Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS

JOURNAL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 31, 1895.

determined by a vote. If they have, they Are entitled to control the committee, and then the country can understand that they are In control and responsible for legislation In this chamber." Mr. Gorman, therefore, demanded the yeas and nays, which were taker. The Populists Messers. Allen, of Nebrska; Rutler, of North Carolina; Irby, of South Carolina; Peffer. of Kansas, and Stewart, of Nevada declined to vote. Mr. Tillman was paired agalnxt the resolution, and Mr. Kyle, the Populist from North Dakota, voted against the resolution. This action of the Populists eliminated the Populists as a factor, and the resolution which gave the Republicans control of the committees was adopted by a strict party vote of the members of the old partus 50 to 23. As soon as the vote was announced Mr. Allen felt It Incumbent on himself to make an explanation of the attitude of the third party men. He wanted the Senate and the country to understand that, though small In number, they constituted the nucleus of a thoroughly organized . party, completely independent In political principles and sympathies. vVhen the Senate convened a majority of tho members professed to be in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Letters had been sent to all of them with a view to organizing the Senate on silver lines. With the exception of two or three, there was no response. The Populists had, therefore. Mr. Allen said, decided to take no part in the question of who should control the organization. Personally, he wan glad the responsibility for legislation had parsed into the hands of the Republicans at both ends of the Capitol. Mr. Harris proceeded to put Mr. Allen through a cross-examination after his usually emphat'c fashion. He wanted to know if the Populists, with the full knowledge that they held the balance of power, had not deliberately determined by their silence to allow the Republicans, who had three more votes- than the Democrats, to take control, and If their silence did not. therefore, make them as much responsible as tht-ir votes. ... Mr. Allen said that the Populists realized that they held the balance of power. "We have got It." he said, turning to Mr. Harris, "and we propose to utilize it." The Democratic party claimed to be the party of tariff reform. He believed In lightening the -burdens of the people. Rut the tariff bill Came In loaded to the guards with protection. He had concluded that the Democratic party as represented by President Cleveland and his friends had neither the capacity nor the disposition to relive the people. (Republican laughter.) The rame was true of the Republican party. (Democratic laughter.) The policy of the Republicans Inaugurated In the other branch of Congress to bo followed here, he predicted, would work the ruin of the party within six months. CANNOT RE HELD RESPONSIBLE. Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, denied that the Republicans could be held responsible. They had not been In the majority and were not now In the majority. Whether they would be before the session closed remained to be seen, "I will say when the Senate Is full." he oontlued, "it consists of eighty-eight members; when not full, as it Is now, of eighty-seven. Of these eighty-seven, fortytwo are Republicans, thirty-nine? Democrats and six Populists. If that state of the case gives us a majority of the membership wo are responsible." He said, in Justice to the Populists, that they had absolutely refused to even suggest committee assignments. They were, with one or two exceptions, allowed to retain what they had had In the rifty-thlrd Congress. "Was not the position of non-action and silence taken by the Populists," inquired Mr. Harrl3, "quite as satisfactory as if thy had pledged their votes to the resolution " "We are always satisfied with what the Senate does," replied Mr. Mitchell, smll"The Senator from Tennessee understands that the rules give the plurality control of the committees," said Senator Hoar "I am aware of the rules," replied Mr. Harris gruffly. m , The Senator is aware of everything. "No, not everything," retorted Mr. Harris, testily Mr. Palmer interrupted Mr. Tloar to ask whether the Republican party declined to be responsible for the committees, to whicn the latter replied that they would be responsible within all reasonable grounds. Referring to a characterization of Mr. Harris of the Popultet party as a contingent of the Republican party, Mr. Hoar declared that the Populists would vote ten times with the Democrats when they would vote once with the Republicans. fr RiTtipr made his first speech In the

Senate while the debate was in progress by adding to Mr. Allen's explanation his own views regarding the attitude of the Populists. Referring to the efforts of the ropmlst Senators TO secure an organization on a silver basis, he asked Senator Harris If he had not received an invitation to the conference called for this purpose. "I did." said Mr. Harris, "and I have but one remark to make in that connection. Up to this hour there has never been a period in my life when I was willing to Join any party based on one single idea." Explaining in reply to a question the combination by which he had been elected to the Senate. Mr. Rutler said his success was due to the fact that the Democratic party In North Carolina had gotten to be so corrupt tht it was repudiated by good men in all parties. Senator Hale said the vote in the Senate to-day and the proceedings subseqeunt had demonstrated that neither party was in power, and that it had been shown that It would be impossible for the Republicans to accomplish anything without the aid of one of the other parties. VESTS OPINION. . The truth underlying the whole proceeding, retorted Senator Vest, was that reorganization was made possible by the agreement to put Mr. Walcott, a free-coinage man, on .the finance committee, thus making that a free-coinage committee. That Is the concrete of the whole matter, and without that concession the reorganization would never have been put through. Mr. Allison replied to this thrust that all this was a mere dealing with leather and prunella, The complexion of the finance committee, which was now a free-coinage committee, had not been changed. He declared that reorganization had been made necessary by the addition of new men to the. Senate and by the necessity for enlargement of the committees. Mr. Gorman spoke next, saying that the Republicans had sought the power which the control of the committees would give them, and he raid that he was amazed that Mr. Allison should thus early seek to avoid the responsibility which his party had assumed. They had assumed the responsibility and must meet it like men. Mr.Hale asked Mr. Gorman how it had happened that the Democrats, having already five free-coinage men on the finance committee, had elected to place another man advocating free coinage on that committee. Mr. Gorman retorted that the Republicana, having full control, had placed two free-coinage men on the committee. Mr. Teller here Interrupted to say that If two free-coinage men had not been addend it would have been impossible for the Republicans to organize at all. Jlr. Chandler followed in a humorous and sarcastic vein, saying that he hoped the Democrats would soon recover from the anxiety they were displaying over the situation. He said the Republicans would meet the responsibility. Mr. Harris got the floor as Mr. Chandler Fat down. He apologized for precipitating the db3te that had occurred. "I wanted to state." said he. "that if I had for an instant Imagined that Innocent question I put to the Senator from Nebraska would have provoked: the rant of the Senator from North Carolina and the volubility of the Senator from New Hampshire, I should have refrained. But, having witnessed the result. I apologize to the Senate, and," tuiing to Mr. Allen. "I promise I will never again ask the Senator from Nebraska another question." TMs provoked a laugh and restored good nature, and. on Mr. Mills's motion, the Senate went into executive session. Before the doors were cloned, however, Mr. Cockrell called attention to the fact that of the eleven committees ncminally left in the possession of the minority but one had a Democratic majority. He also Introduced a Joint resolution for an adjournment tomorrow until Tuesday next. At 4:50 the Senate adjourned. imiGUT IS CIXXING. lie Expect to Hold III Job nm Ser-Kennt-nt-Arra of the Senate Cpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Dec. HO.-Tho reorganization of tho Senate to-Jay will not. for the present, be extended to the officers of that body. Democratic Senators agree that they will make no effort to have Colonel Bright, the sergeant-at-arms, retained if the Republicans care to elect his successor, but Mr. Bright has so wisely dealt out the patronage under him by removing Democrats whose influence had left Washington that a change In ofiice can have little cfTect on the minor patronage of the Senate. General Cox. the Democratic secretary of the Senate, expects to b succeeded before lorg by a Republican, but Colonel Bright believes he can hold cn some time. His former rock-ribbed LVnocreev does rot t. ftear to revolt at serving under a Repub'fn ?ent. Incidentally th patarv of his office Is $4,500 a year, but if ever the Republicans determine to remove him there "vlll be only a feint of opposition from the DsnocraU.

