Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1892 — Page 1

Oil Jo ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1892. 3 PT?VTQlOWTQATX!A?n J. O I bUNDAYK. ft CTH.

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MEN'S AECTICS 8-12, 9-13, at 65 per cent off, MEN'S S. A. ALASKAS, any sizes, at 60 and 5 per cent, off List, net 30 days. These aro new goods and -warranted perfect M'TTTPTP Or fin WHOLESALE1 BOOTS AND SHOES 1 PJ Pj X VsKJ., . , , INDIANAPOLIS .

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Impoetees, Jobbers. DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, WOOLENS, ETC. WHOLESALE EXCLUSIVELY, 1

Agents in this territory for the leading Western and Southern cotton and woolen-mills, controlling exclusively the products and in many instances furnishing the styles manufactured for this section. The onlv extended line of Cassiineres, Men's Wear Woolens and Trimmings, at wholesale, in the State. Manufacturers of staples and novelties in Gents', Boys' and Youths' Shirts, Jackets, Jeans and Cassimere Pants, Shirt Waists, Etc., Etc STOCKS COMPLETE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. LOWEST PRICES ALWAYS A CERTAINTY. R. S. McKEE & SOIST, Successors to McKEE & BRANIIA2I. WHOLESALE BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS, 102 and 104 South. Meridian Street,

WILLI AH J. MCKEE. $ timing OncimiQ, JQ. 3L Clicago h St lei!. BOUTE. Tcr lnfcrroetlon uto th ert wotnt. tha-aail thrr larticulaii. call it -IMg 4" otSce: fo. 1 East WnilDcton street. No. 133 South Illinois street, Alaaaatboaelta-avenna and Union BtaUooa. 1lw of train at Union Station. Indianapolis, EcliXPCUB, 2fv. 15, lS'JL

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Wear Bocxn. I 3 5 7 t 17 Arr. from East. CTilraoo I'lv, ........... 1'eoruk Dir............. Inthanapul la PIt, J . K A V ifjro a Lasyette and CHlcago LaJajetta i-al. ai.tl Kaniakee.... iuooni'ron and Pewria. 2vnvl)l.llL..t Champ, Tcr.H. and ht. Louis.. Ttr. II. una Matlooo.. rx i a.00 V65 AM PM 12-tt -10.60 10.4 '10.65 AM I AM M1.50 11.45 7.ooii.w AM P M -12.01 7.10i11.01 7.1012.01 T.4A 1J.01 7.4 12.03 7.3013,1 7.30 -12.CS 12.80.... U-30j ll.oo ll.lO U.00 ll.tC 40 a. at "Indicate iU v. ADDITIONAL TRAINS. Leave for Anderson and Mnncls at liOO P. m. Arm from Anderson a Ui-.Mt .m. ana 2;4o p. m. Arrive from Cincinnati tl0 30 a m. Jio. 12, 1, 5. 7 and 17 are faat vettlbaleA trains with Wwratr i!crtera, Buffet. Cafe and Dicing can to arrt from Cincinnati. CMt-ao, at, Loola, Cl've. land, Bufialo, New York, Albany ana Boston. TLo tneat train a in America, G, H. & D. R B, S Cents pei? Mile Our l.COO-mile Rook Price $20 will he accepted for passngohotween CUICAGO. CINCINNATI. IXDUNAPOLIS . TEBRE 1IATJTE, FT. WATNE, rSORIA, AKO CADIIXAC, MICH. THOUSANDS TOLEDO, ANN AUB0R SAIjAMANCA, n. y. BUFFALO, CT OTHER P0I3T3, NIAQAItA 7 ALLS, Tho Onlj Pnllmnn Vestibnled Service 'with Dining-Car to CIN OUST jST '5 Tniins a Day to Cincinnati " Huj cur MILEAQE-nooKWe aro jtenUnf Ita terntory iallj For fartTir Ittformation call at C, II. ft d. Ticket Otilca. cornt-r HUnoij tret and Kentucky ava., or Umu nation. Ji. J. HllEIN, Ueneral Acnt. BRUSH BRILLIANCY Mc and Incajidesceuea ELECTRIC LIGHTS For reticulars address THE BRUSU ELECTRIC CO. cLjEveland. oma -COKEFOR SALE A- GAS-WORKS Lump, Jfc per buslioL Crushed, lOc per busheL Tickets at Gas Office, 419 South Pennsylvania street 89 FOIl WAGON WHEAT HILL. VMt NTaLisgta 6

