Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 33, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 April 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

t. oM. rut.il.li.-r.

: INDIANA

Ox the 14th the nueen regent signed the AMT convoking the Spanish ortes on the Milk

CURRENT TOPICS.

THE HEW8 IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

Tu village of Merlizen. on I.ake Thun, in Switzerland, was almost totally destroyed by tire on the Utk. (s the 1-th Geo. Lee stated lie fore 1 lu-senate committer hit opinion that the Maine wu blown up by Spanish OgCUcica Thk Swiss government has prohibited the importation of American froh fruits. This action was taken owing 0 the alleged presence of the San Joins rale in fruit imported recently. Hon. C. H. OMNIUM was renominated, on the l-'th. for the sixth time by the Eleventh (O.) congressional district convention, which indorsed the pdiey of rresiilent McKinley on the 11 ban question. The Hmuf Messagm announces that all negotiations for the aale of the Italian cruiser tiaiibuldi to Spain have Wen suspended uu account of the international regard due to powers about to DO000M belligerents. i the ruh a special spa'.ch from Rome announced that the pope had again telegraphed to Kmperor Francis Joseph of Austria, begging him to use his influence with the other sovereigns in behalf of peace between the United Ktatc.s and Spain. bOOOM quantities of supplies are arriving at New York consigned to the C uban relief committee, and arc being stored in warehouses there awaiting transportation to tuba. Perishable article are sold and the proceeds added to the relief fund.

A UUIM received in Madrid, on the 14th, from the Philippine islands, said that al! the troops which were embarking for Spain at the time the communication was maile I had leen marched hurriedly to various towns in the interior, where the rebellion against Spanish rule had been renewed. Whf.x Consul-General Fit.hugh Fee arrived at Richmond, Va.. on the l-'th. there were at least lo.o people at the depot, including the governor and start and the Richmond bight Infantry Hiues, to greet him. In a brief spo.cn lie said the time for talk was over, and that the time for action had come.

At every station along the route be twecn Tampa. Fla., and Washington, lien. Iee's special train was met by throngs of the admirers of the consulgeneral who heaped upon him words and missives expressive of v,.ir approval of his MMFN in itavana. and literally loaded hi., arwith dowera It deve'ops that a few nights before Pulaski F. Hvatt. l uited States con-

V.l. left Santiago de Cuba, under instructions, for Port Antonio, Jamaica, a mot) of Spaniards, made a demonstration before the consulate, throwing tomatoes, eggs and atones at the Stars and strip. floating above the building. Accoium.no to a special dispatch from Venice, Don Carlos, the pretender tc the Spanish throne, has declared his intention to "hold aloof from hostile manifestations so long as the Spanish government upholds the honor of the nation." Otherwise, he will "take the steps he dee in necessary to support the dignity of the country. Tus Official Gazette, published at Havana, on the 1 1th. printed a decree, signed by (.'apt. -Gen. bianco, announcing that the Spanish government, yie.d ing to the reiterated wishes of the pope, had decreed a suspension of hostilities in order to facilitate th restoration of peace in the island. No tiOM

a a fixed for the expiration of the dere.-.

The president desires an immediate appropriation of $." uM. He purpose loading the Yam.ee and the Dixie, an I perhaps one or two other ships recently puivu.tsed, with supplies and sendiug tneta to ( uba with cargoes of food, ud escorted with warships. He will iiit't veue w ith bread in one hand and sword in the other. To d -liver the bread the a w ord may hare to be Bnoi. A Spanish cabinet minister, who was intervie .ved. on the Mth. said: '"The true cumax is approacniug. Hut Spain in i iii Sue has done everything to avert w ar, ami is now confident in her right and in the justice of her cause. Sue is ready to defend her soil and her honor. When the American government communicates its decision. Spam will stand resdy to meet all eventual. -ties. "

In the senate o (lie Uta. durta an excitla de tutu-.if t..- ruUin .jae.tion. Ue pre-ideal a ni.--.sjrr on the crii in the Cuban situatioa ws received and read without den msurstion. au.l rrferred to the foreign rv'.ation commute'. Some rvso.utinns er1 offered to the effect that Uie uovernraent of the l'ntied States demand the Immediate withdrawal by Spain fru the Island Another nesa-e from the president, transmit;. a the t'uKan c.m.ular rep rt wai laid bef r- the '-nat. r--a i anJ referred In the house the memssce fr m the president w..p'. .ved read a id rejerred to the .omuiit-

