Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 January 1904 — Page 2

Weekly Courier.

JASPER,

C OOa.NI. I'abllehrr.

lift INDIANA-

NEWS IN BKIEtf. Compiled from Various Buuims. Tr-CIQHTM CONGRfClS.

Ruth Millar Hoar. ol 4euatoi Hoar, of Massachusetts, died suddenly, n the .'4th. at her home in Washing ton. D C . of tagtet pectoris. Gov William J. Bailey of Kansas was cuifinoti t Iii home at Topeka on Um 2Mb. with a seven- cold, anc id.-;ciauis said U tuiglii develop lute Vii'"". "Uta. Th death of Rai Brooke Hereford D I), a distinguish.! I nitanau clergy man and writer, was announced, al Boston, on the Stat He as loru ir Kmrland In lno i - - - S.nator Shell) M. Cullom. of III nois. who has li ti confined to hü hont in Washington, D. C, with a light attack of grippe, was much lin proved on the 22d The- White St..- IrfMf ' Teutonic rh!ch sui;i.d facta KfW Vnrk, Od t ic Swd. carried 2.SC hatha of mail fj: .!..; Britain. The shipment in-luio.. over 7 M letter.

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sn-..i. ti. witt.it h- (.-..k !) ix -itiou iht ihr r.- "KinxiiiK ihr It. uWt. 'f 1'aii.nw.i 1 ih.- Palled Piste had been renuf irand "f mi. h a rl. n.i. WT a to n-ndar it of ut'tit'' l it I .i 'I i r.iDti1 ii dor lortti.t ti Sought. Out (alleU lu at.ur. au uiKi ui"n the iiimni:it'r-itu'ral, dtrvcttnx him to arn.l to the nate the full record : the v i .iltliT ,1. p.irtnn t.t lniuir Ills Utton t.. thl rfft-ci w i defeated tor lb- tim. by itn ot.ir.iioi, Horn Mr. VJuav Houae "nt houae. after being- tn aeion ..it hour, on law l?th. .idJmirnt-U for the ho.uUv r.-i.sa. A r.-a.tuuos J agreed t.. bv which the iKiatmaater-gen-nit r. uc at.-d t'1 forward to the b..j.-e pair In i-onneH-tli.il with tlx- kii ctrv. NlVMttgatlon Mr William ottVnrct a i -.iiHsoii. providing thai tn Papara C.ni rHrecl t. ttit house. Instead of t" a e-niteiit. . wi.u'h w.. ujr.eil tu without H 'Misitlon

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

At Woolscly. I T . mi the 224. John Btott and Sam Victory, farmers, fought with rifle, both beinc killed Tho dormitory bulMtBI of the North

T.o.as cc.lleiro. at Sherman. Tex . and ! Siberia, from tho Hawaiian n-lands,

W ill .tin t'oKKsei! olio of tlu Iwsl known at..' !! st artists in the country died, on the :"lli. in So :;!i 1 .sadna. Ciil. at tlu ag of ho eara lly the addition ot thfte death, on the 25th. at But lor. Pa.. Ihm total ty. pho:d victima BMimber- d 77 caae. Two now cases were reported The s'-tte department annor.u'e4. on the SMh, the .i : oiat i. t.f "f i'r ! John Todd Hill to feg i on i! :. ii. ral at l.reytoAti. Noataaua The state department was offlcla!' advised, on the L'ftth, of the rocoK! tion ty Tr. at Hritarn of the Ht ptiblir of l'uuama Senator Hatma. who was taken ill in New York it ainl who arrived in Cle eland. O.. e-n the Mta on a private car. was reported to Ik- fe.-linj; much tietter. on the l'öth The s.nator a aide o he atxiiit his home during the dav. and received a num. er of call. Fire, on the "äth. destroyed a cranarv and an elevator of the Jem Milling Co . at Frankfort. Ky . con taining aUnit G'J.O'M husbels of wheat; lost. ltO.000; eoe.-ed hy insurance. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Con Mae Arthw nrrjv .1 at San Fraw ci-eo. Cal . on the 7tn. on the BtauMff

Fire, on the ":"th. desToy. 21 build Ingt, including the railnad Acpet all Benson, N. C . a station near Fayette . rillt-, m the Atlantic Cast line Th loss v as estlmatt d at v

The lat of the bodies that were r port.' I missing were recovered, on the 1 fist Iniiti the rufns of the dormitory' Waiden university at Nashville TT.n ' The total bs of life by fire was U

William Jennings Bryan arrived at Oopniiiagi'n. I'iiniark. on the :5th ; lie a inimediat. iy j:i aiit.nl at) audi 1 rnco with Crown Prince Fred rick, With w hom he had a long interview.

