Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1893 — Page 2

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-4 V. r THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1893.

In rem. waa 1134.373.40. and th entire amount collected from all sources was Considerable fpace? Is devoted In the re Twrt to the discussion of affairs In Indian

Territory. i.nl an omission to call intention to what may fairly be characterize &a the maladministration of Justice there would, the report says, be without excuse. It is claimed, ho saya, that treaty stipulations stand In the way of a remedy for this st?.te? of thln.T?. If that be true, then It la clear that no tlrr.e outjht to be lost In the nr'TOtla tioa of new treaties. Iiegardlru? the Union Pacific receivership thu report says. In part: "The United. States is Incomparably the largest single creditor, th? Indebtedness to it being at lea?t somewhere between iw.OOO.Oi'o, and ;u),0oi, and it was apparent that the representation of the United States In the receivership was altogether Inadequate. Accordingly, "at the instance of the Attorney-general, intervening on behalf of the United States, and with the a-ssent of the petitioning creditors, two receivers nominate 1 by tho United States have been added to the original board, which now consists of five persons, two of whom aro government directors, while a third -formerly acted in the same capacity. It would seem to be assured, therefore, that the interests of th United States are not likely to be prejudiced pending, the receivership, which is. of course, temporary in its very nature. It should be superseded as soon as practicable by the adoption of such schemes of permanent reorganization as, while doing Justice to creditors and all private interests, will also secure the accomplishment of the great public purposes with a view to which the Union Pacific Hallway Company was originally chartered nnd subsidized by the United States. It is hopedthat such a plan can be presented to Congress at an early day for its approval and for such legislation as may be necessary to make the plan effectual." Regarding the Sherman anti-trust law the Attorney-general says: "There has teen and probably f till Is a widespread impression that the aim and effort of this statute are to prohibit and prevent these aggre Rations of capital, which are so common at the present day, and which are nomtlmes on so large a scale as to practically control all the branches of an extensive Industry. It wmuld not bo useful, even If it were possible, to ascertain the precise purposes of the framers of the statute. It is sufficient to point out what small basis there i3 for the popular impression referred to." The aggregate judgments in favor of the United States in civil suits during the year was X.".0S4. The aggregate fines, forfeittires1 and penalties imposed in criminal prosecutions was J76S.921. IS FAVOR OF DOBLE. Decision in the Washington Park Free-for-All Trotting Case. CHICAGO, Dec 6. The board of review of the American Trotting" Association today decided about a score of contested cases, the principal one being one phase of the famous free-for-all at Washington Park last September. It was decided that the protest of P. II. Dickey, owner of Lord Clinton, against the award of second mone y to Budd Doble's mare Pixley was not well taken. Dickey claimed that Doble's orlglral entry was Belle Vara, and that Pixley was not substituted within the time required by the rules. The evidence showed that Pixley was substituted In ample time, and tho owner of Ixrd Clinton had to content himself with fourth money, third having been won by Hamlin's Nightingale. TURNER HALL DESTROYED, And Tito Person! llumed to Death and Two Injured. PITTSBURG, Dec. 6.-Turner Hall, on the corner of Cherry and Soutii Canal streets, Allegheny, was partially destroyed by fire to-nl?ht, and two people barned to death and two more seriously injured. The dead are Mrs. Karl Benninghoff, aged thirty-five years, and Emma Benninghoff, a daughter, aged five years. The Injured are Edward Benninghoff, aged nine years, serious, and Carl Benninghoff, Jr., aged four years, probably fatally. The fire started from ths furnace In the cellar about 8:30 o'clock, and the children were asleep on the fourth floor. It was discovered by Mrs. Benninghoff, who notified a class of fifty girls engaged in callsthenlc exercUes In the main hall, and then Started to rescue her children. That was the last seen of her alive. Carl and Edward were rescued by the firemen, but Mrs. Benninghoff and Emma could not be found. After the lire their charred remains were discovered within a few feet of the lire escape. The loss on the building was J10.0W; fully insured. An hour later durinir a fire In ri imfinlshed frame house In the east end of this tity Dave Thompson, a fireman, was killed. Ai'iJJohn Williams, also a fireman, was d&r.s:rously Injured by the falling of a chlmnty. TJie property loss was small. Other Fires. UKC ODESSA. Mich., Dec- 6.F. ,V. Clark's livery stable and the blacksmith shop adjoining burned this morning. Frank Brown, a stallion, owned bv N. T. Parker, of Hastings, perished in the flames. The animal was valued at $3.0)0. NORFOLK. Va., Dec. 6,-Fire, caused by a defective flue, destroyed the steam engineering building and general stores In the navy yard this morning. It is thought the loss will reach $S0,t"io. The Populist treed. Senator Peffer, In North American Review. The Populist claims that the? mission of his party Is to emancipate labor. He believes that men are not only created equal, but that they are equally entitled to the use of natural resources in procuring means of subsistence and comfort. He believes that an equitable distribution of the products and profits of labor is essential to the highest form of civilization; that taxation should only be for public purposes, and that all moneys raised by taxes should Into the public treasury; that public needs should be supplied by public agencies, and that the people should be served equally and alike. The p.