Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 8, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 October 1898 — Page 2
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AY K EK I V ( or K I K K . ; U I' i n r,. i i w i i o.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
JASPER
ANA
PERSONAL AND ÜLNE.RAL,
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- 1 i vvi ,,-.'l,,l .--- The Mvr.'t;ir of v..r r- the candidate fr LHUTiior of Ne ork.
tllUnniag telegram f1"1"" 1 mart..! oat 00 his If If 10 i.t Miunesota on the litb: "I agree state on the ITth. In 1 lrt.v ur? :th Qn, BMN that UM Indian war s,uwart L Woodford. c minisU at an Mi. ' ter to tan ll and iu mimlKi of the
First I nit.il State volunteer cavalry. .. i,...i. ..r.r n.inf ion the c:ii-liilute
A cold rain, followed by snow, top. ther with a high wind. visited Kansas und portions of Missouri, o. the ITtfc, Iffll lj interfering ith treibe and business. . m
rhcially announced that
will withdraw the Marchanu
It
Franc
w.is the comiiiaiiuer wueu closed. The thoroughbred -trillion Meddler was sohl to V. C. Whitney, in New York, on the ITth. for $49.000. collision occurred on th (irent
expedition from Fashoda as soon us (Vntnd railr..id near Itarthney. hng-
the s-1 -ti 1 measenger now en km, on tue i.m. mi p"
injured.
from Man-band arrives in Paris. m On the scaling schooner Viva, ar......I .., i.-t.ri:i it. C from Alaska.
I - m mm , were three Scandinavians who made I the trip from Urin llennett. Ahaabn,
via M. Michael, in au oneu oou.. distance of 4,000 miles. IMM .lame, and all the parties named in the "confession" of W W
l.owe have been indicted by the .1 a ssou county Mol grand jury for the!
rol.Urv of tlie Missouri mnm ' at Leeds on the nbi of oiiftiasbcr
I
itt ndancc at the Omaha expo-
cifi.ni tin the l'-'tn. was 'Mini;n'w - - - . t V railroad. re,K,rt heavy traf povern,,iont for V r i""'" , ,l , v.. UwIhHm what thev term a "hutuili-
killed and
lh.- Uritish shin Blenwcll. tapt
JohMHMk, from New York. ScptcmU-r
19. for London, wa destroyed ly
sudden tire off Margate. Knpland. on
Oie ITth. Nine of ber crew, the cap-
Mai hi wife and chiUlren. ier-
I treasury department has made
. tit; a. award of the new war loan
Subscribers for the sum of ft.'oo will receive a ierecntairt? of that enm,
miittiintini' to 1. ;oo; aubscriWrs for
14,480 or leaa will lie awarded the full
mount of their subscriptions.
AdvietSJ from Madrid jHiint to effer-
veacencwi in military circles tlure. .Mem-
befi of the military club openly ami
miSmuomIiI w.-ather. Ne-
u it. " wa., ceb-luated with enthe auditorium iMdag
1
(fee l alifornia state H:ir.l of health IkM app.inted Dr. C A. Riff " ' l'r' Meal of the lioarvl. to isit the Hawaiian islands to learn the extent of the piesti.ee of lepros. ai:d to report in. ..stires to prevent its introduction into California. The steamer Koanoke arrived at Seattle. Wash., on the tith. fr-m St. Ifiebacls with about 5" Kissenrers and fsM dust estimated at $S,00O.0oö. Of this the Canadian Hank of Commerce received NOO.OOO. and the llank of r.ritish North America 7SM0t. The Stenn it Seneca sailed from San Praaeiseo, S the lsth. for Manila, with sou Mddiers on board. All the BttCSUa whistles in the water front saNted the vessel as IM pMMd down the luiy toward the MMtt and thousamls of MOpiC waved adieus from the docks.
