Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 34, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 April 1898 — Page 2

AY BEKLY COURIER.

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CUBRENT T0PIC8.1

TKE NEWS IS BEUT.

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

Kmi m i arlist are convinced that the present Spanish dynast v is doomed, ami that pain will Is- forced to choose betwceu republicanism um) lvn lir-loa.

A sithil cablegram from Caracas. Venezuela, says that Preaideut Joaquin Crespo of Venezuela was killed in battle with Hernandez, the leader of the rebel force.

Thk llritish government is buying coal largely at Kingston. Jamaica. This ib connected with the increase of the deet in view of the expected Spanish-American war.

Tin; Hamburger Correspondent annoituccd. on the .'1st. that the I'nited Btatea had Isiught three Chinese cruisers that were buildiug in the Vulcan yards in that city. Tin: Spanish cruisers V ..; . and Aluiirante Ouendo, last reported at Tort liieo. arrived at M. Vinccut. Cape Verde Islands, on the l'Jth. to reinforce the Spanish licet in those waters. On the -1st the Uritish ambassador. Sir Henry luiuiuoud Wulff, called uin cnor Cullon. the Spanish forBsgM minister, and informed him that the affairs of the American legation were iu his (the umoasaadsYU) hands.

Skxatoii Walthall, of Mississippi, who had been critically ill in Waähr lugtOM f.r mml days, was not expected to survive on the l'Jth. His physician arm. unccd that there was not one chance iu a thousand for his recovery.

bihc waste un the IS:, slur oar of Use Kost intrmael islfrrstn; sn t a.-- . .:- bates Inst ever thr.llfsl taat rhtmtrr. toe senate rvouiutioas provaliaf fur taurlVivn. la Cur ameuOed so u rrooau iu- tiistinjr republican ..-uvrroajfni ot the island. p-os-sd Yru K says. SI Tf Uuiw ueUl ual) a brief MTwina. la the senate, on the liia-tHe eii Viae roalinueü until S 43 a. m the tjurstion of aturbins Inu-rrtt to cnatora nil tae inroac ei cisaiied l&e iilierie. aas the tN.n-t.lrra-tion i f -onfris-nce report uj a the tuban rvMlution. After many reces, and many reports from the comni.ttee an af rsvm'-at ak anally reach! by the sdoptioa f in senate resolution with lae Turp.r am- e lm m stricken o9 and the worJs are. and" anil m--rll ;u ili üre. pjrarapt yea. 3 :o In the ao-ie. after a tiarvl-fou.-'at U.' resehnir far Into the early hour, tne oi.fr-ca-e report a-rcej to yfiv Slo. rue. s. A. So ther business of importance was trans avteU.

In tri.- senate, on the I: a. Mr All a n-solutivn rt-cvni.- ag 'u.an ::. an.l .leciaria that the t'n.tsd States w. ist that t ub khouM not Ov re,"t any o-bt of spa n After soma Iis -us t lie rr natal lea th -naie u a up tur

civil ajjpr pr!a;.on tul In the b.-u-- a: the tsMvclusioa of the read: n: of the .ouraal. the sji.-j.rr . .i-i i u - s. . .:u-- : ' . fubau resolu'iou. Mr il n-.veajr r to a question. perss5alprtv:lef. diseMaalac any lut.-n-.i n f r -a MUag upoa t-xe loyalty of dem aeaata awj anpaUata ta his apaech of Use ;ta. The ktfuu'ttira .,urwsl la the senate, oa that Ma. at,-h of the tiae of the s. ...on Ti, tjk n up in aaeirtwi by eaators b had Vet si a--A.-iH-. t n-- i rr-o.u-

by Mr. AI h to par '

.rod nc i iaI for a of adry

It wes announced from VVa'.:.: . -a, on the evening of the lUth. that lite

;.: . ! ;i. .1 s ...... ; i .. I . :i... . bud made all arr.in.. ner.t. to leave Washington immediately on rceeipt ol the government s ultimatum, and take U his residcuce. tem:r.tri iy at Kan,

