Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 8, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 October 1897 — Page 2

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CUh'KEXT TOPICS. THE NEW8 IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Tub location of (tuatetnala in Wlir ington received UM following otlicial ikpftleh m 'he IHfci Uevoiuti.u hUM; order restored ail over IM country." Cm irHniiiii iii-makc. iMh(mi nf Hi.- former chancellor of l.ttinanv.

Uu- '.,,11 nominated as the agrarian BBdHBte. for the rcichstag froiu IM Hanoverian district. Thk w ill of former Senator .lohn U. McPhcreSBk of New Jersey. was tiled in Jersey t Stf on tM 30tV The estate amount, to several in ... "U dollars. an,l 11 U left to the willow. On the-.'utk James K. Taylor. of Peaaylvauia. was appointed supervising architect of the treasury. Mr. Taylor hail formerly been the chief draughtsman in the architect s otiiec. fn cabinet, on the I'Jth. devoted Considerable time to B dUeW IfWl of the civil service anil how to obtain the bist results from the recent onler promulgated by the prcsideutKhl.i vni K reports receive ! from the Tql country, in Mexico, state tliat the V.nnn Indians resent the encroachment of prosectors in search of gold Bad are driviug all the w bite meu out of the couutiy. liEORuK M. Fi l l MAS. the palace car magnate und philanthropist, died at kl. ..... .1. ....... r' .riiLcenth street aud

1 1 . i wiim m a n Prair.c avenue. Chicago, at tive o'clock vu the Mrltal of the Ifta, in his sixty-sixth year, of angina pectoris. Joshiu JHFKBstiX, tlie famous; or. addressed the convicts ill the Massachusetts state prisou. on the I Tib, taking the story of Kip Vau W inkle as his theme, from which he drew a lesson on tcmpeiauce that held his hearers spellbound to its conclusion. TUE president has appointed Medical Director W. K. Van Keyittfl to be sur-geou-gcucral of the navy, to sue, ci d .Sin -genu -iteueral bates, deceased. Dr. Van Key pen is at present a member of the board of inspection au,i survey, which othee he has heid siuce 1'.4. Thk Verkes telescope was formally dedicated to scieuee at Lake li.ucva. Wis., on the Jlst- At the eud of the brief ceremony Charles T. Verses hauded the deed to the board of trustees, and the splendid instrument became the property of the Luiversity of Chicago. The LTmpareial af Madrid say that the negotiations betweeu the -pauish government and the chiefs of the Cuban autonomist party have not produce. 1 the expected result. The uiiuiMnal oiaaus urire the necessity of

eucrgelic action to crush the rebellion by force of arms. " Tu flooded mines of Leadville, Col., will not be pumped out. Lbeu Mnith. chairman of the committee appointed by the miners to secure funds V buy and operate the necessary' pump, said, on the lsth, that the pump would not be started so loug as silver remained at the present low price. So l AB as the officials at the state department know, there is no prospect of a change in the Spanish legation at Washington, certainly not in the near future, the experience of Seuor Dupuy de Lome makiug his services as minister extremely necessary to his government in its transition stages. I i uns r te l. on the J 'th.that the

great Mflirjr of ll,e Hurliugtou road lor the month of October will l something over St.ooo.uou, or au increase of Vi, , l t . -ami- 11' 'Ii' h ..l-.'. V HI'Never in the history of the Hurliugton road has it had ou band so much money from earnings as at the preseut time. Not since )s.i has the potato crop of the I n ile, I Mates proved so nearly a failure. " says the American Agriculturist .n its tuial report of the yield of I..; "i omparcd with theliUral crop of iast year, there is an appareat fall kagofol nearly per cent, m tonnage, and the iiualuy of the whole ia greatly ilcuc.cut."

