Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1897 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1897.

SUICIDE OF A CASHIER

D.VMvKIl IIKMIV III "STKD, OF LinKItTV, 'Ol.I lIAtiILi IX A n.n.. Tuo of HI Urothrr Hare Taken Tbefr CTn I.I vf-Fed r ration of Salmr Scored nt lllvrood. Sr-c"iI to the Jn.lUnapcU Junal. LIBKIITY. Ind.. Jan. 2.-This community was plunged Into excitement and deep grief at 1') a. m. by the announcement that Henry Hunted, cashier of the Union County National Hank, had committed suicide by hanging himself In the loft of his barn, lie -was dead when discovered by on? of his pons. Neighbor rushed in and cut the rope. He had tied the rope to a beam and then dropped off. dying of s translation. The body was yet warm when found. Ho had left his residence at 7 o'clock, his family supposing he had pone to the bank. He ha not been a well man for several months,' pufferin.tr from catarrhal trouble. Several' times lately he evinced groat despondency. So far as known there is nothing wrens? with his financial affairs, and the bank with which he wjw so long connected 1h one of the strongest In eastern Indiana. He is the third of five brothers to commit suicide. The deceased had lived here nearly all his life and was sixty-seven years o!d. In his early life he was in the merchant tailoring business. He had served as postmaster under Franklin Pierce, was cuunty recorder before the war. in which he served honorably. Soon afttr the war he was elected treasurer of Union county, rerving four years. Upon the organization of tho Union County Rank in 1V7:' Mr. Husted became cashier, and has held that position ever since. He was popular with all the people, beloved by his family and immediate associates, and his death is a shook to all. He was twice married and leaves one daughter by his first wife, Mrs. .A. K. Johnson, and three sons by his surviving wife. He was a. prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and will be buried by that order. IMII.WA OniTlARV. 21 r. J. A. Ha kin. Sixteen Yearn a Mlsnlonnry In Slum. fe'le'ia! tt the Inli.inapolis Jouru&l. ANDKRSON, Ind.. Jan. 2. Mrs. Kakln, wife of Rev. J. A. Kakin. died in this city to-day at the home of her aunt, Mrs. George ' Lilly. Mrs. Kakin was one of the 'jest-known missionaries in this country, having spent sixteen years in the foreign fields under the direction of the PresbyterIan Church, and returned from Siam but three months ago. Mrs. Kakln took sick shortly after returning1 to America and fell a victim to grip. The remains were taken to Cincinnati tc-niht and will bo Interred In Spring (Jrove Cemetery. A Fatal C'lirlitninn Gift. Frtol to the InrfLvviroIis Journal. JEFFERSON VILLK. Ind., Jan. 2.-Ray Friend, the- eliren-ycar-old son of Charles Friend, shot himself through the eye with a -caliber revolver to-day. death resulting Instantly. The weapon had been given him by his father for a Christmas gift, and he was examining It, when it was accidentally discharged. 31 r. Mary AV. Durum. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind.. Jan. 2,-Mrs. Mary W. Dugan. aired seventy-three, a pio- . neer of this city, died this morning. Illinois Statesmen fathering. SPRINGFIELD. III.. Jan. --Patriots and statesmen and candidates and place hunters are dropping into this town like ripe plums from a tree after a frost. Of course everybody is discussing the situation as to who will succeed (Jen. John M. Palmer in the United States Senate. And as an important factor In the light, the question ns to who will be the rext speaker of the House of Representatives. The legislature will convene Tuesday. Jan. .". Then comes the organization of the House and tnen the balloting for United States senator. S..iTtatoriHl candidates Madden and Masoa have arrived and open! their headquarters here and the others ire expected to-morrow. With every en of these candidates will come birg delegations and by tomorrow night the town will be in a turmoil of political excitement. The tijrhts for loth the senatorshlp and speakership promise to l more than usually lively, owing to the fact that there are a great number of candidates, and that each one seems confident of victory. fri'lclnln;; the Federation. Fpeci.il to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOIX Ind., Jan. "-The McKinley Lodge. A. A. of I. S. and T. W.. of this city, has passed the following resolutions relative to the silver resolutions passed at the meeting of the American federation of Labor at Cincinnati recently: "Whereas. The American Federation of Iabor. at its annual convention, passed an amendment to the former resolution relating to the silver qu-stion. and which we regard as a political measure, pure and simple, and should not be permitted in any labr meeting, local or national: and. "Whereas. We believe deviating from the true and fundamental principles for which tlXrh organizations were established will be dt-lriiuerual and Injurious to the advancement vof organised labor: therefore. : "Resolved. That this lodge disapproves and condemns such action. Ieli"ving as we do that any indorsement of a political nature in labor organizations wm destroy the Intent and purpose of the same." A Rig erv Year' Rail. Special t- the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind.. Jan. 2. The Anderson Social Club celebrated the new year with a grand Kail in the cluh parlors last night. The attendance was the largest ever had. In the opening march a hundred couples took pari. :d by Mr. are! Mrs. C. W. Ifooven. who have recently returned to .Anderson from their wedding trip. Refreshments were serve,! in the billiard parlors. Arn-ing the guests from a distance were. Misses Bertha Depler and C.raee Fatrick, ot Chicago: Miss Fannie Turner, of Muncie. and Messrs. Charits Jennings of New Castle: W. C. Dunn, of I,og;m-port J. H. Kramer, of Ehvood: W. H. Thompson, of Muncie; pierce Hroadhaek. of Indianapolis: J. H. Norrr.acher. of Hartford City, and J. W. Severkrup, of Columbus. Had n Kit of Ilurcltr'n Tools. FperUd t the IndUnar"Ii Journal. WINCHESTER. Ind.. Jan. --Detective J. M. Fletcher, cf this city, arrested two Mispicious characters here to-day and obtained n complete outfit of burglars" tools, two revolvers, three razors, two silver and one plated watch and one 1 idv's necklace One of the m n is about five feet seven Inches tall, twenty-eight years old. dark hair and sandy mustache. The other is about twenty-four ye;in oM. has a smooth-face, is about live feet six inches tall ni, wore a light suit of clothes. He gave Ins name as Frank Jones, of Mo 4c3 j:;st Main str.-et. Kat St. Louis. The other refused to give any name. M ancle Ilo n Turn High vra men. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIH, .Ind.. Jan. 2. To-night a farmer -who gnve the name of Dodson. started for his' home south of M uncle, but before he was outside the city limits was held up fend niMx-d by three masked boys in knee pant-. The young highwaymen had revolvers and sunounded the farmer in the road Whil relieving him of Jio they chu'kled over their exploit which they declared wa their first. They told Dodson they had read Nick Carter's instructions to highwaymen and knew whore to shoot. I'nylnc Crrdlt IVrtinrntm. Special r the IndlanupMls Journal. HARTFORD CITV, Ind.. Jan. 2. -The first payment on the credit certificates issued by the Window Workers' Union of America to the merchants of this city was math; yesterday. The amount paid was per cent, on all orders presented to the merchants before Nov. 4. The merchants are delighted over the partial settlement and those who refaseu to accent the credit certirlc-ites now wish they held some. TUnfTtora Shor Company l'nlls. Epeclil to the Indianapolis Journal. BLU.PFTOX, Ind.. Jan. 2. The Rluffton Foot and Shoe Company organized live year -igo with a capita, stock of r-'G.OOO, closed it" doors to-day. The stock and entire plant will be sold. Wedded a. clioot-Tencher. fcpeciid to the In llanjp'lis Journal. NEW CASTLE. Ind.. Jan. 2.-The marrUgo of Mtsa Cora Eowera, of this city.

