Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIAKAP0L1S JOURNAL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1895.

bulldlnss at Cheyenne and Hoise City costi.i SJjO.GOO each and at Helena costing .000. - .. ... - Ly Senator inquire For a gun factory for heavy ordnance on the Pacific coast. A XRBDKD HKFOIUl.

Mr. White intra the Mnfr lAKUtlnK of Hnllivny Jlall Cam. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. Joseph E White, superintendent of the railway mail service, has Just concluded his report. He presents an Interesting array of facts and figures in relation to the letters which are carried by Uncle Sam. Not the least important portion of Superintendent White's report is that which relates to the safe lighting or jrallway-mall cars. For several years the postafflce authorities have pleaded with Congress to adopt a measure forbidding the use of coal oil or similar fluid In lighting the car in which the mails are carried. In report after report the various superintendents cf the railway mail service have called attention to the immense loss caused the government by reason of, mail cars and their contents being burned either by the explosion or overturning of kerosene oil lamps when accidents happened. Almost every week, in ono par: of the country or another, such casualties occurred, and. as the report mentioned fully shows, the great numbers of fires arising from railroad accidents were caused by the lamps with which the cars were lighted, and only In very rare Instances by the fires 'from the engines. In his report Superintendent White again makts vigorous demand for legislation that will effectually prevent the recurrence of such. disasters, which Involve such tremendous losses. He nays, very justly: "The leaJing banker, manufacturers, merchants and prominent citizens of this country are very strongly In favor of greater care in transmission of the mails, because of the- immense loss and trouble caused by their destruction In railroad wrecks, when thousands of checks and drafts are destroyed, often taking years to trace up and replace. Furthermore, the average citizen, who. after all, pays the .freight, has a very decide 1 interest in the matter, from the fact that . letter and mementoes are often lost which can never be. replaced. Every business firm In the United States is vitally Interested In this Question, because, apart from financial considerations, important communications and orders are lost which cannot' be duplicated and frequently can never be replaced. The leading papers of the country, in view of the recent terrible railroad wrecks and the consequent loss of life, are strongly advocating the use of the best and most modern appliances by all the railroad companies of the country, because, while ppeed is a desideratum, safety Is still greater." SFVATK COMMITTEES. What Ham Hern Done liy the Republican Cniicns. - WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-The Republican caucus committee of the Senate was In ession for three hours toad- uy.datb xxfl dourned until to-morrow without completing Its assignment of committee membership. The work accomplished is only tentative, but so far as It has progressed it has confirmed the forecast of chairmanship assignments sent out last night. In addition to these places It is now practically decided that Senator Teller will become chairman of the committee on claims, Senator Hansbrough on library. Senator Gallinger on pensions and Senator Shoup on patents. There has been an exchange of places by which Senator Cameron takes a membership place on foreign relations and Senator Wolcott the place on finance which was conceded to Air. Cameron before he announced his Intention not to stand for re-election to the Senate. There is a probability that this committee will be Increased bv thfj a (Id If inn nf Ant momhof Thta n. fyaa IA ( tt ta rrcxla tn. nltro thn t)on.Klii an opportunity to put a silver man and an anti-silver man on the committee. Senator Jones, oi Nevada, is to be allowed to retain his place, but as a Populist and not as a Republican, aa heretofore. This arrangement will give the Republicans six members, the Democrats five and the Populists one. On financial questions the committee will stand 7, to ' in favor of silver. It Is about settled , that the appropriations committee alio will be increased from nine to eleven members. This will enable Senator Brice to retain his place on the committee and will give the Republicans two appointments there. Senator Pettlgrew will receive one of these, the other will go either to Senator Quay or to a Pacific coast man. The Populists probably will retain their present chairmanships so far as they have them. Stewart remaining at the head of mines and mining: Allen of forest reservations and Peffer of the committee to examine several branches of the civil service. It Is possible that Kyle may be transferred to a less Important committee than education and labor. Hutler will be Riven a minor committee and Senator Jones, of Arkansas, will be restored to his old place at the head of the committee on contingent expenses. The six members of the Democratic Senatolal caucus committee also held a meeting to-day for consideration of the situation, but decided not to attempt to outline any definite plan of action until the committee should be filled. CLIMATE OF MCARACl'A. Report of SnrRfon Stltt A Deadly Fever II I nek Ant Ferocious. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. The report of Passed Assistant Surgeon E. R. Stltt. who Accompanied the Nicaraguan Canal Commission In Its trip of Inspection last summer, en the climatic conditions of the country through which the proposed canal would pass has Just been published. Generally speaking, the Surgeon finds that these climatic conditions are much more favorable than has been supposed. For Instance, he shows that at Greytown, the eastern terminus, the mean average dally temperature rarely exceeds SO degrees or falls below 75, and yellow fever . is . unknown there, although there are pernicious fevers of the hemorrhage typ. The absolute flatness of the country, with a very absorbent, sandy soil, freely traversed by winds from every quarter, prevents any accumulation of malarial deposits. On the western side the malarial affections predominate, and the fever resulting, often mistaken for yellow fever, has as high a mortality rate as yellow fever, about 73 per cent. Typhoid is unknown, kidney diseases are rare, and the climate tends to the cure of catarrh. Phthisis is quite common, as well as skin diseases. Snakes are not plentiful. Black ants .re ferocious, mosquitoes are worse than In the United States only because of their greater number, and gnats, horse files and ticks are plentiful. Not a single day was lost by any of the party on account of sickness. While the cutting of the canal may be a source of disease for a time, the ultimate effect of the construction would be beneficial. - Wilson's Dismissed Employes. WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-The summary removal of Assistant Superintendent Hill and two clerks of the free-delivery system. Postofflce Department, for "conspiracy to bring the service Into disrepute," doubtless will be followed by the immediate transmission to the United States Court of Claims by