WHIPPED A BURGLAR

i:i)ini itc; citizkx has a rcvolvKIl AMI KNIFn AS TROPIIIKS. FromUInfr Oil Well Strnck nt l'nrker City Three Indiana People Arretted for Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EDINBURG. Dec. SO.-This morning about 2:30 o'clock John Bowman, of this place, awoke to find a burglar at the head of his bed. Mr. Bowman Jumped out of bed and clinched the man, who had a revolver In one hand and Mr. Bowman's trousers In tho other. The burglar fired two shots, but the bullets went wild and Mr. Bowman, who Is a powerful man, crushed tho man to the floor and secured control of the weapon. The burglar also drew a knife, which Mr. Bowman also snatched and threw to one side. The burglar managed to break loose and fled. As he went Mr. Bowman threw a chair at him. Mr. Bowman, was uninjured save a few scratches. The burglar also left his hat behind, and this, with the pistol and knife, are now in the hands of the town marshal. Mr. Bowman thinks he would recognlzo the man should he nee him again. Mrs. Bowman, who went to her husband's assistance in the dark, was struck on the nose and badly bruised by the burglar In his effort to escape. iAHKi:ii ci tv noon. Caused by Strlklnjr a Presumably Rich Oil Well. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PARKER CITY, Ind., Dec. 30.-To-day was a gala day here, the occasion being the drilling in of an oil well on the Pugh lease by the Parker Land and ImprodQmcnt Company. This i-j a test well between two large bodies of territory, the Standard Oil Company holding about 6.000 acres on one side and the Parker Land and Improvement Company about 4,000 acres on the other side. The pay sand in the well was struck Saturday night and showed a greasy scum on the water baled out. The same night the oil began toy flow and filled up to about slxty-flvq feet In twenty nilnute3, which caused some excitement. Early this morning the drillers commenced to drill deeper, but only 'got ten feet when they had to abandon the work on account of the oil running I In so fast that it was impossible to make the drill touch bottom. The gas was very, light, which indicated that the well was in a good oil vein or pool. The oil ruses to about one hundred feet and keeps that level no matter how rapidly baled out. The company will not be surprised to eee a 200-barrel well developed after the "shot." which will be put In Wednesday. The opening of the new well settles the question in the minds of experts about the supply of oil In this terr tory. The quality of this oil is better than Pennsylvania oil by about 8 per cent. '1 he sa id Is the gritty sharp "Virginia sand" which is so productive of first quality oil. 'I his well Is the tenth well drilled in this territory and the eighth to develop oil, the other two being heavy gassers. The Standard Oil Company will at once commence drilling wells on the Fetters, Arbogast. Scott and Murray farms. The Parker Land and Improvement Company will operate on Its own land.This morning real estate took another Jump and is 10 per cent, higher to-nifiht than It was last Saturday night. The citizens are hustling now with might and main for a big sale of town lots for the purpose of raising a bonus to aid in locat'nj a window glass works, a gun-barrel works and a canning factory requiring in all about 700 employes. All other wells have been Increasing the past two weeks about 5 per cent. In fortyeight hours. The production 1s so large now a pumping station for the Standard Oil Company will soon be built. Developments In the Indiana Field. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER, Ind., Dec. SO. Considerable enthusiasm prevails here over the formation of the Western Oil Association at Toledo, Saturday. The Indiana Producers' Association, formed here some months ago, by the Indiana operators, will virtually Join hands with the Western OH Association, and become one, as the principals are Identical. The Standard Oil Company's Nos. 2 and 3. Pilklngton farm. Van Buren township. Grant county, are good for forty barrels of oil a day each. Bettman, Watson & Co.'s No. 3, Saxon farm, same field, is good for twenty barrels; the Studebaker Oil Company's No. 6, Camlln farm, same field, sixty barrels; W. V- Mellville & Co.'s Nos. 1 and 2, Swisher farm, same field, forty barrels each; E. Priddy's No 5, Lupton farm. Penn township. Jay county, seventy-five barrels; Benjamin F. Pyle's No. 2, Mlnnich farm, Jackson township. Wells county, 150 barrels; Standard Oil Company's No. 9, Huffman farm, same field, ninety barrels; the Degolla Oil Company's No. 6, Callihan farm. Bear Creek townshtn. Jay county, ninety barrels, and the McCausey Oil Company's No. U well, on the Williams farm, Nottingham township, Wells county, fifty barrels. Western OH Association. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TOLEDO, O., Dec. 30. The Western Oil Association was partially formed in this city late Saturday, at a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. S. F. Jones, of the Northern Indiana Oil Company, presided in the chair. The association is formed for the mutual benefit of all connected in the development of the crude product. Its membership will extend through Ohio, Indiana and the western fields of Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming and California. This will be one of the strongest organized bodies on the continent. The membership, in the Ohio and Indiana fields alone will reach twenty thousand persons. The United States Oil Company, with a capital of $500,0X, is being organized to operate for crude oil in Ohio, Indiana and the Western fields. The Mohawk Oil Company, capital. TAOOO; the Klrby Oil Company, capital, $25,000; the Penn Oil Company, capital. S13.0C0, and the Jerusalem Oil Company, capital, $10,000, were organized Saturday. THE CRACK tV DOOM. Colored Boy Preacher Prophesies It Will Come Jan. O. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FARMLAND, Ind., Dec. 30. There is a revival meeting In progress at the colored settlement thirteen miles southwest of here that is attracting crowds from miles around. The feature of the meeting Is the sermons preached by a colored boy preacher by the name of Ralph Plxley, who Is only twelve years old. The lad holds the audiences spellbound for over two hours three times each day. He has the entire colored population and a large percentage of the whites completely under his power. At a simple motion of his hands after his sermon hundreds will crowd around the altar and make the air ring with their loud singing and shouting. He states that his mission is to warn sinners of the coming of the "end of the world. which he predicts will be on Jan. 9. l$9f. He offers no biblical proof, but simply states that the date has been revealed to him by divine power. He says Christ will make His appearance on the morning of the 9th with the "golden chariot." and those not prepared for His coming will reap their reward by being condemned to everlasting punishment. The boy seems well versed In biblical lore, and often uses language equal to that of the most eloquent ministers. His parents lately moved into the settlement from Georgia, where he held several wonderful meetings last winter. IBs prophecies are having an alarming effect among the colored people, many of whom are disposing of their earthly possessions and preparing to meet their doom on the eve of Jan. 9. when they believe the day of Judgment will be ushered In. The Riot Lender Dylnsr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON. Ind., Dec. 30 Edward Robinson, leader of the Saluda Christmas rioters, who was knocked in the head by Rev Fletcher Jones, remains unconscious and in a werlous condition at the Jail In this city. He is In a mental stupor, with feeble pulse, and the chances are against his recovery All other participants in the riot have recovered, the report of Charles Reed's death being false. Elwood'a ludnntrlal Prosperity. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., IXc 30. The InJustrlal situation as regards this city and vicinity at the close of the year 1S9G presents a very encouraging outlook and may be readily

