Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 32, Petersburg, Pike County, 16 December 1898 — Page 2

“ 8ke f ike Counts democrat ML MoC. STOOPS. K41Ukr mnd Proprietor. PETERSBURG. : : INDIANA. The senate. In executive session, on the 7th, confirmed the appointment of Ho ft. John Hay as secretory of state. The United States enaiser Buffalo, formerly the Brazilian cruiser Nictheroy, under Commander Hemphill, left the Brooklyn navy turd, on the 6th, for Manila. , Senator Vest, on the 8th, introduced In the aenate a resolution providing for the appointment of a joint commission to investigate the charges of corruption in the oonduct of the war with Spain. The California *tate board of trade has sent a telegram to the state department pratesting against any commercial treaty with Greece by which the duty oil Zante currants may be removed or /reduce# ArrangemrlTts have been made for the transfer of the remains of Gen. John A. Rawlings, Gen. Grant's chief-•of-staff, from the Congressional cemetery to the National Cemetery at Arlington, near Washington. The Paris exposition commission has received a letter from the French officials, conveying the information that the Lafayette memorial monument will, in all probability, be given a site in the garden of the Tuilleries.

It now transpires that it was Miss Helen Gould who gave §250,000 for the erection of the Central library building of the University of the City of Hew York, and she has since quietly * added $60,000 to the ojiginal gift. Former Chief of Police John MeCullagh of New York, who goes to Havana to advise Gen. Greene-in regard to the establishment of a police force in the Cuban capital, will recommend the establishment of the block system. ^\t Santiago de Cuba, on the 7tit, Juan Castillo, a former Cuban officer, accompanied by two negro subordinates, rode into the Spanish club rooms, and with their machetes •mashed several lamps and did other damage. Senator Mitchell introduced a bill,on the Sth, amending the existing law in . regard to volunteer soldiers’ homes, •o as to admit volunteers who were disabled by the war with Spain. About 2.000 men are affected by the proposed amendment. The committee appointed by Gar. Adams of Colorado to investigate the affairs of the state asylum for the insane at Pueblo has made its report, finding that there has been gross neglect on the part of the superintendent and employes. Gen. Riewodidos ^nd Dr. Lesdajluna, representatives of the Filipino junta, /started from Hong Kong, on the 7th. I for Washington under instructions “to endeavor to remove misapprehension ' anti suspicions and cultivate the friendliest relations with the American government and people.” The Cuban Kducational Association of the United States has been organised for the purpose of accepting and carrying out the offers made by the American colleges in response to Gen. Wheeler’s suggestion that these colleges should each give free tuition ta two or more reputable Cubans. •Gen. Joubert, the eonunander of the Boer expedition sent against Chief M #*feu. of the Magatos tribe in the 3touttanBborgdistrict.isill.aud with his forces in a state of semi-mutiny, is returning to Pretoria. The ltoers have been guilty of wholesale butchery of women, children and unarmed native#. The French minister at Pekin. M. Gerard, has sent an ultimatum to the Chinese foreign office threatening that vnicss the French missionary now Ike^l prisoner by the rebels in the province of 8*e-Chuen, be released within ten days a force of French troops will be ordered to cross the frontier. The situation in Porto Rico promfara to force on the government, for a tigle at least, the experiment of federal ownership vrf telegraph and telephone lines. The war department now controls all line* in Porto Rico and in ♦he evacuated auctions of Cuba. 1 he latter, however, is looked upon as merely transient.

