Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 January 1901 — Page 2

Uttleekla Courier,

C. DO.INK. PoblUhr. JASPKR. : : : INDIANA. According to Consul Listoe. at Kotterdain, there is now u good Held opeu In EurojHf for American inc ors. TL Bine mines iu Lurope are well nigh ev ha ub teil. Senator Ilansbrough, on the Sd, introduced a bill creating a depa rtnieiit of education and gistljfj tin- 1k-.h1 of the dejiartinent a place iu the President' cabinet. The Saxon minist ry hns Issued a de fifes requiring physicians, hospitul managers nod lumrdingbouse keepers as well iu undertaker to reiwrt all tuberculosis ciw.es. The new BtCSIUST Ameriesn, one of the pioneer vessel of the Anion -an-Hawuiian line, arrived at Sun FranCisco, on the lib, after a run i.f 5S days from New York. The man who killed Karon Von Ketteler, the (ierinaii minister to C lima, in June last, was In -headed in lVkin, on the let, in the preeenee of a large uuiutivr f spectators. The report f ln-pi-ctor-",encral Knox ou the inspection of the national aoldiers' homes, sent To congress, on the 3d. showed iIicm- institution to lo in a high state of efficiency. Eli T. 1 ta n ir. a millionaire contractor, died at his none in Fayet teville, N. Y on the 4th. ;.fter a long illness, lie had been engaged In many important government contracts. He was Z yeans old. Total desringa of nil toe bank slesringhouse In tke United State for the vvek ended on the -"th. were H,tM.1S7,Mti an increase of 17.:: per cent, over the coi r sponding period of last J car. The London Daily News, it i reported, is aluiiit to change hands. The new proprietora huve n-t been din closed, but the paper will continue liberal, probably without Imperialist tendencies. The aocial season of the new year : at the white Hon-.- wan openeo, on the night f the 3d, when Preaident and Mrs. .McKinley gave a ilinner in honor of the cabinet members and their ladiea. The yearly coinage atetemenl f the director of the mint show that the total coinage Of the mints of the United States was ji . T .. .'-.'.4o 1 . as follows: Cold. '.'.'. 7-'. silver, W,tW,WI minor coin, I -." 11,138. The navy depart Bient, on the ad, ut-d orders detaching Pcir-Adit u Kant from his jost i- i-nmurr b -chief of the Pacific station, i take effect on the 18th. II - retirement will take place soon alter. 0 The statement of ihe treasury Iwlnnees iu tie general fund, est lusive of Ihe flM.000,1 gold reset ei In tin-division of redemption, leaned on the th. showed; Available ea-h balance, 1140,067, 5M; gold, 19 ,91,050. The necretarjr of war, on the -d. Submitted to congress an additional deficiency estimate of $:,ikm. i for army subsistence, caused chiet'y by the heavy demand, made by the forcos in China and the Philippine. The formal announcement of the senatorial candidacy of Chairman Tam l'.ixby of the Dnw Indinn i on nision w.is madn, on the 3d, making four avowed candidates for the seat of the late Cuahinaii K. Ihivis. The naval board of const r u tion has decided to almost complete!) rehsbili tale the .-reiser Bs i t imore. now lying at the Reu lurk navy yard. Her Im pr veiuents will involve an CXpenditnre od sbo it five hundred thousand dollars ;ind take at least a year and S half. The comet recently discovered h Oiov.-iimi iaeopini. lit Nice, France, in tie oonst ellation of Ihetii haa been observed at tieft Observatory, al., by Mr. Aitken. It is faint object of the eleventh nuueoitude, and. therefore, requires Uilonrope of considerable sire In see it. A ranting of t is- foreign ministers In Pekin will be h I 1 as v( as Sir Ernest Ussi n Sstow, the British minister, who suffering from chills and fever, ahull have n i v ro, l sufficiently to Im present, and when u date and place for mi etlng the ( binese commiu Honesn shall have been sg I upon The provincial government of liritIsh duuibia. OB the INI. eroela i lip-il regnftstions for carrjrlngosrt ihn Immigration set which was ia.sel nt the last sessioo. prescribing the educational test. A big lieht Mill 1- made by the companies