Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 November 1900 — Page 2

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C DOtNt:, Puliiiiltrr. JAH'I-Tl INDIANA Tbc f old la 1 lie United States treasury, on the loth, amounted to $451. 47T.HU, the highest point ever reached inet the foundation of the govern tOUt. This is Raid to be the largest lunil in '. vorld Charles T.. Alvord, note toller of the First national bank of New York, is a fugitive ami defaulter to the extent of $700,000. Iiis pecnlat ions extended, over many years, during which tiiuo he II a trusted employe of the liatik The Paris I.el'ourier du Soir says it understands that the print N and princess of Wales visited the Paris exposition last June, lut tint, in consequence of the expressed desire of the prince, their stay was kept an absolute secret. The Scotch steel makers, owing to the importation of American steel plates, have reduced their prices ti shillings, making 15 shillings reduction in a fortnight. These red net ions, it is thought, will fully meet the American competition. President Mitchell, in an interview, on the MM, practically admit ted that the anthracite eoal miners strike would end as soon as all the operators posted notices gunran eeiiu the payment of a ten per cent, advance in wages until April 1. A hii.rh official of the German foreign ofSoC averted, on the 33d, that Aust ris-Hungary ami Italy bad eu pressed their formal adherence to the Aug lo-berutan agreement, but that France, Rttssia and th United States, had rot detined their positions. I, III S .. Mayor Rodrlguei of Havana baa icseud an order to the police directing then to take into custody children in. tier IS years of ago found in the treats, unaccompanied, during acbool hours. It is the Intention of thf no thorities there to enforce the school law strictly. Intense adverse feeling hst been excite. 1 at ST. Thomas. D. W. L. by tlu renewal of the report that Denmark intends to sell the Danish West Indies to the I'n itetl States. A meeting of ' the colonial council vraa eonroked si St. Croix, on the 24th, for the purpose of making formal protest. i he mine workers' strike in the anthracite region f Pennsylvania, was, on the ..".th. declared oil as sgaii - all companies which had complied with the strikers' demands, and the strike was continued against those companies which had not granted th Scranton convent ion's demands. At Pretoria, on the 2;th, the Trans vnal was proclaimed part of the british empire, the jiroclamat ion being attended with impressive ceremonies. The royal Standard was hoisted in the main square Of Ute city, the grenadiers presented arms and matted bands played the national anthem. Reliable advices from Copenhagen, on the EM, asserted that the sale o the Danish Antilles to the I "iiite States will soon ! effected. Ihr Danish minister to the United State Dr. Constantine Brant, will start tos Washington, after completing his heme COnge, bearing the formal terms of sale. Clara Barton is dangerously ill at ( her apartments at theTremonl hotel, in Ciabeston. Te. Tver slaoa her arrival in that city, about til Wee! -i ago, she has been in III bealth, and at j intervals, ap D 'he advice of her physician, was compelled to remaia In doors. Of late her i I Ines has assumed a serious plm le. M. Flsissieri mayor of Marseilles, France, on being invite, 1 to pertlcb pat- iii tbe manifestations on tbe arrival there of Mr. Km r. sskod for time to reflect, explaining that be de tired to know the exact nature of tin nsatoastration, and declnring tnal ho did not Intend to take any action likely to create diplomatic difficulties, The officials of tbe british Sa say the Inglo-tiei mi n h - nient win not affect Russia' railroad aoaeessioBa la Itancbarkt. 