Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 March 1902 — Page 2

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C ! m:, Iulilllier. t INDIANA, JAM' 11;. I he Ohio house passed a Will, et the i t 1. appropriating $r."..Oio foi representation ut the St. Louis World' fair. An oll gusher brought in at Chnnut. . Kas., on t Ii- 81st, and threw oil n hundred feet. The tirilier were mahle to control t he Bow R G. Dun i Co., of Nnv York, reported on the 21st: "Failure! for the week numbered 209 in the United Stat.--, r gainst 224 laut year, and :i fa Canada, against :t ; last year." Representative Hill, of Connecticut, on the 18th, Introdueed a bill for th.' coinage of the silver bullion in the t.rea'irv Durchased under the art of July 14, lay.', into sunsiuiarv Mi i w . . i : l - coin. The Servian cabinet, on the 10th, I ttm MalOTIAtintl. iiW.llIT t r,l,;,"u e . the adoption by the skuptscnina ias national assembly! of a en il service reform measure, against the withes of the ministry. The rules committee of the NewYork state assembly. OB the '.'.'th. favorably reported a bill appropriating flOO.noi) for New York slate's representation at the Louisiana Purcku-e exposition at St. Louis. Senator Troctor. on the l'.'th. intro4ueeil n bill continuing in fore tha present law for the exclusion of ( lun se until the epir: ation ol Xlie cmmIng treaty with China or until a new treaty shall le negotiated. The Portuguese troops in l'ast Africa captured 10' slave dealers and killed M others at Pemba Bay, r - ntH when the PnViTliinellt force! . , . i. ..1.1- ,i,a vlsv attackeu r. uropgnwu. o. .... - dealers ml liberated "o alavt b. Five hundred n turned emi?rant disappointed with life in the I nitcc ttute. hare just passed through Bei tin on their way t. their old boa -In the provinces of east and weal Prussia anil in Russia and Austria. The New York stock exehnmro w i!, e closed on Good Friday and the following "lay. 'i!.. board of manapvrs ,,f the Sew York produce exchange also voted t close the exchange on Good Friday, March 28. The annual report of the American Telephone Co., ,; BoatoO, .iust h aued, shows total earnitiL's of $11. 06,81, agalnat 1934.44 in 1900? net revenue 17,338,285, against 15,480,051 tn 1900. Surplus, after diridenda, $-,-M8,M8, agalnat $1.407.456 in 1'JOO. 't'he CologM (iaette savs that i fottr-rolume autobiography al Bleh ard Wagner, bepinninjr in 1854, ha te. a privately printed at Basel am. Bayreuth. Thirteen sets of the work tiave been issued before general pule location, supposedly for the rrlti cisui of judicious friends. The secretary of the interior, or the 19th, sent to the senate the draft f a bill providing for the enl irjs naent of Vellowstona park, In c uHnmunicatlon accompanying the 1M!. the secretary says tha extension of the park boundaries i necessary to protect the gtma In the park. The political situation in Hay ti is criti'.-tl. The authorities Continus inakitiir arrests. The prisoners of importance are taken on board the Bay tie n war shipCrete-ao-Plerot. The authorities at Port-au-Prince hellere the disturbances will be quelled before lehy reach 1h st ige of being considered r- olutlosary, The Franeo-Buaalaa note relative to China, which was published, on the "nth. was handed to Secretary Hay bj mbassador t'ambon, for France, and Count Cassini, for I!usaia. The inte is regarded officially s simply another pledge on the part of the signatory powers to maintain the open door" in China. The agreement between the Doi nln government and William Mar ni for the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at ( ape Bretot ftn lieen brought to a antlafaetory I re. It i-i expected that wireh I emtUllUlii' ation be established between the Dominion and Qreat Brils ain by the beginning of June. The suprecic court of California, In a decision handed down, on the tSth, declared the trust clause in the will of the !ate Senator .lames G. Kuir invalid, and the pro pert j will at once be distributed nmonjy the children of the lie. eased senator. It is estimated that the estate is Worth sjiore than twenty million dollarCnited states Consul-Geneml Per ry M. De Leon, at Guayaquil, Kcanv dor, has aiiplied for and been Lnanted leave of absence, and win come to Washington, shortly, to confer with the state department with regard to the rereut troubles in Ecuador growing OUt of claims of illegal arre-l and Imprisonment of American u. ens. The government bin arranging for provisional, ooaautar and rotn tnercial relations betören AttSlrUv llnngs i and Mexico was ngTpt-d npn in the upper house of the reichsrath, un the aist. The bill had ilready passed the lower house. An Austro Hungarian minister to MexiO was appointed Inst June. Mipioanatic relations between Austria-Hun-gary and Mexico had been interrupted iinee 1W7. the year Emperor Muxlnilian was ahot.

