Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 August 1897 — Page 2

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The News Condensed. Important Intelligence From All Paris. DOMESTIC. L. ir. Milack, editor of the Leader it Guthrie. O. T.. fcl! from a street car In rincinnntl and died from Iii injuries. In New York city 2, "00 garment workers struck for higher w ages. The secretary of the treasury ba definitely decided that the Dingley tariff act became effective at midnight Dn the 23d. A cyclone eight miles south of Lelnunn, Ind.. tore down fences, killed stork and did great damage to crop. One-half the business portion of the rfflaga of Ashley, Mich., was destroyed by tire. In Franklin. Kenrrey nr.! other portiot s of Nebraska irreat damage was done by a wind and hailstorm. The president has decided to detail nn nrmy otllcrr ptid a company of soldiers from the regular army for er-vi-e i'i Alaska. The Avrry plow factory at Loui'vitle. Ky.. resumed operations after a threeyears' shut-dow n, giv ing employment to 1.000 men. IHmqUI lie Padnrio w as handed in Philndelpiiia for the murder of ModestlOO MofTo. a three-year-old child. In a runaway nt Chiropee., Mass., Mrs. Marv II. Knapp was ie and her daughter. Mrs. F. K. Tuttle. was fatally injured. Government assay bars were piotcd at 50 cents In New York, which made tbe silver in a standard silver dollar worth 45.C2 cents. During a toit dance of the Ponca Indian nt Guthrie, O. T.. iVhitc Feather, a noted Indian, from Nebraska, fell dead in I fit. 0 al mine ow ners met in Pittsburgh to try and arrange for a uniform scale of prices, and labor leaders met in Wheeling, W. to consider ways anil means to bring to a settlement the miners' strike.

In an interv iew in WnnhtogtOO Comptroller llckles said he rcy.trded the f'.i'a.iiil outlook a being of most encouraging nature. President M Kinley has appointed Moses P, Handy, of Chicago, epeclnl riitiimissioner of the I'nited States fur Ibe Paris exposition of VMi . Fire at Vonkers. N. Y.. destfOjred two large factory buildings, the loss being A rieh gold find is reported la Minnesota within SO miles of I'uluth. TIm reports as to the condition of :t'is throughout the country were all f.n orable. For the fifth time in five year. Murdoek, HL. was visited by afire that destroyed most of the business portion of the village. The merchant, of BostOI gave a b itiquel t Secretary of tbe Treasury l.yman .1. Gare nt the Hotel Tuillcri-s and in his addfOOl Mr. tiage said that the coantry was on the way to better times, and he MMnseled patience and the exercise of judgment. A number of finely-executed silver certificates of the new issue, raided from the denomination of two to five dollar. we-e discovered in New York. .lames Minple, a horse trailer in Springfield, 111., killed Mary Briscoe, aged 1. with whom he had been living, and her infant child by chopping their heads to pieces with a hatchet. Nathan James, a farm band. dvfit and fatally wounded Martha Miner, a it MNrtfo, and then killed himself in Uridine wnter. Mich. The AlirorKjuiti Woolen Mills company of I'aKsaie, N. J.. gave notice that waires in their mi'ls would be inCTMMd from M to II per cent. The president ntinovineed the follow -Inir ri'ci" appointments: T. V. Tow -derly of Pennsylvania, commissioner general f immigration, and Kotiert J. Tr aicwdl. of Indisna. comptroller of the treasury. White nieii named Crowtiover and Ibach were lync hed by a mob near I.it1le Kock. Ark., for horse stealing. In an interview in Pari Marquis Ito. former prime minister of Japan, mid that there was no danger of war between his country and the United State. OVeT the Hawaiian piest ios. In täte convention in P.altimore the Maryland demoernts nominated Thomas A. Smith for comptroller utvd ndoptfd a platform that declare for blmetallism. but is silent aa to the question of "ratio." Mrs. Mn.n F. Lease, the populist orator, has ben selected as queen of the fnN fpstlvltVs. n harvest demonstration At Topeka. Kan. In tbe stoefc brokerage ofr1-e ofC. E. Triee A Co.. i Waco, Tex.. M F. Klvett sad V. IV. Kivett were shot and killed ty W. Lsnihdes. n member of the firm la a w reel; on the Central Pacific rail way near L'cno, Kev.. six Indians were killed mid nine etWf persons w t re seriously Injured, Tlie handsome ('nrrnrn marble bust of President McKinley that is to l.e placed in the Male eapltol al Columbus. o arrived In New York from Xnnlee.

