Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 42, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 March 1900 — Page 2

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Scerctarv lioot is no well sal i stir J aith tii- i- ! : mailt" by tin- t roopa recruited from the natives of I'm rl Kico that hi- has determined to Increiisc tlif number now in service by aothcr tottnlloo.

I,, j.i.'.-i -matin- Load, author of tin bill r'M't t second class mail ni.ittn. Mevrad a tpecial rule, on tin 2. ! gfrlag tnfO days in March fur the ci l : ..li iation of tin- bill ami providing for a foil vote. p The l cntra! Pacific Kaihoad Ott. has m tit ipatctl thf pay m. 'lit of ON of its notes for 13,900,000, due MN thuu a )eir hence, anil has received in turn tho saint amount in I'nion I'ac.ilc bonds which were pledged as collateral.

Urn. Otis reported 10 the war department, on the Mth, tliat Second Liegt. John EL Wailgh, Thirty-ninth infantry, had shot himself through the h art while temporarily deranged from nervousness, on the previous day. at Manila. Lieut. Waugh was bom iu Nebraska in ls7ö.

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If 1'riuce l'oniatow ki or any otner individual has secured possession of llasilan island in Iba Philippine glBOU, as if ported u a pi - d s patch, UN ac

quisition must have been man purely personal capacity, un i, course, does not ufTect in any way

sovereignly of the I'nited States now existing over the island.

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At the Metropolitan Methodist Epts cipai church, iu Washington, on the 25L. bishop John W. Hurst preached a memorial sermon at a special service hel.l in honor and remembrance ui 1 Lop .lohn P. .Newman. Tue BOdi tcriuin was lili"d to the doors. l'resi-d.-i t McKinley was an interested auüitor.

4 Tu the 2Sth the Ohio house defeated Mr. llauers resolution proposing to amend the statt- constitution by cirng w. um n the right to vote at a'l eJeetious after January 1. l'joi, 2 votes being required to adopt, by a vote of 4'J nays to 07 yea. The proposition received more votes than iu any previous legislature.

Victor llocheirstcin. of Spencer, loo. has tiled a claim for $2U(),0U0 against tin Spanish government for ill tn-ai-DM'Ut received from Spanish HMHstl in t aha while be was in tfca crises f the lied Cross society, lie publicly t l ar j;id in Havana that tiie Spnms.i blew up the Maine, was seized and soutin, i! iu Moro cattle.

Tin i.tiurenzo M&rqasa eerreanmBil ent of tbe London Tliaf . under date of the tBth, says: "The feeling iu official circtes at Pretoria borders on consternation, den. Louis Botlia md Paratdeal Btaya are bath argiag Pass bam Kröger to sue for peace. At llloemfontein (ien. roujea position in recurded a hopeless."