comprehended by glancing at the appended table, which shows the number of factories In operation, the number of men employed and the monthly wage roll at the different plants: Wages

Employes, per month, American tin-plate factory.. L2TA Akron steel forge works 100 $3),IX) 4.00 30jno 32.0M) lo.OfK) 4.000 4.000 10,000 7.500 4.000 6,000 2,000 2,000 4,000 $175,000 Plate-glass works McBeth chimney orks. Tne. McCloy lamp works Hed trick furniture factorv.. 100 Radiator works 100 Elwocd window ga.s SOO Nivison & Wriskopf bottle works 2ft0 Akron forge works... .' 1W Iron works 150 Bent-wood works f0 Boiler works M Two planing mills 100 Total 4.200 .Sheds Ills Skin Like a Snake. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VILLE, Ind., Dec. 30.-RIch-ard Roth, a well-known farmer residing near Underwood, twenty-four miles north of here on the Pennsylvania road. Is afflicted with a strange and terrible disease. The attacks are periodical, and when suffering with them his entire body swells and he suffers acute pains similar to rheumatism. The most peculiar thing connected with it Is that when prostrated as now his skin begins to shed like that of a snake, and a new cuticle, tender like that of an Infant, appears. The lo?al physicians cannot account for the disease and are much puzzled by It. It Is the only case of the kind which has ever come under the observation of the medical fraternity. Roth has suffered from it several times during late years. Tln-IMnle Strike Threatened. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. Dec. 30. A strike of the workmen at the National tin-plate works Is threatened by the men In the tin house. These are paid by the day, but elsewhere by the box. Their wages are not as large as at other mills, and several quit work this morning, and tho leaders state that the entire force will be called out unless tho demand for "box" rates Is grnntcd. Mr. Donner, the manager of the mill, has lust returned from a trip East, and said that he did not know what would be done, as ho was not in possession of the facts In the case. The managers recently settled a dispute among the men after a shut-down of three weeks by conceding the points demanded. Work of a Mad Dog. , Special .to the Indianapolis Journal. NORTH SALEM. Ind., Dec. 30.-Five weeks ago a mad dog pa3.4cd throu;?i this vicinity and bit several horses, cows :nd dogs. At that time several dogs were kllltd and on Saturday. William Cook, who Uvea north of town, had a very valuable horse go mad. which had to be shot. There :s onsiierable excitement In the neighborhood over the matter, and alm.t every dog 'n that vicinity has been ktlte.1. The stcck that was bitten has all bsen confined In close quarters, and the oxnure are waiting further developments. Herat nr Merchants Swindled. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR. Ind.. Dec. 30. A number of forged checks bearing the signatures of H. P. Bremerkamp, grain merchant of this city, were presented at the First National Rank to-day for payment by business men. They were drawn in favor of W. E. Smith.. They were cashed for a young man who said it was in payment, for wheat. Cashier Ellnger detected the forgery. It is thought the amount forged will reach several hundred dollars. Arrested for Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., Dec. 30.-Edward Keyes was arrested by members of the Mul berry Detective Association to-day on a charge of forging the name of Joseph Steckel, of that place, to a check on the Mulberry Bank for 41. He confessed, and on being brought to this city was recognized by the police as a man wanted at Morrisvllle, O., on a similar charge. Keyes traveled with the Barnum show last season. Kokomo Drufrfflst Assigns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Dec. 30.-Edward N. Cole, druggist and stationer, assigned to-day with liabilities of $10,000; nominal assets the same. The preferred creditors are J. D. GIbbs, of St. Louis; M. V. Cole, of Toledo, "and W. J. Carroll, of this city, who hold mortgages for $6,500. The unsecured creditors are wholesale houses. King Kennedy was appointed assignee. Indiana Deaths. JEFFERSON VILLE, Ind.. fDec. .30. Samuel Wood, aged eighty-six years, father of the Rev. C. W. Wood, of this city, died this morning of general debility. James Earl, aged seventy years, died last night. Thomas Harvey, of this county, arrived here to-day with the remains of his son, Peter Harvey, aged twenty-eight years, who was drowned at JanesviUe, Wis., while skating. The young man was employed by the St. Paul road as clerk at Janes vllle. SEYMOUR. Ind., Dec. 30. Mr. E. C. Emery, a pioneer, aged sixty-seven, died Sunday of cancer. Mr. Emery was born in Germany and came to this country when four years old. He has been a member of the Odd Fellows for forty-seven years. He leaves a wife and six children, all of the chidren having families. ROCKPORT, Ind.. Dec. 30. Mrs. Dailey, aged fifty, wife of Dr. J. M. Dailey, a prominent physician of this city, died to-day after a week's illness of abscess in the head. ELKHART, Ind.. Dec. 30. Mrs. John C. Feddershoff, a well-known woman of this city, aged twenty-eight, died last night of paralysis. I . Indiana Notes. Bohn Bros.' grovery at Elwood was destroyed by fire Sunday night. Loss, $1,000; no Insurance. That portion of the Diamond plate glass works at Elwood recently wrecked by a windstorm, has been repaired and the company has notified 3C0 idle men to be on hand for work New Year's day. Rev. Henry M. Boyer, pastor of the Baptist Church at Dover, has received a call from Delphi, and will take charge of the Baptist Church In that city. Rev. Boyer is quite prominent in Christian Endeavor circles throughout the State. W. R. McCann was arrested at Brownstown Sunday for forgery, he having passed a check on Coroner Henry Scott which bore the purported signature of B. F. McCann, of Seymour. The check was drawn on the First National Bank of Seymour. After one month's experience in the newspaper business, Messrs. Wilson & Holloman have sold the Lebanon Dally Reporter to George B. Jones and Addison Fulwlder. It is the Intention of the new management to run an independent weekly in connection with the dailj'. On the call of Judge Harney, the attor- ! neys of Crawfordsville met yesterday and organized a bar association. Judge Harney presided and W. F. Hunt acted as secretary. G. W. Paul, Judge Thomas, M. W. Bruner, J. M. Seller and Ben Crane were appointed to draw up a plan of organization and report in a week. Anderson has a new social organization among the members of the Uniformed Rank Catholic Knights of America. Following arc the olHcers: President, Leo Sullivan; vice president, Henry Able: secretary, P. A. O'Laughlin; treasurer. Mike Costello. Messrs. Dan Boland, Joe Kramer . and Thomas Cornelius, with the officers, constitute the trustees. By the removal of Prof. Horace Ellis to Bloomlngton, Miss Lena Foster becomes superintendent of the North Vernon schools. Miss fFoster has had eighteen years' continuous service in the schools of that city, and has for a number of years past been principal of the high school. Miss Carter, of Oakland City, succeeds Miss Foster as principal. Amerlenn Chemical Society. CLEVELAND. Dec 30.-The twelfth general meeting of the American Chemical Society Lcsan here to-day with a large attendance. It is the third annual gathering since the society became of national importance. At the morning session President W. S. Greenough. of the Cleveland Gaslight and Coke Company delivered an address of welcome, followed bv a response by Prof. E. S. Smith, of the University of Pennsylvania, president cf the society. Secretary Hale's report showed that the last year had been one of more extended usefulness than ever lefore in the history of the society,. Und with a steady growth in membership. Papers were read on a variety of technical subjects by Professor A. A. Bennett, of the Iowa State School of Science; Professor William Mcl'herscn. of the Ohio State University; Professor Willis E. Everett, of Tacoma. Wash., and Professor A. B. Prescott and Professor S. H. Bier, of the University of Michigan. In the afternoon the chemists split Into parties and visited the industrial and cnemical establishments of the city. Every one wants the best. When ordering Cocoa or Chocolates be sure and ask for Huyler's.

