Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 May 1902 — Page 2

Weeklu Courier.

t . Ml sMC. l'HHi r. JASPER. 1 I t I INDIANA.

The nppotntaacat was announced. em the ink, of Lionel k. 0. fJeaaani o be British aslnteter at Havana. Mr Garden hM beea the sosbtuI general cf (ireat lbnain in Cuba since IStfS.

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THE NEWS IN FRIEF.

FIKTY-SE VENTH CONGRESS.

In ih

enste. SB the Wh entt ' brief

I., - w - I.-! i I' Mcratlen .u in.

IMiilli'i me rnnietit

occupied cm8y ty

lull, and thl VII

Mr -t i la i in a

rrf. .Ionics V. Wilson. son of the secretary of agriculture, h:i- accept t 1 tli" chair of animal husbandry MM 41' rector of the tute agricultural experiment stnti. n B1 Brot Bf. & 1)Hen. Lloyd Wh.a.on received a great ovation as ho boarded the l intmA States transport Sherman at M :

nila, on the Md, for home, Tai sail ing of the steatner. howt vcr. was dehi ed by a typhoon. The statement of the treasury balances in the genera fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reaervc in the division of redemption, issued OO t triad, showed: Available ca-h balances, 187,639.253; fold, Mt733tf.

"Kosher meat" disturbances broke out in the West Bad section f Boaton on the 22d. About three hundred Hebrews men, women and children attacked three mmt stores. The windows were aaaashed and the stocks of meats mined, The highest price for Texas cattle in the history of the hicago stock yards, was pnid, on the Slat, for a carload belonging to ( ha lies McFarland. .f Aled i, Tex. The cattle averaged 1,255 pounds. The price paid was $0.S5 a hundred pound-. Rev. Fr. O. Taylor Qrifflth has resigned the rectorship of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Oood Hiepherd at Omaha. Neb., beeause of lack of belief on the part of the congregation in the real pres. nee of Cartel in the holy communion. Henry Brothers A Co.. stock brokers, whose suspension followed the decline in what was known as Webb Meyer stocks -:irly in UN pre. cut month, were, OB the 13d, reinstat d to membership in the New York stock exchange, having met all their

obligations. The sonnte committee on Isthmian canals decided, on the KKh, to report adversely fteMOtOT Hoar's bill placing the matter of the lelOOlloa of nn la tcr -oceanic canal route in the hands of the president. The measure was especially opposed by the supporetrs of the Nicaragua route. On the 'JOth. at noon, sharp, the government of Cuba was handed over bv Go v. (Jen. Wood to President Palma. the duly elected first president of the youngest republic. Pretty compliments were exchanged between Presidents BooseTcH and Pahna, and Other ofheers of the two g.ivernni nts.

i had its m rk The vaomnroa h..v beea dteebarged aai 'he bayers returned to Billings, Moat flu tain had beea established fotfoar aatathäi and L'.'.oo BOrace were bought A terrible cnplneteai occurred, oa the 13d, in Ä0 I shaft Of 'be Crow's Keal Pass Coal Co. mine, near Per-

- . j nie 1 i I I lie t'x """"n i i' mn ii

eonalriictlve kllatlon pn itcd alaca N... 1 shaft. More were i.i men in in . .II v..r In the heii-e the naval , . . .( f xhom made tlo ir e nrortatln bill wis further consuu-red , " ZL ....... i . .nr.. ,,f Hie , .l ite Ik - cmiio. I he rciiiatllinp lU4. pewslien.

Ina that uf'in amendment provttlliiK that ; ,.., . i tiarles S. Thomas, of

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18 WORSE M 11

t..'Cii In sui-p rt i f i he bill which,!-. a od.

.'LH olle nf tile llinst II

hltl-a battleship, n cruiser and a K'1"" l..it- siial1 be built In kov eminent yard. The bills for elsht hou on aovirnment The hl'is f r elsht ln.urs mi aovenimeat Itaiiun t Hot rttuliK-s. Ark . for dUabled s.ililnrs. were p.issnl under a upennl.iii nf the ruii - In the senate, on the "vth. .liseusslon of the Philippin bill was continued, occuprins pru ti ally the whole day a aialon. the Mil. lei t of the i me. ill ra I V 'tl of the Klllpltii's Into camp forming the lea.lhiK topic of i he debate In 'he house a m - tlun t" Inatrui t confereee te secure an MJ" creased appropriation for military posts fr.'tii thr.-' millions to four millions, predicated a 1 " c dehate. hut was tln.il.y carried A r. solution fell. lialinK I'uba on her Independence pass. .1 unanimously. A bill amending the passport n w as also i .iss.sl The r.-icilinler of the day was devoted to private pel Ion bills. in the senate, on the iit. a resolution conr. tulatlna Cuba on its entry Into tiv famliv .f Independent nations, was adopted, and the secretary of state was .a. ....I ... ml. Ihu ruiKillltliiri to tile

