Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 43, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 July 1897 — Page 6
AY EEKLY (O IK I V. lb 'CUHREXT TOPICS.
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Tn Westum lieaervu university at I evclsnd. ., on UM tStl, conferred thu 1 grce of L. L. I. upon 1'rcsidcut MtK in ! v.
A PBWATCU f i 'in M'n! video. I'ruguay. says that the relds have gained a decided vii tory over tin- Ufllf Wl troops commanded by lieu. Viilar. A MNXI Lust of llet t liovcn wasun veiled la Lincoln park. Chicago. OB tin- ittk, in Um pi aap f a Baron. gathering of admirer of the famous Composer. John 1. lii.siB, Xew Jersey' greatest ami most generous millionaire, was reported, on Mm alsti la c dying. IV uiouths he bus Ik-cii iu delicate health. Mr. IMair is said to be worth Hb OUU, WW.
Tut steamer I inauce arrived ut New York, on Um -1st, from lolon, with throe cases of yellow fever ou board, tliree others having died eu route. Both passengers ami crew were o,uar-anUned.
Auoi i o,inHJ pounds of tea,, arrival at sau t'r.incisco since the Kt of May. lias not been allowed to be imported because it did not come up to the Maudard of quality established by the secretary of the treasury in April. A l'isr i i 11 from Simla says: It ia announced that over O.OUO lives have been loot by the earthijuake disturbances which have recently visited thu province of Assam. A message of BOB tloleii.e has been received from (juceu Victoria.
Tin. training britf Boa Lark, concerning whose safety anxiety bad been expressed, reached Spithead, ou the -'4lli. tu take part in the Jubilee naval review. I he brig had BOBB disabled iu a gale and had Ik-cu detuiueil by bead winds.
si v vioit M. A. Manna emphatically bays that .lohn Micruiau will continue to bi Hie secretary "f state He said: "There is absolutely no truth iu the atory which is beiug circulated tliat he is to retire to matte room forjudge Day. of tan ton.
Tut special grand jury appointed to investigate the rohbery of ballot boxes aud other frauds committed in Denver, fob. at the MM eity election there ha returned :'.s indictment against If election officers for violatiou of the election laws. 1 in. bcginiiiug of the jubilee marking UM completion of the sixtieth year of (Juccu Victoria's reigu, was celebrated, on the ,.,utb. by religious services throughout bnglatid aud the British empire; and in IU) cities of the I nited States special service were Leid.
TUk treasury departm.ut is reeeivIHK a considerable number of rcpicst for mall notes iu uu usually large quantities. Tins inquiry was entire. unexpected, ami is coutideutlv regarded by the treasury otliciais as an indication of improving business contlitious. aUM K. Ki.sion. paymaster for the K. L. Aver I'ost and l ie Co.. was attacked by four roblers on the prairie near Leavitt and rtvciity-niut h streets. Chicago, ou the eveuiug of the .Jlst, and terribly beaten with revolvers, toblMd of St'.s and left unconscious betide his buggy.
