Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 August 1901 — Page 2

Weeklu Courier.

C. DOAÄK. JASPER, : : I'Hbllthrr. ': INDIANA. The, Younger brothers, recently r rlxl from the Minnesota state pria n, will act an salesmen for s St. I'aul fehler in grate tone and monumtuia Plana ara said to ba under war for consolidation of the leading hat manufacturcrs of the United States and the formation of a comtauf to ba Capitalized at $-'0.000,000. The traiiiiHrt Thomas Bailed from Bun Francisco for Manila, on the C3d, with Ml teacher on board, who ara going to accept position in the schools of the Philippines. J. D. F.ckman. manager of the joint rate inspection bureau at Indianajtolis. Ind.. died m that city on the night of the ".'Cd. He was ki..v;i among railroad men all over the country. United State Senator James K Jones address d the people of Whit county. Ark . n the -'4th. on the t aues of the day. He Raid he expected the next president to be a democrat Consternation was created in New port, K. 1.. i the evening of the -4th. when a shell from the battleship, Kearsarge came screeching into th city and knocked a chip out of tht new city hall building. Lord Kitchener reports that "a train with 113 men and store, from Cape Town, was captured and burned at Scheepers. eight miles north of Beaufort West, with a loss of three men killed and IS wounded. It was apparent in 1'ittshrugh. ot the evening of the C4th, thi.t fresn and decidedly important developments in the strike i.f the steel worker were about to take place, the nature of which was not so clear. Dr. V. C. Cray, of t hieago. for 2! years editor of the "Interior." the or pan of the Presbyterian church, hat disposed of his interest in the paper and resigned. The pajwr has been incorporated, with a capital of $50,000. E. L. Shaffner, of Ohio, was, on th 15th, elected president of the International Mining congress at Hoise, Idabo. Kred It. Heed, of Boise, was ehe sen rice-president, and Irvin Mason was ret lei tea eil etil J without op position. Secretary I.ong. iu accordance wita, the request from Hear-Admiral Schley, advised that ofheer, on the 24th. that, he would order a court of inquiry to examine into the entire matter of Admiral Schley's courst in the Santiago campaign. Four persons believed to be members of the notorious Bender family, accused of committing a score of murders near Galena, Kas., a quarter of a century ago, are said to have been located near Fort Collins, Col., when thev are under surveillance. Reports from the drought-stricken section, on the 23d, indicated no lev Bp in the serious conditions. Temperatures, for the moist part, averaged a high as he day before, with here and there a thunder shower. No permanent relief can be felt, however, ui.n there i a general rain. A law and order league ha been orgrinied at Firt Sill. 1. T., to suppress crooks. Handbills have been issued which say: "Notice is hereby served on all confidence men, pickpockets, thieves and crooks who are caught plying their vocations, that they will be hanged to the nearest tree.' The new liberal Panish cabinet, the formation of which was announced on the 23d, favor the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States, and the minister of foreign affairs. Dr. Deuntzer, is familiarizing himself with the details of the case with a view to continuing the negotiations to this end. F W'ayland Brown, who. with Dr. tarnst M. Unger. was convicted of eot'Sjiraey t defraud an insurance etinpany in the famous Defenbaih case, was, on the C.'