Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 June 1897 — Page 2
EEKLY COURIER.
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JA8PEB
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Ol the vMh Congressman John L. McLuurln whs commissioned Oeautoa fron South Carolina, vice Karle, deW'HM'll. Tin: arrival in Athens of tin- volunteer from America exeitoil curiosity, but un enthusiasm. They will proceed tu join the army of Crown PHlM Cotr siantinc. m Tiik president, i in Um -"'th. sent to the senate the nomination uf Kdwiu 11. Conger, of Iowa, to lie envoy extraordinary und minister plenipotentiary of the I nitcd Stares to llrail. It is unofficially announced that the
wheat area of I- run ce is .V.'.'..'.Uis hec
tares below the area of 18M, an. 1 that the wheat area trill probably he M,100,000 hectoliters less than in lM. A hectare is 8.47 acres; u hectoliter is 11.75 huehrle Jl'liHK Mi Nt.KU. of the I niteil Stales district court at Omaha, Ncli.. made
an order, on the ah. that the divorce decreeil hy Judge Rrcwer hetween the Western 1' n ion anil I nion l'aeitic telegraph companies, must he completed by September L KxPKitiMi.m are being made in the vicinity of rhoeuix, Ariz., with the growing of tohaceo. A good quality of leaf has heeu grown then-, and it is he li. ved that proper care in curing w ill result in a product which will be valuable coinmerciall v.
Tiik sixth animal exhibition of the I'hiladelphia Horse Show association opened, on the 00th, at Wtamhlckoc Heights, to continue live .lavs. The list of entries was the largest iu the history of the association aud the prizes aggregated 110,000. A nisi ATi H from Vienna says that the Turkish government has mobilised 10,000 additional I roops, who an- now
in readiness to iidvanee into Thessaly, and that the govern incut is making active preparations fur a Turkish administration of the province. Is the National Association of Military Surgeons at Columbus. 0., on the ÜGth. six papers were read hy tit.e. Deputy Siirgcoti-Ct-ncral W. S. Oliver, of the british army medical department at Halifax, read a ppat 'U accoutrements for infantry soldiers.
BO W K I.I. W84 the distribution of relief to the tlood sufferers in the Mississippi aud Bad river valleys administered by the officers in hargv that of the otal appropriation of SvJoO.OOU about one-half remains unexpended, although the field was fully covered.
A mCIAIi dispatch from Vienna says that the Austrian cruiser Kronprinzessin Stefanie had been ordered from Salotiiea to Phalerute. near the Pireaus (the port of Athensi, to remain there at the disposal of the royal family of Ofaaaa if required to convey the in from that country. Ii the I'nited Mates supreme court, ÜM case of Sly the vs. Hinckley, involving the estate of the late Millionaire Hlythe, of California, was dismissed, on t he JT h. for want of jurisdiction. The effect is to leave the property in the possession of Mrs. Illnckley. daughter of the millionaire.
A rail declared to be a forgery, and discovered in the uru containing the ashes of the testator's dead wife, is one of Um sensational features that will be presented in th" contest over the estate of the late Jacob Z. Davie, the San Francisco millionaire, philau thropist and patron of arts aud science.
Fisi ni nn k P. Slot. !.. formerly genrrul suierintendeiit of city delivery in the Chicago post oflice, has been asked, through a representative of Li Hung Chang, to take charge of the free delivery postal system which it is proposed to establish at Hong Kong. The offer carries a salary of 3l,u00 a year for live years. Rkmu P. vi u: and Carl Xold. the anarchist accomplices of Ale xander l.crgnian in the attempted assassmut ion of H. C. Fricke, during the lloiu. stead (Pa.) strike in is'.i-j, were released from the penitentiary, on the OBth, after serving their terms of live years. They Were given a royal reception by the anarchists of Allegheny.