Ex PM slKKN 1 I I.KVKI.A.NliUIlil fainiiy left IVitiecton. N. .1.. ou the ltd, for their summer home at tiray tables, ilu..ard s lta. Mass. The party was made up of Mr. and Mrs. leveland. the three little girls, their governess and on.- handmaid. The ot lie r servant . were to follow in a few days.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, pjeeetel Baaansed I. the senate, uu the Utk. the opposition to (be land bill Sua it Hrst important victory ly n ra and nay v..ic ef i" to irike ui the prir..'li in reurl to ft. 'or matting Hie effect 1 tn. li i tu put BeOS B!tiuir ou the pe llsl ....The liouse u tutt in m'.o IM (hi senate on Ihe JN! thf last to M-htst-ulesofthe iluiuiilt" lit i ucl u.1 1 in; paper nmt niuniifuiture! umlrles were completes! with M iii'ijuion "f the piraral'tis n bMM fiotes i'oal .in l some V.vr articles which in! over Iu the hois.- the only laines nf puhho interest was the passage of a l" 11 iPpreartatMfl MeVtMB for the repair of lr 1. .. N..:tul New York '1 !ie hoi.se aljourasJ until the -lh. I.s the i nale. on the ."M the wool ctaedule Bus taken up. m l after n s,.n w hat ucf .UliiBlims iteh.tte par.1., rui'li :t.V was striken out. at tie- Mqufsl of Mr Alltson. and the follow itui nmeudments were unree l t.. n first -class, lo wuls r p 'Und was uhstituteil for house rate of 1 1 cen is . i in I si tiuu ci'iuiiut t -. rate .scents per poun.l on secoiiil-i in wool for house rate of H c nts ami s nte comuiittee rate of cents. 11 cents IKT o-'iind as substituieii Tue
I hell, was not 111 --slon l ihi leaate mi th. :V the .1 iy,. lrv,.te.l lar rely to a disi-ussloii of the efTwts of the I tttn T rates upon Ihf price of wool, aiul tl s c hi s were on MeMlleU lines in the ma. u I The parajfrnphs of the wool s. twdlita rei itln ' to raw w.iol wen- completed, ami the features n atink' to uianufa-turrl woolen po.ls wit. I taken up The lmus. was not in session. 1 the senate, on the Ith. less than five i peaea et UM tariff bin. oeeettag iwMee on mmi ufactured woolen Pm weje disponed of, i many amendments propositi to reduce rates beimr offered, only to be rejected by deeUive ' majorities In the house, soon after the readnik' of the journal. Mr K"ss. ,.n behalf of the I Illinois delegation. MMOMeM the death of ' Kcpn-setilative Cooke, of Illinois. The custumary res .iu! mils wore adopt,sl and a coui1 niitte' to attend the funeral appointed and as i a further mark of re cl to the memory of the deceased the house adjourned until the lh. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
n the lth n cyclone pavsed over the outskirts of the citv of 1'aris. I'ramc.
causing the loss ..f al'oiit twenty lives ami injuring about ninety persons. Thk library building Ot the Iowa State university was struck by ligktI tiing. at au early hour ou the I'.'tb. and destroyed by tire. It was a two-story : brick strui-ture. with the library ou the I second floor. The loss is Sluu.niM). of , this ?.".ü.tjo w as in books. SIT.OiHJ iu apparatus belonging to the physical labI oratory, aud W,tQ " tbc building Jaian has followed her pro Wit ' against the annexation of Hawaii by
another protest against the pending UrirT bill. Auoi t six hundred t hicagoans will attend the ixU-enth international Christian Kndeavor convention which petis at s.in Krancisco July 7. On the U'lh the associated banks of New York city held IIs, :.;mj.'.i"0 in excess of the requirements of the -Ö per cent. ru .' The vreekly statement of the New York city associated banks for the week ended ou the ttfcfc showi-d the follow tn changes: Reserve, increase, 7ty.47.V. loans, increase. S4.vj'J.lU0; IPUCM. increav. 57:.4uu: legal tender, increase. $l.NJl..Ou: deposits, increase. 7,417,100: circulation, decreaae, IWt, MM. AOOBMIONi to ( 'hi. -ago rokers and commission men. a glucose trust has been formed. Its existence was suspected two or three weeks ago. v.he.i the price of the, "long sweetening"' lOOnl an upward turn on a totally IMOtiW market. Lous BTrasmun was hut Uy killed aud AUx-rt Syckmiller. l'harle Faile nud o-orge Steinheider were fatally injured by an Lrie express near Mansfield. O., on the 'J 1st. The men
were waiting lor a freight train auu
laid dow n to sleep on the track. THE proposition to close the New York stock exchange on Saturday preceding the Fourth of July was voted affirmatively by the members ou the nd. Ji nk Vi U live in the memory of Knglishmcu and visitors to Kngland bv the reason of the magnificent apeo-
tacle presented by the parade escorting
