Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 March 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DUAMK.

JASPER.

I'ulilUtier.

1 NU'. AX A.

MARCH 188.

SlK RU HAKK .1 mks Kkki. tllCUtnisent Knglish naval expert, write to the UmAn Tlmtfi, eanMnataej Um aftahnj that tlio Maine couhl In- refloated for tithe of her 000t

Tu K unsuccessful attempt to MM hiiiatc King thsirgc of I i recce has g.ven that monarch un opportunity 10 see himself as others see him, an.) the picture Is uot an unpleasant one, cither. tint fcmitslt qsismifommm will invit tenders for the monopoly of the import and pOff, refining ami sale of petroleum anl other mineral oils. The mon;Hly, it is said, will oe Mid at uuotion en the 2Sth. TiiK senate eommittee on post offices and jost roads, on the Vd, authorized u favorable report on Senator Mason's joint resolution for an investigation of the recent killing of the colore .1 isistmuster at Lake i sty. S. C.

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CURRENT Toru s. TIIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

tn Italian claim if nst Havti has HN settled hy Mayti paying the fuii amount demanded, and the 1'rench government is now pressing a claim for damages for violation of the treaty rights of French citizens. Tiik secretary of the treasury, on the 1st. received, through the ltritish ambassador, information that the Canadian government would hereafter allow American vessels to carry merchandise from one port in Canada to anot her. A KisrATt II from l'io Janeiro, on the

8d. said: "N'mir t ampossales has been elected president and Senor Rossilvo ' Tiee-prcsidi-nt of Ilrazil by a large M jority. Tiie opposition in Hio Janeiro abstained from voting. There was no

disorder." ( ait. J. F. P. Diamond, of San Francisco, who will he HU years old on May 1. is about to start on a pedestrian trip to New York. He helped to build the Krie canal, and was formerly Fatted Mates quartermaster at St. Louis, lie was never married. A If mil from Washington says Spain will have to reckon with Japan s.s well as w ith the Fnited States, in the event the responsibility for the Maine explosion is laid at the door of the DM UmN having been scme.lapne.se on lioard the vessel.

Til question of who blew up the Maine is still as much of a mystery aever at Havana, though no one doubts thnt it was the act of a treacherous Spaniard. Kvcn the Spanish people themselves Wlieve this, and many u qui t tOBBt is drunk to the unknown hero.' Admik vi, Bl Mtn is at Key West, lie is saiil to look feeble ami shattered by malarial fever, from which he lias been aulTcriug. It is generally In-lievedthat he w ill uot command the fleet in ease of emergency orders, and that theehoice is between ouuuo.lure Schley a ad 'apt. .Sampson. In diplomatic circles in Washington it is said thut the report! tliat war is imminent between Chili ami the Argentine Republic are not well founded, but that, on the contrary, arbitration by the British governui. ut has beeu agreed upon as a means of sctllcmcn' of difference-.. TilKChieago Press club mat, on the Ssth.iuid HNkI resolution commendutoryof MM. Zola and I'erreux. and denutlriatorj of the course of the French government in its summary suppression of free thought, free speech and free publication as un worthy of a great nation. Tiik llritish first-class armored eruisei Aust alia. 1'.' guns. ...ooo tons, coasteuani ship in Southampton waters.

hud a narrow escape on the -d. Two st amen were playing with a fuse in

the shall - room wben tney set arc to tome store,. Tin- iames wer.; extinguished by the prompt Hooding of the. compartment. Tm: weekly statement of the Imp.' rial hank of lortaany. tamed on t h Iii, showed the following changes, as ei Miiare l witli the previous a mnt;