'fhey point out thai the object of the agreement is the upholding of the Integrity of China without reference to ar: . merits d tbe powers regarding the eonstructing of railroads in t hina, The French government has decided to prolong the Paris sxpoeltioa for an additional week, it will close Sunday, Novendier 11. One lay will be sVlVOtod to the poor, with free admission, lhat right tbe exposition will be illuminated as on special nights. It is expected that a million visitors will he present on that duy. The report of the treasurer of the Union Printers' Home at Indianapolis, Ind.. for the six months ending August 31, shows a balance in the treasury of $lf.OOs.72. Of this sum $2..440.72 is on deposit in the Flcscber national bank at Indianapolis. Drexel d Co., of New York, have !StStif ol the funds. TSe expenditures for the six months were $i.',lj(5. Celebrations in honor of the cen. tenary of the birth of Field Marshal Von Moltke began in Herlin on thf 25th. The general staff, ejhess chief he wan for many years, gnc a banquent at the Rslserhoff, Coont 'on Behlieffcn, chief of the general statT presiding. On the Mth Kinp-ror Willism gae a large baniuet at the castle in Berlin, and many other festivi ss marked the event.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Variou 8ourret,

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The population ol the state td California was announced by the census bureau on the - 4th. I he population of t!ie state in IUIK) is. !.(', i.;. . as against 1,908,130 la I is 90, representing an increase i K 8,9 I . r HJ per cent. Dr. Campos Ballet, president of Brasil, hps arrived at But os Ayrae, Tbe object of his visit is a mystery, but it .s supposed to bo designed to ebecli the aggressive polic of chill toward other South ."tnicru an states. Keliable persons who arrived :it Victoria, H. C., on the -Ith, from Ominiku, eonfrai the report that tbe partial working on the Dawaoa telegraph Ibsa laded to connect, on nocount of an error in tbo survov. and that it will be Impossible to complete the work before DOXl vi aimer. The Permian senate, in secret sesm, on the S3d, approved the oxtradi ion treaty with the Uttitsd State. with a slight amendment, fixing H00 as the minimum limit of the sum allow lag ext radition. The entire business portion of Minneiska, Minn., was burned, on the 24th, Including tbe poet office, The banners' elevator and several loaded cars also were burned. The estimated ' dMnafft is 175,000. Of 0,000 hales of cotton in ears, on wharves and otherwise involved In the Galveetoa storm. 19,000 have been re covered, and all but MO of these identified. This ts considered I t' I I 1 4 rkable salvage. v-itria-ltutiirary das given tier ascent to the inglo-Oerman agreement. The berliner Tagenlat t pobUsbcS a special dispatch from Hilda Peeth,SSying that the Austrian heir-apparent Archduke Francis I t rtlinanil, will shortly renounce the lUOO ssion to the throne in favor of his brother Otto, and the hitter's son. Archduke Charles. Minister Congerlias been author: ted by the government to begtfl RCgOtlations at once with the ( bines,, envoys on the basis of the points in the Herman nnl French notes, upon which all of the powers are agreed. The Dubi.u Evening Herald revives the report, which it asserts is well founded, that the duke of MnrilioroutIi will succeed Earl Cadomin irir.i ii,.t,. ,,r rMi.n The king of the BelgUUta, while ridig in an autocar, en the Mth, in the lads de Boulogne, Paria, was pulled Bp by the police for exceeding the regulation speed. According to a declaration, published on the evening of the ISth, the anthracite eoal miners w hose employers have accepted the terms of the Scranton convention were laStructed to return to work on the gfih, appoint COUtmitteea to confer with the companins soncerning oasettled grievances, and to insist upon being pan! emi-monthty, sccording to the state la w. A Philadelphia dispatch of the 2'.th says thai the Reading company has cut loose from the an'hracite syndicate, declaring that "We shall mine eoal hereafter free of r. trlction las to output) mid give cur miners every opportunity to profit by work every day they care 1o work." United States Commissi oner ShtCtds, at New J'ork. on the .'