette of the lyth. ;;.. ...mill review of tra.le.sa

.i i... ..I v ir ur linaneially Hie

Ilia. nv w" j I . . .. mm It. tk lnstorv of tu

III' 'SI H .'3 I ' " Ulaad.

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not

llKKK Fhe.n lZl.l., a mereiianv oi lin, and Herr Krupp, the iru nmker. of Esen, have been appoiuteil life meuit-ersof the upper liouo of the Prussian latultag.

the DIh-

A dispatch from Madrid says that president Canoviih has made a formal denial that any negotiations for a new omnnereial treaty between Spaiu and the L'nite.l Ma.es are m pro-ress. m ' The house com tu it tee on labor, ou tftie -JTth. OTdarad favorably reported the bill of Mr. Watson, of Oh" . Prohibiting the use of prison Ubor Ml buil.lintrsereete.l for the I n .ted Mates. ItiM.t Wool, of the Dotted States circuit curt, sitting at Indiana? I, lud has ordered the enure MonoO railvvav svsu-m sold iinles the o.-r-...... i,;....U :.ud interest aro pan! by

1 1 V. ws- m i'ebruary . TlTT throughout the lnite.1 Mates, for the week ended on the asreporte.l bv U. b.lm.uVU, wee 4l.y against J7.I for tiie correspouding Meek last yi ar. For ( ..na.;a the failures were Iii, agaiust Ölsaat year. OH the I .1 Mate Insurance t otumissinner Malt. iews of O.iio announced that ho woold not mliososn.tb Uujrd insurance concerns of K Vol to do business iu Ohio, because tney were uot legal organiloUoni under the of that state. AmoNo the lirs'.-c.ass post . I'.ic.-s llMmteff Ming oil in receipts for .... l .st nuarter of 1-0 i Incago shows

., ... ..f si 7.1.-,: f.uciunati. SM.- partim-

iL UITlM WOTOTT 431; St. Louis Xt,ftM; leve.ai.-l. !, 7o; Kansas City. '1. M inneanoiia, H tj M. I'au.. fe.i.O aud Louisville, 8.-.:.ys. .v Um J7th the i,reuleut approved,

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. ....,,,. ..... ,.n th iiuti.-:ary. Mr Turj.

tJem.. IU.1 I s,H,Ue ill MffBtl Ol c..nr.ss to reccsuM s new stssaand Is la of, i .mtMllst aecUrsUoa ol pslllfSrWT Etting! ..f the lau- ex-Spsskfff Oth Iben prosuusMd la the feMMH " nnsi-. ll.ii.e.His imslues .HsjH.ed . f . am coi.idrrut...u. the UMia" SSprOfrisUOS MM

t 11. Is m re uiisM-tl I

Wil l i.lll- 1 1. " ' m s.. ........iti..i. ..f iied t'l'tiles II

l. lie .111 ill j" . . . f trie! Ol t OlllOibis ami lo prevent tue pread of e..i.t;iiii. ii ilisrssfs In the .llstrlct. ... .... Hi.. -Vtli. Mr. Turpi.' Ulm..

I . ...... . " - . lt.U rt-sui-.ie.l uu t ei.nviu.le.l 1.1 spre. h In I oroflhe ri-rinfiiitn.il of IMbsn in.lei-emtelice Mr. i handier suoe.-ode.l In fettln coiii.ieralion of his Mil for u i-ounnlssluii lo uny international monetary conference. The bill went over, ami the remauiler ..f the .tayS s. Mosmpfasttby Mr Daniel WS-. Vs.) in s DMk aauinst the Nli-iirag.ii outial Mil as uekag In f rami of UM contract.- fcOOtS the bill to reitore Joii.it ban Scott to ibe pension roll (from which he wui .IroppeJ bv tlil.ur. au in sW was passe. overtli. pfftSMMt I veto Mr. H.tt reported the alptosastt ami m..,,l.r .innrourial.-.n bill. Ul'-ri was placed

,.n the SSlSSaar. The rest ol the SSJ a up. nt In eoWBtUM of ihe w hole m tUHiOOra ' UoaotUM lu::aii appropriation M It in the smsM 00 Um Utk, tii1 bjUISstj soso rtuyi.illwu. pas.d. sfter a lengthy conws- ! vers ov. r SI amemliueut provblnnf for I he atten. Ian e ..f the West I'oillt OSdetS W auifuration ps.sde. The Nicaragua canal bill was taken ..p. Slid gave ris. M a s;..nted deI bate. The bill was pen, line when the senate iijouriifH la tks souse the conference re- ! port on the iuinimrstion bill was inJt.ot. tcrmaii-. spOSCBSS Mr and against the u.es-ur.-As reported f.-..ui c-mmutee it i prci ticully a new bill. The prit.ci,al object lot. to tbe bill was ihe claue requint.-- iBUalaTrsaU U, nsd mm write lutlie languaife of their naHteet resldePl newitry. lath" senate, on the -t:.. Mr. Alien (pop, ' V. ti i tntriHluc.! a resolution intended to tui-

