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render and Ivory were the visiting battery and Alfred and Howell the home battery, with Robert Murphy as umpire. Rev. Joseph Hull Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. Sept. 12.—Rev. Joseph Ball, for forty yeers a minister in the Old School Baptist Church, died last night of typhoid dysentery, aged seventy-five years. He was raised tn Wayne county, and has resided in Muncie for thirty years. The funeral will occur on Tuesday. 925,000 Residence Horned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Sept. 12.-The largV residence of Mrs. Mary Safeley, widow of Major J. J. Safeley, Lodi. was destroyed by lire. The loss is $23,000. g • OBITUARY. Mrs. Antonio Terry, Formerly Miss Grace Dalton Seeor. PARIS. Sept. 12.—Mrs. Antonio Terry, whoso maiden name was Grace Dalton Secor, died at her residence here on Friday. The cause of her death was cerebral congestion. She had returned to Paris from Treport about ten days ago, and was only ill a few days. Mr. Antonio Terry and Miss Secor were married in New’ York in 1876. Mr. Terry's father was a Cuban planter, who died in 1886, leaving to his six children an estate estimated at $50,000,(WO. About three years ago Mr. and Mrs. Terry brought cross suits for divorce in Paris. Mrs. Terry named as one of the corespocidents Miss Sybil Sanderson, the American prima donna, daughter of the late Judge Sanderson, of Sacramento; Cal. Decrees of divorce were granted to botfc parties. Mrs. Terry had filed an appeal. Bermird J. Treacy. BOSTON, Sept. 12.—Bernard J. Treacy. the Lexington (Ky.) horseman, died at the City Hospital to-night as a result of a fractured skull. He slipped and in his fall struck his head on a stone step. He never recovered consciousness. Mr. Treacy died at the City Hospital to-night. Mr. Treacy fell last Wednesday night when ascending the steps leading to a friend's resilience on Upton street, and struck the pickets of the iron fence, causing painful injuries. lie was removed to the City Hospital, where his condition was critical for a day nr two. then changed for the better, and he was believed to be getting along nicely. Within the pas weny-'i’our hours, however, he suffered a relapse and grew rapidly worse, passing aw f ay about 6 o’clock this evening. J. C. Boatman. OAKLAND, C'al., Sept. 12.—Chief of Police Lloyd received a telegram announcing the death at Juneau of J. C. Boatman, formerly private secretary to Congressman Hilborn and recently appointed fish commissioner of Alaska. He was a native of Ohio and forty-six years old. Agent Thncher Dying-. CITY OF MEXICO. Sept. 12. General Freight and Passenger Agent Thacher. of tiie Mexican National Railway, is dying tonight at the American Hospital, of liver disease. He has been ill for several weeks. Judge Augustus H. Fenn. WTNSTED, Conn., Sept. 12.—Judge Augustus H. Fenn, of the Connecticut Supreme Court, died here to-day from Bright’s disease, aged fifty-three. HALF-MILE TRACK RECORD. Dundy Jim Lowered It to 2:10 at Cravvfordsville Saturday. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 12.—President J. M. Battle, of the Gentlemen’s Driving Club, of St. Louis, has received a telegram from his trainer, who is campaigning Dandy Jim at Crawfordsville, Ind., stating that the horse had established anew world’s record over a half-mile track, trotting in 2:10 flat. The previous record was 2:11%, made by Dandy Jim at Huntington, Ind., Sept. 13, 1895. Dandy Jim’s record is 2:09%. “Al” Smith Sard for *50,000. NEW YORK,-Sept. 11.-The W r orld tomorrow will publish the following: "Al” Smith, sporting man, was arrested yesterday at tne Gilsey House on an order issued by Judge Marrox, of the Supreme Court, Kings county, as defendant in a $50,000 suit for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff is Miss Agnes Hlnch, a music teacher of Long Island City. Albert F. Smith is about fifty-seven years old, and Is known all over the United States as a sporting man and backer of pugilists. Berlin. Chess Congress. BERLIN, S.ept. 12.—The chess congress of the Berliner Schach-Gesellschaft was opened at the Architekten Haus, in this city, to-day. There are twenty entries for the international tournament, the first round of which contest will be played here to-morrow. Wheels for the Pasha. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 12.—The Richmond bicycle factory has received the third order from Alexandria, Egypt, in which is one for the pasha and one for a young prince, both belonging in the circle of the Khedive, the Viceroy of,Egypt. They both ordered cushion frame wheels and twenty-one-inch frames, although the pasha weighs 225 pounds. The prince orders his wheel enameled royal cream. These wheels have to be wrapped and cratfed, water and air proof. I* A. W. Sanction Withdrawn. BALTIMORE, Sept. 13.—Chairman Mott, of the racing board of the L. A. W., has issued the following special bulletin: "The sanction for bike races' granted the Delaware county fair, Marcus Hook, Pa., for Sept. 14, 15 and 16, is revoked and all racing men under the jurisdiction of the L. A. W. are warned not to ride on the premises. After the sanction was granted the promoters advertised ‘ladies’ bike races to take place on the premises.” A WONDERFUL MICROSCOPE. I Prof. Gates Claim* He Can Magnify Three Million Diameters. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.--Prof. Elmer Gates, of Washington, says he has worked out a process by which objects can be magnified to a size three hundred times greater than by any of the microscopes now in use. His invention, he claims, will revolutionize microscopy and will advance science to a point hitherto undreamed of. His discovery, he says, will be of special value in bacteriology and the study of the cellular tissues. The professor declares that he bus succeeded where all other scientists have failed—in discovering a way by which the magnified image projected on a lense can be magnified by a second as if it were the original object. To do this has been the aim of scientific photographers and mieroscopists for many years. Professor Gates does not take the public into his confidence sufficiently to divulge the details of his invention, but he says he will be ready to give it to the world in a few weeks. The power of the new instrument is mentioned as three million diameters. The greatest magnifying power of the microscope now In use is ten thousand diameters* The scientific world will be slow to accept anything short of absolute proof that Prof. Gates’s new method of magnification is what he claims for it. WANT PULLMAN COACHES. Third Cnvnlry Refuses Cheap Transportation to Nashville. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 12.—The four troops f the Third Cavalry stationed at Jefferson barracks, near this city, did not leave for the Nashville exposition to-day, because nothing but common day coaches had been furnished for them to travel in. Major Wesse.ls, commanding the barracks, did qot think that the equipment provided for the troops by the Tennessee exposition people was what it should be. "Whenever the government moves its troops from one section of the country to the other,” said Major Weasels, "it provides Pullman sleepers for the officers and tourist sleepers for th< men. The exposition managers of Nashville wanted to furnish common daV coaches for our officers ana men. and I objected. 1 telegraphed this afternoon to General Brooke, commanding the department, the facts in the case, and, of course, it depends on the word received from him what our actions w’ill be.” Sound-Money Vice President. “’CHICAGO, Be<pt. 12.—'General Secretary E. V Smalley announces that the executive committee of the National Sound-money League has appointed John V- Farwell. jr., of this city, vice president Ql the league for Illinois.