Ure on foreU-a a.iairs alter waics usi u-t.-i.t of Columbia business was t ran sailed. Is the senate, on the l'-th three resolutions bear. as on the ('aban iaes:ioa were Intro- j duced. ooe directing eon.f rled action with li'-n QsSOM another directing the president ,

to ue such tej. as will secure to the i ubaa people an lu.lependent republican form of I -eruaient. and s third derUr.ng the extsteuce of war in Cuba, and directing the preideal to l" steps to stop it and MM to the MO plt of the island s stable sad independent . ro-:r. Severs! speeches fol.owed the introduction of the resolution, when considerstion of the sundry civil appropriations bill wa resumed In the hmse lien llrovenor U). in reply to an attack upon the policy of the admiuistrat. t.. interpreted the recommendation in the pr-si-tenl message to mean a request for authority to eUblit on th Und of Cubs s government independent of Spain. Is the senate on the 13th. Mr Daria, chairman of the committee on foreljn relations, preseuted the . r..nattl report of his committee ou the resident n.e--.a.e .iti :ti- ..

question, which were read. Mr. Hoar moved that consideration of the report go over under the rui.-s for on-- i!av The remainder of the tesm n wa . . . .ji.'.l with nr.;as.oied speeches by Mers Koraker (who advocated direct recogn.tion of Cuban independence l.ode ami Lindsay Ky i ... In the house ma; nty and minority reports on the Cuban quet 'on were ptSSMMA. anil after a vain eSort to get the resolution-, b-for.' the hou the commute.' on rulere: red an 1 formulated a special order, which provided for immediate consideration. After a : n.-thy aal heated MMM tne substitute resolutions were defeated -ayes. H7: nays. IW. A motion to re.-ommit was defeated. Ml to itst. and the majority resolutions were then adoi ted ae. XSJ, nays. W uecann' for armed. intervennoa CIs the senate, on the I4th. the resolutions proposed by the conim.tt-v ob fore.itr re.awere taken up. and for more thanii hoars were the subject of debate, at times in-ter-tersed with sharp and spirited colloquies, btit owitur to the la-e number of senators who de. red t -ak up n the resolutions, the senate adjourned without action In the house the day s proceed:mt were dull and absolutely devoid of interest. A large number of bills of n-' peciai moment wer.- passed, th" mot important be.n th- i'urtls bill for the relief of re-nlents of the Indian territory, providing for 1 1.- s-ttlement of questions involviuj W.ao.uUu acre of land belonging to the Indians, sad the ejectment of T.OjU lntrudi la PERSON' m'D GENERAU

Fikk at Oxford unction. Ia.. on the night of the 11th. destroyed every business house in town. Loss. $?.", iX); insurance unknown. TUB I'ais. the newspaper which had been the most prominent in fomenting the anti-government campaign in Madrid, continuing its sensatiOMl policy, its issue of the 11th was confiscated by the authorities. Bsoi.anu A Bry an, leather dealers of l'hilsdelphta, have received an order from the government for 10,000 sides of leather, to be delivered at the Rock Island arsenal at the earliest possible moment. The leather is to he used for the manufacture of cartridge boxes and sword, saber and bayonet halti and scabbard. Kobkrt Li ri i.lv. an engineer on the American liner Paris, was held in ti,ouo bail, on the Uth, by Commissioner Shields, at New York, on a charge of

smuirirling laces. His oneration. it ia

said, have amounted to M.ijOO. TU British steamer Kurope. which arrived at New York, on the l-'th. from Loudon, brought JO tons of ammunition