-rty believes in Jx.pular government. Its demands may be Summarized fairly to be: First An exclusively national currency in amount amly sufficient for all the uses for which money is neeJed by the people, to consist of gold ami silver coined on equal terms, and government paper, each and all legal tender In payment of debts of whatever nature or amount, receivable for taxes and all public dues. Second That rates of interest for the use of money be reduced to the level of average net profits In productive Industries. Third That the means of public transjortatlon be brought under public control, to the end that carriage shall not cost more than it Is reasonably worth, and that charges may be made uniform. Fourth That large private landholdings be discouraged by law. Receiver Applied For. PITTSBURG. Dec. 6. An application was made to-day for a receiver for the iron nd steel tirm of William Clark's Sons Co., and litigation commenced Involving several hundred thousand dollars. The plaintiff is Klizabeth 1. Clark, administrator of the late Edward U Clark, against J.uie Clark, and alleges that since the death of her husband the surviving partner, Jane Clark, has appropriated the entire assets and la conducting for her own benefit without the plaintiff's consent. The capital stock Is $u,u, of which the plaintiff had fcrM.UJO. and she ask3 that a receiver be appointed, that the partnership be dissolved; that the defendant be restrained from selling or disposing of the effects or contracting new debts and that an accounting b? made and the defendant be compelled to refund moneys taken or expended from the profits due the deceased. One of the Knitter') Quarrels. BERLIN. Dec. 6. The minister of Wurtemburg at Berlin has resigned on account Cf the fact that he opposes the project credited , to the Emperor replacing the Minister of War of Wurtemburg by a military cabinet. The relations letween Wurtcmburg and the empire have been itralned since last summer, when the kingdom of Wurtemburg abandoned the military maneuvers owing to . the scarcity of fodder. V.herc Corbc-tt AVIII Train. JACKSONVILLE-. Fla.. Dec. 6. It has flnaliy been decided that Corbett will be trained at May Tort for his fight with Mitchell. Delaney decided In favor of May l'ort after f.iyinc a visit to St. Augustin to-day ar.d inspecting the facilities offered Ly that pine. May Port Is at the mouth of tit. John' rier. and Is an Ideal place for training quarters. There are miles of beach, and Corbet t can enjoy a plunge In Old Ocean whenever he desires. Western I!n!l Association. CINCINNATI. O.. Dec. 6. President Johnson, of the Wt-stern Baseball Association, to-niuht announcM the rchedule con-rr.itt--of the association as follows: Indianapolis. Milwaukee and Kansas- City. Manager sr.Mr:djr. of Indianapolis, is chairman of the cmmitte - Metimer Vnrl at oU t hum pt on. SOUTHAMPTON. Dtc. C-Arrived. pu-ta. from New York.

PKICE-STOPtMS TRIAL

A Da of Absorbing Interest in the Court Iloom at Winchester. The Story of the Tragedy as Told by the Two Defendants Mrs. Kitty Townsley Cuts Her Throat. Speclil to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER, Ind.. Dec. 6. As the State progresses v;lth Its evidence In the Price-Storms murder trial the Interest of the public increases, so that the large court room will scarcely accommodate the crowds that eagerly press forward to catch every detail of the crime. With the exception of a short time this morning devoted to cross-exaniinatlon of one of the surgeons who conducted the autopsy, the entire day was spent In the examination and cross-examination of County Coroner John D. Carter and Sheriff James M. Fletcher. The facts, as given by these witnesses, were substantially as follows: That, following the inquest, in company with Prosecutor Newton, they went in search of the defendant, Samuel Price certain circumstances, as th? known 111 feeling existing between him and the deceased on account of their respective attentions to the defendant, the Storms woman. Indicating that he might be Implicated in the murder. The evidence of both witnesses showed that Price denied the crime at this Interview, and that he told two or three conflicting stories as to what he had done with his revolver, asserting at one time that he had sent it by express to a brother In Wisconsin, at another to a cousin, and finally, when pressed as to what company he had sent it by, claiming that he had given it to his father to send. The State further showed that Sheriff Fletcher visited the defendant at his room in the evening of the same day (July 31), at which time Price admitted the killing of the deceased; that he was then locked up by the sheriff; that before leaving him he told the sheriff where Ie would find the revolver with which the shooting was done. The evidence shows that the sheriff searched as directed by Price, and found the revolver concealed as he had said, and the kind of weapon described by him. The State has further shown that Price made the following statement to Sheriff Fletcher, on the evening of the 31st of July: That ho had come from Brooks lake, two miles west of Winchester, on Sunday evening, July 30, to a point on the Bee-line railroad about a quarter of a mile west of this city; that from thence he struck across the country southward, bearing a little east, and going leisurely, until he came to the road leading east and west by and on the south side of the wood, where the shooting was done; that he proceeded eastwardly along this road, about 9 o'clock in the evening, and had gone but a short distance when a horse and buggy were wheeled across the road in front of him; that the deceased sprang from the buggy, came toward him with uplifted arm and exclaimed: "Now you .-I've got you and I'll fix you;" that he drew his revolver, fired one shot on a line with the hips and a second on a line with the lower part of the chest; that he then came home end retired. This statement was repeated on the following morning to the sheriff, coroner, prosecutor and county auditor, Albert Canfield, was reduced to writing and signed by the defendant. The State alao showed that the two witnesses and the prosecutor visited the defendant. Lizzie Storms, in the early afternoon of the day; that she denied all knowledge of the crime and statM that she had been at the home of one Dollie Mlers on the evening of the shooting; that Mrs. Miers and her two sirls had accompanied her to her home, and that Mrs. Miers had slept with her in one bed while the girls occupied another in the same room. This the Stz-te has contradicted. The State next showed that later in the dav the prosecutor and sherifT visited the defendant Storm and that she then confessed that she was out at the scene of the shooting and had witnessed it: that she went there with defendant Price; that she was sitting on the fence? with her face to the road and her beck to the north, towards the woods; that Price was standing near her on the side of the fence next the road: that whl!e so sitting some one came up from behind her and struck her in the back, knocking her to the ground: that Price Immediately Jumped over the fence and fired; that the party ran. Price following: that a second ihot was fired, and she recognized Kent Browne and heard him scream. The State also showed that when she made these statements she showed the wound on her back where she wai struck. The State was likewise shown that at 7 o'clock of the evening of July 31, defendant Storms got into a buggv with the sheriff and prosecutor, went with them to the teen" of the murder, showed them where the different scenes were enacted, r.nd then traced with them the route of her return to this city through the woods and fields, !ointlng out to them where she again met Price near this city. Almost breathless interest was manifested during the detailing of the confessions by SherifT Fletcher. LAFAYKTTK UHI)i:il. Kdwnrd IlntleNnl, a Motion CiiKlneer, Shoot llraUciuiiii Horun. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. I A FAYETTE, Ind. Dec. C Ed ward Rudesal. an engineer on the Monon road, this evening shot and Instantly killed Michael Horen. a brakeman cn the same road. The men hail some trouble ten days ago, and to-night there was a fist fiht followed by Kudesal shooting Horen in the left breast, just above the heart, causing death in ten minutes. Horen came heie recently from Ixgansport, but this Is all that Is known of him. One report says the men quarreled over a game of cards, and another rays they disagree l about the American Protective Association. IluJesal being a member of that organization. After being shot, Horen ran about fifty feet. Kudesai is forty-two years old and married. He refuses to talk and Is weeping bitterly. Itudt-sal rt sided at Indianapolis beiorc he came here. no si-: lytm:, thi: iikaitv. Wiiltimh HlNlory of the ;irl Sulnj-; Ceorjte Cioultl for $iO,UH. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dec. 6. The woman who Is suing George Gould for $10,00") lived In Wabash until recently, and this Is not the first time she has brought a suit of this kind. Kose Lytle was a beautiful girl, but her beauty was her ruin. Very early In life she started at a rapid pace, practicing llrst on such victims as she 'could find here, and finally, picking up a wealthy stranger, Christman by name, following him until a suit was brought by her, which by the way was compromised after 1t came to trial. Christman paid her $100. Miss I-ytle left Wabash soon after this, and but little is known of her doings until the announcement of her marriage to 'Nicolaus. The announcement of, her suit against Gould Is not surprising here, where her methods are so well known. Her father and mother still live here and their wayward daughter has been u continual source of sorrow to them. AVhnt Mr. CSoutri Snyn. NEW YORK, Dec. 6. George J. Gould did not go to hi office in the Western Union Building to-day. At noon, however, he authorized Mr. Somerville to sive out the following statement concerning the suit for 5 10,000 brought against him yesterday by Mrs. Nicolaus for unlawfully obtaining and appropriating a check which he had previously piven her for that amount. "I knev,' nothing of a suit which I Yaentloned in th" morning newspaper. No legal papers have been served on n.t. If any should be the matter would be referred to my law yen. 1 never gave the woman any check for any amount. It i evidently a scheme to extort money from me. The woman came to my ottlee alout a year ago, claiming to know several prominent people In Chicago, with some or whom I am personally acquainted, and represented that sh was in destitute circumstances and wished get back to her h une. 1 supplied her with the means of doing Ir seems, however, that she did not vo. Shv' called at my olfiVe sevr ral tLrcs afterward and 1 had to decline to re her." At 3 .loci; this urtTi.o.m Mr. tiumni d rectlved t!i reporters In his private o:!;et. He s dd for the Interest of hi clients he li.ul U elded to make no statement of t' case, "l Villi repeat, hov..er," he sai-.

"that Mr. Gould's statement is In direct contradiction to the story told to me by Mrs. Nicolaus. I will also say that my client's statements are supported by incontrovertible evidence."

mum. kitty Tov.si,i:rs sriciiiL:. A CraivfordMvllle Wotrnn Takes Her Lire nt Danville, III. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE. 111., Dec. 6. Mrs. Kitty Townsley, wife of William Townsley, a traveling salesman for a Crawfordsville music house, committed suicide here today by cutting her throat with a-razor. She had been visiting her mother, Mrs. Hall, in this city for several weeks. It Is said that she was despondent because her husband's business called him away from home so much of the time. IHgamUt ItleketlH In Luck. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERKE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 6. The Judge of the Circuit Court to-day decided not to authorize the expense of arresting Enos RIcketts, the bigamist, and bringing him here from Wllllamsport, Pa., where he has been located with wife No. 2. RIcketts Is the man who left his Philadelphia wife six years ago, came here and married Miss Allle Hammond, with whom he lived three years, when he returned to his Philadelphia wife, living with her three years, and. then returning to this city to be received by wife No. 2. Wife No. 1 learned of his bigamous marriage, and came here a month ago, but he had fled. She is now at her home in Philadelphia. Her lawyer here declines to give her address. RIcketts is working as an electric lineman in Wllllamsport. Presiding; Elders in Convention. Special to th? Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 6.-The central convention of presiding elders of the Methodist Episcopal Church closed Its work at the Wayne-street Methodist Church in this city to-nigt.t. Addresses were made to-day by Chaplain C. C. McCabe; Revs. George E. Serin gen of Danvllle.illl.; W. H. Bums, of Chicago; L. P. Davis, of Detroit; F. A.- Hardin, of Chicago; J. H. Ketcham. of Indianapolis; BLshop J. XV. Joyce and others. A resolution was passed to-night that the convention hailed with delight the plans and purposes for the evangelization of our large cities. Iiiillniut Assembly 1C. of L. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Dec. 6.-The Indiana State Assembly, Knights of Labor, met in this city to-day with delegates present from all sections of the State. Master Workman L. C. Kastln was in the chair. Committees were appointed and all matters were referred to them to be taken up and passed on to-morrow, when olficers will also be elected. The general sentiment among the delegates is that the retirement of Mr. Powderly will tend to strengthen the organization, and that It will soon be on a more solid foundation than ever. Seymonr Mnn Mentally Deranged. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., Dec. 6. Mr. Harman Heltman, a grocer of this city, has been confined to his home since last Thursday. This morning his mind failed him, and it is thought his mental derangement will be permanent. Mr. Heltman purchased a Colorado pony last spring, and In attempting to ride it was thrown to the ground, alighting upon his head, since which time he has complained of pain in his head, Shelby County Farmer Institnte. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHEER YVILLE, Ind., Dec. 6. The Shelby county farmers' institute, with an average attendance of two hundred, has been in session two days, closing this afternoon. Hen. J. A. Mount and wife were the leading instructors. Governor Matthev.'s delivered a lecture on the "Methods of Listing In liaising Corn." The interest in the institute is greater this year than ever bef c re. Jail Itreaker Captnred. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Dec. 6. Harry Hoover, a recent prisoner In jail at Fowler, took advantage of the sheriff's temporary absence and broke Jail. The sheriffs wife In attempting to check him was knocked down nnd severely hurt. Hoover was traced to this city, where he was arrested this morning and returned to Fowler. The IllfC Four Compromised. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Dec. 6. The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis railway today paid Mrs. Angle Long $1,300 In settlement for her suit In court to recover JlO.OoO damages for the death of her husband, a mall clerk In the Lafayette wreck, last May. Indiana Xotea. William Moore, a pioneer resident of Delaware county, died at the Soldiers Home, at Marlon, Tuesday. Rev. M. L ReynoMs, pastor of the Frea Methodist Church, dil at his home on the Ohio side of Union City at 12 o'clock Tuesday night. A stranger victimized merchants of Albany and Redkey by purchasing goods and presenting forged checks for which he received a few dollars In change. A change in the official board of the American Tin-plate Works at Klwood has been made. Edwin Stevens stepping out In favor of L. II. Iandon, of Richmond, who will hereafter have charge of the business department of the plant. It has been discovered that the aped strange woman, giving the name of Davidson, of Portland, Ore., who turned up at Muncle recently. Is not a niece of exPresident Jackson. and residents near Dalevllle need have no fear of her having any papers that will gobble up SlO.OuO worth of their land. Ex-Minister Stevens on Hawaiian Annexation. Noith American Review. In presenting themselves for admission Into the American Union the islands come under more American aspects than any of our previously annexed States or Territories. A recent writer in an American nipgazlne, a man of Euroiean birth and el neat Ion, and of more" or less sympathy with his fatherland, objects to the annexation of the Islands for the reason that there were. In 1S1X. but 1.92S Americans living upon them. He Is evidently unacquainted with the real facts, else he carelessly allows his language to state a truth In a way to utter an untruth. It Is true that, according to the census of 1S90, that there were then but two thousand persons residing In Hawaii who were bcrn in the United States Rat in addition to these a large portion of the 7,500 born on th5 islands, of ftielgn parentage, and put down as Hawallans, are of American parentage, and they form an Important part of the American colony They were educated in American Ideas and sentiments, their 1 etui ins men being graduates of American colleges. Some of these served In the Union army, suffered In Southern prisons, bear on their persons honorable scars, or sleep in grave3 redolent or American painousm. l nave seen some of these men on Decoration day march through the streets of Honolulu, fiom their tlrand Army post, to the beautiful cemetery whtre a goodly number of their comrades are burled, amid tokens of public respect not surpassed in any of our American cities. One of the dead heroes, born In Honolulu, of an American father and mother, who did long and noble service to rescue the Islands from barbarism and to save them from hostll? European domination, was General Armstrong, who for many years served this country so devotedly In the great educational work for colored men at Hampton, and who not long before his lamented death made a )owerful plea to Americans to stand by Hawaii In her American aspirations. Who assumes to say that these men have not the right to ask to come under the American Mag? What they now ask to do Is what, forty ytars ago. Secretary Marcy, of the then existing democratic administration, asked tl em to do; they are now ready to accept. Irenlilfn( Insulin Ilo-I'lee t eI. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The directors of the Big Four railroad met here to-day and re-elected the old ottieers. PresMent M. hi. Ingalls was Interviewed regarding the story that the Rig Four would absorb the Chleasro Eastern Illinois. Mr. IiiMls said that the spory was an old one that has been periodically revived, but said that the road In question would le a. desirable ac.pilaition. though t chances of getting It were small. The atlon Dlrneed. New York Tribune. Minister Willis went to Hawaii with a falsehood In his mouth. He described his mission in his speech to PresMent Dole as a friendly one and he was lnstructe 1 to commit an net of war. The American Nation Is profourdly disgraced by this low diplomacy. The Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour has recovered from his lllnes- anl made a speech before the Conservative Club at Manchester lest nijht-

DID NOT GO TO WORK

Some Lehigh Strikers Refused to Obey Their Leaders. Will Not Ask for Keinstatenient Unless All Arc Taken liaek Terms of the Agreement Sovereign's Address. MAUCH CHUNK, Pa., Dec. 6. There is a serious hitch In the settlement of the Eehigh Valley strike. The leaders here received cipher mssages early this morning declaring the strike off. They expected to return in a body and every man take his place. When the arrangement was made known to them thlng3 assumed a different shape. They unanimously declared that every man would have to be taken back or none, -The strikers held a meeting in the opera house this evening. The proposition for settlement was rejected. Similar action was taken at Lehlghton and White Haven. The men here were formerly engaged on the Wyoming division, the most difficult portion of the entire line. Mrs. C. II. Cummlngs, daughter of the late Judge Packer, the founder of the Lehigh Valley railroad, Is at present at her home here. While she Is anxious for a settlement of the dispute she says she has written to the officers of the company directing them to come to terms as published In the morning papers. The new phase of the situation has Caused great uneasiness here. Stockholders, strikers and business men are more or less dejected. They had hoped for a settlement. The strikers, however, say they are prepared to hold out for any length of time. Terms of the Agreement. BETHLEHEM, Pa,, Dec. 6. The great strike on the Lehigh Valley road was declared off at 3 o'clock this morning, both sides making