Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 5, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 October 1901 — Page 2

Weekly Courier.

C, IMtiNK, PnlilUhrr. jAsrru . : INDIANA. Beth Low, president of Columbia allege, was, the - t i . Bomlnated for mayor of Qreatee u tNarh hf the republican tj aanvn nthm km the convention of the Cituens' uuio;-.. The Minnesota conference f the Methodist Episcopal church, at Bt, 1'nul. OB the ITth, voted. '. to li, in favor of tin- new atltattoa allowinj.' women rcpresentut ion in the gem I ,il conference. The l ook county (111.) grsnd jury on the ITth, indicted Detectives Cw int r anil Traeey and UmI '" e. of Chicago. They ar charged With conspiracy to defraud the state by padtlinif expense accouuta, Mr. Kruger has abandoned hi an riounced intention 1 SOBd . fccill mission to 1'ia-sident Koosevclt askM intercession in In-half of Um Bfl in the field, awing to the enet ami the arant of a suitable agent. Prince Chun, the Chinese envoy. Will not retara home by arey af the Unlb fi states-, in aaaaadaaea with telegraphic tnstraelkMM the prince wlH go to Kaplea ad thence, October 1 Will ail direct for China. President Zelaya has appelated a Jticsrsgua's rapreaaatatifta a1 the Paa-Asacrkaa eougreas I be held la the ( itv of Mexico, Luis F. Corca, the Klearafaaa aüaiata la Waahlag ton, and Alexnndro l'.ermude. th Kiosregnan eoauaissioBer at the Buffalo exposition. The postmaster-general ha decided that the proposition to issue stamps lor general BBS la commemoration of the late President McKinley is LsUpracticable, in view of the length ol tine required fr preparing the is,,e and other difficult ies. No such stamps therefore, will be issued. It is announced that British mann faeturerx hae resolved to "form commissi-.n to defend their interests and the int. -rests of British commerce in view of the entrance into the country of the American Tobacco Co.H To this end a rctailiatory measure will be abortiv announced. Icon F. Colgosz, the assassin ot President McKinley, was, on the Nth, sentenced to be electrocuted in Auburn state prieon during the week beginning October 8S, WW. Before sentence was passed the assassin evinced a desire to speak, and stated that no one was in any way party to his a" ful crime. Jeremiah Morrow Wilson, principal counsel for Rear-Admiral Schley and one of he leading lawyers of Washington, died suddenly in his apartments in the Shorehani hotel, in Washington, on the '-'4th. Heart failure, aaparindaced by an attack of acute indigestion, coupled Witt Pi la Ill's disease, caused his death. J. II. Wood, the man who drew elniin No. l. adjoining the city of Lnwtos, Okla.. is now attempt lag to fence his farm on vvhic'n are located 500 stjuatters. who refuse to noe. To fence the north side, one mile long. Wood must go through an almost solid row of tents, stores and shacks. He will appeal ta the i tilted state- court to remove the Latradere. "I-tltor Conditions in Ortiianv" it the subject of a report to the state department by Consul-' leneral Hughes, nt Coburg. Prom information in his possession he says there it a scarcity of work in liennany. rdiort hours, dismissal of hands and Cutting down of wahres are reported in the mining aad Iran working and machine working localities, The Bulgarian government denies, the statement of the Turkish government 1nat tin ftbdUCtON of Miss Helen 11. .-stone, the American missionary . aaughl refuge in I'.ulgaria. A search Of the mfawjag Blissiona ry whi' li "as instituted in that country proved fruitless. The frontier guard ha been reinforce! to prevent any pan aible passage of bngautls. In reply to an inquiry from the State department as to whether tli"y Will pay the ransom demanded by the Bulgarian brigands who kidaeped liss Btone, one of its missiooaries, the American Board of Missions has Stated that it has charged its repieaantatlvea la Constantinople with tlM saaaeming af the womna, leevlag the t,irice to be arranged by him. The vil of the late President Me Kinlej was offered for probate at Ceatoa, ()., on the 'Tth. it disposes of an state valued at from ttftfOOQ to gtAO,0Q0, all of which is bequeathed 1i his wife, daring her life time, then to iro to his brother and sitetv, hen and share alike. The i-t.ite il charged, however, with the paymeal of on annuity f llon to hi mothei dnrinc life, and to his slater, Helen MKuilev, after his mother's di-ath. Qen, .lose Marin Chavee, of Abiqnie, P M.. on the tSth( celebrated his one hundredth birthday aaalvereary, II sened as a lieutenant under the kitijj of Spain, colonel under the republic of Mexico, and general af militia under the government af the United States; was in tue campaigns as suir ordinale otVicer, and Mtl held eixil office under Spain, Mexico and ti Halted Kmtes. Two months, agaj (ien Cbsves hud a Mtaleptk attack and was placed in his coflin.