According to tho Spanish newspa per- a project i un foot fur the niur riage of King Alfono of Spain to his cousin, the PrlttCCOJ Maria del Pilat of Haaria She is 1,; jears of age Henry N rmaii. the a iihor anil trav eler. sa;Ied for New York from Liver pool, ou the 2"A. on the ttaaunahlf Mo itk He propooei to loveatlgaU th questloo ol preferential tariff ir. Canada.

s cretgrt bsrteiyon, ca th- 2. or fit r. . the .! portation of the ikTllCil gla sabldwers from StonrbrKiBö lirid. WOO v.. re detained at F7I1K U and. N. Y , under th .- alien cotit.aci la! or law.

The rrrtiser Olrmria. Admiral .h lan s flagship, was selected, on th 4th. to hrinr: Minister DlUpW frtm Cnrtauena to Colon. wh ro the minis tcr will tn .e a 1 ass.. ncr steamer foi N lork.

Jairi - Porter Shaw, a eonfesae'd em b . r in two states Kentucky ano Iowa waa arrested, on the SM, al Bra - vilie. ind K,.-ntucky ofiicialt waived claim, and hi waa returned tc Iowa for trial.

Notices were posted at the Colorado 1 Fuel Iron Co. works, at Pueblo 1 Col . on the 21m that wh n the workf 1 resumed it would he at a reduction ol ten per cent, in wages of the main body of skilled workmen.

Word was received at tLc headquarters of tho I'nited Mine Worker, at Indianapolis. Ind . on the 2-d. that IjtOfl nntit rs in Preston county. W. Va bad quit work on account of a reduc tion of ten cents a ton in their scale Hnth houses of the Louisiana legis laturt on the -1st. adopted a resolution requ sting the t'nlted Stato sen ators from that state to roti in favot of the ratification of the treaty pn aiding for the building of the Paname canal

The treatr of arbitration bttVMI Frail' anil Italy was sicned. in Paris on the 2rth. by Fondsin Minister Del cas m and Siftrtor Trnlelli. Italia am feganador tbcra The treaty was Mm ticnl with that betwe-n F'rance and Groat Hritaln.

Aloiit o-rt indictments were voted h the Cbteafgfl grand jury, on the KM again -t peMaM who tcaik part in h ree nt s---eet ar strike No fficial- ' wer- indiete.l The indictment; re fem d tjmtAttt&ly in each case to el ; b nd a-ati!t

H Igt A Mullen, on" of the propri lora of the Sunday Philadelphia World, and well known in kx-al poii t. as petant'.v killed, on the- 25th by l . ng f-tr'n k p a train Among the ' '.tpers found in his pocket was an ace i 1. nt jxilifv for t.l.'.oo. Mr Mullen wa- M yearr. old. Rpi o.. r Cannon, on the 21st. re-rei.-l a letter from Representative Oeorff B. Mcdellaa, at Hvm York, statiii- that he had forwanled hs ri"'.'i.nt ."it a member of conajret.s to ;v. Odell of New York, the resIgna'ion to become effective on its re ceipt by the goverior.

All children of Dowrkftlet will be ex

clud. d from the puldic schools of CM

cat:. 1 Jan-iary 4, by ora- r 01 the ncaiin department. The genera! o. rseer of Zton City. 111., has made his followers believe that vaccination dwa not prevent uiallpfH. The health department ha rb elded that all children shall V vaccinateil or be debarred.

