Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 December 1900 — Page 2

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C. do :. rswuaer. JAS P Kl I. : INDIANA. The Oceanic Steamship Co.'s strainer Alameda, tapt. Von Ottendorp, which tail-i from Sydney, on the 3d, for San Francisco, tia Auckland. Apia, and Honolulu, carries 300.u00 in specie. Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson, dramatist, poet, literary critic and translator, died in the city of Rome on the 5th. She waa the widow of the late Albert Dean Richardson, newspaper man and author. . m The recently -elected Porto lhean house of delegates met in San Juan, cn the 3d, 31 delegates being present. Xo action waa taken beyond the work of organizing the chamber and electc iag a speaker and other officers. Tbe I Uers are driving many women and children from their MM because their kinsmen refuse to tight any longer. Forty women ana children, ill-elad and hungry, were taken into Heidelberg by the British, on the Tth. The American Psychological. Medical and Surgical society will .levote an extraordinary session at their regular meeting to be held in Chicago la Majf of next year, to "HimBsM M CmMI its Management and Modern Treatmen The annual report f the (Ott rnor of Oklahoma says that the year has leen marked by general prosperity, agriculture, gra ing. manufactures and commerce ..urinshing in an un precedented manner. The total assessed valuation of property this year is 149.-1.661, an increase of $'..".-4i OTer 199. Representative T.ivler. of Ohio, who was prominently identified in the movement to exclude ltrigham Roberta, of I'tah. from a seat in congress, introduced a measure, on the 7th. intended to brine about federal prohibition of poly gamy as well as a cotaatitutional amendment for uniform laws on marriage and divorce. The secretary of the treasury sent to congress, on the ;th. the annual estimates of the expenses of the government for tue next fiscal year. They etrregate $26.741 ":-. a sticht decrease from the total estimates of last rear. The appropriations for the pteaeat year are M6.655.362. The ea I timates cover everv branch of govern- i tunates cover every oro.u o merit service. , . . , vm 7,v, At Eldorado. Ka.-.. on the 7th. .ieste Morrison took the stand in her own . . . j . .. ; defense, ana in n quiet, determined saanner told minutely of her relations Z . . . i i, ,t. -,- writh Olm Castle before his marr.age. and as calmly pictured tne scene at the Castle home during the blojly tragedy in which Mrs. Castle lost her life- She proved an unexpectedlj strong witness. William Rigelow. of T.imr.. woo i i i w:. n-.-l...'ip "..t!-v f i.iihan. , . J j ,, arrested on the charge of alleged pocket pickinc. because of her r.-Tusal to surrender his wat. h. which she had won on an ele-tion vvairer. withdrev the eharre. on the 4th. and th.- case mas dismissed. Iligelow had received letters from all parts .f the country eri'.iciring his angallant action. Tom v.issi oner IV, k - report of the expenditures of the Paris commiMu ' . . . for the year ended November is, 1900, was sent to the senate on the 4th. The total amount expended was fi39,463. the principal items beniu: Experts' salaries. $147.04; buiMintr, t:91.4?T: jury- (&37Ttl clerks' salaries, 161.145; feneral -mployes' sa.aries, S49.9C5: euan s. $..4.5:. 1; travelimr ex fames, 52.530. President ifomer of the i'.altimor elearinffhouse and 30 other prominent business men. repreienting the clearinghouse, the savings hanks ami th Merchants' and Manufacturers' asso ciation of Ilaltimore. called, in a Ih..1 at the treasury department, on th Tth. and urged Secretary iatre t M eept the invitation of the presidenl to remain at the head of the treasurj department for another four yeara. Brig.-ien. Charles R. Karzan. corn missary general of subsistence, whe has been umler supiiin since Keb ruary 9. 1 -99. under sentence of courtmartial, for alleged intemperate and ssasf 1 1 bamruaire concemincr Lieut. f.?n. Mite, in connection with tht army beef investigation, was re.t..rej to duty, on the 6th. and iinm .iiatel afterwards placed on the retired list of the army. The t''ie of representatives, on tl i 1h. pai-sed the army reorganizat io i bill by a vote of 106 to 133. Several amendments were s.lopted. the most important being a sulstitat for tha canteen section, absolutely prohibitIng the of intoxicants at mihliiry posts, which was adopted by the overwhelming vote of IM to It, t largn delegation from the V. CT I. eon vntton w".tnessd the t: "bt over thf Orction from the galleries. The ten councilmen of Seranton. Pa., indicted by the last grand jury for accepting bribea resigned, on the Cth. in part fulfillment of the agreement made with the prosecuting committee of the municipal league in conderation of the cases against them teing dropped. They also agree to ign a paper promising not to accept public office for a term of five years and. further, to make up a fund of My 100 to he distributed among the city'i Okarit labia institution.