Ri.i.ir.K for destitute Americans is being distributed in Cuba. Consul l'riee. of Maiitaiius, and Consul Maker, of Sagua le Uraada bare received eaoagh from lien. Lee to relieve immediate necessities, as regards foods, medicine and clothing. In this way several hun
dred arc reached at once. At Havana similar steps are being taken. I'liu.ir McKi.imnk. recently convicted in Washington of taking valuable dOO uineuts from the congressional library, appeared in the criminal court, n the Ntk, and withdrew his motion for a new trial and received his sentence. Judge Bradlej Impoeai n tine of j.oo without imprisonment, and Me 101 hone promptly paid it and was released. Thk resolution appropriating 00,000 lor the relief of distressed American aitizens in Cuba reached the White House at 10:00 p. in. QV Mm 21th. The president signed it immediately, and proceeded at once to consult with th -officers of the state depart incut respecting the adoption of measures of relief, in addition to those taken previously.
TU official celebration of ljueen Victoria's birthday anniversary was observed in London, on the i'i'.th, with the usual closing of the. courts and government offloea, the ringing of the church bells, a display of tings, nrtilbrv salutes and the ceremony of trooping the colors on the BofM .minis' parade, in which the colonial troops now in London took part.
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEW8 IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. ppsssal aaaeeai In tin M-niit. . en the "nil. aniimmeenient of Ite death o amaaw Barle, ol .outi Caeoliaa be eg inu.le by Mr l't 1 1 tuun. a reseluluui x-nn-ssitn.-prefoun I arr s a.loptcil uti.l the eiiato luijuurtiisl . The li his lnimc.li.it ly mi assenitiliiitf u. nppr.Msl uf ! he .leal Imf Bee ater Barle uu.i ImimsUately aiijouriitsl without Uansaeliiu; any huisiuess. Is iticM nie .iii!. i'.th. ufti-r consideration of minor business up to J p. m.. Senator Aliirifli m'p.. K. l.l. In tharte uf the tariff icil ti . t the measure laid before seaast SB4 RMMSI the opcn'iik' s;, :i m its tavor, of an hour
i.l a .jii: rter He was fe.l..wel b Mr. Vest tilcin . ato 1 ;n oppesii i.m le Use bill. Mr. ftiuBoa sil. r'i. Utah) eliise.1 the liebste for the ila. b uri.'iiik' thai the protection khoulil Ik' so Uistri tiulol us to a..l the farmers. Is the senate, on lac '.nth. a resolution was Ilk-reed toaulli irlliw the eeietary ef the liavy lo mi'i.'v .iti suitable sinp s foraanHee relief siilipli. s tu India. Tin lirst vote . u the tariff lull Iis takt t) af ler t o hours ilebü'e oll the item of boraclc acid, who h ri suite.l. :U to Jo. in favor of tic- sehe.lule a lixed by the Unaucc eouiuiitns. the vole beim; maiul.v on party lines The house was not in s. ssi m. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. BOMBS LolMMi, of Newton, Mass., has been uppointed receiver of the I nion and COBaoUdatad sttcet railways
of Saginaw . Mich. He is very young
for the position -''I ye.trs old. The bond as receiver is lixed at STÖ.Ü00. Limikm I'.vsiiv. the Turkish commander, has dishanded and sent to their houics most of the Alhauians in his army. As explosion, cvideutlv caused by chemicals naed in the preparation of pepsin, shattered the up:ier part of Armour X t'o.'s pep-sin factory, at Chicago, on the -1th, and the blae which followed practically consumed the
building: loss, $;:.imio. Mk. Bhthmip If. Bkravaaa, Um wealths St. Loirs merchant, who was arrested in New York city on his arrival on the St. 1'aul charged with smuggling, and on whose person aud that of Mr. L. S. Langhornc was found ahout 18(000 worth of dutiable goixls, was, on the MUt, held by the I nited States commissioner for the grand jurv. He gave bond. His trial will
conic off about the 10th of dune. Askukw 15 ii v an. a well-to-do farmer, aged M, the father of 33 children, :."i of whom are boys, and who married his seventh wife last February, is missing from Fowler, lnd. He left home with several hundred dollars in his pocket to purchase stock. Tiik statement of the condition of the treasury. issued on the -'4th. sho-.ve 1: Available cash balance. ?';'.!,- WO"'.; gold reserve. 8lM.Tm.si.'