Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 November 1897 — Page 6

EEKLY COURIER.

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A I'l-rvii ii (r.'in Lontlon. n the Int. said: The prince of Wales hits sold h.sta.h: Itruannic, but lhe name of the purchaser llU Uot occU made htom

Onixotothc fad that the Carlisle are known lo be importing arm into pain. the premier SeDor san-sta, and tt.c in. nister of war. Htm. I rrea. are considering the adoption of repressive measures. I it K british ambassador to the I'nited MaU. Sir Julian I'snueefote, ho bv-en Imtracted to ascertain the views of tht- gwaraaawl of the FJattad Mate in regard to a reciprocity treaty with tin- West Indie.

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CURRENT TOPICS.

THE NEWS Di BRIEF.

PERSONAL AND GLNLRAl.

Tiik monthly statement of the .1. rector of tlie miut. issued ou the lsk showed that the coinage executed daring Cbltohat sggregated ti.4.'1.40l. a follows: j ilil,8a,4j,UOt; si.ver. U.äül.nuo; minor coiu Si.'su.noo. Hi RING the three day eiide.l on the Sd. IM persons died in the city of Havana. Over 50 per cent, of tiie people gathered into the Matanas .i.st: icl. a.s a precautionary uwasiire against the insurgent, are M ttkoat tneat. , TiiK total attendance at the XtisliTiiif iitcnu.ai t -xoositiou wcs 1. f.?-', -Ui. The association' iudebteducss at

A FKI'IMi of tlie delegates of the Ama .'4 mated Association of lotion lci alive, the strongest body in the aottoaj trade, ras held. tn the Suth. at .Manchester, and confirmed the dcci- . 'U taken by tUe cotton operative throughout the north of England to inf.riu the em,.yers that the projvosed reduction in a;o ouiJ lud be accepted. Bora eele beating Halloween in Frt Braach, Iu 1.. started a fire which d -strove.l Odd Fellows hall, the Fort Pi aai Ii 'lime ..dice, six baataMa bouses and several dwellings, including the chief business building of the t. . N n. Total loss. tXd.uuo.

1 U private baab .f ll 0, baxtcr a-.

Vne Cos, wüst,. DO, With UUCOocctcd K '""'V",

accouuts amounting to -ff-.v.uou. aim p:.vcH.c valued atnear.y a much u. ii'. Five powers of the Lalin union, on the initiative of Switzerland, ha . eigaed a convention to mcrcase the numlK-r of small silver coin by a ti IM per Head of their population. using the existing tra fraata ptaoi to supply tue u c .. s.lvr. Tue comparative tatemeut of the receipt aatfaJCpaJMUtaraaat the Untied Mates, ls,ued OU the 1st. siioA. 1! it tne total receipts for the month of Oc-toi-r were J,oSl,4la, and the expvn.iitm.s t : -LMi, makiujf uieeaanaal expenditures over lcCc.p. for tue uiuuln IMfT.nTi 1 he c .njjrcs of tue Asvciat.on for Um Advancement of Woman, he id m .i luglield. Mass.. close. 1 ou the 4th. Ufa. Juha Ward Haara, aattoaal an daat, presided. The M -. u was purely a baaiaaai ou.-. Taa neat awliag ot the assuciatton rill he ueld .u 1Uu iu May. UM '1 UK interest of the UuiU'd MaUMwmraaMMt la the Union l'aciüc railroad terminated, on the 11. when, at the facaciasata sale at Omaiia. Neb., under the mortgage held by the I uited Mates, the road was purchased by the committee of eastern capitalists formed (ut its rcorgauialiou. The municipal election in Greater ev York, on the -d. resulted in the choice of Uobert A. Vrtu Wyck for maiur. the vole for the three more proiuiueut candidate bein0': Vau Wvc.i, HfilSt; Lo.v, HrMli. Tracy, lui.-t. The vote f t Oaafffl was a o-sappoinlmeu to hi frieud. C AT a regular montlily meeting of the New Volk chamher of commerce, ou MM 4th. a reso-utiou was ud -pted sujjrKestiug' to the jfovernmeui the adv.si.iaiy of mcreasiojf the army by abuut 4.UOU arlil.erviuen, so that the modem aaaaaat dalafaaa now under coustrucU . may be pi'per.y mauued.