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.tr'vvrMr-ic"-vv W -c -Si c '.c 'ACW NEWS IX BRIEF. Compiled from Variotu Sources. FlTY-SIXTH CUNGKESS. Seeon! Session 1 In th. - i it- ih.' .'..I. th wrk f tho Fiiiy-ststti consrese successfully rrumi' bv th. reudlriK of the in-satte from tlie president No ..;h.r business in ttaasactso, but tea '! omea was adnUiiistered 10 William U DiiHagbam. of Vi rtnont, ho ucceoM tbJustin 8 MurrilL in i the leain f cupaa K Dwvll -f Minnesota, an! IPV law su-n-t.-r :..r, of Iowa, being announoao, lh- ten! adjourned uut "f resp . i to theit n Borjr .In the house, asm from tiie reading ot iiie ir siib-nt sasasas'!. no business Importanos was tran.ctsi. Tr- death t the late Representative Paly, of New J.rM-v. an.! I loffecker, of Pela-jrs-e. wis announced. anl the h'ii;.tf ai-jour.-! In the senate, on ÜM tth th. ship subSll hill was ma. I- the u- :i it.- h I o.is - Bess in place of the Si a c lhtUpaui ne.tsure. an! Its dlseu-s..n ami p J ov Mr ! r. i Me i TB r. .' iiua'a "i beii-stor-elect Dotltver, f Iowa, w -re btssntad, sad 1m was iworn Ih tt t paIns; a number at bills n the calemlar. im Berate, at 3:35 p. m.. went into exscutlvs sesshm. ami sn aft r a.Ijou' nl la th.- hoi.se. .luritiK a brief session, nr-e Mils Weru, passed, th.- most Important 1m--lna one t provile a . I. tail of not to exceed l r- 'iret armv orn ers and iV n n- , mmtssl med .. ers -is military imtruciors tn the public schools of such cities ss auopt a system of military Instruction In the senate, on the 5th. Senator 'rye Co- lu. I. .Uns st-eeh Upon the ship subsi-! bill, consideration of which, aft er the transsTi.'ti of soBM unimportant business in op, n essior an.! an h.-ur ami a lialf spent behind cls'l dors. was r-uni,!. Al 3:ia j m anottv-r bri- I - utive session w as held, an! the seaate ...j.tirne.l in the h.us the dav was devoted to consideration of th irmv reorganization bill. 11 of the Jt paa-es of the bill being disposed of before n,i .. .rum. nt. In the s- rial-. ,.n the 6th. no buslnest of 'r-portar, was trarsat t.-.! In open session Almost th- entire afternoon session was rass-.i tM'hmd rlosed doors in coasidH it Ion of the H iy-Pauncfots treaty. ..In the house, after a lonK sitting; deVoted almost exclusively to debate upon the armv re jrcanlzattan bill, that measure w - pas. ! ly a t- of W. to 1J3. Several arrendments w.-r-- adopted, as was a sub-tit'it-for the canteen section absolutely prohlbftine the sale of intoxicating liquors st military posts, which was carried ny an overwhelming majority, the vote being lis to 51. n tne senate, on the 7th. no business of Importance w.,s transacted in open seS. prmeticslly Ihi entire leglalat..day was taken up b .n tzscatlv stsslon. . In the house the Grout ol margarine M'l was passed by a vote of to C The bl M pused. bkm all article, is n