Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1897 — Page 4

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TWENTY-EIGHT CASES OF VEI.LOW FEVER RECORDED AT NEW ORLEANS YESTERDAY, ♦ - lUakiiiK a Total of 200 to Hate, with :W Dt-ulhn and .SO Patients Absolutely Recovered. EDWARDS IN BAD CONDITION + NINETEEN NEW CASES, SWELLING THU TOTAL TO OVER 300. Only One Case and One Death at MolillearEffort* of tlie I’listoflicr Department to Check tlie Diieatte, ♦ NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 2.—Numerous c ases of yellow fever appeared here to-day, as was expected. The weather is warm and the foci of Infection have increased. The malignancy of the disease, however, has not Iwen emphasized. There have been four deaths to-day. but there have been many discharges of patients,* among them being R. F. Reynolds, of the Illinois Central Railroad. Mr. Roddy, of the same road, is doing well and his case is not considered serious. The new cases are widely scattered. No section of the city escapes the infection. This is the record to-day: —New Cases.— SILVAN LAPORTE, Philip street, near Chippewa. G. PIPITONI 1916 Magazine street, between St. Andrew and St. Mary. MAJOR E. J. HAMILTON, 1302 Eighth street. A. J. TAMOIR. 532 Marais street. MRS. GEORGE GOETZ KM AN, 223 G I-a Peyerouz street. SAMUEL YOUNG, Hotel Dleu. BEULA GENIN, 2122 Bayou road. MAMIE HUFF, Poydras Asylum. GERTRUDE MALLET. 6306 Hurst street. HATTIE MALLET, 6206 Hurst street. WALTER WEBER, 7755 Hamson street. IDA ADZE, 1326 Seventh street. MRS. MAMIE HUFF. Poydras Asylum. SISTER In Poydras Asylum. W. H. WOOD, 1519 Exposition boulevard. DAN SULLIVAN, Cl 9 Bourey street, Algiers. E. B. M'KINNEY, 1559 Constance street. MRS. L. J. FOLI.ETT, 1810. St. Charles street. EMLA FOLLETT. 18.10 St. Charles street. EVELYN KEEGAN, 3607 Magazine street, J. ARTHUR LEDRUT, 2311 St. Philip street. CHARLES HUDNALL, 1610 Gasquet street. CLIFFORD, 1104 South Franklin street. MRS. FLANG HOPP, 1440 Sixth street. MISS CARRIE FRICK, 823 Lower Line street. J. BORDEAUX, 1908 Felicity street. LOUIS LEA, 1010 Dublin street. VINCENT GRAFFINO, S3O Chartres street. GEORGE HUBENER, 1330 Sixth street. —Deaths.— MISS MARY BOWERS, 6313 Philip street. HENRY BOURRIAQUEZ (mentioned last night. MRS. E. PAUL ENGEL. 3305 Tchoupitoulas street. A. M. HICKEY, Beauregard Hospital. Among the new cases to-day is that of Major E. J. Hamilton, a well-known insurance man, w*ho is slated as the successor of Chief of Police Gasler. His case is not considered a serious one. Another case developed in the Poydras Asylum, where there are now* at least half a dozen sick people. The newest case is that of a sister. The other cases are of children. Governor Foster to-day sent the following telegram to Governor Culberson, of Texas, and Governor McLaurin, of Mississippi: “The presence of yellow fever at New Orleans and other points has resulted In the adoption of such quarantine regulations in many localities in the States of Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana as to completely paralyze business and interrupt communication between our people. 1 have decided to request you to join me in securing a conference between the representatives of the health authorities of our States and the general government to discuss and, if possible, agree on a system of quarantine that will insure the safety and health of the people in noninfected localities and at the same time relieve business and United States mails of useless restrictions; the time and nlace of holding this conference to be fixed by agreement.” Governor Culberson to-night wired the following response to Governor Foster: “In view of the spread of yellow fever, ft is not believed safe to admit freight, express or passengers to Texas from New Orleans or other infected ports, but state health officer Swearingen will confer with the authorities named at any time and place you may appoint.” The Board of Health to-night decided to refuse admission to three hundred Italian immigrants expected to arrive Tuesday by the steamship Chateau Yquem from Marseilles via Italian ports. The sanitation bill Is now |I,OOO per day. The State Board of Health official bulletin says: “During the twenty-four hours ending 9 p. m. there were: Case® of yellow fever to-day, 28: deaths to-day, 4; total cases to data 286; total deaths to date, 34; total cases absolutely recovered, 89; total cases under treatment, 163.” * DISINFECTION OF MAILS.

