Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 2 March 1900 — Page 2

Republican Progress. BLOOMINGTON, IND. -w W DENNIS B. HATJNG8, - Proprietor. 1900. MARCH. 1900.

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Will Censor Everything. A special to the New York Herald from Washington says: Great Britain has announced her purpose to censor official as well as public cablegrams sent to international representatives at Pretoria. This declaration is one of the most important steps affecting international relations taken by Great Britain since the war with the Transvaal began. I t is likely provoke correspondence which will be of great moment in respect of the future neutralization of cable lines. Following so close upon the heels of the alleged violation of the consular mail, it is understood that the announcement has created a disagreeable Impression in official circles. Lawton'e Plan. Before his death, and after giving much thought to the subject, Gen. Lawton had worked out a plan for the maintenance of order in the Philippines after the close of actual war, which had been submitted to Gen. Otis, and is, presumably, the plan which will commend itself to the War Department when the time comes to replace the regular troops by other forces competent to preserve order. Gen. Lawton's idea was to create a native force of police, whose officers, at first in all grades and finally, as conditions improve, in the upper grades alone, shall all be Americans. Letter Carriers of Indiana. The following officers were elected at the convention of the State Letter Carriers Association, held at Fort Wayne, Ind.: President, J. F. Poe, Indianapolis; Vice President, Joseph Herman, Logansport; Secretary, A. K. Mehl; Treasurer, A. C. Campbell, Anderson; Executive Board, J. B. Cochrane, Indianapolis; C. A. Encart andW.G. Stahl, Fort Wayne. Muncie was chosen for the convention in 1902. There was a banquet at the Wayne Hotel, followed by a ball. Steamship Sinks. London special: The British steamship Bath City, Capt. Jones, from New York, for Bristol, struck the north end of Lundy Isle, in the British Channel. She backed off and immediately sunk in deep water. , The master, three officers and ten of the crew reached Lundy Koads in a life-boat. The other life-boat with the remainder of the crew is also believed to toe safe.

To Be Shot. A dispatch has been received at Batavia, N. Y., that Ernest Kingdon of Stafford, who enlisted in the Fortieth Volunteer Infantry, had been found sleeping at his post, tried by court-martial and sentenced to be shot. It is said that a number of Filipino rebels entered the camp while Kingdon was asleep and killed two or three American soldiers. ' Count Boni's Wrath Cools. Count and Countess Boni De Castellane have arrived in France. The Count's wrath at Editor De Rodays of the Figaro, has rather quieted down. His arrival has been awaited with some expectancy of interest, as his threats to inflict personal chastisement upon the editor were cabled in advance of his arrival.

Well-Known Editor Stricken. . Harry Weldon, for twenty years the sporting editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, in which capacity he won for himself and his paper a national reputation, was stricken with paralysis recently. The stroke seems to affect chiefly the vocal "organs and the right arm and leg. His brain is unaffected. Five Members of a Family Killed. An express on the Lehigh Valley Railroad struck a carriage containing seven persons at Turtle's crossing, about twenty miles east from Rochester, N. Y., instantly killing five of the occupants, fatally injuring another and badly bruising the other. All were members of a family.

Plague Spreading San Francisco special: The steamer American Maru, from Honolulu,brings adVices that the black plague has broken out in other cities of the Hawaiian grojup. Seven cases aire reported at Kahuli and one at Hilo. The situation at Honolulu is better. No new cases have developed.

Life Whipped Out on a Shaft, i Milton Meranda, proprietor of a sawmill at Albany, Ind., had his life whipped out on a line shaft. He was oiling a pulley when his coat became entangled on the shaft. Before the engine could be stopped the man had been whirled about the shaft fully a hundred times. Marcel-Habert Banished. Paris special: In the Senate, sitting as a high court. Deputy Mareel-Habert, who has been on trial charged with inciting soldiers to insubordination at the time of the funeral of President Faure, was sentenced to five years' banishment.