C UK It EXT Tdl'lCS. THE NEWS rj BRIEr. FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. In the senate. u the 17th. the ahlji aubShly lilll - ,ss.,l t a vote of V to 21. ix rvpuWimni votm- atmlast nl one tlvnun nil f..r the ineHure Horn amendments, nccsptsble to those havtaa thf sMasurs la charm, were aOOpUKl, all other 1,-Iiik r. j.M teil.. In the houae. con viiteritt Ion of the river ami harhor bill Whs Begun. Mr Hurtoti id i m-tklns; un sxtsndM pur a in santaitatton al Ins measure, in the course of which he tn--ssnted many Interesting (acta relative to it. Tbs discussion ol the UN, uui. took .i wlite range In the MaatS. on Uim lSth. at the ref.i -t r Mi (:.. In -1 tain the prlntfc as a document of sum Philippine eorcepondenc as ordered. Three hours waa nam la illii ii Iiis the wn provMlna for the protection of the president of the United States ami for punishment in I'nlti .i st.i'e rourtf of those convicted p bis kins assaults upon him In tha hou.i the general lehnte on the rtvr stal h irbor hiM occupied almost the entire

ion. a lance niitiiii. r or spetcnes oeins made f"r ii nl Hgalnst the measure. Saturday, April M, w.is s. t .i.!r for mfmortal servh e on the late Hepres.-ntatl' e Rtokes, ' f South Carolina. nni the lute j: presentatlvf Crump, of MUhiRin. In the sen, it... on the lith. the bill providingfor the protection Of the prOSt d. tit ..f the I'nlte,! State was under consideration Varinc the entire session. It t . nrued on one side that the government had an absolute und Inherent rluht ti protect Itself am! II I'fT.c.rs I mult; and on tha other thai an Itself and Its offers from nsissa.ilt (nicht Im- made tiinni the t,re,.nt as a ' person and not as an official of the govern roant, which oucht to be punished pre1 rise!;,- as an assault upon any other cttlsen In the Bous fair prtMjr wns : made with tlx 'Imt and harhor Mil, 27 of the 111 pages of the hill being, disposed of. No amendments were adopted, and the ' gi neral debate Was featureless. tn the senate, on the :M ii, the day was I devoted to consideration of the bill for protection of the president of the '.'nlt,i mates, numerous speeches be In 4 made I for and against the Measure fVw new points were raised. The principal nrgu- ' mrv.t made against the bill was that fed" : er.il ofBeerS ought to be treated in the 1 court" precisely .is are other citizens In tha house very stow progress was ma I with the river and harbor bill Th.- com mit, again sui ... ded in defeating er;. nnn n.lment offered tn the senate, on the list, the bill to re duce the war revenue taxes was pwased without division, and after only one short sneei h had best) made. The bill to provide for the protection of the president, after Ixlng under discussion the greater i..,rt ,,n i.r the iiav. was n.iss. ! nv a vote f,f 52 to ir.. rill amendments having been relected In the house the river and harbor hill. wtd. h had b-n under discus sion for a week, was passed, the amount of the appropriation being nreciseiv it came from the senate JfMMJfT, Including authorisations PERSONAL AND GENERAL. brist inn Mann died at his residence in Junction City. Kas., on the 10th. of peritonitis. Mr. Mann was the lender of the Christian Science church in that place, and refused medical attention during his lltneas. Henry C. Hale, formerly u member of the i'irth infantry, who was honorably discharged at San Krancisco, on the :id. after six years of service, mostly in Cuba and the Philippines, was killed by n train at Hinfield. Kas., on the ZOtll. His relatives have not yel been located. In the professional continuous pool championship tournament in Brooklyn, Charles Weston, the Wyoming cowboy Champion, on the lOth, defeated W illiam K. McCune by a score of ItS to 71. Weston's hig-h scores were M and 21 and Met line's 1", an i 13. The Pacific eable steamer Anplia hsa leached Doubtless bay. thus enipleting '.e Australia-N.vv Zealand link of the cable. The fref delivery postal Service will ! est-blished at St. Charles, Mo., on duly L Prof. .1. C. Rehurman, chairman of the first Philippine commission, lunched with the president on the ftOtb. It WSI s.