and Prof. Alfred O. McGregor, principal of the Wellshoro (Ind.) schools, took place to-day. A small company of friends Witnessed the Vercmonj. by Dr. M. Makin. of this citv. Mr. and Mrs. Mclregor left on the 10-o'clock train for Wellsboro, where they will reside. Waller Wnicener Killed liy the Cnrs. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CICERO. Ind.. Jan. 2. Walter Wagener. an emploe of the Modes Glass Company, fell under a moving train at this place last night and was Instantly killed. The remains were shipped to his parents at Streator. 111. The deceased was an energetic and well-liked young man. The accident occurred In attempting to board a moving freight train. Inxnnr from n Twenty-Cent Shortage. Special to the fr.Ilampclis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE. Ind.. Jan. 2. Marion Jaynes, ex-treasurer of Port Fulton, was to-day declare! insr.no. When Mr. Jaynes retired from office he was found to be 20 cents shcrt. He could not trace the lost money nnd this little Item so preyed cn the mind of Mr. Jaynes that he became insane. Mrn. Nnncy Hamilton Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. OREENCASTLE. Ind., Jan. 2. Mrs. Nancy Hamilton died yesterday at her home in Portland Mills. Her ase was ninety-nine. She was the oldest citizen cf vMs section. A Hope (Jrocer Falls. Fpeci.d to the Indian lpoMs Journal. COLUMIiUS. In!.. Ian. 2. William D. Howard, a grocer and general retail dealer at Hope, made an issignment to-day. His assets and liabilities are about HG-.O.

Indiana Xotes. Charles Phillips, a workman in the American wire nail mills, at Anderson, was seriously burned Friday night. The Hotel Grifilth. of Anderson, one of the o!dest in the State, changed owners yesterday. C. V. Griffith, son of the original owner, becomes sole owner and will manage the property hereafter, C. F. Wclshens retiring. John Eastman, an escaped prisoner of the Madi.-on county jail, has been captured in Wisconsin and will be brought back, after two years at liberty. Eastman was .awaiting the action of th grand jury in Anderson, on a charge of criminal assault. DEEP CUT IN WAGES. Salaries of Illinois Stec! Company Employes Reduced. CHICAGO, Jan. 2. The Illinois Steel Company cut wages to-day. From the highest salaried employes who do the executive work down to the rawest recruit in the mills with the exception of the workmen with whom the company has contracts there was no exceptions, except where a man or two was discharged. The men were told that the amount of reduction had not yet been agreed upon, but the cut. which might be anywhere from 10 to 50 per cent., would go into effect on Feb. 1. The workmen were told that there were no favorites, every one would suffer, from president to water boy. It was also talk among the men to-night that the members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers would suffer with the rest of the men. but this is thought hardly probable, as the association has a contract with the company. The life of this agreement ends with the spring. The employes at tho Dayview mills, in Milwaukee, received similar notice to-day. The reduction there, it is said, will not touch the Amalgamated Association men. As n sample of the cut it was stated last night that some of the executive men of the concern who have been drawing I10.ee:) a year will have to get along with V,or). The cause cf this reduction is said to be a general fall in prices, alleged to have ben occasioned by a breach of contract on the part of a certain company in underselling the other manufacturers of the country, all of whom had agreed to certain regulated prices of different products. HIS LAST PRIZE FIGHT. Jimmy DnfTy Dylupr as n Result of a ilout with George Justice. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Jimmy Duffy, of Iicston. a featherweight pugilist, who boxed ten rounds with George Justice, of this city, at Tom O'Rourke's Rroadway Athletic Club to-night, is dying at St. Vincent's Hospital. Roth worked hard and fast during the entire ten rounds, and after they had retired to their coiners, neither seemed to have suffered any Injury. The referee decided in favor of Justice, and as soon as his decision was announced Duffy collapsed. He was carried to bis dressing rocm in a helpless condition, and physicians worked for lully half an hour, but their efforts were futile, as he did not regain consciousness. The physicians said Duffy is in a very serious condition. As near as they, could judge, he is suffering from hemorrhage of the brain, but stated that this might have been brought aIout by undue exertion, and probably was not caused by any blow received during the contest. Afa late hour to-night the hospital surgeons pronounced Duffy's condition to be. almost hopeless. Manager O Rourke, Referee Dick Roche and George Justice, who was Duffy's opponent, were placed under arrest. HE LACKED THE NERVE. Watched HI Sweetheart Hie, and Called to Kerp Ills Agreement. CHICAGO. Jan. 2. Recause their parents thought them too young to marry Nellie Uren. nineteen years of age, and Obb'e Heath, one year younger, decided to commit suicide. The girl killed herself by drinking carbolic acid, but the nerve of the youth failed him at the last moment, and he stood by and watched his sweetheart die. The young couple visited one of the down-town theaters last evening and after the performance they walked the streets discussing their troubles. Late in the night they decided that the time to. die nad come, and entered the coal shed of Adolph Christensen. which is fully twelve miles from the theater where they had been earlier in the night. Here they passed the bottle of acid back and forth several times, neither having the courage to drink. Finally the girl dratik half of it, and as soon as she lelt the effects of the acid