Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 April 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

c. im ink. rmiu.ii.r.

JASPEB

INDIANA

CURRENT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN Kr.tEF.

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

i. in i k w l -c.'mm Mnt Maw ami his naval companions, bearing 10 w IKirt of the Maine court of inquiry,

reached Washington on the night the .'41 h.

of

Thi: senate srs n . . n . . ; 'i

In MM bSSSM Hu- otil for I fie free cum I ' aiuniiiiulion and other aa SUSpttCt Mt Wl I mirnm.1 as lum'J s.thoul

All I 1m the fnal ou tb '.'wi ome minor WIK to wlii.h Hunt "as 1 ooje.-tlon. were pass.st, aii.l tUf sruiili' adjourned In I he house the

OKPKKS were issued, on the ?4th. de- loll for the relief of the survivors s.iu t icwnis

tsching fapt. Sigshee anl other ortl- J -''.,, various place at w hieh thev are need

M t V from the batt lesliip Maine at Ha- . fr lf. th. ;st- MUMWI ed. Two Virginia couipaaies wort

vana and ordering them t proceed n. ,i t., , ced ,t year s ia und dire.i Hie pay- .riven the contracts.

llicnt or a sum r piai u a -ai s y i , ..

Rbtrktakt Loxo ha determined to brine; iut service the eight old singleturreted monitors used during the war, and since lying at I a ague Island ravj yard. Philadelphia. ti tlie '.'.id apt. Sigshee was ordered t hold himself in readiness for sea dutv The other officer of the Maine who had not already left Havana were orderet! home. ti tlM Mil the bureau of ordnance aw arled contract for supplying shoot l iHNica! iron projectile for s.acoast fortifications. A rapidly a com

pleted thev will he shipped to Um

NEWS TKOM INDIANA.

home and await order

Tm naval appropriation bill, as reported to the house, on the I -d, carries a total of m.ftil.flflt. an IMNM over last year of H,TM,4U anil over the current estimates of H,lMt4, I, m 11 Tiik president announced, on the 2".'d. that he had decided to appoint Jiiilson Lyons, the negro national e-om-uiitteeman from (leorgia. to be register of the treasury to succeed the late It. K Bruee.

Sr.c KF.TAiiv I.ono has re-christened the cruiser Abruel. recently purchased from the llru.ilian goveriuuent. und hereafter she will la known as the Albany, in honor of the capital of the Kmpire state. IU'sinkss was done at Lloyds, in Iondon, on the Mth, in war risks to cover speculative act, ten guineas per centum being paid against war being declared between Spain and the I nited Mates d Wring the next six months. m sK( KEryitv l.nMi issued an order, on the -1st. that the Aina.ona. the cruiser recently purchased at Xewcast lc-ou-'Tyue from the BratUfaW fOi eminent, ahull I'e.ir the name of New Orleans, in houor of the principal city of Louisiana.

GUUtACT ha no inclination to interfere in the Cuban QOOStion, The ll.-r-lin I'ost says that bcrmauy's eouiples commercial interests, as well a her regard for the Herman residents in the I'nited States, forbid any interfere tue.

An ominous sign that the strained relations between the United states and t-ipaii. will result in war is furnished by Knglish ship owners, who have cabled to their agents in this country that nil charter taust contain the " war clause."

TiiK Iron Trade Review, of Cleveland. .. announces its poasol idstion with the Industrial Wo. id. of Chicago. Itoth papers have represented the iron and steel and machinery trade of the centra' aud western states for the past iI5 years.

