Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 36, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 May 1898 — Page 2

EEKLY COURIER.

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JASPKR

I V I I N A

MAY 188.

On the . Ucproseutat ivc lirout of fercd u resolution in congress thank- !( GmMMAB DUWOJ and ir mil iti 11(1 hmi t the ran of rcur-admirul.

It ia believed in political rlwlw in llerlin that America htu. goloo d UM pri.c she really had in view, having proinis-,1 not to annex Tuba, hut 'iviuj no aowlon as to the IMii 1 i ppini'-. Thk house committer on foreign affairs discussed tin- Hawaiian MUH t ion resolution, on the Mb, hut took n. definite action. It was claimed that u majority of the committee favored tin. it solution.

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Thk lift auxiliary cruiser It. 1'aul with t apt. fttgebOU on the bridge, left Cramps' shipyard. Philadelphia, on tht 6th. and steamed down the l- law I I . river to Deep Water l'oiut, where sh dropped anchor. Thk situation created bv the defeat of the Spanish licet at Manila i reyarded as Doing deeply interest ing U Japan, Mit is taken tor grant I that it presages the dow nfall of the Spauish power iu the east. M Aim.'.! liiw was proclaimed iu Madrid, on the -d. owing t the attitude of certain political parties upon receipt of the news from Manila. The whole garrison was held ready in the barracks for instant action.

C UK BENT TOPICS. THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. To, sfiLi-c was not in session ou tbcWth

Tut" president annouinv, on t tie 4th. that he would shortly pardon ( apt .h.lui I. Hart, of the iUBtf ing steamer I. aura la. sei v I n g I t w o years sentence in toe penitent i.irv for his ( uhan tilihiisterinr opcral ioi.s. MaYOO .IM.I Mil ls of St. I.ollis has designated May H as "IVivev luy,' when will be celebrate-1 in the moat patriotic manner possible the great victory by the Fnited States navy iu Manila bay on the 1st. On the Ith the secret nry of the navy sent to the house a dctieh my est. mate 0f 30,975.500 tor thi remainder of the present fiscal year, und ou account of the tiscal year of UM, l'Atit of the Passaic rolliug mills nt I'atterson. N. J., was blown upon the 4th. One man was killed and three injured. I. image to the w (k s. s;."..U0ft Hum with a Lhrbted torch is stalk

lag through the cities and towns of I paiu. TUX Chili-Argentine question H rap- ' idly assuming the acut- stage. Till latest thin iu the way of war

11 OOS I Kit HAPPENINGS

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In tic ti i use tlir days wssion was c.e- preparation is llie assembling 01 u mil v..t,.i eelegy to OB tdsratlaa at UM (OBfer- f t.,, Hiera at New York. Thi looks as r'!Vrt ,,,e ,m;.J! :l,'I,'''1VhVTe,,'Vrt ' 'f i trip bv the Americans to the other prex-ntrd by l-balrmau Beetelta the rsnort . . . . . I. ,.,.

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Thk senate committee on military affairs held a special meeting, ou the 4th. for the purpose of devising means of increasing the etliciency of the signal corps of the army. ben. I lively, chief of the signal service, ww before the committee. Tnic cruiavr Topeka (formerly Diog HM) arrived safely at New York, on the 1st. after a tempestuous voyage across the Atlantic. sue proved herMil a good sea-going craft. She brought a large consignment of llotcnk iss gun aud ammunition.

At'Miitvt. lKWK has been honored by the people of New I rleans. The street that has heretofore been known aSpain street was formally rceiiristenod Dewey street, all the Spain signs being replaced ly thON hearing UM name ot the famous admiral. Skikki AiiY tiAoK has 0080 offioiall notified that the aiyidian LToveruinent has now established otlnes on tin? passes from lv . a and Ska niay. where lic'iises may he obtained by those crossing the mountains ami desiring to engage in DÜttlog MMMttiM Alaska border iu British territory.