Iu auada. t the l'Jth and .'Uh every railroad extruding southward waa busy transport, tig the troops of tue regular urtuy to their several points of one;-tit ration. In many instance the depart ure of the trvstp from their old posts waa made the occasion of popular demon stratum. si., i.i i vit v t ace is maturing his plans r placing a loan for carrying on the contest vv.ih pain. The programme of the ways and means committee has been adopted in regard to lo ins, and probably will le put through the two houses of congress. TatS au'.horiialive statement was made at the war tlcparlm.-nt. on the l'Jth. that on the lirst call for troops, embracing Ho.Uüü men. only the national guard wouid have an opportunity tvo.unteer for service iu war. .:.n. Palma and one of Qm. QoMwfl briiradiers.it ia said, onsirt -.1 . n. Miles, on the If'rth. arrang.ng for co opTiiin uairis'. S;a:,i. Till. Halted Mates IHI Mil all bus purch.is.-d the I'mbriaand the Kiruria of the I'uaard line. Tin: volunteer army bill was p;issei by the botwe, on the : uh. KritAoot division. A rj :ni na:::c ! Wheeler, of t o. K S'.! h eavalry. I'. . A., en rute frou. Fort Bile, Kas.. to ... Louis, fell from a Mia uri i. tr....i at Knobnostcr,

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WHY SHE DI -D.

tarut:c Nrr.llr s.,;i...l t3 I tow. a - . . a 1 1 . . . i L. a I i . I I:, ,

luro.liru I llf . n.. ...... ..... AU AML Ind.. April I I .turning n ;. tiir.n int the fH;.icr and swa.iovvc.i by a c 'V . jH'ii. t rating her heart, eattsed the.iea'h -f the animal Saturday. AUut a year Mrx r rc.l Whitmorc. near Huntington. drontel a darning need;.- in MM

fo...i. r which was :e.i to her BOW, and km tin- needle aovld ' 1k tomaA, it BCD Watted that the cw had swallowed I it. The bi-v.ne tboW4a1 no si.'na tiiat ' the nec.lle was interfering with her ! digestive organs, an 1 a pot iuortem t 1 : 1 J . : M V. J L . . lau

Ulsciitsx-ti loc cause . un i.vuui ' a bann slated.

( aaal aaMaaai ln aaal l- atvMao MABKU Ind.. Aorii 10, ar.iu 1 V.

j Crown, charged with assaulting the ! lU-year-old laugiiter of Mr. and Mrs. ! Bobert I Ikh..v Thur.viay umraing, was Frida b un.l over, aa-l iu licf.iu.i

of B.900 bond t a lien back t jail. The c" '.. r Iii iflcd ptopiw of the neighbor bood prevented a n;ot fr.m taking him out :" jai. Tnur iay ni;ht. The utu-tKting pi.; -si, ian say., the hitle u'.r.

w 11) r i-.. r aaiid ttual sue will not tc pemauaentlj injur.-. l. Itrom is :'." y-..rs . . a. id i-a c. rc.s man. liLvin.' been w in cl.s r.nt..ers an i Wai.aec.

Tin: I'nited Stat.-s cruiser Top. ka. formerly the Diogenes, received orders, on the l'Jth. to sail itniu -diaie! v for the I'nited Slates without waiting for the I'nited Mates torpedo boat Somers. which was being repaired at Falmouth. Kng.aud. Thf. st. Loom t'st-iispatch amtlna the detiuite charge that 7ö 81.000 bills were distributed among M BWbafl of the house of deUffOl . and a similar hum in tiie city coaueii. to secure the passage of the ccn'.rai traction biil over the ma vor a veto.

Tuh Imparcial. of Madrid, saya: 'The Americans who arc rushing into war will Ik.- surpris ': to tind that it is not an artair hi weeks, but of mouths. It will last until Hat commercials are more anxious for peace than they die iiov anxious for war." Thk president, on the .'nth. dispatched an ultimatum to .Spain reciting tlu pnTisionsof thee ii-ress.onal resolution ami intimating that if a aatikfavct rjr irix.t - i i eceiveu ny midiiiglit of the S3d he should proceed to carr- out the mandate of congress. m THE police commissioners of San Francis.-. have a. '.opt. ! a resolution declaring that incase of war police officers who Baalist will not lose their places, which will be tili '. durinir their absence by lueu whose appointment w ill be merely temporary.

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l BIS SalltC a. tae ElNS M 1 v : V

Is at sa pas

promptly Ueen , A r 1 1 :-."4 a. in

hibit the exports.! m of coal arv; terials. The bill to r -store Mrs. Sjrt-.r.s to c;t .r:.a.u i .

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

SibCharlm Hii.kk. a in. in'.er of the ltritish parliament, is quoted in an interview on the Spanish-American crisis as expressing the opinion that the t.vo opjx.sing fleets are .limit v. :i. v i a need and that, therefore, the decisive action will Im fought at sea.

