Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 June 1902 — Page 2

Weeklu Courier.

UOAM'., Hobllaher. JASPEH, I , . t INDIANA. Detonation. DM H from M.nt Pr'.tr. Man : i f Mai Mi MMBI plainly audi Me at St. Thomas, l. If I., 5r Mm iTth The practicability of telegrnphini. ml telephoning from nuking train is t.) ha tested in the near future by 1 representatives of the Association of Railway Superintendent. i o The MM States tranj.rt Kil patrick arrived at San Francisco, on the 19th. from Manila. She brought 638 easu-ds. 150 marin- ami " en- ' Bated MCI of Troop H. Third I n States cavalry. Queen Wilhehnina ol K Han. 1 1 convalescing at Castle Sehaumbure; in the rrdley of the Lahn. She drive nut .1m Iv with the utivin mother, nnd , U recovering? her color. The y-1 a oueen smilingly ackneew ledge the preetinps passe. of va farers whom aht The Chicago A Alton passeneft train No. H. east-bound from Kansa City for St, I. ouis. jumped the traclt two milea -west of Mexico, Mo., on the ISth. and went Into a ditch. F.n gineer John Keller wan killed and everal passenper and the fireman were danperously woun !- L Mr. Carnepie. In declining, recently to become president of some schooli at BfcipkT, F.npland. wrote: 'M w. rk lies on the other side of the At lantio. I am here for recreation. Itequests to assume official duties on this side arc M numerous that 1 havt to make it a rule to decline." After considerable opposition from the nationalists and radical member of the house of commons, and the ap- : pli. ati- n of the closure, the prant of 50.000 to Lcird Kitchener, in con-i leration of bus eminent services in South Africa was adopted in tie house, on the lth. by '77 rotes to 48. Charles P. Earner, son of Mnj. Will- ! iam Warner. 1'nited State district attorney and commander-in-chief G. A. I( . was found dead in a room- ; ir.p Imhim in Kansas t ity. Mo., en the :Hh On the dresser were three j empty bottles that had contained morphine. Warner had been drink- j Bg Capt. C. F. Tyler, formerly a j wealthy resident of St. Louis, died nt ' Colorado Sprinps. Col., on the 2th. Before the war he had control of a fleet of river steamers, and was well known to river passenpers during those das. He was the inventor of 1 the roll top desk, and realized a large fortune from his patent. The building trades c ninoil of Denver, Col., on the 17th, decid-d to comply with the request of the Contrjetors' association that the relations of the member f the twoorganizat ions be submitted to arbitration. It was expected this would end the strike which had kept 4.000 men idle and paralyzed the building industry in Ienver for four weeks. On June 2 a bottle was picked up 45 mile east of Halifax, containing the following note written on a scrap of paper: "Steamed Huronim turned over Sunday nipbt in Atlantic. In jmall b at. 14 of n." The Allan lin.-r Huroni.m, bound from filasgow for St. John, X. B.. sailed from the former port on February 7. since which nothing ha been heard of her. Carey J kf c.I!i-.ter. of 45 Crawford etreet, Newark, N. .1., called at tho White House, on the lsth, and subsequently was arrei-ted and held for examination as to hU mental condi tion. He was armed with a rev.. per, which he snid he waited to use on a tnesmerit who was ready to kill him. He is 26 years old. He said his trouble followed his rejection by a Newark eirl. E. G. Hathbone, former direct ..r of posts, who was sentenced to tea year imprisonment and to pay a fine of $:!j.On, as a result of the trial of the post ofHce fraud, and who was released In consequence of the sipninp, June 9, of th hill prantinp Benerrd amnesty to all Americans io Jail or awaiting trial ia Cuba, sailed from Havana, for New York, on the lwth. on board the steamer Klag A BMMBhef of promineat CMban- and Fpaninrds ace- m pained him to the steamer Gen. Jacob fl. Smith, who recently was court-martialed in Mnuilit. ha been instructed to proceed to Sna Francisco, there to await further orders. Although not officially admitted, the fact that Oen. Smith hen been called homo is accepted in military eirriew generally as practical confirmation of the press dispatcher from Manila that he was acquitted. All the tioilermnker on the I'ni n Pacific railroad from Omh to Opden walked out. on the 10th. in obedience to an order Issued from headquarters of the union. A dispatch from Patt de France, lartii()iie, on the 19th. said: "The Volcano continues to throw forth cinders on the northern part of the island, which h been rendered uninhabitable Previous t the falling of the mass of dime, or mud. on llasse Pointe, that place and Lorraine had keen inundated by torrential rains. The psrt of Hase Pointe which suffered to-day is now covered to (he thiekne of about five metres with limy mud. L Precheur also suffered from thla latest eruption of Mont IMce."

