Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 February 1898 — Page 2

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On the auth the house committee 01 territories re je ted the At .. ma. Now Mexico and Oklahoma statehood billl by u vote of s to ;i. Tiik Catholic total abstinanea noeie ties of Chicago have declared a bo veit I (Ii aw liinivrs who iiiH'ratt' bars where lhpior is hU iu eouuectiou with tlieir establishment.

Tmk Grocers' anil Importen' ex change of Philadelphia, ou the tWb, in. i u- its aaaoad ahlpatant ot food to the sutTenug poor iu tuba. The bhipincut netted over ''o.uou pounds. Twki.vk rnoi vM pounds of meal were served to :iU,i)UU guests at the prent barbecue given iu connection witli the National Stock Growers' eOB veutiou at Denver. i 'ol. , ou the JTth. t-m

Tue I'nited Males battleship Maine, commanded by I apt. Charles 1. BlgObee. which left Key West. Fla.. n the Mtli, urriveil at Havana on the Uta, ami was saluted by the forts and war Teasels. Loku (Jkoiu.k H amilton Hritisli secretary of stute for lmlia, speaking. 'ii the '.Joth, at Cliiswick, said lie thought that during the. next II OMMth the gOIBIBBBI III uiiK'lit take steps to establish a gold standard fur luuia. W'itu its capital stock placed at Slu0.U00.UU0. it cost the reorganized L'uiou l'aeitic Kailroud to. g'JO.W.'. 5u to incorporate uuiler the law s of Colorado. Xh fee is the largestevcr recc.ved at the secretary of slate's ofBoi iu that slate. Xn sarcophagus which is to contain the body of Mrs. tiraut Bee baen placed bis, ile the receptacle that holds the retuaiusof Gen. tiraut iu the tomb iu Riverside park. ' New York city, lloth sarcophagi were cut front the quarries at Montello, Wis. On the J"th Assistant Secretary Da vis of the Materia department rendered a decision holding that liiere is bo law prov Illing a peusiou for the willows of soldiers who die of di.easo contracted in the service iu time of peace prior to March 4, Isol. Tiik celebration of the tif tietli aniversary of the discovery of gold in lalforuia. known as the goldeu jubilee, was begun in Man Fraucisco, on the SMth. immense ihrougs from all parts of lie stf'.j beiug present aud participaling la the exercises aud diversious uf the day. The armored cruiser BfOOkl yn. it was announced ou the MiB, will sa.l for Key West several days so mer than expected as the necessary repairs cau be completed to admit of sailing February 4. The Brooklyn will join Admiral i.-ut d's s.juadron to take purl iu tlie evolutions. liKAU-Ai'MiHU. Mi N Alii, lato eoiuUiauder of tue As. at ic ftQJM i KM, United Slates navy, arr.vcd al an 1 rain. OK ., on the -'.'.ill, ou the l optic, Counnodoro Dc.v i mW iu charge of the Asiatic licet, vice Kein-Admiral McNair. bSVlag hoteted his peunaut over the Üugship Olympia ou the id. The yuccn Cltf cotton mills at Ilurlinglon. Vt., which Had been shut dow u on acvoiiutof the strike. resumed operal.ous on the 1MB Nearly all of the employes returned and practically all the machine y was set iu motion. Tlie Juten City operatives were tlie irst to imM Hie general rcduetiou.

CUBRENT ToiMi'S.

TUE NEWS II HUXF.

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

ON tin -Tili, Commissioner Lvans of

In the scnalc on the M. an .me miniem B Um p aali m upiinir:ii on MU oBeeaB, nro vuliu thai hereafter no i 'iist.m sim.l le MM M !' i Ot SttCt at I from pMsiooWM res.iluv in ler. !'U euutiliks The TeU-r resolution. provkttog itiin ihi in'iiu h(Uh Catw4 Mtat Bay PtM hi lim iloilurs was taki u up ..... Iu UM house, after the lern; up H sorm .Iii an. I -. U of legislation atul the ias;ii;i' ol simt.i1 .iiuniportaut nieasun-s a resolution was a.l'iiti'il i alllUk' upon the stall leprtwiwii for iiiformat ion relative to UN nuiUarf eaCCUttotl ofl'ol Uui. a Spanish euvnj ti the Insurifeut camp. ill the M ii.ee on the S4th. the proponed annesstloa of Hawaii ;i aileaati ly revlwi by Mr. Moruti (Ate). Mf Turpie ( lu.l i -Uteted M elahorute speci h in suppui t of t!ie Teller raeoiHtteQ. The iisi.in MU .' i hateil Ikret -nur, hut w as HlllllHKl li of at the hour of adjoiirnnieni In ttte house two hours was peat iu imwnartltif rniriavfn rrlitlan t.i tae ills' net of rviluiuliia. the remain. ir of Um da) beiaf derotad umwifcteiailiia üt iho ladlai appropriation lull. IN ' tu euale, on th- .'.Mh. the oiH-ti session ii i aaraeterifsd bi a a lad diaouwdea ol Um naaelal ouestloB. with the Teller resolution

