Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 December 1898 — Page 2

8ttkli, C'-onvicvJCUKHKNT TOPICS.

. MOAkK. I'ul Llier. JAsPKR INDIAN X .1. M. 1 laid win Stuart, professor of psychology, mi Princeton. N. .1., lias iccelved (rem l'aris official notification of his ( lection to im nibershlp iti th French institute of sociology. Secretary Bllas received u dispatch from Indian inspector Wright, on the Vlst, in Ike Indian territory, announcing the rcjcttion of the Havves cumnsmhsa trsatj by the Creek liidiuu nation. The Mil of inquiry appointed by the secretary of the navy to ascertain why tiie Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa M alsindoticd. ami to ti the rcsonsilnlitv, began its labors at Norfolk, Nu., on the 2-d.

In the de.-ree accepting tne resignalion of Marshal Blanon iirr ipt lin grn Tal of t ulia. the pieen repent culogied the zeal, intelligence and loyalty wit'i which tin- governor general laid fulfilled his functions.

A tipocial from BtnDtW iUe, ()., mvi that cold lias Im-cii discovered on the piojierty of the Kiverside Iron Co. there. Th" find was made while digging pole holes. If the same relative yield continue, the property will le developed. A ThanU-v'. inir ilinner. ft t tended bj 2tK) Americans, w.i- given at the kaiscrofT in DerUn on the 24th, .lohn 1!. Jack son. secretary of tin- Amcricuu cDiliussy presided at the banquet, and propi'-'d toasts to President McKinleyan l Emperor William, both of which v EC received with beers. Ir. 1ii Victor Ken IgUTCn, the Peruvian minister, who came to Washington in July, 18ST, for the express purpose of t fTeetiiig an adjust ment of the celebrated Met ord claim, took his leave of Presides! McKinley on the

-2d. Hh retirement leaves rem without representation in Washington. K-(Jue i I.iliuokalani of Hawaii arrived, on tin ttst, at San Francisco. from Honolulu, accompanied by Col. i. W. Mf l arlane ami Hun. I'anl Neuman. The object of her visit is to try arid influence congress to allow her to retain possession of the crown lands, i" Tfssrstl. valued at $5.000,000. a Beery saldier in list Seventh corps at Savannah, (in.. anas numc to feel the joy - of Tluinksgiving. All drills were abandoned for the (lay. and at two o'clo-k each man received a ration of turkey, fruit and enke. Over 1,008 turk 'vs and seve ral wagon loads of cake an. I fruit vver- sent out to the ramp.

The Spanish government, it is semiofficially mm uneed. intends to notify tin- Cuban b ndholders- that Spain will not pay the Cuban debt, which will not ! mentioned in the peace treaty. The government consider- itself completely freed frointhost-entanglements, whndi fall upon the nation exercising Sovereignty and collecting taxes in 'aba.

On the ?lKt the Philadelphia county I'n. grand jury presented to the county coart true bills of indictment against I'nited States Senator M. S. Quay, his son. "Kicbnrd M. Quay, and ex-State Trt.n- irer I'enj. .1. Haywood, charged -with conspiracy to unlawfully use public moneys deposited in the People's national bank of Philadelphia.

Mr. Simon liuggcnhcim. who was married in He SI ork. on the .J4th. to Miss Olg.i Hirsh, commemorated tinevent by giving a Thank g i ng dinBar to 4,nn0 children in Denver. Col., where be resides. The tickets were distributed by Parson "Tom"' l"rl of the PeopleV tliliernnele. to whom Mr. tinggenhcim entrusted t h tnnn--igcincM f the feast.

While the nominal indemnity offered by the I'nited States for the Philippines is but 2 O.uuo.noo. the nctual imlemnity i tnnt li larger, for it U proposed thn each government shall sott is the claims of its own citizens against the other. 'Phi. amounts to releasing Spain from claims for large aaaoaats of damages suffered t,y American citizens in Culst.