( usn in handdeereas. d 'o.P.o.o! marks

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. la the snuic dm the .'tith. the it I muss ton of the n.'lit of Henry W. I'oriK'tt to s seat in the senate from the slate of Oregon oeeupitsl most of the BSSStoO, Mi Mied in an MMMMM that vote te taken on the ih at ;p m. The pension 'Slenilar was clear-it l the passage, of evrrsl private icnsioii bills. A few bill of a MMtal character were aiso MSSei In the houv sMsktarsUee of the sundry elvtt mn priMtaM My esnplsi the Max MAeestte ion of other business, notably tb bill tr the rel si of the victim unit survivors of the Maine disaster Amendment approprtSttaf WU.üJü for lereland harbor. MO for Wllminnton. Dein "t increasing the appropristion for BottM harbor from UÜU to i0.tM). were adopted. In the enate. on the "th. Hon Henry W I'ortx tt was. by the decisive vote of SO to W. MBtei Sdni'ssion as a senator from Oregon on upslntment by the governor. The senate th-n took up the Alaskan horuesua.l ami railway rlKht-of-way bill In the house, after elirninattnt.' th" appropriation for representation at the Paris eip-mtom. on point of order tiie sundry civil appropriations Mil was passed, after which several bills of tumor importance were disposed of. In the sennte. on ttv lt, a favorable report was mailt1 upon Mr Macon s resolution providing for the ere .uion of a brone memorial tablet commemorative of the officers and sailors who lost their lives in the Maine disaster in Havana hannir. A motion that the senate disaiirv' to the house amendments to the bankruptcy bill was made and discussed. The Alswka hi'mestcat and ru'ht-of-way bill was laid before the senate an I ÜMMSiM of the ame was continued until 3 :S p. m when the tenate went Into sc. ret s'siin und soon after uliourned In the house the business of ab-

lorbitik' interest ;. thed ctission of the Loud Dill, relating to second-class mail matter. Its author giviux not e i f an amendment permittins the transinissi )ii. at pound rab". of sample copies up to ten per cent, uf the i na tide .ireulation of ta newspaper or periiHlieaL In th senate, on the Ud. an MMM spgslon occupied the openim; hour. When oin IBSslon was resun.e.l the pension appropriation bill was presented and ajrree t to The Alaskan homestea.1 atut railway rarht-of way bill was taken up and Its consideration occupied the remainder of the session In the hous, the day was devoted to the further consideration of the Ioud bill relating to second class mail matter IN the senate, on the 3d, the Alaskan homestead und railway riijht-of-way bill occupied almost the entire session. Mr Vest moved to eliminate the homestead feature of the bill by striking out the tirst section, but the motion I was defeated III the house the I.oud bill.

"to correct a.hve.t abuse, of the second-class mail matter privilege, w hich last year passed the houe HI to I N. was laid on the table by the decisive vote of t"2 to It. tlM tttt MJIh of the measure havine perceptibly decreased durug a three-ttays' debate. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

It has at last been established that both the Indians cremated at Maude. I. T.. for the murder of Mrs. Laird, were innocent of the crime. Ir has been decided to extend tiie

time when applications for space at the Omaha I Neb. exposition will be received until Marc! 15. Mas. iKoRi.K Davidson, aged -'H. left her home at St. Joseph. Mich., at midnight of the .'Tth.clad in a ni'ht dress, w ith her two-weeks -old balie in her arms, with which she jumped into the river. The mother's bodj was recovered at daybreak, but ÜM body of the baby was carried out into the lake. Insanity caused the deed GaMWB It. ( oi.ton. of York. Neb., was. on t he t h. appointed bank examiner in Nebraska, vice Howie, resigned. Ill navy department, on thr :sth. received a telegram from Key West. Fla, Officially stating that the Maine "Ktirtof imptiry must return to ilaana to secure evid.Mn e TOM divers. Tin. rOMaiaa Ol W. '. Ftriis. the designer and builderof the great wheel which bemn his name, lie in pawn at ft Pittsburgh i I'a. i crematory for uupaid funeral epens.-s.

QCMta Wii.iim min of Holland has besiuwed on apt, iiliuin ti. Uamlle of the Ameri '.in liner t. Itiis the I lionor of knifhthood in the order of 1 Oran-jv-Nassau for the part he tHk in

Oaoaoiii the neeoeapltce of Kardit.a in the attOOiptod assassination of King thsirg -of tireecs, was arresteil on the 1st He made a confession in which he claimed to have acted at the instigation of Kaulitz.!. Later a bOMB was found near the scene of the attack, Which Kanlit.a admitted he hud intended to throw a 0 the kings carriage. Tiik british steamer Kensington arrived at Philadelphia, on the Id, w ith the crew of the Itiit ish harUcti t ine Mistletoe on rviard. consisting of the captain and si men, who were rescued Crom the Mistletoe, on February '.'1. off tbebanUsof New foiindland. The vessel mis in a sinking condition. The cnpUain tiredthe ship before leaving it. Tiik gold out put of the Klondike countr at the clean-up in June will be bet w een Sio.tki i. oo and gl.'.o o.! too. according to the estimate f A. D. Nash, of Port load, Ore., who lias just returned from Daw snti. Tiik understanding in llavanaistlt.it the naval btard will be euipliutic in exonerating apt. Jsigsbee and the otlict rs of the Maine from the implication of negligence, lack of discipline or responsibility for the disaster. Of course t bis carries another implication with it.