for rapid-hrinf guns recent v pur

chased ubroad for the United States

navy. The auxi'lary torped-b)at destroyer Mayflower left the Brooklyn navy

yard and parsed out Sandy Hook, on the Uth. bound for Newport, K. L. to

take on torpedoes

In the opinion ot ien. Miles, the time for mobilizing the army has arrived. He wants ttie greater part of the army at t'nickamati g.t park, near Chattanooga, and has ma la an urgent recommendation to the secretary of war that the necessary orders be at once issued. Sao asta's minist ry is tottering, t i vi 1 war is threatened in Spain under certain conditions. These conditions may oe may not le brought about by the I'nited states. Toe erisii whieu the lils-ral cabinet is now facing is the most serious :! .1. cau.c into power. is the 13th the afteruooD newspapers of london expressed the opinion that the United States and Spain were heading straigiit for war. There was also a disposition to blame the president for ii s a.ieged inde. ision. Sjain s two cruisers, the Viicaya and A'.uiirante fuendo. w hich recently ar i i ved at Porto Uta from Havana, have sailed. Their destination is not defi

nitely known, but is believed to be tM

On the Mth it was reported in Mnd rid that an official telegram had leeo received from the Philippine, to tha effect that a serious outbreak had taken place in Fuluan. and thut the in Mirgents had seized the telegraph station, the operators barely escaping with their lives. Troops had been sent to ((iiict the outbreak. Ol the 13th Senator Hale introduced a joint resolution, at the instance of the navy department, providing for an aux.liary naval force f.r coast defense to serve for one year. On the Mth it waaoffleially announced at the navy department that tapt. Sigsltee und Commander tioodrich will be the commanders of the St. Paul and St. louis when those steamer are put into commission. No deciion, however, had In'en reached regarding w Inch ofticer would command the different vessels. (oast survey steamer Patterson, McArthur and (ieduey and the ti.sh commission steamer Albatros have been turned over to the navy department for survive in case of need. KiKK broke out in the village of O -

Uirne, O., on the 1 'th. The Dayton tire department saved the village from total destruction. Tue loss is about S.'d.oOO, chiefly to business houses Statkmknt of the condition of the treasury April 13: Available cash balance. t'V.'.tiss; gold reserve, $17,1,111. on the l.'Uh it was announced that the national council of Switzerland had suggested that the bundesrath consider w hether it could not offer to mediate between the United Statesand Spain. The proposition it was said, would be considered, but that it would doubtless be rejected. Anvii is from tan uagena con'.inn the report that the United state consul and the I nited States vice-consul at that port, both of whom are natives of Spain, have resigned. Thk senate committee on foreign re

lations, iu its report on the president

t'uban message, savs: "It i the opin

ion of your committee that the destruc

tion of the Maine was compassed either

by the oflicial act of the Spanish au

thorities or was made possible by a negligence on their part so willing and

gross as to be univalent .n culpability

to positive criminal action."

A sKMi-ot m i Ai. note was issued at Home, ou the 1 Ith, w h ich state that "the power have now considered direct

action in the Spanish-American litticulties out of the question, and should

war break out. strict neutrality will be observed by them." Am in, the stories afloat is one to the effect that the order which will be signaled to Commodore Sehley'a flying squadron when it goes into notion, will be the significant words: "Kemetnber the Maine. " TiiK queen regent of Spain, on the Mth. signed the national subscription decree to increase the navy. Thk fruit steamer Barnstable, from t'ienfuegos, Uuba. reached Boston, on the 14th. having on Isiard United States Consul MctJarr. Mr. Mctiarr said all was quiet when he left t'ienfgos. Thk pope h;s appointed Itcv. Alexander Christie, rector of St. Stevens church, Minneapolis, to the bishopric of Vancouver. Hknkv H. Pu.iti k. secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts for 16 years, died at his home in Abington on the Mtk Thk Spanish cruisers Vizeaya and Almirante Oquendo it now trnnspires sailed from Porto Ki o. on the !th, vith secret instructions. Thk Madrid newspapers regard war aa inevitable.

ALL OYER THE STATE.

Tut house ( uban revolution, adopted, on the 13th. provides: That the president is hereby authorized and directed to intervene at once to stop the war in t uba, to the end, and wth the purpose of securing permanent peace and order there, and establishing by the free action of the people thereof s stable aud independent government of their own in ttie islaudof Cuba; and the president is hereby authorized and empowered to Use the i.ui'l iin.l naval forces of the Urn tel sr. c.es to execute the purposea of this reso.uuon.