As order was issued by lien. Brooke, ata Um l'Jth. coiivcniug a court of iu-

iuirv at Fort Sheridan t investigate

AiMHAHJ. A AhKok was shot I aud perhaps fata v wounded by lieu. Jensen in a s.i i .ptarrcl at Chicago on the 17th. JaaWWi who is under ura. .As ' -

rest, aavs that the aiiicruiau iu iuu to bite otT his nos.. Marshal lb an. 0 left Spa n forCul a. ou the night of the ITU, to replace t.cn. Wcvicr. It is nixWralaad that he lias been giveu unusaal power, and that his ma n hope is to secure pacilicatiou hy

I. living up the patriot leaders. The steamer Balgtf arrived at San Frau,-.s,o. from Yokohama via BMM lulu, on the l'Jth. two days ahead of schedule time. The Tam llaute lud I Kleetric Street Car o. went ;nt the hau ls of a receiver, on the ls-.h. as li result of a levy made Ly the city treasurer for delinquent taxi s, amounting t Jfy.iKH). The , oiupanv also owes SlO.lMO for street improvements, ai.dhasa heavy l.oiided iu.lehtedness. Uussell B. llarrisou ia pnsident of the company. AlKarATCa from lolou. via lialvestoii. Tex., on the lsth. said: The Colombian authorities have se..,d. at Davist' hay. near Panama. LdMM rilh s and .'00.1HKJ cartridges on board the schooner Colombia, bound for Nicaragua. IM riiles aud cartridges apaarad M Um manifest of the schoouer as "divitig machinery." 1 n k stat,- department, on the lsth. refused the raqaaat af the Mexican government 'or the surrender, uuder the extradition treaty, of Jesus liucrra.

who was in the celebrate 1 UareM raid into Mexico in December, IfM. ON the lth savauuah. tia.. removed all piaraiitiue restrictions on cotton from yei.tiw fever-infected territory. The qiiarantinc was continued against passenger travel from infected sectious. OM -niiiU'of the SlU.niK'.iMW loan put ou the London market by the Dominion government w ill be taken up by Canadian hanks and capitalists. Col Nin.oB Akixams. who attempted to commit suicide by carving htaaaatl

with a yatafhaa shortly attt-r his return to Japan from Honolulu, was reported, at last accounts, Uikiu fair way tO recovery. ChaKi.es of inefliciencf in the management of the Kansas City post otlice have heen lied at HfatalagtfT against Fostmaster Homer Keed and Assistaut Fostmasterl . M. Seidlitz. J. It. Tut n.nison and wife, of Mitchell, S. D.. were found unconscious in their home, on the Uth. overcome by

the fumes of gas from a hard coal stove. The Japanese government has decided to apply the gold standard to the currency of Formosa immediately. K the AMYOlM) in bullion withdrawn from the bank of Kngland. on the l'Jth, Aliä.uOo was in American eagles. t oi.. DemiV. I ' ni ted States min ister

at I'ekintf. has been very tlL but is now convalescent. A i aii'.e barn belonging to Robert

Benr, near Hauley Falls, Minn., was destroyed by tire recently. While workmen were engaged in clearing away the dehris. on the lvth, the remains of four human beings were found, but so badly burned that they fell to pieces as soon as distur!ed. They are supposed to have leeti tramps. (.en. W EVI EH has orderet! the release from the Isle of i in.s. the Spanish penal settlement off the coast of Cuba, of 11 prisoners, who were, it was alleged, eoniiect.-d iu the uprising which resulted in the imprisonment of Senorita Kvangelina I .ss... y 1 isu.-ros. who receutly escaped. l i is stated by an authority on (Ml subiect that several of toe leading man

ufacturers of bicycles will reduce the price of their lis w he-l to $50. This will bring them dow n to a basis legitimate protit. Fkkih n" a ni Aiu eke. of Rimoiiske. QaiM, a disappoint-d oflic-seeki-r, made a daaaanraM att.-mpt to shoot Sir W ilfred Lauri r. the Canadian BVaMMr.

at Ktawa. nt.. on the l'.'lh. He was disarmed and arrested. Uu maud M. HcUMti the St Louis j nierchanl w ho was charged with attempting to smuggle certain articles of . iuit-i.lrv inl.i tilt I niti d State- "ii his

return from a trip to Europe, ha- U-eii ! exonerated hv the federal authoritiaBi Bajixtua Mimmit. of AlaMnia. w t a has just turned from hi-trip to Hawaii, declares that while he has fa- ! vor, d annexation from the U-glaaiaf of the movement he was surprised.

