Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 5, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 October 1898 — Page 6
WEEKLY COURIER.
OCTOBER-1898.
JASPER
INDIANA
The U tter of Secretary A!p r tu the president asking fat M investigation ot Ik vvur dWHl t hu bead utadc pnhHOi All Mil li at Port Town, ml. Wash., from Dawson during the past in., mil haw- renorted the health condi
tions in Huwsou a most deplorable nd a death rat- ranging from live to ScventeeU per day. m m The Amerieans contemplate taking possession of the entire insurgent tleel in Manila b..y . In-cause the vessels are thing an unrecognized flag, und are liable to seizure us pirates by the war Vessels of any nation. On the -nth the official exhumation of the remains of Columbus took place in Havana in the presence of tieu. l'danco. Secretary Covin, th civil governor, the bishop, the dean of the cathedrul and other authorities.
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CUHKKNT TlU'll'S. T?E NEWS IX BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
A congress of mothers, under the auspices of the national organization. WÜI IM l" 'd U Omaha. Neb.. October h, it and in. by invitation of the TransniNsiMpi exposition. All interested In the movement are invited to attend.
It now looks as if it would Ik- Nivetnber at the earliest before the next expedition can leave for the Philippines. None of the transports due at San Franeisoo have arrived, though tlu-.v BMBJ put in au appearance at any uioinent.
The guns which were taken ashore from the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII. during the blockade of Havana by the
President Hrruuri of Chill has suffered a slight paralytic shock, but his condition is improving. The Oregoa legislature convened in sjx i ia I aeeaiea aa the -nth. Hon. Joseph Simon, of Portland. 1 was elected pr. - dent of the senate by a vote of L'4 to . A cyclone struck Mereton. Out., on the th. killing three pMNKMN ami injuring several. The public school collapsed. hurting the children in the debris, many Win-: lunlly injured. In St. Catherines the militia armory was demoli died. In official quarter at Madrid it is believed that the evaeuation of Cuba will lie completed within three months. The Hank of Spain will advance to m treasury the money for the Mmmc upon a aruanuates of four
I . -
4aV";dre ' Theodore Roosevelt vrus uiiunhnoue-
ly nominated by the icpulilicun tat convention at Suratoga, ou the i'Ttli, for governor f New :-rk. M. Cuiubon, the French multassudor, called M President M. Kinlcv, on the Jsth. and made his adie ix preparatory to his de (nurture for Kurope. The peace congress now in session in Turin. Italy, has parsed a resolution expressing tl.- hop- that the SpanishAmerican negotiations at Paris will prove the means of unitiag the two uat ioi s by a p uncnt treaty of arbitration. The Hritish consul at Hong Kong hits been instructed to protect the family of the Cantonese reform leader, Kang Vuwii. on hi way to Hong Kong on loard the steamer Kullarat. Pv order of the war demrtiueiit. l....Us printed in English are to Ik- admitted inte srts of Porto Kico under control of the I'nited States at '.' " w-si-tas -r 100 kilos. Under Spanish rule a discriminating duty of 13 peso was ajmrged on P.ntrlish Itooks.