J. S IIa u 1 1 Kr. ex treasurer 9f V.braska, on trial at Omaha charged with embezoiiient. was found guilty tu the i'id. k i riii.sK n l a 1 1 i. makiis i mim ni'Kai.i k. of BoetOaV violated ail MM -dent, on the .'-'d. and astonished the M-ii a tors and sinctators in the gallery by appeai iii,' :i the senate chamber attired in a reouiat. 'ii bicycle suit. Kami Wajuuw wua irrooted in Kingsi.ui. N V'.i ou the nVd. oiiacharge if robbing. With a man named Laney, the jewelry store of Wiu. M 'onncll, at Newari.. X. J., on May .V of '.'Od gold watches and jeweiry valued at Slii.iKKi. A sm-msii fort on the out-sUirts of Santiago. Havana province, was captured by a force under GoL BodHfWMb r. eentiy. and burned. This fort w its a plague to the I ul. ails, as it eoiuma nded a roadway that they used considerably. ON the MHI Senator Morgan, of Alabama. 14 tr-'duced a i'ill to regulate the annexation of Hawaii to the I nited St. i!s. It is intended, should the pen ding annexation treaty fail of ratification by a two-thirds majority in the senate, to accomplish the same thing by majority votes iu both houses, as ordinary legislation. Kpwakii SriiHK. the slayer of Jim I'isk. Jay tiould's partner, several year ago, is said to be ill of a complication of diseases without hope of recovery. He is at Hot Springs. Va., but will soon go to i arlsbad, Her many. At the business session of the national MMflWfMU in Philadelphia, on the J. id. Hrooklyn was unanimously hclectcd as the in xl place of meeting. Till, celebrated race horse. Semper I. ex. died at I'ivuioiith. Ind., on the night of the 'SM. of burns received while en route from t hicago to New York. He was valued at IMMMft K.J. KviriniK. the actor, was arrested iu hicago. on the tSd, on a telegram from New York charging him with wife-beating. The woman was said to be iu a critical conditiou as tue result of her husband's abuse. TllK Japanese cruiser Hiyic now used as a training ship, arrived at Sau Francisco. o8 the Hd, and will remaiu iu that port several weeks before sailing for Honolulu. The vessel was received with the customary salutes. TllK special train s. hedille of the lenver .V Uio lirande road for the hristiau Kndeavor movement from the east was completed ou the 'J Hh. The result was a gratifying surprise to the oflicers of the road, and gave intimation of a rush of travel wholly uuexpectcd earlier in the season. HUM JoHS Mi l Kit. a director of the II amhiirg-American steamship line, died in Hamburg on the '.'4th. He was about i' ! years of age. He had been counectcd with the Hamburg-A uierican line for about M years, lirst as secretary for the president and then as a director. RMMOT Hai on. was fatally, aud Joseph Speer and Western "iing. aeriously injured, on the J Ith. by the giving way of rotten timbers near the roof of the condemned courthouse in Jackson. Mich., which they were helping to tear down. Tut", nineteenth annual convention of the Music Teachers' National association opened in the auditorium of the fJrand I eotral palace in New York on the 14 th. Tu American Homeopathic, opthalinologieal. intoleogieal and Larvago! gical sM-iety. iu Mwioil iu Ituffalo, N. Y.. on the J4th. elected the following ofieera: I'rcsident, um. K. King, Washington. I. vice-pr.'sident. Thomas I. shocver. Italtimore: secretary and treasurer, I'harics H. Hel frich, New York.
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HraMp hm' iitiiri. Portland, lud.. June -d. ltobert H. Sipes, of this city , has been struck w ith the airship crac mil announces that he IHM nearly completed an invention upon which he has been working for mouths. The invention is of too JM inliar a construction to be described yet. It will I.eiO feet iu length. 15 feet wide, and is to ha e a carrying capacity of 1 people It will be propelled by a motor power and is tobe guided something after the in. inner of an ordinary sailing vessel. Portland h.ts also another gentleman who is working on an airship, in the person of Lev.J.S. Axtell. pastor of the l'rcsby teriau church, who lias devoted his spare moments for yenra to the problem of navigating the air. and now thinks he has solv ed it. Dr. Ax fid I is one of the lincst mathematicians in the country nnd every thing ho has done ia on scientific principles. Ubaadaaei n SMhtnMti Anderson. Ind., June 2.1. The oil fever in this city VM boosted up to a dangerous stage by two abntuloned w ells coining in full fledged oil gushers. They were drilled in, shot and tilinndoned a month ago. The casing as even pulled away and they were allowed to stand open. Oil was found ensiling from them. A w eck ago both could have been bought for one dollar. Leases went up -0 per cent. Oil men say this proves beyond nil doubt that the bold is near a monster reservoir.