An injunction wax IsmksI. on the by .lodge .lohnson of the district co irt at Denver. Cl.. restraining the International Association of Machinists and its officers and the striking machinists formerly employed by the M. Dsv. Iron Works a, from interfering in any manner with the nontinion im.'i employed in the shops mid from Imycotting the company's lights,

The present has caused the appointment vf s board constating of 3dnj. lieorg" H. Hopkins, a - - i - tan t adjutant -general L'. S. .. mliHar Side to the aaaillaiy of war. and 4 apt. Fn.neis Mcketta, attadied to the navigation bWOM of the navy departOn nt. to devise some saeaptaMs plan for the di-t I ibu t ion of ordnance captued from Spain Iwlwecn the war and Buvv depart inenOi. de.-gntion of White Iclrer I'tes had ii hearing bsfsCC the secretory of the interior, on the 2"d. at which they mad" a vigoious protest against the Banding of any more governtnent comnd ions to treat witJi them for the allotment Of th. ir Intub. tiie cession Of anv portion of their territory in trust to the United Mates or kindred imiters, i ml asserted very positively that what thev want'd to do w ith their valuable lands was to Irti-M- thaM for rev cum producing purposes snl ttoi (o cede or ulh'Twi-c tllsposi (f tic '

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

PERSONAL AND GtNEriAL, Settling u war by Weiching subtleties in different lexicons night suit a country Ilka Spain, but the I nitd States diss not transact business iu that fashion. Nor will it lose time iu mailing known its emphatic porpoas to complete the treaty or to take pos-M-ssion of the Philippines without regard to trivial snd e a s i v t argiinients. I he Admiral Dewey, the first auxiPaty Tusier class of merchant vessels to be constructed under the act of congress authorizing the work, left P.oston. m the Jlst. on her speed trial over the government course off the New Kngiunu coast. The Thai i nag I 'I'H hnnqtwl of the American scdetj in London, which was held at tin Hotel Cecil. was a glorification of Anglo-American friendship. ThlW hundred Americans and their Knglish quests sat nt a table under the eu'wincd t'ags of the two nations. Kintnett I.oneks. s young man of Cheyenne. o.. fell from a Union Pa

cific train, on the night of the Uoth. near P.orie station, Siul one of his legt was cut off by the wheels. He lay beside the tracli all night with the tcmnerature nenr rero. and died shui

after being found. The French line steamer La Normandie. which arrived at New York, on the 31st, from Havre, was detained at quarantine owing to .smallpox .miotic her sleerngc passengers. The Ala'mina house of representatives, on the -1st. read end ratified a joint resolution appropriating $500 to buy n sword for Lieut. Hobsou. of Menlinac fame. The American peace commissioners, on the 21st. notified the Spanish commissioners that tla United Ststesntust have possession of the entire Philippine uri hipelago and offering $30,0 ooo to Spain for a treaty cession of the islands. A replv was requested bv

November 28. A dispatch was sent from Parts, on the Slat, stating that Benor Hontero Kios had annoiineed the trithdrswal rl Sjiain from further negot 1st ions with the United States, Inquiry developed that the Ktateinetit was wholly Unauthorized, and that the cable company had been Imposed Upon by stock jobbers. The London morning pnjers of the 31st concede the generosity of the offers of the United St.it. - peace anna missioners and express the opinion

- that Spain would be foolish to reject them Thetj express universal gratifi

cation at the announcement of ' an ojwn-door policy" in the Philippines. The Cuban general, Ruis Rivera, v.ho SSM captured bp Qn. llernamb de Velasco in Marth, 1S97, and who hml been a prisoner iu the Montjuich fortress, nt P.areelona, since the ginning of the present year, has been r. lease,;. He ' as serioiislv ill, and

has been taken to Paris. Kx-Tax Collector .1. C. Keogh was arreOe at Ik, yoke. Mass., on the Jlst, on three warrants, charging embezzlement to the amount of Sll'.ouo. One warrant charges an einliezzlesnanl tf tSOJOOB in s;i7. nie a similar amount in and the third is for llftjOM in lOS. Lieut. Hobson. wbo litis recenflv 1 1 received a handsome sum for an article in the Century magazine on the sinking of the Merrimnc. has devoted