. Total gold shtpooeata from New York, on the J".th. were IB, 400.000. Ax Athens dispatch says: The in laaUoaaof the sultan are greatly distrusted here, and it is believed that he is avoiding negotiations for peace through the powers hepeaat) he wauts Edhem Pasha to inarch to Athens. It V the caving of a trench at Fort Wayne. Ind., on the '.24th. three workmen were instantly killed and a fourth was fatally injured. The dead are A. Ih-nnis. A. lb-own. .lames hristie. .Fatally injured. Michael Sheehy. TK Odeeakjr Llstock, of ndneee, an nounces the coming arrival there of .tic of the Yandci hilts, who, according to that newspaper, is about to start big naphtha works at ltuku, Russian Transcaucasia. Hank Kxamixkii CaUMTBU has discovered a fertlo r shortage of SöO.000 in the accounts if the wrecked state national bank of Logansport. Ind. OathalMb W. f, Mittman. a isVM ing Uacher, shot himself in the corridor of t he thirteenth :.iory of the (Tiieago chamber of e.nnm r.-e liuilding and then threw himself to the court below, narrowly missing pedestrians in the crowded lobby. It is thought Iowas dead before he struck the pavement. Tax examination of Harr Voo Tausch. the former chief of the secret political poU08i who is charged with four-fold perjury and treason, was continued in llcrlin on the -,'ith. Von Tausch wept dnring t he course of the proceedings. L. s. Mai.ovkv. of Tennessee, son-in-law of Senator Mills, of Texas, and for 'JO yea is a clerk in the post oflice depafftaaaat la Waehlnf ton, expired from heart disease, on the 'J.ith, while driving to the oflice. Tiik secretary of war has awarded the contract for building six locks and dams in the Monongahela river to . lames Met arron. of Philadelphia, at an
nggregat st of S'VJJ, ls, DtTBUia a diaplaj of fireworks at Nantes, France, on the evening of the -Ith, four persons were killed and a sere of others were injured by the explosion of a b nub. .Ioiin ('. in i stoxk. late secretary of the Cincinnati water-works, wasarrested, on the -'.th. on a charge of embezzlement of water-works money. The
arrest was on a warrau: BWOR) out by Presld nt Uernaaa of Um board of affairs. A IUSpati-m was re. eived from I'rovineetown, Mass.. ou the J.'.th, announcing the arrival thereof the Provincetown lishing schooner .loseph 11. John sod with the lossof in of her crew. Tiik Indiana supreme court decided that the fa- t that n candidal.- for an oflice offered a bribn or reward la a voter disijiisil itied him und made lii-n ineligible to olliee. The decision was based upon the state constitution. BliWa Dvi;it. of rrovidetiee, was inaugurated, on the Mth, "governor, cnpoiiii general and commaudcr-in-chief of the state of Khodc Island and Providence plantations for the vearcneuing." It is aadantood in Madrid that Senor Sagasta, the liberal leader, will soon publish an important political statement in which he will announce Iiis unalterable opposition to the sale ofCubn.and his unyielding support of the nininteiiati'-,' of the integrity of Spanish territory. Tiik first vote in the senate on the tariff hill occurred, n the OflUl. 00 Senator Vest's amendment to reduce the rate on BOTex to tilt ills p. r aaaadli !Taa amendment was defeated: Yeas, '40; nays, 34,
Paara Mcatxaa, eoaeicted of the murder of his late einp'o ,-cr's wife and kclltelieed to be electrocuted a olllinbus, t., iu September, has made a c omplete confession iu writing. Oxk iinnsAvo striking New N'ork tailors resumed work, on the '.'th, having galawl Um eoanaeelrwe iiemandcd from the iniddleiueii. Meyer s-chocn-fcld, the leader of the strikers, sai i he did not l.iok for a settlement of the tailors' eonlest earl.cr than four weeks h. nee. Tin-: Society of Architecture of Heb gium has taken the initiative in convoking an international congress of arch ttects to meet at Prussels August -,'s. Th.e Halted States governiiicnt is invited to send ipoclal ih legates to represent it in the congress. m W ard steamship line has offereu free transportation of all supplies t he government may w isli to send to siilVcr-
ing Americans in Cuba. I i: Nh Mct'oiM'lN, Hist master at San Francisco for the piist tie years, and a promiticut deiu.s-rat, died, on the 26th, us the result of a surgi cal ojH'raUon. Kkv. C S. Wai.ki i v. of Springllehl. O., recently appointed I'nited Slates army chaplain, received orders, on the Oath, to report at Port Harrison. Mont. Tiik statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the -.'Uli showed: Available cash balance. SS0, 004,900 gold reserve. 1144,004,003. t u vs. K. Wi! son. colore 1, was whipjM'd, on the MUt in t cntreville (Md. i jail by the sheriff in fulfillment of the sentence of the circuit court for Queen Anne county, which condemned him to l"i day s iu jail ami 10 lashes for wife beating. PaaaipaaT UoKutuct, oa Um OOih, oooMaated la Ufa latprieonnant the . . , . , , ....