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SEWS IN BBIEP. Oomt)ilcd from V.irious Sources. FlcTY-SiXTH CONGRESS. In the sonnte, on the the resolution Involving the aeatlng of Mr Quay as atn atm frntii 1'ennsylvania vv.is taken up. tin- vota in favor of consideration bants m to M. Mr DaaMa (dem., Va I asadaa spi ed. vlforoualy lupportlaa Mr. Qua) s riKtit to la a seat. Ilars veat aad for-ak.-r delivered conatttutlOBal arauoMnu OPPOOOd to and In support of l tu-Hawaii in KoViTiitiii'llt Ml!. In tie- house an asr. -mein was reached to take a vote on tlx Puerto Klean tariff bill on the tB -l 3 p. m . (en era! debata on the bill to cloaa on the :'tith. The leaditu; so h of '. laday was ma.l." bv Mr Lit tb iield i Me ' UK .-list the MIL The debat was cotnhlueii at a nitflu session In the senate, on the 24th. the entlr session was devoted to llu further COBalmrution of the Hawaiian novcrnpient bl.l. The discussion took a rid ratuj'"-, but the basis of it was an aineiniin-nt offerad i- Mr. riatt (Conn.) as to appcintKMnt and tenure of omce ' the judges of the Hawaiian courts ll tin house the debate upon the Pi 'i" Kuan Lull was MOOOOdM with, a lar. lumber of speeches batBK delivered b"ui for und against the pemllnn measure. In the senate, on the 26th. formal discission of the -iKht of Mr (Juay In i it in timt body was begun. Consideration of the Hawaiian government bill was sunie.i, and elicited a lively discussion In wbieb southern election methods wer ventilated. An amendment was a . 1 ; t . I stnkliiK out the property , ; -a of voters for m.-ratierii of the legislature in the Ileus- the Puerto Klean tarirl' I'll was again taken up. and the time for t, nerl discussion extended until the night of the 7th. A larne number of speeches wer made for and against the bill. In the senate, on the 27th. Mr. Di pew (N. T.) d. liv.-red a speech In support of the policy of the administration on tho I'hillpplne question Mr. Turley spoKe on the Quay case, after which the Hawaiian government bill wits tuken up, and an agreement was reached to take a lir.al vote upon the bill on the 2üth In the h iuse the general debata upon the Puerto Mean tariff bill occupied the Maalon, and cloatHl in a bl.ire of glory, the coni lud lug speeches of Mr ltail-y 'deia. Tex.t ag.tlnst. and Mr. Uolllver (rep.. In.) in favor of the mousure, attracting :ull benches and crowded jra.llerl.-s In the senate, on the 2m h, the vote or. the Hawaiian government bill, acreed upon for that date was. nevertbeKsi postponed until the lat. Kour hours ware devoted to consideration of the bill with small results. Mr. Melaiurln i.lem . S. I) . maile a strong speech lof op won. acoutinn what he called the "bugbear of Ini -riallsm," with whichit wasou;ht to f rlu- I en the people In the bouse tllscus-c ,ri of the Puerto Klein tariff llll w -s r. sumeil end concluded, and the bill, a; amen. led, so as to reduce the tariff from J' to 15 per cent, of the American tariff aad limiting its life to two years vv 11 OiMOd by a vote of 172 yeas, to UQ na;.v.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

On Um ITth Senator tuaanf httraj . i Md .'oiut reaolution (or u eotnqtt Ion to i,l Kuropeda comuo icial t eniii with a vi v nl eMciulitij; A nciican anmnaf It'f Q Km ope. i hc had) o4 PHaai Ludwig n l.ovvensteiii, who was killed lllllilic II II nigtfenaent Iwlwei'ii the America;, troops and the Filipinos iM'fore tulncan, last March, has been OXhtHBCfl, and will be token from the Philippine! lor Bnal interment in tbe principal chiiii h ut Wortheiin. Tin' stoi kliolilers of the Tilled Btatet Liathcr Co. re elected the old board Of directors tit their annn.il mcftlnj in .Iciscv City, N. on tbe SUtb. The report for Ihfl year eadod Daecaibar 'tl showed a aurplua of M Sa.'i.OOtl, UK'tinat $4,(V.,7.HH in l'J. Louie l.oiran, known also as Lou CufTJT, one Ol UM six men who, ,n Jane 'J last, robbed a I'nion I'aci'u train of S4,OO0 in cash, near Ko I, ( reek. Wvo.. was sliot ami killed in ar

Kansas City, Mo., on the 28th, by detectives. vvlio had tracked hin from (Tipple l reck, t'ol.

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Baaed on a total population i i .- Iafl.700. the authoritit - have .1 eWi 1 tliat the respective cub. nies ar- entitled, under the federation bcluii.e, to the following represei: tat mn in the Australian parliament: New Son n Voles. 2:t; Victoria. 20; QttOM afaMuf, cilit; South Ausiralia, -;. aad 'I'-j luajiia. live; total.