Ulli. 1. I i ' ,.. , - president of the new republic, Purin the discussion of the Philippine appropriation bill Which followed. Mr Wellington iMd.i said "the action ..f the 1'nlted Slates on the Is! m.ls was as Indefensible as the ultack .-f the hordes of H- ll upon Hod ......

In the hon. three cuntesteu-eiection cases were settled, each in favor of the i'tlng member. A number of bills of minor Importance were passed, after Which eon tide rat Ion of the Immigration Mil was resumed. In the senate, on the 22.1. the most no-tih;.-contribution to the dlacunslon of the Philippine question was made by Mr. limir .Mass 1. UN views on the suhi-.t ar iv. 11 underatood. but his rspreeskrii of them was profoundly Inter, 'tin and unnresstv He was heartily i pi u tided at the close of his speech. Mr. Teller i.-.lv-ared a speech in the nature of a hlsviv of the legislative proceed'nKa throvgn hl.-h the n. vv t'uhan republl w i erect"

i ed . In the house almost the entir d iy was tak. n up with the iipeudmenl lo the lmmlsratton bill offered by Mr. undee wood (Ala.) requhing an educ.itlonal teat, 1 which was adopted. An i nindment to ' the rules waa :l pt. 1 requtti i th 1: Cerenee reprw shall be piu-d in Conareaalonal Rccorc" refr being preaeated i to the noue. In the senate, on the 2!d. db-cusslon of ! tv Philippine hill was continued, Mr I Bwbots (Idaho) spo.ikinK ataiii-t retentl m cif the iirelilpel.iKo for purely commercial

reasons, noniint: 01a. iin- u- - e . the Phtilppln a by capital has would work nn Injury to the I'nlte.l States, which would be made much greater by arousing China from her lethargy until the dragon

would devour the trade Of the world. Mr ! Bevertdge liml 1 replied to Mr Dubois, e-in-.est'v and fi.nlhiy shewing that ttie developrnent of China's renoureee would be nn advantage to the 1 nlt.d States as the Industrial development of other nations had be.-n in th- tveise lä prlI vnte p-nsen Mils were passed, hesld. a few other measures of minor Importance Mr. Loud, In .1 speech, denounced the aperial pension legislation as a disgrace.

Colorado. Op the tSdsj announced his candidacy for election to the United States senate as a democrat to succeed Senior Taller, Oov. Toole of Montane, ndae arrived at Helena, OB the (3d, from Washington, denied the report that he has ehe Bged his attitude on the merger qneatloei. The United States Philippine com-

mission has made Knglish the official language of the court, customs 6cr iee and BOUrt of appeals. LATE NEWS ITEMS The Chilean minister of foreign aft fairs, lenor Vargarn, and the argen

tine minister to t hue. .ie Aaumin Terry, are completing the detaUa of ... M I

the agreement which limits vmic.iu

and Argentine armaments, and which

provides for the general arbitration of disputes between the two countries. Owing to this favorable situation, securities and bond in Chile are very firm, (odd is falling. Frank If. Sturgeon, 01 f the old est mail carriers in the Kansas t ity (Kan.) service, was arrested by post ofHce lanpectore, on the J."th. charged with stealing a bundle of letterg Sturgeon was caught in the act in the post Office, lb eoafeaaed, saying that bis stealings had covcrc 1 a period of eight months., and that

debt had prompted the theft. He has

a family. Mr. Carol Norton, in a lecture delivered before a large audience in the Columbia theater i Washington, .-a the -'-th. asserted that 1,000,006 case Of disease have been healed by hr-s-tian science during the .:" years of its hietory, and that ta that Waat about Too Christian science churches have been established and are BOW fhmriafaingi The failure Of the efforts of German tirtn tO secure exclusive rights ..f selling opium throughout ihe Chlaeee empire, for which privilege the firm in question offered to pay the Chinese government $lä.t00,OBO a

Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. faaaaaad ahaaaaa. Lap rte. Ind.. May 26 - Uafk Resell, lülefgd. un.l r senteiic, f death f,.r th murder uf ggother colurt man tit a dance near Prlaeetoa, and who aas taken from Princeton ..n the ay

to the state pn-i 1 at Mulligan 17, where ihe eaeaatttea will take place aagaal la, atada aa aaaaeeeeefaj at ktmpl tO escape near l.ap.rte. lie prisoBcr wa in chart;.- of Sheriff Belout and a deputy 1 f tllheoa county, and just before the train nearcil this station Rneeell tried I jump 1 r m the car window, which wa- OpCB. He wa. reetrateed j"t in tiine to ;.reeent hi- tattteg aaraf.

Prof. E. D. Hovey's Opinion With Regard to the Devastation by Pelee'a Eruption.

SAYS THE PEOPLE WERE ASPHYXIATED.

g Toruad ( .Hoest ia ulphuretledi Ihdr.iKrn .h Wrecked the nliitiaa "' H Waeee Killed ll,.- I o. ..ale.. anU l ire ..mplrleU the It 10 11 New York. May -7.-F H'lvey, aiMi mi est toe of the II us urn of

v.turai Hlaanry, adaa aaad bo alartlalung OB the cruiser Dixie 0 eamine the volcanic phenomena, cables the ll. rald from Castries. St. Lucia:

t. Pierre can only be compared

SsrvgH Mem Warsaw. Ind.. May 2d A severe wind and electric Menu swept this . 1 a - ..Luit r-

rt "ii in an tue naiuair.- i" """ - - . . , chard and balWing in the rural ,!:- to Poeii. The devastation and des-

o'itt .i..irre,.ate t rti.ti-.. 1. '' ( la t ion a re c v c u -i

dollar. The rillagt of aoniqnei, three mile- north of this , ity . w as , rioasty damaged. Ambrose Slodl's house wa- unr... fed ar.d moved i n its fotnulation. its occapaata being cmtwlled to seek refute in the cellar.

TW. n- of other houses art re nnroofed netetäcd the burning of the eJty, the

1. 1... ,.,.. In the VicinilV I ,..i,.i.niiil l v .Iroi'i ll iir-

"lt is evident that a tornado of suf

focating gas wrecked the buildings, ggphyateted the people, fire then completing the ruin. This nccords with il... statements which has been made

that asphyxiation of the inhabitants

PEACE SEEMS ASSURED.

London Papers Meeaa Aereed Tka Pbare In South frte Will Houi lie Aniiouneetl

London. Max -'- The Hail) Mail this morning says the catuuet eoun cil ta bi held to .lav will deci.l. Iiptm points of detail. BsOStb of a titiaticiul nature, wbith have lu-cn raised by the Roers in Ihm peaae aegotlationa Qreat I'ritnin's decision in the unittcr will then be commualcsted to ti e Vcrcining conference by the delegates at Pretoria, says the paper, and.

I being the best obtainable terms, thei I will almost ecrtaialy be accepted

the results should be a lll. 'llici I oil. cbtlly either Taaisday af Pridaj of this week, the date upon whieli King I'.iw aid's birih is celebrated, P.-iice is quite certain, suv the Daily Mail, and the delegates at Pre lotia are only engaged la endeavor ing to gild the pill for the Verein! nf conference to swallow. The Dally Mail says further: "Our dispatches from Pretoria. -is ert thai unmet mis coro m un i r a t ions sre pefHg between Lords Kltehenei

and M ilii, r in Kouth Africa an I I,

di n. "Lord Kitchener, although he still full of energy, is Much aged

appearance as a result r tin

or blown down.

MhmImi this o.iuntv. the rn '-

----- - ated similar damage to houses, orchards and crowing crops.

On n iriUe. Terre Haute. Ind.. Mat M

Th n-in-

The annual em anipment of the G A. ft. and auxiliary OTganlgatlOttS if 'ci raska closed their sessions nt Omahl on the '-''d. UenL-Oov. Calvin F. Steele, of Fairbury. was elected departtnent cotuninnder f the (J. A. U-. und Mrs. v. M. McKlnney, of P.lair, elected president of the Won: ma Belief Corpn.