.th. released from jail in hirago. and the verdict sentencing him to the penitentiary v. Mated, an order imposing a fine f 00 being substituted. In the course of an address delivered twfore a health congress held at Eastbourne. England, on the 26th. Ir. Robert Koch, of llerlin. spoke of the treatment of malaria. He reiterated bis dictum that malaria does not emanate from swamps, ut is caused by the inoculation of mosquitoes and gnats. He further said that malarial parasites could te stamped out with quinine treatment. A phenomenal thunderstorm, aepsaied hy hail and incessant lightning, rau. l fur a ouple of hours ia London mi the 25th. Streets were tut red into rivers. The water, overflowing the sidewalks, entered dwellings and poured down every opening The undergroui.il railroad was flooded, tad train were stopped. Much damage was done, also, to crops ai.i Otner property ot.tr-ide the city. From s preliminary report dated June M, reeelvad from the special ag. et in charga of the seal islands of Alaska, it is thought that the a inber of Stab whirl, will ... uken -luring th. i resent wawn will not equal that Of h.s- year, wh-n sbout 22.500 sealekin wer secured. The agent, bowever, report a preponderance of Urge seals, the kins of which nrobablv sriil xoeed in weight those of previous 1

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TEE IEW8 IS BRIET. PERSONAL ANO GENERAL. Secretary of War Hoot has direct ed the preparation ot an order creating a 1-oard of army office r to investi gate the whole subject of change in the military posts throughout ..:.:ry. In the sotithw t rn tier of Nebraska counties, along the Kansas line, where corn and pastures are abandoned as failures, farmers are disposing of their stock and merrhants are cancelling orders. Admiral Dewev has consented to preside over the court of inquiry demanded by Kcar-Au-'.ral Schley and consented to by Secretary Long. The rourt will sit in Septt mber in Secretary Long's rt.tpiion room. Director Campbell, of the I.ick observatory, at san Jose, Cal.. put no faith in the theory advanced by some eastern atn i.omvrs that the extraordinary weather ctnditions in the middle west are due to solar causes. A civilian named PiiBnick, has been sentenced, at Manila, to one year's imprisonment and to pay f 1,000 for receiving supplies stolen from the commissary depaitmcnt. A terrific ex-t s on of petroleum. on the -Cth, in th.' most thickly-populated t.uarter of l'atum. government of Kutais. llussia, wrecked the whole center of the to-v. The loss of life am! i roperty was very large. (ien. Arthur Henry Paget has been eiten a command in South Africa. He sails from Kngland August 10 to takeup his new duties. Jerman Keisco was formally pioclaimtd president of Chili on the 1Mb. He as elected to the off.ee June 2. On the -jth th- Berlin chief of po lice ordered the Isist storage batteries removed from Iba street cars. Bear-Admiral IV A. Kimbcrley said, on the '.''th. that I wing to ill health he would ask to be relieved from serving on the Sampson-Schley court of inquiry. A gotxl rain fell at Muskogee. I. T.. on the ni'-'ht of fbe -4th, and the teinjh rat are fell .'0 degrees. Fire, at Davenport, la., on the 2Mb. laid waste an acre of saw mill and residence property equal to 10 cityblocks, eutabng a less of $700,000. One hundred families v. ere rendered honie'ess. Chili is jeopardizing the success of the Pan-American congress by an intimation that she desires to do as BBS pleases, regardless of her neighbors. In other words, she has been invited to a party and wants to run the affair Mr. and Mrs Frank Leaf, of Colorado Springs, Col., are the proud paents of possibly the largest baby buy eer born in Ameriea. His net weigh: is 1? pounds. h cht '.'4 inches and chest mea-uretnent l'4 inches. Ihe plant of the Cincinnati Des'.ceating Co.. manufactxrers of fertliers at Jones Stction. seven miles west of Cincinnati. was destroyed by fire on the night o the 25th. Two dwellings were also destroyed. The loss is $0,000; partly inured. J. F. Phelsn & Co.'s big dry gnod tore at Sioux City, Ia, was destroyed by fire, on the 15th, supposed to hate been started by the concentration