Kunernl of nllii lllilnr, Indianapolis. Ind., June 23. C'nlv in F. Divine, a veteran newspaper iiniti of this city, was buried in (.'row n II ill cemetery by the Scottish Kite Muttons. Di vine had been in the newspaper busin ess for years, ami at one time owned it newspaper in San Francisco. He sold this to join the famous Nicaragua!! lililuistering expedition, and later came to Indianapolis, where he started a daily paper. The paper was not a sticcts., mid of late y ears be had been with the Journal as advertising manager.
two Men Killed. Warsaw. Ind.. June 23. While engaged in removing from Hat ears two C'oluinbiad guns, which the war department had shipped to this place on application of Henry Chiptnan I'ost No. 442. two workmen. Frank Hull anil James T. Grill, were killed, and the contractor. Lewis l'etry, sustained a fractured limb. The tackle gave way and la the fall to the ground the two
THREE ARC DEAD. Terrlhlr l(eull of . Tornado Iu allna Oewuljr, K.s Hu., vi, ii, n, i. .if iha ..- tmiiilt l,, I aiol lour lltloi Injured n'ln r ll.tlii.tue It.uie III tlie llvlolls Track of llo- I nl.li r. Kansas ('in, M... June 2. - A special to the Star from Sat int., Kaa., s.iv s News has just reached h.tcifatcrritie tornado which passed IN miles northwest of this city about lo::u o'clock Wednesday night. s far an heard three are dead and a number danncroii.sly in jured The dead art: Mrs. Annu lieesy, aged 34. Noia Üoan . uge I ia. Ida i iecsy . ag. d l oir members of thi family an also badly hurt. ( iecsy was away from home. The remainder of the family had retired, and when the storm struck they made for their cave lit fore they had gotten out of the house. howerci the tornado had destroyed it. The work of destruction was not known till morning, w hen neighbors found the dead and injured members of the family lying about iu the dcin'U. The three dead were found about 60 feet east of the house, and near them the baby, alive, but buried to her waist in dirt. The other three were found some distance west of the house. A -'.x4 scantling was driven through one of Mrs. OccsyVs limbs. The bodies were removed to Mrs. Dean's, the mother of Mrs. i iecsy. At Mrs. storey's, a half mile eint of the ticesy place, the family were sleeping in a stone basement with a frame upright part. The framework was blown aim;, and t be timber blown onto the family below, nut none of them wer- killed. The stone vork was uuinju red. At H. W. Morrisy's the kitchen was torn down ami a grove of trees levelled to t he ground. The track of the storm was narrow but very winding. "It tore down three sides of the ticesy pasture without passing through the middle of it. It came from the east and after doing its damage here, the main storm divide.', part going west and the rest north. A MINIATURE TORNADO. The Stiuthui sl. ro suhiirl of St. I .iuU Kc t t'lve .i Ult.
Sr. Lor if. June 25.- That section of I St. Louis beyond Tower (irove was visited by a tornado early Thursday morning. At 5:45 o'clock the w ind tore in from ! the northwest and played havoc with public buildings and trees on the 1 grounds. The path of the twister was narrow, and most of the damage done '.va
workmen were crushed to death be- south of Arsenal street.
ncath the weight of the 23.000-pouiid gun. Iimnrnupr llioti tteaa Trnnif r rred. Indianapolis. Ind., June 23. Judge ilarv- , luis ordered the transfer of the industrial business of the Mutual Life Insurance company, of Indiana, to the Western Life Insurance company, of Indiana, at the same price and v ith the same benefits The Mutual Life recently w ent into the hands of a receiver on account of trouble between the policyholders and the manaenient. It had
MM holders of industrial insurance policies in western states.
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(of.. KnwAKti I). H.vhui. 1'nited States consul at lluenie. Ay res. Argentine Itepubl ie. since I874t WM terribly injured there, mi the SM, iu a railroad wreck. The co.ouei lost his right arm and yvas otherwise ba liy injured. He is a brother of Judge David II. baker, of Cairo and the Ute Jude Henry M tinker, of Alton, 111. A yiu.KoKAM i. ee.ve l at the state department, on the WU, from ex-Sec-rctary 1'oster. w ho has been at si. Petersburg engaged in negotiations with tin Kassian government for the better protection, by mutual agreement, of the seal life in the North I'aeitic aud IU bring sea, announces the complete auccevs of bis mission.
LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 2"th. UM wool, silk and tobacco schedules of the tar i tl bill were completed, leaving only the the items passed on the first to be considered on the second reading, the fr . list having already been gone over. The consideration of the silk sehedult led to a strong contest against the pro
posed duties on silk fabrics,, and tin
Qtnaaa Victoria to Bt Paul's -athedral paragraph was passed bv the slender
to render service iu commemoration of j majority of two. . . .The house was not the sixtieth anniversary of her acce- ; itl session. biou to the throne. Four i rap nr. Conti:, an artist, highly A DttTATCa from St. Petersburg. I ,.,,,..,.,, ,.,. :ltr,,ni,.1 1V New dated June J I. says: Th P.ver Kur York"s aristo erne v. erst while d an of has overflowed it banks near the rail- , i , ... ,..', ,,f ,iw. i nir.o-site
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hi. Morning star, with its captain and crew of Christians, is ready to make auothf- tour among the Cannibal i-lands in the South sea. The vessel Will lie manned by men who will preach the liospcl to the natives. I Wo young ladies w ill also go out as missionaries. They will make their future residence on some of the little islands, where th y will continue their work for life. TllK princess of Wales' jubilee dinners to t lie poor of London, on the 24th, Were very successful. About .d.u.iij I ni.ctis of the blutns were sumptuously entertained at the various centers.
Ihe princess, accompanied nv the.
pr.uee of Wales. 'i to es, ctoria of Walesaud Prince and Princess harlea of Denmark, visited the principal balls, at ach of which tiny -received u ovation. I. - i i Foil the secoud time within a week the I nited states government w as, oa the j:i, loser of a large sum by lire. I .est the immigration stuliou ou Kills Island went up ia smoke, involving a loss of s u. au I, on tin night of the :ist. the ordnance building in this Hrooklyn navy yard was reduced to ashes with its contents consist ing of tield pieces, rapid-fire guus and Whilehead tor pe. Iocs, valued ia all at IM MM
road depot of Nawthig. ia the Titlis district. Nineteen men. belo ug'mg to Um Nijni Novgorod dragoons, were dro ,v netl. 1 I'.ovj i hicago to Pittsburgh. Pa. in tl hours ami J.i minutes by rail is the latest n rdbaa lag time of the Pcnnsylvania Railroad o. G IL Aniiuis.is of toe Arapahoe N heel ciut. Denver. oL, has lowered the i did recoiu for Mm miles fr.iui L:öl to 6:30:SO. The forin. r record was uiioh by A. L. Uneben larger last year. Tin: HwUjarfaui crop prospects are eery unproims.ug. The y icld of wheat aud rye vyill ! much below the aver-
of Bootbarn California, and for the pas' s x months i:;i earnest worker iu San Francisco, .lied on the 2."th. Pa mljalnfa ltaasthe cause of death, but it is believe ! In- was a vi tiui ol starv! ion. Tim London Eelo publishes an interview with Dr. ' hauncey M. )X''w, in which he is quoted as expressing the balinf that the arbitration treaty between the United States and fireat Britain Will he law before UM end of the present McKinley administration. TllK Patl-Aiiierican tourists devot et I tin- dav. on the J'.tli. to industrial
sightseeing in districts ailiaeent t
ar''" I Pittsburgh, Pa., and were entertained BOMA (AiHoi.i. arieata In t hicago liirh .. hau. met. iriven bv the
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ipiccn by celebrating dead masses for the spiritual repose of Irishmen whose deaths were charged against Lngiisk misrule in the Lint-raid isle. i m i BoTOSTf is dead He was iiImuiI &.'i years of age, and ticcaiuc fane iis through being the first man siibjected to the boycott " iu Ireland, his advice as to tin- treatment of others losing Hrst applied to himself. Puixt k Ki paar of Bnearnv nrna would
Im- prince of Wales now ami future king I Lug. and and OMfwrov of India if hu, i
Stttsrt ancestors had conducted 'heir roy a) affairs more vv isely thau they tlul. ro'ie in the VkftoriM jubilee parade as the representative of his mother. Prineess Lud W Ig. Wuai have von got so many Ameriau Hags for'.'' Sand Julian Kalpb of a Loudouer on the dav of the great Jubilee iiris"ession. "(Mi." he replied, "1 fsucv it must be because we are all ,ne people." Hi i "i i i Wis. i college has eonfen-ed .be degree of doctor of law upon Lyman T. tiage, secretary of the treasury, iu recognition of Ins high attainments in literature and in the scleuees of tin Slices and social and lolitical rcouoiutcs, and his useful public serviea.