she begged young Heath not to drink it. and he btgan making efforts for her relief. Sne dud within a few hours, however. Heath said he intended to drink but the sight of the girl's agony was too much" for him. FILIBUSTER WRECKED. (Concluded from First Paice.) Cuba, under existing circumstances and the more conservative friends of the Cuban cause. The latter take the position that the present time is not opportune for consideration of the subject, largely because th? question cf executive prerogative has been raised, which, it Is claimed, would result in oriving from the support of the resolution many senators who are usually iii -nelly to the c-use of the insurgents. They also find that It is doubtful whether a da: ecuid be secured for consideration in the ilouie if it should pass the Senate. They hold that defeat of the resolution in the Senate or its failure to pass both houses, after it is once taken up for consideration, would be misunderstood, and place this country in a fal.se light both in Spain and Cuba. Hence they will go into the committee meeting, if they succeed in having the subject postponed In the Senate until the meeting is held, with a purpose to urge still further delay. They will advocate postponement until the way s-cetna clearer than at present for successful effort. The Fourth Itoller Cnplured. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. i-Kusene Ridgeway. the fourth of the quartet who held up and attempted to rob an electric car between Kansas City and Independence, on the nisht of Nov. 27 last, has been arrested at his home at Centropolis and lodged in Jail here. Oscar Fridge, the leader of the four, was arrested cn the ni:;ht of the robbery, after a severe tussSe with the motcrman. and Ernest Ridgeway and James Rlpine were arrested two days later at L avenworth. Eugene Ridgeway escaped to Oklahoma, but returned home Wednesday last. When arrested he said he had come home to give himself up. Ridgeway's parents are respectable, and he has never been arrested before to-day. He is twenty-one years old. Illinois State OOlclal Dying;. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Jan. 2.-A private dispatch received in this c'.ty this evening states that David Gore, auditor of public accounts. Is dying of heart failure at his home in Carllnville. He has been ill but a few days. This la the third attack.

OVATIONS TO M'KINLEY

THi: rilKSIDrcXT-ELKCT CHEERED OX HIS WAY TO CLKVELAM), Where He Has Gone to Seek Rest at "Wladfrnifre," thr Suburban Home of Mark Hanna. CLEVELAND, Jan. . 2. President-elect McKinley's trip to Cleveland this morning was a succession of ovations from hundreds of people gathered at every station. The party left Canton In a private car furnished by President J. W. Ward well, of the Cleveland, Canton & Southern road. Supt. H. A. Kennedy accompanied the party. Others with Major and Mrs. McKinley were: Mrs. Sarah Duncan, of Cleveland. Mrs. McKinley's sister; Miss Duncan. Perry S. Heath, II. D. Kuhn, of Cleveland, and Secretary Cooper. At Bedford and Newburg and other stations crowds of workingmen cheered the President-elect lustily. He returned the salutation by raising his hat and bowing from the car window. At Cleveland station, Manager J. W. Wardwell and Major Dick met the party. A thousand people gathered about the train yards and cheered at 12:2, as the major escorted Mrs. McKinley from the station. When Major and Mrs. McKinley stepped off the train they were greeted by Maj. Charles F. Dick, of Mr. llanna's office, who escorted them to a carriage. They were at once driven to the Perry-Payne building,' where Mr. Hanna's office is. When they arrived the chairman of the national committee was busy with several callers, among them Congressman-elect Hawley, of Texas, and General Osborne, Major McKinley's cousin. The President-elect had not been expected by them so soon, and the entire party hurried to the carriage to greet Mr. and Mrs. McKinley. Mr. Hanna had previously invited his callers to lunch with him at the Union Club, and, the greetings at the carriage over. Mr. and Mrs. McKinley and Major Dick drove to Windermere, the residence of Mr. Hanna, in Lakewood, while Mr. Hanna went to the clubhouse with his other guests. After luncheon Mr. Hanna and General Osborne drove to Windermere. In the afternoon the President-elect spent a considerable amount of time in dictating to his stenographer and was thus engaged when a reporter called on him. While courteous to all newspaper men, Mr. McKinley has, since his election, refrained from talking for publication. Asked what his immediate plans were, he merely said: "I came up here to rest as much as possible. It is a good place for that." The evening was very quietly spent by Mr. and Mrs. McKinley. They received no callers and' retired early. Much remains to bo done by the President-elect between now and March 4. and his coming to Cleveland is due probably to the fact that he has constantly been interrupted by callers at Canton. The location of Windermere, several miles west of the city, on the shore of the lake, and the barriers which Mr. and Mrs. Hanna are able to throw around him will give him practically all the privacy he desires for work and consultation. It is expected that many men eminent in national affairs will be at Windermere during the next week. The Pennsylvania FIrIH. HARRISBURG, Pa,, -Jan. 2. A great many members of the Legislature arrived here to-day and to-night. The headquarters of both Wanamaker and Penrose, the two candidates for United States senator, havo been crowded all evening with legislators. The street in front of tho Wanamaker hotel is spanned by a massive arch, ablaze with electric lights. The words "Pennsylvania's choice for United States Senator, Hon. John Wanamaker." occupy all the available space on the arch. The entire front of the Penrose hotel is utilized for a mammoth electric sign which declares: "Philadelphia's choice for United States Senator, Hon. Roies Penrose." Roth sides are claiming victory, and Senator Quay sticks to his declaration that Penrose has 150 votes. 