Pascal l-otcll. a saloon keeper in New Orlcuns, wus s iudlcd out of $.,IMH by the gold brick dsulge. President McKinley has amended the otril Wrrico rules so that an removal lull be made from any position aubject to competitive exnininutioii ev. ept for just cause and upon written charges and has included within the claitU-d

rervice tlie employes of all custom house oftices. The coat oerators of the I'lttsburgh .! tuet I, Iff adopted tbe "true uniform ity" ngreement. The general strike situation was lea encouraging from the miners' staiuljHiint than it was a week ajjo. In a runaway nt Peoria. 111., Misa

tit ace White was killed and Mrs. hiinon KildulT was fatally injured. ,T. W. Clark, xv Ii. started from ProniOS, Mich.. .Inly 2. 1S!G, to travel lOy

1 miles in one year w .tliout hegsring or beating his way, has returned to

Hronson two days ahead of time and bown receipts Vrblsb are sworn to for fi),207 miles. Jules P.nnneH and his bride of a f r w day l OOnWtittod suicide with morphine ::t Houston, Tex. Labor lenders issued bulletin savIncr they were confident of success in the miners' strike. The National Temperance society hecan it seventeenth annual camp meet' bjg at Ocean (J rove, N.J. The total receipts from in'ernal revenue for the year ended dune 30, 1S97, were $1 H,t10.5OS, a decreae over the previous war of $211,106. Copies of the tariff act for circulation have been received at the document moms of the senate. The law makes a pamphlet of 70 pages. The president has appointed a boar I of engineers to make surveys and examinations for a deep waterway from the great lakes to the Atlantic tidewater. Leading merchants in 27states report an increase of !0 per cent, iu tralv5 for tbe fust half of the year over that of the tirst six months iu Is'jtj. A rich strike of copper near Houghton, Mich., caused great excitement throughout the hake Superior mining district. Two cousins named Anderson were drowned at Coster, la., while bat!. ing. John Johnson and Joseph i .it were killed bv falling timber in a. mine at Athens, 111. ' Ool 1 in paying quantities wa discovered l.i a mountainous region 20 miles south of Ashland, Wis. "Cap" Hatfield, the notorious outlaw and leader in the Hattlcld-MeCoy feud, nnd credited with killing 17 men. escaped from jail at Williamson. V. Va. The I'nited States League of Building and Loan associations in session in Detroit elected ?s president L. W. Sanborn, of ( inlesburg. III. Heavy rains Hooded Rah way. Fanwood and other places in New Jersey and did great damage to property. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Mrs. K. P. V. Packard, who won an In

ternationa! reputation through her efforts to reform the methods in vogue in irsane asylums, died in Chicago, aged s7 years. Mrs. (iertie Henak Scholtaan died in Jersey City, N. J., aged 101 years. She was born in Prussia and saw .Napoleon march through that country. lames K. Doolittle. of Racine, Wis., died at the home of his daughter at EdgeWOOd near Providence, U. tr, aged v2 poors. He w as I'nited States senator

from Wisconsin front 1H58 to ItTÖ, and was one of the most noted of the oldtiine politidOBaV President McKinley and bif wife left Washington for their vacation OS tbfl shores of Lake Champlaiu. Prof. Charles Henry Marcy, WO II known as a musician and' composer, died at Iiis home in Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 40 years. James Henry, a bachelor nge1 104. and M i-h Kmily Poynton. aged '.i7. both colored, were married iu Ivnoxv ille. Trim. The prohibition utate convention nt Des Moines, la., nominated a state ticket headed by Dr. K. I.. I'.aton. of De Moines, for irovcrnor. fbt platform is confined to temperance and w uiiimi suffrage. (en. Stewart L. W oodford, the newlyappointed Halted States minister to Spain, sailed from Ne.v York for Madrid. William Cookson Carpenter, the oldest practicing lawyer in New York city, died at the age of 04 years. The populist state convention at Roanoke, Va.. nominated Capt. Edward IL Cnoke, of Cumberland, for lieutenant governor. Other places wilt be filled if the democrats decline to fuse. 11. I.. RatOO, nominated for governor of Iowa by the prohibitionists, is ineligible for tbe ofticc. not having lived in the state the required two years. John T. LoVOlL manufacturer of tirenrms, died in Host on. He was one of the forenaOSt arms manufacturers in

the country. Cnpt. John H. Johnson, Gen. Sheridan' chief of scouts during the war, die! in l'.rooklyn. N. Y.. aged II year.

