Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 20, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 January 1899 — Page 2

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n (ho loth twofre-igbt train- M the Rook ihlajulrailroj.il collided at a point , just east of Council Bluffs, I "43 ; both engineers n-' tir.-niau vÄ.re killed. I im i A trawler named Daniel llruun is avgaabdng n wtpedltfoa in Ceaagha p. R to start elunng the coming, Uta I Met En search of tnu-cs of Do f. Aa-1

di in eastern (ircculnud.

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I sachusetta legislature in joint con- PTTkPWT1 TOPTtPS mhled on I hi UW 1 1 y ' 1 1

Choice was mailt- l acclamation.

A njKirt ciinii-s from Engt City, Alaska, that there is no truth in the story that Um minors bad lynched Jack Jolly. Jolly, the report naysj was formerly city niarshul of Kugle City, and whs well liked.

The nuvy department has decided to allow the naval station at Guam a full brass hand, ami the equipment h n. au has U't ti authorized to irocnit the in-strume-nts and ship them on the Yo-scmite-when she starts for the island. The anti-l'rey fusites in Pari- ;:re doing everything possible to discredit the court of cassation, as it is gene-rally accepted in the 1 -st - j n formed circles that the court i pr ; aring to re nder judgment in favor of Dreyfus.

THE NEWS IN BRIEP. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

The president, on the loth, anions other iioiuinat ions, sent to tin- MjsaaUl the name of t harh-.nagiie- inwer, of I'ennwy Uunia. u( present United State iiiim-'cr to Austria lluiigurv, to he ambassador to Kusaia. A three-foot vein of ren-h salt ha hana found on tin- farm of James Qui lather, four miles northwest of Troy, Kas.. and a shaft for mining purposes will le sunk at once. The ciii VMI struck at a depth of tffl fe-et. Sailor Tom harkey aiul Ni-rinan Se-lby. "Kid Md.. v." nu t for tin ir anaaaaccd Katie argument before the I.ennov. Mhletie ehih in New York ally, on the night of the lath. The sailor put in the convincing argument iti the tenth, round and the Kill wa counted out. The body of Senor Mat tins I'omero, the late ambassador from the IJe-publie

of Mi i.. to Washington, lias lieeii

WITHIN DUB LIMITS,

News

by Telegraph from Variou Towns in Indiana.

ii ne Rn lew Marion, ladt Jan. 13. J. 1. Pat ton, the et ran, who was supposed tu I, air ! iti murdered am! throw:, into the riter here and USOOS bodj was found Tuesday, hid buried at the soldiers' home with military honors. Patten's family arrived from Chicago and kii i? attendance at the funeral. The mysterj surrounding Patton' disappear ;.: i - ..i. : is uno . d Clm : of Police Lewis hat no eleu to the murderer.

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DEATH OF NELSON DINOI.ty

Gov. Roosevelt's Letter to Gen. Miles the Sam-. as His Report to the War Department.

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Krrrariitxlltra In., Afirr , iiiurM of Henri POtlare

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Wahinton. .Ian. 1 1. Ron, Dinghy, of Maine, leader nt n paaUean nlda on tin- Moor of ib of reprise niiitiw-K and repre . the Ncolul .onirression.il ri

FOUR KINDS OF BEEF WERF FURHISHFIL Mal' ' 1 h -died

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Scottslnirp. Ind.. Jan. 13 The jrn.nd

The house eonimittee on territoHet laaeäed a Inai agreement, on the 11th.

t" make a favorable report on the Ha- N

wj.iiaa oiii. l ne itfe i iui'in m , ...i was unanimous, although the demo

crats of the committee, reserved

right to make a minority report oppos in- seirral teaturc of the bill.

i . retarj IVilaoa of the agrieultara department say there i- no doubt that the discussion of the allegations made to the quality of the beef fur-

ni-h-d to the army ill ?ive a setback to the negotiations that have been makinir for years for removal of I'urop an restrictions on our producta. )n the ata Oov, Brady of Alaska was lx-fi re the hmis. committee on the re

vision of !av s in referem e to the liipior

rcstrietioni feature of the new code of laws tor Alaska. He strongly approves the course of the committee in substituting hitrh license for prohibition, arid tajra the prohibition law cau not In- enforced