Postmaster-general Wilson of an official notice of the action, calling attention to the conspiracy and suggesting Hill's removal as United States commissioner to inrestlgate the over-time claims of letter carriers. This office Mr. Hilt has filled in conJunction with his Postofflce Department position, receiving the full salary of the latter a:: l J2 per diem and expenses for the for-m-r. This was held to be permissible, as h was drawing less than J2.500. His suoeMor as assistant superintendent has not yet been selected. Populists Cliange Their Mlml. WASHINGTON, Dec. 0. -The Topulist Senators .have changed their former decision concerning the organization of the Senate and have now agreed among themselves to interpose no objections to the Republicans takln? control. They will act together, but will withdraw as a body and allow the Republicans to elect their candidates for the Senate offices. They may possibly nominate a candidate for President pro tern., but they will not press -his claims nor continue his candidacy so as to materially block organization. v Sluney Seeded fur the Alasknn Snrvey. WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-In a letter sent to the House to-day Congress is asked, to appropriate ,ux In connection Vith .the survey of the boundary line between -Alaska and British Columbia. This amount ii asked In view of the possible m..-o.sity of running d:lnlte linen of demarcation . on -the upper Yukon and iti trio'iiaries iir.d of rroviling - for. thv contingency of surveys wfcica may bt ixquitcd along fhe boundary

In unforseen localities. Secretary Olncy, Jn an accompanying letter, says the determination and mar.'ilng of the one-hundred-and-forty-first rmvidlan In that part which, by treaty, form the boundary between AIa?!-ta and Britlsn Columbia, is not provided for by any existing treaty and thai negotiations to that end may be begun lit the near future. Mnde Chnrjres Against Each Other. WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-Commander Drake, of the fish commission steamer Albatross, end his executive officer, Lieutenant Carter, have quarreled and preferred charges against each other and these have come before Secretary Herbert. Meantime the executive officer has been transferred to the Independence at Mare island. While the Secretary's decision In the matter has not yet been made known,, Is is Improbable a court-martial will follow. A simple letter from the Secretary to each of the parties will settle the difficulty. IVcklinm'H domination Confirmed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The Senate In executive session to-day confirmed the following nominations: Rufus H. Peckham. of New York, to be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Elmer H. Adams, of Missouri, to be district Judge for the Eastern district of Missouri. The Judiciary committee of the Senate has agreed to report favorably the nomination of Judges Springer, Kilgore and Stuart. HIcR-nl Customs Fees. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The board of general appraisers .at New York has rendered a decision In which it is held that the fees heretofore charged by customs collectors for certificates of exportation of domestic merchandise for certified copies of outward manifest are Illegal under the customs administrative act of 1S90. and are, therefore, abolished. It is stated that the government will not appeal from this decision, and hence it will stand as the right Interpretation of the law. To Pension Mrs. Greshnm Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . WASHINGTON. Dec. 9: Senator Voorhees to-day introduced a bill granting a pension of 1200 a month to the widow of ex-Secretary of State Gresham. Mr. Voorhees rinds precedents for his bill in the pensions of $2,000 per year voted to the widows of Hon. Frank Blair and General Logan. T , .. Too t for Dark Shootlnj?. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 9. The heavy downpour of rain, which set In shortly after the President and his party were settled in their blinds In Cape Hatteras channel, prevented their enjoying much sport to-day. General IVotrs. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Secretary Smith has returned from Georgia. The Controller of the Currency has approved the National Bank of Illinois, of Chicago, as reserve agent for the Citizens National Rank of South Bend. The Farmers National Bank of Muneie has gone Into voluntary liquidation by unanimous consent of its stockholders,- to take effect Nov. 26, 1833. Admiral Selfrldge has arrived with his flagship San Francisco at Beirut, Syria. Captain John W. Bubb, Fourth Infantry, has been relieved at his own request from duty as acting Indian agent at the Colviile agency, Washington, upon the qualification of a civilian as his successor, when he will Join his company. STRUCK A KOCK AND SUNK.

llurnlnj; Ship Lost nnd Twenty-Seven of Her Crew Drowned. LEITH, Scotland, Dec. 9. The British steamer Principia, Captain Stannard. from Shields Nov. 13, via Dundee Nov. 16, for NewYork, took fire In the forehold when about forty miles north of Cape Wrath, on the northwestern extremity of Scotland. She ran for one of the Force Islands, struck a rock and went down with twenty-seven of her crew, only one, Henry Anders, of Rostock, being saved. He was taken from the water after having clung to wreckage tor eighteen hours. A passenger named Jackson was also drowned. The Principia was a barkentlne-rlgged screw steamer, built at" Newcastle, England, In 188L She was owned by the" Arrow Shipping Company, and registered 1.7J0 net and 2,743 gross tons. Simpcon, Spence Ac Young are the New York agents. Seven Sailors Drowned. DULUTH. Minn., Dec. 9. By the sinking of the tug Pearl H. Campbell, off Hurdn Isle, in Lake Superior, Saturday last, seven men, all of whom but one "lived in this city, were drowned. The names of the dead are Cap:. William McGilvey, master; George McCort. chief engineer; Capt. -John Lloyd, mate; Fred England, second engineer; Peter McCallln, cook; two firemen, names unknown. The news of the disaster came to-day In a telegram from the captain of the tug Castle at LAn3e Mich., saying that the Campbell had been lost with all hands and that particulars had been sent by letter. The captain of the steamer which came in this evening from Marquette, Mldh., says that on Saturday a terrible ga! was blowing over the lake In the vicinity of Huron Isle and it Is probable that the Campbell, which was one of the stanehe9t tugs on the lake, was caught in the hurricane. Huron isle is about forty miles from Marquette. The tugs Campbell and Castle had been at work here trying to raise two sunken vessels. The .tugs parted company on last Friday; both then being In good condition. The captain of the Campbell was then warned not to try to face the wind that was rising, but he remarked that his tug could weatuer anything but an earthquake. That was the last seen of the vessel and its crew. All the men who were lost were single, and, with one exception, all lived In this city. Chief Engineer McCort came from Cheboygan. A Disabled Steamship. HALIFAX. N. S.. Dec. 9. The steamer Manhanset, Rotterdam, for New York, arrived this afternoon in tow of the steamer Martello. from New York for Hull. The first officer gave an account of the accident as follows: "We left Rotterdam Nov. 23, for New York, and from the outset met heavy gales from the east. Dec. 3 it was blowing a perfect hurricane, with tremendous southwest seas, causing the ship to roll in a frightful manner. The engines were racing badly and the steamer pitched so badly that finally the tall-end shaft broke in the tube. This left us entirely helpless and the ship immediately fell off Into the trough of the sea." Thursday morning the Martello responded to the signals of distress and towed her Into Halifax after the hawser parting several times. The t earner Evnmlale Safe. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9.-The Merchants' Exchange has advices) that the overdue steamer Evandalo arrived at Yokohama to-day. The steamer has been one month making the voyage. Arrivals at New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 9. Arrived: Mannheim, from Havre; La Gascogne, from Havre. Decision In u Mormon Case. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 9. A decision was hanjed down in the United States Court of Appeals to-day adverse to the reorganization churchites in the case of the Church of Christ, of Independence, Mo., et al., appellants, vs. the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, appellees. The decision overruled the petition of appellees for a rehearing. This disposes of the case entirely, unless they take It to the Supreme Court of the United States. The property in controversy is what Is known as Temple lot. In Independence, Mo., and the case has been in the courts for years. One of the most important points in the controversy was which faction of the church taught doctrines originally promulgated by Joseph H. Smith, the founder of Mormonism. Each accused the other of heresy. Kcntacklnn Short In Ills Accounts. FRANKFORT. Ky., Dec. S.-Creen B. Swango, register of the land office, has been found to be short in his accounts. The Governor had ordered an examination, which disclosed a shortage of Jl.Ouo. It is now said that Deputy Register Grant has a check for "the amount ready to pav into the treasury on the arrival here of Swango. . Peter McGcoch's AVI I. MILWAUKEE. Dec. 9.-The will of Peter MeGeoch. filed to-day, gives an estate of from V to fl.ouo.ow to his two daughters and son. The widow, Mary T. MeGeoch. gets the sum of &3.000 In fulfillment of ante-nuptial agreement with her. I'ukf Interview with JefTerwon. CHICAGO. Dec. 9. Joseph Jefferson savs: "Will you kindly state that the interview sfci I to have taken plate with me at St. Paul last week, referring to Mr. and Mrs Cleveland, never occurred.'

HORRORS IN ARMENIA

DETAILS OF IlECEXT WHOLESALE MASSACRES OF CHRISTIANS. Most of the Slaughtering and Planderlnic Done ly Soldiers Lett liy Their Turkish Officers. STORIES OF EYEWITNESSES IIORnillLE SCEXES OF CARNAGE IX THE STREETS OF EKZERl'M. Advices Received by the American Hoard of .Missions Object of Placards at Constantinople. BOSTON. Dec. 9. A correspondent in Constantinople, in a letter received here to-day, describes the conditions under which, in his opinion, relief for the oppressed Armenians must be distributed, advising either an Independent American commission for the w ork or one acting in conjunction with an English organization of similar character. "To insure effectual work," the writer says, "it will be essential for the United States government to take under official protection the men who distribute. Otherwise it will not be permitted by Turkey. A relief commission should be organized in America on an independent basis to have at least four superintendents of distribution; one at Alexandretta to go to AIntab. Marash and Oorfa, reaching the caie also of the needy In the Taurus mountains; another at Trebizond and Erzerum, with a view to reaching the regions of Bitlis and Van; and a third at Samsoon for the regions from Marsovan to Harpoot. The fourth should go to Diarbeklr and Mardian. There will undoubtedly be a large amount of aid sent from England. Probably it will be well for the American commission to make some alliance with those In England in order to cover the ground without lapping. There Is need of the greatest haste in getting some effective relief into the held. The people will be dying of exposure and starvation very soon. Moreover, the Turks are trying by every means in their power to force the survivors to become Mohammedans. They are offering aid on these conditions in some places, and In others are picking up the desolate widows and orphans and simply taking possession of thern In order to make them Mohammedans without any will of the captives." THE POLITICAL SITUATION. The correspondent, in referring- to the general situation, says: "The concord between the powers has limitations as to Its extent of action.' The powers will do nothing so farreaching In its effects on Turkey as to endanger the peace of Europe. This Is the first: consideration, and the improvement of the state of Turkey is the second. The inertness of Russia Is due to England, and not to her own willingness to act. This state of affairs gives no cheering prospect for immediate and lasting Improvement In Turkey, and It seems now as if a European war over the dismemberment of the empirewere imminent. If there is such a war it will very probably be between Russia, France and Germany on the. one side, anu England, Italy and Austria on the othetside." But it is thought, however, that Russia may make an alliance with Turkey on the basis of a sort of vassalship of the new Sultan (whoever it may be) to the Czar. Meanwhile, so long as the powers merely threaten the Sultan with fleets, unaccompanied with means for climbing mountains, he simply chuckles and proceeds with his cruelties and outrages, while suavely declaring all the time that neither cruelty nor outrage exists save in the imagination or the English Liberal and of the American missionaries." Word has been received here from Bardezaga, western Turkey, to the effect that more than thirty thousand people have been butchered in Turkey, in spite of the assertions of the Sultan and his advisers that there have beenonly slight disturbances. These facts cbme from a reliable correspondent, who adds: "'these people have been fiendishly butchered under the very noses of the representatives of the so-called great powers, their goods have been carried off, in many cases their houses and even whole villages have been burned, while the great blood-letter of Constantinople KTins and snaps his Angers in the face of Europe. Even America has been sitting at ease while the people she has been instrumental in arousing to thoughts of higher things have been driven as sheep to the slaughter. More than two hundred thousand widowed women, dishonored brides, fatherless children, infirm and feeble people, skilled artisans without tools, farmers without fields to till and merchants without goods to sell are now crying to heaven for pity. The other day the town was moved to Its center by the servicesconnected with the burial of a portion of a man's head. The man, a muleteer of this town, going to a neighboring village, was foully murdered by Turks. Some young men. taking their lives in their hands, went in search of the body. They found that the head had been severed from the trunk. The trunk vvas so torn by beasts and in such a putrid state