Ca In i. b A Co.. proprietors of a largf

d part Wen I btore iu Toronto, Out., failel for 100,000. Mote Iba i 3,000 soldiers were killest in n battle with fanatic nein Coiiudon, Hrnil Many buildings were wrecked and a lorgt number of persons injured by an earthquake shock in the Arno valley iu lliigland. The steamer Scandinavian in n dense log off Newfoundland out in twain thbarkentine Florence of St. John s, and lour seamen of tlie latter and the captain's wife were drowned. A dispatch from Athen say that th sultan lias instructed Tewlik l'asha to sic;ii the pane preliminnriei. A treaty lias been llgnod by the republics of Guatemala. Costa Rica. Nicaragua. Honduras and Salvador to go into effect Ittttl mber IS, The uniou is named the "Republic of Central America." and the countries forming it will take the name of states. Havana's outposts were attacked by a targa body of rebels, who, before the Spanish troops could be gathered to resist, swept through the suburbs, carryinj: all before them.

LATER. Wom.u's and national cut of tin- department temparanoo inst rnel ton In bristian Temperance

FOREIGN. London adv ice nre to the effect that the w hea: crop for the I'nited Kingdom is much below the average. Ten of the largest stores in the heart of tbe business portion of W'iarton, Ont.. were destroyed by fire. Japan has sent a second protest to ilir United States against the annexat on of Hawaii. Tbe P.ritish government ha again de

clined to interfere in the execution of

the sentence of Mrs. Florence Maybriek.

Mr and Mrs. Gliulatone celebrated

'he fifty eighth nnniversnry of their

wedding nnd many visitor Joined in the family Nrjoldng nt llawnrdrn.

Experimente with tlie Roentgen rays

in Paris detected food adulteration, es peebtlly in ten. coffee and pepper. Otto Miinchinever. United States con snl at San Salvador, committed suicide

Ills home wa in Parkersburg. W. Va

The dominion government It. is deI (Mod. to place a royalty on all gold ' mined in ( iindinu territory in the ' Yukon district.

superintend - if seien tide the Woman's anion lit

Moni IL 1 1 unt. sai'o d. -ui the J0t h. from

IbMtoa for Urnaavlaaa fraternal dele ate from the W. C. T. I . to tbe AnliUoobol nongraaa o bo held iu that ity. HbO will return in Septeiiil.er. Ai.vmtAi. Wai.kkk. dipt t arter and lr. .f . Uanpt, the new Nicaragnii canal oiinnissi. m. held a preliminary poeeV 'iir in the angfaseatr oflbeeat Iba war lepartaaent on the MMb. Altbougb tboy have not received their OOOtmhsii ois tboy ditCOOOed at sonic length tin ir future plan-.. Tm: tariff act in ta form lorob culntion waa reoaived at the document roonia of the seii..te and honao oat tbe loth. The law makes a pamphlet of Tu pagan. The nembera f tb.- bona will have j:.,00il. tbe MttatOM b.00O. and the senate committee on BnattCC .0M for ilistributioii. Thk Southwestern Passenger ass. iat ion is apparent ly going to pieces rba st. Lionla di San raneleeo bm vitbdravvn. I'be Rock Island and sOnta Fc. it is reported, are about to ... s... and there will sevming'.y not be nongta lines left t . maintaiu the or .'an i .a lion. Tiik irr at race between tbe steam jraebta fat blinder and IliKpiircr adod, n the afttti in a vict..r for the lluffalo ...at. The Pathtindcrgave up the content when off Waukegan, III., and a med bneh for bicago. Tin: loss of the whaler CbfM Hon. fiu'em in the Japan s. a during a furi. mis storm w as an iioudc"1 on the'iOth. ijit. Seullam and the crew of Is wer sav. d. but 000 barrels of sperm oil v. nt dow n with the vessel. Mimsii it Sa to l itis., of Portugal. .las r iv'l no infomtotioi cuiceriing the al lege. I revolutionary troubles ,n hisepuutrr. He uelievea be would i a ve Ih-cu notified of any sertova 00t reak. AXOKK.W CAKNKOIK has offered tin town of Stirling. Scotland, tbe seat of in palace ami parliament booae built y .lames V the sum of t'i.o.io for a mblie library building, 'fill steattH'r Porilaad, which is cxlected to leave st. Miennobi aboot aap .uiImt 15. will it la said, hare on board .. - .i I, i I .