find that the

The will of the late deoige. M. Pullman, after making suitable provisioa forhiswifa. divi.les bis immense fortune equally between Ins twin sons and two, laughters. Theaoiis portions, however, are to lie held ill tru-t. for reasons that were best kuowu to their father. New YoKK bankers are consi.lerabl v exercise. I over the mass of fraudulent draft- re,-, ived from various parte of the est. draw u on New York hanking

aud business houses. A regular band af swindlers appears to B operutiug through the western states. mikkih "s It. Lvki. of Uilev county, W:.s nus shot and instant. V killed at

, L- oiiaidvi e by Ike Warreu. a joiuti-t.

or "bootlegger, upon w uom urn endeavoring t serve u warrant Warren was arrested ami narrowly csaaaed i uching. tiam, b UM -JOth. destroyed tlie busi ms portiou of Osceola, Ark., a river town about tifty ii. le- north of Mempk s. - It is elievcd the loss will reach SllK'.lHH). A Manila dispatch saysthat acvclonc and tidal wave devastated a portion of the is. aud of Leyte. oue of the Philippine group. Several towns and villages were destroyed and fully 400 natives perished. 1 ill KK were 00 new eases of yellow fever reported in New Orleans ou the gatk a reord breaker - and sixilcaths. Among the latter was Ira T. llrittou,

man aire r of the deiieral L.ectric Co. Laa D. Weil, of in, .ago, well known for his improvement- in phot.graphv ami for bis work in illu-trate.l magazine article-, has bOOCMJM in-ane. Braodbag over kriatlaa Miaaei is said to have unhinged his mind. The new Btookbolden of Um Kvansville A Kichiuoiid railroad. u the Jl-t. elected John K. Wal-h prcsi.lel't aud Lvnu A. Walb r. secretary. Many improvement.will K' luaile iu the road. Itv re.pie-t of Surgeon-t ieneral W'yman, the rniver-ity of Peiiu-y I vania ha- allowed Dr. (iuitera- to return to Alabama to determine yeilovv fever eases in that state. TlIK Indiana Hankers' association, iu sessiou at Ittdiaaapolta, OB the Jl-L m.I. ,,te, I a resolution approvinir the

monetary commission. 1 lie resolution regards the aPPolatUMBt a-wise and B . .. i ,

expre the opinion inai uwiu oe

prodaeUve oi a plan of eurraacjr aaa banking in support of w hich the people cati heartily unite. Lo niEl. t.K.vii AM. It years old. ami

said to an ex captain of the C uited

Mate- artillery, and tO have been formerly au aule-de-camp of Maxim 1 1. an. was seuteuced, at the West NusMX i Fill.' sessions, on the ' 1st. to li months' nuprisoiiuieiit for defraudiug tradesmen at Horshuin. Sussex. The Turkish government hasgranted permission to the TMaaaUsUi refugees who ad from 1 hessaly after the invasion of the couriering Turkish troops under Fdlicui Pasha to return to their homes through Phourka pass. Mouseka aaja and two other passes, uear 1 rikhala and Alymra 1 in ...wer house of the Austria-Hungary diet, on the aist. passed the bill prolonging for a year M compact en

tered into in between Austria ana Hungary, and which was relie ved iu Is" and airain in 1897, and which was

upon the i.int of expiring.

Du. New ion BaTSMAV, for 17 years

pre-, dent of Knox college at I. ales-

burg. HI., and au educator of national repute, died of heart disease on the -1st. ON the ilst 7M) soldiers, sick, wound

ed or otherwise incapacitated, em

barked at Havana f-.r Spaiu.

INDIANA NKWHL

Hnpponiiiirs Within thofBordera of Our Own Stuto. irr' lor l.olil. l.apoiN-. Ind.. tcl. -'0. Chicago spirItualUtio nwdlMOJMI are MBdil t....uru hunters to P. lie Lake cemetery, north of this ein. in search of buried gold, A criminal on his ileal h bed la said to have confess,, l lo the burvili- ol ll brgtMMM of money in the eeineterv mid foi years at intervals treasure hunters have searched f. r hidden wenlih. A mau grell I his name as John Liildlc. of Chicago, and making the allegation that he was directed to bunt for the treasure by I CbteagO medium, has been dtlviag in the earth for several ilnu. l"i without result. To ilium,- ireeatte. Laporte. fnd . Dct. L'O. An rffort will be made to locate the biological nation of the Indiana university at Lake Maxinkuckee. The promoters of Lake Maxinkuckee will seek to provide the station with permanent quarters.

