Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1894 — Page 2

1 a THE INDIANA! CRNAL, MONDAY, JAXUA11Y . 1, 1S5M,

pat of gold. The pold output o? Colorado In 1S:3 13 estimated at 3".J.i). The year 191 will see it reach an 1 probably exceed &2;).00,uj. ilor mining is holdtng its own. fcilver teln.;; genernlly found in combination with gold. Irad or copper. Tne outlook for the mining of the precious and adied metal3 in Colora-io is highly encouraging, and the ag:-rrvgato output lor lwi will exceed that o: nny previous year. "The Colorado output of coal and coke for IKC has not fallen far short of that of 1S1C which was 3. J , tons of coal and 3,Si,'JU0 tons of coke. Over tons of coal were "hipped to Kansas, Nebraska, Texas. Utah, California-and Montana. Million. of people cast of Denver were ultimately supplied with Colorado coal. "The itroltum output of one of the oil fieUs Jn Colorado for was 2,Wj barrels p:-r lxy, entirely supplying Colorado, Wycmlng, Montana, New Mexico and Utah. Natural' pas i3 a recent addition to Co!orad product.. "Imring Ikii Colorado granite was used for the ponoiflce at Kansas City, and will te used in the government building at vmh-i, wnlle sandstone for building and paving was shipped extensively to other suites. "In the agricultural output for 1SH3, while showing an increasing volume. Is necessarily decreased in value by the prevailing .ow prices. Iocal stock interests are fast growing in magnitude as the local products fuily meet the local demand. The Greeley district alone shipped, in I,0aVa) worth of potatoes, largely to the E;ist nd .SSouth. Colorado has hitherto imported annually .from other States poultry, meat and fruit products equal in value to her annual gold product. The locjal increase of tmall farms and intelligent farming will, within a few years, keep this money in the State. Colorado has now 4-VMO acres planted in fruit, the larger iiortien consisting of orchards planted within the last three years, yet the value o? the fruit crop of exceeds .Cm).iX, with a certainty that in a few years that State will produce fruit for export. The annual value of the pastorate, agricultural and horticultural prodr ucts of Colorado far exceed the annual Value of the entire mineral output. "During 1SD:J there has been an increased Immigration to Colorado or semi - invalids (mostly persons of llnanclal means), seeking the benefit of its climate, and European physicians, with Kuropean capital, are about to build . x,90o sanitarium in the State. The wonderful mineral springs and scenic attractions are also bringing an annuaJly Increasing number of visitors and tourists to the State. "Colorado manufacturers have not suffered to the same extent that their Kasteni brethren appear to have done. Tariff agitation has not injured our factories; and none of them is closed down. The 'long-distance' rail haul affords ample and permanent itotection. The value of the manufactured products of Denver for 1S'J2 exceeds $15,W,l0. Within the last two weeks the steel works at Pueblo obtained a contract for Do.fJ) tons of steel rails, amounting to about J m. f .. During 1W3 Colorado manufacturers have been shipping goods extensively throughout the entire country between the Missouri liver and the Pacihc coast and be-twt-ea the liritish line and the City of Mexico, with every prospect of increasing trade during The merchants of Colorado en ter the nw year under much more favorable circumstances than usual. They have t?en conservative, lought sparingly, practiced economy and liquidated indebtedness. Ixx-al trade has been better than was anticipated; the ndners generally are fully employed, even if at reduced wages, owing to development of gold mining, and the product of the mines, unlike wheat, wool, cotton, etc., is immediately available assets and goes tit once into local circulation. "The financial outlook for Colorado -has gradually and steadily improved during the past three months, the bank clearings each week showing a substantial gain, the deposit Increasing and the country banks once more keeping good balances. On Dec. IS the total deposits of the ten national banks of Denver amounted to $13,901,813, showing an increase since.Oct. 3 of nearly H.OOW). Everything iiKlfcates that 11 will witness a revival of business in every line in. Colorado, and its effects are already perceptible. The commission which appointed the committee almost unanimously resolved against an extra session of the State Legislature on the ground that the rapidly increasing prosperity of the State rendered it unnecessary and from a fear that the circumstances under which it is called may mislead the friends of 'th&State in the East to think that unwise raws may be enacted. A majority of the members of both houses of the Legislature deny the necessity for an extra session, and will do nothing to impair the credit or reputation of the State. Capitalists may immediately make profitable investments here with the utmost confidence of safety." Hip FlgurcH from .California. SAN tfRANCISCO. Cal.. Dec. 31.-The Chronicle issues a sixty-four page paper devoted to accounts of the progress of the city and State during the past year. California mines yielded $20,000,000 in 1893, of which $13,900,000 was gold. The wheat crop was 36,000,000 bushels; grape brandy, 2,00,000 gallons: canned fruit, 1,000. (XX) cases; barley, 1!."MVM) bushels; beans, 79.000,000 pounds; raisins, G3.foo.0o0 pounds; dried fruits, 130,Goe00 pounds; prunes, 47,OO0,0m pounds; wool. CO.aXi.WO pounds; hops, 48,000 bales; orange crop, season lSa3 and estimated, 9.0(i0 carloads; vegetables, 110,000,000 pounds. The value of the wheat exports was $13,000,0"V. flour. $3..ViO.'jcO; exports of wine, 11,000.0J gallons. The assessed valuation of California property was $1,270,000,000; total county Indebtedness, value of real estate. $75S,0uo,fi0; total deposits In saving banks, $133.Ooo.ooo. The assessed value of property in California has doubled since 1SS0. Tne population Is l.r-oO.l-00. California is the second largest State in the union. It ranks first in gold product, honey, wine, raisins, oranges, almonds, walnuts, has the largest per capita wealth of any State in the Union. San Francisco Is the third commercial city in the United States and the leading whaling port of the world. The value of San Francisco manufactures wis $;,500.00o. The total gold product by California since 1S49, Is $1,2J0,00'J,o. Mineral Product of I'tnlt. SALT LAKE. U. T Dec?. 31. Wells. Fargo Co.'s statement of the mineral product of Utah for Lsa; shows a total of 91.U72 ounces of line gold. l.o-2.4-J7 ounces of copper, To,pounds of uareJincd lead. Reckoning gold at per ounce, silver at b'.lKl cents per ou:ue, ip;kt ,2 cents per pound ar.d unre'.irK- l le id at $44 per ton. the total export value is .$7.t2i;.(MS. Computing Koid and silver at mint value and other metals at their value at the senloanls would increase the value of the product to 12,.SJ2,074.