Maj.tien. Wade and Mnj.-Cien. P.ut!er. of the Cuban evacuation eo-nmis-ataa arrived at Wahinpton. on the loth, and report.-d tlu-ir return to Secretary Al'er. with whom they had a lonjf conference in regard to their work in Cuba. Notwithstanding their long aajaara in Havana, all the party is in good health.

i Sr.' . I Srsalnn.) In Um mm de. on the fith. a resolution W.ia Ki1...te.l 111 s. . r. t s ssl.Ml c.i'.UtlK OB the president for Information us to Instruciinna t. . the commissi. .i. - is who neaotiatrxi the treaty of Paris, etc Mr. iaffery si-.k.' In t.o.T of the Vet res. 'lu

ll .;i otifxisiiii; i-X.insiot: M: M . .r - .- - nouncei tin ncoeptanee of a aiodined form of amendment to tits Ntcaracw h'"in the bouse, in commit let of 'he Whole, the legislative, executive ami JUdlcis.1 sppro prist ton Mil leinc ander dlscusston, on motion, the aporoprtatlon tor the. iw! servlcs comml-si .r. was siricken OUt. In the s. r-...'r. on th" h. Senator Hoar (rep . Maas I ilellverej a strong and lengthy spi h in opposition to the pros...il aeuuislllon of the Philippines At the emu lusion of Mr. Hoar' speech. Senator I'latt ret . v'oiin r-i!lrl briefly to some points of the ii;.oh whvh h.nl leen addressed din-etly nt hlin. and r. iterated his former statement that the t'nited Bi iti - had tat notrer to acQuire and kovern forelicn lerrttor) Mr I'.ifTery con-

i eltided his speech In opposition tc the

acua canal mil ... in the tiouse tn don in thi legislative, executive and

J-.-dlelnl hill for the support of the civil

s rv i. r..iTimiss,.ti. stricken nut

the '"er oi xr... wnoif, was resiorea. me,

n .- i' w n n ine cmis!. ii-.i;ion oi the I. ill for th- codification of the laws of A! -ska In the etritr. ..n the l"th. Mr Mason (rep., III. i delivered his speech in supxrt of his resolution thai tt;.. i t,it.-.i states will never attempt to fcovern the people or any country without their consent. It was a forceful effort and commanded the undivided attention of ehumher and st.illertes I n m i ctnninK t . end, and eras Era qu.-ntiv applauded. lr. Turley iT- nn ) rpok In opposition to the Nicaragua onnal ti!l An agreement was reached to consider the hill, on th- i;th. with 15mlnute speeches In the house the entire dav was devoted to the Mil for the codification of the criminal laws of Alaski an.! ail Put ten page M the bill was disposed of. In th. enatr. ..n the 11th. Mr K . raker rep.. i made a Kw h in opposition to the declaration of the Vest resolution against annexation. He was frequently interrupted by questions and In the running c rosa-lire that ensued showed to go.'d advantage. He laid down the broad proposition th.it t.i adopt the Vest res... luTi.ui was to declare thai our fathers had brought forth a nation that was inferior to all oth. r nations, regarlleat of the arnerally accepted idea that MM nation was the equal "f another and all equally nssrtricted in the nous nsideratlon of I be Mil f..r the codification of the criminal Jaws of Alaska w i- completed, and the ot; was passed, with the io;f,-;io r.se anie-idmeiit previously agreed to

fot warded to the fit v of Mix n-o. vv here ' jury is divil g into the ly tchil.g matter

it will find its resting place in the imposing mausoleum built some time ago by Senor Komcro ami wlncb contains the Ixnly of bis late wife.

