Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 42, Number 52, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 August 1900 — Page 2

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i im im . r Li.-t. jamth:. v. L, . 11 J Orders have been i iil d.Terting all iiansporla WM an rnaaj with 'rnopi for t'hina from Nagasaki te Manila. About lOSjf Un n.-aiul troops will tv a fit-1 ted. During the last ycir 2,400 duels MN fought ( Ita J .'H1 4m) death reunited. Mösl of th-se combats between army oflice I s. and were based on the UMMt triviul pretext. Press dispati I e describe fount Vol WakSSrsee's trip south, en route to China, us triumphal profession with "enthusiast Ic ovation, tin- like of whieh b;ul not hcon seen since 4t4 71." At Ithaca, N. V.. t.n the Ltst. Mis Kith Mary White, SSBgbter of Audrew Pickson White, auiba-sailor to tit-1 ma ny. was married to Rewiu Bidnev Ferry, formerly of htt, ernou, a. v. . m Kiiij: Oscar of Sweden li is formally agreed :i net .is arl(itrntor of the claims f'r pomj euaathn for losses ust.. ihm I by II tfh ami German Subtests aad American eitiaens in the. ba.no. n r otsv. drear Britain has paid 4UO40 marks as dsunaeea tk owners at 'he tierman bark Ham Wsgaer, which the British detained in South African waters daring (he early days of the Transvaal n .ir. The taten. eut of the treasury baltnecs in the feaeral fand, exclusive of the $1 jtMWO.OOO gold reserve in the division of redeuipt ion. issued tn the 13d, showed: Available i a"li balance, $!... 00, '50; gold. 8,621,401, Mr. Charles I pson ( lark, of Yale university, ha bean awarded a prite of UH00 mark bj th Berlin academy for preparing; an edition of MurcelUnus Amiuiraanes, the Roman historian i: the fourth century. The atsts sjepartmeat, on the -d. inrwarded to the P.ritish embassy extradition paper- for Julian T. It. Arnold, wanted m England and now hehl at San Kram-i -co. He is a son of Sir Edwin Arnold, and if charged With embezzlement. t ai-t. lieorge F. Wilde, commanding the liattleship Oregon, on the 43d, notified the navy department from Kure, Japan, that the re el, whieh bad baCB in diH-k there nmir rgebag temporary repairs, bad been thmtcd and would be rvadv for era in a week. It in indicative al the policy of the j United Btstes goveeustsnt that the j Cuban flair w.o. hoisted, on the .'..in. with elaborate ceremony over the pal nce in Santiago, where it floated for the first time since .en. Sliafter ordered it hauled down 111 l"'.1. It if announced in Vienna that MM. Lasker. Pillabury, :- calm liter. Masses and Janowald will ion.' in uiroe and America nasi month, play itijr in public scleral t'UIlie of eheajfesarttanioiislj Pilktfsary playing; no lens than thirty gainer, at once without seeing any ' i ihe boards. Tlw 10" Chi n Uflua assembly at Cuirinda. La., eloted, on the -1st. with a political debate between Congrea lften Landis. tif Indiana, and t blimp "lark. of Missouri. There was an attendance of o.non. During the debate a territic winil antl rainstorm came up, and the ( ha ut umpia talernacle was ulmuat blown to piecea. ixiward K. Balek, a-istant caakiar of the Omaha (Neb.) national bank. was assaulted and robbetl in a I'ullinaa laipiir oa a Vattkwaatern train vtlule traeline; from (hieapo tti Omaha tn the 2Jd. He was rouphly luindled nrvd brutally beaten about the heath and dd not refrain eotifudoua neKK for aeveTal btur after