Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 February 1901 — Page 2

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C. DO NB. CublUlier. JASPKR. INDIANA. President Im of Mfiii is ill with, S neuralgic affection, but is able tQ transact bukincs l important . Arrivals from Cottage i 'its, 15. C, ro port another big strike at the tu ad of the Kuskokwin. causing a big tarnpeds f rtm Nome. The general saatmbly et Virginia met in extra seseil n. tu the id, tl arrange for holding the convention, to retries the constitution. - Ii. aHMMMW John D. Rockefeller hns signified hU nrtningneos to give esns.oat (ward an endowment fund efU ;' MV "' "I nissd for Oberlia eallcgei provWeaj the entire amount shall le iaised by the tfwl "f next j aar. -I- m - The house committee on invalid peas ions, on the Utk. reported favorably the Mien bill for the creation of a court of appeala for the final ailjinlication of (tension eases. The measure la strongly urged by the . A. K. (ien. John V. I . Shanks. aged II vho commanded u brigmde at the battle of P.ull Kun. and who for yean was prominent in Indiana state and national polities, neti in ronima. lud.. OB the 13d, ufter a short illness ..... o-- . . ii.-i. i The naval board, headed bv Jhdgl Advocate General firmlr J appointed to decide upon the ads inability of purchasing the large Beating steel dry dork in Havana harbor from the goteminent of Spain, has reported ad tersely. Senator and lira. I'oraker, on tht 24th. announced the engagement ol their eldest daughter. Miss Florence to Itamlolp Matth ws of Cincinnati j and of their youngest daughter, Mis; Julia, to Francis King Waiiiwright, ol ' Philadelphia. Several delegates front Arkansas river towi a met In Wichita, Ka-. oi the -4th, to deriac means to prevent Colorado Irrigation companies fron using riser water for irrigation IM thus depriving the Arkansas rnlley o Bub-irrigatioe. Mrs. Carrie Nation arrived at Ln terprise, Kas., on the Id, held I I meeting in the afternoon, and at foui o'clock, with some . C T. I . women went to Schilling's "joint." and. with hatchet. smashed doom and mirrors Hie was hurried out by the marshal but not ai i ested. i A dispateh from l'ekin. on the 23d aaiil MyOM t hisese regnlari had reassembled near Chan linir Fu. a dav't march from the Preach troops, den Veyron was clos-.'y watching thetn and M. Pichon, the French minister had energotleaUj reoriented their im Uodiate dispersal. Judge Henry, of Kansas City, Ml. handed down a case of national im portance. nn the EM, when, in a writ ten opinion, he decided that the St.it of Missouri, represented by the statt board of equalization, had BO riudn tc tax the franchise of the Westen Union Telegraph Co. Gen. MaeArthur has ordered I dOCen more natives to I,.- taken on board the Solace, preparatory to their de portation. 'Ihev are charged with Inning insurgent abettors and agitators who swore allegiance to the Lniteij States for the purpose of facilitating resolution a rj opera tloaa, The announcement of the death ot Queen Victoria, ei nteyed unofficially to the United States senate, on th 2"d, was reeogtnz d by t'nat body is the adoption of an appropriate resolution which was ordered to he en grossed an 1 forwarded to the prim minister of Great Britein. An Independent rolling mill. Whid will prose to be a strong OOmpetitea ! of the trti!t. is to te erected in ierr Haute. Ind. Kegotintlona betweci the ( ommereial club and the promoters were concluded on the -Ith. Tht plant will coal $..n.nno and require 2i acres of ground for its buildings. Victoria, the venerable and Well-be loved queen of England, died at Op hOTM House, Isle Of Wight, on tb Udi Her rein, the longest of ans liritish