Stx.BF.TARY I i Aue has aWWi acirr lar in which lie states that in case anyottieer. clerk or employe under the treasuiy department des. res to leave the tvrvi.s. t.-mporariiy to engage in the military service in the event of war, he may be reinstated at any time within one year. The queen regent presided at the Spanish cabinet council on the Has. scnor Sagasta. the premier, announced the depairture of Seilor Polo y lb-ruabe from Washington, an.l that the United Mates miuister. Wen. W.iodford. had been informed that it would be useless to present any note.

IOSTMATEK-iENEKAL (ABl tend, red his resignation, on the .'1st. as a tucinlier of tue cabinet, and diaries Kruory buiith. of Philadelphia, was nominated by the president to till the vacancy and promptly confirmed by the senate. Mr. liary's resignation was mti.-h regretted by the presideut and cabinet.

OX the 19th, at 1:10 a. m. session of the lth the report of the conference Committee on the Cuban resolutions, recommending the senate resolut. on. with the Turpie amendment eliminated und the words are. and" again inserted, iu the first paragraph was adopted by both houses of cougrcsa

The guns purchased in Kurop.- are arriving, and with them M.tKW.000 cartridges for the Maxim. Nor.b nfelt and Vi. kery-Maxim guns There are now in America '-'.'0 of these guns, running from t. ".-pounders to Mx-poumlt-r for Ii. M - and as secondary Lat teries la Use military tops of warsinp.

Tiik Spanish government, having rer. vc.l the text of President McKinley s ultimatum from Minister Polo, nthe -".st. di.l not wait for United fetatcs Minister Woodford to present Um ultimatum, but immediately notitied In in that diplomatic relations wer atan. n l. whereupon he requested and re. e i ved his passports, leaving Madrid th" .itiie evening.

'APT. Siusrek. who commands the tixiliary cruiser St. Paul, was given an impromptu ovation, on the night of the -'Oth. at one of the leading Philadelphia t heaters. His presence was Hot discovered until after the first act, when he was seen in one of the boxes, and with a burst of applause the cutire audience arose and cheered the Maine s commander for fallv II miaute.

Tliv. present cri-:s h:is been a most impressive object lesson to the L ulled States. When the WWfiMjOM raavo'c.l for national defense there was n.t on hand dve rounds per gun for our ships' of war. and even less for heavy batterit s in oast :e:- -. s. I'oe.-c w -.- . than 50jwj of the new Krag-Jorgvnson rifle, adopted by the L'nited States army, iu our ar n i.s. ( ..um .;. i re ULl.v said, oa the lsth. that lie houvd to have t ie New -. an -am! sau ! rane.e at la' . '. 1 -:! . but as yet had received u u '. :i .in fiwu sM sHts'j department of s-.ieh an assignment. li is reported that Spain is attempting to raise a f3J.uuo.uJo loan in London. May lrhas ken Battd as the da the launching of the United Stat battleship Alabama, in course of construction at Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia. Miss Morgan, daughter of United States Senator Morgan, will, it is Stated, christen the ship. CrRi's A. Bell, a miner, has been arrested at Itaitc. Mont., charged with attempting to burn Mrs. Marian iveliy aui her two children to death in their house. She had refused to marry hini. Thc perpetrator of the crime enters-S her aaWM 1st the early mornintr. loand and chloroformed her and her oldest daughter .and then set fire to the hous.-. Ib-r s.-,vams w.i.-u a .vaeic-d . t iliames summoned the neighbors who rescued the inmates and put oat tue dames. Tur steamers New York and Paria, chartered bv the government, hav been rechristened HarvarJ and Vale respectively. BÖ. Hi on the lth. order. '. the Oh.c national guard to be recruited to its maximum strength. MOfi The war lepartmcnt has praetieai'.y deciiied that the lirst call to arms will be for ni.o men. to le taken from the militia of the several states. lr was odioallv announce I in Ma 1rid. on the l'Jth. that negotiations were progressing with the ( a ban insurgents to obtain their sn .in s. 011 as a result

of further eoncessions. lot r inches of snow fell at Iron.'. d. Mich.. n the night of the jstn. Mani-

on the .'1st. ti the llritis.l SCAMsil se el a red. oa the I . a I . -. It was ...... .'uh. hat th. resort to priv, isii war.