St. I.oui. the imperial Queen of the Mississippi valley , will get the big fair that is deadgned to commemorate the magnitirent Louisiana purchase 100 ear - offer tin fact. I his w.,- practically the unanimous voice of the delegates to the Louisiana purchase convention held in that ctfy. Iwgintiing on the loth lit Diaro de Porcelain urg such a modification of the customs dues as v.ould allow Kussjan pitr. lauai lo Kaaaaati with American. It also insists upon the necessity of the oov.-ra-Mewl aiding tin- development of tohncoo culture in Spain, as otherwise B) ain will have to pay the United States tor the tobacco she consumes.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tn the senate, on the l?lh. little but

ini-ss was transacted in open session. ! Sivteeii bills on the private pension call 'alar wen- passed, tad a joint r so- . lotion extending the thanks of congress to Miss Clara Bartow and other officials of the Keil Cross society for ' their bcacuclen! work in Armenia and t ul a were adopted. .. .In the house the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, carrying 11,703,533, was paaacd without an atiiet Imciit, Dur- ; lug Ihegeneral deimtc tvvi. set p eehes i w.re made against itnperialisiti by Messrs. Cannack ami Qainee i iVnn.). ' The admiralty court has found that I--I Bourgognc, of the freach line, was alone to blame for Ine collision with 1

"t?" i'1"' "hrlbdi ship Cromartyshire, on July

4 last, near Sable island. otV tie coast

of Ni via Scotia, resultiiii: in the sink- , tag of the steamer and the loss of ovd tOO live-. Nellie DaltOOi alras May Murray, alias "lüg May." was arrestnl in lenvi r. I ol.. on the fth. The police say kbe is wanted in Chicago and Neve York to answer ehnrtres of shoplifting. In her rooms were found ".no worth

ot l-oimIs. including a nuiiilx-r of diamonds. The French ehainlwr of deputies, aftet an egeeedingly stormy dehate ori the Interpellation relative to thcharges of M. lie Iteaurepaire. adopted the order of the day. which was accepted by the government, the Tote tat. ding 4.'.: to 124. Considerable vcitement lias baca urea lad by rich gold diacoeci'lea N miles east of Vernal. I'tah. in the Illne mountain, near the Colorado line. The discovery was made by "Doc" McDonald, a veterinary surgeon of the Ninth cavalry. A great battle has been f Ought in the Vamen division of Arabia. The Turkish troops stormed ami captured the insurgent poaitiaa at shanei. on NoveniU r .to. AUtut 4. ix! hasBrgcnta nnd -.ooo l urks were killed or wounded. The official rejiort of the mayor of Santa ( Iura. ( uba, shows that in )M

in a way that i c.iusii g son.c Mpuruiing in siiih prirt of this aectioa. A ii ti in Im- r of wittwcs Jiavc In . i i anilaed, ami wliüc their testimony is a s- BPH of the jury room enough lias been learned from other -ources lo indicate that the work of the gram! jury

is very likely to prose more fruitful

that: was at first anticipated. rir Keeeptten. ladinaapoUa, tad., Jan. 13. (Jot. Mount gave his rir-t reception to members of the legislature at the capital. A, of the executive pariors were used for the event. The capitol wns brilliantly illuminated and the h"owrs used were profiiM ami costly. .Warlyallof the members of the governor's staff w . r preaeal in full uniform. Senatorlect am' Mrs. :,-v i . jv w. t among the guests. lake Ite lien r I nu. adianapt lis. ad., Jan. 13. The Citi ens' Street Kail road company ha;- filed n petition ir. the tnprcmi court asking for a rehearing in the case which was recently decided, and in which the court held that tht company had no rights the streets of this city after January . 1901, the same decialoa aflirming the charter of the City i i tnpany. Vinn ier avt-Baek.