PERSONAL AND GENERM The worst disaster in the histor

nf Tennessee mining occurred, on th

19th. when between IM and men

and hoys met" instant death nt the

Pre ervilte coal mine, located two

miles west ..f Coal ( reek. A tras gg

plosion was the cause of the disaster

Shorth aft. r 11 o'clock, on the jnth

Cincinnati was stricken by a tcrrith

wind and rain storm, canning the loss

of a half-doen lives and injuring

many. The fury Of the storm continued Daly half an hour, but in that

time ov.-r a million dollars of dam

:i.r. was done in the business section

of the city end as mach more in oth-

i:i s lM-int sulphuretted hydrogen, ig

r. . w .....

Oitcd by lightning or the nre in ussj citv. The same tornado drove the shi'lii in the roadsted to the bottom i the sea or burned them before they could escape. This comes the . . l . l...A . . t o.,,,.,. th-in

er working for tb Wabe Aalley heretofore reported from Coal company, who operate sft . .,! . mine, northeast of here, have gl B J torncd in ,vvo ways -by aa .trike. Committeemen u.v. r ... tmmn o( Awti !Wi!fÄ r'V eVr I coiid.nscd steam, and by cloud,o obey their ord.rs in reran. . t r -covered nion men feeding the -ale. t ha .re wTshing down vast ..rkc,. ha .he Pres UeM H jr- f JJJ er.oes. of the 1 ...ted M" , , . J "No flow of lava baa apparently at,U" f:'nP r Slüre ard tended the eruption as yet. the puretrouble. Manager i. d .hurt ...... . I eniptlaaa thus far ap perintendent a r.-,-. espec the ; ,v ,,,,.;' M nil,cn material ... abide by the agreement and Z " ehniw

resume wars :n a few days.

oil

is in

se ere

has

I'ntnll. Hurt. Indianapolis. Ii '.. May KL- Edward swat -ton. nr. 'ectric lineman nf Pa

ton. 111., on hl way Home irom i iw

1 bttr

I'.r. He w.is ri.iinir n a cut -.fears

I his satchel of tools beside him. A I switch eneine struck the ear OB which . a - - -

c. .e.t.n :. ri it l' ami lie w;:

rg. Pa., was probably fa. ally injured j mud, nre among an accident on the Pelt raTr. ad j which Pcler has

GALLAGHER REPORTS.

to "IT p;i

ed par's of the

The executive committee f the Waahbera College board f trustees. on the 21st. MlCOted Ir. Norman Pin as, of WlUtemstOWn, Mass., ns president of the college. The action will be ratified by the trustees nt the laae meeting. lr. Plass is a graduate of Williams college und the Yale divinity school. Through the state department the navy department has been requested by the government of Germany to look aft. r the safety and welfare of German subjects cm the isthmus of rn items The reqaeat has been promptly granted by oat governmeBt, and cabled instructions have beep

eat in accordance therewith. .T. .1. Ruhan, 7fi years f age, was hurned to death, on the 2.'ld. in a firwhich destroyed his home in the rear nf the St. Ehno hotel la iaH Lahe City. Utah. Ruhan had lived in Ball Lake City since is;,7. He was the first convert to the Mormon faith fr.-ni France, nnd f.r some time tilled the position of instructor in Preach to Brigham Young's children. m ("en Lloyd Wheaton emliarked on the bailed Stntes transport Sherman, at Manila, on the ltd, for home. (ieti. Chaffee, in ordering Gen. vVheaton's relief from duty, -aid IhC department tO 'k the occasion b0 pav a wann tribute to vYheatoa'i spli ndid record, and invited the attention of nil ofBl cers and NoMteffa to his conspicuous example of sfaeleacy and devotion to dutv.

nti

nila

oei

bill.

th.

here

ish

Beeret ary liny, nn the -I. rqneat ed the Dimish government 1i enter into a protocol, extettdlag for on.yenr the perio.l of time gltewed for the ratification of the treatv of e. I -Bios of the Hanish W.-t IndiiiH Isln.b. This action is necessary to keep alive the treaty es rattflcd by the I'nited stntes senate until the Ihtuish rigsdng can act finally upon it at the next session in Septen her.

