Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 July 1897 — Page 2
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CntKEXT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Ox the 11th Cincinnati coal denier
advanced their pries alut mx er
1 r is stated on authority of the rcjistratiou committee that W.tfU delegates attended the hristian KndeavOf con relit um in sari Francisco.
TM fourth biennial OOaeonlWlO of the Lithographers' International Protective ainl Item-ticiul as-, iciation Opaatd in Cincinnati, on the Pith, with 4(i .teilhat present. Tin. senate committee on foreign relations, on the 141b, agreed 10 rcjHrt a re solution for the ratification of the Maua an annexation treaty a ithout uiiieiichueiit. Tn duty on hfesienn cattle under the mw tariff law will range from four to six dollar per head, while the ohl outv avenged t.M per head. This will practically prove prohibitory.
The war department has awarded to
the Pacific llndir. Ca
(iv., the contract for the of a mortar Lattery at 1'oint. Pugct sou ml, at a 4M,
of ror liana, oonetrnntion Marrowstoan oat of I10S.'
on the IJth President Xelaya gave a successful reception at Managua in honor of the fourth anniversary of the revolution which made him president of Nicaragua am I placed the liberals in pot er. O.N the 14th President He Kin ley is sued an onler suspending tlie operation of ex-President t ieveland's order consolidating Ug pension agencies of the uuutry ami reducing their number to W from IS.
Jt hoe N. QnSBSS CCBTta, one of California's oldest and most distinguished la u y c rs, died in Sacramento on the ttth, He served three terms in the htate senate. Deceased was a native of North Carolina, aged 71 years.
Tiik seventh international eonvenion of the Itaptist Young People Puiuu of America began in Chattanooga, Term., on the 15th, with about 4.000 delegateü and some of the most prominent Itaptist leaders in the country present. The joint scale conference of iron and steel sheet manufacturers aud the Amalgamated association, which had been in session in Pittsburgh. Pa., for two days, was unable to agree, ami a final adjournment without settlement was taken on the '.Hh.
1 a private letter received in Stockholm, on the l.Mli. from Mr. Andrce, the aeronaut and explorer, the writer Mid he would take the tirst opportunity to make hia balloon start northward after the Pith, eveu though the w inds sin mid he less favorable than he might desire.
I I. Al s HllKIIII has instituted another million-dollar libel suit against the an Francisco Kxaminer. H. It. Hearst. A. If, Lawrence, it managing editor, an. I C. F. Aiken, the liltel complained of having been published in the shape of a clipping from the Pctai um j I ourier on .1 MM I last.
i.iK American Protective association in Missouri is split. The councils expel led by the state judiciary board of the order at the regular convention have refused to recogni.e their right to appeal, and at their convention, on the hitli, organi.ed the Tr ue American league, ail independent organization.
Nk iioi.as t . t iiKKi.r.. the millionaire mine owner, after whom the town of l re. -de, ('.;., was named, committed suicide, on the night of the 1'Jth. with morphine, at his home in Los Angeles. Cal.. ltecause his wife, from whom he had been separated fur six months, insisted upon renewing- their marital relations.
Imi-kkssivk funeral services over the late Ishaiii (i. Harris occurred in th senate chamber, on the loth, at OOOtt, in the present f Pic-. dent McKinley ami the members of his cabinet, senators and ineiiil.ers .if the house of representatives, members nf th,. diplomat ic corps and oth. ials from all bran. Ins of pul.lic life.
Ki.Aii-Ai.Miuw. M i.kiuim.i. on the cruiser Sari Francisco, now at Tangier, has cabled Pi the navy department that when the Morocco authorities learned that American war ships had been ordered to Tangier, they arrested one of the assailants of the agent of the American firm who had Iteeu knocked down and robbed.
A i Laibaeh. U miles north of 'Tru st. Austria, a slight earth. prake shock occurred at four o'clock on the morning of the Pth. It was followed, just before sewn o'clock, by a much more severe shock lasting six seconds, 'real damage wa done to man buildings, walls were split open, and the people were panic stricken . The mass-meeting of miners held at Dillon ville, ., on the nth, for the purpose of inducing the Wheeling and Lain Bllt) miners there to join the union failed. The men refused to join. They did not however, resume work, he cause of fear of the union men. Several prominent ofllcers of the uuion were preseut at the meeting.