commercial men f Pittsburgh, at the
I MqnesM club. A i iuv consisting of about seventy
i five nevvspajx-r correspondents left
W ashington. on the it h, for ae May . N.J. Stops were made at Haltiuiore and Philadelphia, yvherc locrtl newspaper tin n joined the party for a four days' out ing. Fam i ins throughout the I'liitcd stat- s as reported by IL H. Dun A On . for the week ended on the MUti MM" bercd ML against 217 for th irrespoli. ling week last year. For t'anadn
the fai litres nuuibere I Jl. against ;i lust year. Tito i in. r. broke out at Fort Uibfton. L T.. on the J'lth. where the Cherokee free. linen payments had just been re stiincd, and the Washington antlci i ties were appealed to for assistani'e in averting further disorders. Six and thirty-four hundredths im lies of rain fell at Fort Sc.itt, Kas.. on the 'ith. making the grvatttit precipitation rceonled there by the weather observer in many years. no: hundred striking Italians at Morrisville. N. J., were arrested and placed in the local lockup mi the .'".th At UK Lino Aim. the actress, died in ' g'i loti on the 2 ith.
Fmr lioir m t MMM lrerii. Martinsville. Ind.. June 2t.-Orville P.eeler and Sarah .1. Itailey. of Hrooklyn, were married nt the home of the bride's parents, and four generations of the bride's relatives were present, while Ler great-great-graiulmother of the fifth generation is still hale and hearty Pt the age of !0 years. Mrs. Itceler'a mother, aged ?A: grandmother, aged r. t, and great-o vamluiother. aged T'J, wen present. Will Not Flail! Turpi.. Indianapolis. I nd.. June 2a. Former GOV. Matthews gives emphatic denials to the Oft reptatad statement that he is a candidate against Senator Tutpie for tiie democratic senatorial nomination. He says Mr. Turpie has been a true friend, a faithful public servant, and a deserving democrat, and under ho circumstances will he enter the raco if the senator desires to succeed him aelf. atlaatlaa Oaatest rail. Viiiecimcs, Ind.. June .'!. Jiulge Shaw overruled the injunction tiled by Pi ter Phillippe versus Prof. John F. House, and the ease has been dismissed. House was elected county superintendent, but Phillippe disputed the validity of the election and endeavoretl to enjoin House from entering upon his duties. Phillippe dec lines lo acate. No inc. I for ii nitre. Columbus, Ind., June 23. Uev. C. W. Lee. of Ycvay. was nominated by the
republic ans to succeed William S. Mob , road
man in congress mm me roniui mstriet. The nominee is a retired Methodist minister, and owns and lics upon a good farm. He is about 00 years of uge. He reached the rank of niujor in the army.