that they 'could recover nothing of it for burial. They secured the head, from which the lower Jaw the eyes were missing, and brought it home. As the funeral cortege passed through the streets soldiers In the coffee houses sat drinking nd sneering. Three of our villagers, ore of them a Protestant, and very many from other villages, have been lost In the same way. The blood of martyrs is calling for vengeance in vain." A ' Late cable advices call attention to certain things particularly in reference to the horrible massacre . at Erzerum on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Thesnassacre was the work of the regular soldiers, assisted only to a limited extent by the populace. It was accompanied by a systematic plundering of both houses and shops, for the most part by the soldiers. The attack on Individuals was with Intent to kill, which Is shown br the large number of killed as compared with the wounded. It began at the same moment all over the city, about 12:30 p. m., and stopped at about 4-30 p. m. The Armenians were all In their places of business without any preparation whatever for attack or defense. They were shot or cut down like animals In a trap with little opportunity for resistance. One of the soldiers who took part in the" massacre said: "At 4 o'clock a la Turka (which would be about 9 o'clock a, m.) the bugle sounded and we fell In. We were told to sharpen our swords and get our arms in order for use. About 7 o'clock the bugle sounded and again we fell In. Then we were told that we were going to war with the Armenians: that they had risen in rebellion and had attacked the government house. We were marched out and told to attack the houses. We attacked, but saw no enemy. Whenever a poor Armenian was seen running away we were ordered to fire and we simply shot down or sabered those who were fleeing for safety. We broke into houses and plundered them." FOUR HOURS OF CARNAGE. The massacre began the moment the noon hour of prayer was finished, and simultaneously all over the city. It began with the bugle call to fire. It ended with the bugle call to cease firing, about four hours later. The soldiery in all parts of the city had the affair in hand. A credible witness saw the loo'lng of two houses. A crowd of soldiers with full equipment of arms came near the house. They tired in various directions. Then they tired a volley Into the house and crowded around the door and battered It down. The crowd of soldiers rushed in and carried off everything. The merchants in one shop had only time to escape to the cellar. A crowd entered, made up of soldiers and two or three Kurds. The shep was looted and the safe broken open, the gold Ures failing out on the floor. The Kurds Immediately tried to get their share. The captain in charge of the squad interfered, and an altercation began when the captain drew his revolver and shot one of the Kurds and then seized tne money. Many men hid in the cellars o.' their shops, and, being discovered In the p.-ccess of the looting, were cut to pieces without mercy. Few escaped with a single bullet wound or with a single sword thrust. It is estimated that there are between 2.000 and 2.r00 Armenian houses in Erzerum. Half of them have been plundered of all their contents. The number of Armenian shops would almost. If not quite, equal the numler of the houses. There are less than a hundred shops remaining Intact. There are t.CDO victims of the massacre. 3,000 houses plundered and the Inmates left without food, fuel, bedding or winter clothing; Z,X;0 shops plundered and closed and

the business of the city brought to a standstill. The half of the Christian population will probably have reserve enough to live on, but the remainder will be reduced to the greatest straits. The massacre was in the hands of . the notorious Sassoun "butchers" Colonels Ismail Bey and Twefik Bey. What relations. Shakir Pasha had to the event is not clear. If he did not give. the direct orier he did nothing of any account to prevent it. Shakir Pasha proceeded to Kharnoos ostensibly to quiet a rising of the Kurds there. It Is reported that that district Is overrun. with Kurds, and that the Christians have suffered terribly. How long Shakir Pasha will be absent Is not known. It is only just to say that many Turks protected their Christian neighbors. Some did this out of frleniship for the individuals protected, however. For example, ono family of Turks living in an Armenian quarter protected the houses of three Christian neighbors and Joined the soldiers In plundering the rest of the street. The destruction of that street was almost complete, and many persons were killed. The same men undertook to try the door of the American mission school for boys. Three well-directed shots sent them off, however. The American board. here this afternoon received a cablegram confirming the press dispatches of last week that a-massacre had taken place at C&esara. central Asia Minor, but that- the missionaries are safe. The missionaries of the'Amertcan board at this station, with their United Station residences are: Rev. James L. Fowle. Woburn, Mass.; Mrs. Caroline P. Fowle, Auburndale, Mass.: Rev. William S. Dood. M. D.. Benton, N. J.; Mrs. Marv L. Dodd. New York city; Rev Henry K. Wlngate. Minneapolis: Mrs. Jane C. Wlngate. .Minneapolis; Miss Sarah K. Clossom, Arlington. Mass.; Miss Fannie E. Burrage, Pittsburg. Vt., and Miss Cora A. Nason, West Superior. Wis. OIney to Methodists. CINCINNATI. Dec. S.-Some time ago the Methodist Ministers' Association of this city addressed a petition to Secretary. OIney to use his influence to have the United States protest against Armenian outrages. Today a reply was received from the Secretary stating that the United States was taking all proper care of American citizens in Turkey. The reply was considered by some as evading the request addressed to the Secretary, which was for Interposition in behalf of all Christians exposed to outrage and murder, no matter what their na tionallty. '- '. ' Sntrt Pasha Returns to His Home. CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 9. It was officially announced here to-day thai no further conflicts between Mussulmans and .Armenians have occurred except in the Seltoun district. The Vail of.SIvas wires, according to the official .report, that the . inquiry into the disturbances at Zllah show them to have been provoked by Armenian agitators who had previously ,, made arrangements to escape from the barricaded points when repulsed. Rusthuk Said Pasha, who has been a refugee at the British embassy, returned to his own residence tonight. ' .f Placards at Constantinople. LONDON, Dec. 10. A Vienna dispatch to the Dally Telegraph jsays that numerous placards were found distributed about Constantinople on Sunday, announcing the incapacity of the government and demanding a constitution. It is asserted that these proclamations were . the work of the Sultan's own favorites with the object of terrorizing him and of ruling the present Ministers, v

