Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 52, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 September 1898 — Page 6
WEEKLY COURIER.
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Tmk arbitration fft lasionfTS assembled for their tirst joint Iiumiii'm meeting at the parliament buildings in Quebec, 'an , ou the ".'.'ith. The meeting Wa absolute. private. PttaoMuri McKiaun has sent a lettar to Clritiee Commissioner .''im w.
left at Itellevuc hospital to recuperate. Ai'MiUAL Mil i. ni. who was Neat to llavwui to raise the American tlar. notified t lie navy department, on the MM, that the ceremony oeeurri d on the l'.'th. ami was both imposing und beuetieial.
PITRRFVT TfiPTPQ T,,K pwtalavnieiu now in oratio V Uli filial 1 UM 11 O, in the HauHiiaii islands m.l he r.
Tut president, on tlie I. answered the aspersions cast upon lapt. Sigsbce of the ill-fated Maine by t apt. Moreti of the late Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon by advancing l apt. Sigsbce t hree uumhcr- for "extraordinary boroia.'
Spanish will be added to the list of studies taught in the Chicago public achnols if Ir. E. Benjamin Andr ws. tlie new superintendent, has his way. Chicago's new educational ehief also favors the annexation of ÜM Philip pines.
A ruiKNMAi. convention of weather bureau meteorologists will Im helit at Omaha iu the BstddM of October. The convention will he opened by l'rof. Willis L. Moore, ehief of the bureau. Borrel! I J of Agriculture WilSOB may attend.
Havana papers express considerable douht. based up.ni a re-reading of PrsS latent McKiniey's message to OOBgrsai la.st April iu the light of recent event.
whether the United State government has definitely pledged itaeif to declare
Cuba's independence. Au'okuinu bo UBOffl Ial returns the Choctawg have, by their vote, ratified the agreement minle between the I hoetaw and Dawes commissioners. The negro frecduieu Were allowed to cast their vote and no disturbances took place, as was at tirst expected. Adwihax St ui.ev is confined to his summer home in Westport. Conn., bv illness, und no one except his attendants. ire allowed to see him or bars auy conversation with him. The illness is pronounced a fever, the character of which is not vet known.
TUE NEWS IN BRIEF.
JASPEH INDIANA PtHSONAL AND GtNLKAL.
lltsn Ltnot'CBBBB, in London Truth, sus that One of the salient feat in es of the late war w as t he manly, honest, generous and chivalrous conduct of the t altes Mates moons' incut forces ami people from the beginning to the eud of thv campaign. It ia only just to express the gent ral
Keller.of New York eitv.t bunking huu aom. ration wnicn the BOW for his kind treatment' of the soldiers l"lnVH'r' Us throughout Ku-
rope. MC of the unusual features for the thirty-second nut.onal eneaiiipiuent. i. A. U . in i iucinnati. Svntcmbcr .S to
It), will lie a war concert to be given on the tirst three nighlsof the ciicimpBsOBt week at Music hall, by three proininent local choral organisations. A omi any headed by Henry A Everett, a well-known capitalist of C leveland. O , has been organ i.ed and incorporated to cover Ohio with a cheap rate long-distance telephone system. It will be known us the I nioii Suburbau Telephone and Te.c-
graph Co. 1 in Norwegian bark Nimbus, t apt. Nie, son, hound for Sundsvall, Sweden, was sunk off AUIenburgli, Englan.l. on the 1st. in a collision with an unknown steamer No lives were lost. Pbbdbbico Maika.o, the -.,- brated hpauisli painter, died iu Madrid, on tBO -1st. la his eighty-fourth year
Al run a careful survey of the situation the president and his cabinet have decided to immediately muster out of the service ail the volunteers except 110,000. Every triHp of volunteer cavairv and battery of light artillery still in this country are tobe included in this reduction. Tn transports City of Pueblo und Peru, with the fourth Philippine expedition, under command of Maj.-I.en. E
. Otis, arrived in Manila bay on the
1st. 1 liere were no serious cases of illuess on either ship. Tn uaval parade in New York harbor, on the Jot B was a notable event, the great battleships and cruisers of Samps m's fleet beiug given B most enthusiastic and noisy welcome. Tuk Michigan naval reserve, which has been doing duty on the auxiliary cruiser Vosemite, arrived home at letroit ou the Jlst. They were welcome,! by one of the biggest crowds ever usscinbled in the city Thk war department officials have about completed their slate of the reg
iments which will constitute the Cuban '
army of occupation. The selection of these regiiiieuts have been an exceedingly difficult task. As far as possible, cacti of the 1 states which have not been represented at the front will be
given a regiment in this army.