-,i,l that the visit had no special significance. Secretary ( ort lyoti, on the '-'nth. announced the appointment of Thomas F. Stone, as chief usher at the White House, to succeed William DuBoia, resigned. The persistent circulation of reports that the state department has made a demand upon Turkey for reimbursement of the money expended in the ransom t Miss Stone, is ennsinir n pood deal of annoyance to the officials of that department. Emperor William has directed that n former torpedo bout, now used as a gttardship at Wilhelmshaven, Prussia, shall be Banned llce Roosevelt, in honor of the daughter of tin- president of the Cnited States. Ilardroan, Pech ,v piano manufnetnrers. suffered a loss of $:tun.uno. r. possibly, more, oy the lestrnction. on the niirbt of the Milt, by fire, rjf their plant located nt West Fortyeighth street and North river. New York cit . Mr. II. Clav Fvnns. commissioner of pensions, ha s told President Roosevelt that, at hi early convenience, be wishes to be relieved froin his present official position. The presi- ,,... t,.,, ;-. "eeted h int.. Mf r-ivirtr Mr Etm a diplomatic mia I wn. Lieut. -Con. Miles toll the senate committee on military alTnirs on the ?nth. thnt if the bill introduced by Senator Rawley, at the instnaee of the war department, for tin- organisation of a general staff of the nrmy. should be Coma a law, he would decline to longer bold his commission. Henry Bush, 4 years of air.-, a car Renter, became enraged at a stray cnt at his home In Ouincv. III., on the ?0th. nnd made a rlclons kick nt it. He was standing on tha edge of ins front porch and missed his footing, faii'tiir t the ground, breaking his nock. In the current Issue of the Com Ittoner William .1. Pryan makes an attack on firmer Cleveland, denouncing him as a traitor, Ingratc and political nonentity, The animus of the attio k is the letter recently written by Tlr Cleveland to a Mississippi editor. Noah iais. for many yean judge of the supreme court of New York died at his home, in New York city, on the '..'nth. lie was the maeistratc nefore whom William If. Twee' and Kdwurd 8. Stokes were tried.

A Inrga tree, ball oak and half black walnut, is curiosity on the tiinlsr lot owned by C. C. West, in Ohio Grove, three miles southeast of Byeamot . 111. Old woodmen nit they never before hcurd of a similar freak of jiature. The board of library trustees of Beatrice, Neb., on the 'Ist. receive! hii offet from Andrew Carnegie t give nOWO for a library building there, on condition that the city furnish a site and agree IQ supply 090 a year for maintenance, The Yicntui Tageblatt announced, on the '-'1st. the arrest in Wursuw of the jtuselan general. Prince Varlcoff. who is attached to the staff of dread Dttlte Sergius, on the harye of emu pile It j in a widespread revolutionary no v oinent. Tin' house appropriations commit tee of the Iowa legislature, oil the jist. reeommended for pasaage a bill nmironriatitur $l.M.Ht for an Iowa