iu return f r winch the minima university will endow the station with $100.000 for equipment. The station is now located at Turkey Lake RoaCiUSkQ county, anil last summer had a large enrollment of students. The faculty i omprises educators from all the col

lege faculties m the state. Reward Inerei. eil. Drlniatd, ld Oct. tO, - Relatives of Ada in Hoffman, who wns murdered near lu re a few ni-hts n'o. have raised thi ir offer of reward for the apprehension of the murderers from fMflO 10 .- .'I K). and this has been increased by reward olTered hy thecountv. The supposition is that the murderers went to

the house on bicvcles. as C harles Haley, the l(.-year-oid boj who went under the bed when the ma-Led men entered the house, says they all wore bicycle shoes. II. union of I . lrrr.li. Indianapolis. Did.. Oct. 20. The sur.ivurs of the Fleventh Indiana volunteers met in annual reunion at the Masonic hall. It is claimed that this raglBMBt saw more hard Bjrfctiag than nr.y other sent from this state. In its rankt tien. Lew Wallace entered as Colonel. The reunion are I addressed by Gen. W allace and J.L. Hieb r. w he . poke as an eye-witnes to prove that l. en. Wallace did not taue IM wrong road ti Ikllok.

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Mm rmysstj f ii..-1 slrsnAtj ..r Mi mi Ese ..-...tu rae liawel CarSBI ' UlliirHNl liSlM l'.-r..ii. Lake (Iknkv a. W ,s.. Oct. 2S I l" Verkes telescope was formally dedicaled fiOMMi yesterday. At the end lf the brief i iciuonv t harles T. Yi ikes handed t he deed to the board of tr ii-tc s and IM Splendid i list ruin, nt baaaaM the property of the university of t'hicaijo. Mr. Verkes arrived ffOM Chicago Wedne-day even.ng. Yesterday several trains arrived heuriug the I'niveraity faculty and students. The company assembled in the dome building

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LATE NEWS ITEMS. W hile Mrs. Joseph Howard. of W ashington county, tad., was at Cincinnati preparing to take the supposed remains of her husband h"iue forinter ment, letter arrived f mm t he lat ter saving that he was in Na-bville. Two we, - Kef. .re he had my-teriou-Iy .1 -appeared and the remains of a murdered man found in the Portland oaaal were identified as those of Howard. Mvui.UtET Iv CMrt en t -red suit in the district court at Denver. Col., on the J-id. f.. IHK damages forslandei agalMl Melville C Hrovvn. at MM time a member of eonre-s and BOW attorney for the (rouble la their fight

Ml i ii lp is 1 1 Ii l mitlitte. Intlianapolis. Ind.. Oct. 20. The "Klondike." a saloon in the village of (irtenwood. eight miles south of thU citv. was destroyed bv dynamite.

Charles Stevens, bartender, und John Devers were sleeping in the rear room and were hurled across the street and badly injured. The temperance people of the Iowa had warned the saloon keeper that he must cease doing busi MM Will Soon ln I p. Terre Haute. Ind.. Oct. 20. Receiver Jump, of the stie.t railway company, oktal BOO1 uu order from court to use the first Money received for the payment of wages of the men. The receiver says that within a few months he will he able to adjust the city's claim for $5,000 taxes on account of which Treasurer

Bi I ok seized and tied up the property Maakl n until.. Walkerton. Ind.. Oct -,). The Farmers' bank here, formerly one of Ziinri

Dwiggins' chain oi banks that operated through Indiana, but afterward reorganized, has been purchased by tillard Hubbard, of Delphi, secretary and treasurer of the Inland Coal company of Indianapolis, and Caleb N. Lodge, of

Indianapolis. Sits pre I eil ol litriler. Lagrange. Ind.. Oct. 20. One suspicious character is now confined in the Noble county jail at Albion for complicity in the Hoff BMI murder. Several ethers are being closely watched by a fcrce of detectives, especially the wealthy land owners, whom the bloodhounds picked out of a large crowd. Narrow BOMB. South Bead, tad Oct. 20 The pretence of mind of a by -lander in tkrOW-

