Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 38, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 May 1899 — Page 6

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Tin- committee ad Um Prueelaa 11 tin- 1Mb, rejected the canal bill by ruti' of 17 to 11.

San Mlr... th- rebel capital, M taken bj Gen, üswtcnvi eeinmn, on the 17th, and thai loanrgonta driven farther northward.

A enovenieel H enM to on Iom nM.tut- proceedings to oust Mayor lohn 11. Parity oi Cleveland, o.. who. it is alleged, Bpeal more than the legal limit ailuvved candidates for expcnsts. Gen. Joacph YY heeler wtl) deliver a memorial address lufore tho Kdward IT. Ungate? Pent 111. A. U M Memorial daj, i Horton theater, Boston. It will be Gen. YY heeler's tirst visit to tlmt city. Ti.r win of the tote Baron HerecheU, former british lord chancellor and member of the ihnglo-.nierican-('ann-dian commission., who died in Washington on March l last, wea probated lu London OS the 15th. The estate ia vnlucd ut 153,1

E. V. Bogurt. formerly postmaster at Wnhcabarrc, I'u.. who was arrested end suspended fnm office three anontha ago, iihaiealfl with tampertnf with the mails, has been arrested og:un. this time on the charge of embezzling money belOOglBg to the government.

In the district court at Omaha. Neb., on the 1Mb, judgment for 1110,400 and a deeree of foreclosure was rendered against the estate of the late Anthony J. Dresel, of Philadelphia. The suit concerns real estate in Omaha. '1 he Omaha Bridge and Terminal Co. was a party defendant. ('en. Gomel notified fiov.-;en. Brook, on the 15th, that he eould no longer not la the matter of the dbv ttfbetioa of the KM00V to the Cuban troops, (ifii. Brooke will eond.net the distribution without other aid from Col ans than the Identification of privates by the company oanwnandere. - m i ' Admiral Farragut's famous old flagship Bartford which for many years thai been on the Paetfle coast, hi tone lug east. She has heen "elected as a training ship for buidsir.en. who will be recruited aln. I inly in the central, western and i. e states. The vessel has been completely modernized. Officio notice was received. 00 the l?th. from I.ieut. .1. ü. t arter. of l'rescott. Ariz., secretary of the Society of Bong Uders, tO the effect that the lirst annual reunion will he held in Las

Venae, N. M.. Jone M. Gor. Boorerelt

nnd staiT will be present. Free enter

tainment will be ghren all Bongo Km Cl's.

Women of Hosten, headed by Mrs. Julia Ward How,-, issued a call, on the

17th, for a meeting to be held in that city, on the 10th, to proteet sgainst tbe barhnrleni of lynching.' Beeide Mrs. Howe, the oaUfpf the useetiagwaa nigned by many women well known in connection with the reform mov oments of the day.

Director Bathboae, in eharge of the postal service in Cuba; Assistant Vt-noraer-General Tyner nnd Law Clerk Barrett, of the post otli Jepartment, have drafted a preliminary code of Criminal laws for Ike postal ervice in Cuba. It comprises the statutes in force in the United State With minor nhangee to meet local conditions.

Judge Licks, of the I tatter, atea cin uit court, on the 16th, I h d in lav or of the street railw ays in ike local Lottie over the lOW tat ordinance WMCd by the ( leveland (').) city coiinnl several months sgO. the 01 art susfVined the railroads in their el urn that tl o ( rdinances were in contravention of the fourteenth constitutional araendB'i lib

F. A. Yfitidorlip, assistant secretary of the treasury; Charles Allen, assist

ing secretary of the law; Ferry S.

lle.-th. assistant postmaster generali

Brig. -Gen. Corbin ami E11U H. Roberta, treasurer of the Tinted States, have Intel appointed a national committee to take i-hsr of the fun. Is with which

to pure haw a home for Admiral Dew

ey in Washington. At the session of the Knott invest!