the anna ult. J l'fuevt . ne. TeiU. OB the.'Ut. FoT" inr Jnstiee of the IVnee .loseph Wilkerwui. the afiagad leader of the mob that lynekad the three Uwmpkraya in Ilixl raoa eoiiity. in May. &t, :i 1 1 , 1 J. A. .lohn. Bam Hall and .lohn lladdi(t. the paanafaling defendant., pleaded puilty tt uuirdkr in the first de-:re-. and euch received u life sentence in the penitent a rj Th- population of the eity of St. Lewi, Jn-etrl ino- i ti;r' ofheial count f ihe returns of the twelfth eeaffSa, ia as follow. : St. lymi. eity. ''. W, In l'JOo. uminiit 41.T?0. in 1 -'.Ml. These flgiliei ikoW an increase f 123,448, or pereenC from ls. m mkxi. The population in lsso was showine an inert M- of 1 or per tent, from lswi u IsH". B royal decree time in Spain m hereafter to be counted from I to "I bom s, ihe order to gn into effet I Januar) l. It4l, the day la begin at midnight, and one o'clock will lie (lefignated by a cipher, and the naraahaf of minute l Hgnrea, o. ., o. js. The ofntere of telegraph, teiephore. railrond teamsbip lines and all pullic ofliei-s are to akaartrs the new tuet bod. i i the 2nth .lame- M. Morrison, üata department commander öl ivnnyleanla of the . A, H . announced that luit three of the Ig i,-t- in Philadelphia, with a membership of 7.000, Would tend delegation to the national encampment In Chicago, Coat mander Morrison stated that thia Men as the reanH of the tasitatioS extenibtl to . .1 P.ryan 1 attend the aneampment, which the memben ngnt led an intioduping polit h I into the organization.

NEWS IS BRIEF.

Compiled from Various ßourcea. PERSONAL AND ULNERAL The emitter New ürlaani "as reported at the navy department. Ml the v.d. aa having arrived at Woo Haagi the port of Shanghai. U II. Ilirsi htit Id. e president f the Merchants' national bank i Helena. Mont., wus acquitted, on the y;id, after a two weeks' trial, of the charge of makinp false report to the compt roller t.f the currency aa M the bank's condition, WilliAin and Joshua Levering, cousins, each aged " I year and members of a prominent family. were drowned while eanoelag la the Suqaehanna riter near Safe Harbor, l'a.. , ii the 2;;d. Prof, .lencks. of the United States Industrial eoasmiaion, arrived fan Her lin. on the 83d, after riaiting Austria and Italy to study tniM and BJ ndinatea, inclading labor trusts. Orders have been gien to increase the -.cret police in attendance uhii Bntperor William during the Stettin mam trw r from September 7 to 8ep leml tt b'. the pom office depart asant 1ms ordered the establishment of rural delivery, on the Ut, hi Craig, 9t ''.. and additional serice i.t Tellamaka, Neb. ih, Uerman governmeal has taken action imbstantially similar tO that of the United states in rejecting China's peace proposal. Col. William J. Bryan, the populist nominee for the presidency of the I'nlted States, was formally notified of his nomination by the Blons Fall oonventioS at Topeka, Ka on the 23d, Me also received notitii ati. u (rem the Silver Repabllcaa league. Owing to the critical eoiulitiou of affairs in China, whlcb may at any moment require executive attention, the president, on the 23d, notified the 0, a. B. committee at Chicago that, in all probability, be would le compelled to forego his intended vi-it dnrinir the encampment. The Chicago Tribune, in Its reviev tif the year ISM, give the states ami lerr.toiie- Where there were lyiieni nar nd the number as follows; Alabama, 6: Arkansas. 