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OFF NOW Overcoats & CO., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. OBITUARY. Bear Admiral C. IL P. Rod-era (Retired), Tho Came from a Family of Naval Offlcera. Wahhixgton, Jan. a Rear Admiral C. K. P. Hodgers (wired) died here this evenins of heart trouble, lie had been 111 for tome time. Christopher Raymond Perry Rod gera was ;torn at Brooklyn, N. Y., Nor. 14, 1819. lie was a son of the famous naval officer, John Rodgers, in the vrar of 1812. He was appointed midshipman Oct C, 1833, and six J ears later, while serving on the schooner 'lirt. he was rat in command of the schooner Phcenix. He was actirely engaged in the Seminole war, and assisted in .blockading the coast of Mexico in 1347. He iWas commissioned a commander in 1801, and served on the Wabash as tket captain of Rear Admiral Dnpont'e lleet at ths battle of Port Royal. In 1S6J he was assigned to the steam sloop Iroquois, and did special duty until the close of the war. He was made commodore in 1S70, and rear admiral in 1874, He commanded the naval forces of tho Pacific until 1S31, when he was placed cn the retired hit Georga Fowler. Kansas City, Jan. 8. A cable message from Liverpool, England, announces the death there of George Fowler, the head of the George Fowler & Sons Company, paekers, with a large house at Kaw Point, Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Fowler was one of the most extensive packers of the country. He was reported to be worth many millions. John TV. Nalaon, Nvack.N. Y., Jan. a John W. Nelson, grandson of Thomas Nelson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, died hero last evening at the aga of eighty. Deceased was engaged in the Seminole war in Florida, ana wasonoof the scouts who went in search of the famous Indian chief UlacfcUawJr. Other Deaths. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 8. John Dean, who personates Cy Prime in Denman Thompson's 01d Homestead" company, died suddenly to-day at his hotel from heart disease, following a Might illness contracted while attending tho funeral yesterday of Mary Uird. the actress. This makes the fourth death here within a week among members of theatrical companies. Mr. Dean was forty-nine years old and was born In Haverhill. Mass. His body will be taken ait for burial. 8ax Rafael, Cal.. Jan. a-Howard Russell Johnson, author ana playwright, and son of ex-Lieutenant-sovernor Johneon, died to-day at San IS ah to, from heart disease. Berlin, Jan a Ernest Wilhelm Brucke, the well-known German physiologist, is dead. London. Jan. a Lady Victoria Alexandriua, wife of Baron Sandhurst, died today, Kaat St. roula Stock. Yard a. Chicago, Jan. a It is authoritatively announced to-night that the National Stock-yards at East St. Louis are owned by Nelson Morris and George F. Swilt, of this city. Mr. Morris was for some time quietly buying tho company's stock, and at the aunual meeting New Year's day had two-fifths of the total. The remainder entire, practically, was bought outrigUt by himself and Mr. Swift at the meeting through their representative, Mr. Morris, son of Edward Morris. Aside from their holdings no person has a single share, except a tew blocks, tho property of 8. W. Allerton, and an Eastern estate.' The price paid for the securities has not been made public Shot His Wifa and Himself. Newark. N. J.. Jan. aCharles S. Quackenbuih shot his wife Annie in the back of the head to-night, mortally wonndinz her. He then placed the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and shot himself throoght the head, expiring instantly. Quackenbutth was forty-six years old and a wealthy retired insurance broker. He always carried about valuable bonds and mortgagee and when searched this evening about 000 was found on him. Long Sentence for Araon. New York. Jan. a Harris Plitt was today found guilty of arson in the first deffree, in setting tire to the double tenement at No. 44 Allen street. Recorder Smyth, in ttie Court of General Sessions, sentenced him to eighteen and one-half years' imprisonment. Movementa of Steamers. Amsterdam, Jan. a Arrived: Rotterdam, from New York. Boulogne, Jan. a Arrived; Vecndao, from New York.