atlas? committee, held in New York

v wi citv. on the 17lh, .lames A. Mahoney

Orltk whom Mayor Van Wyek inlinitted

lie had bad Some buiineM transactions,

MM put through a knag Mffton of iiesfions. Main. Ii v admitted being a booslu iker. but declined to answer the nnetttun as to whether he was conducting pool rooms. Student of the Princeton (K. I.) University attacked the procession ndeertlatng Pnwmee Bill's Wild West

how. on the I '.th. it beeng regarded as an unwritten law that no circus Is to how in that town. The fight began nvitfc stale egga, cannon ernnkcra, rege tables ami turf of grass, but soon focks and pistols were introduced on the one side and whips and IkjIus on the other, and many persons were injure ; On the 14th Col. Victor Vifipiain tendon n to the president the services of ike Third Nebraska regiment, whktb Lad just iM'fn mustered out, hut was Oril ling to re-cnlit to take the place of the Tirnt Nebraska, now in Luzon, but soon to return to this country. Mr. McKinley thanked the regiment for its patriotte motives, nnd said that its offer would Is- k.pt in mind should it ever again !" BCCeWiry to enlist more volunteers.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled freu Various 8oaroc. PERSONAL AND GLNERAL. The Manet Inreotignting toenntlttee of New fork resunael it seeelonai on the It'.th. after a prolonged recess. A fair sized crowd arte on hand early, umong them beUtfj Mayor Van Wvck. who. with the hvads of various city dennrtnteatni bad natn summoned to appear. lien. Otis r,ys that uniter the tern s

of the poao, treaty all obsolete cannon captured by our troops bj the Fhilippii.es are to be turned over to the Spanish government. Bowerd P. Bprngfne, an artist, whose pictures of marine and naval life have otr:.. t. d considerable attention, died

suddenly in New York city, on the Iftth, of consumption, aged 30 years. In ecordance with n decision by lodge bale, adjudging the street cars of Wichita. Las., to he a public nuisance, the cars quit running on the 18th. The b ase expired some time ago.

but the company continued to run despite the city's proteet. Colombia university wid give the honorary degree ol Lb. IX to Cnrl Schur, on commencement day. Mr. Schur has already reche! this degree from Harvard uivversity and from the Unirernlty of MleaourL Baron Heyl IM Herrnsheim the national li!eral meniler of the reiche tag, has donated Xooo.oou marks towards the tuberculosis asylum movement in Herl in. The Cuban soldiers and people are

greatly disturbed by the order to sur-

tender their arms on applying tor ib ir share of the American donation of $:i,tMio,ooo.

The coiner ttarblehead arrived at

IVrnambuco. on the l'.th, en route to the Pacific.

A naow nnd sleet storm prevailed at

Marquette, Mich., on the l'.th.

Onkwood, the groonu art man-

f:(.n of Henry Prohaaeo, In LLntOO, n nhnrhof Ciiieitmati. hat hear eoM at BWlgnee'l sale f.r 167,000 It consisted

of Ut- acres of superb land cape and a t .ote mansion that cost $340,000. The

whole propcrtT cost ball no. lion.

The traneport Centennint, inpt. Ka

ries, .sailed from San I- ra.i so". on Iii

K.tr:. for the Phlllppinea v.ita a large

er.vgo of eommissary and ii...ternias r supjdies. Gen. Hernandez, leader of the Veno

rfvoliniiiii in l-'J. wlio was

raptured mar Vutnare, on dune i last, has been released from cajiitivity

The Earl of Stratford, win, married Mrs s.uoi'el 1. CSobAte. in tirace

church. Now Vork city, last December

i 1 1 s. : i r 1 1 1 v killed, on the K.th. .It

Potter! Far. F.ngland. by the Cam bridge express. Dr. Howard Ayres, professor of hi

nleirv in the I niveiVitV of Missouri.

b:is act tited the liri-siilelU'V of the

Untvertll v of Cincinnati.