ALL OYER THE STATE. I TOBS0H SAS UE'LI- D0
Events in Various Portions oi Indiana Told by Wire. W ii Ml. Ilc lln ttiuura. Aitdersoii. Ind.. Sept. 30. David Price has lüei! a e-j.OOO damage suit aaraiBSl Of. t x. ot Cm Landing. W. u Two ii.ii ago Mrs. Pric wan au invalid ami for several years had walked on I J with the aid of crutches. Doctors had gives bei no relief und Co usked 10 try Ids hypnotic powers M her. Hl Om bF greut d al of good, it i said, ait! she threw away her crutches and l as not used them inee. Put Mr. Price alleges that Dr. lux gained a wonderful coiitro' over her. and as u result, it is claimed, she has left home tl;r. I tune.-, luv is a very promise i.t ph sieian. v t nstli Piro. Kohomo, li d.. Sept. MMkM ol the most disastrous tirt in the history of the county occurred Thursdaj at Greeatowa, ln miles went. Ti e fire
bloke out in tie sheds adjoining the
LATE NEWS ITENS. At 'he meeting of the American Pub I lie Health association at Ottawa. tnt.,
on the - 'th. the executive recominen!- 'elevators containing lio.uoo bus! t Is of ed that the governments of tin- I'nited u ,at ard otlur u-r.iii: were entirely
States. Canada and Mexico w requested to make the Hertilloii system of
elevators of Paddi k. Bodge v Co. There being i-.o tin pmteetioa the big
bat
of
lestroyed. The orona mill, a big
consent BHtnnfaetoring cereal food from con., caught liTe nt.d bcrned lOWB. The total will reach flOO,. KM, with oall $40,000 insurance. The
j r c- t.t. IhuiiIs tnseU upon tne jmt-
ly.tiiril i nt .'i-na 1 ri'iites.
Ameiican fleet, and which were placed .... . , ... f,lr.nfth-
Of the island of Porto Kico. The Span-
in the Keina battery, turned on board that mounted.
have In-eli v.-s,-( and
re-re
An imperial Chinese edict practienlly reseinds the recent reformatory edicts and orders that ( hang ell livvan. the former member of 0MB I hiBjI si- foreign othce, and opponent of Li Hung ( hang. Ix- confined until further notice.
fiov. Holcomb of Nebraska has reecived a cablegram from Manila tendering the resignation of Col. John BL Pratt of the First Nebraska infantry. It will lc accepted, and Maj. Stotsenlerg of the same regiment promoted to till the vacam v.
The wrecking -oinpanv engaged, under Lieut. Hobson, in the work of saving the wrecked Spanish warships, lam sncceeiled in filiating the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa. The cruiser, nfti-r Iteing got atloat, was taken to QaantansaSO bay, where she arrived on the .'4th.
It is expected that the Frem h minister of justice. M. BaVrien, if aa has net already ilone so. vvill iaaas directions that the rigors of the imprisonment of M. lreyfus U- nxKlitied. according to custom, pending a final decision in his case, which i now before the court of cassation.
Uh are retiring upon San Juan from all directions, and the American troops are moving up. Some slight disturbances have oCcii-red at Harros and Fajardo. but their seriousness has been exaggerated. r.umy Davenport (Mrs. Ilelbourae
McDowell), the well-known nctress. diisl at her suinnier home. Melbourne I Hall. Puxbury. Mass.. on the night of the Mtk, of enlargement of the heart, aged 4. She was the daughter of 1!. L. Haven port, the noted actor. i president McKinley has ined orders for the war department to turn ov.t the government of Porto Kico to the department of the interior. In so far as practicable, the acquired territorv is to U governeil like Alaska. Indian territory and New Mexico. For n time, until congress can legislate upon the iUistion. military rule will j have to obtain. Col. Win. t. Pryan of the Third NVbrasl.n is eoaflaed to his 1m-i in Washington with malarial fever. His eon- ; dition is not serious, but his physician ordered him to remain in his rtxjra. I under treatnitnt. for a few days. The ileath f Ktnma GIÜ, the Hridgeport (t onn, i ju ice sa c. is now an oi n ' book. All tbOSe alleged to be impli- ' cated in the crime are under nrrest
Kive the person whose hand brought sn untimely end to the victim ami subeqncntlj diameaibetadlMnT isv'v. That
is Mrs Nanev
On the 26th the in ace commission i
of the Ciiit.il States arrived in Paris, person, the js.liee say, nn.l Ml met at the railway station bv Ouilford. the midwife.
the I'nited States embassy, a number I of Americans and many rejmrters. A .
considerable crowd outside the depot Witnesaed the departure of the coui-niis-ioiiers for their hotel.