concessions. This action was the result of a conference between a joint committee composed of members of the boards of arbitration of New York and New Jersey on the one hand, and President Wilbur, of the Lehigh Valley road, on the other. The conference, which lasted three days, was also participated in by the chiefs of the local and national labor organizations which took part in the strike. The terms of agreement are embodied in the correspondence which was made public after the announcement that the strike had been declared off. In a letter dated yesterday and addressed to E. P. Wilbur, president of the Lehigh Valley railroad, the arbitrators said: "The State Board of Arbitration of New York and New Jersey desire to know whether, if the existing strike Is declared off, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company will agree to take back as many of its old employes as It can find places for without prejudice on account of the fact that they struck or that they are members of any labor organization; that in reemploying the men lormerly in its service the available time shall be so Ivided among the men so employed that they may feel that they are again in the employ of the company and self-supiortlng; that in making promotions hereafter the company will make no distinction as between the new men now In Its employ and those re-employed on account of seniority in service or otherwise; that when in the employ of the road committees will be received from the various classes of employes from the branches of the service In which the aggrieved party is employed and their grievances considered and justly treated, and that In employing men m future the company will give preference to former employes when the strike is declared off. We further think that to prevent misapprehensions the Lehigh Valley Railroad .Company should contlrm the rules posted by Mr. Voorhees Aug. 7 last as first vice president of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company. We believe that these fcufrit Ions are reasonable, .and that if they are accepted by your company the present strike will be at once terminated." The above was signed by G. Robertson, jr., of the New York State Board of Mediation, and J. P. McDonald, of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration of New Jersey. To this communication. President Wilbur replied as follows: "Gentlemen I beg to acknowledge your communication of this date. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company agrees to the suggestions contained therein and. In event of the strike being declared off, will abide by them. We recognize and willingly resiond to your notification of our former understanding that the available time may be divided so that the men re-employ ed may have some certain source of support. We further, of course, confirm the rules Tosted by Mr. Voorhees, on Aug. 7 last. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company resumed possession of its lines on Aug. 8, and the rules In question have not been rescinded." Mut AVnlt Their Turn. WILKESRARRE, Pa., Dec. C The strikers broke ranks at 11 o'clock to-night an! made a rush for Superintendent Esser's ofllce. The latter sail to all applicants: "Understand, gentlemen, that I abide by the agreement given out, and that 13 that I shall take back as many of you as I can mauke places for. You deserted the road voluntarily. We had to run our trains, and we got other men; they are now doing their work failhiully; there are some vacancies, and these 1 will fill with the llrst men who return and report for duty." When Mr. Esser finished talking a number of men called out: "Please put my name down at once." One man who had been quite active In the strike asked that his name be put down. Esser said: "Your place Is filled." Some of the strikers claim the grand chiefs sold them out; that they were in si fair way to win the tight when they were called off. Incident of the Strike. AVOCA, Pa., Dec. 6. The blockade in the mountain "cut off," near Cork Lane, was wholly due to the wives, sisters and sweethearts of the miners, who sympathize with the Lehigh strikers. Cork Lane Is probably so-called because all of Its residents are Irish, and delight in being from that part of the Emerald isle known to the initiated as "Far Down." "Me and Jakey, there," said one of the guards to-day, "patroled nearly half a mile of track, and about noon up comes a woman, and says she, 'Boys, won't you come up to the house I know you ain't like Well, we don't get the and have dinner? them dern scabs. best of grub from the company, ana we just jumped at it. So she takes 113 ip and sits us down before a clean, elegant lavout with hot coffee, too. We don't get that often, I tell yer. and we pitches in that grub In great shape for nearly an hour. Then we goes back and walks up the track. Pretty soon along comes a freight with twelve tars and two engines. They strikes the grade, and then you should see the circus, 'l'ne whe?ls they slipped and went around, but the train don't move. The engineer puts on more steam and wheels keep a-buzzlng. but she don't move on the upgrade, and then thi engineer puts on his brakes and shut the steam down and thre she stood, stuck. The crew yells 'What's the matter?' and then they get down and look, and what do you think? Them rails was covered an Inch deep with soft soap, and that train could not budge an inch. Then up comes the crowd, headed by the old woman, and the stones began to lly. You should seen them." "The folks did not want to do nothing against the scp.bs, 'cause the strikers told them not to." said Kitty Muldoon. "but we women did not like that, and mother she's got a temper, she has got a lot of other women to make a lot of soft soap, and one day a lot of us tilled our water buckets with It. then Mrs. oh. I nearly toll her name took the Pinkertons up to dinner, fnd while they were eatln'. me and about ten other prirls went up the road near the head of the grade and soaped the tracks. Oh, It was fun to see the next up train get stuck. Then mother, she goes with Fome other women and a lot of kids and stones the crew, an while they was having lots of fun. me and the girls soaps the track below the train, so when the next comes up she gets stuck. Well, we kept that up until nearly morning, and say, guess how many trains we stuck? Why. eight. Say, wasn't that great head work, eh? Arid mabe the boys ain't proud of us? I tell yer. Then." went oa Kitty, volubly, "we climbed all over the engines and pulled the whistles until the tfros went out. Just think, there was elghten engines, and when idl the whistles there was a-going 'to oncef there was ;v devil of a din. Well, them

trains was stuck two days, and then It freezes hard and snows and now dey's running again."