KEEPING IT SECRET BRITAIN'S ILTIMAT13I DELIVERED TO VENEZUELA'S PHESIDEXT. Its Contents Said to lie Guarded by the Authorities Comment of the London Press on the Incident. LONDON. Dec. 10. A . dispatch to the Times from Caracas, Venezuela, dated Dec. 1, says: "The British ultimatum has been delivered here, but the Ministers are reticent as to its contents. There are no signs of any anti-English feeling here. The authorities assert that . the revolution has been completely crusheL and, that there.are only a few scattered insurgents . In outlying districts." The Times also publishes a letter from Caracas which says that the Venezuelans are themselves hopeless of preventing the Judgment going against them on tlhe question of frontier outrage on the British Guiana policemen, and the d?lay In making reparation, the 'correspondent adds, probably arises from the shakiness of President Crespo's authority and his fear of incurring unpopularity. . The Paris correspondent of the Times quotes an article from the Journal les lJebats, commenting on the Venezuelan dispute, which says: "In spite .of it9 immense industrial power the .United States does not possess the military and naval forces which, after all, are at ihe bottom of every diplomatic discussion ' which Is carried rather far." , The Times also publishes an editorial, commentirg upon the. foregoing subject, which contends that the Monroe doctrine cannot be applied either to the boundary line dispute or to Great Britain's demand for reparation on account of outrage upon the officers of British Guiana. "It is no more possible," says the Times, "to submlte the territory within the Schomberg line to arbitration than It would be for the United States to submit to arbitration should Spain set up a claim to a part of Florida. The remarks of the Journal Des Debats are not conceived in a friendly or a delicate spirit, but they have an element of truth, which sensible Americans cannot ignore. It is easy to see that If this controversy Is not skillfully, handled, a state of things might arise amoog the ill-governed Central and South American republics which would Involve the United States in a large expenditure for the army and navy that are now happily unnecessary." The Chronicle remarks it is an unusual courtesy that a copy of Lord Salisbury's dispatch to Washington ha3 been handed to the United States embassador, Mr. Rayard. Xo Confirmation at Washington. , WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The Venezuelan minister has received "a cablegram from Caracas stating that the' revolution has been quelled, and that perfect peace prevails throughout tho republic of Venezuela. No word has come here touching the'recelpt at Caracas of the British' demand for an indemnity of $G0,000 on account of the arrest at Uruan by the Venezuelans of a colonial chief of police, though President Crcspo is known to have returned to Caracas on the 23th of November from 'jiis vacation. It Is presumed here that If . this demand ds ma le the Venezuelan government will inform the United States government of the fact and urge that this also be properly regarded as a matter for arbitration. Although on Its face bearing a resemblance t3 the Corlnto incident, where the 'United States admitted the right of the Rritlsh government to claim an Indemnity for an Insult offered to a British officer, it is believed that the same doctrine cannot be applied in the Uruan case, for an admission by Venezuela that the British officer was wrongfully arrested would amount to a confession that the place cf seizure, far west of the Shomberg line, was British territory, and therein lies the whole of the present controversy between Great Britain and Venezuela, which' the United States has been endeavoring to bring to a peaceful and just settlement by arbitration. - Three officers of the Second Regiment of formal application ' to the- authorities of Venezuela for commissions in the Venezuelan army. They are Colonel Joseph Bableter. of St. Paul. Major George Whitney, of Faribault. ' and Cartaln E. A. Lemay. of Winona. Representative Tawney has forwarded their applications to the American minister at Caracas, and a personal letter ta President Crespo accompanies the appll?at!ons. The Kaiser's Neat Compliment. Cable Special to New York Sun. There may be some question, perhaps, of Emperor William's success In seeking distinction In kingcraft, oratory, art and let ters. but by a single utterance this week he has compelled even his French critics to greet him as a master of courtly speech. Addressing a young and pretty Danish violin. 1st. he is reported to have said: "Mademoiselle, you play the violin admirably. When I listen to you with ray eyes closed I believe I hear Sarasate. Yet I prefer to keep my eyes open." Tho astonishment of the French press over this graceful and felicitous compliment Is amusing. They have reopened the old question: "Is it possible for the German to have wit?" and are discussing it afresh in the light of this revelation. The Paris Flsaro reveals an alleged secret In President Faure's family history which proves to have been simply that his wife's mother was abandoned by nc husband two months after her marriage.

INDIANA OIL FIELD

"WILDCAT" PnOSPECTlXG RY THE . - -.' LEADING OPERATORS. Stlnson 3Ieniorlal Hall nt Soldiers' Home Dedicated Colfax Takes ' Rank Ameng the Dr" Towns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELJER. Ind.. Dec. 9. At last it seems as though there might be some prospect of a railroad being built through the center of the Indiana oil field. ' This is a prospect that has been discussed and planned for the last three years,. but which has never resulted in anything beyond an abandoned roadbed. But now a new organization, in which, it is said. Eastern capital Is interested, proposes to build a line, called the Indiana Central, from Portland through Camden and Montpelier to Warren. If this is done it will undoubtedly prove of great benefit to all Interested in the Indiana oil field. Negotiations are pending between one of Grant county's largest oil companies and the Cudahy Brothers, of Chicago, whereby a " large acreage an5 production will be transferred at a long price to the Chicago capitalists. There is a noticeable let-up in the amount of active operations in the oil field this month. But it is offset Dy something Just as important, and that is a tendency among operators to do considerable "wild-cat ting" to the west. The Indiana oil field is designed to be the largest on the continent, The Standard Oil Company has completed a very important test well on the Worley farm, Jefferson township, Huntington county, thaV is good for ilfty barrels. F. E. Boden nas. leased several thousand acres in Huntington county," and "is - now putting down two very important test wells. A. A. McDonnell finished a well on the Burns farm, in Chester township, Wells county, that is good for 120 barrels. Ziegler & Rowland finished a 200-barrel well on the Silas Pulse farm, Jackson townsnlp, Wells county. The Ohio Oil Company completed a 250barrel well on the A. M. Johnson farm. Van Buren township. Grant county. H. C. Zlegler's well on the J. P. DIckason farm, Nottingham township. Wells county, is go'jd for 200 barrels. The Van Buren Oil Company's J. S. Carey farm well. In the same township, is- good for 150 barrels. Joshua Strange has finished a very important test .well on his farm in Monroe township. Grant county, that is good for 30 barrels and extends the field several miles. This well opens up a large acreage, and will cause great activity and hustling among the oil men. The Keystone Oil Company finished a 100-barrel well on the John Kiley farm. In Van Buren township. Grant county. The Indiana producers have organized an association and threaten to lay a pipe line through the field and thence to Chicago unless the Buckeye Pipe Line Company Standard) puts the Indiana product on a basis with the North Lima product of Ohio. To Test the Prlxe-Fisht Lw. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., . Dec. 9. The Terre Haute, Athletic Club will raise the issue with the police authorities as to the right to prevent the pugilistic contest between Tommy White, of Chicago, and "Kid" Lloyd, of Brazil, announced for Dec. 23. The club has had several fights without police Interference, In fact, under police supervision, and will not abandon the White-Lloyd contest unless the courts should hold that it would be in violation of law. on the occasion of the last right, which was between White and Van Heest, officers were present and the police commissioners Informed the public there was no violation of the law. The Gazette demanded that the fight be stopped and Judge Taylor, of the Circuit Court, sent' word to the sheriff to stop it. Since the fight of the 23d was announced the police commissioners instructed the chief of police to stop it. "Kid" Lloyd is here training for the fight and it is proposed to arrest him in the next few days and the issue tried in the court. The club managers say that if necessary they will ask the court for an order restraining the police from, interfering with the contest. Alleged AVIfe Murderer on Trial. Special , to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTICELLO, Ind.. Dec. 9. George Sloop's trial for the alleged murder of his wife, .Mary A. Sloop, began in the Circuit Court here to-day. Sloop, his wife and a son twelve years old lived In this county, near the Cass county line. Mrs. Sloop died Sept. 29 with no one present but the father and son. Blood was found where Mrs. Sloop lay. Sloop said she had fainted and received injury by falling, and the remains were burled without further Inquiry. Two weeks later the body was exhumed and a coroner's inquest held. Upon the finding Sloop was lodged in jail and last week was indicted by the grand jury for murder in the first degree. The evidence is altogether circumstantial. There are 'out few witnesses, and it is thought the trial will not last more than two, or three days. To-day has been occupied securing a Jury. Minister Indorsed. .- Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON. Ind., Dec. 9. The congregation of the West-street Christian Church here extended a unanimous call to Rev. T. D. Kuhn to continue his pastorate another year. He has been In charge of the church the past three years, and through his efforts the membership has been considerably increased. The call of the official board includes the appended resolution, which was unanimously adopted: "That we, the official board of West-street Christian Church, heartily Indorse the stand taken by Rev. T. D. Kuhn in favor of good municipal government, social ami moral reform, and heartily recommend that the church extend to. him a -call for the coming year." - Hart in a Gas Explosion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 9. At an early hour this morning Harry Galther, who drives a beer wagon, was hurled thirty feet from a building by a natural gas explosion. He opened the door and struck a match. Instantly the explosion followed and the side of the building, which Is about fifty feet high and thirty feet square, was blown out. Galther was stunned and badly buffed" about the face and hands. Ther are no gas lines connected with the building, and the theory is that escaping gas had found Its way into a vat in the rear cf the building and then found its way into the storage rooms through the tile and water pipes. The Myers Insurance Scheme. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EL WOOD. Ind., Dec. 9. The Foresters are said to be prepared to fight any' effort of the attorneys of Dr. T. A. Cox to collect the $8,000 Insurance which he holds on the life of Thomas Myers. Cox Is said to be dying at his brother's house in Marietta, O.. and the report has been started that in the event of his death the insurance could be collected. The Foresters have the coffin that was said to have contained Myer's boly when it was buried at Clifford and plenty of evidence to fight the case. Cox never pushed his claim. Shoull his heirs attempt to do so they will likely be proceeded against. Stlnson Memorial Hull Dedicated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Dec. 9. A handsome building, to be used as a chapel at the Soldiers Home, was dedicated yesterday. It is to be knttvn as Stlnson Memorial Jdall. In honor of Daniel Stlnson, of New York city, who gave to the government $10,000 to be used for the purpose. The proceedings were conducted by Chaplain D. E. Meyers, assisted by Superintendent W. D. Weaver, of ihe city schools. Music was furnished by the Home Orchestra, and Miss Mabel Helehprt sang a solo. The building will also be used as a hall for lectures and other entertainments, Preacher's Family Quarantined. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI, Ind., Dec. 9. The family of Rev. Jame3 Omelvena, pastor of tho Presbyterian Church, has been quarantined for the past ten days. Two weeks ago the pastor's sixteen-year-old son was taken sick with diphtheria, and died after an illness of three days. Soon after his burial the pastor, his wife and one chili were taken with the same disease, but In each ease it yieldej ta treatment and they are now convalescent.' The strictest sanitary precau

tions have been taken, and there is no fear of the disease spreading beyonJ this family. Snlclde of Georjce Itnhe. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. J EFFERFON VILLE, Ind., Dec. 9.-George Rube, a prominent German, forty years old, shot himself this morning with suicidal intent. He lived until to-night at 7 o'clock. For several years Rube conducted a saloon In this city and was one of the most prominent German citizen of the town. Mrs. Rube heard the shot and rushed Into the room. When he saw her he smiled and asked her to kiss him, at the same time telling her good-bye. A note was clutched in his hand which read as follows: "Dear Wife When you read this I will be dead and better off. I thus end my own miserable life because I am so sick that i am unhappy. Be good to my gwett lltt Maggie when I am gone., I hope God w; . have mercy on my poor soul and all m. friends. I want my uncle, Conrad Kraito settle my affairs." ; Mr. Rube was a consumptive, and lately has been In very poor health, and domesue troubles are responsible for the deed. A Prison Prayer for Cleveland. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI, Ind., Dec. 9. A man from this city who spent Sunday at the northern prison reports that there can be no question as to the politics of the minister who preaches to the convicts every Suniay. His name la Curry. He is a Scotch-Irishman, well advanced In years, and halls from Hamilton county. In his prayer Sunday the minister, after asking Providence to. bestow his blessing on the warden, deputy warden, guaids and convicts, continued: "And, Oh, Ixsrd, if possible, bestow Thy blessing on Grover Cleveland."