Charles fl. Ihvv. -. . comptroller of the enrrencv. OB the ttd, nilrrssed the state Pankers' assoahv tlog at Des Ifotaea, in., oa the nnst aar re nee and breach eurrencv. lie

took a position in opposition to both, and in aaawef to anestteB, said he did not think It safe to r. tire gn ennaeas aatil something ta.aattf' secure could i,. foond to fill the raaiarj and thus he did not believe M.set tjftOteS to be safe.

md suburb

Puhnnt In the ( itv of Mexico went

in o iimiv n th.. -'is! t.i rassntu. I tin

lata the American embassy on th

birth of the lew CabSB republic

Negfotiationa for n settlemeal of th.

strike at the Kast Helena (M nt.)

avorks of the AmcricsD Smelting and

Defining Co. ended, on the 21st, when

the coinnaiiv announced that it wouhl

nn. recede from its determination to keep the works closed for an ind. fi

nite ti.i loil. I he .otntianv will nol

----- i . recognise the union.

The tiost i. Mice department r

nounced, on the list, that daring the

antin . hiiur summer season all

" la-s. of mails for Hawsoti and in

termediste places in the Yukon terri

tort luav be forwarded v ia Skagwny. Alaska, and White lb.rse, ltriti-h Co

lumbia.

The American polo players defeat

ed Ihirlingtaam (Lngland), on th

21st. bv three goall to one. The

game was one-sided throughout

The senate committee on census; n the -1st. authorized a favotnbb

report OB the concurrent resolution

introduced by Senator .Mitchell rt

questing the census bureau to bring

the irrigation statistics nf the coiin-

trv lip to date.

.Ministers of the Swedish Bnptlsl

ehurch la Iowa ean aoi la future be

long to secret orders, under the revised const it nt ion of the association

which was adopted at Sioux ( ity, on

the alst, by the täte conference.

A tornado- struck six miles south

.ast of Klh Ci.v. Okie., on the ltd,

w-reekintr a number of houses:. Sever

al persons are reported fatally in

Jttred. among them a Mrs. Combs

The dsmasra wrouffhl is estimated at

12.1.000

The West Indian Bewepapers (-"ii-talBlng accounts of the volcanic ottt-

hr.-nUv lie-..-in to reach New 1 "rk on

the ltd.

Patsi l.nvin nnd Estill P. Butler

convicted of robbing the imst offta

at Linden. Mo.. Inst .lime, were each

sentenced to three u-nrs in the ttcnl-

entoire sit Kansas ( itv oa the 221.

lohn Ilaer, who turned slate's evi

denee, wnn given ten months in th

rroi Ti t v in i I

A forest fire on Sheep mountain

..rfb of fntuiin Citv. Col., burned

flereelv, on the night oi the 9d, un

ranged apprehensloB for proa pee tort who were working in that region. ITie Are Subsided next day. and it was learned that nil the prospect.. acre snfe. On the 2d l. 0. I'un Co. repotted: "Pallares for ihe week nnm bet in in the tfnlted Stataa, agninsl 1 so last year, and 12 in Cuaada. against laut year."

year, appears count of the isters and tin

kin

An anarchist conference, attended

by 20 delegates, was liei.i at Mannhelm recently. The police got in-

.;..., .if tlw meet im? liefore It

lecurr. d. and s. nt two officers to at

: ... . ....1

tend the sittings. .s m- .

UiM of the conference were pnte

tame, the anarchists were BO! molest

ed bv the police official

The steamer Lifjel I, beiotmmg .o

K i;.i;.il. l..ufe Steamboat I " . nr-

. , . I M

: I ., I, ii.te a-l'itte. IMailU "l

ii,.-.. ii . - - - (..oolelone. on tin- 23th, from Mar

. , .

i.,i,o i.. and reporte.l the e.-nun I. u-

" I - . . .... -

on that island to be uocBongea, in-

people at r..rt de Praaee were noma- , : .11 . .

what inn. 1 er when IOC l.iijciu ...

" ' i r va . i i . . i v a - -- ured on lie- j kn. cked off and fell beside the rail

be a

osition of the inmlace offieteb in Pe-

n the coast line from Fort IH- France to St. Pierre. -The great emission of suffocating gas and the typical cloudburst cr.i.,n witli the rcsultini? str.auis of

the new features addded to the scien

tific knowledge of volcanos."

The back of his head was cut and bis

I lefl shoulder sraa canght between tae ! mil and a wheel gad badly crushed.

'.rnphie Or er i pt Ion of the t ulrinn'i Work on St. Huron Inland.