.MAY nc SETTLED. Conference Looking to the End of a Dlntrouf Strike. PROVIDENCE. R. I., Dec. 6 The strike in the woolen mill district to-day assumed a new pha.se, which, it is believed, may result in a satisfactory settlement being reached. In view of the fact that the operatives at all the mills except the Saxon havo refused to accept of the daily offer of the mill owners permitting them to return to work, the manufacturers have become disgusted, and this afternoon announced that the mill bells would not be rung again for some time. They stated that, as outside laborers were practically afraid to venture to accept positions, they would close the mills for the rest of the season. On hearing this the business men of the woolen mill district were prompt to take action. The strike has already cost Olneyville over a quarter of a million, and the business men, realizing that some settlement must be reached, as they are unable to advance much further credit to the 3,000 strikers, met and waited upon the mill owners. The differences between the manufacturers and operatives was shown to be very small, and they urged the manufacturers to bring about a settlement if possible. The citizens committee also waited upon the executive committee of the strikers, and as a result the executive committee will have a conference with the mill owners to-morrow, when. If both parties make slight concessions, the long strike can be brought to a close. SOVEREIGN'S ADDRESS. Powderly' Sueeensor Mark Out Great "Work for the K. of L. NEW YORK, Dec. 6. The general executive board of the Knights of Labor continued their session at the Broadway Central Hotel to-day, reinforced by General Secretary-treasurer John W. Hayes, from Philadelphia. ' In the address of General Master Workman James R. Sovereign to the members of the order, he says: "At the recent session of the General Assembly 1 was elected to succeed brother T. V. Pcwderly as general master workman of the Knights of Labor. While I fully appreciate the great confidence reposed in me, I am also keenly sensible of the great responsibilities. But there is no time now for personal considerate ns or explanations. A great struggle Is being waged between two great forcesorganized monopolies, struggling to make slaves out of men, and organized labor, struggling to make men out of slaves. The interest is between the dollars of Shylocks and the bone and sinew of the industrial masses; a contest between organized land monopoly and the natural rights of God's homeless poor, between the federated trust and oppressed humanity. Opulence is fast becoming a monarchy. Distributive production is dying out. Combinations of money and brains are fast reducing Independent operators to mere wheels in the machinery of vast manufacturing concerns. While these influences and the monopolization of natural bounties are menacing us, I appeal to you to rally to the rescue under the shields of our noble order. Go out into the highways and hedges and call the weary wanderers and marshal the hosts of toil for a final triumphant struggle for everlasting freedom from the thralldom of greed. We will bring the great avenues of distribution within easy reach of the masses, elect all legislative, executive and judiciary officers of the general government, take away the veto power of the President and destroy the avocation of corrupt lobbies by establishing the initiative ad referendum. Thus we will give to the world our Industrial system menaced by no tramp at one end and a princely dude at the other." Laws for Barber. CINCINNATI. Dec. 6. The Journeymen Barbers' International Union was engaged all day and evening in discussing amendments to the constitution. The election of officers is not likely to be accomplished before Saturday. The president. In his address, recommended the establishment of a national home for superannuated barbers. The union has decided to favor Sunday closing of shops everywhere. Hours have been shortened by a constitutional amendment, to go into effect Jan. 1, making 8 a. m. the opening and 6 p. m. the closing hour. A boycott on 5-cent shops has been recommended. HenI CIirlMtinnlty. CHICAGO, Dec. C-Churches of several denominations in this city have thrown open their doors to the hundreds of needy who, during the bllzzardy weather, are without lodging. The destitute have been invited to sleep upon the pew cush'ons of the warm churches, and many of tne congregations are arranging to furnish breakfast to the lodgers. The only other time when such action has been taken in Chicago was during the general distress following the great lire. OWNERSHIP IX HAWAII. Seventy Per Cent, of the Property Belongs to Americans. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The extent to which native and half-cast Hawallans are partners In the ownership of the country is precisely shown In the following table of the amount and nationality of investments in Hawaiian plantations and other corporations, compiled by an Englishman, Thomas G. Thrum, from the latest sworn returns: Nationality of Investers, Value of Investments. American $21,700,089 Hawaiian-born Americans 4.408,477 Rrltish 6.787.73S Hawaiian-born British 429,2 German 2.04S.45S Hawaiian-born Germans f$,004 Native Hawallans IM.Gll Half-caste Hawallans 502,132 Chinese 304.3 M Portuguese 4J,'J-0 All other nationalities 392,113 Total $36,811,600 Out of the sum of $36,811,690 the natives and half-castes, about whom the present administration is raising such a hypocritical howl, and wish to return to power and control of the Hawaiian group, nre shown to own but $057,753, or less than 2 per cent, of the total. From the above table it appears that Americans own about 70 per cent, of the business and property In the Hawaiian group, and other whites 2T per cent. Of other property, real and personal, not included In the above, there I3 about $12.ns0,000, of which the natives own a larger proportion, possibly one-fourth. These gentle natives are simply without the necessary elements of business ability. These facts fully demonstrate that the present attempt of the white population of the Islands to assume governmental control is a step in the march of civilization and a safeguard to their property and business interests. Every sensible man and friend of the Hawaiian people will admit that the only course for thern lo take Is to fall In with thi3 rs'stless wave, and not to oppose it. The jniardian of Knsdish interests on the Island Is a Canadian, Mr. Davles. The guardian of the young Pr.ncess Kululanl is looking tirst to his own interest, the interest of his relative that Is to be Kalulani's husband if she succeeds to the throne: next to the interest of the Canadian Pacific Bad way Company, of which he is master, and will, In case of suc- ; cess, see to the destruction of all American interests on tne islands; and ne no doubt thinks he is acting most graciously toward these people. But it Is a most fatuous proceeding. In the nature of the case the incapable natives cannot continue to guide and govern this great onward, active and aggressive Christian civilization that now occupies