C.eneral passenger agents of nearly til the prent AsMrictill railway systems attended the forty-third annual ni .i i'lion of the American Association of General PeMrHfe and Ticket penta in Detroit, Mich. Two hundred aetive MMCfi were jiresent. on the lsth. many acioinpanied by ladies. n IJev. OeOTfja B. Parish, pastor of the Concrepatior.al church at Marshalltown, la., was arrested, on the ITth. on the charge of forgery. The arrest was made by a deputy sheriff from BsjIMl Willi. tH and n l'inkerton detective. 1'arish is charged with forgery, committed at Sandwich. July I".
ih arbitrators selected to decide whether the tanadian I'acific railway Is entitled to a differential, under the rates iuade by tlie I nit. d States lines on freight traffic between San Fran-ci-.-o and eastern p;!;'- on or i-a1 of the Missouri river, have rendered a decision to the eff.ct that the t anadian l'aciiic railway is not entitled to a difft r titial.
conciudim: what they term a "humilintimr iK !irc," and some of them even
snpeest the establishment Ol a mnitir dictatorship under the present
lh nastv .
Diirintr a reception at the First reg
iment armory at t bicstgo, on the ITth,
a iiuiiiIht of young women and one or two not so younir. tried to kiss l'resiJtmrnm V ' K . hilt althonirh there
were s. ver.il narrow escaHs. none of the ambitious ones succeeded. A numer id men and women kissed the j r. - -i'-'s hat.ii. lnwever. HaU-as corpus proceedinr instituted in behalf of Mrs. forde a Hotkin with the hope of preventing her removal to Delaware, were Mgaed at length in the sujerior court at San Franeis.-o on the ITth. Decision was CM (ltd. Porto Kico has Ken taken into the AllHlMW Lnion. Cfti. Lr.K.ke has plenary powers and will have sole charge of the governno nt of the island unto some other arransrmeiits are made. It is po.ssiole that w Ii n the presUeat returns to KMfcfogtoa, h--n ay designate a military cov. rnor of the islund to act in that capacity until congress can provide for a territorial eivil government. imports from - sources are in circulation to the effect that Sir ( laude MacDonald. F.ritish minister at l'ekin. has informed the Chin- se government that sovereignty apjiertains
Ju.W Hammond, of the 1 in ted
Sate rircmll court ..t I leveland. t. ou
the 1Mb. granted tin' application Ol I
Allien, an Steel and Irt V'. i"r blanket injunction against the sirk-
ing w ire draw r
Um . the seit i -on lessen ir.nn
rsjhbtr. was arraigned MfM the Stria
inal curt in Kansas it. Mo., on t ne Ifta, ami pkanVll not guilty. This plea was. however, a mere formality, thai be r -!:t In held as a witness for the trials ot the men M MN WWi with him in the Itiaeoarl PaeiaV robbery. I owe s ...Hi was lived St $S.(K)0. HS was unable to furnish iU Senat. r BedseM ProetatT was reelect..! by th. erinoiit legislature on the Vth. Mai Tilden, of the First California
volunte, rs. and Dr. Lewis, of the Ke.l Cross society, arrived at Victoria. It. C. on the 1Mb, from Manila on the steamer Kuipn of dapan. The statement of the condition of tri- treasury . issued on the lyth. vhowe.l Available cash balance, - 3,607,430; gold reserve. $24L501,9T4. LATE NEWS ITEMS. A dispatch from the French minister at l'ekin. M. (.erard. HMMtH tha a French missionary and several Chinese CMbottea bad been nana- , r. d or burned to death in a chapel at Fak Lung by a riotous mob. M. -e-rr.l had imuiediately diMiianded reparation from the Chinese government. The city of San .luan remains orderly, and ail is ipiiet elsewhere In IVrio F.i'co. Mai-Gen. Brooke is Installed in
the palace and F.ritr.- ien. Henry remains as commander of the district of ponce. Briff.-CSen. Grant ha- been apointed comuiand.r of the district of San Juan. S.cretary Long has approved the findings of the court which tried and sentenced fhnplain J. F. Ilclntyra of the battleship Oregon to dismissal from the naval service for criticisms he made of the conduct of Hear-Admiral Sampson and tapt. K. D. Evaas, I n,l. r date of the l.'th Leu. Otis cabled the war department: "The situation in Luzon sotnewhal improved. Influence of Filipinos of editeation and property not desiring independent governm. nt. but hostile to Spain, gaining
a-
NKWS KKOM INDIANA.
Hi 10 OFFICIALS,
THE PRECIOUS METALS.
Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Oar Own State. I .. I'r. velil Pollution. Mannte, Ist, Oat, It. - Dr. Uurty. . cretarj of I M state board of Mnltb of Indianapolis,; . t. Ban mj . itato tish eommlssioner of Columbus; o. N. t rni or, depot j Boll oonailss loner, nad At torn Ballard, of Anders. n. renreM ntlng tbe stntt. met representatives of tin Anderson, Nobteeville, fork loa i . Albanj . W abash. Baton Rad Muncie -trawkioard wrks in this city and decided Boon a plan proposed to prevenl tic pollutloa of rivers and iitr. Ml with tbi refnse from tbt mills with a view of saving the lish and health of r 'a! B 1 1 along IBC ttrcain. K..Nl Vreh SsOsanS Indiana; . is, Ind., Oct. 21- The gram! ohaptCT Boj al Arch MakOni held
its tifty-tLinl annual ineeiing in .Masonic hall. Beere tarf Bniythe reported the total Bjesnbortbip at the MfflB nil of ti e year to be o.T.V.i. an increase
lust y ear. I he reB showed total
The Civil Service Commission Sends Out I Hint to Membete of l.x.uninuiK Hoards. INSTRUCTIONS OF 1886 STILL HOLD.
Ill
i'roituei in of aaM tat iii OnssM
In Ilic I 1.1I..I Klitlra tor SffM M Ml
u.siiii;iju, Oct. M, The director of the mint, in bis i pi t tlpon ,c production ,il the previous BteUUa iu Kta the ulciidur year IbUT, just nutted to the secretary of tin- treaa .. - a .....
ui, oeais inn oiiiv wiiu uu
P'-.hIiic.
UIUJ
of IM over that of
port of Trenton r
Innejr la revolationarj councils.
S nores Rivera. Fdanco. hope and tariN,iinel. ministers of the Imbf pjovernnent in Porto Kico. have tendered their resignation to Gen. Brooke, statins; that they would perform their funetions. if desired, until their ucc, mora aaro appoint. d. Hoa, -lohn M. Gresrorr, who was one of the tmt eaauniastoaeta under the pres nt coil service law. and who was for 13 years president of the Fniversity of Illinois, died in Washington, on the P.ith. aged Ti year-. He was a nalive of New York. The bic tag I- P- Smith was sank In the enframe to the l. v. land harbor, on the tOtb, a the resmt of a
collision with the steamer Olympia.
ernmeni na. s...i ., i'i- i iisi... ...... .1..lv to the etnoeror. who has U-en .The fireman went down with the tiif
forciolv alHlueted and deposed, and ,, was drowned. The Olympia was . , . , . i i .
........ ... .-i
tin l li J u i . . i
The government industrial coinmission organized in Washington, on the 1-t h. by electing Senator Kyle chairIn. in. ta-Representative 1'bilipps. of iVini -v !ania. rirst viceidiairuiap;
l;. preseiitatn. . rdiier. of New Jer- j
s.- . s.'eoul v icc-eiinirmnn. ana .1. M. Farquhar. of I'.ufTalo. tenifrar MM W -tary. It was d.-eiibd to adjourn till the middle of Nownilier.
In the Uaitfld Mates circuit court ot nppealu at Flnad'dphia. on the ITth. Judge Horas handed down an opinion reversing tbe decision of tbe I nited States circuit court in the customs duty case of the importing nrin of Jdcyer & Ih' kinson against th- -o-nrnment, the suit being commonly know 11 as the Hat trimming case." '1 be decision of Judge Hiiru is ayaiust tbe government. Infortnatii.n has reaehed the war de-
anrtnaenl that a high oaVoes of the
hi .misli urinv vt rv recantlj maie the
ntateinent that hal the Spaniards been arc of the 11 milt ion of the Ameri
can army, its inability to withstand the hordehlpa if the campaign, ita hick of medi. al and other supplies and general no Mi icncy. as told in the American press, tbe Spaniards would neer hvve s;rr iidered.
The speech of Bir Michael llickaReaen et North Shields, on the mh. has deeply impressed Kngland. and tbe utmost concern is felt as to how 1 ranee will receive it- The nba has bcaa nrevalent that the Frem b hav. no, realized how rn.M.di Knglan.l felt on the Fashuda apnatttea, which t with a desire that
JiJS urn I ..... 1 . ... . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 not (one KiiLMaiul In n
-,.,....1 suoi-ort of Ixird nalisbarya
Stand.
