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1HE INDIAN APOPS .'JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, ISdu. 5 .

'ALBANY FIRE HORROR

SWVCVIF.KN KMPLQUK OP Till! DKIjAVAV llOtSB MUSIXi. All Hellevetl to Have PerUbed In lie Hnrnlngr Ilulldlny: Ono Gnent .. Head and Other. Hurt. ALBANY. X. Y.Dec. 51. Though twenty-four hour have pmwed elncc the Delevan Houpe became a prey to flamts, the number of victims 1m tltl unknown, but ns the hour go by the horror of the fire increase. It waa believed last night und early thin morning that not to exceed 1x or tnven pemon perlnhwrt In the building, but to-nlRht seventeen people are reported mlnKlng. The llt follows: M I'Cft. FRANCIS I II LU from (Thtcago. XOHA HIM.IJVAN. chambermaid. MAKY SULLIVAN, chambermaid, sister of Nora. . .. , MAKY CAHKY, chambermaid, from taraANNIE DALEY, employed In .cleaning department. , , , BrtlDGKT FITZaiUBUNS, employed in pantry. , A MIQLIA TOM BA25NIA. chambermaid. , rflMON MYEKS. conVeman. JJOHA NT A KTOttN KY, ihiimbermuld. KM, EN DILLON, laundre. . . AONE8 WILSON, chambermaid, . from Uulfalu. . .. . II AE YOtTNti. employed In linen department, from fluff alo. KATK OHOWEEY. cpambermuld. THOMAS CANNON, hall man. K BUN AN DO IIKLEETTI. llreman. ItlCAUDO TKLESFONI. worked In kl'vhen. UNKNOWN ITALIAN. wonted", hi kitchen. , " Thuwj who eacaped or were taken out of the. burring building and who auffered inJury are given below. MHS. H. S. FOOKKS, formerly of Dayton. O.. !lled from Injuries this mornlnK. HENRY S. FOOKES. Rochester, injured Internally and face and hand burned; will recover. MRS. BENJAMIN F. HEILMAN, Brook-' Jyn. face cut and internal Injuries; will re-, cover. , BENJAMIN . V.i HEILMAN, Brooklyn, ankle injured." EDWARD WAIvSH, face badly burnedTOWARD Ml'Kl'HY,1 bad burn. E. A. MANCHESTER, Auburn, hands and arms turned. M. W. ARNOLD. Rochester, bruised by Jumping from window. D. P. BROCK WAY, New York, right arm badly cut and both arma burned. JAMES HENNESSEY, fireman of steam er No. 4, struck on the head by a brick when one of the walla fell about midnight. About twenty girls, were sleeping In the Attic which wan '-on tha Steuben-street side of the house, and the, only exit was a narrpw stairway leading 'to the third floor hallVay from which there were three stairways by which to escape. The most reliable information that could be obtained was given by an employe of the house named Kale Monahan, who knew all the Kifls well and had, up to that time, -been unable to find twelve of them, whom she is positive are dead. Besides these she asserts that four men are also In the ruins. Miss Monahan says she escaped through the. basement, and that at that time the girls, she believes were lost In the attic. When she reached the last stairway the six lower steps were burned and she had to jump the remaining distance. If the girls were In the attic then . It seems impossible for them to have escaped. . . Querena. Tomagnl, who waa on the top floor , when the cry of fire was given, tells of what he saw. "I waa in my room," said he,, "when some one yelled fire. The hall was filled with stifling smoke and the end which led to. the staircase, was blocked with a mass of flames. . I turned to run the other-way. On the, floor of the corridor lay three human beings. Whether they were fnen or women I could not say. They were shrieking for help. , I could not stop to wive them. . The flames were leaping along the corridor and I was losing my senses:; frbtn"; the fearful smoke that rendered life In the place almost impossible. 1 passed over the spot " where the unfortu nates lay. They grabbed my legs, it was by main force that J. pulled myself away and managed to get In a window and lower myself five stories by means of a rope. I nte beings who lay In that corridor. . I.do not think they ever escaped." ,', All .the. Injured guests are reported out of - danger and Improving. All the hotel servants had quarters on the fifth floor of the hotel It la asserted by the hotel people thait the help were apprised of the fire in time to nave themselves; but that they ran around to arouse the auests. and. dointr ithlH, were overcome by smoke. . ' '''' six pehish. : ' - Mother and Five Children Lone Their ' Liven lu Their Home. ELLSWORTH. Wis., Dec; 31. The residence of Michael O'Connell,' In the town of 121, Paso, pierce county, was burned early this morning and Mrs, O'Connell and Ave children perished In the flames. Mr. O'Connell slept below and ' was awakened by the fire at 2 o'clock.. He. Just had time to escape in Ms night robe. ' His wife appeared at a window and dropped one child and returned for the others, but did not appear a d-b I ' -,i Mr. CConneH cannot tell much about the ' ft...' . . V. Jn. I , AMlln....J 1J 1 1 by a choking sensation and, jumping out of bed, be found the room full of smoke. He ran to the kitchen door and opened It. The flames burst through on him, and in such force as to knock him down. How he sot on his feet or out of the building he is una- . ta tell.. When he did get out of the building he heard one of the children crying, the boy, a youngster about six years old. He said he was awakened by the heat and smoke and ran to the window and jumped out. The mother was also awakened una, catching up her youngest child, a boy two years old, ran to the window and threw him out to her husband below. SI.e turned , and went back to arouse , the rest of the ehildren, five in number, who -were still sleep siK soundly. Before she succeeded In nrousing them or getting them to the wlnV ....-, 9 fA1l ... 1 . V. ,J 1 .1 five remalnlnc children in the fire. ...-, : . " . . - KM-nied In Their Mffbt (Hothes. , ' CHICAGO, , Deo. v31. Six persons were aroused from thlr beds In the Ohio apartment building, Nos. C02t and 6028 Wharton aveniui a little beTore 2 o'clock this mornwere able to make their way to the streets in their night clothes. Twelve were so -overcome by the smoke that thev had to foe . dragged from their beds and carried ut.' The building and contents -were destroyed.. Loss, $S,tNJ0, Fat nl!