.th. issued a warrant for the arrest of Cornelius I.. Alvord. Jr., in connection with toe embezzlement of funds of the rirst national bank of New York. bear-Admiral V. S. Bchley, of the Uaited states navy, has accepted the invitation of the Knights Teiup!ar of : acntuexy to tttend the twenty- ' eighth triennial conclave in Louisville Aaguat 27-:io. inoi. Be stipulates, how ev. r that he be not required to rids a 1 horse. W. ft, Cowden, S farmer at 'Junker j City, O., has filed n petition in bank- ! ruptcy. alleging liabilities, $.?.V).t"(), ! and assets. Sl.OOn. Mr. Cowden was one of the promoters of a railroad project known n- the Cincinnati. Wheeling &- New Vor, railway. .lames Armstrong. Tbornas Armetronj nnd John II. Randall, oftici.ds of the Metropolitan medical college, Chicago, charged with using the I nit - ad States mails to carry on a Scheme j to defraud by telllnrj worihleSMJ diorciga i plomas. have been Indicted by the grand jury of Look county. As one of the results of the Qoebel assassination trials la Kentucky, and reflections cast upon attorney T. c. Campbell, of New xork, i Mayor R, W, Kelson Of Newport. Ky.. and Campbell's resentmem f the seme, there is material for a duel if both parties prove iratne. The secretary of th 1 1 CaSUiy , actlag on the opinion ff the solicitor of the treasury, has held that the wife of a Chinese native born citizen of the United Stntes Is entitled to admission into the United states, regardless of thS provisions Of Section 1.94 ftcvjgcd Statutes. C. S. Snapp. until recently enshier and confidential clerk of the big cotton firm of Cnhlwell d Smith, of Memphis, Tenn., was arrest, , at Chicago, on the 2Mh. charged with the embe rb ment of $.'2,(K)ti of the firm's rooney. On the Bight of the 24th a series of explosions, from an unknown cause, occurred at the Indian ID-ad rrovinsr grounds, Involving a b.ss of from $2VOuO to $3n,0oo. The biddings were of the ordinary flimsy Character used for such pruposes. No person w a injured. Jockey Chstman, on Tony Ronig. in the hurdle rate at the Inter state fair at Atlanta, (in., was badly Injured Internally, on the 20th. the horse falling at the second nnrdie and rolling otter the boy. John McCusiok. first mayor of Mlllwater, Minn., died, on the -'th. aged 85. He was a member of the legislates from 18C3 to it-CG.

i he statement of the treasiirv hai' antes ;n the gOBafOj fuiul. fXCltflVS of the 1S00I 0,1 00 gold reserve m tibi AI isitn of redemption, issued oa the "nth. sbOVredi Avnilal lo cash balance, I1S3J rsjl gold, Ms,7Sa,MSti Fa lures for the weak eoed an tne .'' th. as reported i. . Dua v o..

wer in t he I iiitcii States, a an t IM last rear, and - i'1 Canada, agaiaat M lust year. The Bar ar Ian government ha or dered the re building ol the tombs ol the ancient Gsnuna sasperoen in the ( at beilr..l of Spires. The Hobo u-t i u ffens and tjic rulers of the Balte 'ynasty will rsi in a fine, new crypt Id suitable ts reo sbagi, There is a s rung movement on foot in Lima, to establish, with Peruvian capital, a line of steam ships to ply i.lonu-- t he coast. The Uaited States cab ship I'.nrnsi'ic. en route from New Vork to Manila, arrived at Port Said on the 26th. The ordinary lOOllon of the Peruvian I'Hurress came to an end on the l-'fith. LATE NEWS ITEMS. The gun from which the first shot in the Spanish imerican war was tired reached Nashville, Term., on the 88th, which is to be its permanent home. It is a Botchldss rapid-tiro onepounder, from the gunboat Nashville, which sent a siiot over the bow of the Spanish merchant vessel Buena Van tura. Deacon Kessler und Elder 'C N. ßouck, Dowicitcs. were forcibly deported from Mansfield, o.. on the 28th, by the police. BoUCh had been there nearly a week holding services. lie objected to being put on th train, nnd had to be dragged out of the station and put aboard, At the opening of the Bulgarian dbranje, on the '.'th. Prince l-enli-nand predicted that the difficulty between Bulgaria and Bon mannt, growlag out of the hitter's demands tor i the suppression of the .Macedonian revolutionary committee, would sooa be settled. Najceb Arbeelv. consul general to Egypt during Gen, Grant's first administration, was stricken with pa- ' ralysis at the barge office in New York on tbe 2stb. For sonic years he has been one of the im i intrant Inspectors having in charge the oriental bureau. 