Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 1896 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1896.

WEYLER MAKING WAR

SERIOUS FIGHTING REPORTED IN PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE. Strongholds of Insurgents That Were Deemed Impregnable Captured by the Spanish Troops. HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES 600 OF WEYLER'S MEN KILLED AND WOUNDED IN ONE FIGHT. Insurgent Casualties Half an Great - Attack on the Trocha Denial of Maceo's Reported Flight. KEY WEST, Fla.. Dec. 5. The following reports have been received from Pinar del Rio: The column of Colonel Pantos, while reconnoitering in the vicinity of the Sabana Maiz road, San Diego de los Banos, succeeded in routing a number of groups of insurgents, destroyed plantations of importance and burned five hundred country huts inhabtied [inhabited] by Insurgents, who fled. These groups of insurgents were pursued into the forests and hills of Pinar del Rio province and defeated, many of the positions captured by the Spanish, forces having been regarded heretofore by the Cuban insurgents as impregnable. The losses of the troops are given as four killed and twelve wounded. The losses of the insurgents are reported to have been considerable. The troops succeeded in capturing sixty cattle. General Hernandez reports another engagement, lasting four hours, in the Pena Blanca hills. Artillery was used during this engagement with considerable effect. The insurgents left nine dead on the field. The Cubans used dynamite, but without apparent results. The troops lost two killed and thirteen wounded. The insurgents at 8 o'clock last night attacked the trocha in the vicinity of Fort Cayajabos, of the town of Artemisa. The insurgents were quickly repulsed without confusion ensuing. The Spanish commander had the artillery playing on the insurgent forces and the firing quickly ceased. One officer and four soldiers at the fort were wounded. The attacking party is estimated to have numbered about three hundred insurgents. A most important and terrible battle is reported in a private letter to have occurred at Pelacios, in the province of Pinar del Rio. It is said that great forces of insurgents, strongly fortified at the Torro heights, were attacked by a Spanish column. Fierce fighting, cannonading and musketry continued all day, the insurgents bravely defending their stronghold. The troops were unable to capture the fortifications that day. Both sides suffered great loss. The next day the Spanish columns were reinforced by General Inclan, who renewed the attack. The Spanish troops were dnermined to take the stronghold and simultaneously advanced upon the fortifications. The insurgents were finally dislodged from-their position, their loss being fully two hundred. It is said that the Spanish troops lost six hundred. The mortality was very great on both sides, but it is said that more of the insurgents were killed proportionately than of the Spanlards. So fierce has been the fighting in this vicinity that the living have been unable to make adequate provisions for the burial of the dead, and in consequence the stench which arises from the field of carnage is said to be terrible in the extreme. Reports received from all parts of Pinar del Rio indicate that a great mortality followed the recent epidemics which are spreading throughout that section. Of all the diseases epidemic in nature, cholera seems to be the only one which has not visited that section. The recent reports of the attack of the insurgents on Guanabacoa is said to have been a false alarm. Hundreds of families were badly frightened, however, and many women and children left hurriedly during the night, reaching Havana early this morning. Two Defeats for Insurgents. HAVANA, Dec. 5. Major Cirujoda, of the San Quintin battalion, dislodged several bands of insurgents near Punta Brava this morning after two hours fighting. The insurgents left behind them fifty-three men killed and a quantity of arms and ammunition. Many others were wounded. The troops lost one man killed and had one captain and ten privates wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Aldea, on Thursday last, met the enemy on the heights of Purgatoric, and after a fierce engagement, from 10 o'clock until 7 in the evening, occupied the insurgent positions, afterwards repelled an attack of their cavalry and passed the night, in the insurgent camp. The loss of the two columns of Spanish troops in this engagement was twentyfour soldiers killed and lieutenants RoderIguez and Pedemonte and forty-nine soldiers wounded. The insurgents are said to have lost about 300 men killed and wounded. The Spanish troops are said to have displayed great bravery. The second part of Colonel Aldea's column, under Captain Cabello. later met the insurgents at Laguna Laraga. They were commanded by Juan Armeda, who, with eighteen of his followers, was killed. The troops had two men killed and two wounded. Weyler Moving Cautiously. KEY WEST. Fla.. Dec. 5.-To-day's advices from Havana are that Weyler is pressing forward into the hills of Pinar del Rio very cautiously to avoid giving Maceo On the first Christmas, nearly nineteen hundred years ago, in a little town of Bethlehem in Judaea, a wonderful thing occurred a child was born. The circumstances of the birth made it wonderful, marvelous, miraculous ; but, after all, was it so very much more wonderful or inexplicable than any other birth? Birth and death are the two greatest phenomena of life. Sometimes they come together. The time of parturition is full of both pain and danger for the mother, and danger for the child. One of the chief uses of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is to take from this time its dangers and its suffering. In this the "Favorite Prescription" has found its greatest usefulness, and for success in this line, its most enthusiastic praise has come. It insures comfort and safety for the mother, vigor and health for the child. It should be taken during the entire period of gestation. In Dr. Pierce's 44 Common Sense Medical Adviser," there are several chapters on the reproductive physiology of women; written in plain language, and carefully illustrated. The book contains over three hundred illustrations and colored plates, and a greater amount of exact information about the human body in health and disease than was ever before published in one volume. The book contains over one thousand pages, and has reached the enormous sale of nearly seven hundred thousand copies, at $1.50 each. The present edition of half a million copies is absolutely free. The volume, paper-bound, will be sent post-paid to any one who will send twenty-one cents in onecent stamp, to cover the cost of mailing only. If a handome, French cloth, cmboused cover is desired, send ten ceats additional (thirty-one cents in all), for that more substantial binding. 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a chance to entrap him. Numerous guerrilla engagements have taken place in the rear and flanks of Weyler's army. That the Spanish loss in these has been considerable is shown by the number of wounded soldiers brought into the city within the past three days. It is said the Spanish field hospitals also are full of sick and wounded men. The trocha was forced about ten. miles from the southern end yesterday by one hundred Cubans. A party of five Pacificos, three of them women, were met by a Spanish column Thursday near Artemisa and all shot or bayoneted. They were charged with giving food to Cubans. MACEO STILL IN CUBA.

