Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 January 1899 — Page 2

IDcchly courier.

Speaker Thomas Bt K'Washington to Portland, til, to attend tin- film ral Min. ( n!cy . He returned

ing on the night of tin- 3d

d w. ii! from M.'., on the . : fell aiatOf, to W ashing- i

The war investigating committee 1mm iteritltil to make a thorough i livestigation of the oompbüotM made about tin beef furnished the army in the exBediUonary i ;.:.i ai:: :i in the late war.

Thirty fresh fTpllllkmp of Dean from north Sehl swig have been ordered, i' i Mid, in consequence ol the attendance if their employ crs at u nie ' i nd.lnssed by Heir Hansen, a Danish deputy a The treaty of Pari was sent to the eenatc by the president, oa tin' 4th. w h n il). n thai body immediately went into executive session and referred the trenty to the committee o foreign relations.

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The Freneh ministry of the colonies denies the report that Dreyfus has embarked from Cayenne on his return to France, adding that the eourt of e isnation alone ean decide the question of the return of the prisoner. A special dispatch from Vienna mys Count Goluchowski, th Austro-Hun-g-arian minister for foreign affair-, will

shortly ask for a credit in order to elevate the Auatro-Hungarian legation

at Washington to the ran!. f an MB bai aj . . a, Senor Don Matiaa Hörnern. Mexican nmbaaaadof to the United Btatea, died In Washington, on the 30th, ta the rean.lt of an operation for spend let ti. lie was in his sixty -second year, and had rendered long ami .ih,.;iie atrviec to his country.

CUBRENT T0PIC8,

THE NETS IN' BSIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

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At n meeting of the Uttl-ImpcHalla-tie league in Boston, an the '-'d. it was rgported that the direct protests against any extension of sovereignty of ti e raited Stat.- ov. r the philippine islands were coming in thron-h the leugne in Increasing tiumbcrs from ell parts of the United States.

President McKinley' proclamation netting forth the eonditona under Which the I'nited States takes possession of the Philippine has been cabled to tun. Otia for promulgation. It i tm deled on the lines of the one issued by Oca. Shafter at Santiago, though considerably amplified,

Tie Merritt .v.- Chapman Wrecking Co.s outfit arrived at Santiago. Cuba, n the .".nth. lo ndse tin- former Spanish cruiser Heina Mcrccdea, which was punk on the edge of the channel leadIng to Bentlage harbor daring tin- first homl ardmi nt of the Santiago fortificatlnn by Admiral Sampson 'a squadron.

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den. Horace Porter, tin- I'nited States amhaaaador to France, ami John K. Qowdy, United States consul general there, held the usual New Year receptions, on the faj, at the I'nited States embassy and consulate in Paria. Them anew largely attended by disUngtttBhed Parisians and Ameriea ns.

Preaident and Mrv McKinley received the season's greeting, on the 2d. from a great throng of eel lern, repee aentlng everj branch of public life, who attended the W hite Rotma reception It was the first time sine- tin pres nt administration Is-gan nit circumstances permitted the observance of this custom.

Thomas Tow nab end lluckblll, cjueen'a eoun-ol and membi r of parliament in tlie conservative interest for .Mid-Surrey iKpsom). has been raiseii to the bench of the hiüh court of judicature in Ruccessiou to Jaatlee Bent) Hawkins. rhe recent y retired from the esfichcipicr division ami was raised to the peerage on the ist.