Al Most 1.500 of the tars that hare made the glory of the American navy ring around the world were loose in New Yerk city ou tbetfOt, Thev were
given leave until ,the 23d. Their inou-
y. in most places where they tried to
spend it, was declared no good. '1 Bl New York city board of estimate and apportionment met. on the '-'d. and closed the budget for the tis OB) year of l!'.ts. except for the amount to Unappropriated for the new library. The total sum to be raisetl by taxation this year is fTT.551 tXS o.i, of erhieh a little more than 94(i.uoo,tMo is for the lroughs of Ma diattau uud Hrou.t, and Hi ,000,080 for the lMrough of Hr.M.klyn. Queens and RielUBOM The panish engineeis who have been working on the fortifications at Algeeiras, on the west side of the Kajf of Gibraltar! have boob orderod ko Ma drid, and the batteries recently sent there have been ordered to Seville. Tn statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the '.'.'t, showed: Available cash balance, I.'Ts.-.'Ol i (fold reserve. 3-o.',.o,'.t :t7V. Hon MoODY Ctrntn, former governor of New Hampshire, died at hisres-
Tn se. retary of state has appointed Henrv '1'uruer Bailojr, of Ifaesachusetts, and Thomas H. Wood, d New York, ile legates on the part of the rjadted states to the international soo gressof public art. which is to meet at llrussels from September II to js. e i Tine captains-general of Cuba and the 1'liilippiucs have been ordered to act laaeeord with the Americans, but
if the Americans slioaid prove unable
to make the insurgents respect tin urmislice. the instructions were to re pel an attack ujmjh the Spaniards.
Tn United States transport it man r
SkXj Of Puhinf, One Of the lirst trans ports to .'cave San Iran ell Ml for tin
rntlippinee, arrived iu that eity, on
the Ud, n the return trip. She left s ! A 4.1 , , , . , ,
. a v in-. i u -i;. rne nrougiu wiin Her 15 eu.isted men of the United States
Asiatic Moadroa.
tamed pending the recoiinuendut ions of the Hawaiian eoinunssion, OBloh has already begun its labors there. TllK statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the Ml, showed: Available cash balance. 8,'TT,MKVd: gold reserve, S.'o.V .t'.t.v:4 AnMiuti lit nam left Waahlafton. on the .'.bl, for New York, bi join his tlagship. the New York, whieh is iu drj do, I; for repuils. AaaUtTAjfT Miumiv Miikm.iohn, of the war department, is conteiupla-
tmg tne eotabliahutont of a line of transports from New York to Havana, Suntiago. Ponce uml ret urn. It is e. peeted that the line will he ready for
Operation next week Havana will not be on the route at present, but as ' siKn as that port is open the war department s hue of transports will j toueh rhore. Ar the Bpaaiah cabinet council hold on the night of the ltd, Ocu Correa. minister of war. read a telegram from apt. -(.en. U'.auco. in which he informed the governiueut that the Cuban insurgents continued attacking the Spanish everywhere, in eoaeeqnence of this report, the council instructed tien Itlunco to resume an offensive attitude toward the insurgents only. Tn second dajraeeeuiondf the twenty-fourth annual convention of the American Hankers' ussociat ion ut Denvcr. Col., on the 84th, was called to order by President Bend rix with practically a full attendance of delegates The day's session was devoted to the discussion of practical banking questions. Ar a meeting Of the Woman's National vr Belief association at the Windsor hotel, iu New York, ou the i'3d. it wasai iiin-ed that Miss Helen ML Uonld bad fiVOO $.'.". ooo to purchase food and delicacies for tBO ill aud wounded soldiers ut Camp Wikoff 4SI i W m. II OeaoBS, of the First cavalry, died al Montaok Point. L L.
on the Mth, of yellow fever. This officer hail been selected for assignment to duty at the military ueademv. Tn tugboat Marlen, of the Pennsylvania railroad, sunk at South Auilsy, N. J., on the litb. All the crew escaped except tlie pilot, .lames Hennessey, who was drowned. Tn statement of the condition of the treastry, issued on the -'4th, showed: Available cash balance. S.'so,gold reserve. 906,37ä,0t8.
tn oueeti recent of Mia in 1
I QtlR MULTITUDE.