APPEAL TO ENGLAND

CAIILI2 MESSAGES FROM THE All 31 EMAX RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Britain I rKed to Stop the Wholesale Kllllnir and HavlsuliiR of Chrlntluna In Turkey. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-In view of the revelations as to the critical political conditions in Europe Influencing the fate of the Armenian people in Turkey, the Armenian Relief Association to-day cabled the message which follows to the London Dally News and Times: "The Armenian Relief Association cables to-day 600 to the Duke of Westminster, making a total of fl,000, having received urgent appeals from the London committees. The association will send its funds for the relief of the sufferers from the famine in Armenia through the Tied Cross Society as soon as it is assured that the society will reach the region of the famine to take the needed relief." The following was addressed to the editor of the London Times: "Europe pushed Armenia Into the mouth of hell and turned to celebrate Christmas. If the continental powers are dead to honor and conscience, can England forget Justice? Does she not believe in Almighty God, that she waits for help before stopping the wholesale assassination of Christian ministers and their flocks and the ravishing of maidens? We send 1.000 to the Grosvenor House committee, but what avails food when fire and sword exterminate? Shall we advise Armenians to apostatize? Surely the wrath of God and the blessing of the Christ have still a significance for the men of England. Does she no more expect them to do their duty? Christian America will support England." i A copy of the foregoing was also Bent to the London Daily News. The Armenian Relief Association to-day gave out the following: "The direct Information received from various parts of Armenia depict so appalling a condition of things that words cannot possibly convey an idea of it. However great the sufferings of the peasantry, the people of the West may possibly approach In imagination what the suffering must be of people who were living in comparative peace in cities like Kharput, Dlarbeklr, SIvas and Guzon and upon whom came suddenly the unheard of calamity of a massacre initiated and consummated by the government that was to protect them. Their men are murdered and imprisoned,their po&sessions robbed, the houses burned, and not only are they exposed to the terrors of famine and the severe winter, which threatens to exterminate them, but even a merciful death Is denied them and the reign of terror is still upon the land, arrests and tortures still continuing. That the powers of Europe are not moved by any feeling of humanity in dealing with the Turkish question is no more doubted, but it is impossible for us to believe that the conscience of the Kngllsh people will not ultimately be shaken from its dullness and do honor to the ancient name of England as a defender of the right and the champion of the oppressed." Recent letters telling of the massacres in various cities contain items Of information that help to explain many points in the outbreak of so-called Mohammedan fanaticism. A letter from Treblzond giving" the testimony of eyewitnesses says: "Bahlra Pasha, governor of Van, started to come to Constantinople, and it was learned that he was bringing with him four of the fairest young maidens of Saasoun, who had been spared in tne massacre, to make an acceptable present of them to his Sultan. This aroused the Armenian people of Treblzond to a frenzy, and It was Impossible to 'restrain the young men. The more daring of them, as the newspaper dispatches have already informed you, tired upon Bahari Pasha when he was going about the city, with the result of wounding him. After he was cured, as is known, he carried out his former infernal mission to Constantinople, and was honored with the highest decoration and appointed governor of Adana, in spite of the nerveless protest of the embassadors. Afterwards the pasha of Treblzond 'demanded the offenders, but they could not be found. The Pasha had already begun to communicate with the Sultan by. telegraph and, calling to the commanders of the -Soldiers; ordered them to be ready at 5 o'clock p. m. When the mails had arrived and the people went towards the post, both the soldiers and the mob rushed upon them. It is impossible to describe the horror of tho scene. Men and women were torn and murdered and groans of the dying could be heard everywhere. It is the most awful of all the massacres." News from Dlarbeklr reports unutterable suffering among those well-to-do a short time ago. The same information comes from Gerum, where not an Armenian house has been left standing, where a large community was to be seen only a few weeks ago. From every part of Armenia comes the call to Armenians who are out of the country begging money should be sent to the survivors of their families without delay, as they have neither food nor fuel nor scarcely any clothing. No men are allowed to travel from city or village. That which brings grief to the Armenians is that numbers of the young maidens of the people are known to have been carried Into the harems of the Turks and Kurds." IIbh Not Yet Demanded Indemnity. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The S'ate Department Is not advised that United States Minister Terrell has yet made a formal demand for Indemnity on the Turkish government for the destruction of American mission property. As indicated In Secretary Olney's report on the Turkish troubles to Congress on receiving notice of the action of the mobs at Marsovan and elsewhere Mr. Terrell reported to the department that he should Insist on Indemnity when he had ascertained the extent of the losses, but this is as far as the matter has gone so far as known here. 3IIhs Dnrton Tells Whnt Is Needed. BOSTON, Dec. 20. A meeting of citizens held for the purpose of aiding the Red Cross Armenian relief work was held in the aldermanlc chamber In the City Ha'.l to-day.- Mayor-elect Qulncy presided, and Miss Barton, who Is at the head of the Red Cross organization, was the chief speaker. It is necessary, she said, that if the Red Crc33 Society is to undertake the task of aiding the Armenians it shall have ample financial support, and it is also necessary that the society shall be backed by the credit of the government and by the American people. Tnrklnh Soldiers Dying:. LONDON, Dec. 31. A dispatch to the Dally News from Constantinople says: There are fifty or sixty deaths dally among the troops around Zeitoun. The cold is intense and the condition of the army everywhere outside the capital Is In the last degree deplorable, their clothing being in rags and their food poor. Their ranks are decimated by disease and by wholesale desertions, owing to the nonrecelpt of their pay. THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS. II archer Notified to lie Ready for Active Service. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Republic, Dec. 30. The political crisis here brought about by the efforts of the foreign population to obtain equal political rights with the boers has reached a most acute stage. The exodus of women and children Is increasing. All trains leaving this place are crowded and the prices of food stuffs have risen greatly. All kinds of bellicose rumors arc current and the government has notified the burghers to be ready for active service in care of an emergency. The Mercantile Asociation has formed itself into a town body guard for the purpose of preserving order and protecting life and property. They will not take part In a revolution or riot of any kind and have askel the government to supply them with arms and ammunition. Several of the leading mines ere expected to close to-day. Prss'.dent Kruger, in an interview, expressed regret at the present agitation ani sail: "If the position Is aggravated many disastrous consequences are to be apprehenied. especially In mining and commercial enterprises. The present attitude of the Ultlaniers does not conduce to calm consideration of their alleged grievances. The government will give them an opportunity for free speech on their grievances, such as does not incite to rebellion, but the government is fully prepare! to' stop any movement aiming at a disturbance of law and order." Profewwor Ilryce's Views. LONDON. Dec. 30. Prof. James Bryce. member of Parliament for the south division of Aberdeen, has arrived In England from South Africa, and he was asked for his view9 upon the situation In 1 the Transvaal. He said; "There is a pretty