s. Illelicc ol lletinis I HI V Is. con V ICted in the Doited States court for the western district of Arkansas of murder and
sentenced to hang July 93, ls-.iT. Um president found mitigating circumstances. Tiik town of Levanger, Norway, on the Troudhjetn Fiord, was nlinost completely destroyed by tire on the JUth. The conflagration swept away fourtitliis of the buildings. Paaoaaica dc ut Toca Booth-TitcK" BS, OOnmander Of the Salvation Army in the I'nited Slates, was, on the : '.tli. convicted of maintain ing a disorderly house at the big army barracks iu West Fourteen street, New York city. Sentence was postponed until June 8. Mks. MaKi.aki i Kki.i.v. of Carroll, la., has just celebrated the one hundred and seventh anniversary of her birth. She was born in Longford, Ireland, in IT'.HI, and in 1 '''. shortly after the death of her husband, came to A inerica Her
oldest SOD is more than si years of aire. I
and is living in Kansas, well and hearty. Tiik American members of the commission investigating the death of Dr. Kui. in I uba seem confident that the lindings will Ih so far satisfactory as
morally to ba. k Con sal -General Lee's!
report upon the ease, and at the same time to justify the claims of the widow Of Dr. Kui for damages from Spain. A 1 1 v 1 1 f. s from Cuba received at Phi la delph'a. on the J6th. were to the effect that (3eS Come WOQ Id temporarily resign as commander of the insurgent forces and come to this country as "secretary of war pro tern." of the Cuban republic to confer with President McKinley on the I nban situation. l.l s. Nl l sov A. Mil Ks. w ho left the Halted states with the intention of ob scrying the Creek-Turkey w ar. started-, on the Mtia, for Athens, with his suite. Tin- general has abandoned his proposed trip to Thessaly. LATE NEWS ITEMS.
In the senate, oa the -7th. the conference r.-port on the sundry
Baal civil
impropriations bill was taken up and agreed .: Yeas, 33; nays. The senate then took up the tariff bill and continued its formal consideration byparagraphs. ... In the house P.eprcscntative Lewis offered a resolution declaring it to lie the sense of congress that the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents should be reeogni.cd. Speaker Peed declared it out of order. a:id on appeal the house, by Ul to 57. sustained the Speaker. The house then adjourned until the :dst. 1 1 is likely that the persons arrest'- I for part ieipat ing in the notorious Sceley dinner in New York city last January hat was raided by Police Captain t'hapman. will not.li tried. The district attorn, y. according to report, has about come to the conclusion that the best interests of the community demand that the details of the dinner he allowed to remain buried. J. BL Lnnn. of the Metropolitan Insurance Co.. ordered by the insurance commissioner to discontinue business in Kansas, has received a letter from ice-President l-'isk. of the home oflice. instructing him to disregard the order and continue in business. The letter asserts that the commissioner's action is absolute I v without authority of law . A i oi LOnOM between a freight ami a passenger train at American Falls. 'J, miles west of P.M-atello. Idaho, early on the morning of the Jsth. caused the death, so far as known, of nine nMM and the serious injury of eight others. Two of the latter w ill die. This is the worst wreck that has occurred on the short line in many years. AUNNR M. KÖM, who fled froin Itostn recently with $:M),000 of the funds of the Boyleetoa national bank iu his possession and was arrested and taken back, was arraign.-. I. on the -.'Tth. before a I'nited States commissioner on a charge of emlM-.z'illg. He pleaded not guilty and furnished b i:id. He will lie held to the grand jury. l r w as reported, on the 37th, IAmA the Turks had confiscated L'Jäü.OOO
1 bushels of w heat at VotOi and that the
Turkish commander had issued a proclamation calling upon the peasants tu return and gather the harvest or their crops would be confiscated. Oao, M. Pi t.i.MAX n iv.-d from rehiluke Kavner. on the JTth, two magnificent medals and a richly wrought diploma as testimonials of honor and merit in founding and building the most perfect town in the world.
