Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 December 1900 — Page 2

ipeehlu (Tottritt.

... VM IM'. ' JAM'KU. IN'UIAKA. IHsiSftnal Sel-on. the famous acou: ,f the late lien. Law tot., ban been summoned If Cans. Woon to Cuba for arrvkca under secret instructions. lit the Porto K co house of dele gates. . n The lTth. Mr. Descartes intgedttnvd jl bill granting unrestricted su tirade o womru on the sar.u terms a uien. A th. patch to the London Dattv Kxre3 from Vienna reports recent Moslem excesses against the Christian population in the central proviuo s of Turkey . in which ChriM.au have been killed. lt-of. Carl Decker, the HUB his ; toricul painter, whose eightieth birthday anniversary was celebrated M the 1Mb, ami who was theu the recipient of a congratulatory address from the Berlin academy of art, died, on the 2oLL. of intlut ita. Serious loss was suffered by the navy in a tire a, the Norfolk nay yard en the 10th. 1 he lire destroyed valuable records that can not be replaced suid MUH necessary plans which can only be reproduced at much expense in time and money. "Great Britain's proposed altera- i tions in the preamble of the joint note have been practically aceeptec by all the powers," says the Pekin correspondent of the London Daily Mail. "Both Russia and Japan, whose support was regarded a doubtful, have agreed." The taking- of testimony in the ease of Oscar L. BOOS, the West Point cadet, who died recently from injuries which his parents allege were inflicted i the West Point military academy, mas begun, on the 17th, by the board of inquiry appointed by the secretary of war. It is reported in Wc hita. Kas.. that Frank B 01 kefeller is negotiating for the pun.ha.-e of l-to.uoo acres of land in Kiowa aud Clark counties with a new to stoekim- it with horses ami high grade cattle, sheep and hogs, especially hones, for which he sees a profitable future. The Frencn government bas refused the petition of the American and llritiab ambassadors, requesting that the Passionist Fathers and chaplains of the Eagtish-epenhtnf1 Catholic church of St. Joseph, in Paris.be exempt from the heavy tax which tan special law imposes on religious botlies. J. G. Stowe, consul general of the United States to South Africa, with headquarters at Cupe Town, arrived at New York, on his vacation, on the new Red Star liner Yaderland on the 20th. He had not been in America for three years. He left for Kansas City, Mo., on the 31st, to spend (.brist mas with his family. Justice Henry R. Beekman. of the New York supreme court, died in front of hi residence in Nev York city on the 17th. He had just left hi house to go to court. It is thought that death was due to heart disease caused by overwork. Mr. Heek man was 5j years old. He was lorn in New York, and lived there all his life. Capt. B. F. Horn, one of the aUest Missouri river steamloat men, died at his residence in Pierre, S. I)., on thj 2öth. CapC Horn made his first trip to the head of navigation on the Misaouri in IMb and has navigated the river continuously since then, with the exception of one year, when he aervrd as a pilot on the Yukon river, s At the request of the secretary ol war. the house committee on insular affairs, on he 1Mb, reported a hill increasing the salary of the -nun oner of education of Porte UcO from $3, 00 to $4,000. Prof. Bratasbaufli relin quished a position paying ."" a year, from a sen-.- .f public duty, to aceept the Porto lo. an coinnii-sioner ahip. 4t i i - ' -- The Dents he Cobwrfal Blatt of Berlin publishes an order of Mtnperor Vilüam foroitiding otlicer und otl;eials, bsetu'üng those on the retiretl list, in the colonial BOTTiaa to print anything ais.ut the colonies without tlie consent of the minister of war or the minister of marine, v. ho UUeJ lir-t obtain permission from the mperin! chaneellor. im W. Thomas. .Tr. I'tiitc: ßtates minister to Sweden an! Nor- . way, on the night of the 19th. a! Pressed the English society in Stocbolm on "Scandinavian Colonisation in America and its Influence on American ( iviliatitn " The address was eil received, and i portrait of President McKinley, handsomely frameii. Was presented to Mr. Il las. The first pt-litical party under the Am.-rit an retrime jn the PbilippiaM in In progress of formation. Its princi pies have '.een eniltodied In a platform which will stlOTssJ Im- mn.!e jiublic. It is understood that the declarations of the platform l'im- the fullest re.. arnltioa bo Aiirtcan sovereignty and also favt.r ,i consaleralile degree of i at' autonottiy eoiicerniug iutcrual and local aiTairs. The l.ermin trainino frigate iiiei-.--Ban fon idered otT Ml lairn, ', miles tiorthe.-ist if I .il.raltar. .ti the p. tit The vessel was overtaken by a iol. i t atoim. arid went to th OOttOM, the masts o-.ly tenia i mil' :,',... water. m shore tlie eadets could 1. urea cliiiinp to th ri"ging and Calling for help, but rapidly fell ..ff and tlisappeai. d Wen. ,t, t),,. u ,, . ir , tain ami, it is battavae), 14H Ol 'he je;jd on hoard were drowned.