The Mibsisteio-c department of the r,,iv has 11 statement refuting some
lentures of the testimony of Maj. Sea Mirircon. In fore the war investi
gating commission. Maj. Seaman said M MM could get supplies for the sick from the rnmini"iiry of St itence. yet when he left NsOM the chief conamisssrv there bad at his lisposal
t.'4t.ooo. subject to lasntbattea f sur-
geons. f..r just MMl supplies as Din said he wanted.
that he must be restored to his posi
tion. Presiilent McKinley, arrayed ir. cap
and gown, was presented witn a diploma and formally invested with the nVaano of Doctor of Esmnj nt tbe Fniversity of Chicago, on the ITth. in the presence of a brilliant assemblage of faculty, stadeata and invited guesta Havana. i0a. was Halted by n cloudburst, on the nieht of the ITth. that set afloat all the streets in the lower ortion of Iba city. Cathclral square was under three feet of wuter and the streets in the neighborhood were so deep that horses and pedestrians were frequently carried off their feet. Judge Day has made it very plain to the Spanish '!. :i: ssioners that no compromise is possible regarding the main Lbu debt. The Cnited States innr nrwl i.n duilil v will, take in Cen-
skle ration the local debtn of Caba for
which there is any substantial property to show, neb as public dinks.
sratervrorba and buildings, but no
more.
P.riir.-tlen. Luv V. ll.nry. United
States volunteers, who nw comm.M.ds th western nortions of the island of
r-
Forto Kico. by orJer 01 .waj.-.v... UriK.ke. will b- made a brigadier gen-
erai in the regular army. '
vacancy created by the retirement 01 Rfifw-Gca. oppinger.
It is nbblferill around American I ailquarters at Havana that Oca. Parrado and Admiral Manterola f the Spanish commission recently ad,,rite conversatior their
mi""' . , dissatisfsction with the result of the war. and expressed the bop- that mething would occur befOM the final evacuntion of the ilnnl to warrant k renewal of hostilities.
The physieian attaehed to the Fren h tegattea in l'ekin visited the emperor of China, on the tBtb, for the purpose of making a medical e .aminntion. K. N". Sthwart. arrive.l at Walker,
Minn., on the l"th. direct rrim wasn-
ington. as an agent of the interior de-
artnnut to mike a thorough investin am . s
gat inn of the ilead-anil-Uow 11 uinoer quest ion. onimissiurier Hermann, of
the ire n era I land ofliee. S III earneST
alKvut seeking the cause of the trouble
over this question, with a view to satisfy hag the Indians.
Advices received fron Trinidad, i-rov luce of Santa Clsra. t ula. say that
great ilatnage has tieeii caused by the(
r.-cent storm. .Many ionise werr swept away, eight people were killed and many cattle drowned. The dowairer lu hes ,if Sutherland has oTere! s reward of Jji .000 f,,r the
recovery of the jewels, said to lie valued at BlIO.Uoo. which she lost on Isonn! a train Imiiud f'ir t'alais, I raner, while on her way to lindon. l"h roiindhoMs.- nf the 1 atimla Fastrrn railroad at libson. N It. snd four loeof.lotives were detroed by fire Oil the lsth; loss, estimated, $00,000
H..nrv r" Naiihen was n" onated for
congress by the democrat, in na Tenth Massachusetts distri-t on the one hundred and sixteenth ballot 00 the SMB. Genu tis has raided to the war department a review of the situation In the Pbitlpptaea, showing that AguiMrdo'a influence is on the wane. The first general order InMedl by
Ten. F.nsike in Forto men is .1 ..o.-
tied, fair d.H Uinent. and was well re-
c. ived bv tbe peojile.
tVldle the newspapers n .in ann, j. . v i....riih ilisntttches.
the London journals as well MO full of th- most wnnntsoanl ton. -, about preparations on Initb sides .f the cbnaaal for war about the Fa-ln.da baaV 1 ness. the fact remains that an arrangement has bean iabed between the v,.. . -..in. tri. s in coniieet ion with the
matter. Or. Win. K. Brooks, director r IM nsftb obniniotorj at Qcaevn, N. bus s, eureil another observation of the ' comet dlncovernd by l im. its position at :. a. in.. 00 the .'1-t. was right Mtw nslon 1 hours. M saiante, ledi-
natioii north V.i degrees. minutes.