ine money to inline a mortgage on the home of his father in Alabama. The Uni teil States has notified Spain that upon coming into full possession of the Philippine islands tin "open door" will Im- maintained for the commerce of the world. The lone talked-of American sardine truat to control the output of the manufacturers and packers of this country, is nnn'.ly assuming shape, although it v. ill 1m- controlled by P.ritish capitalists. It will lie capitalized at .n.non.ooi. with Shares of 1106 each. Tin wrecking tue Harrttl arrived at Nassau. N. P.. on the 21st. She relets that the cruiser Infanta Mnrifl '1 eresa has been abandoned. She is paing to pieces rapidly, snd lo r contents are Boating through her brok, a S lies. Kin-, on the Jlst, in the wholesale district of Louisville, Ky . fSjtted the ad Hi aery störe of David Baled A Son, at 111 West Main street. A new stock valued nt Is tween 119,000 and .o,04)0 was destroyed, while the btdldJnf suffered .io.(ns damage. Adjoining houses sutTered from tire ami water tj the extent of $.', Big Pour Braketaan Prank V. IVirtiii y, of itellefontaine, I)., was throw n front his tri in at Rrlgtltnrood, Ind.. on the '.'2d. and atttSeat killed. The accident was caused by the train's speed being checked suddenly, by tin unknown man throning himself in front ot the engine. Wash King, a jockey who ha- ridden on nan It I li and western tracks for the past l.'i years, died at his home in Atchison. Knf.,onthe 22d. from the efficts of a fall received while riding at Denver Col., two years ago. Dr. ha-l- s Ma-i y Haintneft, formerly health officer and OOTOni r of the District of Columbia, tad '' wllktiown practitioner, died t r. Washing ton. on the Sid, of Hright's disease, aged ft.'! years. All of the gm erntne nt department! in Washington were doaad on Tluuiksgiving ftay, Snd at h ast a majori! v of them gave a half holiday, on the I d, to all employes in antietpntJoa of Tbanksgiv ing. The Ann r an schooner w. if. swan W..S seised by the collector of customs for the port of New Ol -leans, on the ltd, for carrying Contraband goods. London papers comment upon and express satisfaction at the' open door" intentions ot th United States ill the PhiliODina inland.

the next meeting of the national lange will uc held iu Ohio, till- city to be selected lutcf. The crow i sheet of the boiler of a locotnotiv on u wci.t-bouud freight train on 'he Denver A Uio ii runda ruilroad blew out at SwalluHs, Col., on tbt Nth, nc man was killed and two wer.' injured. Kightceu loaded fl eight cam were burned, und the loss w as beavj . The armored cruiser Kaiser, flagship of th- Herman squadron commanded bv Prince Henry of Prussia, winch was recently ashore in gnmsab bay, arrived at Hong Kong, on the 24th. with thine boles in her bottOIB. She will b docked for repairs. The Ita.ian gov eminent has sent (to ultimatum to the sultaaof Morocco on the subjet't of the detention and illtreatment of Italian proteges. A week was given in which In replv. Mabel Davidson, the skater, well known throughout Canada and the United Mates. dSad in St. Paul, Minn.. on tin- 24th. of consumption, aged Ii. The ImmIv will be cremated.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Pn aidant Tgleaiaa of Costa niea. sc. Boinpaniad by mambera of his .statt, und to. tarter. I . S. A., visited the treasury department, on the Uth, and l.ftcr being presented to the chief ofBciaia, cas escorted through the iiioiiey vaults i'.iul shown the iihkIc in a hieb the governtnent handles its vast ton s of com and currency . Wblli a perty of I2 people were returning from a ball .11 Otis. Ind.. 011 two hand ,.-irs they were str ick by the Lake Shore fast mail cast of Chesterton. Win. Kabcnskl ami Win. Kempler were killed outriyhtand Znbenski's two daughters, aged 1 and IS rcpectilcly, were probably fatally injured. Thanksgiving day was generally oiscrved by the Americans in Manila. P. I. The British residents also celebrated the ilav n- a holiday. The feature of the fcstivi'ies was a dinner tendered by I . I'.. Williams, United States consul there to officers of the Am tiian army and navy. The grand jury at Fergus Falls, Minn., on the 15th, returned indict' nieuts again! the six m arrested at M lorlnad for holding up the Great Northern train at Carlisle two weeks ago. fhey fie slao indicted for burgh.rizing W art'udd's bank at battle Lake tbr weeks ago. .-.. vera I 'if the Turkish ministers have submitted to tin- sultan raemoriils tHiintiilg out the disturbed state

of the empire and the reforms consider nccesarv. The sultan

ritated at this attitude upon tin of his ministers. A special from Montevideo,

guay, say- The United tates battleships Oregon and Iowa and tiie collier Celtic have arrived lure to re-coal and take on Immh! supplies of provisions, The Kreuch cabinet has decided to authorize a loan of J7n.iMMt.oui francs for the purpose of establishing an Indo-Chinese railroad system in connaction with the Chlneae railroads. Marshal bianco, whose resignation ss captain general of Cuba hud been SOCiCpted, nailed for Spain on the L'Tth. Be will be succeeded by Ceti. Jirolata CaarteihUSOa, a division eoniinander. The Cnited States naval recruiting oflice at Chicago received orders from Washington n the nth, to enlist M SI prentice boya, Ifi landsmen and 15 staaawm at once. The statement of the condition of the treasory. issued on the th. showed: Available cash balance. Sir.-..s'l.-'ss; eold reserve. I J4 1 , 1 'J 1 .741. CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

I INI II

The City Has Quieted Down After Thursday Night's Rioting Among the Soldiers.