rnitcd*Btatcw CKtoms Commissioner R. P. Porter arrived at Kingston. Jarraica. from Cuba, on the 6th, on board the Admiral Sampson, and sailed for home on the ?th. He said his investigations indicate the desirability of reciprocity between Cuba and the United States, in spite of the Louisiana sugar and Pjorida tobacco trade. A naval authority who has been interviewed on the subject says the intention of the British government is fp make Jamaica another “Gibraltar to command the Nicaragua canal, and be a rallying point for the naval and military fdrces of the Anglo-American alliance, when, by dominating both oc^sufr, it holdS? the political and commercial balances of power in the hol]/im of its hand.” The Madrid Jtnparcial publishea another inflammatory article on the subject of the Maine charges. The paper intimates that the explosion was the outcome of an intense desire "upon the part of certain factions in the United States to see the outbreak of war. which was unpopular with the majority of Americans.” The inference being that tiheaa people blew up the veaaal to

CURRENT TOPICS. TEE HEWS IE BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. (Second Seealoa.) Is the senate, on the Rh. Mr. Vest (Mo.) introduced some resolutions denying the power of the federal government to acquire territory to be held and governed permanently as colonies. A hill amending the navigation laws was introduced, and precipitated a brief discussion of those laws, participated in principally by Mr. Vest and Mr. Cattery tLa.), both of whom i opposed the bill.In the house the cusj tamary resolutions far the distribution of i the president's message to the several ! committees having jurisdiction. w*a j adopted. The army and navy deficiency bill was reported. The report of the HaI waitan commission was laid before the | house and referred.together with a bill by ; Mr. Hitt to carry out the resolutions, j In the senate, on the 7th, no business was transacted in open session. Resum* t ing business, at 1:15, after an executive session, the deaths of Representatives Northway, of Ohio, and Love, of Mississippi. were announced, and the senate, as a murk of respect to their memories adjourned.In the house, the anti-scalp-' Ins Fill was passed, after a spirited debate fasting four hours,* byba vote of 119 to 101. In the senate, on the Stb. on motion of Senator Morgan, the "Nicaraguan canal bill was taken up and made the unfinished business, after which the senate adjourned......In the house the urgent deficiency bill, to provide for the support of the military . and naval establishments was passed, practically without opposition. A number of amendments were adopted, on the recommendation of the appropriations committee, which had received seme supplemental estimates after the MU was prepared. The amount carried by the bill, as passed, is JSS.Slte.s.-. The bill to render sureties of consuls, viceconsuls and consular agents liable for damages in suits at law. was adopted. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Americans hold nearly 15,000 | Spanish soldiers as prisoners, captured at the fall of Manila. These are actually on parole about the city, and the question is how are they to be returned to Spain. This must be settled by the peace commissioners in Paris. Four men were killed and several severely injured at Fort Independence, on Castle island, in Boston harbor, on the 6th, by the explosion of a mine which had been removed from the channel by a diver. Brig.-Gen. Guy V. Henry. U. S, A., and Brig.-Gen, Leonard Wood. I'. S. Y„ were nominated, on the'7th. by the president, major-generals in the regular army and volunteer service respectively. The cruiser New York arrived at Havana on the 7th. Immediately after her arrival the New York saluted, and Capt, Chadwick paid a visit to Admiral Manterola and Gen. Castellanos. A taaval lieutenant promptly returned the visit on board the New York. A Berlin despatch says in relation to the Caroline islands: “A certain sentimental desire exists In the public mind on the subject, but the government has not yet ascertained the views of the United States regarding it, and will do nothing until it knows the final form of the peace treaty between the United States and Spain.’* In some of the Chieago papers, on the 7th, the following appeared: •’Wanted — Ten thousand strong- | limbed, fearless men. Apply at the city | council chamber with ropes on the night the aldermen attempt to pass the 50-year franchise robbery. Come prepared to do business.” The proposal of the Spaniards that an international commission, com-* posed of two Englishmen, two Frenchmen, one American and one Spaniard, half of the commission to be chosen by either nation, with a German arbitrator. in ease of non-agreemnt. be appointed to investigate the Maine disaster. was absolutely refused. The first cargo to reach Philadelphia from a Spanish port since the outbreak of the war with Spain came in, on the 7th, on the Norwegian steamer Kiugswood from Barcelona, t apt. Halvorsen says the business I men in Barcelona regard the United States in a friendly light. “They lay all the blame for the war,** he stated, “upon their own government.**