C UK KENT TOPICS. THE NEW8 IN BRIET. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Judge Bat lamia B. Madaay, af Dam ler I ol., in decidinjr tt motion in a rase involving a hill for medical aervm, n the Mthi gave l Im opinion Hint, under the law- of tolorado, no license is requited for the practice of osteopath) . The steamer sierrn, which arrived nt Baa rraacisca, aa the Mth fram Australia, mraaghi over j-.vki.ikw in gohl The first of the series of races between the Shamrock and the Columbia for the America's cup, on the Loth, resulted in ' no race" on account of the failure of the contestants to make the ..0 miles in the time limit of Irs, and one-half hours. The result of the ayl trial, however, was such as la diaaearaga Ihs eft defeated ahltlangtni and inspire Iiojk- in Americans of the ability of the Columbia again successfully to defend the coveted trophy. The attorney general has rendered an opinion to the interior department sustaining the authority of the Cherokee Indian nation to lcy a tax of 20 cents por ton on prairie hay shipped out of the nation. Mr. George B. CortelyOU, secretary to the president, left Washington, on the -nth, for Centos, (.. where ha will settle UtS estate and adjust p. r-onal affaire af the lata Presldeat McKinley. William B. Bidgley, recently appointed comptroller of the currency, arrived in Washington on the Seth tie will assume charge of his office on the 1st. The signal olliee of the war department now has direct telegraphic communication with Fori Egbert, Alaska. The lines were Completed on the teth The condition of Kirk B. Armou, the packer, who is seriously ill at his home in Kansas t ity. Mo.. sas reported Improved aa the Wh Assassin C.olirosz, who was soutenced, on the 36th, to be electrocated during the week beginning October M, is reported to lüve said, during the trip to Auburn prison, that be bad made n mistake, and was sorry now that he did it, as it had helped in. body. .lohn (ieorge Nicolay. who was private secretary to President Lincoln, and widely known as the author of SI Venal works on tl- life of the great war president died, on the Mth, at hiv residenco la Weshington, aged Tu years. The LoadOU Iaily News publishes an aneonflrmed minor thai Lard Kitchener has resigned the post of commander-in-chief of the British anny in South Africa, owing to disagreements with Mr. Brodrick, the war secretary. Caleb Harvey, on old and wealthy resident of I. a Borte, Ind.. died, on the Mth, as the direct result of grieving over the assassination of B resident McKinley. The physician who at tended Mr. Harvey aaya that he literally mourned himself to (bath. The remains of Abraham Lincoln were placed in what is intended shall be the final rer.'ing place of the sacred dust, on the '''.th n bed of iron and masonry 1". feet below the base of the shaft of the national Lincoln monument at Springfield, III. Min li disappointment was expressed oxer tin- failure of the wind, on the Mth, which prevented the Bret race bCtWCea Shamrock II. and Columbia being finished within Untune Uralt, At the time the race wa called off Shamrock was almost hull dowa to tin- rear of the Columbia. The period of official mourning for President McKinley will end en Octobi r 1 . and after that date the routine of life at the national capital. Iwith political and social, will progress as usual. It has lccn intimated 1o the ladies af the official set in Washington that Mis. BooeeveH Will not le ready to receive calls of a social or formal nature until aftt r October 1. Mrs. lJooyevelt is trying to sole the problem of bestowing a fnmilj of eii?ht into a seven-rooin flat for that is all thp White Mouse livinir rooms amount to and at the same time maintain a decency of public appearance and a privacy of family life hefiuing their station. Vnnounceraenf is made thai the mal ringe of MHj.-t.en. H. C. Corbin. adJUtaat general of the arinv. and M iss Bdyth Pattea will take place la Washington, at the residence of the bride, on November 8, Passenger train No. 3, on the Yv'nbssh, a through train from St. Lottie ta Omaha. SM wrecked, on the J7t h . seven miles southeast of Council Bluffs. In. The . ntiie train, consisting Of mail and iavggage cam, tWO day conches, a chair ear and PuIImai sleeper, rolled down an ls.f,,t em bsnhnseal and turned bottom side up, Nearly forty persons were injured, some of them fatally. It is at-ain asserted In well-informed circles at Caracas, that President f'Hstro will IOOII declare war on Colombia. The VeaeXttelaa government is without financial resources, and WlU shortly use the method of South American dictatorships and proceed to raise ftind by force. Lm k of confidence in fhc government is manifest. -il everywhere la Venesuela. knkiaiid B. trmaer, the packer, died nt his resid -m-e in Ksnsee ( hv. Mo., on tiie ETth, Mr. irmaur had suffered With Bright'i dleesm and a weak heart. The question of the in tariff continues to 1h the subject Of newspaper discussion in f.ermany, which is daily becoinins hotter.