of the sun's rays ia the front show windows. The loss is $0.000. Several of the clerks were Injured in tryinf to esf ;.j e. The latest dnelopinent in the fight bttween Senator! Tillman and Me Laurin. in South Carol na. came n the 25th. when the executive commit tee of the democratic state committee atirpted a resolution ruling Senator McLaurin out of the democratic partyAt the sejon of the Minnesota Bankers' association, at Duluth.on the 25th. a resolution was adopted disapproving of the parole of the Younirers acd deprecating the notoriety given them. A New York dispatch of the 1Mb says that investigation of the breaks in the supension rods of the Brooklyn bridge reveals a shameful neglect of the superb structure on 'he part of the bridge commissioners. Secretary Long, on the 2".th named the Schley court of inquiry aa follows: Admiral George Dewey, president, and Rear-Admirals Louis A. Kiroberly and Andrew H K. Ken ham (retired), (apt. Iemly ia named as judge adocat . A small snowfall occurred in the upper end of Estes park, near Lyons, Col., on the -5th. Long peak looked white with snow at night. The weather was quite chilly. Argument on the application of Lone Wolf and other disgruntled Indians, for an order enjoining the federal government from opening the Kiowa-Comanche and Apache reservations to settlement, were heard at Kl Reno. Okla.. before Judge C. F. Irwin, of the territorial court, on the 26th. The hearing closed at noon and Judge Irwin reserved his decision. The heaviest rain of the year fell over northwest Missouri, on the 26th. aoahinc the ground completely nrf effectually breaking the drought, which had covered a period of six weeks. From a half to three-quarters Of en inc h of water feJL Corn It lost beyond hope of redemption, but parterres will be greatly benefited. A formal imitation to he present in Salt 1-ake City. I'tah, durinc the Elks' street carnival, in September, and to christen the live elk. has been forwarded to Vice-President Roowevelt by a commit fc representing the Elks' lodfrea of that city. The tuberculosis congre, jUwt arljoarned in London, recommended the enactment of law with severe penalties to present exnectorsrtion unnn the streets or in public places.

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"The statement of t! . tn . tmlin thf general fund. Bsxlasiva ol tl,- l.onn.ouo fcold reserve in the diviaion of redemption. isMit-tt on the ?-th. showed: Available cash Uiiaiice. $1.549.7; gold. f W464.96S. A heat)- shock of eurthquuke was felt throughout a large ortion of Nevada at t:M p. m. of the -0th. The vibration were from north to south. ! and lasted several seconds tn th - IL ti. Dun A Co. reported: "Failure for the week numbered IV in the United State, against $31 last year, aid 23 in Canada, against 2s Last year. The detailed figures of the foreign commerce of the United States iu the year en-Jed June 3U. 1V01, were completed liy the trentkury bureau of statistics on the 2'.th. They show total baftsTsrte f"'.--'.6T:.oi: total exports $l,4S7,TJi.'."7; exports of domestic products, 1.460.4530. Edgar and Harlcy Dahlrymple, brothers, were drowned in the Hear river at Montpelier, Idaho, on the 2Cth. while lathing. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Vevvpaper reports received at I : u'.-ten, Jama. a. trom l auaina a-st-rt that the insurgents are oerating in 'arge number in the vicinity of the c.tv. and lhat uu order had leen issued by the government calling upon the citizens to concentrate in order to rc-l attaekt and to protect pioperty. Panama is guarded from the sea by a punboat. lhe 535 .