AssldlAM E KEIAUi A.SDaMMt of the treasury, depai liuenl returned tu W asluiljflon. on tlie 4th, fr.'iu a brief visit to New York, where be bad arranged for the transfer, bj the reor4U.atiou comiu 1 1 tee. of tliKuveruineiil share of the purchase price ot the Lulou l'a -.tie iai.ioad. Tue liTO l iui' houe at Tappan. X. V.. was UIoau down by the wind on tlie 3d. This is the house where Maj. j- aa ladta was imprisoned. an. I froiu wh.'M bt was tar.en to In executurn on October i. Uso. It was owned by Dr. St. j. neu, of lappau. and lias l i eu tisitcd hy people Iroiu a.. over the Worid.

Tue Xew Yor.i I aauaataia) Advert.ser, on the 4th. said: 'tiralif v i nr

videuc', i. .at New Orleans is freeing it. A slowly but sure. y from tue dilti cullies and embarrassments du.- to tin' pretalcucc of yellow fever are fouud iu tue large tiauslera of currency from Um aafc Uaaaarj iu this city to New Orleans direct." mk W m.i keu Lai Kir.H ami Sir Louis DaVM will leave Ottawa. Out., on the Mli. for W ashiuton. la attend the couference between experts of I treat Hritaiu and the l ulled Mates, rejfardniif aval life iu Itchnutf sea. J. X Mcloun. thet ana liaii expert, and Mr. K. N. cninn chief clerk of the fisheries tie parlmeut, will accompany the unulataM

the 1st. and the vau.t and saicwrecHi I

by dynamite. Atout Huuo was takeu. Suahi.1I"I.Iii.Hü in the defunct (Jaioa national hank of Denver. CoL, ren ;v.si a ttteli oa taa lal, from Coaaptrailer Bckela, to the effect that, in order la pay the debts of the bank, it i necessary to aaforce the individual liability of the st.n-1; hosiers a preaeriaad the raHaad statutes. He therefore demand of tlie stockholder of the banU tf.Vn.no-. i-ayable lefore NovemU-r at the rale of ilvW for ech share. ..t-' hundred reiuforcem.-uts arrived iu Havana, ou the 1st, from spam. Tag Chlekaaaa legislature, in session at 1 ish . nia L T. aa the 1st. ratified th.- ar -eiu-ut entere I into between the lae com .nissiou an : the Choctaw and t'h'.eiaaw tribes of Indian for the aiiot:uent of their iat.d and dissolution of their tribai government. The Indian sidous ktood Is for an l 1 a'ainst ratification of

the treaty, the fu .-.. -i eieiucnt opposiiitf the measure. bl'EHAi A i e n r Zevelv. of the iuterlor department, w no,e s.-usational discovery of fMu.UJO worth of fraudulent raeh Indian warrants waa recently announced, reached Wasliiniflaat) on the 1st, and made a verlal report of his invest. ifalion lo Acting Secretary of the Interior Uyau. A urAtKMEM. issued on tue 1st, by the bureau of statists showed that tlie number of immigrants arrived in the I nited Mal- ilur.nir the first three months of the present tise-al year was 4V.-'tW. which i a decrease of nearlv 11.50U. as compared with the same period last year. The in .nthly statement of the comptroller of the currency show the total circulation of uational hank nts. on Oct. .her 30. to have been 9?Ut. 047. '.. one man wa fatally injurel and fire persons were severely bruised bv a collision ou the Hauliaudie road at Hartsdale. Ind., ou the 1st. A i-ositive hu hi. refusal was piven by the Sou road, on the ail. to the re.piest that it leeome a party to the agreement to withdraw coin mis sioiis on uorth I'acitic cat bui lies. Ik-fore the Soo will agree to this proposition the other roads will have to

Concede it the difference it has been aaaaaadiag for taa year on aaefc-aad west Im tu nd business Its eoiupetitors are equally lelerinined that it shall never le allowed these differences, i 1. i. ist J. A. llitlKoKI. left Chicago.

on the Sd, (und for Klondike, v. a k. i

raao. faa . baa Aaujalaa and Fr.co. C'al.. and Seattle. Wash. A larjfe crowd aaaftSUted to watch the man start on his MMMJ journey. His wheel, w ith outfit, w ..' i - i ' i pounds. L. M s,tv irep . was e'.ecT-d governor of Iowa, together with the rest of the stale ticket by a decreacd majority. Hi KIM the progress of a tire at llornot s dyeinir and se-ourinjf eslaOlishMnt m 1'hua.l lplna. on the 2 1. a la tire can of Ix-n. aa eEpbjdad. Thir-