UM Qarmaii bnttleship Sacheon was rerted. on the 't, (l, ,ave gtaaaded near Kiel dfbtbouae doling a fojr. In an attempt to lighten tiie vessel oy removing some of her guns, one of these was lust. Tht hattlcohip Wwt tember ami the coast d fense iixmclad Atfajlr, were endeavorine; to Ol the Saebeim afloat, but little had bee.i arcumpl ihi-d.

Tbe a nt i-fon in attitude of the Pekin rov ernnien t fptxfWt more pronounced daily, anil is laOJBWkd as e .- treniely meuacinf to foreign enterpriae. Never in the lust 40 earw haa the central government of Oiina ieen ao int4'iis-ly atiti-foreion. SeTer.il 'liinie have Is'i-n impeached and uiprisomtl baaaaaa tbey had assisted in obtaining coiuitsioiis f..r foreiirne: s.

The membera of tbe m veral dci igntion from Puerto Uieo in Washinirton, huving- read tlx- etun jroniu' measure adopted at the republican aOBlONMaa, on the ui'ht of tiie 2'7th. have united in a atatement to roiijrrew in which they say that the idea and theory of a tariff is repugnant to them and that the island is entitled to neeive absolutely free commercial relations Ml once.

Admiral on TtrpttS, (iertnan seere Inrv to the adoüralty Iuih iuformed tin reichsljip bmlet committee that it the naval augmentation bill is adopted, at order for steel plates Ut the VOln of 2t .000. (Hin marks will e-o join .- lv to the Stumm l'.rothers and hi Ran Kri'jip. Herr Kugene Uichter, in" riicical leader, asserts that Ibia will Uive u ch ar prolit to the manufactur ers of 17f..noo.ouo marks.

After a resistance of many !a.

against overwhidiniiip numbers that had entlud the wonder and adniiratioa of he civilicl world, and of Knlisoniea most of nil. lien. L'ronje c pitulatd. on the morning of the 27th, surrendering unconditionally to l'iehl Morahal Lord Bobarta. Amonir the fruits of the hnnl-foiight siege were hetween 4,000 and i,00U troojw, 14 modern guns, and much eiiinp e-iiip-pnge and ammunition. Tiie prnisea of the fanadlaa contingent, which took O prominent part in the lwu' battle, were loudly aung in London and acboed all over tht world.

ine of the Iflaaottrl Pacific railway, at Clin I'ark. one miles east of ndependnce. Mil, on the evening of the ",'7'h, resulted in the ueatli of at least t'v.. persons and the injury of many others, while the bady ai third victim s supposed to Is- buried in the ruins. Iiaron l evers, minister of the Ni-tlie--lauda to the United States, arrived i.t New York, on the L'7th, on the steamer Uotti-rilatn from Knttenlani. The I'nitetl States cruiser New oik irrived at Pod An Tiiiue. liny t i. on the 27th. The greatest fire Newnrk. N, ever 'xperlauead awept through the ratnfl lry fooda diatrict, on the night of iha J7th, destroying a score or more of building. The loss is estimate! at :iore than fUKKi.uoo. Several lives are