SCHRADER IS TRAPPED — * — KOKOMO PREACHER PREPARES TESTS FOR "DIVINE HEALER.” Said He Could Take Poison and Not Suffer, but His Nerve Failed Him — M. E. Conference. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 12. — “ Divine Healer” August Schrader, who occupied quarters on the fair grounds near the race track and the "Hoochie Coochie" tent, had a rather troublous and unsatisfactory week. The "blessings” were plentiful, but the "free will offerings” in return were scarce. Rev. T. H. Kuhn, pastor of the Main street Christian Church, hired a cab and drove to his hotel with four patients, two blind, one paralyzed and one deaf, to test the alleged powers of the "healer.” Rev. Kuhn carried the helpless into the house and carried them out in the same manner, none of the afflicted receiving any benefit from the treatment. Rev. Kuhn then denounced Schrader as a fraud and a sacrilegious imposter. Schrader and his work was denounced in nearly all the pulpits of the city to-day. Rev. Parr of the Grace Methodist, Father Lordeman [Lordemann] of St. Patrick's Catholic and Rev. Kuhn being the most severe. Schrader is still here. He preached at the Monroe-street Tabernacle to-night. His new wife goes to New York this week to assume control of “The Healer” Schrader’s paper. To-day Rev. Kuhn gave Schrader another test. The latter said his faith was so strong he could take deadly poison and it would not affect him. Kuhn thereupon pulled a vial marked poison out of his pocket and asked Schrader to drink it, but the latter refused to do so. The bottle contained nothing but Epsom salts, a preparation, that was fixed up for the occasion by Rev. Kuhn. MINISTERS PULLING WIRES. Young Men Will Probably Be Appointed Presiding Elders. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Sept. 12.—The delegates at the Northwest Indiana Methodist Conference were up with the sun this morning, and held a sunrise prayer meeting at the Metnodist Church, with Dr. A. E. Schell, of Chicago, leading. At 9 o’clock a general class meeting, in charge of J. H. Hull, was held in the church. At 10:30 o’clock Bishop Walden preached in the opera house to a large crowd. This afternoon at 1:30 o’clock was held the sendee of the ordination of deacons and elders in the Methodist Church. At 2:30 o’clock memorial sendees were hold in honor of members who have died during the past year. The regular pentecostal service at 4 p. m. was led by Rev. George W. Switzer. A largely-attended young people’s meeting was held at 6:30 o’clock, conducted by W. M. Tippy. After this meeting Bishop Walden delivered a lecture on "Africa and Its Regeneration.” The day's work wets closed with a chorus and consecration service by Dr. W. H. Hickman. All of the pulpits in the city were supplied this morning and to-night by visiting Methodist ministers. At last night’s meeting in the opera house about $2,500 was raised for De Pauw University. Interest now centers in the announcement to-morrow of the appointments. Usually the ministers know long before the conference has reached this point where they will be sent, but this year nothing is known for sure. The cabinet has them all guessing, and they will probably not know where they will go until the announcement is made by the bishop. There' Is a large number of changes to be made, and more confusion than usually exists. Three presiding elders are to be chosen, apd the main fight seems to be over these appointments. The impression s'eems to prevail that the places will go to young men, and there is a consequent ' astle and bustle among those members to, pull the proper wires and secure the appoinim’ents. The conference has considerable business to transact yet, and may not adjourn before to-morrow night. At the meeting to-night in the interest of De Pauw University $3,000 was secured in pledges. The ministers will take up the matter and increase the contribution to $5,000 before adjournment. TWO EMPERORS KISS. Beautiful Meetiug of the Kaiser and Emperor Joseph. TOTIS, Hungary, Sept. 12.—Emperor William, with a number of his suite-, including Gen. Count Obrutscheff, chief of the Russian general staff, arrived here this afternoon and was received at the military station by Emperor Francis Joseph. The Aus-tro-Hungarian monarch wore the uniform of a Prussian field marshal and the ribbon of the Order of the Black Eagle. He was accompanied by the Austrian archdukes. The two emperors kissed each other twice and repeatedly shook hands effusively. Emperor William wore the uniform of his Austrian Hussar regiment. The imperial meeting was witnessed by thousands of spectators, who cheered lustily. From the railway station Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph went to the famous old castle of Count Franz Esterhazy. Pacifying the Pples. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 12.—1 tis the general opinion, reflected in the press of St. Petersburg and of Warsaw, that the visit of Emperor Nicholas to the latter city has sensibly diminished ill feeling and paved the way for a reconciliation with the old Poles. The moderate policy of the new Governor of Warsaw, Prince Imcritinsky, also assists in the same :tion. The Empe.ror has instructed th> to continue to eliminate from > public service all officials who by vo v >r act obstruct the work of pacificaticc. Suicide In a Fit ot Repentance. LONDON, Sept. 12.—According to a dispatch from Moscow to the Daily Mall Lieutenant General Baron Vin Shack has committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver at Odessa in a fit of repentance. He was a member of the German iaitheran body. His religious connections excited the suspicions of his superiors and they ordered him to resign or join the Russian orthodox church. He chose the latter course and then killed himself in remorse. Cable Note*. The Chinese government is negotiating with a foreign syndictite for a loqn of 100,000,000 taels for the purpose of paying off the rest of its indemnity to Japan, and it is believed that the matter will soon be brought to a successful issue. The Japanese government has given an order to M-essrs. Thompson & Cos., the famous Clyde shipbuilders, for another first-class battle ship of 17,010 tons, a sister ship to the Skiko.snima. It also contemplates building a first-class cruiser of 9,000 tons at Yokoskua. Escaped Convict* Drowned. YORK, Sept. 12.—Three trusties at the workhouse on Blackwell’s island attempted to escape early this morning by jumping into the East rtver. The su it current carried them a mile towards the bay. One of them was res ".ted. lac ether two, James Jones and Pat Duffy, were probably drowned. Gold Found in Ylctoriu. VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 12.