I lir (ill in U llei' Mas I..... I, th,. ( iiii.ril iirrt ajenM turn Mm mseaaeae or .n Han Mm ipsetnt fieeess Ban Meet Had in be Thieaa Ovseheaesli nasi the Ma rrlgrritliir lleef SnM OSMSSh Albany, N, N .. Jan. ii. in. Raaaa vt It stutcd that In- had written a let lag to Maj. den. Miles concerning thi Condition of the meat furnished during the Santiago expedition. Oca Miles, at Washington, has made refert lice to the receipt of that letter. Thigovernor, as colonel of the, regiment of rough riders, submitted a report ti the war department. in September last which contained practica U the muhi account of the condition of the bed lis was .set forth in his letter to lien Miles. The sfovernor, in his letter, staled that four kinds of beef were furnished lo the rough riders f roin the ti me the left Florida for Cuba until their re mm. The tirsi of these was coined beef, Its qualltj vvas good. The salt ill the meat seasoned tin- other articles of load, and the men lonnd it quite, palatable. The second kind wns canned mas! Im- f. which was without flavor or taste, and would turn the atomaeha of those who ate it. It was at ring) ami tough, and without aa) quaiitien which would reader it u fit iirticie of food. There was but one w:,v in which the men could eat it. and that was by making it into a tew. Fresh vegetables wen- not always obtainable, ami stews could be made only occasionally, When the rouga riders left Tampa a Largs quantitj of specially prepared beef vvn placed aboard the t run spurt on which thev embarked, ibis beef

' . o! at half -nasi t.n I . , i

- - - i. ir failure reauting from eat re mi ness dm- lo pnruasoala. u m conscious iluring the ino-t ol H und death came ipiietly aitbuilt ti sciousiiess being regained. neesaashssl sf i ru sas. There was present nt the tm.. Ihnglev. Iftai I'dith Dingle y, '. K. N. und A. II. Dtngirv. son- ,

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Tht tTniled states transport Missisfippi. which sailed from Santiago on the evening ,,f January 4. arrived at N. w York M the lOth n hoard were lien. Wood, military governor Of Santiago, and Lieut. Ilanna. aide de eiiiip; Dr. I ast i 1 lo. a brother of the Cohaa general, and Col. (HhoOB, vvho auperlatcoded the dialrlbutioa of provisions to tne starving Cubans. ' -j . The Charles t ity (la.) college has a Btniinch friend in Henry A. Balaef, aaaaagar of the John a. flabter Seed Ca, of Im Crosse. Wis. Although deeply ctigross-d in the husiness affairs of all tirin. Mr. Suler find time and nu ney to donate to the CUUee ( education nnd to benevolent enterprises. III! latest lienefactioii was a New Viar's gift f $ i.ixMi in gold to the Charles ity college.

Col. (JcorgclAW ehster, a well-know n lavvver and a prominent member of Tammany, died ut his home in New York eity on the- 11th. lb- was Ixirn It onnecticut, hut early in life went to NewtM.rt. Ky. He served several Jiars in the Kentucky legislature, and va- one .f those vvho voted against 8eessi,,ri. CbL Webster entered the I'nion army, lie removed to New ork City alsiut JÖ years ago.

A i tit ion from former ljueen T.iliakalani of Hawnii was presented to tin house of representatives, on the 11th. protesting against th,- United Statin' assertion of ownership to the

cr "n lands of Hawaii as a taking of'

property without due process of law and appealing to the president and congress and the people for a restoration of these landa, The same petition was presented to the senate

Oracle File, seven years old. the fatagbUl of Mr. and Mrs. Knoeh Kile, of Kaiis.-in i ity. Kas.. has won her suit against that city. On June M, IStfi, while playing in the st-ect in trout of her home. t,, child look hohl of a live hilft It light wire, which was dangling ftoin a pol. in the strei t, and received a shack that sltnost killed In r. ami as result of which she is now a cripj .e. ihn court allowed her ,000.

The Twelfth regular infantry the heroes ,,f KI Cat-ev will sckui leave JefTeraoa Barracka, Mo., for tin- Philippines. The Canadian Pacific railway earnings for the week eiidiriL' January ?

wen- .,:.o.m ; ;,. p. riod last year, i""'" Ml deaths. r.'is7 deaths in lIIM . 1 .... 1 ,1 t iimiii 1