. s re pr.eedm

On. i.r..nTtv of

.. . ..... i ,ivr writtioUl aCtiM Th- Pill tot

Si-.aim iss ion to an International WOUetarj eonfrre: e- was takeu up. and. a tpaeebes by MOSSra Chat. kl. BSOOS and HteWBCt, went over. After .. mos tin spent la executive ion H.-verai mils were taken from the calendar and passed ... In the house the lnd an appropri.iti. n Ij;11 was passed, with some change, r-infit. to the e..i.' of the measure. The nil!

making appropriations for the arr:eiilt ral de

nt wss called up. and rave

for the s . oof

the I'n ion PaeiOO railroad.

and cav e r.e i an

amus.iik- BAB sometimes Mrtuoaloei OeMie, bawd ou ex-iiov. Altgeld charge of fraud tn Uie Ohio election.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

..l.r.i ..iiiii.tiv bv exclusiTi

rhU Of other special privileges snail

be permitted to land iu tins aoaor . t nrl'.iiiM

lr w UU. oil the co 1 1 sen i v Mi;, h Kim kv, wife of the presi-ilent-c'.c. l. accompanied by her sister. Mis. Harber, arrived in Chicago over the Loka S .ore road from ( aliton. O.. on the Mtfc. HmJ were driven at once to the residence of Mr. Lafayette Me Williams, K96I Lake aeajooa UN the Vrtth the house passed over the president's veto, by more than u two-thirds vote, the bill to restor .lonathau Scott, of OOOTOgOi Kas . veteran of the I- if lb Iowa cavalry, to the jieuaion roll, at the rate of 7-' a mouth. Miss Anna Vandkwatkk and twi

children, a boy ngedab -nt eight yearn for th.f srposa and a girl about four, perished :n a dlcuium of

boroing farm house four nines sou... of lieiieville. Mich.. on the JtUh. COJM 1 I1 Bnoa' OreOt Western pottery, at POTS, Ind., on of the largest in the country, was burned ou the Sftth; loss. S40.OOO. i At Linton. !" tniies east of Sullivan, od., .... the .;.h. Mrs. Robert tVilkay ' i... ...... tu-.. ..li l.lren. !ired one am!

Uli HVI " . ' four vcars. in the house wli lc she went'out calling. The house caught tire and was burned down, and both the children perished i OS the Nth Comptroller Eckel ol the treasury addressed the house com , mittat on banking -and currency on the several bills referred to liim. He said a gral deal of the present .leprcssion had been brought about by oeertrsding. unwise ere. lit and miaaoaJ extravagance, public aud pri

vate. Thk. senate committee on commerce, on the rSth, agreed upon and ropoii d fnvorabiv to tbo senate Mr. Calaey'a biikapproprlating 1250,000 to close tie crevasse in the Mississippi river at Pass a Loittre. The co.nmittee pressed no opinion Ot to tue liability of the Ea ts heirs in the matter. Miii.vvnu. the i eulv-app.'intwl head of the Eaasiaa foreign ufoee, atrived in Ptrla on the '.'sth. A hug crowd of persons assembled at tht station to await his coining, and greeted him with . heers and cries of "Vita llussie'' as he made Iiis appear-

l.ogUlatlvi. I'rorwdlags - 1.4 lud.. Jan 21 The

.cm. il l Batted -stale, ae.uilor lo ueeeed - aces oc.uried at l.oon tte o..dav. when lion Charles W -ulrb....U was formally atelata I sisstaass rsarsaaai Isaiaaa int,.,, ieaaieaartaf the nest sli .paata ae m,, nouses of the assembly ... i la I ial saa eeotlos Mr Pairaaaaa aaes aa saK ra i ma Louse wa. received with grec SB4aM Ha poke brleHy, ssyts la soaolttstoa: i aa Have, with President Hav es that ho orve ht irty best wno serve, his country best Ppon purelv p.rilsan .,uen..:m 1 shall not pM for the approval ot my democrat.. ... . ... ..... in:.liirl

friends, but wita re.pee i.. i .-

hich are muipoiliicai i v. us. .... -i. .... ..f ihelr aii-

may in- nine id in i"" , , f

probation " At Hie clo.e Ol v.." Mr Fairbanks M.th ho. i.e. adjourned uu.l tht ! newly elected .senator held uu impromptu reI 'Tsi'ias.aI'oi.is. Ind . Jan at--sswATS-Tha 1 aassM laraaa Mwn a majority revK.n afatast the toasUtuttoaal tsMaOasant arofiataa .or the election of United Mates senators by popnlar vote, and adopted the minority report IsvortBftaa resolution for tne umendmeiit-