engngssf in bringini in Japanese ainl ( hinCSC, as the tet is an elTcctive bur to their "ntrv. On the 17th a choking liromi foj,' enveloped ixu-doi, f,,r several fswnin. Csusing great inconvenience. J here mere many oiiisifns in the msits Slid neveral CSSTmjtisn. Tlwnsa nds of outdoor worker were orisipllel to suspend their InbSSSS, the railroads experienced delay in train nrrivaU aul river traffic was eompletelv Ktoppni, The Chianas nsmtpatsntlsries hare been uneiecte,y ordered to sign the grsllsnlnsry oim note, and. on the th, iiotiti,,l the foreign env, to that effect. The klneaa themvetens were grestly sstonished st receiving the Imperial lustructlonn. .Neither U slung hang nor Prince hing ?jad exfectei nsoodhs in pursuading the court huder ten davn

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, ?' o I ... I 4-4-rri'J- : fft t'?-f NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Souroes, FlrTYSiXTH CUNGHESS. Second esstsnv tn the senate, on th. M. the nrmy reori.llllZat..tl I'll! W..S Mlt'stll it, a i t ihe Milpplng substdy MB a unflaislMU Suslnes.4, the latter measure iK'la rclcsnted to Hu n. i u Disc us ton -f tr.s army bill occupied the session until soj SotTrnsneat... l" the hnu Mr. Otnuttsad Pf i offsred K a mutter o( prlvlwse rssolutlon recltluf the allssTSd sbndsement of the Mirtrae In Louisiana, MivslfIt.ol S aith I '..reluia and North l'ar uii i..-i.,. ,,, id.. . sial.llshinei.t of i s'onstitn tleiial li.iW '! representation t -r llnitutes The I, 'ilwtloii was Ueti-ated en a trlct pirty veto of tu 3. as the result of pairing an 1 the isrge njiiitmr of ab-entc-I In the set: te. on the 4th. tho umv reBrsanlsation bill occupied almost ins entire sest.'.i. l tu debate laklnn a wide r.i-ik-e at times S. vend et S4h-cIi. s were m ids and iorae slluht pnKres a.is made toward the completion of the bill In th. house moa of the day was given up to a spirited strudle over the Olmstea.i resolution -o In vest last th.- sorlogrAsni i tue surTraRe in certain southern states, with a vl to it apportionment upon thHctual basis of Miffratce The res.dutlo-i was Bnalbjr referred to the osasua tumDintee. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The Chnmpesy Creamery Co.. n synjiCSte that operated 17 jilants IB Vifonsin. Iowa and South lakota, went into bankruptcy on the Bd. A nonlerencc of steel plate enaaufacturcrs vian held, on the 3d, it. New York to discuss an advance in the price of their product. It is understood that the quotation will increased live cent per 100 pounds. A bill providing for the prtemsutn of the land laws of the United Siates to Hawaii was Introduced, on the 3d, by Senator llansbnuigh. ".Miss West Temple, of the "Mv Friend from India" company, died of I neumouiu, at St. Joseph's h wpltal in lieuver, CoL, on the 3d. An explosion of natural gis at Co! feyville, Kns., on the 3d. that d-mol-Ished the hOBM of A. M. (ieorge. erit usly injured GsorgU and his srlfs and fatally hurt WilUnSS Coons, an sldcrly rmn. rhe supreme court of Sooth Dnkota lias deculid that a lard of education iias power 'to exclude from t' e sclnctl. a pupil who has not been vaccinated. At the meeting of the foreign ministers, in Pekin, on the ..d. it was announced that Li Hung Chang and ITince tiling were prepared to sign nn agreement with the powers as soon ns it is ready for signature. Prince Su. whose palace was destroyed during the siege ol the Pekin legations, will, it is said, lie chosen to go to Berlin to apologise for the murder of Huron von Keteler. Prince Bu i of higher rank than Prince hing and Conducts the imperial ssrclflf SI iu the absence ol the emperor, Le Journal (Paris), of the 4th, reports under reserve the death of Count von WaJdersee. the rumor leing that he was killed ly an officer of the allied troops, the circumstances not being related. It is said that the rumor was also current i: ilerlin. Qnau Funston reports t den. MaeArthur that Gen. Sandico, the rebel lealer, ia hiding near Victoria, He is trying to reach Manila. Iiis entire following has dispersed and