Daily Tribune, Volume 17, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 January 1903 — Page 1

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VOLUME XVII.

WN HOLLEBEN IS QUIETLY RELIEVED

SENSATION IN DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES IN WASHINGTON COMES TO LIGHT

-IE DISPLEASED THE KAISER

3IVEN TEMPORARY LEAVE BUT HE IS NOT EXPECTED TO RETURN TO POST

VENEZUELAN CASE LAST STRAW

-Unfed That His Failure To Press Roosevelt Into Position of Arbitrator Decided Kaiser to

Replace Him Here.

LONDON. Jan. 9.—According to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Berlin this "norning the temporary relief of Dr. Von tlolleben as German ambassador to Wash

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has caused considerable surprise

in, German political circles. Yon Hollcb|n's retirement, the dispatch adds, has 'been somewhat expected, but the sick leave is not understood

Dr. Von Holleben's record in America, the dispatch continues,.lias.been a series ?f diplomatic disappointments. J3]is failure to conciliate public feeling Iff the United States toward Germany is said to have particularly displeased the kaiser. Added to this is the unfortunate Paunccfote incident, the incurring of prince Henry's displeasure during the latter's visit in the United States, his bureaucratic treatment of journalists, and last of all, his failure to procure President Roosevelt iiss arbitrator in the Venezuelan dispute,

HOLLEBEN'S SUCCESSOR

Baron Spreck Von Sternberg is Warm Personal Friend of President Roosevelt.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—The appoint ment of Baron Spreck von Sternberg, as charge d'affaires of the German embassy, is regarded here as a personal compliment to President Roosevelt.

When the baron was secretary of the 'ijpiba-ssy during Mr. Roosevelt's term as

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is taut secretary of the navy, they were laily companions on horse or on foot, fn company with Dr. Leonard Wood (now general) they rode or rambled for miles around the capital, invariably selecting the hardest trails, to make their jaunts productive of the most arduous

Von Holleben Left Hastily."

WASHINGTON, Jan. was learned today that in leaving' Washington yesterday afternoon Herr von Holleben, the German ambassador, failed to pay his respects, either to the state department or to President Roosevelt. As he ist" known to have engaged passage for Germany this fact substantiates the report that he has been definitely recalled by his government.

THE COAL DIRGE

People in New York May Have To "^jPay Twenty-five Cents a Pail for Fuel.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Another advance in the price of coal by the pail must be Iaid by the poor. The price is now 18 efen'ts a pail, almost prohibitive, and an advance to 25 cents may be made. The cold snap today brought much suffering to the poor, many of whom were unable to purchase even a pound of anthracite at present prices.

|lf PEACE OR WAR?

The Big Baseball Men Are Gathered ^at Cincinnati for a Conference I This Week.

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 9—Whether peaco hlll hover over the' two major baseball leagues of the country, or war continue, "wil.lptcbabiy be decided in this city within the next few days. Ail the peace corn.missioners are in the city. .....

Retail Dealers on Aggressive." CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—The retail coal dealers'were t6day added to the lists arrayed Against mine owners and railroads ttiat •control the fuel otitput through wholesa» ilagents. They have dfeeiileu 'o' bring suits Ifor damages. The situation today was ^marked by the freezing to death of a des•tiuite laborer near a steam valve which Ihe vainly hugged in efforts to keep warn, jhlis body was found in.^ an alley^.fr^.en .stiff.

Divide Cincinnati Diocese. CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 9.-^Incidental to §th« appointment of a coadjutor to Archishop Elder, the discussion has become }fe that a division of the Cincinnati Roman Catholic archdiocese ,is to be made, nd another' province established in its'

Northern part, with Cleveland as the metropolitan see.

5 J- Baron Pirbright Dead. LONDON. Jan, 9—The Right Hon. Henry: De Worms, Baron Pirbright,. di^d at 6 o'clock this morning. .•

Baron Pirbright was born in 1840. He was the third son of Solomon Benedict de iV£0rrns. hereditary baron of the Austrian

GERMAN AMBASSADOR IS

RAILROAD TRUST SHOWS ITS HAND

ABSORPTION OF THE READING PART OF ORIGINAL PLAN

THREE MEN ARE SUPREME

MORGAN, CASSATT AND VANDERBILT RULE SITUATION IN THE EAST ___. v.