Idaho Ktuthitlr.t. IiOISK. Ida., Doc. 3. Statistics compiled by the Poise City National Hank show the value of the three principal metals produced in Idaho (luring 1S as follows: Gold, 1,C.I.Vmo; rilver. JI.IWiK); lead. $773,000, making a total of $3.!2J.otO. This shows a total decrease of over JJ.OW.WO as compared with last year. I rENTECOST'S REWARD. (Conol titled from Kirat Pngr.) nipt organization of which he 13 the head, than ho pave by the selection of Hugh O. Pentecost U be assistant district attorney. This man Pentecost was admitted to the bar just a year ago. He has had but little experience, of course, to lit him for the place to which he Is to be appointed. He has defended a notorious female doctor and eagerly volunteered to net as the counsel and advocate for the frowsy, loud mouthed 1'mma GoMmnim, who assumed leadership, a few months ago, of the Anarchists. He has boxed the compass on religion and politics. He began life as a Haptist clergyman, and in a very few years had tried at least two other denominations. Noiody knows where he stands now. He has lieen what may hi called an 'adventurer In loth rhiies and religion. He Is fitted by neither experience nor ability for the position of assistant district attorney. He was not selected for hi3 fitnes. But he is understood to stand well with the Anarchists and other disorderly elements in tho city, and Mr. Croker needs friends. He would like them of a more reputable sort, but cannot get them, an 1 must take whatever offers. He, expects IVntecost to lead the disreputable element with whom he consorts, to the support of Tammany." Obituary. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31. Capt. J. C. Ainsworth. an 1S4'J pioneer of California nnd Oregon, and three tlm-s a millionaire, died at his home In Oakland yesterday. Captain Ainsworth established the line of Fte inn rs in Columbia and Willamette rivers that eventually merged Into th Oregon Hallway and Steam Navigation Company, arid was one of the heaviest stockholders at th time that Villard acquired the proper! v. At ids death bo was largely interested ill banking in Oakland and Portland, lie was s v'nt v-one years of age. ST. IMIS. Dee. 31. H. Clay Sexton, one of the most prominent citizens of St. Lculs. dud to-night. His death was the r?sult of a complication of causes. About threeweeks ago he fell off a street ear and received ' severe injuries. An attack of the Kr!j followed and l-ft him in such a weaken d condition that a slight stroke of apoplexy proved fatal. riilf.m;. s. i.. De J. TZ. Bennett, presiding Judge of the Supreme Court of South Dakota, died erv suddenly of heart failure In this city lat evening. He was a prominent Knight Tenjplar and Knight of NEW YORK. Dc. 31. William Itichardrn. prominent in Brooklyn for many yearn as a street-railrood magnate, died at hi: residence, to-day. from congestion of Uie Lrain and. uj attack, of bronchitis

NOT FOR JFREE TRADE

Farmers Favor a Home Market, First, Last and Always. "Aunt RaWy," lot Years OM. Receives a Fatal Fall Decatur Democrats Indulge in a-Wordy War. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DAN VILLI;, Ind., Dec. 31. At the recent farmers' institute held here the following resolutions were adopted: "That we sincerely d-eplore the business depression that ha.s prevailed Uk past year ami the unemployed labor incident thereto. We will co-operate with each other in our respective neighborhoods and with local authorities in relieving the destitute and unemployed so f;;r as in our power, with the hoje that confidence may be restored with the approach of spring and the timidity attach d to capital and commerye vanlsn. "We favor domestic competition to the fullest degree. We favor the home market first, last and all the time, and especially do we favor our lake shore and seaboard markets as homp markets for the farmers of the United States, and particularly tho.e of tha Mississippi valley. As farmers, we opioso the additional competition of our own products with the products anu labor of other countries. We favor such protection by our tariff laws to our interest and the people at largo as will not leave our people at a disadvantage either in trade, labor or competition. We believe , that the theory of cheap lalor as a means of constant employment is a delusion, and cannot be borne out by actual .practice. To exalt and disrnify labor is to reward it well and it cannot be well rewarded unless the products of capital and labor can have a constant and paying market, and we cannot have that market without the levying of duties amply sufficient to cover the difference in the price of lalor,and transportation in other countries entering into competition with our own products. We believe that the history and experience of tariff legislation in, our own country are safer guides than theories of political economy, and should dictate the wisdom of legislation or absence of legislation necessary to restore public confidence and relieve the present financial and business depression." A fXTY HALDW Torre IIuto Penlonnrlnn Falls and Receive Fatal Injury. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERHE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 31.