IKEW8 IX BRIEF.

Compiled from Various Eouroei. FlcTY-SiXIH CUNGKtSS. , . ,t.i st. -Mitn. In the sen ii. . on 'ic l.Mh r.o busin. us of import mi v.. ii-int. u ti .1 in Hp- "J ess:. .p. .il tlie entire I uUlativ e uay I Ins sit m executive session In further consider lion .i Ih. Hay-Fauaeefou m... t-. i sior Teller continuing hi si m u futnat the Instrument . I" hoi.se the war ri'.n ie rtuu. lion bid v u j u. U wuii. jt up concurreu. t oi " muiorit) who refrained from votlns 1 '"' pi i iliüi Biirn;ir1wtlfm hill, cairyiaa -. i tM was parsed n. raaetly u latnuteo In the senile, on tlie bin. lurin .in spi n session of one hour, only las pui est r. . .. t im- bu.oii, w is iransaeud wr. pi indisr i.n. u i eraatad a little uurry i tu mii-.ivor to actm .; ui the resolution relutlns to the Man tana enstorisi The effort wai Utile Most of the - --i .n was iu.-.i behind l '- 'i OOOCI ui'on the Hayiauncefote treaty in the house several Mils dividing and ernutln uallclal .lislrLts Were parsed uilUcr suspension of the rules, On buitdreSoae tvv. private p, nsion t ills vv re passet!. A bill was tin imlnixuslv passet) placing Kcpreaentative Charles A lioui.iie. of Maine, it the retired list as j saptaln in the navy. in the aaaate. an the lib. discussion af Ihr llav-r.t.itP . tot. I re.tt in se.pt tt srion was sootlnuetl, the ecuUve session occupying tlmost the entire lesislative lai Am a i inseauenee, so business ol !m;HrtHnce was transacted In open i - i m In the house the day was !- roted to Dtotnei of Coluvala business. the who. i sess.. 11 h.tllK oecUpl.'d WUll it bill to change tli. t, rnimal facilities of the l't nns lav nut tailroa I In the city of oash.tnaton, 'nd is i lot i.t,- for the elevation of Its truiks icross the osall south of l'enii sylvsnia avenip . The measure wis stoutly resisted, but the friends oi the bin succeeded in st- urintj a reo ss instead i an ad nnrrinieri. an. I thus continue the 'Klslatlve .lay to the !9th. In ordeff to cornii tv " nsi.i. -ration of the bill. In the senate, on the l'th. hOUSS resolution authoriajn tho preaidsnt t. appotal Ri oresentativs Charles A Boutelle, -f M.mif to be S ap.ala in the I'nM .1 States tiavv on the re.lred list, was unanimously ! . ! Vsi.le irtun the transaction f roatine lmslips5 and tin ras-ae of ,l private p.-nsi n bills no l- sit. .-ss of impi.rtanea was done In the house. aft-r a pirited contest lusting throtiKliout a two ' session, hills to compel th Pennej ! i ant i and r.altlrr.ore Ac t hio railroad cotnp.intes to abolish ur...le . ro-slnsrs. to att- r th.ir routes Into the city and i change t rtalnal facilities w.r- passed, an amendm nt adopted requiring the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. to build a new statiou m . not less than ll.5oO.00O. In the senate, on the 2Pth, a spirit'-! Senate y precipitated . r the n-s. luli -n of Mr Chandler to dtscharge the committee on eontinaenl expenses from futth. r t.nsld. iat. t. of the resoluttoi au'.horizin-; an UavestlaaUoa of the M"titana senai irlal case No iction was tasten upon th.- r.-.Iwti a: In the !i..us.- the Indian and military a. cl my an'f'Prlatlon b'.'.N .v-r- passed, the f.r:r.-r tarrytns .u8.aa6 anl the lutter IT --'.I'd. N I ther i ro.oU'd saut h rtls asslon. A f a- minor alli'-adm' nts w-re plat etl up-.ti ihe forrn.-r. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. There will be ro seasion of the Chii board of trade from Dcceaaber tS t.. December M, Information f the signing of 1 lie agreement at Pekin was received, oi the ceaaiag f the ltfth, srlth much satisfaction by the president : 1 1 I Secretary Hay. It was not a surprise, tor the instructions to Minister i.j;er practically determined the settlement, A party of about 2 no negroes l. -ft .ashville. Term., on the -ot!i, on a special train, en route for Honolulu. '1 he negroes are going to work on su.'iir plantations. Another lavrm l att h w ill leav.