LEHIGH VALLEY NEXT SOUGHT

Combination Not Only Means Control of the Rate Situation, But Likewise Gives Them Domain

Over Coal Market.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9—Willi the passing of the control of the Reading railroad into the hands of the Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt interests, one of-the filial steps in the community of interest plan in the east was effected. Practically every railroad east of the Mississippi is Jtoday controlled by the Morgan-Cassatt Vanderbilt commission. An aagreement was entered some time ago, it is said, whereby the Pennsylvania was to secure control of the bituminous trade and the Vanderbilts were to secure dominion in the anthracite industry. In the anthracite field the Vanderbilts have heavy interests in Delaware, Lackawana" and Western, Delaware and Hudson and a half interest in the Reading. With the disposition of Reading there is much speculation as' to whijt part the Erie and the Lehigh Valley railroad would plav in the general scheme.

These two roads are now the oldest pro pcrties which J. P. Morgan controls in the anthracite region.

There is some authority for the statement today that the Erie and the Vanderbilts'will take up the control of the l$1iT}$r-V alley. -The strength of the Erie and Iii?high v\"alley securities in the last few days indicate that a deal is on foot.

f- EDITOR'S DILEMMA

Considered Three Alternatives Which Would Relieve Him of Living With His Wjfe.

CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 9.—In a five column, editorial James Brake Ford, editor of the Yorkville, S. C., Yeoman, announces that rather than continue living with his wife, three alternatives are preferable—suicide, whisky or divorce, ne says*' his respect for religion compels ^linV to relinquish the idea of suicide and his respect for himself will not allow him to find consolation in strong drink. Therefore he will secure a divorce.

The laws of this state do not sanction this proceeding so he announces that the newspaper of which he has been editor for ten years, will suspend publication to enable him to go where he can obtain the relief which the statutes of South Carolina deny him.

In justice to his wufe lie dedms it proper to declare that her character is unquestioned.

BAER IS TICKLED

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Always Longed for a GrandsonArrive But a Few Hours Apart.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9.—George F. Baer has often said: "I would rather have a grandson than any other honor that is possible to have conferred upon me in this world."

While Mr. Baer was at the office, his wife received a sudden call to Lancaster, Pa. Before she arrived there her daughter, Mrs. William N. Appel, had given birth to a son. Mrs. Baer had scarcely had time to telegraph the. joyful news to the president of the Reading railway when there came an urgent message from Reading. The second' message stated another daughter, Mrs. Frank L. Uonnard, had given birth to a son. If a report published some time ago is correct Mr. Baer will present $50,000 to eaSh of his grandsons, both of whom have been named after him. v.

THREE BANKS CLOSED

"brash \n Texas Follows Cotton Sp«:ugfgt. lations by One of the Presidents HI —He is Missing,'

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 9.—The -banks Of A. Watermark &' Son at .Nacogdoches, Tejcas, and that of A. Watermark &~-Co., at Henderson, have closed their doors. A' statement is given out placing the liabilities at $500,000 and assets at $250,000. Today it was alleged, that every piece of paper held by the Nacogdoelifes bank, supposed to be negotiable, was forged.

.. SUBSTITUTE FOR FUEL

.Rikilftbad *is*U*ing Lignite Briquettes its Locomotives—Said to JS. Ffll

J^SErS^^I^I'n. 9.-The Soo

ic^tt^&y"is*j^ak|ng a test of lignite briquettes on'one of its locomotives today. It costs SL25 a ton to manufacture the briquettes and it is claimed that they can compete with anthracite coal in every wajf.

GOLD STANDARD: FOB PHILIPPINES

BILL APPROVED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS THIS AFTERNOON

FIGHT ON THE CUBAN TREATY

THE DEMOCRATS LINE UP THEIR FORCES TO OPPOSE RATIFICATION OF MEASURE

HENDERSON IS TO RETIRE

Democratic Leader in House to Step Out of Politics and Devote Himself to Masonic Affairs—

Washington News.

WASHINGTON, Jail. 9.—The bill establishing the gold standard in the Philippines was approved by the house committee on insular affairs today and Chairman Cooper was authorized to get a day in the house for early consideration.

Mr. Patterson, of Tennessee, the only Democrat present at the meeting, offered a substitute providing practically for an extension of the financial system 6f the United States to the archipelago, but it received no support beyond his own.