-ailers ar-.d packers in the 22 Hour Mils; of Minneapolis have presented to their employers a demand for f-.T5 per day for packers and $Z3S for nailers. -." cents more than they are now receiving. They also denial tied contract for five years. The employers a; teed to raise the wages, but refused to enter into any contract. heo Tuk. a Sac Indian has given no tice at the land office at Fl Bene of his Intention to file on the marter section of land adjoining the town site of Law ton which w ill be the principal town in the new countrv of the Kiowa and Comanche reservation. This is prolably the most rsdaabk tract in the entire resriota of land to lie oiened. Feter TJ Ubury, an iron worker, called at I be ho.ne of Kate Phinney. on the J-th. i.nd threw the contents of a small bottle of carlsolic acid into the face of Mrs. Msry Torry.a guest, burning cut the woman's eyes and injuring her neck, arms ami breast frightfully. The man had pleaded with the woniar. for years to marry him. "i-iida-Pest papers are filled." av a dispatch to the London Daily Kxpres. from the Hungarian capital, aith account cf a project said to be pr inuted ly American financiers, for the creation of another, hut more luxurious Manie ( arlo on Magaretheu island, opjms.te the upper end of the city in the Ifetnu'oe." lh- News 1 ri. une. a naphtha launch used to deliver IVtroit (Mich.) newspapers to resitlents of the Iike St. ( lair flats, tapsiei) about two miles north of the lightship, on the 2th. dirinr a sudden squall. Mi-.s Maud Unci. ill. of Detroit, one of the fjur passentrers. was drowned. On the Jth l!ar n Mount-Stephen announced a gi't of 4o,ooo to the Presbyterian ehnrek ot Seotland. the inctitie to go to the ministers in his native distri; of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire. Kt. i.v. Besjedi faae Wcateerttbisboa of l-urham. lied in London ou the 2-th. He ea Urn i l2S, The North O.Ina Daily News annouiH e that hr has been a recr i leeenee t f the outbreaks bv the J IVers in the Province of Shan Tung, in conseit-r e of the succe of the allied villacer in ( lo Li province acaint the troops i Li Hunt' Chang. Ohil Seri-e Commissioner IJtMlenburgh returned o Washington, on the 2Th. from it ofj-eial trip to Hawaii, taken by himself and t liief Fx a miner er'.en of the otr mis-ion. Mr. Kodenhurg sayy an xcellent civil nerice system is in operation in Hawaii. An imperial t.erman decree. issuel on the 29th. announced that an Antarctic scientific cxrxdition. under the leadership of I).-. Drycalski. will leae Kiel in Ai.yust f. e tablish olseration statten at K rpulen island and at the farthest i ttainahle south. lhe whalehttl. U. rife Satrnmore, loatletl with iron ore. wa sunk in a -sion w.te the Northern line f r ijfht Btea m r V rtbera Qsjeees, near Ptiiiit Iroui. Mich.. n the .".th. Of the crew of f is;bt men. two were drownetl .m ne no ss in jr. Ceeasnissienee of Internal Revenue Yerke ha ruled that in ease of ,utates -niir r within the legacy tax law. the av- ;t,i nt ot the government tax in. im lr made on the value of the etate on the day of the testators death. The first imtfle m the British naval maneuvers took place, on the 2''?h. when the cruiser stpindron of the opp"uijr rleet were engaged off the öeiily Irlands with the theon-tit-al rei't thnt t!ie de'enoiiig fleet was anbih'latrd. Wemlell U . M.ehler. of Ohio, has batfl appoint.-,! -tenogrnpher to Seeretarv Ibwit. t cl f rc.lcri. k D. fSqtnre, resigned. Mr. Miehler bad Deen tii 4 aaririnff the duties of tbe place untier detail ft.r some niiit,. two eiiy rr'ters in the navy hae taken advanr.-i-fe of the provision in the present natal appropriation act which permits i Bsstls officer, each year to ap,dy for appointment as en signs in Jhe Mtj . A frest f re in the Province of Jel'lt la ml. Swtden, ha assume, rgantic proportion. Three thou-.ind trtsr p ha.. Ieii orderetl to assist the men who ire om a 1 1 ltir the flames. lhe Amern ah steam yacht Nahasna, bating on hoard Mr. Kol.-rt Qswbrt, the diiches-i of l.nvites. and a fwrty ofriend, arriied at Christiania, Norway, on the .ta.