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Tb- Door house suffered most. One
of the largest buildings, aside from the main structure, vas partly demolished, and glass was shattered iu other structures. There yvas a panic and wild cries from the I.sim persons who are inmates at the poorboiise, but no one was seriously injured. The insane asylum suffered some what from broken glas-, and some trees in the grounds were prostrated. Considerable damage was done to the shade trees and shrubbery in Fort-si park. IMPORTANT PENSION RULING
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llv AssUtaiit Hfft.-trj Which Will Affect
Chstasn W AsiiiNoToN, June '4.Y A policy which will affect many pension claims has Ih-cii adopted by the interior department iu a ru! ing just male by Assist;! nt Secretary Webster Davis, holding that the showing of the inclusion of a man's naiue on the p.-iisiou roils is riui vale nt to the prod notion of nn honorable discharge. The issue was made iu the case of Judith S. Liiekingfieal, widow of a veteran win served in the Fleventh iliio infantry and the ruling reverses the action of the pension bureau. Mr. Davis holds that a declaration for widow's pension under the act of June 27, 'Vi.. alleging all essential elements of title, except the date of her husband's discharges or duration of his service, and that nis discharge was honorable, but stating that he was a pensioner an 1 giving the number of his pension certificate, is a good aud .sufficient application under the law. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SPECIALS
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Hammond. Ind.. June 23. Official of Hrann Ä- Fit, makers of butterine. visited this city, with a view of locating 1heir plant here. They announce that Hammond or Indianapolis will get the plant. This eity is making a strong bid for the concern, and the promoters beliec they will locate it here. Will BrOat a Monument. RanunOUd, Ind.. June :;. - 'I he Soldiers' Memorial association hns leen organ Ded here for the purpose of erecting a monument to Ihe soldiers of Um rebellion. A granite monument 111 feet high, with the form of a soldier, will be i i.-eted. much of the cost having already been subscribed. Took tlri elinlne. .TelTci snnv ille, Ind., J one IS.- fieorg I Kleespies, one of tin' best -known men in this nltjr, suicided nt the Strnuss hotel by Inking f'O grnins of strychnine. Friday his sweet hrnrt. Mn: ia Deiodord Loss, died after n short Mine. Hlnce Ihm death he hnd been despondent, und the suicide followed.
helu dule. lre;idy Mild I Intlieittt Hem v Intel twnrd. Dntlfaa, ol., June '-'.". -The special train schedule of the Denver fc Kio Urandc road for the ( hristiau Kndeavor movement from the cast is completed. The result is a gratify Mg Surprise to the officers of the
mid gives intimations of
S rush or travel whollv
unexpected earlier in the season. A mouth ago it was estimated that the low rates would bring i'i.noo visitors into Colorado and through the state. The spcciul train schedule of the. Kio litan le Poad shows that tin Transcontinental travel to the coast during the first few days of July will exceed the estimate by several thousand, and nobodf can prophesy the number of people the low rates will induce to come to Colorado to spOM the hi nted term. between the morning of June M and the evening of July 6. special trains will arrive in Deuter. Colorado Springs aud I'ueblo, ami go westward ovit II" I; , ..runde. INTENSE HEAT M.iny I ill ini . In Klimm fonipHetl If, Suspend Harvest Work. Kassvs n. Mo.. June .V The most intense heat th ' bus prevailed in .'cut nil Kansas for s. v. cal years has MOB exiierienced for the past font days, the thermometer averaging Ma, and fiually remhing Iii. Many prostrations among farm hands are reported, and at some points farmers have been compelled to absaflon t heir harvest work. Iu the ricicity of Lamed it was hot enough to iuri the leaves of rtation.
DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW Itu.ln... Moo of Hi,,!,,,! MamlliiIO K..,IIK ..,.. M(j. f I,,,,,,,,, Mai HsMlptj Bssasesl r I Katai hy S .1 journal., ol of l iinro Mill lirh. I ooi: lieriti.tot lluyliis It.rt f Ini.i Hill Hi iü lo . i. ii. h rop -r.iic I Nt W VoKK. June Jli. U. ,. 