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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02
COMMANDER MuLLAn.

The Ex-Commsnder ~ the Nipsic Tells
Why lie Returned to Apia with d
Ne~<.l-He Dsa Sot Want To NeedIes~iy
~J-prariix~ Two undr~ Lives.
DENVER Col. July 2L-Commander
Mullan. U. :. ~. who commanded the
Sipsir. which was he only American
gun-hoat not wrecked ~ samoa passed
through this city last evening on his way
to Annapolis. Commander Mullan Is
tie rficcr who compelled the Germans 70
lower their colors in the harbor Of Sa-
mOa.
.Ileft ADia for Auckland May 2, under
convoy % the Alert. but after going two
hundred and nifty miles. which took six
day. time, l decided that the lives "
two hundred men on board would b i'm
periled In the event % a storm. 80 un-
scaworthy was the Nipsic, and l ordered
them to return to Apia.
.sThe Sipsic's rudier was gone. and she
was manageable. Her al supply
was insufficient, aud II we hal met rough
weather we could not have lowered our
own boats, aud the Alert could not rave
saved the men Al Apia Admiral Kim.
berly d~isapproved Of my action. and !
requested TO be relieved 81 my command
which was granted, and ! am on ny wal
~ A~uulpoli..r
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The ssWissri ~ Nenio brArk" Gsvss us1'
Opin on 1Srf re Referee Hooker H. IT,
E.ri 10 rho tsc of 1.tectsicity 10 rakin>
slnmss Lsf--rhs Average 6ers-tsnrs
NJ the Hannah 1iody ~ Ascertssnsd ~
Experiment.
Nrw Yonx. July sL--Thos. A. Ellison,
the swixard of N.nlo Park" cams be-
fore Referee y ,cker In theK smmlrr REFER
ence yesterday morning % testify ~ - tae
probabilities ~ electricity In its applica-
ton as a death dealing force. Mr.. Edison
said that for tweaty-slx years he had
been actively interested IN b workings
OF electricity and considered aim self
very we'll acl with dynAmns. "a
Saturday. hearin. that he would proba-
bly, be called 10 testify In the cass he
experimental on two hundred and htty
Of his workmen with the view ~ asccr-
tanning their resistance He fonnd thai
the average measurement was l.oO) nhms.
the resistance exhibited varying from 65)
1870 ohms. lie had heard % tests that
proved that some parts 81 the body ex-
hibited a resistance of .o).o0) ohms, AMI
he did not doubt il Ia the least 4 burn
was conclusive evidence that the contact
was imperfect and that very little cur
rent passed through the body.
Il have come 10 ths conclusion" no
said, .rhatlo)) volts will cause instan-
taneous and painless death. IL Dir.
smith. Ii stated that he had experienced
a shock OF l.50) volts without serious iu-
jury. will come 10 my laboratory aud sue
ceSsfuily withstand a shock o. 10 volts
/ will give him SOD"
In his experiments On his workmen-
Mr.. Edison found that eight volts Of all
~iernaiing current was all they cared TO
try.
a. l.. Kennedy, one p, Mi- Eiison's
electricians. next testified. he bell eyed
one Thousand volts was enough 70 cause
death in all eases. The hearing Wall
probably be concluded to-day.
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IRON PIGS.

>tafisfic> CoiIstesi nv the American Iron
and steel Association show ng the Pro-
ductioa 81 rig Iron in the United states
stocks on Hsns. Etc
PHILADELPHIA. July 2t.-The American
Iron and Steel Association has collected
complete statistics ~ the production %
all kinds Of pig iron in the United states
for the first six months of l>S9: also sta
t.stic> 81 the stock 81 unsold pig iron in
the hands Of manufacturers on June 30
last. aud Of the number OF furnaces ~
blast. and out of blast at that date.
The production Of pi; iron in the first
hal. o. lsss was the largest IN any six
months in the hist ny OF he American
iron trade. The stocks 81 unsold pig
June ~ were much larger than at the
close Of any semi-annual period for a
number o. years. The total American
production ~ pig Cor the period named
was 4.lO-. 80 net tons Of 2.0O pounds. or
3.1s..,c. gross tons o. , a4O pounds, against
8. sa. SO gross tons in the last six months
u 1>>>.
The increase IN pig was wholly in the
kinds used for general foundry purposes.
There was a decrease in the production
81 Bes>emer pig. The stocks of pis uu-
sold on June -. and not intended for
consumption by the holders amounted to
-. sGi gross tons. against 3D,iff on d.
csmber 81. There were 2Ss furnaces in
sul. blast June 80. aud 3a3 out % blast.