In ii tiieiuell v ere so seriously burned

K h.i I Vomstt (rep vras eleetett j. x.rnor of Massaciiusetts by an estimated plurality of w uou. I in. republican carried the state of I'eiinsy Ivauia by a plurality approxi mating lTu.OOU. Karaa Fkancis J.-ei-ii. on the laaaiaai the premier. Count Ha den., iu audience, aud they had a long conference regarding the internal affair of Austria, a developed J the recent disorderly sevues m tue rei- hsrath. i.i t MEEI.B. a letter carrier, and WUUaaa .deuer. ktatuping clerk at the osl ofb- in Crawfordsv.ile. Ind.. were Blieeltld, ou the Id, ou a charge of r..i bmg the mails For several months letter containing mi ney have been .;.s..H riug. lVet Äiie inspectors aLaeed a deaay Mttaraaataialag aaapj .ii tue l olii.e. au i fouud it in S.dener pocket w hen ho wa arrestcil on Mnpiciou. Sidener confessed and un- ... i a ted Steele, who a. so confessed w neu arrested. lr wus ..nieia'.lv announced, on the that the term of purchase of the Universal and l oiuinereial Fuel tas i ... of t hicago. from the Kmersou-McMillan syndicate by the IVopie's Hafl Light anil t oke Co. it i cajfo l.as fo.1. had been sctt.ed. and that the actual transfer of the property would te mane on the lith.'luc pu. chase prie-e is S... .". -o.UUU. Tue bauk of hipshewana, Ind.. wa entere! by burgiar. on the night of the id. and the safe was blowu open with dynamite. Two men were engaged in the robK-ry. All the valuable pape-rs were taken. t.get!i r with - . OU iu cash. The burglars theu escaped on a handcar. JosEl'li t UAMHEKI A1V Itritisll St-cre-tary of stale for the colonic, was installed, on tne Si. as lord rector of MM Olasgow university. There wa an immense croivd of aaafM pres,-ut. aud Mr. bamberlain met w.tu au enthusiastic recepliou. Aeuonait Stewaut Yor wa drowned in Lake Michigan at the f.N.t of Moatroe tr-et. I bieairo, on taa ba, while attempting to des x-nd from his Italloon iu a parachute. Thouaud of H-ople witnessed the accident. The Pari Tom;. in its c miiicnt on the tre:iter New York muu.c.pa election, say: The result of the election i dep.orabie for Xew York aud the cause of democracy." Mk. JaVEs II. F- .i:i.s. the c :n;trlier of the currency, will accept Use presidency of the Commercial national bank of Chicago to which he wa elected aa Iba Sd. I'KoF. IiEoKoK FREI'KRIi K llo! MK of the University of irgiuia ued at

! Kichmoud on the t.i.

Mtaa Aail 8L Iii n iin.,i..n. lemcrat. .laughter of lit. Rev. 1 reder .. 1. Huntington. Ep:seoval bishop of central Xew York, was c.vcted sch-. commissioner at Syracuse. X. Y. leading the ticket in bar class. She is a leader in several charitable enterprises and is a womau suffrag.st. She is the first womau to hold elective office in Sy racus-. The ordnance bureau made a test at Indian Head, on the 4th. firing a teninch armor-piercing capped shell at a 14 fdaaa plate, 'lhe latter wa nicke, steel. Harveyiied. The shell went through the plate an-i exploded on '.'r other side. The test was considered most satisfactory. Hk. V. W. Shepi iei.K. a prominent dentist, died at Xewr Loudon. Conn., on the 4th. aged 70 year. Dr. Snertield wa i.ue of the best-known dentists in the I'nited Stat-s. having atsjuired cnsnlerable prominence by his toolhcrowuing patents.

(Ki; THE STATE.

EvouU In V arioua rortlone of Indium Told by Wir.

FARMING IN ALASKA.

A Not Very Enouriijing H lv-rt of Postiibilitiod. I . ill .lln r... ami iul. Maj 1m ( ..wit, lliimrii-i, In si .urn I iu..l.ial.lr r.ipulalloa. En. Ihr J l'r... r lei hud ar.- I'ur.u. I

llurJrr a.r llrilo-a. ladlaaapwtlt n-d. Xo. .:. tieurif i la and Kl'a Hate, of SulloiMi county, wen- indicted some unmth apo for niurderii g the child of the i.i-t named and the circuit jmlge c.i.s-d the iaartaaeal ta be diuu d upon a boar ing b the defense that a.tenocrapber wa pre. i:t during the graud jur ipiiry and tiok djaaca Ikf feMeaee aa it u.n. 1. 1 v e i . In tii.. uitL.esf. I lie su-

i.reme court has reversed the .hetsionj while coin paratieely little agriculture

of the circuit ronrt. holding that the exists nice .1 i po.u,e mat enougi.

