Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1894 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS .JOURNAL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1891.

!tf 1 authority over foreign affairs that tnQuiry couM be more properly conducted In the Senate. Moreover, events In the Chino-Japanese war are changing the situation o constantly that there Is dome 1ubt as to the nature of an Inquiry. This doubt Is Increased by the fact that no Information as to the course of this government has been given to any of the members of the foreign committee, so that in the absence of Information It Is dir3cult to project an inquiry. It U believed bv members of the House that the whole Chino-Japanese question will be gone over In the Senate when .Senator LoJe's res o:ut!on concerning the Chinese execution of the Japanese students tin It American protection is taken up. Until the Senate has had an opportunity to act on the subject Mr. Storer will hold his resolution in abeyance.

anie Given t the Historic Town Where General Lee Capitulated. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. Some time ago the fourth Assistant Postmaster General change-1 the name of the postoffice at Appomattox courthouse, Appomattox county, Virginia, to -"Surrender." The announcement created a sensation and was heard from all over the South, the general ground taken being that It was unwise, to. cay the least, to make any change In the name of an office so rich In historical associations. While the name "Surrender" was considered the worst possible selection that could have b?en made and a selection in the worst taste. Oid soldiers from all over the country, who fought on both sides In the civil war, protested against this name, but there was never any protest from the patrons of the office and the name was not restored to the old spot where one of the tragic scenes of the war occurred. It was stated at the time that the name Appomattox was changed for very good reasons. In the courthouse at Appomattox burned down and when it was rebuilt a site was selected In the town called Nebraska, about three miles away. This place was well supplied with mails and was the point of supply for a number of smaller postoftlces for several miles around. There were several railroads passing Nebraska, moreover, and this was another reason for erecting the courthouse in the more energetic town. When the courthouse was built there In order to Keep In line witn a peculiar custom inai obtains In Virginia it was decided, of course, that the place containing the courthouse should haVe the same name as the county. As the name of the county was Appomattox it was decided to have the postoffiee Appomattox, notwithstanding the fact that there was an office already bearing that name. Consequently application was made to the department, asking that the change be made, a thing that was Impossible, however, as long as the old office continued to be called Appomattox. 'The people at Nebraska were instructed to have the postmaster at Appomattox apply to have the name of the old office changed to something else, so that the name "Ap-" pomattox" could become available for the filce at' Nebraska. The postmaster at Appomattox agreed to this and applied to have the name of the Appomattox office changed to Surrender." This was done, and a howl was raided that rang from Maine to California. None of the people in Virginia viy j nf aa t fw4 Vina Aral a a a ty a. 1 A to have the programme changed, and consequently there was no kick from any of them.' and the change held good. To-day the Postofflce Department bestowed the name Appomattox on the . sprightly new "neighbor. Nebraska, which will henceforth be known aa Appomattox, while the real Appomittox. three miles away, will strug- - gle along under the name of "Surrender." This action of the department to-day clinches the name of Surrender on old Appomattox. as it will now be impossible to restore to It its old name, as that name ! held by another office. The action taken to-day has been contemplated for some time, but was held back, as it was known that it would precipitate a rumpm which might have had a bad effect before the election. j , m:v iia.nkiuttcy dill. Tro v I limn of thp Mrnnr Tlmf tli Seniete Will Consider. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.-The bankruptcy bill which the Democratic caucus of the Senate has indicated a willingness to consider at the present jession is by no means the oarae measure as that whlchvpassed the House, which was known as Vhe' Bailey bill, during the long session. The House bill contained only about four pages, whereas the bill which the Senate will be called on to consider covers eighteen pages. It carries the title .of the House bill, but retains only the first two sections of the Bailey bill, and even these are, amended. IThe bill was amended In the Senate Judiciary committee and the amendments are understood to have been suggested In the main by Senator George, cf Mississippi. The amendments Inserted by the Senate committee related entirely, to matters of details In maklmr assignments. - arranging exemption, pre-i lerrlng creditors, etc. The mal.i provision of the bill is for an assignment or cession of property by any debtor owing Uuo or more which he cannot pay. The friends of the bill are inclined to urge that the steering committee shall give it preference over other measures selected for consideration by the caucus. They say that a bankruptcy bill is one of the urgent demands of the time on account of the fact that the panic of 1S91 left so many persons In a condition of nmncial distress who. they think, should be allowed .to begin life over again by disposing of .what property they may have and starting 'in even with the world. . Fl.AXCIKHS TO IIH IICAIID. Hanker Invited to C.tve Tlielr Ylevrs an Currency Ileform. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-Care is being taken to have all , sections of the country beard before the House banking and currency committee next week concerning the proposed currency, system. Chairman Springer is not confining his invitations to Eastern financiers near at hand. He has Bent them to Chicago, and St. Louis, and Cincinnati.' as representative Western cities, and to Nashville, Tenn., and other Southern cities. He would go as far as Denver and San Francisco If people from these sections could get here in time for the hearinj:. Care is also being taken to secure tho recognized as authorities in practical financiering such men as Lyman J. Gage, of Chicago, being among those invited. The hearing of Secretary Carlisle and Controller Eckels on Monday is attracting much attention, and there promises to be such a crowd present that the large room of the ways and means committee will be used. On Tuesday ex-Controller of -the Currency Hepburn and Mr. Horace White, of New York, will have an opportunity to be heard on the merits of the eo-called Baltimore plan. It Is understood by the committee that Mr. Hepburn is the original projector of this plan. Antl-Toxlne May He Inventlffntetl. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Representative GoMzler. of Chicago. Is preparing a resolution for a government Investigation of the antl-toxlne cure for diphtheria It will propose a mixed commission under the direction of the Surgeon-general of the army, Ihe Surgeon-general of the navy and the iiurgeon-Keneral of the Marine Hospital Corps, each bureau to designate three officers to serve without additional pay than their salaries. Mr. Goldziers action is the result of conferences with Secretary Reilly, pf the Illinois Slate Hoard of Health, one pf the recognize! sanitary authorities of the country. Mr. OolJxler says the purrose of the investigation is to give the ttamp of government approval or disapproval to the discovery. Thus far casual Investigation by several government bureaus has been made, but It has not been with the formality and thoroughness which H national commission could give. Mr. Golizier says similar commissions investlf rated the yellow fever cure and certain mmiratlon features. ChntiKfo In the Arbltrntlon Hill. WASHINGTON, Dec 8. Two Important changes In the bill for national arbitration of strikes have been made as a result of conferences between Labor Commissioner Wright and Representatives McGann. Springer and Krdman. They are, tltst. th.'.t labor unions be chartered by the Koveniment: second, that the charter of a labor union be forfeited when Its members resort to violence In the conduct of a strike. It is probable that the measure as thus amended will be the form it takes In the dis-'usslon before Congress. Commissioner Wright and Keman. who made the recent investigation of the Iullman trike. will appear before the labor comra'.tiee on Tue.-Jay to state their views on perfecting the bllL Military A rude my Appropriation Hill, WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The Military Academy appropriation bill reported by Mr. Ou'hwalte to-day carries lio.'.CTS. or 9121.372 Ie.i than the estimates and 1,153 more Cica'the appropriation for the current fiscal

year. This increase is on account of the pay for the general army service, amounting to 146,823, and the increase in the pay of cadets, amounting to $3,000, and the complete flttint? up of the new academic building, authorized to be constructed a few years ago, amounting to $21,321. There is no likelihood, the report acompanylng the bill rays, that there will be a deficiency in any of the items, and there are a number of important and essential Improvements provided which will be of benefit to the academy. Poatnmster'a Sentence Commuted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The President, has commuted to Imprisonment for thirty days in the Wilcox county Jail the sentence of confinement for one year and one day In the Columbus (O.) State penitentiary Imposed on John L. Boynton. late postmaster at Itochelle. Ga. Boynton was convicted March 8 last of illegally Issuing money orders. His sentence as suspended on his giving bond for $1,000 to answer the further order of the court. His application for pardon was strongly Indorsed by Judge Emery Speer. United States Attorney Gary and others; Speaker Crip also Interesting himself in the case.

