Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 34, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 April 1902 — Page 2

Weeklu Courier.

C. UOASK. fllHfc . JASPER. : INDIANA. W. W. Astnr has given i'-'O.OOO to endow thoaa prefessowhlps hi l iiivTn i ..ii..-.- of London, which art to-day without ciidowuunt. In a disnuuh to the Ihitish war office, on Um lath, lnrd KHehetW itported the rapt an of PS Boers " . i UlC 11. Klcrkadorp dlstriet slacc ,r : It i. understood that . i r lo ihlacreasiaf trade between Hamherej and the United State. the r lia' decided to raise its consulate at Ham burg tO a consulate ir. n. r.il. anu a It is understood, saj the Br seela eorreepoadeal of the Lond.n DnUj Telegraph, thai at the lad Sannau King Leopold luaistcd upon the neese shy ol granting ualversal suftVeffe The London l iiiM-s. in it- tinancia. ortiole. on the lMh, confirms thl statemeat the! the new loan la to be raised bj an issue of consols, and ;is i bet "ill b- isMiod immediately, at'l't',. ' Aesistaat Prof. w. a. Wlnaaa, of th Corc. ll university. department of oratnrv. has accepted a position n the University of Calif oraia, where he will ratabliali a department of public speaking and oratory. A dispatch from Manila. .i, .. ;,t- "C.-n Malvar bfl n the unomI " ' II. I" 4 IV. WW " dHionallj sarreuered i1 Brig.-Gea. Bell, at Una, Batangas province, itb th.- entire insurgent force of thl provinces of Laajuna and Batangss. i The total numher of eases of ehol rrii reported la Manila, up to The 17th, as 308, and the total number ol deaths fr. in the disease in that cltj was . In the pi "x inct s totals 1 1 II cases and ISS ported. deatha liad bt en re The Interdenominational committ f all the paalm-eingtng ehoreaa i throUfhOUt the country et in Titts boraj, Pa., on the 17th, to complete Um reriaioa of the aaetrleal version mi the paatma. The acaaloa will bat tt li da . iiov. Ferfraaon ered a renulaltion .f t,hi)o ma h nIssued bv the (oe ernor of Iowa for tiio return to that atc of A- S' klorriaon, wrhej M aharged i'li the enabeaalemeatt of fft.OOO. Morrison i- under arrest in Oklahoma I ity. Bepreaentatire Burkfaon, of Texas, cm the 15th, talrodueed reaolutlon cailinp on the secretary of war for I full transcript of the proceedings lefore the eoort-aaartial which recently tried Maj. Waller, in Manila, for ex cut in -r Filipino (rnltk - t'nited States (on-'il McWade, a: Canton. China, cabled the state de aartmcBt as follow on the 17th: Whole villa ires on the Lanks North river n the vicinity f Shirk' 1 wnnfu are devastated by smallpox and typhoid. Fatahaa is afferft ig from cholera and plaajue." Ale aander Boajeiaad, preakhrait of I Ihe National Curfew BSBOC latitat, k takinj.' -tops ;,, ext. in! the curfew ln to cities and town, along an rauroa In the t'nited States, together withi an ordinance t -iiii-itijr city an 1 tov. n 1 offlciala to arrest ill boy trampai and! reatore them to their bomea, v. II Taft, foeeraor feaeral of the Philippine islands, vas the truest of Ihe World's fair nianajremenl in St. 1-ouis. on the Ifth, He visited the headquarters and the site of the (Teat fair and esprei led a lively interest In the subject. He said the Philippine laaandi would ie itttlnglj reareaeated The nohtiahed nnnontx etm nt f the presence at Pretoria of the rBBfre Free State and Transvaal lead (p. and ajenerala arho had beea at Klerksdorp considering terraa of peace, caii-ed a decitled increase in the hopef ulneaa of the Dritiah public concerning the poaaibiHtiea of peace The house, on the lMh. having first Toted to remove the differential from refined auajar during the rxlatetaoe of the reetproeitjf agret meat, adopted the I ubaa reciprocity bill by ih- utrervrelmiBg rote of M7 to ". IS! re publicans voting' with the democrat -. and ten denim-rut ml inp against the aaeasure. The Rant a IV Railroad Co. is taking an active part in the railroad building now in progreaa in Oklahoma. The lntest ntore by thi eocnpaay la to survey n line from Woodward. Ukla., Ihroogh Oege, Bayro ami Mangans, to Qaanah, Tex, dlatance f MO miles This is in Kock Island, Orient an I Frisco territory. in e William R, Baiabrldge, the United Btatea charge d 'affaires at Pekla, hnv-lm.' protested iiL' inist the reported granting to l;iosi;i ,,f rxcloaire mining righti in the Kit-in district of Manchuria, the (liiio-s,. forelffn of fice replied, on the Kth. that WUh concessions hud ant been graat I ! ami that lima 1 1 I not eonteroplatt' granting such exchisire rights. Tbe national meeting of the Bet enth ßnt idvefitlsti in Topeha, Kas flacided, on the lath, to divide ihe two Conferences ,.f tho country inio three. Louisiana was added lo the Southern conference, from rhica Ranaaa, Kebrai ka and Colorado were tokl-tl to bC lid. led t,, the new central conference. Minnesota and i e,,ri Bin were lidded to ; ,nlto,,, i n I aaibola to form the northern confer ence.