-Mr& Ann Ualdridge, known in Terre Haute for a half century or more as "Aunty Iialdy," who was 10 i years of age OcL 24, fell to tho floor of her room at the Old Ladies. Home Friday night, and broke the bono of her right thigh, which Injury' . the attending physician says will be fatal. Mrs. Baldridge's maiden name was Ann Slxby, and she was born in New York State. Atthe ag? of twenty-four she married Samuel Bald ridge. In 1819 they came to Indiana by the way of tho Ohio river, and to Terre Haute following the Wabash river. Terre Hauto van but three years old when they came, and Fort Harrison was yet an army post. Her husband engaged In the boating business, then confined to carrying farm and garden products by flat boats to New Orleans. He left on a trip soon otter they came here, and was never heard from. Whether drowned or murdered by the Indians the wife nver learr.ed. She begran sewing in the families of. the then small place, and for fifty years this was her occupation. She was known as a home companion in many of the old families of the city until some years ago, when she went to the Old Ladies Home, where her friends had especially prepared a room for her. Only in the last few years has she been unable to read. On the day of her one-hundredth birthday she was presented with one hundred silver dollars, which she caused to be deposited in bank, saying she wanted to save it for her funeral expenses. DECATl'H DEMOCRATS. A Womlr SYnr, vrlth a Prospect of Something More Excltlxifr. Special to the Indianapoll3 Journal. GREENSauitO, Ind., Dec. 31. Pursuant to call, several Democrats met in convention In Cortez Swing's office, Saturday, to select delegates to the Lavvrenceburg convention to elect a committeeman for the Fourth district, which terminated in a firstclass row. Ewing is chairman of the Democratic county committee, and it is claimed that he selected hk? office as the place of meeting with the view of kseplng certain Democrats out, and It worked like a charm. Pipes were laid and wire3 pulled for a slate delegation favorable to Clark, editor of the Xew Era, for committeeman, but some of those present disliked tha methods that were being: used, kicked over the traces and a lively time followed. A motion was made to allow each township to select its own delegates, but this was voted clown, and when a motion was carried requiring a majority of the Democrats present to select, thus depriving tho township of Ur own choice. Dr. John Riley b-came so disgusted that he withdrew and called on all who felt an he did to follow, and they went. John Lugciibell presented the name of A. B. Arnimnon tor delegate, and on the presentation of his name Ewing sprang to his feet and d2nounced Armington in the bitterest terms, closing his philippic by calling Armington a mugwump. Armington was not present. Several years apro he was a member of the Democratic State central committee, and is considered a Rood Democrat. He saw Ewing on the street after the convention and expressed in plain language his disapproval of the manner in which lie had been treated. There is blood .on tho moon and some one Is liable to get hurt, for there !s bad feeling on both -sides. In this eltv the slate was brok'?h by electing Dr. 1 lit t. an anti-Clark delegate. The delegates selecte.1 are for Holman by a lare majority. Decatur county Democrats have always favored Holman, oven ever their own aspiring politicians. Terre Haute' Tarn many. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TEBBE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 31.-The Democratic county primary, yesterday, to select delegates to the congressional convention, which will select a district chairman, was the first occasion the Lamb-Fairbanks Tammany has had to dictite the action of a Democratic meeting. The machine worked a3 smoothly as that of its Xew York prototyie. Postmaster Donham, who is chairman of the county committee, called the meeting to order, and Police Commissioner Sankey was installed as chairman. The delegates from the city to the congressional convention are all out-and-out Iimb-Falrbanks-men. one of them being a new employe of the revenue oifiie. -The Lamb - Fairbanks Tammany now has absolute control of the jfcjst jfilee, revenue otliee. County Commissioners Court, police department, an( indication are that it "bosses" the School Board. MICH MAHIUi:i YOtTH. He Ik Suld to Hate Wedded Five Girl und Dcnertetl Them. FOHT WAYNE. Ind.. Dec. 21. William Grirn was arrested at the city Young Men's Christian Association, last night, on information of a Brooklyn detective, who has been waiting for two days to catch his man. The detective says Grim married five pretty girls in and around Brooklyn, every one of whom he courted, lived with a few months, and then desertrd. Grim came here about two weeks ago and introduced himself at the city Young Men's Christian Association, saying that he was looking for work. He had letters, which are forgeries, from the general secretary of the young Men's Christiui Association x Brooklyn, front the chief of p!ice of Brooklyn and others. (Iriru was vrv devout while in Tort Wayne, and talked a good deal about desiring to live a pure Christian life. Z O LL 1 X C.VA s F r X I : H A L. Fort "Wayne's Lute Major Hurled Yvtth Military itntl Civic IInitor. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. I 'OUT WAYNE. Ind., Dec. SI. -The funeral of Mayor Zollinger was one of the largest ever held in this city. The ceremonies were In charge of the Knights Templars, but the following organizations were in the line of parade! Three Grand Army posts. Zollinger Battery. Fort Wavri"t UUVs, Catling gun pquad, representative of the Iyal Legion. City Council nnd city offlf.tals. Odd Fellows and Scottish Rite Masons. A number of personal friends from