as oi.m ircarlne. butterlne. Imitation buttr or Imitation cheese, transported nto arv , U(. or ,,rrttory lor ,,n, .,,. Uon or sal", subject to police supervision. but pre -nts Interfen rce with such tranr , . v n.n urn p,0,Ul., H ir--- ir .m coloration in imitation oi ouiPERSONAL AND GENERAL. ! arles Ford, while lifting u can of ' clvcerine from a Macoa mi the liill . - I a rm, Wilson Run. U.. on the ""th. accidentallv dropiM-d tin- can and an e . plosion n-ii.ie.i. !! l'-l!.tlll vi; s. altered m all directions. the result of a refusal on the part of the officials of tin- t.ulf. Colorado & Baata Wu -ystem to arbitrate äisCtreaeea with its telegraphers, ever operator on the system, from Qalvestoa, Tex., to l'ur. ell. L T.. left h. po.t. mi the ''th, and the line is fomptet. -!y tied up . . i . i.i . The richest gold discovery since the Klondike development is reported from Yellow river, tributary to Kuskowim. 300 miles from Yukon. The ' discovery was made by IL' prospect or who went to Kiiskovvim, in .Inly, fn.ri Holy Cross mission. I Lord Kitchener reports to the British war Osten thai (ien. Delary, with ."ao Hot r. attacked a convoy proceed1 it.g from Pretoria to RtnteXtMUTg at HufTelspoort. Hecember .'(, burned half the OOatOJ! Mid killed men a. id wounded 23, ladodittg Lieut, linker. I The I'.oers suffered heavilv. The Chicago & Alton officials have lOMMMl a notice warning jiersons who ."arried awsy about $4,000 worth of merchandise from a wreck, near Delevan. 111., on the 1st, to return llio MM Brtder penalty of BSpoenre and prosecution. The notice has cettBAQ1 a sensit ion. John tiilison, of ( nt Ifttsburg. Ky., who murdered hi infant stepdaughter by forcing a r dhot poker down Ipt thro-it. w.-iv place in the M:vsv ill jail, on the Lth for safe-keep-in.:, thront of lyn hing having been rife. At Chicago, on the fith. Schwarzchild A f4oJKktl"grf of New York. bought 1!. 11. Pierce's Aberdeen Aligns -teer, A.lvanee. fur $IM a pOtUkd. This waa paid for beef m the 1. . f, and an the sleep tipped the scale lit 1,4.10 pounds, the price was $2.145. Charles W. Fullcrton, one of Chieago's wealthiest citizens, died nt hia residence, on the c.th. from apopey. Mr. Fullertmi was probably lust known through nil i:fi of Fullcrton Memorial hall to the art in-dilute. 'lor. Savers of Texas, nn the fith, rev eived informal im that some of the I igers of the various relief eomniittecs in the gulf coast O.kmI sufferers' li!triets were quietly appropriating money to their own use in the way of salaries for themselves for each day's work, while distributing the money ami supplies. Maj. If. J. Ciallagher. chief commissary of the China expedition, hnl written a report to Brig lien. Weston, commissary general, in w-hirh he aaaerts that the ration of the Amerionn soldier is superior to that supplied to but of the foreiiru üoluicra.