This was done by u vote of I ta 1" ras Kl surprise ot the day developed when the .mate, by a majority of two votes, voted In favor of a measure to permit resl estate MOrtnfaa to be deducted from tai returns up to B limit ol m The resolution l -i. ve.tic.ee the alleged indel tf U.es of the Vandalia Rai road Co to the tute, which passed t.v houso a few days ago, WSS railed up and a substitute for It adopted by the senate. It cut. lies tue Investigation to t:;o question of wSatker the late has a CSUd claim In Hie nislter and directs the committ. e. if it slnll find that tat State has a legal ri. ht of action .ii;al!.st the company, to prepare a bill

In

ni-ainst sdosaa i

among others, acis to euable the tOWB of LiagstatT. An-, to issue water , bonds; lo tucoriK.rate the couveuti..n of Aaaarieao in-.trutois of the l'eaf, und for the relief of telegraph operatan arkaOrtoi iu the war of the rebellion. la the Missouri senate, on the STth. a joiut concurrent resolution was introduced i.v baoator Scharaichardt, and a.lopted, that ta0,00u be appropriated lor the relief of Use loruaUo sulVerers at ht. Louis, an.! ihat a coiiim ssiou be appointed toalteud totne ilistrtouliou of Ihe money. A HOT! la break duwu the great Welsbacli monopoly in incandescent gaslights will be made in tue L in ted Mates circuit court iu Chicago. Ihe Utiack will be made on the pat.uL itself, aud it will be claimed that the legal rights Of the Weisbaci. company aspired in August of last year. e '1 l.K formal eutiiroi.eii.eiil of IiiUou. aud U;. lo v . Mandel Creighton, who was rcceutiy appointed blaOop of

Lou. icu to saocood hi. Hon. ana aua Uev. I le.l. rick Temple, the a't-r u .viug been elevated to MM OattWi of archbishop of rjantorbnrjr and prisnats ..t all L.i.aiul, will laka place on tne tuth. - Tna vvet-Uly btatemeut of the associated bankaof Kan ifork eiiy fortna wee., cu.leil ou ihe od. showed Um follow tog Bhanfaas iu e ve. iuoraaaa, 4-..,, -To; kMSnS, decrease. l.ow,.uoj s,H-c.e. haoraaaa, W,lW,ouil! leyai iaud

...ei . a e, ;....'.. so'j; uri'.,

crease, o, W,m c.i cu .at ...ii, uccica n , üti4,lUO. , ta Thk large graiu elevator of tlieW.

11. i ur da. iing o.. at uuo uu..drad and Cwantjr-thlrd atraai una me licit Una Hacks, Chieagu, was doatroyad iv Bra on tue -m... T'.e eietatof was recenliy rebuilt, two former btruciures MaVtog Ut'u damaged by hie. I i. loss, wnicii ia aaUmateU at pmtnrt. s aaarii covered by maatr suve. Autit M f'oui the ... cut teil of a MM ii, ie panic iu a temp.e at Kw..u 'low, Cattta, iu which Wti aien, w. tueu ami cl.iidreu Mirblbod. During a theatrical performance a lamp wus brokeu, which set the .eiuplc on hie. 'Ihemaiu eulraiice was closed, and the two smaller cAlls ere als chokeit. Ul the 4u actors in the pel loru.auce but loii r escaoctl. . a an aana Tut H.iil-LHusing block, L.aO O atreel, Lincoln, Man. was total.) deetroyed by lire at an early hour on too

morning ol tna m taa uioc w DOtiapiatl Uv rousaars, and. as MM legislature was ill session, was quilc lalla bevei ml had narrow escapes. The bunding was valued at Ta.uou; partially lusured. 'Ihe cause of the bra w as a lamp explosion. "" lut senate committee on foreign relations, uu the ."tb, discussed the general treaty of arbitration for meto limn au nonr, but no coucluso n a na. hid on uuy portiou. Ihe whole tune seems lo have bacu devoted to a discussion of the relations ot the iMiuiafciuB canal aud the I lay ton l.u.w. i neaty to this PMpOOOd new eunvent.oli. Many augesl i. .us ware ollired, but none took langiblo orm.

siu Iio rniiAN. tiie invent. .r .

the system of shorthand writing which bears bis name, died in England OD the Ud. He had beeu suffering several years from a complication of troiib es. Tut motion for a new trial for Albert J. braut., who was recently found tfuilty at Dajton, .. Of murder in the first degree, hss been overruled by Judge Brown. May It next is the day set for the electrocution. j TM Kreuch oilier Madeline arrived at an Francisco frOM lallaooti the Ud, One of hat boilers exploded soon after the steamer lelt CnUaO, killing live men aud injuring several others. Mie j.ut into Acp.'-eo for repairs. 1 ut new- electt.ois for members of the Austrian reic lsrath have been tixed to take place on March U. and the new reichsrath w ill e summoued to as-scinbU-on Miirch :7. BaPC-STAnv I Ha Nils hns signed an

order t0 the effect thatcertani porsona not citisens now OOSUpylnp; lands in Indian territory belonging to the live j civilii'.-d trills shall, after February , be regarded as intruders and be ' ejected. JoNAiinnd the whale fun. shed an ! lioiir s mirth to Plymouth church, . Brooklyn, O the evening Of the lath, : and ile'v. Lyman Abbott, the preacher, diaaaeted th Uehfaw propbdt with a skill and a humor that delighted his audit. -rs. Indeed, the .md ei.ee beaama so hilarious at the close that Dr. j Abb.C.t feit obliged to ndminis-er u mild rebuke. ei.. r......nt eiibl nave found many

tint. repair t to re ist the Mttttff Waat, und intense siilY.ring was reported ' from the bi' eitiesi iu its pa'.hway. In i Chicago especially the distress ..f the

many thousands of hungry tain mos o.