CURRENT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IM BRIET. FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. In the rnitt, on the ttth. the day a .ti. w..s devotid to further conslmrtttl. n . f th. Chinese ekcluaioti bill. hle'-is I . i..k. r iO t and M. 1-aurln S C ' ssaaaIng against the -ndlng measure Mr Teller tCol aMikf for the bill, arguing that the right to abrogate t r. .it fullv tM'.nlicl Mr l.odK .Mass ' notice of an amendment to strike out iw clausa prohibiting the employment t Chinese sailors oti American ships n the h..ii.- mo-t .f th.- !.IV M- votcl to ftinhir discussion of Cuban reciprocity. ... - . .. ,. i.i . -1 hiftce bill havinc Sratsen refrorteu In the senate, on tho JMh. the ,l.t.ita on the fhlnese earlUflon bill as contmnl .iiid pr.o llcally i-nnrtinW lo amendment. FtrlkliiK out the definition, n to 'hlne- Ktudenta and teaihcrs. were HKrcii lo without ilareaaton Tfc aaaae lion to Mr Turner that pillttc had . r. ft Into the dieulon wa lKorouly ,.nlei l y Iii poaatr. who h.ii.i the oppoaitlpn to fh. hill tntlrelv due to Its conftct wlih the treatv In the house, with the el,... Bf the Cuban recipr.'. U dtbate the lea.l. rs aiinounc.d that all danger of the bill t tiiK weighted down with nn.1. Irable amendnMatta was over, "J the i gi of the bill as it came from th committee was assured. In the senate on the lth. the drastic Chinese exclusion bill, originally frani-! b t..it..r a'nd representatives from the I'acltic o.,t. was defeated. anl the sub stitute measure, offered l Senator i lau (Conn I containing the provisions of the present exrlu-ion law. and also upplyinR that . isioii to all the insular territory under the htttadtcttoa of the I nit.d States, was pssel 7 to L The MBBte then made the Philippine civil government bill the unfinished business In the house, a motion to close general dehnte on the Cuban reciprocity bill OB the IMh. at 3 p. m . was carried by a vote of I.V. to l.'X Thirty-three republicans voted aaatnat the motion, and ."C democrat Voted with the (rreat body of republicans In favor of It The general debate on the bin whs f, atarah m In the senate, on the 17th. Mr Morgan Ala '. chairman of the Isthmian canal committee, made a four-hours' seech. comparing the desirability and practicability of the Xlcarnguan and Panama routes, strenuously favoring th- selection of the former. The Chinese exclusion bill passed bv the s. nate was substituted f'-r the house hill In the house, the discussion of the Cuban reciprocity bill was continued, 'he feature of the debate being a speoh bv Mr Cushman against the measure Manv other speeches, for and nc. itnst the bill, w.-re made. Mr I.oud M-. i . ,1. , hired that dire, tly and IndlreetIv Cuba already had cost the Timed States oro thousand million dollars In the senate, on the lMh. 55 Betrat pension bills and a few other unimportant measures were passed, after which the bill to provide a temporary form of government for the Philippine Island wn read and the committee amendments were agreed lo t ntatively, but bo action on the bill was taken In the hous. the Cuban retlprocltv Mil was passed bv the OVerwlM .mlns majority of -17 to BL the ruling of th chair In commltt.