NOlMiO; increase. 141,000. The French ebamber of deputies reopened, on the 10th, and the PnliaS Iloiirisin. where the chamber of deputies sits, v.-is crowded. A Isiv of ! .' years of age was found

dead of starvation on Delmottte street. Havana, on tin- loth, i m-poral Hunter, of Co. A. Tenth regiment, found the Imdy on pile of tones y i t ii some candles nt its head, placed there Inst range ha t ils. s far as cm be :i-certaine,l ihe total victims of the Lehigh Valley collision St West Dunelleii. N. .I., on the Oth, number M, Three died during the night following the accident. The colonial cabinet of New South Wales has approved the proposal to send H men of the colonial hit rs for si months training at Aldcshot, England. The merican-t aaadiaa f ommlasltm was in SCaolea, on the 11th. but its vork was devot. -d to matters of detail. '!'! members of the commission report, however, that they are making steady pragma. It appears (Missible that a personal represeiitntive of the president to treat with the Filipinos will start shortly, and that In will ha lien. Francis V. lireene. who is pacuharljr well equipped for the task, having ulreadj been then- in eommaad of one of the earliest expeditions. President McKitlloV is satisfied that some foreign power is behind the detinnt attitude which Aguinablo has assumed toward ihe Cnited States. I lu re has been more or less suspicion of that sort ever since Aguinaldo liegan to shovv open eontempt for the authority of this government. It is now known that ".n.ooo jierished in the overflow of Vcllon river in' I hina last fall. American and british missionaries are preparing ! distribute relief this winter and spring. Thousands of refugees are scattered throughout ( hina to obtain winter's sustenance by begging. The first formal reception at the White House iK-curred on the night of the loth, the guests of honor Ix-ing the members of the diplomatic corps ami the ladies of their families. In viteil lo meet thetn was Washington officials ami resident society. The guests in all numbered iiIkiuI I'.non persons The petition of Cnited '-'fates Senator Quay, ins son. Ki. haul k. Quags und ev-State Treasurer bent. K. Hayatoadi for a writ of certiorari removittg the trial of the conspiracy case against then from the Imal court to the supreme eottrt. wns tjlsmissed by the supreme court, of Pi nns Ivania. The ease was remanded to the quarter session court, of Philadelphia fur trial.

Blooaalngtoii. Ind.. Jan. 1.. P.r wt s. 4:i IU quarters, and was stored in the

forward end of the transport. It had been prepared by segue special process unknown to i ol. Roosevelt, but suppOndl ti Is- with some form of solution. The transport was out from Tun pa but a few hours when this beef Is-gan to smell. The stem-b was so great 'hat the men avoided the forward etui of tin transport as mUcI a-' ponaible. The meat COUld not be eaten, and it was thrown into the ocean. . fourth kind of beef was served to the rotUgh riders at Santiago, after

July IS, it was of good quality, nnd was brought to Culm in special steamers, with refrigerator facilities. Gov. Boost veltS nfflclal rejMirt was accom- ' panied by ri-p.rt of the ipiartermast er I and surgeon of the regiment and those of several captains. Gov, Boom veil is known to greatly rciMrt the turn the trouble in the war department seems to le taking, us lie feels that it is not so important to fi the tilutlie U it is to prevent the recurrence of the conditions that gave rise to the controversy.

town received another set-back ir. the

i Jackson county scat removal question I when Judge Martin marc a ru!i: g the j effect of which will be to order a manv competing the commissioners , f Jackson county to call another elccI tion. The case came to this county on a , change of venue. nie, i of Use Seto, Mur.cie, Ind.. Jan. 13. During the holidays Patrick Savage wnt to Pittsburgh and participated in a big Christinas wedding, his bride being Miss L ary . Tl.rii ..ays iater h was taken with grip and died there. He was a flint giass worker, known throughout i the trade in Indiana and Illinois.

I loll Irr. IvSSStam. Evansville. Ind.. Jan. l'f. The firm of L. Loewenihal Sons & Co.. wholel sale clothiers ami pants manufactur- : ers. made an nign aient to the (ierman i bank and Citiens' national bat k for I the benefit of their creditors. The firm refused to give out its liabilities. The assets are placed at $100,000.