Events io Various Portions of Indiana Recorded by Wire. n.r Contlllloa. liidiuiiapolis. ladw April 13.- The report i-ubiiiittc I to the Missouri Lutheran s nod in session lu re show that the svilod consists o! I.l'si- i-ongl egations, t'.'.t.t mission congicgul Ions, I.MI pastors and professors, 7sl parocliial teachers, l.f.0.1 church m-Iioo's. U,4fM Vttttf MM her, 31IJ.C31 coinnitin leant s, h,203 school cbihlren; total. BtM 1 1. The districts raised foi snolieal nnd mission purposes in ls'.7 $'.,04,3ff M, The general treasurer reports ep idit tires, ehieflly on edueatictial institutions, in ls.7 of $js -,M7 sc,. The parochial chool ieMuire an additional $.'0O.(H)0 ntuuially. New Klectrlc Itoad. faflill. Ind.. April lie The work of construction of the tioshen. Danville & St. Louis tVwtrlC rnilroa! will be started at Monticello May 1. John Moffet. nttorney for lhe comjinny, snitl the woik would pro eed both ways from Monticello. connecting the towns of Hochester. Pulaski. Headley, Buffalo, Norway. Monticello. ChatnieiV, Brookston. Fowler and Dunuington. in Indiana. The road will be so miles long and may be extended Inter. The ronil wll be equipped with both pUwiBgttf und freight cur, with powerful electric motors.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Iw the senate, on the ISth. rlnrln the discussion of the Cuban resolution, several exciting episodes OOCttTTcd, an.l some most disgraceful scenes were enacted, participated in by speakers wrought up to the point of frenzy by theirdeep interest in the quest ion under debate. The session lasted from in a. m. until 10:l"i p. m.. at which hour the senate adjourned without having taken action upon the resolutions Iu the house only a single incident was worthy of notice, and that was a speech on a question of personal privilege by Mr. Bailey, the democratic leader, w hich was, in fact, a severe arraignment of Speaker Heed, and produced much excitement on the tbor. tlie speaker himself proving the coolest person in the houe. John V an amakkr. of Philadelphia, has issued notice to hi employes that any of them who enter the military service, in case of war, will Ik- assured tf their places on their return; their salaries will Ik- paid to their fatnili during their ab-enee, and an insui on e of Sl.otM will be paid in each case of death while in service. Mr. VYanamaker will raise a regimeut and head it. Thk report that Spain had purchased

the Hamburg-American liners Nor-

Os the 11th che president sent U. congress h.s long expected message reviewing tue war for freedom u Cuha; it cost to the United States and her Citren, it atrocities and barbarities; the sufT ring of the he.p.e reeonceutrado. tue destruction ,r the Maine, and tue call of humanity for the ending of this state of things, and stating that he had exhausted all peaceable Ol ans to tins end witho.lt result. The Bfwsvdent throws the responsibility of further act;on upon cottgresi and do clares himself prepared to carry oa t my measures that coii-.ci usay direct.

i ape Verde islands, where ilie Spanish i ln;lnnia and Co.umbia. was confirmed.

flotilla or torpedo boat and destroyers i now rendezvoused. Thk Spaniard who started the rumor that President McKinley had sought the pope s mediation is known. He is Count Xiquena. one of the most outspoken advocates of war with the United States. It is known that his real motive has been a precipitation of hostilities, and for thai reason he circulated the report about the United States' executive. Skxatoh Thlkston, on the 13th. introduced a biil. making a permanent annual nppropration of IJ.J'OO.OJO for the purp.- of increasing Um efficiency of the national guard, and of $300.000 for the i mproveineot of the naval reserve. OmOfcMI w ll not want for defenders. They are springing up from all over the land. The president and the secretary of war have receive! offers of l.ooo.ooo volunteers. the I Uh two men. names unknown, were crushed to death at Magazine Point. Ala., on the Lotiiaville A Nashville railroad, by the shunting of s ear. Philip Kaumm, of Pittsburg, Kas . wss fatally injured. They were en route to IVnsacola. I Ia, to enlist in the navy.