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n idea al Tho Amount ~ Red rsus Cos
oldercsi Necessary ~ Order 80 h~~p the
O0crr~ ~ tho Navy Honcst-u Would
MAKE an ordinary nusin~~s Man Very
WEARY.
WASHINGTON. July "A Sunday Jour.
nal here says: The mes order % pur-
chases which went into effect July ! -
mot meeting with much favor with the
disbursing officers OF the nay. A pay
mastcr. who il now on duty At The navy
yard. New York. relates tbe amount OF
red tape necessary % procur- = single
article on board ship. Suppo~:n. .hat .
paper OF iacks Is wanted on board .
United states ship on a foreign station.
the following is the routine required un-
der the General Order No. AZ Four reqni-
sitions are made out which are signed as
follows: Omcer making the requisitioa
four times: Captain, eight; paymaster.
eight, aud Admiral four. Bids are
ssent out 70 five merchants which
arc signcd By the pay ofacer
6ve times: merchants bid iiag Ave;
acceptance Of bid. paymaster one.
Bills are then made out Ia qu~iutupiicste,
and are signed by the Captain ave times,
paymaster ten. senior oflcs- of the
Board OF Inspection five, and person re-
ceiving the money five. A report - IT.
fached by the senior officer OF the Board
OF Survey in duplicate. two signatures.
and the officer who has male the rrquisi.
lion signs a receipt or the bill five times.
when IL i complete with sixty-fvo sig
natures. This i called simplidcation o.
methods and protecting the Government
with . system Of checks and balances.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Mr.. Butterworth may speak OF
the South as IA man Ia a fever" but
he Is inaccurate in 50 expressing him
sell. The fever" Is only the heat
from the blast furnaces which are
giving cheaper iron to the ovcr-bur-
dened people OF the United States
Louisville Couricr-JournaL
The appointment Of William.
Walter Phelps to represent the coun-
try al Berlin shows that Mr.. Harrison
il anxious to impress the Germans
with American elegance. As a type
OF American elegance. with its hair
parted in the middle. William Walter
Il a pronounced succcss.-Detroit Free
Press.
Mr.. Robert r. Porter's claim
that he has been an earnest advocate
OF protection ever since he was old
enough to have any opinions Is con-
~trovcrtcd by the Albany Argus. which
calls attention TO an article writtcn by
Porter for the Galaxy Magazine Of
December. 1877. wherein he expresses
unmistakable free-trade sentiments.
President Harrison replies 70
the carpcrs about his Sunday excur-
sions: They know that have no
other time for rest, and they know
that / must lowe rest II l am to keep
on with my work" SO far Us appears.
this work il exclusively finding places
for friends and good people. He might
take a day or two oil in the week.
Paul Globe.
--Aftcr Mr.. GARRISON, Corporal
| Tanner seems TO be doing more than
| any other man TO shape tho policy Of
| the Administration. The President
may preach virtue In the White House
and his Cabinet may turn up the whites
OF their eyes as he discourses Of tn
loneliness OF reform. but the people
will judge by performances and not p,
promises. Ciarkson and Tanner ar
mon OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Record
--Onc proof Of tho advance Of thu
Democratic party on tho line OF tarii
reform II furnished IN the attitude 9
dissidcnts within tho party lines. VIII
quarrelcd with tho cvasivc platform
OF 1884 because OF It's protective lean
ings. and who now insist upon the re
adoption OF that platform for 1892
Even the laggards are unwiilingl.
marching forward. drawn BY tn
movement OF the masses In the rlsh
direction. --rhlladclphia Record
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STRUCK a BRIDGE.

An Excursion steamer Loaded with Cois
0rcd Pics~ur~-sccker Cniiiies with .
Drawbridge an ~. Augustine Creek Near
savannah. ia. with DISASTROUS Results
SAVANNAH. Ga. Jlly 2l.-The excursion
steamer st. Nicholas. having on board 4
party Of colored excursi0nlsts. came into
collision with u closed drawbridge over
ST Augustine creek. four miles south os
this city. last night. The forward part
or the teamer was demolished. The
party on board numbered five hundred.
Two women were killed outright, and
thirty others. men. women IN children.
Werc injured. Some are believed to be
fatally hurt. The pilot % the boat says
fhat he signaled the bridge-tender TO
open the draw. but that he paid no attcn :
fion to it, and did not signal that the
draw was closed until the 81. Nicholas
was only a short distance from the
bridge. when IL was too late 70 stop the
boat.