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funeral, arriving here at 11 o'clock on a special train on the Lake Erie & Western. They returned at 4 this afternoon. Did Fnlrbmik Lief Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Dec. 21. There is a statement in a local pper that raises an interesting question as to Crawford Fairbanks's Interest in the distillery here. The statement is this: "Two local industries, at the head of which is Mr. Crawford Fairbanks, make a good showing for the year's business, in spite of prevailing hard times. The Terre Haute Distilling Company will pay a quarterly dividend of 6 per cenL tomorrow and the Terre Haute Brewing Company has declare 1 a dividend of 3 per cent." When Mr. Cleveland was raying he hesitated to apiint .lump collector of internal revenue because of his relations with distiller Fairbanks the latter and his friends protested that he was not In tho distilling business. It is even understood that Fairbanks male an allidavit to that effect. AnliiNt the Wilson Bill. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind.f Dec. 31. A petition has been circulated here, and hundreds of names have already been affixed to It, asking the Hon. George W. Cooper, Congressman from the Fifth district, whose home is In this city, to vote against the passage of the Wilson tariff bill, and to use all honorable means to prevent its pasroge. Never before was there a document -presented to citizens here that was so freely signed. Laboring men, businessmen, the unemployed and all have affixed their name. to this petition until it presents the appearance of the pages of a city directory. The people here will expect Congressman Cooper to give the petition proper consideration; Four lr!oiier. Kweape. . Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FOWLER, Ind., Dec. Cl.-Harry Hoover, Ira Kads, Charles Shoenlaker and Lee Davis, four prisoners, escaped from Jail last nlghL The first was in for stealing a knife, and the others for the theft of a little money. Sheriff Mauzy had locked them In the corridor up stairs, and they succoeded in unlocking a door which admitted them to the room next to the windows. Then they sawed oft one of the heavy two-inch bars from the window, tied two blankets together, attached ' one end to the window gratincr, and let themselveb down into freedom. The sheriff offers a reward of $lw for their capture, but as yet no trace of them is reported. No blame is attached to the sheriff. Forced Cheek. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KDIXBURG, Ind., Dec. Cl.-Late Satur day afternoon John Cochran induced O. M. Mitchell, a furniture dealer, to cash a check for V27.50, said to be signed by James L. Bradley, of Indianapolis. He also succeeded In getting a similar check cashed af the saloon of John Wade. Both of these checks were found to be forgeries, and on Saturday night cilicers went to Cochran's boarding house to arrest him, but he lied through a rear entrance and escaped. He formerly worked for Mr. Bradley on his farm near Kdinburg. - Former Traveling , Man Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SALEM, Ind., Dec. 31. Hugh Holmes, of Livonia, died here this afternoon of heart disease. He was for many years traveling salesman for Bamberger, Bloom & Co., of Louisville, and as such was well known in Indiana. He quic the road on account of 111 health and located on a farm in this county, about three years apro. Mr. Holmes was born at Livonia about sixty years ago. Destructive Fire at Fortville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORTVILLE, Ind., Dec, 31. Fire at 10 o'clock to-night destroyed the four-story business block of Joseph Blms & Sons, general merchants, and the saloon of Charles Shaffer, and wrrecked. a residence of Luna Hudson. Loss, $10,000, partially Insured. The Are was caused by a naturalgas Jet. Fireman Badly Ilnrt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY, Ind., Dec. 31. John Kennedy, a fireman on the Big Four, fell from the tender and under the train at Versailles, O.. last night, and was run over, crushing one of his feet to such an extent that it had to be amputated, lit was badvly used up, lut It Is thought he will live. Indiana Notes. The Sunday Morning Call, a nonpolltlcal newspaper of Wabash, Fuspended yesterday because of insufliclent patronage. Nelson G. Hunter was the proprietor. Eugene F. Brady, of Lafayette, the deputy United States marshal who was so .badly shot last September while In pursuit of the Daltori gang in Indian Territory, ha.s so far recovered as to be able to get around. At Greensburpr. yesterday, the "B. B. S." pave a complimentary banquet to Charles F. Reiser at the Hotel de Armond. There wore thirty covers. James K. Caskey acted as toastmostcr. Several visitors were pres-. ent, including Will Bliss, It D. Guffin, of Rushville, R. C. Porter, of Frankfort, and C. J. Hackett, of Utica. N. Y. Moses Heron W. R. C, of Farmland, has selected the following officers: President. Mrs. Julia Gray; S. V. P., Mrs. Abigail Watson; J. V. I.. Mrs. Jane Life; treasurer. Mrs. Hettie Lyst; chaplain, Mrs. Mollie Driver; conductor. Mrs. Fannie West; fuard, Mrs. Ansie McNces; delegate to State encampment, Mrs. Abigail Watson; alternate, Mrs. Sarah McGuire. THE BLYTJ1E MILLIONS. Sensational Allegations Filed by Attorneys Opposing the Heirs. 3AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31. The long contest over four or five million dollars left by the late Thoma3 H. Blythe has developed another promising sensation. Late Saturday afternoon there was filed before the State Supreme Court a notice of a motion to postpone hearing before that tribunal o.f the appeal from Superior Judge Coffey's decision declaring' that Florence Blythe is heir to Blythe's millions. Sensational atlidavits accompanied the notice. In brief, the affidavits, which were filed by attorneys for claimants opposing Florence Blythe, the illegitimata daughter, charge that the girl's attorney, Attorney -general W. H. II. Hart, mad over to George E. Bates a contingent interest In the Blythe estate, amounting to $100,C00, simply because P.ates was a brother-in-law of Chief Justice Beatty, and might influence that jurist in rendering a decision favorable to Hart's client. Several month's ago, however, Chief Justice Beatty learned of his relative's interest in the estate, and publicly announced that he was disqualified from partici pating in the case, though he then gave no reason. Chief Justice Beatty has since said, in an interview, that his knowledge of the relative's interest prompted him to so act. The attorneys of Florence Blythe declare that the new charges were simply made to gain time, and postpone the hearing. Their exfdanation of th Bates interest is that early n 1V.0, before Judge Coffey's decision in the gin's favor and before Chief Justice Beatty s last nomination to the office which he now hold Bates advanced $."i.000 to Attorneygeneral Hart to be used in the interests of the girl. For this loan he was to receive 10 Pr eent. of General Hart's entire fee, which was to be I1-., per cent, of the entire estate If he won the case. Bates declares it was simply a cramble by which he risked it was the possibility of receiving a return of probably $:!,iM. Lupy Stone lloily Cremated.BOSTON, Dec. Td. The body of Lucy Stone, the philanthropist and defender of the rights of women, was incinerated yesterday In the crematory at Forest Hill, which has recently be-on completed. It was the first cremation to take place in the retorts of the new building, and also in this State. It was just 2:.'l! o'clock when fie remains w;Te placed in the retort. At i leek nothing but a pile of ashes remained. The asnoj will be placed in an urn and delivered to lr. Bla.liv.ell, the husband of Mrs. intone. Vtt 'iiic!ils of Steamer. ISLE OF WIGHT. Dec. 31. Passed : Persian Monarch, from New York, for Ixmdon. Q t IZ K N STOW N, Deo. 21. Passed: Auraaia, from New York, for Livened. DOVKIt. Dee. 31. Parsed: Rremerhaven, from New York, for Antwerp. ! from New York, for Glargow. i HAVRE, Dec 31. Arrived: La ChamI pagne, from New York. Never place raw meat directly on the Ice. as the juices are apt to be withdrawn; and never leave them In wrapping paper. Place In an uncovered earthen dish and then sit on the Ice.

BUENED HIS 'FAMILY

John ' Cnmmings, of Omaha, Accused of a Terrible Crime. Alleged to Have Set Fire to His House and Burned His Wife, Child aud Grandmother. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 31. On marble slabs at the city morgue lie the charred remains of the family of John Cummings. Father mother, baby and grandmother are there, awaiting the outcome of the inquiry which Coroner Maul has begun into thev causes' of the traguly which startled the city this morning. Nothing in Nebraska's annal3 approaches the deed for horror. Cummings has been In ill health for some time, and, according to twelve-year-old Tommy Fox, who was present, he deliberately set tire to his own house and caused the death of his mother-in-law, his wife and his one-year-old baby in the flames, The little boy tells a straightforward story, ar.I when asked how the fire briginated, he sail: "Cummings was sflting on the edge of the bed in a rear room, where Mrs. Cummings also was with the baby. Another person In the room was Mrs. Fox, the mother of Mrs. Cummings, my aunt. There was a fuss about something, and Cummings upset the lamp and closed the door, compelling all the Inmates to stay there. They cried, but ho refused to let any of them out." I'hillp Nathan, a next-door neighbor, says that when he first saw the flames he noticed Mrs. Cummings trying to open tho shutters of the bedroom. He heard her cry out and say: "My baby is already on fire." Soon thereafter he saw the woman enveloped In flames. Miss Nellie Fox, who Is a relative of Mrs. Cummings, said she wa3 a frequent visitor to the house, that Cummings had been sick quite a long time. She disputed her brother's statement about Cummings having purposely knocked down the lamp to burn the entire family, but the boy answered that he saw him do It. He also added that when he first took notice he saw Cummings sitting on the bed crying. The basement of the house was occupied by John Stuart, who has a contract for feeding the city Jail prisoners. Stuart and hl3 assistant, Denny Sexton, were in that part of the basement directly beneath the room in which the bodies were found, up to the time the fire broke out. Sexton gave a vivid description of the scutlle in the rooms above immediately before the flames were detected and confirms in many respects the story of the boy who witnessed the dreadful tragedy. "For several nights," remarked Sexton, as he stood in the wreck of his quarters, a few minutes after the fire was extinguished, "the folks In the room above have been carousing. About midnight they would begin to rjuarrel and sometimes would tight among themselves for an hour and then quiet would be restored gradually, as if they wero all exhausted. I knew thev had a great deal of whisky up there several nights. Sometime3 both of the men. Fox and Cummings . would b9 quarreling and fifrhtlnpr among themselves, and then they would turn oiWhe women. Tho trouble that resulted invthe fire up there be.aran early Saturday night. 