on the LMh. It is said that the minister for the colonies. Senor Morct, bought them without consulting Adu, r.o Bcrm. jo. the D inister of marine. As INlUi ATKI in the Madrid Ib raldo. Spain is tigui ing on yellow fever being an important factor of the Cuban alt uatii n. It says: "We have I'tio.ooo troops on the island, perfactl B08tiOM HwUfi, and any Americans who are landed there will tbo like Hies." tin, Mil. Ks says in the event of tlu passage of the resolution reported by the senate foreign relations committe. the president would have authority to call into the service of the government militia to the iiiiinler of ai. out 1 1 009,000 men. Thk rules of practice of the patent office nave been changed so that vvhea an appeal is MJtM tue primary examiner shall furnish the board of examiners with the grounds for hi decision w ithin five day, instead of U da M beretolore. lilt- government lias chartered, ia athhtion to the steamship St. Paul and IU Uoiti. UM New York and Paris oi the Am. rican line. Os the 15th Congressman Charles turns was renominated from the first Kansas district on the TJOth ballot

At Their II l'nil. Indianapolis, Ind.. April 15.- The detectives have not yet been able to faten the murder of Mrs. John v. Moore on

:inone. The hu-hand was arraigned for preliminary hearing and pleaded rot guilty. Many witnesses were examined, but not n.uch new light was thrown on the .rime. One of the most significant facts revealed was that about a week ago a key to the reujdoor. which hung in the kitchen, disappeared. The friendl of Moore look upon this as important. Helil for Trial. Laporte. Ind., April UL Barney Iolnn. the officer who is said to have ttröck Harry WU -on, of ( rawfoi (In i I lc, on the head w ilh his club, causing Wilson's death, has been held for trial in the circuit court. Wilson resisted arrest nnd Dolan is alleged to have struck him a blow which prod need eoneussi n of the brain. Dolnn has been confined in the northern prison, it being feared bj the authorities that Wilson' friend might attempt violence, l.ookliiK for BoodllPi Terre Haute. Ind.. April IV- Armed guards have been aboard night trains on the Big Four between this city and Pana. 111., for several nights. bee;iue the officials hail learned that a holdup east of Pana. non. Tower HiK. bad been planned. Hither the plans miscarried or the robbers discovered that detectives were ready for them. A Chnnse Orl-rel. Indianapolis. Ind.. April lie Tit. Bar, Bishop Chatard, of the see of Vincennes, says that a dispatch from Home announcing the transfer ot the tec of Vincennes to this city wns not a surprise to him. The transfer, he says, will take place as soon as he receives a confirmation of the order from Home.

Novel ieurrh for llu.haml. Indianapolis, Ind.. April It.- A nortfj side family purchased some eggs at a grocery and when they were taken out Of the sack the following mCOaagt was found written upon one of them: "I.i7yie StaU-y, Kminenee. Ind.. 4O0 acres of land, wants to marry." Kminenee is a village in Morgan county. To Save a Homestead. Fountain City, Ind.. AprU 15. A movement is on foot to preservp the Levi Coffin bomOfttnd here. This house TM the most important underground railway station in Ihestntein the years just prcceeding the wnr. Mont has already Iwen subscrilnd for the purpose of its prcserw.tion. Denlti Ol n IMoneer. South Bend, Ind.. April 15. Jacob BUtOr, "iio resided in thi locality since 1S30, in dead. He voted for .lackson In 1894 and lived to Iiis advanced nge despite several nearly fatal injuries in the last 15 vears. His mother died at the nge of lo.'i ear-. shoe l-nlliire. Fort Wav iie. Ini!.. April II HoOff 41 Son. shoe dealers, have assigned to William Boiand. . T. Durbin. of Anderson, is the heaviest creditor. The liabilities are $4,fuKi; assets. $6,000. One 1 rar I. KnotiKh. Mnneie, Ind.. April 1ft, Dovtd Weh h. iiL'ed s'i dcires a s.'paration after a year of married life from hi 19 yearold wife. He alleges thnl she tried to push him upon n red-hot stove. A Kntnl Klcrht. El wood. Ind.. April IS. Waller Shores and Taylor 1'ndricks quarreled :ocr an nCOOOSt Of 15 cents, and Shores killed Kndricks by : blow ovr the In ad with if innre. Sin o es is in jail.

DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

I'tie Voliiiue of Himliie. Intrewalug, Not" willi.tMii.Hoc Actual I'reparstlon. fur tfwr. tfftwf VoKh. April If. R t Dun A Co. weekly review of trade to-day saya: The m' ui .iu; of cornress regarJlnu Spain Is not in tloubt. but the form ( ileclarutlon at this hour i in question. The president' mesMMM Im been .ccepte,! us a strJUK stateii-nl of the situation anJ the tuetinii In centr.-s. Is whether It will, witliout chautfe. adopt Ins proposal. Pmpsmtmns fur wur eoutiaue as If It were Inevltsble. Tbrrn Is mint hindrance in business. uiil rl th. Volume of pavineuta through clearlnt;Uoiiet is still r: ivr ci-u. lar,fr thiin last year. anJ outside New York about ier cent, lari-r than ia isiK. though upeculativa suirnstioa here makes the -ASun-fM:- lower Now York bsnks may now realU-ttist th-v are troiuf en.uih for all possible MMffliMlOO sad hi.it five the gOOOVMMOt valuable aid liy ureau-r fre-sloin in bustiiiis loans. S mud New York bank are not in the lea l alarme I loui the business situstlon. nor have t hey any occasion for ularin The industries are dolnj well, because th'-v hs e enormous orders, taken in February and March or earlier, which Insure op riiuons for periods varvlnif from a fortnight to several mouths. Uut the new orJers. upou which tliey have to rely if partial Moppaite or olosin of many works lato b. prevented, uro just 000 restricted by upiirehenslon uliout the money market und th" possibility of a loan. In the iron business there are orders f r about ÜO.iKM tons structural work held up by questions of law In Chlcaun the laru'e past office order is yet wait liw and HO Kussiau order for rails is still pendiUK, possibly bOMOM "1 tinanciuldifncultles While new business In this line la still very heavy, the production Is so larite that It tn.iy easily l-disastrously checked by a pmtMOM restrict! M Of the current demand. Uut foreljfti ordern for sis larue veels sre pSOdlag in eastern ship yards und actual orders for curs alone cover JJ.tXW tons basic steol al l'ut-burnh Angles have been advanced tl per I in aud structural wor ts are all crowd's! with orders, while pljies are in heavy demand. Willi prices for print cloths still at th' lowest point evr tou-aed. buying of OOtMOOOOOl Is more hindere! than many are willuu to almit by the idea that other jfoods. not equally overprisluce 1. may likewise decline in priOV. The stajriation in WimjI is aomnthiii remarkable the total sales at the three chief markets havirii: been oaly l.lifiS. 144 pounds, against WAiS.ilast year, aud in the tlrt half of April only 3.as.S.ütl p) in Is, against M)i uyar ago. MuBufa.'turers are still asltl0(a although somewhat encouraifsl by a rather better tone in th" clottunif trale of late. They have ample nrJcr. for taw) present In moat lines, though not in all. Wh'-a: ro- V40 ami held 2',r for the week, although Atlantic exports for tic- ONt h IT! been 3ili.SU.' I tusheis. Hour included uuain! DO ."Is last year, and l'acttlc eip.uis Ki. ..lets bushels. a-'.iti' -U.'iirt lat year. The total fron tx ith 0oaM for two weeks of Apr. I has been " J 100 OtNlMla The official report shows that eiports In March wer - 10,401 oäbushels of wheat, fl ur inchultsl. against TJM.tH last yar. au I in nine in SO ths fritn the principal ports l1.1.iNM.73J lu.shels. against l3J.rt7N.4A3 last vear. M"anwluit) the experts of corn In the ntn m nihs have been 01M0M04 tiusheU. sirainst 111.011111 last year The volume of lefitimat!f busiu-s is SBonOOas, w liii-' fat iure, ar.- MM kably mall. Kor the we-k UMJ have KOO0 m th'' L'n.ted State again t Ml last year, and IS in ( anada Stfainst last year. A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION.

IUH0F1K

The Army Ordered to Assemhvl at Southern Points Ready for a Forward Movement.

A SCHEME TO ACCLIMATIZE THE MEN.