his men are, individually, surrendering. The better classes are extending their friendship and co-oeratiou to the Americans. James T. Harlan, of Illinois, wac. on the 3d, nominated by the president for attorney general of Porto RICO, He is a son of Justice Harlan, of the United States supreme court. I mke Henry of MecklenburgSchwerin, who,- marriage to QtteCM VYilhelmins of Holland has oona announced for Februsrj 7. is said to have left The Hague, indignant at the tone of the pari lame ntatry discussion of his future posit ion. Cadet Edwin N. .lohnnton, of the first-class, appeared befotU the examining board, at West Point military ncademy, on the ;d. in ihn semiannual examination, as fust man in all the subjects of his claas. engineering, ordnance and gunnery, law and history, an unusual distinction. He ll from Oregon. Benjamin" Ids Wheeler, president f the University of California, has reeeivnd information from secret onrcas in the Philippines to the effect that Aguinaldo la dead, and that his death occurred no lc-s than mk w eeks SgO, Hon. BtnphCB hi BoHnSJ, a retired hanker and one of the wealthiest men in Pond county, HI.. dj0d at his home, in Qresavillc, on the id, as the Icsult of wounds saiil to have kann self-inflicted, oa the morning of the lit. Itishop V. X. Ninde. aged GS years, of the Methodist fffjlsiupsl church, was found drsd in his bed at his home in Hetrolt, Mien., on the 3d. It is thought the cause of death was heart trouble. Hnmburgs shipping business last, year s, w d fewer vessels arriving and soiling, but a quarter of a million increase in tonnage. Ccrman physicinna are preparing a petition asking the government to permit cremation.

Win. P. BocksmQ, the 15-year-old btt) srhn tan itwav iroui his hums in l' SSO ton, M UBS . and for whom a HP leumthl ssnrch kss been muds by his millionaire grandfather, t saries ll. tivrsn, of Nv ork, was found at JscksonviUn, l ' la., vn the th. working in a restaurant. He had arrived several dayi before on the schooner Dudlev., ai d said he would not return. Zero weather struck Hcilin, on the 4th. The Spi ce was f -oen so suddenly that the ice inclosed 13 of the city's Swans, ami ihe tire department was called out to release them. Mat Ciiirley, of Kneosha, Wis., was killed und his wife prolsthly fatally injured while driing oer the Truesdell crossing cf the Milwaukee road on the 4th. The F.sseu chamber of commerce, in its annual report, admits that the change in ficrmanv's business situation came from the I'nited StateB. The seven n mines of the earl of IflntO, governor general of Canada, were, on the 4th. gazetted second lieutenants in line battalions.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the Mh, little In the way of important legislation was nocomplished. The committee amendments to the army reorganisation bill to which 00 objection had been raised were agreed to, but none of the contested amendments were son Sidered. A few unobjected measures wen- taken from the calendar and passed In the house the feature of the debate upon the reapport ionntenl bill was a two hours speech by Mr I.ittletield (Me.) in favor of the Turieigh bill to Increase the member ship of the house to MO, During the dnj Mr. Hopkins qsprcsscd I willing ness to accept an amendment to his bill giving an additional representative each to Florida, Colorado ami North Dakota. A check for 127,907 was transmitted. on the t'.th. through Miles M. O'Hrien, president of the board of education ol New York city, to the president of ihe board of education of Qnlveston, Tc., that amount being the total sum contributed by the teachers and school children of Greater New York for the relief of the school children of tialVeston. Gov, Allen of Porto Kico returne t to San JttSn, on the ''dh. after a visit to towns in the western part of the island, during which he visited scv ral places never before visited by any governor of Porto Kico. Everywhere he was most enthusiastically received. At l.ares. UjO mounted citiens turned out to provide him with an escoit. The