- Burned. CLEVELAND. "Ml.. Dec 31. Mrs. Dr. Luk Beasley 'died' to-day 'from burns received yesterday, She was on a. visit to the Idles plantation and ,was in a room , ilnnp mhn kali r-lAthii-icr nantrV r fore help could reach her she was roasted : to crisp. . : TOUTUUED AXI) ROBBED. SHer Placed oh a f to e and Forced . ... t Tell Where Kit .Money Waa. DECATUR, III.; Dee.' 3L William Florey, a miser and hermit, who has lived alone for thirty years oi a farm In the rfver, bottoms, was robbed Tuesday night. The neighbors only learned of it to-day.' To make him tell where his money was hid he was twice put on a stove by two men They forced him to give up $500 first and a much larger -sum the second time, but how muali (s not known. He refuses to say much about the matter except that hi n oney la jrone. The burns on his hands, feet and body are severe. Fiorey owns a farm of acres and la so old he is chlldInIi. y Fnlr'a Will May lie ontested. SAN FRANCISCO. De. 31. There nay contest over the will of the late exSenator .lames fl. Fair. Oharl;4 Fair has rf-alized that the clause Jeprlvin of a fiiare In the estate any children , he may have U a flight. He aieo resents the placing m the hands of outsiders the management of the Fair estate, on the lattrr tn. 'ua it Jk thought . his sisters. Mis.

Herman Oelrlchs and Miss Virginia Fair, may. Join hands with Charles, although he has not been on speaking terms with them for some years. . CHURCH SERVICES DISTURBED.'

Preacher Ordered Out of the Pulpit . by n Hand of Fanatic. ' ABILENE, Tex., Dec. 31.-Qulte a ripple of excitement was occasioned yesterday at the' First MethodiBt Church in this city at the commencement of the morning service. As the Rev. Dr. Chapman announced his text he was assailed by cries of "Come down and out C the pulpit, you devil, you," coming from a band of so-called Santlllcatlonista who oooupied seats near the pulpit. Following this df-monstratljn they became abusive and noisy, using Insulting language. They were finally ejected from the church' by "force, claiming they were bHng persecuted Just like the Savior was. The Sanotlncatlonlsts belong to a band of organized fanatics which is alarmingly on I he increase in this city. BURNS TALKS AGAIN Hi: TEL LM PHILADELPHIA HOW HE Jl MI'KIl ON HIS CIUTICM. Ooe Social and Induatrltil I'roltleuiH, He Hnym, Are lleconilnn AccentnMtet hy I he Burden of MllltHrlam. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31. John Bums. M. P., the English labor leader, arrived here from Washington to-night and addressed an audience that filled every available spot In Association Hall. The meeting was under the auspices of the I'nited Labor League, and among those present were: John W. Benn, M. P., w ho accompanies Mr. Burns; President McBride, of the American Federation of Labor; P. J. Magulre,' the first vice present; Bishop Whittakef and a large number of prominent labor workers and professional men. Over one hundred lace curtain operatives now employed in this city, who came from Battersea, Burns's own town in England, were among the audience. Burns, who was . introduced as "the world's champion of labor," was greeted by vociferous applause, which was continued throughout his address. He said he had come to this country to study as well as a brief stay would permit, our social and industrial condition. The subject upon, which he dwelt particularly was trade unionism, which, he said, holds the fort in Philadelphia. ; In the early part of his address he said; "It, was the people who deprecated what they called my premature' criticisms of American institutions, who, the very moment I, stepped off the railway car on my first visit to Chicago, wanted to know my opinion of the social and industrial condition of that city. When I had the cobrage to tell ' thenr they wanted to know what right I had to criticise the city, but I went back tea days afterwards and said it again, only ten times stronger. In Europe," he proceeded, "all social and industrial problems are accentuated by the burden of militarism, and you are rapidly , getting it here. We have eight million armet men in Europe legalized murderers, gilded popinjays, only not producing anything, but destroying everything. They are' kept less for resisting foreign foes than as a recruiting ground where England can ' put her .children -who have not enough brains to earn their living.? . . HBOKUAMZLVG THE A. U. I . Debs' Order to Have Signs, tirlps and nn' Insurance Feature. - CHICAGO. Dec. 31. The American Railway Union, according to a circular Issued by President Debs, dated Dec. 27, is soon to blosMm as a strict secret organization. This was agreed upon at - the convention held in June, but the strike prevented the working out the details. , The officers of the A. R. U. since the strike have had time to work out jthe, details of the new scheme. The' work has been done by a special committee selected from the board of nine directors, consisting of J. F. McVean. E. V, Debs and W. E. Burns. - A special meeting of the board of. directors will be held -within ten days, when theplans will be presented in detail for final adoption. They have had all secret society plans under consideration and think they have profited by the experience of other labor and fraternal organizations. The purpose is not to increase the present Initiation xee and annual dues of $1 a year, and qualifications for membership' will remain the same. ,. Any employe of good character of any railroad without regard to length of service or -ages -will ! be received. - Combined with the secret work. will be an assessment insurance ; plan, the maximum amount of insuranca to be- carried by any member" to be $3,000 and the minimum S!00. The sick benefit fund established by many Denenciary insurance societies will be discarded. Secretary Kelliher said last night there were now 160,000 members of the A.R. U. in good standing, as against 150,000 just before the strike. President Debs will go to Milwaukee Tuesday night, where he .vill speak In favor of the new plan and attempt to boom the organization. From Milwaukee ha will go to Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. . -. , : . , Will Sue for Contract Wanes. PITTSBURG, , Dec. 31. The strikers at the Apollo and Leech burg tin-plate work are preparing to enter suit for their wages under contracts signed with the Apollo Iron and Steel Company and Kirkpa trick & Co., owners of the plants. Contracts were to govern the wages for one year, and after they had been in force four months, the firms made reductions. The workmen revised to accept and will now try to recover their money under the contract. The wages of two thousand men for eight months are Involved. I WYOMING SENATORSHIPSs. Peoitle of the State Opposed to Klcctlngr Two HeldentM of Cheyenne. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Dec. 31.-Two United States Senators are to be chosen at the coming session of the Legislature one for six years to succeed Joseph M. Carey, and one for four years to fill the vacancy occasioned by the failure of the Legislature two years ago to elect a successor to Francis Warren. Senator Carey is a candldte for re-election. Ex-Senator Warren Is also a jpandldate for the long term senatorship. Both- are residents of Cheyenne. Early in the contest the remainder of the State demanded that Cheyenne should decide between Carey and Warren and the other Senator should not be a reafaent of that city; . The several candidates concede Warren's election to the long term and a majority are willing that he should be elected first, in order to remove one of the disturbing elements from the contest. Senator Carey has come home from Washington and Is making an aggressive personal canvass. For the short term senatorship ex-Congressman Clarence D. Clark will have the unanimous support of the L'intah and Sweetwater county delegation. Hon. J. J. Davis, of Carbon county. Judge M. C. Brown, of Albany, and Judge Jay L. Torrey, of Fremont, will have the backing of their respective counties. HORRIBLE DOUBLY, TRAGEDY. Plttshurw Luhorer Chops Ills Wife' Head and Cut 111m Own Throat. PITTSBURG. Dec. 31. William McMullen, a -laborer, cut his wife's head almost off with u' hatcht-t and then cut nls own throat with a razor about 3:30 this morning. They had been quarreling in the evening, and McMullen hit his wife in the face with a beer bottle, cutting her badly. They quarreled again later, and about 3:30 o'clock this morning their children were awakened by their, mother's cries. , The woman'' head was frightfully cut. and when found she was lying in u pool of blood. After taking the life of his wife, McMullen stepped into the kitchen out of the sight of his children, who a moment later heard, him fall to the floor with a groan. They ran to the door and found him lying under the stove. The man had cut his throat-and jugular vein and died m about twenty minutes.- The wife survived him but a rhort time. The youngest child, aged two year, bad been sleeping with its mother, aJ)d its face was ' bespattered with the blood of the patent. '

ROBY TRACK CLOSED

COX1JO SAYS SO LOBBY' AVI LL 111-2 SF.XT TO TUB LKfcilSLATI 1111. Plct it r ewtic "Old Fiddlers'" Con teat nt ColuiiiltUM for the Benefit of Poor State Jfew. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HAMMOND, Ind.. Dec. 3L This was the closing day of the winter meeting of the Itoby Fair Association, and nearly seven thousand people were in attendance. Never in the history of the track has the weather been so favorable for a winter meeting as during the past month. Until within the last week there has not been a day that was not favorable for racing. In speaking of the prospects for future racing at this track John Condon, manager of -the association, said to-day; "It w!ll depend altogether on the action of the Indiana Legislature whether or not we ever have any more races at Itoby. V e have a plant here that cost more than any other race track In the State of Indiana, and If the people of the State see lit to close us up. well and good. We will abide by the action of the legislature. The weather for the last month could not have been more favorable than U has been, and we are sorry that we have to close to-day. If it were not for the rules of the turf congress we would run as long as the weather would remain favorable, but we do not want to become outlawed, so we must close tday. Never In the history of the track has there been so prosperous a meeting, and if the coming session of the Legislature does not pass an act prohibiting racing at this track we will In the near future make it the greatest race track in the -'West. I see by a number of the papers that we intend to send a powerful lobby to Indianapolis this winter to prevent any action against the track. This is not a fact. We are not going to send a man or a cent of money there. If the Legislature wants to break up the track we will have to abide by Us action." ' AS OOXTZ DEV. Mysterious Underground Apartment Found ciir ColunibiiM. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 31. Lovers of the fascinating game of oontz have had anything but a pleasant time in this city for more than a year, as the officers have tried harder to prevent the game than, they have' that Where more money is won and lost, over the green cloth. What Is believed by some to be winter quarters for a lot of young men and boys who play the game when not watched was discovered and explored near the city limits to-day. Some hunters found tracks in the (inaw and followed them to where they suddenly .disappeared in the ground. A large board was raised and under it was found a hole sufficiently large to permit a man ' to crawl through. Thl3 lead was followed fifteen feet when it came Into a-room fully twelve feet square and sufficiently deep for a man to rest comfortably. The room was lined with lumber and covered over with dirt in such a manner that would not attract the