INI 1 AYA STATE NEWS.
Mas M akt D. Travis, president of the lu. nana department of the . KC has announced Hluiiche Could, of Craw for.isville, for depsrtnieat secretary, aud Jennie H utciims.in, of the same town, for depart incut treasure. Di ui.su the past few mouths th. farmers of i'.iyet'.e county havo safe red from the UcpreUatious of petty thieves, and huve decided to organ. c a ravette County Protect .e itaoeia lion. I ii it. at um fees and luos are to be used in prosecuting the thieves is baa captured. At Ift. Wa-. ue, four workmen em ployed by the City Were engulfed IU ipuicksund ufcc o'.ner day. Three of tin in were killed. Ihcdead: A. iH-n-Bie, A. Hrown, James Christ ie Fut.,W
ly injured: Micdiuel Slice bey. i he men were digging a trench lor watermams When uh.uit tix feet be.ow the suriaee n vein of ipiicksaud was broken and all four were eiigu.fed in a mass . f sand aud rock. Siuehey was rescued but will probibly die. syt ii;k Jkkrv SwokKi.KU, of Centerville, is one of the oldest, justice of the ;e.o c in the state. In I - 40 he was a candidate for justice of the peace in Washington township, anil ne war. tiie only man iu Wayne couuty who rece.vcd more votes than lieu. William Hearjf Harrison, who was then running for president Mr. SwotTord is very proud of tins fact. Um: of the industries in which Richmond capital is largely interested is that of Nicaraguan coffee raising. There is now a total of Si.vooo of Richmond money invested iu the bust'ICS. L. V. Pn. l. im,, retail dealer in shoes at Logausport, made a voluutary assignment late theother night. Liabilities, s:5,oo;i; assets about the same amount. Ihe failure of the State National bank was the cause of the assignment. A 1AKTY of farmers visited a gypsy camp near lleimer to ask the gypsies to move on. '1 he result area a light, la which John Ruinier was struck ou the head, and two farmers uanu-d t rossh-y and (iurrison were bitten by dogs. While tiie farmers left for assistance the gypsies left. Tue Citizens' bank of Portland has elected the following ollicors: President, V. II. R. ed; v.ee presi.leut. Is.iac Silvernale; cashier. -N. I!, llawkius; assistant cashier, J. A. .la.pja; directors, E. Ci Vaughn, of Richmond; Y. 11. Bead, N. K. Hawkins, .1. R. Jaqua, 1. Silver neda, K. Lyons aad J- a. Ju.iua. At Creensburg. ESdwia Kella, a harness maker, dropped dead the Other afternoon of heart disease, while working at his beuch. Mr. Keiiy had been in business tiiere for .'i0 years T. W. Aniu kson, aged 7rt years, one of Hartford City's oldest eiti.ens. died a few days ago of Rright's disease. The remains were taken to Rock ford, U., for burial. Mus. Ei.iza Johnson, ageil Hh, died ' at her home near llecatur, the other morning. She was a pioneer of the county, being a member of the first family that located there and has re- j sided on her farm that she helped to
c. ear ever lnce. Simon Sciiakffek. living in Harrison township, near Pock port, committed suicide. His father's family attended church, and on returning found his body floating in the cistern. He had been sick and despondent for some time. ' ii i Hi KS II. livwsx, editor and propr.etor of the Covington Republican, died at his home in Covington of pneumonia, aged 4 I. Mr liwynn publ.shed the only republican paper iu tUe county seat. W Hii.E attending a reception in honor of Williur Piper and briae, near Fairview. Pajette county, about twenty guests were poisoned by eating chicken stewed in a copper boiler. All are in a fair way to recover, strong emetics being promptly used. Tuk trustee of Coata college for women, founded by Jane Coats, of Dree aeae tie, asade an assignment the other day. The liabilities amount to 1 1 4.OU0, w hile the as, cats consist chiefly of unpaid subscriptions to the c 1lege which will m hard to realize ofj. The college will be eootlaaed until tho end of June, when an effort will be made to maintain it under different management liov Mount is one of the trustees of the college. Tatl following fourth-clas postmasters for In.iiana were appointed & few days ago: blossom county, U. C. Kam; Primfield. Noble county. C, W. McMeans; I'arniersbnrg. Sull.vau county, L. J. Self: Cslenn, Floyd county, Florence Meltaniehiireenville, Floyd county, R M. Comp ton; Hanfield, Crnnt county, Klihu Coornler; llillsboro. F'ountaiu euuntv, F. C ian.i; Lancaster, JJcffereoo numtv, A. J. Shinness; Posciawn. Newton county, E. T. Bojle; West Lebanon, Warren county, H. II. Pugh. At lied ford, a verdict of not guilty Taa readared the other morning by the jury in the cose of John H-own anil John Sexton, the Louisville tKy ) police officers charged with murder in the first degree for k Illing Ceorge Rippe y. near Saiem. on the uight of December 27, lstMV The officers were hunting for a criminal who had escaped from Lou.sville and in searching for him in th.