their sea-girt land. It Is certainly to the best interest of all parties to allow the men that carry on the business and own the greatest share of the money ed Interests of the islands to direct the government affairs of the republic, for republic it certainly Is. established and recognized, and any attempt to overthrow it is un-American and should be frowned on by all true American?. J. C. H. Indianapolis, Dec. 6. A AVnmte of fertility. Philadelphia Inquirer. We took a long drive through the country recently during a heavy rainstorm. It was not very pleasant work, but It gave us a chance to observe some things. One was that upon the majority of farms which we passed the dripping rain from the barn roofs fell directly on the manure, and from that the rich, black water ran off in rivulets and gullies until it found an outlet by which It could get entirely away from the farm. Probably the owners of the farms had seen the same thing a hundred times and had made no effort to correct it. but we had just as soon leave our tocketbook out for every passer to help himsc!f to a little change as to see our substance wasted away In that manner. The shortsightedness of some men in little things Is one of the most prevalent causes of nonsuccess, and It occurs as often on the farm as elsewhere. Now that the busy eayon is over, would It not be a good Idea to look around and see wher'vihcre are little leaks which can be stoppeV

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IX HOXOU OF SHIELDS Illinois Unveils a Bronze Statue of Her Distinguished Son. Appropriate Exercises in the House and in Statuary Hall at the National Capitol. WASHINGTON', Dec. 6. Another figure ; was added this afternoon to the distinguished array of warriors, statesmen and inventors whose monuments, erected in Statuary Hall of the United States Senate, attest the regard in which they were held In the States to which they added luster, James Shields was the favorite son of three States and his ashes rest In Missouri, but Illinois by resolution of Its Legislature, decided that his statue should be one of the two which It is entitled to place in statuary hall. Illinois, therefore, had the chief place In to-day's ceremonies, but Missouri and Minnesapolls also took advantage of the opportunity to do special honor to the memory of their Senator of by-gone days. Appropriate ceremonies and addresses by representatives of the three States named marked the unveiling of the statue. The ceremonies began at 1 o'clock with a small street parade, which, was an Incident rather than a feature of tho occasion. A troop of cavalry from Fort Myer and the artillery band, stationed In this city, escorted the speakers and guests from the Metropolitan Hotel to the Capitol. Following the military were carriages in which were Governor Altgeld and staff, of Illinois; Governor Nelson and staff, of Minnesota; Governor Stone and staff, of Missouri; the membera of the Shields statue commission, the family of General Shields, the committee on arrangements and the executive committee. Veterans of the Mexican war, members of the G. A. It. and of the Emmet Guards, of this city, brought up the rear of the procession which moved to the Capitol. The exercises at the Capitol began at 1:30, when Mr. Springer presented to the House the formal resolution accepting the statue on behalf of the Congress of the United States. In advocating the resolution Mr. Springer, In a brief speech, reviewed the life of General Shields and paid a glowing tribute to his noble qualities. Gen. John C. Iilack followed. In the course of his remarks General Black said: "The statue is to stand through the ages for which the Capitol may endure as the type cnoscn by our great State of Illinois of its best citizensnip. Tne State is an album where s.aine the names of Joiiet, the devout; of La Saile, the chivalrous; of Marquette, tne earnest, and of a whole host of snadowy and heroic characters. In tne seventy-live years since our Constitution was adopted our bar and our courts have been thronged with wise and brilliant advocates and juuges. Illinois glories in her son, living and dead, and fivm them all she has named the dauntless Snields her citizen, her soldier, her Senator and her Judge, not that he is greatest of all. but that, in addition to hid pubi.e career, he stood for the broadest catholicity of American citizenship." Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, Mr. Eland, of Missouri, and Mr. Hall, of Minnesota, also paid feeling tributes to the memory of the man upon whom such distinguished honoz was conferred to-day. Colonel Oates, the one-armed confederate veteran, threw a llavor of personal reminiscence Into the proceedings by arising at the close of the speeches in the House. He apologized for intruding, but, as a confederate veteran under Stonewall Jackson, who had met General Shields on the field of battle at Port Republic, he said he could not refrain from saying a few words. He declared that no soldier ever fought more bravely or gallantly than Shields at Port Republic. He honored him as highly as if he had fought on his own side. While the orations were being delivered the committee on arrangements entered the House, and at their couclusion the members of the House and the eminent visitors fded out to Statuary Hall, where the unveiling of the monument took place. Mr. Condon, of Chicago, delivered a long address in eulogy of Shic-lds. At the conclusion of his speech Miss Katharine J. Shields, the daughter of the General, drew aside the white drapery that veiled the statue, and in heroic bronze the figure of the General stood revealed. The principal oration of the day was then delivered byGovernor Altgeld. of Illinois. Occasions of this kind, said the Governor, are not common, because few men ever render a service to mankind that insures the gratitude of a nation. The basis of such demonstrations is gratitude, the gratitude of a people for the distinguished dead. In the early days statues were built to warriors alone; as civilization progressed the deeds of statesmen and the founders of States were in a like manner honored by a grateful people. The memory of the man honored to-day was worthy of a niche In history for all these" reasons; he was a brilliant soldier, he helped to lay the foundation of States, and he assisted In guiding the destiny and shaping the institutions of tho .American Republic. Speaking of the fact of Governor Shields's foreign birth In connects with his lofty patriotism, the speaker said that if the soul of Shields could animate this statue for an hour, with what infinite scorn would his proud spirit look upon those men who, having bled on no battle field, stormed the ramparts of no armed enemy, solved no great problems for humanity, now seek to turn the accident of birth into a virtue by act of Congress. Closing with a reference to Shields's lifelong poverty Governor Altgeld said: "Every age has produced millions of strong and Industrious men who knew no higher god than .the dollar, who coined their lives into sordid gold, who gave no thought to blessing the world or lifting up