Okn. Lis oik, with the pick of the

Spanish army in I uba. was utterly routed at llolguin. recently, sustaining a loss of over l.'MM men killed and wounded. The battle lasted live days, (iarcia led the insurgents, w ho numbered 1,000, The insurgents, as usual had the advantage of poaitiOB. Skvatok Kokakkii. interviewed at t olinubus. t.. on the Bd, declared that the administration's course WVMlld be justified by the civili.ed wurld. anil that when action is taken it will be but a short time until other people besides thOM of the United States will be iu trouble. Tiik president is making ready for the next important movement relative to the Cuban question. He means to act as a M n as t he n x rt of the court i if inquiry on the Maine is in. That, it is staied authoritatively, will be by the middle Of the IB mth. Tin: report that Spain had negotiat

ed tne purchase, inuu t inn. ot tnree warships now in coarse of oonstruetion

in Ihigland. is characterized as absurd by Chilian officials, who simply laugh at the st r . Tu greater part of Hern. Kas.. was destroyed hy Hre on the 3d. One lifo, that of Christopher Oouzort. was lost. Ai' but four of the principal business houses and tive residences were burned. A. t, I ' MM t'ß famous fhestcrbrook stock farm, near Iterwyn. Ha., was almost eomplett ly destroyed by rlre on the evening of the ML Twenty bead Ol valuable Oucrnscv cows wure burned to death. CTCLtOTO all over the country, particularly the members of the League ol America. i Wheelmen, are preparing to

offer their services to the government in cast' open hostilities are declared between Spain and the ÜBitod States. Of the 197,000 BMmbera of Um kaajna fully' I. it is estimated. BOttld le call) i. T returning Klondikcrs. having e ami between them, were found, trod n to death, on the trail near Tagish. the mounted police having been attracted to thorn by the dismal howling of a dog. M um Ai. law practically prevails in skaguay. and Halted States troops are enforcing it. Tm China lazette of Shanghai savs that Oroaf tri tain will oooapy Wei Hai-Wei in the event of Japan withlraw ing from that rt.

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5TATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ADE'S MAUL. I

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KILLED GY A TRAIN.

ri.c One Lincoln t -e.l lo Seilt MSUsVMfe Mill I rwr, ,!. Col l Mill s. Ind.. Feb. Jit. Dr. Bo .ell, formerly an oid resident and practicing pliv sician of 4 lUi inuat i, luit now a resident and pract.cin phviaian of Clifford, U tha owner oi an old maul, Niado from the knot of a beech tree which grew on Anderson's creek, la Bpeaoor county, this siat-. and with which Ahraham Lnoln, who afterward ls-eaine presidi-nt of the I sited Stales, split the rails thut fenced in the old Lincoln home neur the present site of Lincoln City, but then a howling wilderness. The maul was given to Isaac !! ., -11, Dr. boell's father, by Thon. Lincoln.

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if Ahe, after the family hud

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moved to Illinois, where they lived us neighbors. The maul has bad COBsld- , ruble hard usage, hut is still in a state of perfect preservation except wear and tear, und has the same bundle still in it used by Um Unanortal president. It has been need bat Tery little sin-.

it went out of the possession of the Lincoln family, nbmt ls.'ii. WITNESSES SUMMONED. Oflssnl Kssissisirsins Raansl Bssmbm i n re i No ReMwasratsasv Osoi ol. Ind.. Feh. -". - The trial of the men alleged to have been implicated in the killing and lynehin::of t:ie Levi gang in liinley county was continued Friday at Cross Plains. A eonatftble arrived here Friday Momlng; from Cross l'laius with subpenas for a number of the most proMlaont citizens to appear for toe dcfi nsc. 'I hey are John Behort, Sam Smith II. I!. Andrews. J, M Mel '.,y and III D. Olaaeoe, A. H. llarditij'. WTilllaiB C Lis'.ie. II. P. King. Wells Johnson, (ills Kos,. Will Prentice. C. U. Cray,

editor of the Journal, and I). G. (de Ilde lining. The constable had a doen subpoenaes for people at Napoleon. tVitnessc . arc remonstrating greatly against having to go twenty or thirty miles over the almost impassalde roads, and haxc to w ait two cr tiirce .lays to ne called. They sav that it is nn imposition to have to lc out t i me ind expense and get no remuneration.