22 more than the number necessary to elect. Mr. Quay said to-night that the senatorial caucus will be held next Tuesday night. Vest Xot to Have a Wnlk-Over. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Jan. 2. W. C. Aldridgo, Populist representative from Maniteau county, arrived here to-day among many others to attend the opening of the Legislature, and forthwith raised the standard of opposition to George Graham Vest's senatorial aspirations. The announcement that Senator Vest has engaged the best rooms in the Madison House and will be here Monday noon has created much comment, for su?h a move by a senatorial aspirant has not been known in Missouri for years. That Mr. Vest expects to have a light for re-election is the only explanation of this move and naturally all eyes are turned to outgoing Governor Stone as the man he fears. Hon. Richard P. RIand is talked of occasionally, but in no serious manner. A vote for senator will not be taken before Jan. 19. South Dakota Senatorial Flglit. HURON. S. IX. Jan. 2. The Populist conference here to-day failed to take any definite action relative to naming a United States senator. Efforts to harmonize the various factions failed, and each candidate was allowed to take hi? chances. They come in this order: Kyle. Plowman. Loucks and Goodykoontz. The free-silver forces and Democrats decline to go into any caucus, and this further complicates the situation. The Populists cannot elect without help from the Democrats anil fr.e-s'ler;t. s. Congressman Pickler's friends assert that he will be the nominee of the Republican caucus, and if the Democrats persist in holding the position they have taken his chances as successor to Senator Kyle will be greatly enhanced. IH HIED GLACIERS. Inrp:e Fields of lee Ituried Under Luxuriant Vegetation. W. E. Median, in New York Independent. Eight or ten miles to the north, on the same side of Robinson's bay. North Greenland, is a plateau about a mile long, a quarter wide and with a precipitous face to the sea of fifteen or twenty feet, and which stands back from the water's edge not more than thirty or forty feet. To the west rise the lichen-covered cliffs to a height of from three thousand to ttve thousand fet. capped with towers and pinnacles of brown basalt. To the north is the terrible and frozen expanse of the Verhoeff glacier, producing every few hours, with groans and cannon-like explosions, great icebergs. The plateau, both top and sides, is a mass of flourishing vegetation, chiefly grass, which, when one walks through it, reaches above the knees. From among this verdure buttercups, poppies, cinquefoil and dandelions thrust their golden heads in wild profusion. Yet, beneath this rich vegetable life, as glorious in its luxuriance as in the meadows of temperate regions, without other sustenance than that derived from decayed moss and grass, is a portion of a dead glacier, a body of ice which is the cold formation of that plateau, conquered and buried in the first instance by the indomitable traveling power of weak-looking clump moss. This sounds like a traveler's tale, but the explanation of the phenomenon is very simple, and similar examples are found in many places along the tiords of this north land. In the case of the plateau many centuries ago, judging by the thickness of the growth of vegetation, the glacier at the head of the bay, now known as the Verhoeff glacier, extended out to the sea, covering all the space from cliff to cliff, except a narrow gorge on each side of the moving, gigantic frozen river. In these gorges clump moss struggles bravely for existence, but while the glacier moved forward, crushing and burying everything in its path, this form of vegetable life could do little more than hold its own. In the course of time, from some unknown cause, the glacier began suddenly to recede to the point where it now discharges, that part of it which was in the water Iloating away in the shape of icebergs, and those which were on the shores remaining stationary, to be slowly melted by the summer run. This was the opportunity for the mosses. Caring nothing for the cold, they crept slowly, inch by inch, over the mass of ice. perhaps then fifty or more feet thick, and made their way, first in thin, netlike layers, and then, as time passed on and strength was gathered. In thick masses, till they reached the edge, which frontod the bay. Here, as the sun each summer slowly melted the face of the ice wall away, they matted themselves firmly and dropped over lower and iower. until they reached the rocky shore, and tho huge block of ice was completely hidden. Year after year the mosses grew and flourished, the young plants trampling the older underfoot until the latter, rotting, turned Into a rich mold, burying the conquered fragments of the ice king deeper aad deeper. Then grass seed found their

way Into the moss, blown thither by the winds or carried there on the feet of birds. They germinated and Increased, and by their greater vigor In turn almost blotted out the moss. To give finish to the charming picture thus created, blooming plants took up their abode and flourished, until every summer the plateau is a garden of green, gold and white. How long thi3 condition of things will last, of course it i3 impossible to say. At any time nature, who now holds the Verhoeff glacier in check, may unloose her hand, and then the frozen river will likely pour down and out into the bay once more, crushing beneath It in its flow the vegetation which now holds its head in triumph, CONVICTED OF MURDER.