In the Schley court of inquiry, on the -7th. a letter wus presented from Rear-Admiral ahmumoa, asking to le allow cd to as Npreseated la the aautrl bj counsel, but the court refused to great the rrqnaci aa the ground that "the court docs not at this time regard you as n part to the case." A special dispatch from Christ iania. on the -'"th. said that the condition of Henrik Lben. the Norwegian dramatis! and poet, had ftaara amrsa ami thai hi- dee n was aostrly expected. Br, Lueger, the chief burgomastei of ienna. has been cha lleiic d to a duel by Herr M t c n he i in. a lawyer, hoin he had Called ;l ilia lev oleut fooi." lie refused to fight, however, 0s the -Ttt R. (J. Bun ij Co. report ed: "Failures for the week aambered .'l'T in the I'nited States, against -i'i last year, and :tl in Canada, against IS last year." Herr buck, a banker in Aschaflcn inirg. Germany, eonunitted suicide, c the .'7th, by drowning himself in tin Main.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. The race between Shamrock IT. and Columbia, aa the iuth, was ihecloMst aver sailed in an Aineru i s i up eon test. Columbia was beaten ta Ihe outer mark by 41 seconds, but gained a slight bad on the run home. cruM lug the finish line :!7 mooads ahead of Shamrock, winning, with time allowance of ."! sx-onds, by :i minute and l!u seconds. Dr. Henry Whitehorn, died :n Schnectady, N. Y., on the &9th, aged M years. He was at tie time one of tin- b.-st known educators La the conntry. He occupied the Greek chair in several of the leading American universities. Count Von Wahicrsee. who is ailing, w..s reported to be worse on the 19th He suffer! from a painful sore 'U the leg and has no appetite. lie is near Neckarsulni. Wiirtemherg, 0U the estate of his sister-in-law. A disastrous tiht between Cnited States troops and insurgents occurred, on the 'tli, on the island of Baawr, near Ualangiga, P. L A Large body of insurgents attacked Company "C." Ninth infantry, only '4 members of the company escaping, many of them wounded., All the Others are reported to have been killed. The thirtieth annual meeting of the nriny of the fwmberland will be held at uouisville, Ky.. October I and 9. All honorably discharged office! s and enlisted men who served la the Army of the Cumberland are eligible to membership and would be weh coined at its meetings whether members or not. Prince Chun, head of the Chinese mission of expiation, left llerlin for China, on the -'i'h. In obedience to a special command from his brother. Emperor Kwaag su. He will not ba allowed tO Visit other European countries or the Cnited Bates afaaieUjr, .lohn Orehem, one of three bUTg1 lars. vho dynamited the jxist offioe safe at Armada. Mich., recently, and who was wounded in the running fight that ensued between the citizens and the thieves, died of his wounds on the J 'th (apt. Law re nee 3. Rennte, af the Twenty -first infantry, on the 1Mb, reported a severe engagement with Filipinos near ( n mlelaria. the Americana losing one killed and two wounded. The Insurgent lo-s Jnis not been ascertained. The Americans captured 80,000 pounds of rice ami MVOfUi hundred rounds of ammunition. While givin'.' Private Deprend full credit for sincerity in r-Mrting that he wns attacked by prowlers while guarding the late President IfcMbs ley's grace the officers hae concluded that his story