—tjulte an excitement has been caused by Oharles Daywood and other prominent citizens staking off a claim in the heart of the city. They claim to have good specimens of rock from a ledge which runs trom the water front right through the business portion of Victoria. Sower-Pipe Works lluru. ZANESVILLE. 0.. Sept. 12.—The A. O. Jones sewer-pipe and paving-brick works, one of the largest of the kind In Ihe city, giving employment to about 140 people, v as burned, the fire starting shortly uefore midnight in the boiler room. The Joss is ioidplete, amounting to $50,000 in unco npined ware, buildings and machinery. Indian* Sell 150,000 Acre*. POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 12.—1 t Is announced that twelve of the chiefs of the Shoshones and Bannock Indians of the Fort Hall reservation have signed a treaty for the stile of 150,100 acreu of the southern end of the reservation for $1 per acre, or. in round figures, for $6.10,000. This will open up the southern end of Die reservation to public settlement. Delaney Nichols’* Brother Dead. QUINCY. 111., Sept. 12.—Charles D. NicheU, brother of Delaney F. Nichols, the

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noted attorney of Brooklyn, died in the workhouse last night from sunstroke. Nichols was serving a sentence for vagrancy. His brother’s address was learned from a letter in his pocket. SILVER CAMP MEETING. The First Session Will Oper, Wednesday at Springfield. O. SPRINGFIELD, 0., Sept. 12.-The first session of the silver camp meeting will be held Wednesday. Sept. 15, at the fair grounds. Allen W. Thurman will be chairman, and the speakers assigned are: Charles B. Spahr, of New York; John Clafk Rjdpath, of Boston; David A. Dearmant, of Butler, Mo.; Gen. A. J. Warmer, of Marietta, and H. C. Bell, of Indianapolis. ''V. J. Bryan and Horace T. Chapman, the Democratic candidate for Governor, are also announced for speeches before the camp meeting closes, Sept. 22. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the American Bimetallic Union. County Superintendent* to Meet. CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. 12.—The tenth annual convention of the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents will be held here Sept. 14 to 17. There are over 150 members, representing all the leading cities of the country. Elaborate programmes have been arranged. JOY FOR BIMETALLISTS ♦ SENATOR CHANDLER ADDRESSES OPEN LETTER TO REPUBLICAN'S. i * President McKinley’s Commission Doing: Good Work Abroad In Accordance with Party Pledge*. . BOSTON, Sept. 12. Senator William E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, has given the following letter to the Associated Press: "I appeal to all Republicans to meet with joyous welcome the first step England may tako toward bimetallism. The movement earnestly and zealously begun by President McKinley, in obedience to the St. Louis platform, was quickly joined by the French Ministry, and the joint proposals are being carefully and seriously considered by the British Cabinet, with a reasonable prospect that England will reopen her Indian mints, will use silver as part of her bank reserve and otherwise cordially aid in remonetization. Every such indication should arouse rnendly feelings in the United States, fourfifths of whose people, a9 well as ninetenths of the people of India, desire the bimetallic system which so much depends on English help. This is no time for discriminating duties or denunciatory demonstrations against any Enropean country, nor should bankers alone assume to voice American sentiment. I entreat bimetallists everywhere to make themselves heard against the selfish outcries against engorged money lenders of New York and Chicago and their subservient newspapers. ”W. E. CHANDLER.” Bank of England Director’s Opinion. LONDON, Sept. 13.—Mr. Henry Riversdale Grenfell, director of the Bank of England and a former governor, has a letter in the Times this morning, in Ihe course of which he says: "Asa bimetallist and as one of the senior members of the bank court, I think I have a right to ask on what ground the ‘writer of the article entitled ’A Remonstrance’ in your Saturday issue makes his assertion that the bank has decided to hold a fifth of its reserve in silver. Had the bank done so its action would have been strictly in accordance with the bank aet of 1844, and equally in accordance with the action taken in 18SI by the government, then presided over by a monomer.illist, Mr. Gladstone. What the bank did in 1881 was to assure the treasury that the bank would always be open to the purchase of silver on condition of the return cf the mints of other countries to such : ules as would insure certainty of conversion of gold into silver and of silver into gold Bimetallists declare that the practical result of a double standard in France alone was that the two metals did exchange throughout the world at a legal ratio or with such slight variations as might, in consideration of this great subject, be neglected. T here is no ground for saying that any one connected with the bank has officially gone beyond that position. Indeed, I doubt if any opinion has been recorded or any determination come to at all. Your correspondent’s whole letter seems founded on a supposition of what may or may not have arisen in the necessary preliminary discussions with regard to the watering of the bank’s reserve with silver on the conditions mentioned in 18S1. "If I am not mistaken, the very persons who deprecate this dilution hav f e always been most desirous of a much greater dilution by the issue of pound notes on a more or less fiduciary basis. I may conclude by saying that the expression ‘certain Americans’ is scarceely a fitting description of the commissioners now officially charged by their government for their difficult and onerous task.” Subject to Condition*. LONDON, Sept. 13.—The Times to-day, in its financial article, which records the universal condemnation of the alleged proposal of the Bank of England to maintain a fifth of its reserve in silver, says: "It was suggested, rather than asserted, that our correspondent had only one end of the story and that the bank had given its consent subject to conditions, such as the establishment of bimetallism in Franca and the United States, and a guarantee from the home government that the bank should suffer no loss.” The Daily News, in its financial article, says: "It would not be worth discussing whether the Bank of England had reached such a decision did not an uneasy feeling exist that well-known bimetallist members of the government may have given the American delegates some sort of understanding on the subject. It is not for a moment believed that any radical tampering with the gold reserve is contemplated. Any concessions in this direction or for the reopening of the Indian mints are always understood to have been conditional on the establishment of ‘international bimetallism.’ We hope the next meeting of the proprietors of the bank will either explain or deny these mischeivous reports.” ARKANSAS PEARLS. Wor4lloss Specimens Are neing Offered for Sule. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Judging from the experience of St. Louis jewelers, the pearl fisheries of the West end Southwest, about which considerable has been printed recently, are not proving very profitable. Thousands of "specimens” have been sent to this city for inspection and sale, and of the entire lot only a dozen or so have been accepted. It is evident that the farmers and others who are doing the “fishing” know very little about pearls. The specimens that have been sent to this city indicate that. The excitement in Arkansas and some parts of Missouri, Kansas and Tennessee over the pearl fisheries has been intense. Reports received from some districts show that all other lines of industry have practically been abandoned. Men. women and children have searched rivers and ponds from morning until night in the delusion that the bits of gravel taken from the mussel sheels were pearls of great price. They may have been of pearl formation, hut as for their having any great value, it is a mistake. But occasionally a really good ’’button” was found that had a market value of from $5 to $l5O. It is known, moreover, that eleven perfect pearls have been found, but they all came from one town in Kansas. Many packages of ’’pearls” arrive at the leading jewelry houses almost daily. They ;ure inspected, resealed and sent back, with a polite note to the effect that the offering is worthless. The majority of these stones resemble pearls about as much as they do diamonds. All are malformed and haven’t a particle of luster. Any one who has ever seen a real pearl could not bo deceived by them for a moment. Their source is, of course, authentic, but it is a far cry from the average Arkansas product to the real pearl. The Arkansas pearl, as exhibited by the samples sent to St. lxniis. sav the jewelers, is ibtolutely and irrevocably bad. It could not be disposed of at any price, and the time taken to find it may l>e eounUd as wasted. Simpson V*. Ret'il. Kansas City Journal. Jerry Simpson savs he means to keep up his fight on “Czar” Tom Re'ed. If this aw’ful news reaches “Czar” Tom it i* likely to make him yawn prodigiously.

THAT TEN-DAY CLAUSE PITTSBURG OPERATORS AND MINERS MAY NOT ABIDE BY IT. Strike Settlement Denonnced n* a Scheme to Benefit the Producer* In Western State*. * PITTSBURG, Sept. 12.— The Pittsburg district coal operators believe that this week will find many mines in this region in full operation. To further this belief the majority of the mine owners have announced that their pits will be opened in the morning in readiness for all of their men who may wish to ignore the ten-day proviso of the Columbus settlement. It is believed that many of the strikers will take advantage of the opportunity. Secretary Warner, of the Miners’ Association, says the Columbus agreement will be strictly adhered to. It is not believed, however, that the officers of the district will raise their hands to stop the men from going to work immediately. A district convention of the miners has been called for Wednesday morning, at which “matters of vital importance are to be discussed.” The convention is presumably called to devise ways and means for continuing the fight against such firms as still refuse to pay the district price and it is thought the advisability of breaking the ten days’ provsion and returning to work at once will be acted on. The settlement at Columbus on the basis that the striking miners return to work after an idleness of ten days wus ostensibly to give the miners of other States time to gain the consent of their operators to the agreement, but the operators think it was in reality to steal enough of the trade of Pittsburg operators to pay them for the enforced idleness throughout the strike. Mr. Ernest Saeger, of the firm of Osborne <Sc Saeger, made a forcible statement on the situation as follows: "it is time the miners of the Pittsburg district were educated to the fact that our competitors of the West are making a cat’spaw- of the miners of the Pittsburg district. The loss of ten working days at this season of the year may mean an excessive loss to the operators, which also includes the miners of this district. We are mutually interested, and a loss in tonnage to the operator means a corresponding loss to the miner. Pittsburg's coal trade is hampered East, West and South, and must find passage through the lakes by rail and water. The bulk of Ohio coal finds an outlet by rail, while a fraction of it is shipped through the lakes. Indiana and Illinois coal is confined to rail shipments. “The intent of the settlement and the opposition of the Western miners to a settlement of the strike is apparent. The longer the lake shipments are delayed the greater the chances are the Pittsburg operators will be unable to fill their contracts. Every ton of coal not mined in Pittsburg to supply these contracts will be mined by Western miners during the winter, while the Pittsburg miners will be forced into idleness. I will make this statement freely, that the miners of this district will suffer more destitution this coming winter than ever before. By waiting ten days they are only increasing the suffering.” J. C. Dysart, one of the members cf the eommitt’ee having the settlement of the strike, expressed himself indignantly on the ten days’ clause. He said: "The loss of ten days’ work to the miners of this district means a loss of almost half a million dollars in wages. It means a loss of a million dollars m coal shipments, which money would largely go to labor and railroad companies, and would be deposited in this city.” The Pittsburg operators are discussing an offer they intend making to the men offering them inducements to break away from the national organization and form a separate association, taking in only this district, the idea being to fight the Ohio and Western fields. It is known that the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company has had erected close to their Sandy Creek mine a temporary boarding house for the purpose, it is supposed, of housing imported workmen. To-night it is said many of the old men are sheltered in the new house and intend to go to work in the morning. The district officials are hastily arranging for a special demonstration in the morning in order to, if possible, prevent the threatened stampede. OPERATORS CONFUSED. Will Not Sign Contract Until Tlicy Hear from Illinoi*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 12.