Dr. Edgar d Swain, a prominent dent'st, Qommltted suicide at Cleveland, o. on the !2d, by attaching a ru' ', r tulK? to a gan Jet and placing the uther end Id his nostril To make death uro. Swain threw an overcoat over bis head to prevent the j;n, from scaping. Peceased had suffered from poor ualUi kr aeverai eara,

the preaMent'a home were des1 roved by tire mi the ltd, entailing a total loss of f4u.pi 0. Throe death occurred, on tho 22d. from typhoid fever at Untier, pa., raising the total to 72 Four new cases were reported. John Q Campbell, a former delegate to congress from An. una. itb-d at Proscott. Ari.. on the 22'.. aged 7t years. A yuung farmer named William H. Slifer. of Melrose township, near Eldora. Ia, was arrest d bjr the sheriff of Grundy county, tn the 34, on a charge of murder In the first degree. It was alleged that he was responsible for the death of his bride of less than a year She di"d in bed while he was . ping by her side. An empty chloroform bottle was found on a tin er near by. At noon, on the 2"d. tho sixth body was found by workmen clearing away the ruins of the St. Louis Transit Co. power house, nt Geyer and Missouri avenues, wrecked by a boiler explosion on the 21st William Gantt. one of those inj ured, has since died. Tl.e navy dep.- ttr.ent was a !v:sv" on ne Z3d. that he Bret rlaej ttgtttos in Iow a had b. . ;i p!ac ! in eotntsU u at Qkt Brooklyn IN Y navy yad. Annonncno nt was mart in WcshiagtOB, D C. en th tSd. Of HM appointment of c Waters as supf-rin-ten lent of the dlrlsfoa of --alaries end allow. .11 's of the x,-t of5ce departn;ent. to tuccepd Qeorge W Tk-avers. to tale off. ct lanuaty 1 next. Becretary of War Hoot was ashed, on the 23d, if it were true, as reported, that he was b ing urge! to MM .-. I Senator Hanna a" chairman of the repubbcan national committee. He pmfossed ignorance of tie foundatioa of th-- report that his name w is b-ir.s consiu, red lor the position nitairTl Mayor-elect McClellan of New York city, on the I Id. announced the appointments of former Assistant Secretary of the Navy William McAdoo as police commissioner, Maurice Featber--tone as dock commissioner and John C Hertle and William Harman Black as commission rs of account--. W. L. Moore, a street commissioner of ('dar Rapt de, la. was. on the 134, convicted of obtaining money by falsr pret MAM from the city of Cedar RapIds by eBterlag on the pay roll of the city a horse as "William Martin " and drawing excessive pay for the horse in that manner for a period of ten

momhs Tlw ee deaths from typhoid fever and two new rases w re Nl purled, on the J.;d. fto-n Hutler pa. It was announced at the navy department, on the 2"d. that the runboat Rennlncton would convoy the torpedo boat destroyers PreMo and Paul Jones from San Francisco to Panama On account of the peareful con Mt .n of affairs in the Carion eoetttjr C'tah efI district, two Brtttpa&tai ci militia were, on the 2-1. relieved of r irther acfve duty and ordered 'nme. As a result of a fly wheel burstinat Austin. Tex . on tV UM, at the (i!y wafer an.l llz'.it plant, one m.ir, rat killed and nbotit $j io.o worth of ! f:chiner romfdetely estioyed. d v Meger former areeMevjl of the Missouri national lank of Kan-.T- City. Mo. who t.i pardonei! i President RiKisevelt. left the penitentiary at JeffereoB City, on the 25th. umn the arrival of his wife from Washington, D. C. with the pardon A great drop was reglet red in thf price of crude nil. on tho 25th, at Be-vi niont. Tex . when 25 cents was named

by the principal havers, in place of

cents This was the hird drop 1n

ten days, the rat" having ben N cents at the start The state department announced, on the 25th. the resignation of QpaMMfl General Oliver J D Hughes, at Coburg. Germany, and the selection of Henry D Saylor. now consul at Daw son City, Yukon territory, as his successor. Christmas at the White House was