- in a few weeks, as the sugar plantation owners want 10,000 southern negro families. Gen. Ma Arthur has issued a proclamation .variiing the inhabit. i nts of the PbilippiaM archipelago thai hereafter strict compliance vitli the laws of war will be required of iion-c.nn hatants as veil as combatants. The proclamation sets forth the principal laws of war. former Pres. dent P.enjamin Harrison has received but tea for his services in connection with the arliitrat ion of the boundary dispute between British GvlMM and N'eneilela. In a.ldilion the Yi'iieindan goermnent In -paid the American mixed claims ami the interest on the foreign lebt. The chief of police of B Paao, Tot., r eied a letter, on the 19th, from n gang of "grafters" in Hot Sprint's, Ark., afferlag $1.00 for the privilege of doing business in Kl Pasi during the niidvvinter carnival, an! tgn Mg not to "touch" any one man for more than five dollars. Senator J, K. ifonea, according to reports in lenioerai ii circles. s.ct. vviil rail a seating of the Ivmo.-ratie national committee In Washington for 1 he purpose of t . -iirninir as chairman. It is said thai JOttea' friends an' in favor of Mayor, Taggart, .f ladinat.piis. the Indiana eomini 1 1 eemati. as fcis siiecessor. Charten A. Carter, a merihant tif Mattoon III., wa bound oeer, an Um 19th, Ii n ebargs f receiving stolen tr'"ds. Arthur Bahar, a ! year-old boy, tantfhed thai tarter had bjtred him ami several other lads to steal articles whah h' would buy from them. . I.. Mas oi. ji Do wie elder of ."h.aL'o. was ti.oldied. on the night of the 19th. uhile delivering a lectin. at the open house in Caiitesvillc. ), The speaker made a bitter attack upon the masonic and other seere. orders, and was assailed with rotten eggs, vegetables and ither missiles:. Mrs. Klisha Dnshiell died in Washinton, on the 10th. at the age of Ml ' ars. at the resideiu-e of her dant-'h-ter. Mm. Caroline lilnckistin. She quietly passer her one hundred and seeom! mile stone the loth instant. Two 3-enrs air her centennial birthday anniversary was celebrated with muh eclat. The lV'ir-old son of lidward Cndahjr, the millionuire Onuibn packet, vv hi 1 nbdueti'fl, on the evenimr of the lsth. n as se. n tlv Pel 111 ne,i 1 0 his bonne eartt m the morning of tintOth. A demand for $1'.,000 had been made. bt;t i' is not known yet wjp th r Cudahy put up or the abductors got st a red. Lord LaUktdowne, British secret arv of state for ftireign affair, t as concluded negotiations, according the London Daily Mail. b which lUinsia w ill, .January lt giVe 0ma1 Britain entire control of the railway fron. Pekin to Bhax llai Kwai.

The legislative council of Victorin

has, tor the sixth tunc rejected the womrin's fciilTrage hill. It has n:o ra iet.tcil a proposal to suhiuit the question 10 a 1 cfereuiluin. Tht lla l'uniicefoie trtaty, an lillieitdctl. was milled by the senate, OBJ the -Mth. hy a vole of 55 to Is. The Knc.htel Co.'s plant at Ilan- . er. tint., the Iftrgeaf furniture faa tory in the Dominion of tanatla, was deairoycel l. tire on the Mh. The I if spread to adjoining buildingu, t -a using a total loss of between -'5Uv 000 and 8fl0,00ft. The Bank of Russia, according to a d fcpatch to the London Dail Kxpress fmea st. Peterulatrg, is endeavoring to redke a loan in New N trk for i-eluild-ing the Manchuria railway. The t u hau const it til ioiial conventiou has decided that the qualifkas tions for the presidency shall be fit -ei-.hhip at the time of the promulgation of the const it tit ion. The gWerBUMnl of New Zealand has decitletl to dispatch amthcr coutingeiit to South Africa. LATE NEWS ITEMS. In he senate, on the Hat, the death of Mrs. Win. P. live, wife of the president pro teui., was officially annouiiectl. and without the transaction of any business, the senate, out of respect to her memory, adjourned.... In the bouse, after a session of only ti minutes, during which the death of Representative Wise, of Yirginia. was announced ind the customary resolution passed ami committee appointed, out of reaped to his memory adjournment was taken, under