Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 35, Petersburg, Pike County, 6 January 1899 — Page 2

Shtff ikt County geuurrat M. Met'. STOOPS, Editor Md FroprUlor. tk PETERSBURG. INDIANA, jliaron Canon of Kedieston, the new vieeroy of India, arrived at Bombay, on the 29th, from England, ^with Lady Curzon and their children. Scnor Kagasta. who had been suffer* ing from pneumonia, was reported to be much better, on the 28th, and was considered out of danger. It is said the great city of London Is in danger of subsidence owing to the persistent tunneling under its foundations, Parliament, at its next sitting, will deal with the question. ! Thomas Q. Seabrooke, the actor, filed a voluntary, petition in bankruptcy in New York on the 28th. Hje stated that his liabilities are $39,075, to offset which the only property he has rs one scarf pin. !j The closing dry of the session of the fourteenth annual convention of the" American Historical association it New Haven, Coitn.. was taken up with papers and discussions on “Coloniil History and Policy.” Tbe French' ministry of the colonies denies fne report that Dreyfus has embarked from Cayenne oli his return to France, uflding that the court of cassation alone can decide the question jof the return of the prisoner. Maj.-Gen. William It. Shatter, U. 8. A., has been relieved from the cojmmand of the department of the eajst, and assigned to the command. of the departmeife^of California, to relieve Maj.-Qen. Henry C. Merriam. ,j Ambassador Romero, of Mexico, was operated upon for appendicitis on the Sfith. Dr. Tabor Johnson, who supervised the operation, said the patient was doing as well aseould lie expected. He was still, however, in a very critical condition. i . ! Senor Don Matias Romero, Mexican ambassador to the United States, died in Washington, on the 30th. as the'result of an operation for apendicitis. He was in his sixtv-second year, and had rendered long and valuable serv ice to his country. Judge Hamilton Ward,, of the supreme court of New York state, died at Wellsville, X. Y., on the 28th. aged 70 years. He was a member of the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Forty-first congresses, and in 1879 was elected attorney general of New York. | Ambassador Romero, of Mexico, 1* seriously ill with appendicitis at residence in Washington. A consijilta his the tion of physicians was held, on 27th, but it was decided to await, developments before determining Wheth er or not an operation was necessary

Harry Garvey, of Cowrie, Ta., drove out to a schoolhouse near Clare,t la., on the 28th., and called May Thomas, the teacher, out and engaged her in conversation. After a short time he drew a pistol and shot her,- killing her instantly, and then shot himself fatally. G arvev was a rejected suitor.; A magnificent memorial hnll. in honor of the veterans of the eival war. was dedicated in the new public library, on Michigan avenue, Chicago, on the 29th. Over 3,000 persons were, present, including many of the state, county and city officials, and judges of the supreme and superior courts. The case of Mrs. Cordelia Botkih, on trial at San Francisco for the murder, by poison, of Mrs. Dunning, of Delaware, was submitted to the jury, on the 30th, which, the same evening, found a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and fixed her punishment at imprisonment for life. It is said a sharp contest will pceur in the house over the legislation for the government of Hawaii, as the majority and minority of the committee on territories do not agree to the report of the senate committee oii foreign relations, although the differences are not such as to cause ’great difficulty. Chief Justice Grant of the Michigan •tate supreme court has denied an application for a writ of error, under 4 which an express revenue stamp case could be removed to the United States supreme court. The court recently decided that the American Express sCo. must pay for the revenue stamps affixed to its bills of lading^

To meets the complaints of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota that they , rarely see the agent in some portions of the reservation. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones has directed Indian Agent Sutherland to make the January annuity payments in four places. These will be at White Earth, Leech Lake, Cass Lake and on the Red lake reservation. It is said in official circles that indications point to the conclusion of an agreement between the American and Canadian joint high commissioners that, while satisfactory to both the y United States and to Canada, will not include what either side hoped to obtain at the beginning. The arrangement is expected to be ratified within a week after the assembling of the sjoint commission on Jaunary 5. The Toronto (Ont.) World published, on the 29th, a startling editorial under the heading: “Canada On the Brink,” in which it warned the people of that country that times are critical, so far as the maintenance of Canada as a free, independent and integral portion of North America is concerned. The editor believes that the United States is bound to annex the Dominion, probably with Entrl&nd’s consent.