j fur ft text, sew-rul proiu.iient senator talons I pail (or or a.'a list tie ieniitioti In tue

hnuse. uniler the pal lialin ulury llel ion or OU QUkSlag the In liun apoi-op: 'I at ion lull, almost thi entire day us teVOted to a poiltlaal it' -lste, m which tin main ijuestioii u hether prosperity had come to the country a a result of um i.dn tit of Um preseu; ad1 ntstratioa The hill Itself reei I veil very little attention. Is UM MMMi M tlM Mttk more tluin ill hours ;i. iii vutt-ii ia debatlai t'.i" Teller r -lutiuu in relatioa to Um DayiMBl of principal anil mt. ri st of novCHMBOBt houds iu silver. HlNI aavai repiOte Witt imiWII ami oratory, hut no acrmiotil.nis eoUOQUMN were iudeiged in No other iiusiness ,i ir.uisacti il In the house another day was devoted to noatlrtCiaUnn of the Indian appropriation tdll, ten pat.' e I of hieb were lUtrwiOWl nf The eolifetenoa report ea the erk'i ni tfttefamqi appropri.ii h n was ailoptist In the sen ile on the et 'h. the Teller silver rcolutioii und the pn Itet ameudnii iits t'iereto iH'cupieil practically the entire session of more than six hours. It was nirrecd to postpone UM tune of talon the vole upon the resolution until 0 p. m. of the isth In the hoUM the lulian appropriation bill was tlnully passed und the political ileliate was transferred 10 tht district of Columbia appropriation lull, which was then taken up. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. BXY. T. HiAViri TAi.MAi.r.. pastor of the .sixth Presbyterian church iu Washington, Ct C.. was man ic I at Pittsburgh, Pas, oa the M I, to Mrs. Hleauor Collier, widow of Charles Collier, a piomiiieut lawyer and sou of JodgO F. ll. Collier, of the Allegheny county i Pa ) bench. Mn. Makv B. EriKAM occupied the pulpit of the Peoples cliun-li. New York city, ou the M I. in the absence of the pastor. Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., and preached ou '"Cnrist or Caesar,-' to a BOOH l OgatlOB which crowded the bolldlog, A PtTtTTT from Hrussels, ou the 24lh, announced the death of 17 persotis. as the reultof a colliery accident near Mmis. RlPOKTI have reached Havana from the auto river district, iuCtlba. w here (en. PMdO has been operating, to the ellect that lieu. Puudo has been sei iHisly wounded iu an oagagoaMMt with the insurgeuts. si.vkmers reindeer were strangled on toe voyage from llainlnii g of the

llrilisii steaun r'iiantoii. w hich rcuched MOW Vorli alter a tempestuous voyage of 14das. The rolling vestel was llieir execu tiouer. Ilisi n, who assassinated lien. Mareado Hittoaeoort, 11m Bcaaillaa minister for war. last November, at the time of the attempt upon the life of President Moracs. cotiuuilled suicide in prison on the -111 n. Mas. M vitv Sun. uro, widow of the late .lohn Sh till to, iounder of the great inetcatitile house in I ineinnati that bears his name, died, on the '-'Uli, after a long illness from iuhrmities of old age. Tiik steam scnooner Novo sailed

from Seattle, W'as.i . forAiasUa. OO UM

the penso.n o.bce issued an order sta , ,.a.rvikf fM paragon and ITS Imm that thereafter the requesla of at- i . .J ..

iinr that thereafter the r,iue

tornevs for consideration of title to fees will not be entertained unless the the same an- tiled iu the hnreau within three years from date of issue of the pension upou which such fee are olaiaM i MiNisiut WooMTOao caMcd to the täte department, on the Ml h. that the government of gpaifl had eouseu ted to negotiate acoiuiuerci.il treaty with the United Stetea OO the basis of reciprocity, with scales for Calm and the peninsula. The negotiations w ill lie eouiaoted in W ashiugtou al a time yet to be agreed upon. Aofura Ban aai n Mataabfoaui is anaagtag la wad a stilltet j avatdl tion up the i upper river route iu Alaska to map out the topography of the country and liually eslahlish the