American ona. left that eity, g his pape rs t.a

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i . .1 in t aseasv Ml N' ti . In ... April lit. At ::o SUnday nig.it t nar.es Stevenson, ar d trustee and active Wsewber of Avondaie M .. list Ki 'iscopai e urch. un d in t.. tiaifl of the elmrcii. lie was sitt .r..' in ids aecustorua-'il pttt until Lev. Mr. r.aiK ". the pastor, ea 11c i his attention to a you n -tvu pie Who WiTe i.i.-turhinj-th. n.cet.n r. s, v. DSon ar-r..-. a ci.a.r down the nials) and ocett i ied it near til ' couple. He s::t tiiere but a :ew ni nu.es wi;en he tili iea: from r.A'art I roe hie

tnat re'a

the A a -ricaa ctcd an I war

lady aniiouu.vd. on the United States will not ttcerin2 Uicnaeofa ;an-

U 'rna

in I. n l a

w:.s' t roved 'y lire that broke out. on the -.lh. shortly af. r noon. At a meet in of the Spanish nbl :i"t on the -1st. i'riine Minister Sagasta saiid that the p.-riil of tttO artnia iec deelnrod in Cnoa bad been tirtualis - . 1 , . , a J

IiTlumuu-'. uj ia ru:;.ire oi laipso atic relation wit a th I n: ted states.

ill :. i i iv . H . e.uirinun of the in. .iter a.Tairs cotuuilttee. iutro-

dticed a bill on t to .'I

ehi riency of the I nit 1 Si tune of war by lu ganizia; gTapbe .... A l.U. I. w as pa s. .1 in the tllst. rcslor.ug Nei.i loris. daughter of ticn.

J renship in the L'nited S.a

s in: -u . . ie.nr v, V. litt llo-j, on th.- ".'1st.

its character was tpsirtiaa1 and dat mcasares were ta cn U p.-. . cat ita exphasion. The llr;.zilian war s'a'.p Nietherov rc. entlybougiil by the Uaitc.l States. -I from Bio Jnaerio.on the .'Ui, fur t::i United States with tons of oal. Ü . imi: Wai th all. of Mississippi. I .n Washington at 5:30 p. tu. . un the -'i t.

ia is.- tba Ustea ar.ay in I a Heid els

in o'i a Orant Bar l.-ant. to e.ti-

I ir;i::iat-,

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

It the senrue. on the 99tt, .luring a brief opening m. Mr. Money (Miss. I announced the death of his coii Vffoe, Seuatjr Walthall. The senate tk t. went into i x-iutive session, itiring uiieh the eonfcyenOB r.sNirt n the To.untivr biil was arecl to. ...In the i . t! .ence rep..rt on the bill ttthorizing the presi.'.ent t call out the v.iunts, rs was agie. d to w ithout : eta T.. I'att. rvi.i-i armack nm- : -t ie -:..n ease was li-pised of, the sitting member. Mr. VOMetC, leinj' given the s.-at. 1 UK first prize ta'en by our blue ja. a. tswas t he Srianish steamer liucna Ventura :rm l'as.'agouia. Miss., for IJ -: ie.-.i im sritk lum er. Tue Naditili Ifei a hiank s!Mt. w.iieh the gpeaiard ttjswea, This was follow-d by a shot from a six-pounder. The Uoena s..tura inen surrender 1 with

I her crew of Si men.

Auvicls from Honolulu, iimicr date

fa l 111.' fl.l I .1 - I

i.M.m-.WrTr.-.Bu..iuri,.. " ,!- ts" o' t f,e 1 K h in . . st ate that it was ru rejx.rte.! a heavy fall of MT. adored liiere tha. Minister Bewail and tmm pneumatic gunboat esUv,us Atofirai MUier woeid take fomai pancasih asu cessful test of her g-uns in I n i( t,. iviill uh, t!.e n un - of Nsrragans.lt bay on the Itnh. lm. , s rsaneeeÄee station 0OU was .jtiot.vj at Buenos Ayrea. Uil t-lt. j;,;,, on the Wh. at ti.M. j Tmt BfuMb wpi gnulHut Temer(.ex. Mil as is quoted as saying that J raio ;uvl, Avt.rsn t:. ,t the army for the occupation of tuba K ,(i.,.Te1 u . ,.. ,., alta,.K ie hould not be less than o, dou men. Matv. natt.-s., p Ortffoa ami with a sufficient force distnl-utesl along ' . ,- ....

the Atlantic coast for concentration in case the Spanish should assume the offensive I'KF.sinrxT McKitxunr exp.-etcd to sign the uban resolution and the Ultimatum to Spain at the same tune, on the morning of the ?0th. transmitting ispi-s of the latter to congress, to Minister Polo and by cable to Minis;, -r II -UM I ford Ml Malrid. and then au.it Spain's reply, which would be due early oa the moraine of the -Id.