attention of a passer by. In the room was found a lantern and a broom, but there was no evidence that it was the continued abode of one or more ; individuals, and this has led to the belief that it is the freouent meeting place of the "craps shooters." Officers are on the lookout to arrest the parties. OLU-KASHIOXED MELODIES. Content 'of Pioneer-Da jr "Fiddler" at loluinbiiit Liut Mglit. Special to the Indimapolis Journals COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 31. The card "standing . room only" went up at the entrance to Crump's Theater to-night long before the performance began. The entertainment wa a unique affair, the curtain rising over the silvery locks of about fifteen citizens of this county seated on the stage. Some of them had never before seen the inside of a, theater, but who were at home fifty years ago at the old-time "country hoe-downs" with " their fiddle's. The entertainment was given for the benefit of the poor of the city, and was for the championship In rendering on the violin the old-time melodies of pioneer days. There were right-handed fiddlers and left-handed fiddlers, and "The Arkansaw Traveler," "Sugar in the'Gourd" and similar tunes were received with loud applause. "Rye Straw" and "Old Dan Tucker" were played by every contestant with telling effect. There was no programme for the entertainment, as a programme was considered too "new fangled." The old gray heads would not work to one. Ex-Mayor W. W. Stader was master of ceremonies and called for the entertainment, while ex-Attorney-general Francis T. Hord, now judge of the Circuit Court, was the presiding officer. So wraot up in the contest did the judges become that they gave to each of the fiddlers $2.50 and a red ribbon. . No entertainment here for years took like this one, and a snug sum. for the poor of the city was raised. Landlord Cirlfllth Paralyzed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 31. George R. Griffith, the veteran hotel man, of this city, and one of the oldest in the State, is lying at the point of death. After returning from a ride this morning he complained of a stinging sensation in his left arm. He went directly to his room on the second floor, but fell prostrate in the hall after ascending the stairs. Doctors J. W. Hunt, H. E. -Jones and J. B. Fattic have 'been at the bedside of the sick man all afternoon. His left side is paralyzed and he is unable to speak. Mr, Griffith has been in the hotel, 'business in this city over thirty years, artd Is universally respected. The sorrow is intensified by a telegram to-night announcing the death of his son-in-law, Frank A. Spear, at Richmond, Ind. . TftV Injured Men Improving'. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. . 31. The men injured in yesterday's explosion are all get-, ting better except Jerry Claxton, whose leg was broken in two places, and Charles Hand, whose leg was broken in three places. ' They are suffering a great deal and the ; full extent of their injuries is -unknown., They are expected to recover unless new -and unexpected complications arisje. Their injuries were caused by the heavy barber shop furniture being hurled on them, crush-' Ing them to the floor amid the debris. The loss is quite heavy on Mr. See, who owned the shop, which represented the savings of a lifetime. CrnwfordMrille Drummer lluniiuet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 31. The forty-two commercial travelers residing In this city, have formed an association, and this evening held their first annual banquet at the Bobbins House. There were plates laid for a hundred and the affair was veryenjoyable. J. H. McCoy acted as toast master and Rev. J. W. Greene was present to invoke a blessing. "The Country Hotels" was responded to by H. M. Harter, "The Boys of the T. P. A." by J. K. Ryan and "Our Sunshine", by Jeff McDaniel, Look Out for Indiana Vim Trut. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 31. The announcement is given out that the New York ga'S syndicate which recently purchased the Anderson Fuel Supply Company's plant, and which now has gained complete control of the Lafayette, Fort Wayne, Wabash Logansport and one ot the Indianapolis lines, has negotiations pending for the purchase of the -lines which supply Muncie Marion. Kokomo. Elwood, Richmond and some other gas consuming cities. Ate JiniMon Weed Caken. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 31. William S. Cramer, a prominent farmer, two miles east of this city, took some buckwheat to the mill a few days ago and had it' ground for home use. There was known to be some j'.mson weed with It, but it was thought that it would not hurt the flour. The family partook heartily of cakes made from it yesterday and all were badly poisoned and came near ilylng. Mr. Cramer is yet confined to his bed. Chicago Meat Train Wrecked. St eclal to the Indianapolis Journal. - HARTFORD CITY, Ind.. Dec. A collision on the Panhandle at the station occurred this forenoon. The Chicago meat train came la while a west -bound freight was running on a side track. The engin? oi-!e mt.it train struck the west-bound t,n obliquely and knocked several i-ars ujX before it was thrown from the rrack auj