a erdet day Pre ideal ftooeeralt'i morning ride was abandoned that be might attend the funerr.l serlcen of Mis Hoar. Prior to that he spent an hour at his desk An oil well at Raison Prairie, Tex . on the 25th. broke loos. and. with a roar that shook the earth, bean sp'iuflnit oil KM feet in the air and burling rocks ;n feet. Fire at Memphis. Tenn.. on the 2.'.th. In (he iarL'0 department store of M lw rist.-iii Pros , caused damage approximately from lrtO,nini to $15,. 00: fully insured Fv Gov Isaac Sharp of Kansas, dted at Vasnlagtoa, D. C. -n the 25th. of an iff. ct.'on of the stomach, atfed 71 raara

where lie had U-ni making a military

inspection The general was in gid hea'th. cnjo. 1 bii trip and was sreatly phased with the isla. ids. vhich he tanned a most rentable acquisition tc the I'nited Stat- s. 1 The P.urlitigton railroad, on the 2th. rnnminced a redttCtloa ef the freight rat- on grains from points in Nebraska to Omaha. Neb., of fiom two to throd cents. The rat. applied tsth on corn and wheat, and provided also for a differential en ehlpntenis destined tc Chicago an.', poi its beyond On-aha One of the vnique exhibits at tht St. Loots Work! a fair by an Indiana man will be several bush' At of corn that we-e harvested, in I9C4 L. J. P. nee one of the pion.-. r s. 'tier of Grant county. Ind . has nearly a hundred DQsfeeil of the g'ain that is in an excellent state of preei rvatlon. While the train was running a: go-.nl epeed, CJlarence Dansby, a negro prisoner b. lag taken to the oeattentiar) at Jefferson City. Mo., from Jasper euOBty, KuBped through a 'ar srindow, on the 2;tli. and etstap ! He w-as eeatenced to earre four years for burgtarr. The anasber of fatalities resulting fron ihe wrecl of the Duquesne limited, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, at Ioiur. I R n Pa., on tlM 234, is C5. Only iwii of the injured n main, d in the hospftal. at Connellsville. Pa., on the 27tn. and tLey may die Stewart Mitchell' hook store ar.d Harry Clark's booh store burned, on the 2'ith. at Oklahoma City. Okla. The rtock of the Herald Shoe Co. was damaged by tl.e flame. The loss was about 14,000. The origin of the fire was unknosrn Qeorge J. tasfpMale, f-h. r in-law of Senator Albert J Peveridge died at Indianapolis. Ind..' on the 27th He was until recently auditor of the IndianaMilis post office For 2 ' years he edited a republican paper at Greencastle. Ind. Charles Krat. the fucitlve St Iords councilman, was ordered turned over to the ag nt of the I'nited States government, on the 2Ch. by the departiu at of foreign relations, acting ander the Instruction of Pr -ident Dial of Mexico. The high school st Clinton. Ind.. was burned, on the 2Cth; loss. II" W); ins: -a nee. f MB. United State Senatr Hale, chairman on the committee of naval af

fairs, said, on the nth, that it i toe intention to make provision for another liberal addition to the- uary dering the pr.en . -ion of eongrc m. He aid ..at when the additions already authorized SM re completed the I'nited States would have a more u.w. erful navy than any other nation except Great Britain A stiff northwester, which at one time reached a velocity of 45 mibs an hour, struck Otnai.a. Neb . on the th. resultists; in the fatal Injury of ne man and doing considerable property damnce. A number of plate glasa srindosrs irere blown in snd lsme signs tirn frt:n their fastenings. Fo'ir p- -oners -caj - d from the county jail at Perry, Okls.. on the 2ah. It wss believed that friends smiiicgb ' aws into them. The prisoners were Mack McAry. Harry loanson and CteaffM IiBpron. -mder w s tence of imprisonment st "Lensing, Kss . and Harry Smith, who was aw-ait-ing trial Catnertm m' y, iuf snnrt old. who was pantry cok at a Danville till) hotel when Abraham Lincoln stayed there. tMed 'iddenly. at Ianville. Ill, on the 2Sth. Her busband Med :3 veirs ag'i. and after his deith he ne'er went to bed, hut alwavs sb-pt ia s chair. Sir William Allen, the well-known marine engineer sftfpiiwsjef snd member d parliament for Gates Head since IhOH. died, on the :s(h. in Lossfkm He was born November 2. ls;7 Death was due to heart disease. Gov A B Cummins of Iowa, on the 2th. npjKilnted William F Milb r. of