r XXXAXJU JANUARY—1899. 15 22 29 «*6 23 30 Tw. 17 24 M. ii 25 31 Ttar. 12 19 26 M. 13 20 27 Sit 14 21 28 »TTTT TTff TTTT CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS IH BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| ifhe plans for the muster-out of a i largp number of volunteers have' been ; perfected. They wait on the passage of a bill by congress which will change j the present method and which- wiy j have an important bearing on the situI ation in the new possessions. The | Fourth Missouri Will be included among those mustered out. Harry F. Hailey, cashier of the Colebrook (N. H.) national bank. was *ar- ! rested, on the night of the 28th, charged with the misappropriation of funds of the institution, the alleged shortage being $34,150, through overdrafts distributed among ten depositors. The cruiser Buffalo arrived at- Port Said, on the 2sth. en route to Manila, just 16*4 days out from New York. Thus she has broken all naval records up to -this point in her voyage. Sheo is needed badly .at Manila, as she carries 700 sailors to relieve men in Dewey's fleet whose time has expired. The net earning of the Burlington system for the month of November were $837,660,'an increase of $237,701 over 4he same month of last year. For the five months ending November 30. the net earnings were $3,927,714. a decrease of $19,885,from the same period of the preceding fiscal year. j After several daysplft . premonitory noises and the falling of small quantities of stone and dirt, part of the mountain Rocher Rouge, at the mouth cf the St. flothard tunnel, Switzerland. fell, on the 27th, almost obliterating the village of Airolo. Three'persons are known to have been^ killed, and the loss of life would have been frightful had not the inhabitants heeded the warning and withdrawn' to a safe distance. The property loss ife almost incalculable. The east-bound California train No. 4 on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad was wrecked, °on the 28th, 11 miles east of TrinidadJ*Col. No one was killed, but 12 persons were more or less injured, and a corpse en route to Philadelphia was cremated in the burning of several wrecked cars. Advices received at Washington, on the 28th, showed that Gen. Rios, the Spanish commander, had surrendered lloilp to the insurgents, thus romplicating matters somewhat in the Philippines. s Consul-Getieral Goodnow has notified the state department from Shanghai that the Chinese government has forbidden dynamite and like explosives to be landed in China. * 'rr' The war department's published summary of army stations, just issued, for the first time includes Ha-, i *ana as a regular post, showing about 12,000 troops there. The war .department, on the 28th, rescinded the order for the einbiirkaj tion of the Third Nebraska regiment of volunteers, and substituted six batteries of t'ue Second regular artillery. It would appear from official advices i that it is the purpose of the government to go slow on amoving volunteer troops, in view of the intention to muster many of them out. The island of Guam will probably be different from the other colonial possessions or dependencies of the United States, in having a naval instead of a jmilitary governor. The reason is that the sole purpose of the selection and acquirement of the island was to ob

iuiu n cumniiniiiv iik.ucu uuiifi station for our warships. Mrs. Kate J. Adams, a well-to-do woman, was poisoned i*(^New York city, on the 2*th, by taking1 a dose of bromo seltzer contained in a bottle in a silver holder received by Harry Cornish, the athlete, a boarder in the house, as a,Christmas present, through the mail. The bromo was found to be charged with cyanide of potassium. King Humbert of Italy has signed a decree amnestying or reducing the punishments of the rioters who took part in the disturbances last spring. About 700 persons who were sentenced by court-martial and about 2,000 ywM> were condemned by civil courts, have been liberated, but all recidivists or habitual criminals, have been excluded from the benefits of the decree. Former Gov. Merriam, of Minnesota, is said to be slated to succeed Secretary Hitchcock as ambassador to Russia. The work of'relieving the suffering in Cuba is proceeding all along the line, the government having the matter in charge. , The San Antonio, Tex., office of the Wells-Fargo Co. suffered a big loss by robbery on the 28th. It is said that $60,000 in currency and $600 in gold ‘was taken. The delivery clerk, who was intrusted with delivering the | money, is missing. Commodore J. W. Philip, late captain of the battleship Texas, will assume command of the Brooklyp navy yard. The British steamer Glen Avon, Capt. Pithie. which sailed for London from Hong Kong, on the 29th, has been I wrecked. , - -

The friends of Lizzie Skinner, wh* was stabbed to death at Bloomfield, Ind., on the 89th, by Dr. Gray, formed m mob, on the 30th, and intended to lynch the murderer, but'were outwitted by the officers. Dr. Gray being spirited away. V Fire broke out in a cigar store: on Government street, in the very heart of Victoria, B. C„ on the 30th, and ’caused damage to the amount of $33,* 000. The fire department was at an outlying suburb, and much valuable time was lost. The Spanish government considers that the prospect of the release of ■ the Spanish prisoners in the Philip* pine islands is very discouraging. The Spanish government decided, on the 30th. to send additional funds tc I Cuba for the repatriation of the Spanish troops remaining there.' Eight business houses were destroyed and six stores damaged by a fire at Oberlin, 0., on the 29th; loss, $50,000. It is reported that the efforts tc revive the Ohio coal pool have utterly failed. » ,