' .1 tiMin tue .viasKan goiu ueius

rained at t3, 1,000.

Tur. bolgina ebambov f de pa ties .rtssi-d a bill, on the -Otb. npeiiitig

all foreigners who have had a year's

reeldeaee in that oonntry t.. enroll tbonan l?on in the civic snard.

ii .Ms tradu "-vi. -.v. i-,sii.-.i on the 1st, sas: "Dbtpntchea from almost very nort hern ';tv"f i tnpurt anee reorl without except ..ii improvemeii t 'i business, and fnun ietrit to .attic and Portland splendid crop ..speets. The task of adjusting the .usiiie-, and Indoatriea f the oonntry conilit i .lis created by anew law has n (pressed with gratifying rapidity ad ease." in i.AToNiiKoitN, kinc of Siam. ariv.!! at England, on too Hb, in tinutunaae royal gnebl Maha Cbakhri, ith Iba royal suite and a Lorg retiiic of servants, lie received a royal . lite from the shipping iu the harbor t riplthnnd. arblcb was gnily iie-at.-d. lotta F. Rvax ami John Graven, who ii. . I Lawyer Hurt S. ( lark, of Itrookv n. loa lint in New York city, on July . and Uwa roOvbad bbm and tried to n ee aeid iIiiwm bis throat, were sen-n-eit, on the 3itb. to is years' in iW so n lie nt at bafd iabor. w.iiiMM, beblnd eloaad inanA 1. K. 1 ..f IhlengO, claims to have pro- ' lie -il. at II cost ..f ten .nts a pound, a ,. I which experts pronounce gold. reral bricks of the metal have .e. n ni eliased by Jeweler, who declare U I enoanrn gold for tbon I vlli itK throughout the United M ates fOe the week ended mi the "Otb. ,s reported by It. G. Dun .vi Co.. wer.agaiunt UHl for the correnpomiing veek of last year, fot annda the fail ires were 'i. against to last year. Tiik commercial treaty between ireat Ibitain and the .rinan jtoll.ercin. which has been in force llnoe MuyM. was ren .uneeil. on tin" 1Mb by Great llritain nnd ceases to bperative a year In-nce. A imsi'AI'cii from Lisbon ays tlie -ituation at Oporto is alarming. Ministers f-ar an nt tempt at revolution. Xw governor of the town has been liamissetl and replaced by Augusto de i'astilho. a naval officer. John Ankkksmn and Ilajrens Nelson pfOta fatally injured by the tipping of a derrleb on a new building at Markt md Vnn lluren Ktreets. CliieRgo. in tboltibi The men fell from the sixth ,tory tu t lie street. It v the preiuatur.' explosi n of a lyMndbi biat on Baoaboood bonlo v'ard. in Pittsburgh. Pa., on the :tOtb. t linemen were dangerously hurt, one f them probably fatally. Tiik statement of the condition if tlie treasury, on the .'Hlth. showed : Available rsh balance. mtjIIMffj gold reaerre, tl3,87t,309.

IKDIAM STATE NE WE W heat sold for 74 cent in Anderson the other day. 11 v v u A i I x 'Iiiomas, of 'ierre Haute, dropped dead. (in. i us i i i ii i . agod I"4, dwd et his home near ILootiitl -Id. Ar ferro llauto Haniel Rop r wa killed while hsudliug a live clectrio light wire. 'OqH iiik John Hai m of .b-fT.-rsou viiie, join od eight eon plea hi nwdloab the other itay CaanUS K Hounk.y, f Kvan.ville, was married to his niece, Lillian Price, and the girl's mother has just learuud uf the fa. . R it Iii HM and Prof. I A. Morely, la pro tinting qrndlenla f capital tata. have scon rod a :U) days' opt. on on 80 acres of land adjoining W ashington with a view f erecting flU.uOO college bnUdingti A fAi mtOW X Ohio Sof i nw K.srt KJt railway official was in Washington a few days ago viewing the ground betweon WTonblngton and PoViraborgj his road having in contemplation the sanatfllUop of a branch line to the Piha countv coal and natural gM lei to M. A. BJMCSHj of Anderson City claims to have invented an oil that will auwer the purpose of coal as find for warships. A i Kokoino, on account of Cue factories resuming, workmen have Income MOrOO and UM contractors OS ÜM uew MMinty pUM want l&Q more men. Mvii OtVOMt, Sarah Meyers and John Keefer, of Li Orange scanty, bare haaa notlftad thai they are ha Ira to a vast estate near Hanv.lle, Pa. Rov M.oas, au ex-convict, was captur'd the other niglit in an 04MB field by enragod farnera. near Ugonlar sinati attempted an assault a poo an jiglit-year-ohl girl. The arrival of the iutboritics alone saved Slna u's neck, is tin- rojK" was already hang.ug from i tree. Hi 'Kin. I'kkkins, aged 0t years, the jldest mau in Randolph county, and Mrs. Kliabeth tioings, aged TO years, f Grcenvi.le, (.. both colored, were married at the residence of R"v. CtJ Dook, in Winchester. The groom has been married four times bef .re an 1 the bride twice. He is the father of 14 children and Inanmerabhi grand hil.iren. Fill Klelnoo-Wehtcon ttie factory, L.wood, started the other morning