Appeal of Senate Wltnenen ArROfd. WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The ca3es of President Havemyer and Secretary Searles. of the American Sugar Refining Company, broker Seymour, of Sey.mur Bros. &, Young, and correspondents K. J. Edwards and John s. Shriver, ludlred for refusal to testify before the Senate Sugar Trust investigating committee, were called in the District Supreme Court to-day. The argument in the cases of all but the newspaper men were postponed till Dec. 22. but Jtuge Dittenhoefer, of New York, made his argument on the demurrers to the other .wo indictments. Xew (hi next- Treaty Proclaimed. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. The President to-day signed the proclamation announcing the ratification of and the taking effect of the new Chinese immigration treaty. The proclamation is precisely similar to those usually Issued In such cases, and Is confined to a recital of the text of the treaty, with notice to the public of Its ratification. Proponed Cnrreney Conuulmiion. WASHINGTON. Dec. -Representative McCreary to-day presented a bill for the appointment of a currency commission. It is to be composed of three persons appointed by the President, three Senators appointed by the President of the Senate and three Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House. . '' . General Notes. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-Vice President Stevenson has gone to Ashevllle. N.-C, to remain with his family a few days. He will return to the city in time to preside over the Senate Monday. ' POSSIHLK DUEL. President of the' Georgia .Senate and .Speaker of the House .May Fight. ATLANTA. Ga., Dec. 8. To-night President W. H. Venable. of the Georgia State Senate, and Speaker William H. Fleming, of the House of Representatives, are sitting up with their friends, debating the best way . out of an ugly personal dilemma in which they have p!aced themselves. A third party to the complication is Senator Charles P. McGregor, the leader of the Populist party in the Legislature, who has met his man on the bloody field before. The conflict grows out of the appearance of Speaker Fleming- before a meeting of the Senate judiciary committee this morning In which he repeated the charge which he said was current that President Venab'.e had. made a trade with Senator McGregor and other Populists to kill the proposed Democratic registration bill in return for their help in passing an insurance bill in "which he is interested. It has been whispered about the Capitol for several days that the presiding officers of the respective houses were tying up bills on each other, but this repetition of the charge against the President of the Senate made by the Speaker of the House gave the situation a phase it had not possessed before, and the principals are in that situation where they will have, to do something to relieve themselves of the talk now being indulged in. letters are being exchanged which are said to be quite stiff in their tone. 'MUKDEUEU-FOtt INSURANCE. ' Two Chlcnjtonnn Arrested on the C harge of Killing Louis Peters. CHICAGO, Dec. 8. Sebastian Meyers and John Goetz were arrested to-night on a charge of murdering Louis Peters In order to obtain , an Insurance policy of $1,000 on his life, which Peters had taken out in the Independent Order of Foresters. The crime was committed on the night of March 4 last In a saloon kept by Goetz, who was a prominent member of the Foresters, and had organized a lodge of ihe order. He persuaded Peters to take out the insurance policy and induced him to make an assignment of it to Mrs. Goetz. On the night of March 4 Peters and Meyers, who were both enamored of a pretty servant girl employed by Goetz met at a saloon and began to quarrel. Meyers was heard to say that If he had a revolver he would kill Peters, and the poHce now declare that the revolver was supplied by Goetz, wh had all along secretly fomented the ill feeling between the men, and had arranged with Meyers that he should get Into a row with Peters and put him out of the way, so that Mrs. Goetz could obtain the insurance. This p!an, .the officers say, was carried out completely. Peters came to this country three years ago from Alsace, where his people are well to do. MRS. GJRTY'S COMPLAINT. Says She Conveyed Property "Worth $110,000 I'nder Dure. NEW YORK. Dec. S. Ex-Commissioner Wahl. ; of 'New . York, made a motion in the Supreme Court, of Kings county today, which Judge Cullen denied, in the matter of Caroline Glrty against the Standard Oil Company. He asked that the Issue be sent to a Jury. Mrs- Glrty has brought suit against the Standard Oil Company to recover property which she claims she conveyed to thy company under duress. The property Is located in Cleveland. O., and is now worth $119.0CD. Mrs. Girty'a husband, while employed by the Standard Oil Co:ppany, became a defaulter for $275.COO. On the husband's representation that by signing ovar the property to the company he would be saved from going to Jail Mrs. Glrty executed the conveyance. She alleges that she did not understand the conveyance was to have effect and did not know it until her husband died. The company claims the conveyance was made in good faith. It also says that the property was tought with the money Glrty took lrom the company and that the property was conveyed to save him from going to prison. Jutle Cullen said it wa not necessary to send the matter to a Jury. Unllaa-her Defeated lty Fournlrl. NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-Eiward Fourniel, of Paris, defeated Thomas Gallagher, the Chicago champion, in the one thousandpoint match, which was concluded tonight. When p!ay was stopped on Friday Kouroell was leading with 800 points, against 736 for (allagher. To-night he ran 2U) points to Gallagher's 112, making a total of 1.000 to Fourniel played 35 innings; Gallagher. 