The coni.t i- in Ora.o ami moving
quite rapidly southeast. Writs of tnaapornr iajnnctioa aero served on 31 railroad ticket brokers in Chicago on tbt -1st. The petitions iijion which the injum-tions were granted set forth alleged fraudulent dealing of the teabtirn In oae fore taanoV trip tieketa. Seven of the trunk line railroads ititioned for the injiuic-
tion.
t aut. Caratier. of Maj. Mar. band s
tSpedlthna, on his arrival in Paris, on
Ibt -1st. with a r-Krt to the rem 11 government, said the mission hnl not lost an officer or a soldier. BO added that the health of all the metnlrers of the party was very good, and that relh laolllng on the mar Ii was ensy. high otlicial in the state depart
ment calls attention to the Keceaaitj of forming a suitable OOffa of bright Voting men. well versed in the Spanish language, to assist in the execution if the OOtoainl poli. y which has Im-,-ii imiMis, i 111 tin- nation as a result of the w nr. A dispatet; from Manila says: The Inanigenl general, Flo PUnf, has grec I to evacuate I'ai'o. the last sulurb of Manila held by the Filipino-. Q0
eeecints for t!.. year, including hist
ye ir' balance, to be$MBT.Sl; enpendb tur-. $3189.15; balance 00 land. g 608.16. .Manna; M. Fisher, of Mlbo nraka,vat elected grano bigb priest. Pet et I es 1 Jn II. Vincennes, lnd.( Oct. Cooaina Ellis and John LnceBcW, eteiatbtg to bo
detectives from Kt et.sburg. 111., are in jail here charged with kldnopiof Bib ja Madden, a farmer f Knox county, whom thej ebarged with being mooo sor before tbe fnot la tbe murder of George W . Doooe, January SO, 1803, ond for which Charles Bobonon has just completed a term at JeffoVoonvlUfl reformatory. DleO the Haa4. GrleanO, Ind.. Oct. ft, -Caroline Citillett. plom t ..f this conuty, who lived five miles south of Orleuns. walked 10 town Ihroogb tbe rain ami left for bor home in tbe ofternooa. Horbodynran found by ihe rOOdtkbl within a mile of her bOOie. where she had fallen from exhaustion, and. being unable to arise, a COi p 11 Olgbl and ic supposed to bore chilled to death. . Kitted I" Ü reel.. tofoaogoti. lad., Oct. the A ootb bon: : fretgbl tmla -n the Vmdnlia
wt wr-ikei! at iiorney crees. iu mile north of this city, by the breaking of a coupling pin. demolishing five eortand bnoij areeblng 11 otbera, bli! Ing two men who were riling on the bumpers. The men are supposed to be Ii i.ibl. of Elkbnrt, ami John Ret ler. of Wubarnsn. Work of las Otneiea. Wiialron. Inl.. ct. 21.-Fire dcstroved the freight and passenger
depot here. The freight OCnartmcD! ! was filled with goods, all of which were consumed, some of them being very I va'uable. A tramp was put off the ' train here, and threatened to get even 1 with the railroad ouipany. The fire
was undoubtedly of incendiary origin.
fen CnaSastSSSSa llelleves llutt Ihr llrt In-
Irrrsla of Ilie s.i l.e will Iir I'roiiioted l. KearnMrtpatliii ,,r -t" Meulerol it aanaOn ur Baansnaasn in Benteeu lions in IMOm rolllli I Work. Washington, Oct. It, The civil servilcommission has matted a oitoabui Which is being sent to the 7uU hoards of examiners throughout the Count rj on the -politnal activity of lederal ofticera and employes." lastensttaaa t Jaif it- inaOfc It alls attention In extracts from th executive instruction of .inly 14, ls'.h,, which, the circular sij. are .-ti.l in force and whieh are repiiblishe! foi the information and guidance of till otlie is ami employes in Iba exeeu MB I.. I - AS
ti- civil nervine, lae etrnasnr am says: Neither BsVOfcsO Kf H4ta0. "The oostmaster general, in lette.