the unemployed v.'istruiy pu.aoo

iii.ee. . ... m It'. si..

Tmk IhhIv of .r Isaac i iimnn, uu

inventor of tha PitmM system of short- j smsas o hand, who died it. London recently, a

was arematod st woaing on soe ma. A tki. f' . it a M from I'ort Kids, I,a., says the steamer Albert Dinners ran down and sunk tha steam yacht Argu ... . Jt si...

on the :.'sth. I wo reporters oi ssn New-Orleans Picayune, w ho were ou the Argo. are missiug. Thk Babiog aehooaar tlattU) Raoaaaa Cnrtar, from Atlantic City, went aatOM two miles ti -riheast of Sea Isla City, N J., ou the jsth.dui ing a thick snow atom, Her crew of six men were saved. Tm Italian war office has ordered aix battalions of troops to get in read, iness t.. start for Mass. -wall.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In t he senate, on t 0 '-"tn. the bill for the representation of the Lnitod states in a M v interuiitionnl monetary conference that may In; called occupied the session almost exclusively, and ansa final' v passed by a majority of 44 to 4 In the BOOSO tha report ofthe conferees on the bill providing

for the incorporation of the purchasers Of tha Atlantic & PaOlfk railroad, after a heilte I debate, was r. je. t. d 71 to Lai. ThO bouse refused to talie up bills on t he privtte calendar, a n I for nearly an hour aoOtinaod in cut.mittaa -f Uta whole la aonaiderntloB 1 of tlie agricultural appropriation bill. AT .lacks-. n, ).. OB the '-'.'th. Aliee, ' Hill, a blind woman, aged 4", while rutviiio- her vvav uciossa room in the

tuoaa in which sh.' live I, came in BOOtact with .1 stove. Her el ... lies were , lire and she was burned to death Bat mother, aged ft, also i.earlv blind, was fatally liurned try-

house ient the wmue nay iu

cmp iratlvely unimport nit

matters on committee r.-oo.i. r.iftof bills killed on these reports was ona re.ietitig the plaintiff in damage -uits of the t.ur.len of proof that ther was no cotiirlbut rv aegllaeBM and saother reducing the penalties in ea-es of el-.-tlon bribery. Tne bill of If r Rsynoldi atskia it s aslsdesiaaBor to teaok any other Um.-u.ite than BafUSk In the schools wss introduced lSMANAFoi.ts. Jan. t Sks-at-Th- qil -

Uou of the Van.'.alia lnvestiiratlon ereat.-u a breeze m io h houses of th general assembly j Friday morning. The senate took up and , paaaad under suspension of the rules me bill that pa-se l the house the day berate, nquirln count v omeeia to t.ke acKnowledsuients of aaaaioa pspara free ..f oasrga li. t -r. Mr Hesdarsoa. the author of taa ortaiaal res Aattoa that passed the house. I H ive expression to his feelings oy lutroJucinc a r. soluf. n cll.ti; ursin the attorney geaerAl to ir .n-m.t all information he could obtain

retard to the euum or me mai-

tfta VaaaSUS company sbis "ii. without dissent and without dis

cussion Th- house r-eeived a nieas -re iioiu Mr l'ornshell declaring It a nii.d. me n .r for worn in to we ir a hl.-h h it in tao t neater, tad aaotaer from Mr. Pattaraon, of Praaktta, dealsrlaj football sn un. awful sport a d l:niK.sln!? a fine of Jä upon an prSOO who in any way participates in the Real Tne house eon-urred in favorab.e. reports upon a bill to Brest S labor toe b Isatoa and provldiog for voloatsry srti- i t- t M a mil for a coT.iir.l8ion to ih.ip n ' thorough ravlsloa of tho laws relating to cltv. COUaty and township government, ami a Sill , limltinif verv gre tiv the authoriw if township trustees uj paraPaalar aaaoMaa Tue a-s f consent v as fix.- t 1- -ars amtananoua lud . Jan I -sasATi-Not la .-sson Saturday Hot sr.. -The house met Saturday morulas, and :.s the roll r.dl disclosed no uuorum an adjourn meat was takes until Monday. Half at. hour after It had adjourned th attorney eaera) apired with bis report uoon the

of tho Claim or me suae agaiusv n.n

a railroad system, called for Dy res.