34, making an average of 5 5-7 to Gallagher's 3 5-17: Fourniel ran 45 last evening, which was the highest run of the match. A Farmer's Suicide. GLASGOW, Ky., Dec. 8. James Jordan, one of the oldest and most prominent farmers in this county, committed suicide yesterday evening by tying one end of a suspender to a large rock and the other around his neck and then throwing himself into Heaver creek, which runs through his farm. Temporary insanity is supposed to have been the cau?e. He had been in the asylum several years ago. but was discharged as cured. Insurance Company Falls. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 8. The Farmers' Insurance Company, a local concern, claiming a capital of , $200,000. went into a receiver's hands to-day on application of Jerome Catllr. The company's liabilities are nearly $l-i0.000. Very little of the concern's capital stock had been subscribed for, and its business was recently transferred to the State Insurance Company, of Salem. Ore. Thomas II. Hardin was appointed receiver. Satolll In New York. NKW YORK. Dec. 8. Mgr. Satolli. the papal ablegate, arrived In this city from Washington this nfternoon. He was accompanied by Dr. Papl. his secretary, and the Rev. George Farmera, of the George

town University. They . will be the guests of Father M urphy during their stay in this' city, which will be but a few days. The Monslgnor will celebrate pontifical high mass at St. Francis Xavler Church to-morrow. In the presence of Archbishop Corrlgan. who will appear in full state with an assistant priest and two deacons, Vicar General Mooney, Mgr. Farley and many, other dignitaries of the church. Father Murphy was asked If it was true that the principal object of the papal ablegate's visit was to take a hand in the CorriganDucey controversy. "I do not believe he thinks the matter of sufficient importance." was the reply. COFFIN & STANTON

FIRST ItEPOItT OV T11K CONDITION OF THE FAILED FIRM. Plans of Reorganization Completed by a, Number of Concerns Ilonded hy the Urokers Advisory Committee. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. The first definite information of the condition of affairs of Coffin & Stanton, who failed on Oct. 4 last, came from Receiver Erb to-day In a report to the creditors. This firm .devoted its energies to the promotion of water works, gas and electrle-llght companies and floated municipal bonus. Their dealings covered almost the entire country and extended to England, the transactions aggregating as high as $."AOOO,000 a year. In his report Mr. Erb says that the receiver called in conference the larger creditors of the firm which resulted in the formation of an advisory committee, consisting of Henry K. McHarg, vice president of the Manhattan Company, of New York; Christian Devries, of Baltimore; Samuel li. Huey, representing the Pennsylvania Mutual Life Company, Philadelphia; Charles J. Chapman, vice president of the Chapman National Bank, Portland, Me.; Charles Bard, president of the First National Bank, Norwich, Conn., and A. H. Walte, president of th? First National Bank, Worcester. Mass. Up to this time the sale of securities pledged In loans has resulted in the sale of bonds aggregating par value of $223,000, and from the sale of which there was realized $219,134.15. Of this there was applied In the reduction of loans and accrued interest $213,748.78 and the balance placed to the creJlt of the general fund. Many more securities of the same kind still remain to be similarly dealt with. A portion of the assets consist of so-called uncurrent securities having no active market value, and which are not readily salable, while a large portion of this consists of bonds .of companies which are now in default of the payment of their Interest. Plans of reorganization have been completed in the following cases: Suburban Water Company, Madison Water Company, Chillicothe Water and Ught Company, ShelbyvlKe (111.) Water and Light Company, Scioto Water Company, .Crawfordsvll'.e Water and Light - Company. The result of this plan of reorganization will be that' present holders of securities affected will receive In lieu thereof the bonds of the new company on an Interest-paying basis, for which a market can be obtained. COVERED WiTJI MOLTEN METAL. Two of Carnea:le's Workmen Fatally Ilnrued, and Four Seriously. PITTSBURG. Pa., Dec. 8. An accident happened this evening at the Bessemer mill of tha Carnegie Steel Company's plant, which severely injured six men, two of whom will die. The men were making the final cast for the day In the foundry and while the immense ladle with eight tons of molten metal was being swung from the furnace to the other side of the room. It was overturned through some unknown cause. Eight men were In the Immediate vicinity waiting for the cast. Two of them escaped, but the others were caught and covered by . the red-hot mass. When the metal struck the damp floor an explosion followed, .which scattered It all over the room. The Injured are John Orr, fatally burned all over the body; Philip Schmidt, fatally burred from head to foot: Frank Tompkins, back, face and arms badly burned; Frank Haas, body and legs burned; Peter Johnson, burned about back and arms; John Jones, burned axut body, but was able to walk home. The other; injured ones were taken to the hospital. 