1 The sternwheel steamer Falls City j was partially destroyed by fire nt ' Louisville. Ky., on the 28th. Loss, i8,000. The boat cost 140,0410, belonged to the Kentucky Uiver l'acket and Tow boat Co.. and plied between Louisville and Frankfort. Ky. lr. Morrison, wiling from Colon, under data of the tatb, says: "The foreign ministers, in conference today, decided to add the names of Prince Vi nnd Ying Nien to those of the seven officials whose execution I- ranee has demanded." Winona, Minn., and vicinity was visited, on the 2-th. bv the worst storm in many years St this season of the year. lightning did considerable nam- j age in the city, and the railroads- suffi red much loss on account of v.ashOUts a nd hifl h wafer. A union service it, memory of the Presbyterian missionaries who were killed at rao-Tine--Fu. on .Tune "0 last, was held, on the 2-th. at the Fifth ' Avenue 1'resbytcrinn church. .ew York city. The semi-official PoHtiache Korrespondenz of Vienna, nsserts that France and Russia, after discussion, 1 have decided to accept the AngtoHtcr man agreement New York city was shaken, on thn ; 2th, by -i ueccsaioa of "explosions Which occurred in th seven-story I i ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 -r of 1 arrant & t .... makers of medicinal specialties, standing at the northwest corner ,f breenwiri corner f Greenwich and Warren street, which caused much loss of life ami injured m-ailv () p,-r-sons. The explosion was followed by an extensive eosflagrstion, ami tbe property los. wan verv sreat. ConteliUS L. Alvord. .lr.. the all-f cuiiuinn lioTc lener ot tne rirat ns tional bank of Ne-.v York rity, win. is ehajved with stealing 1700,000 from the hank, was arrested in Boston, on the mth, bv Chief Inspector Uiliiaiu B. WattS, Of Huston, nn, I Detective Arms! l ong, ,f New .rk. He nad no resistance, ami agreed to return to New- York city without requisition papers. The French frisrates eellle and Suchet arrive,! ttt Annapolis, M!.. on the ?rth. nml anchored in tl nails. ' i si miles from tbe eity. VVnen the vessels nrrived the Bred a salute of :.'t gaaa. The ftjni at the Naval acadeiiiv replied. A rcicption was tendered the officers hy Superintend cut Uainvvright later in the day. At 4:4, a. in., on the ".nh. Caracas, Venesnebt, was visitetl by S severe aarthuahe, Fifteen pcrsoas were kdletl and muny others injured. Qmst dsntsge was clone to buikflngs, Inelnd iiu' the Pantheon ami the churches of the city, The Uaited States legation was badly dnni'iged. but nil the occupants naeaned unhurt eUlviees from the anthrncite mining districts of Pennsylvania Indicate a cry genera) rnatmpdtion of work, on the Beth, though, in i.ome instances, suitably In the Lackawanna Valley, the men bold back for more definite aasUf ances by I he companies than had vet been given. Acting Recretary of Agricnltura Moore has detailed $, K ILiyivood, ati nssist nt in the ehettii-t iv division, to make a complete cvaminnt ion of me waters of the government reservation St Hot Springs. Ark. The Chinese minister at Parin, on

the :lsth. cabled to Kmperor Kwang fn, iirting his majesty to return to Fskln, pointing iut that his so doing woi.id arf greatly facilitate the pein e negotiations. Krederiek (iodet, the theologian and tutor of the late L'mperor Frederick Of Qeraain?, died at uchatel on the nth.

ALL OVER THE STATE.