PLOT TO FREE POLAND. Plans for a Rebellion Against Russia, Austria and Germany. The authorities at Lemburg, Galicia, have discovered the existence of a secret Polish league which for the last fourteen years has been plotting for the reestablishment of the ancient united Polish kingdom, the territory of which is now divided between Germany, Austria and Russia. The two arch-conspirators have been arrested and the police have hundreds of others under surveillance. The two men now held are in close confinement and no hint is given as to their identity. The documents seized not only show how long a time this secret agitation has been in progress, but they clearly prove that the conspirators were organizing a great simultaneous rebellion against the three empires that shared in the partition of Poland. TRUSTS LOCATING IN NEW YORK.j Big Combines to Quit Illinois for a Field of "Easy Taxation." New York is to be the Mecca of the trust's and the chief exodus will be from Illinois. New Jersey, with its elastic banking and trust laws and its easy taxation tempts trust companies. It is but the work of a moment to jump capital from New York to New Jersey, if tax officials in the city should be unfair in their treatment. These are the reasons why trusts are locating in New York and operating under the laws of New Jersey. A few of the trusts which will locate there soon are the following: The American Tinplate Company, the National Steel Company, the National Steel-Hoop Company, the American Steel and Wire Company, the American Radiator Company, the Shelby Steel Tube Company.

PACIFIC COAST OIL.

CAPITAL IS INTERESTED IN THE CALIFORNIA FIELD.

CAUGHT PASSING COUNTERFEITS. George E. Smith Apprehended While in the Act of Committing Crime. George E. Smith, alias Howard, claiming Sidney as his home, but who boarded at 342 Erie street, Toledo, Ohio, was arrested at Bowling Green for passing counterfeit silver dollars of the date of 1879. The counterfeit is a dangerous one and has been freely circulated in that section for a mouth. Smith passed eight of them before being arrested and thirty-three of the bad dollars were found in his pockets. Federal authorities have taken charge of the case und hope to be ableto track the coin to the mint, which has been operated at irregular "intervals for the past seven years, the coins generally being circulated for a month or so and then operations ceasing. ' LAD BANISHBD FOR FORGERY. Arthur Payne, Aged i 5, Must Remain Out of Massachussefcts Two Years. Arthur Payne, a 15-year-old lad, was sentenced to be banished from the State for two years in the District Court at Clinton, Mass., after having pleaded guilty to a charge of forging a check. The lad's father will take him to California to remain with friends until the period of his banishment expires. At the end of the two years, if he comes back to Massachusetts, he will be placed in charge of a probation officer. Grissom's Suit Dismissed. Arthur Grissom, editor of a society paper published in New York City, has dismissed bis suit for $110,000 damages instituted against his father-iu-law, Dr. W. S. Woods, of Kansas City, for alienating the affections of his wife and breach of contract. The terms of settlement are said to include the payment to Mr. Grissom of $30,000, while Mrs. Grissom was allowed a divorce and the custody of their 2-year-old child. Aged Man's Life Saved. Elmer Ebel, a machinist at Ritchin's, Hamilton, Ohio, has received word that he had been left $11,000 by the will of an old gentleman whose life he saved two years ago at Moreland, Ivy. Ebel was standing on the depot platform when an old man named Warren walked on the railroad track in front of an approaching train, and would have been ground to death had not Ebel jerked him off the track. Capt. Diaz Has Narrow Escape. Cap. Porfirio Diaz, son of President Diaz of Mexico, has been paying a visit to the camp of Gen. Bravo's troops, who are waging the campaign against the Maya Indians in Yucatan. While out with a reconnoitering party he had a narrow escape from being killed or captured by the Indians. The detachment was ambushed and several were killed or captured. Ohio Postoffice Robbad. Three men blew the postoffice safe at Whitehouse, Ohio, early the other morning,' securing $200 worth of stamps and several checks. The explosion aroused citizens, but the robbers held them at bay until they made their escape in a buggy. Forty Horses Burned. A five-story brick building at 10 Harrison street, Cleveland, used as a stable by Gibbons & Piukett, agents for Armour & Co., was destroyed by tire. Forty horses perished in the flames. The loss on the stable and contents is $50,000, covered by insurance. Business Building Destroyed. At Decatur, Ala., lire destroyed the greater portion of one of the main business blocks, causing a loss of $100,000. The heaviest losers are English & Day, wholesale and retail grocers; Collier & Son, hardware; W. J. Nesbit & Co., china and glassware. Business Blocks Burned. ' Fire which started in the rear of Bacot & Co.'s general store at Clarksdale, Miss., destroyed seven brick stores in the business portion of that place, entailing a loss of $00,000. Artist Beard is Dead. William H. Beard, the artist, died at New York. Mr. Beard's death was due to apoplexy. William S. Vest Is Dead. Former Judge William S. Vest, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Minneapolis, is dead in Los Angeles, aged 03 years.