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Terrible Coal-Pit Catastrophe at a Mining Town iu the Indian Territory. The Colliery Wrecked by an Explcsfcn of G&s and Over Half the 400 Workmen Killed or Seriously Earned and Injured. Forty-Eight Dead Bodies Recovered and Over Fifty Stiii in tho Ruins. Many of the Victims Mangled So that Identification Was Impossible Explosion in a rennsjlvaniarit IIatoc of a Tornado. ONE HUNDRED KIIXED And 115 Injured, Half or Whom llay DieTerrible Mine Exploalon. South McAllister, L T.t Jan. 8. The rumor last night of a disaster in mine No. 11, of the Osage Coal and Mining Company, at Krebs, four and a half miles east of here, was true. It was n terrible calamity. Though twenty-four hours have elapsed since the explosion, it is still impossible to even estimate the number cf the victims. The number who came np alive after the explosion is still undetermined, and can be determined only by a house-to-hous canvass, which is now being made as rapidly as possible. From the facts now at band it is believed that the killed will number fully one hundred and the injured 115, about one-half of whom will probably die from the effects of their injuries. At the hour of the explosion (5 o'clock yesterday afternoon) there was, as near as can be learned, about four hundred men in the mine. They were the day shift, and were just preparing to ascend when the explosion took place. Six men who had already been hoisted In the cage had just stepped on to the platform at the side of the shaft. The cage was blown through the roof of the tower and fifty feet into the air. A tongue of flame shot up the shaft and above the ground fully one hundred feet, which was followed by a terrific report that was heard for miles around, and which shook all the neighboring country so violently that people in the surrounding mining towns, four and fives miles distant, thought an earthquake was rocking the ground. The men already above ground were prostrated by the force of the explosion, but did not receive severe injuries. The scenes about the mouth of tjie shaft immediately following the disaster were pitiful in the extreme. Weeping wives, mothers and sisters flocked to the place from the village at the sound of the explosion, their faces blanched with dread, and many of them hysterical to the point of insanity. 1 The air-shaft, the only way of escape for the entombed miners, was the point where the relatives of the miners congregated. CLIMBED OUT OP THE TOMB. Many of the miners were able to make their way out of the tomb, and they were welcomed at the surface by their waiting friends. The injured were quickly taken to places of shelter and were tenderly cared for. One man with a broken leg climbed all the distance of four hundred feet through the air-shaft, and fell unconscious as he reached the surface. Others who were terribly burned labored painfully np the ladder, strips of flesh falling from their sands and arms as they grasped the ladder's rungs. It is believed that fully onehalf of tho entombed miners escaped by the air-ebaft. Many of them, however, received mortal injuries, and, although none is known to have died, at this hour (5 p. m,) it is believed that in some cases death is not far distant. Tho news of the disaster spread quickly through the villages surrounding Krebs. Every physician at once volunteered his services and hastened to Krebs, ready to do his duty of mercy. Hundred of miners from the Braidwood and McAllister fields hurried to the scene to do what they could in assisting in the rescue of the entombed men and the recovery of the bodies of the dead. The work of rescue was begun at once, and has continued all through the dreary hours of last night and to-day. The work was terribly hazardous, but the hope that some of the unfortunate men might be rescued alive spurred the rescuers on to many deeds of bravery and possibly selfsacrifice. The explosion bad entirely changed the topography cf tho mine. Many tunnels were closed entirely, and big, loosobowlders were balanced perilously on shelves of rock adjoining the air-shaft and the main pbaft, which a breath of air might almost hurl down npon the rescuers. Notwithstanding these dangers the rescuers kept bravely at their work, and at 5 o'clock this evening had recovered about forty bodies. The reseuers worked at both the air and the main shafts, and bodies were rescued by both routes. Thoso identified were immediately claimed and were carried away by relatives orfriends. so that an accurate count of the number has not yet been made. Those identified numbered thirty-three, and are: George Lindsay, Br., George Lindsay, jr., iliiani UuRel 11, W illiam 8. KiuselL G forge Hussell, John Bferra, Michael Jacomo, Joseph R London, Ptepben Verzeno, Bennett Moss, Antonio Gen nes at, lira go llocco, James Quinn. Michael Mcahane, Osegus Fella, L. Hunt, Wm. Mitchell. Willie Mc&hane, James Tanner, Eilva ererra, Edward B. London, Joseph (enDiMS6lo, Eugene Cainpnssl, Joseph Carouto, Thomas Cain, John Quinn, Matlock Quinn, George I-owry, John Williams, ltoeert Towers, Joseph Clark, Timothy Collins, Edward Kibble, NOT ONE LIVE MINER YET FOUND. There is one disheartening fact connected with the search np to the present time, and that is that not one live miner has been found. All the bodies so far recovered have been found to be burned, charred and maimed in almost every caso beyond recognition. In fully half the cases identification has been possible only from either the clothes or the contents of the pockets. In eorae cases limbs had been