disabled." Trainmen all3umped and no one was hurt The wreck delayed trains several hours. , . . I ! ! II - . Vf Found Dead on the Ice. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, , Ind., Dec. 31.-John Gelgerlch, an aged German, was found dead on the Ice on .White rtver three miles south ot here yesterday. Several , boys while out skating came on the lifelest form and gave the alarm. The man was frozen stiff. On Saturday morning he was last seen here when he was attending to his usual affairs. Since that time no one seems to know anything about him until he was found on the ice. - Reception to the ew Pustor. . Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WORTH INOTON, Ind'., Dec. 31. A reception -.vas tendered Elder A.M. Hall, of Irvlngton, in the Williams House parlors, last Saturday evening, that being the beginning of his work as pastor of the Christian Church at this place. The address of welcome was delivered by Mr. J. D. Myers, responxes by Elder Hall. Rev. W. C. Sherman, of the Presbyterian Church, and Kev. llrann. of the Episcopal Church. i Dm toted to lleuth by n Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN, Ind., Dec. 31. John McCilntock. living near Syracuse, -while riding a horse to water This .morning, was thrown, his clothes becoming entangled in the harness. ThU frightened the horse, which started to run. dragging the boy along the frozen road, breaking his neck. . Life was extinct when the body was recovered by his parents. , 1 " " Dr. A. S. lIiiMtou'a Funeral. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 81. The funeral of Dr. A. S. Huston, the well-known physician and Sunday school worker, was held in this city to-day. "The obsequies were impressively conducted by Elder H. N, Herrlck. of Muncle, assisted by Rev. J. H. Brewington. of Pendleton. ' The funeral was one of the. largest ever witnessed in Anderson. , , , .

Flrnt Orderly Sunday in Peru. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU. Ind., Dec. 31. People of this city experienced a genuine surprise yesterday and last, night in the closing . of all the saloons and grocery stores and the strictest adherence to Sunday law ever known here. The effect was reached through efforts of tho new prosecuting attorney Joseph Tillett and his lieutenant. Constable Church. 1,500 Fire on Bm-k Creek. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . GREENFIELD. Ind., Dee. 31. At 9 o'clock this morning the , big ."bairn ! of W. E. Sargeant, in Buck Creek township, this county,-burned, together with its contents, which included hay, oats, wheat, nine hundred bushels of corn and 'farming implements. Loss. $1,500, with $800 Insurance inthe Continental. ' Klectrlc Lltfbt Failure. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Dec. : 3L The Mowery Elecric Light Company assigned to-day. Assets. $20,000; liabilities, $10,000. W. S. Woods, grocer, also assigned, with assets and liabilities, of about $6,000. - ;00i .NEWS FOR EXILES. The Csar'i I'kase Will Pervilt KefuKeeit to Return t- Russia. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. , 31.--The two thousand Russians In "the-. local colony are refugees gand exiles no longer. The young Czar's wedding day ukase ha's removed the ban that was upon them. i The flrst copy of the imperial proclamation ; has just reached, here and it has thrown the whole colony into a transport Of; Edelight. The Russians now in ; this city' came here for the most part by way of Siberia. Many of them had been exiled and , nearly all of them deprived of their social. and property rights In their mother country, A prominent Russian said that he-did. not believe there was a single one of his countrymen living' in San Francisco who could have safely returned home under lhe rule of the former Czar. Under tne ' laws then in force in Russia the children of an exile were given no- rights whici.Ue father did not possess-1 Many members, of the colony had been sent to Siberia for minor offenses, such as neglect to pay taxes. Some ftave grown wealthy in San Francisco, and they mav visit Russia, be restored to citizenship and even to former property-rights. ,1 LOsT THE MU5)T KOILND. Fournll Beaten at Billiards hy Thus. Gallasrher. ,i . NEW YORK. Dec. - si.-rFournil, the French billiard champion, and Tom Gallagher, the veteran bllliardist of, Chicago,' began . a match for . $300 , to-hight.: iat 14-lnch" balk line -billiards at Daly's, id this city. The match . will be played, in six nights. Fournil has to make 3,000 points to Gallagher's 1,20"). ; The Frenchman.-, svas beaten to-night by the Chicago player, who made 200 points to his opponent's, 484. Tha game each night is one of 500 points to be made by Fournil 'to Gallagher's 2J points. Fournil played a brilliant game. His star run was one of 197 points. - Gallagher's highest was 43 points. At the end of the night's play "Al" Smith offered to bet $500 that Wizard Shaefer would beat the French champion.,' Fournil took the bet. Al Smith sent, a telegram to Shaefer asking him if lie would arrange for a match. TOWARDS DEATH'S DOOR. Three Fishermen Drifting: on the Lake in nn Open lloat. MENOMINEE, i Mich., Dee. 31. Martin, Frank and' John Wosnaki, . brothers, were carried - away in an open ; fishing boat by the Ice last night, They were seen to-day drifting towards Death's " Door and will probably not be rescued alive as the weather has since continued very cold. No attempts have been made here to rescue them as the. tugs are all frozen in and their machinery taken apart for the winter. A telegram was sent to E can aba in the hope that a tug is still In commission there, but no answer has been received .i Owing to the strong wind and large body of ice between the three fishermen and the shore It is considered folly to attempt to reach them. The men are without food. All are married. When seen through a glass to-day they were still alive and occasionally raised a piece of canvas attached to an oar as a signal of distress. - i Business EmbarrawMUientn. . NEW YORK. Dec. 3L Attachments aggregating $20,000 have been filed against J. Litchtenstein & Sons, dry goods and milliery dealers, at West Twenty-third and Grand streets, who went Into liquidation last week. Application la pending for other attachments to the amount, of $40,000. The attachments w re granted on the ground, as alleged, that the firm of Lichtenstein & Sons had disposed of their-property with intent to defraud their creditors. The allegations of fraud also in vol ve the firm of Ehrich Bros., who took possession of the Lichtensteins' stock under - i an agreement with the latter firm, the nature of which, the creditors allege, both - parties to the transaction refuse to disclose. ST. LOUIS, Dec. SI. Assignee Weir late this afternoon tiled a statement of the assets and liabilities of Henry W. Se'ter, the Lebanon, 111., banker, farmer, politician and dairyman, who made an assignment of all his real estate and personal property for the benefit of his creditors on Dec. 10. The liabilities were placed at $262,309 and assets at $61,327, with secured claims of $U2,UGS. CHATTANOOGA. Term., Dee. 31. The Chattanooga Storage and Banking Company, a small private bank, made an assignment to-day. The 'losses and deposits are small. W. E. Ashcroft, formerly of O" io, wa president, and loses about !fc,00. John R. Wallace was cashier. f Will Work In the Slum. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31. General Booth has commissioned Helen G. Schofield as a lieutenant in the Salvation Army and has assigned her to work In the hardest post in San Francisco, among the lowest of the fallen women. She is a daughter of Rev. L, M. Schofield, who was pastor of important Presbyterian churches in California and who is now in Chicago. Miss Schofield graduated with; distinction from Mills Seminary two years- ago and joined the Salvation Army last April. Klngr in the Srtv.Trar Ami don't fail to use some Home Brew, or Columbia beer, which you can buy In bottles from the Home Rrew.ng Company. Ttiijilione 1O0U,

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BISHOP MUSSMER TAKES TO TASK 11V CHANCELLOR lilLSCHKR, And AImo Aitked to Prove Certain Chargem AKalnat the K. of P. Mar. !atolll on the Papal Edict. ST. PAUL, Dec 31. J. F. Hilscher, grand chancellor Knights of Pythias of Minnesota, to-night mailed the following letter to the Right Reverend S. G. Messmer, of Green Bay, Wis.: "Right Reverend Sir Your Interview, dated Green Bay, Wis., Dec. 29, ami reported in a Chicugo newspaper, in regard to the decree of the Roman Church, putting the ban on the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, Is entitled to social consideration, from the fact that you offer an argument in justification of the ban. Your argument is stated as follows: " 'There never has been anyobjectlon to Catholics belonging to the lower degrees of any of these secret societies, as In thoxe degrees men are only banded together for mutual benefit and pleasure. But in the higher degrees the principles and teaching of these societies are distinctly antl-Chrls-tian and contrary to the principles of the Catholic Church. If the lower lodges were separated from the higher circles of these orders no objection would be made to them, but as all are a part of the same organization they must all come under the ban.' ' "Your words, Right Reverend Sir, are clear and explicit, and if your argument can be sustained they explain fully the ban placed on these societies by the Pope. But I deny the charge you make against the order of the Knights of Pythias, and I publicly challenge you to prove your assertion. You owe this to the American public, to your own church, and, in a special, manner, to the societies on whom your accusation falls. My demands, made with the greatest resnect, are: "First That you prove that a radical difference exists as to principles ami purposes between the lower and higher degrees of the K. of P. a difference such as to make the higher degrees worthy of condemnation, while the lower are Innocent. "Second That you prove In those higher degrees 'the principles and teachings of those societies are -distinctly antl-Chris-tion and contrary to the principles of the Catholic Church.' "I may add that, though beginning a reply to ail these points, I hope you will give special attention to your charge that the higher degrees are anti-Christian a charge which certainly should not be made lightly. As your interview was given to the public press, I consider It my privilege and duty to give this reply the same publicity." Mr. Satolll on Pope Leo's Ban. . WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. Owing to misapprehension caused by the publication of the statement that the decree concerning secret societies was not final and Was submitted to the bishops in order to secure from them their opinion thereon, Mgr. S?atolll authorizes the ; Associated Press to make the following ibrief statement of facts to set at rest misapprehensions and . possible misrepresentations. The archbishops of the United States have taken counsel with respect to three societies, namely, the Odd Fellows, the Sons of Temperance and Knights of . Pythias. The archbishops decided that the whole question should be submitted to the apostolic see. In a communication from his Eminence, Cardinal Monaco, to Mgr. Satolli, the action of the general congregation of cardinals, to whom his Holiness committed the question, is made known. The congregation, after considering carefully the matter, made a decree. This decree his Holiness fully confirmed and gave it complete effect. The decree is, therefore, transmitted to all archbishops, bishops and other ordinaries of the United States, to be by them carried into effect. Mgr. Satolli has acted merely as a medium of transmission, but lit view of contradictory and confusing reports emanating from various parts of the, country the facts are thus briefly stated. ' . . View of Richie and Burtm. PIQUA, O., Dec. 31. Walter B. Richie, of Lima, supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and John C. Burns, of Mansfield, supreme . representative, were in this city to-day. Supreme Chancellor Richie said: "The church is able to run . Its own business. The Knights of Pythias are able to run theirs. We do not propose to run theirs, nor will they 'be able to Interfere with us." Supreme Representative Burns said: "I have no criticism to make of . either his Holiness or the supreme keeper of records ana seals of the order. Dr. White, of Nashville, whose Interview was published today. The subject of the Pope's rule against members of the church becoming members of the order is not a prooer matter for any men.ber'of the order to be interviewed on. The Catholic Church will go on forever, while the supreme chancellor and I are liable to become