4 .o s weekly review of trade says I here is no step backward in busi ness, although the season of lui.lsiim mcr quiai is near. I mpi tivem. n I eon tiuues. gradual ami prudently aautlou as bef.irc, althtiugh in luany branehe ev ident w lu re no signs o; nppearad a few weeks ugo. Itaiimsj in. ii ,,f Hlt highest staadiag in all parts of ti,, c uiitiy having gradually peroeleed that tin title has begun to rise, an reS ulating their contracts und im. incuts and their plans of the fat with ii confidence qultfl uukiiowu u them it short time u,). i.rcat change. In fore the adjourn incut of eOfcj ress ure hardly to l , 4 pe te,!, but rsasovaj of lusosrtaAntj - with Manna SSpoOtod to bring iut, operation buying f.aivs which have been MStricted for mouths. The main factor at this time i th, steadily brightening prospect for crop-,. Harvesting of wheat has already be gun in some winter wheat stales, with surprising by good results in the centra region unit California, so that si,, ,,, tons is now called the minimum from the latter state, and the statistician. Of repnta calculate 0 60,9X1,000 bush als of winter wheat lieyond tin government estimate. Spring wheat h doing remarkably well, with a oalll Unknown increase of ucrcat;. i,, price advanced one-half cent dip week, a decrease of L'-MCOO bui, western receipts and Atlautic expi of only l,4I.",'.u" bushels. Hour in. against LTl.'t.lMtl last year, but it 1-, jn,t the season when figures have n valiiee.xccpt for proving bow eiTOneoUt were estimates of the crop of MM, Cotton was lifted an slfhtb without reason, and baa lallen back as much. bi'cause sTOfy thing points to a karget crop than has been commonly pected. Iron and steel products avera.- a small fraction lower in published quotations, but only because pr ral I c uiccssioiis, which are now refused, win by various authorities eoinp..n utly concealed two weeks ago. 1'ig iron it firmer, with a b.-ttcr dousand at the east am! at Chicago, but the impatietie. of valley furnaces to re-nine woi keeps bessemer and gray forge ut lasl week's qootatlona at Pittsburgh. The lcst of the BOWS is material inercain orders for plates, iu part for building; in bars for agricultual implement works, in structural shape for buildings and bridges, and in gat rani sad sheets. There is uu encouraging increase in the demand for all textile goods, even for cotton, which havefor so long been slow. and. though it is but mode rata, there is nothing of a speculative character iu the transaction, and priees UN firmly held. Ke-orders for woo. ens have Wcu rather better thau were expected fron, clothiers ami fairly good for dies goods. Operations in spring go ids 1 still deferred. While mills arc soiucvvhat b.-ttor employed and arc buying to some lent, most of the purchases of UroolaM for speculation, nearly three OjttS ' in being ;-t Boston alone and the ... gate was V7:; '..sou pounds at t ,.1' market, l,ttQ,Mt of foreign in the west wool is still be at relatively higher prices. Failures for the week have bean W in the United States, against : . .al year, aud'JI in t auada again- . year. APPEALED TO THE PRESIDENT lur (.nvrriiuieiil ltl In lraÜSg ! In Key M.-i v sattfMitv, June M I ridaj after noon the governor of Plodda U c jraphc.l IVesident M-Kni ' V tbal I riot was threatened at K. y West s ask. tl him that iu view of the dlstansl of ivey West from the. muiniaiid BBC the difficulty in getting st at I ' the scene of trouble in timet avail, to iustruct the aaaswisn f the federal troops there t act. The president replied to thä govern : citing the law iu the case and ssklttf, for particulars. Secretary Alger also ttdegrapi. I U the. imandant of the po t Sl Kej West asking for telegraphic ad crivino- the exact situation. The SO
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I II, H.'.l.... ..wtempt to lynch a negro, accused of as sail It upon a white woman. Tbc m gro was given a prclimiiiar.v lies! U before a justice, ami during the pro ceedings a man named IVndletoii arost in court and asked if there were Bl whiU- na n enough present to lj Beb IM prisoner. Intense excitement . umic I. but the authorities sii c c.-cd in laud ing their prisoner iu jail. Knots of men gathered in Ad itraabl and oKii threats of lynching wm freely ma lc Later iu the nfternooii. while I SB down the street hi
was attacked by a mob of negro. .. but was rescued unharmed. This Intens! lud the feeling, which -uu high j both sides, and fears of u W riot caused the local militia npan.v UJ as sen. de at their armory. While they w. t e not cominaiidi d MIO Mn I ' " ; roluutarily Sspt iu the armory fOt the night. DEATH OF NAT. CI1AMPTON, I r the Karlle.1 llnnrrr. of I"' sl-leol IlllnoU. NAfisuvii.i.K. III., June d. Nathatiiel 1 ramptou. one of Um eariiesi pioneers of Illinois died bora v U' d..v morning, after a prolong d l aess, Mr. Ciamptou was bora in (.union . Conn., in March. IM .i, , with his father in IBM h'""''' Napiervillc. where he reside I until BU death. Mr tiumpU.n althoegh BOW SB th. ,-Heekci. bBB held numerous .oca pobtioal positious.
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