1I1LLM0N PROBABLY DEAD. Insurance Companies Preparing to Pay Ilia Widow $M,000. TOPEKA. Kan., Dec. 8. It Is stated here that the Hlllmon Insurance case, which has been In the courts so long, and interest In which has recently been revised by the reported finding, in Arizona, of Hlllmon, is soon to be ended by the Insurance companies paying the $S0,000 to Mrs. Hlllmon. The Co-Operative Brotherhood. CARTHAGE, Mo!, Dec. 8. The Co-operative-Brotherhood Is the name of an organization now being formed by a number of Missourlans of a socialistic turn of mind, with A. B. Francisco, of Clinton, as president, end George W. Williams, of Humans ville. as treasurer. It is proposed to establish a colony, where a practical demonstration of the Bellamy idea of life may be clven. BSBSSSSSSSBSSSSSBSSSBSSBSBSSBBSMSBBBBSBSSSBBSSBBaSVSBBS Indians Want $7,000,000. ST. CLOUD, Minn.. Dec. 8. A band of Chippewa InJIans from the White Earth reservation stopped in St. Cloud last night on the way to Washington to lay before the government a claim amounting to $7,OLW.000 arising from breach of the terms of the treaty with this tribe In 18T4. Maxwell & Chase, attorneys at Washington, will prosecute the claim for them. Foueht with Cluhs. CLEVELAND. Dec. 8. John Riley and William Bates, mill men at Miles, O., had a. disagreement to-day and decided to settle it by fighting with clubs. They went a short distance into the country with friends and had it out. The fight lasted three minutes, and Riley is so badly hurt that It is believed he will die. No arrests have been made. Itedhot" Prize Flht. DENVER, Col., Dec. R.The fight between Billy Mahan and Paddy Purtell. the "Saginaw Kid." which ended at 2 o'clock this morning, was "redhot". from start to finish. In the third round Purtell broke a bone in his right hand. In the seventh one In his left, and in the twenty-first round he threw up the sponge. Johnny Explains. Good News. Tracher Why did you hit Willie Wlnkum with a stone? Little Johnny He he got mad, and looked as If he'd like to hit me with some-, thing, so I jus chucked the stone over to him, so he could throw it at me. Only IMO" Mtolen. FORT WORTH, Tex.. Dec. 8.-Superin-tendent Aiken, of the Pacific Express Company, authorizes the statement that the loss by the train robbery of Thursday, pear Fort Worth, was $1.107.99. Of thi sum $100 was in silver dollars and a small part of the sum was represented by the value of some Jewelry taken. jBSBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBBSSBBSBfMSSSaSaSBSSSS) Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. Dec. 8. Arrived: New York, from Southampton; Campania, from Liverpool. BREMEN. Dec. 8. Arrived: Dresden, from New York and Baltimore. BELFAST, Dec. 8. Arrived: Lord Londonderry, from Baltimore. A Biblical Point. Detroit Free Press. Johnnie Mamma, was Moses a football player when he was a boy? Mother Of course not. Why? Johnnie Well, the teartier told us to-day how they fund him In the bullrushes. Pension Former Convicted. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 8. Jere HaraJson. ex-Congressman from Alabama, was to-day found guilty of pension forgery end his punishment left with the court. Minister Gray CoiuIn Home. A dispatch from the City of Mexico, received lust night. ftya: "American Minister Gray has left for Indiana, where his son is lying sick. , Mr. . Butler is charge d'affaires of the American legation during the absence of Minister Gray." The condition of Pierre Gray was not o favorable yesterday. it is probable that the surgical operation will be performed...

NEW MEXICO DRINKS

AGl'AHDinXTB AXD C1IISIIYA 31 EAX j 3IISCIIIEF IX Tilt: WEST. It Is n Famous Bracer n the Morning;, but at Other Times It Portends VI-lence-How Bad Men Use It. New York Sun. - "One of the most original and pleasing I experiences of my sojourn In New Mex- ; ico," said an amateur prospector, "was my , week's stay at the hacienda or a wealthy Spanish-American in the Rio Grande . valley. It was at his house that I made the acquaintance o chlmlya, and, taken all In all, my first Impression of that enchanting weed was a pleasant one. Chlmlya, I should say in the beginning, is a native variety of wild celery, which possesses an aroma, flavor and nervine property that throw the cultivated variety miles into the shade, and its bracing effects when used In connection with aguardiente commend It to the convivial taste for which brandy and absinthe have become too weak. My host's house was a great square adobe affair, occupying half as much ground as a city block. It was one story high, and built about a courtyard upon which most of its verandas and windows faced, instead of being on the exterior, a fashion perpetuated from Indian days, when every isolated house had to be a fortress. My sleeping room, its adobe floor strewn with kins and Indian blankets, .vas spacious, light and comfortable. "On the morning after my arrival, at 7 o'clock, my host's eldest son tapped at the door, and, finding that I was awake, entered, followed by an Indian servant bearing a tray on which were a decanter and glasses. The decanter was filled with a pale yellow liquor, surrounding a handful of small leafy plants, and the combination diffused a pleasant aromatic odor. In which was a suggestion of brandy and of celery. " 'My father sends you his compliments, and asks if you would like a morning drink after our home fashion, said the young man, speaking his English a little slowly and precisely. Upon my assenting he gravely poured out a large-sized -hi?ky glass two-thirds full. " 'It Is aguardiente and chlmlya, he added. 