Sii ,, nt to lie I ue UrsSMSMS)

. I, llltl. liKKKM'AHTI.K, I mi., Mandl I. All unknown DUN was k i 1 led here on t lie llig Poet railway. His body w as found hin k of the big Four mills. His foot had caught in u frog and was palled oil" while his body was mangled under tii wheels. Two trains had pained over Ins body, which was found 10U yards cast from the point whet l,is loot ;ii found in the t rog. The dead man in falrlv wall dressed und his

effects counted u p (iu cents in uiouey, some tobueeo ta'.'s ami a half pint of whisky. 11 was about -'. years Old and gOOd looking. A letter in his pocket mailed .lanury 19 (row station A. St. Louis, bore the addrone oi Lme Orane mann, 1 wood, Ind., care American Tin-plate Co. and was signed by Jolle Trigg, of St. Louis. Coroner K I inliti t wired St. Louis and LI wood for information. A mysterious cut. thought to be from a knife, w at

found mi th man'., skull. HEZ HUGHES, CliarGil It Ii ( 0111 pin it IS the Vrrsallle 1 1 scataa A, ,IU led. ( r.oss Pi.AiNs. Ind., Match v.. .lustiec Craig Thursday morning rendered vereint anpi.tling II . Hughes, who waa cherfped, in mi affidaiit Bled by Hot, Monnt. with compluitv in the Veraaillea lynching. Attorney General KetehnM is en routs for iadianapolia, In an interview he stated that "it is evident from all tue evidence ohtainablo that tha fire tasn broke jail and hung thcnisclvcs." I K 1I A N AFOLla, Ind.. March 2 The release of Hughes :t a disii pioin tMenttoOoT. Mount, who said he expected that Hughes w mid he held for grand jury in t on, The governor said that the InvMtiyntion would not be droiijiid. buthe was nt prepared to state further plans until the attorney genera', returned frutn VenaiUes. Art W right, for whom a warrant was isssued. will he taken to Veraaillea if found.

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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Tsr the senate, on the 1th. the bill M loading the homestead law s and proriding for right-of-way f,,r railroads in Alaska was paused. It was stated daring debeto that there was every reason to beli eve that by the passage of this bill the long-standing lishcry ipiest ii ti might easily M sett led. . . In the house two more appropriation hills, the pension ami the msiilar. and diplomatic were paaeed and sent to the president. It was private bill day, but only two bills were passe 1 during the m anion, I view of the peculiar c:r .-omst anOfl eonneeted with the murder f t ho postmaster nt Lake ity. S. ami the enormity of the crime, it ha . been de elded to increase the government rcward to Ilsoo ta each eaaa. livery eff. ,-t will Ik- made by the fet'.e al authoritUe to bring the guilty parties to

lust ee.

Si-Ton str.uiier Ciinst rurled

Marts Mr IM Kloaeiaeb KoaOWO, Ind.. Mar ii 1. -Omer .Maris, of Kaoeiarille. this county, former editor of the Kok nio tdi. ttc. started Saturday for th I Yinem eotintrv, bei ir joined by I party frtn Texas. .Mr Maris has had constructed a six-ton steamer in which the party will sail from the Pacific eoast. the humch being hipped to San 1 raaeieeo by raii. liarrv Hherwia, son f Poet master Kherw in, of Ilussiaville. iieeoinpanied Mr. Maris. This is the third trip to Alaska for Mr. Maris. While there last year as correspondent for tiu? Chicago Record he secured a rich e'a.m :iud be gins this time to work it.

