Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 January 1899 — Page 2

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INDIAN

CURRENT Tories. THE IUI II BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRLSS.

arrived :it San . from tin- 1'

Tho transport OhM Francisco, on lb H Kh

ippim- urtth IM soldier returned for vuiiou- r. .im. Ii-.

Impn --ivo fuin r.l1 obsequies In the hull o! tin- house 'f representatives, on tlx- lt'th. were ' Ul oxer the remainf the l itr Kfjiii m utative Ntlson Diiie-ley. of Maine. Oh Um itth Dm nmn defeated the iJ.iulinirs' amendment to the Nicanni canal bill b vote of I to It. The mm ii.imi nt provided for Um postponement of construction until further treaties wi re uiude.

Mi

ate,

ilelcKat I. ill. off .Toil, an eI, ii s.-rles of n the funeral of Mr lli Um bous at noon as an. I for com m it t . eri.rnii.uiv th rental resolnl loin conclu.le.l

Curl Jncob-on, the will-known broker, f ropeohsgtia. has nMlfted Um liniokllpal authorities there of his intention to nrosent the city with his splendid colleetion of art in a-m. ... valueil at over j.noo.nno crowns.

The Bennington sailed from Honolulu, on the ITth, for Quam, in accordBtiif with the orders of ihe navy department. On the ttiiv over she will top at Wake i-land ami take possession of it for use as a cahle station. The president announeeil to the cabinet, on the 17th. that he had literal IIa pun tried by court-martial for OBtidnet iinbeconiinp n solilier and a gl III It I Ma c.en. Merritt vvill probably be president of the eo.irt. The stateih'partni :it nt Washinj.'ton ha instructed CoBMl tieneral Mason, in Berlin, to bring about the discharge from the fit 1100 II army of William Brier, of Cincinnati, who was impr. ed contrary to treaty provision.

V. Dtnt brother-in-law of Um 1 Geo, I . s. Grand and uncle of l s. tirant, Jr.. candidate for tJnited tttates aenator from California, died at üakbind, t ab. on the 18th, of heart failure Moulting from pneumonia, Sgctl It, The formal election of Albert J. T'.cveridpe to be I'nited Slate- senator from Indiana was announced on the 19th. The vote ea-t in the two houses in scjMirate so hm showed that the republican tandidate had received a majority of ;;o vote-. S ''n'tary Cat.'", on the 17th. ordered A. I. ton aba, of the treasury deport Bnent, to proceed at once to Cuba and organize a Modern system of gorera M)Cn1 aceountinp on that island. Mr. Lewshs left at aaea for Havana with half a dozen clerks.

(in im. I Srutnu.

In tbe ssnste. .n the lh th rhapialn paid an elonuent tribute lo lh lata wl unit IMnsl.y Mr Proctor iVU Introduced a fot:it n solution lr tmsis r . late Senator Morrill and Oenator voorhe. t. be placed In the national llbi ..y The resolution was referr. .1 ! th library commit t. v m. - if w.i c.-ivo. I from the house announcing the adoption of resolutlont on the death f tteresnta 1 1 . ingley, and after i brief eulogy by

us a mark oi rein r'.e llo'l-o Mr.

rnemts r .f the at das and lha bowM aOoet' iiiti.ii- providing for Inifii v in tin- ball "f nl) Monday, the .'.th. .r nine member to

is n Male..' 1 I" with a Motion i"

adjourn, whi. :i was adopted. in th.- Mnate, n tba bith. no session for tin- trän i Ion of btistnisa was bald. W hen th bodi . invened at 11 o'clock it at onee proee ded t the hall of tli" I. ..use of rrre ; uvea to attend aa a body tM fnneral the lata Bepreaentathr Nalaon Düifley An one o'clock th.- atanfea returned to It chamUr. Jonathan Ro. appointed hy i Smith of Vermont ;n fill th Unas pi red t. rm of th.- late 8ei itor Morrill, waa morn in. and llw aanaU adjourn i in t;i nause no buetnaw w .- transacted beside atteodlna the fun,.r il ol , il I of the late Hopreaentatlve l Ingo In the senate, on the 17th. almoet the entire session was devoted to wnaide ration if the pending NTcamirua canal tin At three o'cio ' the eonaidtaratlon of Ü hill under the 16-minute rale was begun and on tin tied t. the eins.- of tin m I Th.. r.r-i ..!e r- . !i-l was on Uli .flu li-I-

i ment Which, In lii '. provnleil that the

United States -hnuhl have absolute control ..f the canal for military r naval purposes', with aw.-r ti dictate th" use of the ratern ! during the existence of war It was defeated, H to 9 In the hmiso s.-ver I unimportant bills were ji.issi-,1 by unanimous consent, after whicn the naval personm l bill was taken uj and pmased without division.