-- of 'lie whole OB the question of the germaneness of an amend Blent to remove the oenerrnttal from refined sugar durlnc the . xlst nee of the recipro, Ity agreement provided for In the bill having first been oral -ruled bv a vote of 171 to 13. and the amendment adopted in committee. Ml t-. 16 and later In the house bv the still laraer majority of vs to Ma, M repabllcaBa voting with the democraia for the amendment. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The president, on tho llth. desig d nated the Guaranty Trust Co. of NewYork as the fiscal aprents of the United States in the Philippines. The s. nate, on the 15th, confirmed the nomination of Cat Moot Hooten. Twenty-eiohth infantry, to In- brigadier ceneral. Nearly fifty arrests have been made in connection with the riots at Mntega Bay, on the north coast of .lamaica tslantl. whi h Iwsran on the Ith, and in w Inch a number of p, die men and rioters were w .muled. Secretary Root has made arranp-e-mt nts to maintain a ÜL'ht in the ! Statue of Liberty on Tledloe's island in New York harbor. A Baeettag of dtlartM t establish ' a national memorial in honor of the late Cecil Rhndra was held in Cape lnHti on the 10th. The Kansas City & Ix-xinirton electric railway. With a capital stock of half a million dollars, was härteren at lefferaoa ( ity, Mo., on the lTth The company pcopuaca to bttiM a trolly line between Kansas City and I.exinpton, Mm. a distance of -12 mih-s The line i to bo built to obtain cheap cr freight transportation. Passengers win he carried also. Martin Tobin di-d at the hospital in Kansas I it v. Mo., on the 17th, of blood poisoning, the result of h;Inger being i Itten a month ago Jaha M o. Hoher! J, vVynne. for many years a well-known Washington correspondent, took the oath of office, on the 17th. as first assistant postmaste;general, succeeding W. M. Johnson, -if Nfw Jersey. At St. Prtersbunr. oa the 17th. Col i MaaitnofT was sentenced to two vears laipri son menl for killing Prince Wittgenstein in a duel. The court revoaa taeaded that the colonel be pardoned Tin- reports of the da Bge roils ill n--s of Maxim (iorki. the Ruaaian au1hr, prove to Im- unfounded. He iin excellent health. On the 18th R. ii Dun A- Co. reported: "Failures for ihe week numbered Ml in the I'tiited States, against L'or, !tst v,.iir, and 24 in ( anada. against '.'l a year ago." The scep-tary of state, on the l'th. transmitted to the senate a commimical ion from I'nlted States Mln-i-t" r onger, ineloaing a protest from the Chinese government against the aacluaioB of t bineae front the Philippine Islands, The district attorney, on the l--th. filed in the criminal court at Ilenver. Col., information against .lames .1. Noe, David btoaconl ami .1. McPhnrI ind, promoti rs and managers of the Henvi t Conralng ctah, charging tht at with cruelty in chasing ami mutilating rabbits, and also with having interfered with, aaaanlted, kicked and benlen Secretary Whitehead, of the Humane society, Who BOUght to prevent ihe com -in";. The body of George Crowley, a junV dealer of Council (.rove. Kn.. was found Boating in the Nf.sl,., rivernear Baaporla on th.- 18th. large stone was faatened to the body vvith hnrbed wire, and on the head were asarka a- of blowi froni a elnh His partner. Oeorge Dumpoope, who has dis.-pjH-arcd, is suspected of the murder.