—There is considerable confusion as to what will be done in the Indiana mining field as a result of the Columbus settlement. The Indiana operators have not been consulted at any time and have said they will be guided by the result in Illinois. Some of them will try to start their mines to-morrow at the 56-cent price, which is the differential on the 65 cents for the Pittsburg district, but they also say that they are willing to pay this price at present because the market price of coal will warrant them in doing so. They also believe that the Illinois miners will make a strong fight to bring their operators to terms and at least while this effort is being made, Indiana can pay the price, but that if the Illinois operators again begin mining coal under the Indiana price, Indiana miners will have to accept a reduction as they did for the same reason last May. It is not known if the miners’ organization will ask the operators to sign contracts to run until the joint conference in December. It is not probable the operators will do so if asked. They have no assurance as to what their competitors in Illinois will be paying during all the intervening time. President Knight, of the miners, has not returned from Columbus and until his arrival the question cannot be passed on. ♦ W’ILL START TO-DAY. Operator* Agree to Pay Fifty-Slx-Cent Seale in Shelburn District. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBURN, Ind., Sept. 12.—The miners of Shelburn and Currysville held a Joint meeting this evening to determine the action to take in regard to resuming work to-morrow. By a majority vote it was decided to resume work Monday if the companies would pay the 56-cent scale and allow them to return as a body and not discriminate between the men. A committee of four from the miners was selected to wait on the company’s representatives, two from Shelburn and two from Currysville, and notify the companies of their action. The officials heard the offer and assured the miners that they were willing to give whatever the other .operators paid for the same grade of coal or otherwise accept the terms agreed on and not victimize any of the men, but could not furnish work for all the men until the mines were put in condition; then all the old men would be given their old jobs. To-morrow will find the mines in this belt, which comprises Star City, Hymera, Alum Cave, Currysville and Shelburn, all a.t w r ork. Aid for the Striker*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Sept. 12.—The two hundred employes of the Muncie iron and steel w r orks gave the proceeds of their w ork Friday night and Saturday to the striking miners’ fund, in accordance with the appeal for aid for the destitute families mado recently by Governor Mount. The sum will amount to nearly SSOO, and will be added to the S6OO or more collected by Mayor Cromer from generous citizens and already sent to the committee in Indianapolis. An Appeul to Miner*. COLUMBUS, 0., Sept. 12.—The executive committee of the United Mine Workers will issue to-morrow a circular appeal to the miners to accept the terms offered by the operators on the basis of yesterday’s resolution. President Itatchford vill leave for Illinois to-morrow to request the miners of that district to come into the irr.ingernent as decided upon by the convention Si.l n clay. SEIGNIORAGE DEFINED. A Matter on Which Intelligent People Are Not Well Informed. Bankers’ Monthly. There Is a great deal of misunderstanding. even among people with a good deal of financial knowledge, as to just what seigniorage is. In answer to an inquiry the Treasury Department recently replied, over the signature of the secretary, as follows: The term “seigniorage,’’ when used in relation to the coinage of silver in the United States, means the profit arising from such coinage. All the silver coins struck at the qiints of the United States are coined from bullion purchased by the government in open market, at its market price. Till* price, which represent* the commercial

value of the bullion, has been for year? less than the coinage value, so that one thousand dollars’ worth of bullion would produce. when coined, considerably more than one thousand dollars in silver dollars. The difference between the SI,OOO in money paid for the bullion and the two thousand silver dollars, more or less, resulting from the coinage of that bullion, is the gain of seigniorage. You will observe, therefore, that there can be no gain or seigniorage until after the bullion has been converted into coin, and you will see, also, that there can be no such thing as coining standard silver dollars "from the seigniorage.” No part of the bullion owned by the United States is seigniorage, but a considerable proportion of tha standard silver dollars coined from that bullion would be seigniorage. Now as to the purpose for which silver dollars are coined. By the act of Pel). 2S; 1878, the secretary of the treasury was directed to purchase not less than two million ounces of silver each month, and to coin the same into standard silver dollars. These dollars, when coined, were to be paid out by the government in liquidation of its debts, and when so paid out they might be redepqsited by the owners, and silver certificates taken in their place. These silver certiilcates were mere receipts for the silver dollars deposited in the treasury, and. of course, the government holds the silver dollars subject to the demand of the holders of the certificates. You will see that th’e coinage of standard silver dollars precedes the issuing of the certificates, and that the coinage of such dollars is not for the purpose of retiring the certificates, but that, on the contrary, the greater the coinage the greater the circulation of the certificates, since a very large proportion of the dollars paid out is invariably returned to the treasury for the certificates. All the silver certificates in circulation are outstanding under authority of the acts of Feb. 2S, IS7S, and Aug. 4, 18S6. which see. The act of July 14, 1890, superseded the act of Feb. 2S, 1878. It enlarged the purchase of silver bullion, but provided for payment of the bullion purchased by the issue of treasury notes. It also provided for the coinage of so much of the bullion purchased as, in the discretion of the secretary of the treasury, might be necessary to redeem tho treasury notes, if they should be presented for redemption in silver dollars. Please observe the distinction between silver certificates and treasury notes, as