In the senate, on the Itth, Mr Baron (dent . Oa.) m ids set spe en In 9utirt of hit, resolution that th L'nlted Plate fthouii! not aaeuaM sovereignty over the Philippine isliiii.K at the . !o of which the Nicaragua canal hill w..- I a ken up ... . ... . i . ... . ...

an. I itn c..iisi.:raii..M nccuj'u-.i u- o-

m.iin.l. r ..f th. s -.-Ion in the house

a number of bH's of minor Importanoa, re-

porte.1 fr.m the interstate ami foreign commerce committee, weie pa--; '.1. ..i'tei which the hill to sub-!. IIt- the Pacific . i . M th rem lining hours of

the session.

Mrs. Fannie . Potter, f Boehefle, III., ha fallen heir, with two brothers, vilio reside ill I'eliusy h a Ii ia . Q the laiire estate of a sister. Mrs. Charlotte l Con ley. dec. 'a-ed. The gsrtnte la in Colorado. It includes 34,7f. gtea, Putter s share is ?1 1.:,.'2. The county QgasltntankWMri Of Sun;tcr county. Kla.. at the last Meeting, ordered the sheriff to ro ide parched peoatnta firee at gentj sooottag for tiniHiard. which he agreed to do. The onb-r is 0 matter of ofiicial record and the stale papers are having lots of fun over it.

The Minnesota house adopted concnrntit r solutions, on the Itth, strongly urging the United states senate to baaten the rntiflcntion of Um nanee treaty with spam, the ronohi tions beitn.- supported bf representatives of ail parties, and passed by a vote of 101 to i.

According to lint'. -Gen. Jone kiiguel Gomez, u member of the Cuban 00M Miaaion, now In Washington, the Cuban army is sure to receive tbe three years jia to which it is entitled. $10.onn.t'OO beitiL- advanced b tin- I'nited Htates. with the customhouses of Cuba as ecui iu for its n pa v ment

A rrengeinenta have bom mo4o to give Mai. CoMte I'erdinand l".sterhay n virt ial -afe coialuet to te-tify before the French court of cassation in the Drejfua revision inquiry, Um ooorta boring forwardeil to M. Man-aii. first

pre-i.ent of the court, a synopsis of

the i mli nee he is prepared to giro, m

1 h en-!. et eont.iii.ini: the supposed

remains of Christopher Col umbos

which arrived at Ca.li. on the lf.(h, on

board the Spanish cruiser onde de

Venndito, and which :is transferred to the auxiliary cruiser Girnlda for nnvevnnce to Seville, was op, ned. and fo'ind to contain alo;it thirty Inmes atnl -..me ashen.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

On the K,th the comptroller of th afltvfeney deelored tin following d;videmls in favor of tie- creditors of insolvent notional banka: 11 vg percent, in favor of the depnaiton of the North Platte national bank, of North Platte, Neb., and M per cent, to the eredlton Of the insolvent I ir 1 national bank of Emporia, Has., i n or before February 15. t ..I. John A. Sevton, cominnnder-ln-afafol of the Qrnnd rniy of Hepnblic, ami a niemlxr of UM vvar impiiry

board, i- dangerously ill nt Wnshin-

lotv lb was taken with the grip ahaKly after his return from Chieafjo. nbere lie -pent the holiday season. He continued to prow worse, and, on the 17th. complications were found to have set in.

I' i - prnctienlly OOrtOlo thnt Ihe consolidation of the chevvinti gttOJ husineaa, recently announced, will le brought -iboui uext sprini.'. The plan Is to pUfnhUM the eheertng Riim factories by u corporation with a capital atock aanonnttng io 115,000,000 and bnekrd by 'be Anaeficon Trust and gnflngi bank f Chfengo and Hie Man-h.-.inii I rii-t ( o. of New York, to be foiiucd for that yurpose.