'The aguardiente we make at my father's vineyards. The chlmiya? It grows Wild, and Our-lahnrrs' ohHrtron rathor it in the season. It is what you call celery ; wnru ii grows in garuens, ana it is very rood to take in the morning with aguardiente. It is an appetizer a bracer a great bracer. "It was a bracer, indeed, as I found after swallowing the drink which, in the hardihood induced by . my months of outdoor life, I took without dilution, though the aguardiente, pure white native brandy, was fiery and strong. It was a drink to prepare one to confront all the ills and celebrate all the Joys of life. I dressed rapturously and went down the broad hall into the reception room, where my host was giving Instructions about the work on the estate to his major, domo, or head overseer, who. with sombrero In hand and spurs on heel, stood In an attitude of respectful attention. There was another drink of aguardiente and "chlmlya no less heroic than the first, to be taken before the breakfast was served, and the epicurean luxury this fragrant, potent ' tipple Imparted to brown whea ten bread,' ground corn tortillas, beans and chill peppers, fried beefsteak and coffee can be understood fully only by those who have prepared for the feast after the native fashion In the country of the chimlya. . VARYING EXPERIENCES. "In ray week spent In this Mexican house the mornings all began in the same way as the first. During the rest of the day there was whisky, aguardiente and native wine in abundance to drink, but the chimlya was used only to begin the day, the fragrant preparation for the rides about the estate, the visits to old churches, .'llstoric spots and strange villages of the Pueblo Indians Jhemidday siestas "and the guitar playing ' anfltory tellingr in the cool of the evening before the. early bedtime, which made up the round of daily life at the hacienda. My host,' who had led troops, more than once against the Indians, told me that it was the custom in old days to deal out chimlya and aguardiente to the volunteers when they marched to light the Navajoes and Apaches. " 'It gave them courage so "they would make long marches cheerfully, and fight till they dropped or. conquered,' he said. "This, mv first experience of the qualities and effects of chlmiya, as I have said, was pleasant. My next was not so agreeable. I was making a wagon trip in the country west of the Rio Grande, with Tom Dietrich as my companion, a stalwart miner whose experience covered the Pacific coast from California to British Columbia, and who had tried for a stake in most of the big mining camps developed in the last fifteen years in Colorado and New Mexico. We were going into the; mountains to see some of the prospect holes and to visit the newlydeveloped mines in the Del Monte camp. On our second day out we stopped for the night In a little plazeta, or Mexican village, near the base of the mountains, which we would enter the next day. An American kept the principal store in the village, and hi3 house was run as a sort of hotel. Connected with the establishment was a saloon, and as there- was a game of monte going on there that night Dietrich and I, after supper, went in to look on for a little while. A young Mexican called Porfirio, apparently of the better class, was bucking the game, and. was the only player at the table. He was a. truculent-looking fellow and evidently the leader of a party of four or five young men of his race who, with spurs on their heels and quirts dangling at their sides, stood about watching the fortunes of the game. They were an unpleasant-looking crowd, and evidently stood ready to take their cue from the leader, Porfirio, who was losing at the game and in a decidedly bad temper. He got to the end of his money at last, and after losing the little that he could borrow from his comrades, left the table and the 1 1 rv uio!ru. "The Mexicans went outside, where their horses were tied, but instead of mounting and riding away they gathered together about the door and fell to talking among themselves. Once or twice we caught the expressions, evidently flung out for oir hearing, of 'Damned .Americanos, To hell with Americanos." Dietrich without looklne at me spoke softly: " 'Those fellows are ready to pick a quarr7,.w.u.h us ' Tne' ftre drunk and ugly and will follow this Porfirio in anything he proposes. He is a bad ltt and has been before the courts for murder; Go quietly upstairs to our room and bring down our pistols See that they are : in good working order and give mine to the storekeeper. Tell ihim to put It where I can find it handy he knows where.'? He's a frK-nd of mine' and Is all right. Keep your own in your jxcket. "So I sauntered carelessly Into the store' then ran upstairs, and came back with my pistol, a 38-caliber self-cocker, in my -pocket and Dietrich's heavy forty-five revolver under my coat. The latter I wssed to the storekeeper when I could do so without attracting attention and save my message. He answered with his eyelids that he understood, and presently, moving down to the rear of his store, laid the revolver on ( sheif beneath the end of the counter where it was out of sight, but could easily be reacihed by a. person Jn passing. When I went Into the saloon again Dietrich was sitting where I had left him, and the Mexicans were filing up to the bar to drink. The bartender, an American, passed out a whisky decanter, but Porfirio, scowling, shook his head and said in Spanish, and then in Cnglish: " 'Not that. Give us some with chlmiya THE PRIMING PROCESS. "io a bottle containing whisky and chimlya was set on the counter, and they took stiff drinks all round. "That's what I was looking for them to do. said. Dietrich. 'They're priming themselves for some deviltry, and I think they mean us. If they were only out for a frolic they'd have taken the plain whisky. When you see them drinking - chimlya at this iime.of day look out for mischief. Whether they're? simply fighting ugly and want a quarrel with some one. or are planning to run off our horses, or are getting braced to hold us up in the foothills tomorrow we must wait to see. "Well, the quarrel came that night, but a3 no one was seriously hurt at that time I will not linger over the details. The (Mexicans followed u? from the saloon into ine siore. wcere romrw, vruenng a halfpint measure of whisky, insisted that we drink with him. and when I declined I founJ myself straightway looking into the muzzle of his gun At that Dietrich, who was stanJing -near the end of the counter, made a quick step forward and his heavy . revolver crashed squarely down upon the Mexican's heal, mo that Don Porfirio dropped ilke a Jo .to the floor.- The. others