Maj.-<Teo. Wheeler wal at the war department. on the Tth. anti had a talk with Secretary Alger and Adjt.-Gen. j Corbin. It is understootl that he will j be relieved from further active duty ! unless there is a recurrence of war, but that he will remain on the active list of the United States volunteer j army until it is mustered out. The four statues of the Confederate soldiers* monument on Capitol hill, I Montgomery. Ala., were unveiled on the Tth. They represent infantry, cavalry, artillery and navy. Imposing ceremonies were held. There was an immense attendance from all parts of the state. The selection of the jury in the case of Mrs. Botkin, accused, in San Francisco, of the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning, of Dover, Del., was completed. on the Sth, and the taking of evidence proceeded at onee. The directors of the St., Louis ft San Francisco railroad have declared a semi-annual dividend of two per cent, on first preferred stock, payable January ft. 0 M. Henri Levadon, the author, has been elected a member of the French academy. Gen. Garcia, of the Caban army, who had been confined to his hotel, in Washington, for some days, was announced, on tha to be quite seriously sick. ..

The Xicaraguancanal hill was takes up In the senate on the 8th. Dr, J. J. Welter, pastor of the Centenary Methodist church of Portland, Ore.: has been appointed missionary in charge of all Methodist work in Alaska. Gen. Garcia’s condition was reported to be much improved on the 9th. The River Neva suddenly rose nine feet, on the nigvt of the 8th, inundat- ! tng\ the lower quarter of St. Peters- | burg, where communication was carried on only by boats. The inhabitants were panic-stricken, and there was great loss of life and property. Five powder mills in the lower yard | of the Dupont powder works, near | Wilmington, Del., exploded on the tth. I Robert McHenry, John Moore, John I Wright and another man named Stewart were killed, and several others were badly burned. All the railroads in the Southwestern Passenger association have decided to abolish second-class rates to i all Texas points on and after January 1. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Filipino insurgents attacked ; Iloilo on the night of December 1, and captured all the Spanish trenches except one. On the other hand, the Spanish transport Isla de Luzon reports that the insurgents around Iloilo were repulsed with great slaughter on December 6 while attempting to storm the last entrenchment. According to this story 500 insurgents were killed or wounded by the machine I guns. The resignation of Police Com mis- - sioner Ralph Phelps, Jr., of Detroit, Mich., was demanded, on the 11th, at ; a mass-meeting of representative citi- j | zens held in one of the leading I churches in that city. The action was the direct result of recent agitation ; toward the enforcement of law, and j abolishing vice by the Good Govern- | ment league of Detroit and others. Gen. CaKxto Garcia, the Cuban gen- ■ j eral. who came to the United States j at the head of the Cuban delegation | from the Santa del Sur convention, to confer with the American authorities, died in Washington on the 11th. He was taken ill with pneumonia several days before. Owing to his advanced age there had been little hope of his ; ; recovery from the first. | Naval Constructor Hobson has been i ordered to proceed to Hong Kong, to supervise the reconstruction of the ■ cruisers Don Juan de Austria, Isla de I Cuba and Isla de Luzon. He desired a ; I short leave, but the department was ; compelled to refuse the request be- j cause of the necessity of getting him j to Hong Kong as soon as possible. Commander Snow has submitted a report to the navy department showi ing that the sanitary conditions at San Juan, Porto Rico, are very bad. I In compliance with the request of Civil Engineer Menoeal. appliances hftve | been sent to him for use in the renovation of the station. President Rafael Iglesias of Costa Rica sailed from New York, on the 10th. for France on the steamship La Gascogne. He said that he was verv much jWased, with his cordial reception in rhi£_£ountry. Maj.-Gen. Merritt, Mrs. Merritt and the general's aide-de-camp, Lieut. Strother, sailed from Liverpool for New York on board the steamer Lucunia on the 10th. Action has been taken by-d^ecretary Long to withhold information concerning American naval affairs from foreign governments. CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