-upposed to have been lost and sevi ral .ersonn were badly ourned. 1 '.oers. (ieorge I!. BarrOW, who, with his wife, kidnaped "l'.abv" Clarke, in Central I'ark. New ork city, last year, md who was sent to Sing Sing ption for 14 years, was, on the 27th. sent to the asvliim for insane criminals at Marteawan, N. Y having- become insane. A considerable number of foreign residents are quitting the Transvaal, .lining them not a few government jtliciaJe. They are proceitling to Holand on a three months' leave of aheiiee. Mr. Hay. tiie new I'nited states consul at Pretoria, is fast en. ling the respect of the Litlanders and lisa!rhf from Mississippi vale v ities and towns, on the morning if he u 1 1 1 . reported the heaviest snow -torni in tin- past ten years. L'ailroi.l rains were tied up in western Kan as, md traffic was impeded in Missouri, -eilnlin, M" and Leavenworth, Iva ,.. .vere in a s'rious condition. Two government are claiming o do business for the slate of Kentucl-y, but, unfortaaatciy, neither the right me nor tin- wrong one can do BlUch. Hanks in whieh the ltatf fOjMfa are lepoaltad liave rafoaed t honor diecka from either state tn-a. 'iter, mil this Mtarall blocks progi . The post otliee n t Ivan. Wis., iv, i; hnrnad on the lTthoad Herbert Bates, the postmaster's sun. p.iisheil in (he flames. Tho shock and eXpOSUTt aused by getting to the neareot MajfhDOrs, a quarter f mile distant, DM prove fotal to Mrs l'.nte A dispatch reccivi-d at the Ilrit'sh war ofHoe, on tbe mornlnf of the ist, lanoanced that Lord Dnndonnkt. wttk the Nation, il carbiniers find a eoiiiMsite reeiment. entered LadyHnltB on the night of the Itthi thai the conntry between I. im and 1 01 J sini t h whs reported clear of the eneuiv and that be w as ndvancinir on Nelt horjw.. The news sent LofldODCn into tr:inasirts Of delight. Tbe circulation and sale in ierinativ of the I'nris comic paper La Hire has been prohibit! for two yeiirs. The paper hod leen twice convicted recently of plundering and mal icionaly misrepteaent ing public institutions and personam In Gcrtnnny.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 1st, Cie bi' providing u form of govern met, t foi Hawaii was passed without diviaii n. At the insUiiice of Mr. l-'oralicr, the Puerto Kuan tariff bill 00 made the uu finished business, and will be consii! Wad ns soon as the conference rSpOl I on the CnaSOe bill shall have been 1 1 posed of on the i.th....ln the lions, the contested-elect ion case of Aldri. "i vs. Kahbina was taken up. the de tittycrats thus scoring their first victi ry of the aeaeion Con aide ration of tbLoud bill, relating to second class mail matter, was postponed. A OVth-bcnind passenger train pn the Northampton division of the Ncv. York, New Haven t Hartford railroad

ran into a waahOQt alout three aaartara of a mile from Plainvliu, ConJL, on the 1st, and went over .in embankment. Four passengers w -re reported killed and a number injured. The total value of merchandise imported into Havana during the calendar year Wy was $4s.üL'o.771, of which $2u,t)$7,140 cnine from the Halted States. 17,006,411 from the Halted Kingdom, $L.17C,t'.:;'j from tJerniany. UtlfTtflOa from Spain and $10.274, i 4 1 from other count riea. The monthly statement of the comptroller of tin currency shows that 'he total circulation of national bank not at the close of business, February I960, was :.,4,.,4:!4,87S, nn increase for the year Of H.MM11, and for the monHi of $2,447,085. I he monthly comparative statement of the receipts and exjiendit tires of the United States for the month of February shows that 1 he total receipts wer " MM1M& nd the expenditures $.17. 738,472, leaving a surplus for the month o; $7.v'.'-,,793. The monthly statement of the ili-

i rector o: the mint shows that the tot ; I

coinage executed at the mints of that I'nited States during February was $i:.4l'.s,7()(, as follows: dold, 13.4ÖL900; silver, $l,'J40,0O0; minor coins, .1 :.''..-. Conan! liahla, at Bahehanbarg, reo;ts to the state department wholesale iiinM mi nls toward the formation of Industrial trusts in Aus, ria, though, lie says, that country has no protective tarifl except on a very few nrticles. The monthly statement of the public debt, issued 00 the 1st, shows that at the close of business February 2s, IfQO, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to 1,118,89,0&9, a de i l, isc for the month of ..'.0,108. In the senate, on the consideration of a bin embodying rabntantlatly the provisions of the lu.us,- Puerto BlaU tarifl Mil and in addition pro- i,ling for a temporary form of civil g vanunead for the island, wns begun. An hour ami a half of the session wiia devoted to the Quay ease..,. In t tie house u SMi-ial message from the pr"f -ident recommending the immediate passage ol a bib to place in his hands all tbe inonevs collected upon I'uerto Ibcan goods since the Spanish evacuation of the island to be i.seil for the relief of the I'uerto Kieans ua-- read, and Within two hours a bill carrying out tbe iceommendattcn bad been

passed. 161 to b'7. and sent to th ate. Thirteen democrats voted t he majority. Sir Qam ge N wnes, of London