I'ttul KlfjOf arrived at The lluue, ou 1b- t'th. ami wa' given an MTmMM wetcoinc by the burgouiaater, 0OWP s.ll. us and the public gcm-iullN II iv quartered "t the Hotel dca Indes. Th statejBOBl of the treasuiy bab ances in the general fund, BflOlValrO of the UMtMOyBM gOOj iesere in the iliivUiii of redemption, issued on the ;th. snowed; UsilebU caak baiauce, tlST.Me.Ht l foM. $7ti,HO,J,,.'t5. Ih,- i. eiinaii censii returns show that Ta llin has a population of 1, s4..:4'i. coinpa red with 1,677,304 in 1SS.V Fallurea for the week ended on the Tth, reported bj B D i ( o., aere W1 la tho Doited states, Bfainat HH laa! year,aad !3 la t'anada, against ;!ll last y ear. The Fl ench chanilHT of deputies, on tho 7th. rejected motion providing for a preliminary inquiry into sluvepy mid ciuelty in the French proi inoen, t n Wilholmiaa of Holland will receive Mi. Kpugcf in audience on th 15th. LATE NEWS ITEMS. The International exposition of 101 I at Glasgow, Scotland, has engaged John I'hnip BoQOt and his lund to play at the exhibition for four weeks next Ootober. After his (ll;usgovv sea-son, Sousa will take his band to London for a series of concerts, after vvhicu lie will make a tour of the principal cities of Great Britain and Ireland, returning to America about Christmas time. ihr Berlin Notional Zeitung devoted its first page, on the 9th, to a carefully-prepared editorial dealing with the United states as a world power, After pointing out the enormous I rof,1 hub, economically and politically, of America in .he WOrid'l atVairs, the editorial declares that in both repeetl the L'nitcd State is arrayed list Furope. During an almost unprecedented gale on Like Brie, on the 9th, the ore barge S. 11. Foster, in tow of the Iron Duke, plunged into nn awful scu and went head foremost to the l"ttom. carrying' with her everv soul of her crew of eight men. BL fvaik in nearly one hundred fe't of water. John McAulitle, a well-known art ist, aged 70 years, was accidentally killed, on the '.tth, by tailing from a window of his residence in New York. Deceased was especially well known in .onnection with his pictures of horses. Mrs. Mary i.. Melveati. the mother of John K. M.T.ean. of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and of Mrs. Dewey, died in Washington, at l-.:0 a. m. of the '.nh, efOCOte heart affed ion, after two days' illness. According to a dispatch from Bot barest, the Russian government has broken off negotiations with the Standard Oil Co. for a lease of the petroleum nelds. C. Alfred Seharsch, head bookkeeper of the Fourth national bank at I. rand Kapids. Mich, has BOBB arrested, charged with defalcations to the extent of $-oo. A German sample room has been formally opened at Constantinople. The exhibits embrace un extensive line of Germany's manufactured articles. A fire at Borlange, near Falun, Sweden, on the sth, rendered l.Vi persons homeless, and caused damage to the amount of half a million kroner.

The duke and duchess of York will visit the l'nitcd Slates on their return journey from Australia, via Canada. fn the senate, on the 1 Ith, TT on. Charles A. Towi e. recently appointed by the goernor of Minnesota to sueetl the lata Senator D iis took ti e oath of oflice. No business of importance was transacted in open session, the senate goirg into secret session n the il:i I' luneefotc treaty us soon as the routine business had been disposed of In the house, the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was passed, after a reading 'hat occupied three hour-, and ten minutes' debate. The bill carries MV .'.'...us. other business was transacted. Col. Pfcqaardt, who was so prominently identified with the Drey fus . äse. has addressed a memorial to the French chamber of deputies, prwtoat ing against the anniest bill, which, he says, will include him "among the forgers and .ittir. fs of forgeries who will protit by amnesty." Walter D. Glenn, foinieply cashier of the Traders' Loan and Building BS s..-i;'i 'i of ('hi. 'ago, who disappeared last summer with a charge of being over twenty Ihottaand delta rs short in his accounts hanging over him, was placed in the Cook county Jail, on the lot Ii. pending trial. Gov, Roosevelt of Kew York, on the loth, appointed us lelega t es a t - la rge tO represent the state of New Yofh at the meeting of the National Ui Mock association to be held in Salt Uike City. Utah, January IB to ML Isaac . linkt r, JrM John Dwighl and ari s. Borr it, Tii president, oa the 10th, trimsII itted tO eoligless BXteodcd reports on the agricultural resources of I'orio l!ieo. with special reference to tie Mtabllshment there of an agricultural experiment -1 a t ion . The Lorain (O.) Steel CO. resumed work, on the pith, at its blooming. converting, finishing tnd shaping mills, with more thai1 three thousand men employed la the entire plant. The statistician Of the agricultural department reports lCd(M,CKXi bales ss i the probable cotton production of the

I nlted Mat.-- for 1900-1901, At the Presbyterian hospital In New York, on tin- 10th, Lieut. Hobson was reported lo ba greatly Improved and out of all danger, "The condition of the king af Sweden, ' s.'is a Copenhagen cm respondent, "has improved lalelv, but it II still serious."