widespread feeling of dissatisfaction with the. existing condition of affairs In the Transvaal. Much woulu depend upon President Kruger's attitude. It Is hoped that the Transvaal government will recognize that the situation is, or may become, serious. The population of Ultlandcrs Is Increasing rapidly." Professor Bryce said that when he was at Capetown in the British territory of Cape Colony, one thousand persons were leaving there weekly for the Rand. Corenn Klne Constantly Guarded. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 30. A dispatch to the Novoe Vremya from Vladlvostock says that the situation of . affairs in Corea Is more serious. The King is constantly surrounded by Japanese spies and he fears that he will be assassinated. The dispatch adds that his Majesty is guarded nightly by the American missionaries. Chinese Rioters Rehended. BERLIN, Dec. 30. A dispatch received here from Swatow, province of Quang-Tong, China, says that the ringleaders of the mob which plundered the German mission at Moilln have been beheaded. Enrthqunke In AtiKtrln. VIENNA, Dec. 30. A violent earthquake shock was felt to-day at Wieneradst, thirteen miles south of this city. Cnhle Notes. A regulation has been made that aitcr Jan. 1. Peru will charge tor postage on foreign letters twenty-two cents sliver tor each fifteen grammes of weight. The London Chronicle learns that Kaward Tyas Cook. 'M. A., editor of We?tminster Gazette, who resigned the editorship of tae Pall Mall Gazette on the sale of that paper to Mr. W. W. Astor, Is to become the editor of the Daily News. A ROYAL PREST1 DIGITATE VII.