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furttiero MMWN ont'-nM In tUe senate, in DM tl, 9fMl war meat un s were pasM 1 wbii'U. not witlistau.liiiK ttieir luiporliin.e rli. ue.l uo wor.l of iietate. The most lnnvortaiit of these, probably, us the

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pr,.prutlo:i of Mb.fH.t4i A bill HOTMlag fOf the enlistment of mini m-n in the south im

mune to yellow fever for an engineer brigade us i,ss,sl In the tu use tin- pusai,'e ;

the MMRfBtVOf war appropr.ati in bill wa the I teature of the ilay's iiroeeaiaifs The naval t ! tpproprlatiou bill, reported from SMfWf nee i -Kit!, ihe nrtivisioa to allow nuvinent of naval '

; ofDcern for the use of their inventions HtrlckM j out. was passe t Thk neoate was not in session ou tue 3d In i tie lieu sc. in the niiilst of an uneventful and uninterestiUK ses, n ilevo'isi to the ionsiilra- ' MM of private bills, an aenmonloiis iliseusslon I e, :i nu mbers on the ucui'ieralic side was ' precintate.l In an aitaek up m those democrat. o iiieiiibers who hail Voten with the republieatis In Miipporl of the revenue MIL Several bitter speeches wt I ma !-- on boih slJe of the j question. 1 Is the senate on the 4th. a resolution, pro- ! poilng in ainilwimi totlrtltoiloal the j t'nitcil Mat-s relaiiUi; to rlie kui'.'. ss! m to the ' presi leiu-y an I v e --presiileney when- those offlc-rs arf Ineapaeitatisl front any cause, was ' adopted, an MMMMMWI r i.li lor an ineoaaetw, offentta Mr. Mais (TML), kaviag first b.en defeated after a sharp d-lmte in which that eentleoian was severely iritieised ' for n.b avoriint to defeat a popular MMriMM by an unpopular rider .In the house a reolu'.ioii tot the rejMjul of an aet proktbtttag the passage of Importations in I'm hi i I throu.-h the larrttOf of the rnited Slates ait 0 the free MH of Mexico via- passed The conference report UMu the fortitteatlons bill was iopted IN the MM, on i he Mh. aim s. th- entire MatoaWMgtVM UP tithe consideration of the post o Bh appropriation bill, wlndi was HMOded In several particulars, ulo- inure iraportautuf JwUleh were the striking out of th apprepriation for rural fr-- i . . -t v unit to prevent star route contra ors from sub-let-tiii' their routes. A bill was pass I gtvtaC the president Increased powers in providing for nee. y Inhabitants ,,f Tuba In the imu, tie- Alaska lau. I Mil and the labor arbitration bill were passe 1. The house adjourned until the Ulli

Tin: American legation iu Constantinople has reecivetl more than -.on offers of volunteers for the American navy, chietlv of (ireeks, some of whom declared themselves ready tu pay their own farea to the I'nited State in grateful remembrance of America s aid in UM rcck war of iudepcinlciu e. Wokk at the I'nion iron works at Saji Francisco on the United States battleship WlMOtMÜI is delayed by the non-arrival of her armor plttfl Otherwise the completion of the vcasxd is being rushed with all possible speed, over .I.0 H men being employed in the yard, working night ami day ah if t.s.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AtvoitlHNo to a rep n t published iu London, on the I I. -the Hritish am baaka lor at Washington, Sir Julian rauueefote, is to he auccee led by Sir Thomas II. Sanders in. K. C B K. C M. ti , the permanent under secretary of state for foreign affairs, one of the most t perieueed diplomatic ollifers in the Hritish service.

A Ain. dispatch, on the Id, aaid that the seeuiid Sipanisli s jua Iron, consisting of the war ship I'elayo. AlfOflKl XllL and Vittoria, an 1 I n.imber of maller ships, ha I nearly completed its preparations for active service, it was rep irted, h .a ever, that great liftieulty was experienced in Otting out the ships owing to lack of imiicy.

Thk Spanish government received a cablegram from ien. BlMOO, OB the 1st saying that the Atuericau warships blockading lonfuoos bad capture I a Spanish merchant steam r. A colonel, m surgeon, six pflgtM aud three uoueoiiitnissioiii'd otlieers who were on board the steamer were detained an prisoners of war, but the civiliau paseugera were liberated.