h ,r of those who -rlhel The rcnuuidt-r of

theduywas o.vuiue.l lain consideration of the olii claim of John lloach. the shipbuilder, fur MSI.u o withiiut any action be in taken. THK senate was no! in session on the JM In the house the MTtl approeriut Ion bill was rt-purtisi. lut as it haU not been printed. Ifta onilfNte.t-eioetion ease of Thorp a. Kpps. from Um KourMi Virginia district, was taken up and deleted until four o'clock, when the house, owirnr to the illness of Mr Khea Uw ). who was t.. sjn ak adjournrsl. Is the senate, on the '3d. Mr Macon (Had la-ir.xliu-ed a jolut resolution urti"tf the preservation of peuet The bill for the relief of the survoors of the Maiu catastrophe was p;iss,-, without debate. Mr (iallinKer (X 11 i uate a forcible seee!i descriptive of the horror of war in Cutia. The senate then resumed eonsid erationof the bill prov. ding for civil novernmrnt in Alaska, and laier look up the aati 1 quarantine bill In the house, by a strict party vote of 1M to ISO It T Thorpe wn gtvea the set from the fourth district of Virginia. Mr Sidney 1' Kpps. who held the eerliücate, heint.' uusrated. Is the s. nate on the '.Mth. the feature of the .,.'.. .a.. . i . . I, u ,...), hv I T w Imn irl:.rh'i Uliil 1,1-

t.-tw.n. o'.-r.., i'.we.i ,-rv thini.' else, was the ; caused by washouts and weakened pencil of BBtor Thurston, of Nebraska, de- . bridges. 11a il road traflic sulTered sc ItveNd t'.v the coirmand of i.ilent Up ' a'vorelv.

delteate tribute to his w ire, wao uusi uurinj , their .ecent trip to fuba. Durltut its delivery hunilreds of his listeners, anion? them staul j senators. Imweil their heads and wept audibly. I Alltselose Mr Allen the senator s colleague. I led tfca alltwf ttlieiwne and fainting speaker from tlie -piiate chamber In the aanat the

naval appropriation bill was taken tip. an 1 its discussion occupied the entire session.

COMM 1MHM FoftSl no. at KeV V cat

ha received order from Vahingtoi to rcfue to give ut any informal ii u regarding the movement I of the ticct. The Order i very emphatic and dOM not mi nee words regarding reporter. The selection of the battleship OWI f.ir the tommander-in-s'hief rlaghi( is regarded as significant . in view of Admiral Sicard's probahle retirement. Tun president, it was said, woub take two day for the consideration l the report of the Maine court of in Ottinr, and send it to congress prompt

ly at MM on the SStfa with a s'iort MeMftMi ut ,'u" s;"ue time having a copy of it cableil to Minister Woodford ' U present to the Spanish government. ! Tm incessant rains of late have ' caused disastrous rloxl throughout Ohio, Indian, Pennsylvania Illinois. I N est Virginia and Kentucky, M0OttVl

pnnled by loss of life through accident-

PERSONAL AND GLN LRAL.

THK medical Isiard. which sat on the flagship New ork.at Key West, Fla., to consider the retirement of Hear-Admiral Sieard. eoMpleted its work on the I. It was ImpoeeihU to learn the deetaJon at which the board arrived, but it is believed that it recommended hi retirement.

A DOPATCn from Havana, on the 24th. aid: "It is tnt probahle. indeed it is most certain, that if the I'nited States government claims indemnity for the los of the Maine. Npain will put In a counter claim lot hnndredi of millions of dollars for damage through filibustering expeditions.

In Spanish minister called at the atate dep. i rt tin-nt, on the '-'Ist. and presented Messrs. Angulo. Va!,-ru and 'alenas. who are the direct reprcs,-n?a-tives of the nntOBOnKMM cabinet in t'uba. With this presentation negotiations toward a commercial treaty were expected to begin. It is known positively that the negotiation between (Jen. l'ündo' bdegates. Rainairesend I barren, and Gen, t'alixto QnreJft and other pTOMl Weill Cuban insurgent, in which the radical autonomists made w hat arc said to he final offers of practical independence, proved an absolute failure.

Tiik Italian chamber Of deputies, on the -Md, adopted, by a vote- of 30 to 7. the committee's report reo ouinending "political censure ' against former Pre

mier rispi. who had been accused of

complicity in the Hunk of Naples

dal and also of trafficking in decora

tions. He will not be prosoeu'.cd.

Soft. 3 VV, Muxs, of the Pomona

(Cal.) agricultural experiment station.

lias sin re, 'ilea in grafting a morn

glory ou a sweet potato vine. As a reault ImMIi pi. nits Ufa, tied an unusually large growt h. The SWCel potato vim-

prod need ,'l p., unds of potatoes, the

average being from U to 1 : ounces.