IlKMuyi k Laihi.kv, Portuguese viceMiisnl at San Francisco, arrived at Monterey, Cal., on the 14th. to investigate tl e incident of the P-aring down und hurtling of the flag of Portugal, which Manuel Ortins. a Portuguese grocer, had hoisp-.l over his place of business ou the Fourth of .July. In the absence of a satisfactory explanation Laidley said he would demand an apology from U United states.
FIFTY FIFTH CONGRESS.
,S..- 11 Srimlilll ) In the . nute, on the lith. the deficiency sp- ! proprtalioii lull beln under eoiisliteralloa. I Mr Morn in irotMst tin iinicnduieiil d. sltruod lo prevent the consummation of an aerneuient ! made some time sliu-e for th-' settlement of the UmnwMVl claim Nfslnsl tte' 1'acifle rullI road and severel.v arruitfii"d Hie in na.'crs of M roa 1 I. ate Ui UM te tin' M 111 -Ulijis t was ; disposed of n.v the wltti.lrawal of the paraI rranh to which Mr Morgan had offered his ameiidini'tit In the house, a s.sin ath,journal was read, on niol .a of Mr Mo.m uleui.. M ss a mark f resueel to the uicnior) of i the .le.eas.sl Senator Hairis. business .. us-
peudisl for t lie day. In the senate, on the W.h, an amendment to the itelH u ncy aiiroprintion Ml WH arrei d l rvalrtetlat tie price of Mvaor plate to MM per ten or f liN ie-s than the amendment reporietl by MM .oiiimittee. uu I recomnientle.l the navy department us the nuutmum rate accept atolaUM armor unit ra t irs. Aft.r ins. run the arrn"r amendtiieiits the deficiency bill, the hist 1. 1 the rein suijil ineas.ires, was passed In the house after a three-minute session, recess was taken until the I ph. at noon. In the senate. on the 14th. the atttenipt lo secure action ou the resolution of Mr. Harris Was i . designed to prevent the disposal of the trovernmeut lien ou the t'niou Pacific rutlway under the terms of an aliexed sKreement. reulted in a deadlock, which last. si tue hours and n la i ithout a taal trota beiaf laJtoaoo the reseiution .In the house Mr OtJHHM m.iv.sl non-concurrence tn the senate amendments to the general deficiency bill, which prevailed and Messrs. t annon. Northwuy and . is were app unted conferees. Is the senate on the Nth, 1'acltlc rsilway aff.urs occupied almost the entire day. without definite action twin ink. n The joint resolution was pase.l accept. nn the invitation of Franc- to part niiale in the Parti exposition of im' In the house no business wus transacted, a recess liem.- taken until the Irtlh Immediately afti-r the journal was approve I Mr Cannon having trlven sssuratM that in his opinion a partial or complete conference report on the det.cieiicy tiih si.ulil be ready by thai time PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Kmpkkou Wii i.iam, wnile walking on the deck of his yacht at t hide. Norway, on t he I Ith, as one of the masts was being lowered, was struck a violent blew on the left eye with a rope, causing au extravasation of blood on the eye ball. The injury was not s-rious. Til order of President Cleveland, issued last February, reducing the number of pension agencies in the United States from is to 'J is to be revoked by President McKinley Wh. i.iam DvfTT, a linotype oppjtator employed in the composing-room of the Philadelphia Kinjuircr, set iu six daysthe enormous amount of 4'.. .no ems of noupariel ty pe. His average uu hour was 9,193 ems. He worked oti the hook, ordinary run of daily copy. JosKrii MoHiiiHov, a farm laborer, has licen arrested at llrubreton, N. .1.. on the charge of attempting to kill Mrs. Ahlde Meyers aged 70. for whom he worked. Morrison says that he was hired to kill Mrs Meyers by her relatives Foil tuore than a mouth farmers of Oklahoma have been harvesting nearly day and night. Sun. lay included. Wheat is about all In stack ami hundreds of threshers are running. 