value of Ibis route to the Kluudiku gold tields, w hich war deparliueut reparte ladteate autjr tara I te ie the uu.st feasible of tiie winter routes. I. m 1 Tiik secretaries of Mat the lending fair association in Indiana met in Indianapolis, ou the JTlh. and passe.l resolutions in favor of every lair association within the state excluding from fairs all immoral shuwv It was explained that fair pjoBrtaiioaa la taa slate were never troul'ed with Ittofa exhibitions until after the World's fail at I Im ago. A MrOBI issued on the Mtk showed that for the week eliding January 15 there were exported from this country S.H.8V5 barrels of apples, an compared with !4Mf for the corresponding week of last year. The total exports to that date for this year amounted to 'sj.7d;i barrels, as compared with ,Sla,lM tO the same dale last vear, a falling off f over US o o 1 1 ba tola

On the evening of the Jftth and the Mavalbg of the iTta a doan thookoof rortlupiahe were e per.e nee. I ,1 i'ellOO tepeC, Mex., cunsing const' i nation MMOag Mw people, who have eome to regard the eily as standing over the aeat of a violent NIMBUi disturbance. aaterraaaai) noloMtlko the distant ratabliag of attillor,wofi heard, addiiV'toi ic paui N ic was harmed. how vt -.

loiisnf freight. Among tin-passengers were ''.' women. Tiik L'uion elevator, located in East St. Louis, 111., and owned by the UoloO Klevator Co. of .M. Louis, was totally hurned, on the night of the 25th. Wilt the contents, about :i.0UO.(h)ü bushels of irrain. a irreater tint of which was

corn. Eghty-tive cars loaded with corn, owned by K. li. White Jit, Co. were also consumed, as well as the t hicago, Barllagtoa a Qalaajf freight house, the stable of the Transfer Co, and numerous cottages. The total loss, it is estimated, will uol be far fan it.Mt,MV, )oii Laiiii, the ship-builder of Birk oakead, Kaglood, died oa the ,.'th. San'.ku i t i l.M A N . one of the practically disinherited twin sons ofOaOfgO M. Pullman, is working for a living a an inspector of sleeping cars at the Dearborn Street station iu lnc.igo, for which he receives SUM a mouth. Nisi ii i.n survivors of the suspected filibuster steamer TiUio. which prob aid y sinn. otV harmgai, WO HB landed at l'rov nleiiee, R. I., by a coasting schooner on the '.'.5th. I' our men were lost.

( apt. .lohn O linen was among the saved. DLBJT81 S i a int. the famous south western bandit, passed through St. Louis, ou the'iöth, en route to the Columbus io.) penitentiary, where be will, la all

probability, spend tin -remainder of his life. .It ixiK Lrvvis K. IIoComas (rep.) was elected United States senator from Maryland, on the Mtki to wicceeil Arthur P. UofmOfl idem. I. The senate, ou the Mth, continued the iiominatiou Ol .L W. (iriggs, of New Jersey, to be attorney general of the United Mates. 1 in: Madrid papers sharply stigmati.e t be Maine inc dentas "an act of unwarranted provocation." ,Most of them, however, counsel the peojile of Havana to show forbearance. In oflieial circles the tendency is to accept the nrgtuueut that the Halted States is friendly. (iKUMANV has introduced "corvee" tabor la it Last African colonies. Lach village ill be compelled hence fortb la furnish a certain number of its inhabitant to labor for the government, e it her on ,il an tin ions or ot her wise, and without rOOalvlagj any uavl that is to y, as slave.