C U 1 K EN TOPICS. TUE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.

I the i...t. -. n i' : h. tue io:i-M-n 'inti I...i.doii dorn i'n.iru. a on. - n'l.r will, h .n u.lsiatlon .f tlie LetluulWn f ral question wn Mumnl. Alc.--rf Cut km and Kittrlthro dellicrinr. ...et., a In a 1vvaey ,t the P ;n ;inw rout A mi'ti.-n i Mr Praetor t tri to c.'U trrer.ee w.th tt b u-c n line army appropriation wa. so vigorous r iMHwevl that It was withdrawn t T UM present... In th- huae. un.ler stisp. - .neaa ia- JrVnU . .1. taciuurn; th I tun f . ! .'.Illon ,.IPM" H.I.I . f..r iif.n. f.ir :i tn.irumt-nt In v t: - n The war n to Abraham Lincoln, rw ii.ilns; the pension I .ws were I r. co'iitlon cabins: on the secret 1 i'U for l-as r. ns for t n fteboc; J Ti.y'.or a clrh in tne u pintnert. w uni o.i ir.c iiin.e. iw In the .rate, on the J7th. the entire Ja, - . w. s dev. f.l t- further dls- . o lon of the Isthmun canal n'l-stlon. Me Perk iCaU). Stewart -Nev n l.r..i:i .Ala... adv. - .f.l the .t-.ti..n of the Kteanujrua rute. and Mr oalimv-er N 11 mail- f..rcoful argum.nt In vor Of th Paran,: n-ute In lo use. the .lav w;u. t.-.keii ut In .-.nsl.ler-Inst '..III r.-hrt.J f.' m tho jcliclary . 'mmlitfe. hy far the mt Importcnl ol rkiek w the bill to ;.tn.n.l the . "''tini bankruptcy law. An effort to r. ial ne r.rnt law was lefeael. 5 to IT. in btl! is.l amends the law In 15 particulars to m.c defe.t ma le ma- If. t hv the operation U the law ii actual exp'tf-nee. In the senate, on the fth. the Isthminn canal question occup'.e I practica!. y th entire usilon gartenoed speecBte were hv Mr s- ... n. r avis . and Mr H mi i -O.) in favor ..f th- Pa ama re) t. : . i t.v M- Pettus (Ala '. who advocated the selection of the Nicaragua route. Mr Teller tCol I briefly ann uti.-ed tils suoport of ire Panama project, while Mr J. n ( Ark ' Indicated his leaning toward- the same route . In the hone, th near approach of tf,e end of the session was ForeshAdowed by paNtleal speeches JfJ Klchnr.l. n .Tenni. the le-ider of the rnlnorltv. arralrned the re-ubiican party for tts failure to keep Its platform preml Mr. Cannon, chairman of the apfWoprUtlons committee. In a brief reply, said h" was rea.lv to ten to the country on the reeard of the republican party A n'.fht esslon was .1. -voted to wntdernon of bills from committee n Indian affairs. In the innate, on the V;h. the Spooner nbetltute for the it.-t.burn Nlcaraau canal bill was ailopted by a vote f . to 34 After two amendments, on., providing for rcmmlssi n tr sup-rlntend the ecnstrtictlon of the canal, and the other pre dl for the lsunc of llt two-per-eer.t. Bold Nn.ls to ri.le m ' m-m.-n to eonstru. t lb waterway. hai be. n adnntnl. th- MM war. pa--.-.l vote of 17 to 1 Tho sate ask d f -r , - ... w V. ... .... .Via 1 av e.-iircrene wan in" iu.ui- .. ...c amen.lm. nts to the army appropriation; bl !l . In the house, the o ninK day of e ..... K - ,1. Late . n the Philippine K"V- , . a iraatteed by a strnR the speech bv Mr. oper twls ) in Tavor or v-i MH, iirid a ep h by Mr Jor.es iVa dnntnä the demrrat!c position on the measure. In the senate, on the M-.h. no business of Importance was transacted In open e1on exeept P BSrree to a cor.ferer.c report fl.ially llsposine ef the military aeadr-. Mil. Por.-i after df poking of routine business the senate went Into executive s.