-s i.uxps took Kippcy for the uinn they . anted and shot him. Lynching was threatened at the tinm and Brown and Sex, n were taken to New Albany tor safe keeping. Tine American I lte-glass plpnt al Adeaaadrla will be completed and ready to resume operations in full June 1. It employs 400 men and is one of the lending independent plants of the i-nuii t ry. II Ii ii A i: it Jovaa has been mployed for PI years by the goTcrnnient to enrry the mails between the post op ice and railroad etaUoohoeee at lingerstown. In that time it is estimated ho has walked 20,000 miles, for which he receives 87 a month Tiir state national bank of Logansport has been closed by a bank examiner. Its money was loaned on worthlese securitiea
TURKEY'S DEMANDS
Making F riends for Ornuce Among tho Powers.
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lOaBOV, May Ü0. The c. irrespoud-A-nl of the " 1 inns' at Athen-, say : The dlipa tehee which the government bai raoeiead fmn representatives, of 1 1 recce abroad, all indicate that the peaee aegotiatl we have 'ekeei a turn more lavoial.e to Creiee. TurLcy's peopoeal to occupy ThesMily no longer reeelvee any consideration, . uving to KoflaatT attitude, while the proposal toaboi.sh the eapitttlaUoae la the eeee uf 1 1 reek Miiijeet.s in Turkey is rejected und the aagfeated ea tradition treaty is apparently sit aside The powers have fixed fM,000,OM ss the highest limit of indemnity, and will allow such a Mratcgie alteration of the frontier us will not involve the aubjeotioa of any inhabited ilistriet to Turkish rule, ticruiany's deiuanil for aaa. i . . S i . - . I a 1 A , 1
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ticncial Lee, accompanied by i on,,,, t . sloaer I alaoaa aad Meereterj Pishhari went over to l.uanabaeoa th. every thing had been cut und dried bv Couimissioner Cougosto and his s,,... ish coadjutors there. The prisoner political aud criminal, in the Jail n In Rail Met his death, w ho are nM; , kept in close aaateeaanilt ware w ing about the yarl, peosaptly n. l up. anxious, npparently, to earn the pardons reputed to have be n .r.iiU. teed theai to perjnre fheiaei 1 1 1 1 Spain's favor if called to the witneai stand by iiny awaiber of the commie tea. rapt aai raaTtaoxT. One. alleged to have been a trtl I doing Mrvlee before Rail1 cell, s-u ready to swear t hat he sat silenth I,, for half an hour and heard Pui beat
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raise a fund on the guarantee of Kugland. Prance and Russia with interaat t pay the indeiiiuity, eoBeediaa aertala revenues, but not eeoeptlay the
principal of foreign control. iiiv Balte Pavatc aal Ihm oaiii lei sail Kelii;iiM. Worl.l lien ninOM ttM lo -l.in.t ion of I h.-Kal . Lomion, May js. TIM corresionlent of the Standard at Constantinople says: The Immediate entourage of the sultan favors icstoriii.r Thteealj to Geoeoa. The Turkish foreign ninuter has spoken on the subji ct in a conciliatory tone to the BarOO Hi I iiiice. the Au.stroUaagarlaa anabamador. nslrlngtmly a littie delay in order that public excitement may subside. On the otl'.er hau l ihe whole oMicial niid religloae world, ineiu.iiu the Slieik-l l-lslam denounces tin; idea of restoration. whiie .very military measure points to retention. Keen those who had supposed that the sultan was manufacturing the excitement in order to exact better terms from the powers are lieginning to think lie h g.me to far and loaf control of the sit oatjoa. Russia doaa not conceal her extreme irritation at the Cerinaii policy, which i si openly and persistently directed against Russia that many Turks accuse ttenaaajp of daliberateij piottiug- to prod nee a roptare between the two countries
ThrSiilinn M.klnc SpeeUI KfT.trt to KeMsee VMsMUy Balaataae with BagteetA BcaUX, May JT. According to a dispatehto the I'rankfort Zelf Bf fjrOM C instant inople Count M ura vieff, the T? : ..u .