The Democrats who have promised Senator Foster of Louisiana that they will oppose, the Cuban treaty are: Bailey and Culberson of Texas: Mallory and i'aliafero. of Florida and Morgan and Pettus of Alabama. Thege witlv the -vote of his colleague, Mr. McEnery, makes eight or nine votes, sufficient to put up quite a respectable fight. Senator Foster expects also to land the votes of Mississippi arid the Georgia senators.

The beet sugar interests are devoting their energies just now to securing amendments to the treaty for the purpose of insuring .that the 20 per cent reduction on Cuban sugars shall not be increased during the next five years. If the treaty is amended in any particular of course it will mean delay irt ratification.

Senators Burrows and Dietrich of the Republicans, intend to fight the treaty outright and vote against its ratification, but what other support they will get on that'side of the chamber is uncertain.

The California senators are disposed to join them. It is the understanding in congressional circles that the Democratic contest for floor lead#-, in next congress will be greatly simplified by the elimination there-from of Mr. Richardson of Tennessee and the present leader.

It is understood that not only will Mr. Richardson retire from the contest, but that he will retire from congress as well and deVote himself fully to Masonic affairs, he being the^ head of the supreme council.

Was Chamberlain Shot? NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—A London special sent out by the stock ticker says that securities' have been unfavorably affected by an unconfirmed report that Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain has been shot at in South Africa.

Report Unconfirmed.

LONDON, Jan. 9.—In official circles nothing is known of a reported attack in South Africa on Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. It is believed the report is a canard.

ESTELLE IDENTIFIED

Proves To Be One of the Robbers ,Who Held Up the Burlington Flyer,

CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—H. B. Estelle, said tp be an ex-convict, was identified last night by John E. Mooney, a locomotive engineer for the Burlington railroad, as one of the men who participated in the tt*ing robbery of a Burlington train near ItfaTeu.% III., on August 5 of last year.

Kstel'f was arrested in Memphis, Tenn., and brought to Chicago for identification.

CUPID'S EXCURSION

Forty-eight Indiana Girls are Going West to Wed Men They Have,, Never Seen.

KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 9.—Forty-eight Kokomo and Howard county gir'.s are making preparations to staft to Rugoy iN. u., to become wives of men they, haVe never .seen Several: weglcs ago J. R. Waiters, formerly of this place, now a resident of ::Nor£h Dakota, wrote a letter to a paper -here stating' that tl.ei'j were 50} bachelors

SOLDIERS' FRACAS

Gi^en Private Slapped a Corporal and 'a Free-For-Atl Fight Ensued.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Tn a fight between members of Company H, second battalion of the eighth infantry, in the barracks on Governor's island on Wednesday night, six soldiers—one a sergeant. w6re hurt. The man who madle all the trouble was ix new private. He was lodged in Castle William, awaiting court-martial.

Lipton 6uys Spars'Here.

•'GLASGOW. Jan. The American spar* and mast for Upton's new challenger, fe jjjfjgrej-e landed bcre .today.

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COAL PRICES ARE BEING JUGGLED AiND rf THE CONSUMER PAYS THE FREIGHT

LOCAL DEALERS BLAME THE CHICAGO, DEMAND" FOR" THE EXORBITANT PRICES WHICH ARE BEING DEMANDED HERE IN TERRE HAUTE, TftE VERY CENTER OF THE BITUMINOUS

PRODUCING COUNTRY—CONSUMER LOOKS ABOUT F0»R 1 SOME IMMEDIATE RELIEF. ..

In order to learn as nearly as possible what is the exact situation in the matter of prices being made to the Terre Haute, dealers on block coal, eleven of the representative merchants, in this line were interviewed this morning. Kafir dealer stated that the price,is, over $2.75 per ton, and, at.tiiat figure, all claimed that^coal^ could not be obtained in 'any reasonable time' ••rp- 4«^ f*

Burns & Ray when, asked what they vere paying for Brazil block stated that in order to get the, coal they had to pAy $3.25 per ton at the mines. R. L. Crawford has purchased some recently at three dollais. Dan Davis says that the cheapest he can get .'coal for immediate delivery is $3.50. George C. Dodson refused to say what quotation was made him. The Ehrmann Coal company say that the price varies from $3.25 to $3.75 per ton. Albert Hall refuses to make known the quotations made him.- J. C. Hic-klin & Son state that they arc quoted $3.»0. Holliiigsworth Coal company states that the quotations range from $2.75 to $3.25 per ton, but that at the ^former figure they have not been able to get any shipments. The Indiana Southern company make the same statement. The Iviichnoi Coal company is paying $3.25." The Lancaster Coal company has received quotations at from $2.75 to $3.25! but make the statement that they can not procure any at the $2.75 figure.