'i hn object iOa of the citizens of Santiago to the execution of the war d - part men t't programme requiring the eaatoma collect iona at that rt and nil other nt. an Mrts to lie sent to Havana, bai brooght the war d. partanenl face to faie with another of the manv probiema eoemeeted with the aa) ministration of affairs mi Cuha that require speedy settlement. m . i i in Qenernla P.noke and Menoeal had a eonferenee in the Inlaterrn hotel. Rnvann, at which it was ntreel that full sway should be iriven the Cubans for a grand baanrgenl atmbraltna to ie held in Havana, on February 'he

fourth anniversary id the uprising in Santiago province, Gob, Brooke told Menoeal that the insurgents mit'lit itiareh and f'st to their hearts' content at that time. ii i m .lohn t". Cbaae, elected on a enciella ti plat form. tMik tin' oath of tli'e ns Bevor of Haverhill. .Mass.. on the L'd. In ins Inaugural apeedi Mr. Cham aaanted the members of the city gee eminent ami the people that "every atom of power" paaaaaaaaj by the mavor would be "exercumd in the de-f-nse and support of the principle of socialism, in so far a they may be applicable to a municipality."

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i s( . .I,, i BaaaMM,) th aenate, on ttie 4th. the first aashelJ sutseiuent to t he holiday reoe.

ling or it..' journal uiienee "a tti. i en. : M i.! lru ilatani .r. t .rv to ti- pnataaet. Seilte, I a message ffoln tile ire-

tre.ny of Parta The went into executive ity wis referred to icn ralattona, after 'em Vfaa resumed, aim ad the death f n the usual ftMOtU and. as a further

!. the senate adjourned. the jiesst.m waa davotad i of the bill to tletlne and Alisk.i The house ftnal-

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rhe x-. l'i i preaent of i -r fi W il ,' I i IppVUl Vtflfl Nicholas of IVuaaia to Kuieror Will wVOIäT Ii. 1 1 I r..M.Mir lam of Uenaaaj i a eounia ol ina- '

niflcent stas for the royal wild park at Patadaata ivdin . Dearborn, a mining expervL said to be well known in the far west, s found dead in a mm of a I.etcl on toaahittgtoa street. New York, on the : d. He vv ii- t,a y eai" old. It Is eetlmated that the incr. I e, st of ti e army under tin- Hull bill, should it b,-e. me a 'aw, over the present expenditure, will be 5T,71tS31, or a total oi" ss.'.u". 1,865, Owing to tii. protracted illness of Sir Henry Irving, Miss !len Terry is or-rRtiiinir a eompany of her own In London, with which she will tour the pro laet -. The announcement is i.-ado on the highest BUthorit that Hon. Joseph Chonte, f New York, will Im- notiiiaated an bajnadov to Oreet Britain, The statement of the condition of the tteisiii v issuedon the 4th showed:

v.. :!.,,- casi I iti lance, $-04,ltaU

goid reaerve, 1346,1? 1,684,

CROKER FOR EXPANSION.

ToM in Brief by Dispatches fiom Vaiums Localities. t'ii'Me tor oni UnmamafTi Richmond, lud . Jan. It Ittdgt lla.'iO eUeered an opinion in the aatural pua case h,r in which he holds that it ia not within tin- p. wer of a court to tlx lhc rate to be Charged by n ea company oranj Utker corjHiration actingaa a public M .u t Sin ! power i Jislutit only, lb- aaataiued the motion of the eoanpanv i piasi. the writ of Buuftdamue, abicfa commanded u to glee eoaraenen a rate of t:: aeati pet 1,000 ruble feet.

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LATE NEWS ITEMS

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Assistant Secretary Bowel of the treasury department has under eonaideration the cases of several Chinem lalH.rer and others neokinj; admission to Hawaii, I'tuler tin- Hawaiian lawn they were allowed to visis their native Ninntry and return upon complying vith certain conditions ns to reglHtm tion, etc., before taavfag, Srm Ihay nre met by the t 'hincse exclusion lawn of the I niteil States. About s,, ( hiAae arc affect id