Bedb.rd. la . n Ittdge of the Thirl JiKiirlsl district, to succeed Robert L Parrish. who rcsicned to resume prnctlce in D 0 M.in. - Ann Tyler, a blind nssssg woman. 9". year.- old, and J'ime.H Turner a neuro s: years ojd, were bnrned to -ath at BedalM. Mo . on the vMh. m tne destruction f the hnnee in wh.ch they lived

C.tirdon Trumbull, an ar tinrtlon. died at Hartfonl. the 2Xfh. at the age of 62 stndiea of lab that Mr

achieved his rnpiltslton. J D Stuart, of Houston, Tex, waa appointed, on the 2Sth. assistant freigi.t auditor of the Santa IV This Is a n- w tneftton The apixuntment take' effect January 1.

JAPANESE FORCE GOING TO COREA

KEVYSI KOM INUIANL'TU CUCC QflDDCn

IIIILILü IIUUULU BODIES OF THE DEAD

Latest Happening Within the Bar fkrs of Our Own State.

Necessary For the Restoration and Maintenance ol Order. JAPAN HAS RUSSIAN ASSENT e Ihr Pawl la Saar PnSStSS I hat lar War I iirrripumlriili Mill .H I'm a U r..u (HHi iI lua on Ihr Vote. Pans Dnt 27 it was learned la authoritative quarters. Saturday, that Japan is aN.ut tu send a large military forte to Oaten for the purpose of restoring ar.d maintaining order at the dtsturU-d ports. The departure of this force is imminent It will probably vonsist uf a division of i:,,ooo men. Japan has l .-. r. d fha IC .s-ia will not consider the udlr.g of tn.is lo Corea to be an unfriendly act or a casus telli. Hio ltrir War RSISBMSHh It is an'ic:pate4 that the departure of the troops will revive the war rumors, which, however. It Is pointed out in the authoritative quarters, will be unjustified, in view cf Russia's a."quiesence. During the recent exihance of communications between Kussia and Japan, the former fully recognized the need of the presence of a strong military authority in Corea. and conceded that Japan was in the best position to promptly send troops to the disturbed p-.ints. Il.-nrlntc on I'rr.rnl Xrcnllatlnai. The sending of the troops, nevertheless, is construed as having an important bearing on the present negotiate ns. as it will be the firs: conspicuous evidence of Japan's actual exercis of paramount authority over Corea. H ia further said in the same quarter; that the preparations for this expedi tion were the cause of the recent great activity at the Japanese arsenals anc dot k yards, which, is is asserted, ha been erroneously aseribeti to prepai tii ns atainst Russia. llfcffclS rutlnlln Proeertllnji. Information has also leen reeetred here that Foreign Minister Ijtmsdort has personally received Japan's reply and that in view of its terms, he g to have expressed surprise at 'lie reports of Japan's benigQTQBt a-itude This. It is dflod. is regarcbtt a clearly Fhowing the ami. able spirit In which the negotiations are proceeding.

to sam ia jii. Rising Sun. Ind . IV, ji Jo.l Downey of the circuit court heard ths habeas corpus ca of James Gillespie. Mrs Belle Seward snd Mr and .Urs Myron Barbour, held jointly fur the murder of Mis Elrratx-tn G'i.r; : Bail for the two women vis n-duK-d to t7.5oo each Court aditmrned to the Oral Monday in Mar. h. whe-n lUe defense said no change of venue couid be asked The !awrs on isjth eil-a agreed in-fore conn convto. on holding James Gillespie and rt-U-asing ths other.

Lahor (lain Indianapolis, lud . Ic . 24 The relort of Statr Labor Comm:.ener McCormat k for 1903 will show the year to I.ae been comparal! vely quiet in Indiana, as far as labor difficulties were c oncern d. The year has seen about !") strikes, none of which was of large import. The largest body of men thai went out was in the strike of the employe of the National Car and Foundry company two month ago at Jeffrrsonvilie. The differences, however, in this case wtrs settled am;, ably.