SKMiit I'oi.m. tin- Spanish minister.

aaid. on the KM, that the report from

Madrid that he had notified hisirovern-

inent that the American naval eonrt of

Inqnirys ri'prt was that Use esptoeton

was of external origin was an error

lie hail had no means of ascci taining

the fae t and had made no report to hi

government.

Tiik managers of the Joint Tiatue as

Soctatioa, on the Ud, approved the an

nual l-eioinineiidat ion of the (ienerwl

Passen , i asvM'iation. grant tug special

escnraioe fares of 1 , per capita for

students returning nomc fur the spring holidays. Special passenger rates were approved also for the grand enenmOmeii' f the Knight of Pythias to be held at linlianapedis, August JJ-.'y hext. A UKt.ir.r fund of $'..'.'.:; and .'1 carloads of provisions und clothing, collected in Missouri. Kansas mid Oklahoma for the starving i ubans of Ma tanas. was forwarded south from Kansas City. Mo., on the BOth. 1 hese relief measures are carried nut tinder the management of the Kansas City Star and agents of that nnp.-r will aid in the distribution at Mntitn. i. under Um direstion of UAttsd Stntnt msui Brten,

Tiik first announcement n authority that the Maine was destroyed by external explosion, and that the court of inipiiry so finds, has been receive I at UsVUMa, It was in the form of instructions from Washington to ('apt. Sigshee thai ho is to Ik- rcturneel to netivt duty. DftOaOMI CUSTOH III M nn. assistant surgeon i'nited state navy, com

mitted suicide at St. Kli.abcth insane asylum, Washington. I). Con the SOth, by strangling himself with the cord of his dies, ing gown, Dr, Hubbard was '7 years old. Tin. ns of Veterans of Philadelphia have organ i .cd a regiment of infantry.

,OOOstronf, Seventy-tour percent, of

the members have served in the state

national guard and bold honorable dis-

ehargea. They are ready for service if

needed.

Tiik Bethlehem (Psw) Iron Co s ord

nance works are running nigiu anu

luv. and Sundays, on guns, carriages

utul armor for the government. The

plant is keeping over .'.om hands busy.

Coal diggers in Mercer, Lawrence

and butler counties, Ohio, threaten a strike, to commence April 1. Several thousand men will Ik- involved.

Tiik steamer Lahn, sailing from New

York for Kur. ipe. on the -1st. took out

900,000 ounces of silver.

liF.x. ll.ioit.N sr.iKii.N A. the former

Swedish minister of war. died in Stock

holm on the ti t.

At llutte, Mont., the Hale house, a

three-story building . used as a Ixiard-

ng and lodging house for men in the

employ of tin Anaconda copper mine.

was entirely destroyed by fire early on the morning of the -1st. Three hundred persons were in the huihling. Of these many were sent to the hospitals injured, and -0 were.tnissing. anumber of whom were thought to be dead in the rui us. Ms William Pixsnnros, of the Pin-

kerton's National I etectivo agency, dcnounces a "grossly malicious and tending toen-atean unjustifiable prejudice" the statements that employe", of the agency are ferreting out the secret defenses of our government and furnishing t he in format ion to t he Spanish. At Wellsville, O. . while returning home from church. ii the night of t he notft, Oliver Bned asked Bnrnn. Wnlton to marry him. and upon her refusal he drew a revolver and BftOt her through the heart. He then turned the weapon on himself and blew out his brains, dying in a short time. BtbAJI Ai m s HlTCKOOCS the new I 'iiitetl state, ambassador to Russia, hud an audience with the Jc.ar, at St. Petersburg, on the -1st. ami presented his credentials. Ax explosom occurred, on the .'.'d. at the works of the I'nited States Smokeless Powder C, .. near San Uafael. Cal. OL A. Jcnks. one of the head employes, and a lahorer named JeneM were killed. Mus. Msso AMR Soon, sister of .ov. Uradley of Kentucky, died, on the 39s, at Somerset. Ky. The governor did not change his plans for attending the laanchinfr of the hnttleship Kentucky. Tm statement of t he condition of the treasury, issued on tlie S9d, showed:

Available cash balance. SJ-VlITÖ.'.'-'J; gold reserve. 0171.77.", '.m',0. s k n roi H i.k. of Maine, is reported assaying on the litl: "The country is n the verge of wer. I fear nothing an prevent hostilities. " It was reported in Key West. Fla., on the tOd, that the ollicers of the Hsino In Havana had been ordered

home Tm. QenernJ Trsnwntlintie Co.s aanll steamer Vtlle de l.oille u i. wrecked otT Port Mshon, Bslenric islands, in the Mediterranean, on the Md, Tm inprenM court of Montana has handed down a decision a tiirining the sentence of .lohn P BlOOT, COBVicted Of nsarotlmg and thus defeating the passage of yvliiii was known us t lie COttntV alary reduction nill. while he was secretary of the state senate. 'I'hf: aitivitv at the har'.est own (Mass, ) navy yard continues Orders were issued, on the Md. for t he employMSSt of 47 men in the engineering department . ou the gonboat Machiaa. in making ueccsaty repairs

Tiik cold wave which recently swept in from the west did much damage t: fruit tree and early vegetat i-n in all the state which it hus traversed. The injury was increased by the fact that the preceding warm had caused the trees to blossom freely. Miss! 'i. aha I'.auion. head of the Bed Cross society. Ounner Morgan of the Maine, and four divers, with an unidentified lsxly from the ill-fated Maine, arrived at Key W est. Fin., Oft board the steamer Olivette from Havana on the J hi. Miss Harton went through to Tnnpn. PMMUMUt Mi K i M.K.Y issued an order, on the S hi. placing ten vessels of the revenue marine service under the control of the navy department and. When properly armed, they will attached to tin- Beet at Key West. It was announce. I in Madrid, on the 34th, that the Hank of Bpnlft would lend tin- Spanish government . ijo.m.000 pesetSS, ? 10, 800,000), guaranteed by the new treasury bonds. W im. vttnrning home from markt't. on the L'4th. Samuel Hagey and wife, living north of New UnferstOS n. O.. were drowned while crossing the MeGuire creek. Tiik statement of the condition ol thetreaury. issucdon tin- -4th. showed. Available eash balance. S34,?l0,0tt; gold reserve'. 1?1, 067,701. A MeesTI from Krie. Pa., on th !tli, said the crew of the lake guntsiet ' . ichifnn had been ordered to the seaboard.

Jom S. Ibu'KI.N. cashier of the People's national bank of Philadelphia, died suddenly, on the ','lth. of heart div ease. Tiik house committee on coinage, weights and measures has decided tu report a hill for an assay office on the Pacific coast, to be located at Seattle, Wash. Ononns were received at KewporV it. ., on the J4th. to ship crews for tin new torpedo boats fjwjn and Taibot.

Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. I'eat'fiiiuL, r hliieH. Indianapolis, Inn , March W iliaiii Welch and Pallick l.huld n. of the Itii? Pon Klcieht delMit, went out tO

I gcther to get a druil,, and while at the I bar got into a dispute. I '.et I men, who

wer' tlie liest Ol iriellil. wem out lei the sidewalk and began to ha in nur t u h other with their lists. A few of their friends tried to stop the t;rht, when OOth principals patched up poSCC kng enough to lay out tin- meddlers, and then went ut each Other more fiercely than ever. They fought until one of them dropped, when another interfering friend walked up and began tu kick the fallen man. The oilier principal jammed him into a tree and Mftdf short work of him. Weich and tiladden were both looked op, Maas Osrl in n PtSjfct, Bvnsi, Ind.. March M. A terriblt light occurred at Caseyville, a little milling town near here. Twenty -fie Austrian mid Hungarian fought n battle on the principal street with knives end revolvers, Wösten were conspicuous in tin- right, and one n an tinned Penii nmi badly injured. William Ihdiuski was shot in the side and fatally wounded. I'aul Peperock was slabbed several times and hi injuries ure considered dangerous. George Class reeebed a dangerous knife wound in the chest and .lohn l.ediner, Ben Moure, .bs-ic Oowus and .loseph Hook were cut oho tit the face and body. Tit hiVOattftStS Denlli. Indianapolis. Ind., March - t. Bevern weeks ago the body of Frederick Ball,

I an inmate of tlie state reformatory at Jefferson ville, mis s.-ut to ins bonent j Hsrtinsville with the statement that ' 1 he man bin! met hi. death by falling for

ward IB BM C44I, At the reepi st of relatives the coroner Odd an InOjOCSl and found that the spiral curd was broken. The go ernor w ill he asked to order an investigation.