Thomas Drnm Found Guilty of Killing Cnptnln nfth. ROSTON, Jan. 2. Thomas Bram was today found guilty of the murder of Capt. Nash, of the bark Herbert Fuller. The bark sailed from Boston July S. 1S0C, for Posario, Argentine Republic. The captain, Chas. J. Nash, had taken his wife along. The flrt mate was Thomas Bram, it mulatto. On board as a passenger was Lester Monks, son of F. If. Monks, general manager of the West-end Street Railway, Boston. Young Monks, who had been at Harvard, was on a sea trip for his health. On July 21 tie Herbert Fuller entered Halifax harbor in "a state of mutiny, carrying the bodies of the captain, his wife and second mate, August Blandbury, who had been murdered at sea on the 13th. The first mate, Bram, and Brown, who had been at the wheel when the murders were committed, were in irons and Monks, the passenger, and Charles Spencer, the colored steward, were in charge of the ship. Monks, whose cabin had been next to that of the captain's wife, had been awakened during the night by the scream, and had hurried to Mrs. Nash's cabin. There he found her weltering in blood, and in the next cabin the captain, with his brains beaten out, while the second mate lay . in his room, hacked to pieces. There were signs of a desperate struggle in Mrs. Nash's room, and ail three cabins were bloody. The man at the wheel. Brown, claimed that he had not left his post. Bram. when Monks started up the companionway after discovering the murders, aimed a billet of wood at him, and would have brained him but for a pistol held at his head. The alarm was raised and the crew closely questioned. No one could throw any light on the matter. But at daybreak of the 15th the steward declared to Monks that he believed Bram and Brown, who were seen in close consultation, knew of the crime, and they were put in irons after a tierce struggle. Spencer, the steward, swore that he had seen Bram washing some clothes shortly after the murder, and also that he had seen In his possesson a 2o-cent piece which he knew had belonged to Mrs. Nash. Suspicion points to Bram, especially as he had more money when searched at Halifax than when he starter from Boston, and he was finally indicted when the crew were taken in charge bv the United States officers and carried to Boston. At the trial Monks was the principal witness against Bram. HIS ASHES SCATTERED. The Cremated Remains of Carl Rosen Fed to the Winds. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2. Obedient to his aged father's dying request, Ernest Rosen stood over tho center arch of the Eads bridge at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, opened a vase and scattered its contents broadcast on the muddy, turbulent waters of the Mississippi river. Carl Rosen, an aged piano maker, who had long ago retired, died on Dec. 13 at tho residence of his son in this city. When tho old man realized that his end was near he solemnly abjured his son Ernest to have bis body cremated and then scatter his ashes over tho bosom of the Father of Waters. STEAMERS IN COLLISION. The Hindoo nnd Creole Come ToKethcr in 'ev York Harbor. NEW YORK. Jan. 2. The Wilson line steamer Hindoo, which left her dock at Brooklyn this afternoon for Hull, was In collision with tho Cromwell line steamer Creole, also bound out at the entrance to the main ship channel. The Hindoo's stern struck tho Creole almost amidshfp on the port side, and the Hindoo's anchor caught in the rails and davits of the Creole, carrying them away. The Hindoo is leaking. but only in the forepeak. The Creole went to anchor in the lower bay after the collision and the Hindoo returned to quarantine. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. Jan 2. Arrived: St. Louis, from Southampton. Sailed: Massachusetts, for London; Prussia, for Hamburg. Campania, for Liverpool; La Brctagne. for Havre: Patria. for Marseilles: Veendam, for Rotterdam: Ethiopia, for Glasgow. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2. Sailed: RhynIand, for Liverpool.' HAVRE. Jan. 2. Sailed: La Champagne, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 2.-Sailcd: Paris, for New York. ROSTON, Jan. 2. Sailed: Pavonia, for Liverpool. CHAN It V LO CO M OT I V HS. Way to Stop Their Tantrums In to iilve Them a Itest. Denver Field and Farm. "Half the Western locomotive engineers have had a heap of experiences with tired and spunky engines. Now, you may laugh at that, but it's a fact. I have never had an engine yet that did not get tired and have to go and rest In the roundhouse for a day or two, when it would start off just like a rested coyote." says H. G. Tinsley. an old engineer. "I used to have an engine on the Iron Mountain Railroad that would get tired Just like a child once In a few months, and do what we might, coax and tease it as best we could, it would not make time. Give, it a layoff in the roundhouse for two or three days, and gosh! how it would take the bit in its teeth and just go. Once when my engine was getting a tired spell and I had been losing time for a week 1 was called up to the superintendent's office. In Little Rock, Ark. " 'How does It come that you are doing so poorly with the locomotive." said he; 'it's the best we have down this way, ani a line one, too.' 'It's tired. .-.uld I, 'and needs a rest.' Well, you ought to have seen how that man haw-hawed at me. He thought it one of my jokes. I offe.-e 1 to bet a suit of clothes that no one could get better time out of her than J. an1 he took the bet. He put old Roger Adams, a great engineer, by the way. on in :tiy nlace one day, and the engine came in half an hour late with the express train that night. Then I begged him to give the machine a simple res,t for three days. The superintendent rode in the cab out of Little Rok with mo after the rest, and I shall never forget how surprised he looked when he saw how the engine slid over the rails that morning. 1 never would have believed it, sa'd he. "I noticed that he gave lots of other engines rests alter that. Barbers tell me that their razors get tired the same way sometimes, and that a rest of a few weeks makes them as good as new. As u rule, the locomotive engineers out here in the far Western States and Territories think a good sight more of their engines than the Eastern engineers do of theirs. I have known some engineers out here who have as much affection for their engines as a man has for his dog. and will coddle and work over the machinery as much as with a living being. Many a Western engineer will stick to an old rickety locomotive after It has become so worn and old as to be dangerous, because he can't bear to give up his old machine. 44I suppose the monotony of the dead level, brown and barren plains and the hundreds of miles the Western railroad men travel without seeing a village or even a huddle of houses, makes them more attached to their engines. Old Hank Turley. who ran on the Central Pacific from Ogden to Reno for twenty-five years, would never steep anywhere else except in his engine cab when he was out on the road, because, he said, he knew from hundreds of experiments that his own engine wanted constant company, day or night, in order to get the best speed out of her. He told me that he had left his engine alone several times in the roundhouse at night, just to prove to himself that he was not mistaken in his belief, and that he Invariably made poor time and had much trouble about the machinery for several days thereafter." Obituary. BOSTON. Jan. 2. Charles Fox Guild, pay inspector or the united States navy, retired, is dead, aged fifty-five vears. He was the son of Charles M. Guild, paymaster in the navy during the war. In 1SC3 he was ordered to the Portsmouth navy yard, where he remained until 1ST1. when he was sent to Hong-Kong. China, as the representative of the Naval Department. PARIS. Jan. 2. Father Joseph, head of tho Christian Brothers, la dead.