ALL OVER THE STATE.

E rents in Various Portions of Indians Told by Wire. Pat or Arbitration by Kitrrt. Indianapolis, Ind.. I be. 7.- l'h hirnnial report of the Imliuua state la....r oontnaissioa lied arltl Go. Mount shows gratifying improvcaseot. It sas: AltltouKh there has been nn Incresseo numtxr of Strikes, these that BSV occurred have Contimit d f.r OByt, nave Involved teww it.rs.uis. havs been bases on nmre reasonable ilematuls uia! have Imcii more easily aujust. .1 than th..s -the two years previous 1 the IBSI I" The r. port peaks of ceialltbuis In ti e 3 um tat torlos, workshops, ssines, iuarii. ami other centers of IndUStrj 01 dsans, which employ, spprostasateiy. mo labor, rs. The cotninisslun tav.as nrorced arbitration In ,-trik. s and BSV IBS eelfan of tho peopU deassnsS sa ssseno m. nt t ladtana's statutes providing tor su. h arbitration Such a law -woiild .1 away with the Intasnes 'f Bfofessloaal iiKitators." Miol In III ill. Kvantiville, Intl.. Dee. " Mathe Kinttnclman, nn engineer on the Air Line railroad, receive. 1 a probably fatal wound in si peculiar manner. He was standing in his cab at Ccntr ille, when he felt a sharp pain in his side. in examination showed he had in en shot in the left side under the heart. He was brought here on a special train. He says steam was escaping from the locomotive nt the time and he was unable to hear the shot, lie is nne Of the oldest engineers on the mad and says if he has an enemy iu the world he does not know it. Il.inianllc UrihlliiK. Terra Haute. Ind.. Dee, " When Mrs. Kittie Qamache, Of St. 1ouis. arrived to be married to Bsnford Pierce, of the pollee force, whom she t.cmt seen, she was startled by inn- a crowd of 500 persons in bad findt he train sheds to cheer her when PlerOS kissed her as she slighted from the car. It was a m I'rinioiiial advertisensonl marriage, and the bride had no thought that advance publicity had been gien 1 the romance. Patrolman th res and Mrs. tiamaehe drove to the parsonage of Ke. L. K. Sellers and were married. " Tlrctl Bt Leniency. Vnderson. Ind., Dec. .lonn i.eodington has been convicted of forging certificates of deposit belonging to his father. Patrick Rddlnfton, and sentenced to the penitentiary for two ears. The father filed the affidavit against him. Young Reddlaftoa ha j bona a school-teacher at ElwOOd and J In re a good reputation. His father i-We!l-tO-d0 farmer. It developed that , the Mnitig man had forged Iii fsther'l j name before and the !atter had nlwajft paid to save the son. Fur th last offen-. he was very ii.r"r.uis in the prosecution. TrUlnte Pete I-esstne. I.aporte. Ind.. Dec. 7. Plans are rapidly being formed for a tristale pol league, to include the utates of Ohio. Indiana and Wisconsin, with the plac ing of teams in the principal eitles f the three Itatos and the plSjing Of 8 long schedule. The chief promoters are W. A. and L A. Petjr. The cities of Anderson, Klwood, Lofsnaport, Fort Wayne ami Richmond, la this state, Will back the professions teams. Will one ifse Moii. Alexandria, Ind.. Doe. 7. rrana oaborne, who was given n coat of tnr and f. staers by s mob si Bamasitville last Aaturday niLdit for nllefed insult to 1 women, wssaequltted by Judge Troea- j dale, of this city, on change of Vena from Sn 111 mit