Denial of a Report that He Had Fled to This Country. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 5.-A telegram from Havana was published here today that Maceo had fled from Cuba to the United States to avoid a conflict with Weyler. Mr. H. A. Hyau, the leading member of the Cuban circle here, said to-night: "I have heard from Maceo direct," said Mr. Hyau with emphasis, "within the past day or two and I know that Maceo is all right. A captain on his staff was here yesterday direct from Maceo's camp. He stated to me that Maceo could hold the hills for eight months or longer against "Weyler and all his army. He has his cattle well hid and provided for, his farms and vegetable gardens, and, above all, a faithful and honest soldiery. He has a good supply of arms and ammunition and is generally in good condition to hold his own against Weyler. I am in a position to know that Maceo does not intend leaving Cuba yet a while, at least not in the manner in which Weyler says he has gone. When he goes it will be in a coffin. Maceo will never desert his country. He is watching Weyler, and ere long the latter will find that he is yet in Cuba," Another Story Concerning Maceo. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec 5. A special to the Citizen from Key West says a Spanish officer who passed through on the Olivet to-night reports that General Maceo. with a bandof six hundred men, succeeded in breaking through the trocha and will meet General Gomez in the Havana province. Maceo left General Rio Rivero In charge of his forces in Pinar del Rio province. Maceo goes to get the assistance of Gomez to help the insurgent army In Pinar del Rio. WILL CARRY ARMS TO CUBA. Owner of the Three Friends Wants a War Ship for Escort. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 5. The Cuban delegate here has received a request from Gen. Antonio Maceo for a large supply of arms and munitions and medicines to be sent to him immediately. The Dauntless and the steamer Three Friends will leave for Cuba at once with the supplies. No attempt has been made at secrecy, and the United States marshal has been informed that the Three Friends will carry a cargo of munitions of war to Cuba. Mr. Bans, the owner, goes to Washington at once to inform the attorney general that he has contracted to land a cargo on the coast of Cuba, and will demand that his vessel be escorted there by a United States war ship. He insists that under the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in the Horsa case, the carrying of arms on an unarmed vessel is not violating the law. The Dauntless will take on her cargo of arms at Eau Gallie. President Cleveland and Cuba Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Intelligent opinion is now substantially unanimous that the chapter of the President's message on Cuba will be pacific in its tone and will not afford legitimate excuse for disquieting construction. Labored attempt has been made to becloud the situation in a fog of language designed by its mysterious vagueness to convey the idea that the President was going to do and say something sensational, possibly inviting trouble with Spain, but such a conclusion seems to have no substantial basis. No stock is taken in it by the business world, while those who are in closest touch with the President say plainly that he will not undertake a new departure in his Cuban policy at the close of his administration or suffer himself to be placed in a position that would lay himself open to charge of promoting a fight for the succeeding administration to carry on. The Cuban situation, according to the administration view, is not "framed" to make active American intervention attractive at the present time, deplorable though it is from a broadly humanitarian standpoint. SHARKEY WON'T COMPROMISE. Denial of a Story that He In Willing; to Give Fitzsimmons $4,000. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 5.-The storm that the contest between Sharkey and Fltzsimmons raised is rapidly subsiding. Those who insist that Earp rendered an unjust decision are no less emphatic in their assertions than they were on the day after the fight, but they have nothing new to add to their story of fraud. Those who claim that tho sailor was fouled stand by their first position, which has been strengthened by the opinion of the consulting physicians and the decision of the bookmakers. Sharkey is still confined to his bed and will not be allowed to leave his room until Wednesday, at the earliest. He is not a particularly presentable object, but he rests easily and tells the story of how it all happened before he lay prostrate in the ring at the feet of Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons's hands are considerably better and have almost reached normal size. His future plans will depend in a great measure on the outcome of the present legal controversy over the stake, though he will not stay in California longer than a few weeks before going to New York. Stuart has wired him again, asking him to name the exact date when he would leave for the East. The Australian wired back that he would be unable to give a reply for another week, at least. A story that Sharkey is willing to compromise with Fitzsimmons has gained currency, although it has no foundation in fact. It was represented that agents of the sailor were willing to give Fitzsimmons $4,000 out of the purse. This is vigorously denied by Sharkey and Lynch, who insist that they will claim every cent of the money that represents their victory. They made no overtures to Fitzsimmons since the fight and they will make none. Local bookmakers are now paying bets on the fight. They have accepted the decision of Earp as final and are giving the winners what is due them. This has had a marked effect in silencing the storm or angry protests and arguments. The story is now current in sporting circles that Fitzsimmons has done pretty well with his fight venture even if he receives no part of the purse. Most of the money wagered on the fight was placed on the question of Sharkey's ability to stay six rounds. It is now said Fitzsimmons placed several thousand dollars on Sharkey to hold out-six rounds and then took care that he did not knock out his opponent too soon. Abbott Knocked Out. NEW YORK. Dec. 5. Mike Leonard knocked out Stanton Abbott, the English light-weight pugilist, in the third round at the Brooklyn Bridge Athletic Club to-night The men fought at catch weights and Leonard had the better of it from the sturt. Obituary. NEWBURO, N. Y., Dec. 5. Robert Martin, aged ninety-two years, died yesterday at his home near Westport. Conn. He was for many years engaged in the publishing business in Beekman street. New York and left a fortune estimated at $1,000,000, and no closer relatives than a niece. Mr Martin had given $50,000 to various charities during the last three years. DENVER. Col.. Dec. 5 Charles Ballin. who established the first dry-goods store in Denver, in 1867, and became one of the city's leaping merchants, is dead, aged sixty-three. Death resulted from the shock caused by an operation, George H. Chapman Post Officers. George H. Chapman Post, No. 209. of the Department of Indiana, G. A. R., held its annual election last night, electing the following officers for, the year commencing Jan. 1: Commander A. J. Buchanan. Senior Vice Commander F. E. Swift. Junior Vice Commander William Starford. Quartermaster I. T. Tedrow. Chaplain Joe H. Hayes. Officer of the Day - W. W. Post Surgeon Dr. Wm. H. Wishard. Officer of the Guard George Barnes. Trustees J. W. Pettlcord, F. E. Swift and A. R. Seward. Delegates to the State Encampment, to be held in Richmond, next May - A. R. Seward. Julius A. Victor and H. C. Miller. Alternate Delegates F. E. Swift, C. B. Hale and S. D. Shannon.