Many Acts of Vandalism Committed On thePere Marquette Victims.

J P M I K- IIIMIil'V la "nll to n- ''S'llniln!J l'or Tu o s,l, llnlll l or l.ill. Ivondon. Dec. 27. Japan is negotlat ing for the purcha-se of two Chilian warships, the armored cruiser Esmeralda and another, probably the battleship Capitan Prat, which are for sale. It Is now only a matter of price Negotiations with other South American Governments for the purchase of warships are also in progress. Baron Hayashl. the Japan? minis ter to Great Britain, said to a pross representative, relative to these negv tiations: "We want more ships Of course, this is only a precautionary measure, and H may be a lot of expense all for nothing. Nalnrr of Ruolln Itrplr. "I have no indictaion of the nature of the Russian reply Personally, I scarcely expect It will be delivered for some littlo time "There Is no tmth whatsovere in 'he repor that Japan s last note stipulated a time limit." Orrat Rrltnla'a Vlfltmlr. Asked anent the dispatch from Berlin of I-cemr 24. saying the British government had represented to th czar that Great Britain "deemed Japans demands Just and earnestly expected that Russia would grant them.' Baron Hayashi. while he was not aware of the pre i?e hCtkM taken by Great Pritain at St. Petersburg, said: The Briti-h government ts well aware that Japan will be obliged tc co to war unless Russia modifies th :sp!o!i ..r. has tak n tip in her la.--note. - gAFAfre i'oiiio i renn Junn Will MaM kim II R Ortain f-tllfie. I.on.b c. Dn 17. Thn Tokio correspondent of the Tlmev enhfed that the Jaaitcsc Government shortly v. lll taka active steps to assert and consolidate the position of Japan in Corea. A preliminary to this action waa the extraordinary meeting of the cabinet, Friday, at which it was decided to guarantee the lssr.e of M.ood.ooo yen debentures for the pnrpene of completing Um Seoul -Fusan railway. r.n faassea an Iseet aetnne New York. Dec. 27 A Mdunteer fleet of transports is on the way to Port Arthur from Odessa, with over 2.00CJ picked recruits, says a Moscow dispatch to the Times, The transport also carries several Black Sea naval officers, a par y of 50 nasal gunners and engine room artifl-er

c,..t lirl'i .'nit: H .;a-rr. Rushville. Ind . De J4 Ixvtia Brot-kmier. aged 22 years, .if Milroy, was probably fatally shot while fe fending bis mother against the murnerous intentions of a temporarily deranged brot.ier. William BnikmiT, aged Jo years. The demented Broekruier wanted to shoot his mother, when Louis grappled with him and was shot in the mouth. Th. deranged man est-aied. r.li.iina louth rrralerf. Fort Wayne. Ind . Dec. 14. John W. Lanolin, a young man of New Ha r 'his county, a short rfsno ago s- ttled a br. a-h of prom is- auit with Rose Brown of the ame town ar.d went to Rom. N. to embark in the restaurant businesa Word was received here that he had boon arretted for abduction. H- .o; c. -o Toronto w.tb Ea Long. 17 yar old. 11- was arrested in Canada ju-1 aft r tho marriage-. I.rfl ia the l.-r. New Albany. Ind.. Dee. 24. Gorg Curry, chief ti.gir..r n tfc- steamer Louis . ul ti.- A :- " :i.m- r- :a cepauy, plying bftwon Daws, r City and St. Mb hat-Is, in the Yukon river, has arriv. ! home. Thirty c'ays ago he left the Load e trr. -r. ir th rl r at a point 75 miles below Da HM OHjr, The loat was makir.c her last trip to St Michaels lor ihe season when the fn cz tme. Waa W.-II Knnai. Jeffersonville. Ind.. Dec. 24 Justice Jan. I 11 Irewitt. one of the best known magistrates In -oifhern Itciana. cid after an illness of several years. He suf- - d with caries of the bone end death came as a relief. He was born at Westport. Ky . May 24. 1M4. and served through thee ivil war. a ttlingin thiscity at the close of hostilities. His wife di d several month? ago Want an lirdlaiarf. Lafasett. Ind.. Dec. 24 Leaders In the acti-cigaretb crusade bicg waged among school children of Lafaye't are preparing a petition to be presented to the city council asking that an ordinance be adopted prohibiting any boy under IS ars old using tobacco in any forni on the streets or in ar.y public place. Mi. in lanprot rami. Eiwood. Ind.. Dec. 24. Superintendent 8 E Clark, of the local plant of the Pittsburg Plate Glass company, authorise the statement that the company has macie preparations to expand V'.eo in eqippicg the Eiwood factory with the most modern machinery and appiiat.i s known to the trade. Xnrdrd a I htaamaa. Jeffersonville. Ind., Dee. 24. Wort! has been received lore that Miss Etnaline Yoang. daughter of a wrii-knova farmer of this county, several days svo. in San Francisco married a wealthy Chinaman, having become acqua.med m 1th him through the m cum of a newspaper advertisement. A Hie Irre. C!a Cl-. Ind I 24 - The -r-est logs ever hauled to Clay City wre broi:cht In from the 71-d farm wst of towr.. Six 12-feot sycamore logs cut from one tree, scaled or l".4s feet of luaihT. and ar w rth on the mill yard over f 15o. The largest log is 7v it cht s tn ciiamc tcr.