DUN'S C0MMFRCIAL REVIEW.

KuiKuri of War Hat,- I II lie fT.i ftesO ur, All tlir CosMMbSBb tta: Mk fur lessleeaal Pssaspsetti rnsansMn

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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Tiik senate was not in session on the tMh . .In the hOJM tC dft was taken tip with dehnte n the naval appropria tion hill, during which Mr. Hartman silver rep.. Mont.) blocked hnsineea for a time by insisting in Injecting a poUV ii-al speech into the debate, which was under the five-minute rule. and. as a result, but four pages of the bill were disposed of. The minority. sun)sirting Mr. Hartman. Kept things lively bp resorting to filibustering tactics. Tiik president end cabinet, having the report ed the board of impi ry into the Maine disaster under considers tion. on the ,'.t h. gave out an advance statement, which declared thai the evidence showed that the vessel mi destroyed by a submarine mine, but that the findings failed to fin the re apotisihi'.it y for the explosion. Tiik cabinet session, on the Mth, lasted until nearly l o'ebtek. The entire situation was dismissed at length, but no definite or final OMMlft sion on any particular point was reached. The situation was regarded as decidedly critical, and it w as feared that there won hl M grest ditlieulty in avoiding trouble-. In the Kings county (N. Y.) criminal eonrt, In Brooklyn, on the nth, nor 15 indictments were handeil down by the grand jury against former city otiicials and cont ractors of Brooklyn, Hissaid that the indictments charged a conspiracy bv which the city was defraud

ed out of $si 1.000 by means of fraudulent contracts. A Snroni that .lapan has rcpiestod llussia to evaeuiit I Port Arthur finds credence in the Japanese press of ''lkobuina. which regard the recall of M AlcvotT. the Uussian customs agent at eoiil.asa sign that Kussia has changed her policy ill regard to ( orea. Tut. purchase by the I nited States of M. C, I. Herdeu's yacht BoVOOeifS has Ik-cii re'cominend-'d by the naval tsiard appointed to select vessels foi the iiavv. No one connected with the hoard would stute- the price asked foi the Sovereign. Ilov. 'I'm mam P II amu, Mrho it it said, had the distinction of being tin oldest active banker in tlie I'nitei Mates, died at his home in Cleveland 0..on the Hill, Of Od IL Heath TM ilue to a heavy cold, followed by stomach complications and exhaust ion I wi.i hks throughout the country, at reported by Dm Cox, during tht week ended March were 101, as com eared with 101 for the our responding Week lust war. I'o- i anada the fail urea were -1, against ii last year.

Ohm ii-if Hail I nenns. Anderson. Ind.. March S3. At a wellattended meeting the formation of ;.n Indiana gas belt baseball ieague w.:bcsjnn. ('. K. MeCuHonajh, ir-sih-nt of the old Indiana Itngue. has taken hold. Anderson. Marion. Llwoixi. Alevandria and Mnneie are already organiid. fit Muneie March ::i the schedule will be arranged for a four-months' senson, opening April 21, salary limit tobe StiJU. etepla BaolaOee Ds-nnsslte, Indlsnspolls, Ind., March ;i. Mist GroCS Marshall, a well-known .ung woman of this eity, picked ix'ii r. dynftmit- cartridge with a hairpin. It exploded and tore od one finger and the thumb of her left hand, badly lacerated her right hand, injured the sight of eine eye and tore the flesh partly from one hip. The cartridge bad been lying around the house for several weeks.