-sslon. and. at S:l' p m.. ndJenrre. until the 23-1 In the houe debate on ttu I'c.ilipplne civil covernment bill continued .Itirlnr day and ev.nInr seeatoae Several siwo-he were made to all f which cls attentl n was R.vn. Th" Krhmlan cinal bill was sent to conference after the f-nate amendment had r-een non-concurred in. The h use reiterated the position I had taken on the rrmv appropriation Ml by 1rnor'nsr the ajetl of the -nate and In sendlra the MM back to the ennte ,ift r voting to adhere to Its d'sacTe. ment to th" senate's objectionable army p- st amendments. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The railroad between Corinto. on the Pa-ific, and tiranada. on Lake Nicaragt.a. ha been completed. A p. rtion of a mixed train on the South arolina & tieorgia Kxtension railroatl fell throngh an approach to the bridpe over I'.road river, at Bhelly. N. '.. on the l'Jtb. One pers. n vvas killed and several injured. All rt. king of Sax .nv. diel, on he evening of the lOih. nt Castle Sibvllenorf -. Dresden, after a !eg illness from cancer, aped 74. Bfl lea.. ; no issue, and will be su ... r.ed on the throne ty his e. i-r brother, Georp.-. dnke r t iaaoar. Announcement is authorised by the atnthOTitiei Bf Mount HuljTsjke College, at South Hadley. Mass., of a pi ft of f 40.000 from Miss Betel M- (hm I, to Bado the chair of Pihlical lite; ataVff in memory of Mies Qould'l m-ther. Helen Day Could. Mf.nt Pelee, Island of Martinique, was apain in eruption on the l-th, enititag a column of slimy mud to a heipht of l. o meters. Tb.e lower portWB of Hasse p..inte era enveloped, ?2 houses being razed. There wee B0 Ion f life. Henry 1.' chtin. disbursinp officer of the department of justice, was arrested, at Washington, on the 19th, n the charge of misappropriation of MM of p.iverntnent funds. Be BOB" felled to the shortage, attributing ' hl trouhle to fait living and pel th lation. Ihe Spanish consul perioral at Hni vana has received instructions from Madrid t recognize the Itepublic of Cuba. Germany will do likewise on the roturn of the eeapefOT from his . tortr of the llhenish provinces. Evidence has beea proeared that , the riofinp in Paterson, N. J., waa the result of an anerchiat j.lot. The strike of the sjiu workers was apparently taken out of the hands ,,f the strikers und Beef by anarchists s in excuse for an atta.-k upon the nth. cities. Tlie wife of William Martin, a Oreoley (Kas.) farmer, has presented her husband With twin boy, they being the fourth set of twins born to that couple in succession. There are thirteen children in the family. War has been declared on the r -teurnnts of Indianapolis. Ind., by the bonrd of health, find M proprietors have been served with notice that un J less their kitchen are cleaned forth with their name will be mad pub lic The republican senatorial conference In Washington, on the 20th. adjourned subject to the call of Senator Allison, the chairman. No conclusion was reached on the Cuban reciprocity proposition, the time of the conference being devoted entirely to discussion. The spread of cholcre in the Phil Ipplne is increasing. There were ease and 2 deaths from that disease nt Manila on the 19th. The totals to date ire: Mar. 'da. 1.490 cases and 1.197 deaths; provinces, e,959 case end MN deaths.