with a full force and vvnl run inuefiuite'y. A bout :0)u men are employed. Ron Mkkks has at his irug store in 1 Farmlaii I a two-legged cat Its fore feet and leirsare as natural as any. bat J it has no sign of hin 1 l-gs It is very p ay ul, and is quite a curiosity run- ' oing around on its tvv feet COMMiaatOMBM Connag and Terhun tppotnted by (iov. Mount to visit tue Indiana coal fields an 1 WpOft on tue Oaditlon of Iba miners, submitted th'ir OOOOl nsiou a f" w days ul'o. They Und that about 9, 0J0 miners and fainnice will need assistance if the preseut andltiona continue. Tboy suggest that prosperous people of Indiana houid give Iba snbjnöt their thought. Operators are pioted to toe effect that they are responsible for low wages and the condition of the miners, for tliev save Inroad down pcioaa under the stress of competition, which in turn lias driven th-m to it. The report calls Attention t the fact that no fivvh ssaess exists an 1 that there iir no signs if an unruly spirit. iov. Mount the ather night issmtd an apocul to the paopioOf Indiana calling for aid for the striking OBOi miners. A counui't. . has Wen app listed to rocoiet anbaorip bona The m.ucrs in many eases arc 1 stiture. Mus. John Kok, of Huntington coun- ! ty, was cooking supper on a ggnoilNO stove, when her idottnng caughl tire. Sue was burned to a crisp. Tiiomas A l.i XANDKit, the tallest man in Riisii county, died anddottly of heart iisi ase. He was I feet lfl nehes high I und bis brot'ior Jim is ' feet I inches. The Alexanders were vvi tely IcnoMrn a -he "'l'win 1 lousier giants" 1 ui: follow ing alio .vanees for cb-rk 1 aire ;n Indiana post ntiic -s whose postmasters receive Ct,&90 or over were announce I a lew days since: Ainlersi.ii, '..'i.-'; Attica, S--'."nit; Crawfordsville. : )0; Li x hart, 1 1; Kl wood, 9 1 . '0 t; I bvansvilie, lit, 400; I t. U ayne, tt,lM I boshen, fJI.Htl lndianapjhs, 8il..".s a; I Lafayette, t,5.4; Marion, ?:i,U4; Minicie, t5,4 .'4; Richmond, tM0; outb Rend, S'.'. -'t4; Terre Haute, ItOfSOti Atoi si i s Amiiokn, of Mune e. n kUM I id an ia is loeedot B ipiantity of gooda ffOCB several merchants every day, Will

be sent to an asy! ctn 'i st George hotel, ne of Iba oldest and largest hostelriee in southern Indiana, has closed Its doors on account of lack of pnti'onagn THK yiebl of wheat in Madison county will be from If to 30 bushels to sn iicrAt Kantland Miss (irace Hoover wus burned to death by the explosion f a gasoline stove. An investigation shows that Mrs Lulu Williams, of Importe, who died recently, was poisoned. I Hi: Indians Farmers' Savings and Loan association, of Ft. Wayne, has gone into the hands of a receiver. Ar Gosport, .lere De Vera lost ?toa on a three-card in into game at Hall's circus Daniki. ( i.kaky, a crippled nhoeinaker, has mysteriously disappeaed at Likhsrt. A movkment is on foot to prevent the carrying of small children on the front of bicycles at Anderson. '1 wo brewing lirms of South Rend bought all the beer revenue stamps st the depntg collector's office there, saving V4 per cent, on $. o.) under '.bo Diugley tariff provisions. Tin. governor ha issued s proclamation ilesignating October 30 as Arbor day. llY ordnt of the judge of the circuit court at Washington, the Lvansvillo A Kiciimund railway has been taken out f the han Is of a receiver and placed in the hands of New York partu s. Tba terminal of the road sre Llnora, this county, and Westport, Decatur county. The lire will be extended to ivlcumond.