ANTA This is by far the most important should be on hand early To-morrow BROSNAN

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Black and Colored Dress Goods Reduced To Basis of NEW TARIFF PRICES. All $1 grades go for 65c yard. All $1.25 grades go for .85c yard. All $1.50 grades go for $1 yard.All 50c grades go for 33c yard. All 25c grades go for 14c yard. All, 75c grades go for 44c yard. UMBRELLA SALE 1 case Umbrellas at 39c rach. See the .Umbrellas fancy sticks. Umbrellas at 9Sc are gcing at 49c like hot cakes. Largest line of fine Umbrellas in the State. BRO. started to pull their weapons, but Dietrich had the drop on them, with my pistol to back him. and they gave up the idea .of fighting then and devoted their attention to picking up their leader. As soon as they could bring him to they carried him out to his hor3e, struggling and swearing vengeance In a great variety of Mexican and American oaths. The next morning as we were about to start on our way the bartender came to us and said: " 'Keep your eye peeled to-day as you go through the foothills. Three of the fellows that were with Porfirio last night were here early this morning, all armed, and aritn them was Jlmlnez, a bad Mexican. As soon as the bar opened they drank three rounds of whisky and chlmiya, and they to away a bottle of the stuff with them. Thy rode down the street the way they came, but after they got round the hill out .of sight they headed for Coyote canon. Nat Hill, the prospector, who just came in from the mountains met them. After what happened last night. I shouldn't be surprised if they were going to lay for you there "When we drove away toward the mountains that morning Dietrich's pistol lay on the seat beside him, and mine Aas in my hip pocket. We took the direct trail which leads through Coyote canon, a narrow, crooked rift in a low mountain range, with steep, rock sides, grown up with scrub oak thickets and pinon. This canon bears an evil name from the ambuscades of Indians and white robbers that have been laid there many times, with the accompaniments of murder and massacre. It opens at either end upon a plain ten or twelve miles wide, so that any outfit approaching it-can be sizHl up by a party lying In wait and attacked or let alone, according to Its strength. Dietrich drove the team among the foothills to the very mouth of the canon, as If he xas going to enter It. Then, Just before coming to where the walls close in, he turned the horses sharply to the south and, leaving the trail, followed the hollows between the foothills for half a mile or so. until he came to another trail that wound through the range to the southward. TRYING TO FLANK'M. "'We'll flank'm he said, 'if anybody's laying for us over in the Coyote canon. This trail's a rough one, and it carries us three miles out of our course, but it's better to follow it than to take chances of getting riddled with bullets and buckshot by a lot of greasers In the chapparal. "The road was more than rough, it was almost Impassable in places, and more than once we had to Jump to the ground and push against the lower side of the wagon to keep it on its four wheels. But we kept the horses going right along all the time, and at last came to where we could look ahead upon the open country on the other side' of the range. A spur of the mountains on the right, a craggy wooded eminence, must still be passed to reach the plain. " " 'Once past that bluff we're all right.' said Dietrich. 'But I guess I'll take a look at what's behind it You wait here with the team ttve minutes, and, then, unless you hear from me, keep straight on down the trail, and don t stop until you're out of rifle shot from the mountains. and he dropped Into the brush on the upper Fide of the trail and worked his way, revolver in hand, up the declivity, keeping xell under shelter of rocks and trees. He soon disappeared, and after the live minutes were up I drove on. "I had traveled perhaps a hundred yards when, as I rounded a bend In the trail, there came the scream and wind of a mlnie bullet, which. Judging by my sensations, could scarcely have missed my head by half an inch. The report of a heavy rifle, and a puff of smoke that rose from a patch of chapparal on the crest of the eminence showed where the shot had come from. A moment more three sharp cracks, coming like one, two, three sounded from the heights directly opposite me. and. with the third report, a Mexican leaped up from the chapparal and fell headlong down the precipice, crashing upon the stony trail, where he lay flat and still. Above me, on the side hill, was Dietrich holding hi3 smoking revolver with both hands. Just as he had fired it. He glanced at me as if to assure me that I was all right, and without a .word plunged again into the thickets, , and in a minute more his revolver spoke twice again. From the wagon I could see behind the eminence an opoiing, where a grass hollow that divided it from the main range led down to the plain on that side. Across this opening, in a great hurry, limped a Mexican, one hand pressed against hla 'thigh, and mounting with difficulty a i norse w.m mu urr siniiuins in me con- ' eea'.rrent of a plnon clump, he dashed down toward the plain Just as Dietrich appeared at the head of the hollow to Are a parting shot after him. Dietrich motioned me to drive on, but the horses couldn't be got to approach the body across the trail until he j oarae down Into the road to ray asslsttrnce.