The Arrival of Arlmir il S.hley at the National Capital Greeted with Loud Acclaim. EVERYBODY JOINS IN THE SHOUTING.
WITHIN OUB LIMITS News bv TolngrtfJl horn Vauoua Towns in liul ana.
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T WAS A FORIRISS. '
raaahee Ohe IVeeMeal rr he inten 014 letnr) Arhleml al BBattBff in. Work of the I'orlo 1(1, in ,,ti, laste Btaeueeeel mi,i Ilea seal iu i reel leae Utvea.
lor II. ii ell I ut ßikbart, Im'.. Auf, tuepicei of the Boidleci tili eil a doll curuiva connection iilh the which openi Monday, All fände Ii i Ii d from
and vaie oi tin oontrlbutioao
ued in reHeviuf the enffering
He im-. .'i. 1' inter (lit ' Aid SI c:c t of Mill lie held in Ui-iute fuir September .'5. t lie e x h, hit iou
will BO oldie rs
San
A TKI.Kn HAM was received in W 1 . - la I -
rranihi'D. mi me iro.n iin- war
department orderinf; ail tue troops of
den. Merrill's department remaining
thereto lie sent to II u!u u.th at
least four months' subsistence aud
meuieai store-., aii'i vo oc neol liiere
until further ord rv
Au the nearepaptre in feto ihm are
publishing and BOTOentlOg on an ap
parently auth'irlat ive article to the ef
ftet thut the vice loyalty of invalid is
likely, in Kt year, to bo made a non-political and permanent office, and to le conferred upon the queen third sou. the duke of onnuutfhL.
( A IT. Koiii.kv I hvwsof the bat
tleship Iow a u a take n ill. on the 'J.M.
just aner seeing Ins vessel safely to
her dock, and wa- removed to l!,.,,-.,--elt hospital. New York city. The gallant captain had not been feel inn Well for a week, but didn't give up until he was BOflipelled to.
Cajpt.Obs. tfaGtaaof Borto itoo, la bis tarion BOWBtaaieatlone erith Ueo Miis. has shown the West spirit lie is anion le 00 operate ia bringing about au evacuation at lie earliest moment possible, and is placing no ohifacleeiB Um way of the Porto Men volunteers retarding bobm
(Iko. N t't'itzoM will start from London br Oaloatta, with .Mrs. Caroon, m llecetnber. to relieve Lord MffiBi the returning viceroy, at the beginning of next year In the meantime Mr. On lui will recuperate his health, now somewhat delicate, a fact that whs regarded hs tho chief drnwbnoh tenia appointment.
Sin John liiiANsTos. former assistant Mlder secretary of state for the coloihes. fend in one tune attorn, 'v etn-ral for QUO us. and. and Admiral Sir JbBMBI BlphiostOOe Brak in eommander-in-chief of the llritish squadrons on the North American and West Indinns stations, have lien sppoiflted commissioners to laveetbjate the French treaty rights in Newfoundland
-1 1 - e' m t) the Itah the pension office granted a peusiou to Ah (hum, a Chi BOM subject and widow of i'ascal Martin, ft eel lor of tn Doited states ny,fo whom she was married in Shanghai in 1HV.V ihre.- children were born to the Couple. Th,. widow will receive fx per month and the children fj a month lOOh. Almost every other country furnishes one or more pensioners for Ufeele Sam, hut until now tliuia Wae without a reoreseotati?e.