JAPANESE CURIOSITY. Man. I lling Hin ln.f rll Majfaly Wsnlf in It awe ii m H4 Mi ii Ai.iii.il. Siti.iu- II la. WllTSStSf. JOSl sn, h lnf.irliialliui .- W.-ulil lie l atilul If Ii if lloireil le .'in ill rule Ihr .l.i Nuw Iu I ' leu. Los n.i:i.ks, CaL. July 0. The Time says: Ubilelh' majority of people laugh lit tbe idei. of Japan going to war with the I lilted Mutes OVOT I he (III lie x at loll of the Unnrniinn islands, there La no deny ing the fact that the inihado a id Iiis ministers are uiaUing inquiries unit seeking Information concerning the country which they Im never heretofore apparently considered of value. On the last steamer direct from Japan tlu-re onOsO a message to a wdlknovvii Japanese iu this city in the shape of a circular of interrogations. The doonntnnl came from tba state da partiiicnt of the iuiperiul governiiii nt, ami freely tiauslati .1 is us follows: You ar msasiSlKhl I hv I lie imp -rial ir.ivern-ui-'iit to carry out M tas asrtlsst BassibM AaM tlie follow Inf 'Us' rUel e.ns Aseertata heo issy Jifawn an- ta tim MHtntf in wineii v.pu live. De Ret take ihfl Pslteil Slates census, tmt ascertain I lie actual aerti by yoerselt. II.., man) Jujunesc in v .vir county an Anierli nn rltlseas? W loil Is ilie average iik'c of the male Jai.itn lo Ii; in .vour ooaatf I Ho many Japanese arc etiifacd iu pursuits Iu re capital is Invested by tsemselves, sad SlHUit vvliitl aniiiuut of capital I Invested? What la tin PSSfSSl seaport in your couniy, aim if none, what is the nearest -.purt to hi re., a. .', by you - state sum be? of islhoss. sie iin-aip Uses or ulllna M s ffoin our oouaiy to tfesassresl (Mut ..f reihsrlistltta far Jspsa,afeset eltt i'i ist of tine ami the t.me in OSSSSTI loreaeh salti sssresi ihm t. (.live M imes of the principal BMSSfcersof Um Ispsnesa soteny in roar asttnty itn location husiiiess um! iist oftlce aildrcHs. The uu.v. qaotationi ssed year bams i täte tOlSltoa. anil reports thmiH bs furwarueil st earliest ilate. Tills i ir.'iilar is o mttilenttal ami Uir-ete.lt. yen hy enter of h.s ISapertsl majesly, die emperor. Several Japane.se of more or less prominence were seen regnrdlng th noenmonb Hone denied all knowledge of it. others admitted they bad heard something about it. but nnne ui them would admit that it ha 1 any imrticului signtdennoa nt huh time. THE WAR IN CHITF7AL.

Hi.tvy 1 1-in im; Uli M sn CaswellHe I roups , t Ii . i 1 1. 1; .iii.l M ore liulilm I sesSsOi Simla, July Mi 'The north camp at Mslnkond was abandoned VYodnosdnj sf ternoon, the troops eoatcantrntliig uu k tal. Tbe attack began at v:;a on the preriens evening and lasted until day break. Desultory tiring eon tinned throughout the day, the tribesmen driving in the plckota, of wiioui 14 Sepoya were killed and - wonnded. The I'unjao infantry, led by Lieut. t Inn, iu a anoeeaslon of brilliant charges drove bach great masses of lue Iriboanasn, killing M, The enaaay i eollneting in large forces and severe lighting is anticipated. Reinforcements have been sent lo Dnrgni. THE MAL) MULLA'S MEN. Anol In i Vll. i.l. mi ta Itillish (.imp M Mui. ii., ii. I. in III.- C lon.tl. Houiivv. July 10. The situatiou at camp Malakaud has b.-c i.ue serious. Word ha been reooivsd that the na-tiv-s iu large force made a second attack in tue fort Wednesday, l'he lighting waa severe, 't hirteen of the british w re hilled nnd öu ivonnded, among the latt r hsing Lieut. Costello. The trlheooaen lost too. The worst feature of the situut ion aOVf i.s that the garrison isshortof am avnnitlon, and It is feared the whole supply will be azbnnafeod before rein force men ta arfire. It is reported that tin- mad miilla has mustered ut least sH,Q00 trtheamon. BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS .Make SU l.oiu- W ln.li'. .tie MereliMSM Utsd A KiiIi nf BsJ St . Sr. Lot'is, July St. Louis whole