Aunt tier It 1. 1 for L s . O. K. Home. BaaTvoan Ctrr, IadL, Feb. The Odd Fellows of this city, backed up by the eiti.i-ns. intend to maice a itTOOg bid for the state hOMM for indigent members and the widows an', orphans of mem b ts. A meeting was h Id and the local order is now in corn spondcnee with the grand lodga in ri-fer-enee to the mattT. The i iti..ns intend to co-operate with the lodge in order to make the Hartford City bid as inviting as possible.

treasury notes decreased .v.'i.o'H marks the rescue of t be passengers MM rew , pjuj ( UMM.r 0f QKVOt v. who is t her accuriti.-s iner.-.ised 1 f,J i.o-k , of the steamer eeudam. on VltonMJ expaetad to MTie In NeW York .m the murks; notes in circulation iu.-rcaacd 7. in mid-Kean. , Korth German Lloyd Mamehip Kaiser i,aoa,O0g Marke. Tw tSpaaieh anry ga. tte. Mara del wnh.lm ,llr ,,, .. ,. traveling inXJU'jt t. I. r K',ft,tWM Unit.. in.lor thi' title of Conn! Do S)K.iU!.l Ai;v I. , nas decided to sene Spain has .lof.ti-il the I nited State,, aas, the

L'overniiieni unit tue iw,i n on-

two uaval vessels to i uba nt on w ith

in or M tons of provisions for the relicl of the suffering reeonecnt rado.,. The vessels will go to Matau.as and Sagua. la liramle. It is sail an cuurg.-ncj exists that makes it necessary tc dispatch provisions at once in ordei to succor the starviug. Tiik secretary of the interior, on tin 3d. sent to the senate the treaty reecitly ncgotiat.'d with the Indians on the Fort Hull reservation, in Idaho. The enMMa embraces 11H..V,( acres, 4."..o0 of which is susceptible of eultimtion and includes the site of the town of I'oeatello, which had been pr. viously suld by the Indians. I.N the executive session of the sea st', oti t he ;'d. Senator Hale moved to reconsider the vote by Whieh tkeaOMUV nation f Webster I iauiia an, to bo fsol lector f internal revenue for the third district of Texas, had Wen -n-lirme.;. '1 he two senators from Texas, although Of Opposite politica from Mr. inaaaagan. opposed the motion. Tiik London Daily News say s: "Spain Can expect no support, moral Off otherwise, from Ihigland against the Fnited btuies. She ii. is ruined Cuba, as ,!ie has run ed or lost every other colony, by the grossest corruption, cruelty and wlidmlniit ration, and aha must bu left to settle the account with those whom it maj eoneerti Withovt liny aid r ajVapathl .u uur oart.

eoverniiient that the wreck of tu

Maine must not be destroyed nor removed until the court of inquiry has completed its work and submitted its Hiding to the government. I in divers in Havana harbor, on toe V.Sth. recovered ( apt, Si.'sbee s order of the Rod Kugle, given to him by Fin ocror William 1 of liermanyin reeogniiioaof his ability as an inventor of maritime appliances, and a gold medal given him by the fisheries commission, beld in London in lsy. Foil the month of February the gov-ernuu-nt receipts wer' S .:,:.'.. ..is. and Uli IJIUOntlll in i i """im leaving a surplus for the mont h of 31 ,445381 The average daily receipts for the month WereSl.oJ0.447. It is not believed in Iondon that any BaraaaMa pawat will assist Spain in case of war with the Fnited States

OTer the ( ubati quest ion. Tiik treasury statement issued on th' 2d, showed: Available cash bahinee, f' ..V tT.o.M; gold rewrve. SlUT.s43.U13. A ui.i'oiti from Washington say s: "A new issue of counterfeit two-do'lar treasury notes, liscovered by- the socret service some time a fo. has made its npHiirunee. This note hears chi cle letter H and plate Numb.-r. .'s. " Hit. W. A. ltour.lt'. professor of natural ahilOOOphj and astronomy at olhy university, and rr sdeiiti-t of national rapatation, died nt his residence la WatarrlUa, Mc.outhe ist.