severed from their bodies by 'the force of the explosion, and in others the bodies had been burned to a crisp, and charred almost beyond resemblance to the human form. There are two encouraging facts which urge the rescuers on to tho work. No fire followed the explosion, at least there have been no signs of any, and there are known to be live men entombed in the tunnel behind the fallen bowlders. The rescuers can hear faint knockings and f ar-oli' shoutings. They are digging in the directions whence the sounds come and hope yet to rescue some of the men alive. Tho wreck about tho month of the mine and at the bottom of the hoisting-shaft is so nearly complete that the work is dreadfully slow. All the bodies in plain view have been brought to the surface, but there are others which can be seen partially hidden under fallen bowlders and masses of debris. The work of digging these from their graves goes steadily on, and frequently the cage is hoisted containing the body of another victim. The cause of the explosion is still undetermined. The probability is that some, miner fired a blast without orders, which ignited either accumulated gas or coal-dust. There is no means of learning the cause now, and there may never be, unless eome of the survivors happen to know the facts. All who have been seen say they have no idea how the explosion was caused. The scenes in the village of Krebs to-day were pathetic in the extreme. Those who did not go to the scene of the horror and who had missing relatives were nearly erazed with anxiety, while those whose relatives had returned to them safe' from the jaws of death were nearly crazed with joy. At the various places used as morgues there are about seventeen unidentified bodies and pieces of bodies. At 10 o'clock to-night forty-eight bodies had been recovered from the mine. Among, the fatally injured are Geo. Harbinger, Geo. Harbin, jr., Frank Hatha way. Joseph Osland. Enoch Church, Willie Church. Wm. Williams, Charles Martin. Louis Toobe. Giovani Blesaant, Francis Tozzie, Braniz Bicumo. John Rossi. Those who first went down the hoisting shaft after the explosion describe the scene as terribly revolting. Legs, arms and headless bodies were lying in a mas) at the bottom of the shaft and scattered all over the various approaches. Twenty-four bodies were found at tnat point, but only six of tbem could be identified. Six small boys, names unknown, who were tending the fans were killed outright and were found dead at their posts. It has been learned that the explosion was caused by Geo. Lowry exploding what is known as a "window shot." The latest estimate of the number of missing is 145. arrived' at from the following figures: About four hundred men were in the mine at the time of the explosion; forty-eight dead bodies have been recovered, the names of ninety-eight men slightly and seriously injured are known and about titty escaped without injury. Deadly Mine Explosion in Pennsylvania. SnAMOjciN, Pa., Jan. a A terrible explosion occurred in No. 9 vein at the Neilson shaft this morning, resulting in the instant death of a laborer, the fatal injury of a miner and the slight burning of the inside boss and inside superintendent. The victims are Paul Grunseki, single, laborer, killed: Philip Desert, single, miner, fatally injured; George Steele, reside superintendent, hands and face burned; Fred English, Inside boss, injured about the head and body. Desert, who was an old miner, accompanied by Grunieki, entered No. 9 vein with the , intention of lining a chute which had been placed in a new breast. While engaged in their work Steele and English joined them and the work was continued under their supervision. Grunseki was a "greeny" at mining and carried a lamp which did not give the proper protection. While the miner, together with Steele and English, were engaged in conversation regarding the work a current of gas which had worked itself out of one of tne fissures, floated towards the laborer, who was busily engaged. Aa experienced miner would have detected the gas and made every poosible hasta to escape, Grunseki gave it no attention, and continued his work. Suddenly ho raised himself up. and the flame from his lamp was forced iu the midst of the gas. An explosion followed, and the unfortunate workman was hurled like a cannon-ball into the arms of Desert, who, on seeingthat danger was imminent, had fallen to his knees. Steele and English beat a hasty retreat, but not before the gas had spread to where they were. Both were injured, and when they went to Desert's rexcue they found him unconscious, with his face, hands and breast frightfully burned. At his side lay the body of Grunseki. He was mangled about the head, and his flesh fairly sizzled. IT RACED WITH A TRAIN.

Further Details of the, Deatli.Deallng Storm That Swept Through Virginia. Special to the Indlanapolta Jonrnal. Roanoke, Va., Jan. a Additional details received concerning the tornado in Randolph and Chamners counties Wednesday night are: Five miles from here the house of James Williams was blown down while a dance was in progress, and three men were killed and five women badly hurt. Other occupants were slightly injured. The path of the storm was about one hundred yards wide. It swept down the Savanuah & Western railroad track for two miles, racing with a passenger train, which narrowly escaped destruction. At Milltown nearly every store was blown down, together with tbeBaptist Church, college and many residences. Professor Gibson, of the college, was killed and twelve pupils hurt. No less than thirty people were more or less injured at Milltown. Fivo miles further on three negro cabins were taken up by the tornado and carried about a half mile, and three children were killed. The storm laid timber, houses and fences low in its path. It is not yet known the full extent of the damage done and the number of fatalities. Fonr Billed and Two Injured. Chicago, Jan. a Five boilers exploded to-night in tho Warren Springer manufacturing building, on Canal street, killing four men and .injuring two others, one fatally. The dead are Arthur Hall, A. D. Bush, John Lee and Patrick Rogers. The first two named were negroes. The injured are James Giggins and Henry Wald. Giggins, though badly scalded, will recover; Wald will die. All of the victims were firemen and employed in the engine-room. The damage to the building, which was recently erected At a cost of $sOO,0CO, was comparatively trifling, the total, including the boih'rs. being about $15,000; fully insured. The cauee of the explosion is unknown. The boilers were new two weeks ago. Engineer Schroeder escaped, being only stunned. Whirled on Shaft. Trenton. N. J., Jan. 8. Frederick Golden Banm was killed to-day at Roebling's wire mill. Ho was caught in a revolving fly wheel and his body was whirled aronnd the shafting at a terrible rate of speed. His right leg was torn from his body. Walls lllown Dowu by the Wind. jrcial to the Indianapolis Journal. Valparaiso, Jan. aThe enamel-works on the Chicago Porter Home Investment Company's land, at Chesterton, are a masa'of ruins. The walls were of brick and about fourteen feet high. The wind struck them with such force that the entire wall was moved several feet and then fell over. The loss is estimated at 2.000. The buildings were to be occupied in the spring and had but recently been erected.