'The wheat yield for the territory will be far greater than tirst expected. Cart. I M, of the Italian Itersagiicn. has invented a t itle from u hieh so shots a minute may he fired without removing the weapou from the slioiioler. lists of the new arm are being made by the Italian jfovernmeuL Mus. K. J. bum, was instantly killed, on the 13th, by falling down an elevator shaft in the dry ffOOtta store of Scruggs, Yaudervoort .V Hartley in SU Louis. It v reasou of the breaking of the connecting rod attached P the governor, the 40 ton BjMvheel of a pair of t'orliss comp..;, ad engines of the Tacoma i Wash i Kailvvay to., went topieces, on the l-'th, completely wrecking the plant ami building and cnusing damK'e to the extent of S'.'O.OOO. A TRKKiiii.K rail way disaster occurreil at lijentofp-, henmark, about midnight of the 1-th. 'The express from Helsinkier ran into a passenger train statidief at the station, wrecked eight carriages, killed 40 persons and injured thers. most of them of the artisan class. Tin. big steel bridge uniting Suterior, Wia. ami liuluth. Minn., waa opened for traffic, on the Pith, with appropriate cere tin. ii ies. Aki.ANi. Cal.. on the Pith, royally entertained lä.uj I delegates who at ten -tied the International Christian Kndcivor convention just closed in Sau F raneisco. Faii.ino to get a formal invitation, the king of Siatn, who is touring the world, refuses to visit America. At Springfield. Mass . on the löth. betwora 1149 n nv und I:n9n m. 4.44. im hes of rain fell. At Hanville, 111., on the löth. about
100 foreign Coal mine strikers attacked a cageful of colored miners as they roaohod the top of the shaft with knives aud staves, but were bested ami driven to the wimmIs. LaU-r the strikers attacked 11 train on the Chicago .V. Lastern 1 1 1 iuois curry ing miners to the) . itv. 'The miners inside the conches opened tire and about .'.0 shots were exchanged. It is reported that one miner was '.lilled. I nk Minnesota board of pardons, on the l Ith, decided unanimously not to rec. iintiieiid the pur. Ion of the Younger brothers from the Stillwater penltan tiary, where they are serving a lifo sentence for the Northtleld hank robbery and attendant murder of Cashier Haywood. A pktitio has been forwarded from she Americans resident in Siam asking the reappointment of Hon. .lohn IU rett, the present consul general. Tmk police department of Kansaa City, Kav, are now working women prisoners at the James-street jail at breaking ikiae, the same as the male prisoners. TIM senate ewmmitteo on foreign affairs reported a resolution, ou the I tth. empowering the president Pi take such st flieient action as will secure the immediate release of American citirens now held as prisoners in Cuba, and for the restoration Of the American schooner Competitor to her ow ne r.
Kki ki si:ts rivic Simi-s,,v, of Kansas, on the 14th. introduced in he
; hoiis- a maolutioii directing the spuk-
er lo app. ml a committee of live to investigate the sugar trust. Tiik California mine, one of the most (unions of the lost mines of southwest California, has been re-discovcred after untold hardships ami sufferings, by two prospectors. 'Two l.AHt.l reservoirs in the Fishlctli mountains, which supplied water to the towns of Mat tcawan and Fishkill, burst their walls, at two o'clock on the morning, f the 14th. and the water hat was released swept through the Dutchess valley, causing the death of several iH-rsons aud destruction of much proiM-rty. l.-toiioKK Jamis Mi Hail, for years a prominent tigiire in t hicago and Illinois state politics, died ill ( hicago. on the 14th. of dropsv. He was SI years old. Frank McL.it o hi in. proprietor of the Philadelphia 'Times, died of rheumatic gout at his residence in Philadelphia on the 14th. JAMB! K. BMNbI . formerly of (iloversville, X.Y.. who posed as a millionaire und Mattered his money lavishly in the west, gaining a w ide reputation as a spendthrift, has returned to (iloversville apparently strapped. Tftt Athens correspondent of the Loudon Telegraph claims to know that the powers are considering a scheme by which Kussia, Austria and Creat llritain will co-operate to coerce Turkcy. Tkafhi on the Pes' ui a Maine railroad was temporarily suspended, on the 14th. by the washing away of bridges, cave-ins and slides, due to the series of cloudbursts which swept over New Hampshire. At the session of the Republican National League clubs in Detroit, Mich., on the nth, Leonard .1. Crawford, of Kentucky, was elected president. Omaha was selected as the place of meeting in ls'.'s. Tiik arbitrators of the coal miners' strike were iu high glee on the night of the 14th. and said thev were oi the road to a settlement of the troubles in the Pittslitirgh district, and eonseipiently the settlement of the strike. 