L'overniuent and its otlicials can

rc ogni' him as a prince. Tax navy department is making preparations to replenish the supply of kmawnltl f the Fnited Btatoa waff ships on the Asiatic stution. The training ship Mohican, now :it Mare Island, will lit employed to carry t ho Supplies. THI rosah of the election for membersof the London council is that the on agression (liberal) have secured S seats, and the, moderates (unionist i Is. The election in Hackney was jMistpotted, owing to the death of a candidate. I-Aii.t ui.s throughout the country, ae reported by Dun V . for the weelc ended on the 4th were tt I . against lOff the corresponding week last year. For Canada ;. .'. against ,'J for the corresponding week last y-ar. Taa Jabileo saalTerMTT of the Dalian constitution whs celebrated in Home, on the 4th. w ith general rejoicing. The city was tilled with visitors, who thronged the baudsiinelv-dcco-rated streets. I r was announced, on the 4th. that the czarina, vho was said to have been suffering from slight intlamtnut ion of the lungs, lid Ion ing an attack of the measles, was improving. i Key "t. Pia . on the 4th, all the Maine survivors revived a month s pay, and their claims for lost personal property were tiled.

W.ir I m t.ment at l-anre . Lai rkj.. Ind.. Feb. S8t ' This town is irottsed as it never w a, before. l''opM are wild, line hundred men. led by the marshal and a land phtylag national airs, mar, lied through thstr. , ,- Friday night 1 ifty-six men have signed to co to th front Ca:t. Derbyshire, of the its t war. left for Indiana,', is Friday night lo get a comnisei on and teadef their acrrleen to Gov. Mount in OMS witr should he pfO ela'.BMd, i io ie faeaM Manb Piss BoOlssIr ( wti'i N, nd., M:irch L slwob C Plank. aed -t. better known a "Uncle

Jack." dropped desd nt the home of his son, Jesse I'lnnk, north of town. He . as a charter m ember of the Lutheran church nt this place und was the Inst trustee of this township under the old oonetltatlon. being elected by the whiga, He was a remarkably tvell preserved man and bright in Intellect tin to the 1 1 me of his death. Tool, the MofptrtMC Kiile. Imu an ai'oi.is. adi March L Francis Walker, M y affi ol i. kiiiel bhnaeli with morphine early Monday BKIfflliag foff BO evident reason other than that contained in a letter written to hin sister, in which he suhl: "S iC.irday you sa.d something to HM thai WM impolite. I hope this will teach you to be Doli te. " A .M.TtTjr. Fouti.AM. Ind., March L The body f the man who was found near here undi r a thoch of com f.idder with his face eat, n away by rats, is still a mystery. Tbl min was well dressed. A telegram was sent to buffalo, as the stronger is believed t he W. II. Cinrk. of that city, but no r-ply has Vet bOM received. BiMeSl Ity Train. Ni h Ai.iiany. Ind., March I Kayniotnl 1'. S'.ny. a mcmU'rnl the nhoM sale llrm Of Peter U. Stoy V Sons, in this city, was killed by a LonUville A St. Louis Air Linetminut BirdejrO, ' miles west of this city Tuesday afternoon, lie was 'J7 years old, unmarried and lived with his mother at III WOll Market street I'otiery fftssl DsMrered, Hua.ii . Ind.. Nereis ft Flo-plant of the Urail I'ottory and day Mantifactnring o w.-w totally destroyed by tire Monilay nig.it Loss S,o0, insurance SJ ,t "

HE CONFESSED. Kepi'lltaMt SinnT Mad foff l.lli:is:si on the t rsngta of It. Colt lints. Ind,, March C. Albert Davis, a wealthy farmer of near this city, while at a revival meeting at the Friends church near here, a few weeks ago. confessed to assaulting Mrs. ikrtha Hartley, tin- wife if a prominent farmer of llartholonew county, and he is now the defendant in a Sä, 000 damage suit, which was filed Tuesilay. In August, it is alleged, Davis was driving to a village and peeeed the Hartley boMa, and Mis. Hartley, going to the samo place, climbed into the wagon to rids with him. While oa the way he put his amis about her. a geilial o Weal Beeten, Wf.st Baas, Ind.. lYk tt, The largest revival meeting ever knoun in this conimiinity has just closed at IVeneh Lick. over three weeks the meetings were conducted, and cveiy night the school BOBBa was pSMSked and ahont loo, mostly men. were converted. Many of the eooveria won draakardi and young gamblers. The meetings were coiiiiuctcd by QoOTgl Armstrong, a hn-al minist'-r. uinl a pninU-r by

trade. During the meeting subscription paper w.-is started and enough money raised t build a line church. Maeeas Mal s ts 1 1 oi RlCtlMOXD, Ind, March St, Marcus