tide there i change In the pro-

gramme- not now ant icipat d PN doiit RcMMftM "'I' vl" B I 1 tept ernte r ?p. in st. Louis, s the HI -t of tlie Ilusiness Men' league. A relic of prehistoric times has been found by one of the in. n in the Spill r mine, t Am, IB. Ol iMf " the Mat, Irattj imbedded in the elate strutn, wa the linage of a pcr-on accurately carved in wood. Three members of the interstate eotniueree cnum Molt, James ! Yeo mar. , Qov. Kii. r and Charles A Proutv. wire in tculon in Lcadville Col., on the snth. taking evideaee ob frei'.-lit rates. The statement of the treasury bal ance in the petieial fand, exclusive oj the 1150,000,000 cold reserre in the di ui,n ,,f re ! inpt ion. is-ueil on i nt -Oth, ah owed: Available eash lul nnee. ?2.v'.lr,,l It'.; p.. Id, $'.0.T 12,7'.' 1 . On the Mill at ;. Dun I C. reported: Failures for the week numbered IV4 in the I'nited Stat. a, against M last year, mid It ill Canada, against 14 a year ugo." LATE NEWS ITEMS The senate was not in session on the lst In the fcodM Mr lln-vvn-l..v (Tenft.) introduced a joint resolution protrldbag for sui vev of the isthmus of Parien for the ascertain- ' ment of its availability for an iut. roceanic canal. A feature of the debate on the Philippine, civil povern- ' ment bill was speech in defense of the .tuny by Mr. McClellan (dein.. N. V.l. a son of the civil war pencral. 'There may have been instances of cruelty in the Philippines." he said, I "but there should be no differ. -n.-.-s among Americana about uphokliaf lour soldiers while they are under Are, Tho army is not. never has been and never w ill W the MM t cf MM politi. vl party." At .U tTerson. la . on the '-'Ist. Marshal Bwcarlngen attempted to awtMt Horace Shiptnan for a br-ach of the peace. Skipmaa shot the marahal dead. Sheriff Anderson and poaM urrotinded Shinman's house, and, nf- . ter a battle, in which fnllv 500 ah ml were exchanged, rhipman was killed. . ,,,. tr-iin on the v I "i t A tip r train on tlu . mux i iiv braneh of the liu-apo. ,st. rani, u in-n.-ap. .lis & Omaha railroad jumped the track near Kasten, la., tarty on the morning of the 23d. Two trainmen were killed, live others seriously hurt, and a number of passengers received minor Injurien. 'T do not threaten; I a.-t." This was the reply made by the president, Ion the 21st, to a senator, who asked if it were true that the pre-id.-n' had threatened to call an extra session of eoafjfteaa if the Cuban reciprodtv bill was not disposed of before adjournment. In a tight between eight eowhoyt and "Bud" Lee and nn old Indian Bghter, near Tucuincart, If. M.. five of the cowboy were killed. Ixe and the Indian fighter escaped. They hud attempted to drive Lee's stock away from a sprinp. "Mother" Jones, well known to labor orp;:inizatioiis, was arrested at t Tarksburp. W. Vn., with several I'nited Mine Workers, tin ier an injunction issued by Judge Jackson, of the circuit court. They were jailed. At 2 a. nt. of the 13d the St. James h' t el at Dalian, Tex., collapsed, tine dead and three injured w . re talon from the ruins in a few minutes, and about twenty remained. Snow fell, on the -1st. In various sections of the upper peninsula, of Micliipan. Tn the .ennte. . n the Dd, Mr. Quay (Pa.) MOVed to discharge the committee na territori- from further consideration of the measure to admit as states the territories of Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona. Mr. 15. v. t iilpe (Ind.), chairman of the committee, said the measure Lad been put over until next session localise it was not lclieved there would l. time to consider it at thi one. No action was taken on the motion. A partial report of the conference on the anajr appropriation was aprccd to... In the hon., the debate on the ivii goveraaeeBt bill waa continued. Hie debate was verv animated, and was participated in by Messrs. Grosicnor (0.), DeAnnoad (Mo). Barb b tt ((ia I. J. R. Williams (111.). W, W, Kitchen (. C), Mchfahoa (Pa.) and i:U-hnrdMn (T ern. I. The debate will probably Im- continued for some time. there was a night session Of 1 he house Monday. ill. Itlsaiasdppl river eomntlealoB met ill bt. bOUIon tll.