quoting a price on block, was submitted as evidence of Ihe-u-eal condition: OFFICE OF *3^

EUREKA BLOCK COAL CO. AND PLYMOUTH BLOCK OAL CO '"-feMiners and Shippers of "i-LOWTSR VEIN BRAZIL &LOCK COAL. '""MTeire Ilautc. Jnd.. December ,30, 1902. Dear

The market conditions in Chicago and North-west are such that prices are much higher than .heretofore. Under the circumstances the best price we can quote you now is $3.00 per ton at mines for best block subject to change at any time. Box ears, 15 cents per ton extra.

The Tribune last evening in regard to the coAl situation in Terre Haute has caused

much comment in the city. The retailers today vveie neaily.unanimous in blaming the operators for the high price. They say the fact that coal'is selling in Brazil at $2.50 and $2.75 per ton is freely admitted to be the case. The reason tfor this it is stated, is that the. operators do not care to risk the danger of creating a strong sentiment among the miners against the present prices. They argue that if the owners of the tnineS ^.ould^«|i)iiciyf!B. pinching their em-' ployes a dissatisfaction would be-sure to

joining convention. At other places there is no disposition to make any reduction for as it is blandly admitted by the Magnates there is no need of so doing. Buyers from concerns in* Chicago and the north-west are bidding the coal up. tb an enormous figure considered, in the light of prices in other years. These buyers several of whom arc now jn the eitv. make no secret of this in interviews. They state that they are willing to ado almost anything to procure coal for their market's, and will pay almost any price. This being the case it is not likely that the operators would sell at les£ than they, offered, and though they make quotations which are apparently low they .•steadfastly refuse to deliver at these rower quotations. The buyers from the large cities state that they would be glad to take every ounce they could get at $3 a. ton and would then feel that the price was fifty cents lower than,they expect.to pay under the p. resent conditians« fie retailors

themselves by paying that the coal costs them three dollars.

that storage costs thirty cents a ton including shrinkage, handling ettv

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•.JC'l''^vmi^fe1^\atibrney who has had many dealings with coal operators and dealers, was asked to make a statement,regarding the present coal situation, this afternoon and gave the follbwing scathii^ arra{gnnieiit of jiresent mon-. opli§tic methods of the men who hold the coal fields of Indiana. V-( "Under the present agreement the coal operator can place the Vottf on cars "tit the mine for not more than 80 cents a tpn including the cost of mining, loading and all other expenses. Then a consumer »nies and offers a certain prica and it is accepted, but

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day some one ott'ers a higher price and the coal baron accepts the second offer in prefer-

ence.t the,first,-which does not pay as much money.. "Previous to this year the coal used in the far northwest*was furnished "almost entirely .'from.. the anthracite coaU fields of the east. The boats would load with coal and go to Duluth, where they would unload the coal and take back iroti." The strike in the eafit

summer and fall stopped this traffic and naturally the west looked to this region for

its coal supply. "There are now at least'* one-third more mines in the bituminous district than there were a year ago and for Indi

exceeds one thjrd. 'Hie rriilronds hnv» heWer trae'-Av ond better facilities^ for handling'coal.

.. There "are surely no less engines, and 33 percent-more coal cars are used now than ever before.. Yet the cbal operators tell von"thev cannot furnish the toal and the railroads say Liu-y

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word of truth in these statements. It is simply a combination between the operator and the railroad company. "During December I made several trips to Chicago and in all of my 'experiences I never saw so much coal standin» in the "cars. It is side tracked all^ along the C. & E. I. road between this city and Chicago. North of Danville there "are hundreds of loaded coal cars standing on switches1 Yet the railroad claims ithas not sufficient cars to supply the de^.« mantf. 1'here you have the situation in a nutshell. "Something should relieve tkiS' condition. think th" Indiana legislature J*feBouI3 take -ome aetion. people even in this city are" Htifler-na and rhi* *is not a very *c\ ere winte- either. The leginlature could act ~'in such a manner would Relieve tlie* sitaation. I ani,jaot,^ure JOiat there are present ^hie^could jje

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THE WEATHER.