Mote, aged sl years, the veteran Friend n rt ist. its dead. lie was known as the rat Fri nd t heoOBM an artist iu opjiositioti to the In'lief of tiie denomination, whieh ta early yaara aoaildcrad paiatiog tobeoelL tine of the many rxoellenl pictnroi painted ly Mote is that of Ton Corwin, which haters in the Ohio state house at i olnmbus. Ibwas a r',.l nt of Lebanon, O., for I nnnber of years. Volutileer I rmii t ineciines. 'r.i n m I, Ind.. F'b. 38, A'ainectIng of eotapaajr "A" Pint regunent, I. N. G . a reaolttUofl was unanimously passed d Bouncing tin Spaainh butcheries in 'ubl and the OOWardie in lest roving the battleship Maine, anil offcred to volnntecr their s rvtoM in e;. s of war with Ski la and the In it rd Stales. I'onij uny "A" has OS members, but in ease of war would Ix- reinforced in -4 boars to 1,900 men. OlaM I I'll) e renin. Mi ni if. Ind.. Feb. Js. A MbBCM glns firm has ree ivei an order for MO glass fence posts to h made at once. The posts are to he made in the regulation si .c with small grooves ,n which w ire will bl Wrapped. The posts will be as conv niTit as c dar und they will uot decay. The order has caused some ipecalatioa and is probablj an introdaetioB Of aa important article in the trade. iriM neil In ( evliui. ( Oil Mill s, Ind., I' b. fig, Sheriff Then Coa has just reeeived letter frrn CoIoiuIki, eylon, tidHng of the art Idea tal drowning of his cousin,

1 nines Harnes, a former ritieii Iwre, which ooearred Jannary h. Baraet was in the Fnited states iiaey. on the warship Italeigh. nnl was hy accident knocke! dT the ves I while cruising si m$ lh' coast of the island of I y ion. Terre llnnte I xpreon Hold. Taaaai Hai nt, IadL, March i The Daily Kxprcss. tht rcpubliean organ In re, ha licen sold to a stin-k company of local republicans by W, H. McKoen, The company is composed of Mr. Me Keen, ongreanwiM Faria, PoatBMMtar I'., ti jam in. If , I'ilhceU and ot liers. 'Ico. If, Alien has le-i 11 editor of the lis r fS for D y'tirs and will retire. 1'iipitwiitt Mofftae i'ei. BVaBSVttLBi Ind., March -J. -Col. F. F. RodgO, Bged si) years, veteran and capitalist, died Tuesday from the ef MOtaof injuries received iu a runaway se . end w ee ks ago

GETTING ANXIOUS

Tbs (ovrmtlkenl r lKriiilis to , lmlr.il si,, ,i,l lor I'oliilera on the 1 10 l I ,l l.i, In,, IM Cause of I lie ll,t ruel I u ol II,, Mein, mill Iii, l'r,l,ili' I'll, .tl inn, I .UN to U , He Ilk) 1 .1 K I W AsiiiMi roN.March 5. It was ,(,.. re loped yesterday afteru ion through telegraphic correspondence between Secretary fong and Aimiral hi card that the court of impiiry is BBll to ii. offen an approxhttBte date lor the hi -lu-ion of its Invnatlgatloa Into the disaster to the Maine. Sharing tiie general anxiety forsonM information o:i this point. Hoeretarj Long yesterday, at the instane of the cabinet, sent a telegratn to tdulra Sicard asking him w hen it was probable thai the report WOttld be made, and late last night the following reply waj received: Kti West. Kla, Ifaroai fswMane "" v"rHave tulk.el with lUu president of the curt of linjulrv utiil SKree with him thai it is att yet Mssilile ti tlx u Uate for the lin.luu. so much dis tills upon ihe pronress of the ,: , un I wreckers ami the results the Obi I i