WO NE6R0 SOLDIERS WERE KILLEO.

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IteeS f Ihr Neroe Wunill Hint Hli or I lKlit ef tin" lillr I- ulltlrd Mm Mm or bSSS seriously Hurl UsSi WlSSS. In I oiioiimiiiI or m in p slili, Hi luatlUmMlaa lntrallMliou. Anniston. Ala.. Nov. M,- The city has quieted down after Thursday night's rioting, and it is U'licvcd that the full eStaat of the sli oting has been learned. Two negro soldier were killed and three wounded ami si or eight white enlisted men were more or less neriousl) hurt. The two members of the white provost guard who were missing Thursday night have reortci for duty. 1 1i in . i. Private Kd Caperton, Third Alalia ma. A member of the same n-giiuent uuideut iticd. This MTeaadoa. Win. Bowie, Third Alabama, I hot through 'lie body ; will die. The n.inics of tl thcr wounded in crocs will tU be known until night, as the commander of the regiment has not made up the list. Among the whites wounded were: Private Hildbnit, Co., I. Second Ar-1:iiis-i-; -bot in the head and stabbed in back; dangerous, Bergt. r"ranb Dodaoa, Third Tcni-. s,-,. shot in arm. Private .bei Graham, Third Ten nessae; shot in stomach. Private Will Risson, Tourth Kentucky; shot in shoulder. It is reported that thai several members of the Ponrtb Kentucky ami l'ourth Wisconsin were wounded, but this COUid not be continued at their headquarters. Gen. T'rai-i . commanding at lamp Shipp, has instituted an investigation, THE END OF HIS TETHER. A londlriHi' QISmtW MSSSM l IIhv KcMt-lirtl H In UM llitnila of HW I r.t in I. ii l'nUi-e. San Krancisco. Nov. M, Chief of Police Lees has Secured much addi

tional evidence against taaadnm ibraee, the slevee confiilcnce operator! who is detained at tin ity prison. A search of the man's trunks showed that in I hieago he was known as lr. J. If, Wey glind. dentist. M State treat, which nanu oppesred upon most of his linen. He claimed to rCD" '

resent various wealthy .south American firms In Philadelphia Horace entered into negotiations with Win. Cramp A Sons for a Vessel of tile two-deck single screw type under the name of Arnold 11. Kadesk. general manager for J. Meiiendez. I'uiita Arena. Chili. He is asserted to have defrauded Chinas fc Co.. of Baltimore, sad many other business hous, His method was to Ixirrow from firms expecting to have dealings on a large scale w,th him.

HO0SIER HAPPENINGS

Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. A Moo.iiim Affra. Seymour, Ind.. Nov. 25. Major A W. Hill und JoMptl Hand (colored) tuguged in a shoein g affray, in which 0 ihotl were exchanged. Two weeks ago llsird vvus taken from the city Isii, wliiT.' he vvu being heb! awaiting s trial fur forgi iy, by a uiub of masked MHI and givm u feverc whipping. He charged Mills with being the leader. Mills met Huird and revolver were drawn. Muny khot were fired, but none of the bttlttta took elTcct. Au k. cited mob gathered in the Streets, ami for a time H.iird' life was in dat ger. OAoen interfered und he wo taken to jail. Tcrrc Haute, Ind.. Nov. 25. John P. Bsird post. (i. A IL, of thin city some time ago adopted resolutions of thanks to two Bomradts who prssaatad to the post a l.nge and valuable picture of Admiral Dewey. A report of the proct i dings ami a copy of the resolutions

ir. iustioli were scut to Dewey, who i has replied as follows! "Yoor favor of I August 10 has been received and read j with pleasure. I am much gratified by Iths action of the post in having my picture given the place of honor and ul-o at the kind expression of appreI ciatioa by members of the post."