niejie ry of the late S.:.i:,.r Merrill.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The losses by tire in the I'nited Btatea daring i9s areiratcd !?in,139,407, as compared with $1-1, oo 1.73. in 1".'T. Statistics ahoW that. dUriBg the year inst ended, the total number of fatal caaualtiea in this country was 7. ;4". as follows: Kxplosiv. s. ',-". : mines, . 'u: railing huiidinga, etc, SM; tornadom ami storms, ,Vr.': lihtninir. :.'".'.. Kbthwithatandlng the war between the I'nited States and Spam, tin- loss of life upon the held of battle daring IsOs ia.s heen smaller than for several years. The total is estimated at : 0O0. as compared with in.;,,) m jsn; Tb.- loss of life by railroad aeeidenta daring 1808 aim 3...W. as compared with X.764 in i'.'T. i he number of persons seriously injuted was 3,616. aa compared with t,4M m I80T. The total number of suicides reported thronghoul the United states in 1808 was 'Jo. aa compared with ti.t'dH) in 1807, Of this number iUM were ma lea and 1,631 females. Dtirinp the year just closed there were 7.s4(l murders reKntcd in the I'nited States acainst '..:: in l'j:. a gratifying decrease. Daniel la Forte, known by his Indian name as Te-Hes-Ii. president of the Six Nations, and a principal in the case of Onondaga Indians arainst John Boyd Thechrr. in the supreme court of New York, for the recovery ot Wampum, died, on the 1st. at his farmhouse on the reservation. He was '. venrs (,i. and is survived by a widiw ami LTamlson. which latter will Haccecd him as chief of the Bis Nations. Orders have 1 en issued by the navy deportment for the diecharge of a large number el men vrbo collated for Ofie year from ships undergoing repairs nt the various navy yards. At the landing of Lord and Lady Corona at Bombay the t.irs and Btripea wer eonapieaoua among the decorations of the city in honor of the nation, iiitv of the new vicereine. Work oa the battleship Ohio haa been begun at the Union iron works. San Francisco, The Ohio will lie the

large si tbip ever built on the Pacific 00 ' st . Tin- torpedo ioat Ferra gui baa been formally turned over to the gorern men! bj the tmildem, at Ban Francisco. The trial lionrd. after a thorough Inspection, exp ceased theniselv--s a.4 thoroughly satisfied with the crait. Fx-'oiv. .lames . Campbt 11. of Ohio, who had bcea confined to bin rHitn in a hotel in New ork city Tor several days from illness, was reported to l much improved on tin- 2d II i- physician aaJd he believed the cx-goieruof 10 ie out of dangt 1 The body of the late 1 I ite.l State Senator Morrill arrived at hnt pelier. Vt., on the Id, from Washington. On the train whieh bore the body wan also the body of the senator's wtfe. who died at tin- ap.lal BOVeml Montha.'T'o. The big White Star line freight steamer P.ovie. t'apt. Jones., which ailed from Liverpool, on DaeaBsber IS, for New- ork. has Baaeed Holyhead, returning. She signaled as she appronehed that her titlef was broken, and she was steering by a hand gear that had been rigged up. on the Id the directors of the tmer iean Steal and Wire t o. declared a dividend of 1 er rent, on the preft rred stock. On the ::d the Arbuckb-s reduced the prie of graaebated MM.-ur i -1 cent a pound, making Iheir price just that much lielovv the quuteil ,rie- of th" American Bagar Refining Co. ami arv erai of the Independent reflneriea, Senator Allison, who had been confined to his home with the grip, waa able to Im at the capitol on the 3d. A train on the Kansas ( ity. Fort Seott A Memphis route waa Iniarded by six men wearing masks, oa the Right of the :td, at Macontb, Mo., nod the throut'li safe Mown open with dvnamite ami its entire -ont n's, Indieved to have been valuable, atolen. The passengers were not molested.