Oil Is Especially Valuable There on Account of Scarcity of Coal and Wood Three Miners Killed by an Explosion of Powder.

Stock brokers and investors throughout the country are turning their eyes toward the recently discovered oil fields of southern California. Chicago men are especially active, and several men already have bought a large block of the stocks of the new companies. The principal producing wells in the State are those of the Rex Crude Oil Company, Yukon Crude Oil Company and the Uncle Sam Oil Company. Ail three are running their plants full force and are producing thousands of barrels of first-class oil a day. The venture has proved a great success. The oil fever is raging throughout California and the neighboring States and people of all classes are investing their funds. It is said that the enthusiasm of the inhabitants approaches the great gold fever in the days of '49. Merchants, railroad men and laborers are investing their money in hopes of making their fortunes out of the recent discoveries. Oil is especially valuable in that country, as coal and wood are luxuries.

FLEE FROM RIVER OF LAVA. Indians Terrified by Eruption of the Volcano of Coiima. Details of the eruption of the Coiima volcano, ou the Pacific coast of Mexico, have been received. An immense river of lava ran over the side of the volcano and

; threatened to overwhelm three Indian

villages near its base, lue Indians neu to Santa Ana mine, in the center of Colima's copper region, and sought safety by hiding in the mine, leaving their women and children to shift for themselves. A company of Mexican troops drove the Iudiaus back to their homes to protect their families. BETRAYED BY A TOOTH PR I NT.

KILLED BY POWDER EXPLOSION. Two Miners Dead and One Fatally Injured at Monongahe!a, Pa. Two miners were killed and one fatally injured by an explosion of giant powder at their camp near Mouongahela, Pa. The dead are: Robert'Pezzoni and Joseph Dorsa. The injured: Peter Lorsi. Mrs. Pezzoni was also seriously burned while tearing the burning clothing from her husband. The building was completely demolished and the three victims were burned almost beyond recognition. It is thought the powder was ignited by a spark from one of the miners' pipes. COLLISION OF STREET CARS. Five Passengers, Two Motormen and One Conductor Hurt. A Park avenue electric car, west bound, collided with a Cass avenue car, south bound, at Washington avenue and Eighth street, St. Louis, wrecking oue car and injuring five passengers. Motorman Dudley was cut about the head and hands, besides receiving several bad contusions. Conductor O'Hara was thrown into the street with violence, which made him insensible for five minutes. Two male passengers and a girl were thrown to the floor of the car and cut and bruised. Smallpox in Indian Territory. The smallpox situation in the Cherokee nation is growing worse in some places. The board of health is having trouble in coping with the disease at Claremore, where there are about twenty-five cases, owing to the antagonism of the local officials. Cases are reported at Fairland, Redland, Stillwell, Chouteau, Tahlequah and Foyil, with others in the country. Prices of Mirrors Not Advanced. The American Mirror Manufacturers' Association closed its session abruptly at Pittsburg. It was intended to advance prices, but the majority of the members refused to come to that conclusion. The reason given was that the furniture dealers have made their coutracts, and it was deemed unwise.

Miners Killed by Snowslides. Harry Wyse, Ed Robinson and Tom McDermott, miners, working at the Enterprise group, in the Taylor River country, Colorado, were buried in a suowslide and their bodies recovered. In the same section and about the same time James Bickford was caught in a snowslide and killed. Purpose in His Madness. William Penrose, who has been posing as a crazy convict and thereby gaining advantages, has disappeared from the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio. The officials found a rope made out of knotted sheets by Penrose, and used by him in getting over the wall. Dies Under Faith Cure Treatment. Judge Emory Clary, a wealthy citizen of Norwalk, Iowa, died at Atlanta, Ga., under faith cure treatment. The regular physicians refused a death certificate until they were peremptorily ordered by the Mayor to issue one.

Veteran Passes Away Suddenly. Gen. John McNuIta of Chicago died at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington. Gen. McNulta went to Washington to attend to business in connection with the Illinois National Bank, for which he was the receiver. Jumps from Niagara Bridge. At Niagara Falls a man supposed to be John Lazarus of Mount Carniel, Pa., committed suicide by leaping from the bridge connecting the mainland with Green Island. Lazarus is supposed to be the suicide. Boy Fails from a Window. In his sleep James Mulhearn of New York, 10 years old, climbed over the guard rail that had been built into the window of the room in which he had been abed, fell four stories to the sidewalk, and was only slightly hurt. Mining Man Kills Himself. Edward Probst, a wealthy mining man, committed suicide at San Francisco, leaving no word as to the cause of his act. It is thought the deed is due to an affection of the brain, the result of recent paralysis. Magazine Editor Is Married. Mrs. Ada F. Murray, widow of the editor of the Norfolk Landmark, and Henry M. Alden, editor-in-chief of. Harper's Magazine, were married at Washington, D. C. Noted Ship Builder Dies. Solomon Rosevelt, builder of the first steamers to cross the Atlantic, died in Delaware, Ohio, aged 03.