11: Oeorghs, i.'": Kanena, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, It Tenneasee, 4: Tesaa, s Kentucky.::: Louisiana, 15; Miaaiaaip pi, 14: Missouri. Virginian 1: West Virginia, CMdahosna, l. of the rie tuns -4 were negroes and ":' whites. Jefferson !. Mall, aged 13, well known at Virginia, 111 . was atljudt'ed insane tin the The intens heat cu-cl hia insanity and made kim most violent. He Wklpped hin wife with n buggy whip ami threatened to shoot his relatives, Harry Davis, an aeronaut, tiled 81 IhllphSIS. O.. on the 13d, as the le-ult al a fall reeeivetl in an ascension. Hiparaebnte faib-ti tti open ami he fell 1,000 feet. Ii'ii ii r a heavy thunder storm, on the 2 id, the ordnnnct building at Fort Suellinir. Minn., was -truck by lightniiiL- nnd almost destroyed, but the stoic Hiwder nmgaslne, 14 feat away, santnining 22404 pounds of powder, was uninjured. William Pethwiek, formerly of Elrooklyn, N. .. far many years Karl Li's secretary sad eonnaentlal ;.d-,i-r t.f the Chi as government, say-: "I.i llunu baiiL' -hoisld is- ignored. He represent.- the hostile sasnarity, and will avert their nsr punishment by inisrcprcRcntinp oar position if be ean. The l'nitr-,1 Ufa tea roeriini:.t has taken the lend is re plying to China that there will be no temporising negotiations nd there in every reason 'j belle the i towers will be united in this Mine j oliey. The answer ot the I'nited States was promptly followed by similar aetion on the ratt of the Gersann. Gen. Roberta cabbed the British war eflksa, on the 13d, thai Hen. Da Wet had eraased the slngliesbnrg, itb a few WimadCül With th intention of returning t the Orange River Cob any. His iruns hae mostly bees burietl fend his personal following dwisaUsd to ntt more than 900. After conaldering ihe aflldavits nuimltted by both side- ami hearing argumenta, Judge nntnll, at ucorgetown. Ky avail uhud the anttkn for a new trial in the ansa at former Secretary tf statte ( sieh Power, convicted as an accomplice before the fact in the murder of William QoehsL Mr. M. S. N. Pierre, of 344 West For-ty-tlrst street. New York eity. a nejrro from British Gninns, and BOO of hii fellow I'.ntisb sabjeeta, prepared a pa t it it m to Hon. Percy ftsmlsrstm. Hritish consul, askimr him to take the nee-Miry stes fur their protection. They allere that ttie weie brutally attacked by the mob in ths recent riots in thai eity, mid that the police, inster.d of t'b"'" them protection, actually Urged and incited the inou to greater fury. William B. ox. chief engineer at the Muncie (lud.) electric street light works, was killed, on the night of the 24th. by falling on a lite wire in the power hOttSe, He WS alone with nil six-year-old baby girl at the time. The child went to him. lay down iu his firms and fell asleep lieside the dead man. The statement of the treasury balances in the general fund. essJuaiva of the 1150,000,000 gold reserve in ths division of redemption, issued ou the 24th, showed; Available cash baistiee, g!37,1.i,4K; fold, Ö7. 7-'.'. V.: A Missouri Pacific paaaeager irain truck a arngoa one mile west of liffinphnni. Kas.. on the L'tth. killinp Alma and ( bister Taylor, sisters, and seriously Injuring lira, .lohn Black, llethel Jhipt'st church at Fairview. Ky., built aa a memorial on the site of Jefferson Davis' birthplace, was druck by Hfbtnirig. an the Hth, uud destroyed.