the house Kri lav. The report win

not b submitted until Mon.iav lsi.t asaP UM, lad . Jan. ;.l-Hoth brar.ehea of the teftslstara atoaday took the secaasari action for Invcstlsstlng snd recovering the cum of the st ite a-amsl th- an la. li railroad supposed to arm tint to uny where from ' nothing up to MJMM Oou Ib.th branches :.cr. pled ft report from the attorney central reviewing Ihe subject and pnss-d under suspension of tie rubs. a

bill prepared ny tna. '."' i the comp my to subn.lt to him by "OTOatTM u full accounting "f Its tir.ar.eial operations durin? tU vcars that it operated under a

ial churt-r The concurreii .'""

ri.niniitlee t) suggest iuriu-r

...... i

legis ation for tn HsaswwswH ... r.. . V. V WILS adopted by tU

v.,., V... not vet been SSWd Ul11

the Semite Imn.ediat.ly aft -r adjournment this evening both sides of the house heid aaacaaaa aa the appattase aoert bin. in tne repaaltcaa asaasa there were awaiaara, wtih all the r. st i.ecounted for but one A namb-r of his- obSS WStS made and the roll rnert ahow-inc ail taOSS nre-enl ready lo

. ml tn.

A DARING HOUHT.

Vivo Mankoil Bobboru Attuck tho OrafOn Bxprosii. ire. I ..r piiwasnsa and Oyaaaatta ana i antes a. ..I " safe nteara Oaas wnd vi. i aaafea it de.i Kspraaa Cat

rireo ii. sty Los or Itaavaaja

s-an i K v n is. ... Inn. .' Tho postal aatttorittoa yesterduy iiiorniug ree. iv. d word from lo'sc lun g, Ore., of the Stopping of the Oregon express and the robbtry of tha Bsall eotiehainl express car. The train left here at 7 p. m. Wednesday last for Portland, and the robbery oceu i red at in id n ic. ht,

Thursday night, at Shady Point, two miles sooth of Bom borg, The train waa aignavllad b a lantern. Bnginoor Morns stopping at ÜM light, and a man, musUed. with revolver in hand, crawled down from the tender, oi.loring "hands up." I'iretuaii Hendricks jumped oh the cab and rfiu for Roon pnrg, followed by a couple of shota. The robbers ordered Morris to back up the train, and the mail and express cars were cut otT. Then he ordered

him to pull ahead for about 00 yards. During this time Conductor Yeuteh and Brakantan bohr went forward with their lights to rOOOOOOitar, but were snot at and ordered back. ltutlcr, the express tncsscnger, put out his lights und went behind some trunks. He was called upon to open the ear He opened the door and took a shot at the robbers, whereupon the highwaymen applied dynamite ou the opposite side, wliich shattered the car. Butler jumped out and seeing robber, attempted to ibOOt, but lustfilii

1 and ho ma for the railHUtO

speel

f r a

a suit he se

tn

oipn-rt the

alcent on-s v. ere

tne

ure. aai

nrcme

... i . . . . . . .

Muh uvMsmfomu, taa Bovaiist, ! ing u save her aangoter.

lar know i. by her DOOS O plume, 1 lie t YUM nor: bboood train on t lie Sollt n-

l.i, :tie ral : .a I. w inch left San

Duchess," died in DOMtnon inc .ui Mm. Iliiugerford had a raPO petaon ality and was a famous hosi.s. Ti.ough past middle ago. she always retained' a bright, y.-nthful appearanea, aad sraagnatoraily ia a vivacious, cheerful aOOOd Thk preparations for the liradleyMartin ball in New York, that is to outshine the Va nderbilts. continue. It ia said, however, that several wealthv women have eon. I tided to reiiiain'at home on t lie night of February 1. fearing an outbreak of some kind' at the Waldorf as the rcitlt of the great prominence which the affair has received.

i in pBagaa news from lh.mhsy is not reassuring. The llritish sanitary o.iinnissi.Mier has reported seriously ,,n the situation, hut Kogllgbnaa rev Rard the chances ol t he p.agim Retting a footh.dd in I. real llritain as being remote. Ax Egyptian commissi. .n. appointed

for the purpose. Uns startoi on o.u. of the various Rad sea ports to ar- ' tango precautionary measures against

the bubonic plague winch is raKmK . It. .i.ibu.v ami other ports of India I in min quia of IhifTerin. the retiring llritish ambassador to Kranee. has a.-cepted the preshleney of a aoaallMV t,e t.. celebrate, St Itrist.d. the four bnadradtll anniversary of t a'oot s discovery of America. Thk handsome new ( or ..ran art gallery iu Washington will Is- formally opened to he public, lebriu.ty It, with exercisea auuiooriata to tho oc-casiou.