Preeident Murphy of the New York

hi ard of health savs that if the HMM11 cnl societies in (fiati-r New York d

chle Hint the case is urgent enough iip lreislature. when it asaemblea ill

estta ssion, may he asked to pass

law makiiiL' it a felony tO practice

"Christian Science" In the state.

An the result f a thorough examinn

tion hv mi eminent oculist, it is found

that Queen victoria has oompletelj st right of 'a r b'ft ey . ROd that th

right eve is almost ohM-urnl by a cat

met. Edward Coleaann, sheriff of Wash

Inoton county. Ka-.. was stmt ami ai-

moat instantly killed, at Hollennerg, Knau, on the 16th, by Will Hoxie. whom be had Jnsl piaeed under arreet Boxie

wns hot In the abdomen by the

sheriff.

Contribntlona tO he expended in the

purchase of a residence for Admiral

Dewey in Washington are accumulatingrapidly, The Idea has met with lo arty approval in till sections of tho

country.

RMT-Admlral J. C. Watson.who will

uceeed Admiral Dewey in osmmsnu

f the Asiatic squadron, sailed from

San Francisco, on the luth tt,r .Manna,

via Honir Km on the City of 1'ekin.

Adtnirnl WataOB was acooinpanud by his full staff. The cattlemen of western Oklahoma are organising a boycott no Keneoe City and threaten to ship all tneir cattin to Chicago ami South Omaha beennat Ol the recent action of the Kansas quarantine hoard in requiring inspection of all Oklahoma cattlo entering the state. Ib v. lr. William Nast. the founder of Germnn Bethodhrm In America, died at ' iticinnati. on Ike Wth, aged 02. Be was born at BtOttgUTt, 'icrmaiiy, edu-

ented at Tueingen university, came to

America in ISSg, ami enti red the ( inutmnstl eonferenee in 1-C From that

time to the "lay of his death he edited the Chrkrtisa Apologtet, tne Oerrann organ of the Mtthodist Fpiscopal church. doe HobitiM.n, colored, was hanged st (Ire, nville. Mis.. on the Mth, for the munbrof hi.zie Smth. Be vvas COOl, gotttg tO the fallow j with a okjnf m his mouth. He declined h s inn--

,,,.,. to the last, asserting nun u.e killing was an accident. Hertha MeleteiB, who was trbd for the mnrdet f N nether, at rittsbnrgh, Fa., nnd aequitfil OH the rround oi Inaaalty, has been placed

in Divmonl insane asyluej uy order of

the court.

Owing to attendance on tne team peat f conforenoe, which opened, on the

1-th. at The Maioif. of Prof. Mart, ns,

professor of international law at the LTniveratty ni It Fetersburg. and final nrhtttatn of the Voanarnolaa aebitration aanainknaott, the meeting if the Venezuelan eomtnission has boon postponed for the present, It can now be predicted that tho high joint commission to adjust issues between the I'nited States and ( anada will he reassembled during the cotuiug OttnantT or curly full.

The Medieo-LrgeJ eoeiery ol Ben Voik. on the ITth, ntatnnaed the naka h t of "Corporeal Pnnlehaaent log i rime.M A large nnnakee of awmej were preaeat. Addreeeee were nmde by

several prominent advocates m cor-, poreal punishment. The Illinois Steel Co., on the lb.

Informed the navy department that u will not bill on armor for battleship and traiaera owing to the heavy prossun of private w rk. The decision occasions regret m naval circles, as it is desired to have the competition us general as pooeU le. The Connecticut senate, on the 17th, Voted, 11 to to reject the measure

providing for woman surname.

The steam, hin Monawa,

sail

NEWS FROM INDIANA.

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Latest Happening Within the Bördels of Our Own Statt

,l.,,l.l .IIUlOll Kcki m .v . Indn Maj Ii. V

Duffy, pastor at IVtroua, ten

sonili oi ibis plaet

s.iuin tl w bi

llllnrn

mib

vva. uei.oisiv am-

on way to chinch oy

which

1 from S.m Francisco, for aus rennessei

trails, via Honolulu and Samoa, on urn 17th. carried important dispatches

from Washington to the American

ommissioner and Admiral Kaut. Rev. l: nlel Moore, chapliiin-in-ordi-

pnry to Queen Victoria Ince 1570, dleq in U ndon, on the ITth, ia his ninetieth

your.