shown in the acts of 187 Sand 1890. Both the acts above mentioned provide*! that the gain, or seigniorage, arising from the coinage of the silver bullion purchase*! should be deposited in the treasury, as the property of the United States. The total coinage of standard silver dollars from 1878 to June 30, 1597, was $451,993,742, of which $378,166,793 were coined under the act of Feb. 28, 1878, $68,748,177 under the act of July 14, 1890, and $5,018,472 under the act of March 3, 1891. AN EMPTYIREVOLVER. (Concluded from First Page.) mortal wounding of a number of others, most of whom received their wounds in the back while fleeing from the majesty of the law, be it “Resolved by the United Labor League ot Philadelphia and its vicinity, That we feel that a crime has been committed in the name of law and hereby donate the sum or $25 for the prosecution of the offenders and further call on all affiliated bodies to contribute to their best ability for the same purpose.” FOREIGN PRESS OPINIONS. Government!* of Hazleton Victims May Demand Reparation. LONDON, Sept. 13.—The Times, in a special article on the Hazleton catastrophe, asks whether history is going to repeat itself in a duplication of the Pittsburg riots of 1877. It recounts the horrible “Molly Maguire” scenes witnessed in that year and gives a general history of the strikes that have taken place in that region, testifying to the besotted brutality and ignorance of the miners. The Times says: “Had the sheriff shown a moment of weakness the miners would probably have hammered him and his posse to death in ten minutes and -would then have begun murdering and pillaging right and left.” The Daily Mail says editorially this morning: “There is no necessity for America to fight Spain after all. An outlet for her fighting energy is provided by the indiscreet vigor of a Pennsylvania sheriff. The European governments whose subjects are among the victims of the massacre at Hazleton will unquestionably demand reparation.” Penns? ivniiin Troops Well Handled. HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 12.—The executive mansion has been, the scene of much activity during the last forty-eight hours. Governor Hastings, Attorney General McCormick, Major General Snowden, Adjutant General Stewart and Private Secretary Bedtler have been on duty almost constantly. A corps of messenger boys is stationed in the parlor to carry messages from the Governor to the telegraph offices and the headquarters of the National Guard. Major General Snowden will remain at the mansion until after the funeral of the victims to-morrow. No further trouble Is anticipated, but the Governor has requested tho major genera! to remain here over to-morrow in case of an emergency requiring his presence. Generals Snowden and Stewart may visit the soldiers’ camp after the funerals. General Snowden is so well pleased with th.e admirable manner in which the troops are being 1 andled by General Gobin that he will not interfere with his plans. General Stewart received from camp to-day a blue print showing the location of the troops. At the same time he received a telegram from General Gobin stating that the troops are well quartered and have plenty of supplies. The general also telegraphed that there was no trouble and he did not look for an outbreak. General Gobin will keep a close watch on the funerals and will prepare to suppress any disorders. Should the miners and operators adjust their differences at Tuesday’s conference, the troops, with the exception of a bat- • alion of infantry and a troop of cavalry, will be withdrawn. The First Brigade is still held in reauiness, but it is thought here that all danger of another outbreak is passed and no more troops will be needtxi. Governor Hastings nas abandoned his visit to the Blue mountains and will stay here until the tioeps are withdrawn. Leaders of tlie Poles Arrested. DUBOIS, Pa., Sept. 12,-Sheriff Smith took eight of the rioting Poles to the county jail at Clearfield last night, and has three others under arrest who will be taken there to-morrow morning. The sheriff returned here this afternoon, and with a force of deputies will proceed to Rochester mine at 3 o’clock to-morrow morning to protect the miners when they go to work, and to arrest any foreigners wno may interfere. The foreigners were greatly excited last night when they learned their leaders wtare to be taken to jail. Threats of attempting to rescue them were made, but the sheriff slipped away with his prisoners at 11 o’clock before any serious disturbance occurred. The min'ers’ executive committee met here to-day and issued notice that all mines of the Clearfield and Jefferson Coal Mining Company were working on Saturday except at Dubois and Reynoldsville, and recommended that the men at those places return to work. There will lie no further trouble here or in the region if the Poles and Italians can be subdued, as there is at present no dispute concerning the scale for either pick or machine mining. Martin’s Conscience Is Clear. WILKESBARRB, Pa., Sept. J2.—Sheriff Martin was seen late to-night at bis home, ir Plains, by a reporter. When asked if he had a warrant served on him he replied in the negative. He was asked if he would submit to arrest. He said he did not like to commit himself before seeing bis counsel. He finally volunteered he information that he would submit to arrest after a fair and square investigation and if the proper official appeared with the warrant. He said his conscience was c*ear. as he believed he had only done his duty as sheriff. Where Uncle Sam Is Weak. Philadelphia Press. The United States government makes but a poor show ing in dealing with the disorder incident In the Yukon gold craze. The Canadian government has moved up its mounted police—to all intents and purposes cavalry—and has maintained by all accounts perfect order. The government at Washington has had ample warning. Alaska is a territory completely under executive control. It would have been perfectly easy by putting a force of cavalry and infantry on the trail to have maintained order. Instead. nothing has been done, and riot and lawlessness at Skaguay are laying the worst possible foundations for a future state. Fifty years ago, when California was distant, some excuse existed for our neglect, which ended in the San Francisco vigilance committee. There is no excuse to-day, and tho failure of the Interior and | War Departments to deal with these disorders early is a serious fault which it is 1 not too late to remedy. Fact of the Matter. N*bw York Mail and Express. Most of the so-called flaws in the Dingley bill have been discovered by mugwump free trader*. Which mean* that they aren't flaws *t aU.