ihe Japanese liner Futami Maro,

Ces,t Thorn, bound from Austrslia to Manila, with i SargO of stoic for ths American gtiisf want, went aground end brok la tare aa the aland of llindinao, There wen- no aseualtiea, but the aargo, hsgsagaand rassaJ 4111 Ol li bl pi oi e a tot a I los. I, (, Bun J l Oh on the -Oh. reported: "Failures for the week were 171 m the United States, against 149 last rear, and N In Canada against 14 last year." Prof, Theodore M . in HM B . the eniitient Uerman jurist and historian, has an article in The Nation. Urging the abolition of tin eelebratioa al Sedan .:ay. An organisatlea baring ff Its object the control of every electric plant ami system in Wisconsin has been Incorporated by Milwaukee capitalists The steamship swank, aniung from New York for Barop, on the 2fth took out 71,000 ounces of silver. A special dispatch from Pretoria, on the '.'Oh. said that Lieut, (iordua had bass shot. UATt NtWb ITEMS. Tlie Amerienn Katloital H d CrOSI announced, on the 24th,that under tho powers conferred upon it under tue last congress It will at once lie-in actitc work for the relief of those auf fering from famine In India. Head quarters for this branch of relief work wer opened, on th -7th. iu New York city. Mi. . L Moore, es-department president of the W, R. C. of Kan-. is. is being boom,,! for national president of that organisation. She was indorsed at the recent Kansas state convention of th WT, K. c.. and the candidates to the Chicagt enensnp meal vtili work for kcr election. Application has been made for u chaster for the Hardee Transportation and Commission Co of Tantpsa Fla.. which will run a line Of team eis to Honduras anil South American ports. The line WÖJ handle fruits and tu her commodities. The incorporators are Tampa men. The National Municipal league will hold its nest annual meetings ut Mil weukee, oa September 14, 20 and 21, as announced Is ths programme issued by Secretary Woodruff, of Philadelphia. The occasion w ill also mark the eighth national conference for food city government. Charles A. Bullen, rice-president of the Bullen Bridifr . 'o,, of Pueblo, I l., died of heart urease at (.Icndivc, Nb. nt.. on the 24th, Mr, Hullen was one of t he best -known bridge contractors in the west, and did considerable work in Alaska about a year afo. A I nited States war ship arrived at Tangier, Morocco, on the 1 th, to support the claim arising out of the murder, last .bine, of Marco Eaaagin, a naturalised American eitlsen, who was the manager of the Pea branch of the French firm of Braunsweig fi Co. Hailstones as laffc as walnuts fell at Uarneu, Kas., tor liall an hour, on the night of the 24th, beating fruit and leave off the trees and kilting many birds am) small animals. 'The groand was covered with a sheet of ice. Orders were received at Hun bar, l'a.. on the h. from the officials f the Cambria Hteel Co., at John-town, to shut down all their works fet J)uuLviir for an Indefinite period. Dr. Kniest Bchnaidt, ftr .; years head of the concutting staff tf the Atexian Urothers boapital, in Chicago, died In that city, an the 24th( of Brigrht'a dlaease. Kntisns City, Mo.. wa plunged intti darknraa al midday, n the 27th, ren tl rinp artificial lifhts ueeessary in stores and ofHce. 'The phenomenon prevailed for half an hour, dsrlsg which time rain fell in ttirrents. At th' Union depot daylight signala could not be seen, and the train service was stopped for 10 minutes. No damage resulted. A dispatch from Berlin, OS the 27th. said: "During the last few days territic tbanderstorma have caused much dasssge in the districts of Stuttgart, Lei pale and linstock. Near Kosfock the crop-- were destroyed by hail, which lay four inches thick. In Sac onj :uii Thuringin lightning caused many destructive tires." The thirty fourth annual encamp men) of the tirand Army f the Kepublle was formally opened in Chins gO, on tbe'J'ith. by a monster meetinp in the CoUasOSn, It is est imatetl that 204j006 persona veterans and their friends, from every tpmrter of the country, visited Chicago during th grand encampmenl In accord with the recent general rCO,UeSl of th civil service commission. Postmsater-4 lenersl smith, on the 27th, issued an order regarding political assessments, enjoining a strict oliservanec of refutations and declaring that any disregard of them w ill be prompt ly ilea It w it h. Fou r hobos Insulted two young girl In the outskir ts of Marshalltow n. la . on the :.'7th. An old colored drayman named Williams went to the reasUC of the f iris, when two of the tramp', shot hin to death with revolver. W illiams WSH an Inoffensive citly.cn. and leaves a family. Miss Zciiinski. aged is. ,,f Aahton, Ni l).. Was instantly killed, on the Mth, while picking plums in a thicket, by John Sohioll, a lad of )s year-, who saw something moving In the bushes and tired, shooting her throiifh the heart. Behroll surrendered to the sheriff. At a meeting nf Ihe people's psrtj national committee, in I hlcago, on the 27th, the declination of Charles A. Towne. as the viee-presidential nominee of the party, was accepted, and the name of Adlai K. BtCVetlSOB v a I - ultst it Hi ed. Bampaos Wellmnn, veteran from Ess! -s' IsnrUs, III - was run down bj u cab In ChlCS 'ii, Oft th .'7th. and sustained Injuries which will probably nrem fatal.