5"pti the arrival of the train a' Mans held. Mo . a p... s, am 01 (ran lord ,n go in pursuit. The statement ..f the COOdNfloa of the t reus u ry . issued on tl: id. showed: j Available cash Im In nee, $'.".4,7ri4,ii; gold reserve, IWtJSO.tTfi

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Tn the senat.', on the ,th. little bustBess of interest was transacted. reaolafJoa, offered iy Mr. llo;;r i Mas--.), directing tin- committee on foreign re

lations to report to the senate whether the treaty of Paris amkea any provision for the claims of citiens of the United states against Bpain, which Were in existence before the preaent war, sad the ttaiua of such riaima after the ratitication of the treaty, was adopted. .Ia the bouae ipiite a num

ber of bills of minor Importance, rported from the Judiciary committee, were paaaed. The remainder of the tl:,V uru fulnnli.il in r. t i ,1 11 i . i I,A ' "hC

Consideration of the bill toeodifj the lav. s ,,f Alaska. The Madrid newapapera continue to charge the Americana in the Philippin island with all kinds of atrocities, s a sample of the current 'ictions. they Bceuee the Imericaaa at delivering up a Spanish naval lieuten ant. who j.s alt- :jod t" have surrendered t the Lnited Btatea forces, to th Insurgents, who siibj.eted him to all kinds of tort ureal

Mrs. Rloomneld Moore, of Phi'a h lpbln, who wtu Inrgely Intcfeated in tin' Keelv M.tor Co., died at her house in Qreai Stanhope street. London, where she had lived tor si doen

years, on the "tli. She was a voluminous writer fur the pres. Bad eontantly fonght w hat she oonaidered the battle for wonn n. I he Chicago Times-Herald says: Greater Chicago is in sight, steps have been taken to SUCUlt legislation to Consolidate the city and county jt erhnacnta ami aboliali the dirTerent tow nehip organiaa I ions within the city limits. I'o accomplish the desired result an amendment to the constitution will be necessary. l i e word of honor to be presented nt the direction of congress to liearAdmiral Dewey, as a national recognition of hi- victory at Manila, has In-en completed by Tiffany A Co.. of NewYork, and placed in a window for public exhibition for a few days, when it will be ahipped to Washington, kfaj. Eaterhazy, now known to be the author of the Drey fun bordercae has been summoned to appear In fore the Paris court of cassation, on the Itth, It is anderstood that he will he free from trreat coming ami going. ISepnrts received fro.n the interior ot Cuba indicate the willingness of the insorgeata to diaarai if left to theaa Selves. Tn the aenate, on the Ott n resolution was adopted in mere.! session calling on the president for inforot tum as to Instruction to the eororoi -

I slonera who negotiated the treatj or

Parla, etc. Mr. Coffer -poke it. t..vor tf the Nest resolution opposing ex-pan-ion. Mr. Morgan announced the acceptance of a modified form of amendment to bis. Nieardgnn bill.... In the house, i-, committee of the wind.-, the leoislative. e-.ecutive and judicial appropriation hill being under lis u--sion. on int. tion. tin- appropriation for the civil service eo in mission was stricken oat, The correspondence, published officially, oti the Mti, in connection with the peace treatj contain., much of interest from ( oii-iil Williams, who watt stationed at Manila, prior to the war. He was in constant communication with tguinnkto for Bonac time after the battle of Manila bay, atal his letters throw much light upon the relations with tin' Philippine chieftain. Madam Teres;, ( arrctio. the Famoata pianist, arrived at Sen York on the raYe, from Bremen, on the Oth, Bbe will make her first appearance this sea-on in Boston as soloist with 'he Bnatoa ympbony, with vvhiidi organbat ion s,, Hinke a week's tour including tin- principal eastern cities. The repiv of i.oni Baliabury ' the proposal of Ktnporor Nicbobva for a disarmament conference of tie- powers, which i- just published, protnisea the cordial co-operation of the Brittah goveminent, and aatui for an Indication of the beads of dtaenndon at tie-conference. In well-informed tioartert in Parle It is regarded as probable that Frat.ee atul ireat Britain will reach an agree tcent on the New foniidhiiid shore "jiiesii -n wMebwIllbc mtiafactorv to Great Britain. Articles id incorporation f the

tnited States I. Iltillg ami

Co.. with an aiithorieil capital of IIS. noii.otMi, were lied "ith the -ecr. tary tit -täte at Trenton. . .i.. on the nth. The statement t the condition of the treasury MM IM i! oe the Btb ahowedl A valla Me cash Im In nee, S391,?ii,36H gold reserve. g4S,4BMtO, Kallurea for the weeb ended on the .th Wi re 143 ill t'le I into, I Stat. s. acainst .IT2 last year, and -'t in la iada. Bgalaal 39 bU t I ear. the cabinet, at it Bieetiagr, on the Mh. gave special coi.sid ration to the

administration id affairs in ( uIni.