H008IKR HAPFENINOS

Told ia Brief by Dispatches from ( Various Localities. Ki-llaaker I'artlnnea. Logansport, Ind.. July .1 hi; F. Job a SOB, former president of the Slate national hank, th - city . ha- lit en pardoned by the preside! John-on. who pleaded guilty to an indict incut charjr lag him n th tiolaring the national hanking law.-, was aieaa a -en tence of ten years, ami had -erted the equivalent ,.f niore than - x c.ir Petition for hi- release hate liee numerously signed, but until recent If they hsve Wen adver-ely reported by the prosecuting attorney and the trial Jadfja. The attorney general i o mrnended the pardon. Kol antl Klllee. Bedfavd, Ind., July H ' lbed"s Station, this county. Blinday .lohn! Mea-'.x wa- -hot and in-1 ant killed I bj Kelson Frit and his son. the father emptying the contents of a hotgun into the victim' alxlomen and the -on firing two -h"'- from a revolver into hi- head. The tw.i -,.n of ReasJey and Fr'f were engageil in a fi-t fijrht and when Ileasley interfered on tiehalf of h - o. the elder Frit oh je. -rd. s-eaeral row followed, sritb ret lit- as stated above. Frit and his son took tO the Woods, but a -her'ffs Keane is in pursuit. na in a Trance. M sbaaraka, ln!.. July -Re!a i vc ..f ( harb - Yrooman were informed of his death, but their mourning was of only six hour-' duration. -econd telegram aaoaaeed that the man had lieen in a trance, from which he had revised, Yrooman. who until recently wa- a well-known bu ne-s man here, m ed to Hartey. III., a -hort time Bgo. When the announcement of death wa- receited relatives Started for the Illinois town to bring the body 'o Mishawaka. Then came the new- that the dead had returned to life To Tent Id.: his uf I nlttno. Indianapolis. Ind.. July St, The right of a labor or'a n :at ion t debar a man from w irk ng at his trade by threatening h:s employer with a strike if he i- not discharged, and the r :'ht to BJtalntala an union at all except upon conditions that will provide a monetary eomaeaaatioa la the event that the union adjudged to have injured a persoa in hi property or reputation, are two itnrtant oaaa ions that are Involved in a suit airaint Vnv r can Hod Carriers' union No. t, recetiTiv filed in this city. tinea lo an Vailaa. io.-hen, Ind., July '.". Mi- Irene Canninir. who wa- recently found sleeping by a roadside dressed in fa-h-ionable clothing, and told different sTorie rejrardinjr her identity, has been taken to the I-ong Cliff asy lum by Mr-. William Elliott, wife of Sheriff Elliott. A letter ha- lieen reeelved r.im her mother. Mr-. Henry Canning, of Ea'T Harre. Ya.. inquiring for infi rmation as to her daughter's condition. Katal Uimrr.l Ind.. Julv -1. Mr K. k m MeC quarreled with one of her Imarders. Mr Edward Yan Hart. teboBB hi i band is u bartender at Mäher- saloon. When the husbands of the two women met MeCaeJ aseaatted '.u Hart vt :h a fence picket and wa- fatally shot by the latter. Yan Hart gate hime!f up. M ool is a prominent (I. A. IX. man and ha re pre e B tad h - ward in the elTy council. f'.yrm llarnee Oaf Maaeie, Ind.. July 29. - Peter T lb bury, an iron worker, who for year had pleaded with Mr-. Mary Torre J te marry him. but always meeting with refusal, threw carbolic acid in her face, niirning out her eyes and fright 'idly burning her neek. breast and rm. Tillbury went to the home of täte Phinney. where Mr-. Torrey wa visiting. an commit the revengeful act Hnral tree llrlltrrr. Indianapolis Ind.. July 1. Ibirsi free delivery -ert.ee will lie e-tab ilien -septen. oer . next at Ura.il. lay county. Length of route. 