'on ,,, nuiww, voiu I inff hot th Turkish ambassador at t. Petersburg ,,(,, .r
mai i u rice v must renonooe lu-r impossible claim to annex Thessaly. lie added that, ia his opinion, the claim hail only been advanced t prolong the negotiations as a pretext for renew lag the war, which Kur. ie w ould on no account permit. This statement so impressed the sultan that he has lieeu making upceial efforts to restore friendly relations with Lnglaud. and to this end ordered the whole palace ent'-urage to attend tin- randan party fieen at the Bajrlleh eaabaaay laaoaaarof the qaeaat,a birthday.
NINE MEN KILLED t ( iiHlaion hi American fulls. Malm -I .i.-lil UCbWS Srriiiiish liijur.-.l 1 lie .erl.lrnt ( aut.-.l lo a I i,-n;lil I rani Kiinaf ASRJItSI I. im ii t.r.il,' ..ml ( r.tslitag lalA a rsMSStf Train. P.'. tTKIJ.o, Idaho, May Js. . colliI in betweea a ti. ight and a passeuger train at Am. ri.an Pal la 08 miles west of here, at 4::iu o clock yesterday, caused the death, so far as Urnnvii. of li. tic men and the s. rioiis injury of eight otio -is. Tvv.of the latter will die. This is the Morel wreck that has occurred ou the Short line in many
years, The Wi st bound passenger was waitlag for the freight at American Falls, ataadlog in front of the statiuu huilding. 'ihe freight coming ci'st ran away n the hills west of American FalÜ, It b thought that the airbrake a as tamp -red with. The freight, running ,'iU miles an hour. crashed into the puss-Tiger train, which was already backing up. right in front of the station. Two men were on th.- etatioa platform; oae was killed and UM other fatally injured. The station building was shattered. Roth engines were converted into scrap iron and OB freight cars were piled up in a heap. Eight bo car passengers, sheep shearers and tramps, were crushed to d. ath. Up to noon five bodies had aaea taken out. Ceorge Moore, the einrineer of the freight, is seriously injured, sustaining a compound fracture. The tireiuan. Kick Coagf8t had e lee; broken: C. K. llcekman, engineer of the passenger, sustained slight injuries. lie stayed with his engine until he hail reversed it. The conductor and brakeman were an top f the freight setting t he brakes and liicinan Ooagrore had clim bed back to help when the crash came.