rttahllBl Loahet wan present at the oeiiiner of the n Sah n in the fraad Palaia dee rhaaaaai Blyaee on llM lMh. The critlca found thai tho exhlbfta arere raretj alaaaa mfiiocie. I here was no gn at picture. S'eral iiifric.uis. Iii.hcut, received warm compliments. fha statement of the trea-nry hnl altera in the general fund, exclttetee .f the sr.o.msi.otH old raaeree in tindivision of redemption, issued n the lMh. showed: ailahlia cash lulitnce. 1177.96,754; pold. $9-.0lW.009. The North Montana Kound-t "p asBOeiatkm "t Helena. Mont . adopted a resolution, on the lMh. protcstinj.' afmlast the re-ins'ction of stock hy the llBBtf rtrrn of Colorado and Ifj -oininp while in transit from the south to northern ranges, when federal inspect, r- have glrea a eerUfieatt of henllh for thcin. That iMrtioii of the Rosehud Indian reservation to lo opcmil for settlement the oomiitf- sainnicr contains -KXl.t ' .1. re-

LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 10th. nearly sixiy private pension bills were passed, together with numerous other measures of minor importance, tut little other business was transacted. At three o'clock eulogies were pronounced on the life and character of the late Senator .lain, s H. Kyle, f South Dakota In the house the fortification bill was passed and the conference report, on tin- legislative appropriation bill was agreed to. While the former hill was under discussion. Mr. (irosvenor announced that the amendment to the Cuban reciprocity hill adopted on the 18th, had not only wiped out the differential duty on siiL'ar. hut also did away with the countervailing duty on sugar of the Dinghy bill. Mr. Weeks I Mich. 1. in rejoinder, admitted that th.- object of the opposition had been to kill the rccipntcity hill. A destructive tire visited the southwestern part of Kansas City. Mo., on the JOtlt. laying waste a section of dwelling houses almost a quarter of a mile long and a block wide and doing damage to the amount of $7.".000. .lohn Bttnae, of Qadney, Hi- a spectator, was fatally Injured hy a falling pie. ,- of iron, ami Edward Bennett, fireman, was overcome by heat. About tifty dwelling bonaca state, destroyed and sixty or more families rendered homeless. Commissioner of Emigration Fitehie received orders from Washington, on the soth, to Investigate published stories that immioraiits who land in New York city at the Battery are brutally t rented by the social police on duty there. Commissioner FltChie returned a prompt denial of the charges, saving it was only hotel runners, idlers and "sharks" who vv-re driven from the Haitery. Sonic member of the conservative partv caused an explosion in the mili tary barracks at Managua. .Nicaragua, on the night of the lath. Near- j l no hundred and fifty lives were lost in the explosion, and the bar- ) racks were destroyed. A post on the outskirts of New ( hvvang. Chinai garrisoned by 40 Russians, was attacked by bandits on the .'nth. One Russian officers and four privates were Id Red. Seven persons met death in a tire in Hackney, a populous suburb of London, on the nth. They were man. two women and four children. In the senate, on the ?l-t. the river and hnrltor bill, dairying appropriations Baaoantlag in the air":reirate tn about $7n.oon.insi. was passed without one word of discussion. The Philippine government bill was taken up. but after a few minutes informal dkwttaaion, went over.... In the house coti-ideration of the military appropriation bin. containing, in addition to the regular items, an appropriation for tin improvement of the 'buddings and grounds of the West Point military academy of $'..VKi,noO, three millions of which is appropriated in the bill, was began, Twenty four of the .50 pages of the bill were completed. In n Bght ix-tween cattlemen awst of Colllaartlle, in the Cherokee nation, on the -'1st. William Phillips was killed Instantly and William Max field. Jet e Skid more and Uge Johnson, were mortally wounded. All were prominent cattlemen who owned pastures mar Ootogah, not far from Cotllnarille. The tight was the result of an old feud between Bkbfaaoee and Ma.v field, which hail its origin in a court contest over some graalng land. Popular uneasiness in Pekin cut shor the outing of the Chinese court at the lluiitiri"- park. The court arrived at the park, which is five miles from Pekin. Ol tin- .'1st. ami intend cd to remain there one week, but officials harried after them and begged them to return immediately to Pekin in order to i.llav the uneasiness ,.f the masses, among whom all -orts of rumor were circulating. Engine hon e No. I, at South Omaha. N I., was burned nt three o'clock m the morning of the -1st. and three firciiH ii asleep in an upper story nar rowly escaped cremation, two i them being bodlj burned. The work was clearly that of an incendiary , several sci-tiotis of lo s,. M-ing found Cut 1 1 1 pieceA dispatch from ISrusscIs, on the list, snui: uuring Hie past two Rights strikers in the Uesjfj district attempted In wreck express trains, and li.-t night a canister tilled with dyaasalte and guntovder was found sear the rails over which the Brum si-Is cypres.. paBBCd shortlv after ward.'' latere I a reread nee of the plague at Port Rllaabeth, Cape Cat any. Ten cases have bnas lanortaaV five of which have proved fatal.