2'.'i mile: arm covered. '.' (iiare mile-; population served. 9O0; n urn ber of houses on route. IsO; carrier. J. II. Qeadersoa. The p...t office at ( ardonia will be sup. plied by rural carrier from lira 1. PsehiaMfMa Bay, La Orange. Ind.. July 29. Prohibition day at I-land park CaaatatMBa attracted .'..000 people. Ib v. Sam P. Jones delivered the principal address, k abject: Oel There and Stay There. In the evening a concert by the assembly talent filled the Auditorium. Ha-41) Hart. lad ianapolis. Ind., July 29. On. George K. McOinnis. poel master of Indianapolis -bpped and tell ns he was In the act of mounting the step of an electric ear. and wa- alarmingly Injured. Ilrnt nt it. Itrail. Ind.. Jtuj Nt, Alvin Cem n. bro'her af Wntlaai fierton. of the Owl es a . 11. in: w are company, wa- irowne,l in the Eel river while bathing. He was 22 year old and leaves a young wife Kala t tBO-Si Hellet. Indianapolis. Ind.. July 2V. Scattering rain nti r the northern and northwestern portion of Indiana afforded much relief and wi'l doubtless save mm damage to crop. rfirniitlnl.il- t'i.ree. London. July 29.-.-"The so-called 'allied villagers,' according to native report, include 2S.000 well-armed troop in southwestern Chi-L'." -ays the Peking correspondent of the Bl ir tori "Meet af them are bM Bett. er nt dibanded soldiers. They have captured all the imiicrial supplies tent from i'eking overland."

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Ma j. Henry Allen, Forty-Third Volunteers, Chosen Chief of the Insular Constabulary. TNE PUNISHMENT OF CAPT. SPELLMAN. Get. I baffee I BBSiTlHlTSJ Oltieera SSS Swltller Iu l -tuforui Murr trlelly to Bepalatfea Mauer t I nltorHi The saiilu I ru inn . Bte ItobM.mila. July M, Maj Heaff A Ilea, of the Forty-third volunteers. w ho was some time since appointed jjovernor of the island id Ley te, has been chosen chief of tht in u In r t on-ta I ulury ami will pro. ecu with the organisation ot that ferae), !. icllninn'a Selitrnce. t 'apt. BpeUinan, i tbe Fart -third, baa been senteaoed la tare yours iu priaoa for eaeoaraglBg trttding at the t loead ort, lien. Chaffee ba islttl an order I tha' ,h' tr9V s,,i'" w',J,r ,,1'"ir 1 huttoiicd everywhere outside of barracks. The ordec dispenses with the use tit flannel lnrt- which have In r lofore been tht cistoinary uuti r garments. More ttteatsaa I nllurni. Officers arc ordered to wear khaki for all duty and swords always when actively ronunanding. W hite or dreea suits are Mrinitled to W- worn tin social occasions. I poa visiting Use paeta oaexpeetedly. Ilea Cbaffee found au istoalahins variety in the nnlforatS and n s-reat bucneaa reaarding lbs clothing of tbe lf Mips, 1 w o native polu einen have Ih-cii killcil in the sul nibs of Celni. Firing upon the town out iuiics. Proves! Pavis js conduct itr.r an iavestigattaa. I lie Hiiln t rur Itolibrr) . The detectives itnpluyed iu investigating the Baata Cra robberj have found no definite clew, nor hate they learned tbe amount Iba thieve- secured. It appears that tbe sergeaat of the guard was intoxicated, antl that one sentry was detailed t guard lhlive entrances to the -ua rtlhoiise. IM) -Ue.l tor. Gen, Martm Delgado, sovemof of the islaiitl of PaSMty, ha- Baked for aid in eoaaqut bv ol tbe pavagea f locusts and the rindcrptst. Spanish residents of Manila are urgIriir the Pbllipplnea f oa biIbsbOm to tax real property Rpoa the oasis of the income derived laaiead of upin its value. The diaenssioH of the Manila charter eoatlaues In relinlln I'rntllna. All investifation Is peMibsf ill the case of Lieut. McCarthy, f the Thir-tv-hlth