Itaj. . I rie, the first treasurer of .ahland county, 0., died on tin- itth, aired '.' years, lie was reputed to be tin- ptcb -t ronaon iti tihto. Anxiety fa felt for the safety of the pleasure yacht Paul jone which left Louisville. Kv.. la-t POOntb for a cruise nlotief the gOlf coast, lntelliironce was rceelved of the ynel ; panning out of the Mis-i--inpi riv. i. oa the d. since which nothing has been heard from her. The OOMptrollcT of the currency, on the Itth, approved nn application for authority to organize the state national bank of St. Louis; capital. $.VX!O.OU0. The CasUne -ailed from San .luan de Porto i.'ico. on the 1Mb, tor Gibraltar. She is going to the Philippines to reinforce l kweyn Beet. Marcus . Haw ley. a prominent New York business man. died at hi- home in Newtown, Conn., on the I'.th. of mi noaai prostration, aged OS renra. lie was presid-nt ol the Haw lev Brother! Hardware (.. of New Vork and Baa I ranc'-co. and until recently prealdent Three eomMhadoners from Ulaagoa of the Bhrereporl d lion-ton railroad, arrived at New YorK on the American liner St. Louis, on the Uth. to lay bf fore President McKinley and his cabinet particulars regurdlng the Clasgam exhibition to in bald in 1901. A Strong earthquake shock nt Sautnnder, Spain, at one o'clock in the morning f the Itth, threw the inhabitants of the i it v into a panic. A num

ber of wmdov., were broken. Lewi- Henry p.otiteii. father of Hi pie-entati V- I'.oiilell, of Illinois. died in Washington, on the Itth of heart trouble after an illness of about ten days. "I.loI.v" Bnldsrin baa decided to erect on eighteatory Bre-proof building on the property occupied by the old P.aldwin hotel in San l'ranciseo. which aroa burned o few nsontha ago. The buildinp will cost $:i,H)0.OuO. Prenidenl Bafael IglesbM of Coats Kica visited Queen Victoria at Oabosji IbOOOe, Pie of Wight, on the 17th. The war ships at Portsmouth dressed ship nnd lin d a ral ite of Jl (.miiis in honor of the put side lit. Atty.-Gen, A. A. Oodnrd of Knnaai ha- prepare! a decision, holding that th-. soecial sefssion of the legislature

called by C,ov. I.eedy was illegal, ami I. II laws oas.-ed by it void. s.'tior s.ipaata. the Bpnnish premier, in an interview, on the 17th, dec hired that lie only awaited the I'nited .P s senate's ratification of the pence treaty

to aouvoke the corti

Thirty nine month- ago sfjrn, l'obert. Dnrte, of sinrtlnsvllle.Ind loot bet voiie IllrtaVinlj and coniplelely from nnrol "-i1- of tbe vocal organs. Kcceiply she was tnke.i very sick with the gUp, and In the midst of her convaleaeenca -he found that her voii'c had returned to her as strong as ever. During the year 19M nppUeavUooa

were reeeieed for 3315 patents; and gSigOf patents were grnated, includIng desipns. Total receipts were II,l :T.7:;t. against a total expeodHurg of $l,n.1tK The war is shown to have had a depressing effect on inventions while it lasted. Three t blengo blghnoyoMi ehonc a policeinnn In full uniform for a victim.

the Other d iv. and held MM up at the points of revolvers. They robbed h;ni of his own weapon after making n vair. search for money, atid then order. .1 him to hurry on and notify his police station, .lohn ReOOeil Yonng, librarian of tbe oongreaabHMl library, journalist, tlp lOBMt nnd state-man. died al his rehidence in vVashlngtOR, on the 17th. after an IIUMM 01 Several weeks. Tbe factory of the W.-p'rn Cnr1ridlfe oal BdOt Alton. Ill,, was ilcslroyed hy a -.ties of i plosions c ;t the cveninir of the I7tb. The cartridpc company P ah Offabooi of the

l.ipiitable Ponder CO., and the diffei

' The atgti m of tl ronditlos -t , tbe im aoorj Imm d oo the tTtb showed: Available cash balance. atffa i t;..Mi. pold re- i v. . - i.Ml.lt'.. ! Albert .1. Beeertdge dcctcil I TJnited Btatea senator by the general ' nnaembty of Imlbina on the iTth. Kraneia M ockretl was go eteotnd t aitad Mi'1- senator from Missouri

Oil the ITth CoL WM. V s' "M ;nanpurntcd sji.v.in. r of Pi iin-v Ivauia on the ITth. The New York senate and assembly in joint session, on the isth, formally declared Chauocej M. Depeur the onn ccasnr to lion Kdw, Murphy, 'r.. ns 1 ' nited Mates senator for a ti mi of sis cars. ri. c b ite eommittea on foreign tt hatlona ngreed on the itth, to a tavesr hie re i ort lipon the noa.i n;.t ion of Hon, loaeph" II. Choute in be iiiabas isador to (deal Britain.