VtiAXS at Key West. Fla.. on the I'.'th. J Siiop'.l a memorial to President He Kinley reUesting him. after th.- Spaniards have been driven from t uba, to appoint Iren. Fitxhugh Lee g.vernr- i general of the island until a stable republican government can be estab

lished. At sioux Falls. S. D., on the t,th. 14 indictments were returned by the I'nited States grand jury against a numtier of prominent men in Nebraska ami the lllack Hills oa the charge of stealing timler from government land. I n sirmas i aäxox of the house .s.tnmittee on appropriations says that no war appropriations will be made except upon regular estimates frin the various departments.

which ieit Valparaiso, ou the lSih, for MoBtevMasv si. kktakv L o said, on the -M. that . .ipt. .saiupson had been appointed as "actiug rear admiral." it was suppos -.1 he Would be uaiued later as rear admiral." A nisiviti ii fmm St. Thomas, on the .l .1- A r. r. ! in. on lias broken

tout ill lue Ponce district of Porto Uieo, and there -s r.oiing all tnrougli the ia- . land. Ai Ti.it the cabinet meeting, on the I f2d, ii was aiiiiouuced tnat tue president considered r as on. and uoinuc

woul 1 ie lost in ton ing toe issue. F. At t -u s ni-.RVr.HiioKX. of New York cily. lias given ui tioeya. nt Free Ln.i lo toe ; overn .. u i I it uas bv II a.-.-ep 1 Willi tll.l.1 a (M atAai L.xo laid lown a bardand -last rule, on the .'.'d. forbidding i.i h .oal.oii couccriiiug deet movein its. v. i'ii announced, on the -M that t.i - i ounce .cut brigade would immediately be rc. rur. 1 to a war foiling. A RT Kl. ilcere wai fa t lei iu Madrid. oa tue .'.'!. calling out i0,A meu ul tue reserves of 1SJ7.

a r. ci.ii.ir Hsertoasx Ccki ItBi . In. I.. At ril IA. Bather ' a ptcu. ;ar marriiige took plac at DillsIkT". llav.d iray marrying hi granddaaghtar by a former u.arriii . c it v. ulii appear that the Crav family ln" .v.s in (eeuliar marriapsa, for Gray a fatl.cr married his steps st.-r. whose Mother was the aunt of his present wife. Ti.e paopla. at that potal i.ave dropped the w ar question nntlsreea u-avor.rg t snive th- relatioaship of iray to his w ife and of his w Ife to him. V. ill I ollow ( nlun Metlintls Mt m 11 . I :-i . A r.i la. Ttsos. Prutzman iia.s ..a-.-.i a big tarm -outn of the city and sent for a l u:.:i.i ; lauter for th- parpweu of cultivating tobseeo on en . .i . rat - s. ale. lie -ays tiie dei variation of Cuba, once tiie foremost ; t..i rceo-t rodueiti country, has made millions favo.-a1 io in th wav of I prima l raitivai . mg Um weed in this e.intry. He sa;. rie. - arc l"uiii to ( aurante preatlv in the near future. Am ardrd f-;.-u rr l' - iual Injurie. .N. iii i svi.i r. ini.. April Is. -The jury in the ca.v f V.nt .a .hn kson against the Atitt-riean Carboi V . re- , t.irncil a verdietssrardiaetk plaintiff i Moment for 8.. out) for personal in-juri.-v Jacks n was einn.oyel by the cm: any. a'i-i wiiii.- on a sea if '..! oilin' a siiaft he slipped and fell, par" miment.y iajnriar his ankle. The acri icnt resoitc I in the n t oa tae