North German Lloyd's steamer Kaiserin Maiia Thersa, which urrived at New York, on the 8th, was In collision with the schooner Pasha, of Lunenburg. N. S.. in mid-ocean and damaged the later so badly that the crew abandoio-d her. All hands, the captain and tive seamen, ware brought to New York. Max or Henry V. Johnson of Denver, Col., has accepted the invitation of tl.e management of the Denvt r Times to act s editor of that newspaper for one issue. He will take comp, etc charge of the news and editorial department for the issue of Sunday, J a ii tin r M, Severe cold is reported throughout France and Italy. In Paris there have been a number of deaths in the streets. Snow has fallen in southern Italy, nml the city of Home and -u.r. rounding country lire snow-viad for the grst time in ma nv ream, In the senste, on the 7th, the feature of the debate on the army reorganization bill was a notable speech by Senator Lodge !Maj.), In which he drew a brilliant word picture of the commercial future of the United Mates, and urged the necessity foi .1 strong and scientifically orgnnised army and a powerful navy for defense against any possible foe. The house provision for a veterinary corps in the army was stricken out. ...In the house the debate on the reapportionment bill was continued, unanimous agreement being reached to take u final vote DO the measure before the close of the session on the Mh. A number of notable speeches were made during the day's debate ilje Pindley (.; police authorities, on the 7th, ordered the arrest of George D. Ury, at Columhna Grose, o., ami placed karles W. Faster, an cpohsumsnn of Pindley, under arrest. ! he men are charged with being members of the gang which has conducted so many successful safe cracking jobs In north westers Ohio during the paM two yaarn William 8. Warren wa.s, on the 7th. unanimously re-elected president of the ChJcagn board of trade for the ' nsuing year. This means a rontinsysnce of the aggressive attitude of the I" aid in iis fight against bucket shops ond the resulting controversy with Ihe telegraph companies over the distribution of tin board'a quotations. Snow fell in Pari-, on the 7th, for the lirst time this winter. The temperature, however, had risen somewnat. r.isew Here in r ranee extreme weather wa.s recorded, accompanied by heavy snow falls. Podics of tramp frozen to death were found in a nuiu-Ix-r of places on the roadside. Tslk f the possibility of another British loan to meet the expOsHsSS of the protracted eampuign in South Africa, is heard in bnuhing eircles, it is generally believed that the flotation ,,f such a loan will again find American bankers ready to take up a large share of it. The first step towards the completion of a rapid transit road from Bsttanooga to Lookout mountain was effected, on the 7th, when an application for a charter was filed. Dr. C. . Stiles, zoologist of the department of agriculture, has bona designates to inxestigate the cattle disease prevalent in Texas.

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Told in Brief by Dispatches lrom Various Localities. Srnlrneetl. Fort Wa.vuc. lad., Jan. 4. Ia on slorgsa, nllai v. K, hfoulton, plead rd gulltj her,- to obtaining monej uuder false pre ten SIS, snti was gben an inteeuiiliute sentence of one to seven years In prison, n,- was formerly a magazine editor in N w York ci'. is highly nonneetedj and has a re tim-il wife working as a domestic In this elij for the aupporl of Iht -i tvo children. His disgrace has had such un effect on him that it is not believed he can survive long. i ntted lans'sk Kichmond, Ind., Jan. 4. Seventeen wars ago William Holm am! Ida l.awi!er, of New Paris. si miles SSt of this city, were married, Thej separated four wars later am! a little later a divorce was procured bj Ihe wife. A few say a ago Holm returned to New Paris after an absence oi IS ears, the meeting with his former wife revived the old loc and tluy w , re w edffed again. II rope I, -il. Notre DsVtnc, D-. Jan. 4. The second term of the school year at the