'The ninth annual session of the Traiismississippi congress conv-ncd at salt Lake City, I'tah, on the th. 'The delegates were warmly welcomed by QotV Wells of I'tah and Mayor (ilendeun'uig of Salt Lake City. Ex-t'oNi.llK.ssM AN JtHU P. FaKNWoiu 11. of Illinois, died iu Washington, on the 14th, from an affection of the lungs, at the age of 77 years. ItMn Boon OLIV, the California deputy sheriff w ho w as indicted iu New York recently for abduction, attempted suicide in the 'Tombs prison, on the lith. by thrusting a h ad pencil down his throat. He w as not seriously hurt. 'This was his second attempt at uicide since iiis arrest. Tiik rese 'tit tin-plate mill at Cleveland, .. nmaeloaed down In nenn department on the 15th. 'The heaters refuse. I. togo o work and withoot them it was impossible to operate tlu mill. 'The company decided to shut down yidetiuitely. M a Hsft'ETTB, Mich.. Father Marqnette's nauiesuke city, held a great ceiebratioti. on the l.'.th. in honor of the unveiling of a bronze monument to the explorer and priest. CoHTTRoi.t.KU Fin 11 of New York made advertisement, on the Pith, for the sale of gold bonds for the city of New York amounting to 8lO,0.':t,017.-i7. The bonds will bear three per cent interest.
LATE NEWS ITEMS. Is the seuat '. on the intli. the conference report on the deficiency appro priation bill was agreed to and a further conference ordered. Mr. Morgan secured t be adoption of a resolution asking the president for In formation as to t he arrest of Alfred . II. Huiriiot. a eitinen of the United states, by the Spanish authoritiesat Havana. September h ls'.s-.. A long executive session was held In the house the partial report of the conferees on the genernl deficiency bill was agreed to: also the senate amendment fixing the limit of est of armor plate at S 109 per ton. A resolution directing the secretary of war to issue 1.000 tents for the use of tin- (Irand Army encampment at Leavenworth. Kas., next October wa adopted. I siown. Cal.. and the surroundng country is excited on account of the rich strike in the Tansy mines, operated under the lease of Colby nn I Hack villi. The mine is located on the Mother lode near Sonora. The workmen struck a pocket and iu ten
1 hours they had taken S:;i,uon iu gold : and t lo re as more to come. Tin. Transmississippi c ngrcss in ; salt Lake City. I'tah, OO the Pdh.
adopt.-d resolutions us follows: Favoring the construction of the Nicaragtiati canal: recommending reeogni tiou of Cuiia asa nation: providing for a national board of arbitration, and for fostering the beet sugar industry. A Mil 1. .11 1 train in ihc 1. ei ,. N . inrds at Austin. 'Tex., ran over four white hoys who were sitting on tinside of the truck asleep, killing three of th em distantly and badly wounding the fourth. An hour later the same engine ran over and killed a negro w ho w as t ry. ing to steal a ride. Tiik 10: is great excitement on the Birmingham (England) stock exchange owing to t be belief that there is a order in cyo'e tubing. There has I cen a heavy advance in prices and s veral speculators have been badly lunched. 'Two dynamite bombs were exploded, 11 the l.'ith, at uada 1 a jara, capital of the province of thai name in New Psstile. Spain. Several persons were killed and others seriously injured. Pnnmonm MoKmUl has planned to visit the Yellowstone park next Sep-P-tuber, and steps have been t.-i'.en to induce him to extend the westward journey to San Francisco It is reported in Washington that ex President Cleveland will, in November, Ix- formally tendered the office of president of the University of Vir-
jglnie.