Complaint reiicued the treasury department, on the 'sth. from a steamship agency at New York, that one of their vessels, the Arkdaiu. hail Ih'cu refused pertnissiiiii by the Spanish SU thnrities at San Juan. Porto Kico. to Unload ln r cargo. The matter ana referred to tin- war iT r part man t
Naval Constructor Hobson s;iVs ht. can raise the gpsnlsb etuis, r rist.bal t olon. sunk at the battle of ,vantiago. with the use of air bags in a w eek, if given tai authority to do so. The Colon, it appears, was not seriously
The !"in Kr.im :-fn Evening Post says that Lily Ijtngtry will soon rein, iir her belongings from I-ondon to ( aliforniii. and take up her jTmanent residence aa her ranch in Iike connty. Her attorney! in San Fra arisen aotTaborate tne story. A BMCting of marly Hsi siieritTs. deputies and marshals of southern Kansas and Oklahoma was held at Wichita, Kns.. on th Ütk, to form j.lsns for a sv -t- niatic search for horse thieves, who hnve lately U-en stealing horses in southern Kansas and iinning them Into the country near Pawnee, i k la. Flouring mills all over Kansiis are shutting down Iseause thev can not get wheat to grind. It is estimated by grain n en at Tom ka that nearly
1(K flouring mills in the state have
classification of disease the
the census of I'.sK and HMM. A iloen nersons. including a mini
her of women and children, slid down fire was of it c. i V a r v origin.
a clothes line at a t hicago aartincut
house fire, on the 1'vth. and etcaped. Seventeen others were rescued by firemen with ladders. Five persons wata injured by flumes and by jumpbag from window-.. Queen Louise of Ik nmark died at Copenhagen, on the gftfc. Si It 39 S. in. The kings of Denmark und lireeOi and the princess Of Wah alternately. during inan.v hours, held the hands of the tlying queen, who for a few moments recovered consciousness, but could not speak. The Spanish naval officers who recently arrived at Santander on loard the QtJ of BoBIS were entcrtaicd at a ball given by the officers of the 0S niiiu training ship Charlotte. The citizens :-.t the place gave a lunch to the Germs aa. Sir John V. Moore, an alderman of the citv of London, ami s.-nior partner Of Moore Pro., leather merchants, was elected lord mayor of London, on the .'th. to succeed Horatio Mavid Iavie, the present inewttbsnl of that office. An order of the war department di-r-ct that sick and wounded soldiers granted furloughs are entitled to $!.".; jx-r day commutation ami transportation when traveling to and from their homes to posts of duty. Dcdham. Mass.. went into mourning, on the '."Jth. out of respect for the aaeaajfj Ol the late Thomas F. Hayard. The fiags on the town hall und courthouse vv. re placed at half-mast. Secretary iage left Wa-hington. on
the ttth, fOT ChllStgll, Omaha ami Col- dispell. OmdO, He expects t, be absent frmn
the capital nlsoit three weeks. Two seve earthipiake shiH'ks were felt, on the IMith. at Fortuna. K mile from Murcia. capital of the Spanish province of that name.
Japanese advice state that scandal I bare developed eoncerufag the finan-1
cial m.nnagi rnenf of two .Taanes railway enterprises. The nltimatnm of th powers t Turkey regarding the island of Creta was presented to the sultan on the 2th.