ALL OVER THE STATE.

Events in Variou Portions of Indiana Told by Wire. ettta wltb aVatli Kvan-ville. lud.. Auf. g Ne lie. the M-ycir-oiii daughter of tleorg ft Hal lock, liviii): near hue. saved her threeyearoU brother and tivi-y ear-o'.d sister fron beitig devoared by wolf, she was ill the SOUS and. bearing a noise, rushed to the door and saw a wolf ready to jump 04 the children. The fill grsbbedjlhs animal by th throat and a geret batikt es I. Th wolf Aaally released Itself and fied. The girl ,"'" fell over in a faint. A hunt U is orfantaed and the wo t STfeS killed about two dies from the Bullock residence. rmhv Bakeries. Wabash. Im'.. Any. W. Btfetl Fai tory Inaneetor kWAbee Is preparing h' annual report. Among l''s ncoinmeudatioss will be an for an amend in. -ut of the child labor law p. rmlttittg boys of IS to work in factories when there is no school. A- th act now stands this is forbidden vv here bov s are under it. Mr. McAbee saya there hava been many appeals f rom widow to per mit their boys to work and aid in their support, lie has also made M crusade against Althj bakerle In thestat and report- t!iat th -aintarv condition of some bake-liops is indescribable. tdmtts His Gallt, Terr Haute. Ind., Aug. 27.- Becaua his wife was sick and siiffi riiif the pangs of bungi r. t barb i Prej eommlt ted theft, and then, overcome by re morse, he confessed his nuiii and asked 1o be delivered !u the police, Fl't-y collected 43.07 from a Wtron ot the Prudential Insurance rempanj and ted i; to luiy provisions and medlclna for bis s'ck vvifi. It is thought he will Dot be aeoseeuted, as fri m's have promised to repay the amouui of the comp ay's money he spent. Iln ma ii n ml I'v Ihlaa La port e, Intl., tug, Lnariv Urea (house, democrat, and Frank I.. .lone-, republican, propose to be the Pamon and Pj thia- Of the Indiana campslgn. They arc rand ids tes forsaperintendent of public Instruction and have entered Into an agreement whereby ihey are to treat each other with a.l fairno-. and they are to appear tog ether in various part- of the state They w ill both visit the county institutes of the vtate. Mentta Uai Hers KltteS, Mlsbawska, lud Aug, 27. A eabli dlspatek from Manila received hefe by Dr. 3, P. Greene announce- thai his brother. M. B. Greene, was kllled in the Philipplues, He ass special signal service officer w!.o -.ri-il under Admiral Dewey in Ihe battle Of Manila lay. He wa- fl. resident of this city nnd lind bei n in The I nited State- -ervice for 13 years, lb Is the fifth of eight brothers to glee his life f r bis country. Men re I .i r i i li u . Wabash, lad Aug, 7. Lawrence. Kltebell i just home from ape Nome, w here he spi it two months, Mr. Ki tch- ' ssy the situation there is ben m : nf alarming as winter draws on, lie sayi that just in-fore leaving he saw a list of Wl name- of persons anxious to gel back to the Unit States and who wer, without money: or provisions. Ni.my of these were women who had gone to Nome with their husbands I r alone. nnt. it it Beeatefeiea a. Logan sport, lad., tag, -7. .1. T Cot v.a Pan-Handle shopman. eaUedst the county clcrk'r office and wanted his marriage with kfrs.l odj scratched oft the docket." lb -aid that h- married her in ss;: ;,nd that he left hh wife when fie discovered hat she had been married before, lb wa- fedvls o consul! an attorney. evi-r Received Dotier, Itushvllle, Ind., Aug, 17. Mrs. Fran ei- Poust, tif Klplej tOWBshlp, in a suit filed in the Uu-h circuit court, avers thai In her year- of wedded life shf Bever received a dollar from her huhaad, shr supported herself and ix ehi'.dren by sewing and washing for neighbors. Her husband owns a farm 'allied at $5. ('Mi. rickets Invasiv SVaSvasfe, Wabath, Ind.. Aug, -. The plague of crickets continues in this vicinity. The ii. -e."'