exhibit at the Louisiana Purcha-e ex poi ition to be held in St. Louis in 1903. LATE NEWS ITEMS. President Zelnya of Nicaragua hrn accepted an invitation from tin- president of i osta Rica, Benor igb-sia-s. to visit l.imon, Co-la Hi. a. in order t j confer on matters pertaining to the proposed Nicaragua canal. '1 h" acceptance Of this invitation is ontingent upon tha passage by tha Cnited States senate of the Nica- j ragua canal bWl The date of the ! prop,. -,d visit has not vet been decided upon. Seth AxteB, profeaaor "f Oreek I in Kalamaaoo college for the P:'t U ! yenra, died at Kalamaxoo, Mich., on the L'üd, from grip, aged " yra Prof. Axtell, who was a graduate of , Brown university, from winch M held the degr f M. .. was president of l.elaml nniversity at New Orleans from is?s t. issj, and president of Centra college at Pelia, la-. in 1 ss'.i and ls'.Kt. Hilling a quarrel at the supper table. m the 23d, Liberty Kempf, a well-known business nun, of WashIngton, lnd.,brutaily choked his wife. The woman managed to get a revolver and fired live shots at her husband, one bullet penetrating the brain, lie died within a few moments. One of the strangest cases in the medical history of bat rosse. Wis., terminated, on the 23d, in the death of Mr-. Frank Wichmann. who bad been in t trance for seven days. During that tinae she bad taken BO food or water, and was apparently dead, lief case baffled the physicians. The funeral of Jadgn Noah Daria was held, on the 13d, from the Presbyterian church in Albion, N. Y. The services were conducted by llev. F. W. Lewis, assisted by Kev. V. S. Dunham, of the Episcopal church. Thf burial was at Mount Albion. Dr. Swcepson, one of KnosxiUe'l richest cituena, died in that city, n the 23d, aged 77. He was a Virginian j and owned the Kichmond street car yatcm during th' civil war. Hi- estate is valued nl l,000jP0ft The election of Maxime (iorki to be an honorary member of the academy of sciences, has been annulled. Gorki I baa been aummoned to appear before a tribunal to answer for political of j femes. If, Kolontan e Tiaaa, ex-Hungarian prime minister and leader of the liberal party, died at Ibida-Pest h on the 33d. He was born in 1830, Tn the seriate, on the 2 Ith. a few bills of minor importance were panned and then the oleomargarine bill na taken up. Mr. Proter, chairman of the committee on agriculture, inane the opening statement in support of the measure, which he said will 'protect an honest product agalnat a fraud." The i i 1 1 places a tax of ten cents a pound on oleomargarine colored in imitation of butter. end reduces the present tax of tWO cents per pound on oleomargarine in its uncolored state to one-fjunrter of n' cut per pound .... In the house during the discussion of the MossRhea contested-election CUM, Mr. Boreing Injected nn attack on the Qoebel election law into Um discussion. Imt Mr. Rhea declined to be drawn into a debate on an issue not directly involved in the case. " I he American exporter should not rest under the impression that Cermany or any other country can drive the Cnited States out of the markets of Greece," says United states Con -ul McGlnley, at Athens, in a report made public at the state department, on the l: t h, and bearing date of February II, Consul Metiinlev says that th' Cnited States is close behind (iermatiy in the Grecian markets und Could outstrip the empire with welldirected efforts. 'I he secretary of th' treasury, upon further consideration of the question, has informed tin- Danish minister, through the secretary of State, that if sugar is shipped from the Danish , st Indies to the Cnited states prior to th- ratification of the treaty ceding the islands to the Cnited States and deposited in bonded tea rehouses, it can be withdrawn for consumption only upon the payment of duty. Judge Palmer, in the district court at Denver. ( ol., on the L'lth, Issued a permanent injunction restraining the Denver Retail I Icrk's union It Ott enforcing a boycott against a retail merchant la that city by stationing pickets in front of his store and attempting by tin- nnmni t tum away trade. Oen, Oreely has invited bids for Upplying a system of wireless telegraphy between N unc I ity and St. Michael, Maska, i(M miles, across Norton sound Riddetf must prove the capacity of their apparatus by t,0 mile tents along the Atlantic cant.

ALL 0Y Kl. THE STATE.