1'Ki.KnuAriiii orders were sent t San fill 111 tfW. on tin- tth( to engage nine sU-iiin -i s of the I'aeitie Mail Co., which will transport, without ditliculty, an army of 10,000 men. Arrange melils were also made tosend a supply of coal, if Dewey shoabl ask for it, but this, it was believed, would prove unnecessary, us it was expe. ied that coal would be found ut Manila.

O.NK IMUXAIl AMI K1HV C K N is pet bushel w as the price of May w heat at the end of the session of the i liic.i. board of trab- on the :tli. Tliis re i resented an advance iu two days of j ceiita. .Inly wheat gained 9 cents.;

This advance was the most remarkable in many years. 1 amine of grain abroad and enormous sales of American wheat to fill tu-- empty grauariei ji Europe caused the advance. A MPATOfl from London, on the Jd aaid: " I'liere is no room for doubt now that Commilore D.-.vcy. of the I'liited States Asiatic squadron, has helled and taken Manila. The bomhwdoMMl waa in progress wheii airideuly cable c ioiiiiniiii-.it ion was bttt off. It ia apparent tllM the Spaniards cut the caole to pivvo U the intaut dispatch of news upon the part of toe American command. -r, which would precipitate open revolt in Madrid as boon as it became " -n orally kuow n.

Tut: atate department has learned hroii'di its secret uircnts that the

wreck of the Maine in llava na harlsir has been destroyed by the Spanish authorities. The information has intenstied the desire to Avenge the Maine." CfKoiMiK K. How man. associate editor of the Appeal to Reason, has been compelled to leave I iirard. Kas . on ai tint Of a slighting remark about the BtSTC and Stripes used in an article criticising; the Worship of the Hag by UnAmerican people. A si'Kcui. dispatch from Vienna, of the 1st. says that Austria is secretly

aiding Spain, and that (treeee is about

to sell, t h rough a third party, her trirce finest warships, to the Austrian government to be transferred to Spain in lieu of s-'i-ie petty obligation. A DtaPATCH from Uavcnna, capital of tlkfl province of that MUM I 'cntral Italy, sa vs a bread riot o-eurred at t he

village of hognia Cavello on the -d. I he troops tired on the rioters and wounded live of them severely. It was suggested at Madrid, on the ad. that the half-breett M Manila arsenal, insurgents at heart, cut the cables connecting with the submarine mines, enabling Dewey to force the hiirlwir in safet v Ai two o'eloek n the uiorning of the Jl ii mob tried to break into the Apollo theater, in Madrid, to hold a manifestation. 'I he poHoa prevented, but windows were broken before the crowd dispersed. A aTCBCtaJi from Madrid, on the L'd, aaid: Weyler declares himself ready t return to Cuba and undertake the

leadership of an aggressive warfare against the l uited Mates army of invasion. Thk statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 2d showed: Available cash balance, S -1 .U0,tSt gold reserve. Si loL'H, IM. An'oitniMi to a dispatch froaCaulll to the L i Um Daily ( hronicle, on the IM. it is iu Utted that orders have been triven for a licet of tlve vessel to start

for Cuba on the 15th. I'kix k Km' mi, president of the teung li yanien.or i hinese foreign oftiec, died in I'ekin on the 2.

A km K.n men are guarding the Aetna powder mills at Miller statlOQ, Ind., day ami night, for fear the works may be blown up by some Spanish sympathizer. Tn First national liank of t'artbnge. N. Y.. closed its doors, on the 3d, the president of the hank having absconded. I.N response to a telegraphic reqoesl received from Miss tiara llarton . I he SentraJ t'uhan relief eommittce of New York --Ir.pped from that city, on t lie 41'-, in one of the outgoing IttMMfl of the MUlilOry line. I tons of fis 1 for theiilban refugees at Kcv West. Ha. A hi U I s i special says thai one of the olTlecrscaptured on ho ird the Spanish sleamer Argonauta is reported to be a brother in law ol'iicn. Wcyler. I'm -i to n i I oi i. has sent u long commnieatiofl tu President McKinley, offering t o t ransfer t he I law uiiau is 1 audi) lejthe United states for toe purposes ol its war with Spain and to furnish the Amcrii an ships of war in I'aeitie water with large iiantitlM ! coal, MUtpllM aud aiu uiiuitiua,