W nin .ro.N.Xov. .'..-or. W . H Kv.ms and Beulou kil.ui. c.niin.s-.. .uei ap m. uited to inel.gate the agricultural possibilities of Alaska, have submitted tuen rapartata aaaratarf of Agriculture Wusou. The rejH.rEs agre. that

PENSION VW Ml N K

First Annual Report of OoauaJ. aioiior EvttUH

The tut I. Ial .1 Ik.liihiull'in hi i ! i. i ' I ii.ii.ii. r. i. ..I It. tio. , I,, all... "f Hem. Hl I. .11 o s.,; :! tili m in, I i.i.

bra eafaaalj peuetdaa for taa takiag I

,f retdeaaa a derk aad mat a -enoerapher o employed i oiily au I-- -lal.t to the cl i k ami such ai einaloi meiit is out coi.trarv to the statute.

of Certain crops au 1 an una Is may to grown fa sustain a considerable popu-

iuliou, pro nied proper methods arc

V.siiiM.roN, Kat. V. -The tir,t 4. Waal mapart of the fftawi p. ii-... .us H.Clay l.van. to i:, tiny of the interior, wa mad. ( ,, tf y e-.ter.lay. A summary fuUowa l iiere were added U the roll ur,.f llo- year the names of 0,101 n., -. s, oners, and there were restored t.. i.ie roll 71 persons who hud been vhmisIv droppedl : total of

1 uri htr t he same H-riod tin

pursued. While DirccMf True, of , the roil were tt,tt9 by deatfl

Hu as et llui-U. And. ron. Ind.. X - I. Marion rhapman. Ole Weidoer and Will Baab linger un.l wife, all eonntry e(ple. hae entered upon eiulless litigation roeeedings ai d trouble over a duck that still lives. The duck fell into an m i. , iter'. of. I hapuian's t.irm aio! it took all four several hour to get It o it. firht resulted, suit for damage i il

riniir.al con: !- were brought .u:d now (beta is a ei.inplication that iatladbi TTCtal action agrün-t each party to I the fight. Oinru.il lih Iturlnr.

Valparaiso. It.!. ov. .1. Jesse r Mitch?!!, a student at the normal school, was arreated, charged fith haing robbed the nn msof twontudents. ThCihx'.s were found in h'S osesion. In his raaaa was found a complete set of burglar's tool. Sfitebef claimed to hae taken the articles u a Hailowi en jtke. At night his preliminary e;imiiiatit.n was continued until Wed tie-

r. ami he an ids. His ho

the division of experiment stations, daaaaol ragavdaa feasible the eiubUshmeut of agricultural eeriuieiit stat. ous there, he b I icves that expen me nt may be carried on iu a number of hues witb great success. The two commissioners s-nt three mouth iuvestigatiug the southern coast regiou of Alaska. The repot say cultivated areas in Alaska aie on lined to small kitchen gardens iu which are

many of our earlier aud

Tegelables. Stock raising is ear riad aa to a very limited exteiil. The possible extension of the palurae and gai deiiing area la pjite considerable. Lstiuiate are made of au exk uv of s .j aera la piaaarlag the soil for cultivation. What agriculture there wiii le iu Ala.tia will be siios.dlar t' tisinng and lhcr iudustru s, accor.iiu: to Mr. Killiu's separate report. Fishermen will locate on Alaska :i laud and make homes. Al the pi t stin rate. Mr. Killen say, the sa.ruon Will soou be destroyed; Ihey are tailed

for in the spawning w aters to such au

1 under f" HI ex teal that they have no opporlunity

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Ha th

Jii.-I.i-! Hurl. Ind.. Ni v. .;. There was a bau in the last race at the Lakeablc Madaj afternoon. The aaffaei - ouch asd Frank .faulert fell.

!. r, T. Bars aad) ! - heels of the o: her

rrj M.-t oacl owing their elds, nr .'. r es. Barat

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f th

(u-verely irt. S

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i the world, was but rot seriously

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ti. aaa m aeu kdosi, aia star rider, was badly hurt.