LATE NEWS ITEMS. The losses by fire in the United States during 189$ aggregated $UV 139,467, as compared with $121,001,137 iA 1897. Mrs. Botkin’s lawyers do not propose to accept as final the verdict of the jury finding her guilty of the murder of Mrs. Dunning, but will make an effort to obtain a new trial and a possible reversal of the judgment. The mayors of several cities throughout the country issued requests to t,he citizens to display the national flag on the 1st, in honor of the formal evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish goverunjcnt. Statistics show that, during the yeai just ended, the total number of fatal casualties in this country was 7,3+#. as follows; Explosives, 629; mines, 580; falling buildings, etc.. 599; tornadoes and storms, 502; lightning, 255. < Noth withstanding the war between the United States and Spain, the loss of life upon tjhe*field of battle during 189S has been smaller than for several years. The total is estimated at 65,000, as compared with 103,451 in 1897. The loss of life by railroad accidents during 1S98 was 3.590, as compared with 2,764 in 1897. The number of persons seriously injured was 2,616, as compared with 2,428 in 1897. The total number of suicides reported throughout the* United States in 1898 was 5,920, as compared with 6,600 in 1897. Of this number 4,686 were mules and 1,634 females. During the year just closed there \\ ere 7.840 murders reported, i& the United States against 9,520 in 1897, a gratifying decrease. The torpedo boat Farragut has been formally turned over to the government by the builders, at San Francisco. The trial board, after a thorough inspection, expressed themselves aa thoroughly satisfied with the era it. Orders have been issued by the navy department for the discharge of a large number of men who enlisted for one year from ships undergoing repairs at the ^various navy yards. At the landing of Lord and Lady Curzon at Bombay the Stars and ^Stripes wer conspicuous among the decorations of the city in honor of the nationality of the new vicereine. Work on the battleship Ohio has been begun at the Union iron works, San Francisco. The Ohio will be the largest ship ever built on the Pacific coast.

CURRENT NEWS NOTES. The American national hank of Lima, O., was robbed of over SIS,000. j Admiral Dewey, on his birthday, Monday, became ranking officer of the navy. At Joplin, Mo.-, two drunken ‘tough* stabbed a hack driven 13 times with pocket knives. ° Fire of incendiary origin almost destroyed the News-Democrat building in BelleVjjl^, 111. Bishop WRHapeWE. McLaren will go to Porto Itico^in the interest of the Episcopal church. Americans at Santiago experienced a hot-weather Christmas, but enjoyed it just the same.' A woodchopper near Greenfield, Mo., shot and killed himself after mortally wounding his wife. • Two people were killed and one se\ 'Tiouslv injured in a shooting scrapes at Fouke station, Arjc. Marshals Blanco, Rivera and Campos strongly oppose Weyler’s entrance into the Spanish cabinet. Yellow fever is reported to have appeared in the Fourth Tennessee regi^ .men at Trinidad, Cuba. Thomas Richardson, an inmate of the St.* Joseph (Moff asylum, for the insane committed suicide. After January 1 the Sti Louis post office ufill be open day and night for the transaction of business. Christmas was observed at Manila by special religious services held by both Protestants and Catholics. Aguinaldo’s cabinet- has resigned and the dictator is making frantic efforts to hold his tottering republic together. A New York girl who received no Christmas presents stole diamonds from1 her mistress, lost them, and now is in jail. , New York Tombs |^piety is stirred to the depths by the rivalry of two pretty^vomen prisoners—-Fayne Moore and Louise Roelof. William Oleson, a resident of Alienton, Mo., was dragged from his bed and horsewhipped by neighbors whose sensibilities he had offended. The death of -Countess Balsch at Bucharest, Roumania, revealed the fact that she carried over $2,000,000 on her person, sewed in her skirt. The wedding’ of Miss Olive, Fer/ington Sampson, daughter of Ke^r-Ad-miral Sampson, and Mr. Henry Ilarrinon Scott will take place Januafy 4.