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Farmers Threatened with Ruin, Accord ing to Presidents of State Alliances. Bankruptcy Will Follow Unless All Money Is Issaed by the Government Directly to the People at a Low Rate of Interest. Disaster Predicted by Silverites if the Present Silver Policy Is Continued. "It Most Come to an End"and Unlimited Free Coinage Be Adopted in Its Plscs if Easiness Is to Go on Uninterrupted. ALLIANCE PROCLAMATION. Money Must Be Issued Dlrwetly to th People or Bankruptcy Will Ensue. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. a The State presidents of the Farmers' Alliance are in session here discussing the welfare of the organization and comparing notes on its progress. Their meetings are secret, but Congressman Livingston, of Georgia, wno has attended the conferences, says that politics aro not being discussed. The officers attending the meeting have prepared a memorial calling attention to the universal depression in all departments of agricultural industry that have impressed the farmers of the United States with gravest concern and alarm. Despite the f ruitfulness of the soil, favorable climate, faithful application and industry, irrespective of seasons and harvests, the price of farms and farm products are constantly depreciating in value. The memorial continues that patient and earnest investigation of this anomalous condition of affairs has impressed the farmers of -the country that the evils thus clogging and paralysing their energieis are largely due to the discriminating inequalities in the governmental policy which is the legitimate outgrowth of partial and unfriendly legislation. In their organized capacity, comprising thirty-eight States and Territories, the Alliance has adopted a declaration of its principles, a copy of which is submitted and which they believe, if enacted into laws, will restore the aggricultural industry to its true and just position among the great industries of the country and conserve to the best interests ot the publio good. They call attention to the necessity of immediate legislative action for the financial relief of the business interests of the country. They assert that, the present financial system is inherently defective, and incompatiole with the spirit cf American institutions and in confliot with the fundamental principles of government. It was born of the exigencies of a mighty civil war, and is purely a military expedient, which, while it saved the life of the Nation in war, has demonstrated that it is not the system for the preservation and perfection of national life in peace. They assert that the steadfast maintenance of the powers and functions conferred upon the government for making, issuing and controlling money is absolutely necessary to helpful and symmetrical development in national progress. They believe the exclusive right given by the Constitution to the government to make money carries with it the obligation to supply it in such manner and amount as to meet, at all times, the reauirements of the legitimate good of the country and our growing population and the trade. All money should be issued directly by the government to the people at a low rate of interest and in sufficient volume to meet the legitimate demands of legitimate or safe and solid securities, and should be legal tender for all debts. Silver should have all the rights in coinage and the qualities oi legal tender that gold possesses. In conclusion the memorial says that they do not ask Congress to venture on doubtful experiments, but they present the deplorable condition of the agricultural interests with the hope that a remedy may be relieved from impending bankruptcy and ruin, and secure to the people and posterity tne blessings of a just and equitable adjustment' m EDICT OF Til IS 8ILVKRITES. Present Financial Policy Must Coma to aa End If Disaster Is to Be Arolded. Washington, Jan. 8. The national executive silver committee to-night Issued the following address: "The national executive silver committee, in session at Washington, declares that continued experience demonstrates that there can be no adequate or final solution of the money question but by re-endowing silver with themoney function and making silver coins standard money, co-equal with gold for all money uses. The present policy of making subsidiary money of silver, to be redeemed m gold, and of piling continually "higher the fabrio of credit and credit money on a constantly diminishing basis of gold, is unsound and unsafe, and must come to an end. The enormous inerease in bank credits and other forms of credit currency in recent years, relatively to the volume of gold, in which they are ultimately redeemable, imperils financial stability everywhere and is a standing menace to all business enterprises; for, under this system panics must occur more certainly and more frequently, and be more disastrous when they do occur. "What is wanted is not more credit currency relatively to standard money, bnt more standard money relatively to credit and credit currency a broader basis of primary money and not a higher superstructure of credit devices. This can be secured only by making silver and gold coequal as money metals, with the coinage of both on equal terms. The act of July 14, 18i0, as interpreted by the Treasury Department, under which 4.500,000 ounces of silver are bought and stored as collateral security for notes redeemable in gold, makes no addition to standard money, while it raises higher the fabric of credit on a foundation that is growing narrower and not broader. This addition to the currency volume might as well be of greenbacks as in the form now given to it It requires, therefore, no extraordinary financial aenmen to foresee that this condition cannot long be maintained. "The plain solution of the difficulty is the full monetization of the silver accumulated under this act, to the end that this and all other silver that anybody may choose to devote to monetary use may be used to swell the volume of money of final redemption for all other forms of currency. The facts upon which bimetallists base these conclusions are undisputed and indisputable. The arguments by. which they are established are unanswered and unanswerable. These facts are that the supply of geld is admittedly inadequate to provide lor the world's needs for money; that many times more people are now made to use gold exclusively as standard money than in lfe?S; that the production of gold is diminishing, while population, wealth and commerce and the consumption of gold in the arts are rapidly increasing, the increase in the demand for the arts and dentistry in the United States alone being sntheient to absorb, according to the report of the Director of the Mint, in ten years more the entire gold product of this country. That the value ot gold under these influences has largely increased and must continuo to increase aud prices as certainly continue to fall is too manifest to require argument. "a fraupclkxt pretense." "What a fraudulent pretense, in view of these facts, to insist that gold alone is a stable or an honest money standard. Scales that measure equities with no more precision or fairness than gold registers the value of products and the equities between