T' R VERKKS OIISKKVATOKY A'l

(IKNKVA WI-. where they listened to the closing paper of the congress on astronomy

entitled "The Importance of Astrophyical Research and the Relation of As trophysics to Other Physical Sciences. " Then President Harper of the I'niversity of Chicago introduced the donor of the telescope. In a brief speech Mr. Verkes formally gave the property into the possess, on of tba uuiversity. concluding by handing the deed to the president of the board of trustees. Martin A. Ryerson. Tue latter accepted it on lchalf of the board. President Harper OB behalf of the

faculty extended to the dOBOT his thanks and appreciation. K, v. Dr. Butler, of Madi-n. Wis., made the aOdlCBtorj prayer and pnnounccl the benediction. The ex-erei-es will le concluded at the uuivers ty in CklOBgO. THE OLD CONSTITUTION.

iic:iin-t Marv Anirel. w ho claicis to 1 ing a belt off a corn liusner operai 111 at

have iH-eii a w ife i .lay uowa A Joint Ml IBM of bri-tian. and PrkfBds at Indianapolis. Ind.. on the Jid. was eagerly en b r. d into by Uitb ,1, nominations. The Friend- apioke OT

prayed, as the spirit moved them, and

! . .... - St. Mary's cadcMJ tarm MVld W illMM QafRgBB from having his left arm piilbd out at the socket. As it was the ! arm was mashed Hat at the tlbnvv.

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111 St - r 1 brutal treatui. nt of Private Charles argui

Hammond. All the officers of the court arc chosen from outside posts iu order that the board may be free from local prejudice, iu the investigation. At the Southampton special session, on the -ist. a .mum named Neal was eii!. need to a m .ntb s imprisonment for OangcroUSly wouudiug a shipmate on board the American line sUamsio p Paul. IM FugLsh recorder, in passing eentence. remarked that, accord, ng to the evidence, the ship seemed to hare beeu a perfect pauBeaWBlBM uvei y night. ' t AVK-iii-ii. the nephew of the duke or Devonshire, who, with aBOMBBBrOB, IdeBt. Andrew, has been explorlag h. .maliland. east Africa, at the liead of au expedition composed of IW Asca-

ris, aud who. with his party, was reported to have been massacred by the natives, has arrived safely in Loudon from Zanzibar, via Kikuyu, which place the expedition reached ou August 5 last. On the 1-th the Neueste Nachricht. 11 af UeipBtO published a report of a eon tl MlkjB which Prince Bismarck is Mid to have had with a recent v.sitor. during the course of which the exchancellor is quoted as saying that the .M.,nroc doctrine Is uncommon nivikMMB I -ward the rest of the world, and d.- s violenee to the other Amen BM and MteMM stales with Auici ivau in I crests."

arguments in its favor had MM underestimated. The stockholders f the IVnver on- J .... ... . . . , ..... I. 41... I 1

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s.it. ' '. ...s , .... ' ..... the action of the MBd of directors accepting the city's propos.tion to lease

the plant at six per cent, on an appraised valuation for eight years. An oflieiai dispatch received from (ten. BbIMBIi the French commander-in-chief in Madagascar, says that a

band of IJakalaea had attacked a French p -t win, :i was recently c-tab-Pshed in western Madagascar, killing many of the garrison, iucludiug thrve otbeera. OBOMl D. MeIKEI.IoUN, assistant secretary of war and hi- party artfiet d in t. Paul, on the '.nth. from UMBiIBi and spent the day at bort HBeUiag. They left f-r the llovvstoue. tin u to Kort Vancouver.

IB connection with the increased strength of the british army the defense of the colon, es of (treat Rritinu are receiring unusual attention. I'EHMAXKNT state organisation of the I nion Veterans' union B a-effected at 1 edsr Rapids. Ia., on the 20th. w ith the elec'ion of a full set of officers.