LATE NEWS IV EMS.

i., ,. Jamison. The aged man wesren oered nnooneelooa bj blow from n , lul. I he pastor's wife, who wii-with him. held Jamieon until beip arrived

and th,- as-, il.ini vvn innue pi isoo

It is believed Jamison Is

was formt rl.v eonNnei

Reaoiutione petitioning the peace

eonferenee at The Hague to take Initial

tepi in establishing a supreme court

ot nations, and ashing the senate to

Itlfy an arbitration treaty with (Meat Iritain, were adopted at a publk mootm mm , , i Li .1... i I .

Infi nciti in l-niiaueipnia. on me i-m.

oder the auspices of the Evangelical

alliance und the National Ueloiin

rairue.

. W. Rockkili, United States min

ister to Athens, arrived in Washington, ci the lMh, and called to pay his re-

spicts to Secretary Bay. After settling no some nrivate business, Mr.

1,'ockhill will nssutae the duties of dl- 1 itctor of the bureau of American W

I U blies, to which he has been elected

Lv the executive committee.

Y. C. Hunt. V. A. King ami YY. F.

Wilcox, chief statisticians in the census otlice, have been appointed a BOUS 1

mitaion to make practica tests of alee trie counting or tabulating machines.

which nuu be presented for consider"

Uon by the directors of the census.

The competition will begin at the cen

sus oftiee June 7.

The seven Filipino commissioners

passed through the Aineriean lines at daylight, OH the 19th, and proceeded

direct to Manila, saying they bad COBM

u unconditionally surrender the mala

division of the Insurgent army, under

Aguinaldo, to Qdh. t is.

A cablegram from Miss Agnes Slack, in LondOB, to the otV.cers of the National W. C T. I ., received in Chicago, on tho 1Mb. announces the re-election o Lady Soonereet to the presidency of the British Woman's Temperance association. M. Heschantl. president of the French chamber of deputies, has been elected a no nilier of the French academy. In succession to the late Ahne Marie 1'iluard lbrve. editor of the noieii, who died on January 4 last. The peace congress assembled at the

Hons,- in the Woods." in the BUborba ot The Hague, on the ISth the car's birthday, M. De BtaaL Bnaalan ana I bassador to Great Britain, was nmde : l resident of the conference, i he kfaryland Bteel Ca hipped, on ÜM 1 t Ii. on the steamer Falls of the pee, JW tone of steel rails for the kWh traliaa gover&ment The same eon earn is shipping another oonalgnment to the same fo erninent, !a i. .lohn A. l.o jan, assistant ad-

lataat general of rolunteers, tendered ' l is resignation, on the lsth, and wua honorably disci, argesh An eminent member of the peoea eonferenee at The Hague says it is simply an act of poitteness to the c.ar end will yield no practical result, simply necauee it can not. The powers he asserts, an- too disunited and watch each other too closely to arrive ar any understanding in their programme. His prediction is that there will be z kmg discussion and then n "first-elass

burial of the car's jM-nee proposals." Charles B. Ttaatey, an engineer In

a Kansa t it v i.mo. i spanmeni nous,-.

who had been expoaed to smallpox, locked himself In his Insane, on the l'.th, and Hetied the oflicers to rensOVe ). i in to a tent on the city hospital groundi sot apart for suspects. Mis. Maitha I:. Baker, oi Oalva, liearj eonaty, in., was foand dead in a berth of a sleeping car on the Niek-'l Plate road at BnJbdo, N- v.. on the P.tth. She was Tl vears old. and was on her amy to New Y ork. Heart failure Was t he cause of death. A man was killed by ft West Shore train at Fort Montgomery, N. v.. on the tOtk. The body was hurled into the uir, and one of the victim's legs be

enilH' rlltalUMrtl III U.e li'O 'i .iin vin-.