- swarmed lore last Thürs i av evening, literally covering the Str'et and bttlldittgS, and there have been freah accessions every evening s'nee. So far tin y have dans do dam ige. I nullit Iteml. War-avv. Intl.. Auf. .'7. VslentlS Ketring, a prominent citizen residing m ar Sy raeue. Kosciusko enmity, wan found dead in In-d. Heart trouble wa. BSsigned nt the cause. Patall Peeeteatea, Men ton, Ind.. Attg '.'7. .lohn Powell, tif Starke countv. was fatally prostrated by the heat while banting for strayed cattle in the Tippecanoe river hoi torn, aeaefeel rinm named. Evanavtlle, Ind.. Aug. t7. The Erana villa Chemical and spirits campsny plant at Howell, four niile below the city, suffered a $30,000 loss by fire. t is considered very doubtful if the Pennsylvania railroad win adopt nickel-steel rails for the points tif severe service, A 1 1 he famous Horseshoe curve the nickel steel rails have been replaced liy those Of t he ord i mi r y steel type, for it was found thai th rails dii lahed the tractive power of the engines oa account of their hardness, Those passionate persons who carry their hearts in their HtOUths are rsther to be pitied thaa feared. Their threatening! serve do other purpost than to forearm hiiu that is threat-

SAILED I OH IE.

The Men Who Fought Their Coun try's Battles on the Water Had Their Day at Chicago. GRANDPARADE OF THE NAVAL VETERANS. Tliev Were Jwliirtl by Ihe Nona ot Vatesaaai Ihr lloa' llrlumle ii ml i:-rrtaouera ut Wnr lletlli'Nt ion of lltr ntal Arch ut lite Nualb I ml ut (lie I uurl ul lienor. i bicago, Aug, '-'7. 'This sUS th .lay of the Urand Army eneampivieni set Ssid for the men tif the tiavv, and from morning to evening the ensigns of the men of the sea were given precedent ver ths battle flags of the men who fought an land, Two thousand strong, the men who fought with Parragut, Dupont and Porter, along ths Atlantic coast, in th gulf, ami up und down the Mississippi river, msrehed through the streets, which were packed with a eheenic:. applaud i ng mult it udc. i in- geaaae Oeaeeattea, Beside the men who foughi afloat from to 89 came the younger gen e ration who helped to demolish Molltojo's rlcet in Manila bay. and Made glorioua history when (crvera Sailed out tif Santiago harbor to overwhelming defeat. With the veterans of the navy marched a band of tuen whose lot during the war comprised the worst of hardships but none the less was as full of flory as the ,'areer (if the bravest BghtCTS of then1 all. These were the members of the As--dilution of Ks-Prisoner- of War. Bf it nf I re I ii ile. 'The parade, whieh was but a pre lüde to th great march of the Ghmnd Army, 'Tuesday, started at 11 o'clock. from the corner of Michigan avenue and Randolph street. and alter a short inarch through the down tow i streets, turned into Michigan avenue at Jackson boulevard, and passed on south Undet the beautiful army arc' at Van Huren street, through Hi ourt of honor, and out under t ht naval arch at Michigan avenue and Hubbard court, where it passed in review before ( oiiiinaiider-iii-( hicf Shaw of the Q, A. lb. Aetitif Oo Warder, representing Gov, 'Tanner Mayor Hsrrieon,Commander Jonea, oi tb- ."-ons of Veterans, and CotBnUS der AtweU of the Ex-Priaonera ol War. The I'nrmlf, Chief Marshal J, F. R. I 'OSS, Of hflfl ncapolis, headed the parade, attended by Lieut, w. ,i. Wilson, (apt. Josepk L. Brigham, past commander; Past Commsnder Bee ley, Past Rear-Ad-miral Hanhsl F. Keely, Lieut, L, 'i Calden, Capt. P. v. Christian, Lieut K A. Jameson and RnsJgn L. ('. Kindley, who composed Iiis staff. The tirst org aniat ion iu the .