ille. Osborne announces that he wiU immediately bring civil action Bfrniasl the meashers f the ssoh w ho pet BO tfni I d the outrage on him. Med In bins. Marion. Ind.. Dee. 7. Word has reached here of the death of Nntluin Hnffmaster, an American soldier in China, vv ho formerly livi d here. Be was eurs old and enlisted in company R. Fourteenth infantry He lef t -Marlon lesi than year ago, enlisted st Eilt hart and went With the company to the Philippines, From there the eompBBj Mrt nt to Peking. China. tili etlve. Mnncie, Ind.. DOS, T. Alexander I'ergus.in. ins yearn old and sound of mind, said lo be the oldest man in the state, was in the circuit court with n si, it to qalel title tO ten acres of land owned by Mm. He thJnka a relative Is endeavoring to cheat him out of the land. si,,,,- U W n I'll t n I. Union City. Ind., Dec. 7. Mrs. Jofn Dillon, aged living Bear this city. .as called to Richmond by s tetegram saving that her son in-lnvv had been injured by a fall from n scaffold, Dn arrival at his bedside h became OTIS ' rated tind died a few hours afterward. Mnurlee Thimnnn Itellt-r. Crswfordsttle,Ins1,, Dee. 7. Nf.iurtej ThlHn pSOS, the noted author, dramatis! and lit tors tear, who 2 serfonaly in at bis home 'iere with sneomoals, i slightly better. bal his physMan 4oai not vet rovtsider hits out of danger. iweterj cintieii Misbawaka. lnd,IIeo,7. Eire in the btf plant of the Ih per Furniture ccm I snj giite ' a portion of the factory snd Inflicted s in1- of about llt.OOO, Whi'e the lire was raging the vTilsOB honie was entered stid robbed. Killed lleraeir. Rvsaarllle, Ind.. Dec. 7. Mis- Maggie. Micnirt. aged L."'. committed suicide liv taking in overdose of aarhoile acid. She was jilted by her lover. Her last Worda were: "Send for mother. I am jrtaf." C rlppleS. Goshen, Ind., Dec. 7. .lohn O. Pollock, M years old, had a hnnd lorn off in a corn shredder. The young muu wss married on Thanksgiving dny.

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Queen Victoria's Health Is Sad to Be Visibly Failing;, Creating Much Anxiety, IS WORRIED OVER EMPRESS FREDERICK. why asnerlee t ceoseooss lot Uritlaes AIoiih tlif Isnndn Hllroatl An I'.vlranrilinir) lleversal f OOstOStSeSM IM the ISSUflish Meat Market. New Cork, Dan, '' dlsfsseh to the World from Windsor, ilngland, says: Much SHXietj aain pre. ails in court circles reapecting the ipieen's health. She has biok. n Ui noticeably since ehe was informell that the Fiupress Frederick was snlTcring from cancer of the throat, and can not live many months. Queen Vict aria, who Invariably cats and sleeps well, has now lost her appetite, a id passes sleepless nights. I or years she never missed her morning ride in a donkey chaise arOOttd the private gardens until the last OOUple Of weeks, when this was forbidden by her doctor! who ordered her, instead, to drive through the p.n k in a closed carriug". A ThiiiK Aim nt t BstneWB. Sunday last the queen kept her room the entire day, a thing She has not boon known to do for years, and the report , at the castle that sho said she would not be surprised tO hear Of the death of Ftnpifss 1'icd. i-U-k and day, as the doctors wen- afraid to perforin an operation, lOelS That sre W hliercd. It is also whispered that Ii. r majesty falls in a dOSe