HEWS FROM INDIANA.

Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. Baum! Uwll service. Wellington. April II Uural free de!iv. r servin- in Indiana luisbeenordered established .Inly 1 as follows: lirook-ton. Wh.te county (additional sirv.ee). ere carrier; length of route. .4 aiilrt; area covered. quare mil; lopulattos servt d. tSS. Ham!, t. Stark . ountv . et . ..ni. r . t sth of route. ."3 miles, area co . r, il, ' sl"are in. 1 i : population erv .!. 4M Uacola, Ca? county, ana earrUr; lensth of rout. : milts; uns covered. square mlU. population rv.d. 7. The port 'tBtM at Deacon will t- supplied by rural carrier. Mail to Lincoln. V'.i t a. fteott county, ot.e carr!. r. . nistn of rout. . :4 rn'.l - ar. a cover, d. -ji square mil.s. population lenretl. Wawaka. Noble county, one carrier; 1, : nth of route. OK ml'.. -. ar. a -vir. 0, muure nail a : population served, SW. l.ul f Pennle. Indianapolis, In, I. pril IS, Hermau B tj '. a i .. -hen, I ml., haUermaa grocer at made a fail of sav ing pennies for the last SO years. 1 lie Uitntity became BO great that BoyCC had no safe place 1.. keep them, und he has deposited them in a bank. There were 1'..7h pennies in the accumulation, and the hulk of copper was s,, heavy that he had t take it to the bank on a dray. Rrfuoea Injunction. Indianapolis. Ind.. April ISv The application of the Boekwood Ifaanfaoturing company, f Indianapolis. fr a temporary restraining order restraining the striking IfOB mold fr.,m illt elf erilll' With t ll IllCll HOW employed In its factory has been denied by Judge John P. linker, of the federal court, on the ground tbut his court has no jurisdiction. Bcnae shotMadison. Ind.. April iv- In the ArCadC saloon Samuel Nu-, the proprietor, shot Charles c.x (colored), a bom he hail ordered out of the place. The hall entered at the shoulder blade, near the spinal cdumn. and t ox's condition is critical. N.e voluntarily surrendered to the sheriff, declaring he hail shot in self-defense, and was released on giv ing 1,OO0 bond. t I sc levee i out pi e ed. Itnton, Ind.. April 18. A levee ext -nding seven miles along the east bank of the Wabash river opposite Clinton has just been completed. It protects :t,.MHi acres of rich bottom land from overflow and was built by an assessment of about $1 M per acre against the land protected. Conl Miner liiri-f. P.rail. 1ml . April IS.- After bidding a joint seSSiOB fof about six weeks the bliK-k coal miners met here and by a larire majority vote BCCCCpted the operators' proposition, which is about the same as last year's, as the blackktniths receive no advance. Heqnlsition Mono red. Indianapolis. Ind.. April lt.- Oof, Ferguson, of Oklahoma, has bono reo a retpiisition which was issued by iov. Durhin for the return to Tipton cuint of fleoege Xlmnsetl, who Is charged with forgery. He is ander arraal at iklah.una ( ity. X er if l ife. ( onnersv ille. Ind.. April IS. Tucker Ii. ed. aped a resident of this city, went to the home of his mother at Nulltow n. four miles aant h f this city, and took a dose of poison, with fatal result. Bomeatla trouble was the siippt -ed cause. I., iss b Klre. T.vansville, Ind.. April IS. Elberfeld, Warrick connty, Buffered tin-. about fJ7,aaj worth if property being destroyed. Hi .dt Brot hers1 general store, the lai.