back numbers." HIGHER EDUCATION. Is It the Duty of the State to Provide, Facilities for Special Trainings? : To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The removal or abandonment of the State University is a matter, worthy the most careful attention of the representatives of the coming Legislature. It is a subject that ought to be thoroughly agitated by the platform and. press of the State. It should be considered thoughtfully, without bias or prejudice, and dealt '.with fearlessly and courageously. This Is an age of rapid living and large Increases of public expenses. The time Is coming when the taxpayers will demand of their legislators that they cut off all appropriations not coming strictly within the spirit of the Constitution and common law of the land. They will demand legislation only on matters properly pertaining to the public service and for the good of alL the citizens alike. In appropriating the people's money every legislator should conscientiously purpose to do "the greatest good to the greatest number." The only right principle of taxation is to produce the greatest efficiency In public service with the least burden upon the people. To do this it will be necessary to study well the organic law and Constitution of the State and follow closely their spirit and purpose. Unnecessary public expenses will be cut off, class legislation will be avoided, and the will of the people will be heeded. In dealing with the subject of the State University, and, in fact, a'' the State institutions for higher education, the Legislature should go to the bottom of the question and see if there is any authority or solid grounds for the continual appropriation for the support of these institutions. Is it not class legislation of the rankest kind to tax the whole mass of the people for the support of these Institutions, whose advantages ere available only to a favored few of the State? Is it right that the State should pay from $500 to $1,000 a year for each student in these State schools for higher culture while the ordinary boy or girl in the common schools of the State is to receive but about $? each for his or her education? The purpose and intent of the school law of the land Is that every child shall have fair and equal advantages and encouragement in securing an education. Equality before the law' Is the cornerstone of all equity and right. The case probably might be different were there no colleges in the State to supply the needs in the line of a higher and more liberal education. But with a dozen or more colleges with curricula as liberal and progressive, and with appliances for Investigation into the sciences as perfect as those of the State institutions, it seems like an unnecessary ami useless expense to ask the State to come into competition In this line of work. It is not the duty of the State to provide this higher education, and the Legislature has not the right to appropriate the people's money for this purpose. Colleges and universities come properly within the province cf church support 'and management, and are w-orthy objects for the bequests of the rich and philanthropic of the land. All that President Swain claims for the State University is furnished by the other colleges of the State Intellectual fteedom and expansion, special qualification in all the sciences, young men trained in ."plain living- and high thinking." respect for law and order. Some of the brightest minds that have honored the State are the products of these other colleges. Dr. John 51. Coulter, one of the foremost scholars and scientists of the day, was educated at Hanover College. This subject Is one that is hard to consider properly, as the masses cannot be heard: tbey have no equal chance with the professional lobbyist that raid- the Legislature every session. Their cry is always or more appropriations, and their song, like that of the professional labor leader, is "more salary and less work." But If the question could be presented to the peple in ts proper light and then submitted to their votes, 1 believe the popular voice would be largely against the State Institutions. The i.eo;!e would reason this way : It is the

duty of the State to leaven the whole loaf by Impartial equal advantages to every child in the State, so that all may be HfteJ up and blessed with the fundamental elements of a sound, liberal education. It is the duty of -the State to make good citizens of all. if possible, but. on the other hand, it is not the duty, nor within the province of the State, to train young men and women to be special scientists, teachers, preachers, lawyers, doctors, mechanics, electricians, farmers, orators, musician or statesmen.- With the State so deeply in debt and the burdens of taxation so heavy, it seems like madness : to think of rals ng $3,OtKl,0O more for a StaU university, which would be necessary to properly equip and endow a creditable institution. - A . II Noblesvllle, Ind.. Dec. SI. Pnor I nlverlt" Removal. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Inasmuch as the question of the removal of the State University to Indianapolis, or even of Its existence, seems to be agitating the people . of the SUte, I would like to add somewhat and say again some things that have already been said. As to whether the State should support a university it seems that there can be but one side to. that question.'