. queen regent of Spain
signed the royal decree convening the cortes for September &. iu Boaran J. Jambs, professor of political science in the I ' ni versi t v of
t hicago, has been appointed dean of the new teachers college organized by the university on the foundation ere ated by Mrs BvtSMMM H.aine. lU.Aii-iiii:ai. 8cKt.Br, completely recovered from his late illness, rejoined his tlagship. the Hrooklyn, at New York on the Both, Thk gross earnings from operation of the Bettianore .v Ohio railroad for the inontli of J illy. 1 s B, were g.'. t IS,M1, au increase of ii).4'.j. Tn statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the jr.th. showed: Available cash balan e, S.'st.- - I .".Hl; gold reserve. J-.'os o Ki,iti;i Tu four big monitors. Terror, Pari tan, Miaatoejoamh ami Aaapfaitrite, and the cruiser lloOtajOOMrir, have beeu
ordered by the navy oeparimcnt to Newport, B, L It had bwea thooaiit the monitors Would be used in the laraje ports of oho and Porto Men, but it has now been deeded to hold there north. LATE NEWS ITEMS.
uience in Manchester, N. II.. on the mi. A. (i M i Nni al .civil engineer in the navy, urho was court-martialed some mouths an and sentenced to suspension from duty on ferloefh iay for three years. for neglect of duty in connection with the construction of the BrOOh IjTB dry dock, has been pardoned by the president, which restores hitu
U) his former status in the navy He Will retire from act i v.-service ou Sep-
teildier L
Ata. the Madrid papers announce the
reassembling of the cortes between the Bth and 10th of Bepteaihl r
A HA ll of one and one-third fare has
beet, arranged for the National Irriga
lion congress, to be held at t'li cvetoie
Wyo., September 1. :.' and II, the ticket
lo leg I for six days, beginn i ng three
days prior to the opening day.
1 I Kt ti i order has thus far been
maintained iu Manila under American
ontrol The City is quiet, and seems
almost to have resumed its sanssJ
business and social activity.
Tn fourth American expedition.
which left San IVeoeiSGO .lulv IL in
coimilti'ii! of Mai on Otis, arrived at
Manila on the Ud. All uc board were
w ell
Il Urni among the American troops
St Pouce, I 'or to RlOO, is on the in
crease, and there are now nearly a
thousand cases of malaria ami dysentery, with a few of typhoid fever There is ahaolatelj no recuperating property iu the climate, and Surgeon UeaeraJ Qrosnleaf has urgently reeoua. mended that the sick be sent north as rapidly as possible. A nsPATOB from CopeohaajW Hcninark, says: ' A terrible storm swept the whole Jutland neiiinsu a ,,, ti...
ana bujbji oaiDnuuinga were struck by lightning ami six persons were killed and 39 farm buildings and 13 houses were burned." Ov the :."M I)r ( Icon M Hibhartl, house pi, si, mil at the Planters' ttotti in St. Louis, fell through the passenger elevator shaft from the seventh floor of the hotel, a distance of Hu h ef, to the granitoid pavement, and was intiintlv killed. Apmikai. Sampson will probably
lea?e for tuba about Bvpteajbev I
The San rvsaelaeo Merchants? er change received BOWS, on the Sth, from Uaalaaka enBradna? the report of the wreck of tin bark loiardinn.
The captain and crov lauded at l ir alaaka. The flaardlaB was boaad from Kotaeba loenad for Bwoltlo and ran aground during a fog on legal la island. Mrs Ada llotkin. under arrest in San r raadaeo on the cliarge of sending the Im.x of pninoned candy which caused the death of Mis .1 p. Ilmmlng and tier sister. Mis. .1. K I lea lie, of Dover. Del., lived in Kansas I'it v. Mo .
i II OV la yeur j . j The family was Iproalnent in social and financial circles then- for a number of years, j The cabinet, on the tlllh. itlBCIIBBIld Various questions Concern Itl Porto I liico. ( ubaand t he Philippines It was decided 0 admit butter and butterine j to Porto ICico aud uba, w hen stamped ; as such, at t v o cents a pound. This is a material reduction, the Spanish rate having been six, cuts mi butter, while j battel IBS e. BS BOt admitted.