ALL OVER THE STATE. Events in Various Portions of Indiana Told by Wire. So Water. Wabash, Ind., Dec.'30.—The tow* council of Churubusco, 35 miles northeast of this city, awardedthc contract for m new waterworks System, and t£e contractors, relying oa the statement that an abundant water supply could be, obtained from wells drilled anywhere, built a |wwer house, installed expensive machinery and made all pipe connections, before drilling the wells. Three wells were sunk, but all are dry, and now the council proposes to put an elec- , trie motor to pump water from a distant stream to'the pumphouse. Business men have retained attorneys to %top the work. Tracedy at Blooafleld. Bloomfield, Ind., Dec. 30.—Thursday afternoon Dr. E. E. Gray kilted Mrs. Lizzie Skinner on the streets within 100 feet of the depot, in plain view of many people. He stabbed her four times, and she died instantly. He made threats during the morning he would kill her. He was watching for her at the depot, as she \ras coming to .take the train. After the killing he in^rhediately gave himself up. . 'rs. Skinner left a former husband on account of the doctor, and he has deserted a wife and family for her. Dr. Gray is about 3Q years old.

No Money to Invcatlicate. Indianapolis., Ind., Dec. 30. — Tht latest application to the state board of health for,aid conies from Dr. H. G. Miller, of Dillsboro. He says: “AYe Have had here lately several cases of poisoning' from diseased or bad meat, and there is a general demand that the board of health investigate the mat-f ter.” To this the usual reply had to be g!ven that the board had neither officers. money nor laboratory, with which to make investigations of this kind. Boy Was Kidnaped. i * New Albany, Ind., Dec. 30. Roy Strickland, the 12-year-old son of Rev. J. E. Strickland, near Fort Branbh, Gibson county, .has returned to his home. About three* months ago the boy was. sent to Princeton by his father on an errand. He was riding one of his father’s horses when overtaken by a man named Jack Green, \yjho took the boy and horse, sold the latter in Illinois and proceeded to Grand Lake. Ark., where the boy managed to escape. New Politic*! Party. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30.—Populists and others met here to discuss the formation of awew party. The “fusion'* wing of the populist party believes the time has come when there should be cooperation between all the reform forces —the populists, free silver republicans, prohibitionists and socialisjtar** "February 22 a state meeting will be held" here for the purpose of launching the new party under the name of the “unioif reform party.” - ' . -S. Paused. Away. Rensselaer, Ind., Dec. 30.—George M. Robinson,, postmaster of this city, recently appointed on the recommendation of Congressman Crumpacker, died a* the age of 59 years. Mr. Robinson has been a prominent politician in this county for bianv years, having held :he offices of sheriff for four years and auditor eight years. He has been a citizen for 40 years and has raised a family of 14 children.

Xarrowly Escaped Death. r New Albany,' I ml., Dec. 30.—An at* tempt to poison the family of Willard Bottorff, a wealthy farmer living' north of here, was discovered by a relative to whom Bottorff sent some sausage, which was found to have been covered •vrith strychnine. Bottorff was at once notified and the lives of his family saved, as they were preparing to eat some of the meat at the noonday meal. Demand Freedom from Politics. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30.—The State Teachers’ association at its final session adopted a resolution demanding that the state board of education be kept free from political influence^. The bill for the reorganization of the board which D. M. Geeting, superintendent of public instruction, has prepared vas indorsed. The representatives of the nonstate colleges opposed the repor. of the committee, but were outvoted. s Oppose Two-Cent Fare Mjndianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 30.—IV is announced that a large meeting of representatives of railroad organizations will be held here on January 8. Among those who will attend are P. H. Arthur, of the engineers, and Frank H. Sargent, of the Brotherhood of Firemen. The purpose of the meeting, it is understood. is to influence legislation against a two-cent fare in Indiana. *

Recruits for the Front. Vincennes, Ind., Dec. 30.—The work of enlisting' 42 recruits in this city has teen completed by First Lieut. William F. Johnston and Private Edgar F. Bogle. Thirty-two of th<? recruits go to Manila with the Twenty-second regiment and ten to Cuba with the First regiment. Biro. Morton In Need. Indianapolis. Ind., Dee. 30.—Friends of Mrs. Oliver P. Morton are preparing to ask the legislature to appropriate a considerable sum of money for her benefit as the widow of the state’s war gov ernor. She is now in need of funds. Barred Ont. Franklin, Ind., Dec. 30.—The eity council has refused to grant the privilege to open a .bowling alley in this city, application for which was made recently. _ Jail Burned. Summitville, Ind., Dec. 30.—T ie jail here burned and Fred Borlin, of inderson, Ind., who had been incarceri ted for drunkenness, nsrtehed.

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