was the result of hallucination produced by un oxerWfOUgfal mind caused by his peculiar urronndiaga. The guard at thut Point has been doubled. Chicago a Northwestern pessen jet train .No. 1 left the track while cuter Lag the yard at Dualap, la., on the 'tmh. Three sleepers and two chair cars werederailed and the tracks were torn up for quite a distance. The accident was caused by a broken rail, which parted into i:t pieces. No one was injured, and the damage to tintrain was slight. Prince Karl Loeweneteia of tiermany has issued a siiniinoiis for a conference against duelling, to meet in l.eipsie on the llith. His appeal is signed by aumerous members of 'h' Ccntriel or clerical party in the reichst Sg. The whole rpiestion of .luellinj. x ill Ik- thoroughly atiSCUSSCd by tlitholie and Protestant Jxdi icia lis. Anting under instructions from Cnited States Marshal Hammer, deputy mar: hals bey an a crusade agiC.est territorial jointists at Ardaseee, I. T., on ihe 30th, and placed several under arm st, h irreet quantity of wet troods was spilled in the Streets, and nialiv barrels of wine were confiscated. Miss Jennie L Butler, for "t rears in charge of the ateoves of the Boeiet Library of Neu ork city, eommitted SUlclde at Neligh. Neb .. on the :Hith, by taking carbolic acid. Miss Ituih-r came vest si months ago. She was N rears aht, ami a aatlve af Slew Hampshire. A press building at the Louisiana Purchase World's fair at St. louis is practically assured, ami it la altogether lilcelj that the Iflssotirl Prem aa elation will be in charge, nid . in host to lisitino, representatives ..f i'npress from other states and fioin abroad. de inati li from Ladysmlta, Natal, dated Uet ober I. mis: " l ln- P.ritish success nt ,.it ha la is now known to imve been greater than was nt llraf reported. Two hundred Boen were killed and more than three liun dre. i were wonnded or captured. " The Priaeem Charlotte Bonaparte widow f Count Primoll, died la Raune on the Mh, She was born in 18.12.

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The Officers Arc Now Said to Ba Included Among the List of Killed. ATTACKED BY FOUR HUNDRED BOLOMEH. the AiuerU'MUB Killet About OM ataualced Baeej Taste am kallauta llefore HeliiH o,,reom gen, masdaee Baiaai s-en In ouininuil t( Troopmm Mai'la, Ottt, L Qaa, Hughes, from the Island af Bamar, reports the arrival of Bergt, afarhlejf and one private at Tannas ?) from the tig ht at Ualangiga, where over at men of Co (. ., Ninth infantry, were killed by Inaurgenta, who attached the troops wildcat breakfast Saturday last. 1 bo me u w ho have reached Tanna u say the ofacers af the eompany, who were at first reported to hae escaped, were killed with the majority of the company. The troops were attacked) while preparing brcaksfast, by 400 botomen, of whom the Aamrieami killed about 140. Many of the soldiere were killed in their quarter! before they had time to gra.sp their rifles. (Ien. Hughes is going to the scene of the disaster and will personally command the troops. ROW HrnnrS nt the Kullinnau. A new branch of the KatipUMMl has been discovered at Tarlac, capital of the province at that name. The object of the society is tin- slaughter of the whiles. Mareclino Mamille, president of Banoaug, is the chief of the new branch, which includes numbers of the native constabulary, who were recently