grounds of coa tr.i.utory aagrlifcnea. Bsbasn u. KaaMi Dsast M avlki v. led, April lß. Bobclrl H. B tii. me if the il.est ai iwealthlest citizens of tnis county is tlead at his home, on.- mile south of Waverly, after a long ili ne-.s. at tin- aire o:" J vears. II- was a pioneer, an i in early day ran flat boats fr.n Waverly to New ric.uis lb-owned fy-vera! of thai best :arms alonif Whit, river in Morgan county. He leaves a widow, on na:; i four i.ati-oters. KfcWea lr-ii: i rn I tf.rn. TirioN. Ind., April la The transfer nou-f of the I.ak Kr.cA West rn llai.roa'i Co. was destroyed by fire enrly "Sunday morning. Eleven freight cars, heavily loa ., i w .tu im r.-iiand s . were also eonsione l. I.o-- - partly in sured. K I'. E IIa .i. a Urcuian. in an attempt to extinguish the blaze, was strucr,- m Use head by fa.liiiL' tnnIxt. inflicting injuries Iroxu which lie will die. Wi.ul.ln'l stand s ( ill. Li wKt. lud.. A; nl H. The ra '.i-at-r fa-t'ry. wniih was to have r-suui.-d or erat ions after a six months' elose ..own. aid n.jt .-taru a . t. emplijyes refused to accept a U per eciit. re. na tion in their wages. Tue d iff r-en.-s may hm a:ljut l after a c:i-ul-tatiou with Mr. (.' n verse, of Ciicago. the new proprietor. a aasWatsseM OaOscstst fem Tom. Ind.. April HA -The Btacnbaki t llroth.-rs" Manufacturing t .. of this city, has rcivivcl t'rot-.i th TOn rmiicnt an order for ilKi arubuI'.iiiics, 50 to be i live fed in three w'!s and &o in four w- ks Tin-y will ic of the regulation Hücker type auopted by the I nit. d Stat-s army. Another Lu -'.. Ball S)li Marion, Ind.. Apr.. 2.1. The Marion City Kaiiuay to. and the Union Traction i ... have jierfe'ted a:i arraniren t.t. wi.:eh has (MM unner c in-i .. -ation f r some time. whercly this ci y aim Anderson wiil lie con n.-. -ted with'u Co uays i.y an cleetric railway. A-it.uri.- I .rririf Licht l'lant. At in its. In i., April 1V A few months a.'o the ety purchaseil a rifH aleetllfi liht plant, which is not oal self-sustaining, but also furnishes sufficient profit to save the city Si.sc.i a v. ar n stis-ct lighting. A nei water works and electric light plant w ill oo'i le I'll. iL

AT JEFF-RSONVILLE. st-.ini-r .l.oiie. l.i-raml llrlleof ili. ll. ii.N it.it. fur Bseeassi flat iaaeuMvnxs, bwL, April m The st. auiers .1 .inn s Lee, for tin- Lee line of Mi lupins, and the It -lie of the Ik-nds for the Vicksburg A I o-. i nvi . ie I'acket t o., are at ilowaris yaris ut .IclTerMHBvUle. ready to leave as smui as the water permits them to puss under Use bridges oeross the Ohio, Tha .las. SM is a model of palatial mai.ne a r' hi tee tu re s,ie is 41 fe.-t long. Li feet e. ni and six and on, -half feel hold, hue has a battery of three boilr The cabins are exceedingly hands. me. Portrait of t'apt. .lam. s Lee Mtd ant. B. Howard are in the main cabin. Tue Helle of the Hends is 210 feet long. :;-' feet be.im and six feet hold. She has three Unli rs. The eu-(-irie cylinders are eighteen inches in diameter and eight feet stmli . Botl boata ar- eqalpped with electricity. .riu' .r AeaaMtaL Id o..-i:m, n., Ind.. April la, Aftei being iut 12 hours the jury in the whiteeap trial brought in a rerdiel of lo ouittiil. Tin- nine defendants W re Indicted for whipping MUtoa boatbers, his ageti mother, and a jauag woman nuned T red way one day last August, but tii y had ftbomi M witneases to prore an alibi. Attorney General Ketchutn think the verdiet ::i :ins that the vietimc whipped theta Si Ives. 1,1. .ale , nr. i'.. i.Ai-oitTi:. Ind., April 21. Volvateei corps of women nurses will be organiz. d in Starke nntl Pulaski counties for M tv.ces in ,. iios I tall in Cuba and Florida. Volunteer oompanies are be iatr organised in every county in N.-rthcrn Indiana to respond to bv. Mount's cail for troop, w hen made. Two thousand itadi nt . ia to.' Valpa. raiso Normal college, including many sons of Ohio families, are ready for immediate dntr.

Implements of War and So Ua Shipped from New York lor Spaniards ia Cuba.

Wams t aM ui- i nit 01 Cass a Kokomo. Ind., April 19. Col, K.lwin liar, em an. of tnis city, left for Key '. st. 1 in.. ;. ;:s..,t in the cause for Cttba. llarlemaii. w iio is a veteran of the iate war. ;s over M y. ar of age, blind in one . ilea: in one car, lame in one leg and paralyzed iu 0:1c arm. Be carries several bui.ets in his body and iruw a pension for total disability. ttwwrsi on iimicf. VnvA&u ks. Ind., April i;. Sasenaaa Paytlow, living in ar Ihdton. while iriving from Ho. ton. drove d asiuail briiL'c arm herrse and driver were both drowa si, Xht man had been iriniing and tha bOtTSO was bUad, which tiee.itinis for his sad fate, lie was about 90 years old an.l haves a family in destitute circumstances.