aO0 It cruel. .' . imi I At State , st of ht re. vaodaia

hrok ii.to the sell.,, bouse where they bmmed the llig which lad hui.g ut tin prit.eipal's dc-;, ,,i , daanaged the furniture, t letbing and other artlclee were also burned It TU at tirat thought to be the work f tramps. Out it is new believed that young mon of the in ih bor hood art tie guilty onef.

Hea 'i .tern. Ai deraon, fnd Jaa. 0. The big milh) lu re it) the American v. ire atal nail trust arc taking OO new life. An Ordef ha hcer, issued t the :T. ct that ihe wire and nail departmenta would he tun oa double turn hereafter, the rod milN are i.cw op- rating double turn. The raw order will gi-. en f 'ovtiaut to bJm ut l ,o N) n en.

t.el. N re - , I i l . iwforilsvilie. Ind.. Jan. f.--Aftet weik's service as pattOf ! the

Pirat Baptlat cboreh in tbii aft Bee. V. Ilicks has resigned his cl.a .t. Ftuting as his reason that he h:;- tec, .v, i! a call to the Baptlat church of Flint. .Mich., which pays Into ." a Near more than r.iw.'ot. sM le.

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fa were mace T,.r a new trial of Alba 1 1 Mus-i r. cot v i , (:

ir of Mri IjOoIm Stmz, at Port Jndgt Daily wetfaded l' mo ati! pa -mi! tei.tcr.ee eti the ria-

N. w ork. Jan. 7. The .lournal and dvertiMcr ledaj prints iin following itattii it. given ont ban! night by Uichard Croker: ts licve in exp:itisiiin: I b.dieve in Kliding whatever .-.sesiolis we have pdned ba annexation or war. This policy i- not only :;triotic, tut it th' only safe awe ' MH see, ny other policy would -how w. ikn on th,- part of the I'nited Btatea .it. d invite teeetgn complications. Tliin must lie avoided, hence OU1 - y . must Im" vlgotoua .it ' ii aaaaalanaak ".lefTerson wa- aa -xaiisionist. otherwise he woubl not have favored the acquisition of bouHUana, with it. foreign population, which, in JetTerson's time, was piite as remote as the Philippines. In tin- age of Meant and electricity, distance i.s no arguiaviit against eansiou. I r-iga MlMiurr Work oa Oar Trrrllon We Bpead adUioaa annually for I missionary work ia foreign COBOtriea. , Now vve have a el ! sN-nd this money in our own possessions, and . make the people of oar own lauds rnod, lawabiding clt eraa, who in tune , will Im loyal to our eoastiiutiou ami our llag-. Take ßnghmd for example. The people of thht lit'le isle come pr. tty aeer ow niiur the universe. Are not our peode as intelligent, as sivverful and as patriotic a. the Fnglish peoplef The United btntea is the

: only country 0O Mirth I Bnglisb. VThynotUrnatn that me are fully able greater problems than v

CaaiOe tO il the past, and in I he filturt dominate any eniergeacy? Ultra o r Oasase Ctawaae

""e have a popolatil IllilliotiS of people: the i with yeaang mea full of M tion, W by not :;. men a eluitce to develop