Ai l M'UAI order bus been Issued by taa aaejf daaaruaoat for the pre parat.oti of ell warsiiis now out of commission for tut mediate lereloe, und a feu du.v will see another formidably aaadroa ready for any emergency. Tin. city council of Toronlo, Out., ou the J lh. adOfHai a resolution that no a ieus, parlicularljf the subjects of the I nitcd Mates, shall hereafter bo employed on any civic work either to be cooetrUHted or ia progress of coustruct Loa, I UK suburban residence of A. Ja Diesel Jr., at Philadelnhia, was aoat pletOly destroyed by lire on the night of the IbUl. The loss will reach 50J,ikh, and is covered by insurance. 1 iik oldest citizen in the slate of low. i. William Met arty by name, died at Ottamwa, M Iba Mik, aged UM s ears, lie waa a native of Ireland, but had rebided in America for 7iiycais. Taa mnaoterjf oooeentloa at tadlea apoi.s, after a two tla.vs' session, adjourned, on tbo SOtb, subject to the call of Iba chairman, Mr. Hugh liituiiu. Tin; steamer City of cattle sailed from Tacoiua. Wusii., on the Mttt, for Alaska, carry ing ihn) passengers. I I I. k persons w ere killed, ou the Mlk, by an oaploaUa of gunpowder ut I'lores, iu Lbe Argentine province of that name. I nn steamer Orizaba, of the Ward line, w Inch lelt New York, ou the :hth, ear r led ODO, OOP pounds ol provisions and 900, MS grains of ipiiniue. collected by the Cuban .relief committee, to be I .slri billed uuiongthc sulTeriug people of the isiaud under the direction of y on s ii 1 - t ie ne ra I Lee at Havana. Tiik Herliu Lokal An.eigei's t hina coi respondent says that a ticrinaii sailor naOMd chu.A of the cruiser K.i.scr, while ou outpost dutjf at Tsitno. the extreme Her man po-.it. on in lviuo-t hau bay, was murdered by the Chiuese rabble. . 11 QoaOOX, the nlaing engineer who lost Ins life in tue Spokane (W ash.) the, rushed from the presence of one Mrs. UordOB and met death iu trying to rescue a second Mrs. Gordon, and now a third, whom he deserted at Wiehes. Mont, comes '.f the front Rt.V. LaBOl in 'iu ll. one if the most widely -known baptist kiiniatert in the w est, and founder of the Standard, the itentiet denomination organ, died iu i bieagooa the IMtb. He was born in dune, 181ft, PaaaiOBlfl DOLI Of Hawaii arrived in Washington 00 the Mik, After being duly installed at the Arlington lie was Balled upon by President VoKinlev, and. later in the day. relume 1 the call. 1 ri DBgti iv Daraa end Ueorgc Laav mcrsiek, clerks for the .1. Holland Jewelry Co, In St. Louis, were arrested, ou the -7th, charged with steal ing jewelry and silverware by who.esale from their employers. A large quantity of the goods, roughly estimated at Sill, -Ohl) worth, have been recovered, much of which was found in a store kept by Urfer'l grandfather, aud the rest iu a garret at I rfer's home. 1 in. celebration of UM birthday unniversary of lue l icrman liuiperor, on the Tili, was more general this yeat than usual. I UB steamer Humboldt has been Charte red for the Alaskan trade by

John A. Mcliee. Jr.. of S in 1 ranoiscu, at a stipulated rental of tis.ooj a BMOth for live months. This is the highest rate ever paid for o vessel or the gold coast. Tin: gold reserve, ou the STtB reached 1 d: I. ii 70, Ol). I, the higl est point in about seven years. Tue aeeuuiululetioO is becoinino- s-metliingof a burden, and the government is no longer BBOOtttaglag its deposit. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

!n the senate, on the Jst h. the Teller concurrent resolution, in relet! OB to the p ivment of United States bonds a-id interest thereon in silver, was passed by the decisive vote of 47 to '.'.1, all amendments tkertfc) BBVUeg hist been voted down . . .In the house tlm bill to pay the book publishing company of the Methodist Episcopal Church south SJss BM for damages sustained by that corporation during the war was BBMod by a vole of Iss to (17. Tmk monthly statement of the bu

reau ol statistics, issucii on me -n.it.

showed that the OBporU of wheat dur-

niKr tbo eatendar year 1897 aggregated

0U,9 ''. i'-s bushels, a gam of more

than MMAtOM bushels over is. Ml. and

Over 11 oil.ooi uiisiiels as eoiupaieu

with IStU Wheat Hour, however, fell

Off over ä, 000, 099 barrels as compared

with MM Tiik parliamentary committee ap

pointed to draw up proposals for the. tetter regOlatioe Öl MM relations between Norway ami Sucdcii concluded its labors, OB the MiB, without reaching uu agreement. The Norwegiau leftists reused to join in any ngreuBMBt looking IO tbtO BOBBBIBB control of foreign alTairs of the two cou u trie. A wi.i l. - At I ll K n ru ATI: h report reached Neat tie, W ah.. ou the MUa, tha' the steamer i or.ma. which left there January - . with passengers for Uvea and Snaiiay. Alasua, had been lost. All her passengers aud crew w ere saved. I aii.i iBaadarlng the reek ended Jaa BBTl as reported by Bs I). in A ( o., were for the United States, MB,

igalaatMl forth,- oorreepondiag bmbb Of ls.17, and for Canada, o4 agaiusl j7

for the same week in 1 M7. I UB schedules in the assignment of

Oscar Hatutuerstein, theatrical man

ager, lied, on the iHth. in the supreme court of New York, shmved: Lia

bilities, lM,O0t nominal assets, 37s, -

VlJh; actual assets. 8 . -öd.