the concurrent resolution previously adopted, until January 3, 1901. After looking up the laws, of the stritt- on prie fighting, (iov. Nash of Ohio suhl, u the ".'1st. that he not only found no warrant for interference by himself in such exhibitions, further than to urge local guardians of the iaw to be vigilant, but it was his opinion that only a jury, on trial. S) .is qualified to tleeide whether stleh u performance was merely a sparring match t.r a prie fight and u:. lawful. Dr. J. K. Toad, state geologial for South Dakota, ha issued a warning to farmers on the possible exhaustion Of the artesian water supply. lie holiN that the great basin underlying Banal of the state may ! cxhau-t d by waatefulneea, and rneoosntaende smaller wells, checking the flow in winter and when not needed and M" atrictiou of the number of vrelui in stated areas by iegUdatiOB. two newspaper reporters employed on the Oeaaha (BTeh) WorkHHeräld, on the -1st, loeated the house in which the kidnaped y outh Eddie Ctldnhj was hold prisoner for more than a day. While exploring the premiaee with a lighted lamp they had a narrow eseaje from being shot by police officers who had just arrived upon the scene and mistook them for the child-robbers. The Pritish eOCrctarj Of state for war, Mr. St. .lohn Dt'odeillh, annoiincetl, on the -1st. that, in view of the prolonirat ion of the war in South Africa, members of the imiierial y in a n ry will he paid five shillings inrlead f one shilling and two peace par day. Militiamen are promised priority of return ever tegular 8, The statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, excitative of the sl5o.noo.ooo gold reserve in the division of redemption, issued on the I I st. showed: A' 'tillable cash Uilance, H,Htjmi gold. ItteMTMitL Advices frtim southern l.tizon say that a lieutenant and tin men of the Ninth 1'nited States cavalry attacked a btfge bodv of insurgents lecently i. ar . 1 1 i noba f an. Province of All.ay. After the hilt lie 45 tlead ;nsurtrents wre counted, together with many WQUad ed. Only one American was v. outidtMl. "The War of Women" theatrical company, pe-tded hy Miss Hope P.ooth, hne dit banded in Vülwaukee owing to bach of sufficient rteeipts to pay the Hienbera "f the company. Bam ml f the comp lay who reehta in New 'ork city are in financial listress. .loim Riley Oaant bertain, a vet. rati of the civil war and a graduate f Miami university at Oxford II.. died in ( incitimti, on the t9d, aged - He b: . i . :i engngyed in aewapapor ..rk in Cincinnati for 38 years. W. K. Ion. -, who has Ih-oi treasii- r am) assistant secretary of t he Baltimore 'hi Itoothweatem ra.i.v.iv ami is pradeoeaaora f'.r ..n-i thirty y.ars. died in Cincinnati, on the hid, ai.l S3 years. Then. D. Pooht, I nited Btntet marsi.:. I laf the northern l:striet of Ken Vork; ntewber of the Fifty-fourth isongrena from phi to 18M and a i.vii w.-u veteran, died ol apoplexy at SyraaOMM on t he 1 I he iiiiadi iii Pacific will opea a School in Winnipeg, Man., for the tenching' of shorthand anl teiegrtpby to us junior erpptoyee tt enable them to qualif.) Tor more imptirtnnt positit lis. PwperoT Nicholas and the ftumlea BiinlstdnN of finnnce, war and foreign affaira, do ant expect to leave Livadla, tvhere Che csar is con va bracing, be fon t be tniihll of JanfM ry . Hoshl Torn. .I:i a'ie-i' BtlnbHef o th I aahed Htnten, has resigned his portfoth in mseqnenee of the per state ill alle.' it on'- of his implication in rtnenda! seandabt. .--sis u,t ci-ei try of War Meikiejtdm arrived in Lincoln, Neb.. m the 24th, to assume pes. mal ami ageo cut ot hi ennvaas for i -eat in the Unit V I Si a 1 1 s si'li'i te. 'I he death Of former Gov. Roger vYokeott maket raeanej in the electoral collc,'c that i- to i ;il the votes of Massnchnst I tn for presiticn ot the I nited States. The goveriiaaeat of chile, nrhleh re eealty invited tenders for isi freight cats, hna nccepteii the entire anmbet from American maaufactarera.

BObK MOVEMENTS CUbCKkD.