Queen Henrlettc of Belgium nn a SIelfht-of-IlHiid Performer. New York World. There has been much comment In European court circles upon the absence of Queen Henrlette of Belgium from the festivities at Brussels In honor of the betrothal of her favorite niece, Princess Henrlette of Flanders, to the young Duke of Vendome, eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of Alencon, and who may yet become King of Belgium. The explanation is that she is once more undergoing one of those attacks of seml-lnsanlty and eccentricity to which so many royul ladies seem to be subject. Always odd and possessed of the most ungovernable temper, she was completely out of her mind for several months previous to the marriage of her daughter Stephanie to Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, and was under restraint for a time at the royal palace of Laeken. From that time dates her knowledge of the art of conjuring and her taste for equestrianism. There is at present no royal lady In Europe so wonderfully clever in sleight-of-hand and in the training of trick horses as the white-haired Queen Henrlette. Towards the end of last winter her right arm and hand were badly bitten by a favorite horse, which had never before shown any sign of vlciousness. Then, shortly after her arrival at Spa to spend the summer, she sustained a severe fall from her horse, breaking her leg. She had scarcely been able to get about again and had but partially recovered the use of her Injured limb when her pony carriage tipped over and pitched her out, her Jaw being dislocated by the fall. The doctors bungled, and ever since then she has suffered excruciating pain and experienced great difficulty in speaking. Finally, there have been troubles between the Imperial family of Austria and King Leopold on the subject of the disappearance of the fortune of the Archduchess Charlotte, widow of the Ill-fated Emperor Maximilian, of Mexico. A certain portion of this wealth belongs to the Hepsburg family, and King Leopold is accountable for It as one of the trustees, and likewise as guardian of his demented sister. Hitherto all efforts on the part of the court of Vienna to get him to straighten out these matters have failed, and as Queen Henrlette is, above everything else, an Austrian Archduchess, she feels very bitterly the position In which her husband has Involved himself. Old Lord Henley's son Anthony, who will eventually succeed to his father's peerage and seat in the House of Lords, will scarcely prove a very satisfactory specimen of a hereditary legislator, nor will his wife fulfill the popular Idea as to what a peeress should be, for the Hon. Mrs. Henley has Just been subject to the indignity of arrest and imprisonment for disorderly conduct, while her valorous but henpecked husband has placed himself upon record as Invoking the protection not only of the police, but also of other people. Including his doctor. It seems that through this doctor the Hon. Mrs. Henley has come to legal grief. It seems that he became alarmed by her violence and eccentricity that he declined to visit the house any more. Thereupon Mrs. Henley began bombarding the doctor with postal cards and letters, called every day at his house, and, on being denied admittance, heaved bricks at his windows. Finally, having obtained admittance in the disguise of a hospital nurse, she fired two revolver shots at him, fortunately without wounding him. She was arrested and brought before a magistrate, and when the doctor, in response to an inquiry of the cross-examining counsel, declared that there had never been anything else than social and professional relations between himself and her, she shouted. "You He." The doctor was finally Induced to withdraw from the prosecution, and. Mrs. Henley was liberated under a heavy bond to keep the peace for the period of twelve months. " ABOUT VENEZUELA. Timely Facts and Figure Compressed Into Brief Space. Philadelphia Record. The area of Venezuela is 632,000 square miles, larger than that of any country in Europe except Russia, and larger than that of any State in the United States. The area of Texas is 2G5.000 square miles. The population of Venezuela by the last census was 2,550,000. This Is more than 'Den-' mark's and Jess than Switzerland's. It Is about the same as that of Massachusetts. The last official estimate of the population, of Massachusetts, made on Jan. 1, 1831. was 2,472,000. By the federal census of five years ago, the population of Massachusetts was 23S COO. " Caracas, the capital and chief city of Venezuela, has a population of seventy thousand, or, says the New York Sun, less than that of Fall River. It is built on an elevation of three thousand feet above the sea level. It was founded In 1567. Caracas, is an Indian name; the name of the Indians of the neighborhood which the Spanish pioneers affixed to the original title of the new town. Santiago de Leon. In 1812. the year of the latest American war with Great Britain, an earthquake in Caracas burled twelve thousand persons in the ruins of a part of the city. The date of this earthquake was March 26. There are 200.000,000 acres of forest lands in tho republic cf Venezuela. Rosewood, satinwood, mahogany and white and black ebony are found. The distance from New York to La Guayra. the port of Caracas, is 2.200 miles. In addition to coffee, gold and fine wovds, Venezuela exports hides, cocoa and cattle. The distance from La Guayra to London is nearly five thousand miles. The salary of the American minister to Venezuela is $7,P00. The rank of Venezuela's representative at Washington Is that of nvoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. On the north shore of enezuela, or, rather, to the north of that republic, are several Islands of greater fame than-large area, particularly the Island of Curacoa. a Dutch possession; the Island cf Trinidad, a British possession: the Island of Tortuga and the British isle of St. George. Some of the most picturesque and loquacious narrots and lively cockatoos come from Venezuela. Tho lnrtb of Vneuela from east to west is nine hundred miles, and from north to cuth 773 miles. There are fourteen varieties of monkeys In Venezuela and no cuckoos. The name Venezuela means Little Venice. Tn coffe crop of Venezuela amounts to $15,000,000 a year in value. The average crop is GO.000 tons of coffee. Two-thirds of this product Is exported, mostly to England. Maracaibo Is one of the centers of trade; Maracaibo coffee Is known everywhere. Venezuela first made declaration of Us Independence In 1SR The present republic was formed In 18T0. the same year that We-lgium became an Independent monircby. The rival political partes in VineM-i f.re the Unionists and the Federalists. The former favor a centralized eov-rii:nent: the latter are for home rule. P.Mh arc f.wrsrd to foreign-invasion, encroachment cr confiscation. The armv of Venezuela on a neie footing, consists of 1.000 horsemen. 4.000 Infi iry solJ'ers. and l.Ooo artllcvmen, exclude of local mll'tla and Irregular trooo. By the law of Venezuela all citizens between the aces of eljrMpn and forty-five (both Incisive) are liable to service In the national militia. The avers eoM product of Venezuela In a year is n ooo,00). The standard of value In th republic of Venezuela Is the bolivar, s called fter Simon Bolivar, and the value of It is th sa-nA as a French franc cnts. Much of the foreign debt Is held In r.ngland. The exports of Venezuela exceed th imports by $3,000,000 a year. There are roee than 200 lakes within the boundaries of Venezuela, one of the largest being 1.000 feet above the level cf the sea. The Orinoco river, the largest in

Venezuela, Is 1.1C0 ir.lles long. It Is five times as long as the Hudson river, but less than one-third the length of the Amazon, and less than one-half the length of the Mississippi. The roads of Venezuela are inferior. Communication is dimcult. The government, however, has expended large sums of money for the improvement of the approaches to some of the larger towns. There are twenty states In Venezuela, the official division being based on the Constitution of tb.l?nited States. There Is also a federal district, corresponding to the District of Columbia, and there are several outlying territories. The mineral products of Venezuela, In addition to golJ which English speculators are seeking by summary annexation of Venezuela territory to the British possessions, are Iron, zinc, quicksilver, lead, tin and antimony. There are also extensive products of salt, alum. lime, sulphur, and asphaltum. The summer season In Venezuela lasts from November to April. The winter season lasts from April to November. The climate of the temperate part of the country is the finest In South America, the most equable and the most salubrious, outside of Peru. The women of Venezuela nre of tho Spanish type, and are celebrated for their beauty. The language of the country is Spanish. AMUSEMENTS.