debtor and creditor, and in deferred payments, would be tolerated nowhere outside of a robber's den. In view of the glaring facts, which no one pretends to deny, of the change in the money standard through the increase of the value of the gold as the direct and necessary consequence of demonetizing silver and restricting the money function to gold alone, what else than foolish homage to knavery is the babble spout 'honest money' and 'short dollars which constitutes co large a part of the stock answers to the demand for free bimetallic coinageT "Nothing could be more absurd or ridiculous than to claim that a shapeless lump of silver, to which monetary use is denied, measures the value of silver coins which have monetary use added to whateverother use silver may be applied. Gold treated as silrer has been would act in tho same way. If, since 1S73. both metals had been accessible for money uses, as for indefinite ages before, the annnal addition to the metallic stock of money for the world would have been somewhat less than from 1849 to 1873, but would probably have bien sufficient to have maintained reasonable stability in the value of standard money. So, now, while it is as certain as that time will continue that, under existing conditions, through the inadequacy of money purposes, sold will continue to increase in value, and prices measured by gold continue to fall, it is reasonably certain that tho supply of both metals will be sufficient to maintain fairly stable relations between money and commodities, and thus secure to the industrial world what it has sorely lacked since 1873. The bugaboo of foreign silver coming here no longer alarms intelligent men. Under free coinage silver would be 1.29 an ounce hero. It is Sl.33 in India, and, with open mints, would be $l.C3 in the states of the Latin Union, which is tho value of all the coined silver of Europe. The requirements of England and of tho continent for silver to pay balances to the East would not be materially changed, whether a profit of the difference between 05 cents and $1.S8 were made on the silver sent there, or only the difference between $1.29 and Sl.sa India absorbed quite os much silver in the years before the fall of silver here as since then, aud will continue to absorb both gold and silver. But whether our silver goes abroad at 05 cents or is quite material to thif ountry, not only from tho direct loss on -ne exported silver, but in the far greater loss sustained on the price ot wheat aud cotton, and the food products which have and will follow closely the rise and fall of silver bullion, for reasons so often exfdained. If wheat at the present time is ess influenced by the price of silver bullion than cotton, it is due entirely to the feature of the wheat crop in Europe. If the value of silver here should fall to VO cents an ounce, as it probably would if demonetized, as gold tnonometallists would have it, while its purchasing power among two-thirds of the population of the globe continues at from 1.33 .to 1.23, then the production of silver in this country should be made a crime, as its continual production and sale here at the low price, while used in other countries at the high price, would be destructive of our agricultural and manufacturing interests. "The silver question, therefore, is an issue, and one that vitally concerns the welfare, not only of the industrial classes, but of business men generally, and it will not down at the bidding of any party nor can it be ignored, thrust aside or dodged. It is a living issue and must be mot and settled, and the only permanent settlement ot it is the restoration of freo bimetallic coinage, or the ultimate abandonment of the princi?le of automatic regulation of money hrough the production of the precious metals." . LET THE TAKIFF ALONE.