rlfUk Truuiit arrtUMtllua Ike litasajaven ! i ' il ls lit ittl tu tfrtfcT W here edrL Loudon. De . "I The war office has reeeivi'tl the follov lauf, despatch troiu Lord Kitchcati, da teil Pretoria. I t - inenhnf -"-: "As far us poaaible for asa t form an opinion frnni the reports af fii -.is tu the spot. I ihink the ilt.cr Uk.vi uieut into t ape ( olouy has beeo chccketl. "Of the two fortes that entered the colony, the .-..stern ' is still north of the 2ontpenetUrg range, while the one i hat entered west apH-ars to have been turnetl it. the tlireclion of llrits tow n ami Prieska. Our troops are getting around both imdies, Mid a special column is also Im-i ii it otganietl which will Ihj dispalched iminetliately when 1 know where its services are most wanted. The Boers have not received much anaiatanae ( t ;aje Coeonji as far us niv inform-ititn goes. We have armed some of the t dtmists. who ar assisting our forces. Katlway and telegraph coiuinunicatioii has Wen much interrupted oy the very bail weathtr. "De Wei is in the astigbborbood of SMiekal. ien. French, in ctn junct ion with Oen. Clements, attached a free nnder Dcycr.-. south tf the Magaliesberg. The litters broke away in a no th westerly dimctioa twari Tot hefstroom. and were ftdlovved by Gen. Cordon with a column of Freu h's fovea, "Y'estcrlay evening abont live o'clock Cl?ment's force was engaged Booth tf OHphant! Nek. but I do r.ot yet Know the result." A later diapateh from Lord Kitchen er, doted Pretnvin, Deeenihev 39, tn;.a: The areata rn eoluma of D era ea I enpied Brttatoeva and cut the railway i south of De Aar junction. Tiieene.uy is being follovtad up. "lici. Kren, h hrs la-en in contact for two lay with 'he eotin.iandtvs of Day -rs and i larey, south of the Mngnlietsberg. Re is pursuing theta. The ctieniN have lost considerably, ami Commandant Krena and nthjeva ha' - been c. ' urcd. tieti. Col. I'e em-aged two separate coii'jtiaiulos. December il, tu ar VTahFol .in. with diidit It.s-ts. the enemy retiring." VIC 1 IMS OF THE B ti WAR. bansen Hasee irr th rru.. suttrrtu h Mm lVaanasalB af me w an Kntisas Ciiy. Mo., Dec. 24. Capt. Hey gate, of the Bvtthm armya i- pnrchasing .i.i.'nsi cavalry horses and mules for the British army in South ' Airica. He came here more thsVB a y-ar ngt to buy hovam ant' mules for the Hri ish army, but he was orleretl home a short tune ago because it was thought that the Doer war was over. Hut th unevwrteil renewal tf hoatilitiea baa anuh the purchase of more horses and mules absolutely uecessa ry . As fast 'is the animals are inspected and bought 'bey will be sent la New Orleans ami shipprd to Cap. Town, Dutt ii and ew London in Hritbh transfMirts. some ot which arc now u their way to : he I 'nited State-. One ship !oai of the animals will be taken to South Africa by Lieut. David P. Mnherty, woviag Pten Orleans soon after .Innuary I. Lieut. Mol.erly said: p.y the time the horses and mules are landed in South Africa they cost the Brtt lab government $.an it head. ' That 's a !arg- pr'u-e for an animal which will Im tit fr service only -j weeks. Most of the animals the liecause if the chance of climate. They most cross the etpiator in going South Africn. anl the tnrrnl heat ;f the tropics kills them rapidly. The average death rat- on ship loar! is 32 to the l.oou. "F-irty thtyi after a h"r-e is purchased in Kansas ity it is landed in South Africa. S great is the demand for horses at the front that it is impossible to give them t!.e neede! rest after la titling In-fore putting them ii to s.-i.e. ( in --pient-ly, they gO to the 'POO! in a weakened dit ion and. not getting a Bufltcicul amount of fowl, tltey simn tlie. "Since tie beginning of the Mo r war England has pun has,-. 1 .,v.-, one hundred thoi -ami lieml of h.is' ami mules in the United States. Ii n(piired ..'. thips to cjirry th-in from New Orleans to South tri-a." A SLAUGHTER OF INSURGFNTS. I'ttrt y -I I t.l litem l onntl llend on the I i'-ltl Her -t Until. Xenr 1. il I it o ln , n u . Manila. De-. 24. AdV Intal I r. .tight te lay by steamer from etthern Lu sav that a lieutenant and 0 men of the Ninth I nited States cavalry attacke! a large IkmIv t insurgents last W etlnesday near Cc.innbntnn, Provineanf Athny, After the battle 4". leal insurgents were 'nintadL logethev with many woniided. The only .m-ri-i.n casunlty was the wounding f a Ht-rgeant, who was corin'ieil 'iv v.ral rebels niitl strut-it fin the leg by a btl. The r'b'l loss was the beaviest rtconled ntn u.g recent encoonfefa, QUIhT MARRIAGE IN LONDON. I itrlirt llulirriltun nntl Mlm fier rn.le KltaOtt tnirtl VfnrrlrO ait ihr Hrlllah nltal. London. Dec IS, Forbes Uolierton. the at tor manag r. and Hhn i.ertruib' Eliott, sister of Maxim- Klliott, were inarri'd at All Soils chinch, .-'.Ii Hampntead. TIM aatoaanny .vis ist qttlet. There were no brilesmaldtj bvl the bvhfe w.a lopportni by Mrs. Mati'ime Be illy, the playrtffht. .Norman I orl-s nut the lieat man

AjL Q yER rjlJJ R STATE.