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REV. J, H. PARKER MAY SUCCEED REV. WOOD AT PRISON SOUTH. Heavy Verdicts Against Two Railroad Companies -Well-Known Richmond Attorney Indicted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONV1LLE, Ind., Dec 5. A secret has just leaked out at the Prison South. Chaplain Charles Wesley Wood, of that Institution, has been requested to hand in his resignation, to take effect Jan. 1, but no charges have been preferred against him. The board of directors met this week and adjourned on Thursday morning. About this time Warden Hert and wife went to Chicago. After the directors had left, Chaplain Wood received a written notice from Captain Pate, the clerk of the prison, telling him that his resignation had been requested. According to the chaplain's son, Russell Wood, Captain Pate stated that he had found the order written on the minutes of the meeting after the board had left. The warden said nothing of the matter before leaving a couple of days ago for Chicago. He will return tomorrow. There is an air of mystery about the whole thing. Chaplain Wood says that no charges have been filed against him and that he will not resign. He was a member of Company A. Twenty-third Indiana Infantry. He came to the prison highly recommended when the administration of Warden Hert commenced. It is reported that Rev. J. H. Parker, of Greensburg. Decatur county, has been chosen to succeed Chaplain Wood. Noted Woman Ill. ARCOLA, Ill. Dec 15. Dr. Elizabeth Barnes, who was stricken with paralysis last Wednesday, is in a critical state, but all hopes of her ultimate recovery have not been abandoned. To-day her condition was slightly improved and the attending physicians announced that she might live, although she is very low. Mrs. Barnes was the first woman to be granted a certificate for the practice of medicine in Illinois. She was born in Clark county, Indiana, Dec.10, 1827. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Bowers. In 1857 she was graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, and is probably the oldest practicing female physician in the United States, in the same class with her was Lucy Stone Blackwell. who is so well known to the literary world. She was married in 1860 to J. C. Barnes. For nine years she practiced medicine in Lexington, Ind., removing to Illinois in 1866, where she has practiced continually ever since. Her success has been phenomenal. In November, 1895, she received her first stroke of paralysis, and it was feared at that time that she would die. She was resigned to her fate then, perfectly cool and deliberate and prescribed remedies for her own case. Her only regret in leaving this world, as she often expressed it, is that her usefulness in this world would cease. A Betrayed Woman's Vengeance. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Dec 5.-Miss Ollie Canton, in a fit of jealous rage, tried to kill her lover, Ed Mittendorff, last night. Mittendorff was standing at the bar of Kennedy's saloon drinking a glass of beer when the woman entered, and, pulling a 22-caliber revolver, fired at him. The ball struck Mittendorff in the back. The physician was unable to find the bullet, but it is not thought the wound will prove fatal. The woman escaped from the saloon and went to the jail, where she gave herself up and was locked in a cell pending the result of Mittendorff's injury. She said when she fired the shot. "You'll not live to desert another woman." Earlham's Oratorical Contest. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 5. At Earlham College to-night was held the oratorical contest to select a representative to the State contest to be held at Indianapolis. The following took part: Homer Anderson, class of '97, of Centerfield; O.; "Kossuth;" Aman Moore, class of '99, Harper, O.. "A Plea for Cuba;" Bevan Binford, class of '98, Havilland. Kan.. "The Judean Reformer;" Warren Barrett, class of '97, Swisshelm, O., "The Saxon of the South;" Homer Hockett, class of 1900, Richmond. "The Ultimate Idea One of Religion;" Edgar Stranahan. class of '98, Richmond, "Christianity, the Ultimate Religion." First place was won by Mr. Binford. An Editor Sues for Damages. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI. Ind., Dec. 5. - A. B. Crampton, editor of the Delphi Citizen, a Democratic paper of this city, this afternoon filed a $10,000 damage suit against William Bradshaw and his sons, Arthur and William Bradshaw. Two months ago they had trouble over a settlement and the Bradshaw boys alleged that Crampton had applied vile epithets to them. They assaulted him and gave him an unmerciful beating. The defendants in the suit are among Delphi's most prominent citizens. Verdict Against the Railroad. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dec. 3. The damage suit of the Indiana Horse-shoe Company, of Marion, against the Panhandle Railroad Company for $15,000 was concluded in the Wabash Circuit Court this evening, the jury awarding the plaintiffs $8,000. The action was brought to recover for the destruction of the company's buildings at Marion by fire two years ago, the flames originating from a passing locomotive. The jury was out eight hours. The railway company will appeal. Editor Metcalf Resigns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 5. Stephen Metcalf, who has been editor of the Herald of this city during the past year, has resigned his position on account of the severe injuries received some weeks ago in falling from a tree, and which still incapacitate him from active duty. Mr. Metcalf is one of the oldest newspaper men in Indiana, and for many years was the owner of the Herald. The nerves of his rght [right] arm are affected, and it is feared he will lose its use altogether. Boone Connty [County] Fair Lost Money. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Dec. 5. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Boone County Agricultural Society was held this afternoon in this city. Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows; President, W. A. Buntin; vice president, Benjamin Booker; secretary, C. W. Scott; general superintendent. A. W. Colgrove. The county fair will take place next year at the usual time, notwithstanding that for the last three years the receipts have run considerably behind the expenditures. Indictment Against Henderson. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 5.-An indictment returned by the grand jury to-day was against James W. Henderson, charging him with embezzlement of $1,800 from the Woodward Lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. Henderson, until charged with this offense, was a prominent attorney here, chairman of the Democratic county central committee and one of the supreme officers of the Patriarchal Circle. Killed in a Runaway. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Dec 5. William Wiggins, a farmer three miles west of this city, started home last night, driving a spirited young horse. West of here it became frightened and ran away. The horse lunged down an embankment and the vehicle struck a tree. Wiggins was found dead under the wrecked buggy this morning. He was forty-seven years old and leaves a wife and five children. Receiver for a Lebanon Firm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind.. Dec 5. Judge John L. Pierce was to-day appointed receiver, under $4,000 bond, for the firm of Cottingham & Fariss, map compilers. The receiver was appointed on complaint of William F. Cottingham. who alleged that John Fariss, his partner, had sold over three hundred copies of the map of Boone county, recently compiled, and refused to divide the profits. Arrested for Shooting a. Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec 5.-Joseph Disman, the keeper of a roadhouse just north of Montpelier on the Warren pike, was arrested and brought to this city