sovereign, extended over years, seven monthi and one day, exceeding that of King ieor::o III., th , next longest, by more than foui ' years. The ravr department ha1- practical y completed arrangement! for send ing n party of scientists to the Island , of Sumatra to olserve the tota ' anil pen of the un on the i ti h of May next. The expedition still be in charge of Prof, A. N. Skinner, of the Naval observatory, and will start from S.ir Franco, o between February 2ti anc 1 March 1 next, 1 Count Von RueloW, fterman itnperia ehancellcir. litis received a sotlce front the Kmpp works iving lhat rrhil the company hau heretofore retrained from tilling l'.ritish orders for arm! and ammiinil ion. it will till them hereafter. This is understood to be due to the fact that the Krhardt eoneerr at Düsseldorf has all along sole arms to England. The hOWSe of represeiitatises adopt ed a resolution, on Um -.'d. express. ing profound regret and BJ BBpStts for the Knglish people on ueeount ! the desith of Queea Vletorin. Th pn ildenl was reqnested Is eoiMnuul cue th sxprei kn to he Bril th gov SraSSSSt, anil, as a further mark o' respect u the naentorj ol the rjoeen the hou- iminedia'eh ad joui tied,

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sooroea,

Pl'TY-SiXTH CONGHESS. (Second Bvsston la the BSSata, en Ike Hat, no Inndtesa of unsertaacs was iranaaeted In ssss sss slon In fsetutlve csston the lesislative, executive ..ml jmlli al appropriation bill whs lukeu up. sad M pases swrs comLide,! betöre sdjournmenl In tho I. i.m some ion. w is devoted lo itstrict of Columbia business, aft r which, under UBpeimlon i th- rules, several hüls were BasssdL smoaa them: To arovtds home Jar K'sl and Hiflrtn COlorSS people; tO establish u iicih home In Tennessee, and to Incieust- the salary of ehe commission er of education of Porto llico from W.io' i . i ' la the senate, on the Sd. In open session, the Isststattv executive ami ludlclal spproprtatKNi lull was completed so far t: commit tc. amendments were concerned Tin death ol Queen Victoria was announced and SB appropriate resolution Was adopted, ordered eilKroSSed and forwarded in ins prime minister of England In the house a res. duti. n expression profound res ret sod sympathy with the llrlttsh p....i.- was adopted, and the presh dnt was iiiiuested to ( .inimunh .it tinexpression to tue British government, and. as a further mark of respect to iiumemory St Ihe queen, the house immediately adjourned In the senate. ,.ti IBS :"3d. the sklBptng bill was made untinlshetl business, thus p-storitig It to it privileged position. Mr Vest iMo i spok ihres hours in favor ol free ships and atl.o kitlK the navigation laws if the fun,. I States ...In the house the District of Columbia appropriation hill was passed, and consideration of the nasal appriiprlaiion bill was entered upon St-seial provisions of ilo- bill Were sirh ken out on points of order, smoae them an amendment to increase the number of chaplains in the navy from Jl to II. in the senate, sn the :ith, the snttn day was devoted i" consideration of the I not n appropriation bill, which read rah ptuKress. Tin chief tt ature of Ihe il I I was a sharp attack by Mr p.-ttu-rew the liwes commission, which he ssd s.i evtravarant mkI was uetoinplishiiu; Huh in the way of results In the hi us the naval appropriation bill occupied the entire day. and tts consideration s.,. i...npleted with the eateption of one paragraph. Mr Cannon t lit. sounltd note of starnlnK as to the size of the growing auiiual appropriation, which he th I .. ' I should stop In the sen ,ie. ,in tha Kth, the shlpplns bill bein und. r ..nspb-ration. Senator pip. w delivered a charaet risii, all. forceful and eh queni address ol one mmi In suimort ot the m asure as a nn ans m upbutldinK I hi Ana rlcan merchant marine. Th" Indian appropriation bill w- k taken up. but little progress was mad. The last hour of tin session was devoted to the passage of private pension hills In the nous - the conference -cpon upon the arms- reorganisation bill was adopted after a "brief . ni.s The na.al appro priatlon bill was tin. illy passed, as wer. also 77 private pension bills. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The Berlin Vissiache Zeitung has authentic information that the passers are discussing vsith I hina an indemnity loan of l.'Kiu.coo.fMK) murks und a guarantee by the posters of the loan. Benjsmln I Bllimnn, the oldest graduate of Vale college, and member of the Brooklyn bar, died, on the -Mth. in his ninets-sixth year, at his home in Krooklyn, of bronchlsl pnew monis. ThS Cuban constitutional contention, on the .'tth. S loeessflllls resisted an effort OS the part Of nor Cistieros to strike out :i clause in the preamble to the inst ruiiieiit invoking the favor of (sod, Mrs. tunic Nation, the Kansas saloon wrecker, vsius assaulted on tin street at hnlerprisc. Kas., on the J4th. by -Mrs. Schilling, wife of the proprietor ot a joint .Mrs. Nation had wrecked, assisted by other women. Mrs. Notion wes roUed In the cutter aDd Otherwise nts!trwmtL Mrs. Schilling ems arrested. Kx-llov. Francis stated to the con'n ssionnl COWMsittee, in Washington, m the Ith. that St. lyouis had made rood its promise to raise &,d00,000 for the World's fair; that the people had toted overwhelmingly hi favor of the issuance of 15,000,000 in city lsnds for the furtherance of the enterprise, und that things WOTS in shape for congress to prooeed. With all the pomp and circumstance jf medieval times, Edward vu. stas proclaimed king of (ireat Itritain and Ireland and emperor of India at three lifferent points in London, on the Mth, beginning at tin- Friary court. St. .lames pabue and closing at the oyal Exehsnge, within the old city. The nstlona board of trade, in ass slon at Washington, on the Nth, adopted resolutions indorsing the Louisiana Purchase centennial expoill St. Iouis in IM I. kitiou at St. fjonis and voted to meet Considerable excitement prevails BSBOng the people who lite along the eastern Uns ol Uncoln counts, okla., sdjoining the Creek notion, on no ount of the reported outbreak ilnong the Snake band of the ( reek Indians. Andrew Carnegie, on the ith, authorized Mayor MeOuire of Hyracose, N. Y U Iravv on him for $J'.o,nnn, in installments of 110,000, as needed, for the construction of a library building nt Syracuse, upon a sit'- already icurcd. Nikola Tesln has nt last per fee ted his new system of electric lighting daylight 111 ami list I OH it mas be called and he hopel to hove it soon Introduced into general use. I'nder a full head of eleetrictT. the lamp has the color of ice in the sun, and the light is absolutely steads . Since the Cue in Montrenl, Can., on the night hi" the I ,l, two men, OOC named Kosen, a tailor, and another it is feared the;. perished in the named Wilson, have been miming, and 11 antes. Strong efforts are mnking to induce Speaker Henderson to fix an early date for Ihe consideration of the BrnnjtM pure feed hlil. The measure has sttraeted widsspresd Interest among grocers, dr ugj.ris' s, ate, Il aims to present adulteration of food Slid druo-s. It is semi-ofTieially SnsOOWOsd that 197.iioo.oihi marks is th- estimated smount required for the (ierman expedition in China during the fiscal year of 1001, Kmp' ior William has eonflrssed the honorary doctOfSte recently c-on-ferred upon 1'nited States Aniba.ssaor Motc bv the Berlin Academy of science.