1 Be Bpaaiah transports San l-'ran-cisco. Mm August m Bad Colon left Santiago, iu the Hftth. for bout a, with ..mis
Spaniards, including ollicers and I their families aud four priests K.ght ; men died on the way to the ships. Their corpses were 'checked off" BB
passenger-.. AH the principal otli -ers of the Hur- j lington s Miasouri lines have been presented With goid-mouiilcd caeca and ' umbrellas by the members of the Mis- 1 soiiri Press association, who were given an excursion to the Oauthi expo- ' sit ion a few v BOBS ago Dr. . D Carmiehael, iu charge of I the I loveiaad ( marine hospital, has B00B appointed superintendent of the muri ne hospital service of the Hawaiiau Islands. He will be stationed at I Honolulu, und from that point will ill led the Worlt The navy department has or.l.
the cruisers St. Loail and St. Puul to the League Island navy yard Paibsdelphia, where they will he restored to
their condition as liners and returned to the American line, fra u which they ere chartered. l-eorge Kngelke ami I'eter aMaHBtllB, who loft Uirersule, C'al , via s.m Diego, over a year ago, to prospect on the Colorado desert, have not since been heard from. The belief is general that both men have pat letted, An tinier has been issued by the war Bspartnteal estendtnaj tba forloorhof
rotBBteoraoB lOBftOa ahscuce from .1 days to tiu daya
Washington. Aug. -,'7 Hear-Admiral Schley reached Wusiiin glou at t lOoclock estcrday afteriUHMl uver the Pennsylvania railroud. lie was quickly noticed at most of the stations along the line, and t hioughout tho trip he was greeted with cheering rowds When the train pulled into the depot here he found a compact mass of spectators w hich H licit the depot aud overflowed out Into the traiushod. The admiral and Mrs s.hley When they appeared, were greeted with cheers und shouts of 'Hurrah for Schley." KmjecOy JdacB in tke Besettae, BvarybOdj joined in the shouting;, and the depot attuches crow ded about the admiral and insisted on a handshake. At the gates the crowd ineieu.sed, and. amid deafening cheers, tin- ml-
miral and his wife, the former with hat otf, passed through two solid lines
I at people. A lieutenant and squad of police with difficult cleared a passugeway to the carriage which was iu waiting. Through the mass of vehicles that had been drawn up by curious drivers the hansom pulled into Pennsylvania avenue und proceeded Urectly to the fihoreham hotel. CBearaO Ail Mm Way K..iio..,i t,y ataaele f Mefetnw There were groups of cheerersall the amy ami a eavuicade of bioyeUato
foruieil a voluntary escort. The udmiral stayed only a few minutes ut the hotel, and then drove over t" the navy depart luent. where, without any preliminaries, he reported dl rectly to Acting Secretary Allen. The latter aOeOntpaated him over to the White Hoi... remiiing there at 4 :.".o. The preaideal gave htm a most cordial reception The president thanked the udmiral. as be had Admiral Sampson, for the success of that memorable engagement of duly 3. and took occasion to say that it was that battle whieh
brought about the surrender of ago.
Ileurl Ihr Work of ll,-
i miiiiiiiIoii. The president then entered into a discussion of the work of the Porto liican commission, to which the admiral has iieen appointed. He went over with hhu the general instructions Which will guide the bodjr in arranging for the evacuation of the Spanish from the island and other work During most of the conference, w hich occupied about au hour. Assistant Secretary of State Moore was present. I ut nr. BSVMSWaVi On leaving the president Admiral Seh icy drove to his hotel. He said his health had improved greatly. He will have another conference with Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen this morning. and probably early in the afternoon will leave for New York. I'miu there he will go back to Westp.rt, Coon. Be will apead a few days there before returning here preliminary to tuking up his duties with the commis
sion.
and sailors. The oflleers of the fuir association i fete tendered lbs ana of u booth lo ti.eaid society . A large mihi i expected to be -ecuieil for it from M e proeeedi of the carnival.
Capt. Clark, who Comm unled the Oregon, Talks of Cervcra's Sally h ruin SfMtiafB
IT WAS AN ILL-ADVISED MOVEMENT.