last night cn the charge of shooting A. E. Parrott. of Camden. His bond was placed at $1,000, which he failed to give, and he is now in the county jail. Parrott's wound is fatal. Disman says he did it in selfdefense. Alleged Postoffice Burglar. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Dec. 5.-Jasper Lingo, a green country boy from Milan, Ripley county, was brought to this city today to answer the charge of breaking into the postofflce at Milan Nov. 18. He was arraigned before United State Commissioner Harrison and pleaded not guilty. The evidence was considered sufficient to hold him, and he was taken to Indianapolis to-night in default of $250 bond to await trial. Lingo claims he did not break into the postoffice, but admits he received $5 for standing on watch while two men did the work. Nearly $30 in money was stolen, but no stamps were taken. Literary Society Abandoned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind.. Dec. 5. The Athenian Literary Society of Franklin College, which was organized in 1884 and was for many years one of the most prosperous and popular organizations in the college, has been abandoned, and many of the members have united with the Periclesian Society. The society has for some time labored against reverses and was unable to longer carry their heavy indebtedness. That their action was necessary is generally regretted in college circles. Three Buildings Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SPENCER, Ind., Dec. 5.-Fire destroyed three frame buildings here to-day, one occupied by the Hochstedler steam laundry, one apartment house and the business room of H. Hight. Loss about $2,500. Hight carried $1,203 Insurance in the Phenix of Brooklyn on building and $600 on his stock of groceries. Most of the contents of the building were saved.