I on ml Bt tbe I'lnlnilffs. KIkhart. Ind.. Xo. 3. In the case of creditors . James H. Jacobs, just finished in the F.'.khart circuit court, the jury found for all the plaintiff for the full amount nf their claim, .lacobs was accus, d four years ago of burning his More for the insurane.He rau iway and was gone four year

recently his creditors hn.l attached hi i:.nrai;ce and the case has just beec ! Tied.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The most important iron ore discovery iu the Menominee ranire in Mi- hiran in several year has leen made m the bank of the Mich gamine river, aa mile v.uth of tbe Mansfield mine. I he rein is 1" feet deep and 40 feet wide. The re assays r.j er ivnl in ;r..u an. I .o.l per cent, in phosphaMk thus (Utting its assay within the lt.-s-Maavff limit. Tiir. first annual report of OoaaM I akaatf f I'eusiona II. Clav Evans t the apilialai.il of the interior wa made public ou the Mb. It fai.s to h.w MM Uauaattaa iu the numir of paaaioaa uitteipated by fi.rmer commissioners, but disci oses a net gam of ASM, UM (dal number on Juue äu. l"'J. aaaaf .;...ni4.

Mark Twi's publishers, at Hart-

rd. i onn.. have received a caMt-gram . . . . - i i . : .

roin the author, in which nr unu."

tu.- reort that be recently wrote a . l : :

,.Mer lo a imtsoiiui :r.eim iu imcountry stating that he hail mad.?i..KV in the last two year aud had

sule'.tle .l Ksunn. KIkhart. Ind.. Xov. 3.-As yet ther bj no clew to the identity of the aged man who was found dead in his lied at the Hotel lo!den Tuesday. He was about 75 years of age am! had two larce satchels full of good clothing. He had r.ot registered, but the naiur Stanley was found on his shirt. He """ w ithout money. The case i supi sed ta ba'e been one of suicide. III. .1 Ml.l.lrlll. Muncie. Ind Xov. 3.-WiI.".am Pat terson. aged 63. iu charge of tV West- . rn Fnion Telegraph office here sim-e it estal.'lishment M y ears ago. d;cd sud deii'.y of heart disease. He wa one of the oldeat telegraph operators, a id dur ing the war wa superintendent of tht government military telegraph Tviec. ring unih r liens. Thnni i. Co?k anil Rosecranz. Ilnrkrt h.i.s I lo.rd. Wabash. Ind.. Xo. t The caaaoHdated stock a nil produce evchai ge. a Cklaaga corporation whi.h hat been conducting a line of bucket sS't;s in thia state, ringed n!l the'e officri. The reason aligned for closing- the Indiana branches i that Iba lease of thr t. legraph wires bi'tween Chicago m "! t ineiaaatl expirevl Raada? night.

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that thev had to be taken to a hospi- -' bis debt in Ml

TlIK new congrcioiia. library at

Washington, which had be. u iu course uf construction for sia years, was opeued to the public ou the 1st. There were uo ceremonies of auy kiud. All the deparlmeuls. wiUi tlie exception f those devoted to the fine arts and music, are ready (or the use of th- public, and the work on the two un iied is being pushed as rapidly a posible.

Dr. W. II. Kv a üb and Hen ton Klhin

tal It was feaied that v. me of Iheiu might loe their ey -ighL

i isiiiKR Mi.rvitaHKito. of the i open- j

hageii brau -h of the Mutual L.fe insurance to. of Xew York, aba ws arrest d on s p:eiiilHT i. charged wilb emU.i ug 44. WW erownv aud wilb faUifying his accounts, was. .u the id, aaabMMad to two years' peual servitude. An Kngiish syndicate has purchased of h rank l'hi. abr. of Kenton Harbor, Mich . hi gold mine iu the Klondike, paying tl.w'."i for three c.aiiu Xts al ou Hear creek and two rich claims on Li Datbdbs The sy ndicate pay

U00dwnand the balance ..1 cs i.u,ki at the end of one year. A khis'KI was current in London, on the 3d. that OmII Uli.xies. the Ss.uth African nisgnsU-. was dead. He had been ill foe some time. Te rep irk however, w as not fully confirmed. Ran Ks of the geuensl election in New f .hdiand. received from all bat two legislative districts, show that the opposition party, headed by Sir James Winter, carried 21 seats, the goveru-

J. II.m.k Ttl.KH ideui I was ele-ted

governor of Virginia as wa m)o (he i ct of lhe ticket, by from ao.wx too).-

CoiumiionersapHiuleii Ui investigate I menu- and. dales holding ouly IA

the agricultural paaatMIM e of A.usna. aabastUad their reports t Secretary uf Agriculture W lis n on t he 41 h 1 he

repoi l agree that w hi . iiin.i i at v.-.y .