F«recaat for Indiana—Fair tonigfrfi and Saturday and colder in north portion tonight »orth west winds.

LEGISLATURE AESTS •i UNTIL MONDAY

SENATqfl!|ir|it^M| :intro-. duces

Indiana

SWO'HD TO ADMIRAL TAYLOR

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Got the Plums

(Tribune News Bureau.)

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. O.^The senate surprised everybody by getting down to actual work on second day of session, something never known before, and in passing one bill under suspension of rules and receiving forty-seven new ones. A bill appropriating $1,000 for purchase of sword to be presented to Captain Taylor, Battleship Indiana, was passed. This bill was introduced at. instigation or the Loyal Legion of Indiana. Among new measures, ones of principal interest were primary election bill, which makes primaries compulsory in Marion county and leaves adoption optional with rest of the state: The voting machine bill, which requires all counties containing city ot 10,000 or more inhabitants, according to last official census, to purchase machines. The bill prohibiting automobiles from running on public streets and highways at speed greater than four miles per hour when approaching and passihg nil vehicles drawn liy horses or other animals and a bill providing for examination arid licensing o£ barbers.

Senator Whitcomb offered a measure* appropriating $10,000 for an exhibit oi natural-resources of Indiana at the St, Louis exposition.

The house did little beyond adoptingf old rules and hearing report plunder committee districts distributing patronage. Both bodies adjourned until Monday, senate to meet, at ten clock in forenoon and house at two in afternoon.

SOME APPOINTMENTS MADE

The Se|i

House Plunder Committee lects a Few Employes. The plunder committee of the housej composed of Representatives Stutesman, Morgan and Stansbury, was in session until :30 o'clock today and at that hour adjourned with its work still uncompleted The list was partially made out, but it was not given out

The following appointments are those that were definitely determined on: File Clerk—A. C. Stouder, Delaware county.

Reading Clerk—W. H. Staley, Tipton

Minlife Clerk—WVSf Lockman. Indianapolis. .. Roll Clerk—Charles De Vault, Whitley: county.

Registry Clerk—Thomas Leonard, Allenl county. Indorsing Clerk—Guy Rock, Greenfield,

Postmaster—George W. Nexsen, Evana 1 1 vine. .. ,-v

Assistant Postmaster—Ifenry Jack' son, Indianapolis. rfi'C-

LOVED HER BROTHER

V^eri Hie Margaret Dale- Soon Foflowed^-CouId^ Not Live Without Himi^

NEW YORK. Jan.. 9.—Margaret Dttlehas kept her word arid ended her life as died, the brother she loved. When Charles Dale,- ^tyrler of the"York county^ bawk'eonfnri'fttfd suici^fei^'months ago, Miss Dale, who^wtfs^i^'EftUch attached to him, became despondent,- and told her riends tha't she. too. would soon end hrr fe. She lived with her mother at Nc. „73 Bathgate^avenue. Margaret Dale was foflrid fylnjiy'oVi- a setose tjear the front teindow. ^SliVwJis'deaji.'^V-physician said she' had taken*1 carbolic acid..

-H A VEM EYERT 0R£T IRE

C»}jef' of the Sugar Trust May Quit '^|and' T6rt* Over the ^usiness f. .* To Rockefeller.

JsJEW-" YORK.- Jan. B.-Tfte statement was made in Wall street yesterday that Jjf. p. HWvermeyer would retire as fresideftt of the sugtir'trust after the annual meeting nefct W6dnes^ay, and1 that the tiust would be -formally turned over tf. ,5. the .Standard. Oil fntevests.

Mr. Haveineyer is in pbot health an'1 the statement regarding his coming resic nation may be true.

Alfred Beit Dying. Cape Town

corr,espond^Fwir^s*thdt Captain Jameson is hurrying .to Johannesburg, having received news of the serious illness of Alfred Beit, the millionaire who is reported to be dying! ...

Vanderbilt Continues to Improve, a "NBW YOftK. Jan. 9.-Cornelius Vandet*-1 Wit continues to improve. Dr. Flint said last night that unless something unexpected happened M-, Vanderbilt would be able

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COMMANDER OF BATTLESHIP l*N« DIANA HONORED BY THE ":S", GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

SENATE BREAKS ALL RECORDS

Settles Down To Business on Second Day and Receives and Enacts Bills—List of Those Who

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