Michael IManey, a ranch owner being near I'.iitte. M..iit rcMrtcd to the t hiesge police, on the 25lh, that he had boss ieeond nl nortiieel sheei j ftr $4, Mmi by a sharper tt bo represents

ed himself as n Cln.aro mining looker, and induced lclahct to e,e him the check to be cashed at u bank. Charles A. Smith, BTSOjIhy hthUSt1 Spolia, Minn, man. BS gives BethSSJ i college, u Swedish Lutheran institution at LiniUberg. Kas.. .'.'..uimi.imhj feel of stending pine, worth more than twenty-fleo thousaml dollnrs. No con ditlOM are attached to the gift. From the 1'russ.iun diet budget it up pears that Finpcror illimu now owns llsststes bsPrnssln. sf grnga tln '.'S.74U hectares, and siehling Ii5l,i:.l marks net. Next in order in Prussia is the prince of I'less, with 51.1 1J hectares. The statement of the treasury he! en res in the general fund, ssetttsisc si the 1180,000,000 gold reserve In the division of redemption, issued on t lie i "d h. shotted: Avoilsble cash bslnncs ?nw.4oi.sst: gold, 7S,SS0U. wATE NEWti ITEMS. Tn the senate, on the Mth, sennte bill providing for American register for the foreign-built ha rkent ine J. C ranger, of Ben Francis,-. , wss passed. Mr. Hassles made an effort to aocors COO Side rStiOB Of conference report OS the army reorganization bill, but oljection was made and n port stas laid over. The Indian appropriation bill Was then taken up In the house, the bill t) revise and codify the postal lasts being- under consideration, persistent efforts were Binde to load the bill dosvn with amendments, all of Which svere successfully resisted. At the close of the day only : of the KS1 psges remained to be considered. The session closed ssith eulogies of the late Bens tor Uesr, Of Iowa. An Italian steamer called at St. Vincent, C.V.L.on the -'7th. and report ed bnving been compci.cn. after fruitless efforts at tossing, to leave the Hritish steamer t asour. on .lanuary ti, in latitude d.4 degrees north, long! tilde M degrees svest, ssith her engines disabled and unrepairable at sea. The tOWn council of Kiel has rejected the plan of Herr Krupp to build floating docks immediately adjoining the Krupp shipbuildings works at Kiel, as the chamber of commerce ami the National society had objected on the ground that the project ssould obstruct the harbor. Many of the sermons delivered at the various churches in Nesv Vork city, on the -7th. were in memory of the late Queen Victoria and eulogistic of her character. Bevern churches held regular memorial exercises. W illiam Coli man. a svell-knosvn railroad man. who stas for years in charge of the accounting depariment of the St. Joseph A Qrsdd Island railWSy, died suddenly at St. Joseph. Mu, on ,ne -7th The l'orto Iliean house passed the Hollander hill to preside revenue for the people of l'orto Kioo and for mher purposes, by a vote of H to 14. ihe llerlin Vossisehe Zeitung announces that Kmperor William has offered King- Flittard VII. the digBUJ of admiral of the Genssn nav), . ue czar and curine have returned to S. Petersburg. Their urrisal was Ode the occasion for great pubbs rejoicings. The l'.oers have summarily expelled all the Hritish. numbering 7u. from Bslershorg, gisiiig; uu reeeos lor doing so. In the senate, on the Mth, Senator Tostne (Minn.) celebrated his retireBtent by his first und only speech in that ImhIv; delivering a fersid address in advocacy of his resolution for a cessation of hostilities in the Philippines. At the esses of his speeeh, Mr. lapp. his v uecessor, presented his credentials, was sstorn in and took his seat, Mr. Teems retiring, The reel of the dsy was detoted to the Indian appropriation bill, the discussion turning on irrigation a ml little progress being math'.... In the house the major portion of the das was occupied in the transaction of District of Columbia business. The bill to revise and codify the DOeta taWI was Anally passed, all amendments hating been snted dosvn. Public School Superintendent OOMtf of Chicago issued a bulletin, on the 'sih, declaring that all children in the schools must be vaccinated immediately and ordering ihat all nneneelneted pupils is- kept cut of school until compliance with the directions. Vtnsy children who had not Iteen sacculated svere sent home. One of the linest equipments ever made for the observation of a total solar eclipse was finished, on the ISth, by Prof. John A. Brsahesr, of Alle phony. I'a.. for tin Smit hsoniSB institution and the United States nasal ob-ersatory . The instrument will be taken to the Island of Sumatra for use on May 17. Mr. Horatio Hubens, one of the special consul for the government in the post offn e fraud cases at tfavano, sass that C F. W. Neely, the Blfeged cnibsssler, still lie given a fair trial ami ever opportunity to establish his innocence. The trial will be in public and before a jury BOSSpuBtd of seven judges. i in- house committee on patents, on the Mth, killed a bill to extend the lift. of the iisatt potent, on which over I Isso hundred and fifty cit ies and tott nh are paying reynJttes in esmneetlos

ssnh their liltration plants. The bill ssas rigorously opposed by the municipalities Interested. Bjl a soto of II to H the Chieatrn city council, on the 'stj,, defeated Mayor IIa rrison's plan of repealing the midnight mloon-cloelng low, Hurricane like snost sf onus pretaih-d in mnnj parts of fitimsj. on the 8Mb, und OOCSWernhh) duiimgc was done.