reyoneiil. because of the lose o:' il.ooo public inortev while leing eonveyed from Aparri to Munila. HAD CHARGE OF AGUINALD0. Hit. j. . Mefftsr as-a anitaia Sprntls IN. Time BlSSiglSSfJ and lleerltlna l.lliin. S;ui Francisco. July 0. Among the army ofllcers aba returned to the Halted States in tin transport Mead m ipt. .. B. Malb.ry. formerly a Beataaaat eelaatl f velaateera who is to rejoia lbs Second infantry. Up to the time he wa: ordered home (apt. Malloty had Auinuhlo in hicharge, (apt. Mallory says that th ex insurgent leader spends all his tim -in s' inlying and receiving visitors. Hiwife and family lire with bitfl and he appears conti nten. BOXER OUTBREAKS AGAIN. Mefctasj Tlaina Harm In the I'roeInee of BBBB Tana 1 una l.n'a 'ml t-'airlaae. Bbangbal, duly u. -The SCartb China Unity evvs announces that Ibere has lieen a recrudeseenc,- of the outbreaks by the Hovers in the Province of Shan laaa;, in eoiiscnieiiee of the Btievess of the allied villagers in Chi U province aaalasl the troons of Li II nng hang. Tbe notorious Yung La (wba was imjw rial treasurer, and later general issimo of the northern army). ha been appointed to the lucrative post of controller general of the revenue boa rd. TABOOED TOPIC IN THE NAVY. Ko One raaasstei a lim the Xavy Mn I'ul.'llelt la . the Sehley ( mrt of lninlr. Washington. July 10. Secretary Long has issued the following general order: "All persons in the naval service are Btii.tly enjoined to refrain from any poblk staffln, it iniieerning the subject matter of the court of imiuiry r. ou, st.-, I I v Cear-Admiral NV. S. 8th lev. MffWNl ".H 'lis- i. i.tiNt;. Bat n ta r V." Bairaa r.eaiie t mm iiuretni Deatts of Mla BOSB Vlelltiaalrf. Yt iiite. HI.. .Inly a. Mi- Nora Mess 1.1 - 0. B . ' ,,""S .'oting nay, nnrrowly escaped death on Sunday . ten-J int'. In COtapaay Sritb her mother and yoBBfar rdster, Mi-s Nom aai txaikBtff aaath OB (he river bank, when the yooBf lady Mepaad lata bad ..f juieks.md, s' nking to her w.ii-t. As the girl was sinking deeper every Instant, the mother screamed, her erics attracting Kniest Meyer, who, with other, resci;cd the girl. at t'r sand had reached her shoulders.

THE OIL AND OAS FIELDS.

the 4fel"ileil Survey Nays llo- Ui.rtM Terrlierf Itelui t BBS ilI) Kitentlrtt. ahmc ion, Jssfs M, The oil ens lichi- of tin- w cetera lalerlor ud of Texas are repoi l d upon in i balle tin i--n i bv Iba geologies! survey. I he report says Iba productive tei toiy ia being constantly extended, there is a deuuind for the im ., fm and oil ia proving a prolituble rt -ource. Tbe principal produetive field of the western interior area is In sollt bens: e ru Kansas and the Borthi m part of Indian territory, slthougli both pBS anil oil in limited quantit ii -have been found lis far north as K Ml itv and tlOBC the western bordei of Missouri. Tba report says the coal measure rocks of Iowa thus far have i , proved productive. Tbe inall flow of pBB there arc sporadic ami the ploitation of that tield has iet:, attended with considerable uncertaintv ami rislf. Aaaordiim to the reports the Beau meal ail bus u gravity of 'sj degrees Hau inc. has an asphalt base and contain a considerable juuntitv of lul phnr. "These tests show," say s the report, "that the percentage of light oils which it contains is very low ami it is therefore regarded a a fuel oil. The cluster of wells at BaaVBKal which hate reached the oil tSepositB re four miles sooth of tbe eentci , lhe town and within ti radius of half mile from the first dbseOVery, lp to JutM II I boss nctnallv reeogpiied as producers ansa bar 11." Bg! ardinK