Events in Various Portions of la diaoa Told by Wire, til m I mir Huer. Indianapolis, Intl.. tct. l b, -täte board of agriculture will Uf charges with the American Trot: inr assoc ation against the owner anil driver of I beurchiight, the horse that paced and won against Anaconda in a race at the state fair this fail. The charges will declare that the race was not paced in gaed faith, that thf driver of Searchlight did not drive to the finis1;, and that, therefore. Searchlight' owner should refund to the state board the l,fW0 paid to hint, I I'leree .iiiiic. Bloomington, lab, t'ct. M.-Xotre Dame met a criishintr tlefeat here at the heads of Indians sniversitj la one of the fiercest football gauiis ever played in Indians, The scon wssi-tofh brute force am! iine bucking were the chief characteristics. Notre Dame's gatnest ami mi st exprie:ic, ' players -Winters. Farrag'.er. Litis and Haves a ere car riet I off t he field. ' he f w . lat ter unconscious and bleed ititr front Ugftj scalp wounds. Onh one Indiana play er. Kiickcr. w as in iured, seit, oi itattsttes, IndiaaapoUs, IndN Oct. K, The annual report ol W, r. Harris, commia sloacr of education, shows that thers were I65.t51 pupils enrolled in tbe common schools in Indiana in t lo y t ar 1 S'.'SW. w ith an average attendance of 434 72.'. There were also l.'.4 teach, rs. of whom T.-'.'.L' were ma es and 18 females. The public school property in Indiana w as rained at $35,0 o.i DC, The ep mi Mires for all purjios- s amount td to ?,.'.::.V!. s.-,:,. llesalt of a I'cinl. Hint,-. Ind.. Oct. Opines T Lost, r shot and killed Farley McDon aid at Pontanet. Foster is an eaoon stable am! McDonald is an employe of the Fontanel Powder company. The HHtrder is the culmination of a fend which has existed between the nit :; for siveral years. Foster 'a:ue tc TerrS Unite anti gave himself up to the sheriff. CIIsssti orkers ts tiiiie. llunele, lad, Oct. la.- The a sc. workers and other organized unions of Indiana will bold a gnat f'enionstratlon in this city next Suni'ay. There w in be a street parade. The four win dowglsm trades, the blowers, gsther ers. cutters and flatten, r. will meet jointly and iteps toward smalgsmstioa probsblj w HI b taken. , on on a I'onl. anderaon, Ind.. Oct. uo.-iv' Dunk horst won from Hilly K nn !y on a foul in tbe seventh of what win to have be n n '.M-round boxing conti s? I, 'ore the Anderson Athletic club. Dunkborst bad Kennedy whippet: a'ter the third round, but for the clinching the colored man did. There were 1,500 ; ople at the fiirht. Dies' in in mulct-. f'raw fordsville. Ind.. Oct. 2. Dr. Willis May. one of the oldest and ou st prominent physicians of Craw fordsville, was found dead in his office hy his wife. Re hail made n few calls and appean d in bis usual health. His ,. atft was da.- to hi art disease. Dr. Mav was the father of ( apt. V. L May. of the ri gul a i army. snipped tn Wabash, Ind.. Oct tif nun n I . 2fi.-The Wabash spar company's mill her made its first shipment of ttrswboerd to ttermsny, mougn it has m nt its goods to evern other Bnrope an conntrlea The ahlpntcnt sntouated to to tons and wan billed to Mannh.um. fiermany. Other shipments will fallow. Will V.I bswska, lad., hi- nn i, i. tlet. -V.. The extensive etnte of M Brinrtrall11 nf Tnp The .ate .Mrs. i:ir rv K ( u? as rec ivd a bin from .lohn Alexander I Howie for Sl.DOO. a claim he alh gel is I dm- him for coming M mi!s oir of Chieaga to baptise Mrs. Redding. The bill I v ill not be paid. I'liiiitir llii.ln... Vinn llie. Fort vYayne, Ind.. Oct. M Oliver P. Morgan, vi,-,- president of the old National bank, president of the Fort Wayne Drug company and a dinctor and stockholder in many of th, foremost business enterprises of (hit citv, died nt his residence here, aged 77 ears. Died leadenl-. Indiannpoü. Ind.. Oct, 2f,.Ir. All xaiuler IL JohasOB, a nu mber of the hoard of health of N'twark. . .L.dbd suddenly at the Deal BOS hotel In this City. Heart disesse was the catrse. He was attending the convention of the Atu-rican Public Health ass, elation. ernanntes lejnred. Peru. Intl.. Oct. 2.--Kngineer J. Krieger was prohabl) fatally injured rj east-bound atescrnter train Mo, o of the Lake Krie i lrv.,rn railroad colliding with an ngine in the yards oere. None of the passengers WSt injured. Try in llnrn n Slnre. Bluffton, ImL. Oct. M, n attempt was tnatle at Echo to burn the ttoTe of .lohn Kreigh, in which the ins; oflcS is bx-nted. Kreigh found the premises had been snturntitl with oil. The fire d id in i si riotis damage, Alcohol Killed Htm Rvansyille, Ind.. Oct, a. frsnh Bamuelson died in Scott township from j the Sweets of drinkinc a ipiart of wood nleoeob He made t wager offlvedol larn that he could drink the li(tiot. i the pufat of Bantu Marion. Ind.. Oct. 2(. Mr- Warren Johnson, of this city, lie nt tbe point of death as the result of a rut bite a month ago.