Vonna .Irl Inillelrd. Mund, 1ih!., April llv itertha Pooto, lfi ears old, was inrlictcdon the eliarjre of ObtahaUM monf jr nmler false retensi , lint .luiiL'' Keift.s released her. Tired of III ( MM W MO Hartford City. Iml.. April IS.- Dr. Nelson Clonser. noe! 7 ears, ll Atiinjj Bona, his IT-vc '!i:--old wife of six months, for a difOftC. Family- Hurniil iohen. Ind., ril 15.- Wlille lnim vf! N aves r. Kli Dean's dress cuiplit f re and she ilird it a short time. lnlnntt Killed. Alexandria, Ind.. April Ift, While atlemptinr to hon d r nioitir train Fred TJttssel wns instantly killed. A pas""i-r mn frelirht train collided at curve near Kd wardsvllle. Ill , a flfenisn nd rmlneer belr.g Injured

War Taiew un l i ir. Toltaeeo, Iteer, Kte., ( au Sot be I t.i.led by Any Sharp Praellce. vAsiii ton, April 1 1. -The prevail lntr opinion OOBOOf 0B4UIUfBBturorO of cigars, tobOBeO, cigarettes nnd snull ami brewers, that in the event of war there will he an increase in the internal revenue taxes levied upon then products, it is said at the treasury department, untlotiht ! I y will be veri

fied. The inipre.ssion, however, that bj purchasino; stamps at the rate of tax now levu-d. athxinir them to roods and

ij-ettuip the same removed from the factory premises of manufacturers, the manu fact nrers or their ens tomers will reap a very decided prolit when the t,i is advanced by heinp able to add the sume to the price of such iroods is er

roneous The law. it is stated, will contain a special provision which will , result in the increase in tax Ihmiiij; OOl !

loOtM from all wholesale and retail dealers in whose hands these producta may be found when the law gOM into effect.

COMMUTED RAILROAD RATES.

I Ii Weitern Trunk I. lue Committee tgr on Kate for I he T riiikfullaald I i i"i i Ion at Oiuaba. Chicago. April 10.- The roads in the western trim., line omaiittee have agreed on the following rates for the '1'rati ..tuisstissippi exposition nt OinalMi Full rates will DO dtergOtl on all construction materia!. Full tariff ratea will also le obatfod ou all OXhtbitO going to the exhibition, but the, w ill DO retiirnet.1 free of charge if they remain unsold and are res.iipped within 3i t days after close el the exposition. All exhihits returned free will be shipped at owners' risk. Full rates will becliurged on horses and mules both ways. Cattle, hoys and sheep will DO carried at full raten going, and will be returned free if unsold. The rates apply on the tracks of the Missouri Pacific, road, which are tho only ones reuehing the grounds. That road will impose a two-dollar switching charge on exhibits and a four-dollar switching charge on material for construction. in addition to these charges six cents per loo pounds will be churged for handling exhibits on the ground, with a minimum charge of u cents. For less than carload lots the miuitnum charge willbeSl for any single shipment. On all live stock there will be a terminal charge of 10 per car. All BborgOfl must be prepaid, nnd all exhibits re eived before May 15.

I'atent Ofllee Kiiln ('hanged. Wasiiino ton. April 15.- The mla of practice of the patent otlice have, been changed so that when an appeal is taken the primary examiner shall furnish the Uiard of examiners with the grounds for hiadeeisicn within tivo days, instead of la days as heretofore. Mr. (iladatnn SufTerlna !.. ItOXDOW, April 15. The bulletin is,ued this morning regarding the health yt Mr. iflndstorie iinnoiince I tint ho was holding his ground and was suffering less There are, Uo.eov.T ur booea ef Ins ro aVtOfff.

Ooe ltrKluieiit Already at CAtohwSlMOaB I'ark Otliera to 4'oiieent rat e al s, OrtOBOaV atoDMa ami l ain pa hatsstn (a. airy aud Artillery Inclu.liil hi t Order. Washington. April Ml Doeitledla Ibo '""st w arLke.step taken by the do partmcnt in preparing for the po it of an encounter with Spain wo inaugurated yesterday when ordert were issued for the concent ration, at fo.ir points in the south, of ail regl incuts of cavalry, H regiments of ,ufuntryand the light batteries of M rcgiuient.s of artillery . At t'liekiiiiiaui;a there will be kil regiments of eavalry and the light bat teriMOf live regi incuts of action-;, at New Orleans, eight regiments of ill fantry; at Tampa, seven regiments of utflint ry , and at Mobile, seven regiments of infantry. Since the civil war no MOD proportlon of the army has been Mobilized and the movement itself is t he best rvidODOB Oi the gravity of the situation hi looked upou by the president ami lua