Events in Various Portions of Indiana Told by Wire. uirts Wehvsi iut. Mat ;. a, Did . March ','-1. V novel light here is thf patrolling of the vicinity of the tiaston :ia-s factor by girls, who are doing picket duty to act CQtei other glrta frOtt taking their positions while they are on a strike. Thirty girls la the wrapping and packing department of Ike factory went nitt OH a strike pr'uiay and have succeeded in closing low n the plant The s;irls are hacked by I working girls' anion in this city with a membership of 1.300 affiliated with the National Federation of Labor. SM petit! Kelt. Indianapolis, Did.. March M. The convict labor qneatioa is attracting attention la this stale. It is said that the reformatory at .letters. mville is turning out more goods than ever before, and that in at le ist one line the competition is being felt disastrously. This is in chaiumaking, and the local union of ehainmakera at New Albany lias asked the assistance of the American Federation of bailor and the Indiana Kederat ion if Labor In an effort to reduce the output of the penitentiary. PI ei La porte, Ind., Ilm, her. March ft. Two brothers named Smith, living near Iteattv's Corners, played butcher. The older brother pre trailed upon his younger brother t play the part of the victim. Tha younger boy was placed with bis head resting against the boards on the side of a shed. The other youth then picked tip an a and dealt the board a terrific blow, which rendered the younger boy unconnciotis. Com.pl icat ioni have since developed and there is little hope for his recovery. sUIII of n Ml Si Mnn. Indianapolis. Ind.. March 24. There is in the ( lay county Infirmary as a pauper a blind man w ho i remarkable in many ways. When fence was wanted at the institution he prepared the pickets, cutting tbctn true to a certain model, ami ran the fence line- as accurately as a Han with good eyes. Hp planted the posts, put on the railing and nailed every picket to its place. si riles Hn ReawU, Terre Haute, Ind., March l(4.- The miners and op. retors' reale committee of the eleventh bituminoua district, which has been endeavoring to reach an agreement for three weeks, has adjourned to meet again next Wednesday. Much impatience lias been manifested among the s.non miners in the Indiana coal fields, and if an agreement is r,,t reached soon a strike may result. atotao laWallatog, Hurt ford ( ity. Ind.. March 94. Four eltlzrns of Albany were here and identified the man who threw himself in front of a train here Friday and Committed suicide as Daniel Cunning ham. a demented resident of that city who escaped from the officers there Friday morning. He had walked from Albany here und feared he was coine to be electrocuted. Hn l ittle I Oar. Winamac, Ind., March t4v The nnknown man arrested here in a state of stupor last Monday has been found to be Patrick o'Neii. of Voungstown, . Iii actions were KUetl that his mental condition war examined and be was djlldged of unsound mind. Sine1 then he has partially relapsed into his former state and has little to say. lie i a steel worker. oUeii t Reslsjm, Rmxil, Ind.. March -'4. The ci.y school board sent n written demand to Prof, Emory Ifnncle, president of the Meridian street school. fr his resignation. Prof. Mundo is charged with nttempting to embrace and kiss Miss Mabel Monroe, one of his pupils, lie declared the charge untrue, and has refused to tender his resignation. nan n slelHnJ. Laporte. Did. March 24, Letters have been rcieivid here from Chieo, Cel., stating that the attorney, for Dr. A. .1. Land is, formerly one of the I known physicians in Michigan and Indiana, who was convicted of forgery and given a sentence of seven years in the California penitentiary, have tiled a motion for a new trial. inte ftaed Indianapolis, IndU March ct. it has been decided to ludd tiie annual Indiana 0, A. Ii. encampment in thh city May 13 and 14. two days prim- t( the dedication of the soldiera1 and sailors' monument. tvllleil li n t'mln. Rochester, Ind., March 14. Harry Holman. tin- lv year-old son of Johl D. Holman, a prominent merchant af this city, was run over ami instantly killed by nn Krie east-l nil freight near this city. Kleked to Hontli, IVahOsh, Ind.. March '.'4. .lohn Costell,,, aged T:i years, WUS kicked t death by a Coli at bis home here. Killed Her llashn ml. Washington. Ind.. March '.'(. During a iptarrel at the Clipper table Sunday prenlng Liberty Kempf, well-known business man. brutally clinked his vv ife. The w onian managed tn ret revolver and fired five shots at her husband, one bullet pcnteratlngtbe brain Tit I III m Will, null It Iter. Flora. Ind.. March 'J4. There h a plan on foot among a number of capitalist!! in central Indiana to place a number of dams in the Wabash river between thin point and the Ohio river the object being to provide slack water navigation for the fanners.