-(' limn was composed of sailors frota the revenue cutters Fes-enden anal Morrill. 'Then came two crews of tint United states life-saving service, ifae naval militia of Illinois, whieh in eluded hundreds of men who fottgM in th navy during the war of !'. the Naval Reserve Veteran aaaoeia Hon, members of the Sons f Veterans, the Boy's Brigade, the Kv Prisoners of War, nnd then the National Association of Naval Veterans altogether almut 5.000 men. Preceding the naval parade, the big naval arch, ereetcd at Michigan avenue and Hubbard court, mar the lohn A. Logan monument, und mnrk lag the south end of the court o honor, was dedicated. Although the xerciaes were held nt a comparative1 ly early hour, an Immense crowd witoi e,i the ceremonies in honor of I h naval v et era lis. 'The exercises were exceedingly simple. Shortly fefter nine o'clock, MoJ K. A. BlgeloW, secretary of the A. P.. Bishop Samuel Fellows und Dr. B P. Murdock, pssi commander, of Chi .il'. ami member ot Parragut post Ü. A. R., who had been selected U make the dedicatory speech, left 0. A. R. headquarters at the Pal met bouse, and. escorted by the WHIteO son post No. 4, of .New Tork, a da tachraent of the Illinois Asaocintioa of Naval Veterans and the Illinob Fust Regiment band, were djrlvei down Micklgun avenue to the bij; white arch erected la honor of ths etcruns of the nai J . etilen I im, Base las a. After the bind had played "Ameii ea" the crowd meantime tanditm with uncovered heads, tishop Bamuel PalloW delivered a pravet. I niunio dore OeorgS L. Scnvcy, of the naval veterans, then introduced Br. Murdoch, who, in 11 brief, eloquent speech eulogised th fray-beaded tars foi th part they took in the fight for tlx union, and dedicated the arch to their honor. Again th veterans ami the thousands of spectators uncovered al the band played "The Star Spa nf led Panner." bishop Tallows delivered the benediction am! Commodore Bea vev and his escort left i 111 mcil in t el.V for Randolph street and Michigan avenue to lake their places in the parade of th naval veterans. Naval Parade tin Lake Mlchltcnn. Th late fefternooa feature of the day's Celebration, the lnval parade cn Lake Michifan, proved somewhat rd a disappointment, weather conditions Interfering sadly adth ihe ar laiifements. Besides the revenue, cutters Morrill and Paendca and ti feet of eXCUndoa steamers, if had been planned to have the large Beel of the ChkütgO Yachl slab included in the parade from the Lake l-'nuit park aft Jackson boulevard to Lske Mlchh uti. where th- naval battta took place iu; there waa no wind.

SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

I Qs. Kolierl Iteporta Helerm!,, rianllHa (he lirralrr l'tirll.,u of the iin tanafag. Loadan, Ing.tg, 1 be foPou patch was received from Lord : its: ob "Pelfasf. Sunday, Aug.94, Rni the enemy the greater 1 art ol tin over a periinetre of marly 1, : . miles. Littleton's divlsitm Hnd two brifadcs ol cavalry, nil under ll operated southwest of fJslmanmrM Preach, with two brigades "i ca moved northwest of Belfast, ',1 the enemy to Kcfcnvly, ,,,, t;, fast Lydhenburg road. s ,, Kreuch reached fjekenvlj I'ole-Cart-w in 1 v snot . 1 1 1 um Belfaat in iiiimi "The enemy. in eott I :.,b,. Strength, opposed Puller's :ii- i',,, Catew'a advance. He brot(rhi three Unif 'Toms and inany other . 1 pompons (o,aiek -firing funs) tse.j 1 tain. 'The firinf, until dark, miih hut and persistent. Kuller hoies i s aaltiea will not exceed -in. Pole t u, lV has not y et reported. The Hoc Rknking n determined stand. I have a largs number sf gun II re ilev ths country is difficult and Well j for their tactics, and is less ti , to cavalry than any we have bjth worked over," 6BM, oi in:n miSOKGR, The liner Oeaeral and riir,-.