VlWTt i not sank noi l vus in gold w as taken from the Hank of Lngland. n Iho Mik, for tblpaMJBl to the United Males. This is not regarded M the forel unner of further iminediate ship mi n I s. I iik exports of corn in ls',17, were unprecedented, amounting to IM.IHT, :70 bushels, an iucreaoe. of I Tt 000, 000 over MM which it.elf was a very BOaef export year. I'BKDim Nl Ml KlM.l.y blls decide I la send to UatB&B a ipeelel eatltear whose duty will be t lie d i stri bn t ion ol the supplies sent there by tho Cuban relief ooBtotlttoei

Hoosiki; I! VPPEMNGS.

Tohl in Brlof by Dlopat i Vufiou Looalltioi.

lrom

Slide IIUIlUs. iBdiaBBpolla, Ind., J.m M -'tlie eondi lion nf the VI strtlc bunks in lutliun Ml the close ot business January 11. n IBOBfl by Ihr st'i t chic i I made public by the stale auditor, is as follows: KKBOURCE1 I. a- ii ml disc, uu. Is r.i.'.rai.4'.'S 21

Overdrant United Man bonda Diht-r stocks. bomU und mort'gM Due from banks ami bankers... . Hoiking house Other real t state Furnitur and Ratufet Current x neneea T i i i paid I'd mliinis Cask on hand Mlsc ll.tl.l olli . , .

127.IISÖ o

ll,l i ll i,usfj,iri ts 3 niS.jt'U.W BI7 TSt) ls:i.7H'i :ii 1 77.H.S a j s. 1 . 47 io,7te.M 1.7iB,07ii 51 IT.MB n

Total LIAR1UTIBB Capital atoek paid in lurphiä funds 1 ndlvlded iroilni .., i ount, esehanga and tnt-r't. Prufll and loss 1 1 i lends uu paid Indivnlii.il ib posits on demand. Individual deposit on time r.-rt Ifh-d cheeks Caablera' check ouiKtandiii. . Du ie bank nd banker Nnti and bills redlttoouated ltnu payable Mtscellam ous

iie,;ii,wiu io 4,71)S,90n tm i rn),7G0 M) Ul,C o4 I42.Ü75 Dli K6.UH5 AZ .L,l i) !i.37'.',:J7 44 l.llXi,;'76 OJ 7."..;i'.i Bi o.sea u 812 i. s i tN.unu.M Sl.tkMi no I7.4M v!t IIC.71i.BBl io

Total

UteeeaeB Cewa HaaBThteeea. lndianapolii. Ind.. Jan. M City Sanitarian Clark has been making a rigid taa ibI ant loo el tke dairy oowa whose milk is sold in this city, and as ,i result hundreds of cattle have been Condemned because found to be suffering with tuberculosis. In order to ascertain what became of the diseased tattle Dr. Clark placed detectives upon I ha track of the milkmen, and he says they discovered that many of the condemned cows were sent to Chicago to he slaughtered and put into corned href.

Cnr BjMfcBM Knetory. Anderson. Ind.. Jan. 2fi. Chnrlcs II. Becker, president ond secretary of the Oodntan Automatic Car Ilrake company, composed of Lafayette nnd Chiiil'o capitalists, gives notice of the aco tance of the Anderson Commercial club's proposition to locate in this city. The company will build plants which will employ 400 men The consideration is a factory site. CBah and free gas. aefca fr n Reoelvee, Logansport, Ind.. Jnn. 2C. A topplemootnl complaint li.is been filed iu the circuit court hv Jodgt Clcorgf K Iloss in the suit of Kdwin P. Ferris against IBB State national bank for attorney's fees amounting to SL.M4.1fi. Mr. Ferris Itkl that the transfer of the property

:f the State national bnnk to the City j nntionnl bank be set nside and that n j

receiver be appointed for the former. l), lro e,l ly Wind. French Lick. Ind.. Jan. 2fi. A windstorm blew- down about one third of the covered bicycle track nt Wast Dnden BprlBgl It was trtotcd about year ago at n cost of several thousand dollare. The excursion shrd near tBO dtpot at this place was BBM blown

h w n. end much damage was aoae to trees, fences nnd buildings.