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Tin: LATE CONGRESSMAN DIN deceased; James c. Hooe, an intimatf friend of Ihe family. Dr. peale, . ' tin- physicians who bad been attend, lug him throughout his UnCf the two nurses. To within a few hours before li death the family firmly believed, a it has throughout his illness, (bat Mr. Dingle" would recover, ami it was oalf When it bec ime apparent that he M dving that the mem ben gathered ut his bedaJde. While the past fen hiul given reat hope of rCCOVen progress of the disease had made thi patient weak, and had serioiislv a ed iiis heart. slternallaa hlspa and v r. Late Thumdav night and again .. terdslj morning Mr. Dinglej bat inking spells from which h, s, i allied, There were further evid ol heart failure as the day progr and the strongest stimulants vy , ao ministered, but yyithont effect II,failed perceptibly during the aft m -ml as night came hope w :i rksaed, Mrs. Dinglej is verv much prostrated by her husband's death, and is now inder the cure of physicians. MeeftfeH Bsereeetses of Sfaspntajr. There were many heartfelt CXOre sions of sympathy when it became know u that the .Maine congressmio was dead. All during bis illness, which be struggled against so vigorously, there had Im-cii constant laquhrb the hotel at which be resided, as to his condition. The Hamilton boUSf, where Mr. Dingley resided, has l... the resort for a aumber of years for most of the congressional Otmtingent

ftoin Maine, and it was here that Mi Dingley siient all of the pas! If, yenr of his life when his oaogfaaafuml duties call him to Washington. Hi tt tupied rooms on the second flooi I had with him his wife and daughter, the sons being her hut little.

'j-, ami -.S41 ueatns in iws. Ising, in

thro years. n jn-r cent, of the population The New York state demiH-rntic legislative caucus, on the ICth. nominated Edward Murphy . Jr.. for United States s. .tor to succeed bimself. The dem o. rata are in a minority in the leojisda. tore. Tn the senate, on the 1 .th. the dsrnssion of the question of eypanslou was continued. Mv.-ral speeches pro end eon being made. The Indian nppn riation bill wa- taken up. bttl its consideration was not concluded at the I. our of adjournment .... I ti the hotlM consideration of the naval prsotciel bill was begun, aad speeches tilled with glowing allusions to victories Won b, our navy in the late war were delivered. John II. GibboiM, of the I'nri- exposition commission, has sent Congressman Cannon, chairman of the house committee, a corrected statement

oi th- probable aeeds of the omaaahv tion in prop, rly displaying American products at the exposition. The uriglaal figures called for SbOOt IT'Ki.ismi. but the last estimate made is for $Lpggogaia Jennie Ward, a modi te. died nt Mariette. Wis., on the tilth, practically of slnw suicide. Kour weeks Iwfore she went to 'he Mer-.omin.-.- hospital determined to die. made her will, and absolutely retused to take mil lts-l i -cine or allow the physicians to do Btiytl ing for her. A love affair is said to have caused her action. Hon. Kell hi Dingley of Maine, leader of th-- republican aide on the foor of tin- hoam of representatives. Bad representing tin- Second eoospTen sionul district of Maine in that body, died in Washington, on the llth. at lOr.'lO p. in., of heart failure resulting from extreme weakness nn- to pneumonia. Considerable racttemcai ha been caused amoug strx-kbohleta of the Iefanet Oral natlcnal bank of Lhrhoa, D., by a notl e from the coinptrollT of the currency rcipiiring them to pay. by Kebruary tt. $nsi on every shu.-e belli by them when the failure oc- ( aered, Spain has again reminded the Washhtgtou irovei'iment if the undertaking Mi the part of the I'nited Slates UOUCC Buaamissio tiers with regard to the Fpanisb prisoner , in the h.-imls of the lilipinos. and has asked a prompt re-

The guaboal Vorktow-

San l- iaticis. i.. on the 1 Ith. for Manila She v i replenish her oasl lanttn a' nam h ind then go on to liuatu Ih--larl , .ceding to Manila. The statemeat of tht; moditkM of be tree Ufa is-uedonth" Llth showed: Available cash balance, o,s,,j gold reserve-, fc'37,25tf,70tk

f.leel ORIeer Indianapolis. Ir.!.. Jan. L"!. The täte board of medical registration aid examination ha elected tbe following officers for the year: President. . V. Spurgeon. Mur.cie; vice president. J. C. Yebti-r. Lafayette; secretary, W K Curryer. It .: .a i npedi : treasurer. J. M. Dinnen. Fort Wayne. Ne statlwwi Line Vinccnnes. Ind., Jan. 13. At a meeting of t he hoard of directors of the prev P s..' Vlneennea, Veeay a- South Atlantic railroad the contract for the const ruction of the line was let to Col. Albert K. Booae, -f ZaaenviHe,0who,ae cording to stipulations, is to begin work bv Mav 1.