Bear-Adbadral Montgomery S'cued,
president of th
lb 'ouiiK Nsval twustruvtur siUr nt. sgaaastaa nun in itai.r i in- i ataai Wiishlnpton, ."sept. än. Assistant lasrotarj .Mien, who has baaa iiWftly In ehSirgS of the ai langements mailt with the wrecking companies for rinsing such of the .Spanish wurhips sunk or stranded, in the Imttle of July I, as can be rccoM ietl, said, referring to Constructor ItolwsfWl'l wu k on the Teresa, that the navy tlepartlnent had given the young constructor all of I he assistance which it was BJOaai hie to extend in the prosecution of his work. Will cw Tr Itie t iiltn. Moreover, it is now proposed to give li tin further aid in his ctTort to raise the Colon, by faff the finest ship of the Spanish squadron. Whatever credit has been earned by oiistructor Hobsou by reason of the Teresa, would, ic the opinion of Mr. Allen, DC largely
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Terre Ilaute. Ind.. Sept. 1 Tin
iiana Federation of Labor a
to meet in Klwood r t v-ar
the resolutions adopted were th
low inp: Kxt.nilinir ymp,iih to ttie ptna (Til.) miner; for a last requtltag aarbsrs to rt celve state licenses: boycottlni: persons who permit advertisements of a ecrtmta trund of tobacco to t placed on their itropir:j; boycotting iepsrtassnt storss; for fr.. sehoolbooks for tie public schools, and for i eommittie of rive to confer with prison authontie! u. to aiewJmsats of the new antt-coavict labor law. Ver Mio li lle. Kokt. mo. Ind.. Sept. M. Wheeler Ki a well-k: t-.v Kokomo man.
j reported dead eight years ago, has ; turned up very much ulive. Nitie years ago Keaton went to florlds :.i tl in a few w eeks w us reported dead. Permitting re. alive to believe the report true, he went to Cuba and for tight years hasbcea a resident of Hai.ii .i w here he tin.'i.i rt-i! liianciallv.
H s father died five years ago, bat he t'id not learn the fact until his arrival here. I No H.ililiM. Anderson, In'.. Sept. 39. County rotnmlaalonrr Metcalf lost pochetbook containing J'.'tto in gn t uhucks nd it was rataracd to him by August Ludquest. who was arrested a year ago on a charge of robbing Harney Vonhoorebcke of 11,990, but was acquitted. He has, however, been under ; shadow which this act Will tend to
Vure. nlili urprl.rU. Kussiavilie, Ind., Sept, 30- The friends and neighbors of John Hughes were very agreeably surprised whin l.i stepped from tie train here. His nnme had been in the list of killed in the reports of the memorable battle at Santiago and his brothers and fr.- r.ds mourned him as dead.
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NAY t. i t 9Ti;r T )'i li' 'list iV exceeded if the attempt tO raise the Colon results successfully. In the case of this ship, the young constructor has pledged his profesit nal reputation against the unanimous opinion of nil
the expert wreckers w ho have examined the ship. Stivy Dssswssssal BOagHn ts MBSssas JaSsj unit. Yet the navy department is unhesitatingly supporting Hobsop'a judgment, as is indicated by lhe fact that, on Wednesday, it shipped from NewYork $20,000 worth of spechtlly-nsanas faetured rubber air bags to be aaad in lifting the (olon. Aside from tin sentimental reason for sparing no effort to save the ship, the navy department is satisfied from the reports ol the divers who have investigated her condition, that she is trail worth, from a purely monetary point of view, the ' expenditure of a considerable peTCeOt' Ht ,.f It., I .fl IT I Tl ft 1 ltll tllwtllt il '
OOti.noo. if there is a reasonable pros s- t of raising her.
Killed. Sent. :n. John
IsMltf Anderson, Ind.,
Kirsch, of this city, a member of bat't ry 0, Fourth Cnited States artillery, was ground to pieces at McKeesport
ismnl charged with bv the cars. Kirsch had just been re-
the jtromotion of officers dist ingiiisbed , :iSrt from the hospital at Haltimore
for galltintrv during the late war. wa j.nd was or. his way home to marry
retired, on the th. having reached the age of VJ years. Secretary Long, however, by afssstal order, direct. ! that the officer retain his place at t lullen! of the promotion board. It is Stated on good authority that a deal has leen concluded by lN-laware
of jjO.'StU
damaged by shells, bot her tmhrea ( sg fol ,.(., t.. shut shram. The farm-
Were sink.
opened, which caused h-r tt
The L'nitetl States consul at Vienna, In a report to the state department on the trade of Austria-Hungary for ascribes the general decrease in exports to this country to the fact that the s;uiie ginHlnr- now manufactured In the United Mates, ami can In- sold there at tO,,. same or lower price than the Austrian goods.