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Four Men Killed and Several Injured In a Collision In a Fog in Ohio. BOTH EN6INES COMPLETELY WRECKED. Three Ui-n Killed nl lamtnOO I'stnii named t111 Basjloslon UM Heller of M ROW I iMuiil ll,-ler BaaiaO, mi I.Mke Ulli. Weal ff ttSjUSUi (lull. Voungstown. D.. March In a head-on collision between freight trains at 7:16 o'clock Monday inoniint', on the Pittsburg, Young-town A Ashtabula ilivisi.ui of the I'illsburg. Ft. Wayne ,1- ( 'hicago road, four men were killed and three Injured, i in- Panel, Norman (iraham. Hit man; lived near Newcast lc. Pa .lames Thoinas. nrctnan. Aahtabula, --, hriikeman, name not ct know n. Charles Blackburn, target tender on I'ti load; body can be seen in w reck. The Injured. Carl Bishop, brakeman, Ashtabula, left leg scalded. Engineer Geo, Weather. Bria, Pa and Frank Drow n. Ashtabula IIa i bor, received slight injuries. The trains crashed together in n heavy fog, completely wrecking both engines and idling tha cars up so that traffic arna unpended for hours. i vim. noii.iTi i:im. OflOX, Three Men Kllleil anil tnolhet- lslallr Injure, I In t tab, Salt l ake. I tiih. March '-'.".. A helper on the west-bound freight train Nu. '0(i blew up about three o'clock Monday morning while poing up Lake bill. Tti miles west of Ogden. Nilllan Wilton, engineer, of oduen; EA. Cpbotf, brakeman, nun an unknown trump Was killed. I'ireman Hov Rnmset vvas terribly burned, and will probably die from bis injuries. The eturi.-.e was a new compound. ; The cause of the explosion iuis not been a ee it a i i oi ! . TratVic was blocked , for about two hours. MERELY A FATHERLY BUSS. Hut It IIa llt , irtv Utile pro and si ,i ii-.l a KIslO t a IT li Uracil. Ind., March -V The deraand made by the eity school board last Saturday for the resignation of Prof. Mancio, principal of the Meridian Sireet school building on jj)e rhurg, preferred hy Miss MonrM a npi!. thnt he itiio ipted to kiss her. ics prcclpltat 1 a I -gal light be' vv . i the board and the principal. Prof, Muncie was forced to quit chooi yesterday afternoon, and the piijiils struck in sympathy with hltt, PrOf, Muncie yesterday retained the services of the ablest lawyer ir. the city to prosecute the board fur .lam, ige Prof. Muncie positively declincf to resign. He resumed his duties yesterday norning despite the instructions of the board to the superintendent to employ his sueceaaor. Prof. Minnie still insists that he fat eniltv of m wrong: that the cares, w as mcri iv in a fatherly manner, lbhas a wife nnd six children, is an influential churc& member and has always home a good reputation. Hublie sent iincnt here is divided, SHORT LI V ED-LIBERTY. four Winnen llreak .lall nl l-'ort roll. Kan.. Ilul til are smih H e e.t it ii r cl . Fort Scott. Kas.. March ''.V Four Women prisoners broke jail here Sun day night and were captured Monday, line. Birdie McCarty. (barged with being a borae thief. va found hidden Under a blanket ill the bottom of u wagon being driven by Peter Bhefley, miles from here. The others were captured mar Hammond after having been chased for three miles. The women confessed thai Mheftay, Fred Taylor und Charles Snyder, II of whom hem been arrested, assisted them in nicking the locks oi the jail doors. HAS A SUSPICIOUS LOOK, omenta warne, ma wife nmi KisM-lenr-nlil llauulio-r Hihkll-t-ii lu hteeew, Chicago, March IS, .lames Towns. his vsife nnd their eightyee.rold daughter were found dead In bed here. They had been asphyxiated l y gas from the kitchen range. V plug bad beCtl removed from the range end the loan's nriii was thrown over the child, apparently holding her down. These circumstances arc cited by the police as evidence of a double murder and suicide The Kirnt McKinley Slntne. New York. Mnrch IS. The tlrst titne bi 'i"1 li,T' Prealdeni McKhv lev has just been delivered in the plaster to n foundry at Providence, 1 I . where it will be cast in brone St once and be readv to be UttVelletf st Muaksgoa, Mich., mi Memorwl day. A UnrHerer'a Wife MMlrldes. Atfdiison. Kns.. March Mrs. William Hublwin. whose husband was convicted 16 yearn ngo of Hie murder of his alster here, killed herself. Hunday, in the room where Haldwin"s sitir w as murdered.

WOK ST SEASON ON RECORD.