1 heard them wearing all the evening. The disturbance Increased toward midnight, and frequently oa"is were heard. I distinguished the voice of a boy, a woman and two men. Finally, some time about' 2 o'clock, a terrible scuffle commenced. From the noise maxUJ by the heavy shoes of the men as they pushed each other across the floor, and from the manner In which they cursed, I knew they were having a desperate fight. "Suddenly there was a thud over in the little room to the north In which the lodles were found, as if one of the men had fallen. He did not attempt to rise, and I heard the other man take several steps and then heard, a woman scream. She yelled Mv God, and then gurgled as If being choked. A moment later another body fell on the floor. This was followed almost instantly by the crash of heavy glass, and I saw tho flames breaking out through the small window In the room where the bodies were found. For a few minutes a confusion of oaths, screams and blows could be heard in the little room, and then all was still." 'The police are working on tfce case, but have developed nothing to dispute the evidence that Cummings committed the crime while In a fit of insane rage. APPEALING TO THE COURTS. Rnilvray Employes "Want to Know Their Itlprlitc Under Heeeivers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 3L At the meeting of the chiefs of the several brotherhoods of railway employes at Chicago on Thursday next the policy of the organizations in respect to their relations with railroads In the hands of receivers will be more definitely determined. When Judge Ricks assumed authority in tho Ann Arbor strike the men who are at the head of organized railway labor began looking Into the question of judicial Interference In the relations between ernployes and employers. Legal ndvice of the highest character was obtained. Then" came the hard times with the consequent receiverships. Thli simplified tho problem somewhat for the men because they felt thafthMr case would be stronger when they went before a court which virtually was the employer. Two weeks ago a jotitlon was filed in the United States Court at Toledo which was df more significance than appeared on its face. If the petition for a hearing is granted the men 'will endeavor to convince the court that the receiver, who is the "court's agent, of the Toledo. St. Bouis & Kansas City road, is not managing the property for the best interests of all concerned; -that while, . I . . A A 1 1 t . lU - ... . 1 ' lie is consiamiy rviuciiiK me waes ui u:e men there is no net saving bemuse the receiver has added to the number and Increased the salaries of the higher olficials. If the Northern Pacific receivers refuse the request of the men in regard to the schedule which is to go into cftect to-morrow, the courts were to be appealed to In like manner. With so many railroads in the hands of receivers this new policy of settling controversies between employes and employers Is sure to attract wide attention and the result may be a revolution in the manner of adjusting these differences. Four Hundred Out of Work. BALTIMORE, Dec. Sl.-Heginning tomorrow, four hundred men heretofore employed by the Maryland Steel Company at Sparrows' Point will be out of work for an Indefinite period. These men, who have been discharged, comprise the entire working force of the Ressemer steel and rail mills. The action of Receiver Wood In ordering the discharge has caused the greatest surprise, as both mills have been recently running night and day on orders. The men affected were told to report on Tuesday for their money. It Is feared that the discharge will result In much suffering., us most of the men have families dependent upon them. When asked why the discharges had been made Receiver Wood sail that it was on account of lack of orders, and lie did not think that the stoppage of the milks would continue for more than thirty or sixty days. The men, however, say that they o not expect the works to start again. Ijovrer Rent Demanded. PITTSIJURG, Dec. 31. The mill men at the Carnegie works, Reaver Fulls, have inaugurated a movement which will probably bo Joined by all the wage. earners of that city and vicinity 'to secure a general reduction of rents. The men who have recently been reduced In wages Insist that it is impossible to continue paying high rents on low wasres, and that the cut in rents must correspond with the cut in their earnings. On the same lines an effort will be m;ule to secure something in the shape of concessions in prices from the leadUig mercantile establishments, including thbutchers, bakers, Rrocers, etc. A similar movement has been started aipon;; the business men and- workmen at MeKeesport. and durini; the week a demand will be made on all landlords for reduced rents. Protest fr.im KitightN of Laltor. BOSTON, Dec. 31. The Knights of Iabor of this city held a meeting this afternoon in Garfield Hall and denounced the pnlo?al to issue new series of UnltM States londs. which, they claim. Is for no other purpose than to crant a new Pie of life to the national banks. They also protest against the citizens relief committee putting men to work on departments at 'ess wages than regular city employes receive. 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near Phlllipsburg, Center county. They say that their resumption will depend entirely upon tho fate of the Wilson tariff bill in Congress. The suspension throws out of work l.Vj men. 1 Police CeiiMiin Ridiculed. BOSTON, Dec. 3L The labor leaders of this city are Indignant over what they term the farce of the police census of the unemployed. The police have made a house to house canvass,' and as a result the total number of unemployed was given as 5,063. Labor leaders ridicule the work ana to substantiate their statements, they say that at the meeting of Carpenters' Union No. 3 Friday nisiit out of 214 present iw ueeiareu that the oolice did not call at their homes. It is estimated that four-hlths oi tne . ready-made clothinp: operatives in this city j are unemployed and at a mass meeting 10day it was decided to parade through tho streets of Boston next Thursday and hold a meeting of the unemployed In Feneuil Hall. Destitution nt Jamenlown. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., Dec Sl.-Calls for aid on the poormaster and the aid societies Increase daily. The situation is alarming, and if the manufacturing industries do not begin operations soon, so as to give work to the thousands of hands that were employed In them, there Is no telling what the outcome will be. CHARGED WITH FORGERY. Alleged Decision of the Court 3Iartial in the Case of Sunreon Ashbridge. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31. The Call today announces what purports to be a decision in the court-martial at Mare island In the case of Richard Ashbridge, passed assistant surgeon, United States navy. Ashbridge comes from a prominent Philadelphia family. It was charged before the court-martial that the young surgeon had. forged the signature of Secretary of the Navy Herbert to a telegraphic message of instruction to Captain Howison, commander at Mare, island. It seems that Ashbridge and his superior officer, Howison, had differed regarding the order of the examining officers who camo up for nromotion. The sunreon insisted that a physical examination be made before tho examination as to mental requirements. Captain Howison finally peremptorily ordered that the physical examination bo made last. lie was surprised the following day to And on his table a telegraphic order from Secretary of the Navy Herbert bearing out the surgeon's claim. Investigation proved the telegram to be bogus, and the commandant charged the surgeon with forg ery. It Is said now that the court martial sustains the charges and the lindlngs forwarded to Washington recommend the dismissal of Ashbridge from the service. SEW YEA It'S DAY IX JAPAX. Set by the Gregorian Calendar, It Is Celebrated -with Quaint Observance. New York Sun. JSVen the Japanese celebrate Christina, awttMgh unintentionally. They have accted the Gregorian New Year instead of their own, and decorate their houses In honor of the occasion. But the influence of the English who live among them has made them very prompt In putting up their finery, so that they are generally in full festive array by the dawn of Christmas. The decorations are decidedly unique from an American's point of view. Every detail, however, Is perfect, and every feature has some meaning. Across the front of the house, for Instance, Is festooned a gTas3 rope, with a deep fringe. This is a very pleasant sort of a thing for a man to have over his door, for no evil spirit dare pass under it. Over each entrance hangs a great tassel of grass containing a scarlet crayfish. Its crooked body symbolizes the back of the aged, Lent with years. This is surrounded with the branches of a kind of Japonlea, whoHe young leaves bud before the old', ones are shed. This Is typical of parents living when their children's children are born. In the center are the leaves of the Japanese polybody, which symbolizes conjugal life beoause the fronds spring in pairs. Embryo leaves symbolize offspring. There is al.?o a piece of charcoal, which means home, and two little pieces of seaweed, which typify good fortune and rejoicing. In the middle of all Is the lucky ba, a square of white paper held In by a red and white string, which marks a present Not only the Japanese, but the Europeans in Japan also hanff this tassel over their front gates. They do It partly as a compliment to the Japanese and partly for luck. Sir Edwin Arnold, when in Japan, had one hanging outside his home at Azabu. But hs was so ultra Japanese that he took care to have It ready only for New Year's, and not oft Christmas. The natives have another decoration, consisting of three green bamboos with sliced tops, reminding one of organ pipes, erected on each side of the portal at a distance of six feet, the right hand one springing out of a tuft of the mematsu, which signifies the female principle, and the left hand from the omatsu, which signifies the male. In the midst of all these emblems the national flags generally wave from black lacquered poles headed with troM balls, "if the common people fail to display these flaps they are admonished by the police, and the flags go up. They are Generally of white silk crepe, with a red sun In the center. A Japanese New Year's custom, which It would not be amiss to import to America, is that of paying ail debts (except to foreigners) on the first day of the year. A man who fails to do so without leave of his creditors is dishonored. Consequently those who are In debt try to fell everything which will fetch money, and in Toklo a htit'e fair is held in the principal street on New Year's eve for this purpose. Where Does Reversion Stop? The Agriculturist. Standing once before a pen of beautiful silver-spangled Ilamburps. I noted that one of -the most beautiful pullets had a single comb. The Hamburg is a fowl that has been bred with a roe comb for more than a century. Its authentic history covers such a period as that, while It has a more or less mythical one for several centuries more. What produced this single comb among fowls bred with a rose comb? Re4er.lon. Is the ready answer. And this case shows that reversion can. work for a very lens? period of time. The Plymouth Rock fowl, at one time in its history, but many years ago, had a feathered-legged ancestor, and even to this day there is occasionally found a chicken reverting to this characteristic, after many generations of the most careful and systematic breeding. He would be a lold man who would dare to say that reversion can leap the chasm of so many vears or so many fenerations, jUt can go ho further. The limit of its action is unknown. That its frequent .appearance la weakened by the lapse of time is known. A fowl possessing not more than orteelghth the blood of a foreign ancestor is, to all practical Intents, a thoroughbred, and yet one-eight-hundredth of such blood may sometimes make Itself felt. Many a breeder of fowls has fallen under suspicion of keeping Impure stock from the fact that It Is not known that reversion may bridge the chasm of many years, and recall some longforgotten. lom?