I'm roval family of Austria is said to

have placed the situation clearly before the quoea regent of Spain, and to have assured her that the preservation of the present monarchy demands thut she retire. A change of regency i.- , pected. TMCra are uneontiiincd reports of heavy losses on boar.! the American

vessels iu the battle of Manila bay. but la the absence of direct new s from Commodore Dewey they are not giVM eredeiicc. althouh it is reasonable to suppose that our casualty li.stiaof no small ; proportions. Thk senate, in executive session, on the 4th. eon ftr med the nominations of

11 major ireaerala, including Fitshvurh

Lee, which had been sen; in earlier in the lay by the president. In the case of Senator Sc .veil, of Ni-w .li-rsey, tincontinuation was Immediate. IlKAIt AlMii:l. S vmi son s ih-et. which left Kcv West, on the Uli. it is said.

will steam at full speed to Porto Kieo, cither to destroy or occupy the coaling station as a uaval base before the Spanlah aqaadroa arrives, and then put to s.-a and try to euga.'e the Cape Verde tlect. TMt torpedo-boat Kriess m has been fearing ila se the j.lth. It is feared she may have sunk. Sue lias not been seen by any of the other vessels iu Admiral Sampson's squadron sine.- n terrific gale struck them on that day. aud it is known she was short of coal. AtioitniM. to Capt. Little of the tishing schooner Antonio y I'aco. captured by the gunlioat Newport a few day s ago. Havana is on the verge of famine. food is hringin.' fabn.ous prices, and the people arc COMeqneMt ly attanfjUaff. Hoi roast beef am' ':en. radishes, oniot otatoes. hi nutter, jelly, ban. in. oranges, codec and cream

were scrv.-d for dinner to lCMt MMMt at t amp McKinley by the ladies of Des Moines, la.. OB the Btfek On the Ith the liqttidaHnff trustees of the Standard il Co. deelared a ipiarterly dividend of three percent, on the corporate stocks in their hands, and an tra dividend of live per cent. 1 ill, statement of the condition of

i the treasury issue I on t lie Mh.sliow a li

Available cash balance. 9311,894,990; gold reserve. $ 1 II .'..'40. lis. TilKthird class Herman cruiser Olga p issed I'ctcrheud. Scott latnl. on the öth, tly ing the plague Mag.

Told in Brief by Dispatches lrom Various Localities. laalal paaaaaiaiayi rlaaa Terre Haute. In,l., May I Thecolo KlMltlM coinuii.s.siiiii of the Social Democracy makes a formal aiinounccaaeaU that tiit- report of the Hist uttempt to establish a coopi rat ive comi.ooiwealth hiing made in Kansas waa erroneous and arose from the fact that the Cooperative Commonwealth cOtaV p.ny Mis incorporated in that state. The reason for the select ion of Kansas for incorporation, it is announced, was because its courts were more sympathetic to t lie socialistic ideas. Its chief justice and the majority of the supreme

court of the state avow themselves to he socialists, while the legislative and ex- j t out he branch are much more favor- I able toward socialistic ideas thnn those j of nny other state. It is said thatcoloateo will soon be established in Ten- i in ssec. tTMhtngtoa and Colorado and a Idaho aaj Kansas later on. "The main purpose of concent rating! social- j Itto in sparsely settled states will not he abandoned, even if we should start i ip Tennessee n a hegiunii'g," it is added. Definite itatemenl of tha 1 . ,n ,t j i

plans is wunneia unui inc arcua nr ihe hind have been see und. Teeepe Maateeetl in. Indianapolis, Ind.. May 6. The niuatering of the national guard into the regular aCTviec has bcgint under the dlreclioa of Lieut. W. T. May. and will soon he eotnpleted. Private telegrams received Indicate that after the troops have been muster- d in they will be s. nt to Washington. The phy.-ical examina