Every thing possible was done to avoid
the accident. The steamers engines
Werc reversed. but the momentum OK the
boat could not be checked The pilot
house and upper deck were carried away.
and tho hurricane deck crashed down on
che people below. burying them under its
weight
The steamer was headed about and re-
turned 70 this city. where the wounded
received medical attention Great ex-
element prevailed among the colored
people when the news OF the accident
spread. aud thousands Of anxious friends
lined the wharf.
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JEALOUS FRENZY.

= = us<fan Jew'< Frenzy Iupeis Him 10
Murder Hss Wife m the street IN PhitA.
a~esphia-Two Other Persons Wounded
~ stray Shots.
PHILADELPHIA. July al.-About seven
O'Clock last night Max Lee. q Russian
Jew. living at No. 40 Spruce street .
5ewoler BY trade. shot his wife al the
corner OF Seventh and cambridge streets.
II pea that Les in a fit OF Jealousy
followed his wife down Cambridge street
and, on reaching seventh street. pulled
gu u revolver and tired at her. the ball
striking her in the breast She rushed
screaming into the store OF Samuel Gull
chinS xi. on the corner. followed By Lee.
Who fired three more shots. one striking
mis- wife. another wounding Culchinski
ia the stomach. and the other vounding
Mrs Culchinski in the hand. A crowd
collected and Lee was disarmel. and the
police called a patrol wagon and took
<he wounded parties 70 the Pennsylvania
Hospital. Mrs. Lee died before reach-
ing there. Mr.. Culchinski's wound being
dressed. he was able to go home, but MrA.
CaIchinski remained at the hospital
IL appears that Lee is Of a very jealous
disposition. and has been watching aud
following his wife whenever she LETT the
hoxse- II is said there was not the slight.
est cause for it. as Mrs. Lee was 10 every
way c0rrect and a very industrious wo.
man. They have three children. q boy
aged nine. n two daughters, aged rc-
spectively eleven and sixteen.
Lee was arrested and taken to the sta
Zion house, and Mrs. Lees body has
been taken In charge by the coroner.
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DARING ESCAPE.

Two Corvict@ Make = succ~~sful Bresh
Tor Liberty PROM the ColumbusCD.)
Penst~rtisry. AFTER Dragging tbs Guard
and = Number os Their Fellow Convicts-
CoLuuBrs. o.. July 23.--John Hill aud
James DAVIS. convicts in the poniten.
tiary. both sen up from this city, IS.
capped about four o'clock yesterday
morning BY drugging . guards supper
with morphine stolen from the hospitals,
where they were night nurses They also
drugxcd all the patients found 81 %
awake. They dug . hole through the
ceiling OF the kitchen and got o the
loft u the hospital and themes through .
scuttIe on to the roof. They them BY
means OF ropes made Of bandage muslin.
suspended themselves 70 the roof OF thu
State shop. two stories high; thence went
through a skyiight to the leather room
and reached tho clothing room. There
tbes rugged themselves nut In citizens
clothing. taken from prisoners on enter
ing the penitentiary. aud lowered them
selves 10 the ground They ascended .
stockade around . gate and mounted
The wall and with their muslin rope.
swung of 70 liberty. The drugysi
guard was doing Substitute duty In the
hospital. Both Of the escaped men are
desper fellows. Davis being a Gov
ernment convict for counterfeiting.
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The Indiana Man brings Forth : Mouse
Instead of . Mountain.
One OF the most offensive features
Of President Hayes administration
was the indifference with which he
permitted his Secretary Of the Treas
ury, MIR. Sherman. to build up a
machine in the South. 1t was based
on the spoils system. and Government
patronage was distributed In so
shameless a way that the feeling Of
Indignation then aroused did much to
keep the South solid. But the Sher-
man machine. in spite Of all it, de-
fects. was effective in securing dele
gates to the Republican National con-
vcntion OF 1880.
The friends OF President Harrison
seem 70 be most actively engaged just
at present in efforts TO rehabilitate the
! Sherman machine. They know that
Il il a gross misuse Of power for the
President to appoint to Office dis
honest carpet-baggers who do not
represent in any sense the people in
the localities where they live; but such
q course, they think. looking back
ut the result in 1880. MAJ bring
their chief votes In the National 81
vcntion in 1892. SO the Offices r di'
vidsd up as they will do the most good
This proceeding naturally results In
serious scandals In ONE Places. as u
North Carolina, but the Harrison
manages console themselves for thu
present BY dreaming Of tho future.
In view OF the rosc-coIorcd prophc
cics that were made as 10 what Cen
cral Harrison proposed to do In tn
South. the result Is very disappointing
He was 10 build up a great protective
party there and TO break tho soli'
Democratic party. And now, instca'
OF any Of these great things being nc
complished. We are simply to have tn
old sherman machine resuscitaAcd
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Another Broken Dam Carries Destruction
10 the Path 81 Its Released Waters for
vweafy Miles Down the Hooking Valley
hat Fortunately without Loss Of HUI
snsn Life.