H00SIKK HAPPENINGS

Told in Brief by Dispatches lroa. Vsrioui Localitiei. Threw leu a tt I !. Mlshsersks, lndH Isn. -'s Farther developments are reported in the nBoiiossl IMOO blackntsll plot. Istereet iu which is heightened Si disclosures maiie shots ing that the Intended 'ctim of the conspirators U a womau. Sin is the wioost ol a stealthy manufacturer of this city. The HrSl deKSSd designsted Mm,. . is night, whes, it i nus dlvnlgdd, the box wss deposited, but it was e mpt s . 1 nsti ad of the wh est placing the box. a man in feSBSlc Bittre msde the trip. Two suspicions appi nring character- wir near the iCCCe, but they had In en fthsdowed am: rUU den ly disappeare,'. second letter hst been received, Tbli Is s,n more imperatite in it des Bflds than the hist. nnd reiterates threat i todynsmlti the won all's home llli'ie siie gis.s up 11,000. in lie Tried, Wabash. Ind.. Jan. . The trial of John Kink. ml. of Grant county, for the murder of his stife Will be opened this st.ek. The murder stas eoiuniitttd last June at ti e home of Mrs. h'inkard's brother, She had had trouble ssith her husband and left him, going to the residence of her bnuthi r. Kinksrd tottered about Ihe premises for a ssiek or more, and one .'at while she ssas ironing be Bred through the opea dour, kilüi ir her instantly. The defense is that Binksrd brooded over his wife's desertion until he became temp, lai iis InSSnr and while in that condition bot her. lo Ot! Net; rm. Bvsnsville. Ind.. Jan. tS. The Spencer county grand jury has returned 139 indictments against Begroca, r barging them with Hing their votes on election das. in December two negroes tismed Henderson and lbttlaad were lynch, d bs a mob iu Rock pert for killinu' H. L Simnn ns. a barier. The grand jury WSS to luvest! gate the lynching, but in Its report ignored it. The action of the grand jurs ssas brought about bs the re quest of the Hood I itisei s' '- ague, an organisation formed for ridding the tossn of all obnoxious m eines I Mil) I ire. Peru. Ind.. Jnn. The ground floor of the Miller opera hotter WSi destroyed bj ire, logether with the contents. The plant of the Dnliy Chronicle, th- job printing house of Milh r A Waüick. the confectionery H ire of Cherles GriswoW. and the impleeaenl house of l. K. Inkenbury were damaged. Miller's loss is HO, 00 : insured. The loss to the Daily Chronicle i SJ.M I, and Miller A Wallick 1 . both insured. A def. etive light in a dressing-room caused the fire. Loss on opera house is $20. I. i.i t ei n er n Century, Silver Lake. It u ... Jan. a rren Addison Behring died here in his one hundred and first .Mar. Mr Bebring was a pioneer and noted character, one! had a wide BCOjttstUtenee throughout northern Indiana. I'ntil a few months before his death he possessed remarkab e tigor an" en.riry. ssa'king dailj from his home to the post office, one miie distant. H;s mental faculties wire good, and he ssa able t. read without the us. of g'nsse. I out I el, -it. Muncie. Ind. Jat . -'s.- Jud. Ihir.dy. In the Henrj circuit rnurt. at New Castle, overruled a motion for a newtrial in the case of John Dfehl, the rich manufacturer of Anderson, charged with responsibility for the desth of Mb Mary Parwig, of Richmond, Ib this city a year ago. and Ihe defendant was sentenced to 14 years in the Michigan City prison. mm in i t BewteneeSL Dar rille. Intl.. Jan. 2s.