'Tin- house and f u I in t ure of M. K:uile. Zola are ulsiut to In. ohl to satisfy a Judgment of liu.iiisi francs obtained
against him by three handwriting exjsrts who recently won a Mtml suit, govving out of the Drey f us case, against the author. The experts refused the Offer uf If. Octave Mirelsau to be r iponaibls for the auiount. The m ions urticles of mail uiat ter reaching the San Francisco post Othce. addressed to Hawaii, pan I for at Only domestic rates, indicate u feudal but erroneous lMaMi wwlllll thsll our domestic puatal sy stem was extendi tl to those islands when they were annexed. F.xeept on matter addwsmd to our saldiere and sailors the l iiiversal Postal union rates apply. OB the geth the boanl of directors ot the American Pence society adopted resolutions approving the cjr"s disainiainent ctn-ular. expressing appreciation of Presitlent Me Kinb-.v s prompt Indorsement of lhe car's pro jt t t . and declaring the time opportune for ll.i reopening of negotiations for n pertnanent trenty of arbftratioa betwsmi he I'nited Ntntes ami (treat Pritafn. ami urging the presidt nt to prin-eed in the matter at the i.irhest practical somen' .
ers are said to have combined to hold tlu ir wheat for higher price. I The navy department bus received from ( apt. Converse, commanding the
Montgomery, at tiuantanamo. the most ' beautiful of nil the soaamaJrs of the ; wttle of July It is n IsJUSms bust j cif t hristo) her t ohniibus, anil was tnk- . en from the Cristobal Colon. which lies below the surface of the BOSaa I I asfles
frntn Santiago. The bust is a lie.iutifill work Of art. Fresh from in encounter with u terrific typhoon in the China sea. the Northern Pacific lim-r Columbia steamed into port at Tacoma, Wash., on the J'ith. The vessel v;i tosd like ri shingle for 12 hours, driven many miles Utck on her course and carried so to ar the coast of Japan that the seas shipcd by the vessel left deposits of s;md on the decks.
An American company, styled the Island of Cults Ileal BsbBM Co., has opened business in Obi-po street, Havana. It will deal in country lots. This is the first Opening of American business under the new order of things in Havana.
lhe I vventv -fourth t tilted States
infantry, the colored regiment which
fought so gallantly and conspicuously at the battles of San Juan ami Santiago, hasu baaa stent to army Hsts la the eresi Rev. Joseph P. Mcfntyre. chaplain of the battleship Oregon, is on trial by court-martial at IN-nver. Col., on the ehaigc t.t' se.inilaliing the n.tvy in a lecture delivered ill HeiiTer. August .1. The business iort(nn of the village of Trebonre, Manitoba, including two hank rod several hotel vva. destroyed by fire on the night nl the 27th; los-, fiu.uoo.