lut e agriculture exits there il is pos sib .- that enough of cei taiu crop aud am. it. il may be grown to sustain a considerable poitl 1st . hi. provided pi opei methods are mirsiie.L

en. Jon liiiikK Mkkoti II A UK. V

'.. the hero of the fauiou dafbleaa f Koi ke's llrift) booth Africa in J.inuaiy . I "TV. died al 1 sua Ion, Lngla-id, ou the IsU

i"ur. Tuosj v. W ii.soN. of the in th

Minion institute, w ho represented this countrv at the llruss'! expositin. ha

' i. tu - Ii. d b W ash. ii g' ii lb ..-sci ilcs

the posit ion as entirely of a commer

cial . naracier. an.i as n n

nearly no large or varied as the Word's fair at Chicago. A appeal from President Mason of the Portland dire I chamb-r of coinineice t Nceretary Alger, for help in gelling supplies through t the starting in.ners in the Klondike region, va received at the war department ou the Mb Oat Henhv T. lit sun.!- of Ciii.-agtx v c. -president snd general manager of the Uldaa Drap Korge C.v. died suddenly of heart disease wbile at lunch eon on the .th. 'd. Kussel! was vesrs of sge. He lesves a widow. F su. i tut throughout the I'm led States daring the week endel the 5th. a r.'prt-l bf R tt. Dua A i s. were 27i. aga nsl - k for th orrespnding week last year. For Csn.it a t M fail ores were -in against M lat vesr. Ti.wi'i F. Lu sm Kl.. the Jewish svna.'ogue at the erner of Twenty-fourth und i urli streets, Denver. Cid., was total Iv destroyed by fire uo the 5th. Loss c. oeo. i.hnsi HiiiTsis" has declined U take part in the Florida fisheries conference though "geatlv interested iu the diject of the conference." ARoi r l.'W" heal of cattle arrived in Havana, on the Mli. from the l u.tcl Stab s

"lib r.-.l ..ll. Xew Albaay. laaL, Xov. a. Tit pmp rrty of the Xew A!lary Wo. i.-- Mill company, aliie I at nearly $ ;"' ' "-u. the p!ntit of w h. b has . . n . I .' v. n f'.r three years, w a lr-iered o!d h : .tud. Ilerty. judgment in a suit to f. T-eliae the first mortgage i. uirg lie--, rendered. e.-.-.ls n .'ntl. Laatacga, latL. S ia. . Ke w. L (lordon. . Aleganesee. Mich.. s M epted b Call to the p ist orale th Congrerfat'onal ehuuch at ,lam w n He all', aba publish a -eiprr in t r in terrst pf Congreg.it ionaMsm in ladiana and Michigan. s o t I'm. mm ratal. Frankfort. Ind.. X 1 h -nta Hood, who m shot in a aght bv ll'-ln-rt Iine. a neighbor, il ileal. .Inst before dying tlorx! sent for a magistrate and made affidavit that I. ir had shM Lira without pr-wrM-atl n. II. NTaa a Wtrraa. Franklin. Ind.. Xos. 3.;. M. CVer street, dr.. a distinguished rrsint, d.ed here. He had Ivcn p'ominf in law and republican polities, and du; ing the war he eried in tbe Seienth luliana reginint. CaWMf Jsll I liil"Mlrl Princeton, ladt Xu 3. lie conlty jail ha been rondemneil by the greml jury in construction und saniMry poinf. A new building is re:s-?n-tner.ded. In on I.i I., in KIkhart. nd.. Nm. 1. And:ew Proudfit. a salthy resident of this vctioti. has bet ii t .sen To Long Cliff insane asylum In ntnient. i i-i Bsaaedh llainnionil. Ind.. Xm. .t. Kire lie loyeil the Transit house, ownid b ( ?:rV Mhi.U. I.s. esiimaletl ut 1 1. ; insurpt,. e. ?.Ty

to propagate Halibut, aad aud tierring win last forever, i'unbcrwil. not go into the auurke uut ii UM ycl. ow tii or lloug.ass piue of tlie i'acitic coast is exhausted, as it i jUiK-rior lo t.ie