1 ii; - it.-me nt of the condition f the treasury, issued oil the iOth. showed: Available cash balance. 9210 ä'Js.lTJO, gold reserve. tlM. .-4.212. (IWINn to the prevalence of vel'ovv fever in MllBlgUBBlIf J and the fact that nil of the towns and cities of AlaM BB have quarantined iiaitist IM4 t ty.the st ate government has temporal ilv been 1 ai ur I to Ml BiBgMMBi

thel krkrUBB t D.seiples I were equally

a anxious to say a word of greeting OB i in istian union. The important question which hakeBB the subject of debate in kf Bo eletj of Friends tf America for many years -the questittn of cnfcrring legislative a nt bority on the conference was practically settled iu favor of the Innoeatloa at the conference in In-

d.i napolis. In, I., on me --'i. 1. i n Ml I. es, coiniiianding general of the army, made his annual report to the secretary of war on the gfS. He commends the ettieieney of the army, and speaks of the progress that habeefl made on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts in the mattend fortiticatiotis. Iiie Iowa supreme curt, on the r:d, rendered an important decision affecting the legality of contracts MtWBM gralB specufatorR. It says. in substance, that contracts for grala vvlun no actual delivery is intended or expected, are nail and void. Mbttjj gaMbliag BM

tracts. Skvkiui, points ..ii southwest Virginia are reported 11s linving experienced an i-arthqnake shock on the night of the '21st. No damage is reported. A CKKABOAM writes from White Pa-s. Ala-ka. that there have Ml si;: suicides, three hangings. 11 killiugn and I number of deaths there from ex posure. 1 liVNt'siS of (ien. Phil Kenrney has been adjudged nu habitual drunkard and will be -ent t n sanitär'. vin. AnvssiNt ni are ttehag wa-f.- Somalllea I. Four gn-nt Somali Irila's have ktBfl iHpti out or dispersed.

Te 'i'et Ceataelaaei KB are Ilea lud anapoli. Ind.. Oct. -i.Mrs. Jennie Camp M II was arrested under the new compiil-ory t il m at ion law. charged eith failing tn keep her -on William Ifl tkOOl It iscNpected that the ease will p. to tiie supreme court nml thus test tl.e constitutionality of the law.

A Speelnl enlre. Laporte. Ind.. Oct. HC JadgB lliddk has ordered 'he dr-w ing of a special v nire of juror- b r IM Pinkerton murder case, which will be called for trial Monday and will continue the remainder of the week.

Ptefcto Knctorr. Laporte. Ind.. Oct U0. V. II. Dunge, a Chicago pickle nuitiufaet urer. has purchased a tract of 2.000 neres of land m ar La Croat, and will at once OOiOBkW the tract and BStaMtsk a factory. Knlahts to Jlrrt. F.lkhart. Ind.. Oct. 20. Preparations are under way for the convention of the KatgfcM of P.v taiaa Of northern Indiana nml Mmtkarn Mlektgan la this city on IM S'.Mh of this month. Ulli Mild n iltenter. South Demi. Ind.. Oct. 20 The Studehoker Pros. .Manufacturing company is preparing to erect a large thtatrr Bad otbre bnihling here. Ma JMcalrr- BeBCeaeed. KokOMo. Intl.. Oct. 20. (ie urge Doyle nnd .lames 'v h r utit a Hire. ear Nf terce here nn the charge of '.fcaling4" i nts' worth of beer. Mini S I I nu. Washington, lud Oct. 20. -Saunte Matt i gl h. dis.ipjsared from br.T. ni d la kellcrtd tc have killed blSMtlf.

MBMaatal IMeBaaMa el BM MmmBMj mi IM ttlil War BM HosTO.t. Oct. IM. The centennial of the launching of the United States frigate Constitution was celebrated here. There w as a parade participated in by the sailor- and marines of the United Mates ship- Ma acliu-etU. Texas, Iowa and Hrooklyn, the naval brigade and the naval orrnn, rations. Literary exercises were

held 111 the Old South church, (iov. rVolOOtt presided. Address M were made by the chairman. Secretary of the Navy Long and Senator Henry