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I' i . - oli li t . AufliM, The pop
llabsau foe New Albiniv . Ind.,
uli-ts of How! county held a mass convention iu tin city t,, noiniiuite a I county liehet, but before tin y Bntehed ; tin y iaunebed i boom of Lieut. Blob Bjond Pearson H hana the hero of the MerrinutOi 'or preatdent in 1000. Bcao j Int ions were adopt. il deacrlblae Hol-'
me riea ii i sin. a nil 1
son's berolam
inuorainej him hlef rxecul Ive
and
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a i tin
andidate na 1 inn.
for the
i :i....- in, htm, UoffBBaport. fad.. Aug IS, Mill.
Wilson and Lula Hancock eloped from Mon on and wen innrried at St . Joseph, Mich. Wilson K ."in yen rs old. and the irirl 111. A warrant was out for Wilson's arrest on 'he charge of decoying the girl from home, and they were nrrested here. Wilson is the father of four children, one almost as old fe the Hancock girl, who conies from an excellent family. -w Ornhnae' Heaae, LapOTte, Ind.. Aug. L'C.. The contract for the erection of the buildings for
tic new .Northern Indiana Orphans' Some at Plymouth has been let. The Wilding will be a com mediana structure with modern con 1 enienees fend WÜ1 comfortably accoinnindn te 101) children. The structure will be ready to be occupied January 1.
e Irliril Hun . Aug. 14, Nancy
aim-
Parts Kiiau
BlrthOaf Bedhejr, Ind .
lüilgeway . an old pioneer of day eounty. celebrated I. er PTtB birthday ut Bowen'l fröre, in the north part of Bed her, with a big dinner, in which t of her relatives took part. There were five sons. tWO daughters. If grn ndcbilIrea and 11 freat-frraBdchlMrea liming the number Venvi Rnuri .r t:ni,irli,.. rünton. Ind.. Aug. e'.. Diphtheria baa broken out in this city fend there oe grave fears of nn epidemic similar lo the one of a year ago. There are now several eases, two of the victim being in a critical condition. The phyileisBa are coopers t Inf a ith the health - .1 am - - -
".on 01 nn enort to prevent an J'.mic.
Washington, Aug. 1. --tero 1 ., should bars itajrsd in dantbiao luu bor mraver rathnr than poms out the way he dill," was the feolrntu reiiittrk
01 ' .ipi. vaarai uate 01 me aatlli :. Oregon.
" I he Ib i't was a fortress. W ith his guns he could bnvs drima tin United Stutes army awny from shore until BOch time as it COUld mount ten In h guns to sink his ships. ID was master ol I In- .-it 11.it ion. u 1 id shoo b I ha,- In
on' until every Inst member of ships' crews died of absolute sLiimiition. Then would he BBvO been u real hero 11 n eternal figure In history. " Think of the chances in his favor. Yellow ferot might have coin-- Bttddl iBIBtod the Amerkosn rnnks. A gale might have broken loose on the Caribbean are ihm would have s, ittared mir .hips to the four wind of heaven, niter winch Carvers could have sailed away without opposition
ami returned to ins native band defeated."
t apt. Charlaa II. ( lark, recently in COtn tnand f that wonderful fighting Buschine, tin- Battleship Oreajon, ibow at the marine hospital, where he propoece to real for few days until his family shall hove Billietl from Itlchigsn, Nobod.x must infer that dipt, ( lark is nn Invalid, lb- is merely suffering from a temporary ailment, brought on by the low fever und long-coiit iBOCd sen diet. "What atW the lessons of the Santiago light .'" be was asked.
rirsi. smokeless powder uiHHlwork on ships. The were burned up." "W hat is xoiir oinnion
un-
pi-
siri-el Of lllovi u I p. Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug'. M, Sum
fir-on unknown placed n stick of ; lynamlte on the ewrtetn the trucks of j the College Brenne line, and it ex-
uloded ander a car carrying sd psi senders A wheel of the par 0' '0111 ..tr aid ,-, part of the rlnor blown up to the roof. N one was seriously hurt.
Tin.