A ......in spruce r boMlloeU. AbUklUMia w.l. not i eel the want of agi .cinture. as freight from the coast u-riculiural districts is by sail vessel, aad very cheap. It now est uui ;o cents a. lay to provide f sl fur misers ai Tara Agala Arm. the m-t reaavtd part ol Coo.t' lo. et. lie says thai t-ic agricultural deparliucul can do nothing in lhe way of c.jeriincnlal stall. -ns iu A.aska. bill . an furnish iuformatiou. Mr. Kill. nsay s that from that county till le draw u sailors for the merctiaul luariue and navy ll can le ma le, tie th. uns. kv gran ", ing toeier v Amer.caii Citizen who shad establish hiuiseif iu , a home for five year on tue pul.oc 1 lauds, and who shall eugage iu some oacapatioa ou his ow u account for tba same riol. -J acre tra ts of laud with aOout tiUJ feel of water frout Tbe latter will make it possible for iMiatsto te lauded aud net,- lo beil'-a'.vn. The limber of the M acre of laud will build a boat, a bouse anil furnish fuel. As fast as the timber is taio-u off of the laud small fruila and green vegetal-ic can lie grown and grass will be fuiuished for tue domestic animals. Grasses grow to great (erfeclion; little was seeu of tbe cu tivatmu uf Cereals, un.l small fruit and berries alouud though practically uo at.teutiou is paid t i their cultivation. As to the country from the southern boundary to Kodiak aud bong islands, aad the Pacific to the coast or the Alaskan mountains, the cliinate is extremely wet. but not cold; winter are very long ami the feeding period ' will le at least seven mouth. The cereal will not ripeu aud tlie vegeta

bles win mil mature.

mil

A FRIGHTFUL WRECK. I nur l'rr.i.ii. Kill-l il sri-nt.-rii Injured I lie ork of ll. u. .

bv n -uim riagc id w id.

moihers, l.sta by legal llMitstiua (miaora), 9tt for faiiuce t pension for tnrce years In. I . other cause, an aggregate t t; Tbe wio.ie aaaibar f paasioue the rolls .Ii ue :.i, 1.'.7. was ;;, 4 The net gain uv.-r the BMViaaa . was".:;.;.". Itw.li thu lie seen the pension roll bus not yel gun to show any diiinuuti am, m . ,

hardier it nas been anticipated bv my m ..

ci-ssors in otuce that such aoo d Ii ,. fact. Seven w-iiloiv um I nine daughter of revolutionary soldier a . ou the rolls. Hürnig the y-arl 4"t peaal titicates were issued, of which hum .. r M),&QI were original allow an.-. is sn4 be baiaine w-re reissues .. r is v restorations, etc. Of th.s liu.ii till OCrtificaUss of various cinss.-s held in tm haraaa aatil July l, . ., aaal Bra aaeordioglj aot "r.-. the past ti-cal year. I luring Ute -i.ue period T.l.'J .1 claims uf various . , w re .ti lallowesl. TbM aaaaber, Ii .-

ever, does u.t in. iude claim, were made for h..icc rates Si Ills. 1 In-amount disburse I for by the pensloe n gen Is lüi;n ;

was 9i.iJ. anl tue an.

d.sbuise I by lre.isli:y s.-l n u Ii.".). . ;. a total ..f ;....... . . . This exceeds the amount dismi. --.l during tlie fiscal year l sl y ui -of ?l.:-t.'.ll. If the H.Iole i cates which, as in-fore stated, held iu this i .tiea.i aatil July i. -" had Ih-cii mailed to t.ie pciis.on ,i. during Um tical y-ar, th.-y . . baea repaired flral payamnta. aatoautiug t si. l.l. '.!. bes.de the additiuaal annwal v...u.-. abiab ntoaldals. been a charge iijM.n tac approprial This amount, added to thai a ' .i . . disbursed, iiiai.es an aggregate f S tl. .. i ...'.. The appropriation for pay iu. ii'. of paaabaM fee tba taieal y sj; ia oniy alio.oiO.i'oO. The average annua.! valu of aa pension at lhe close of the ycui aas IlSXlT. The average annual van cac 1 1 pension uuder the gaaeraJ as was tHIJ 04, each uuder lue act ef June JT. ls. '. nasilov. J., The ttg gale annual value of all pensions al lhe close of the year was tjM0.7M . This, of course, excludes lhe caes t.,,'. were held up.