. In un article In the Journal of Dec. 29 .Mr. E. B. Reynolds, a former member of the Legislature, voices wht I understand as the argument of those opposed to the existence of the State University. Sj far as the' right to tax the people of the State for the support of the university, it seems "that the same arguments apply to the support of high schools by the State and cities throughout the land, and yet who would say abolish the high schools because some mut help support them who do not attend, nor whose children do not attend. Just as well say abolish the high schools and let th private schools and the preparatory schools of the various non-State colleges take the place. We, are all sadly aware that taxes are enormously high, and should and must be lessened, but where shall the lessening be done? Most certainly not at the very head of the educational system of the SUte, a system of which the State is proud. There never has been a. charge of corruption or exorbitant fees connected with the State University. Let the lessening of expense begin where there Is room to lessen and yet not damage the Slate in any way. There are excessive salaries paid both State ana county officers, - to trustees of penal and benevolent institutions, who devote very little of their time to their official duties and cannot be missed from their private places of business at home, yet these same men draw handsome salaries from the State. There are also occasionally those extra servants about the Statehouse during sessions of the Legislature, and some extra election expenses, of which an example has been brought to notice lately In Marion county, and which probably exist to considerable degree In other counties; and the lavish appropriations in connection with the various hospitals of the State. It seems to have become a well-fixed principle that men having in charge State or county funds must scatter them with a liberal hand, and scarcely can a State or county officer be found who will guard the public funds with tha same close eye to economy and business which he uses in his private affairs. It. seems that there Is a great field for reform and economy to the taxpayer along these lines, close following of which would g-reatly lessen the burden of the taxpayer without hampering the university ofthe State under the , plea of economy. ho can say the university receives more from the State than it should when such men as Jordan. Branner, Boone, Campbell. Coulter. Gilbert and others are taken away from it because they are worth more than the State of Indiana pays them? Can any one point to another instance where the State has gotten more than its money's worth? There is yet plenty of good material at the State University, and the faculty, with Dr. Swain at its head and a corps of good professors and assistants, is a strong one, but as. it becomes stronger it will, one by one, te taken away to other Institutions, .because they are -worth more than the State of Indiana will pay them. The university is referred to as an insignificant school, with three or four hundred students. Last year the enrollment was considerably above six hundred, with a graduating . class of sixty, and post graduate degrees conforred on seventeen, making a total of Beventy-seven. Probably it was once insignificant, early- in its history, but even then it was an important school in the West. As time went on other towns surpassed Bloomington in growth and railroad facilities, and the State University had many disadvantages to contend with, yet in spite of these and a dozen or so of non-State colleges, "having as their special agents all the ministers of the religious organizations which are behind them," it has grown amazingly In the last five or seven years, until it has probably, the largest attendance of any school in the State, aside, perhaps, from Purdue, with its various special schools attached: while on the other hand, some of the non-State schools have barely been able to show a slight increase, and some show none. One great disadvantage the State University has had for years is the superior location of other schools In regard to accessibility. Bloomington is a very pleasant country town in dry weather, but in wet weather or , spring time mud reigns supreme, both on sidewalks and in streets. The many conveniences that shru a ne found at the seat of such an. institution are not there. Only persons living soutn of Bloomington, on the Monon railroad.' or In very close connection to it, can make the round trip in a day. You may awake bright and early at any point north of an east-and-west line through Bloomington, and most points south of that line, and you cannot-reach that town until late in the afternoon, and the return triu trices another day. The university of a State should be at a point most easily reacaed by the greatest number of the people, which position Indianapolis certainly holds. There all the accommodations and facilities for study and original .work that could be offered anywhere are obtainable. Why should the State of Indiana, which prides itself on a school system superior to nearly every State in the Union, and only equaled by one or two, hesitate to take a step in advance, and even venture to consider taking a step backward and a step down from its position as regards education, and allow some of the States that have heretofore followed to assume the lead over us? Who would urge It as good policy for the State of Michigan to abolish or m any way hamper the university at Ann Arbor? Yet there is no reason why the University of Indiana should not closely rival the University of Michigan, were it only located at a centrally-accessible point and given the liberal support by the Legislature which it surely deserves. Let us have economy, and let it be rigorous, and not assumed economy at the places where there is occasion and need for reform in the affairs of State, where pure extravagance is glaring before the eyes of the people, and not at the State University, where the assistance has always been too weak, and where such men as Leland Stanford and the trustees of Lake Forest University say that the members of the faculty are not receiving a just compensation for services rendered. Let the State, aided by what the citizens of Indianapolis will doubtless give, move the State University to Indianapolis and give it the liberal support in the way of appropriations it deserves, and .we shall see how soon it will prove a most formidable rival of the best schools of the West, among which it now holds a good position. W. H. NEWSOM. 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