-rn

Pranelsco, ou tha Mtb, for Portland, (tie., w lis held up near B .f.eburg, I re , on th" J'.tli.by two or three men. I wo small safes in tho express car were blow n open and looted. The exB i. ss car then took lire and the car

and contents were destroyed. 1 ah. i HK.s t hi oUL'hi.ut tho

. . ri v. . , , . Pi tiki II'.

cuestton of th-? ailb-oti county contest ant agre. i un aal measly to sustain the report of tha el. ctio i committee e iting Mr Cockrum dan it hiptasaatad ia ti. boast IM.t sRvl'oi.U In!.. la. i J7 -The r-publle-nn ni-mb-rs of the legislature h Id a Joint eaucus Tu. sd.y ni.-ht und determined not to i, cot grcsslonal r apportionment A snt oi. .mitten wis aTipoiiited to pre pare a tu'icas m asara (or i--i.si tue pom man nu ThO Ml 1 of Sen .tor N-vv to repal th- aft rtioament law of last n made a cauru i m-as-

As this UJ trie nay apporiiBBlaw on the book.. If the aucourt should ov-rthrow the

,,. . t !.e pas. d u- t i- - ' e.-tra aion will have to aeesllsd. t was decide i to a-, er.' the eleetioa 1 w s.. that no man's n..me , l: p .iriiioretlii.il once "a the k Hot. A ei remittee was chosen lo draft a bin to al oii,h etaee at eaatodls of naatate ho.isi M ,v th - m sure thai c u-ed tro riot at the close of UM last session. '1 h housa Tuesday unseated the me ieI Mr Hart of (.osei ettuntv. and -..1 ! Mr L...-..riioi Th- i.poaUata oourl l.i.l was passed- ., t r.. At t i se Oi th an ite se 'i be u 1 -ov Ha -card snnounrcd , , ,i ne had up ., nit-d Mi s r.. HaKo. leite, m cord, Draauaoad and Otlhert on the special ommlttee fo- the and ilia in'pilrv The o. .. t ...ns commute a of tht senate at midnight decided to oast Eaastot Rotera of haanrta onntr, nnd seat the republican contestant,

Uriah Cu Inert

tnappet

car. The robbers used dynamite ou tin; safes and suec.-e.ied in opening the small one, getting not over 190. Tliey knocked over tho stove, setting lire to the car, totolly consuming it und ita contents, also all the passengers' baggagO, involving a heavy loss. They look some registered letters from the mail ear and departed. .supt. Fields, of the Houtharn Pacific, who happened to be at Boseburg, was wiled about 1:90 nnd took an engine iiuiimi'ii in thaaaono, Tha burning .su was tamblad ort' tha track, ami ihn train was brought in alter .several boa ra' delay. Baginaof Morris had his .-heck b' raged by a bullet and the axpreaa uiasseagar'i dog sjna killed, a laaf mad pouches were rilled, but the valuu jf the letters taken is unknown. The and of the mail car was charred, and some mail matter damaged by hie aud water. De varal oommereial travelers ist valuable sample, trunks in the lire. Ona case cotiiaining silver kuives, j forks aud spoons, was found vasterlay morning in the slough, uninjured. 1 Nothing else of value vv as recovc i ed. I The large express safe, unopened, was taken to Portland on the m .ruing lo

cal. The sheriff and his posse are scourBag tha country, but there istno clew 1 vet. as a heavy ram has been falling , and tha tracks Ota obliterated. Tha traiu arrived at Portland at 000 1. 1 lock yesterday afternoon. Charles Piper, postal clerk iu charge ofthe mail car, sa.d: Two men did all the work of holding up the traiu. but 1 think there aero flea in the gang. They exploded

two dynamite bombs in tna eapraea car astd haif a do.en 00 the outside. When the express car took tiro 1 real-

1 that in v car wluc. was . i ......

express was in .iiiiik,,robbers drew a revolver on me.

while he went through ihe mail. I do not believe he took anything of value. "Tha express car was soon a mass of Samoa, and I set about to save my ear. if possible, by carrying water front I pond near at hand. The entire end ..f the mail car was burned out.

but only a small part of the mal ia li. aged.'' PARTICULARLY SAD.

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the

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y n Man l.vi

Hat-state.

his .wn

Mr.. Baee

hoora When house g.ing

United

Stat. s. as re . .. led ... I! Kuli .V 0. for the week ended on the '-"'th were 1131, against PW for I he corresponding week last year. For Canada t he failures were ."iT. against 7u last year. 1 in: house committee on tha library,

on t he '.".n I., reoom ma n tied favorably ... ... .. ...... M . I

the inii appropriating soo, ur me arooUoa of aa aqanstriaa statue In Washington city to Maj. Henry W. SlolMIIIl. Thk president-elect of the United Mates is ve ils old. it W.tS Oil JailItarf) ft, 143, that he Brat saw- the light of dal at Niles, 0 . where his father was manager and proprietor of

uu iron foundry.