Sfvee I I Jt-wrlry. Terre Haute, Ind.. March 21. A. V. Ward, who is under arrest here, hat surrendered to Detective Pernswortk, pf Chicago, the diamond jewelry he obtained from C. 1. IVacork A- Co., Chicago jewelers, by passing a forged check. It is said that Ward has pnssed 11,330 worth of forged checks on hotels in Memphis, New Oi Irene. t. Ixmis, Terre Haute find Chicago. Must l'iii Iii,- Stale. Indianapolis, Ind., March 23. The circuit court has decided that the Chicago A- Lastern Illinois PaiJway company must pay the state $ :o.0imi. The controversy grew not of the consolidation of two mads into the Chicago & Eastern filial i Rsllvrny eontpnny, Portlnml I l..,.,l.-,l. Portland. ImL. March B. This eity has been tloeided from a terrific rain. Meridian street, the prineipnl thoroughfare. VfSt a rushing st n a tn for two sepiares. and the same condition of affairs ixists in the west part of the city. Trnlna A hit n, lone, J. Terre Haute. Ind.. March 2?.. The heavy rain sent the Wabash booming and caused SrnSftOOtl on the Michigan division of the Vssdslls, which necessitated the abandonment of all trains from here to Craw fordsville. I it Irr n I er. Iebanon. Ind., March 2.1. Lebanon w.is i-ittd with one of the hardest rains it has experienced for many ears. Prairie creek has oterHowed its hanks and all the territory ndjacent to it is inundated.

tCBWYoOX, March M. II (i. Una A t'o. s weekly review of trade says today : A waiting state of things always hinders business to some extent. W ith more than S 14 "oo.oito gold received r in its way since this movement Itegau; w ith ample bank reserves and treasury reserves, on. I a redemption of notes nearly a third smaller than in February to date; with no stringency in the money market and sterling exchange weak; with the volume of business at clearinghouses outside New York larger thau in l-'.e.' by i per cent, this mouth, and with failure nearly 10 per cent, smaller than last year, and Ü mt cent, smaller than in the same month of Is'.., there is not much visit. ;, ground for panic. MM U earnest effort s should fail to maiutam peace with honor. Warlike r.-sr'. s come every day anil stock opwrnton make the most f these, and vet the average of prices of railroad st.tcks is 53 os against U. 10 two Weeks ago to-day. Nor have industrial operations been perceptibly nffeetod

except where extraordinary buying loa some weeks past has made necessary a pause for breath, so to speak, or w here unnatural prie-es had caused a bait lcfore the destruction of the Maine. Some decrease in new engagements would be expected with war apparently near, but as yet scareviy any indication of decrenSC for that reason it seen. It is dilti -tilt to take dismal views when the nation is surpsssing all records in marketing products. Atlantic exjtorts of w heat for the week bnra been 3,100,001 oeshole i against ly 27V.. ' .as! year, ami in four weeks. '..- OOS,!, Hour included, against fe, 103,432 last year. w ith Pacidc evptrts. 4. .' V.'.o against v.O.Ji! last year. The price has declined cents, but the hoavy shipnicnts ami contracts fr export arc having a constant influence. Corn has declined only a small fraction with exjvorts not a sixth loner than a year ago to date. Cotton has fallen a sixteenth in spite of large exports. I -cause sales of fer

tilizers and either evidences indicate , nouu-cmeiit

that curtailment of acreage this year will be lese than wa expected. DOsOSsV tic exports from New Vork iu two weeks have ltocn S.. I " i . or s. per cent, larger than ia-st year, while itnIorts have be, n scarcely larg, - foreMi adowmg exports again exeeeeling gpio.isio.ooo for the month and 0-4.'k.-sr over imports, la sul-Ii OOttditlottS no stringenev iu Money is needed to bring money hither. Bnloeof woo, have keen only 11.411.6ixi pounds iu thrc weeks at the three chief market,, ag.iins: 4 i tVj.',..lo I last year, and ipiotatious areyiehbng. with sales of old wool, half to one cent below current quotations for clothing, with no indication that manufacturers are m-aring the -nd of their slocks. Cancellations arc numerous, but in pretport'.on to orders smaller than