MI- .To.sephir.e Me.N'amara. Illetl Of l'ii rn I .1. Mnneie. Ir.ri.. Sept. 33, -The death of Bdr. John Hitekles, aged ?7. o - eurred at Dunkirk from strtike of paralysis. He bad been aetivlv en.....r..l r ilia. ini.iclit. t.t tin. . , I . I li litkol
Indians for the purchase of o..msi , .... -
. . . I -('l"1- 11111. II UM' til. tllltlStSXacres of and in Mexico, and that aa I . , , . . . . . . , ,.! in :. i.tl Ina r I hi ti k i rk f or Mi v ea i s. SOOU as thev secure BCttlem nt xv 1 1 ti j the Cnited States ami the Cheroke VUsmd lrn,l. they will r-move then . It is thought ' M d awak. Im'.. Sept. an. Henry that many of the full-blood Cberokecs ehnur. proprietor Of the Ptsasant will atwompanjr them. Valley fruit orchards, was found dead The president has given in-true by (irai.tl Trunk section men near the lions thu; all tin- sick a Porto K: If inilroat! track-. I he body bears marks
sent north as soon a thev are able to travel, his gUlpOSS being to relieve tie B. BrOOke of the further care of t h sicK. and at the same time enable the Baca to lUCeHa lhe treatment obtainable in the U tter appointed home 1ms pttajs. The state department has given its as. -nt. through the American WmSStl at Apia. Samoa, to the return to Samoa, after au exile of ten yesrv. of the former king. Mataafa. It is assumed that this chief is to Is- made king, to succeed the late King Matte ton. who died about 1 inontl, ago. t ol. .lohn Hay was sworn into office as socrctHry of state on the loth. 'The ceremony took place in the pre-i-dent's room at the White House, and the ontti of otV.ee was administered by Justice Harlan, of the SSSBreSBS court. One hundred and fifty men are now St work on the raised cruiser Maria Teresa, They have removed a lot of debris from the bilges, ami have got Up steam in the tnrboard sifter Itoib er. The Other boitefB are nil right. Although the majority for prohibition throughout the Dominion of Canada is aUmt IVissi. even the prohibition papers consider it tiK small to Influence thS government t,, attempt to enact prohibition Igislation. 'The result of the last terrific storn. In Japan is thus suininariasdl Deaths, gSO; house swept away, 169; houses overthrown. 1.1't".: houses partially wricked. Il,49f hamam Istaadsted, Isv99f river lniiks broken. 7. dv ices riH-eiveil from 'an say fighting ha i . -eurred at Alashgorb letween the lurks ami a number of Armenians from Russia. About 50 Armenians were killed.
of riofence, but the cause of death has not b. en as.-i rt.iir.ed.
PEACE CELEBRATION. A RsSSSSfl bSSUSSJ of the KmSSSS Mate g A. K. Kriniliiii Hi 1 . . i , i.i Tim lllne I Ihr l.rny. Topcka, Kas., S-pt. 110. A ps-nce ce". titration yesterday ended the state Grand Army of the ItepubUc reunion. It was for this that a n union of blue und gray was planned, and the speaki rs so divided that the c x-conf i dslUUM had three places and the Fnion exsoldiers two. The morning meeting was a campfire, under the direction of the women
f tli.. Craiiil t-iiic of tin Weoiiblii-
In the afternoon addresses were delivered by Maj. Warner, of Missouri, past comma mler-in-chicf, i. A. K.. und James Sexton, Illinois, coiuiiiantlei -in-.hief. (i. A. U. I n behalf of the confederute vetcrnns, by Judge J. H. Stone, of Mis souri. W. T. Mefarty. und (leu. W. I V. Breckinridge, All of the fjeoJmns, bum pi Oea RreckiaridgC, arrived Wednesday night. The reunion emit d lust night with the awarding of Some prizes and a gen; ernl celebration. It ha Im-cii Co largest held in Kansas s:nce the old boom days, es-eoMters having come by train-loads from eiei Jf corner of rh
state. Manv were here this year who
J hail not beep, in attendance at a r union in 19 or 1-' vears. ; ORDER OF OCCUPATION.