dated August s, s..is, stated that tlu order of t president, above quoted has neither been revoker or naodined " I bone who enter the l.issiüed servIce upon Un ground of nacertalned merit. ..s eatnbllshed by the ' i'1 aort lee rules, and arc protected therein should bo ouiel to recogalia the reciprocal reguhttloa tbcreby imposed a. d avoid any action which now. Of at any future time, could reasonably ! subject to adverse eritici-ui. ttraaO Hlat "The rommbmion bellevea that th, best interests of the service will b promoted bj. tb OOn -participation ol nil members of its bonrds of examiners in political oonrentiona or in the aork of p.ditieai committee. -While attendnnce at a political convention as a delenate. r ntenabershln
upon a politicnl committee, is not la itself a violation of the eiv il s, ,-vic. rule, tbe ronaauaalon holds that nil part is n activity if sufficient to im pair usefulness as a representative of the civil serviee eommlnnioa, is snffl- ..;.... to ennae removal from member
ship on any of its boards of cvaniin
ers. anne Oeettan tjaote. Section of the 'ivil serv ice act of January 1. 1s provides that DO person in the public service 'has any right to .:- his ..tVn .al uutliority or infillt eaeree the political nctfca of iHiv pemon or body, " THE PUBLIC LANDS.
w - n lion of L'olil und silver in th I
Slates, lint in foi.ign tonnt, . well, and draws a comparison I., in,,,, the production of the loading prodtt ing COUntriefl of the world. rbe aouroea from which informs. 1 1114, tion has Ikm-ii derived are th.- I11(1t nuthentic ami reliable, nod the are as nearly accurate as it is j, to obtain. The value of gohl produced iu t't United States iluring the caleutbi year IM7 was 157,303,000. The iaag African repabUe holds tirst place, sn dueing gold to tbe value of j Australasia, i.sl.ls,', and I. 123,1 0,7,,;; CMM rrmliiel of US Worl.l. Tbete ns a oacabbi baerena In .
proiliietKin of gold in tlie world ibis ing the year Is'.i7 nwat IS06. United states increnned eS7&, South African republic made 1 h- rs DaOT kable gain of 13,8,102; .
tralasia iin iviisnl $10,S039, and sia 1,709,T00, The I nited Stat. dUCed during th year .. 3,04 O.UO OUnCe of silver, and Mevi.o tin,1 ounces, a decrease for the I States of 4,074,800 line ounce, at increase for Mexico of B,256,7M nunce.
I.I.V
j.ro
ratal Baolaalea. Vincennes. Ind.. Oct . Jl. The boiler in the sawmill owand by Thomas Noltemever, of Freelamlsville. ex-
idoded. killing the engineer, rraa ' . ' Ml 111
till
nien-
the 15th. This comnletee
can ,'oiujiU'st of the city. Trueney OtTi. i r J, W. Farson, of KobnnaOj IndL, has discovered a family, that of John Trayef) atth OOehitt Iren of school age, Mr. Trover lieim? the father of j and the Itepfutbet nf fight children araeing maebloo hn bvoo invented in Prance that turns oat from 100 to !"-" vards ,.f fabric er day . tad is so simple that one operator can manage six marlon, a The presenee of smnll ox in DOW son i denn! Iy late arrivals from the Klondike.