- i.--U. 1 lie ix io.uoo which rongreas has appropri ated for this ,-ar"s expenditure between Cairo and the pulf will bo al lotted by the eomnntaaion at this meeting aTsaglBiarB from the lower Mlaafcealpaf nrr to 1 heard, and will pive the commission their opinions of needed improvements in different part of the rivr course. The bill for the amendment of the bankruptcy law which has passed the house of representatives aud is now In'fore the senate committee on judiciary will not receive further consideration durinp the preaent action. A decision to this effect was practically reached by the senate committee on the B3d. The dead body of Arch Hui kner was found, on the ltd, In the woods near llnck Itridpe. Mo. The clothe verc nearly burned off and the fleah charred. ll- was last seen alive with a compHtiii.it. With wh tn be aa drinking. TsM eOBBpailloa lias disappeared. Daefd T. l ittler, fortner State senator and a well know n republ.an lender, died at Sprinpti.ld, III. on the 2.'hl, of Bright'! disease. For our twenty year he was a vtioiip factor in Illinois politic. Walter Davis, a l-'ye.ir old l...y living near Leaoa, la.. eoBBBtitted iab cide, on the Cid. by hunp.i.r hllMll with a halter strap.

NEWS FROM INDIANA.

Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. Urio n r India naiiioli. Ind.. 'ie tS. llenrj (kenngi irke Mae ii bi m hlte ca i in in. ivi'.el bent)4 un rod eountj tM. weckMtpo. i a ruling maniac a result of Ml cruel punbiiinent. Kict eine th jdght ofthi whliiaglM bal been nofOM n.l lioituin. and when he talked at nil il WU M the subject ..f kti traataMMt wmI the dgraee that bad iieco pteaad "",,, ,,iin- Wttla in Bb oaihafjfoi he Midiicniy bagrai -I i Icking Mf nioaninp and eallinp "- oa the lit ieii to protect him from his enemies. He ITM icstruiiicil with tlilli culivan! finally placed in jail. He imginei that the white . ap.- are trying to pet bitn, ami plcatls piteously fr prof it i..n egatael theav T siii'ee Itace l'rtlllea). r.-. Moh Lick. 1 nd.. .1 tine 28. 'i'heantinepro situation has changed. The -en 1 1 i.-s statiooetl throughout the Talle to detect white or negro agitator an earthed the truth of the race-riot plot The scare originated from letters enl to negroes bj two or three white men Ignited States frovernmenl ofnciaU have located the ring leader. Theee are aatd to eoaei! ol white men and tw negroes. Arrest- ere Pipeeted. Tht reported il ting at Weal Baden had no foundation In fa t. Beeret er v let otlicers issued instfiu-TToii- to suspect ed carriers of at ins thai if cauplit with ertns they would Immedlatrl) be arrested on a charge of inciting a riot. so Tetter. Newcastle, liul., . I une IS. The town of Ktnnard is ha itip I dillicult tlfDC aaintainlag peace u Acers. Half a ioen marshals have held t Put offieC and resipnid. The latest candidate for the place has held the position OfK month and the citizens were rejoicing when the justice of the peace re sipned. Now there is no otic to in i eaee erhes errete are made. At pretest the position II after a man with uo takers. Weil nt I he Depot. Kok. in... Ind.. June 23. Ed Wird Arnett and Delia (hristian outwitted thelt opposing parent and were mar ried secretly at the