THE NEW WAR REVENUE ACT. Il.iukrr.' I s 'Mm Vlrrr -oi-Itouu.l Mmj Ou Arouml gNS MoMHstf if Vm l.il ( lull. Washington Ost, L The com i aksaer of internal revenue has held that the an I ikWI of the new war . .- VII UC act which states that "the amOVml of the annual tax repaired to bs paid by Imiikers shall in all OBSel be nomputsd on the basis of the capital and surplus for the prcci-din;; yea-"" relates only to bankers who l ive .ecu in business during the preding year. In every case where th,. business is commenced for the Hrut time in the mouth of July, ls'.is, nu. tux is s'.ti. 'The commissioner ha. also held th it a "merry -go-round" set up at fairs, etc.. is not an exhibition or show within the inclining of 1 lie law , a ad. tie : , . fore, is not subject to u special tn. Recently u large number of Inqui l ies have reached the commission, i -as to the liability of social club to tin special tax as retail liipior dealers. In a letter yesterday the commissioner qUOtea from a recent decision of the courts to the affect 'hat if IkfUOf i Sohl by a club to it tin miters or others, whether for protit or not. or whether by means of tickets or otherwise, or under any condition constituting a sale, the club beOOmMS liable to the special tax. 'Tin- commissioner of internal revenue has Issued telegraphic Instructions to internal revenue officers that, pending the receipt of a formal opinion on the subject by the attoineygeneral, they will not require railroad companies to stamp receipts for excess baggage or rebate tickets- giveal by conductors for fairs paid in cash. M. CAMBON'S VACATION. No rulltlral Mg-iillleaiire Attaching In III Yi.lt In tin- I reneli ( i pi ml at tam rtiiie. Washington, Oct. 1. The Pier.' h ambassador, M. Cambon, left bare yesterday afternoon for Paris. He vvill OS on leave for two inoulbs. but there was added interest in his departure from the fact that he may is- transferred to a European tost. in which case lie would return to Washington only to present his letters of recall. In view of the prominent part M.i milinll took ill the peace negotiate - ami the signing of the protocol, it lias 1 n thought his visit to Pari during the sessions of the peace commission might have some relation to the Spanish settlement. Hut the ambassador said before leaving that the trip was wholly without political significance. He would have the pleasure, he said.
good-naturedly i of taking Judge Hay und others of the American party to the opera, after which, following the example of M. Prlcalsac. minister of foreign affair, he VfOtlld efface himself from the proceedings. COULDN'T GRANT THE REQUEST The Volutitrrr 1-nrrr .lri-iil- tti-ctiicetl to Ihr Limit An Important Huty to Nrfarsv
Washington. ct. i. Bepresentstirs Cannon, of Illinois, with M. Ü, Itaioecy, of Ottawa, aaad Bev, htr. Lewia, oi Joliet, called on tin- president yesterday and made a strong request to have the Third Illinois regiment, now in Porto Pico, mustered out of service 'The president was unable to take tin action, however, lie saitl In- wished he wi re able tu have all the volunteers mustered out of service, but to comply with the frequent representations being made now would endanger the safety of thu country. He said it was Impossible tit ret luce at tili time the strength of the army in the island; that tien. Itrooke hud vigorously protested against any further reduction of force or against exchanging regiments on account of the necessity ol aceli aantbzatioei He aald the sick were being broaffht back promptly from Porto ICico. and that the policing of the Philippines ami the two great islands at our doors, Cuba and Porto Pico, as well as the measures of precaution made necessary in an emergency like the preseni. pending the actual accomplishment of peace, reqnlred the preservation of the present forces for a time.
aseatlss for totalises. Hope. Ind., Sept. 30. The Woman'e Relief Corps of t his place handsomely entertained at (irand Army hall in ! : or of the Hope returned Puerto Itiean heroes. Archie Williams and John KjBCraOB, of t he Twenty-seventh Indiana battery. Wife ml l.o ml. I. one. Connersville. Ind.. Sept. 3d. -W' ley Alfred, of UbIob county, a former
res it! i t f,f t Id- rit v . w a Iwre Nioking
ft r his wife, two children, some bed lirg. harness chickens, nil of which are missing. Kuanil In n ( I. tern. AlexandriP. Inl.. Sept. 30. Tht In dv of Peter afaarer, night furnace man at I.ippr re,tt' gins factory, was foaad m a cistern. He was years old and Maves a wife and five children. Mnrrn f lhe I nrnlvnl. Fort Wayne, It:.!.. Sept. 30. Mi. Velma Ohneck. a prominent vom g Woman, has been elected queen of the cr.rnirsl which will bfl given in Fort Warns tea I vvrrk. Med ttf Pes as. T.sportf. Ind . Sept nn. Fd F. Hall private in company F. First Illinois volunteer, died at his home in this rlty of typhoid malaria contracted in Cuin. amaesMsi from aiypalss Hnrtford City. Ind.. Sept. TO. Kevs. fheks rtnd Martin, tWa minist rs of that elty. raaeaei a tlne-year-old orphan boy from a rang of grnaiei here.