MUSTERING OUT.
rri,,. Isaac AaiMife naessaja in nba . rrUüt Oajr,
aswiere
Wasbing'on. Aug. -lien, liobin said yesterday that he had received n. orders looking to the movement of
troops at t amp Alger or tbeir mustering out. The principal topic among the soldiers is the likelihood of t bail beirg mustered out. IC, per cent, of them, it Is said, desiring to go home. The .Aiiccrs. hs a rule, prefer t remain in the service If the weather permits to-day tin First CoOSSCtlcat, Third Virginia and Eleventh signal corps will le reviewed by lien, liobin. I he general court-inartial prOOablj will publish in a day or two tlie findings in the ease of Private tier,
charged with robbing the mails. Th, general opinion is that liny will recive a heavy sentence. StLrXTIoNS MADE. A 1 1 0 1 . - ,,r I !. IV,-,. fl ui
win as BasMrtatad iy reaaHtai MeKlnli-) s Washington. Aug. ft .-n,,. follow lag attaches of the peace commission have been selected and will be appointed ny the president: John Moore, of Massachusetts, now- assistant secretary of state, to be secretary of the con. mission, and .1 II. McArthur ol New Vork. to be assistant secretary. Mr. McArthur was formerly first s. erStary of the Halted States legation at Madrid, and Is now on special duties at the slate depart merit, lie has had!
considerable experience in w ork of a diplomatic nature.
Kilted 111 Brather-la-Law. PuUhrao. Ind.. Aug. L't,.--Alono Mattov. better know n as "l ooney" Mattel 1 laloon keeper of New Pittslmrg. fnal.'y stabbed his brotlier-in-la w. Ted BHt ton, n coal mito-r. at New Pitts burg. Brit ton and Mattna married ah !r. fend their relations had never been congenial.
seei nd,n 1 Spaniards afjout the
scuttling of the Spanish shis aft. r their surrender?" "It was wrong, und in violation of every principle of good faith on the part of a conquered foe." replied the captain. "The men who did those ai ts forfeit, ed their right to be protected, ami DUfrhi lo have been shot right then and there. Scuttling a ship aftor aur renaler is treachery. I do not believe thai Admiral (ervera gae orders for anything of the kind. No. no. he is ,1 gentleman. Irresponsible men committed the outrage. "How dM the speed of the Spanish ships in action Compare with that promised bv their builder- ?"
"The raaoela certainly ceaao out with a rush and in fine style," said ; ( apt. Chirk. "Hut tiny failed to mam ' i i vi their speed owing to the iiiefti- : cieiiey of their stokers or the neglected condition of their machinery. That
rasa of Gerrere a was reoJIy one of the finest things of history, Bad had the ships divided, ut least one might bare got nwny. There wr.s no preraonitory ay mptom, not a bIm las4 the fleet Was coining." MORE SPANIARHS LEAVING.
DleSl n from Hume. Kohottltt, Ind. Kug, W, Word Wut reielved here of the sudden denth of Frederick I !- at Kaaeai City, Mr. I. ids. who I a prominent pioneer, wafor nau rears mat for ts i .l..
Krio A We-Tern railway hen-. The remains wen brought here for interim nt. :i 111 il fur 1 .mi; r, ,,. Indianapolis, Ind. Auf. -- Tin democrat! of tin Khrrenth dlatrkH met it IVabaab and nominated Prof. Georgi N . Michael, of t'saa OOBBtj, for conLTevs. The prohibitionists of lha
district dsn met at RokOttO fend r.omInated Chnrlrs 0. Kenton of Lfignnsport. sotOler' wir,. nU in,roe,.
Hsrtinavtlie, Ind.. Aug. IS.- (r Rattle Woüams, of rjreen township baa filed mil in the circuit court for divorce from her auaband, Rmmetl tVilHama, a private in company K. One
nunurerj ana rlfty-elrhrh It
Sb" alleffei desertion.
Aeatkae Lara Baten .f Oat aSaattaae PeaSaseei mi raioaiil tm iheaeene of I hell- PvfSml .
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lire III II 11 111 limn , I. Hammond, lad Aug L'r,.i)n magi In the extent of ItikOoO waa caased to l e building ami machinery of the Bl tuple Hallway Appliance company by I lire w.iieh originated from nn nplosinn of benzine in the pninlroom. 1 ell mi .-i s;, .