Ho! I. oil 'I 0 Ijiiiu. 1mimn.uiu.im. Ind.. April 2'.- Durlag the night Thon Dngaa, of iieis ndorlf stn-ct. cut his throat from car to ear. but he (ailed to inflict a Intal fttrok II is M years old. With 1 -r-feet ealmn. s.s a inform..! his family, w ben they rushed to his U-ilsi.ie an ! deaan led sa explanation, that he had lived too long. r:i-.l li l.ri. lb im.mim.tox. Ind.. A'.ril Ml. Wat i'rnst committed aaieidc Tnoadij. He had been sutferin;' w ith tiie u'rip and became a raving maniac. He stringed himself miked, juinp.-d out of tiie windoW, cut hi.s throat with a razor an.l ran to a well and Jatnptd in. Several ;, i ars ago his fathi r baagsdl himself.

im. l en n mi. nt- Oal "f in- n Ian an wol :s. April 1. flea. Low Wallace, the famous soldier, iplotnat and novelist, who was Tl years old A 1 ril 10, has formally withdrawn from the race for the L'nited states

! teaau an.l annonn-. ! t.iat lie Will en- ! ti r the arm;, ami light for Cuban iud - peadeaee.

Meet iiuriifNi. i'AOLti Ind.. April 2'. The barn ol Mr- Beniy T..-.. near Rroaaar, thi roaaty, with eight head f Isorai, mm DOW, fe l. harries onti lot of building mater. ul, burned about daylight Tue. ia . laoraieg. Origin of lire unknown. No iBsarnnc .

Oram seal la HM Meee. Ksii-.htstown. Ind... April 20. Kd Haldl rnmii, w ho came to this city from Mid i 1 town. . aljottt two and a half

years ago. w as drowned in a mill race. Iiel s.1.1. l-nlr. Koi. 1. Mo. Ind.. April 20. John Harper, a fruit f aimer near town, died uddgBly Taf day. Two weeks ago he waa hurt by fading out of a wagon. Indiana 11 brrnlan Meet. I t. Way.nk. tad., Aprii jo. Tat Indiana state tonne,!. Ancient Order of Btbsfaiaaa, is la session here. President Ollara. of IVru, pr.siaing.

Took .rrnlc. BVAMMTIIXM, lad., April 2 '.Patrick llarty Tuesday coin mitte. I suicide by takiag arm nie. lie becam desondt nt over cesivc nrink.

W 010 Sl.'i.llll.) Dinorrf.

Madison. Ind.. Anril M Mrs Nel- , lie Fitch Ines- , M,ed the C. f.. C. A : M. L. railroad for MMM damages be

cause of an ace ;cDt.

I. M . U Ht llorr.l.lr Psatli lit siivii 1 1:. In. I . April 2U. A four-car-ohl daagfctsf ' wm. Wilson, a promiii'-nt farravr. living a few mil a north-east of town, feil nto a p.t of boding ater arnt w a fatally scalded, ishe ilied durinir the lav.

.ini. 1 fur Marglaqni Mram . Ind.. April It Harry Low- . a hitherto popular young man of seit; . wasii-nsted Monday chargeil M 1 11 Isurgmrlainr an auction store tSUadaf niirht. Win n his room was searrhed a large MMMtH of riotttluf mid furnishing gwils were fotiDd. Uis in jail. le.li.oe, t ol nnlt-isv I M! a N a I'oi.l , Ind.. April 20. Ilea MeKec and Oapt Curtis, arho. with Lm.iV Mount, eonferr l with I'nited States government officials, say that o rail may be made for 2.0UÜ Indiana volunteers.