A Spinster nt Xlnely-Trro. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind., Dee. 9. An Item has been going the rounds of the Indiana press stating that the oldest maiden lady In the State recently died In LaPorte. She was ninety years of age. Miss Mary Collins, of this city, is ninety-two years old and Is in excellent health. She attends cnurcn regularly and visits -amont her neighbors. She recently underwent a very difficult surgical operation for cataract In the right eye and stood the ordeal with much fortitude. , Agnlnst the Saloon Keeper. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind., Dec. 9.-DurIng the past week a spirited fight has been In progress in the commissioner's court Involving the remonstrance feature of the Nicholson law. William Austis applied for license to sell liquor in tne K i r vn.i. The Good Citizens' League circulated a remonstrance and to-day showed that the had a majority of names subscribed. The commissioners will decide the case to-morrow. t'olfnx ii MDr)" Town. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., Dec. 9. The Clinton County Commissioners have rejected four out of five applications for liquor license this week. To-day a petition from Colfax, signed by a majority oi thevoters of the township, remonstrating against any person being granted a license to sell liquor there, was sustained by the board under advice of Judge Suit. This stops licensed saloois in that town for two years UUle Girl Fatally Darned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBURN, Ind., Dec 9. To-day an eight-year-old daughter of Mrs. S. E. Emery, living northeast of here, was fatally burned while playing before a grate. Her dress caught fire while other members of the family were absent from the house. Antloeh Church Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, FRANKFORT, Ind.. Dec 9. Antloeh Church, three miles south of this city, burned last night. The building was a new one, having only been dedicated last August. The loss Is $2,200, with Insurance in the Traders' of Chicago for J1.5C0. Ten Years for Manslaughter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON, Ind., Dec. 9. The Jury In the murder case of Charles Stevenson this morning returned a verdict, after being out for forty-five hours. The defendant was found gulltyNof manslaughter and sentenced to the penltellary for ten years. "Wildly. Knthnslastlc Stndents. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MITCHELL, Ind., Dec. 9.-The Hon. 8. E. Nicholson spoke in College Hall to-night to a wildly enthusiastic audience. His lecture was on good citizenship. : Indiana Deaths. LAPORTE. Ind., Dec. 9.-Ex-Mayor Leroy D. Webber, one of the oldest, best known and wealthiest citizens of LaPorte, died suddenly of heart disease .while sitting In his store this morning. He was sixty-six years old, had been Mayor of this city two terms, was a member of the Board of Education, trustee of Ruth C. Sabin Home, director of the Bank of the State of Indiana and president of the Webber Hardware Company. Indiana Notes. Elder Groom, of Carthage.' O., has been tendered a unanimous call to the Christian Church of Shelbs'ville. RICHMOND. Ind.. Dec's. Lynn Fisher died this morning at his home here, aped forty. His death was due to kidney trouble. He was a thirty-second degree Mason. Mrs. Mary J. Maxwell, at Shelbyville, has filed a $.",000 damage suit against tha Big Four Railroad Company for Injuries received while alighting from a train at Falrland recently. The Delaware County Commissioners have decided to force all workhoxise prisoners In that county to wear stripes, while at labor In the future. This action is to put a check on the number of escapes. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. Dec. 9. Stanley Green, aged forty-six, died this afternoon at the residence of his father. Dr. James V.". Green. Deceased had been attending medical lectures at Louisville and came back three weeks ago. He will be buried at Rushville Wednesday afternoon. Losses liy Fire.1'''" NEW YORK. Dec. 9. The body of Charles Vorwald, of Vorwalt & Prince, shoe dealers, was found in the ruins . of last night's fire at Rutherford, N. J., today. A German family of three are missing. Their bodies are supposed to be In the ruins. This family had only recently moved Into the tenement they were occupying, and their names were not known. The property loss by this fire Is estimated at $50,000. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Dee.-9.-It Is reported that Chelton, Wis., Is burning and that Green Bay has been called on for assistance. , WICKLIFFE, Ky.. Dec. 9.-Fire to-day destroyed Mansfield Hall and several residences. Loss, about J50.000; Insurance, S2.EO0. RIDGEFIELD. Conn.. Dec. 9. FlrV last nlftht destroyed the business part of this town. Loss, $110,000; Insurance, $75,000. Obituary. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 9.-Gen. Daniel E. Miller, of Keokuk, la., died here to-day. He was visiting at his daughter's residence. The deceased was eighty years old. an I for a quarter of a century had been prominent in Iowa politics. In 1840 he was in th? Legislature and then In Congress, where he was a confident'al friend of Clay, Houston, Giddings and Chase. WIESBADEN, Dec. 9. Herr Dowe, formerly a tailor at Mannheim, and who Invented the so-called bullet proof coat, which has since been extensively Imitated, is dead. He was a native of Westphalia, and was about thirty-five years of age. Statesmen on Wheels. ' Washington Post. Have you ever been down to CoPjmbla Field to see "all Washington" learning to ride a bicycle? If you haven't you've missed one of the really good things of life, and you owe yourself an apology. I was down tht-re one day when on Illinois Congressman was learning to ride, and I haven't enjoyed anything more this season than the expression of terror on the poor man'e face whenever he felt his wheel beginning to run away with him. "Get out of my way! Get out of my way!" he would yell at the top of his voice, and everybody who could get out of the way would make haste -to do so. Once his orbit got mixed up with the orbit of a young woman who was wobbling about on a brand new silverplated wheel. "Get out of my way," yelled the Co.i. gressman. "Get out of my way." screamed the girl. Then In making frantic endeavors to avoid each other they wobbled about and fell off. The Congressman said nothing. Tho girl sat on the ground for a moment, then with the air of a woman who Is en tirely too mad to care she gathered all hei breath together and said "darn," and you could see by her face that she felt better for it. v. .