the bod) winaing there until removed

by t he coroner. The funeral ship ( rook, which has b, en transformed into a regular army trnanport, nailed from New York, on the joth. for Savannah. I. a., where she will embark the Second regiment of infantry for transportation to ( icufuojios, Cuba. Maj. John a. Logon, who rcalgned fn l.i the army has returned hoine.and will leave shortly for Cuba, where he will reprenenl large party of aapttal ins in developing the sugar and mineral resources ot the island. Agnlnaldo's peece commlseloners, who nrrivttl at d.niila. OH the ISth, only offered the ttrieerajeeted propo Bitlon for an arm tat ice, rids Qen. otis ngain promptly reycuted, Havana i-- in a ferment r train over

the idea that the Washington administration has determined to take the anus Of the I iiban Hoops und lotaiu them in military p' s svi,,n. Carnegie A to.. ,.t Voungatown, bought S0,000 tons of pi iron from t !ic Mahoning nnd Hbenango ralleys, un the ittfc, paying therefor fid pet ton, Lieut. -Cnl. Ktlward J. Met iernand (assistant adjutant general) has been ordered to Matantaa, Cuba, as adjutant ganefaJ of that depajrtnMMt,

i

insane, na

in sn nay lum in

Mr. I uffj s oonuttlon is

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not Ii, et ssaillV I. .1.11. . i. no-. oi 1 1 , ... i

near being lynched by the crowd w hich :im mbled. rrei,-,l for ( on n I e rl e 1 1 1 H htiahawaka, lndM May l, For the past I wo months northern Indiana towns have been tooded wnh OOUntCf" feit coin. The spurious uioiiev was most I j In qnartera, nickels and W-een1

nnd secret HMpr vice omcers n.iv, ! work for some weeks, will) the that William Kutp hS been iii,v Waited States Marshal Davis charge of being counterfeiter,

leased t i-oin jail.

Opening of the Much-Heralded ConfgftBCf la the "House of the Woods," Near The Hague.

M.OE BEAUFORT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

fan KM Initiative of tlie ItiiNkliiu i i i nil, oi hihi Hone Bsnesaoi,.r iio- nsMMssaa el ti- i u-.-rl:ill liv oiitraMilHllnu Irmu Pre olden! VleKlnle lo Ilie Mr.

REPEAT THK SAME OLD ST0RT

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pteeea been i resll It restetl

.11 the

Kuln ha.l lust been release!

w hero ho had been held for slleged eoniplleltj in the rol.l.civ of the I "niou bank at Richland,

neeaacetl Home, IndlanaDolis, Ind., Maj

19, Mayor

s.nd Mrs. Taggart and M las Taggart if turned from New Orleans, bringing vv Ith them the remains of Miss Florence Taggart, who lost her life In the Paul b. nes yacht dieaater. The remains were taken to the family home, vv here private funeral services were held, eOO ducted by Rev. (i. A. Cnratennen, of 8. Paul'.- BpincopaJ ehurch. rrt'.i rd fas Taeft. Mumie. Ind., May 19, The poHca have nrreeted George Appy on the eharge of stealing a horse nnd bngary from Rluffton end bicycle front War

ren. The young man came here two I following telegram to the

weeks ago to visit relatives, has always worn a sailor eOStUtnC on the streets, and registered a H MWOnd gunner on the boat Relief of Dewey's Beet.

I I :l s,. Ir. Brazil, Ind.. May i, Themass meetIng of machine minors voted lo sect pt the operatoi s' offi r of IS.S3 for machine runners, gl for belpt ra nnd W cents for loaders. The machine mlnea will be ipenod Inn fen, dnysundtbe To 'miners returned to work. The miners claim the) achieved quite a victory in tho settlement.

laialses' rupee. Hartford i!. I ml.. May 10. Col. Bianingefi nho prior to the tote sear ,t;i. editor f the Warren Trtbnne, will shortly issue a publication devotrd ospeeially to the One Hundred and Blxtleth Indiana, the Third Kentucky and other regiments which were brlgntled together during their year of service, lie, -luxe I', ,u id I. Marion. Ind.. Mai 10, Jefferson McDowell, the - -year reelnse of Rarioa, who disappeared a week ago, got a far i tmboy, 15 miles from hflrlon, when lie took ill nnd called en the townahip trustee. The trustee notified lleDowell's mother and the latter went after her son and took him home.