MYRON H. MCOKD. Ueiolj to It.i l III I.Tincr, W:.i t allrd to S(,, I . Washington, May as. The seuate t- aaadt tea Oa territories yesterday considered the nomination of Myron II. Met ord, to h governor of Arizona. Chargea have aaaa tiled agabaat him ay parties in the territory. Mr. Met ord was here rciuly to meet them, nut the aceuss-r.s were not present. It was determined to hold a meeting Nat nr. lay w hen both parties interested should be iu-d to b present and make their etutemei-U
he says, he heard a dull
thud, looked and saw the American . ing upon the tlMir iu the igoaieeol death. Another said he had known the deceased for years, and never thought he w as right in his mind. A third gave testimony to the effe t that his grandmother had told aim that several of Kui' family hud been subject to epileptic tits. I ongosto wished to pass lightly ov.-r the original and priin ial point raised by the Ann-ri.ans. to the effeet that whatever might be the manner la which Pui nu t his death, his end cane
while illegally und secretly held in comiiinn i. iido iu a military prison b. jroad the limits prescribed bv treatt j and therefore, in violation of the sane . , and make the secondary oaeatioa thai ; of his alleged assassination, the who.. 1 issue. Supported by Calhoun, Lee opBOH I this, the discussion w ith CoBgoete I ! his counsel becoming quite heated be j fore the meeting elOM ooltli.INAI. KVIIUM K SENT AWAY. After returning to Havana Lee and I Calhoun sent u note to Cougosto. d ( aiaadlag that the original evi.leii.-i 1 taken by the civil as well as by th. I military authorities in the Ruiz, eaincluding the written declarations oi witnesses called in such preliminary ' aaaoiadlaga, be supplied to Heeretare Plahback for translation into Kn
gush for examination by counsel before the next meeting of tl o:n Oission. C.mgosto replied that all these original diH'uincnts had gone to Madrid BOOM time ago. Since this response came, however, by mutual agreement, certified copies have been accepted and an under examination. Hut there is noth
assurance of Judge Vidal Spanish court officials to
show that these papers supplied are genuine and verbatim extracts from the record, as the American delegate! have been offered no Opportunity ti personally examine the areUlrea To rT'iHMW i iik am Al io . Friends of Fondest ilia declared that Tejerio. h is successor as military cone mai.dant of the town, has purpose held back certain pajn-rs in order to screen Maruri. the elealde, from possible censure at the COM mission's hands for failure to imply with an order alleged to have been baaed by Potadceetella some dayt pri-vioiis to Ruiz' death, direct. ag that he be released from solitary .- u tiocmcnt and jM-rmit'.-d to eomin ;.-i . ' with his family and friends. Cougosto opposed the express. ;.',- or the American delegates that Kondcsviela be brought Is'fore the c emu.si. in. He is absent iu active tic I service, it is explained, and CA0 well obtain permission to come C nana bio-oil. It is liclieved. in I '' of this, that Let and Calhoun will not ask to have any other witaeeaee unuaoa i. or pal aaj - qaestioas to others whiefa Congosti may .-all. the documentary evlden hand being regarded as quite sullicii tit. after exceptions la-noted. tO jBStil American contention as to flagrant violation of the treaty. Bad warrants le I original assertion that the prison! died from harsh treatment while illegally in com mu ii.eado. iMi'oid i maf v roaaa Mr. Plahback, who eapeete to kavt Saturday for Washington via Tampa, will probably be the b.-arcr of impor tant dispatches from Calhoun. Calhoun will linger her' until Thursday of next Wok and return per direct New steamer. Havana's new governor, the HarqoU Ic Palmcrola, is determined that nc harm shall come to McKinley s commlaeiooer here. As a preeaatioa Pa lice Inspector Kscanta and half a dozen secret service mc.l in citi.'. n s clothes dog Calhoun's f.altsteps all day long and watch his hotel at nightPeople seen talking with him are likewise spotted, their names obtained am the gist of their conversation. If the government spies be able to catch it. reported at aae bO the palace. Many meinla-rs of this special de teetive force understand Kagllah, and they appear specially aler. when any Cuban resident or American aewspapei correspondent is seen to approach '. a1boa n.
It Aff.el I very Mir. I no - I of I he Seilh itas.ita CaaetttatkHb PiKitur.. S. I.. May 10. Presiding lustice OorOOa of the supreme e.lirt has handed down un opinion fully -nv talahtg the legality of the aeaeudtnenl rcpeuling prohibition in this iW The matter is given even greater hU" aaraaaea from the fact that all pote1 involved ill the ea i- alb ts e pia every atiietidmciit to the COaetJWtiOO which hns Is-en submitted Oythe legte lature. since they hud the aatae defects of submission as di ' .his amendnicut. and all of them arc settled by this decisiou.