Washtegtnsji May 27 Ad jt. -Gen Crbin has received the following ca

blegram from ("apt. Hagh I. Galla repuH .... ..issnrv denart.lient. dated

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Ilea lis oi oKiiiii iiii.i w,inu, ....

ini? the nomination of Nel..n . liar- i

w I t ,t ir t t :' H "

am a leased ti n. Lanorte. Ind.. May laVThs

lin. son of Ilr. N.

city, to succeed DennU T. Klynn. the prc-ent territory delegate. Mr. Darling Is years old. He Is esteemed an orator, and durine .he last presidential campaign made a canvass of the territory. He Is engaged in the wholesale liti-irc- at Gifte-

j boms City. Be is in great demand BI 1 in entertainer.

dam

I he

cholera record in the Philip

. to the 2äth, is as f.dlows: Ma1,14 cases and tit deaths. The

W OlkSS. MfJ case- and U.7,4 bat US.

In the senate, on the 'jr.tn. Mr. rar-

terson (Col.L one of the minority

Bgembers of the gnaaetel ctonmlttee,

UJiied the floor m isT if .he dav

i discussion of the Philippine ithm. Pixty-two private pen ion were passed. ... I.i the house the ... ... - . . . .

ilav was ilevoteil to :.-iriei oi xo-

lumbls business. Reco was taken

for one dav. in order to ennidCe I lie

bill amending- the District

dispatch from Cairo, Egypt, on :".h. said: "A report has reach. .1 that a whole battalion 'f Turk-

troons has iwen a .nihilat-d by

- , - rebels near the seaport of Mocha in

the Turkish vilsyet of cmen, in .he

OUth Western part of Arabia. Ihe

governor Of MocnS is sai.i t nave

been carried away by the rebels as a

hostage. The rebels are being joined

numbers .f Turkish troop: woo desert ing.

following provisl mal g iverawas constituted ta P lt-au- . . . . . n . 1 -

ce. liavtt, on .tie coin, 11.-1

DoineroBd ( anal: minister of

foreign affairs. M. Jeremle; minister of interior. M. Colia; minister of Jua

M. Lalane; minister of war. (i n.

minister of pnhtte Wt rks, M.

minister of finance, M.

lie

III.

mei.t

Prim

dent.

tice

N. rd:

( esarion;

Hennery

The Pritisli e-ov e rum. n t has grate

gull v accented the offer bv the Doited

Btatet of a war ship to carrv home the b.xlv of Lord Ps uncef nte, late

P.ritish ambassador at U a-hington. Hep appreciation was expressed al the P.ritish fnrelsm nflice a. .his and

o.her sitrns of taaertcafl sympethy.

K. i) Weed, formerly I ni.ed states

district attorney for Montana, was. on the L'.'.lh. siisiM-lldeil bv the Sll-

prcBBSj court from practice in the

courts of Montana for a pi rid of

two var-. having been found guilty

of nsalpracttce and deceil an at-

tornev and citinaellor.

(oner, sman Pabeock. chairman

w of the republican congtretmioaal commit tee, talk. .! with th.- president, on the ttth, regarding the fall csmps gn. The presjeb nt. nt an early day. will arrange a date for receiving the enM mlttee, at which time pleas will aa mapped oat. 'J be nomination of T-drew J, Honston to be ma 1 shal for ; I 1 1 a-tern Iistrief i f Texas was confirmed by the senate on th- -' th Henri (it-ville (Mice Marie ('' t, Dafaad), the Kreuch a .t hurts, died In Fatal ou the -'' th.

eamtt ( n Hunt. Laurel. Ind.. May M. - leander Sherwood, a farmer, while riding a corn olar.ter. ia a number of CTOWS in a

field. Re railed to bis v,,n to hr; g

the sho.ffun. The boy br. ugh! .he

gtm, lx'h barreb of which were load ed. Sherwood placed the run across bis knee and drove on with the plant r. A- be started, the gun slipped and struck a wheel, it was discharged, and one of Sherwood- arm wa nearly bHwn off. and he bled to death. The shllnh Wonnmenl. Bedford. Ind.. May M Capt. Th m as 1 1. V...d. ..f Franklin, and Capt.

Nicholas gaslejr, tr.enil.ers ..f ihe Shiloh guanomeat commisskm, v,h were here to laspeet awdele at the monuments to various Indiana regiments, to be erected on the Shiioh KHI Nt field, hove retnrnetl to Intlianapoli-. The de-ign for the inonutnent h. vv t! at

they will be imp-. -ing. each 0 he 1 feet high. llnlld s ei Home.