i .lerel, and seriously it joriog W ill Bobb i - um! borge iloycr. .lerel was blown about 3i fict and was badly
11. in j'.e-l. lb N aves n family. Illetl s,,,,l, , . Wabash. Ind.. Oct. 21. Faul Herring, one of the best-known citizen in Wabash eaanty, died suddenly. Mr. Herring ha been connected with tbe Wo bush paper mill ever since it started, in Iss-i i,d during the past three years hot bOCO superintendent of the concern. Mosa l-nelory sturts. Pendlet- B, Ind.. Oct. 21. -The Pcndl' ton window glas factory has begun flowing g as. It U believed that the 1 starting cf 0 many of the ima'k-r lone pendent factories wi.' aid in settling 1 th.- v :ne scale diHiute and induce the
larger plant In the combine to start. A Bin 0sltr. Malthews, Ind.. Oct. II, Fob. it Maine, the Swnyzec L'las man. has!.. COted a ino smelter here. Work will begin Imnsedlutelj on this factory . and
its promoter nope to nave n in operation in 90 days. It wilt employ 1((J hands. VI le II In I '. I, le. Shelbyville. Ind.. Oet. Kl. - Thomas Shir.o. arrestefl hen-, charced with ab-
seonding with IWO belonging to W'. II. It. an, .f Fhicngo, escaped from the officers while returning from the courtroom to the jail. labf 110,11, BarnaO, Liborty, Ind.. Oet, IT. The youngest son of Mr. id Mrs. Zachariah II. Stanley, of this place, was fatally humid while playing before a grate Are in the uhsen, e f iiis mother. In n Heeelter'n llnnd. Wnboah, lt d . Oct. It, The marble works nf Thornr A Wilson have been nlsOt d r the hands of a receiver. dames
MrCrca I" it ir 1 lined to take charge of thr firm's affair. Death ' Joaaoa iiurke. Jegfemonvllle, lndH ot. MeBoa. .lames Fnrke. aged . died here of a geotive eblll, M r. Bnrbo bod boon 0 eottnellnnn, treasurer Oad postmaster of this city.
nsaOsnseul OKssvanj s lssat Are 01 1 ssMasprlslri ami t MsssresO r4le ISHSO l.ariteljr In the DOMSTt. Washington. Oct. 22. A statement prepared at the general land olb.c shows that at the pn-ent time there are ..7,..:i,,274 acres if unappmprinted and nnienortod hand In tbe Uaitad States. eaclnatTO Of Alaska. Of tbli area. 540,549.00 acn-s. or more than K4 per cent. .are in the 1 I so-i alled desert load states und territories. Of tbvio aii lands in "iesc states and territories it is estimnted that 38S,17O000 a. res are of a haraeter that may lie denominated as "desert." under the law providing for the disposal of desert lamb: that is. lands that do not prod nee native gtnea In aufneient minntittea to make an ordinarv crop of hav in usual season if Milled by ! grazing animals, ami lands, whieh. I without irrigation, do OOt cont.iin sufficient moisture to proijuee a natural grovrtb nf trees, or nsnke nn ogriealI turnl crop of any kind in amount to make tin- cultivation thereof reason hI.Iv remunerative.
THi: BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR ' 1 u,.i,al liilrre! I iken In tlie CaSSM UMi.f llo- mil vr , rref ,-l..n'
1 , rs o Oteteej n henstssa. London, Oet, fg, KacepUonol latco-
. - s taken in tin- celebration ni tne anniversary Ol tbt battle of Trafalgar, on October It, 1000, when the british Beeta nader Admiral Kehna, gained a brilliant victory over tin- fleets of Pranot and Spain, oiniaiiiub-d by Admiral Villeneuve. Tbe tnono of tbln lo creaaed natbnrnt of patriotism here is the dispute with I'ranee over the lashoda nucstion. which, in some
quartern is looked opon as a matter that may possibly bring about war
between the two countries. I Of son column on Trafalgar square was
profusely decorate. I and entwined with
a chain of laurel leaves, while laurel
festoons hung from each corner of the Capital to the lions at the base, which was elaborately embellisln-d with ancborn, wreaths, flags and evergreens, with a background of crimson loth. There were also lloral shields in each corner, inscribed with Netnona prent victories, "gt. Vincent tanipf low 11." ''The Nile" and " Trnfalgnr." The morning was shnwet y and misty, but many hundreds nf people were present to ebeer tbe hoisting of tbe lnion .lack on the top of the (icilestnl it right o'clock.