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The Ingredients Dr. Mbs's Sparagns Kidney Pills. No Secrecy No Mystery No Humbug. Knowing What They Contain AH Doctors Use Them. The Medical Profession Taken by Storm. (From the New York Herald of Dec. !) The proposed' law that every ratent or prcprletarv medicine be submitted to careful analysis by a government chemist is a good one and meets with the approval of every thinking reader. The further provision that the correct andi attested copy of the formula of the remedy be printed legibly in a prominent place ork each box cr bottle is also a good one. It protects the public, and in no way Injures the proprietors of the remedy in question, provided they have an article of actual merit. A good patent medicine is a blessing to all mankind. In this connection we have before us tha report cf the official analysis of one of the best known remedies in this country, and we are pleaded to note that the report exactly and accurately confirms the formula, cf this remedy as published in the principal medical Journals. Such publication was found necessary, becaure regular physicians will not use any remedy In their practice unless the formula, is known to them, and Dr. Hobbs's Sparagus Kidney Pills -are being prescribed by physicians on every hand and are now recognized as the remedy for kidney and urinary troubles of all kind. The report in question reads as follows: "The analysis of Dr. Hobbs's Hparagru Kidney Pills shows that they contain th following ingredients, all of which are vegetable and all recognized curative agents in kidney and urinary diseases. (See CNITKD STATES OFFICIAL DlSPKNSATOUY. Seventeenth Edition. JSM. paea Hi. 2U. M0, G61. 1010, 1429. 1431, 14S5. 15C2.) ; "Extract of Asparagus. VKxtract of Huchu. "Cxtract of Parelra Prava "Extract of Juniper Berries. "Extract of ITva Ursl. ' "Kx tract of Corn Silk. , "These remedies act to cure and heal the kidneys, are anti-rheumatic, blood , purifying, regulate menstruation and cure uterine (womb) troubles, and are tonic to the stomach, brain and nerve These Ingredients a.e not only exceedingly valuable, separately, but are trebly so a combined In this Sparagus Kidney Pill of Dr. Hobbs.. They are. moreover, in no sense poisonous or injurious." Dr. Hobbs publishes a valuable book (a copy of which we have seen and can commend) which the Hobbs Medicine Company, cf Chicago and San Francisco, are sending free to physicians or their patients. NATIONAL Tube Works WrcsghUrciPipefcrGu, Stum ind Yi'iCr. Boiler Tubs. Cut and 12 all able Iron Ktttln(bbu-k aad RilTRuUrd). ValYei. tto tk, EnglM TrirorotEf, Xteair Ganges, Tli Toon. Pipe Cutter. VUm. brr 1'Utes and V'm, Wrftxbfla, htetm Traps, ruropt. Kit ben Slnha, llose. Beltm. Babbit MetaL Holder. WhiU aat Colored Wiping Wat, IU all other supplies use4 la connection with fits. Mean and Water. Natural ias frupplle a sperlarty. Meanabeatlnp Apparatus for 1 tone Building. More-rooms, Mills, if bop, r aetorie. Laundries. Lumber Dry-Houses, etc. Cut and Thread to order anr atze Wrousbt-lrom Wpe, from If lncU to 12 incUes diameter. ElilGHT & JILLSOX, 75 and 17 6. rZXVSYI VA2U4. ST. XO NATIONAL HOLIDAY. Xot Even (he Labor Day Art Creates One, Say the Lawyer. New York Tribune. There would seem to be no such thing la this country as a national noli lay. Lawyer assert that even Labor day, which was set apart by Congress In 14 in such manner as to lead the confiding laymen to suppose It at least to be a national holiday, is not such outside of the District of Columbia, unless by State enactment. The creation anJ regulation of holidays have been left entirely to the legislatures of tho Individual States. The act of Conjrres concerning lbor day' was approved on June 1SI4. It provides "that the first Monday of September In each year, being tho day celebrated and known as Labor day. is hereby made a legal public holiday to all Intents and purposes. In the earn a manner as Christmas. Jan. 1. Feb. May 3) anl July 4 are now made by law public holidays." Clearly the proper construction of this statute can be arrived at only by reference to the provisions bearing upon the other holidays named: The act making holidays of Jan. 1. July 4, Christmas and "any day' appointed or recommended by the President of the United States bs & day of public fast or thanksgiving." was passe! in June. 170. anl was restricted In its effects to the District of Columbia. These days are holidays in the various States only as they aro made so by the various State Legislatures. The act of Jan. 31, 1873, makes Feb. 22 a legal holiday, and th act of Aug. SI. 1S?S. does the same for May 30, and both aro restricted in their application to the District of Columbia. The act referring to bor day says nothing about the District of Columbia, but it does say that th first Monday of September shall be a lepal pul11c holiday, "to all Intents and purposes." In the same manner as Christmas, Jan. 1. Feb. 22, May 20 and July 4 are now made by law public holidays." The intents and purposes for which and the manner in which thoio days are made holidays are expressly llmltrd to the District of Columbia, and bo. by ne-esary inference, is the act referring to Labor day. The misleading language of the Laborday act has led to a prevalent statement that tho first Monday of September is a holiday throughout the United States by congressional enactment. Tommy's Diagnosis. Harper's Bazar. Mamma Oh. Tommy, why are you auch a naughty boy? Tommy Well, mamma, teacher says we each have a good and a bad angel, and they each try to get the best of the other, and I spect my bad angel la the biggest. Where Did He Get Itf Philadelphia Inquirer. The euphemism in Mr. Cleveland's message this year is "enervating paternalism." Where did he get it? It sounds like Sister Rose. Fire at West IniHnanpolls. The house owned by X. Hoff, at No. 145 River avenue. West Ir.dlanapolli, wa? damaped by tire about 10 o'clock last night. The fire was started by the high pressure of the natural gas. The family was away from home ami the neighbors made an attempt to fcave the furniture. The les on the house was about t-V0. while the furniture was damaged to the extent of Jli'J.

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