- ,.t sons 4 11 1 a aed. London, Aag. 14, Th vv.u q , has received the following dispatcb. from Lord Roberta: "'The Boers have been beaten ' k by truce Hamilton at Winburg. .,u. Olivier hau been captured. "'The text of Lord Roberts' dispatch from Pelfasf. announcing tho capture of Gen, Olivier, show- ,t three of Olirier's sons also were cap ti red i" th attack which the Itoers madn from three sides on Winburg Lord Roberts adds thai den. Ol er was "the moving spirit among the Boera in the southeast portion ol the Orange Colony during the wai ." PHENOMENAL ENLISTMENTS. n TvcmsM Bay eteneeS in Keeelag the lleitulnr trSN I i In lbs Pell 1 Bui I4ml. New York, Aug. UL Enllatments It the army have been phenomenal since the beginning of the trouble in China, says the Washiiifton 1 reapondenl of the Herald. Youn men in nil parts of th counti v hail Hocked to the recruiting station anxious to see ctive military service in foreign land. 'The recruiting offlt 1 r are hiking their pick of the applies tits and are having Bo difficulty in keep ing the regular army about Up ! ill full limit under the law. Kol. Thomas Ward, 1 he assistant adjutant general in charge of th enlisted men's d 1 iainu, said that enlistments in tht nrniy have never been so BUmetTtiUI as at present. 'This is the more remarkable since the recruiting In ihe harvesting period is alway s less t bau at any Other time of the year. RECIPR0CI1Y WITH ECUADOR. Bon. fceebtbaia BMasn our hisn lulrr Iti gsHs, H" 4atStblt , ,1 it ( limine re la I Treal . San PrSScfaseO, Aug. 44. (ien. m hibald .1. Bampson, United States minietew to Kcuador. has arrived here afb three years' residence at Quito, lb says that he has just concluded a reciprocity commercial treaty with the cuadortan government of decided advantage to both countries and of special interest to California The export of rlour and wine will be cspei ly fostered under the treaty. Wine in excellent demand, and flour is - jer 'no posnda. This exccssiie pro o 1- din- to the high import duties, and 1 be fad that all supplies hSve h pachas to Us eity of Quito over a difficult trail 414 miles up into a mies, ami at an sltitud ot feet. On. Sampson says that Kcuador recentfy established the goh.1 standard, although it will not go into effect uutil November tif this year. POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS. Portal i:niiln ra Warneil tlmt tPlasBS Ilona fei LAW W III lie 44tettf Dealt llli. Washington, Aug, 24V-In ' with the recent general re'u- t of the civil service commission, !' ter-Genersl smith yeterdaj I 1 the following order regarding politi t al asaeasuienta: "Order No. ku'.ii. 'The attention of 1 II po-t masters, officers and emploj " of the postal Sei'Vkje is invited 10 tions, 57. M, 50. fto, 141 nnd 440 of U I ostal laws and regulations, edition jf 1494, relating tti political assessments or contribution and to lh " tlmt of the ofllcera nnd aSSployes ol th ptistal service in connection wita polltlenl affairs. A strict aSSl 1 t these rf illations is enjoined and eny disregard tif them will oe prompt" ly deal I with. INnrtananters sad othet Iheera of ths acrvice win call ,'1' :,t' tention of tiieir subordinates to this order." The llatt Irahlp StaSNBSSa. Posten, Auf. 44, 'The batth ' r Alabama arrived in Picsidcn' roads Sunday, from New York. During H4 run the battleship made great thsd under forced draft, avcrairinc b" tween If and If knots an hoJi f"r aix ami a half aoBBectttiv hours. WtfJ eeept Ihf A iitil n I inFn.vctte.la.. tug, It, Dr. i, Y n Ph. P.. of th.s pla. c. has been offered the ehnir sf economics and soeiolo 1 In Oberlin college, Oherlin, H " 1 resign a sitiilsr position at ths N . S. in SCtt 'it.