A baby was smothered to death is a ' mover's wagon near Joplin. Mo., Theodore Glueck, of Belleville, 111., j Committed suicide by shooting. Theodore Wilson fell from a wind mill at Dixon. 111., and was killed. At Danville, I1L, a boy of six shot and killed his three-year-old sister. The snowfall in Texas, Friday and Thursday, was the heavies* in 20 years, i i Miners at Mount Vernon 111., have j struck for the Springfield, scale of ■ wages. The body of a murdered tramp was ! .found in an old railway coach at Swtnberry. Mo. Unless have'been issued for the American warships to resume their white coats. J. W. Emerson, a mine operator at Galena, Has., was killed by falling down a shaft. The schools at Macon. 111..are closed, and public meetings prohibited on account of scarlet fever. , An unknown hunter caught his foot' iu a guard rail at St. Joseph, Mo., and was run over by a train. A movement is on foot to erect a monument at Manila to the American soldiers who fell there. Karl Becker, known as the prince of forgers, was sentenced, at San Francisco. to seven years’ imprisonment. Queen Kegent Christina is seriously ill at Madrid a» a result of tl e terrible strain upon her?duriug the past year. It is now said that Col. Bryan has decided to remain in the army. Hie ambition is to get the brigadier’s star. The Kentucky Tobacco Growers’ league was formally organized at Lex- j ington. Its object is to fight the combine. Grant Gillett is fleeing westward from Chihuahua toward Mazatian, Mexico, on the Pacific. Detectives arc following. Secretary of State Lesuer of Missouri has approved the action of the Central savings bank of St. Joseph. It trill resume business Monday. Private Kein, Sixth Missouri volunteers* whose home was in St, Louis, was killed by Provost Guard Lovejoy First Texas, at Savannah, Ga. The British war department has just placed contracts among a number ot Birmingham manufacturers for the supply a? 10,000,000 metal cartridge

ALL OVER THE STATE. Events in Various Portions of In* diana Told by Wire. Bnil>eu Block Burned. Brownstown, Ind., Dec. 10.—The seo ond disastrous fire here within a month destroyed the Benton block and a building owned by Mrs. Clara Stillwell. The loss on buildings and stock is as follows: Charles T. Benton, building, $6,000. insurance. $3,500; H. W. Wacker & Co., dry goods, $6,000, insurance, $2,500; Helson Apgar. hardware. $2,500, insurance, $1,550; A. J. Brodheacket, Brownstown Banner, newspaper office, $2,000, insurance, $1,350; Frank Sehwein, grocery, $1,500, insurance. $1,200; Applewhite & Applewhite law books. $1,200. insurance. $800; Clara Stillwell, building, $600. fully insured; S. W. Shields, dentist, $250. no insurance. During the fire Harrv Cribb had his arm almost serered by a piece of falling plat£ glass and was otherwise injured so that he will die. Born Inder a Lucky Star. Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. 10.—Two years ago Samuel Heiney was the postmaster at Moreland. The humdrum life of a village postmaster becoming distasteful to him, Heiney left for parts unknown, taking with him goverptoient funds to the amount of $167. The authorities looked for him in vain, Friday Heiney walked into the office of the United States marshal and gave himself up. An investigation showed -khat the indictment against him had recently been nolled at the instance of the district attorney, who had given up all hope of ferreting out the recreant postmaster. Heiney now stands ir, the position of having sinned, of being willing to expiate his crime, but of being beyoud the pale of the law. He feebly admits that he was born under a lucky star.