-lateni and undesirable characteristic. The knowledge of the limitless character of its action, if it serves no other purpose, ought to render people more charitable. Indeed, this is a truth, that he who has the widest and fullest knowledge of breeding, who knows ,the most about the action of natural laws, is the one who is the mist c-harltible towanls the freaks that appear in the fowls hatche.l from eggs he Iris pun-base. I. Ho knows that the undesirable chicken inav be the result of reversion to a distant ancestor or the proof of a new variation, lie is in no haste to charge fraud upon the seller. Ml Harrvelin"e May llecover. .IKRSKY CITY, N. J.. lec. SI. Miss May Barrowcliffe. the young woman who was. iLSsaiilU-d and robln-d and nearly murdered last Friday nlp;ht in a vacant lot, was -e:nl-conscious in. the hospital this afternoon, and the chanee for her recovery la a fair one. It Is twileved that to-morrow she will be able to give some intelligent account of the outrage. Profit In I'onltry. Philadelphia inquirer. There Is one source of revenue from cultry keeping that Is too often neglected. t may be because It Is hot generally mown that all kinds of feathers are salable. The demand 13 Increasing every year,

AMtSi:Mi:.TS. rnrvA rr tytit i r a t t TUHSDAY NIGHT, Jnn. Q9 Positively Farewell Tour, nl Only Ar-pearaaco ol Mme. AflELIN'A PATTI! Under the raanacement of Match It. Mayer. A miscellaneous Conocrt Programme &nd th ed ondactof MARTHA! In rotmne ftivl with ncnerr. oto. Mro. PTTI yil tinKlntliiM ra. "The Lt Koae ot feuauner," an-l "Home, Swett Home." Seat now on sa'? ;it I&11 win's Mnsio Warerooma, 03 North Penurlwnia ntrH-t. l'KICKS-M Vl.50. ?2 ami f S. IVllHineH Pro. Piauo ue.l exclusively. MATINEi: TO-DAY To-nild and Tiu-stlar an.l Wedneslar evenlnc and' ciuttlay matlne.-. th funutist of farce comeUius, THE DAZZLE R MIS ANNIE I.KWIS. JOSEPH T T, tli ClipX'or Quartt-t and a great company if cornelians and singers. Pi iocs Matinee to-tlaj and ntctit-tSal'.ery. J5o: Balcony. 5oc; Dro.-.s circle. 75c; Oicht tra and JiOXf'A. $1. M ATI NEK ' TO-DAY To-nieht, and Tut fli'aj ami Wedr-rsilay evening and We!ne8iUy uiaUnee, the sweet Bluper, Mr. ' CHA8. A. GAilMER In Lla new comedy, The 3?rize Winner, Xpw songs ami features the original Tyrolean Airg er. Prices Matinee. tvIay aM nixhtOallerT, 15c; Balcony. v:c-. Drrsa Circle, ZO?; urcliessta, "fie; orchestra. Circle. 4-1. All this week, matinees every day, the famous WILBUR OPERACOT 0 Matinee To-day "TWO VAfi AHOXDS." To-night U HAND 11'CIIKS.H Popular Prices lOr., 20c, 30i. Matinee price to-dty aniea nisrht. EMPIRE THEATElH corik-r fioash and !e . Stal Matine at 2. 10c, 15c, 23c. Telephone 1703. To nlcht at 8 l be, 25 60o ROSE HILT. ENGLISH FOLLY CO Bill posting and distributing for tins theater U aone uy tne empire mil Posting Co. Kext week-KLILIiY A WOODS' BIO SHOW, WROrGHr-IRONPlFM FOB r Gas, Steam and Water Boi'er Tunes, .Cas: andi Malleable Iron Fittings (Mack and gal r.n Ued.,1, Vlves, Stop Cooks, Kr.jrrine Trimming, htt-aru tianirev. Pipe Tung. Pli Cutter . Vi-s. screw Plvs snd l)ls. Wrench, Steam Traps,, Pump. Kitchen hinVs IIo!pM Belting, Hiiblut Metal, No'., der. White and ColorM Wlp. ing Wate, aud all other mi p.plies ue 1 In connection w itU Oa. Hteani and Water. Nau ural Ga Supplies a spvchlty. Steam-heating Apparatus for. rubitc Huildiugrt.Morfvrouibis, Mills, Shops, Factories Latin.' dries, LuiuIkt Drv-homne, etc. Cut awl Thread, to orutT any size VVjo mht-iruu Pii from Li iiicli to 12 iuCuie-l diameter. Knight fc Jillson, 75 and 77 m 8. PENNSYLVANIA IX 1 ami most country merchants w ill take then ard sell them upon commission. The fowli must be dry picked, and the feathers clean and in &ool condition. Tne tail and quid feathers should he packed separately fioiu these which are softer. Separate the -v eral kind?, and also separate those from different kind? of poultry. The proccel from the feathers should repay the cost of picking and all the labor of preparing tha fowls for mk.L. Poultry keeplnvrtfcthe business Is properly conducted and itnaw ty mainly to ejr.:; production, is extremely profitable. Kxperlments in feeding ami In computing the value of eggs show that If no estimate is made for labor one dozen e cj.:i b) produced at a co?t cf about f cents for l'cod, or about half a Ot-Zit an egr. If nil the food consumed by the fowls went directly, to egs production the profit wctiM always be very Kood; but much dt-penda upon whether the hens convert this food into eggs, flesh, or the support of t.V-ir bodies; but, as we have said, when tho feeding is properly conducted, the prorit fjrecured is a satisfactory one. Another fact which should also be considered U that when eggs are marketed they carry from the farm, but little of the nutritious elements of the toil in proportion to their value. In n Wholennle Way, Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. little daughter's beseeching for a little sister, "no, we can't iifford a new baby." "Put," persisted the child, "won't the doctor make a reduction if you take twins?" A Small Illnrr. A two-story vacant house at Xo: CS2 North Meridian street, caught lire yesterday morn

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