ist of dlsConn . oi It was In Trumbull

I I llrutl llt-llr Ihr I rack. Yandalia, III. Dec. 27. Wm. Stuffelinan (A years old was found dead bes'.de the Yandeiia Fday Th

bciy r.as manpb-l. the had being mashed to a Jelly. It Is supposed he. attempted to cross the tra.'k ahead of the train. Ta Pies sal Mi.b Tt olsne a. Ifopkin villa. Ky , ivc. 27 Threats of n.ol viole nce having iK-come pronounced iiirint la.-t few day-, nine n-irr.n- nr. m'!, n. ird. have been spirited away to Madisonville far saf- i p ng.

nra f.r PhArAlexandria Ind. IV. 24 Mrs Clara Hensley. 4 thl city, has i-d her hioband. Charles Hensley. who lives in Anderson, for a divorc. They were married in UM and parted in 187. She alleges that a Mrs. Wreck "wrecked hr home" by attentions to her husband loff llarnrcl. Portland. Ind.. Dec. 24 Cartwright k Headtngton. of this city, received word tht their large dry goods and clothing störest Fowiertn was burn'd. The loan 8.oc '. with insuranc e of $ fMH

letlaa of eMSSng'. Salem. Ind . Dec. 24. - Miss latUen Cooper, of this place, a coitslc of Henry Cooper, a Chicago merer-ant. Maffd from a bnrcy In Pcmotia. Cal.. while if.e horse attached to It wa running away and sustained Injurien from winch she died a f'w hours later tllkh Vk.M.1 Rirnra. Rush Mile. Ind.. Dec. 24 The Fairrtev high sehend building was d8.r. ed bv fire. Nothi&g of vslue wa- 'id. All the books. tc . of about 2oC pupils were burned The bonding was a frame, and witf1 be r'plsced by s brick r? ucr re.

GHOULS ROBBEO THE REMAINS

Ihr laSSS llrlln . H.at I .aa. Hal rrrrlhl IMOaarr-at I hat I la laralll. Mill tsWSe Ur rlll, :frrlr4. Grand Rapids. Mich . Dec Gathered m a mbtn r biank-t on theslab in a local snurgw- was the cbarrvd and dismembered remains of the twenty M-cond icrim of Satordav Bight's head-ou coiluitm ss Use Per .Max quette railroad. Basar Eaat Parts. So te rribly disfigured Is this Isst victin) found at the seen of the wreck thsi in til profesbirHy tf tdenrity will ncet be iKaatfiveK i-äTected It was a first lawaagttt that the.' r.-utainn were parta of one of the ImmIic ireviuusi recuvc.'ed Inve-ti gat ion at the morgue, however showed that this could not be the rae The coroners were inclined to the belief that this imty is that at a worn an. but th- railrcrad authorlti-- any It must ba. hem e rsrnp riding ,n the "blind bcr" csr as no won-an pes