-est in tow, . was entirely consumed, together with its contents. rAstatll Mnet. l.nporte. Ir.d.. April 1-, John M. Millits. aged '1. a brakemaa on the Baltimore Ohio, while making a coupling mar vYellsboro, Lapotrta county, was kBockcd down and so severely Injured that be cannot live. HaS MeesMse, Valparaiso, ladU April is. Dr. 8 I). Votaag, "i Chicago, an oat copath, who has been practicing here ilaily for two years, has been arrested on a charge of practicing without a license, as is required Is this state. Price Biefang, Pittsburg. Ind.. April 1. The price of oil has been pushed up five cents barrel on the liner grades a ml three cents on the lower, rcatorituy the leal of the three successive cuts made in December last. I olleite li I. Richmond, Ind., April iv Earl ham College has determined to issue n col-lee-,, annual. It will be issued about June .". and will contain n large budget of College news. t will be edited b A. ( 'opelsnd. Died in Ihe Poorhnnse. Frankfort. Ind.. April is. Thomas Haywood, f rmerlj wealthy farmer living in tili-, vicinity, died at theeouiity poor farm in DaBville, 111., aged s years. He ! St SO,000 in speculation. .iu Poisoned. Newcastle. Ind.. April Is - The dog poisoner i- abroad here, and manv citizens have o-t their en nines. In ne day l"i dogs were found dead, all of them having bees seaanassd, Inataatli Kiiieii. Wabash. Ind.. prills Fhie P.nrn son of William Hurns. n well-known Walts township farmer, was instantly killed in a runawav. He was hauling fodder when his team became frightened and ran nway. Re was hurled out on his bead, crttahlsg his skull, lie was ilO years old Hiid had been married ualj a few daya.

KRANK ST0CKT0H DEAD.

ra BTsU, ilfBema oviriut seeaae fa l'pl)l nraalllna truss Hemorrhage ul the Hrsla. Washington. April"!. Mr. Fniuk R. BtOCktOtt, the w. U-kllown novele t i d - tddenl here U rdnj m.uning The can t Mr. Btoektots'i 'th was paralysis iuuitediataly reuniting from hitnorihage in the bruin. He was a guest at a baliiiet held Wednesday night of the National . ademy of Beleaeea, when as was taken sttddealj and BBysterioualy ill The ailment at that time did not appear to be serious, ami for awhile the sufferer seemed lobe improving; hut a change for the Bforec annas vt-ster daj morning, and death occurred at ii o'clock. By bis bedside when the end mane were his wife, who was a Miss Tut tie, of Virginia, and her sister. He was CS vears of ago. Ihe body will be taken to Philadelphia for Interment Mr. Stockton had spent the past winter in New York, and had done very little literary work, preferring to rest. AfteV : v't of nearly a month to Atlantic ( ity he came to Washington s(, that he might aitcnd tho bannnet of the scientista, intend ing then to go to his beautiful home in Charleston, Y. Ya. Mr. Stockton was n Philadelphias. by birth, and in early life was ;,n engraver ami draughtsman, bul '. a abandoned this occupation for journalism. Many years ago. however, he retired wholly from newspaper work and devoted himself t literature. His reputation an u story writer was world tvide. CHARGE AND PROMPT DENIAL. X,.t ImmtSnUUntSi Those X he Would TlBllmlaS Them lri,, from the On tier . New York. April 2 1 .Commissioner of Immigration Fitehie received orders from Washington, ycatcrday, to investigate published stories that im migrants who land in this city at the I Haitery are brutally treated by the special police on duty there. A Brooklyn resident sent a hatch off UM stories to President Koosev. lt and aeeompanled it with a statement that one of the instances he knew, from personal observation, to be true. The president, uftcr looking over the papers, s,.jit them to Secretary .