meal times, and the other day, vhen putting on B brave front and pretending- to rertOW the colonial volunteers, she fell fast asleep in her carriage. The windows were shut, and she SSI rapidly driven home. A Relief that Prevails. A belief undoubtedly pi e a i Is among those around her that the queen is failing. The papers in London SSSeri that the queen is in her usual health, but the above are the true facts on the subject. win ihi; .. .n ts wo. Got In. lue t .Ulmet lleeuuse th British Were Too SSWWi London, Dec. Ö. With reference to the American contracts for bridges along the line of the Uganda railroad, bir Harry Johnston, the commissioner for Uganda, in a dispatch to the foreign ofttee, d. . lares the railroad officials were eomnelled to send orders to : : . ,i o ... ani. , ii .i, unuif; 1.1 uir iuiudu nun. being unable to supply tin ir wauls within reasonable time. The orders comprise not only bridges, but locomotives and other rolling stock. "This and other troubles of the railway committee." adds ir Harry Johnston, "in placing orders in (ireat I'.ritain, are the outcome of the disastrous engineers' strike, which has done so much to cripple this class of manufacturers. KXTHOItlH WHY HI'.V. atOAlw AMtrlran lleef la Sapiilnntlna tht the llrltlah Article. London, Dee. 9. An extraordinary reversal of the usual conditions appears in the English neat market, and it is likely tnat Engtiafa beef will soon be palmed off as American. Hitherto the opposite has always been the ense. Hut. bj clever manipulation, tbs American salesmen have obtained control of the market, until American beef costs as much sis Knglish beef. Hence the likelihood of suhst it ut ions. Commenting on this situation an Euglish paper says: "'lTic American salesmen nov- make Blmost what they like. In the English trade there was no organization to oppose them. The farmer- have been in the bauds of the butchers, whose cupidity led them into the arms of the Americans. The only active Opposition Ho American bad tO meet lav fli the prejudice of the consumer. It has taken twenty years to beat, thai prejud ice." I M.I Ml M) tilt I I 1. VI. I '. 1 ell ii 11 lie of it Hille II. -ttveen Admlriil llnvvatin nntl ltinlt. Lisbon, Dec. !. King l atlcs I., Queen Marie Amalie and Prince Royal I, uia Philippe, accompanied by thf sasmberaof thecabinel and other dig nitar.es, were entertained M luncheon 01. board the British battli ihip Majestic by Vice- Admiral Sir Hair, LloldsTvorth 'Dawson. The PorttlgUOSfl by 1:1 was sung, and Admiral RswaoO prop ised 0 toast to the royal I in ily. The king replied in English, thanking Admiral Dawson for the sentiments he had expressed. The royal vnsittn remained aboard the Battleship th-j hours, and la 1 r assisted 'it .111 entertain; icnt at the British lern tl on. rmintl Fl. latins In a. Lake. Rloomington, III., Dec. 9. The body Of Robert K. Thompson was found, Friday, floating in the li.ke at Miller park, this city. Thompson was N yesra old, and lived here until two years ago. lie had been insane ami confined in the asylum nt Jacksonville, 111., but was recently discharged, and came here last week. When found the arms and feet wcrs bound with wire. He leaves a wife nnd three children at Three I'.ivers, Mich.

PURSUIT OF A DESPERADO.