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Washington. Nov. M, ,, ttresting review of the postal for SOIM years. SSjrfng lo H iitioiis in military and naval heida the report of Postmaster fJcmrs Smith. Aside from the diseussion , the. ragiahuf hranrhrs of the BMBt, it tells of the work uccoa plished and policies adopt, ,i territorial SOquisttlona, The muster general say s; Ftmmpi INMIN wore It, ! "The w ir entailed the Beeesi l ,,f military postal service, and pruns measurea were required for hai the mails of an army of a quart, i million of men. Large post a ere uddenl) created at the cat concent ration, the exigencies oi slant changes and OSOVementl m met. and the military and n aval fora

Frnest Kleminger, a brakeinan. fe'! from his train m ar Old Monroe, Mo., und vvus cut to pieces. 'Two boys, near .loplir. Mo., robbe. I Mrs. 3, Q, Mordeoai. RU aged widow, of her penaioa money. Porter ."stone shot and probably fa tally wounded Kay Williams, his wife's coachman, at Clinton, Mo. 1 he couple uro liv ing apart. Petl r Khrliek. one of the jiionei r coal operntora of Bnudl, imi. died there Friday. Peter Ort. in jail nt Wichita. Kas., for robbery und assault, is iu danger of being ly lu hed. A negro arrested at Carlinville, 111., for highway robbery, claims to have been la Jnll at the time the robber was committed. It is expected that all the troops at Anniston. Ala., will be included in the movement to ( uba. Jacob Small, at Columbia. Mo., w.i saaeaaed live fears in the penitentiary for forging a $XM check. Diphtheria prevails south of KatusajTi in., near Independence, where Several children have died. Robert A, Davidson, master In chancery of Mas ac county, III., died Friday at his home in Metropolis E lain P.. Wise, lot 44 fnaM I real, dent of Greenville, 111., and prominently identified with Hh business interests, is dead. Mis. ,bihn Harris clothes ennght firr at Wakcton. lev. I ii, lav. and sin- w.c

so badly burned that she can not re-i (over. apt. McCaila is expected to bring back, on the Vulcan, from the Matin I Teresa, as muny relics as are movable, 1 including an II inch Kilu froi the al let t urrct. Deputy Sheriff Watts lost au nrin in! s shooting tffray at Pans, III, Ed Jones, a white non-union miner, and other- arc reported badly injured. Lo Pa trie, of Parts, saya thai Cham

oenain carric.i to Knglsnd the preliUh Inarj fsrni of treaty between Rngusnd sad the Cnited states. Thomss L. W ebb, an ex mail carrier of Spokane, Wash., was f,,uml dead Is Hie outskirts of that city . Indication! point rtitongtf to mnrdsr. Property amoiintiiig to over $4l,iHru, with only $1',. t insnrnnee, was Iis Staoyed by Ureal Wagoner. I.T. Near. Iv tn entile MBjSjaasj block wus d III .id.

PERHAPS FATALLY BURNED. Or. MSSha Passably I xImIIt llartirl In Fir at the I slVSSSMf of In- ' I. i.,i i, I nit. ( hieago. Nov. M. The Cnited States building of the Indiana Medical college, a department of the I'niversit v of Indianapolis, was gutted by lire. The tire was caused v a defective furnace, the flames shooting up the stairway, hemming in the two internes. Dr. Norman Slmbe. of Lignnier Ind.. and Dr. . (I. Morgan, of Plain field. Dr. Morgan used the fire .scape from Use third floor. Dr. Shobc attempted to escape bv means of th' stairway. but was eaugh between the second j find third floors, and perhaps fatally j burned. He was rescued later by the fire escape. The los will amount to 940,000; insurance. 3Sw040. THE MOB WAS FOILED.