Usher of the Westminster OaSCttfl a- J the Strand Maeraine. haa made nrrangonsants to bring out nn Knglisii edition of the Topeka (Kaa.) Capital during the editorship of Kev. ( harlea M. Hheldon. The rrangement means the exploitation of the most interesting aawopapcr expariment of tin ntun by the progressive British pule Usher. The investigation of charges ns to the polygamous stains of certain federal appointees was resumed, on the ML by a inb-eommlttee of the house cumin i t tee on post offlCCS uml post roads. The inipiiry had been closed, lint as Kejireseiitiitive I.entS desired to have the testimony of Her. Ir. Camp Im II, of l lah. it was determined to reopen the hearing. lusi before the adjournment of t tie senate committee on elections, nn t tie id, isiih prosecution and defense la the IneestlgatkMi into the election tif Senator ( lark, of Montana, announced that the) had concluded the presenlation of their testimony. There remained sonn papers to be examined and srgument wet till t. ! heard. Um secretary of tote sothoriaea contradict ion of the printed reporl .hat the state department had SrCUfed the sment of other power- r. the pro visions of the pending canal con en t ii hi. o pn positions In relation lo the subject matter f this convention, he leya, had been hud before nn) other country. The ststemant of the aondlUon ol the treasury issued on the L'd show.-.! Available cash bal nice, f INggfltT gold rcacrvc, $32,772,786. ..

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Lord Dundonald, With the NataJ Carbineers and a Composite Regiment, Cleared the Way.

ENTERED THE CITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

The Itcault tehteied Inly After tha vtit PossiotoM " Pclcemlataal l-:Sort far Nrornl A'eel Will llnller lie Vlile I llepeat Uolierla' Tuet lea f London. March l, ' '- in. The var ofAaa has reeeived tha follow inj diepatchea from Oen. ftnllari "Littlelon's ll.-ad.pi.uteni. "Mareh 1. 9:06 Moriiinir.

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I. III. 1 I UHU' I III III. etill .11" .,..., vAith the Natal i-aibincers, und u coiiipesite regiment, entered Ladysmith last night. 'The country between ine and bady