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iit. er. who wii. ipene the remalnderaf hi day ir. pritpn. Ilnioime t, a Indorf Muncic. lud.. .Ian. ti. The i. HUn II. Ki I na hing machine factory at Cowan was da waged 110,000 by rite. with but ggooo Inenrance, The. tire started from ar. explosion in an aphalf i Bg rat and three men were slightly burned. Two buildings and the office w tn bur: ed

on to all ti If the aVnefcy w kl In-

at the pre mint anwaent, how would it take as to suppress

llaii.lr.il Have the l.rii. Anderson, Ind.. Jan. C. The grip has trade its appearance in Anderson, there lieinp fully .'iOO casea reported. St. John's hospital is taxed, to its utmost capacity. At Markleville. ten nules couth of this city, three deaths wire n ported in one day. due to grip. 'look flaoa. ( oi, i.ersv i I lt . Ind . Jan. Mi-.s Kt I. el Hurray, n iT-year-old girl, created et a side ruble excitement hy at tempt inj. suicide by taking strychnine, at the residence of Frank Has- white she made her home. SJie did rot succeed out s in a serious condition.

ratal w m i'.rai',. lad- Jaa .- Georg O Woiae, ie: 10 jrceura, started in to c!ean out the ilrug store at BlMgctoe, In the genevnl fght that followed be shot and probnblj fatally wounded Ray Mil lei i proiniiient citizen. Noise at once suri ad en d lo the sheriff mtanl In Hta na Kikhart. Inc.. Jan. f. Horace Web hi r. who fell dead in his engine t.e.-.r Hi's city, on tbe Lake Hhore road, w idle bl t rain w as raaning W mi lea an hour, wa- a v terat, ei giti i r It- had been running on the road for ::3 years and M d it Kikhart.

triotism our own Ignited "1 say by all means htdd H at rightfully beloeeja to great country w,-t of th moil'. tains were Hlbd with

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iheiu aitd make tin-Ill respect our laws and our constitution'.' The same thing applies to the Philippines and anv country that may fall into our hands by the prevmec of peace "r war. hsmN i mw n-i ,f . "It is an insult to the mcricoa eoplc ami to our dag 'Veii to saggeat that are afaruadon the peoples mm have released .'rotii Ixindair-. what would lie more disgraceful, that we should otTer to sell them to the highest bidder. Baach a pnimsitiou places, the American people in the sume category with th- tliines,'. whe gave acHbeT patriotism nor a foreign poNey, and are in wimaeiw me ntilbced as a lisir mat by the power- of the world. N,,t sajaesQs) tlaa DaUoSs ea4 Caata "This i tio great a iraeetJaa t, ie eonsidereil as a mere matter of dollar and aetata, Our people want tii.ir rights protected; they will not ggure on the cost. Print,' it down ti. h. d government. In the case of street cleaning, the cry i- .ve want cleaa streets." legnfdlcas ! th. -t. Thev di li, and them a- their right. JutSt ao with our waaaaliaia. tbe people want the prtMTties ecqalred ly war re teeteek Tiny will pay for the standin..' urniy. a poWerfal navy and the protti tioti of our Sag the vrotid ov.r regnrdieea of any mnctnrj consideration. They have proved their wi'li nt lies to saerit'.ee thiir I.ummI Tor the honor of their COttntry and their Hag. nd when the ipie-tion is brought to an i-sue they will artse as one man .-Mid demand expansion na a ritieeol meted rieht. NOVEL AND HOkklHI .

n llerii.icetl. Wuhnsh, Ir.d.. Jan 0 William, the .'.'; y a r-olti -or. of J.s., ;r,. -e. ,,f Whitley county, hangt d himself in a aL'n shed at his home, lb bad lieen in ill health for some moot hs and is uppos, i! to have biet, temporarily ile--i o, Ussipataa BnaeaaaMi rwiak Indiaaapolla, Ind.. Jan ". The rcpui ! ican tate centra! committee met ind audited without a ahnagO tbe acoutit of the chairman anil treasurer This eloaea all aceonata o tht succcui repiihiican mnspabja, Uirniir' It eee t len. ladiaaapolia, lad. .inn 0. One, nrd Mrs Mount will lender a rcecptkm to the aaeuibcffe f the kgielatere in the narbirs of the capitol fhttm ay evening. January 12. win ssoOj tee asM ladiaaapolia, Ind.. Jan. C. A compaay with $.V)o.ti(Mi capital Hock ha heen fortnetl to develop the gold Karbjuj t- -enrces of Morgan county, tlua dab

tu 1. 1- orolct AMaape Mur.ler hii-I ride tir .l.plo lull,, . Timely Kearar.