Cabot Lodge. Bereral hundred school children sang patriotic songs. At night the vessels of the North Atlantic -iia-dron and other vessels in the harbor were illuminated. The celebration euded with 11 display of fireworks in the North Hud park. Senator Lodge, iu bit address, after dwelling at some length on tke history and victories of the glorious old ship, spoke particularly of the way in which our small, but Broil BOJaippod navy of that day more than retrieved on tho water the reverses which a tardy administration and a halting foroigB policy had invited on the '.and. He said: "Ktigland and Barop received valuable laetmeUoVM from the war of w hich this battered old ship ia the sign and symbol; but we Aiueri- . . . a ... t

cans were taught a great BSBI inoie. We had learned that weak defeBMMBB n, M ineaiit war, and Btroag BI'UBBOl readiness meant peace, honor and quiet. It is well to note that the lesson of wise preparation, taught by the war of ami always wi.rth remembering, is even more than then, for to-day wars arc foBgkl in a few months, while it takes years to build modern ships and cast rilled guns. Weakness and fear and defeiisclcssncss mean war and dishonor. Iteadiuess, preparation and KMragB mean BOBsW and pence Where we were unprepared in 1S12 we suffered, wheie we were prepared we prospered and vindicated our national

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DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIIW a Bniaial aM Mslraala MekM t Qeli BeaeaaBJ IM HmsvMM Hajrlag Known, in V lilili tin- Kasli f"i llr.l.-t. U. ut Hsjrtiii.l til lilribut li. II. n... ...I Tka tiutio.'U 1 . ...i . aiihia ra 1. .1.. .Ii. Nkw Youk, (k-U J1I.-R. C. Dun ,x ( ...'s weekly review of trade says iu it - i-s ii,. t day I After the heaviest be;-in,; ever kaoWfl in BMBj blanches during Mptenbei and the lii-i half of October, it w

both natural mid ib alraOle that it muri iiuiet iiei i.iil si I .'ive I ilue for test-

-1 1 " Wg the si.e BBd temper of letail trade itin. for disti i billing purl of the enor

uious qnaniltiei i- .1. u .. m t. xi g, n m l the 1 11 li of orders went far I., yoad all distributive demand in August, and represented iv.'il replenishment f stock-, ami Ui similar rush for goods has MBB cor 1 e-poiid ingiy great iu other lines during the pa,i tw o months. In iron and sic, I and in boots and shoes there w a-danger of a speculative, inflation in prlaM such aawaa seen ill IMNkj but it lias been avunle.t apparently, for this seuson, by Unsolid sense of leading men who regar.i a time of com para! 1 ve quiet as essen tial to the coming and permanence of prosperity iu their iiiie-. As the buying for replentabmaBl is partly satistied and diminishes, there is some decrease iu the volume of transactions, though at the satin time the working force has further increased, the Wage of labor have bMBa in numerous earn

advanced and tbe (oundatloo laid more broadly every wee., for larger buying ami business hereafter. The iron industry Walts, bBOBBM p slide production fur the year bai been practically ordsred, wkUeseltMi buvers nor Belltr regard eontraclaal current prices for next year's business as .p'ite -afe. Hcs-euicr pig is u -ha I, weaker at SI 0 40 und gtray forge at 5'.i..'i0 at Piltst.urgb, while billets are hard to get at any price, owing to the stoppage of only two works of inod.-r-ate siic, so much baa tbe current demand BOBM to exceed BfOdttetion. Mdes of warrant pig iron at Pkiladelplna 35 Oeota below it not iu fact a decline. New business in hnishcl prodnelN is almost of necessity smaller.

since manufacturing works are nearly uil full for moulds ahead the plate mill-at tbe west so full that they

Could not compete ut all tor three

Rockefeller eaMala. '1 he demand for bars is the best for a loug time and c uitrac'.s for the La-'. Kiver bridge, for nunwrons new buildings aud railway bridges are -till pending. Tbe ok.' outtiut has risen to H.'.i..j oaa weekly aud is the largest knovvu for years. Aathracite coal is sohl at f4. i.'tiu New York harbor or 39 ceuts below the circular, and conservative eatioaatM make the year s output 4n,5ou,oo0 tons. Tbe only noteworthy feature in minor ine'iil- is a sensational collapse in lead of Btl poiuts w ith sales of o.OUO toils. The severe decline iu cotton tod.ll cent- from - -' OSata 011 August N ia due to widespread confidence in the estimates iu yield. A natural consequence is the fall of print cloths t. IM lowest point 111 the history of the inurket-2.:i7 cent-, and cotton goo Is generally are easy, vvitb limited sui, ..f stamina All woolen Vooda are firm.