SSM-n I., in her nl f llaaS IIS R , .. I mind tl .111 Q SarSS . I -r t niol RSsay fur Action. Olasgow. Ky.. Nov. M, Seven sK,ts fired before daylight awakened the eitiens to the fact thai they w . re intended us a warning In Um guards at the jail of She approach of a mob to lynch Robert Drown and .lohnson franklin, charged with murder, thn warning -not were tired by the night police. The mob of V men found the jail guarded, and after being assured that the gunrd would do their duty if

tin attempt was made to take the prisoners, parleyed for half an hour and then rod off. I'.row ns trial is set for November SO, Re is charged with killing T:s lather-in law. 1 .ouis MeClellund, and Franklin with having killed Mr;, bow iu ni wo, ii. o.i i irt. irtssnaa, San Francisco, Jfsr, Bs far ss now known the victims of the Hiildwin hotel hre number Rve us follow: .1. I.. W bite. Law is b-y i rv .1. M. I.ek hthend. Tate Pryor, .1. .1. Carter. The bod let of Letghtbtad snd Pryor hare bei n rSCOVCred, That of Racing JndgS I al ter ha - not yet heprt found, though his remains nre dotiht IHM iintonr- the ruins. The body of Pryor ill be forwarded to St. Louis,

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ChavnsS nii iasaalt, Clinton. Ind. Nov. L'ä Dr. C. M White, mayor Of the city, caused a warrant to be isslu.,; f,,r the arrct of Prof. I.i avctiwotth, üuperintendeat of the Clinton school!, charging nssault and battery It is claimed that Leavenworth MST the mayor's b'.-y ear-old ion Mnohing w hilc goiri g from school. Prof. Leavenworth ordered the boy lo quit smoking anl he refused Leavenworth then, it is dalnted, struck the hoy with a heavy book, isd after knocking him down choked him m vi n ly. laSlleteS for MsrSer. Anderson. Im!.. Nov. ?,,.- .Mrs. Mamie Brown, Mrs. Buaaa Rrown ami Mrs. Pally Rpwsrs.sf Uiddletown, have been ludicted snd placed under arrsst with otit bail charged with murdering the latter! infant child. It is claimed the child was poisoned and buried in a gardea at night. The officers found the grave, opened it and in n postmortem examination discovered poi-on iu the child's stomach. Blta Himself 1 1. Roshvllle, lad., Nov. - Harry Wright, w ho robbed IhS Carthage depot in August and was captured after a rutming light with a posse and lodged in jail here only to escape a few days later, returned and gave b'SBBClf up to Connersville police, who turtud htm over to Sheriff Price. W right will giVS no information as tn the whereabouts of the three men who escaped with him. Held I nilrr lloml. Princeton. Ind.. Nov. M, Justice lohn W. Cordrr rendered his decision in the Rosenharger poisoning ease, holding Mrs. Itebeeca A. Hoscnbarger to the (iibson circuit court und fixing her bond at $1,000. She is charged with nttemptir.g to murder her son with poison lor $2.000 insurance which die had taken out on his life. nllSl I enl. niilwl. llnrtford City, Ind., Nov. 25. The one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of a Protestant church in Indiana was ct 1 bratod by churches in many parts of the state On November IT;h. a P.aplist church was org:.nized at Old Silver Creek, near Charlestown,

( arke countv, nnd tie same church

still exists. Nasi Ybaakanli lasj, JefsrSOarilis, Ind.. Nov . Thnnksgiiing day was celebrated by the inmates of the reformatory. A dinner of turkeys, cranberries, celery, oysters, pie. cake. etc.. was furnished. In the nfternoon prisoners were allowed the frei dom of the yard and were allowed to smoke, talk and c n joy themselves in general. Qaea i w asfclsMs'toB, Terre llaittf, Ind.. Nov. 25. Mi s Minnie Hill, whose home was in Hendricks county nnd who has been piivatf MUltnrj IS President Parsons, of the state normal school, for nine years, has resigned lo take a position in one of tha departSMStl in Washington. it 1111,1 si reotesla South Band, Ind., Nov. 2.'.. Among t. - I " " ' in.pri ii ti i i is m South

Bead in lsys is the entire reconstruction of the city st reet car lines nt nn expense of nearly $200.000. The lines were put in operation Thursday BOfntag. I. Irl II I i, ionr. Ilnnde, Ind.. Nov. IS, Misses Anns Pitch and Cora Wooi!iuff. each aged IC have disappeared from their honiea In this eltj and their parents arc searching ev cry where for them. lien ten I, II. . s. Dicntiir. ttttU Wwt, 25. Hoy Han. near Monroe, this county, was plftct in 'ail here, charged with brutally nsMSJttsghis mother. He is 1 4 years old nnd n regular desperado.

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Dinner for 1'iiiir I SIMeSB, Raahvilla, lad Nov 2.1. The young nomas of the Prnshyteriss church Served dinner to the poor children of llustiville in n down town room on Thsahigiving day. I uc. n, III, r I'lre. New Albany, Ind. Nov. 25. The cost SleVStOf of CoaStf Slider WSt destroy cd bv fire, osaalnc n loss of $2.tK)o.