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XASIIVILLE, TESX, SUFFERS BY FIRC IJAItLY THIS 3IORNISG. Several Building" on the rnhllc Square and Their Contents In Rnins Franklin, Tenn., Also Suffer. NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Jan. 3. 1 a. m. A destructive fire, which started in Le beck's j i - -. thlo ii'or'lnp' la not VP t IIP-Ury-gOOUS MUiV una hi'bi der control. The block on the south side of the public square in which the fire originated has been gutted. Ten buildings have been entirely or partially destroyed. Occupants of them are retail merchants and arc: Lebeck Bros., dry goods; Abernathy, Landsberger & Co., clothing; Grimes, Daily & Robertson, dry goods. These are total losses. Six other buildings and contents are damaged and still in danger. Back of Lebeck's buildings. Burns & Co.. leather dealers, lose building and contents. On the public square the south end of the city markethousc containing city offices, caught from sparks and was consumed. The fire is now in the rear of important banking and business houses on College street, and it now seems impossible to check its progress before several of these buildings, if not all. are burned. A rough estimate of losses so far suffered is placed at $100,000. Tho entire block bounded by the square. College and Union and Market streets, in the center of the dry-goods and banking district, is where the tire is raging. 2 a. m. The fire was got under control at 1:30 a. m., after burning more than two hours. Three buildings fronting on the public square and their contents are total losses. Lebeck Bros', store, in which tho fire originated, was one of the handsomest and most commanding buildings in the city. Fronting the public square four other buildings are partially burned and their contents are damaged by hre and water. The city's building at the south end of the mancet house, containing controller and treasurer's offices and other public offices, was also almost destroyed. On Market street, south of Lebeck's building, five buildings were consumed. The principal ono was a handsome four-story structure, belonging to Burns Bros., oviuurs of the Lebeck building. An estimate of insurance cannot be obtained at this hour. The insurance on Lebeck's stock is $75,000, with $30,OU0 on the building. The rear of several banking houses and of the jewelry establishment of the Steif Company were also badly damaged. Estimates of losses are between $400,000 and $300,000. No serious injuries to firemen or citizens are reported. On Market street the buildings were cut up into small stores, and the number of occupants Is large. The rear of the large building of Marshall & Bruce, blankbook makers and stationers, was damaged by lire and water. At one time it seemed almost impossible to check the progress of the fire, especially as part of the force was detached to fight the flames in the south end of the market house. Immense damage was done by water in saving threatened buildings. Without a Fire Department. NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Jan. 3, 2 o'clock a. m. A telephone message from Franklin, Tenn., just received, says the north side of tho public square is on lire and heavy losses are certain. A request for help from Nashville, there being no fire department in Franklin, was about to be made, but abandoned because of the fire in this city. Eight establishments have already burned in Franklin and the fire is spreading. 2:o0 a. m. Word has been received from Franklin that the Hre is under control, but no estimate of losses is given. II AX SO M OF IXCA. Fnlinlons Wealth Securely Hidden in the Peruvian Mountains. Tall Mall Gazette. Adventurers who seek mere gold without reference to art should turn to 1'eru. To begin with, the remainder of the lncas ransom is buried somewhere in tho mountains between Caxamarca and Cuxco. We may confidently assume that It has not been discovered, for if put into circulation at home the money market would have been convulsed, whereas the finders would have no reason for keeping the secret had they got safely away to Europe. As for the evidence of deposit, there is Pizarro's official report that his comrades would not wait until the celebrated room was full. They were too impatient to murder .their captive, though they knew that the buillion levied upon the temple at Cuzco was on its way, transported by 100.000 llamas each carrying 100 pounds of purest gold. The figure is not incredible, seeing how much remalne when the conquistadores sacked Cuzco. News of the murder reached that precious caravan in the mountains; forthwith the priests buried their gold and returned. Ev eryone concerned with the expedition who could be identified was tortured to death, but none would speak. Such is the contemporary account. But we observe that Sir Clements Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society, obtained some information during his memorable expedition to Peru. He states, as if it were well known in the neighborhood, that the caravan left the highway at a spot now called Azanjaro a name which people derive from the Indian "Asuan caran." meaning "more distant." "Away from the road!" cried the priests. "Further away!" One always feels the strongest reluctance to accept derivations of a place name from a spoken word. But it is not impossible nor Improbable that In the course of centuries some hint of a secret which must be known to many Indians should have leaked out. This clew does not carry one far, however, among the peaks and caverns of the Andes, even If it be trustworthy. STAIRWAYS 31 AY BE ABOLISHED. The Inclined Plane 3Iny Yet lie Introduced Into Our Homes. Iowa State Register. Tho buildings of the future may have neither elevators nor stairways, as those devices are understood now. The, latest invention is an inclined elevator. It is practically a moving incline plane, running on sprocket wheels at the top and the bottom, with a hand rail moving at the same rato of speeel. The person who wants to go from a higher to a lower lloor or contrariwise simply steps on the incline plane and is carried upward or downward without jarring or uncomfortable sensations of any kind. They are so constructed that It is not necessary to step off. The passenger is literally "delivered" without any effort on his part and without any danger of accidents. It is an application of the movable sidewalk which has been much discussed since the world's fair. It is believed with this device upper stories will be made as accessible and as agreeable as the lower storie-s. The incline elevators are completely under the control and are started or stopped at the pressing of a button. In buildings in which the stream of people is continuous the incline plane can be kept continually moving. In others they can be run only when needed. The device of merely pressing a button does away with the necessity for elevator men and boys. They r.re also believed to be less dangerous than the ordinary elevator boxes which slide up and down grooves. Whether the Inclined Diane could be used for twentystory buildings or even ten-story buildings is another question. It would necessitate a great many changes and would consume too much time. T.he inclined plane is a good device to connect first and second stories or to facilitate entrance to the elevated railways in the cities. American Counsel for Ivory. NEW YORK. Jan. 2.-John F. Mclntyre having resigned the office of assistant district attorney, sailed for England to-day in the Interest of Edward J. Ivory, of this city, who is under arrest in London on the charge of planning dynamite explosions during the recent visit of the Czar of Russia to England. Mr. Mclntyre takes six witnesses with him to testify to Ivory's reputation as a law-abalding citizen. Mr. Mclntyre will act in an advisory capacity to the counsel engaged for Ivory's defense, among whom are Messrs. Carson, Lewis and Russell, the latter a son of Baron Russell, of KUIowen, lord chief justice of England. Knighthood Refused hy Lnnrler. OTTAWA. Ont.. Jan. 2. Wilfred Laurler. prime minister of Canada, was asked If he would accept knighthood were it offered to him and declined the honor. Alexander Mackenzie, when prime minister of Canada, nlso refused knighthood as did Edward Blake. Gen. SIckclK Serionsly 111. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. The condition of General Daniel E. Sicxels. who has been ill with a severe attack of neurasthenia for several days, at his home, was not im proved to-nighu