for five years past, and find natural explanation in an advance of prices gr, ate.- in home . ,n.-s than distribution seems to warrant. Yet the mills are nearly all full of orders for some months to come, and rather more demand for goods is seen since nslssW weather appeared Cotton mills at Kall River still increase their accumulated stock of about 2.000.0ÜU pieces, and print cloths have declined to 2.0t, cent, the lowest quotation on record. Some

print cloths have also weakened, but ginghams arc firm, and bett.-r grades of dress goods are sold well ahead. The iron and steel industry is more fully employed than ever befOSO in i'.s history, and although production uf Ilcsscim-r pig is Cewnd a. I prcccd-nt. the price advances and bidets are stiil bought in Open market by so:u- of the largest producers. Other pig is steady in price and no decline appears in fin

ished products, excepting steel plates

at the east out for .he.se e

OfficUl Synopsis of the Report o! the Board of Inquiry oa tJM Maine Dioooti r.

SPANISH ASENCY CLEARLY SM3 . :.

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findings

WoOOSMtOO, March ::. . . log is officially ranctlonedssa s b aisof the findings ,n tlK- deatro ti the Maine: The board of inquiry into the of the Maine finds that the est) which destroyed tlie Main.-was the outside, and does n .t t,x , sponsibility fir the liikaster. It not express an opinion as to .

aeter of the esploslve, bet t te I mouy goes to show that it , crful submarine mine the , . Seter if w hieb is not det.-r uiiie i the testimony, though the be expressed that it was what ,s as a floating submarine sehte were two explosions, the l....ir.l Ui The first was from the Datedd that s, t ojr on of toe SSM lilies. Authority feir the statement is what the findings show was . the White 110000 late this sft just before the nneond enbinet at of the day begun. It se.-iu.- i U the president that the puknow at once the subs an

port. Hence this action n ,i

K,-Mrt auii I ibdiucs. A distinction ntnet is- on : the tintlings ai.d the 10 put I. I pointed ,ut Momlay uiornin. for.-.-ast which was then e which le borne osti by the

this nfteraoon.

are the e-ori - ,s

the court felt hist i Oed ,u re iuif. The rep.rt .s a rei and an explanation of tiiuony. It is more cnOsI the linditigv In the t-s; .. ments far mor- dnSMftnj to - authority than the Badingi f ere made. fiaSertlOM WCfe and suspicious eircumstanccs r ed. which, however, were lentlywe'l supported to wa court in accepting tiiein U The report and the testim u make a much graver impi , ss in public than the findiugs. Tin- a', reader will not stop t w.

mony w ith the judicial discr a

of the court He will v.-rv qu

cept the drift of the bSttlsSOn American ptsjple will fe.-i that bianco and the higher OSSeU gov. rnment may have Is-en of the plot, the Maine wjs with the connivance of Spanish cials of sutficieiit rank I Spain more respns he tintlings indieat. The lading guarded. Th. report goes far: i. viewing testimony ndsich I have a bearing on the nsp testimony itself is tSTtlhsf, tive of the not fully proven the shameful deesl. A member of the cabinet spea with a close jers.na! friend ing. said, with a manner most W TIh testimony is far n irs : r ivrt. It is very bad L n less there shall Is- a chan -

le- pr sulcata intentions, the

a .ii.ir speed. Kvansville. I ml., March Francis .T. Keif, resilient of the First national bank, tins presented the Little Sisters of the l'oor of that city w ith U'u.OOO to be used in buil.üi g a chnpel. w in BvrIM n aflnpie Lnfiiy t'tte, Ind.. March 1' I .Tolmsnn eoont wtU bnild s s,tW0 eeOtnpe In the ooshllotn boose gownnds seer thJseitjr,

uiand at I n.eago is ctisriv-us. as for cars and agricu.tural implement materials, penning orders fr cars covering i-n t- '..' each. Tne otrnetnral dwsnsnd during the nrt ijuartcr was so per .-cut. larger than in the same quarter for any previous year, anil it is sau! the demand for pipe is swelled by pending in'.i u N for 1 miles. Minor m.-tais arc comparatively quiet; tin at 11 1 cents; lake eo-v per at '.'1 cents and nickel in heavy demand at 34 cent s Failures for the week have lteen '.''.1 in tile I nited Mates, against .".! last year, and Jl in anada. ag:i t.' as', year. PATRIOTISM BEFORE TRADE. BestSO Merelunn Itrslrr IVn.-r. Hat It Wr loms Will Not !te I itaott Reluls, III Out t.