armed. Una policeman admits that be was taxed a dollar and was ordered t, make bolus. A regular collection lias been mads by the organization from the natives, either by persuasion or threats, and an uprising had been planned for an early date, l.ilerllln Warfare I'roitllM. The conditions In Tayants (Tsym Ixis) and Katanga arc not reassuring. The Worst kind of guerilla warfare prevails there. The insurgent forces are distributed, under eover, along every road and trial and wait for travelers la ambush. The insurgent leader ( aballos (who formerly belonged to den. Caillos' Command, but who refused to surrender with Caitlee) 's retreating to the mountains. The main forces of the insurgents are scattered in bands iivit the province, where they dig up rifles when there is an opport unity to use i hem. tmi: orricKfta hii.i.kd. .'!!. (oiinell. I lent. Ill, ill nod De. drixoiiii tasosm Hemi. Wssbtnglon, Oct. 1. In additioai to the enlisted men, three oommle lotted office ra of Co, C, Ninth infantry, ate supposed now to have iie.-n killed in the action in Sainar, Philippine islands, last Saturday. The officers ate: ( apt. Thomas n, CoaaeiL First Lieut. Edward A. Buna pas, Burgeoa R, s. Griswold. A question having arisen as to the accuracy af the csblegram received at the war department. Sunday, from 'ien. Chaffee, the cable company was directed ta repeal it The repetition disclosed some i naccii raries thut materially changed the message. As cor rected, the dispatch reads: The ametsei MeeeMeau Manila. Sept. Adjutant (ieneral. Washington HugCS reports following from Itassey, southern Beater-Twenty-four men Co. C, Ninth regiment. C. S. infantry. 11 wounded, have jnt arrived from Knjniigign; remainder company hilled. Insurgents ocured all coinpaiiv supplies ami all rifles except three. Company was attacked daring breakfast, morning September tt; company 73 strong; oftici i s. Thoiuas . ( onnell, captain; Edward A. Bumpus, Rrst lleutaaanai lJr. B. B. Oriawold, major surgeon, Signed. (HAK FKK. BenOOVS nimm It,,' Ulaalnic. As corrected, the dispatch shows that ( o. ('. of the Ninth, suffered the lisaster. No couij.aiiv was mentioned in the dispatch made public Sunday, The set ions discrepancy between the original and the Corrected dispatches, however, ii thai Ihe latter im du-, Me, that the commissioned oth.-. 1 1 of the company are BllssiBg, perhap--killed; while the former indicated I bl t t hey cm a pad. ('apt. on ne I Tu I'm her tlfle4. The father of ( apt. ( onnell resides in New York city. He telegraphed to the war department that he is ill receipt of a cablegram from the ipmrtSI master af the Ninth regiment, saying that his son had been killed in Bl -lion. He aska fm confirmation of IhS dispatch from the war department, but the Oflicinll here are unable, at this time, to eoulrm the information. Tin- rii,t :ir.i ii irDurbaa, Natal, Oat, I, A force of 1,500 p.oers, commanded by Oen, Botha, made an attack, which lasted till day long, September to, aa Purtitala, on the border of EultllUBd, The burghers were laallj repulsed bat at' a heavy cost to the garrison, whoso losses were an oflieer und II men killed and five olliee rs and M men wounded. In addition, ft. I men are missing, of which n umber many are wounded. The Koer ( omnia BBS n t Opperman and nine burghtrs are known to have been killed.

NEWS FROM INDIANA.

Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. BBUMM UBrrri. Brazil, Ind., Sept. SaWFhc Stale Federation of Labor at its session her adopted a resolution of condolence on the dealh of (mi. Mount, who WBf S greal friend to the laboring man BSV eral factories w . i placed on the unfair list. The following officer I were elected: President, Edgar Pi rkins, Indianapolis; firs! rice president, William Lackey, Linton; third ice presldsat, Mrs. n Keaaedy, Ladlaa spoils; secretary and treasurer, J. V. Paters, South Bead. Trnr,l nt llobnrt. Hobari, Ind., Sept. :;u. Frederick W. Hartman, an aped farmer living near here, fitally wounded his wife, aged &9 years, bv striking her severe I times on the head with a piece of iron. Leaving her for dead, he went into the bedroom and committed suicide b shooting himself in the head. Mrs. Ha it mail's skull is fractured. The couple had been married 4". years, and had raised a family of Bve ehlldrt n. Of late they had iuarrc!ed over niouey matters. Feara AbSaellon. rndiaaapolis, tndM Bept. 30. The presence of a Kentuckian in this eity who came to urge Qov. Hurbin to honor a raajuisltion for the return of V. s. Taylor ami Charles Ptnjey fr trial for complicity in the SSSSSSinS' tion of Senator doebel has caused the friends of Mr Tavlor to fear that an attempt may be made to take him away by force, und several citizens went to Ins residence and will remain With him Until the supposed danger is past. Ma from llrlgrlnm. Monde, tad ,8ept. 30, The party ol 240 Belgians who recently left Krüssels bound for Ifnacie vxill work in the factories of the American Window dlass company. It is said this means that the American company lias planned a general importation of P.clgians to man its factories, as there la a great shortage of American skilled workmen ami the company's plants have It. en ninny hundred workmen short for the hist three years. T, Sannes se u. Vinocnnes, Ind.. Sept. SO. A mass meeting held at the Kirt Ifetbodlst ehtirch to form n Law and ot-d.-r league was well atteaded. it was called at the Instigation of the ministerial association of the idly for the purpose of stopping gambllag, vice and Lawlessness, Which is alleged tc exist here. Committees were ip. pointed to secure pledges from the eitiaeas to help suppress the evils. I. nit Tekea Money. Deep hiver, Ind.. Sept. :;n. w. n. Wood, keeper of a small store here, secreted BMO in a soap box under the munter and then went upstairs to dinner, leaving' the place in charge of lames Manly. 17 yesrs old. When he returned from dinner Manly was gone and so Unsa the money. The grocer went to Chicago and found the bay, Who confessed the theft and turned, over $:;iij of the ttolea money. On Ihr Wei IffSlrt. s. ut ii Bend, Ind., Sept. 3". -Two ft"nt carriages from the Northwestern military academy automobile battery, Chicago, left here and proceeded on their journey eastward to Ruffs lo, V Y. Maj. Davidson and three cadets from the academy manned the machines. The cadets had been here two diiy PtonOeV ii ml trlrrnn. Cicero, Ind., Sept, Judge Willism Neal. an aged pioneer of Hamilton county, died at his residence in this city after a brief illness, at the age if -.1 years. He settled in this place in 1839, He served the county in the capacity of associate judge, recorder and treasurer. He was a civil war reters a, ll steeOVSsS llruUrn, Marion. Ind., Oct. 1. (.rant county broke all records of oil developments during- the last tivenl month, from Aiit'ii-t II to September L'.V Out of ?. weiis drilled daring that period BJ were producing oil wells with a total approximate production of U'.'.Ut barrels daily. Cant east iweetlecl Wabash. Ind., Sep;. ;n. .lohn Hipskiüd v Son. of this city, were Unsuccessful bidders for the new Car-! BCgta library to be built here, their bid on the building ready for 8CCm pancv b. iiiL- 118,433. The building is to be finished BOl later than duly 1, j P.HI2. Wimrv Mlaialnsr. Portland. Ind.. Sept. ill. Harvey Wehrlev. of Balamoala, collected $ I ..li. which he thought he had hidden afelv. but when he went to get it the money was missing. It is believed tlmt the thief was some one familiar w it ii tin- premises. Kilted Ii) n Trnln. Riehmond, Ind., Sept. SO, Foref Shock, of this city, was killed by a train at Lima. O. III De inn ii , I. Columbus. Ind.. Sept. fa, Rtste Pish i nmi Oame Commissioner ,. T. Sweeney compelled to emploj additional office force to ijisiir hunters' licences to applicants under the provisions of (he Isw which goes into effect October 1. ii n,i Peas), Crawfordsville. Ind.. Oct. 1. - Sum- 1 Bel Conners was found dead in n creek near this city. If is supposed that he committed suicide. He was ,15 y ears old. married and was in good circumstances. Mis home was near Ladoga.