s Hastily Brate OSSeer r'ulla. !. yrrnlel Wounded, and Ihr Prisoner Stakes Ilia tCsenue. Logan sport, Ind., Dec. ll i hi. f of. Police JumcH roley ami fatrolttMa Itarncy Hurch, Dick Cootollo, ben Dean ami (ieorge (irahaBS, pursued ;l .lespcrado for si miles lasl evening, iiiiootiiig at him at ever) opportunity. The man. who is believed to Is- Marlin Kuhns, an escaped convict, returned the fire at intervals with in , revolvers. Dean pushed him closely, und anally the fugitive turned, and walking toward Denn, who had SO more ammunition, warned bin that. he would kill him. The Officer advanced, sprung Si the man and can him bj the Wrist, whereupon the fur -live placed a weapon against Deans breast and tired. The wounded officer ell, ami while his brother officers were earn g for him the desperado SS ii ped. Later a posse of othoers and citi. us armed with sh tguns and revolvers, stalled out to find the fugitive. It , thought he can not escape, as th.v towns and eountrj have been warned lor miles around. CHURCHMEN TAKE A HAND. I nlte In H (r ii an tie uitlii! 1 iv le Im. norulllv niitl for Siiiir-N-aloti of lee. Chicago. Dee- It, Repräsentativst of nearly every church denomination in Chicago have resolved to unite m a crusade against civic Immorality, and lake an active part in the suppression of vice and the ma ntenaiice of law snd order in Chicago. This course was decided upon . terday, nt the regular w eekly meet ing Of the Methodist ministers, and later at a joint meeting at which several other denominations were represented. It waa resolved to appoint a com niittte of laymen to see all taWI for the suppression of vice enforced and that the downtown basement resorta whose licenses were recently revoked Ih- kept permanently closed, as places dangerous to the moral welfare of the community. EXPLOSION IN A TUNNEL. I". Mir Men Killed null n Niniili.r ol tttWOeS Injured nunc tif ee I tie nt I iiknun n. Salt Lake ( ity. I tali. Dec. 11. A Special tO the Tribune from Aspen, Wyo., says a disastrous gas explosion OCOnrred, yesterday, in the new railroad tunnel by which four no n lost their lives and several others were injured. The tunnel is being built on the cut-off of the Union Pacific mad between ABpeO am. Ilillard. The explosion was caused by the accumulation of gas. Twentv-live men were at work St ! the time of the eiib sion. It is not known what limited the ras. r.lectrie lights arc used throughout the tunnel. The coroner's verdict BBI 'unavoidable accident." PLACED IN THE COUNTY JAIL. TttB I . inner 1 unhlcr of n liieiiutl I. ..un um I ii i I ai i k s eelatlea hnrueii nh IB sehr sslv Birai Chicago, Dec 11. Walter I). (Stenn, formerly cashier of the Traders' loan and Building association, who disappeared last summer with a charge of being over twenty thousand dollars short in his accounts, hanging over him, was placed in tne county jail terday pending trial. OleM, after leaving hicago, went to Rawlins, Wyo., where he secured a position aeJera in a hotel, and it was while acting in that capacity that he was arrest cd. CONSPIRACY AND LARCENY. Srrlmia t hnr(e n W Itleli n Vi feesi iir.ik.-r mid ilia Saslatswts Are Held aj Innnrr. New York, Dee. 11. ( bester I!. Lawrence, broker; Ed ward Under hi 1I( hi At . tl llll.-. oitiee manager, anil t.eo. 11. vvnocii. his clerk and assignee, who were arrested November 83,ehsrged with eon a . . . a spiracy and larceny, vv ere re arraignm in police court yesterday. The complainant, Mrs. Catherine Honkemlorff, alleges that she deposited a51.H(Wbond with Lawrence and received neither profit nor her bond back. The defendants waived rxamlaation and were held for the grand jury BRIBE-TAKING COUNCiLMKN. I'tirmnl 1 linruea I'ri-fi rr.'il nmt I nunell tu till OS ourl tu I 1 Hie I It 11 niPi, Clcvcluild, ).. Dee. 11. I lie Sped d commit tea of tho city council which investigated charges of bribery IB con licet Ion with the g rant ing of a Contract to the Qnmewell Wre Alarm lelegrnph ( 0.. Inst night preferred formal charges sgainsl four ncnibi rs of the council. The accused BjeberS are: John (i Doiim l. D. IL Steuer. A- . Henry and Lee .v. Pufdy. who. is ehnrged, each receive. 1 paj for h,J vote on the Contract. The council will ait as a court to Irv the charges. IN BRITISH AMERICA.

Canada expects a population Of ' .OOO,000 in its census returns n xt year. Antieostl island, in lbs Qnlf of Lawrence, though owned by n Preachman, is und. r the British H'g : "b' ject to the Caaidwa laws. Political buttons cannot be worn Canada during the heat of a samps B 1 Ins Is due tu n elnilJtC ill tb n"""n fraachls ad which says thai bo p ''n shall 1 SblbH nnv sign of his p lltloM fsith after the offlcisl nominstioun sre mad a.