I DAY Of IB

The President Issues His Annual Proclamation Designating a Day of Thanksgiving. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINTH. Reetim me Ii (Im Hint All tmerlean ' 4 ItteVSS. "I Home mill liroatl. it -mi r Tfcsslts tlie Stsstatntr, fer llrliiutnK the ntlfin In SsfS( and llituttr i'hruuuh tiiolln-r t-ni-. Washington, ct. part men! j esterday ing: 10, The state tletseued I be follow By the States of president America. of the I'nited A I'KiM'l. VMATJoN It has lenie. Almlu'itv t;, to ItrlnK nur nation In safety and honor thrntiKli ' another year. As works of rstlKtoo "ini charity havs every ar hers been ni atnifSst. 1 Our country, throush ill its eitent, and the Kreut llitluslll. s of tin- peojili' h;,, i jron-ere lieyoini all pr-eet nt. Our con-ni-ree has spread over the üortd. ,Mr jiov.er ami intluence In the cause of free- j ' ilt. in ami enlightenment have sstsaded over distant seas ami lantls. Tile live I i et our official rt in . sentattvi and many of . our people In China imv I n m .n cimisj y preserved. We have tu n aenerslly ss- . emi t from pestilence ami other treat os ' lan.ittes. end even the trsatc visitation i which overwhelmed the elty "f Galveston Stade evident the sentiments of sympathy 1 Mini Christian charity tv virtue of which are one ututeil people N w. therefore, I. William McKinley, i 1 grcsldent of the Unil -tl .si.ites, do herebj : : appoint anil s. i apart Thursday, the f&tfl i day of November next, te be oosstrved ty ' I nil the people of the United States si home I or ibroiad, is a day "f thsnkagivtna and ! praise to Mint who holds the nations in th.- hollow of His hand, i recommend that tiny gather m their asveral place of srwrshlp inii devoutly tiv. Him thanks ' for the pros perit) wherewith tb has ea- 1 i dowed us; f seed-time and harvest; for ! the valor, devotion ind numanlty of oui I armies anil n.iviis ami for all Iii bens ( tits tc us as individuals and as a nation, I ami that the humbly pray for the con- I tu. name of in- Divine r.i vor, fur concord I i.nti amity with other nations and for : ngnteousness ano peai e in all our ways. in witness whereof i have hereunto set my hand and caused the teal of th. cniiei) Sl.H. s t,, ! MlliXeil. I 'one at the itv of Washington tni Mn day of October, In th- year of our Lord "in thousand nine Hundred, .iml of the Independen f 'to- I'nited States, the one hundred and t vv -nt v- If t h. WILLIAM KtcKIXLiBT. Itv the fresifl.tit JOHN II w. Secretary of State EARTHQUAKE IN VENEZUFLA. I the I lt of i iiriieim uniii s. v i-rrly Miilke i I i I lee ii I'eteena Killed himi Msai lafeeeel, Caracas. Vcnexu la. Oct. f, At 4:4i a. n;. tu-dav, I srsCM Was visited by a severe .atthiuake. l'iftceii