sale aisrrhantt irrespective f politics, How a loot that prosperity is OO&nittgt and coming ipiick y. Not only that, but a large part of the prosperity wave is now rolling along the vv holesale disI trict of N ashing ion avenue and break- : ing into billows uf immense acdata for ROodn for the vest and the south and the great southwest. Au army of buyers from Texas, Ar- ! Uaiisas. Mississippi, Tennessee, Indian 'Territory, Kansas, luvvs, NeluasUa. Colorado, Illinois, and even Montana are rushing U St. Louis every week to ' buy their stocks of dry goods, and the prospects of the toog-wnlting baalnam men are perceptibly brightening. HIS WIFE RODE A WHEEL. Ilr. INirler Ol.j.i i..l. Mrn. rirtr I'tiraUta. .iii.i id. DaeSse antsMes lvvssAsi nt, Mo., July Ml. becausi his wife persisted in riding a bicyeis in spite of bis oi. ject ions, Dr J. tX Por t. r. a prominent phy sician, head of the I'hy siciaus' Supply t .... committed suicide iu his otliec by taking morphine, stfjrnhnine and hydrate of chloral aud iuhuling illuminating gas. Dr. Porter was apparently as happy and content. d as any man in Kansas City until Mrs. Porter biught a bicycle. The doctor objected, because hu did not think it wouiauly, but she w delighted und would not give up the i wheel. The doctor took dinner Tuesdsy evening und went direct to the store and began taking poison. Ho was found dying Wednesday morning.

Mrs. Porter in prostrated With grief.

SWEPT BY A TORNADO

Soven PorsoiiH KiUnd and Tin.., Bodlos Frightfully Mini glad. DeaosHsO IUseei Nsnsesteai it ,. i,,r in t mm an. i s, ,,i ssrsi tm um i mas Macros Raenps f in. ..r sun ,i,,. on,,., n.,,.,Kr,, SAS JosK. III., July m. A ten .1,1., I : . . t. .. a 1 I ii - ....

cniiiinuv in'icii nils Utile cilv i I night. A tornado stru.li this region I lit seven o'ebielt, and b it dentil SUtt ie. si i iicliou in its wake. At n ,,,.., ; j sevnn deutln had hnoa reported, and I throe nmm persons were severe!, jui-ed. It in pro ha bin tnat there . Huer casualties in outlying .i j which will ie reported tabsr I After o day of terrible bent, shoot si j iM-lock the ei.uids liegen to gather and j the nlr gren Ihiuk and pressive. The heavy in,iihus s in the imrtli mpecl I gfOin lark. Kvery one tnstiootivi . fenred the coming o a tornndo. About sc v. ii o'clock, qalte ssddcnt.t dnrlcnsss f-ll upon the earth, brohen , lu re ami thotO by v. v id lla ihea of 1 1- .. Bing- soon with a msh and roar came a tornado fron the north, earn with it terrifying clouds. Even tan for plnoea of safety, many seefa 1 refuge iu celbsrs. ! 1 1 was a tornado in all iis ehsrsi istics, with the funnel ihns I j the rumble us of heavy M a , the frightful gfoetttnh color of Uli Sau .lose escaped daniaee onl the storm roes north of the town , , j passed above it. Half an hour after the pa-- , tlie storm a messenger cane ..p. Ing into the town on a foumi.ie , He reported that terrible and dest ru-t ion bad l.e.-n ; on the farm of A. ('. Mi I 1 8J4 miles north, snd Hiituinunni tu. av I sietanoe of surgeons nnd the pu A rescue party hustelied to m ; nrbioh were all of tbe tiUngpdo A terrible scene was that at tu home of the Md towel Is. 'The to. i, . had struck the farm at itsnurtherl i lino and awept aeroso it, catting u iath ; way of deatrnc in. The Mclki I hoiiiesUad was Bttorly demolish. , the hoiis.. twisted from its fonodntiona nnd toru Into fmirinents. it ! timbers and furniture scattered in a ! directions, The barn khsrod tba ;i :n fate, ami its contents were blown oal if si,diL