LANCASTER. o.. July sL-One Of the
most disastrous storms ever known in
tine Hooking Valley eliminated Saturday
In the breaking Of Sharp's dam at Sugar
Grove. on the Hooking canal. The dam
held 4 store a large body OF water that
swpplied the lower levels Of the canal.
Inc heavy rains had filled the reservoirs
s.cthe banks when suddenly the dam rave
way. and with q mighty roar the sea Of
water vent out through the valley. tax
fng with IL every movable object. For
xwenty miles the soil Is plowed up. Trees.
fences, crops and hundreds OF head Of
live stock have been swept away.
He lives were lost. because the people
mad taken warning. and because the
houses are situated on the bluff that over.
toeks che valley. But the canal for miles
d . wreck. and thousands Of feet Of rail-
road track are washed away.
At Athens. the Cincinnati. washingtor
a Baltimore and Hooking Valley railroad
tracks are carried away. and trains will
he delayed several days. Roads and
bridges are annihilated. aud the whole
valley for miles looks like a dry-wate'
soursc. Competent judges place the los
IN the hundreds ~ thousands.
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CELESTIAL NOES.

Destruction nv Fire of $1,000 Houses -
LUCKNOW China. Leaving 10000 People
Homeless. Destroying 1.2OO Lives. While
Hundreds are iDsiiy Dying Of Want ANA
Exposure.
A Francisco. July 24.-Ths steamer
Beigic. from Hong Kong aud
arrived yesterday. She brings advices a.
followss
recent IRE at Lnchow destroyed 81.
OOO houses. Over 1,30 persons were
burned to death. aud i0 Others were
killed. Nearly 1.0.Ooo people We're made
homeless, and at last wero
camping out without shelter. and were
dying ut the rate Of lo) a day from want
and exposure. The authorities were pro.
viding, as far as possibly, for their neces'
stiles.
Rev. Crosslet. prominent in missions
ary work In China. died, June ~. on
shipboard. between Shanghai and Tien-
Tsin.
The Fourth Of July was celebrated at
Yokohama Minister Swift gave . re-
ception which was attended by all native
and foreign notAbles. The American
and other men.of-war 10 the harbor
fred salutes.
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me Ruinous Competition which Our
Working Slen win Have 90 Meet
When the Indianapolis candidate
Tor the Presidency. last fall. received
u delegation OF the horny-handed typo.
sent 10 him BY some protected manu-
facturer to produce the impression
that there was but one friend OF tho
working-man. and Hen Harrison was
his name. he usually read them =
h ,msly on the dircful consequences Of
allowing tho pauper labor Of Europe
to come into competition with them.
II was only by putting the Republican
party back into power that the toll
ers OF America could be saved from
tho ruinous competition OF cheap la
Dor beyond tho sea In his letter Of
acceptance no dwclt with particular
emphasis on the necessity OF some in
spection OF and limitation 10 immigra-
ton. stating that the day Of the imm!-
grafton bureau had gone by. lie was
very emphatic about the awful results
Of the competition OF the products Of
| American shops in the American mar
kets. without favoring duties. with
! the products Of cheap foreign labor.
.'Such competition he said. twill
soon reduce wages hero to the level Of
| those abroad. aud when that condition
Is reached we will not need any law
forbidding the importation OF laborers
under contract" Such competition i
on our shores already. and there Is no
necessity for tho importation Of labor.
ers under contract. for the protected
manufacturers a get all tho paupcr
labor OF Europe he wants ready al
hand without having 10 send for IL.
The food OF immigration has set In
this summer with a force that threat
ems to surpass all previous records.
The steerage Of every steamer coming
to this country is filled with the pauper
labor OF Europe. and in Liverpool and
Queenstown there are not accommo'
datious for the vast numbers bound
for the protected home OF American
industry. From the Mediterranean
ports come crowds OF Italians. and the
Austrian Government appearsto dread
the depopulation Of Hungary. Over
two-thirds OF those immigrants may
be classcd under the general head
OF laborers. as they arc without
trade or occupation. Hence. when tn
Ca ncgics and other friends Of Ameri
can industry undertake. to reduce
- ~ ~, St..v,ti.r mint 4hai,
betrayed employees must either submit
to it or go on strike, with the Ger
tainty that their places will be FLIED
by the eve~r-incrcasing contingent 0
tho pauper labor OF Europe in thi'
country. Tho beautiful theory OF thu
protection Of American labor. 80 clio
quently set forth hy Republican ora
tors in and out OF Congress last year
has failed to materialize. With tn
markets OF the world effectually closet
against US by a prohibitiye tariff. ans
our markets over-stocked. will
trusts controlling the production ant
output OF every thing. and thousand
OF pauper laborers ready 10 step int
the places OF American working-men
the roseate visions OF protection hav'
assumed u decidedly glowing aspect
The Italians and Hungarians are will
ing to work for wages that an Amer
can could not support his family Q
without descending TO the frightfr
level OF those pauper laborers. Sue
il protection Albany IN. I'D Argus
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CHICAGO. July. GA delegate repre-.