present prospecting in the I'evas field, the report continues: "The active drilling has Ik-cii nearly all confined to the Spindle Top heights, and thus far has developed a field of limited extant. Some of tinwells situated very near to the producing territory are now proved to lie failures. This baa caused u HtOn conservative spirit among the Opera tors, und the oil busitiesx is beaiaoing to ba conducted on a tBore careful baata. Tbe fact that tbe reserve r under Spindle Top heights appears to have n!v a limited extent doe i , preclude the possibility of Hading ll in the same general horion on othi places. Instead of a eaaUauOBS fit proaprectore should expect to tin.i aaailter af small fields occurring v Ida i titcrv als." SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. t i .11 r. I. una to Talge " aeallnn PrtsnaMe i batsejs in ibe oniee of baelSlaal eerelar. Washington. July 30. -Secretary Long will leave here Thursday for b annual vacation, the major portion ol which will be s-nt at his home at llingbain. Mass. He probabij will re turn to WaabiBSJtOn during tbe eatlv part of September, prl .r to tbe date when the Schley court of iuipiiry meet". Assistant Secretary Hiukett. who has been spending several weeks his country home in Neveeaatle, V. II.. will return to the citv on Wednesdsy, und will net as secretary. Mr. Hackett is exftel to ret in from the departmeat early in Septem ber. His nectsaor baa not yet been seleet.tl. Seer.fn ry fiQBf would be iratified to have Alien resatae his duties as assistant secretary, which he t diminished when he went to PortO lo,,,. Bad it seeBss probable tba I th - may follow. UNDER SERIOUS CHARGES, t'oantj CbbbbsIbb tones seemed 4'enii,lulM nt l Vinn I pnlnl I Bfl Ta QelleattOB Hook. St. I'aul. Minn.. .Inly 90. COBBtj Com Bliss ioner Ueorge ü. Whitehorri is charffd with "forgery, cheating and fraud" in a warrant sworn out foe Ii anest resterdati by Coaaty Auditor Will lam K. .lohnson. it is alleged that lYhitehorn, (a Hay 1 ' t . forced an cutty in the a lection boob in the county auditor's Office, marking certain taxes as paid, whereas aa money ras paid lato the traasary, It in alleged that MThltehora repreaeated tbe owner of tbe nrop ertj as -rent und ibal he committed fei'gery after rt iing Iba money to pay the tn es. RAIN IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. The V hole I tninhrrn (rUmni tititeti a Ith Castle Bains vrtth lirni Ari'iimpialnrsl, Phoenix. An.. .Inly .(). ery heavy ra instill in have covered nil of central an, i soatbera Arienaa and extended down into Mexico. In some parti of Iba Silt River valley the -torn! assumed i x t raoriliuary proport ionn and Nt tin- western part n very large an t of wntei f,ll. At (ilcmiale t'i BMBt s. vere wind stortn ever ItBOWn in this perl of the tertitorv can-,. I some daw t i taklag roof- from buildings, i,, the eastern portions the rain has caused ilesf ruction of several mites f track OH the New Mexico A Arihoaa, pad on Iba Ariaona and Boathem toad-, and some delav hal been CBUSed on ih, Southern Pacific. Part of llrmaioU tlrantril. Minneapolis. Mi iBM .luly Ml M,n naaaolia atlllen alll not enter lato cot.trnt t to ru,rni.lee the 1 tht packer- end nailers for MCS of a vear. This information was cointniiuicat ' I to tbe dlasatiafcd norkraen at n eon ference vestefd moraiap. The millers rafased absotntelj to rratartata any proposition looking to Iii signing of n Baatrarl, They agreed, how ever, to pay the ndvanced -sages asked for. The packers and nailers are considering the uestion as to whether a strike will be ordered.