MILES NON-COMMITTAL.

Dtl l.orkjsn. RidgevUle, Ind.. Jan. 13. Emory Jones, nged 40. residing near ßicklry, Randolph muaty, aad for many years a prominent teae-her in the schools of this county, e'ied of lockjaw, the result af a gur.shot wound in the !cft arm

urhieb : . .i v . s

hi P e. a wife.

ved December rib He

iii-iii tor Kofclsrr , stiehBaOad, Ind.. Jan. 13. I'nited ' States deputy marshals brought to this city Charles Ihvvis. Charles Hughes and j CJeorge Howard, three Chicago men, charge el with robbing the post office at . Dunkirk Hn-nnlur 24. They- were berunei over to the fede ral grand jury. j Snle of the gCWS. Imlianajioiis. Ire!.. Jan. 13. A decree I has In-en entere d in t he superior court j in which Judge MeMaater approves the j ore?er providing for the sale of the In- ! dianapoüs News to the highest bidder

after the pmpcrty has bem ac!vertise.l eight weeks. Imasseenai B)eetsloo, Indianapolis. Ind.. Jan 13. In the aaperiaf court in this ci-y Judce McMaster decided that the insolvent (Hobe Accident Insurnr.ee company could not r i 'i I r s for e'airns il r were due at the time the organ iüation failed. Panoses hnil, rortland. Ind.. Jan 13 Tbe wellkne.wn firm of Wiest Dreis., grocery and

queensware- .balers, made an assign

ment, naming James K Oravea as trustee. The firm is thought to owe f 1.000

in.- ueneenli u..-. w . . i i..i, r iiere is , IMvliloiK in.- Between 1 esllmemjr Hinl rUesSSHSj Aleuar. Washington. Jan. 14. Gen. Miles, when asked if what official action, if any, would i- taken regarding Oaa. Kuan's attack. re lied that In had not i nuadc any statement on tin- subject, aad did not intend e forecast tin- pro Ceesdinga of the war depart' lent. When it was siiggestcel that ti e war eb partmeul wna estopped froni nnj proceedintrs against ton. Kgan On the ground of the protection promised by the p resident to all witnesaei in their testimony- u-fore- the- war luveallgat" bag enmniission. Gen. Mib-s said that th. re might be some question a- to t lieI dividing line ef teatlmooy and person al alms... that in his opinion any COOrf of justice, or feir that matter a police eourt, would have- stopped a wilarm who had used lie-fore- it such language"

Vs was used lie-tore trie- War e-eiuimi-ksn. l.eii. Mile-s said; -, did not want to apie-ar iM-fore- the war raUBatWurioa in the first place. Ahe-ti tiny wrote suggesting that I voluiiuiriiv appear be fore t bem. I replied that I believed it to Ih- feir the- ln-st inte n sts etf the service for ine mit to roluataor any tcatimony. When I was ordered lie-fore-the aaammmhUa, ami they aske-el me- aaaaeralag jam that i then had in im possession. I was obliged, as a matter eif hemesty. to answer lhe-m, iiml proiiue-e-il othcial e-omplaiuts to tue us my l-e-st reply. Kven then I diel not tell theaa all the- tacts which I hail dtneoveead by my own investigation. 'ibis inquiry was canted or quietly through the proper brane-hes eif the war department, und was Ugun as a matter ef duty by the- conimanding general after the receipt of an inline us, number of aoarpsahrta. That investigation is still We-ing prose-cufe-el, anil I still think, as I sniel U-fore. that It would have been much better had the- othe rs of the- war departme nt who hay in e-barge tbe e-are of the- proper feeding of the aaaHera, been allowed to attend to these matters (piie-tly in the-ir own way."