tion made by the surgeons is very si net,

i especially m regard to che-! meaaurc

m nl and expana on. An order was received at the an uttering headquarter reducing the minimum Until of weight from IW to M0 pounds. This ehaOgO helped many a private through the examination. About SO tuen out of the number examined up to six o'clock were rejected. Tbl mm are compelled to stand around at ripped while being examined, and the cold and rniny WeatbeT makes this quite a hardship. I'.uis far no oommiaaioBcd office ra baee been rejected, A haadsome flag waa presented to (be Second regimonl bj the Dangh tcrs of the He volut ion. .lohn L, iri fii;ps, ,i promlnenl Indlanapolla lawyer,

mude tlie presentation speech. l 'll-sl I In II I llnll . ISoiiy. im!., afajr B. Raring began at the Like - de trank here Thoradajr. It waa the first day of the local turf aea son. The meeting will last 10 di., the season aüovv cd um! r the lawa of the statt. The opening vva. an entire success. Tin- .lay was diaagl ec.bly Bold and wet, but n surprisingly large crowd vv.isiit the pace. The grand stand was we'! tilled and .1 perfect crush inarkul the day la the betting ring. Th- re -. i re ai U Ml UMM persons at .he track. Kerarol He w Uar KoltOOSO, Ind.. May li.-Mrs, Janut Ball, of Qreentown, drove to this city to visit relativ s. While here Mrs. Hall I., came so interested in the war bulb-tins that on starting home she fir;ot her bahy. driving the entire ten in i I ps without missing the child. tin ranching home the familv made iaquiry an to the vvhereahouts of the km by. "Why. bless the child. I forgot nil about Im r," said the mother, whereupon she

in ve back to Rokomo and cot her.

Tho I. 'an ! Expected to be in Admiral Simpson's Possession Withta a Day or Two.

Ameiican's Didn't Lose a Ifta Manila, Nor was Am Their Ships Dam .

SIGHiriCANT REMARK OF A SENATOR. ; ONLY SIX AMERICANS ARE WOUNDED,

lie iiaii .inst Ham Talkie: arttbllan Waat Oeat aioi tmbanty Votced Hoaae lafwe im i too n- Heal viixoiii.i Nameraaa niifi- I'nearaaateaal fallan i yea in I 'r- 1,1 ,-o I Washington, May 0. Thero were many eonfercnci s be Uveen the proiilcnt and aeaatora and representative during the day. TttO Bra) co.iu r vv ns Hanta tor BurrOW K, of Michigan, who calletl to pranant aoaaa frtenda to the ptaaldent. A" be ic.t , in- laid : "Kvery thing is moving along smoothly and well. What we want now i I'orto Kica. W e ought U have t li it tumorrow, " ill it be us soon as that, senator'.'' "Yes," wit the rcapouae, "probably in n day or two. " While refraining from saving w lint transpired daring his interview with the president, his statement that tho seizure of i'orto Kieo is e.pected to bo effected in u day or two ?sa thought

by his hearers to be sign i lii unt . having bieii made immediate iy alt -r t he m-ii-atu-left t he president. tllOllgtl he vvoiiht not say the president, bad given him any Information. Senators l'rye and Hal-, of Maine, reapectiveljr membera of tha foreign relations committee, und chairman f Iba naval affairs coinmittcc; Henatoea A Uiaon and i ic.ir, of Iowa, the formev ehalrman of the senate eoanilttee ou appropriation t; Kenator IHatt, of Now York, and Kcprcscm.ui ves Cttfi is. of Kansas, and Wudsworth, of Now VorU. were among the euriy oalkjfa at too W hite Mouse. The two Maine lenatOTI stntcd on leaving the White Houat that their mission had no eon.ic on with tUo general situation. WILL NOT SUSPEND DUTIES.

ATE NEWS ITEMS.