Events in Vanout Portions of Indiana Told by Wire. Innocent VI it it I. netted. lud aiiajsilik, Ind., Dec. 11, Positive evidence has been secured by the -fate thai the colored man. "U hist i ng .Lie" KoKa. who was hai:gtl hy a Spencer county nioh at Itooncv ille Monday nig', was innocent of aiy participation in the inunler if Harber Simon at KckM.rt. ami it is now tpit stioncd if he even knew of the deel having la-en aommitted until the day after it happened. When the mob on Suniay night went to the hotel where he was employed the proprietor vouched for Holla's inm fence, and the frightened negro escaped to the roof of the hotel, and thus eluded the mob. When arrested the next dayhe protested his innoci'tice, ami the sheriff took him to Hooiiev ille for safety. It is said that lie confessed tt the murder when taken out of jail hy the mob, but eye-witnesses who heard ail that passed declare that he died protesting his innocence, almost his last words being: "You are hanging an innocent man.' BUBeeoasval in vestigations leave no doubts that he was at the hotel at the time SlnWM was killed, and had not been away during the night. Telia Ills Story. Columbia City. InL. Dec. 21. Judge Adair while driving through the -oun-try met a man who some hours later was introduced to him as Marvin Kuhns, recently an escaped convict frun the Ohio penitentiary, and who more recently, it Is charged, nearly murdered a police offtoer m ar Loffano port. Kuhns ti!l tin- julg- the story of his life, how he had b'en committing depredations alaee he was f years old. and how he escajied from the Columbus penitentiary. He was serving a Ufa stiitcnce. ant! while matting repairs about the In'!, r and engine mi Th a n k -gi v i ng day he notieed lhat the coal bin was open. Through this he gait. cd his freedom. He broke into s ban., ahnte rail of clothes, and threw his prison suit into a sewer. Be then walked ten miles, stolt a horse and rode home. He denies shooting the LoganspOti poHcemnn, He says be is Innocent of the crime that he was sentence.! for life for. and says lie will never be sent back to prison agais alive. Old folates Kllletl. Marion. End., Dee. 21. Washington Fisk. a years ,, , :, an OthtV f thf soldiers' home, wan klllf d here by an cistbound passeiigr-T train on the PanHandle railroad. He lived originally at Pleasant I.ak . where he mm hrisa brother. Warn n Fisk. The dead man was a member of company C. Third th Indiana infantry. Ilrv .ool llurned. Martinsville. Ind.. Dec. 21. Fire broke out in the dry goods store of A. Wallenstein a few minutes rfter the store c!osel for the day. The .trni carried a stock valued at $10.. onn. with $7.200 insurance. Loss from fire and water will be about $.".. I'rnr rttna. Notre Dame. 1ml . Dec. 21.- N'otre Tame has closed on- of the most sticessful sessions in its h'-tory. The number of student. aeraod OVOf IN during the term. Despite the fact of one or two ax'il-ntal fire- the university has been very nccessfii!. baoeea n Vaeaaan. Lawveaeihnrg, Ind.. D.e. ji. The dath of County Treastir. r Henry Fangman leaves a vacancy mit only for the unexpired term, but also for the incoming term as he was recently reelected. Th.- dead treasurer leaves a wife anfl six children. f'nnvlefrH tt Manier. ItiK.imiMi'is. Iml., Dee. j 1 . In the criminnl -ourt here William Mallady wa- i unit-ted .f miiril-r i the Href lieg lee ami the jury fixed his pnn-i-hment af . imfir:s,nmrnt for life, hfallady killed a Mrs. Wühc in v. ral months njjo. tiiiiniinni Baa, Tijtion. Ind.. Dee, tl. Two gna welhl have been rompleterl near Hobbs Rtation by the Tipton Dght, Rl at A P wer enmpnnjr. pvoduelng 3.SOO.0I 0 en big feet dailv . This ill give sultleif nt supply for a'A constltnern, HI Vre Ii, In Ktninence. Ind.. Inc. -1. Xlnc diildrea were horn to Bll ami Margaret dr. L'-"n. ant! n are living. The oldest I la William Oregnon, 77. and the joung est is George i.rtgsnn. 02. The average age is f9. I .. Unnnite ( tilmn Ten in. Itltbgsond. Ind.. Dec. II, Mltf Baric, of this eftjr, one nf tb beet Known ball plnvers in the United States, has signed a year contnu-t to in a tare the Cuban team. II- is now in f'uha. gaaangt to fie fblttnnlana Indianapolis. Ind.. Dec. 21.- KdgarO. Johnson, of this city . has been appointed to a tl.Snfi a year gov. rnmei t position in the Philippine islamls. ami will sail from San Francisco January I, um r III I. ... Hope. Ind.. Du. II, The burglnre (who plundered the bank an still at i, w : i : , V. n..a. - - ., irjfe. , ,iio.,iii ii. it... , i. rni. in oi the bank, has srrved nidice that all losses will be made good. lastsrneg, New Nork. Dec. "I.- I.ew! A Mat : To., i-.rnibers of the New ork COBSOll datel ,tnd proluee exchanges, gaads an assignment Thursday for the benefit of their creditors t William Kino Male, of 7 N':. sau street. Mebilit ie arc rsti mated at lietween fr,0.isni and $7o.nou. with the ssset vet to be !etei mined upon.