ASHORE AT ST. JOSEPH. Bfraat or tun iiik Urate Wtammw 0if Palate re tsasagrra 'i Oree tW sa.e.i Ualtaat aad Mawnfel BBaria mt tu i tie s,,.i, j I,,-,, tua of Mm ' seapara, Wea, Bfaa. Trjraai vim Dee al in. lie. on r i ipaaei - M. Joal i n. Mich.. Jan. -I'. The big greiu steamer ity of Duiulh arrived öS ibis port from south I hicagu Wednesday night at s.iM o'clock, aud attempted to cnler the h.irbio. I'licro w .is a 1 1 1 mentions vind fluni Ike northwest, und a very heavy sea rolling. I'he DelOtk kept on her course nit the harbor, and at the mouth of the river struck a bar, aud w as tin own UOerlly against the north pier, breaklug in two immediately. 'i hn atammoth steel niches on cither side of the noat cave away i mined I al cly, and the bow of the boat dropped two or three foob A large hole was stove in the port side of the boat as she nWBBg around, and she went to the bottom in an hour, leaving only her cabin and purl of her bulwarks uho c water. '1 he two big tugs KorfOld and Protection, which had accompanied lining boat OB her tr p BCrOM the lake, inadc several descrate attempts to ranch her and get the crew and passengers off, but were every time :insucci 'ii The life-saving crew wassuuimom d, Bad reached the scene ot the dteaeter in quick Lime, considering that they had disbanded for the winter. At in tit ii ight they had shot a mortar line to the boat, and the rescue began. The tirst one to be taken ashore was August Ivernweiu. a business man of this city. He dipped into the water several times during the perilous trip and was badly frozen when he was pulled out outo the pier. The rest of tue passengers were taken ashore in this manlier, one at a time. There were 17 passengers and 2'i ut the crew. ( apt. McLean was the last to leave, be being takeu oft at 5 a. in. There were several ladies aboard. The members of the Ufa Ting crow took turns going out in the car after them. Mrs. William Tryou is now dying from the effeels of the trip. She was iu a delicate condition aud was badly frozen, and was seized with nervous prostration. There is no hope for her to live. The City of Duluth is an old boat, but one of the largest sailiug on Lake Michigan. She has been in the grain carrying trade for many years. She is OWBOd by the Lake Michigan Si Lake .Superior Transportation Co., and was being operated here by the (irahum Jk Morton Transportation Co. She had a heavy cargo ol corn und tlour and a .leek load of merchandise for local tue rob ante.

l ucre is no hope of saving anything i from the wreck, as there is a very high sea rolling. No boat cau reach her.

and she is rapidly going to pieces. Tha engineer says that when the boat truck the engine jumped a foot, and was Immediately torn to pieces,

i The water rushed in. put out the tires und the Bremen barely escaped up the ladders. The Boot of the cabin deck gave a mighty heave up.Mird, und the passengers were thrown into the wildest confusion. I'he steamer and cargo were valued

at 9100,000, with Inaaraooe of 7o,oijo on steamer and 910,000 on OBTgO.

Intention fur IMHB Miners. Ktadatleillt. Ind.. Jan. 2fi. John D.

gtary, an inventor of local prominence, has invented whnt he calls cold BS tractor, to be used especially in Alaska. It Is in the ahape al n hump, and extracts gold from the bottoms of rivers. Some of the machines have already been shipped to Seattle. luv Ptve lienernllonn. Anderson. Ind.. Jan. 2fi. Mrs. Isaac Clem died at her home south of this city. She lived to see five remarkable

ct ncrations seven children. 2 grand

NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE. While TcHchrr Marries n I'ull-lllooilrit rirgrtn Indian. QaSAl FAMA Mont.. .Jan. as. Mrs. M . ii Ii io Insuman. B w Ii i te woman an! teacher iu the I ml Shaw schools, was sleadoatlnoly married to Ueriett White, a full-blooded Pktgaa Indian, at Pupuyer reservation. The bride is Bdan"hterof c. c. Batemaa ekaplala of the l ulled States army at Fort Helknap. aud formerly at F 1 1 Assiuabo'me. She is a handsome brunette.

BJ years old, and has been in the cm

Children. 60 great-grandchildren, and 10 i ploy of the government since she w as

tea ears oid. Two weeks ago the couple applied for a marriage license here, but White, beiug a ward of the government, it was refused. They then proceeded to the I tUaekfeet ageaey, where Maj. fuller declined them marriage license. Yesterday they drove to a ranch near DapByer, where they were met by a notary, and it is ullegedthat he, uudei u misrepresentation secured them a license. The ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace. Mrs. Cushlnan, by a former marriage has a daughter nine years old. She has de

serted her post and w ith her husband gone east on a wedding trip.

vrcat-great-grandchHdren, this ia probably one of t he greatest families iu the central states i.hm si-iir Fort Wnyne. fori W ayne. Ind., Jnn. 20. For years It has been contended that gas or oil COOld bf found east of Fort Wayne, and this belief was verified when the Hartzell Oil it (las company struck gas at i depth of 1.4M feet. The flow is Htroii" enough to force a flame 21) feet into the air. Only Mnll TretM llnnnlnir. Lebanon. Ind.. Jan. 2ft The t hicngo & Boetbeaetcra railway strike aHaatloa reaialBfl unchanged. No trnins pass over the road except those carrying the mail. As yet no settlement of differences has been air reed upon.