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AULT & ARCHIBALD, 38 EVOLUTION OF THE STOVE IIKATIXG AM) COOK1XG DEVICES IX USE PREVIOUS TO ITS ADVE.XT. Improvement h of Franklin. Rnniford and Xott Lending Up to the Constructions of the Present. New York Evening Post. In a recent news item the finding of the historic Reecher stove at Litchfield, Conn., is briefly described. This is the first and only article relating to stoves, apart from articles In strictly technical journals, that tho writer has ever seen. The reader will search in vain through current literature as contained in magazines for any article devoted to or in any manner illustrating the invention and progress of stove-making. Search will be equally barren of results If made in museums for an early stove, or for a stove with which is connected a talo of historic interest. This Is an era of collectors and collecting. An example of nearly-every object, either in art or manufacture, useful or ornamental, of general utility or use In the house hold, may be found stored away as part of somo enthusiastic collector's hoard of curios, but the collector of stoves Is unknown. No article ministers more effectually to either the active or passive comfort of the family, yet tho store occupies an anomalous place in the household. Memories of the past may in a measure invest with sentimental value the humblest article of household furniture, but who ever read in prose, much less in poetry, a description of grandfather's stove, or who was ever heard to lament the rcmovel of an old stovo from its accustomed place? Uefore the advent of the first stove, pothcoks, cranes, and hangers, as they were called, were found in' the kitchen of the prince and peasant. Meat was roasted on a spit or in a pot covered with hot ashes. Baking was done in a pan over the embers, or standing at an angle in the corner of the fireplace. Stewing or boiling was done in pots suspended from a crane which, being secured to the side of the fireplace, as a farm gate is hung, swung cither in, over the lire, or out and away from tho fire, as occasion demanded. How a dinner of many courses, with such crude appliances, could be brought along to- j gcther without the burning of the viands earliest done and the undercooking of the last to bo served, would somewhat puzzle a modern cook. There were but two methods of heating. All of the larger rooms in a house were furnished with fireplaces. For heating smaller rooms, or a guest's chamber, recourse was had to either a pan of hot ashes or a brazier, which was an article made of sheet iron or earthenware, very much resembling a tinman's firepot. A fire was built in the brazier with charwood. Aftfr the gas had thoroughly burned off, it was ready for a very limited use. HIE RESOURCEFUL FRANKLIN. Benjamin Franklin was a man of great resources. He was a statesman of rare ability, a diplomate of remarkable subtlety. He was also interested in all the everyday affairs of life. His active mind led him to write learned essays upon electricity, and and also upon breadmaking; the founder of a fund to encourage the newly married, he also offered a prize for the best method of ventilating a room. It Is not strange, therefore, that he interested himself in bettering: the crude methods of heating and even more barbarous use of fire for cooking. Franklin invented a grate which in some form Is used even down to the present time. It was a very simple affair. The writer had the pleasure of examining a well-preserved original a few years ago. The grate proper, which gave name to the contrivance, was of the same general form as the modern fireplace grate. It was supported on either side by two pieces of iron standing upright. Underneath was a metal hearth, which projected well out into the room, and was intended to catch the ashes or a stray coal that might fall. A bar at the top connected and held together the two uprights, as the hearth connected them at the bottom, thus giving firmness to tho structure. From the erosspiece at the top a curved piece of iron depended in the rear, which gave direction to the draft and also served as a reflector to the heat. This device was masoned up in the fireplace, leaving an opening in the flue of the chimney .directly in the rear of the grate. The separate attachment known as the blower and which is a part of any modern grate, an essentian for rapid fire building, was not invented until long after. The tire Cn the hearth, while pleasing and cheerful, gave to the room about 4 per cent, of the heat evolved from the combustion of the wood. The Franklin grate did a little better, as it was claimed at the time that 10 per cent, of the heat was saved by Its use. In a tight room both the fire on the hearth and in the grate would rapidly burn out all the oxygen in the air, and back drafts down the chimney, scattering the lire more or less over the room, were not uncommon. Both of these difficulties were obviated in course of time by. the invention and use of n flue, which through the chimney in the rear of the grate connected with the outside air. thus supplying the fire from an independent source, and preventing the dangerous back draft. After a little time an improved form of the Franklin grate was made, which stood out in the room, connected by a short piece of pipe with the chimney. This differed in no important feature, except that Its sides and back were inclosed, from its predecessor. Both forms were crude beyond comparison when contrasted with any modern appliances for heating. INVENTIONS OF 17S0. First in Verona and soon afterwards in Munich had been invented a very rude substitute for the modern cooking stove. This was about the year 17S0. With the excep tion of the grate bars, the material was brick. Imagine, if you please, a structure of masonry ten feet square and three feet high, with cone-shaped depressions of various sizes reaching well down into the structure, with a grate at the bottom of each, and an opening to enable the attendant to rake the lire or remove the ashes. Each cone was connected by a concealed flue, with one common chimney, which provided an exit for smoke and gas. The holes were covered by immense stopples made of clay, resembling in shape exaggerated champagne corks. These were used in the place of iron plates. Another quaint character in the person of Benjamin Thompson. Count Rumford. was also experimenting in a variety of directions. He greatly resembled Franklin, was of the same busy nature, but a3 a scientist was more than his equal. His experiments were largely with light and heat, and incidentally with new methods of cooking and heating. He did more than any person previously, and it might be safely said also that he did more than any man that came after him. to Improve cooking, heating and ventilation, lie was so precise in Ms w ays that in hl3 "Esspys." as he called them, hs describes teapots and teakettles of new shapes, and even so rmall a matter as the properly .formed handle lor