railroatl station, where the girl was brought by her people to be sent to Chicago, Arnett pot aboard tin- train from the other side and it was a wedding journey. tlu duped parents assist inp instead of preventing. tte Normal School. Terre Haute, hid., June 23. PreFident V. W. Parsons, of the Indiana state normal chool, delivered the baccalaureate address f the 1.200 students. His subject was. "Some l-'ac-tors in ladivldael Character,' and he particularly atldressed his retnnrks to the members i f the s.ni((r class, who are about to enter pern.anntly on the profession of teaching. Alarmed. Indianapolis. Ind.. June 2.1. The ntithoritiea of the northern tier of Indiana counties are alarmed nt the action of Berrien county, Mich., in etpelUag the BrrypleklBg tramps on account of the mi sterioiis murder of one of their number. Measures will be taken to prevent their crossing the Indiana state line. I.lffe sentence. Portland, ladH June 23. --( herlea fc. Shepherd, the Bed Key barber who has been uti trial for killing his wife Maggie March 24 and who afterward attempted sub-ido. was found guilty of murder in the lirM degree, and the jurv fixed Lis punishment at imprisonment for life. Inaeatlnsi Woner. Montpelier. Ind.. June "'i. - The Indiana Plptllae eompeny, branch ol the Standard Oil company, i- erecting two steel tanks nt its pumping station lo re, each tank to hold 3S.009 barrels. Thecoenpany will then have six of these tanks, with a total capacity of ItW.OOO barrel. tlnly Memory. h'lwood, Ind.. Jana S3, The last trnce of the trust's tlnpiate mill, at Ailantu. has dinappeared, and what was at ose time a Bouriahittf industry . employing Bevern! hundred nun. is already memory. The plant bee been shipped to i;iw .od. Comic Lahor. I.nporte. Ind.. June 99, Slate; oflieials. including liov . Durbin. le t'dinp BM 11 11 fact urers. ami represent at i v e- o1 organised labor, held a meet inp at the state prison at Michigan ( ity. to consider the queatioa ol eoariet labor. Sammrr SVhnol. Valparaiso. Ind.. June 2.1. Valparaiso college has opened Itatummer term with larper attendance than at any furnier summer session. The regular faculty and th rce special teaoheri are at work. Another Kleetrle Hand. BvanavtUe, Ind., June 23. An electric line is to he built from this city to Henderson. Ky . The right of WBJf has been granted. Charles Laval, of this city, is president of the coinpaui lien ten 11 nil llitlibed. Decatur, Ind., June 13, Frenk Br win. of Fort Wayne, w as assault, -l here by unknown tramps and robbed of fin and I watch. Krwin's skull was fractured, and be w-ui die. Ma Ik a I.) netting. Laporte, Intl., June In onlerto protect his pri-oner from violeticent the bandi of a mob sheriff Schilling, of Peru, brotipbl John liny tie (eoloted) to the täte prison at Michipnn City, mid thereby headed off n poasjhlf ly BChlng, llnynes killed Clarence (iillespie. of G largo W, Pa., who hnl codi f. Peru to w ,.rk in the it el plant.

TO UTE MOS CUMMlNfiS.

Tribute to the Memory of the Lati Congressman at Carnegie Hall, New York. IT WAS PAID BY THE UNION PRINTERS, Mr. 4'umnilUKS llo-iinltril iheTrn.le I'atea a the t.reat.l Ulllaet tevaestef mu. na ti arrletl n I'nld-I I it ion Curd lu Mia I'ocket. New York, June 24 Tribute line beea paid to the maatory ol Coa pressman Amos J. Cumin. ups by u large patberinp at Carnegk ball. The luectinp was held under the au-picca f Typographical (Tnton o, d which Mr. Cummiaga vvas a nicmber. The great halt was nearly tilled. On the platform were seated the apeak' eis ami representatives of the typographical union and Oikl labor organbiationa. Haaic was faralahed by an orebeetre -elected from three New