Safebl'ower's Fondness for Cheese Results in His Arrest. Charles Mack, while trying to blowopen a safe in a store at Omaha, stopped long enough to take a bite from a cheese lying near. When the store was opened the imprint on the cheese showed a peculiarly formed front tooth. A local detective, who thought he recognized the toothprint, went to Mack's home and arrested him. He forced Mack to take a bite of cheese, and found the tell-tale toothprint duplicated. The burglar confessed, and the police found much booty in his home. MANY HURT IN WRECK. Fast Mall on the Wisconsin Central Thrown from the Track. Passenger train No. 1, west bound, ,on the Wisconsin Central Railroad, was wrecked three miles west of Curtiss, Wis. All the passenger coaches left the track and seventeen passengers were injured. The accident was caused by the truck under the tender leaving the rails, one of the wheels being broken, and all the cars, six in number, rolled down a seven-foot embankment, the engine remaining on the track.

May Kill- the Flour Trust. Ora M. Jewell, by counsel, applied to the Supreme Court of New York for an order restraining certain defendants from transferring her shares of preferred and common stock and bonds of the Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling Company to the organizers of the so-called flour trust. As Mrs. Jewell's interests amount to $81,000 the successful issue of her suit will seriously threaten the organization of the trust. Wanes United States to Pay. Jean Louis Legate, who surrendered Sitting Bull and hundreds of his Sioux to the United States government in 1881 and 1S82, is about to push, with the promised help of the dominion government, his claims for $13,400 and interest from the time of its presentation eighteen years ago. Alta House Is Dedicated. Alta House, the $30,000 social settlement house built by John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil millionaire, was dedicated at Cleveland. The house is to be conducted under the auspices of the Day Nursery and Free Kindergarten Association. Sneak Thief Gets $7,000. At Mead, Neb., Lee Johnson was robbed of nearly $7,000. The robbers entered his house and took his suit of clothes containing the money. Johnson recently sold his hardware business and the money taken was part of the proceeds. ; Cut Off to New Diggings. The steamer Jess, from Skaguay, brings a report that most of the gold hunters who started from Dawson to Nome are making a cut-off to the recently found diggings on the Koyokuk. Populist Conventidn for Cincinnati. Middle-of-the-road Populists bolted from the national committee meeting in Lincoln, Neb., and set their convention for May 9 in Cincinnati, Four Hurt in a Wreck. Four men were injured, none of them fatally, in a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Edgemore. Ind.

Democrats Choose Kansas City. The national Democratic convention will meet in Kansas City July 4. THE MARKETS. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, 3.00 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.0U to $0.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 00c to G7c; corn, No. 2, 34c to 3Gc; oats, No. 2, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2, 53c to 54c; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 14c; potatoes, choice, 35c to 50c per bushel. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 71c; corn. No. 2 white, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white,, 26c to 28c. St. Louis Cattle, $3.25 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $0.UO: wheat, No. 2, 71c to 73e; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 2, 54c to 56c. Cincinnati Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs. $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $6.00; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 74e; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 36e; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27e; rye, No. 2, 61c to 03c. Detroit Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs,

$3.00 to $5.25; sheep. $3.00 to $5.50; j

wheat, No. 2, (2c to 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28o; rye, 58c to 60c. Toiedo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 71c to 73c; com, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 36c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 23c to 25c; rye. No. 2, 57c to 58c; clover seed, new, $5.50 to $5.60. Milwaukee Wheat,' No. 2 northern, 64c to 65c; corn, No. 2, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 1, 57c to 58c; barley, No. 2, 45c to 46c; pork, mess, $10.75 to $11.25. Buffalo Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, common to choice,, $3.25 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $6.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $7.50. New York Cattle. $3.25 to $6.50; hogs. $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 70c; corn. No. 2, 42c to 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; butter, creamery, 20c to 25c; eggs, western, 13c to 15c.