I'niversity of Notre Dame has begUU, am! the registration shows an inoreossd attendance over the Hrst term. Be sides a proposed dcrmltorj for uni!er ciassim-n. a librurj and a gym nasi ii in will be opened during th year. Among the mw students ar- stv,ral panish-A nu ricans. Ktlletl S a Pall. Portland. Im!.. Jan. 4. Emanuel Bearbeauer, a derrick builder of thiplace, was killer! in the lit w tsnrv don oil Held. He was tearing down a derrick am! fell 45 feet. Iiis back am! one Ug being brokcll. lit at'bi aller ItUVis a wife and severe children. He carried accident policies to the amount of : iv tin his life. i,-ii tor Parole, abash, 1ml. . dan. 4. An appeal for the parole of Marvin Kulm- Is being circulated over northern Indiana. It was drawn by Kate Uogau, sn Ohio woman, who has interested herself In the escaped convict, and who is touched by Kuhns' expressed deter initiation to lead an upright life, if not molested. Peenttns eelslent. Munde, Ind., Jan. i. Mi.-s Eva Dut - gun was probably fatally burned In a peculisr manner. She was nading with her head mar a stove and a eel luloit! comb in her hair became ii.rnited. Il-r aisti r amothi r il the Hann i with a bucket of colt! water, but the victim iv likely to die of brain U ver. It BSS n I ie e,l,l I nit. Logansport, Ind.. Jan. 4. Jacob end Martha Dunkle, whose combined ats foot up i."7 years, wire married ion. Jacob is -i yeses and Martha Ttt years Old, and the) wir.- first married 37 rears ago New Year's dsy, but in came pft ranged some time ,il'h over e udstakc. .1 n v -n I lea BlS !'. Scottsbiirg. Im!.. Jan. t. The secret has leaked out that Harry Thou. as. the 17-vear-olt! son of J. Kzra Thomas, im! Mis pearl Napper. of this place, rloped to Jeffersonville iast week snd were msrried. The bride is It; vears old, and the daughter of Mrs. L. Napper I'm ii ii i Onitts. Franklin. Ind.. Jan. 4. The iurv in the trial of vYUHsm Pin r s, ,n for the murder of Milton Knapp inar White land OB November I, rttnrtud a vtrdict here of guilty of manslaughter am. a sentence of two to 21 years' iss nr i s, in im n t . Plsuti of . Mnneie. Ind.. .Ian. 4. Natura! gai in hTuncie and vicinity is more plentiful than even the companies hoped for earlier in the winter. There seemi to be more gas than last winter, ami there is practically no complaint of shortage. kniniiii, liillliin Ill-nil. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 4. Redfleld, the Indiana stailion ownti! b Sshnford M. Post on, of Rush county, is desd. He had a record of 2: 10' ,. and was the sire of M trotters end pa cere in the S: to list or bt Iter, l'lrt Iniiinlr lieinl Portlsnd, Ind., Jam 4 Hsrvey Staffen!. Ihe first inmste of the Jsy county inflrmnry, who has been sheltered there for n quartet of a century, Is dead Of cancer. Stafford vva ., vears oltl. Passe il w n . South Bend, Ind.. Jan. 4. - Mrs. Harry d. Joknton. wife of tin superintendent of the St mit baker WSgOU work- and eldest daughter of J. M. gtudebaker, died at bev home here, Dtseaa ttanesl. Wabash. Ind.. Jan. 4. The South Wabash post ottiee, istablishid 50 vears ago, has been discontinued, and the carrier system of this city 1ms been extended to that territory. It can iura Vi nrk, Hartford City, Dd.. Jan. 4. The Western PHul Pottle company at Eston, seven miles south of lit rt has resumed opt rations with a full force of nonunion workmen. ah oi,i nsntant. Kokomo, Ind.. Jan. 4.- Mark MeTlpue, aged 71, hns closed his thirty fourth year aa sexton of ( rown Point eemcterv in this city. He dug the Irsl grave in ISCC. oitleal Vinn In iinntr. Tipton, im!.. Ian, 4. John Long, f5 vears old. sniil to be the oldest, man in TlptOO county, is dead