sir RKDVSRI BUXXBÜ smith is reported clear of the enemy. l am moving on Nslthorpe.M This ii. w s, following so closely iion Lord Roberta' victory over Cronje, has sent London into transports of delight. Uritishers lo not stop to count the cost, which is known to be severe. They only rejoic that relief has been bjrOUght White's sorely luffellag garrison. This has been accomplished only after two weeks i.f desperate fightings Boiler, sceordinaj to bis dispatch of jftaterdiij . in ids aureaaseal had once been compelled to return to the south aide of the Tngela, bat bfl immediately returned to the north side, at another point, nnd began the opt rations which resulted i.i the capture of PU ter'i hill, uml now bjSVS found their toHUhSStnt In the direct reli-'f of Lad.v smith. Borne experts estimate that Ballet has I st tl.ri- .1,000 men in this movement. f.K. WVULMMt MSTI movk. V. ill lie He SM In 1 BS Hie I'llblea mi tin- Ret rest Ins Himt! London, March Iv What the next nmve will be resosins as moon t oo nundrnm as prior to the receipt of (ien. Midler's dispatch. Lord Imndonald is naaamed to have made a wide turning inoveiiicnt eastward, ihirtlng Bui wane hill, ami Qen. Bttlter may reasonably be expected to Im- in Lsdysmith with the bulk of his forces by night. Whether, like Bob i i ts. at Kimlierly, he will be able to turn the tables on the retreat lag Boers, remains to lie wen. Opinion here inclines to the belief that no sggresatea stove meat can ha immediately undertaken by (ien. lluller'a and Gen. White's, forces, hence Kob Crta is likely to SOOS have to face tbe enemy, strengthened by large rata force mi uts from all sides. liih it is generally realised that Lord Roberts' strategy is mainly re Sponsible for the relief of LodySOrfth, tln-re is a feeling of anxiety lest bis (dans Buffer from the hordes (ien. duller might let slip into the Free State, (Evidently Lord Roberts is awake to the situation. It is reported in Londoo, hot the news is not oon Armed, that Oen, French has thread) reached Bloemfontehsi which is not Improbable, us the Moers are scarce. y expected 0 make I stand there. The ilamifleanee of Oca. Kitchener's presence a Arundel is not yet explained. But wherever he goes something is like! to happen, and developmentmny ahortlji show atrategte plana as interest inj,' as those which culminated in tin .b leat of Qen, Cronje. bSKT thi:ih it vi h ivr.ttT. Cronje Men III tl Wot Deitroy i:itbei rnm or Am niunlllDii. London. March L With such determined enemies, ssya a special corre Sondent, telegraphing from P.mrdeberg, under date of I'ebruaiy IT, one would suppose that the BOCTS would bare destroyed their guns, small arms und ammunition, before surrendering. Tbe only thing injured, however, was a iekers-Ma x i in piece, which bud been hit by a llritish shell. When the order came for the I!ier prisoners to cross the river to the I'.ritisli camp the) took all that they COUid carry of auch thl&gO u pots, pans and b'ankets, throwing their rifles in two heaps, that gruil ually increased to huge proportions. Aa th I ford had been swollen by heavy rains, the Roan took off their ttniisers anil waded across. The scene looked like play, rather than war. The men laughed anil splashed each other 'n the water, but among them w ere sonic erim f.i.'es, hieb looked with disfatoi noon Hah suortivencss.

NEWS FROM INDIANA.

Latest Happen i n -;a Within the Borders of Our Own State To Hraial WeeUI) I'M) -IIa law. Indianapolis, lad , March " - I lie iron und steel plants III the gas belt have decided to resist the demand of the state factory inspector that tiny establish a vvceklv pay ds)'. Wednesday sight the three Republic nulls, ut Mumie. Aadcrson and in Madison county, were clused without any explanation to the employes, but tbe understanding la .that the mills hope to Force the employes to withdraw their demand fur a weekly pay day. Inn. Mount will stand by tbe state factor) inspector if necessary ill tho enforcement of this lnvv. not in. Massi ' w on h. KokomO, Ind.. March I, William Harness, a wealthy fanner near here, who sttracted some attention a fate years ago by offering 110,000 for a wife, has closed a bargain, ami is no longer a widower. Mr. Harness, who ib wars old, was married tin.- week to a Pulaahl county girl, aged IS, the laughter of a fanner near W inainne. Mr. Ilarness gave his bride the f 10.009 in cash, and declares she is just toe kind Of a wife he has been looking fot and could not lind until now. On III- Trull. Fort Wayne, Ind., starch sheriff: Hölching and Superintendent lim-s-line are attempting to capture .lay L. Kcplinger, charged With being an absconder ami forger ti the extent of $('... am. lie is said to have forged the

nanu s of farmers to notes smoontiag to o.iim in amounts of about (MM) each. This paper is held by four national banks In re'. Rothschild Itros.. (i. I". Pelts, C. V, Pfeiffer, Oeorge Coeerdals, William dentil. Q. W. Jones and others. Versa n 1 nlon. Kol. oino, Ind.. March i, The blacksmiths ami horseshocrs of this cityhave completed nn organization for self-protection bv readjusting the price of w ork. The enormous advaiii " in the price of iron, steel and all structural metal has compelled the smiths to raise their prices. The farmers and teamsters feel the sharp advance in the cost of horseshoeing, nod think it an unfair and imjunt tribuletothe iron and steel trust. I iiexpeetetl llHlh. Kol:. .mo. Ind.. March I, At theKirst p.aptist church daring the atnjging preceding baptismal service, .lohn bewellen. a choir member, was passing the OOeT books, when he fell through .1 tr.-in door into the baotisinal tank, lb-