advisers. 'The intention to rendezvous the troops iu the .south where tiley can lacclimated to the conditions of a V&OTt tropical climate has been under con-siih-ration by the president nod cuhinct for DOOM time. It w.i not until yesterday that the president, iu view of the enormous OSponoa Which will be entailed, felt justitiell Intaking this step. When secretary Alger returned from the cabinet meeting he at once cu to conference (ieu. Miles und Adjtc Gon. Corbin, and actpiaiuted them with the result of the cabinet's deliberation. 'There were hurried eonsoltl tious, in which the piartermuster-eu -ral, who bus eliurge of the transportO tion of the triHips; the commissary ft -u-eral. who hsiks utter their snbaisten c. Uli! representatives in Washington of various railroads running to the south, participated. 'Tl.e orders, us ftnsllj given, -outen. plate the uiovciin nt ol troops to the places indicated as follow : To Cliickainnuga battlefield: The First. B9COOd. Tuirtl. Sixth, Nintii and 'Ti'iith regiments of cavalry and tar light batteries of live regiments of artillery. To New Orleans: The First, Seventh. Fightli.'i'w el fth.. Sixteen th, Hi gute. nth. Tv cnty-third and Twenty-fourth rch-.-ments of infantry. To Mobile: The Second. 'Third. Tenth, eleventh. Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-second regiments or infantry. 1 o I ainpa: 'The 1'ourth, Fit: i tMsth, Ninth, 'Tlurteent h, Seventeent i ai.J T M enty lirs t regiments f infantry. The heavy batteries of artillery in euch of the five regiments BMntioUfd will remain at their present iiut 'The two DOW regiments of artillery recently authori.cil by congress liavi recruited to their full strength, and in addition are now well equipped .l!i horses and other necessaries for service and are, therefore, not iaclo in yesterday's order. 'The department has so distributed the 'i regiments of infantry at convenient place on ' gulf that they w ill DO accessible for transportation to Cuba. Froposa! have been invited from steamsini 1 u panics for chartering vess-i.s t" the government for this work. Instructions to the commanding officers of the regiment I ordere to moft ere sent out late yesterday. Aitlid. lUOt lOMO that they be put into off" !l l soon a.s pos.sible. It is the conlidcttt expectation of the Offloiala that tM im ivemciits in some places will I" : to-day. COVERED WITH WHIIE TENTS.

I he Twent-I Ifth Infantry in OSSaf In t'lilekaiiiMUKa I'wrk and l ager for UM OtgDli t iia i r.vNoooA, Tenn. . April 10 rot Widow tlloa field in the t btokUM Ig park is covered with the w hite tents ot the 'Twenty-filth infantry. ch - i reached there at ten o'clock y esl. r u.. morning. 'The camp was named amp Hi lynton. At four o'clock guard w as mounted and the camp was running under the regular military routine 01 though It had been there for five years I 'll fact thnl severul regiments ot CvUJ were Ui come to the park to keep tliem company was very agreeable to tue .dicers and men of the regiment for they were beginning to fear tbat they would he left alone, an I after coming this distance they might be ordered to some OtllOf post to remain IB' active. The increased signs of car pleased the men mightily, and they laughed and shouted whenever it W4MI intimated that they might before loiifT he moving further south to taue part in iOtlOO eampaignui;.' Thor Uttel was a regiment in better heart nr more an otis to have a chance at the Spaniards thun the 'Twenty-fifth.

yueen Kea-ent s liift of Million IVnel i to lhe Mpanluli Naval rund. Mahrid, April 16.reat enthusi a has been aroused here by the fa the OOOOn regent has heaile.l I tional subscription to increase !'' Strengt h of tue Spanish navy by gitl! ,0I o,oo i pesetas toward the fund The Imparcial (ind.l. 0OOM0 ' :l In r majesty s action, says: "I 0l terday many people only saw tfl august lady a virtuous Onotn. but yesterday she has been known to n S Spanish qOMMOh Her gift of 1,0 pesetas gains her million of i ' ings"