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luii aitii t.f in.- Poeasssai Vrssen I S lim svtasaa aeamleatisaesB is n sgal lass IV. r. Washinetoii. Dec. 24. The stale depart in. 1. 1 BOS made public t he t the joint note ol the powers to t i, ,4. 'I'he ollicial htuiciuciii follows ; "Department of tSte, Washintan. n C The follow ik Ki'tvllsh vejs.on i fterateed to ae la substantial Mulv. Iii the in h t' xi at the mti a seii to tin govetnani at of chin i livjr. e.l on hv I he 1 1 present at I'. . s im onaf alien tsswars at Peala iieci 4, ami iibeoitiifinily unendi d b i biKi ature: "Durlus the montbs of May. Jin. .1 v umi August ol the current . n , olstnrli. .lues la-oke tut In III" no lio-rn proviii. t-s of tuna, in which itroi , i lines unparaheleil In history in I .... rentes uKi'ist tin laws of tiations. . . Hi. laws of immunity ami auai in. civil laailoa atars comrnlttsd undei puriti ly odious ctrCUl sianei-M. I'he Dvrilti t these crimes were the following: "l. Ob June M in.s excellent v , Baran i Kviieh-r, whil. on lie wa to tin . Ii raauin in tba perforniant . ot hb end function-, was murdered i -of the regular army, aeting under orutu oi I heir .in j. on the s ais day the for i . . i. ith ns were alt. ii ked au. I I" ii Ketl . tacks continued witiio.it intern! . a til Auirust It, on whi h date, the arrival ut tie: f. t. i.'.ii fortes put an en. I to , 'l'litae attacks wire made l the i . . ,r trtMjps who Jotaad the Box$rs, a ... m i obeyea the ortera of the court. man .ilas from Um imperial palace At th .in, time the chtuese Ki.vei iimenl ofltctail) .- dared, by its representatives bi .i, that ii guaraioetii the aecurtt) ot in. ,ogatlona, "3. I n June :i Mr. Bugiyama, thai loi of the legation of Japan, win!, discharge jf an olllelal mission, v. by regulars at the t s ol in. .u, Pcktn mil in several provinces (oreli were miitiler.il, tortured or .ttt.eK' the H.ix.rs an. i the regular troonn l such i'S eecapetl 'leath ow.il th n ttua suieiv to tin ir ow n ttetermlned ame Timir aMtabUahmeaia a n i Mini destroyed. "I. K-.retau t emetines, at 1 ' a dally, were deeecreteu, thi k i - .. . i anil the rem. uns scattered ahro.' I 'ihese occiirrencea necestM' r 1 1 , i the for t'.-n posrera n .lisp t i. 1 1 ,i , to China, to Itu endo! prateetinu of th. tr r. ,i.'s. ntatlves anJ national I restoring order. During their n . i Pektn the allies forces met wlthri flora th- Cltlncse army, ami haJ ti come it hy for e. "inasmui ii us t hina h.-s n i r. ... .nsit.iht v. expressi l regrei i evinced a Jetiire to see uu . no ei! to ill, situation created by the si i turban oca, the powers have u. . i to acctnle to her retjot-st, on the Itrevi lie condition enurneraitnl beton, a i they tlo-nt imllspensable to . i la trim.-s commlttea and te prevent their ucui 1 1 nee: I "A. Th'. ills.ialch ti lierlln .( i"i xtraordtnary rtineton headed by an uvr prit.ee. iii ordei to express the r. ! nif majesty, the emperor ol 'hin.. . : the . ini.ese govt i ii in. tit for t he art Hon of his - X. . Mem ', ih'- l.n i;.tr.u i Kt tteier. ratniwter ol Q man) . "I. Th.' ?r-cti n on the spot at th aa earns lion of a coatmentoratlvi m nit i.l 1 tittliu? th.- rank of the ! bcurtng an Inspection In tbe t-atln, . man ami Chinese langu ik.h, i the re-TftS of the en ... I !' of i ': the minur. II. "A. The s-.-trtst punishment ' p.-rsons designated In lbs imperial of Hept.