lioth blanches of the Main legtehV tsjre nu t. no the isth, in Joint ronvenv t ion. and the re-election of I ' 1 1 eoe Tale .-s I nited Slates senator wa- formally announced. LATT NEWS ITEMS. Tn the senate, on the 10th. the fur th. .. ii: eussion of the policy of eiannl in occupied nrach of theday'a -e-sion, Her which the Nicaragua canal bill ores taken ap nnd considered for three hours. After much debate a sulnti- . tute, presented by Mr. Morgan (Abs.), for the bond amendment oSered by i Mr. Allison was adopted. All other ! prop -i d sMendmente fail.-. 1. .. .in the bouse bills wire passed nuthorislng tin Arkansas A ( lioctaw railroad Co. to const rucl a railroad through the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in Indian territory , and grunting si'1' ,,n Fori Supply military reservation to QklshoiUg for an insane a-ylum. after which the house went Into committee i of the whole on the peal office appro- j priation bill. Tiie United States military authorltiis in Havana have cabled th" Santingo departmeril aa order directing t bat nOt ii cent of the custom- n pe'pta tf the depart nit-tit i- lo be expended without ihe permiasion f (.ov.-Cen. l'.rool.e. The order also din i ts that th. greater part of the sanitary work ; Iierformed shiill be done without money pay and for ration- merely. Areaolution Indoraingtbe expansion poller i f the administration and invitIng lrunidenl McKinley to visit An

fj i-ta passed the .Maine DOitse -r rep refsentatires, on the Itth, by a unani-

riious ri-it:' vote amiii muco entnuat u- m. dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Buchareat, Koumania, -ays that pack of srolvea, emboldened by hunger, recently attacked a monastery nt Lopevean, in the Moldavian mouii- I tain-, and killed a friar. Tneaget to prohibit aliens from ow iilog phu er miiu - in British Columbia P finally pa aar d the provincial leefisInture, and rceiveil the formal y--ent of th" lieutentanl gorernot. The act I ocs Into effect at once. Premier 8agnsta says thot the queen gegen! vvill aign a decree convoking the cortes on the day following the receit of the nWS of tin- l a t i tiea t ion of the treatt of peace bj the Cnited Sla - somite. 'l i e i 1 arircs ami pecificalons in the eourtmnrtial of Commisaary43eaeraJ Eagan ore, conduct unhecogaing an .i ernnda gentleman" and "condojct prejudicial to good orui r and mil.tary discipiine.H ( l.i f-of-l'i lice ( row of S mini rviile. N. 'va- -hot and fatnll vvonn.lej

while cliasing a burghsr on the I'Jth.

Tn tbe srna'e. on the C ub. a s. -i.n

of five Lours and a half KWS practically barreu of rennlta. Condderntton of tin- Niearagua canal bin was reaunaed, but it - eompietioa waa was hloeked by BlihtWtOring. . . .In Ihe house the post Office bill was finally pOOMdU Basjohe Reed nnnoonced the appointment of Mr. Pay ne ( r. p.. N. A as . haii ioan of li e committee on ways and menus, in place of tin late Mr. EMngicy, which canied with it the 1. ad. r-.bip of UM majority on the floor of Ihe house. Four of the new l:.'-ineli brooch lo.'iilinfr rille ccvist ilcfense mortars which the Nib s Iim.1 works, of Hamilton. '.. are Banking for ihe United Btatea gnrernuanrnt, bore been shipped to tbe gorerncnent proving .rounds at iood) Hook. N. .1. Tim onus nro 14

f.et in length, weigh 30gooo ponnos, nr. I throw a 'a o-ponnd dynamite shell ten miles. I i bty two memlvcrsof tlo' Astor batterv of New Ynrk city passed throttgh Omaba, Neb., on the J'th. over the Burlington route. IkhuuI Imme from Maniia. They traveled in toiiri-t sheKTs. with a baggage ehr carrying their freight and rations. Their mascot, a foS terrier, wa- with them. The United Steten diepntch boa! Iro nook sailed from Boa Francisco for Honolulu on the aOfh. Tin- rOMtl rried a number of special di-patci.e-.

some for ihe batlb -l ip iU- gou, duo at Hie lalaada, and some that are snpnestd to relate to th- sendino; of the Oregon to Samoa. The extension of the nnti-contract labor laws to Hawaii i- -tronejly Urged inn report made by ihe goose committee on labor. It say- thousands of MOtrad laborers, mainly .1 paDCse, have Ween taken in to the islands since

rVLLOVEB TBE STATE. Events in Various Portions of Indiana Told by WtfO.

mmm.