i-1.,, neu Hees It, Shelbyville. Ind.. March 2b Bdn nrd Wileoxen ijeei irlwl with his wife, and Mrs. Wileoxen dfOWnCd herself.

ccrti-tl iif Kiirgrrj. Wabash. Ind.. March 21. The sheriff enptsred Bentp Behsnver, sllns WUllssi ''lnrk. SOCnOod of forging notes.

Iirunnril In it rwrr, Llwood, Ind.. March '.'.!. Harry ctison was drawn into a sewer grow r ed

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(Inilioinll firm Knlla. ClneinSStt, March 23. Two f.-iilurrs i re reporteil TWMOOJT, The ( ineinnall ElevstOf A' Wnrehouse rompany. 3t4 Knot (Sooft street, assigned to Henrv Hurkhold. Assets. I.'.o.isin; liabilities shout the ame. The Oakley Distilling rompany. West Ninth sire, t. assigned ro M. T. Coreornn. Llnhllities.f4o.000; ssctt not more than half that um.

Oo ton. March .'. At a jv-ciai meeting of the Ho ,tou elmtnlier of coinmeree. yesterday, resolutions wer unanimously adopted commending President McKinley for his attitude in the present crisis and for his endeavors to avert war. and exprevsiog conti lenco ami pride in the ability and moderation of the secretary of the navy. Toe resolution also declares that "should the failure of every laudable effort to maintain peace compel the nation to take up arms, the Itos'.on chamlter of ommcrce pledges tiiat the merchants of Itoston will, when necessary. deVote life and fortune to the accomplish mint of victory. '

Twnnty Thouiil I ntr. Krrralt, N vsHIMjton. March .si - in the ftrng of the tii-Si shot off Havana by aa American warship. M.wi Cubans wil. lint in that . . and they are alt armed This is the information whicit has reached the United Mate govero me lit Ammunition fr llUa,l Point, Cal. Sias DtBOO, i ai . March ?6 FortJ thousand tounds of ammunition for the big guns to lie mounted at Its I last I'm nt has arrived here. This port wil! aooti In iu a position to tr,iy! csiit ft hostile attack.

the rep.rt and the tOOtunSMIJ congress at 1-o'chs'k on M .: .. i :it 1 i it.!

p.lJKTS nil. If- muH - ' to the committees ou foreign rland foreign affairs Sfithont j The fact that, with the r. . ept j papers, the Maine affair 1 ! business of congress, has not St attention.

Th- situation ltr:t,r.lt .1 as IXsi.l. !l. t lees WldOIOIIlOli March M "Th ll ciMtn cabinet snsnten fesOerds until nearly IsSO o'clis-k. I situation was discussed at lei no de finite or loftl ISSSflntllSS particular p'int was reached uation is regarded as decid and it is feared that there nil difficulty in avoiding trooMe. M ter ITsOitini has lteen cab i subject. snsstvoei i "'' New Yors. March -'ti. Vlee-Ail Makamff. of the ltaj.ias i. has OOOn assigned by h.s to eenetrnel the most pen crushing ship ever built, hi ' York He waa asked for his regarding the I nitetl Mat. - s Ml I care to say. he reph that such a war would natu . come a contest for the p.ss - t uba, and as t uba is much nee the t nitcd states than 1 tnitotlStnteswonldhaveegri'atr . gic advantage." Trrrll.lr t ..million of Ihr- sp.nl-1. I la ( bi. 1 1 MOOOSti Jamaiea. M' private latter, dated three from Manaanilla. r.ecivel OOsvOOOOr, says the .sue' ' bpanish tnsipa there is terr adds that starvation and il -vail everywhere and tha' I n,..nt forc-a have sustain. 1 1

in receut skirmishes with th gents, the wounded leing ' tow n in enrtbssds. The letter couebision. that even with terveiition of the I nited St 1 cannot last two mouths IsOhfl

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