DUN'S COMMERCIAL R

Dm Bob Krai Betagt na lean i MMMi uoi, i laaipravsirai MauafaeiariMa KsietMiaiiaawMii . t I iio- limn nf i lull i)i.,i .i , , araudara MuraauNM la i ( ffSMteata Hrevjf KaBuata ar C um, Nkw Yihik, Jan. It. U. ll 'o.'s weekly review of trade i , The tli si mouth of the new , brought rather more Increase i ness, but less improvement ,i, . than was cvpecud. With paj through cicui inghoiiaes 7.;j pgi Ut!B larger than IB Is'.i: ami pi. , largi st ever know u Ln aay utoui railroad earnings 11.2 per cent I ban the best of I 'is I J i -.i is, and th that pric'-i arc very low OOl lVl more clearly the increase in uuaul , of protlucti sold. Nor i, tBeie .u , , disposition to refuse order.-,, area si prcsen.t prices; indeed the OonipetiUug of menu fee turn ra seeking ordei :i. prevents a rise. Mi st of Ihem ban all they can manage, many work i and day, und one great a te I I mulling on Sunday, but the. Bot yet Bllod wltk ordere an ci.ntracts at as low prices as liav, , bOBB made, indicating that arau are noteliliicly u upr, di la ble. The sotlleiucul of WBgei on percent, advance April I. or coal miners of the central ic other changes, will tend lo.,.i ;i larger deiuuud for product -kinds, though also toward sor.. u. crease in cost of man uf ac I n re. Wheat baa beea oonapceuouq li vt- cents for the week with for May options. Western n have been 10,009,048 bushels in I . weeks, against 0.U4'), 711 last yea Atlantic exports have BBBB 13,0 bushels iu four weeks, against tl7l last year, auil l'aeitic oaporta, n out Tacoiua, for the week, 4.01S bushels, ngaioat 8,454,096 laat year, So heavy an outgo with wheat over one dollar per bushel, and tvitk corn exports fur the four weeks erj lag tbo extraordinary movement ufiast year, BleolOBal the strength of for demand even better than curreul -counts of disuppoin ling ship from Argentina aud Uussia. Cotton has risen a sixteenth, not nrlthstuniling the strikes in ei t ern mills und the official repui I ' i decrease of It)..", per cent, in II I ill exports of cotton good .at year. Receipts -till run so far beyond following the largest crop on 11 that eetinantea once den mod axtiave gaut arc coumonly accepted. The cotton manufacture is in u at dlffiealty than any other, not mi because prices do not show much improvement, nor as yet the deiu.i goode, though both bib belpa l bj I closing of many mills, hut largi cause tbe manufacturers and have considered too little the rap grow mir production al the south' Woolen manufacture is doing well, Baa prorated good having open t an advance of M per cent. on last y.-.ir. and the large mills are constant teg wool, area at oarrent high pi which implies great eonfidance in tai fntnre, preantnably based on iari del s than arc publicly rep r:Bsok pnrchaeea of wool bat i freaaaBl ol late, even iy mills sappOeod to be supplied far ahead, aud one Providence mill appears I N taken 2.VI.UJJ pounds Ol BfOtated ttOöi at Wheeling this week. Sales th of the chief tnarketa beea been U)h pounds, and for four weeks 1)70, of which ll.MI.TM were domeslic, Bgalaai 8B,M7,BM laM year, of white MMTM0 were domestic. l be iron man u fuel u rcrs arc gel Of larger orders for finished pro which crowd many works almost myond tlieir capacity, although WBB others arc still in the market .11 lagprteee down. Pig iron is -. eacept tbnt Ueaeaaaer at PitUbu i

ten cents lower, the output last real being utlicially reported at 'J tons, and the consumption in ." country. unsold stis-k cons; ',iij.'..;;s.; tons, against '..rtJl..Vl4 largest previous year, which was ISra aud f,BM.MI tons in HM. I ailures for the week huve bei in the I mied Statca, against leal year, Bad Mia Ceaaete, againa) yvar.