-haw, who, in turn forwarded them to Mr. FltebJe with orders to apply the prohe. The Instance mentioned was that the special police carried raw hide whips wjth which they beat the immigrants, driv ing the foreigners before them like so many cattle. CoaaSSiaslaae r Fitehie is already out in a detelsl of the charge-. He and his police declare that it is not the immigrants who arc lashed with whips. It is. they say. the horde of hotel runners, idlers, "sharks," nnd other men who hav no legitimate business at the llnttery. and who menace the iuimipraiif s as they land. The othcers declare that the only way to get rid of these pests, as they term them, is to use violence. TO MEET THE BURGHERS. Th- Men XX ho t'liiht I :v pet-ted fn Accept the llrltlsli Trrma and I ml the AVsr. Halmoral Cape ( ..lony. Saturday. April 19. den. LttCSa Myer. I limaiUS ih r in-chief of ihe Orange Pres iTiate forces. State Sec retai l Baits of the Transvaal, amfthe other membcra of their party, arrived SCTe l.i-t Slight, and this morning proceeded to the north. They were : inip.u;'' ! i'V a British escort, ami it is their intention to COnSUM with , e 1. en in toe field. Pretoria. April 19. Hen. DeWet has gone to Heilhron, Orange Rirer colnavy; Gen. Botha, th? rtaaasaal et i -BBsader-ln-chief, laa fona lo Vryht d. Transvaal, nnd '.-n. tviarey. togeth er with Mr. Stcyn. ex-nre-id.-nt of the Orange Free State, hi's gone- to Klerk -dorp, Transvaal. l"h,. - have arranged to meet the burghers at different rendezvouses nnd suhnnt the P.ritish tcrni. It i.' Iu li -ved the Transvaalers will .v.T.. v. he re aeCepI the terms, as thev -ire in n.i way analona for a winter campaign. The only diflictilty likdv to UCCUr will, it is thought, in- with the Orange Free Staters, many- of whom arc cxpectrt! to prove recnlcttrunt. In the mrnntlma there will ic no eessntion of boStilittrS. IhS t legates are expected lur k in Pretoria the middle ,.f May, SSd in anticipation of their return have left orders for new clothes, provisions, etc. Qieen Wllhrlmlna'a I onilllina. The Hagae, April 20. The condition of Queen Wilhelmhsu remains praetleatiy uncliant'-. She does not los,, conacioiisiiess and has taken a little more nourishment. 'The prince consort and the qweea'a physleisns left Castle Too for il short litne toihiv. This is regarded as a favorable sign. COSTLY TaRTHQUAKE. Covered l.arae P. tent of territory tin muse nt One Town Over O Million gasjSnen Mexico (ity. ril 21. The earthsjnaka Prhfsj ereahasj eotstud a inru"extent Of territory nn-1 reached il-.wn to ( entrtil Au. lica. The I vvr e -ti-i'i of the Pm ifie coast of ;!iis coitnt fell the sheen severely, ami at Tapacholu, an important lOWB in tho state of I hiapas. nenr 1he l.uateBJaSfSSl frontier, the dan done to prupertv is over f 1. 000,000.

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The Number of Lives Lost By the Burning of the Steamer May Never Be Known. THE TOTAL MAY REACH SEVENTY FIVE. Slant of Ihr suniviin are Vulrrliu krtrrrb Krvw the KSeets et I aoswre aaU I rlaht The IVr. .1,1 aar of In l.rrMtrnt Minus W outrm aaU t hllSrra. Cairo. 111., April St. Although n plete list of cither the rirtini or of the survivors is yet obtiiuali!. investigation indicates that alu 01. c half of the IIS rs-ople on the ( of Pittsburg were lost when that fatted steumcr was burned, Bundaj at Ogden'a biadlasj, betweea H and Paducah. Many of II wh were brought lo this city are Mtffl ing from exposnrc and fright tiiimber aboard was about ei ai vided between paKsengers ami area the latter sufffering the greater los in casualties. The names of ta n: . f the roustabouts were not known the number drowned or burn, likely ever to lie ascertain. The tire started in the lower pari ( the steamer, in the freight, r ; sibly in the engine room, sad ti off the means of escape tber-iiii-semrers iunnwil .verboari from . - . the upM-r decks. Within ten win tof the discovery of the fire at l 1 survivors say. the upper deck- were swept by flames, and passenger- wjm lined in (HI all sides, even the preserve-rs h-ing cut off bv tht rlaines. The panic that t caused a greater loss of !if. svosJd have aasued if the offici could have calmed tUe terror strick SSI people. Some rushed thrm'irh thi flames and jx-risbed. other- f and sank down to lie cremated in their night rolics. sonic ol ' a?irc. jumped uverlMUird aim m ilrovvncd. 