.PANISH PRiSNEÜS. Tu.- i na i Maaaa OOvmsmbmhm i.. ttaliei.a for I'r.iiouU tu Uriu. 1 lie 1,1 I S;,l.

I , lo I'lml I.) iielier. IO0ttsbaug, li.d.. .Ian. -M. Since the ! (all ore of the grand jury to dtaeeeeg I U irace of the pgMpng wbo togaged

in tiii' rtcii.t lyncuinsj mwww ' (wvp an- alarmed tad ofraW to pabllnly epn -- tin m-!ve. on the atYair. A laiRe majorit) beliert it arhfjM MM take a very sl.ii w.. deteOttM tc run the gutttf parties lo earth, hut no rcvari in offgred and no one care to work on gneh i tagerous job for notblag. li lofea era.lv Ixiicvcd thai the investigation

.i. men : with

fha "EmbaJntedl Beef" Question Afftia Up Dviore the War Iuvv'stiauon Ccmmission. GEN. MILES' CHIEF SURGEON TESTIFIES.

Maj. . Will rlU tlmul III.- Ilerf HaSMJ I i"i. Il...r.l slilp at Taitipa lliat iia, i ii.... gras 1 '" Man i ran "uii I Use VV. ol.li. i loti.lt ll Ii l.rft a I list rnsu oi in Baa in.

in., tiei-he. vvi he miii: inenlc

,, iei work ai d that the lynchers will yc be orou'hl to justice. do. 1 in in Baawg. Conneratllle, lud.. Jan. .elsoo Tmsler, a prominent farmer residing 1J miles southeast of this city, died of heart iMsia-e in his buptry while driving home after havinp spenl tbe day with his aoudn, Hon. Milton rrnsler, of Baal ConneraeUle. Death oeeoiradJ within a bhort distance of his residence, but his arife drora on home, no kmivviiig her husband was a corpse until reaching their destination. Aeeaasntaraats c nsnoletesl. Richmond, lad Jan. J. Tko proposition to build an electric railroad frtiM Rlchnu'iid to llaiiii'.loii. O.. vva taken up in earncht at a mas mcet inK' held at Pnirkaven. fully ' paopki attended and iirranu-cnicnts were completed for

leouring the right of way and Making

Waahinaton. Jan. 21. Mai. V. H.

Dnly, chief sun. 'ii with Una. Mile-, j ami whose tit-Iii service stretelu-rl from Tampa to Porto Ib.o. and whose report eondemniii'.' ihe beef fnrnbhed tbfl evp. dii ionary forces created a scnsi.t i.n some weeks aifo, made his loiio.., waited api-ara.icc as a witness befnge the war baseatigntlng eOMMha sjog. Surp.-on Holy's ieMjrt was the BtrOfsgeet ill Isil-ruae;,' o; those snbnltted by Oen. Miles in sanatnntkv lion of his attack on the beef supplies. Dr. Poly has been too ill to appear heretofore. He was accompanied hy Hen. Miles' own stenographer, daapMo : the presence of tbe i omuiis-ion's otli- ' cial atenographer. IDENTIFIED HIH REPORT. On lieiiiir sworn ihe witness identified the reKr: submitted as his own. Changing ils date however, from Septasabee t to October IL He wa.s willi 1 1 it . he said, to stand bv hi- repi.rt. It

tfnablngton, Jan. 21. iii;i, , btft arti Ick of the treaty of 1 , v 1 .. - thai the Unltl d State, OMal should carry hack to Spain Spanish prisuuers of wnr in the p. puns, oad Hat it should untici this t.:k without MUiUng for tl. li. at ion tif the treaty. Tha n partmer.t has Is-jrun the eye, phUM to carry out this pledge, i! fetep ladr, to V-ue invitations f( posale from the ahipplng cob for the carriage of the Sp.u.. was done with irreal sue. 00M of the SbntktgO pri-oners. (irr.ilcr 1 1. an lli S4Ul4 Ptvabti The nadertohJog in the nasi I'hilippine priaoneto is tar the BnnUago problem, becaui 1 taue- of Uaneportaiton kt art times as t;reat. The ipiart.-n , . department has isstn d advert,- 1 calling lor proosals for the trän tation dc-in-tl. the prisoners taken up at Manila or the in.enk nt POai in the Philip; landed at Cadil or some other -ptirt lo be hereafter designated gesnss ooi t ..ii.ii 1 ion The terms and conditions are -t by the department in the odve Meat as follows: Their mimla-r timated nt nboni HytOO ogtese li-ted men. t'abin acorn modatii.t t l- supplied MrtheofBeera, and class, or -tieia-je. acconin. bavins; suite Id c eallev aeeo

wa- wholly voluntarv, and 11 not , tions. coltforllliliu, to the I'liit. .!