Btata Meiioal aeetetir. Lafayttta, Ind., J:'n. 20. The officer and commiltee chairmen of the Indiana Slate Medical society have decided to hold 1 lie annual meeting of 'he society la this city in May. the exact datO to be fixed Inter. Will Ircnrr lloniUmen. Terre Haute. Ind Jan. M, The bondsmen of former City Treasurer Wesley llnuck have made arrangements by which he is to turn over property to them to indemnify them for hit SlU.ouO shortage. Pn hl n lllsldrnil. Engl leb, Ind.. Jan. 8ft Assignee Arnold, representing the creditor, of the defunct Citizrna' ha'-k here, paid Itl creditor a 33 1-3 per cent, dividend. He promises them another dividend at an early date. a mbIbbi CMwbjbIhnr.il. Ind.. Jan. 2C Samuel Pearman, alias John Howard, was nrrcstrd bete nccuseil of Hiding n man named Curtis In torturing and robbing an old couple named Thompson at Niedereburg. Menth of Hev. .Inims Npu'e. Mnncie. Ind.. Jan 26 UfV, Jump Bparr, for M years n minister in the north tndiani conference of the Meth odiai church, died licre. Igen 1 1 yeara. Iililiri l'n lines. P-iton. Ind.. Jan 2ft. Tlie POftM Ho rim and pulley works here were Hoard when V men walked nut heran' the Krai has failed to nnv

IRREGULARITIES WINKED AT Beeal Ilrltsln Flnnlly Int irvenfil hiiiI Nelet h t'Mi'Si, of Arm. LoMio.N, .lau. ST. According to a dispatch from Itirmiiighum 0 thc Qloba, the capture of the Uritish steamer llelooeh i ,tan . off M ilscat. Arabia, by the Uritish gunboat Lapwing, aud the seizure of her eargo of arms and ammunition, has temporarily paralv.ed some of the largo gunmakers, because the Loudon merchants concerned have ordered thein to suspend operatioaa A well-known manufacturer savs that on the order of a London merchant, he has turned out IOJ rides and a ton of ammunition weekly for Ihe lasl three years. The rilles consisted if Martinis and Lee-Metfords. The l'arsian authorities, it aeems, winked at these irregularities, until Ureat Mi itain intervened. Tlie same tiriu was preparing to turn out 2. nut) weapons monthly to the same customer.

A SPECIAL EMISSARY. tm unit to Data 1 BJBBilBnte Barste OaBlrtknllaai of feed aaa" OaeBlag, Nkw Yoiik, Jan. 2'.. The liwM sns; President McK.nley has eldad to send to Havana a kj emissary w hose duly will ka tlw dl tnbutioii of the supplies sent the -the 1 11 ban relief commit te of til The committee has appoint

committees all over the eeat ahd south, 'and the contributions in IBB W 1 I. :.. - 1 f u, nit lire 111'1'

l lillliiu. 1 1 1 ' u .vi. cooking utensils have bcin B 1 - ' that when th -v were shipped I vaaa Oaa, Pltehagb Lae, to s 1 thev were consigned, found III entirely unable to baadle tBBBI WtW his Uaiited rapply of halp, Beaidea diatributteg the mpp - 1 will be the duty of the agenl teil the revenue inspectors of " about the goodaaaat fag the tellei mil tee. Stephen E. Kartou. the local ebaU man of the committee, in an latervieW, said that the response by the peo the I nitcd States to requests fm for the impoverished residents of ' had always been prompt and th.it '1' times the supplies were ao great loa they could Ik; scarcely be handled.

Ueath nf Capt. Matt O'MoBBj Who M Ailmlral Hm m' Kiitflnr. Nkw Ohi.kans, .Ian. 'is. -Capt. Matt O'llrien, United States supervising luspector of steam vessels here, is dead. He is one of the few remaining Ugures of the confederate navy, having served on the Sumter, Shenandoah nnd the Alabama. He participated in the fight off herbonrg, as engineer of tl. Alabama, when that historic vea0t wai lettroyed, and was one of tho lust to leave the ship, being rescued from the water by the Lugliali yacht Deer-hound.

CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET, rhu Trice Getting I p Toward Bja UM Meaa ( :ni aoo, Jan. '.'9. January ' J was bid up to 81.10, BOBBtabo " bigbeal point reached during H ccmber aqBSBBB. May at the i-.m sold up to iito. The bulge In M i. on :i shiii-o ch's I ,. "

, 11 r,,,f v.... I . t vane! at Antwerp, and broker Leite,- helped UllBgl along hv b up.lanuarv. Leiter people say tli price is now very close t I KM " ,l net for the sale of their line, i " 1 action followed the advance.