was pulled out and taken into 11 swb; room, after which the services proceed cd as usual, though the choir wasshort one voice 1 he remainder of tbe cicuiii g. Bselnemss KlIteeL Seymour. I111L. Manh I. John Vi Ney. a btakeiiiiin on local freight ' the f'ennaylvsnis road, was instantly kilb-d here by fblllag from a box ear to the track, time cars passing over his chest. He bad been railroading about eight months, and leaves 11 w idOta nnd two children. e 11 le 111 II COM 111 lie red. Bichmond. Ind.. March J. Local members of tha Society of FTiendi haes recelrcd word that the late Ulhom White, of Henry county, a member of tin- Indians Yearly Meeting of friends, left an estate valued at $'" 900 to10, 1 to the Friends' scsdetny st Bpieelsml, Masmsalam Kionrishina. Indianapolis. Ind.. March J. There is a feelinjr. of lodigaation tl ighout tha city over tin- fact that Moriuonisin is BoUrishiSg here, and that the elders of the faith are permitted to male a lions. 1 o house canvass in their efforts to secure converts. tlslnp tit l''rnnee. Marion. Ind.. March 1 Charles Liebenguth, one of the stoehholdera f ttie Indiana llrevving association, il preparing to make a trip to his for liter home in Prance, where he has not been since he came to t his count ry. Ill) years ao. Baaste sc am. Brookston, Ind., March 8. Leroy IL N 1 .Intal died on the 18th of .laiiiinrv as 1 he result of a 11 accident vv h i le vv orkinrr on the MonoS railway as a section man. nnd his vv idovv has received llKMI from the Modern Workmen. ui n oaaelMate, Terre Haute. Ind.. March (ongressman Georfre w Paris, who came home unexpected I3 three day sgo, has SnnOOnced his withdrawal as a candidate for renoininat ion by the republic ana. HrimiK'il Ope r 11 1 Inn a. Marion. Ind.. March The Rafs Qlaascompany, at Upland, has resumed operations an trait jars exclusively. The factory has been idle for several W eeks.

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The President Has in View thmediate Needs of the Island of Puerto Rico. k SPECIAL MESSAGE SENT TO CONGRESS.

He BseoosaMadha Phal ass Meveasa Beselsrod from rui.nu Keasi ilia I. Inn. I he I'm o 1111110-1111,1.' 1,, for llu- (ieuerwl furiitme ol V.-. j. -.I llellef.

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congress: To the Senate and Boose f ItepieKentatives: Since the e,i 1. ulionof I'uerto Rloo lv tin ish forves, en the eighteenth due of (ktuocr, Is'J-, the I sited hi II , lias collected on products com v from tliat island to tin- pOTtl ..f the I'nited States, the duties Ii' .1 b) the Ding ley act, and imotttttiftg to fcJ.OÜ.'., I I, and will OOOtinue to coll oct, ander mid law, until eoiifH aa shall otherwise direct. Altliiiugh I had the power. I luning in mind tin lust inten is of the people of the island, to it in modify duties on goodi l products sntering Into Puerto Uieo, 1 did not hat ÜM power to n

OT modify dot a oa PttCrto Rl a products coming Into the porti "f the United States. Iii view ol the pressing ncessity for Immediate revvnue in Puerto Rloo for COB ducting the government there, a id for tha ex tension of public educe Ilea, and in view, also, ol the provisicnal htglslstlgn just i uuugiirated i tha house of represesta lives, and for the the purpose f mskinfg the principle embodied in ' that legislation applicable to the immediate p;!.st a.s well as to thimmediate future, I recommend that the ibOTC sum i-olleeted, lad the sums hereafter to be collect. 1, under existing law shall, without waiting for the enactment of the general legislation now pending, be appropriated for the use and benefit of tha island. WII.LIVM McKIM.IV Kxeeutive Mutisiiui. Mai eh 1,1900. There wns not a quorum present at the ibjfal session, and after waiting