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w in rmbaMi aa, kt gala Ind., Jan. i. - t.raham K rr. of Pa Ha, Ky . a Und nt at the Tri-state normal college attempted ruicide by shoettag, and will probably die I'l.-nn i Koawg, Anelerean, lad-, Jno. g. am the

Heating ' ajaney Deeeaaary ti construct an elec

tric railway- Uvtvwaa Hartford - My u.d N'ohleville has lieen raisciVl'li vviaiprf. Qcohee. It.d . Jan. fi. Charles . I. Fink a cor.tractor. wa found Untl st the Hotel Arlington, havn (r been e b; i iated hy gas

ioi h a .. Ilrighton. Ind. Jmi. Iw OtOtge D. ,S'oie. ayetl lr'. fhot and probably fatally injured Hay Miller, a prominent citl-rri.

New York. Jan. .. Ibchard Price, a former convict, yeeaerday attempted tO murder hi- nn-tr.-ss and coin':. it , suicide in a somewhat nov.i ami ,r- , rude way. The woman w..- fs. Han- . Baa, with whom until lat.lv. Price lived for six years. I'hey seairate,J month ago on account of Price" alleged cruelty. 1'hursday night they not. and Price couieii! the v.o. nan to go with him to a llbeker-st reet hotel. A hen she was in Iwd bt gaveiier ; whisky believed to have bees dragged. , Than Price turned on the ealighted gas jet. There was a ;,s st..ve in Ihe room and he ajaai let 'he g;. frorn this escape. He s,x,, m, troilsem acainst the door on the Moor, aa that asphyxiation would Is- rare. I In- woman rose from her ljel in I rror. Price bmarhed her dow n and held her mouth over the gas stove. Inst before she was overcome by the gas that (toured into her mouth she laereaueed bmdty. A man in a nearby room bean! h,.r. He broke open the door and prevented the munle.- of the woman and aehelda of I'rii--. The naaaan wasuneonacioun.but will prol-

amy recover. Price, whom th, had Bot seriously afTccted, wai ri sled.

A .-HIP YARD ACCIDENT. A Hollar I..I ..,. Killing itir tnporlnt rntlot anil tHaa -Jen forty I'rr.,,.,. Wrr l,.j ,r,l. -..ma lalall; laandOW, Jan. A big laih r being tnoafl in ll.vviM'a ship building v.inls, at Harking. Inirst to-d.i; end the BUBCrlBtendfng engineer and eighl men wer- kilb-d. Alsuit forty s-raons were injured, some fatallv The hasJBi of the dead were frightfully mutilated. The w bolr ship building works was wrecked. A lady was found dead X) arda from the scene of tbe disaster.

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tion vvith the peace treatj much of interest front Con lallis. who Wj.s stJt:,.'.. . prior to the war. He was in . , communication with Aguii . some tlnsf after hc I b..v, and his letters throv. i upon the relations wit'i piar chieftain. xu Vtnial.l stu,.,n. As early as February S3 bt ! IVillbuna wrote: " I he governor general, who abb- and popular. Iiav.n;' wishes ereilit for pHciticaiioD.a rebal lent den vceregiv n a ea h 110)0,000 to co ii- ot to pubis . tion to t hin... I I.. - briiie and . tion." he adih. "only mttltiplii i ants and fanned the tires ,,, tent." tn March !'.. he comp: , letters and telegrams were lam per. with. Th latlnm, of MM liur. I, it,, . Oar la I'r,.. r.. lie s4 aks of the inftuen, . . church as the greatest lar lo ,, in the is!.. mis. Mr. Witt la a stated that ev.-ry leisure hour voted to the inspection of tin ars. nais and batile-hiis in an i Manila, even at that early d h was sending information i rived by Ceoiasodore Devrej . vv! his. the! was then at 11 dare copy ins dispatehi - books. M t Oft 1 1 lira of I e a e 'a Mr. Williams left Manila i lie vv.,s ;, witness ot lU-.s lory, and on May lf reaue orts from t avite. His fir of that date begins with if "the friendliness of tin natives to our country, ami to n. its representative. vor- of til lie eoatilllles. "i li.-Vc h . : Impfs . press..! that either the I or Great Britain would acq tin islands." eaaonaai im muippiKea n...i.t u