the survey. H. L Weber, city civil en- 0t "by imv nipiest or in obedl

, , r of this citv. was chosen ch;ct

sjg engineer. l or it Monument. gefferaonville, Ind.. Jan. 20. A fund is beil.? raiM'd by popular subscript on here for a monument to tbe memory of Nathaniel Uler. the Jefferson ilie hay who lost his life ut Kl C'aney. The eglalatOM will be asked to make a sssall appropriation, simply for the sake of paving the state take some recoguitiuu uf tbe deeds of the yOOag hero. si, iic a on. Marion. It:d.. Jan. 20. The trnden MUaeil of this city lias at last declared oil the strike of the chainworkers at the Krein chain works in this city. This strike has been in force for flung months, but ibe firm l as aooooedadisi securing nonunion men and the striker could not stop t hem. Do ,,t Want Ii llrlurn. Indianapolis, 1ml.. Jan. -i. (iov. Mount says that if any effort is snaking to Mcure the muster out of the One

Hundred ai d Sinty-flrat tndiacta regl ment, t ow at Havana, he has not been notified of it. Col. W, T. Dartdn, in a letier, ays tl.at the rcginuti: dots not , will to come home. Surprise.! Ilielr S"rlen,l Decatur. Ind., Jan. 00. OOflietJ circles in this city received a surprise by tbe announcemeat of the saarrhigt of hohert Oregorj ai d Miss Ugjde HoaTn.au. two promintnt youiij; people. r i v were BMrried at Chicago Angunt ' I. I0M, but liave ktpt tbe fact a secret 1

until t ow .

Met nv si Banse, I tttdiaaapotta. Ind.. Jan. 20. Norn. an by, otherwise known as "Kid" MiL.y, ti e prfan lighter, aoeompnnMd by :- wife, arrived bOOM, coming from Buffalo, N. V. He does 1 aj here much j to say about his lltflit with Sharker, at: y mt r than that he waa not robbed of the light. itetaaneO cnnneO nb Marion, lad, Jan. tOv William llybo:t and his two sor.s. of this city, are the victims of poisoned canned iiaat. Tiicr are in a critical condition, but

rnce to anv circular or letter, so far as

he rt iin mhered. lie had heard OSsvtntag of an official circular calling for reI ports. lYmce. however, some lime I between Auiruyt 1 ami 10, he belie. ed he had communicated to I. en. Mi lea some observations regarding beef rap 1 plies. Tampa, on ship iKMird, be inn! noticed a i, carter of beef hanging free in the sun. and he became interested in ih experiment of baring i fresh gbutghtered beef phsced utiibT such moist climatic conditions to see how long it eonld stand it. FfJES UtUT.UN T TOUCH IT. I "I Oha rved.' he said, "that the flies, especially the bull Hies, tlid ntit affect ii; did not Ugh! on it. or if they did they go away from it very quickly. He had cut tiff a piece of that licef at Tampa and conked it. but it

neither smelted nor tasted naturally. Later he helped the men corral some hors, - aiKi anbaeajueady be bad trouble with his stomach, which be first attribute-; to the activity of corral I i t if . Then he noticed indications of chemical stuff he had Qged to preserve elk in a ben ting expedition in the Kocky in. hi i. tain-, some years before. 1.1 I I AN IM'I. i:snt TASTE. All that day at Tampa, and the next he bad an unpleasant taste. In that previous hunting! ggperlenea be had anal v ed the chemical preservative and found it to contain lora and snlierlic acid. These were to ! n -ed etemnlly on the elk, but he had rubbed it in the raw flesh and also injected it.

Questioned as to these ingredienta.

he -M. ' I'en.v wa- not snfe to le- used in connection with footl nor for aa dinnry mrdlnlaol piirpoaes, white the -alie;. lie aeid was most n.-ni-.n ,-. loatb-ome nnd disffustinp. almost slwav s destructive tf dlgention.

GEN. WOOD SAYS FAREWELL. hjgfl to ICrturn Mi -i illC". S.,, Koutr t ll.i ei i lo I., n. Ilrniikr. vTnabiagton, Jan. 21. Maj.-Uen. Leonard VsmI called at the v.ar department vestertlav to sar farewell

mar recover. A samp e of the meat baa prior to his departure for Cuba. The

Im en preserved by ihe ollici rs ai.d an ii,' catigoUoa of the affair is to be niadt-.