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Secretary of the Treasury Gaga Talks About the Large Treasury Surplus. PROSPEROUS CONDITIONS GRATIFYING. Accumulation of lune In Ihe I ren. ur lln. lire ii More Hum Over. ansae Pumeuaoe ot Beaeia lit,- Op,-,, Mirkrl l (he lliai in. BSSMSt, ChhiagO, Oat, 1. Secretary of th Treasury (iage, vln, i staying a few days at the home of his son in Eva ston before H"'"k' tC Colorado to spend his vacation, said in regard to the present Large surplus in the tree ury : "Th' prosperous condition of the country must be mo-t gratifying. Tha aeereaae in the eapeaditures of the government is a salient factor in the increase in the surplus ill the la-t three months, l-'rom J UBS '.in, 1001, tu September -0, Ihe revenue amounted to !M36,nuii,ono. The expenditures during this time were 1111,000,000, This left an execs of nearly 115,000,0 During the same period in 1900 tin r ceipts were 1110,000,000, ami the epemliturcH the same. Of course, the fact must be taken lato consideration that the revenue for the last three years was under the lowered schedule, so that the 1 136,000,000 receipts thin year represents a larger amount ol business transacted than during the same time last year, when the , 000.000 ,ns received. "It was estimated when the present revised rcvVnne law was put in force on duly l that the revenue receipt! from all sources would fall off some (.(M -ti.lMHI by reason of the reductions made. If that had been realised, i he receipts since that time would havn been $T. "(). 1MMI less, or 1128,500, Notvv it hstnndlBg the reduction iu tnxe. the receipts have been diminished by less than 13,000,000 from wh ,t they Were a year ago, while the expenditures have decreased by iJVCf $17.000.000 for the same period. Up to the present time, however, the accumulation of monvj in the treasury, which would be the natural effect at this time, SSS been I than overcome by th" purcha of bonds in the open market b tin- PfOV eminent. During the Issl three months there have been bought ben1 having a face value of $10,500,000, for which over fj;.,iino,non vva- paid. I he actual cash in the tree St rjf has thus been reduced, and the present excess of revenues over ex. oeud i i u res lalteB care of for the time being." GOVERNMENT A SUCCESS. Senator Dietrich, of rlirnLn. UtVCS U l.uuil ecu ll n I ,,f I'riiurri, In the rattiaaiees Oaaaha, Neb.. Oca, 1. Senator Met rich, who has just returned from the PhlllppiaCa, was in the city jresU rday Und talked of the condition- in the Philippines. He was pleased with the progress, and speaking of tin- new civil government, said "The civil government is a BUCCCM The governments which have been formed with natives at tin bead are running in a smooth manner ami giving the liest of aat isfact ion This is especially true in Luton, where the rebellion has been crushed." Senator DeiMieh has visited the island of Ssnnar. where ( onipany ( . of the Ninth infantry, w as ambuscaded Saturday. "The island is filled with baml.tti and outcasts," he explained. "When the insurgents were driven out of Lasoa ami the other nearby Islands, those who did not take the oath of allegiance fled to Semsr. in a abort time the island, which h.nl been " KCl -able, was n hotbed of trouble. The bad characters of tha erehlpelsgo gathered there and forced the BBtlVei to join their forces. The banditti have violated every rule of war and civilization, and it will doubtless " quire considerable foiee to bring them io terms. " ZEBUL0N PIKE MONUMENT. Tltr Monument MnrUlim Ho- M" U here the IsmnSBt Klnu V KM llnnleil BWS?a lleilleHle.l Courtlaud. Kas., Oat. 1- The " rUionies attending the ut.v . iilittg "t asanuanenl erected by Ihe slate i mark the spot where UeUt Zell llOB If. 1'ike hauled dow u tin- Bpanlsh nng and caused the Star- an I " d" " "' be raised for the find time in Kan as territory, were held here. ITie mOB acaeat is located t ihe Pawnee Indian village close Ul oiirt I , n :. u land donated by the state, la-t winter, by Mrs. BNaabeth "ohnwi. J he ceremonies to diiv vcre ".mied bv memlM-rs of the State BlstOI leal society, headed by Seer 'tnt 1 ol StstS Qeorge W. Martin, and prominent nieii from all pi its of Kansas. THE LUCKY BAKERS' DOZEN. Hall ParlS I"!" Tltlrtern PtCeeS WMl ImiI !llulil llninaa- N ihS Bansatted Train. Itunlap. la.. Oct. I. I btCSgO Northwestern passenger rai " left thetra whshemleiiagtheysrciJ Three sleepers and two chair earl Were derailed and the trSCkl ''"' torn up for falta n distance. '"' accident was caused by a broken t Which parted info U pieces. N' Viss injured, ami the damage to the traiti -vss not aatenniva