fO BE EMPLOYED AGAINST AMEF mi

I lie Wirl LAM Slrsincr I'1mIiik !., ; iiiiuiN of tin. IpaalafUa iisi. u smn iht nssf mu s,n ,1,,,, lt Krtiardlmw of Ihr lllo. U.i.l.' ,,f SSSS I'orlK. HtU Vouk. April -.'. The mm raj. aablc implements of warfar- v il vtut port to-day for the Spa nis ; army in Cuba. They are actually ra ring forts, protected by st--l urn,... .Hid are designed to be used on ' ., . roadt to protect the spaiiisli sol . ra .ti their contests with Isitii the i troops and those of the l llite i , who may laud in ( una. Tinbeen loaded on the New Vrk arr! i tuuil . steamer Aloe. leiie. Ti.i Kteaater which is known as a Hritiali steamer, w as chartered re. i iit Aiucrieau eoiupnny. win. hi-. . known 11s the Ward line. The cargo f the steamer. ;i - far at knowa, eonslata of a large ti provisions eonolgand tt sp.u, 1 n f. ehaats iu Hnraua la addition tj moving forts. The steel ears, , are of the box-car type and to F. il. Canto, Man.ani! 10. i deaigaed ior the use of t.. ish troops. Fha car. structed to run on I gSMgt railroad, and we're intended t b.- us.-d by Ucn. his caiapalga in the eastern - oi una, but will no.v be D - emergency that may ari--. rt l.irmidabie-looking mi lira, en b coustructetl of wool. OMJ Beren-eightha of an inch t I arm r plate, They are each 25 feet in lengtu and nine icet high. Oa . i the cars are 1" loopholes for A long the string p. ee. s re tin Sj ih words "lerro carril which beiag translated m. . uiil.tary car." A. ti. Smith, secretary of t e Xew irk ami i una line, when us . jguxd to these cars, said: Vc have s-ut 11 aamber of the same tleserip ion t Cuba pri eta t uis shipuieiit. The two can 9 r ing ou the Aloedene were t. ha aJhippai ou the Niagara, wn 1 srai purchased by the l uiled Slatemeat. In addition to the two in.. u hleh Mwata placed oa the the Ahx'tlenc, the s!ii;j ! .s ;,a unusually large cargo oi pn rhUOM for Havana. 1 . arid Santiago tie CUbo. i cargo, coiisisling of corn. dried salt meals, would nave . .. oilur time excited eouai I r cotsr incut amuig the men who are Csia I a with shipping interests, but interest u added by the fact that seve.-n. .steamers of this saiue line hn the last two weeks carried rarguu eUaal to, if not larger, than t rictl by the Aloedene. The '.. . e. :tv incuts made were by the eap ;.n "1 vc-'-els, which w.-re either loading 9 uuloading' at Kast river pi . aea where the Aloedene was taking ou iitf cargo. One of the old captains. ing over the vessel very ear said: Well, the Spaniards art ' r tainly (getting enough suppl.es fp-ai t he I lilted Mutes, even if u.i: - n on. The Aloedene has aUOUgil provi aiouaau ixarii to Mad the S for at lenst a week or ten days other vessels which have Ik-cii -1 recently for Lübau istrts have lud similar cargoes. v guess the itirds are preparing against t i raiaj season, even if it showers .-hell, instead of the usual df pa 81 . alcr.'" At the otliee of Isw stcan. little information was given ou: a!i'i'. tuecargo of the Al.s dene in I aighl after it was aiit'.ouuced Croat Wa tm that the fleet at Key West h i ! hew or dered to sail for Cuban water .lo'iu . Paf rat t, manager of the line, vi "We have already heard of '. sa''' lag of the deet. but that aha age our plans in the least "Will yur s.iips attetupt to r i I uteekada if one stiould ba eatablisaed His auswer w as: "We will see atsiut th'it WBi i tin time eo.aea We will wuit and w hat turns up b.'st. '" Th Aloedene received her clearance pajH-rs late, but her cm ; manifest has not been Baad pu It is aiirioiinecd by the lino thai IM atuMMMMU ilargeaaad Bagara nca ere to bac sailed to-niorr rUMM and other Cuban ports. B sail until Monday, and it is p that they will goto Mexican porta MM will not stop at Havana. The " coastwise lines from this jnirt ar t inning their regular service. . i, i issued no notice of sllspens on " Uc. The steamer Arcadia, for I ' '" If mum porta, trtth general eergo oi tut rcliandifie has sailed.

I.lntvl I'p IT the ulant'Mt for III ' " Kky West, I la.. April 21. - 1" it is reported here that the I Males licet is lined up off the ' -oast for blockade. Oathntta ii National Oaeaau. KttsAS Citt. Mo.. April U 1jJ i'n.f! CiiriKtoii sm of v-CoilJTi :l

i ...ii l-s Funston. of Kans i through Kansas it v en ro.i

Washington, w her M gOMB OB from the war department to for tlutv at once. I 1 returaed mmm from Cuba months agv. to tUMOtur fnnu n gn wound received in a skirmish ii riiting for the Oabuua H ha I two rears in Cuba, taking pJrt ' -..... ln,n.i,l'inl .,,,. ..Tlt-Ilts '

IU. 1 1 I I ' I j ' ' ' I. ' , .. a. w hat his duties will be. HJ I 1 j ixiu'J not say.