Marion. Ind.. May 2rt. The local Klks lodge ha- begun t reet a club hoii-e which wilt eoet IIMtt. The architecture w ill e classic ( 'rinthian. viih guundve eotamas eateadlag from the ground to the t..p -f the .r,-,.nd

floor. The Flk- say they will have the finest home in the täte. Tried I Hill. Columbus. Ind.. May 2d. H. F. Bayder, af Btaaa atteaapted t. murder Callie Sawyers in a millinery st..re. where she was employed. She w..- . i-

vorced from him several months ago. and it i i'aid that aatjrdef had made several threats against her. He is in jail. K Irked to llenth. Washington. Ind.. May fat. 1 Josopl Hubbard, an en-crviet. kicked Louis ( nnningham to death in a saloon fic't Cunningham WSI n farmer and a SOB of Michael Cunningham, one f .h. wealthiest men in the country. Hubbard I under arret.

Vincent. May 24:

-Vre:. ..f devastation St. Vincent

about 12 Mpiare miles in northern extremity: population f this area was Ho-i ,",f which l.ftlMi ..-t their lives.

.remainder escaped be flight to ings-

town and other places. No such overwhelming catnstrophe ss that at St. Pierre, yet many people are to be sustained by public, because many escaped. -Outside of the area devastated no great ihmage was done, but people are very apprehensive. This eondili. n will not abate until the volcano, which is still active, subsides

The second eruption occurred on

the l-th. but no additional damage

was done. Sumdies of nil kinds from the

fiivie most irratefullv received, nnd

and continuous strain which

unilergoiie. The t iBaeBSas of opinion is that the nc.-nt negotiations have proved Lord KHchcaer to be event diplomatist as weU as a great soldier. "It Is dtftcnll to appreciate the magnitude of the difficulties Kitcbea er has had to -. intend with. The Bei leaders are all deeply imprc sed with his personality . and trust him iiaplic-itlv.

it is understood that Lord Mlloei (the British high 10 nmi-si ,ncr in South Africa) has gracefully admit ted that the ultimate t ie lit for the accomplishment of the great .ask is due to Lord Kitchener." A TREACHEROUS MoRO. I'r.-ti-iiil.'.l to lie Wounded. mill lnhel Off the rni of m I raited Mitten Soldier. Manila. May -'7. White Second Lteat. Robert C. Bomber, of ihe Tenth infantry, and Sergeant Wall ing. of the sain.- regisneat, were walk ing; about six miles from Camp Vlch rs, in Mindanao. they perceived a SUV

flc Mora carrying a Bag Of truce When he had approached ehwe to the J Americans he suddenly drew his IrreWSC and slashed Se.geaii. Walling, I cutting his arm completely off. Lieut I Humbler a.teinpte l to shoot lb I M.... l.ii, kta revolver missed tire

..I,.,,,, ... ...... - - - and the native escaped in the tall grass. Gen. Invis. the commander of the nierican forces in Minraniio. ha- reiterated bis orders thai no Amerleaa ohliers are to leave camp unless in parties of at least eight men, who must Ih- armed nnd prepared 11 any eaaergeaey.

THE CUBAN CONGRESS. 4 Kun.l nl PtspO 1 mi Troldent l'e I Mill-I Ix- Hie-lion of mSHHMlg ta inerlciiu. Havana. May 3! Both the seaate ind the bows have passed a hill granting 'reeideal Palma 1300, I M current expeneea la connection with I insular affnirs. The senate consumed the entire af tptnoon of yesterday la dtecasglng , th.- best stet hods of recompensing

.: i :...i....o I. ..I li.-r liv -alalies

mrmw i - " .- - III 1 1 II 11 1 1 ..I I J'e.ls1 " . will, with what was on hand, provide or l)V f.cs f..r present BsmedaUoa for three Discus-ion of the emeattea of geaat months. I.unilH-r for rebuilTing s np amnesty to the American- BOO asked. Nothing is known of any dis- lrion 'r awaiting trial in Cuba t ii rii.-i nee outside of St. Vincent und i f loll. I until lO-daV.

Martinique.