- Daniel Mayei 1 Hig Four eondwetor of htattooo, LL, whose wife lives there, has lieen contietee of bigamy here am r f need to lis- years in the pettltenttsry. He had made a darintr escape from jail, but was recaptured through the instrumentality of his alleged second wife. Mooned for t hl.-f. Richmond, Ind.. Jan. 's. A good sized boom has been started by the soldiers of Indiana in behalf of Col. Isan Jf. Welker for Cnited states pen sfos commissioner to sneeeed H. Ckty Ltans. Walker is H fBWSIMlf of the Indiana department nnd the national department of the 0, A. II. S) Hall Florists. Kichmond. Ind., Jan. W. The Indiana Society of K'ovi-fs !ia deeiried to ask for th- p ( meeting of ths nstionsl soeiety, The next meeting will be beld in February nt BeltimOfS nnd Indiana will he well represented. If Indiana secures the milling it will be held at Indianapolis. TvetSM stIMe. Ptynsonth, Ind.. Jan. M, Tsto engines nnd about 20 ears loaded with u'riiin were smashed in n freight collision on the Fort Wayne road in nr Ju re and Engineer Heilder v n. severely injured. "Jai'k the lltiuaer." Msrion. Inc.. Jan tt. "Jack the Squeezer'- ha- bet II at stork in thealley urssslng of West Cherles ntret. nnd seieral women without escorts, have been given bnsgings. t QoHtr. Marion. Ind.. Jan. Js. Mark Nrshitt, jne of the Kesbitt brothers, who shot Franc s Rtillwell on th street in SttaySe. . was found not irnilty by a jurs M,-nt Los li tlrr. Xew Vork. Jan tt, Fire broke out Busdsy mornirgin the businei-s lertioB of Matenttati. . J., and a nSfnbSf of Joillsis Wire i!etloVed. 'Ihe los.S will BUiUUnt to about f lau.OuO.

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Substance of a Dictated Statement From the Accused Postal Official. STILL INSISTS UPON HIS INNOCENCE. il iii.n. However, im ' Xr"'' gs newts to se MUS t Fsoss Slon tie it tetoneened til Mtats u( aSMslatlMS Jeatleei tu u rrennSWd l,r "," sac.-lllee. Nets fork, Jan. -"J. The Journul ami idverl iner eontnins long dictated StS lenient from t has. W. T, Neids the accused postal ofhewl st BO has been taken to t uba for trial, llcs-ats ihe surcharged stamps were destroyed. For the purpose of conduct lag the destruction Uirector Ceneral Bsthbone appointed eonsnalssion, hi ass. compoeed of himself (Xeely), Auditor BcCVCS of the reglBtrjl department and Mai ticld. an Ofaloan. It hul been nlleged that Neely BtOle maii thousand dollars' worth of stamps bs burning, in their place, paekuges ol sttste paper. Iu reference t thi charge Neely -ass about t bese stamps teil u DansMBlo lie." ' The man ss ho sivs tl i .. sterc not desl roved, or who says that 1 said the pack. is.-. 's contained only brown paper, tells s damnsble lie. Bore foi one or tWO packages, tl.es sscre iu 1 heir oiiginal form, the icl of tin depart ineir unbroken. The fram was committed in Wnshlngton, r'ur ther on Neelj snys: "Had I been de sirous of stealing from the goternmeal whs did I not steal when tin-re stas a chai ce for me to sieal some thing worth the while? I had pleatj of opportunities to do so. (In one occasion, I eon Id hate pocketed over a million dollars. 