s. nger could in Ttteir oplnfon have been rftmwn where tnis bntv mas found It n the unmtstaksl-- .!ot of bornasd ' -. lhat k-d th- in- - crew to a realization of the fsct thst another body lay un-ier the wrckel sagfni a where Eng.nver Stoddard snd Firemsn Burn, of tne eastboun "a'n an re found When they had uncor ered the remains of this Sjdirional victim they found only fnigra-nts ot a bum it. fc-rrr. Tl.. re ; rt. srm? or leg, only fragment- cd C.e skul' and large bones, some teeth and most of th Interaaf ' orgnns :nact. tnt tit crsllv rt ,iat.d in -ron i ii mntthsm or rate: nr. Mat,, araaaj Stohl.ral at lartr aaaa .f Bar. and Jfnrl-i Grant Rap Ma Mich Dee r3 D spite the extreme rrcnotions and watchfulm-ss nf uc- Pc-re MerqTte railroad officials and county fee tt is now beJsrved that many sjeta ot vandalism u.r- (.iminKUV at -J-wr-ck r.-ar Kr.-t P.-r! Saturday j:gtt and that ghouls d .polled bodies ot the desvt. c - rior Hülikarr stated Mor.uiy that nothing of iny abse w n. - a-f-:nd by him when he easnrehed the dead, snd that he u satisfied that irhoub r.iirfv! rfce rr-niair "tb-T while they were iu the wreck or being ear ried into bacgag" cars to be b? weight to this city Kelstt . - r r.r a a--that be had U:w. vn ss sad fv in hi posse salon when be tett tM cfty with his wffe and ua Satarda sfer noon : yet not so mach as a nicke! wa found in his en ng It hi believed by relatives of Ber Myers, of Lake Od a. that hi body wa robbed of and a aatcb and chair Mrs L J Baldwin is known to hnrr hsd $20 in her possession when she left Grand RapidSums of raon-: ranring from 11 op to trt are missing from bnOe of victims who are known to have tieen carry' ng money. Sheriff Chapman is anthorltv for s statement tha a rang or men wss fought off th relief trsin whn tt left ;rand Rap'd bot th scentf be lieves that these m n mansrM ' sref hark on ftf train unnoticed. PLENTY OF ROAST MUTTON. I Irr Drain ! Ihr SaSala atSWin arUa. la Statrh T.enat krr W rrr Hirard la llraik Buffalo. N Y fh-c 2? S--v-r. thon sand sheep were burned to death at fh Hart Bulfao stock yards Mon-iav nirht Th- Ions tihnla in wt.ich they r eonfln .ere snrept by flsm-s before sny of Use animals could be relenend. The lose is as : -Bare-! at $7" ort The saw p w-ere csnfln-d in two lonsr sheds ! feet tn width. e. ering a ttal ana of teo.fte sqnsre feet Running parallel with them wer the hoc snd cattle ahede The fire, fanned by a brisk wind, destroyed th- two buildings in an iarrcd.My ch'-rt time NEGOTIATIONS ARE DELAYED Lion o arri' ,-l n f (tall A. ,1 With IHM I ral ion H-aral rIseeSKf h ihr llrli rr.

Chicago. Dec 25 Pence in the) strike 4 the livejry drivers baa U-en n.. t with new delay Members of the liry owners' nssociatioa expressed tiims Ive as not disposed tn submit their dlffererces to s board of sau.'.rstia sected by the dnrer. The ownerr would not say. however, tha the cmele by Uw s'rikers taigbt a4 re tit in n golistiems toward a seta tie meat.

BRICK MADE II TüE L. S. Of vitrified brick, It IS?., there wer 17 .Kl -hoaaand. vnlued at &.Tlijr T or. $5 S1 par -housand The croantitT of front brick pro!t:'-!! in tht ctaistry amotitts to thoosand. valaed at $0 Jll wot. or fll to per thouaand. Enameled brick, tl.e ti.tire proaurt of which ia UHfS waa ralued st s47iju. ass made only tn Calif or am. Hue da. Marybiad. Missejrt. New Jersey. Ohh snd Pennsylvania