In tha aenate. on the Bth, a hill was

passed ti incr.-asc by i the b amber oi Mirircons in the army, ami to nalhori.e the einployiuent of contract aargOOtta A bill authorizing the estahl islitnent of post ofBeaa in aalHtary camp , and josts went iver under ohjec t ion An umenilmeat to the jwist office appropriation bill providing for the redttCtlofl of M j er eeut. in the compensation of railroads for curry ing of mails, occupied most of the session, and was pending when the senate adjourned until the Villi. . . .The house was not itl session. N i ws w ns received on the morning of the 7th from C ommodore Hew . b) diapatcfa boat MeCnlloeh, ela Hong Kong, to the effect that iu thefnmoni bntUoof Mnnila hay. on the 1st. the A mcrieans didn't lose a ship nor a man, und that only six sailors were wounded, and those only slightly. None of our ships were damaged. Tha Spanish loss was :ton killed and (KJ wounded, and II of their ships wer. sunk. Tan French line steamer Lafayette,

sei.c.t off the aoaat of uta nod lowed t,. Key West, on the th, wiw proiuptljf released by the state ilepar t incut ami ordered sent back under escort, the vessel baaing secured permission before leaving France to land paiaengf ri und mail at Havana, under promise to discharge no freight. ( KltTAiN powers, it is understood, again made overtures tobreat ltritain. on the 0th, looking tO intci veiitioii iu the war between pain and the United Mates, hut (beat britaiu persisted iu her refusal to take part in any such move. Coiti'oitAi. Ci.i.Aiiv. of the New Orleans police force, was shot aud killed bv I negro on t he lit h. but er l lie s.i me negro shot and killed hollaa IMBetf Trump. A crowd chased the murdct-

e.. and he was tinully riddle! w it b bullets. IJl-KKN llll'lh N I t IIUISTIN. again appealed to Kmperor rVaocla Joaeph,oa thaGlh, in favor of Buropann InlnrTon tion. an I the Aust ro lliingaruin forOign unnister ailircsseil a note to tlie powers on the auhjeet. A I to Mr. special, on the Htb, asserted that the pope had sent a telegram to Iheqoaea rogonl of Spain aanannll advlälUg mi iiniuediate apfMOl to t he Km-opeaii powers lor uiedtatiOB in the w ar wit h America a ipci tat front don Joan, i'orto ßlco, on the mh. mid that preparat ions vcro being made there for the reception of the tpOnhdl t ape Verde is, and tlcet, the arrival of which v ia OXMCWal alinov iu hi ularily.

li.iill.l-. r.leel Olllo-rn. Maw ie. (ad., .May d. The Indiana Dental aaaoclation clnseil its tenth annual meetiiur here after selecting Marion its the place of meeting next J ;ir and fleeting tha following officers: PteaMent Dt N. W. Hlatt. Marlon: vpreeldeata br. H. Marrbwn. CoeaoravtUe; secretary and traanrer, P. R. Heaahaw, M I i -1 t vv i: . i-M-cntlve cnnimlttrp. I b. tine, Indlaaapoiia; A. T. White. New-.-utlr, and Frank Marlir. Muncle.

i artti De way Danville, In!., May fi. Mcndriclca Bona t j wus ropreaettted iu the battle of Manila. Leon W ilson, son of t apt. .'nines Wilson, living near K.iinstovv n, I n BteUibef of the itcvv of the Mcl iillougb. lie bus hren in the navy four years, two of which were served on board t ha Brooklyn, Pameed a n ay. Huntington. Ind.. May . Frederick Dick, a pioneer resident of Huntington und one of the city's wealthiest nu n, dod at the r.ge of 70 years. He leaves five children, Mr. Ihck was half owner i.' tin Citlgena' hank, and possess d a

vast amount of other property. Mn$ Miiownf iirm. Smith Baad, Ind.. May (i. A light fall of snow began hen shortly after ten a, Hi., Being followed shortly hy I Bold rata. Fear- arc entertained that much . .mage will result 1o crops. Sotiler CTnlfaa Mnnr. Booth Itend. Ind.. May 6. Schuyler C I fax. only son of the lute Vice President Schuyler ( 'olfax, w a.si leeted may or by a inn jority of Tis. l-'lre n Vir vrlanrt. Cleveland, ).. May 0. The hig sixatory brick block nt the southwest eorner of Hank and Lake streets arai got ted by fire early in the day. The Hr( resulted from an ex plnsion of c In in ieiiN in Itiamiin's eheWlng iriim f.'K-tury mi tha fifth tloor of the Brad ey end of tin- build lag. Nearly n dOOta niunnfaetnring aoooerai oocapjlng tho sevrral floor- sulTered Ini's inng'ng from $..imi t tMOOO, The total los sylU amount to nhout UttVDQO, ((inrr-l Mit ln-lr PnthOfV San Frntieiseo, May fi. A struggle fnr the eoate 'v f the persoa d Adolph R utrn, naillionntn and ea-mayot of 8aa fraaeltOOi took place nt Sntro Rright between Dr. Kniina Met ritt, the I jj a 1 gunrdinn of the BVraonnl estate of her fnt'ier, md her sister. MlM ("lam Sut in. ihr fofitf Mtceeeding In getting her fr.tl.i r to lo r I) nine.