aal :. "Agtiinaldo told me t.. . , write-, on June in. t? ai (o- friei -all hoped that the PI i : .. - w, in- held as a colony : tl.. I 1: i . d States." Thi was only four day- after -1k tir-t formation of a pawilfcoaal -erniueiit by the native-. i kh he w., invited t i' pi vrhea this gaveatvaaent ama orgai by the Filipinos, but that he bad eiined. for which he afterwards -eeited a note of approval fiom 'Lr Stute de i airline nt. 1'lantr.l tiar s,r,t. r I or.llal i ,.- Ipratio tin August he wrote: "It ho- U-eit my study . k ep -pleasant term- with Againalda for i tin. ate object-. Admiral llewey atJM I have plante,) the seeds of eOfdia Ope ration. My agreement with : . nabln has been that tbe conditio -government ly the I'nited Eftatl - Il the Philippine i-lands would I better for hitn and hi- people in adv ance.i.eiit and profit than ist under anv plan fixed by I and Filipinos. I have traversed t!,. . tire situation with him. and In called hi otMciala from r, pun to met for discussion of all t'rstat.ii as Iviendhy bed official ea Hirt. all, r ,,1(11,): I,,, ,li, .,, Vi, .. . n s.-pt. ml r Mr , i ble.1. "Ledav's d. legations frorn I" bvcayaa aohtteca, vvlu are n'-.i representiio souther. i business int. name to ans pu-dving loyalty t .r - v ation. Several insurgent lean wise. Smin can not control. If ' renenate enarehy rules." sol.l lr It..,. Hart. Cobunlms, t.. Jen. t. Two i mi memls-rs of the Fourth Ohio I teer, gathered here for mu-ier t. were hurlel frni their impl heda at th.- Aadltorham at ao i luur. and 13 were injured, q nuin'er lieing seriouslv h :rt. although no fatalities r.- . m, :- i 'a "tili r to accom in. .date the men tear Mrary double-,leekcd bunks 'nstrueed oat of lent Soorj M : ntlint.-. and under the vv i d the sleeping soldiers th.- atf toppfel over All the injur- d f" Second bottalien m. u. f.or.lo.i Viru, .ri ,1 ..i.e-r t aim. Jan. ?.- The Hritisl niatie ag'-ot ,n Pirypt. titer, has laid the foundation Khartoum, of the i.ordou '. liege, in Ihe name of IJiie. lori:.. ami in the presence o' tl ir' dar. Gen. l4nl Kitchener, of tour I. th- Britten aOneern, ml the ae live sheik-. The itritish nren. speh. oi.tiin-,1 the aim- ot the aa lege, announced that it vrouU " wholly und i.oiniralional. ami the iaattvartlan, s far as p would ie naanha teil in the Arabs r gliage. lie . t ..-- t that tile the eolle-'e wa- r,.rt to create a race a Anciicied Siudnnese, but to traM their minds. PACIFIC FAST MAIL. Mnrli ll.r Hour, an.l l ifij : O' ,('' V. V,.-', til ! late., lire

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lour- and I minutes Is-lii-ol AT roSTLAXO OS I I M Portland. tlr-.. Jan. '. Ihe r la d mail train fnun the rest rr u on time over the Oregon gailwsy Navigation t o.'s line, anahit -

hi fween Ne York and Por;n hours ai l 5 minutes.