INDIANA STATE NEWS. Otto Jaokk, of Fostorla, O., will fr. .. 1 ir glass factory in 1 i.ero. Tiik American tiuplate factory in Madison county, was listed for taxation at J'.'u.'i.tiou I.Ionki. 'T. Hki.oicii, of F.vansville, was arrrcstedou the charge of bigamy, lie recently married F.v.i liaines but she now alleges th.it he has a wi:e
living in North Carolina, 1 Ononoi UoLpnn, M, was rnndonm and killed by a I'euusy I vania traiu al Jcffi rsonville. 1 l.l-.'i l.u a Sioi.iz, jr.. w;is killed ; by a fast freight ttfnil at llagerstown. ! His body ertm 'i score red bj the crew 'of another through freight, who stopped their rrain aud gave notice to the
authorities. The belief is that Mr. Stoltz fell asleep on the station platform and fell over on the track. 'The ii'iiains were found near the middle uf the street, a few feet east of the platform, xv i th n deep gash in the head. T'.o young man was ;;."i years old and unmarried He belonged to a prominent family and was highly esteemed. Wim. k iu Seymour shopping Miss Lin towns was very seriously hurt in a runaway. Her head received a severe blow, and she has been uneoncioiis since. The team ran into a spring tengon driven by N. R Kverhaek, throwing him violently to the ground and causing an ugly scaip wound. Wu 1 Joiinm. f Martina villa, aged 64. hanged himself C F. LoNo was kicked by a horse and fatally injured at Butler. A oas company is getting ready to drill 100 wells near I'endlcton. .'. A. S i 111 a 111. of Kokomo a dry ('oo is merchant. assigned. Assets, 19, 000 liabilities, S'.-i.OtO. Tiir Central normal school will graduate 100 students the last week in luly. A cntf'KKN thief left a horse and buggy at the Tracy farm, near Richmond, being frightened away by Farmer Tracy. .1 ami s Haixki, a drayman of Aurora, was found dead on the roadside near Florence, Ky. He hail died fr. n the heat. FiiANcis W BY MOUTH, unnted in Chicago for alleged connection with the murder of llicyclist Nelson, was caught at Elkhart. Al i:x PnnOI son, aged 105, and his sister, Mrs. liettie Carro'tor., 189, live in Madison county. 'They were born in Ireland. A snakk 'JO feet in length was seen in Madison county by John Noland. It escaped from a circus. At Kokomo it required three officers to place tins Freeman, a desperado on crutches, under arrest Freeman had two revolvers and yvas trying to run the towu. Tun feather bone factory at Valparaiso has closed down on acc unit of dull business, throwing 150 men out of employment J. T. Hi ki.ey, formerly a hotel proprietor of Anderson, has struck gold in Cripple Creek, CoL, which runs S4..VH) to the ton. Me MO! wants the meeting of the National Retail Clerns" I'rotectire association in ttN hx-LiEt t. Samcki, J. S11111.KV, aged 84, of the United States navy, died of heat prostration at Connersville. John Kit.i AriiM k. of Kokomo, wan thrown off a tnoiving machine and hihead struck on a piece of tiling. He was instantly killed. At Lebanon Dr. Amos Bennington was sued by (leorge Howe for 10,001, damage for the alleged alieuation of his wife's affections. Til city council of Indianapolis haspassed a resolution fixing the price of gas at 7 cents tier l.noo cubic feet. The company charges SI J". Nkak Wabash, Sherman Thompson, the vJl-ycar-old son of E. H. 'Ihompson, a wealthy farmer, unhitched his team from a self-binder and was st;. , ling near a large oak tree, w hen lightning truck the tree '1 he bolt also struck one of the horses, which fell over on the boy, crushing him to the ground, inflicting fatal internal injuries. The horse w as instantly kille L A Tin 11TKK N -y k a it-oi.ii son of dames Brown, a tjuarryman of Putnam county, yvas fatally Injured the other day. He loaded a gas pipe heavily with giant powder, touched the fuse, the pipe burst and Hrown was terribly mangled by the e x plo '.-m. His recovery is very donbtfnL JMMM I i uk v w as killed by lightning, which set hir. fat tier s barn on tire at Delphi. The boy's mother dragged his Inxly from the burning building, Ai TKH an investigation of nearly two weeks the grand jury returned an ind Btment of murder in the first degree against Mrs. He lealyea (h iger at Kv.msv.Ue. Mrs. tieiger is charged with poisoning the little son of Mrs. Kngenie Moore, w ho. died May t. A grain of arsenitr was found in the child's stomach at the post-mortem examination. Mrs. lie ige r is ,1 so suspected by the authorities of being implicated in the death of her husband, who died three years ago. Jtmnrn Dt nn, of Anderson, has invented a "perpetual'' motion machine which he claims "works." Wababii ( ou.kok will receive S70.00C from the Fayerweather estate inafew days. IU Pennsylvania shops at Ft. Wayne vill run nine hours instead of ten.