Mil! Show t 11 ur. IJichniond. Im... Jan. 2 1. writ of mandamus has been served on t '. . Kicbmond Natural Qaa gompnny, nommaadIng it to appear in court on Ja 1, i.ny 31 and show reoaoti for not furniahinggna it a reasonable price, as petit i. t.i.i for in a suit llod in behaif of the public. i asMhten nil. Tort Wayne, Ind., Jan. M, -t.crliard Bekera, one of this citv ' pi. .1 : . mi

years old, attended bis aped wife's itinera! and was so overcome with grief that be died suddenly of cerebral a popleay within a few hours after returniOJf from the funeral.

en ral ''m's to Miami. I Ia., bv mil.

He vvill c0 thence by boat to Havana n to 1 have a full conference with Maj.Gen. Itrooke. ill charge Of the i-laml of t ub;., before proceeding to his goat io Tksiillago ibe war department expects to bg nble. ill the course of a few days, to

promulgate ihe plan it baa formulated,

requirements na to the spice and vei

Illation, for the enlisted on a. Will li. liter Ut I'r Loiierg) on It.iar.l gflssste The Dafted stales gneernnw deliver ihe prisoner- on lMiard II sels at Manila or .- neb Otki r ; may be designated for their em lion. I'ropi .:!- '-.dl -tat.- the per capita fur transporting? ami for transporting enlisted im . for their subsistence and deliver r hem in shore at the Spanish poeta to he deidgnnted, ami win companied by a ejuaranlee ii pris4iner- will is- comfort. ill for and lObaisted w bile on tin The subsistence to be epul to . i stat s gori'laon rations. Kiahtt jtne. 1 ,,.o. ! . . ,,r v . h I .. Ite 1,1 . 11 Irotsals will -t.-.te the number sosaels which it i- proposed to for the service, the name and claeotton of each; the tonnage en pa of each: their speed; the berth neeoi mildsUoill upon each, and ihe appr mate length of time retpiind by i ves-el to make the voyage from M . to the ciai.-t of Spain. Propo-als will al.-o state the tine which each vessel will arrive in tag harlior of Manila and report 00 chief .piartc rma-tcrat that place n for the embarkation of the pri-oii of war. Vi ss, Is of any nationality may tendered, and vvill lie con-idcri. for serv ice required on im. -n. ns te osjaacessk l'nymt-nt for tin- service will be when evklenct i- furnished thai ship has arrived with her pnasei at point nf de-tinat ion. The nnwbCT of othcers and eoonted aboard on embarkation b. H 001 If iiwislei is to determine numb, r to Im- paid for. I'rojinsals should be addreascil to the depot nn.irt. rma-. r. I nited ' - nrmy, New Vork city, or to the gjnartermnsti r,8on Francisco, at a place- they wiil Is- om net at 1.' 01 , m. stendsrd time, on the fir-t ..f i rangy, 1 tit, ami snbaaltted to thl fice. The government reserves the t to reject aay ami .ill projo-aN - h mit ti d. DEATH OF EX-G0V. COOPERllrlef -ktrti ..f lh Ufa ' '. 0 m I an IttlSMSS I'rltitle In Ms i tl War.

Th nver. ( ol.. .Ian. Jl. Jo

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i rt. i ronsnttation with Oen. Wood fer ' ttiforernor of Colorado, died

cut piauis ndjoln each otic r,

the rising of the I'n.'ed St,,,, ;i;l, t.vi r 1 hem. Kire which, on December 2'". broke out in the I hamoudv ille mine at I iamim.lv i 1 If. Wyo.. continues to spread despite ail efforts to control it, Sttd it is feared that the mine will have to Is? abandoned. The war department hns lasttsd an Im it;, t ii n for bids from rosponaildg shipdng concerns of all nations for the I r iii portation of the Spanish pritOners in tin Philippine from Manila to S; ain. The failun - for Ihe week eaded oft the "th. a- r. iorleil by It. ii. bun A Co.. wire 040 in the United Btateoi ngainst .. Inst year, and ;pj in ' ana. la iieainst M last year.