persons were killed a'id many others injured. Great damage was dona to build' iiiL's, Including the Pantheon and tbe churches. I he Uaited States legation was badly damaged, but all the ooeuj.ants escaped unhurt. President Castro, who leaped from a balcony an the second Soot t th government bouse, hail one of lib legs broken. Mr. William Henry Dovcton Haggard had a narrow escape, the second floor oi the British legation having fallen upon him. and buried him in tin debris. Tbe City tf Caracas, which has fresjuently suffered from earthquakes, was visited Inst July by S series of seismic disturbances, vvbit-h did SSreal damage tb property. There wen- seven terrific shocks in quick, succession nun tin- residents ol the city were terror s rieken THE DEPARTMENT OF CUBA. (.en. noil in I ,. m BBS ml I. en . I'ltilinuli I. re i nnien In the llepnrlnirnt of the SIIbbBSSII. Washington, Oct, :.-An order ban been issued, by direction of th. pres. Meats, discontinuing the dlvhriin of tub i and the eastern I. id vv, stevn OS partmi nts of thai division, and at tabHabing the department of Cuba. Oen. Leonard Woo.i is placed In coat in: nd of the BOW dcparinent. QeU. ritahttgh Lee is ot,, red lo coniinand the department of the Missouri, with heedowarters ut Omaha, den. Rfwell s. otis has i u ordered to ( b'cege to command the depsrtsnenl o the , lakes. J I he depart hi'-nt of the lllssoari ha : iieen ander eomman I nf Gen. Karri- ; am. and the department of the lakes ander command of Oen, Wade, both of whom have had the coiumanil temporarily. "WILL ENTER LIFE MAIMED." Hal IIa l.nat a II nml iiimI Mm Have lo Hive i n i. -it --i less BOS exonerated. Crtsieago, -t. 30. Gsorge w. Lettchi the widely-known missionary injured in the explosion in the Prcshyl erian church at Ausiin. Sunday night, will recover. His right hand has ,n. bjB nutated, and it is feared that hat left leg will le lost. The report that the explosion was caused by ac tvlene t'as was yesterday found to be wrong. Lime tight appnratus, not Seetyhtoe, was employed in the stereoptieati exhibitions and it was the hydrogen gas tank of the apparatus which exploded. Baaao Passe iiuutyur atssdan Santiago de ubn, Oct. i.u. Oetnvia Menu, formetly elerk in the office of the captain of the port, was yesterdsy found guilty of the murder, about s month .n o. of ( ol. Pnvon, of the Cuban army, whom be killed in a drunWen row. The evidence showed thn ,.- homicide wa entirely without prov in at ion. While Menu v.as being tuken from the jnil to the court room, n mob tried to lynch him. but the polic- sue ceeaftilly resisted, and made numerous arras ts.

ALVORD CAUGHT IN BOSTON. it ww Pendant Plain ir. sata uf tfash i Tos.si hu rent 1 til, 1 1, .