L H. Moiikis, the attorney and politician, of Richmond, under examination as to his sanity, was declared sane. Jod Locke, of Richmond, is undei arrest for stealing wheat from hit grandfather. When searched nt tin jail a marriage license was found in his pocket He is already a married man. Tiik friends of Theodore P. Haughey the bank wrecker, now serving a term in the Prison North, have renewed their efforts to aneVN a pardon for him. It is thought President McKinley will grant it 'I UK state encampment of the Sont) of Veterans and the Ladies' Aid society were in session st Marion. Wot. Mount was present The attendance was large.
THE NEW ELDORADO. Ihr I abulously It Uli (...!. I I 1. 1.1 la the 4 1. 111. 1) ke Keg-Ion uf I lie HrilUli Northwent lirrllni). .1 11 a I . roa Ihr. tlacknii Itoiinilurv K.itruitu Iroiu teller !( ..licit c.l Shii I rs iK'Urii. San Fkvn. is.o, July Irt. -The followlng arc extracts from a letter re.eivcd by the Lxcelsior, just arrived lere from Alaska. It yvas sent from .he ( londyke region by a prominent tu. I wealthy young business man of sau Francisco to his brothe in this sity 'The excitement mi the river Is itiitc scrltiaHe, und t Ic- mi' 1 1 nf III 'Imi l Ue ili strict ii..st neyoiiU iM'lief. M. ii who liu I 11 itliiiut last full are tinw worth a fort 11 a . ( lie man ha Werkel 4ii square feet nf his chum unit Is (ohiK sal wnii fin ik) in anat One aaartat f clailllN lire now s illiu; si fnM9 HA.tW lo if r-MUXI. The estlm.it. of the district (lveu is i;t miles, with an average value of :),- Jtw to tlie claim, in which some arc valued as ntts'ti us tl WO. 000 euch. At l.is,.ii sucUh of
! lust are thrown under the counters 111 the slore ' for safekeeping. 'Home of the stories are so fu'i'ilous th it I am ifral 1 I repeal them, for fear of h . sus-
ect.-d of '.lie infection. 1. Isir Is fl.'i .. ilay uml lioard. with l days' work uarantecl. so you uuu UanStM how .1 1 tile ill t it is tu hold employ is. "If rep iris are tru it N the bhvest placer älscovery evr ina.l in the world, f ir. though alher di.'guigs have been foim.l ipiiieus rich 111
I spots, no su. ii anttal f itlaeeverf haensea known which prospected uud worked so lugU I right through."
The new K. dorado lies just across the Alaskun boundary in Hritish P rritory. It is of recent discovery, but already there arc at least 1,999 people ou the ground and more are flocking in t tint direction. The d iscovery of the londyke regions presents a story that is uniquely interesting. Around Forty Mile, on the Yukon, is a tribe of Indians known as the Slickers, and with them is a man ho years ago y as know n us tieorge ormack, hut who is n.nv called "Slick tieorge.'' In September last, at tin" head of a party of Indians, he left his hut near Forty Mile camp und started in a southerly direction, saying that he Intended to lind a new gold tield before his return. He cuuie back tyvo weeks laP'r and startled the miners with the announcement that 40 miles it'vay there was gold to he found in plenty. The streams abounded with the yellow metai, and all that was needed w as for somebody to pick it up. Many persons flocked to the place, and ill time the word reached Forty Mile camp that untold rieben ?ouhl he found aloug the bottom of Konauza creek and its tributaries. Men who had failed at the former camp Immediately packed up their belongings and set out for the new Heids. It was a hard and trying journey, but that was nothing with the promise 0 millions at the end of the route.