mi us Btaasen, nVyrnour, tad, Jan. uo. Meed BnaV died and Hertha White, two yoUBg peopkt BO out of t hr ir teen, eloped tu Louisrilie, Ky., to get marri d. Tue yon i n an s father. Dr. L Ik Süddiek, a proiiii., lit physician, itfust . 'o-ive his consent. Pel 01001 show. Winchester. Ind.. Jan. 20. The I!audolph county Pet Stock unci Poultry association held its fifth annual exhibit in this city. The show wn& one of the largest ever made in eastern Indiana, ihtre heinp over fOO exhibits. sol, I to Ihr Mnmlnril. Moatpelier, tndJoa. Mr. (icorfre ('. Wcb-ter, of Indianapolis, presiilent of ths Chester Oil company, was brrc and admitted that his company bad sold out to Ihe Standard Oi! company. The price is said to he $20,000. Don't ML.- Ihr Tnv. Terr. Haute. Ind., Jan. 20. The wheelmen are incensed over the passage of an ordinance hy the city rutinc. fixinir the amount of the IhCeOSt fat wheels t tie same as for one-horse ve hides ore dollar.

the distribution of the cii-toms n-v-ciiui s of Culm, a question which is agitating the people of ggnttkago just now rather anrenannably. The plan will Im- fair and just to all inter. -tAN ARMOR DESTROYER. AN. II i c la liil.itf Shell Träte! at OMMtjl II '.Ii I lie H I ir.-e nf Armor Plate I'toiilnxle.l.

,vv Nork. .Ian. .'!. pre-ence of the ordne net

I lillilrrn Pound. Madiaoo, Ind., Jan. IfkI

in-

Uuriny; tin board a new

bi" Ii explosive shell, now being tested at Hnndy Book, was gred from a Ig. inch irun. The ehCTge of the shell ronsists of pun cotton, detonnbed by a special primer. At this test the pun wa- aime, at an armor-plate heavily bOf hod op. The -hot struck near the center, penetrated the stel ami exploded. After tin- -moke passed off the meMbera of the board went down snd looked for the plate. Her?' ami there they found a few ra?ir'! pieces tit steel, but the main part of the plate w.i- baranj oft the hwa of ihe Hook. I. '-itieh shell tired from a mortar fllgg did deatroetlvg work. InrUm I ..r. . '..irr, n. Siimmart .l.i.li. I tl s,i, in ,,r - it .en I . .1. HBO Juan de I'orto Kico. .Ian. 21. -In eonneqne nee of the crisis which follow i the war and the presen scarcity of money in Horto Uico. the poverimr of the i-latul, Mnj.-tien. tiny V. II. tir. will susp' ml for one year niortgo force loBMrca and summary judiclnl -ah - of land for debt. I., n Ih nry also announces the withdrawal of troops from locnlit b- where II. cithtena nml sohliers ein nt

I Iv vesterdav afternoon of heart ore. lb- had been ailing for m days, but felt no apprehension and oe physician tvna called until a few i rs j before his dentil. j Mr. Cooper mm gsseinof from j to lt, beinp electetl as a republi. an. He was Isirn in I'.ond e-junty . 111.. November 0. ls-4;:, ami wa.- a prad Knox college. He -. tvki ns a irivnte in ll" "'

HOadred and Thirty-seventh lib': i infantry dntl Ug the eivil war. M the srar he wa admitted to the of lllinob. and established him-' !i i tin-env ille. j lie wa- f leeted clerk nf the ein OMnrf ami recorder of lioml conntj lsfis. and served ftmr vear. In i

he rcmoveil to Homer nnd begsn ' practice of law. loiter he eagMP bankinc- After the close f lo- teTM a- povi rnor. he was elected pr tif th." National Hnah of tOMMl from which po-iiion he reiir.-! B I ' months ago. lb- was heavily Interested in miiiiup nnd real estate !i he erectetl the t'tsiper block, one M finest huildinps in the city. He 1 -; a wife ami four children. t totrrod with Mtssllng troaa Ills F-W '

ers ; New York. Jan. 21. Ixmis J " formerly confidential clerk for M .1.1 l'i.r-. l. X V, ii.er elolhiers ' ' '

city, is a prisoner oharped wi'b inp gtO, 'ssi from his firm by mca forced i hecks.

a - of

ycnr-old girls who ran away front the hoi"IIMMlM. In such enses the munici.

Is- Ik-Itl resjKinsiOlc for

Children' home here

Vgva nr.d taken buk

were found at

palities vvill

io

To rnl Oirjr SMSSSMm I" "' ' W.ichineton. Jam 21. Senat-" offered a Joted restdiitimi in II ' f ate npKintinp Oscar W, le'.':

Iowa, a e. det at the I 01 ' I. aval neademy. Ileipr.an wathe Merrimsc hero.

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