The Ragae, May If. The roaee coilference, called by the eaar oi Busahit was opened at p, m. kn the hall of the Hals Ten bosh, or the "Houae to the Yooils," two mill a from) The Hague. The I nn ill.-, m ill KOSSS. m. DeBeaufort,pres(deal of the council, ami mlalater f Coreign nJWri f the government ol the Netherlands. delivered the Inaugural addreen and Welcomed the deb-gates. If, DeBanfort spoke of the high huor ni the choice of The Bagne as the meet ing place for the conferoiiee, mid extolled the noble initiative of the CZar, saying this would be a red letter day in the history of the century, and ezpreaalag the hope that hta majesty would be able to look hack on this day

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as 1 lie Iiiost glorious nay oi ,. . i

He concluded With calling attention to the allegorical group over the doorway of the the hail. Teeea Bn taring to Clone the Temple of Janus," and said: "I trust this beautiful allegory will be a good augury of your labora, and that after you have completed them you will be able to say that pence, whom art introduced into this hall, left it to spread its blessings among the winde of humanity." The delegates decided to send the

car :

'The Peace conference lays at the feet of your majesty its respectful eon- j gratulationa upon the occasion of your

birthday, nnd expresses its sincere at

ire tO co-operate in the great ami .,l,l. vvoi-W in which VOUT ma iestV hUS

taken a generous Initiative, and for vhieh it begs you to Accept its hum

Lie and profound gratitude, sXeal McKinley I ! - mr. Waahington, May lf The foUerarlug eahlegrnm has been addressed by the president to the i mperor ol Roasia on the oeannlon of the opening of the disarmament conference: Waahington, i- C, May it, IBM. -T His Majesty Nicholas II, Kniteror of All the Kussias. .--t. Fetcraburgi hi this day of good CmteU I send my heartfelt eongvatnlatloni on the upon mg of the eonferenee at Tho Hague which had its origin in the enlightened and gCBCrOUS initiative of your maj,stv. WILLI YM M KIM.KY.

Manila. May 0, I0:3g a, in. Pfl the Kill pi no peace fmlsaarin i Pilar, Grael i, Qonaaaa, i.ieut. i ,i berto Barrato and Mal. Kelelta, m bere this nmralng, tlonssis to a member ol th F" L'liiiinet ; Harra to, a mllltart uml .'Ii ita is a member of Agulni stair. I ni mediately upon their ar. were Joined by florinto Torn , I Oearnpo and i hedor Vunenat, tli lei iieinir renklenta d Manila, wh been named to co-operate vlth 11 vovs in the coming negotlutioi pi nee, A meeting was at on . uml as this dispatch is tiled a . teflon to to pi ogress, I I is know Ii. how ever, that pint s' propositions are I he thus,, previously eonveyeil tuggfcatteg an armtotloe (smm meet ing of t he flUplno oongri lien. Otis has nlrcaih dectilu . h i tain any such proposlt ion i.

LETTER FROM PROF. ANDREE. It In s, to Have lleen Toluol In a Holl!,, mill im, I'orw urtleil to Its Heut Inatli'n.

Am!

i ni. nn Pars scnesne, rson, Intl.. May 19. .lohn

B.