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BRO He turned the Mexican over so as to look at the face, then picked the body up and flung It down into the deep ravine to the left. As I thought he said, 'he. was one of 1 those fellows in the saloon last night. Don 4 Porfirio will have to hire another assassin the next time he wants a man killed. The one that got away wasn't in very good shape, Judging by the trail of blood he left vhen we were fairly out on the plain, beyond all reach of ambuscade, Dietrich held up a b'.ack quart . bottle. ' 'It's whisky and chlmiya he said. 'It fell from the wounded Mexican's cantina when he was trying to mount. There's half a pint left In it, just two good drinks. Here goes mine and he put the bottle to bis lips, then passed it to me. I gulped the rest of the drink, and It tasted good. I felt I needed it.". FOOTBALL. AT HARVARD. One Observer Consider Its Influence Demoralising;. William Lloyd Garrison, in New York Post It is unquestioned that the graduates of the best athletic preparatory schools attain a great social advantage on entering college. They are "in the push" as the phrase is. Excellence in athletics is the open sesame to the Greek letter societies and undergraduate popularity. The names of the best scholars are unknown, but to be a college athlete is to be distinguished Inside the university and out. social honors encompass him and class Idolatry exalts him. Ills name continually appears in print, and his . counterfeit presentment adorns the newspaper columns. Selfconsciousncs?' is fostered, a false standard of education encouraged, "sand," or blind indifference to bodily Hufferlng, Is placed above moral courage, and the purpose of a true university lost sight of in this worship of brawn and muscle. The concomitants of an Intercollegiate match are totally at variance with every idea of morality -that society professes to admire. I sometimes question whether all the pulpits of Massachusetts counterbalance In a year the demoralizing influence of a single month of Harvard College. Rowdyism, drinking and gambling accompany every exhibition like that at Springfield, and while the usual disgraceful demonstrations after each victory are not monopolized by students, a lamentable number are always Involved in the orgies. In fdudent estimation, "to have a Jag on." the euphemism for Intoxication, is simply funny, and to bet on the game Is a gentlemanly proceeding. The money that goes in this and similar directions, diverted from suffering boarding house keepers and tradesmen, would surprise one not conversant with the situation. Iletween colleges there should and could exist close friendship and only rivalry in J intellectual work, where the victor would ; thereby gain the admiration of the van- j qulshed. Now hatred is engendered as be- i tween hostile nations. I think that in some students' minds it is worse to be an "Eli" than a thief. This breed. a hateful and ! violent spirit. "I wish Murphy had been ' killed," said a Harvard man returning; from Springfield. "Not really!" said a , gentleman who overheard the remark. "Yes, 1 do," was the savage rejoinder. "Do you never think you might kill a man by hitting him a you do?" was asked of a member or tne Harvard team. i put an consideration of consequences out of my mind." was the reply. "My only business is to win -the game." So are naturally gentle and Ingenuous boys transformed into possible murderers. I wish to express again my conviction that all this protest against football i useless unless it strikes at the source of the tronhlf. While fashionable and attractive L girls, and men and women high In the social scale, attend tnese exniDutons wun enthusiasm, and misguided parents follow thir bartered sons with approval from one i field of fighting to another, while presi dents and professors join tne applauding crowd, "you may as well go stand upon the beach and bid the main flood bate Its usual height" as to think by a few indignant editorials and letters to stop the outrage. "Gentlemanly football" will be promel and good behavler rule, for a while, but the snake Is only scotched, not killed. The society women of San Francisco have adopted a novel plan to raise money for the support of a ward for Incurables at the Children's Hospital. They are going to edit the Christmas edition of the Examiner. W. It. Hearst, proprietor of the paper, has agreed to turn over the whole newspaper plant to rhem. and they are going to write even' lineof the paper; manage the business department: edit the telegraph news; collect the local news; solicit the advertisements, and. in fact, do everything In preparing the paper for publication up to the time it goes to the composing room and press room. The entire proceeds of the Christmas edition of the Examiner will be turned over to the ladles to be used for the support of the Childrea'a Hospital.

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