Kl erv fforl Is tu'lnt; made to ud ui.ee I lie j. iiiiry. The courl r'turns to HaVOM bj Manrove this eveni i . hiving about titi,...laa teMSHgaltoB at Key WmI Bi im c Admiral Bicafd'e BWitBge is regarded ofliciallyaa disposing of the reports thai the court hus as yet obtained posit i ve o: conclusive information bearing npon the object of their laveatlgatlon, it is taken to nMgin that upon the tetitnony or diaooveriee of the dlven nil depead the finding, the examination ol the OMOOffB and crew of the ship having bteB lasnfflolent to enable tin court to even form an idea as to c hat li ue may be opened up from the in v stigutioii of the wreck itself. While the telegram was somewhat of a dlaappoiataten in leaving tin terminal ion f the inquiry as much in doubt as ever, it was weleonMd Mpraetloally Mttiag al rent tho report! m to the result ol the investigation ut t. date. It is stated that 'he board in aU probability will not return to Key West, the department having lati mated that it was its desire that tin examination of the ofll ters und BteB ahould be oonelndcd at this iltting as they are nodded tor realignment to ships. It is probable that the 01yMpia,th Bagahip f the Asiatic squadron, and the pec; l.-ss queen of the erniaera, a ii' come boBM to S in I raneis . Tin

navigation bureau OM this movement Unit r eonaiderat iiu. MORE EMPHATIC THAN POLITE. BaalUe Xwaaa aa ULU f elMl IHIhMtsrlai i. . i iiit ion to Caaa. rmi.AKi i.iMii .. Mart h. I, Badlii N une.. a ho has just returned to bh home in this city from his reoent tri u Tuba n the Ulbttatering steamei Dauntless, was to-day shown the Washington dispatch which statii that Senor DuboOC, the Sanish ehargl d'affatrM had informed the state de partmcnt that the Dauntless eipedl lion was no successful and had faile. to effect a laading, Mr. Nunc, shrugged his ihooldi r ami MBWrhed that it is just as well that the Spanish authorities shall have that opinion regarding the Dauntless expedition, but. evidently becoming more intcr'sted in the topic, he continued: "My last expedition put Into Cube 7k.ii.M bullets, located nt the end ol 7oo.non good Mauser cartridges, and everyone of these bullen ar- bow being used to let daylight into the Spaniartls who think as Snor DubOH thinks. I i" Senor DutxMC knows M much about my recent expedition a the Spanish authorities in Havana know about the deotrugtlOOi of the Maine, and if Senor Dubos,- is of th, same strip-as tin- authorities iu Havana he is a liar." Mr. X tineexpressed the opinion tint the battleship Maine was destroyed by Spanish ofBeials, with their haowb Ige and by their hand ' A DICMAL HOWL. An " BMoaai f Oaf Meffltea I'ooii t

S.Ih h s;;iri!iir leti.ns. Mviuiin. Mareh 1 Bl Sacional argue, that Aaieriem i:,',ervea: ion -i-ts in t lie su-eor :i Ti.-an war sliips have conveyed to the pa .lieos. fortu rlj Hpnin's encmlea. It says America will continue to loa ter the r'b. lUoatl IDd if Spain doM not lind means to suppress the laserm tion, the pecidc Intermeddllnga of th United Slates w ill BOOn become armed ii'tervent ion. in w hich eVOBt it w ill M worth while to mediate M to the best means to protccl the lives and prop arty of reahleate la Cuba w ho are loyal to Spain. "Badicnl aaton way or ladopendence will iu mice Spain, sacrilh-e the liven and property of loyal Cabana and In pose on the peninsula a debt amounting probably to I.OOO.IKMI.UOO pesetas. To obviate such a burden, and tq,pro cur,- for loyal Cnbeaa a solid gaarautev for their live, and property, ffhool be Spain's tirst care, before everyth II even a sovi-reignty, whose vagueness i rat her la ot ast ic. "BlthOff inden tulence or radical autonomy will proline.' ananhy in tho col. my and leail to Hie eteriniiiatioo of everyt bin,' Spanish and the ruination of BM Spanish exchequer. '

OPINION ALL ONE WAY. What n i MVUBUMl (O.) Po lor lleunlal KT We.t. t KVK1.AM. .. Mar li. Dr. H. F. lliggar, one of the most prominent , i".v ahuaaaaw) surgeons of Cleveland, hM just Ktarmed from Key Vcst. w here ho was in the midst of the ex.ifeuicnt which followed the blowing up Of the battleship M aine. Me found thai all of those w ho ureri willing to discuss the matter at a.l

od that the explosion n"

w are eonvino

been oanaed by ubiv a torpedo.

un outside force, proi