Vork theat t Tlie SpenUrrs Present. Senator William K. Mason, of Illinois, who was to have delivered the oration, wired that he was unable to be pre-eiit because of illness in bis family. There were addresses ny Marsden Sott. Bar. Philip Markham k -i t uiett o. Congrreman John S. Williams, of lllulaalppt; John K. Keller, Jamea If. Koblnion, Congreae man David II. hteraer, of Nebra. ka; Lev. L J- Kiers, (iw. n J. Kindelon and Qen. Jessen Ii. O'lteirne. As I nlon Printer. Mr. Kindelon Rpoke of Mr. Cummingi as i on loa printer. Ha said that, although for thirty year f bis life it was; not necess,aii for him to earn a livelihood as a printer. Mr Cuntminga never forgot his fellow craftsmen at the ease, and that when he died there was found in his pocket a ard of membership in TypopraphIcaJ Union No. 6, paid ap until An pMist, mos. Mr. Cunim'mirs, he said, rccopnieu the trade union as the prcntest civiliaer invented by man. because, as he bad Biiiil. with it the cxpresssion. "the equality of man" ceased to be a figure of speech and became atateav at of fact. Be a 1 niou Batata e. Gen. O'Heiine's address was on thf subject, "Amos J. owmingi n a 1'nioii s.ddier." II. apoke m high praise of his bravery at the front, and tobi boa Mr. ( uenmlnga acquired the eongresaional medal of honor while a scip-ant -major of the Tvient v sixth New Jersey volunteers in aid imr in the recapture of a battery ami it replace meal under a torrent of fire from the enemy's puns. "He was never faithless in anytbinp." s;.ii Qen. O'Beime. "There was no bnath of scandal t wrong attached f. hi name; he waa the friend of all. and he BUadS himself the champion of the workinpinen's riphts in the truest sense of that term." FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE. pt. Krerman of the teamahln Haddam Decorated With the UWfdsf Medal. hamätm June 14 The Lloyds' medal for meritorious service was presented to Cupt. Freeman, of the British steamer Koddani. in the committee room of Lloyds' as a recognition Of his action in gallantly tukinp his vessel from St. l'ierre. Martin- , .1 ,. M in m a i uiue, on .uav a, mu inp ioe avaaiw tion of that town of Mont lVlee. bv the outbreak OVATION TO GEN. KITCHENER. The British t niusis nder In Month Africa Wnrmlv Welcomed at Town. Cape Town. June 24 Lord Kitchener receiied a prent ovation on his arrival here Monday morninp. The town was deOOrated, thl streets were lined with troops, and the mayor and corporation welcomed the British commander at the town hall und presented him With nn address. Durinp his reply. Lord Kitchener, rcferrinp to the country of his nativity, paid special tribute to the services of the Iridi troops during the war in South Africa. ARE ANXIOUS TO GET HOME, Doer Repreaentatl es In Karon See Li In I'ernlli to Itctora to Sooth Africa. The llapue, June 24 C. II. Wessels and P. (J. W. Groebler, who have been iu ihe continent of Kurope for aome time pnst, In the interest of the Hoers, have atarted for K.ngland, with the view, it is said, of taking the steps necessary to permit of their re turn to South Africa. Thtrd-Clnsa Poslsge Hate. Washington, June 24. The district apreaae court yesterday ordered that the restraining order issued by the late Judge Bradley against the nostmaster ire m-nil prohibiting the latter from charging third class postage rates npainst a number of publications ha continued until a fur ther hearing. Justice Hiirnard. who ordered the continuance, has gone hi J-'nrope, and the case will not be heard until autumn unless the government takes, a special appeal to tie court of appeals tu aecure immcdia'a action.

MENTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.