BECOMIU; fJKXKi-AL
Undor tho AHshluotiH Laborer! : Agltntom
M..re tUneta Oeaatanj Oaf i ,..r, ,,,,v 4i an I ..rl, sein. , of ,,tw ( r ( Strike Hope. I f, ,, s, ,r u of t anl 1 nM taj aeva Pmsm mm, Pa,, July 17. -DnUaesa t wnnre1 Isendqnartera and in all ti. mines in the I'lttsburgh dUtriet si, 1 unusunl activity M t. oonl market
i-ouiucieri.e.l Hie features of the
jcsier.iay. I or a strike
causes the leas)
MET THE CONDITIONS. Nut to lie ( henleil of I'ro iiiotlon by An) Such (Hutu. le. Boon isi.AMi. 111.. July pi. Bert Seudder has assumed the agency of the Adams Kx press t'o. here, ami the manner in which he gained the office involves a uniipie aud romantii story of ambition and success. Seudder. who was chief clerk in Route Agent ( lark's oflkM at dalesburg, learned of Agent Skiduiore's resignation and made application for the vacancy Tuesday afternoon. Seudder was told that while his time in th service was sufficient to justify his pro motion, the company preferred to elevate married men where it was possible.
When he asked if the fact that he was single yvas the only objection to his promotion and received an affirmative answer, he departed forthwith, and in an hour returned with the in
formation that he was now ready t supply the missing tjual ilication. Ho hail married a Miss Smith, whom he expected to wed later on. but the "inergencv both believed justitiell a change iu the arrangements. Mr. Seudder yvas given the K ick Islau 1 agency, and ar--iv here w ith his bride Wednesday. SPAIN AND JAPAN Have , rruiigi-.l nn Offensive Alllitncn Against tin- 17 sited statea. Lonoon, July 111. A dispaP'h from Paris to a nei.'s agency here says tha Inquiry at the American embassy there has elicited a continuation of them mor that the governments of Spain and Japan have arranged an offensive nlllanee against the United states. The terms of the understanding, which is for the mutual protection of Cuba arid Hawaii, provides that iu the event of an active aggressive movement on the part of the Dnited states tending toward interference in 1 uhau affairs or persistence in the nnnexa tioii of the Hawaiian islands, both Spain and Japan shall declare war simultaneously against the United Slates and shall make hostile demonstrations along both the Atlantic am' Pa. itic coast lines of that country. A BOLT REMOVED. attempt m Ifreet Train mat (taAj rrtiall) Siire.iile.l. I Miu itt. xi. Mil., Julv 10. At 'i:H0 a. 111. the engine attached to train No, 10. while passing slowly through the junction of the Pittsburgh and th. Third division near Cumberland, was derailed and fell over on her side. A baggage car was slightly damaged, hut no one yvas injured, and the tracks were blocked for but a few hours. Investigation reveals the fact that some one had deliberately re moved a bolt from the switch which caused the derailment.
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so general it
excitement: ne.i,..
seems to prevail nvrvwlinv, hut BOW long this state of affairs will eo.,t,,,ll(. to exist cannot be . veil guessed miners are apparently willing to he idle, and as y. t an suffering of ,,,- anaenee has been reported at district hcud.puu ters. The miners' officials were very mud. elated over news from West Virginia intern! telegrams from organia-rs u, that section of an encouraging natu,, were received. 'There is nothing startling p, report from any of the districts,' said Pres.. dent Dotanu 'The nu n. with the ex. eeption Of a very few, are out and -a
ui c Simonen witn uu' summon. Con took another tumble in price yesterday, it sohl for flLf aI tli mine, a drop of Ii cents from the dar previous. A tour among t he op. i at.,, , demonstrated that there yvas pi, ,,. coal on hand. It was learned that the PennsyUatiia lias Coal t o., Westu land One Con t o.. Manor Shaft Key. stone t'oal l' Washington Ihn, , Co., the boon aud Allison mines wen furnishing considerable coal. It ,v ,,, eetimated that the mines east of ratsburgh ure furnishing l.0 cars a day. Nearly all the empty coal car- ,. Pittsburgh district are tinding their way to the West Virginia coal The Baltimore 4k Ohio tooti s.o ., trains of them yesterday. It was tbt learned that Jön ears a day trete goial from the Pocahontas Held in W. sl Vir ginia into lleveland. The 1 .rds show that a cargo of 9,990 tons htm loaded Wednesday, a tlmilsr one on Thursday and the North Wing was loaded yesterday with the mttie amount. Another curgo will U- loaded to-.lay. The price is tf'J.