Brunt, of Andereon, who wnsqunrtermaater aergeent in Col, Durbln's reiment, the One Bund red nnd Btsrty tirst. ami spent several months In Ctlba, is orgaaiclag eompaay to revisit the Istottd for the purpose of investing in real eatate. Shot lllieir. Dal. 'v die. Ind.. May It, .lohn llarman. a wealthy fanner living three milea north of this plate, accidentally shot himself with his ride while preparing tO hill I hawk. Tlif hall entered his left breast und ranged upwards and lodged In the Shoulder. His recovery is doubtful. Took in. o n Life, Torre Haute. Iml.. May 19, Siidre" Draper, for ntnnj years a well-knowa gambler, left his wife's, sickroom, when he had learned that she would not recover, and. going tO the porch, fired two shots in the ground to', st his revolver, sending the third bullet Into hi brain.

Baal Uunrrel. ( Union. Ind.. Mav IB.- IOUis flullettl

und Kaltettl Italian miners, quarreled over an old grudge and Gttlletti atabbed Falletti in the si,i,.. cutting his lung to two. The doctor removejd a piece of the lung end sewed ap the vrnundi hut i'he wound is pronounced fatal. Kilted k Triiln. Goshen, Inet., Ha I, .lames Bllmtt, aged TO, pioneer rositlcnt ,if this plaei'. was caught by a passenger train n the Oos hen and Michigan branch of the Lehe shore road as be was walking nloiiL- the track and instanily killed. His body vvns burti tl 30 feet. Njateeal Oos HpI't,. Rnahville, Iml.. May g, The city Council has adopted nn ordinance legal Irina tin use of meteri by two f 'he

three natural praa etimpnniea now oper ntino; here. The rate fixed is lleentaa

i thousand nahie feet. Left t Mia w i r,-. I Hertford Hty, Iml.. May 10. Th. will of the tote i. 11. BowwR, prealdent ; of The Hartford City (MM and nil company, leaves I. i s ell t i re est a to, prob.lhly worth IMMMXX), to hla wife. Mrs. I'anny j Dow ell. soiii to 1 tie frnat, rndlanapoHa, iml.. Kay It, G, v. t Ith, pri ldont of the Indiana Recycle ' Company, of this city, Im announced thai 'he ootnpauy has been nureh,,s(d bv the trust.

Lettb, Bcotland, May lt. -The Hot Wegton ship Viklag, which arrived here. Wedaeeday, from Baydisfyord, I brought a report of a letter Written by Prof. Aadree, which waa found in a bottle early In April near Bitotang, On the norteast coast of leelantl, by A farmer named Johan htogaueeen. The letter, then in a hotth . was adtlressed to the Polar expedition at Govteberg, nnd Is. re Andrei's own stamp, with the rennest that H be planed to the aeareat post ofBee. Magnuaaan, it to) said, cave the letter to a merchant. I Bveinn Binaiaoa, at Thbrtllfjord, who mnBad it. and it is expeeti d lo I --rive at its distillation in the eonrs- f n few days. At the same time, the Viking brought letter to prominent

Icelander, now in London, autnaing him of the facts, and reipiesting him to telegraph to the Kin of Sweden ami to the Polar expedition at Qonte berg, which was don '. CONFESSED THE POISONING, fnmee Weaeee, attereoa gonea tt.

( nfeoio'i I'nl I nis III Tnlher ml llrotlier nt I liiflniwill. Cincinnati, Mav IB. .lames Weaver,

colored. iiL'i 'i 11 years, has eoefeeaod t. hnvlng potooned los father, Woocbma Wearer, and his halt brother, .lohn Weaver, OB Tuesday morning, .lohtt Weaver died ha lew 'ours, and NY' 1son Weaver, though atlU alive, has bat slight chain'.' for reeovery. The lad simply said that he found a box of "rough on rats" on the stove, Monday night, and did not know what it xva Re put it in the otTie pot. The father and two nana were living togethei uml prepared their own mania. Both the men were taken Ut,Taeentai morning, soon nfter drinking the toffee, .v neighbor saw the hoy throw away ths can whieh contained the poison, and this led to the confession. The polio now believe the boy reepooalble for the dentil of WoodnOB Weaver's seconrt x ife. and for the burning of the house u few anuatha ego.