A Luuk Tramp. Jeffersonville. Ind.. Dee. 10.—Old and feeble, with but ten cents in his pocket and with all his earthly belongings tied up in a handkerchief. Andrew J. l)e Moss started afoot on a journey of 130 miles to Washington, this st&te. De Moss moved here several years ago frqm Washington, with his family. Domestic troubles arose and he left home, making a scant living by doing odd jobs of carpentering about the city. In his younger days he was a contractor, and constructed many handsome public buildings in southern Indiana. De Moss will make his home with relative? when he reaches his destination. Letter Fonatl Too Late. Indianapolis. Ind.. Dec. 10.—John IT O Keefe, who was charged with opening letters in the mail big intrusted to him as a carrier of the Valparaiso post office, was discharged by Judge Baker because the district attorney could not find the letter to t»e used in evidence against him. The.letter had been opened and the money abstracted. In some manner it became lost for a time when it was most needed. Scarcely had O’Keefe been discharged, however, when the letter turned up. but too late to hold the prisoner. He will be reindicted by the nest federal grand jury. l>enth of Justice Ketarwla. Jeffersonville. Ind., Dec. 10.—Magi»> trate Ephraim Keigwin died at hi* home here, aged 67 years, of cystitis,-a malady of several years’ standing. He had always lived in this city. For 21 years he was known as the “elopers* friend.” and within that period, it it estimated, married 12.000 eloping couples. He was not only known ki this section, but his name was a synonym in many states, notably Kentucky, by persons matrimonially inclined, who came long distances to be united in the be>nd« of wedlock. Kew Official*. Richmond, Ind., Dec. 10.—Perry J. Freeman, postmaster and law partner of Representative Ufnry U. Johnson, has been elected county attorney, succeeding Hon. John L. Rupe. who held the position a number of years. Dr. George H. Grant was at the same time chosen health officer of Wayne county, succeeding Dr. James F. Hibbcrd. resigned, a fter 17 years’ service.

Wre«ll«ra Mulched. Indianapolis, lad-, Dec. 10.—Articles. ixave been signed for a match here between llali Adali, the Turk, and the heavy weight, Duncan C. Ross, who has been* off the mat since 1893, when he wrestled in a tou rnament at the world's fair. The bout will take place at the Empire theater next Thursday night. .Murder Case Recalled. Indianapolis, lad., yDec. 10.—The filing of a suit for divorce by Minnie P. Porter against Joseph Porter recall* the killing of “Cal” Vorhis on Indiana avenue some years ago. Porter was one of several that were arrested for the killing, but was released at the trial, establishing an alibi. Dropped Dead. Rochester, I mi., Ike. 10.—Rienard Constantine, aged 78?* dropped dead here. In his youth he became a member of the odd fellows at Baltimore. He claimed that he had been connected with that order longer than any o»hei member in the United Stales. A Bloody Fl*ht, Columbus, Ind.. Dec. 10.—A bloody fight occurred at the “Klondike” saloon between Charles Decker, the proprietor, and John Lowe, the bartender. Decker stabbed Lowe In tbe right breast, inflicting a dangerous though rot fatal wound. Uksren Go South. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 10.—Word was received here that a train load of farm laborers from Indiana had arrived in Louisiana to work cm the sugar plantations in takinsr off the^roo.

i ur is s». The War with Spain Officially Brought to a Close by the Peace Commissioners. TIE CLOSE WAS A SCEIE FOR A PAINTER. Ik* Document was Signed at 8:45 p. n., os the Night of the loth—It Consists ot Seventeen Articles, Making 7.500 Words The Spaniards were Sadly Depressed Over the final Action.