ii..' No i.iiiii i-i tin- tbtllij ot Bpsla tu BOeekadi tae Porte t i Battesl state. Bnwi.fif, May ii. In the rotehatna yesii-niay Huron Von 'l"hic:..i i:m. sce-rct.u-y ol the imperial treasury, reply ilia: to an Interpellation, ileebared the

govern ment had no intention of asking the bnndearath to suspend tbo dutias on grain, lie added that the fears of u blockade of Aincr.cati ports wore enaggeratetl ; as.-:-t.-i .Ii.il there was jo likelihood of aUCh a lilocUadc, and aonolndad with tbe remark thnt ia any saaa, the Canadian route woo Id reoaiai apan. Continuing, ilaron Von Thidmau said a temporary caunge in the dutira will no. ohoapan hi-. -ad. hut it would severely injure the ugrieiil t m ist s. The dealera, he a Ided, would be the tmlj persons to beni lit by the change. Foil, he said in conclusion, if the situation alters essentially the government will reconsider the question. Count Poeadovrnkr, minister for the interior and representative of the

liuuccllor, then announced the c. r -- monv of closing t ha naaaloa vv. mid take place in the hall of the white castle it ten o i lo k to-day. The prceediiig ; closed with cheara for Iba emporor. A SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT.

Tlie Sp.OlUh I wan line, ,i Kllh-il iiml gaai1 BhMMtMM Wi. , ,,., tevse f 'iiirir Vessels eere -..i.i, 'I he Vleliiry lln,- ut Ihe Uwl .. , M lllllllll III lllatorv. Ni:vv VoilK. May 7. A di-p.i' e reivci bere from Uong Kons ni the urrival there of the dlspal Met ulliK-b with details of l,, hoiuburdinciit of Manila hj the , ban Boat nndar fommodorc n v, . Tbe victory was tivervvhelai.u The Spanish loss wus :tuo ki 4uo n ounded. Bieren f their vt-ssi-is were . i... Tin- Aiinu -ieans did not !ik , nor wus a ship damaged. There were only six of the , . , sailors injured, and these bUl A .11 HU AN Sllll's sl l)i'fj'i Fleet i:e.t-il I MCSl ! " I Uli la m-iuoiuiiiiii; th- i : nt-in . Nkw Voick, May 7. -Th o. t an extra just issued, pib ,. patch from lloug Kong to 1 that news received there b ... lu ,, on the dispatch bout Md u ... the effaot thai the entire Hou

of 1 1 vessels was destroyed, Three hundred Spaniards u i i-i and MM wounded. No lives were lost on I 'inn : , hoats, hut six persons Were Not one of the America.! 1 ajnrad. AT W A s II I X ION . New Ke-ipil lll.ll Ihe aseaasl Hunt; K aa W AsiiiNi. roN. May 7. Th n i parlaaeat raoeirod u nable a (long Kong annonneing th thereof the revenue cutter K This is tbe only info; a: i' but the department c.. within the next three or fo