senting the Knight OF Labor executive
board has been at work for some time In
Australia. and As a result ~ his exer.
lions the board in session yesterday 70.
ceivcd formal application for the estab.
lishmcnt or q knight of Labor district
in that country. The petition showed
that SIX assemblies had been organized
with a total membership Of about 80, and
esked that a district assembly DO form.
ed and that local delegates might continue
| the organisation. The petition was grant
| "a. This was the principal business
transacted b. the board during tho morns
ing session. Ia the afterns On no sss-
| sion held
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EVANSVILLE. o., July eA-The Young
Mems Prohibition League. Of Ohio. In
annual session last night, chose officers
asfoliows: President. +. Z. Dinwid fe. ~
Clark County; secretary. J. A. Taylor.
~ Madison: treasurer. u. 4. Davis, ~
Mrskingum: executive committee. &. =.
selph, D. Highland and r. :. Fuson. %
Champagne. Great enthusiasm pre-
vailed at the meeting aud speeches were
made by Il. G.. Dinwidlie aud others. To.
day the Ohio State Prohibition con-
vention meets here, AID hundreds Ok DEL
cgates are on the ground. There will al
50 b. held a meeting concentrating tbs
the twentieth anniversary ,. to birth d
The party In Ohio
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CLEvxLAxD. o.. July 2l--At Eigerton.
o. yesterday morning. Hiram Hoadley
shot his wife and her father. a farmer
uamcd Newman, and then killed himself.
Hoadiey's wife had applied for a divorce.
md was living with her parents. Head
10y lay In wait for her as she vent % the
harn % milk the cows. and shot her
down ia the barn-yard. Newman. hear
ING the report o. the pistol. ran TO his
sianxhterss assistance. aud received q bull.
lee In the breast. Hoadley then went to
,she house and tried 70 kill his vife's
,sns,ther and sister. failing ia which n, re-
turned 20 the barn-yard. lay down beside
fis wi'c's body aud put q ballet In u I
-own head. lie had three reviewers.
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HELENA. Mont, July 2i--In h Con.
stitutional convention yesterday tho
committee ia which the question was
referred reported that the treatment OF
gambling must be left 70 the Legislature.
The section providing Tor convict labor
was further debated. aud finally rejected
~ "a ". The preamble was further de-
bated. Several members were opposed
70 the mention Of God or religion ia the
constitution. and the preamble was fin.
ally adopted ~ previously reported
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we had mo-: been told TO expect a
mountain we would not DO 50 gricvous-
II disappointed 10 lind that . mouse
had been brought iorth.-IN. Y. star.
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II wappingcr's Falls Is sage palm with
4 history. II was grown at Mount Vernon
by George Washington; was brought from
there 70 this city BY . Van Rensselaer, and
nut in Niblo's Garden when that resort
was first opened; thence II was sent 70
Clinton Point, tho Van Rensselaer, home
stead. where for forty years p head
gardener, Edward Downing. cared Tor y,
| 10 whom eventually the plant was given.
Il aftcrward became tho property OF the
present owner, John NJ. Goring. The plant
a fully oue hundred and nifty years old
| stands len fost high and weighs four y .
drcd pounds
| - 49, 4, pastcrn Oregon. a well q
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Thar peculiar law OF Christianity which
forbids revenge no man can think grievous
who considers the restless torment Of . ma
licious and rcvcngefsal spirit.
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You may assuredly fnd perfect peace q
von resolve 70 do that which your Lord has
plainly required, and content that He should
indeed require no more Of you than 70 d.
Justice, TO love mercy and to walk humbly
with Him. Ruskn.
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1. Gods guiding providence Is over ALL
2. The smallest things rightly used may
lead to the largest issues. Saul sought TOT
stray asses and found q kingdom.
=. There il scarcely q limit 70 the posi-
billties OF our lives.
Z. II Cob has . work for Us TO do, His
spirit viii prepare Us for II. N.
4. The proof OF our election to position
Is our capacity 70 al It.
q. God has called US all to be kings
Z. No become kings By accepting God -
the King Of kings.