The Senate held no session on Saturday. The House passed the legislative,, executive and judicial appropriation bilL The civil service appropriation, stricken, out in committee of the whole, was restored to the bill by a vote of 77 to 125. ,; The Senate spent Monday in debate on?

the right of Congress- to extend or wra-

hnld the Constitution to territory ac

nnirpd hv the United States. The House

began expansion debate, the Porto Rico ir.riff hill romine iid. Passed a bill toC

amend sections 3339 and 3341 of the

ttevised statutes relating to muua..

revenue tax on fermented liquors, ine purpose being to abolish the smaller packages of beer, one-sixth and one-eighth, barrels. The bill is to go into effect July 1, 1900. Nothing was accomplished at a night sesion, which was to have been; devoted to pension legislation. Mr. Talbert, of South Carolina, made the point of no quorum and blocked proceedings. The Senate on Tuesday heard Mr. Kenney in opposition to retention of thePhilippines and then resumed consideration of Hawaiian bill. The House heard Mr. Hopkins of Illinois in support of thePorto Rican tariff bill and Messrs. Newlands of Nevada and Swanson of Virginia against it. On Wednesday the Senate passed a number of bills of local interest and spent the rest of the day in debate on theHawaiian government bill, little progressbeing made. In the House debate on. Porto Riean tariff bill was resumed. Adopted Senate resolution authorizing the President to appoint one woman commissioner to represent the United Statesand the national society of the D. A. R. at the unveiling of the statue of Lafayette at the Paris exposition. In the Senate on Thursday Washington's farewell address was read with fineelocutionary effect by Mr. Foraker. Owing to the absence of some DemocraticSenators Mr. Penrose announced- that hewould not call up the Quay case until Friday. In the House debate on PortoRico tariff bill continued, a notablespeech being made by Mr. Grosvenor. On Friday the Senate by a vote of 34 to 28 decided to take up the Quay case,, and Mr. Daniel made a speech in favorof seating Mr. Quay. Mr. Vest and Mr. Foraker delivered notable speeches anent the Hawaiian government bill. Both were constitutional arguments, Mr. Foraker's being in reply to that of Mr. Vest, The House continued debate on the PortoRico tariff bill, Mr. Littlefield (Me.) making a noteworthy speech in opposition thereto. Mr. Lacey of Iowa, Mr. Russell of Connecticut, Mr. Gardner of Michigan, and Messrs. Jones of Virginia, and Maddox of Georgia also spoke. Odds and Ends. It is believed that' the plague in Honolulu has now run its course. Prince Henry of Prussia was held upand robbed by Siamese bandits. The survey of the route for a Pacific cable has been finished by the steamer Nero. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company has announced a general advance of 5 per cent. Gen. Bravos of Mexico has defeated the Maya Indians in the southern part of that country. Advices from Dawson state that a general exodus to Cape Nome was expected in May and June. The farmers of Dickinson County, Kansas, have sent three cars of corn to the famine sufferers of India. The Millar-Osborne spice works andthe Moline Plow Company's warehouse. Denver, Colo., were burned. Loss $150,?000. Ed Berlin was found dead on top of a Pullman car at Louisville. Death wascaused by his head striking a bridge or. tunnel.

Young Hollanders are said to be arrwv p ing in America, intending to earn enough,; ,

money to carry them to South Africa to. help fight the British: James Detrick, a Calif ornian, is in Bucyrus, Ohio, to purchase great steel wagons and traction engines for use in thedesert of northern China in place of camels. A jury at Dallas, Texas, has declared the will of lie late Gen. E. A. Mexia of Mexico invalid because of undue influence. Property worth over $1,000,000 isaffected. A troop of Boer horsemen who perform nightly in a German circus have been, forbidden t!iat part of their program which represents a victory over Britishi redcoats. The Abbott-Downing Company of Concord, N. EL, manufacturer of carriages and wagons, has failed with $200,000 liabilities and $600,000 assets. It was established in 1826.

The Glasgow (Scotland) Tramway and M

Street Railway Company has ordered.

Pittsburg, Pa., structural iron and steel plates wortti $100,000. The Chicago postoffice shows a great decrease in the sale of postage dtie-

Rtnmns sinoe the rules prohibiting the;

forwarding of underpaid second and third

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A slab to tne memory or veorge w ansington's ancestors is to be removed from? a church in Wiltshire, England, to the Smithsonian Institution. Its date is 1645and it beam a coat of arms and an inscription setting forth the virtues of1 Washington's grandfather's grandparents.