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Thirty-Seventh Volunteers Given Hearty "God Bless You, Comrades," by Gen. Muc Arthur. TO SAIL ON THE SHERIDAN THURSDAY. trn. Mite rttinr Ortltrs the llcntrineisn, t Hnnm isiunti, r i.arK Viiuilii r of I 1 1 1 1, 1 ii i.ciiersvls sutl Am llnlora t Novel Ks ir rlenee fill lite alles. Manila, Jan. K, (Jen. MacAithur. aaconapanied bj ins itsfF,revlewed Um Thirtj seventh regiment of volunteei Infantry, on the luneta held. All the companies were together almost fm the tirt time since the regimen! wsi organised, After the review the regiincut vva drawn un iu close order and Oen. MscArthur, In a farewell address, consra tula ted the officers and men on their bravery, discipline an, judgment, concluding bis remark! with a heart "God bless von. cons' ratlcN." I he Thirtj sc venth will sail ft r home on the transport Sheriilaa, Thursday. .More than half tin- BMSj ami many Of the Oficers came froi Tennessee. Ordered Depoeteg to Onasa, (ten. MacAithur has ordered the tieport nt ion of Denerala tUearte, Dei Pilar. Hion. I.lancra ami Santos Iii the islam) of Guam. Nine ree uncut a. ami four subordinate officers, witb t :L-ht civil inns, including Trias. Ten, son anil .Mabini, notorius assistants t. the lnsurrectioniata,bave also been or dered to be deported. It is Den. Mac Arthur's intention to hold most ol the active leaders of the rebels, who have been captured, in Guam until the resumption of i condition ol peace has been declared. The first municipal election was held successfully at Hagulo, province of BeBgUet, Saturday. The lgorrutes took part ill the election. Not el I ' ie ri ,-nee. The Filipinos in NCBUllS have been enjoying, recently, a novel evperiSlice, In the holding of free, open pnlisical meetings, Most of the addresses nt these meetings were made by former officers of the insurirents, till of whom assertetl that the best WSJ "f securing personal liberty is to accept the liberties guaranteed by the constitution and government of the I'nited States, which is what Auierit an sovereignty stands for. The audiences wen- greatly interested snd many of those attcndinir the meetings siu'iicd the federn! party declaration, The construction of a rebel prison nt Olongapo, in addition to those at Manila, will be begun shortly. FOR A TREATY WITH CHINA. limit of mii I nt rn me nt abssltlesl ts Benost antssr, Beftten Mtalatsr. Bhanghai, Jan. t. sir Ernest Satow, Pritisb minister to China, hns pro poceii to other foreign envoys the draft of a commercial treaty with China based upon the following condi tion-: First Freedom for all coasting veasels. Second Freedom for nil vessels 01inlsnd waters, especially the Ynngtst Kia Bg. Third- Permission to import foreign salt. Pourth Adoption of regulations en couraging Chinese investments in forIgn concerns. Fifth Steps extending ( hum's exports ami Un porta, sixth Protection of trudemurks. Seventh The protection of treaty ports. The draft has not been nt ptcd ly the powers, ami eliaeussion regarding it has been postponed. Bigoted court officinls, it is rumored, still raise objections to signing an ac1 1 pts nee of the joint demands, nSsSfWeSSd Mot to Mgn. Ft kin. Jsn. S. The report that the Chinese court has Instructed the hinesm peace envoys to refuse to SILMI the joint note of the powers to China is confirmed. CHINESE FIENDISHNESS. One II ll nil red little llo ( rtiplly WSderOSl St nn KIuh. s,,unllelnw RSMsSteSl SltVS, LonöOU, Jan. 7. A sifter of charity, writing from the Maleoa de .lesu Enfant, at Nlng Po, November 00, ds scribes the msssacre at Nan King of loo little boys, Some of them, he ssys, wer,, roasted sllve In the church other escsped to the orphanage outside the city, but all were klllod and the place burned. "Despite threats of torture and the frequency of most painful deaths," the sister declares. "Apostacy was Wonderfully rare." nasi for OlsmeneS fo r Ferrell. Columbus. Oh Jan. I, Formal appllcstion for clemency for Kossl v n 1 1 . Ferrell. under Sentence of electrocution for the murder of K press Messenger Luna Inst August, was Uletl. yesterday, with the state board of pnrilons. Ihe appeal for clemency includes as reasons the youth of the prisoner, his Sg being 29; his ci re u ms t a nces at the time of the crime, which i- held to have unbalanced his iniml. and dottbt thnt the jury was free fron prejudice. The board of pardons tusota in specisj aession Thurstlfly.