-rireiot-t-Anne Itnis-ll Notltle.l. I Sergeiiat-at-Arnis Russell of ths hOUUe of representatives. w,s , of tbe death, which will be- announce in both houses of congri'ss to-day, MM committee-si will Iw aniMiinted to .it-

tend the funeral, after which a. I n incut for ehe day will be had. It ie not yet decided whether there shut! lull public fun -nil in tin- house of n pre sentntives. Ibis will In left entirely t the wishes of the family. It i - ' vpected tli i v interment will Im- bad ;it Auburn. Me-., where- Mr. Dlngley'i ' tber, who died not long ago. is burled vir DUurJef'a tWnass. Representative Dingley' elites hack to I lecelubeT vvheii h" eompnined 'hat he- was not well. Tht physician diagnosed bis case as one at grip. s(, commonly prevailing here. nnd caotioned t he patient to keep tohto room. The following fhrturdaj i tnonia devel gsfd in the left lung, conplicated with greal hrregularit.t of the heart. Skillful treiitme-nt broitgbl good results, and on Thnisdax I were- signs that the lung was beginning to dear. The- neat day, however, the-disease- took an n tanning tun ' the two sons in Michigan Were telegraphed feir. On that day Mr. Dingl aad prmnM -el to deliver a lecture he fore the Brooklyn Museum of Uis ' Bdences, on the topic 'Sources of lire enne for the- Oeverument." THE CALIFORNIA SENATORSHIP Dsesecfstss CassaOnsaatoer fatss Ssse tereii wiiii Peareaton viusi i mi .tnieI very Um; I mil I holre Is VI. Ir

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sae raiiie nto, al.. .Ian. It. In first ballot feir United States sei

jreatetdai tin- democrata gave the

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' olstc OrunnUrr trreafed. Mnncie. Ind.. Jan. 1.1. Charles Primrose, an organizer of IVoodmen loelges. indicted at Juliet. III.. last week for

sailed from I for-inr 44rt- ITeated ( Dunkirk

o i instructions rrom Muncie.

in. a in n hniaua, It rHaaapotla, ir d . Jan. n - ' eVed by the (jrip and having no home fa take shelter in. Job a Neton. a colored ma.: jesrs old, died ia a saloon in ibis city.

a Ne .r i ...i catUataa ei m.. Cnlsnga t, Chieago, bin. 14, In the mist and Bach Bem last night a South Siele eerated train, going ut full spe-el, riUohcfj IntO the re-nr end of another train at WstyHhlrd street ami Itadf n il avenue. A wre-e kage ilisastre)"s to the- rars resnlted, but enl twe of t heAt Ben of passengers sustain-d mutet ial Injiirv .

complimentary vote to Magnin

I Iii, s....,,..,l ll... . I.. ...... r..li niilillien

! tnrv veite went to t'ol. J. K. Smith,

(the- Kirst California regiment. BO

.Manila. On the- thinl the- demisrrsw voted for Caminettl, on the fourth nr Devries. Aftrr the fourth ballot. Ith n0 change from the last hallo! of Thnre day, a motion to adjourn USS " but reill e-all was demai-ili il I I"" w" Item w as carrieel. THE PARIS EXPOSITION. Tits sssaerhma thMMMMaahm tetii fteseae eonllng to the I .....t eon.ti. Ol.too.ooo

suite, I f.ir I ithn. Savaatsah, thL, Jan. it. The Igaaa pe rt Manitoba, with the- Seventb cavSlry mi t-oiird, saile-d yesteniav for Paha,

Cbleaao. Jan. 13. John H

of the Parfa wspimllhifi ea has :e-nt Cong IVMBMD ( annoi..

man ed the' bouse appropriations ' adttee, n ooneeleel sliiteut.ei1 proluible nee-els al the ifasioa American products at the rspt"!" rr-i !, ,i II... 1 (..! c'

I ne eiriginai ugnies i .io, abnut 1700,080, hut the MUd nisdc is for Jl.juo.uuo.

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