0a one of my tri; to the States, made on official business, 1 brought with me on the transport over .Min.OOO in gold. I had al the same time in ny pockets eertiliCOteS of deposit made out in iny namt nnd Individual ' hei bs for oter 3QQ, 000, That made oter 1 1,200,000 that ssas as completely in mj poaaeasion SI though it were my own." ii th Purest PtetsOe. "The st iid stories of extravagant sp i ulation on my part sshile in Cuba are all the purest tietion That I made money white in I ubs I hasi never de d. Hut I made it leu'iti mately, and it stas the product of th private funds which I took to Cub: with me. My innocence esn be proven bMl I Meter cect to be aide to pro it. The opportunity will not be i nie, and I am prepared to be sactH need and to receise a sentence of fron right to ter- years. I has,- abandonei all idea of obtaining justice. I cui not stand this strain, and when I gr ;o a Cuban prison it will be with tht knowledge that I hasc only U fest months more to lise. for no Amerieat; can stand confinement in those tropical prison... "Hut sooner or later I epeet the facts in this , ase to lie made known ami stibstsnt uted, nnd when that das conies the public will confess that it prejudged use, ami that instead of iwIng guilty I wits innocent of tht crimes laid at my door." GOV. NASH TAKES ACTION. WUM Tril Ihe I'liio-r of Ohiii to t:. force It LOWS SSjalBHH Willful lalalloB Columbus. (., .an. -.o. -Action wa? taken by iot. Nash, y esienlay. to pre sent the JetTries-Huhlin tight at t intin nut i on February l.. The goternot has bees opposed to the Bgbl being held in the state from the lirst, Bad sesterdas he sent the following letter to Attorney Oenernl sheets: "Sir It has come to my hnowledgS ihat certain persons in I inciiinati are to conduct nn enterprise in that city, on the l.Mh of February next, which has all the earmarks ,f being a prize fight. Buch an event weald be dis . race tO the state of Ohm. and I hereby authorise ami rsqnesl y ou i take uch teps and eominenee such set ions at lsw. eisil or criminal, as inav le nwott :irv tu 'iriiiiait thiu MMliAMMA ind in SO doing to use the name of the tali . VeTJ respectfully Snurs, "GBORUE K. NASH." This set ion was taken by the gOS rmor in response to the solicitation if a number of lending sttomeys of incinnati. The petition iu the ease ! still Is- immediately tiled in the courts at Cincinnati. The suit ssiii be entitled The S'ate. e re. the Attorney UeUs rai. i s. .I. a. .if i ii' s, uns tcnmin, t m. n. Hobsrt, George Qagenbe rger, Leopold Kleyholte, IU innid Bettraen, leorge r. Meterle, F. a. lese, rVntea Law sun. Ree. H. A. Lisenlohr and .11 ithera, Bssoclated in the nsnnsgenesat if the ( incinnati Saengerfesl ( o. The form of the suit tsill be petition for an injunction Sgslnsl the parties named, baaed on the claim I that they are almnt to jM-rjielrate s public nuisance. In llnnor ofeilarppr Verdi. Home, Joft, 2J. The chamber of deputies crowded yesterday, wh- ii the president, Bigner Villa; the minister of education. Signor liallOi and deputies of all parties, eulogised the Into Guieeppe VerdL It wssdecid "d to drupe the ehainlsT of deputies in mow Ing for a week to semi dele ' "ii to the funeral, ami to hold n Solemn memorial celebration a month iftcr the funeral, which. In accordance wiih Verdi's reaneet, will be most I tint pie. iiu- -i viiim of the house wus tinu 1 1 ponded.

CHICAGO DRAINAGE CANAL.