'A Wnr-Tlme Wedding. Nuptial festivities do not figure largely In "A War-time Wedding." the new "demlgrand" opera given for the first time In this city at the Grand Opera House last 'night. Neither Is there much war. The Mexican affair of 1S4S Is resorted to for the purpose of giving a squad of Union soldiers a sort of lively outing in the picturesquely decayed Aztec country. Several weddings are down on the programme before the final curtain drops, and one Is presumed to have taken place between a captain in the Union army and a niece ct a Mexican Don. This Is essentially lighT opera material, but "A Wartime Wedding" is more than light opera, and Is found to deal rather with the struggles of yearning lovers to "get together" and the designs of a villainous Mexican marplot to keep them asunder. With this tragic theme running into a finale compassing the murder of the villain. Oscar Weil, a musician of undisputed ability, who was a fellow-student at Lelsic of Sir Arthur Sullivan, has composed an opera little less than grand, and at no time to be confused with so-called light opera. Without more than instant reflection, one may say that Weil has herein conceived an operatic schemo that will please even the most untaught music lovers; one that will assist In educating the popular taste for something better than light operatic trickery In melodies. Last night's audience, which was surprisingly large considering the weatheralmost filling the house was Intensely pleased. After the beautiful Ave Maria and the ponderous twelve-eight duet between Jesse Bartlett Davis and Mr. MacDonald in the first act, the enthusiasm was unchecked. It required a little while for the audience to capture the drift of the composer. The opening chorus was a sad, melodious Mexican melody that took everyone by surprise. The pretty Mexican dance number that followed shortly came as a necessary relief and gave a hint of some of the later numbers. The grand opera coloring was no longer to be doubted when the orcnestra played MacDonald's song, "A Bold Guerrilla Ch'ef am I." All that fancy paints such a character was plainly the motif of this number. Nothing light here and MacDonald sar.g It with all' his o:d-t!me virility. The entrance of Helen Bertram Henley and Harold Bloke was the signal for an ovation from their many friends In this city. MUo Henley's brilliant soprano Is well matched in Blake's well-trained tenor voice, and their duet was one of the marked numbers. Mr. Blake has scored heavily with the Bcstcnlans and IS their sole leading tenor, a position which his graceful, manly acting and capable vclce will doubtless erc.ble him to ret p In for same time. Coming to the finale of the first act nothing but extravagant pralie will satisfy the merit 'of this captivating composition. The powerful rtnaerinj of this closing scene provoked an obsldious clamor in the audience that necessitated a repetition of the entire heavy number, and was followed by a double curtain call. Although received in the first act with most flatlerin" recognition, Jessie Bartlett Davis had her best song in the second act. Her "Go, Happy Bride," met with furious applause, ana had to be repeated. Tne motif has been handled In a masterly and thrilling fashion, and none but Mr. Davis could have begun to bring out the sad. ominous meaning. Eugene Cowles, whose make-up as a half-breed is a triumph and the best characterization in the opera, has been provided with a bass solo in this act which enables hlra to storm and capture the house with hi vibratory deepregister organ. Later In the trio finale with Mrs. Davis and MacDonald he is again heard with fine efTect. However, It does seem that a re.at, powerful halfbreed a3 he Is, would certainly stab the grerrilla chief with more, vindlctlveness. Cowles pushes the dagger under MacDonnld's arm as If he were sorry he had to kill his old master. During this tragic scene Jessie Bartlett Davis Is a veritable gypsy in her delight at seeing vengeance meted out to her trifling lover. The veteran Henry Clay Barnabee Is somewhat neglected musically In this opera and introduces his famous "Cork Leg" song that never falls to demonstrate he is still very much on earth and as young as many not half so old. George Frothinsjham has a laughable comedy part with little to do. Kntlt Emmett at EuKllnh'n. Little Katie Emmett, with a company that crowds tne stage, opened a naif-week's engagement at English's last night In "Chat, an American Boy." Katie and her dog "Mop" furnished plenty of amusement to an audience that gave stormy applause to mo'st cf the scenes. A wealth of scenery Is used la the production ar.d the melodramatic effects predominate. Miss Kmmett dees a clever bit . of acting in boys' clothe?. She figures in every move- she is the only one permitted to "sass" the serious old man and foils the attempts of t!ie villlans to rcb her employer and burn tie mill. The play is well calculated to make one forget the outside wcrld and enter heartily in an innocent, romantic story during a tniee hours' entertainment. Miss Emmett, as the hero or the piecealways appearing at the right minute to right wrong was very acceptable and easily maintained the star role of the cast. George K. Sprague, as Herbert Ellsworth: Max von Mltzei, as the cousin, and Edward Grace, as an adventurer, well supported Miss Emmett in a manner showing enthusiasm in their work. W. J. Thompson and Miss Emma Whitney added much to the success of the piece by their contributions of Hibernian songs and witticisms. Miss Fannie Barry Sprague, as Trlxy Twilight, the wicked woman of the piece, was all that could be desired. The piece was well received and will doubtless draw good-sized audiences during the week. Park Tlie Spun of Life. The audiences at the Park fairly revel in the clean-cut sensationalism and fine stage settings of "The Span of Life." which opened at that theater yesterday to big houses. The play Is well acteu and Is a strong melodrama. It has heretofore been seen at the high-priced theaters. The "human bridge" Incident is what gives the play its name and it Is an original scene never Imitated. It takes place toward thi close of the play, when after many exciting affairs, the villians, now In the gold regions of Africa, destroy the bridge across a certain chasm the hero's only chance of escaping from the Arabs with his wife and child. In his band he has three old circus performers. When the enemy is heard ccmlng these devoted friends put their former circus act to good use. The strong man of the three stanls at the edge of the precipice, the second man mounts on his shoulders, th third man jumps on the shoulders of the second, and then th!s human tower, fifteen or sixteen feet high, falls so that the top man grabs a tree on the other side of the chasm and across the bridge of bodies thus formed the pursued ones pass in safety. "Slaves of Goiu' follows Thursday. Empire I Inrry Morris's Entertainers. We have all sat around the evening lamp and made shadow "dogs" and "geese" on the wall, but Travelle. who is with Morris's Entertainers at the Empire this week, has developed the art to the extent of producing perhaps a dozen different lifelike pictures. Including a negro, a toper iinnking and a serenade scene In which M. Travellers ear figures as a balcony on which the lady stands. Bailey and Dawson give a clever exhibition on stilts fitted with roller skates: also an unnecessary bicycle advertisement. Smith and Cook are a bright and active pair of acrobatic tramps. Others of the troupe are Martin O'Niel. montdegist; Clara Sonora, ting ng poubrette; Thompson and Collins, parodists; Wood sisters, songs; Rowe and Itentz. grotesque comedian, ard Lucier and Greve. who give, in the characters of the "rube" and the "sport." a clever musical act. Including some fiddling of the style that used to prevail when Hooslers lived In log cabins. The afterpiece is amusing. The performance Is n clean one throughout. Matinees will be given daily. Muftlc Halls Score a Victory. NEW VCBK. Dec. 20. The proprietors of the Kz music halls won a victory to-dav be

fore City MaKlstrate Kullich, in the test cases instituted agalnM them last week tor selling beer and liquors during performances. The magistrate hold that Section 210 of the consolidation act. unier which the arrest cf Mc?r. Hammerstein and Kraus were mad. has been, ever sincf lt enactment, construed by all branches of the municipal povernmpnt as r.ut applying to the places of amusement now made the subject of sudden attack. To inforcf the law now. tho magistrate continues, "set-ma almost a crime." The proprietors, he adds, "wore Justified in relying on our sfi'.miatlve silence. If a crime has been committed every branch of the city government la partlceps crlmlnls." Xotes of the Sfnue. A party of twenty-five Muncte people have written for seats for tho J'aderewsk! Concert at English's aJn. 11. The advance sale for the engagement of Julia Marlowe Taber and Kobert Tabr at the Grand next week will open Friday morning. Will J. Davis, of the Chicago Columbia Theater, is In the city, having come down to see the Bostonlans new oiera, "A War Time Wedding." In "Robin Hood." which the Bostonlans will give to-night at the Grand. Helea Bertram Henley, who was not down for the prima donna role, has offered to take the part of Maid Marian, and will accordingly sing to-night instead of Alice Nellsen. Mrs. Davi will, of course, be the. Allan-a-Dale. The advance ae Indicates another big house to-night. ELECTRIC C OM)ITIO.