The tire vvn of incendiary origin. lt. s it Kill IsdlSSSanllS, Ind.. Nov. 25. It. H F. Pierce has resi "ied si receiver of the Clover LtSf raiiiond on account of ill I health.

on active service in the West I and Philippines had prompt j . communication with home n military osr oflcci were clothed w all jiostal power-. Some of the large camps lucre.) the volume of postsl business to I ot cities of high rank. Quick and telligent management was demand mid trained clerks were ileiailcii available point-s. RsllwS ma, wet.- stationed at convenient ,

in si,j,. trn-ks as ,in1 offices. To

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(ilies the pffloes wire coast ii ' lirnuehes of sonic city cdRse. t - n camps a temporarv rural free dei.v set I ice wns operated Continuing the report say: Tin- PaataJ Sses ! SSvaaesS wtSs S vrniv less Caas, "When our troops adxanc d in Cuba the postal service also aibanci with them. When Santiago surr. dered Halted states postal g. Kben Brewer took posses sloa of ii poi olhce of that city, which vv made the military post office, lb- r moved th" Spanish director and t. of its large force of clerks, retalnii sonic as interpreters, and gave tin- , tice a far Is-tter footing with a mut smaller force. Now there are four ! 'iveries in the business portion of s tiago city, and regular mail eomm cation lias been established with II VSnS and inti rtnediate sea portwith Jamaica and otbwT Weal Indi islands. Service also has Is-en I tended into Santiago province. VI... Kol low ,.! II, rcK Int.. I'orto I'm "'The postal service accompanied 0 anus and our Hag to Porto Kieo. "From Ponce it was extended rapidly as different places passe! our posse .(.ion. until now there an military postal stations there. hait postal communication with null smaller places. They are under the rection -if .i superintendent detsik from the railway service, who actconjunction with the military cor MannV " with a force of six railw.t mail clerks, three postal agents an 39 clerks, including four gpai translators. Tn sanasa sssstnnjod Maaiis Osvtas, "In the Philippines two milit.it postal stations have lieen establish, at Manila, and Cavite. supervisi-d bv veteran division superintendent di tailed from San Francisco, and cm ducted by a fon-c of rail WSJ mail a"

post offic" clerks and agents. ;ii t'1 bv details frcni the .-irniv of OCT tip 1 Hon." As i-iniiii Ktewieat al IS BewrSel Pmsssws f Siwrlsos AulSwit. PoatmasterChrners Rmor) Smil says: "When Porto Rico and portions I t uba ami the Philippine- passed n t the military poeaession of the I'nite Slate- me. i ones for the contini nnd resioraticn d general mail fa- i tit s s, emed ti bo ail essential elelie 1 of the beneflcienl presence of Ameri can authority, By order of th m dent the establish me nl of tin- p an service followed the extension oi tail tar) occupation, in hsrmonj wltl the gen r.il policy adopted for the S minist rat I sn of Mm civil institution in the fegl ins which thus came und' our control, the local st in am provisions i re retained as far prnetlaghle and adapted to our rOCts ods. Bsasval ml aiuiwrv Hsutal Sstviss sSsSsSi "'The general postal service WS! W aociatcd .villi tin- Sdlitar post I I - rv io- ami OfJOtntSd lv the s un, I ' cry. No new appointments ssvi one or two instances, wen- SlSlw Trained men from our home rrrlo wire detailed iih Bapeflfatsndentu sw agents and placed iu charge of th' larger offices, retaining such of 11 old employes as were needed or couJi be Hind available. In the SSSSlW places the Hd jMistinMsters an- WBtiB mil or other local officers arc found N.i I Iimiik IIa lire,, M ole In I to- II I I'natal STir-ni. "'The SClUlsitlon of Hawaii llSv 00 thus far oeen followed by any chsflg1 in our postal relations with that ro 1 1 y . The absorption of Its postal k ten in1o our own and the escrcisi .ur asittml, like the iaaor porsthtti " other features nf its losalVlmlnh " tJoa, have S wait d IhS report of tin congresskms committee and thi i latum which will follow. There UW the more reason for observing th" bligation. as Hawaii alread.v hnv good mail n rvice, which - more thst oelf-ssMn tnng."