Ihr fourth I BSSMl MStea Volunteer In- '
fniit rr to Proreed, Kullv Armril kihI -.iultiril. In M Alt i li 1 1 lit, tu Its. Washington, Seit. 30. lhe follow-1
ing order for tin- occupation of Cuba Has issued yesterday: Siltjuarters of the Army, f stjsiaat flasf i si sOfltae, r H-tntiuton. sept 'JV, isy-t. Uy tllrectl'tn of ÜM si retiiry of anal the Fourtti tJnltsd State volunteer Infantry, tletacbnHtnl from the Seventh army cents will he tilaceil in ri idlne.s for Im
mediate sei v H e In I'liha, pursuant to (Jen-
eral orders i;i, current series, rrom tnis uttice, and prut e.l fully armed ami etutppo( to take station at Mansanlllu, tin- i 11111111.11111111; ofltoer rt portlOS his arrival i telegraph t-t ataj.-Osn. James K. Uade, U s . Havana, who will give In stun Ilona as to Its duly ami disp iten iiie qusrtermaatsr'a depsrunent will furnish the in-eessary transportation, und the subsistence depart Bent will gravide the necessary sultaltlo rations, and tlui aursjeon-iceneral make ample pruvisioa for necessary medlral sttemlance ami supplies for the troops in route and alter alIlv iL 1 lommand of Maj -;.-n. MIU-s. II f COKBIN, Atljutant-lieiieral.
Thr rre.nl. nl MtSStSM Trip. Washington, Sept. 30, Many cities not bare tof ota considered wisii to ba Included in the Itinerary of the arssi' üt M s trip west in caansjetion with the Qmnha expoeitioa. With the outlining of the plans for the trip, invitations of n nifst urgent chnruetcr. both by telegram dd letter, have been dispatched in IfM interests of those antinns to cntertuiii the president. Mr McKinley, however, has plauaetj to Ipaml only a fortniuht away f raut Vashington, and tins will aeasMifatd a reluctant declination of numerous lavitat ions.
WILL NOT PRODUCE A VACANCY the Kit In liient of Ii . 1 1 I o. i r I snrd Will hr lolli.wed liy n I'roliiotaSBS Hon Hie loo Washington, (let. 1. Owing to the legal limitation of the number of r ar admirals in the navy, the retirement Of Kenr Admiral Sic anl w ill not produce the arme) proaaotiona down the line. The number Bxed bf mst is si. except where promt t ion- to be rear uilmirals are the re.oilt of thanks of congress. The latter constitute un excess number during the life of the Incumbents, permitting the usual tilling of a raonney of any of the other six. and Admiral Desnrs was promoted in this way. The promotion of Admirals Sampson und Behls) raised the number of rear ml mi rail to nine, und no vacancies can be tilled until the number is reduced to six, exclusive of Admiral Dewey. GAS EXPLOSION IN A TUNNEL. Thirty Men Tkrn Out. All In an t nennatam gases ah Bspsesoi tit Iternrrr. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 1. A special to the Journal from Wullnie. Idaho, suys; Seven boxes of powder i Kpioded 1U tunnel No. 4 at Mullan last nicht. The night crew was overcome by the gas. Thirty men have now b -' gOttea BfA .Many are linconacloUS, but it is believed that ull vvill recover.