LAST CUBAN VICTORY OFFICIAL REPORT FROM SPAIA SHOWS INSURGENT CRUELTY. * The Ilomr Government Fear* It 1* Face to Face with Another Uprising of the Hated Carlists. - + MADRID, Sept. 12.—'The official dispatch from Havana giving details of the loss at Victoria lie las Tunas says: "Tho garrison of Victoria de las Tunas consisted of 350 men, of w hom 135 were sick in the hospital. The place capitulated after a heroic defense. The commandant, with three officers and seventy-five men, marched out, taking with them the sick and wounded. The insurgents fired cannon at the hospital, although the flag of the Red Cross Society was hoisted over it at the time. Many of the wounded perished in the debris. The insurgents lost one hundred killed.” NIAGARA STILL AGROUND. All Effort* to Pull Her Off the Shoal* Thu* Far iu Vain. HAVANA, Sept- 12.—1 t was due to the courtesy of Admiral Navarre, the Spanish naval commander in Cuban waters, that the correspondent of tho Associated Press here has been able to obtain details from Santiago de Cuba of the grounding on the Colorado shoals, off the harbor of Santa de Cuba, of the ward lino steamer Niagara, Captain Crocker, from New York Aug. 26, via Nassau on Aug. 30, for Guantanamo, Cienfuegos, etc. It appears that the Niagara, at 5 p. m. on Thursday lust, was entering the harbor of Santiago de Cuba from caentuegos in ballast. j.ne water was smootn ana the weather was fine, but either owing to her failing to obey her rudder on account of the currents or to the lack of skid of ner pilot the steamer grounued on a rocky bottom. The Spanish gunooat Estrella and the tugboat Colon immediately went to iter assistance and tried to pull ner off, but without success. Tne British steamer Mameluke, a powerful vessel, made an attempt to float the Niagara yesterday morning, exhausting all efforts, such as removing 200 tons of coal from tlte stranded vessel, etc., in so doing. But, although assisted, by the Colon, it is doubtful whether the Niagara can be floated. The pilot who was in charge of the Niagara has been suspended by tne marine auuioritit-s until tne txacl cause or me disaster is known, 'the chief pilot of bantiago do Cuoa has been sent to tho ManieiuKe and another pilot has heen sent to the Niagara with instructions to do everything possible to assist the American steamer, in audition tne naval commander at bantiago de Cuoa and his assistant have been assisting in tne work, ot rescue with the gunboat Estrella. The Niagara, according io the latest reports received here, is not leaking and does not seem to have sustained any damage. Her machinery still works well. The Santiago passengers of the Niagara have been ianued and the oihers remain on board. The captain of the port of Santiago de Cuba considers the accident to the Niagara a serious one, but believes that with the resources at the disposal of Santiago de Cuba the Niagara can be lloated. On the other hand, the captains of the Niagara and the Mameluke have been consulting as to what is best to do and have received the Spanish captain’s advice very coldly. Therefore the captain of the port thinks it unnecessary to interfere any further beyond affording the Niagara any assistance which he may he asked for. Carlists Preparing for Uprising. MADRID, Sept. 12.—The persistence of the belief that the Carlists are watching for an opportunity to take advantage of the present embarrassment of the government over Cuba, as soon as this can be done without a display of unpatriotic motives, is continually muting expressions in the more independent and outspoken section of the Spanish press. El Impartial, in an article dealing with conflicting rumors now in circulation, declares that it has reliable authority lor the statement that the Carlists are secretly establishing an elaborate military organization. No Criticism of AVeyier “Goc*.” MADRID, Sept. 12.—Tlie government has decided to instruct the military authorities to take proceedings against officers criticising the conduct of Captain General Weyler 1 unless they are either senators or deputies. The decision is due to the numerous outspoken censures upon Captain General Weyler’s management of the campaign in Cuba. THE GATES CLOSED. (Concluded from First Page.) then go to Pelahatchie, twenty-five miles east of here, to inquire into a case there. The South quarantined. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 12.—T0-day the State Board of Health issued quarantine orders against all points along the gulf coast extending from Mobile to New Orleans. This was done as a measure of extra caution because of the receipt of unfavorable reports from the gulf coast. —* A LETTER FROM BILOXI. Conditions in the Plague-Stricken Mississippi Village, Mrs. Cyrus V. Jaquith, residing in the Pressley flats on North Pennsylvania street, has received a letter from her sister, Alice E. Austin, of Biloxi, Miss., giving a vivid description of the panic caused among the people there by the appearance of the dreaded yellow fever. In her letter she says: “I suppose you have seen by the papers that we have an epidemic of yellow fever and the world has quarantined against us. It is as though we were one vast pesthouse. For several weeks they have been having a fever at Ocean Springs, which was pronounced dengue fever, but last week the mortality became so great that the boards of health from Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama met there, and alter a careful investigation pronounced it yellow fever. New Orleans and Mobile immediately declared a quarantine against the whole coast, to take effect the next morning. People w ! ere notified that they had just one day in which to leave the town. Everybody was in the wildest excitement. The town has been unusually crowded all summer, but by 6 o’clock that night there was not a stranger within our gates. All afternoon the streets were filled with people going to the depot. The carriages were lull and all the wagons were hauling trunks. At the telegraph office they were all kept busy taking oft the messages and at the banks cashing checks. “At the depot it was like a mob. Men were swearing, children crying and women fainting. There were over 1,000 trunks piled up on the platform; over half of them are there yet. When the 4 o'clock train came along you would have thought they had lost all traces of civilization from the struggle they made to get on. 1 wonder some were not killed. They knocked each other down and climbed in the windows. By the time the train started they were packed as close as sardines, and not half of them had been able to get on. Another tiaia came along at 6 o’clock and took the rest. "Then the door was closed to all the rest of us. No matter what happens, we cannot get out. Some of the people are almost crazy, lut I try to be philosophical, and. by remembering my early training in the belief of predestination, 1 manage to keep cool, although I realize that we are on the brink of a precipice. We are in for it, and the fever has a good two months to feed on It travels rapidly. There are already several cases in this town. There Is an order posted all over town, signed by the mayor, telling the people that they must not leave their houses before 6 o clock in the morning and must be at home by 8 o’clock at night. They fire doing everything to disinfect the town. Lime s being scattered as freely as dust and they are burning tar. We all wear bags of asafedita and camphor about our necks and I have been burning sulphur in every room. "It isn't any fun death in the face in this way. The close, oppressive feeling of being shut up and knowing that it is creeping closer and closer makes one fee! like a character in one of Edgar Allen foe's stories.” M*K IN LEY’S VIEW VINDICATED. Old Juke* Recalled with the LaDgh on the Other Side. Leslie's Weekly. Political memories are often very short, yet there must he vivid recollections of the humor and contempt which a paragraph of the McKinley tariff bill created—that one imposing a duty on tin plate. The very commonplace suggestion of the name itself