humanity; men who owned ships, and palaces, and stocks, and the riches of earth, who gilded meanness into pplendor and then sank into oblivion. Posterity erected no statue to their memory. Let the young men of America learn from this statue and tho career of Shields that the paths of virtue and honor of glory and immortality are open to them." Mr. Tarsney.of Missouri, followed with an eloquent speech, which evoked great enthusiasm and applause. Senator Turpie. of Indiana, closed the exercises. Governor Nclf Minnesota, and the Lieutenant Gov ernor of Pennsylvania, who were expected to deliver ad-lresscs, could not be present. The Shields Statue. WASHINGTON, Dec. C The statue of Gen. James Shields, presented to Congress by the State of Illinois and unveiled In Statuary Hall at the Capitol, stands In the southwest corner of the Memorial Hall, flanked on cither side by the statues of the distinguished heroes of other States enshrined there in the Nation's sanctuary'. On the right are the erect figure of Gen. Phil Kearney; the tall, angular form of Lincoln, exquisitely molded in marble by VInnle Ream; Alexander Hamilton and John Winthrop. On the left, Rlchnrrt Stockton and George Clinton, of New York; Roger Williams. Robert Fulton Collamer, of Vermont: glorious "Old Hill" Allen, of Ohio, and the martyred Uarlleld. The Shields statue is a bronze mllltarv figure of heroic size on a granite iu'destai. on the front of wnich are the words: "General James Shields, Warrior, Jurbt, Statesman." On the three other sides arc the coat of arms of Illinois, Minnesota and Illssourt. The statue is regarded as lifelike. It stands with head erect, the lft hand resting easily on the hilt of hl.sheathed sword, and the right foot moved slightly forward. The statue Is the work of Leonard Wells Volk, of Chicago, who has made some famou3 statues of public men. among them Lincoln, Houglas, Clay. Chandler and Elihti 15. Washburne. lien. James Sh'.eids's history was picturesque and checkered. He enjoyed the distinction 01 being the hero of two war--of having represented in tho Cnlted StateSenate three Stater Illinois, Minnesota an" Mh'.squri: of having been Governor of t fourth Oresyn and of having bcrrun u

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SPECIAL 1 ltoi i HA MM US, InwruW with th names tt hosts anil guput. furnilied b theater parties of ''0 or more. Liita must l left at bos offlco three days In advance. GTSEATS ON SALE THIS MOnNINQ.rj Matinee to-day, tontpht and' all this week, ! ft A. Y. PEARSON'S Mammoth Production. THE DISTRICT FAIR A SPORTING DRAMA OF TO DAY. Popular Prices 10. 'JO and 30 centa. Next week Gray.Stophens Co. in Signal LifhU, ' ' 11 ii TP m i. , , --MM----Mf EMPIRE ! HEATER Corner 'abash anl Del. Sta. Matinee at 2. 10c 15c, J5u I T flight at H. 15c, 'J Oc anl 50a. HYDE'S COMEDIANS MM? k MISS HELENE iUVIWi , The (Jrcat "Female Paritnne." Next Week Sam Devete'a Own Co. 2nd ANNUAL BALL, -GIVEN BY THE ' German Ladies Aid Society, AT Tdmlinson Hall, FRIDAY. Dec. 8, 8:30 P. M. TICKETS. Jfl. National Tube-Works WEOCGHMMS PIPE FOR Gas, Steam & Water Poller Tube. Cat aut Malleable Iron lit tin pa (black and raJranlzetl). Valvea. Stop Cocka, hntrliie Tnmniiuf. bteam Ciamres, pip TiiiKs 1U Cuttrra, Viae. Screw Plates ami Dion, Wrencbea. Steam Traps, ptimjis. Kitchen hinks, 11o Belting. HablAt MetaL SoMer. White, aiul Colore! Wljilnr Waate, and all other Supplies uae4 in conrectum wjth Gaa, Steam and Water. Natural Gaa aupilie4 a p',ialty. St earn -heating Apparatus for Public P.utl U lncs, store-room, MHla, Shop. Factories, LaundrieA, LunitH-r Dry-bouf ea, etc Cut atl Thread to onler anj ait WroupTht-iron I-pe from Luch to i'i lnohes uianieter. Knielit & Jillson. 75 and 77 8.- PENN6YLVAN IA BZ career cut short by tho war In a fifth, California. His last puLllc act was to preside over a political convention in still another State, Wisconsin. He was born In Ireland, in 1S10, and came to this country In 1S1U. During those early days in Illinois he challenged Abraham Lincoln to liht a duel, the cause of which has always been -something of a mystery. Lincoln accepted the challenge and named broadswords n the weapons, but the dul never c.inie off. Personally General Shields was said to be a brilliant, dcirhintf man. brave as a lion In battle, with a heart as soft as a woman's; In disposition roving and adventurous; a man whose personality held the Imagination and fascinated tne eye. The ComnilMKlun Merchant I'lnlnf. To the Kditor of the Indianapolis Journal: And nov. come the commission merchants with a grievance. Somebody, living somewhere, has at some time koM a lot of potatoes, or the like, from cars. That la bad, but It is not half so bad as that some other body has sold potatoes from wacons. Now, It hapjens that some farmers well-to-do farmers cipher that they can better afford to unload their berries In the berry season, apples in the apple se..ioii and tatovs In :he otato sca.son at the corr.miiskn house than to deliver thm at the groceries or at private houses. All this is Into the hands of the ccrnmls.Mon mercruntf, but It is a little hard. on the consumer. r It would be If everybody ha.d to trurle through, the commission house. As It Is, the Lis farmer who can't or won't Lake Uin? to deliver his goods probably iays tho commission. Hut what about the farmir who lives In I'ocne county, or Sullivan, and wants to sell to us? i!ott of them prefer to sell through the commission house, but now and then one prefers t pay a few days' sidetrackage. called. In tht language of the shop, "demurrage and unload directly to grocers, or iKddler?, or consumers. Against such proceedings the commission merchants protest. One of the mottoes of Andrew Jackson was: "The world 13 goerned to much." Now, If the grocra will not allow commission merchants to ocll to consumers, nor allow peddlers to carry pools to the doors of con.'umers, and ;f the commission merchants will not allow a producer in Sullivan county, or Jarknon, to sell watermelons or otatot-s to pHlJlers or consumers either. It looks very much ns If consumers are governed altogether too much, lly the way. there is vn thing; thiv. TfKv?r-conimlssi3!i combination h:ui not caTiht on to. They luive noticed it. to their Intense disgurt. but they liave not mention;'. It yt. IVrliaps thry are lik th colored brother who broke the sad news to his master that two of his oxeu were dead by raying: "Mast-a, one of d oxen Is dead, and t'other, too. I'so afniil t' tell you nil nt once; feared you eoul Iti't .cod it." There are a grett many farmers vi:o go from house to house tlellve Hnir butt r an l -vrH an 1 other thlnc:. Tli -y aru r.r-t exnctly txddlers or hucksters, but they u"(."onii:u'l lie a pnat many families. Tho conimb ion merchants am! the procen don't name thern now. for fear the Council 'couldn't stood It." They will come -next. Indianapolis. Dec. C. V. U Sl'i;. SugeIIon fur Vnr!iccs. To the IMitor of the Imllanapolls Journal: Permit me to ru direst to Senator I;miel V.. Voorhees that when h? is ready t. rMo vim lndlanatolis, Lc. C

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