but there is BB new bu-iuess of note for spring outside of dress goods. Sales of wool have largely decreased again at Hoston. amounting to only BB4S,BBJ pounds, against over 13,000,0 1 1 pounds the last week in September and the week there was the dul since .lauuar.v T. Tbe produce market acted with as little apparent reason as usual. Although Atlantic exports of wheat were vi,.'.sii.ini7 bushels, (lour include. 1, and for three week- of October B,BM,tMÜ bushels, against T.74J.214 last year, with western receipts not MS, 000 bushels larger, tbe price advanced 3 t orn, with smaller receipt- and exports barely a quarter of last year

declined a small fracliou. Fail area for the week were 034 in the United Stales, against 274 last year, and 31 in I uuuia. against 00 last year.

CONTRACTS FOR GRAIN.

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1 lifIUli Kefuiife lo I..' r.rinlttcil

It. Hun to llirlr Homes. AiiiKNs. Oct. 33. "TM Turkish govrrniuent has granted permission to the Thessalian refugees who fled from Thcssuty after the invasion f the BOB epiering Turki-h troops under Ldhcm Pasha, to return lo their home- through Phourka pass, Mouseka pa-, and two other passes, near Trikkflll and Aly iura.

Win r, No a .-lis jr Is lnten.lfl Th. J

t . III I.I I ll I 1111IM1I. .ma v.. ol. Dt- Moini.s la . (. t. U. TM Iowa BU pi . uu ei.url yesterditv rendered an imp.. 1 t int decision affeeting the h g 1 jtv ol cou tracts liet.vccii gram speculators. Iu the ens.- of Coanjoeltnan .t Co., Teisus Manuel liceiiai t, bro.iuL II! from the Case distre l court, the BOBI I dec I art d that contracts for gram where the intciitiou is merely a aBBMlatloa on the ehuncc of tinrise or fall of the market and no delivery is intended, are gambling BOB

trai ls and void. It is not enough 1

render the BBBtMMl mid that IM Mjl t

intend- it a- gambling contract unless the seller participates iu that mi tion. I hat i-, if in the ease at Un

bar the defendant, ill Ordering

the purchase of oats, only int u l'

a speculation upon margins Wltooui the delivery of grain and tne plaint. tl purchased tho grain for actual deliv

ery it would not lc a gawakllBg contract. To make t he c .ulract void. I

between these parlies, the intention to

make a gatubling contract must ue

mutual." It was held by the court that suit under discussion was one iu wh ' no delivery was intended.

BOGUS LYNCHERS.

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I hrlr lfmontrstloii 1 to Npeiiri

palllT tor M 11. .III. It" M'liil. r. r Kansas Cm. Mo. Oct. It has di 'V eloped to the satisfaction of the authorities. f Clay eoaaty tkat the aitempted lynching of Will ! tlcy, charged with murdering his nn'her and sister, and Thomas Wad -, also a murderer, at Liliertv. Tue-lay night, vv a- a 1 use eve ute I b I ...-,'- friends to arouse syinp'.thv und secure achange of venue to another county. I-oley claims that he can not s vrurj a fair ti .a. 01 ( lei aoaatv.

A BIG GRAIN BLOCKADE 1 lining tiresl Alrm tit Vfrrrl Mm l 1I1 llrleiitloii of I heir llt.sl Cl.KVKI.ANIi, O.. (k5t. W -The lag grala 1 iltaia at ITalffort Uai at ill continues, aud veseel men are greatly alar med at the MMBtlon ol their boats. TM3 grain SBTfOBa libeled about a week ago. and I'i mIi..1 morning Deputy UlllU-d Mate- Ma sbal Kecly HMMd Ho- cargo.- ol I steamers CMaaBBV Civ BM Rutn- I Kanu.-V for dan. ages for deteiilM.il. '. former for U.OOO, antl the lutU-i lor tl.oaa

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