s, oi. in 11 toi No New ProonsliloB, Manila. May U', lo:i:, (l. tu. .,, ndlltary and two civ Plitpino nlaatonera, nppolnted lo ( With three citiens of Maiol.i Hating tenna of peace, arrived . . t:13 a, in. to-day. They have submitted no new : sit ion. but wiint an arniistie. pi the session ttf the PlllplUU COH Maj.-l.tn. ntis has refuse,! lo , .it-r-tuill the proposal. l. ell. I. nun lenfeat Manila. 19, ',::iu ). in. Q n, 1 is reported to be making .it P (Torts to restrain the educated F i'niis within the limits of his . pointed jurisdiction, from ,, eating with the Americans. . .. resting Bncamlno nnet Bei of the most influential oflicla on their way to Malolos to join that who are coining via Sau tsltlru. Hoi Lsai 1st Cassnllesiioa, This, and the removal of ib rove rumen I to Ban rerna i

lead to complications aiuT deli pn Mention. But M is gen.

; ceded that further Opposition to .t : lean aoverelgutj is useless m Ions. Neither '.on. Luna n-u i.. Iio del Pilar have auflktleut loi ft) I, i slot or compel subtn lesion. oaaton Oesa m elaafle.

Qen. Y heaton has been n the cointnand of t he second iliv ; a special assignment, and bei Pro St., a has been assigned to hi The transport Warron ba in.J here from Sun I'raiicisco. A PRIMITIVE KAIL SERVICE Helle ttf n 1 1 1 mm 1 eil im ti I - I. M lerprl.t' In IkS IslaW til' I l. i. in the i'ii 1 1 iiii Waahington, May M. -Theopei ot the former Spanish OStal the Inland of Cebu, In the PI are Interestingly described hi dated April 8, just received .. i I Sniilli f ri 111 ' '

lO.lS,, , . I.V...I of l'osts Vaille, nt Manila 0 onuses' o ii i ii r. s i . "Wie a our forces took p. tl e town of lehn, it w .s . trfjTV tO the wishes of Iftlipil' ' it. i l arge, but without nr w tion. "Filipino offlcinla continue - i -ier nil departments i m . eaptatn f the post and th p,.st ottiee. This will pfobalth changed to a considerable . ' ' , nee. aa otiioors detailed to adi : nl aire there wore aenl to i ti : rnme steamer with me, bnl tii K. u hold when I left. XI.,. I. i. ti trice ! laaalsfc.

"The Ptllpinoe had in elfe ' 1 n idi led exactl) alter the Spi.n'sh. Boeh rlltogv or el H called "preeidente Iocs of. as formerly, under H

Woeoteel rn ftmna, I'hiloilelphin. May is. The 11 nayai The srorated yam tmst, to i known ia the United Btatea rToreted arll Co.. with a capital of f.Vi.iHMi.OOO. ?s prnetie.'illv nn assured fact, and all that roinains to be done is the matter vi forinnl orga nia ion. Voletae if itniiii Oolenjaf London. May 1. Sir QaOTge Albert ). Boehented Urpant, cob. ml of the Eighty-eighth Conimught Rangers, sn.i commander of Ihe Bedfordshire rej Imental district, shot himself deed at liedford

tarda, the "captain munteipai, "sfobernadoreillo. iiiiiniieii tin- ahattee wn "It was made part of the i dlllies of the presidente local to all mail, registered or ordinary I I xide carriera for taking the n the next rlltoge n the route, to record of aaeb service nnd to I - band a supply of stamps, for u paid cash, buying them of the tury of Hacienda at a alight ' 'in the island of Cebu there ,'iLdit routes covering about all lacs on the Island. Mull i nrrlfin Wlthoiil snl"" "Kverv cttiaen is required to p rfn IX days' service eUCh year 1 ernmeat, and the only pay th gem get forenrrying the mnll rueh service at credited to the ugainal the It nay due. s th ' to the next village is credit il Boy work, and is much easier ' full day's work on blghwayu, brsi

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