FIRE IN AN ORPHAN ASYLUM. Many BsSsSMUSJ to be llrml, i,r Ihi. ll lleliiM SKVSMSSOSt Ituiiiig UM IVuiler Illinois Rochester, N. V., Jan. s Shortlyafter tun- o'clock this mnraiim Hra started iu the llubbel orphan Bsylutn a three stoiv structure on the corner of llubbel Pnrh snd Bsehangc street There were 1t'0 to Wi bSBUates,and Ufa lesrs of the Institution are eertsis that between twenty g-d thirty Bra dead. The bodies i. recovered arc Im ing takSU to neighboring houses. There are ll dead In one house ami three op four iu another, a donsn injured are in another, Ths number of Injured ie probably 4o, ami some ol these UilJ die. The fire originated in the fumscs loom, and was followed by an tKUio sion of gun, This caused the tire t,, spread rapidly, ami in f. vv minutes the two west wings srera hi Rsmes. WhV-n the tiremi n, who responded tu a ceiieml alarm, arrived the inmates were jumping from t- Ulll. dovvs, ami the attendants were throwing the helpless infants out ,,l ths Windows, regardless of where they might fall. The largest number of dead a SmOUg children ranging in age from one to four years. The fire v burning, ami hospital ambulance . carrying away the injured aa fast an tlicv arc found, WHY CRIME GOES UNWHIPT. Thai Nnw .irk l.twbrrakrr, trt PrstSCtSi Ii I SSjaSSl ISSMSl It ut Why frollts by It. New York, Jan. 8. Judge t'owin, in the court of general session) swore in the January grand jury yesterday. The foreman is htnynnrd Hollister, linen merchant. This is the bod) that Will hear charges made by the COlttmit tee of 15 ns to vice in this city, ami will also investigate mnnj city departments. After referring at some length tO the present conditions of affuirs. Judge Cow in said: "1 want to draw your attention to A class of cases Whletl is generali v be tiered la this community to v un Whipped Of justice, ( rimes such Bl you arc expected to hi-ar arc crimei

against public morals. As to the high ! er erimcs, there seems to be but little danger thnt they will not be brought , to justice. It is the smaller crimes and misdemeanors that should be looked after."' The Tammany anti-vice committee of tive has placed all its evidence in regard to gambling in the bunds of Assistant District Attorney Schurman, i This testimony will be held before the January grand jury, and it win bad. the committee says, to a number of Indictments of keepers of resorts. Put no police official or Tammany leader will be indicted. It. Farley Platfk s.iid yesterday: 'The committee has found n legal evidence Incriminating any police official or anv political leader. It is one thing to feel morally certain that vice is protected, it is quite another thing tO get into a position to prove who is receiving the r'bute, IV e find that we can not g ' that sort of evidence at all. Th ople who are profiting, by granting immuiiitv to v,ce have kept their tracks absolutely covered up from view. c know Ihfl vice has paid for protection, but We do SOt know who has received the money." IS REGARDED AS CRITICAL. Ihe Dispute liter the merlenn sphnit GsMsesfseten in Vests suelti Ileeoiii I nit ciite. Willemstud, Curnoon, vis Unytieti cable, Jan. 7. The United States Minister at Curacoa, Venesneln, Mr. l.oomis, nceortling to the latest ad vices received here, has not vet succeeded in obtaining justice for the New York & Permudes Asphalt ( ., in it dispute with the koval authorities and the situation is regarded a critical. Three American (VSfships are either at La GunyfU or on their way, (the Buffalo, Hartford and Bcorplonh and the Americana are complaining at the alleged delay in obtaining protection for their interests. The local authorities, it was added, t-ncour-aged the natives to invade the coinpa nj 's phi nt . AN INFANTILE MURDERER. A l'otirleen-1 enr-Olil .Irl Rh at Sud Kitted bf Her Mttf-t eiir-Oltl eothss, Marietta. .. Jan. I, During the ab Bence of 'm. Chidester and his wifu from their home ui the river, near here, Thomas, a nine v ear-fid son, Mint ami killed his sister Florence, Sged II. No reason is known. He apparently docs not realise the enorm i ty of his crime and fought for posSCS sion if the gun when a neighbor arrived. The parents are prostrutcd anl the mother may die. I.nrste t'onitresalonsil SieU l.lst. Washington. Jan. 8. -The prevailing epidemic of grip has cs Used quite : large congressional sick list. Speaker Henderson is progressing well( snd out of bed, but it was not deemed advisable to have him resume the duties of the speakership yesterday, ( hair man Payne f the wsya snd sat oinmittce, was also affected. Inferred In Arllnutoit t e Irr-. Washington, Jan. I, I In- re ma I Of, ;f lirig.-lien. (i. N. Bachelder, rctii'di were interred at Arlington, yesterdsy with military honors.