Mlasciirl score Ihe I- I rat KiioeB- ! In he I Iu III HitlnM Wates Pe st at tea, Washington, Jss. 99, The Dnited States supreme court rendered no opinion iu ths ease ..I the Chieaa I drainage canal overruling the demur r-is tiled in the esas bj tha state oi Illinois, and the i hicagn drainage es mil district board. The proee dine waa brought i s the State ot Misssouri S gainst the Mule of Illinois and the dra usage hosnli the end soughl beinti In present the iv, ,,; the canal In cause of Its supposed pollution f ihi drinking stater of Si. Lou la. The ef feet id the dcisiOH is to sustain the i nntentioB of ths state ? Ilirsonti. The opinion WBS liaiubd lost u by ,lu.. tlce Shiras. the chiel justice a id ,tuticeS Harlan and White united jn u dissenting opinion, MMKWHAT Of Si RPR I Bat, 1 lie time Will tt tlnte lo tie Irl., I on lis Merits, Chicago, Jan. President AJeamler J. Jones ol the sanitary district, when sd vfked of Ihe supreme court's udveree deelaion in the drainage canal ease said: " The decision is r-omewhut of a surprise to is. hut alter nil it simply means that the case must bow be tried on its mcriis, Henceforth the inipiirs of ihe court will be directed ti the question of whether or not the opening of the channel ami the mm ing; of Chicniro's sewage down the Illinois and Mississippi risers has reallv resulted in the pollution of M. ,UlSw ater supply. "If so. equity ssiil justify the griet nines of St. Louis ami the state if Missouri ami tin- sanitarj district ssiii hate to find some remedy to prevent further pollution.'' INJUNCTION CONTINUED. Ileeisiain In 1 he I use nf Ihe l.iiuhl. hih! the iweame the Ceua le km lie I il I el In lie. Nest 'ork, Jan. .". .Justice Beach, in the supreme court, handed down S decision continuing the temporals injunction restraining (ieorge J. Uouid, Kdwiii (ioul, I. Howard Qould and lit len Could, as trustees of their father, from paying over the income of the portion it the estate belonging to their sister. Anna Could, countess te Castellane, pending the trial of an ict Ion brought by Aaher VVerthelmcr, u London bric-a-brac dealer, Bgainst the eonni and countess de Castellane for $:;s,iiuu for paintings and bric-s-brne furnished them. Justice Bench permits the payment f 1300,000 a year to the countess for the support of herself and children. pending the trial of the action. SUICIDE ON WEDDING NIGHT. I rm k Hawle Mnrrleil n W lil.ni. Near Seattle, Wane,, nmi i in n I'honulit tie Wnsn'l Worth). Seattle. tYash., Jan. -". Frank It Haides, a cook, who has been ssorking on a ranch at South I'ark near Keattle, eommitted suicide, Bundaj night, by .aking a dtise of st rs i Inline. ! lie was man ied at four o'clock iu the afternoon lo Mrs. Boat Breidenstein, I a widow of South I'ark. and to escape B serenade the couple Came to Seattle ami took a room in a lodging boust lor the niirht. Mrs. IIa n let wat awakened by her husband who told her that he had taken poison because he did not feel himself tsorthy of her. He died in convulsions before help rived, PHILIP dTÄRMOUR'S ESTATE. it in tretend m PHtn BWIttaaa, " la BHvtded lleltteen lilow. So nmi Braueeaa. I hicagO, Jan. L'!. The estate of tht late Philip D. Arnmur, according lo a petition for letters testsmcntarj tiled in probate court, is valued at 1 1. 1,000,(WO. Of this $14,900jnobi personal. I estate is distributed among the meinbare of th - Armour family, the I tees named in the petition being: Maltania ü Armour, stidott; J. I gden Armour, son; Philip lb. and ler Annouv. grandsons, The executors named iu the still arc the widoW and son. The Armour institute is not included among the legatees, but it is said Mr. Armour made provision for the future of the institute by trausferrins property before his death. A DISASTROUS WRECK. Two Beelnni Tealaa asse Tanrethei on n t ewe In nl I v llli. ; it i i n in Rsnplafea, I'a rkesburg, . n Jan. .".. A !'- IStroUB streck occurred on the Haitimore a Ohio road yesterday. Two freight trains collide. I one mile WCSl of Petroleum, and si men. all stellknossn railroaders, sterc killed. The victims comprise tsso engineers, Isso tirenn n nnd tsso bra kernen. The collision Occurred in a deep Pttl that is on a curse, and both tra ns were going ut a good rate of .peed. Town AilOrMMeil Hie Mmnlf. Washington, Jan. Bfli After the disposal of routine business in the senate, Mr. Tos ne (Minn.) ssas recog nised for a speech which ssas to litt once his maiden elTort and Ii I valedictory, lie spoke on his re Solution of last Fridas fur the Immediate cessation of hostilities in Ihe Philippines. The galleries were well BlUd tft hear Mr. l ow ne. a nil senntoi' BISO (ji.se him close Btentton, while in tht rear of the Staate st..s a eifCM f rep" reaentstives st ho came over f rota thö bon lo bear.