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CLAYPOOL, Notary labile. either article named did not escape his attention, lie experimented with the masonry stove, adding flues and dampers. His first great departure was an oven for roasting meat. This resembled a section of the so-called boiler to a modern water-back range. This oven was incased In masonry, with a grate underneath, and a flue connecting with the chimney. He had a shelf in the oven upon which a pan rested; tho front was closed with a hinged door. Rumford's next invention was the immediate precursor of the modern cooking stove. It was a square structure of cast iron resting on four legs. It had no oven; It was simply an iron box. with a grato acioss its entire bottom. The plate on top was pierced with a number of openings. The box stove for strictly heating purposes followed this. At rare intervals an example of this old-fashioned stove can still be found, and sometimes In use. A remote country schoolhouse or church now and then contains one. The writer recently saw a box stove bearing the date of 1807 In a schoolhouse in the vicinity of Lake George. Stoves of that period were made more for use than show, and wero not stinted in material. During the Jackson campaign it occurred to some genius that the plain sides of this box-like Move afforded an excellent opportunity to place tho semblance of '"Old Hickory's" fare in an enduring material. So the Jackson stove came to the frcnt, with Jackson's face larger than life on the door, the American flag on one side and Jackson fighting behind cotton bales on the other. This form of stove continued as a vehicle for the advertisement of presidential candidates to the time of Folk. A variation on the box stove consisted of a stove built of boxes of diminishing size, piled up ono upon another, until in somo instances a heisht of ten feet hail been reached. This was certainly an advantage ho far as radiation was concerned A highly ornamental variety of this stovo can be seen in the basement of the Statehouse at Richmond. Va. NOTTS INVENTIONS. Eliphalet Nott, who was a native of Connecticut, born In 1773, did more than aiiy comparatively modern person to advance stove making, not only in a. practical way, but also In artistic design. His parlor stoves were first made during the classic period in affairs, about the time infant cities in the West were being named after places In the Roman empire, and also after the sages and heroes of antiquity. His stoves, therefore, resembled Grecian and Roman temples, and, to elaborate this idea, room was required far beyond any present conception of stove making. Stoves resembling the Parthenon perched upon tho Acropolis, suited for heating a hall or church, required a height of about twenty feet. They were huge fabrics of cast and sheet iron. Sometimes these were surmounted by classic figures, made of the shiny Russian iron. Dr. Nott, if not the inventor, was certainly the improver of a class of cooking stoves well illustrated by the typo known as "the Dutchess County Farmer," soon afterwards followed by "the Dutchess Oounty Farmer Improved." This was a very large stove, an excellent baker, and about the first to contain a leservoir for hot water and a raised oven. "The Dutchess County Farmer." like a well-conducted bank, honored all of its acceptances with generous pans of wellbaked bread: pies, the crust of which were of flaky crispness, while cakes and puddings came to the table from it, ns an enthusiastic housewife once told the writer, "as if baked on a sunbeam." Any country lad whose mother had one of the? stoves will never forget this particular bank of deposit, upon which unlimited drafts for goodies, along with the substantial?, could be drawn with r.o fear of protest. Dr. Nott was one of the early presidents of Union College; he applb-d nearly all of the profits arising from his stove manufactory to the endowment of that college, and most of the lands owned by the Union in the eastern part of Brooklyn were pu--chased with money from the same source The next important era in stove-makins was marked by the invention of an under flue, which rendered baking in a stove ovn a positive success. The base-burner, with a self-feeding reservoir, was fullv as important an invention In the stove intended strictly for heating. The inventor has not been idle in recent years as far as the making of new style of stoves is concerned. There has been and now are stoves of marvelous construction. Some years ago a cooking stove was exhibited that was expected by its inventor to revolutionize all previous attempts in that line. The Move was circular in form and its top consisted of one plate of iron perforated with holes of varying size. This plate was not fastened to the sides of the stove, after the usual manner, but rented on a pivot which allowed it to revolve Fastened to the under side of the plate was a gear wheel which matched in another wheel of smaller size turned by a crank. Without removal, pots, kettles and pans could be brought to the front or retired bv a turn of the crank. Another curious stove was made in two parts, which was either attachable or detachable at pleasure. Half of this hybrid was intended for heating the other half for cooking, when united for use in winter; separated, the cooking half might be put in the yard under a tree in the summer time. Stoves in some form have been in ue about one hundred years, yet perfection has not been reached, except perhaps in form. The most Imaginative dreamer cannot forecast the twentieth century stove The very best constructed modern stove whether for cooking or heating, is waste! ful of fuel to a degree that is bevond comprehension, when the economy in modern processes in other directions is remembered. The amount of coal needed to cook a meal for an average family would not exceed a pound in weight if the heat from its combustion could lc treasured and ued economically. A field is here open for 'an invention that win bring with it a reward exceeding In money value any invention of the nineteenth century. Sleep an a Preservative. Philadelphia Record. In reply to the question, "Is It wise for a man to deny himself and pet along with a few hours, sleep a day. to do more work' Tesla. the great electrician, replied- "Thkt is a great mist'J.e. 1 am convinced." A man has Just so mtaiy hours to be awake nnd the fewer of th?se he uses up each day the lonpr they will last: that is. the ; longer h will live. I believe that a man riieht iiV 200 years If he would sleep mon of 111 tirce. That is -vhy negroes oTten SvtS edvanced old age. because they sleen so much. It is said that Gladstone sleepseventeen hours every day: that is whv h faculties ere still unimpaired in .Jlte of h nfPua- iThe Proi)or t0 wonomlS life is to slee every moment that is iin

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