-nilH't i. !:'. at. I lor ti.o . vt i the repl"' S.ntatlV'.s .f the p.. WIS s. subsequently deslgnat "H. The susp nsion for liv- years ol otBctel examinations in the etiles alien foreliftiers have been niiissacretl ' been subjected to t ruel treatment. III. "Honors bis reparation t" be ma th fli'.nes.' k"V erniueitt to the .1 govarnsaaat foe the murder oi iir h una. IV. "An expiatory monument to b . i by the imperial i'hine government id every ft.r -len or International ..a. U' h has I.e. n de, . t at. .1 or u arhlch (.raves hav e been lest I öS ..I. V. "The n-alatcnsnce. Under eondltl I U be determine. I by th powers ..f .h. . r diction auainst the iSSpofftatloti of in an w 1. as . B) mat.', i.. . .-tniii. ' I atvely :'or tl .- maaula tun ol tin i ii .1 ammunition vi ''Bqultable Indemnities to iioveriiu at aoeletiee. companies ami bMtviduals if well as for t'lin.'se. who, tlurito. lh la I ocrurrencea. have suftsred In parson i.l is pi ipeety in eanseauenee of then hH the nervi. of foreiir-i. rs China t" a-i"' financial measures accepts Me ta the pow ers for the lurpoSrf of tju.tratiteclni III payment of raid Indernnlth-s. and t' : .- terest and amortisation ol the lea' VII. "The rieht. fr each power. tC SUlinl II a permanent raard for Its (egatln , i put the tltpl ima.ic iaart r In i i condition, the Chinese having no right u ret-ide In thai uuartw. VIII "The destruction ot tbe forts w ' . n. :-'.i obstruct free cinimunical ! L-twe.-n r.ktn and th- lea IX "The rlirht Ii the military aeeuptton ' rett.iin ix Inta to be determlneti oy an unaeretandlng between the powert In ' to maintain nin n commuuli .itnui bett Ih cai Ital and the ea. X. The chpt 'it.i aovnrnm. nt to rmitn be published luring two years in J Hibprefecturea ."n noneriai decrei "Xi Kaibnd my a perpetual it- ! n i M under penalty i f death, ..t naembet ahl n any anti-foreign society. iiti bnumerattng th. punlshn.. ri'shtll be Infttetcd on th" minis ton with th- susp nsion of all official i nations in the e'tles where foreigi ers I been miird r i or hav.- been subj-etc cruel tr atment. "iCi Kurth -rmore. in Imperial ilecre tie issued und . oldish, d Ihrniirhnlll it to t Im em). ir- orderin j that the governi i etal IvIit iv.il and ill provincial ir I I onVlals shall In- held responsible f l matatenance of order within tin it r. Uvt mrtsdtettons, and that. In ihr I of renewed nntl-torelgn dlsturl any otbev infractions of treat) oc u and wntch :-hall not P.nhwi a t. pr.sse.l and tin guilty person pun they, the said officials, shall b In i.i I ly r moved and for. er disquall led n nolditiK any orf.ee or honors X I "The chlnrse government to mil''1 ' to negotiate s amendments to tl" lt ill tf ooauaarra end natrtgatlan C'vnsidet I Iis ful by the foreign powers and OH oil ' MMtters per.ab.inic to th.-ir cram 1 rclath ns, with the i.bj-i of i n-itiia . th. m x i r. Tin- chin-s-e goTernaienl t" iteteinitns In what mann-r to reform the de;.a r'meat "f fori Ige alTalrs, ai i to modif i ' court ceremonials concerning the i tlm of foreign representatives. I ' ' manner lo be indl. nt.d bv tbe powei I "nt 11 th- t'hlnese government 'las cmpll. d with he above conditions t" tie fsfaction of Um Dowers, itn- undersli can hold out no expectation thai th iiiatlon of r.'kln and ihe pro vine, chi l.i bv ihn Ren-tai forces sen or- . f be lirciiKht la n onclusiiiti A MURDER CONFESSED MWOed y. Illaalna Confessed tfcS Vlunler ttf Ilia Mollier nntl W Bt. Slieelinn In nllfatrnle. Los Amreles. OA, Ihe. Ed I V. lliggins, who resides in ( t.l. Uta' r canyon, has confessed thnt. on Drceie Iter 4, he murdered his Mother Wm. Shechan. a ShoSP held, i . ax. A bodv has liecn found in a fTS on the hillside, where Higgin he buried his victims. The aril V cusetl murderer show llgna f dem tin.