Seva n persons were killed ben their bodies, mangle! and torn. wc annttered about the rnlnad ln.in The dead nre: A. G lie Dowel 1, Mr Samuel Krovvnlec and tlire- ehi a grandson of A. ( '. McDowall and J (roves. The injuivd aiv Mrs. . C McHuweil, CbWlea MeDowodl and Ms j Ho I (owed. 'The tornado also struck the farm John McDowell and d atrnyed Iii barn and tine walnut grove. Thi bouse ascuped. the tornado passim w ithin u few yards of it During the passage of the storm .i was dark as iniilniglit. and adduce usembling a clon l-borai lollosvtad. At Mason City lichtiiing strucU ptrs of the Presbyterian church sn set it an tire.

Heath of Mr. J. Z. Ueorgm. Jackson, Miss., July Ml- A telegram from Carroll ton, Miss., says Mrs. J. Z. (ieorge, wife of I'nited States Senator tieorge, died at that place yesterday morning. She will be buried there today. Mrs. (ieorge was iu her sixtyfourth year.

Minister Hsnln-Trlso Inrrtnlulou. Wasihnoto.v July :t0. Minister San-lo-Triso, of Portugal, has received no luforination concerning the alleged revolutionary troubles in that country. He believes he would have been noti lied of anv ssrioua uutbra'k.

HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION Our ICi'tlrhi); CoSaSl ik-i-m I l II. i I NllTl ! I'll. San I'ltA.vcisi-o. July III. Ellis Mi s

' the retiring -onsul general si Ii lulu, arrive I from the hdnnd 1 steamer Alameda. Mr. Hills was snc Seeded by Win. Hay ward. SD! wife he is now nn bis way berk to hit ; home iu Virginia. Speaking of potit lead alTairs iu the isla:, Is vl M said: "Annexation is now r.-o aided innj versally by the people of Hawaii as a j cerlsinty. The culhu' in uer ih' annexation move me ut i more inl am I now, if suoh a thing be I it hss ever been Isefer. sul slmuw everybody has an abiding faith laths happy r'Milt that the) al " f,,r peeled that the whole matter i I " seit. ed vvbeu congress inc ' ''

winter. JAPAN AND HAWAII. .Iitptn ita lluwnll'a Offer I UMtnu lln.iil. .l (Jin .11, W AsiiiNoToN. July St. The Ii government has nOOapted th made by Hawaii to nrbitrnti pots between the two tana trie ' "' state department ban bata Infonw the otTer and the ae.cptaine subject of arbitration will lac ih not only the ditliciilty over the ing on the islands of the Japm migrant but slso will IWllnde disagrceinents between the two tri. s. the moist important of who th the sax.' tax impose! agOO a Japan . liquor Iargtdy imported ami nsnaOHISS by the Jnpnnese In Hawaii. A NATURAL RESULT. Th Wsv Hawaiian Aiineilloi Is tifrrrwl M I Kurnl"LiiMioN. July 81. Hon. John V, f oster, in an interview leaving Loa don. said: As to the Hawaiian qnOOtlOB I n say that in London. Paris. Usrlln ami st. Paterabnrg 1 have liad amphi opportunity to ascertain the !' vailing sentiment in pditieal and eOSsUnarebal circles Iu sit these capitals annexation is generally rsgnrded as the natural, if not inevitable, roao t of the largi- growth and expansion ot the Pnited States, on tlie vvest. rn coasts of America. " THE BUFFALO REFINING CO., An Mi Anlnnlat of the Hlnlnl " Co.. ( to Hie H. Ht rFAi.o, N. Y., July 31. -The Ituffalo Kellning Co., of which C B. MtVi thews is the president, ha ma h general assignment for the benctit W its creditors. V bile the company issconiparat i v i mall corporation, tn-lng capitalized ( only li.vouo. still it hss boon famoui out of proportion to iU business BSSg nit ude. because of IU scti ve sulascousin to the Standard Oil to.