—tin, the cheapest and most vulgar of metals— auded to the humor which the freetraders and the revenue reformers discovered m the purpose that was behind that tin-plate paragraph. MeKiniwy, u was said, really proposes that the United States make her own tin plate, and therefore puts a duty upon the imported article, it is too tunny to believe. it is the climax of the absurdity which is in the protective principle. McKinley declares his final championship to be lor tin plate. It would be ridiculous were it not lor the fact that he proposes to make the American consumer pay a tribute, so that two or three nun may try to maxo tin plate in the United States. The campaign speakers and the free-trado press patronized and coddled the tin-plate tariff as the professional jlunsters do an old joke. But the jest has bad its day. No longer will ton be poked at McKinley’s tinplate tariff. It has vindicated itself and is perhaps the best proof of the argument of the protectionists which any one of the American manufacturing interests can offer. It is proof in which there is no theory or dreaming. It is all hard fact. McKinley s view and that of his party in Congress was that were a duty fairly measuring the difference in tlie price of labor in Wales and the United States put upon tin plate it would be possible to establish this industry in this country, and ultimately to market here all the tin plate the United States needs. If that were done anew industry, employing millions of capital and many thousand workmen, would be developed. The? money paid for tin plate would be kept in this country, and that diversity of activity which is the characteristic of nations really strong would be increased. We do not rely upon American testimony to show that precisely what McKinley, then chairman of the ways and means committee, and his party predicted has happened. We can obtain full and frank admission from Wales and from the manufacturers of tin plate there. The annual meeting of the association, which is composed of the manufacturers of tin plate in Wales, was held at Cardiff in the first week of August, and it was then asserted by two of the speakers, and empllatically confirmed by Sir John Jenkins, member of Parliament, that since the passage of the McKinley law six years ago the United States had captured from Wales the entire tin-plate market in this country, excepting the oil-can manufacture—the cans in which kerosene oil is transported. It was said that in IS9I tin-plate manufacture was practically unknown in the United States, whereas in 1896 there are 180 nulls in America, capable of supplying the entire American demand, and that while Wales exported to the United States in 1891 a little over three hundred thousand tons of tin plate, it exported in 1596 oily a trifle over one hundred thousand tons, most of this being oil cans. In other words, the despised and ridiculed tin-plate protection has done its perfect work. It has made it possible for the United States to make that product for its own people. It has added to the wealth and employment of the people, and it has done these things without establishing a monoply, since home competition has compelled a reasonable price to be maintained. ORDER OF 1100-1100. Quaint and Carious Organization of Lumbermen and Others. Chicago Times-Herald. Unquestionably the Hoc-Hoo Is the most quaint and curious organization that exists in this or any other country. The very name of the order suggests weirdness, uncanniness and grotesqueness. It is all of these. Brethren are known as kittens. The symbol of the order is a black cat with its tail curved so as to make the figure “9” and was cho* i because of its traditional nine lives. TL nembership is limited to 9,999, which figure has almost been reached. These facts may suggest to the reader that the Hoo-Hoo are a fanciful lot, and that their existence does not add to the sobriety of the Nation. But such an idea would be unjust to the order ~'s chief mission on earth is to intellig nd logically solve the most myster znd intricate subjects affecting the mi >f mortal men. They are bound to on, .mother by an oath that is strong; they love each other as brothers. Each member owes allegiance to the snark of the universe, who is none other than W. E. Bams, of St. Louis. He is the commander of the order, just as William McKinley is commander of the army and navy. Under him are twenty-four vice-regent snarks. The house of seers is composed of three men and likewise the same number constitutes the house of ancients. At the head of both of these is B. Arthur Johnson, the man who was never known to write his name so that anyone could read it. He is a Chicago boy and Is responsible for the formation of the order. It was his mind that formulated the ritual, and it was he who first suggested the organization and the name of Hoo-Hoo. This was at a little lumber town in the State of Arkansas about six years ago. He and five other traveling men were forced to wait at Guerdon for hours for a train. The depot was dark and around it were about forty cats that made the evening hideous. Before the train had arrived Johnson had conceived the plan of anew fraternal order. Nine weeks later the six traveling men met at the Coates House, Kansas City, and Hoo-Hoo was baptized in about a hundred gallons of beer. In Hoo-Hoo vernacular the secretary is known as the scrivenator. and his position is one of great responsibility. Next in line is tho bandersnatch, and he takes care of whatever money may fly Hoo-Hooward. Then comes the arcanopener. The function of this official Is to carefully guard the secrets of his order, which every Hoo-Hoo in the land hopes to at some time or other find out. In their aggregate capacity the nine general officers of the body are known as the supreme nine*. Membership is restricted to newspaper men, lumber men and railroad men. The official title is Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, and its corporate existence is the free gift of the State of Kansas. The .ritual transcends in beauty the loftiest conceptions of the sublimeat poets. The fact is substantiated by tha Hoo-Hoo manual, which makes the statement positive. When the kittens meet they make themselves known by a series of catcalls and mysterious signals. There Isn’t a Hoo-Hoo lodgeroom in the country. Tho secretary lives at Nashville, and all official business is transacted from his office. When one Wishes to become a member ho makes his wishes known to some local Hoo-Hoo, and then there is a meeting called that his application may be passed upon. Nine members can hold a concatenation and initiate candidates. Any old room will do for the purpose. One must go through three hours of thrilling experiences before he Is entitled to wear the button. While going through the ordeal his greatest wish Is that lie might don a wooden overcoat and be done with it. In the spring of 1892 there was a. meeting of lumbermen at West Superior, Wls. There were more than 500 present. All belonged to the Hoo-Hoo. There was a banquet, at which ex-Governor Swineford, of Alaska, welcomed the guests. B. Arthur Johnson responded. While he was speaking nine men who had hid themselves beneath the table rose up suddenly dressed in the image of a black cat. Each had a genuine black cat concealed in a bag, and these were thrown on the table. In a moment the lights wore put out, and in a little while the banquet broke up in confusion. Those present who did not understand the secrets of Hoo-Hoo were almost paralyzed with fright. Miss Pauline Hall was playing an engagement at the opera house, which was located just across the street from the banquet hall. The lumbermen had previously engaged half the seats in the house. Miss Hall was singing one of her prettiest songs in the second act of the play, when the lumberman marched In. single file. She had been apprised of tha fact that a number of Hoo-Hod were to be present. She didn’t know what a. HooHoo was, but knowing that many of thum were lumbermen, she rather expected to see a crowd of men with broadaxes on their shoulders and wearing red flannel shirts. So surprised was she to see two hundred men in evening dress take their seats that she was dumfounded. She wrapped her skirts about henr feet and sat down in tha middle of the stage. In less than a minute’s time a monster black cat lazily walked across the stage to where she was sitting and quietly coiled himself up in her lap. And that broke up her play for that night. Great Is Hoo-Hoo. /j?*V NATIONAL liffk Tube Works WrougbMron Pipe for Gas, ft Steam and Water. Holler Tubes. 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