The 'until ttlsiitle Cosat si-nling kffUKon Hum I'i in rii u erf I iii ulllulile One. Ct. .lohns. N. F., March t.V I l,rt 'leaner Newfoundland, the first seal ing sidp to return from the ice Boas, arrived In the channel Monday, with reports which indicate that the KntiK flaherj vvas tha worst an ret' ord, She sailed March IQL prttcee i up the coast of the islands, met with Ml ice or seals, passed in tin-' Helle Nie strait- to the gulf of St Lawrence nnd cruised there, meet with the muw conditions. The foUOdland collided w ith a small i, berg, damaging her stem and sheath ing, and was forced to enter ihn channel liarlx r. near (ape I lay, effect renales, she has only son si skins on board, whereas she can CUI ry 10,000, The steamer reports mee! log the whole fleet, March with practically BO M-als. The steamers lgeriae and Pan cr, which were cruising in the gull of st. LawrencCi abandoned the h-i' cry there ami passed out of the lleiii Is!,, straits, hoping for better I,, i tunc in the North Atlantic, but from the Xewfoundland'a report they are not likely to have any luck there The news has occasioned a ra, depression, especially after tha seal crs' recent strike. Twenty ships an I 4,000 men are involved in this failure of the fishery. FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY. Twentieth lataalrv Mallaaea Rssl ul flu- Ulalniliil I'nr llo- I'iral Time since Oraaiilcn t Ion . Chicago. March SS. The 1ml an i third battalions of the Twentieth rep iinetit. which recently arrived in San Francisco, from Manila, have completed their journey of lli.OUO miles, and are now stationed at Port Sheridan. This is the first time that the Twentieth has even been stationed east of the Mississippi river, having always been at posts in Teva-, Kan iiiv ami Montana, where it has seen much Indian service. The regiment vvas formed in 186! front the second battalion of 111 Klcvciith infantry, when the arin was reorganised at the doss f tin civil war. The regiment snv crt in ( aba, und was at the battle of LI Ca ne y . The Twentieth Wae lien. Otis' own regiment. Oen. When ton was unci iiNo cobmel of the regiment. BS Wal dso den. Hawkins. Oen, Bates wa nnce lieutenant -colonel of the Twea ticth. HARRY DE W1NDT HEARD FROM llirmiiih Mherls In MlsWllafl HUBrarila nnd relic i'eiiiiernliire, lint PsnmtSHJ On. London. March IS, Letters received lote from Harry Dc Windl leader f the expedition which Is nttempting to make its way overland from Paris to New York, and which left the German city December in 1901, dated inkelak, Mbcria, February 10, announced bis intention to di part on the follow i ng day for SrclneKolymsk, in Last (Siberia. De Wind! then hud alreudy covered tfM mile! Of his land journey since he left Ih railroad, through blinding bllxaards, nnd with the t herniomot c r at front M to 50 degrees below zero. The Ol cials at Nakutsk urged Mr. He Windl not to continue his journey. The) said ISM conditions were worse thil year lhan ever: that the cold was more intense, and that epidemic I famine were raging, rne traveler however, determined to proceed, but unless he reached Sredne-Kolyuwh before Mny. he probably will bt obliged to remain there until wintei makes sleighing possible. BRIG. -GEN. FUNST0N AT HOME. VlatftSHJ llelnllvea nt loin. Km., feeimrator lo StWlOfflnat ' l"n Ilia Hew llnllea. Kansns itv. Mo., March 25, 0a Frederick Ponstt R arrired from the east Sunday, and has gone to Iota, Kiis.. to visit tela lives. Hen. Fun ston will return to Kansaa ( ity Ttiei day and leave. Wednesday, for land. al.. to brim Mr-. PuttSton snd tin baby to Denver, wbera the genet nl will make his heailipta rters Wblh at the bead of the department of tb Colorado. Sunday was the anniver Miry of the capture of Aguinahto, WANTS ÜUNS AND SCHRAPNEl The ITIIpino Inanracnta In nM ft na Inee Hard tu ei nt1 tense Istenmaee Reeden Manila. March IS. Lifut.-Col. Pwnl D. Baldwin, of the Fourth Infnntr; who has been operating againat tht Pillpinos in Invito province, has, nB account of the inaccessible place' abounding in that province, sent In requea! lor Iwe threeineh guns and a I apply of shrapnel shells for us ngaiiist the Insurgents, Kniiow im reeMMturn Stoempte Washington. March 2ä. HrcMdenl. Koosevclt set - the BtTsI in strenUO nem. Barly the winter everybtwj was borsebnch ruling. Now he hai taken to walking iignin. and B MITge lot of imported sadtlle horses an much in need of exercise. The I'lm I'nii t ease. Mew York. Marek IS, ring i,"""r sttddenly has become slmoat as great a ersse'ln this city an it has in U" dm. Bridge whist ban been relegsted. rod In the clnlm billiards and pocl have been forced to the rear.