IJiU.-( ol. Lawton. l.rn. Shuflrr lunpeo-lor-iieiorai. Depens astasaly i rum Tuii rr Key W-tt. Tavii-v, Flu. May ti. The ataamoi Olivette, which bus been lying-at the docks at Fort Tampa, with bankttd tires lor several days, sailed suddenly for Key W est. o,i board warn Maua Col. W. II. Lawtou. of ben. Niiafter's stalf, inspcctor-gcnernl of the southwestern district, aud Commodore Watson. tn nooount of the near approach of the time ulieu the United Btatea troopn will be eallod upon to effect n landlog In Cuba, und the fact that CoL Lawtou is on lieu. Shatter s stall", a good deal of sign i licence is attached to the departure. It is supposed that Col, Lnvton'trip it for the purpose of gathering- all the information poaelbhl as to the movement of the Spanish lleet and the

disposition of the Spanish forces in Cuba, A conference prohahly will Ihj held at Key West with the commanders of the American tlect, at which a pian of co-operation with the I'uited States war vessels will be arrutigetl, ami all the details as to couroys aud protection Bgraod upon.

FimhI Klot In ihe Sanltli I'rut Ini'N, Makiuh. May 0 The disturhanTS Onnoad by the high price and scarcity of food continue in th1 Spanish provinces. There have bona frequent earnflieta between Um rioters ana Iba civil guards. At liar -loan there has been u renewed run on the bank, the holders of nntaa thminndlng silver. hHtln Dnaant LIS- Her Own Mrdlrln. MahihI), May .". It n. in. The Im parcinl, referring to Iord Salisbury 'I speech, suys: Sotli lit WashingtD and in Loudon the fact is solemnly ptoalalmad that robbery kakagni.'1 An fiaaanakNl Oasttsfannm Tamp a. Fla., Ma f. Licit. -Col, Lud.ow, chief engineer In charge ol tha defenses of New York: hiirli ir. uiiived in Tampa and held an x tended eoafov onoa with nicuibirs f lien. Khader's stilt'. Tha snbjecl nndar diacusaloo v. as not I ivcn out .

MADE QUICK RESTIX UTIÖK. lln- Freiteli Slenu r Ij4fiy,ln s, , ,;, i,, MUtitk'. rriiilly K"t-.i.. a nnl Bessffteal ni Havana. WaSUINOToN. May 7. n tionai difhValtjr connected wit seizure of th1 French steam La

ette has been remove. 1 by th release of tbe vessel Unmed notice of her capture rat fctate departiuent. The Mplanstioa for this action on the part u

ministration is gi ven in the St which fol lows, and Whiefa v a from the White House last n "The Lafayette was released in par BJWH Of orders which were iaSU tin- naty lepartmcnt previous la Iwr sei.ur!, but which had not been n"eeived by the comtuauding ofii en 01 the Vaaaala that made the CS The facts are thut on April -' thl French embassy male an in quiry as to whether the Lafaj which left St. Naanira, Craa Vera Cruz, by vuy of Havana, wur was leelured or hsforaaatio the blockade was received, vveu.d ! allowed t land at BOvaaa passengers, her mail bags and I e ,; patch hag of the. eBUveulate-general France and tak,- soine l i en . gers on board. An assiirane t n ' that, if this privilege should be granted, the steamer would bo forbidden ' l- roneh consul t land goods Phe matter was duly coiiulereil, and it was decided that, wit BOBt regard to the strict law of hkl us an a,t of courtesy, the request af the French governm.-ul shoa,-; ceded to. Orders were a. lOrd Ht sent on the second day of Ma W hen Infmaantkin was re ileed d the capture of tbe steamer and of hef having 0000 brought tO K these orders were hnumiiun .

captors, with instructions u i the steamer, and to see th.-t than were duly delivered, so that i be carried into effect. N 1 '"" was made either hy or 00 bah the French government, direct directly, for the steamer s n I The Wilmington escorted the ha cite to Havana last night

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i ii h-r; ifclai en Neath IfAontn, via larls, M r, t, it it ab lege. I two iru.i-elad-i. two crui s rs and Hires trnnspcls are aaa.it to leave Cad. I to drive lite Km v . i , fruiu Ma

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Lomo. May ' COrtOifl i ' 1 has hceu learned, bav. . overtures to breat brita n intervention in the u" Iwnoa Spain lad t'1" States, but ( treat Britain in her refusal to partlelpab-. I1 signitiiMiit fact that the br - ' authorities will imiuediab-1) sioa too b .t tic sli ps just anaap