Wool Manufacturers Think It Is Time to Stop Tinkering They Are Satisfied. Boston, Masa Jan. aThe annual meeting of the National Wool-manufacturers' Association was held at the Parker House this afternoon. President Whitman presiding. These officers were elected: President Wm. Whitman, Boston; treasurer, Benj. Phipps, Boston; secretary, S. N. D.. Nerth Boston. A committee was appointed to take charge of the wool exhibit at the world's fair. A memorial to Congress was adopted, which petitions against any change in the t a rift act of 1890, particularly schedule K of that aot, relating to wool and woolens. After quoting statistics and presenting arguments to show the depressing effect of continued tariff agitation on the woolen industry, the memorial concludes: "In view of these facts, which cannot fail to gratify the national pride of a patriotic Congress, and in view of the reasons set forth in this petition, we respectfully present that argument advanced to Justify a renewal of the agitation of the wool and woolens tariffs are largely imaginary or theoretio in their nature; are not based on any real advantage which could result to the domestio manufacturer or the domestic consumer of woolen goods, and that they should not be given weight by Congress as ngainst the mischief and demoralization which a renewal of tariff agitation involves. The manufacturers for whom this association speaks, and who are be-, lieved to comprise a large majority of the machinery of the United States, are satisfied with the existing taritt law. They feel that after so many years of tariff agitation, culminating in the act of lb'JO, thsy are entitled to a period of rest ana they now respectfully petition to be let alone, that they may prosecute their industry in peace and with a reasonable degree of confidence." 1 - Arrest ofan Alleged Black-BIaller. Chicago. Jan. a Elick Lowitz. a member of the Board of Trade, was arrested in the directors' room on 'Change, to-day, on a warrant sworn out by Baldwin & Farnam. He was charged with larceny and attempt to black-mail them for $10,000. The arrest causod great excitement in the board's rooms. Lowitz had in his possession a number of trading-cards and memoranda which ho was about to use in a board investigation of accusations made by him that Baldwin & Farnam, the wellknown commission firm, had systematically swindled their customers.- Baldwin & Farnam claimed that Lowitz stole the trading-cards, and that the inferences were unwarranted. He demanded $10,000 for the papers, with the alternative of ruining their reputation, and was refused a cent. He was formerly an employe of Baldwin & Farnam. JndgeTuley issued an injunction restraining Lowitz from using the cards or testifying before the Board of Trade directors. Combination of Breweries. Cincinnati, O., Jan. a Twelve breweries in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport have agreed to form a combination similar to that of the whisky trust, for the purpose of improving the quality of their product, and of reducing the expense of production and delivery. Their combined capacity is about three million barrwls per annum, and their capital amounts to about $2,500,000. The new combination proposes to increase its capital stoeU to (5.C0Q.ODO. It is possible that some of the breweries will be closed if it shall be found more economical to do so. The new combination has not yet decided upon a name, but the organization will soon be perfected. Jay Gould Sued for 8433,000. Kansas City. Mo., Jan. aThe Northwestern Construction Company, of Kaunas City. Kan., to-day tiled suit against Jav Uould lor e4S5.0U). The petition alleges that Jay Gould a year ago contracted to purchase from the plaintiil the outstanding bonds and stock ot the Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern railway, for 2.001.000. Of this amonnt Sl.C20.000 has heen paid and there remains unpaid 125,000 which the plaintiff now sues for. Butted Oat Ills Brnlns. MRMrniB. Tenn., Jan. 8 A; K. Sloan, for twenty-five years a resident of this city, and at one time prominent in business circles, committed suicide at an early hour this morning at the county jail, where be was incarcerated last night for drunkenness. Sloan literally butted out his brains against the iron bars of his cell, the barn being covered with hair and clotted, with bleed.