Hr.Miv iiKNowi i . a maaoo, id yaara ,1,1, relur I to his homo in Long Is

land City, N. Y., on the '.'Hth, after re

covering from an operation by which

the whole of his tongue was removed. Him trennte was due to cancer. iHsi'tK tiKs from a. the capital city of the Portuguese territory of that nam" in India, on the '."m h. said that there were three cases of bubonic plague in the hospital there. THK business portion of ( ale. Ionia, (, was burned at an e n ly hour ou the Nth,

ThK bill to prohibit the playing of football lias Im-cii fnvorabiv aetednpon bv : eominittee of the Indiana house. THK Ufdand bank has .piit business after a series of misfortunes, and a Hartford City tirin establish a bnnk there. At Washington Kdith Osman. aged three vcars, was burned to death the other day from her clothes cat. hing lire while playing in front of a grate. A pool oFfti k has been established at Frooport, Bhalby county. .1 1 a n r. i in. an elephant in Wall nee a

ahovv at I'. rn. d.ed after a 4(1 dit' s last.

She was brought t

Africa in lt. JaJtna Bfunsotn, a Cherokee, in Henry county, has fallen heir to rich Indian territory lands. Thhkk brothers named Aden, aged to. 14 and 1 1. w ere arrest, d at brans-

ville. charged with attempted train wrecking -n a high bank Thk big Ifnrtl Banning factory will be rebuilt nt TtptOO. ( it SRI I s i s i , of Anderson. ha invented a lee. .meter"' for pedestrians. FlRR gutted the railway station, a

grain elevator, the post ofBoe nnd net

eral residences at I iori.li.

county. Kmma Uamii, of Kconomy, is going to India as a Methodist miaaionarv.

um I oi.elil.

ii.-i . 1 v I aaaaa. sm.t liKK, Utah, Jan. 3o. H...I...I..VV l: ice. of Uoshen, this

yesterday shot and killed his wifa and

th. n put a bulioi t in-..;, . ii

l.ea.l with fatal r.-siilts.

was stab in ied. having only M before given birth to a child, the noma temporarily left the Baca told his vife that he was

1. 1 kill himself and that as he did not want tO b ave her. he nad made up his

min t Ul kill her also. thO children say their mother pleaded piteoiisly for ner life, but their father put a pist.-l to her In a I and blew out her brains, and then turned the weapon BOOO his own temple. The powder ignited the bed clot lies, an. 1 the now b..rn-baby and their eight ot her children who were locked in the room were narrowly saved (mm cremation by the neighbors.

DUN'S COMMERCIAL HLVItW. eaniis.) a Month of Btaappelalaaaat, but of Itatal Uats Not Italia t ...... i ... u.ih ami Honey Wittel, KseryhaO) i reastaeO 1 1 1 1 i ... I r . Inn a Season of l.o r.a,w jl( Ptaaaotlva imiusirie. Wtthaol tavaaaa in prfaaa Kna YoMh. Jaa. 10. -U ; bun a Co. say to-day iu their weekly revi. iv of trade: January has been a mouth of disappointment, but of real i;iim Nearly evert body bad promised himself land of milk and honey after New Veins.

j and the slow progress looks Ilka staad ing still to man In taoli a stat,. ,,f ' min. I. Moreover there are inultitii, I i throughout the country who have ' been taking large ventures bj advance of or apart from their regular business because they expected a rise iu prices Hut price ' fail as yet t bring thom pr.dit U heat bus declined severely, cotton has scarcely risen enough to pay broker ; age, wool holds steady in spite ,,( enormous buying, woolen goods hai dly I change iu price, iron aud its prodacU decline, leather ia sluggish, hides are I lower, for some shoe maBafacturefi accept a shade lower prices; the average of railroad stocks is slightly lower than it was I K ecinl.gr HI, and the ad i Vanoa la trust stocks has been small. Xo traders in such properties the : mouth has been d isa ppoin t i nr. Yet

daring tbe week the record shoWl ton iron works have started and only two have stopped, thirteen woolen works have started and nine more are about ready to start while three luve stopped, .similar things are seen mi other industries and the additional establishments are uot starting without some iuerease iu orders received. It would do more harm than good k exaggerate the iinni oveuicnt. Hut a study of conditions governing biisi ucss indicates that the wheels are Ot the right track, and moving in tli right d irect ion. Men talked of a possible drain ! gold n toOOt h ago. but January hut

paaaad and tha lionidntlon ol ion

indebtedness to tins conn

fart her off t lian ever. Merchandise exports from New Y in January have been about four Mm I hareer than last year, an 1

m - porta '. per cent smaller th. .11 lust year, w hen the excess of exports vvus near 118,000,000, while cotton exports from other ports huve been larger, Tbe month has not diminished, bot has increased, tnecurreiit balance due this country. Money market !- 01 IK mora easy ..ud favorable to aapausion 1 of industries and legitimate bttOini is, i Tlie doaiino Ul wheat was 01 all cents, in spite of an ofBoial report of : yield far bcb.w estimates generally uc-epted, and ra floate oaroaptioo oi the error u the report, ami also ot ! tboinfloonoo of ooormona anportaol i corn instead of wheat sd.iHHJ.nnO bushels in aeven inohthe. W hen two bushels of corn can be bad for less than