SHNSATIONAL DKVELOPMtliTj the latrs im., it.. 1 1. mi. r 11 I re. I. I.. W In. 1. s, Im,, I x, ... RespaaatMe t London, Oct. IS. The Inojacnl 00 the remains of Harold Freiem , lb newspaper correspondent and UUtliM vim dud suddenly on IVcdm iii 1 1 at Henlej nf heart disean was adjourned yesterday untnWedne day nest. Tbe evidence presente nras somewhat sensational. Si- Kreti eric's daughter Bath said h. r fathc dill not In-lieve in doctors. Shi that it was with his consent, but m def the influence of others tbnt Mr Mills, a Chriatinn scientist, wus sm umned to ottend bins. Kate Lyon, a nu mber of l"roih ric household, testified that th deccaw ; Tail asked her to call ill Mrs. Mills SI the latter name to the bona and pounded the system followed bv (1 Christian scientists. (In the same.!. Mr. Prederic dlaauaned tbe !' who hud U-en in attendance on bit
Most of Mrs. Mills' trentnaeat , co tinned th- wdtneaa, was what btknos as absent treatment." At, the r nueal Of friends of the sick man ' doctors were again summoned. the deeeed Informed then that vh. thev had previously attended him 1 had not followed their directions. Mr. .lohn Stokes. Mr. Kreden ornanoeanin, testified tbnt be had formed Kate I.voiis he might charged with naOOObsagbtef if v Frederic should die without rece'iMi medical treatment. Ooetor Itrown ami fro j berger, I physician who had attended Mr if eric, said the deceased had stllT. r from rheumatic fever, and that was pnmlyned on one side, in- A it th. v aarrtrri '',M Tnrol Roth declared tli.ir belief that proper treatment the patient WO have recovered. The inues1 was adjourned m Wednesdny, when it is expected M Mills will ie examined, TBI WAR INVESTIGATION The Casansssstsn Arete t OtOswesi '
1,11.1 rr.M.T.I la I .rl M.rin r ...1 N.i omplMliil l.iM-.Miiitei .-.I All. una. ..!.. K-f. 2:.'. Tb war restignting commission arrived b oer th' Southern railroad vest. 1 ut ten o'clock and after calling up lien. Pennington, in command of 1 department, proceeded lO Tort i Pheraon. The onlf work to be d
I bet is in connection with the bospl
ai the fort. The mcnnber aeparai into parties of two each for the i pOM ot visiting the various dlvisfa Of the institution. Thev foiiinl the barracks at tbe p had be. n transformed into bnsp wards, and notwithstanding t h- 1 was wet. the wards wen all found tie oinfortuble and warm, made m each ease by n large OtVM in the ' ter of the room. ThTe are now pntlenta In th institation, oad ai of them are convalescent. The eoniinissioners talkeil with -geons. nurses and patients. Thev countered no complaint from the -men. and nurses stated that tbe " was constantly growing less and 1 irks.une. owing to the decrease in number of patients. Thev also visited lb mess hall of convalescent! while they acre 1 n.r. and the diet kitchen while 11. r was bi'ing prepared. I found the men in the BBa ' abundantly supplied with food partaking of it with a relish km
only to wen who have just in" from t v phoid fever.
Oaaaenaont gntlttna. l.tgoiiier. Ind.. fet. 21. Solomon Mag, n m reliant of this city, med a petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities. $10,B assets. f.',.non. A VII er lillle.l. v m, Ind.. Oof. 11. J W Molsr. s miner in the .IncKnon Hill mines, nirthent nf thin city, was killed by fallina ilstr.
Oeoaeael AOOltssaal sp,,rr. Paris. Oct. When Ferdinand W. I'eek. the 1 nited Mates .otliinissionel to the exhibition of 1000, arrived in this city, the space allotted to the I lilted ' Slates at the exposition grounds was iTVOno fe-t. Mr. Peek's tirst gain WOO MW ":,r'' f"''' ,,e has 111st secured a0OO s.puin- fet more, by means of a direct irder from the Kreil, h gov ein inent on the director of the exposition, making the present total NtjMO sipiate feet. Uefoooaf has 110,000 square feet. It ir nut known yet baa mueb arac has been allotted to Luglaud or Uussia.
The
MrehHiili aai Trailer.,-
N . w link ( II s.ollS New Vrk, Oct. The Median ind Traders' bank. -niecrning Wi Ibere developed some adverse nt" over night. kaodO its exehaiig' - 1 mil at the clearinghouse yeatert Among the iwnk gaooMont tw town the Im lief prevailed that lb is perfetl,v solvent, and that H go right on. although there lOtlgh' some change in the innnagcim "l n directors' OaOOthOf InOt MJ W " l'resibiit DoltOe wns 0aaaatd 1 Prcisdeiit tsU Sehl, singer acaaklant.