$7,000 for Loss of an Arm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CROWN POINT, Ind., Dec. 5. Harris Bundy, of Valparaiso, was awarded $7,000 damages against the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railroad Company by a jury this morning for the loss of an arm while coupling cars. He asked for $25,000. Congressman-elect Crumpacker was his attorney. Fatal Kick in the Stomach. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CARBON, Ind., Dec. 5. James Dalton was kicked in the stomach by a mule this morning while driving in the Eureka shaft No. 2. He was carried home unconscious, and physicians have doubts of his recovery. The mine quit work on account Of the accident. " A Candidate Made Happy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. THORNTOWN, Ind., Dec. 5. Congressman-elect C. R. Landis has to-day announced that at the proper time he would recommend the appointment of Robert S. Potts as postmaster at Thorntown. Judge Burchenal Fatally Ill. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 5. Judge Charles R. Burchenal, one of the most prominent attorneys of the city, is dangerously ill and hopes for his recovery arc not entertained. He has been unable to practice law for a number of months. Diphtheria at Columbus. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: As the condition of this city in regard to diphtheria has been so often referred to in leading papers all over the country, a plain statement of facts may help to remove some of the false impressions made by careless correspondents and newspaper men of this and other cities. When the epidemic began it was violent, there being eleven cases in forty-eight hours, but at no time since have that many cases occurred in that spaceof time. Our quarantine has been rigid as far as the families of those afflicted were concerned. Schools and public meetings were forbidden, more to satisfy public clamor than as a matter of necessity. There are only three cases of diphtheria in this city to-day, and only one of these needs the attention of a physician. Churches will be open to-morrow, and if it were not for the nearness of the Christmas holidays the public schools would reopen on Monday. This city has been greatly injured by the sensational reports sent over the country, and it is only justice to correct some of these statements. GEORGE T. M'COY, M.D. Health Officer. Columbus, Ind., Dee. 5. Indiana Obituary. WARSAW. Ind.. Dec. 5-lsaiah Van Ness, a pioneer resident of Kosciusko county, while warming himself at a stove in a business house and pleasantly conversing with some acquaintances this morning, suddenly clasped his hand to his side, staggered and fell to the floor. He died of heart disease. He was sixty-eight ears old. HAMMOND. Ind. Dec. 5. John Bellof, eighty-nine years old, one of Lake county's pioneers, died here last night. Mr. Bellof was born in Hesse-Darmstadt. Prussia, and came to America and settled in this township in 1851, where he has resided ever since. RESENTED BY GERMANS PRESIDENT'S RETALIATION PROCLAMATION IS NOT RELISHED. Protest Lodged by the Kaiser's Government Against Imposition of Tonnage Dues on His Subjects' Ships. WASHINGTON, Dec 5.-The German government has lodged an energetic protest with the State Department against the action of the President in imposing tonnage dues on German ships entering American ports. The receipt of this protest will be duly acknowledged, but the matter is likely to rest unless the German government takes steps to remove the charges on American shipping, which formed the basis for the President's proclamation issued yesterday. The contention of the German government is that it does not tax American shipping, and that the Imperial government cannot be held accountable for the imposition of local charges by provincial and municipal officials. The contention of our government, on the other hand, is that, regardless of the question of who is responsible for the levying of the port dues, their collection from American vessels is the only fact necessary to be established to put in operation at once the Dingley law imposing tonnage dues on German vessels; that the law is self-operative and once the President is satisfied that port charges of any character are imposed on American ships by a foreign government he must proclaim that fact, thus setting the law in force. It is said here that since German ships, in 1888, by Secretary Bayard's act, were relieved of tonnage dues in American ports our ships entering German ports have been assessed and paid port dues to the amount of about $500,000. Comments of the German Press. BERLIN, Dec. 5. The Cologne Gazette says that the North German Lloyd and the Hamburg-American steamship lines will be the chief sufferers by the withdrawal of the exemption of German vessels from the payment of tonnage dues in the United States, and adds: "President Cleveland has taken this decision in order to secure himself a brilliant send-off on his retirement. But the decision is illegal. President Cleveland's assertion that state tonnage dues are levied at German ports is incorrect. No such dues are levied. The dues imposed are for the use of special port accommodations." Continuing the Cologne Gazette says it trusts that if the proclamation is enforced the American law courts will see that the principle of right and justice is upheld, "even in the case of Germans in America," and it further expresses the hope that "in the meanwhile the German government will succeed in convincing Washington that Germany cannot accept such an infringement of her rights." The North German Gazette declares that President Cleveland's tonnage-dues contention is disputed by the German government, which had lodged a protest. Losses by Fire. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5.-Fire to-day destroyed the wholesale grocery house of B. H. Flaspoller & Sons. No. 38 Tchoupitoulas street. and the wooden and willow ware establishment of J. C. Morris, adjoining. The commission store of H. & S. Blum was damaged. Total loss, $103,000. The cause of the fire is unknown. $273 Swiss Music Box, only $165, at Wulschner's. A big bargain. $155 (used) Upright Piano, at Wulschner's.