There were 44 original and MVCI Juplicate bounty land c.auus admit led. aud Hi original claim of tu.s iharaatar rejected. K.-ferriug t the cousoi i.lat ion ol sgencies. Cominissioiier Lvans rec m. nds that tio- executive order of .lu.y 14 iat. aaspeadlag tbe ajwratiiwi id lb rder of Kebruarv rt. ly; the latter .f which provided for tbe consolidation, be continued indefinitely, and aids. "1 aiu still of tue opiuiou thai the reduction aud . i-ulidaiiab of ths pension agencies at this t in.- is n july nun. c.-ssary but iuexpe lieut, that the disruption of bus n -. in ' .- agencies, the busui.-s of tlie in' Aapartwent and the geueral inc uveuience of Hie service would M than otTset tba aaticAfJatad saving t' the govci nineliL Attelltiou is c.i 1 t a significant saving iu realal of

Ca.iit; ol iKsvii i n. Va.. Xv. .V The agencies, a im 1 icy stin bc.ng cut n

ChesaNaUe V Ohio vestibule! express, known as Hu- "F. 1. V.." from t uiciuUati t Washington, was wrecked neatOld gbadaall, five miles east of this plac.-, ut tiff yesterday altern. su. I . in persons were killed and 17 injured. . Tbs eaaas of tba accident has not leeii definitely a sect laifie.l. The eilg.ne left the track ou a sharp curve, and was hurled against a rocky bill. All of the cars except the dining car and tile Kichlllolid sleeper Were dcrai.ed. Two cars plunged end-fore-ii.. st down the embankment, and one of tbeai went into the Kivanna river. The day passenger coach and the express .ur were badly wrecked. As the locomotive plunge I from the rails and overturned. Kiigiin-er Duke

was hurled from the cab and crushed ! of the children were girl aged'. I

lu conclusion. ba report rec D mends the publication of u eomp el llsl of ensioiei s and of the pa - . of a law to the end thai no p.-iisiou lie granted to the widow of auy soldier t.bal shall marry hereafter. QUAURUPLt MUROtRAM the ioi.ir. il al .tu. i. ii i i slant lurlK titr II... tf Um- !' ml 1 h- IIi-m. I) U.-.-.l IHM MS I V.KlUHir. XlosrKKAI. Nov. II. Word rei I here yesterday from the pans Kaw.tou. H mile from Hk Jaileaae, Igue.. of the murder of four personv the childr.-n of Michncl Xuilv. farmer. Mr. ami Mrs. Xulty went t t. .lulieuue Tuursduy noon, lea their four children iu the lions.- I

under the eng. tie, bes.de being terri

bly sea. .led by escaping steam. He w as rescued b Ins ti . . m.ifi an l tlu c ii.iluclor. rs.i oon sftcr the crash as possible the injured passenger and ttaiuuieu began the work of rescue. Word was sent to lli is place, and a w recking train, with physician, immediately dispatched lo the sc. nc f the wreath 1 he lody of Henry Iturnctt, the colored porter, was UM last recovered. He was terribly mangled, having Im--u in the baggage ear. A f.xit. supposed to hsve lieen his. was first recovered, and Itter a portion of the bead. Th bad1 was literally dismembered.

COSTLY FLAMES. A Tvrol) Thiintaii.l IL.lUr Kr.lilmtr 1. - tr...l in lor I Irr. DbMBMS X. M . Nov. 5. The winter residence of Otto Merg.-n t hnler. the inventor of the linotype tyesetting machine, was tola.iy destroyed by the Mate iJ ay sftriioon. Mr. Mergeuthaler lost all his Mrsonal propaitf and many valuable paH-r. iiic.ii.titug the drawings for a baa typ-setling niaehiiic. lhe projK-rty was owned by tl James A. lockliert, of Colorad'i üpriuga. Col., anl wa valued al a. parliallv insured.

audit respectively. The fourth aaa ' boy aged 10. The discovery of the murder Wat made by a friend of the family aaaaea Marita He called at tin- X'u.ty boaei iu lhe afleruooli and fouud the front door broken iu and two of tin- ' dreu. tbe by and the younget lying on the Hir of the hall, the r baada hacked to pieces. Ou liier -1 to the baru he found the IksIv of the aecond eldest girl, aud iu the barn de body of the eldest gii I was found, terribly lacerated. Her clottuug had becu toru from her bo.ly.

ELLEN PECK SENTENCED. Tin- ly'"'" 'iilll.iiee Women : Inr 1 rr fur jren) of .IrsrrlrjXr.w Voaa, Xov. rt. Ellen l'. l.. w ' ' has itwn knowu for years as m- 1 of aaadMaaaa women, was yaitei iaj sentenced to five year-, ill prisoa 9f Judge l owing. .Mrs. 1'ecU. M Ii I ' years ld. was convicted last aaaa ' the l.u.-euy of 1 i woitii of j--w . from I hr.stopher liiui. of this eitj s M-i'.intv slit' gave ll- j -w.- cra bond which proved to Ik wortli.esMrs. IVck lias Iweii behind the ' bafora