Boston, tot, 80, oi neiitis i,. void, Jr., the absconding note teller of the Und national bank of Xr-V York city, who is charged ni, l(. ing STOU.ooo from the bank, wa ur. reatad here, yesterdaj after t hief inspector H illlam B. w , I ins city, and Detective rnu tro oi .m'w iori, in an oruinnry li"i ging titnise ttt t ne corner Ol Hol si reet und Huntington avenue, vvta (nu the ansessBMs n : .i . When arrested Alvtird. who knew Detective sVvmateong, stated that h, was gbtd th- suspense was ended, and was willing to go hack to New 'otk without papers. He sat down on the. lied nnd smoked a cigar, beu.: ,,,,v dressed in his uiitlerclot In s ,, 1 1 ' time, lie afterwards drei sed qui. kly and, packing a few unden lot ,, ,t , bag, slated he was readv to v. bach was called, anil he was driven to polios besdquarters, .:-!. after being measured and photographed under the Bertillon system, was t,,:, t(J New ITorh on the are a'oclock Owod Hi" Arreat Ion DsaVSV Maa, Chief Inspector Watts, in an interview, stateil that the department u;is lirst informed that Alvord .i m thi.n ity last W edncstlay 'norniti". ,,.n Henry Alexander, of Denver, ol., telephoned that he had seen Alvord in the Motel Touraine, Be stated thai he knew hint well, had i bui , with him ill New forh and de 1 him perfectly. This informal um wsj wired to ("apt. IfeCluahey, of Nee York, who Immediately sent D lective Sarganal Tinker here to Identify bim, mild Not i i ml in,- Umm, In the meantime Chief Watts ami Detectives PoUgUtSS and b went to the hotel, but OOOlll no' Bad the man. Inquiry of the hotel people brought out the fact that a Dan answering the description bad registered us Bryan Sterling and had bees assigned a room, but thai he hau not used it. On the arrival of Detective Tinker a search of all the Im els in th eity was made w it bout aucci Slewed Identified. Froth information brough to Cl el Watts yesterday he ami Detective Armstrong went to a boarding bouse in the Hack-bay. They went u to a back room on the first Soor.and fo ind the door lockt d. On paining adroitI tanee ns gns inspectors, Armstrong ! identified Alvord, who seenn-d greatly t relieved that Armstrong had arrested him, and said as much. In Die. or RSI In Die." During his stay at police headquarters Ahord told t hief Watt- (hat he had not seen his wife for two wee,-, although prior to that time he had told her of his financial circumstances and asked her if he should Kill himself or face it out. nml she had tOkl him to face it out. He stated thai B had not been near Mount i r V, but Hint he left New York last Tuesday at midnight and arrived in Boston edncsday morning. Hi-k lulert-d ns llrjnn MspllSS. Ha admitted having resist, red tu Bryan sterling at the Touraine hotel, nml raid he had eaten several meats there; that he had taken the lodgings where he was found on the following day. and that he had not been 081 of the place since. How Ulf Mime Lei When asked what he bad done with t he money, be IS id : "Well, tOO,000 is a whole lot of money, but it goes easy." Mil, I fUvBCSS I. Ife In II l ull. In rcferritirtohorseiaces. In , had lacked horses, but never on r ue ' tracks, and had owned fast hi himself. He saj, he had bv.d his Life ami bad taken life to its full at the rate of M,0O0 n year or mote. He said be would not make any fight, would thrown up his bands, take his sentence and after that was over would nine out in thd wot I I agaltt. He said he knew he would I' unable to secure bnil.au! that he had nothing with which to make restitution. Alraoal a las tl apt On Indue; searched at police h' . 1 : onartera only few dollars wers j found in bis pockets. 'These he eat allowed to keep. He sent i telegram to Lawyer Sard i tier, in New ork. S ah Ulg him to meet the train when it d i rived la New ITorh. RETURNING TO THE PITS. Miner in ttmi or the atheseMS i'ii ut Poanwirleaata Äeteesv lim Ii ork. St. Louis. Oct. IQ, Advice from the minging ditricts of Pennsylvsnis indicate a very general resumption of , work, though in BOJBM instances, noI tably in the Lackawanna valley, the men are holding back for more defi nite assurances ly the cotttpenh that! have yet been given. In the list let OB district the resumption w,,-. more gCB" cral, and all hands will probablj '"' nt work Tuesday. Fill ecu thou -and men ami lioys returned to work In the Bhamohla dhttriet, only tern eoll'eries remaining idle, and they will Start hi a few days. lirlt I'aekagrt Frr. Waahlagtoav (ct. tfv Although fiuarf ermaster'a denn rt incut ot ne t ne v r army will forward all Christmas pai 1 aires latemdad for soldiers in the Phil ifpines. it la not encouraging IW n shipments for the reason that, Uttlesl the raw is changed, a largU majority of troops in that country will h "" their wsy home before the hrittmst holulaya ir aoon thereafter The h list inn h packages are transported free of Charge. Persons Intending I J take advantage of this privilege will have to start their packages at ones.