Killed by I Ithtnlnu. Ih.nrbnn. Ind.. May 2. Two Syrisn pddlers. each about O yer.r . Id. supposed t be from Chicago, who had heen peddling their wäre throughout the surr unding country few the lest week, were found dead in the woods two mlhrl soitthwe-t of this place. The vi relict of the c r. i r jnrv six that .hey met death by lightning, a the tree under which they were found was shattered. A tetere electric form p' I over ti e city, fob hiwed by n heavy it.wnp..ur of rain, nn it w.-s f'urinir thi- st..nn the; are mmoacd t have lien killed.

"Now that the emergency has been

met. would advise sending supplies gradually and only after inipiiry as to Bet Bel needs, as a great cpiaiitity sent It "nee might prove more embarrassing than beneficial, store- oa the Btete were nrell seteeted."" Secretary atemdj also received the f.db.wiiur cablegram from ( apt. Her ... . a V ! t ..

ry of the IlKie, Hated at. i.ucia. .uuj 20: llixie dlwhnrgleg remainder of Mores at Kingston. where most Bet led. Volcano active No additional damagr ( are of rerogeee and injured, approximately V'ioo, well in hand by tecal authorities " A tetegram was received announcing the departare al laa Potoma: from St. I.ucia. yesterday, bound for s.:ti Juan, Potto Boo.

Will I sirry I. umher Free.

Warhlngton, Mat tl. The aaef d partm.nt has added ne more and perhaps, the last lo th good "fVic. w hict it has been called on to pel form in behalf of the West Indian v. lcaiilc sufferers by undertaking tfl transport t the h ateteaa people oi t. Vincent a large oaaatlty of halM ina lumber which the Canadian go erumeel has donated The taaabef is coming by rail from Canada t.- . rf.dk. the treasury ..rheinls nnthorling its passage through the Halted States ii, bond and without payment of duty. At Norfolk the lumber Will he loaded "n ihe collier Leoahtes at.d tr.ni ferre l dircelly to St. Vincent. RenresentatI Hlefcardnon's Denial

Washington. May 27. Ileprcscnta tiv.. Ricbardaoa, "f TeBneseee, thi .lern. , ra.ic door leader in the house, niadc a statement correct tog an im pt. ..inn which has trained wide circu tetloa that aad aaelhrai thai ha perialism in his opinion would be tin only srnne f the eaaajieaaloaal cam paiga, "I made no stieb statement nnd I hold n such views," said Mr lli. hardson. "In fact. 1 doub. whether imperialism will be the leading issue, .is there are other important ajBSBllnnn pressing themselves to publis i.ltnliiB.-

was postponed until to-day

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

a Slllllrarr llnlloon K.xplde eat iSgtlll. Ilavarla The teronnnt Injared. ' Herlin. Mnv it A military bab

loon was struck by lightning mar Augbcrg, Ha v aria. Sunday night, nt BA altltnde Of HO metres. Th J oceapant -f the baahet at the ttow of this occurrence was la- it VOB HUlcr, who was telephoning bU OO" errat ton t sohlten oa the ground below him. When the ball -m WS -.ruck it burs. Into Humes and fell rnpidlv to the earth. Meat. JJ Miller" had the bones in both rH broken, but . scaped further iu. n TURKS ANNIHILATED. a. Whole llnttnllon Snld to Have Been liest roved H lleheln

Troi llewertlnaLondon. May It, A di-pat.h to lU liaih Bapreaa from Cairo, ii1'area report has reached there (bat 1 whole battalion of Turkish troops ban b.-.-n annihilated by rebels bcsi the sea port of Mocha la iae 1 isih vilavet of Yemen, in the I vettern part of Arabia. The aor r- ,,f VI. is said to have l".n

carried nvvav bv th- rebels BJ a ho it age. The rcbeis aie bc.ng joim d BJ number of Turkish IffOOfM 0h0 sW tVeertiag. Itantrr Pesnlslnnnt aavewenntea. Pot t -au -I'rinee. Haytl, May IT. follow tag pr. visio....i awernmes was constituted yesterday: " dent, BohmroBd Cnnnl) minister oi f, reign affairs. M. .feremlei ""M,T ,f IbI 'rlor, M C.di n : mini t r Ol . 1 . ...at ... f ( it'll-

lice, M. I.alune: minister m Pfordi mlatetef of paWte worhs, Cesnrion; minister of linamc hennery. The govcrnn.cn will now IsK M to ass,,,.- the dec. ion of B pn "Weni according to cons.itutional aeetBOO . The Hri.ish cruiser Psyche bus ar rived here.