1 In vain until 0:30 for a quorum to in

pear the bouse adjoorocd. Inisei li Ihr limine. Within tvvoboursaftor spe.-iai mam bom bom the president recommend ing the Ifmtdinte paaaagi of Mil o jdace in his hands all the BMMBCyi col-lei-ted upon Pmarto Rlean gooda linof the Spanish evacuation of the island to be used for the relief of the I'm rta Kieans had been read to the house l'ri luv, the house had passed and sent to Um senate a bill to carry out the n

' oanniendntioii. The message came like ' n bolt out of a clear sky to the minorit v. Thai srere at Brat incline. 1 to hail

it edth delight as a reproof of th jority for the passage f the Puerto Kicati tnrifT bill on Wednesday. The republican leaders had recoinnn 1 1 a bill streadj to cany the president! rcCOIiiun 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 n into effect. Mr. Gannon aked immediate ecu idtemttoai for it. and this wns givem It SU only when the debate Opened -it hud Lien agreed that M inuteS should hSS allowed on a side that under the b ad of Mr. Bailey (Tex.), the democrats began lining up against ilu bill. heoBMM it placed bo limitation upon tb' president's discretion in the use nf t he money . Tbl bill was passed by a vol. of 1J to 107, 13 democrats, two populist- md two silver republicans voting with the republicans in the atli rinnt i v e. THE SALOONS OF MANILA P. I.

Kllleil In a Hminvtny. Greencastle, Ind., March I, Dr.F. H. Lammera, I prominent physician of this city, was killed by being throw a from his buggy in 11 runaway accident. MiiMonle Temple. Hageratown, InaV, Manh i. Thelo cnl lodge of mOAOBS is con t e llipla t i 11," the erection of a tine temple next year.

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nieii of oifi iaa. South Band, Ind., March Maria Christtnnn liartsell, year:., died here nf old SgC. Dmpprd llend. Ilirtninghan.. Ala., March

Lipscomb, a prominent lawyer of lies seiner, dropped dead Thursday afternoon in the court room of the circuit court Mr. Lipscomb had finished an exciting apeei b, and the judge hud just completed his charge to tha jury, w hen the attorney fell huck in his chuir and expired.

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Washington. March t M t P ' grew (S. I).) secured the adoption, the senate, of the follow iiu." v ' t ion: "'Unit the president lw request ell,

not taooaapatlble otth public later est, to si-nil the senate 11 statement ol tbe number of the saloons that bsvS bams estabushed in Manila. P. I., the ore 1 1 patient of that city by I 11 - ed States forces! arho are their patrons. und what kind h.pii.r. are sohl, nnd the quantity of such liquorn. The president la shU re.pnsleil to inform the senate of the aomhsi . if My, of mhoaa, run on the Aaaerkma r Raateh plan, in Hani i bafom are occupied the fdaee, ' ", picsident is also re.pieste.l to ifSC senate v.helhei- or not it i" slthlB his power, us eomBiaoder In ehiei 1 ' our nilltaty rorees, to suppress all ' loons in Manila find prohibit and ' j . 1 r i:........ ... nur .,.11'

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New York. March X A SpCcil the Herald from WsshingtUM wiy

relieve the glOBl disf-ess iu I'll Uieo. .aused hf tht hurrican '. tnry Kxit. by ditactlon of the pi '' ib-nt. hM authorized the use of H 00 rrmainlni ou r bat emergen. eaf fund. The Wrfk i Kelliiren. New York, Manh 4. U. - " " Co. nqiort: "Faibirea for th' h.nve Im en 222 in the I nited St.i frainst IHC !sst year, snd 28 in ageSiait 47 last vesr."