one bushel of wheat, it is largely preferred in Baropann markets, and in Jnnonry '. 890, 1ST basnais of eora have gOOO abroad from Atlantic ports, agalnat B,kOa,ttl last year, while Atlant ie exports of wheat aud Hour have been C,.'.3.', I St bushels, against S, 13,CTU last year. As the great crop of corn preventa much advance ta ita price, its outgo affects the demand for vv 1 1 cab A heavy liquidation of spools h:.s enrrod with the price of com scarcely changing. Cotton looks less attractive to trad am, becaiiHO American millers are Is boring over plans to reduce a great surplus of goods and prices of many have deelined. Takings of northern spinners have been in live aaOOthe, II.(Sj;l bales less than last year, ai. i 13, 000 bales less t : 1 11 II IHt'l-S. .Sale, of wool in January have nev. r ' been surpassed in that uioiit h. ti or in my Ottlar mouth, except last Noveinbar and July of l and 18IKI I M price has remained about stationary. The iron and steel manulactmcs show little gams, product ion having ! ir it v.. hcnvilv baf ore. and the

.rr.i.iuai enlareemeul f demand

I h " tin .1 ml i.i-i.iliiet s has not ov

..... .. - -. , Uat increase, bower prices resnn tor bessemer pig. gmy forge, and fo aonthern Iron at Chicago. forontnaiH i-nd the average ..f nil qootalloni is the l.w.-st iTnce early last, year. for sheets there is act ive demand, and Letter a. so for bars, oil 0000001 lf CS1 buildiiiir. Tin nnd tjopper are a shade , stronger, but compOtltion causes as 1 -

of tin plated 11 to is c uts below agreed price.

I a. hues for the wee It nave . in t he United States. ftgaiOSl I '' .ear. and VI in Caiitidn, against To

y ear.

HuPOHT.

wa

for

tttakeo

ie

331 ast a si

UNbATIbFACTUHY

( ollided a Bldlag.

Ua l iv R1 1 1-, Ind.. .Ian. 30. Tho Big i'our passenger train N" 1-. eastboOnd, shortly after BOOO yesterday, inn into an open switch at Huston, IS miles north of here. The mogul cnglne in front ofthe train eraataod Into a freight engine of train No. U'J. wl.1.1, was standing on the siding. Theeu gin BIO and tit-omen . scaped injury bv jumping. Two men iu the tliniiigcar service are reported injured. Ib.th

American from looomotlvoo waN badly dlsmootled.

THE DENISON HOUSfc, l.i.li:,.. 1 ISepnl.lle.ltis- llend..iarlrs, llainaaoa ki 1 ir I-.i.iANAioi.ts, Ind., .Ian. W. Tho DontoOfl house, which was partially dest rove I by lire just two years ago, was afOlO visited by lire yesterday, and suffered a loss of about g'.'S.ODO, with untold inconvenience to guesta. it h a repnblican maioril v la t he lag Uitatari this hotel, which has 0090 the lepublican state hea d 11a r t er fat

Madison years, was crow ded with guests. I na

lire broke out from 1 defective Uuo 01 the third floor.

Kateasaai ..ft the urst Matleoal fctaaa a Newport. (iv.iWATi. .lac.. IA-Bttttk IvM'"-

in. r I n. ki t's i-eport to th Holler about the First national

of Newport is sens it iotlill. analysis of it is as follows: "The statement shows . verdiaft. and too much

real estate and mortgages, u..ov ri- Due from ot In

banka, state bunks aud cash. ..... ,..., U. The total resources

I.M71 J.-.7. loans and

v-- i 9un An item of I I

short'' in eonsnb-reit sign. 11. a...

olllie bank

An expert

to., mack tied up I The auk

ual louea

are are

liacounsa ,f "cash

The

Sll.M I ' . v.... total liabilities are given M f'"' lapoaita subject to onaek total deposit. WN,M at I'--2 ..stinui.es that tholos-s fro,,, lo.n.s iu

approximate S-"".' '

disc, unt s w

A CHICAGO

Slt.ert

I RAGtDY.

Dan

1. ill... I Mrs. M rV

, ...in 1.. rntmm ,,,. Shot lllmtel'.

'i.-a Jnn. -W- Albert Cubniujr. aooachman.shot and instantly kt. ?. s. I.... .,;...r .-I her home, 4-w

ans. ..;.. . -'- .. - ..i u

lie then atu-ior - -

and iao

breast.

g.

1'h.

ki nie st reel.

.I..,.,! the woman's two boys.

.ti ...... 1.0. wolf in the

li-g. taiany si.... vat

police claim

ihat Cuntiitig

hut the Islier.

Jealous of Mr. Denn, Bf, 001 " lho I. tho proprietor of a Isrg hie. say. that III. wife a 0

'

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f i f. HI IT Hall I MR I

teuipted to kill her some time ago.