ÖU nioagsldfl or free on hoard the vessel. It was learned last night that ttie programme of the miMre' officials ill 1 bring out all the men possible in tue West Virginia Held and then bring til the organizers to Pittsburgh. It is 1 -peeted that the terms will he nMtda lo re, as the district is looked upon lithe most Interesting point after West Virgin in has been disposed of. The miners' hopes are high ' and they are confident thai there trill 1 a good story to tell from West Virginia Monday morning. The I iikewaruiness of National President Hatch ford and the belittling attitude of Ihstriet President Dölau has put somewhat of a damper OO the true uniformity plan but President Dolan says notuith standing his private opinion eooeertl ing Mr. I e A rinitt, he has been and ... continue doing everything Inhiapowtl to further the the scheme. (ien. Little and Mr. Da Ar ail tl left last evening at s o'clock for Phi phia to consult with otlieials of tic Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Kej spne and other coal companies the line of the Pennsylvania ra yvith the end ill view of seem in I co-operat ion in the tiuiforiuit ;, plan All of the arbitration boat : 1 l ept H. Frank Schmid, of Indiana an- DOW out of the city. Ivle.ar.1 Bidglel tad Horace I'alef are in t'hicago. m. 1 h. I'. McCormnck at Indianapolis for the purpose' of interesting operators '" these states in the propositus for settlement of the strike, rbej pect to have a general im I iterators of the five st..' I burgh next Monday or Tnesd the eouimissioiiers believe an .1.1. settlement w ill be reached.
MRS. STAPLES DISCHARGED. C'lilrne" l'olle I'nable to Conneel Her With the NlKKtttnK of Charte Nelson. CiiM AOo, July 1. Mrs. Kdith Staples, the companion of the bicyclist. ( hiiih-s Nelson, of Cadillac. Mich., at the time he e. as shot in Washington pnriti about three weeks ago. has beeu discharged from custody, no one appearing to prosecute her on thu charge of complicity in the mysterious affair. It is probable that the end of the affair has been reached, as the police appear Pi DO wholly at sea. Nulso.t, la tu a fair wnv Pi recover.
JAPAN AND SPAIN. Ine laste aai 1 sea Wfck tor " ajtnutee m PruseMi 9 Losses, July IT. The Madrid oorretpondenl of the Pall Mall Unsette aarss The most OOUble event thus far ol the Spanish court s, asoa at San KebOV tian has been the visit of Prime I n heito, Japan's ambassador extraordinary, who was sent t- invest King Alfonso with the Japanese Imperial Order of the Chrysanthemum. The visit is considered of P" ' importance. The enioyuas tvc.v d with extreme cordiality by the QU n and the goveriimen t. Pri I I heito. who was ae oaipanicd by 1 Manpiis I to, was received in fu 1 State by the duke of Tetuan. Hpnnish minister of foreign affairs and all tb court functionaries. The streets ucri lined with troops. The distinguished visitors were con ducted to the palace where the .pieen and a brilliant retinue welcm-d them w ith high honors. Hau.uets. hallsaud other marked eompliments follow, and the war ships ill the buy wen decorated With Hags and bunting. The duke f Ietuan has goi ut ot his way to protest that the mission is purely com pi 1 men t a r y and without political signiHcance although a 'npMV ese legation may be established at Madrid. "It is said that the occurrence is being carefully observed in the United statea FELTS' FLIGHT. Proposed Aerial Kicnrslon trots Pise 1 i"ru to tenmnne sprin. OotrOSADO SPStSoa, Col.. July lo" The aiiriouncement is made authoritatively that Win. I Pelts will mwk an aerial excursion from the summit ol Pike s Peak Pi Colorado Springs, a di taucc of ten miles in an airline ami s drop of 9,999 feet, in making the Big .r. Pelts wHI use a series..! rigid aero planes, modeled after the wiiis of condor, the great South American lord. The body of the voyager will hau suspended from au easy harness.