'Those that got i:.' boats saw others drowning as the 1 overcrowded cruft pulled c - The barely-clad survivors on 1 shore not only witnessed h i scenes around the charred lud;, also suffered from early morn . relief came in the afternoon 1 captain say there were "' 1 1 gers. not ini-ludiiiL a doen I 'There were as many Women a- : the cabin, and the Indication that the greater K-rcentage ui was among the women and i hi As the register, with all othe: :'s. was burned, and the SHI scattered in every direction, tht I J -rreat difticuliy in geling a I. it ' the survivors. It is conceded that assay luidics never will Ik ret-i.v, so that there will never tie a com list of t be vict ims Partial (It- List. The following rersons are k to have perished the steamer: 1 'apt Wes In -, r. Mr.-l riv, r pi. t innati Ml M.ir.e T. Im '.irmeltoti. ! ! Thr,' hllilren ..f Mrs. Kanni- M lum. leavi-nworth. lad Patrkk Kurke ami seven mtHBSt his family f Owenstx.r- K CMfcl of Pii . Al Prnchard. of M T nn. 1 "lay Preei,. slfe ar.J son. of V town. Kv. i hll.l of Archie M Allen. Ptttsfa Miss Marv I.i-ter. '.irrollton, o Mr Adams, of dhlo. Miss Sweeney, of l iwensboro. Kg. Mr Downs, of M.mi-hi-Thomas Smith. Memphis. Mr In, vis. of Memphis I.. L. Munter, of Tldioute. Pa I'nknown chlhl . I. r.nl man anl aife. of PaSBraS K. PaknoWfl yuunn man. of Paducjh. K Ts. Mers. tVorihlncton, of Plttsb . and Swung lady l.adv ir-.m I :., - j Miiu Memhrra of I rm. Tim Smith cub pilot. Memphis Jam. lirown. i....r-J : u. .- I rtlle. J..s, ph Strans.. roustabout. Louts The, Iure Nelson, roustabout. Ia. John I a vis. roustabout. luiviU Joe p..-!. !;:. Cincinnati, MfSSH -plri'-er. Pr.sl Jones. Newport. Ky.. strlk.-r HI plneer. William Kenti lioiünser. iinc.m first sle:,r.l Henry Thomas, cokn-d. I'lnclnnati - oml stewanl. J.hn llett. 1 "in, inn.it!. cook Tony Ontlfojrle. 'Invbmatl. buh er All Met,,. an. I'lmlnnaM n ok Sj 1 Holley. sallorman. Cit. S. m Splnkston. Daniel Chores. K. Caaaeam VA Thomas. Kd lllhbett. and Tom i'allawxy. cabin hoy. Clnclr.r t! Tan Sremsa Two i harnh rmall. .s. t - ton boys Pnaasaarsra naadk Among Ihe passengers saved ar ' rn.i Kmlth. Paducah: A M a wife. PlttstaiTK; I. M Xli:r.i I vlll. . Mrs Judce Mulkey. of ! 111 : Mrs Tunnm. yer. of Point Ph V Va.: dsuahtrr of Mrs. Tun-m-v-Marsaret Hrldxes. Iulsvllle: Jrnnsi.A. I .singt .n . Mr and MrHtatnn. Carrsvllle. Ky.: W II s. n. tt lx.nl-, S. It Uch and wi -Itrl.lg iort. O. , , . . r Mrs Kllen Fenlmor nnd ilaueh'- v l.ulsv ill. 1'r U T I o. ami child. Marlon. Kv . Mrs Ar. h ser Moscow. 0 Mrs AI PrP daughter. Mcmphl. P T Oordtiet erH.rt Kv ll.,rr-. lawson. M ' vllle. . Vv m Whltmy. J fl lnl . Mrs Fannie McCullum. l-eiv worth. Ind. I'.ol.l Huchanan Sis Mo ; MllUn Hurke. 13. O wenshsri. . 1 . lie Pr.en. tulsville. V II Thoi Western Elettrlc Co.. St. IPmlth. Re. lfoot, Tvnn . J. L M p. rr). Ky. FOREIGN BREVITIES. A .Taranciie family of five can ..e : lei-s than eight dollars a month. The final census returns show tl." the populat ion i f India is 91 The ny al dock at portnin-iiili an area of MSI acres, is the large: u: England The a "lomohile mail i art i s . r . b displacing the horse-tlriv B ! 1 in France. A Vrtr.ch pianist plsyed for - 7 1 and four minutes and ihcn wen! sane. .1.