Richmond, In 1 . Aug. L'i. Alnnzoli Boustaan, while wnrklna with a mav.
Bble MW near This city , feli f,n the eSW, Hi left hand w.-s rttl off and port kQI of bla skull ton feursr, Bousmaa ess
ahNSnmei BaaataB Beaitsri anaaaojatai bj 1 to- Pram of tmraaausi Madrid, Aug v; r.'ie Spanish armv OfflOera who arrived on the steamer Alicante, winch reached Coronas on the Nth last,, artth the first Spanish rciutriateil soldiers, were given a banquel by the rofarssoatatlroB 1 ,,
aianri.i press at I orunna The nil! 1 fod i"t both the Amorloai und
n.iiisn naiiotis ailhcred to the nietli. ols of civilized warfare throughout the campaign. They c, rOOSBOd I he snperiority of the AasorloM BTtiller MM. - I. . Ial a . . W
a in- nea,! 11 or ma troojis wbiofa arrived
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III I I u, Hartford City, Ind.. Aug. 2f..-.n nil re ace of two cent n barrel in ladlsBi Broda oil has taken place, and it is BOS quoted at M cents, and Tionn, the bet qwslity, at $1 in. iron ni i- none a lelolOOi Warsaw. Ind. Aug. M, - ( hnrles Mil bar, of this clfy. ( nmmitted suicide He took some cnrbolie ncid nnd died in great agony Hie cnuse wan dninesti" t ronbli
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Knill I the fnnler 11 nln. Ind., Aug. 2u Tl
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nwm -'iicsute isverviujeli i.uprcved. j adopted resolutions in opposition te the a rm v canfe. n.
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 7. Tin Spanish transports San i'lanci-cu, San AUfUatln BBd Colon left Thursday afternoon bar bpula with 4..'.' S span in ii is. Including is officers and their Iii les ;t in 1 tour oiiesl-. l-liidit
I rinen died on the way to the ships Their corpse were checked Oil" ,i pBsaenajrera. Ii uppeara that tnere have been inn i In et aasea of this kind during the embarkation of the Spaniards, the 1 1 nn-pi. nation company thus Oeing enabled to coll. -el tin- pasage money, a thing readily MtffWBffH under the envy Inspectlofl of tin A rar riea as WerSe af Caaafect aj Baa. T.ri. Gam 'lorai, when bidding Rdlea to the Bpaaiah officers ami atea who sere leaviaaj, aaidi "Conquered, we yield with honor t. Ourselves and to Spain. Whatever 'nay Im- the future of t uba. history will preserve the atorj of your heroic and noble deeds iu slit- country. We regret our (alt Ore am! it .re-t in treasure anil iu blood; Imt you hae nobly fought and nobly lost." io n. BUaftsv iooI si.,rt Baftri.
lien. Shafler anil biff stntT nailed Thuradnj on the United states trans port Mexico. His departure was not marked by apecis Incident, Ob arriving at Montnnh Point, lien, B haftet will go with Maj. Mlhea to Washington to meet Presldeal MeKluley and scretary Alger, afterward proceeding to San i'ln lieisco.
oi.iireelie.ot lien. Milliter statt, in commnfod of tin- nignn! corps, will re main for iinollier ten days, or iintilhe if relieved by (apt. Leljfh, who. with IB men of the signal corps, is expeetcd on the Segurn ticn.
Ispitn ! BSt Klekiiife-. Wsshiaftoa, Aug. ft MlBtster Bncki at Tokio, Japan, writes the iepnrtnicnt of state that he has observed nodiasstiafaotion there in eonaequsnca of the nntiexa t ion ,f tlie Hawaiian islands to the I nltsd HtBtOB, since an m xation lias become Bl nplished The government and people alibi
a ii to be satisfied t ha! our government will fatly protect the riglill h ml Interests of .1 a pa -i ami of Japanese Bllbjeets in those lalBndl n the part of the public he has known of no nnInd rapremtooa because of the United htataa nnneting these islands.