fan TappMSv, the Mt M'huarll. Ordered Ciiuuiltled i.i (be lie aur Asyluiu fur I if. Baratta ii , Mass , jTaae i m . Jane TappaB, a nurse, w,,, t , f "not puilty by reason of inat it f the awufaier by polaonini uf m, Mary Qlbbe, ol Btasaaet, nn Aiie If, ll0l, before a special f the luperior eonti here Mond a 3 rha time occupied in the trial we ly six hours. When the poion, presented its evidence a lenaatititial in. Ideal appeared la the test imu . f Dr. Henry It. Stedinan. of II.,. t,, alien let, who said thai Jan.- Xapi n told him in the presence .1 ,i ,. uted leal eaperta t hat s be bad 1 the .bath of Urs, Qlhba bj rivh a poiionoun dose of nti-opb,- .,,,, no irphlae. When the defense put its mi I expertl OB the witness stand i tention of moral und mental ,... poaaibllity of the deft 1 meintalncd. Miss Tappen whs ordered ted to Tauaton laaaae isylum tor life. She will be tak.11 there While Miss Pappan was tried on the indictment charpinp the BlUrdei of Mrs Qlhba, she was charged nl 1 . the govern roent with the death .f Mr. Aldcn 1'. Daiis and Mi (iencvieie Qordoa, tit Catauni.-t. I . ,e deaths oaeurred within u short time Of each other, a addition the of the following persons who Were nursed by Miss Lappa n hud !. 1 n inquired into: arael D. Dunham, d Cambridge, died May 20. Is'.t.',, aped M yeal Mrs. Dunham, his wife, died lit pteasber ij, WtT. Mis. Connors, died at Csntbl . 11 1900, Mrs. Abien P. Daii. died at I bridire, July 4. l'.'til, ap-ed r.J v Mrs. o. M. Brigfaam, of Lowe II 1 August t9, 1809, aped 09, Florence N. Calkins, BOUaekeeper for Mrs. Urigham, did January 15, 1900, Miss Bdna Bauieter, of Ttinbridge, sister of lira, Brighaan, died Vugust 97, 1001. THE TsrHMiAN CANAL. Conference In JSeaalon Hellet that I lejIeaatliB WMI Be iind Berare Adjourn ment. Washington, June 24. The npei conference on the isthmian canal at two o'clock Monday led c active comment on the outcome of this BV partaat measure. Representnl re Hepburn, the rank inp house -. rce, notified his associates to be r ad r the aiee ting, hut Bo exact plans w discussed. There is no duubt that the house COnft H i s will, nt the 0 set, make strong insistence on t!.Nicnrnpua route as provided bv i!khouse bill. Messrs. Hepburn and Davey nn- earnestly la favor of Nicaragua route, and they un loul ly will stand by the bouse bill as there is any possibility of It lection. On the other hand. Mr. Fletcher, of Minnesota, aoaaidt 1 Panama route better than the SI -Magna, although he thinks fuller ia veatlgetiofl ajlght have shown the Dnrien route better than citlo r f the others. However, lis the pi ' legislative issue appears to be 'onfined to a choice between Kiceraf 1 nnd Panama. Mr. Fletcher protMDlJ will cast his infiuence for the latter. The length of UM contest will de pend, therefore. OB the duration nl the insistence of Messrs. inpnurn and Davey for the Nicaragua route and the attitude of the kons, in upporting such an insistence. There i little Indication as to how lotip this insistence will last, hut statu - - made hv the house conferees lead to the belief that the insistence will not be carried to the point of B perma nent deadlock, defeating an cnnai e (station at Ihls session DANGER OF COAL FAMINE. . Fears of eneral napenai..,. . Work In Indiana Coal KleldaRnllroada Conflacale Coal. Terre Haute, Ind.. June 24. railroad companies are appro! . of a pencral suspension Of work the coal miners und operator parts of the Indiana field. Tber ej . 11 1 1 11 i rt 1 thnt tlie railroad ci re ay all is ta panics hare been eoafteestiag coat f r the last two weeks. Word Bai " ' " received at the state hendqu-H ' the mine workers here that pTSt I ly the sntn nditions prevail m Illinois. Dahtat the railroad companics BBOVC and unload the ear BW standing on their sidinps ani furnish more cars, the condition in ladinna will practicully amount to a tie V within the next two weeks. Th " wiU have to tpiit work, a the rator will be unable to ship nj coal. The railroads, it is understood. " " Bialajlhe coal on the bronil pronn.l thnt they hnve to have it to furni. .... n ÜinlliS power to carry the ClllteU coo-" mails and to move peaaengere freight. . They represent further, it II BUM, that unless thev conflscatel Boal their own use they would be iroanli to move Ml coal for the operatorAll apeed neeords Broke. Altoona, Pa., June 24 All "P"'"1 records in continuous running uver the main line of the IVnn-yb 111 railroad were broken. Sunday, bj irineer llnrncv Itorke. of Harris,.... s who hauled fnst until train B from llarrisburg to Altoona. I tence of IU miles in 12 minutes. il dieCotl rire I BrooklynNew York. June 24. -A four-tory building in Brooklyn occupied by Amerieun Tartar Co. was burned to the ground Monday. The b M " building and contents wai $lWoi.