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APPEAL TO PRESBYTERjANS. Clmrcbe Vrped to Stand Loyally by the Board' of Home Missions. NEW YORK, Dec. 5. The special committee of nine appointed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Us last conference. In May, to confer with the board of home missions on the financial affairs of the church, has finished Its labors. The committee, consists of Rev. Dr. W. P. Kane, of Chicago, chairman; Jud?e XL N. Wilson, of Philadelphia; S. M. Clement, of Buffalo; S. H. Harbison, of PlttWburp; Robert Pitcalrn. of Pittsburg; U W. Yagfo. of Chicago; Rev; Dr. John Dixon, of Newark, N. J.; Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dickey, of Philadelphia, and Daniel P. Eells, of Cleveland. The report of the committee will be presented to the General Assembly when it meets In May, 1S97. An abstract of the report Is given out for publication to-day. It is aa follw4: - ... "In accordance with the nstructlcn cf ths GsncnU Ar:cnt!y to rc to do

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From Now ' Till Christmas Here is a money-saving opportunity such as we have never offered before at any season of the year. The next three weeks shall make the clothes wearer's heart happy for the shortest cut to a man's heart is through his pocket.

Choice of over 100 desirable styles clean, long wools and good colors. Such qualities never were sold in Indianapolis for less than $20 and $25.

Same quality of Trouserings. Regular prices $5; other

tailors asked $6 and $7 grades. Corresponding reduction and 35 S. Illinois 'ACORN Rules presented to the children FREE this week whether purchasing goods or not. church at large, during the progress of the work of the committee, whatever information might be, in the Judgment of the committee, of value to the church, we desire to announce that diligent attention has been given to the matter Intrusted to us. We have held several conferences with the board and are glad to be Able to announce that we believe such results will be reached as will promote the efliriency of the board and meet the approval of the church generally. While our work Is not completed substantial progress has been made. We have made a, thorough examination of the securities of the board and the books and accounts of the treasurer's office, with the aid of a public auditor, fuid it gives us satisfaction to state that The accounts are beinff kept with accuracy and business ability and that the Income from Investments haa been realized - with unusual promptness. We feel warranted in appealing to the churclres to stand loyally by the work being conducted by the board and urge Immediate and liberal contributions to meet the emergency which Is Just now upon us. We are coniilent that the interest of the great cause which we all have at heart will be greatly promoted, not only for the present, but for the fuuire. if generous ana immediate rercr.re ts n:at! to

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i 01 : : T i ; : i i : ! i : i : i : : Holiday Gifts. Prices: inches deep, formerly inches deep, formerly inches deep, formerly $65 : : : i : $65 utihtio 11 W11L State. Washington St. 1 T ! for these of prices on Samples Mailed Promptly on Request. St, 6 Lens, black leather ....$2.00, $2.50, $3.00 Leinaire, black leather $2.75 to $6.00 Pearl and Gilt $3.00 to $7.00 Lemaire Pearl and Gilt .... $6.50, $7.50, $9.09 Opera Glasses with handles from $9.00 to $22.00, the best in the market. GoldSpectacles froin$3.50tip Fine Thermometers from 25c to $5.00 at 93 N. Pennsylvania St. LEO LAMP, Optician. A llatldlns? Anaoclatlon Defaulter. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 1-The CourierJournal to-morrow will say that a reorganization of the United Statrs Dulldinff and Ian Association, accomplished at a stockholders meeting Tueadav. developed the fact that Will Settle, one of the bookkeepers, was a defaulter to the rxtrr.t o J12.eu0. part of which has been made r?ol py bondrmen and friends on a compromise. i .-jziy is ria in nvo leivn Fecurci f.z'rz c! r. fr "5 ,"--. r it bS r- . - " - "

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