ISSUES DEMOCRATS WANT

Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Springer Talk at a Jackson Day Banqnct at Sew York. Latter Says 111 Energies cf Democrats In Ccn gregi Will Bo Bent to Catties Down Appropriatiom and Reducing the Tari& No Time Will Bo Wasted in Appeasing Silverites by Discussing Free Coinage Free Trade and "Five-Cent" Eccnom j to Be ths Issues This Fall Hill-Gorman Alliance AsainstCIeveland for President Ferfeetel CLEVELAND AND SritlNGEH, Usual Democratic Advice from the Former The Iasoes Dlaouaaed by tha Latter. Nkw Yoke:, Jan. a The Business Men's Democratic Association paid tribute to the memory of Gen. Andrew Jackson to-niaht at the banquet given by it in commemoration of the seventy-fourth anniversary of the battle of New Orleans. Kcpresentatives from the various walks of business and professional life graced the occasion. Controller Meyers presided. At his right sat ex-President Urovcr Cleveland; at his left Congressman Springer, of Illinois. Among those present "ere: Mayor Cloveland of Jersey City, Governor Ahbett of New Jersey, Daniel S. Lamont. Senator Jacob A. Cantor, Joseph J. O'Donaghue. The menu was inclosed in a cover tnado from hickory, on the front of which wero the figure of an eagle aud the stars and stripes. On the inside was a photogravure of Andrew Jackson. After cigars had been lighted, a flash-light photograph of the banquet hall and the guests was taken. Chairman Meyers, amid great applause, introduced ex-President Cleveland, who, in tho course ot his remarks, said: "The Democratic party of to-day, which conjures with the name of Jackson, hss attacked a monstrous evil, intrenched behind a perversion of governmental power and guarded by its selfish beneficiaries. On behalf of thoso among our people long neglected, we have insisted on tarlfl reform and an abandonment of un- ( just favoritism. We have thus adopted an issue greatenough to deserve the undivided eiiorts of our party, involving considerations which we profess to beliove lie at the foundation of the justice and fairness of -popular rule. "If we are to act npon our declared belief in the power of that Jackeoman spirit which was the inspiration of our party in tho davs of our great leader, we shall be steadfast to the issue we havo raised until it is settled and rightly settled. The stead fastness we need will not permit a premature and distracting search for other and perplexing questions, nor will itallow us to be tempted or driven by the enemy into new and tangled paths. PLEDGES SHOULD BE KEPT. "Wo have given pledges to the people and they have trusted us. Unless we have outgrown the Democratic spirit of Jackson's time, our duty is plain. Our promise was not merely to labor, in the people's cause until we should tire of the effort or 6hould discover a way which seemed to promise easier and quicker party ascend ency. The service we undertook was not to advise those waiting for better days that their cause was hopeless, nor under any pretext to suggest a cessation of effort. Our engagement was to labor incessantly, bravely aud stubbornly, seeing nothing and considering nothing but ultimate success. These pledges and promises should be faithfully and honestly kept. Party faithlessness is party dishonor. "Nor is the sacrodness of our pledges and the party dishonor that would follow their violation all we have to consider. We cannot tritle with our obligations to the people without exposure aud disaster. Wo ourselves have aroused a spirit of jsalo. s inquiry and discrimination touching political conduct which cannot be blinded, an 1 the people will visit with quick revenge the party which betrays them. "I hope, then. I may venture to claim in this assemblage that, even if there had been but slight encouragement for tb cause we have espoused, there would still be no justificstion for timidity and faintheartedness. But with the success we have already achieved, amounting to a political revolution, it seems to me that it would be the height of folly, considered purely as a question of party management, to relax in the least our determination and persistency. It we suspsct anywhere in onr counsels compromising hesitation or a disposition to divert the unity of psrty efforts let us be watchful. Tho least retreat bodes disaster; cowardice is often called conservatism, and an army scattered into sections invites defeat. We have preached thedoctnoe that honesty and sincerity should be exacted from political parties. Let ns not fall under tbe condemnation which waits on shifty schemes and insincere professions. I believe our countrymeu are prepared to act on principle, and are in no mood lor political maneuvering. They will not wsato) time in studying conundrums, gueseinq riddles, or trying to interpret doubtful phrases. They demand a plain and simple) statement of political purpose. "Above all things, political finesse should not lead ns to forget that, at the end of onr plans, we must meet face to face at the, polls the voters of the land, with ballotr in their bands, demanding as a condition of their support of our party fidelity an undivided devotion to the cause in which we have enlisted them. If, inspired by ths true Jacksonian spirit, we hold to the doctrine that party Lonesty is party duty, and party courage is party expediency, we shall win a sure and lasting success through tho deserved support of a discriminating, in telligent and thoughtful people." srniNGEH on issues op tub pay. After Mr. Cleveland had taken his seat Mr. Springer was introduced and responded to the toast: "The Issues of the Day." H said: "I can etato without any fear of successful eontradietion that there is not tbo slightest probability of a ire-coinag bill becoming a law during this Congress, nor is it likely that any amendment to tbe existing law will be made, if any measure on this subject is psssed it will be one which Democrats. North, South, East aud West, can and will cordially support. Jt is E" ositbl-j that some such raeasurs, acceptale to Democrats generally, may be urged npon and become a law during this aearion ot Congress. It is of the utmost importance that we should not permit differences of opinion on the coinage question to divide or embarrass us in the presidential contest upon which we are about to entr. "In reference to public expenditures, the Democratic House of Kepresentatives of this Congress may be relied npon for a record of rigid economy. The Speaker has placed at the bead of the committee on appropriations Hon. W. S. Holrnan. of Indiana, whose came is a guarantee to the country that this will not be anothei billiou-dollar Congress. It must be borne in mind that many of tbe extravagant appropriations of the lat and preceding liepublican Congresses are made permanent, and cannot be repealed or reduced without the co-operation of the Senate a ad PreaU dent Were it not for this fact a ruuen larger reduction would bo secured 1 the present House of Ke preventatives. It must be borne in mind that many extravagant appropriations are made necsaary by existing laws, and, the liability cf the government having bt-eu treated. Congress cannot reiuse to make tbe required a prropriations. Notwithstanding tlKo embarrassing circumstances, a reduction of between fifty and a hundred millions a year by tho present House of Kepresentatives