Political and Other Evils line to He rnnireiuent of the Earth's Orhlt. New York Mail and Express. This Is what a Chicago man said to thtf Rambler last evening In the corridor cf the Imperial Hotel: "It Is a fact capable of demonstration that In its circle around the sun the earth passes through thousands of electric currents and belts of various size. One of these belts Is sufficiently wide to cover tho earth's track for six weeks. Others are narrow, and we encounter hundreds of them In a day. All of these currents havo their influence slight, perhaps, and ordinarily insignificant, but if they were understood I believe much of the earth's phenomena could be explained. "These electric currents are necessarily engendered by the other bodies In our solar system. As no motor can be perfect, thessi currents vary In their flow. If you pleajv and change In their effect upon the earth. At varying intervals the world gets sick. Strange things happen to man and material. Natural laws, seeminKly fixed, go awry. Conditions arise for which there la no explanation in logic or law. Unheard of famine, drought, floods and fire assail and devastate the earth or men slaughter on another in war. Natural machinery seemai out of gear. Philosophers marvel at what they do not understand. Hurrfanlty crlesi out for help, and perhaps while they ar crying there comes within their vision, far off in space, a comet with healing In lt fiery tail for all the Ills of the earth. 1h electric belts in the earth's path, tipom which the welfare of the world depends,, have become vitiated, and the comet, tho machinery regulator of the universe, come upon the scene. Normal conditions are resumed and the world Is well again. "There never was a great war: ther never was a widespread pestilence; tho world was never sorely afflicted, but that the phenomena was accompanied by or followed with a comet. In the logic of humanity wars and pestilences have produced comets and comets have produced wars and pestilences. In truth, the world's electria atrrosphere. which ia Its life, becomes vitiated, like the air In a close room, and the occupants become ill or out of temper, and the coming of the comets, In their regular and unvarying courses, is the burning of the fumlgator to purify the air. Do yoa get me? "And now, to come back to present conditions and my pronhecy of a European war. The world is sick, socially and materially. It has been sick for several years, and Is constantly getting worse. Look at the political condition of Europe. For that matter, look at the conditions at home. It doesn't require occult powers to trace thar election of Cleveland to the deranged electric conditions of the earth's orbit. Now, that's serious you needn't smile. The forest fires of the Northwest in the past fe years illustrate the extraordinary atmospheric condition of the earth. There was more in those fires Than the combustion of wood. I saw a spot in the Wisconsin forest where a village stood. The houses were shanties of pine. A few freight cars stood on the railroad track passing the village. The underbrush In th forest had beea burning for several days. but. no tree trunks had fallen. It was a smoldering fire. Suddenly a column of flame above a hundred feet high ro on the Je of th clearing, and with incredible speed parsed over the northern port'on of th village, and disappeared In th forest. In less than a mlnut it had licked up everything in its path and left not a handful of ashes on the grourd. It burned cut the roots of the grass. It left not a splinter of the railroad ties embedded in the read grnde. It tore up th steer ral' and twisted them 1'ke tinsel, and It fused the car wheels and trucks Into a shapeless mass. It passed over a pond of water and killed the fish. There was romcthlrg more than fire In the element that did Fuch wirlc "The same conditions that product that column of fire will pro luce wir In Euror before the arrival of the agency which 1 to destroy th condlMons. You smile at that statement? 1 have the utmo.t foith In it. And what is the egency which If to rfgnlate the world's evil? I will .tell you. There is a comet on the ray toward earth that will be visible to us late In the year lr0 It made Its lat appearance three hnndrct years ago, and Is one of the larget and bent known of the heavenly wanderers. When it has com and gone, leaving lt beneficent Influence, the wirld will experience an era of peace and health and prosperity such as men now living have n-t known. You sav you must golrg? Well, tfr. good-bye. You're a good listener a 3d I'm sorry to loe you, but perhap I can find another unfortunate away from home on Christmas day." t "digYstioh ahd work. HOW SICK PEOPLE 3IAV SAVK THE in KXERGY. It Is as hard work for some people to digest their dinner as it Is for a normal maa to walk ten miles. "After dinner rest awhile." This is an old raying. It means that if after eating a heavy meal you try to do hard work you will exhaust all your energy. There will be none left for your stomach. Your stomach needs energy to work Just as your Ug or arm does. Sick people want energy. They seldom have enough for their stomach. Their digestion is out of order, and they want to know the reason. It's simple enough as we have told It. What they ought to do Is to save their stomachs from hard work until It is capable of doing It, Just as they rest their tired backs by lying down. This they can do by using artiti-.ijllv digested food. Shaker Digestive Cordial contains such food: not only this, but It is capable of digesting other foods In the stomach. Shaker Digestive Cordial affords nourishment and creates new energy as soon as it Is swallowed. Ordinary food first has to digested. Shaker Digestive Cordial whll creating new energy does not expend any. It gives the stomach no work to do. It will make thin people faf. Sick people are naturally thin. Getting thin is a fign of sickness. A person may b born thin, and naturally remain so. Such a one Is not necessarily sick. All druggists keen It. and a lucent sample bottl? may first be tried. NATIONAL Tube Works : Yro!ght-Iroi PIpo Tcr Gis, Steam and Water. Itoilf r Tub. Cut and it!). abIlron !'Lttlnr(b!avk as4 galrajiizM). V&lTe. Htop I VmIi, Kngla Trim ml dc. Meair G&um, T TraigA rip cutu-rt, vumh. r PUtfi a a. I IVja, Wremtw feteam Tram. rup. Kl! fe en Mna. Jtoe. IWMtmr. l:a bit Mr 1 Solder. WLit z Colored Vli:ajr Wau. aa all (br t-upj.il. mnA tm connexion with Git. fteai and Water. Natural Gas Hlll-i a pcia.'ry. hfc-aia-beatitiff Apj-aratu for fuu lie fiulMlDjr. More-room II 111. Mki.1 artori. Lauotinea. 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