Paris* Dec. 11.—There were two joint sessions of the peace commissions Saturday, one lasting from 3:30 p. m., to 5:13 p. r&., aud the other opening at 7 p. m. The long session in the afternoon and the subsequent recess were due only to the fact that each article of the treaty had to be carefully read aud compared in Spanish and English, and to the fact that the engrossing of the last article in Spanish was incomplete. During j the wait the commissioners were pho- ! tographed. The treaty was signed at S:45 p. m. i A SCENE FOR A PAINTING. The signing of the treaty would have afforded a subject for a great historic painting. The-group gathered about the table in the stately chamber of the foreign office was impressive in itself, while the fact that the sense of the momentousness of the issues which the act decided was deeply felt by all the participants gave an impressive and solemn tone to the scene. Around.' the great mahogany table sat the ten arbiters of the destinies of an old and a ybung nation. Ranged, standing behind them, were numerous attaches of the American commission. The jets from the crystal chandeliers above the heads of those present magnified the brilliant green and scarlet of the upholstering in their gaudiness. There was the attraction of a contrast between the black clothed actors and the scenery. To the Americans it was a happy ending of the epilogue of war; for the Spaniards it was plainly a bitter tragedy. hone the less pain fid because long foreseen. They sat silently, as though almost crushed, and none could withhold sympathy for Senor Montero Rios, the president of the Spanish commission. who, coming from his bed, was bundled in a great overcoat, though logs were burning in the fireplace near by. The spirits of the two bodies were symbolized by the clothes worn by the members of the commission, for the Americans were attired in evening dre^s ftjr the dinner given them immediately after the meeting by the Due d’Loubat. and the Spaniards wore black frock coats. Although the commissions met at 3:30 o'clock, expecting to finish their work in half an hour, the engrossing of the treaty on parchment was found to be so troublesome that it delayed ! the signing of the document until ; 8:20 o'clock. Clerk Martin, of the | American commission, worked all day without even stopping to eat; When he came into the chamber at 7:30 with the document he found the commissioners waiting. The Spanish copy had arrived a half hour earlier. ORDER OF SIGNATURES. Mr. Arthur Ferguson then proceeded fo read first the English, and after that the Spanish, version of the treaty. This finished, two copies were passed around the table, the commissioners signing them in the order of their rank—William R. Day, Senator Cushman K. Davis, Senator William P. Frye, Whitelaw Rtid and Senator George Gray; Senor Montero Rios, Senor Abarzusa, Senor Garnica, Senor Yillaurutia and Gen. Cerero y Saons, each commission signing its opponent's treaty. Doth were tied with the Spanish and American colors.

When the seals were affixed, at- | tendants were sent scurrying for ribbons of the French tri-color, with which the documents were sealed, in compliment to the French hosts of the commission. Many officials interested watched every detail of the proceeding. The last seal being impressed, the commissioners rose, and, without formality, each member shook the hands of all bis antagonists, and each gave a»suranees of sincere personal esteem. The Spaniards afterward commented acridly upon what they termed the I bad taste of the Americans in mustering a crowd of attaches to gloat over ! the consummation of their downfall and to scramble for relics. The signing was finished at 8:45. At that time the door of the chamber opened,and Senor Villaurutia appeared and exclaimed to a group of correspondents who were waiting in the corridor: “C’Est Flni.” The other members of the Spanish commission followed Senor Villaurutia and passed silently through the vestibule to their waiting carriages. The American commission strolled out, chatted ■ complacently, and as the descended the steps the lights in the chamber were darkened. Hotaoo to Lmt* 8u Fnurlico fur Hoag s Kong December 34. Washington, Dec. 11.—Naval Constructor Hobson has been at the department in connection with orders to proceed to Hong Kong, to supervise the reconstruction of the cruisers Don I Juan De Austria, Isla De Cuba and I Isla De Luzon. He desired a short | leave, but the department was com- ! pelied to refuse the request because of | the necessity of getting him to Hong Kong as soon as possible. Mr. Hobson will sail on the steamer leaving San Francisco on December 24, so be will

EXPRESS COMPAKIES WIN. ms Rendered Up to «» tho Salto Over War Reveuua Stamps* In denying the motion of the Merchants’ Association of New Yort in its case against the Adams Express Co. for a preliminary injunction in the suit brought to compel the express companies to pay for express revenue stamps on receipts, the judge of the United States circuti court for the southern district of New York said: “I start with the proposition that as between individual citizens, , whether they be natural individuals or corporations, common carriers, or what not, originally there is the right to

agree as to who should bear the bur* den of the service rendered, and of all the incidents of the rendition of that service. That a common carrier issubject to regulations by congress as to limitations upon his power to make such agreement with the individual citizen is not disputed. The proposition, however, is—has congress prohibited in this particular case the carrier from requiring the shipper to pay the increased expense of performing the act of transportation which thepurchase, affixing and cancelation of: this stamp imposes upon the carrier.. There is no express language in the act, that I can tind, laying the burden of that prohibition upon the carrier, and inasmuch as restrictions of the •right to contract, which is a right of i great deal of importance and ralue > to the citizen, whether he be an individual or a corporation, should not l>e spelled out or any uncertain language, or found to exist unless the* case is abundantly clear. I am induced: in the absence of express language, to. reach the conclusion, upon this mere cursory hearing of the oral argument, and without the careful analysis and examination of the eases which might perhaps lead me to a different conclusion—I am constrained. I say, to reach the conclusion that the act has not prohibited the carrier from requiring the party tendering the goods to pay to the carrier the increased cost which the act of congress has made the particular act of transportation cost the carrier. I shall therefore deny the motion for a preliminary injunction." \ X xV similar decision was, rendered inf the ease of the United States against the Southern Express Co., decided in the United States district1 eourt for the western district of North Carolina, October, 2? ISOS' In that case the action was brought by certain fish shippers for a supposed violation of the war revenue act, on the ground that the express company nad required them to pay for the revenue stamp to be affixed to each receipt when issued as a condition of accepting their goods for transportation. United States Judge Purnell dismissed the eomplaint. holding that while the war revenue act required that the tax should be paid, it did not provide who should make the payment, but left that question to be settled between the express company and the shipper. A decision to the same effect has just- been rendered in the district court of the United States for the southern district of California, in the case of the United States against Wells. Fargo & Co.*s express. Thecomplainant tendered a package tothe express company,and insisted that it should accept the same for transportation. and issue therefor^a receipt having a one-eent revenue stamp attached and canceled. The express company refused to issue the reciept unless the shipper would pay tha stamp, and suit was brought to subject the express company to the penalty of $50 provided in the war revenue act.—Memphis Commercial-Ap-peal. THE BURDEN JEWELS. Proceedings to be Began for the Recorery of the Balance of the Reward of •10,000 Proinlaed.

London, Dec. 11.—Streeters, the jewelers of l>ond street, have instructed John Oakes, an attorney of New York, to commence proceedings against I, Townsend Burden to receover the balance of the reward in connection with the robbery of jewels from the Burden mansion in 1S95, when about $5S,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from the house by servants. A reward of $10,000 was offered by Mr. Burden for the recovery of the jewelry, and the thieves were arrested in April of the following year, after having offered some of the jewelry for sale to the Streeters, who communicated with the police. The Bond street jewelers say £682 out of the promised £1.400 is still unpaid. Smallpox at Bwlford, Pa. Huntingdon, Pa., Dec. 12.—Benjamin Lee, secretary of the state board of health, arrived here last night on his return from Bedford, where he passed the day investigating the nature of the epidemic now prevailing there. Dr. Lee said that the disease is some pox, and that, in the town alone there are at least 20 cases. General vaccination has been ordered, and the infected houses are closiy quarantined. It is probable that the public schools of the place will be closed. Slightly More Modrnu* to Colorado. Denver, Col., Dec. 11.—The temperature in Denver and vicinity has risen about ten degrees during the past 24 hours, the minimum record by the local weather bureau for the day being ten degress below zero. The weather continues fair. Zieap* of Convicted Hank Robbers. Ottumwa, fa., Dec. 10.—Hart and Davis, the men convicted of robbing the Cincinnati (Appanoose county)! bank, have broken jail at Centerville. They have been traced to Exiine,where they took cars for Kansas City.