Step* Taken toy Postofiicc Officials to Cheek Yellow Fever. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-The following telegram has been sent by Postmaster General Gary to President Isaac Levy, of the New Orleans Board of Trade, regarding the government’s plan for checking the spread of yellow fever: “Your telegram of the 30th ult. to the President transmitting resolutions has been referred to this department for reply. The federal authorities are in constant communication by telegraph with state boards of health and superintendents of the railway mail service, and every possible effort is being made to so disinfect all mails and mail clerks that local quarantine regulations may be raised at all points as against New Orleans. Yesterday (Sept. 30) many* points in Texas were quarantined against Houston. To-day* nearly every* local quarantine against that city has been raised through the efforts of this department. "We propose, now. to establish disinfecting camps outside oi New Orleans on every* railway, and to meet all mails to and from New* Orleans at these camps, not allowing either cars or clerks to proceed bey>.d. These, or sueh other regulations as w may secure, will no doubt greatly relieve the situation. We must not forget that public health transcends even the greatest commercial interests. This department desires to conserve both and allay fear of contagious disease spreading.” This dispatch was based on resolutions of the New* Orleans Board of Trade, wired to President McKinley Sept. 30. Yesterday* afternoon, just after the Cabinet session, Postmaster General Gary and Assistant Postmaster General Shallenberger had a long conference with the President over the matter. Mr. McKinley* is taking a keen interest in the developments in the infected districts, and inquired carefully* about the plans already in operation and means for relieving the distress in the commercial circles compatible with public safety. The telegram ent by the postmaster general was the result of this talk. General Superintendent Whl’e. of the railway mail service, had a conference with Burgeon General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital Service, to-uay*. Dr. Wyman decided that If necessary he would establish camps on the borders of the State of Louisiana so that not only the mails from New Orleans, but also all mails from the State going Into Texas will be properly disinfected. This will give Texas a quarantine against the whole State, and o far as New Orleans malls are concerned, give them a double disinfecting process. Advices indicate that the situation in Texas is greatly eelloved through prompt and efficient disin--'actinf eervlce. Postal authorities believe

that no further apprehension should he felt as to disease germs finding their way out of Ig’uisiana through the mails. NINETEEN NEW CASES, .linking :iOK In and Around Edward* tp to Date—Nurse* Stricken. EDWARDS, Miss., Oct. 2.—There have been nineteen cases of fever officially reported to-day, of which ten are white as follows: Mrs. C. Noblin, Julia Butler, Carrie Butler. Mrs. Anna Alerson. John Bell Demarchi, Miss Olivia Lewis, Father Pendergast, Mrs. W. R. Ward, A. H. Havenknott, jr., McFadden Keister. Deaths to-day, one, that of Lula McKay, the first colored person who has died from the disease here. Total deaths to date, 10; cases to date in town and country, 305; number discharged and convalescent, 178; number now* under treatment, 115; number seriously ill, 8. Mrs. W. G. Redfleld, sr., and her youngest daughter, Lillian, are so ill that very little hopes are entertained of their recovery. Mayor Redtield, who had the black vomit yesterday, is doing well to-night. Dr. McCallum is also doing nicely. Father Ptndergast. who was stricken to-day, has been a tireless, cheerful worker, and will be much missed by the sick. Two nurses from Vicksburg are among tho latest to succumb to the disease. The mail, if It could be received daily, would be a blessing. To be shut up here with scarcely a paper to read, is .hard indeed. A Vicksburg paper received here the other day was passed around so much that the priming was scarcely readable. No Fever at Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Oct. 2.—Because of many false rumors that have been circulated throughout the country tending to create the imj>ression that there is yellow fever in Louisville, citizens and merchants in the South have been misled in placing restrictions and embargoes on this city. A public meeting of the merchants, railroad officials. State Board of Health and the city* authorities was therefore held to-day at the Board of Trade. A statement was given out asserting that there have been only tw r o cases ot yellow fever, both imported, some weeks ago. and since then “we have had several heavy frosts, and this in addition to the fact that yellow fever cannot exist here should be sufficient reason to prevent quarantining against Louisville.” The statement is signed by C. C. Mengel, jr., president of the Louisville Board of Trade; George C. Norton, of the J. M. Robinson-Norton Company; Theodore Ahrens, of the Ahrens flfc Ott Manufacturing Company; George I>. Todd, mayor of Louisville, and Joseph M. Matthews, M. D. t president of the State Board of Health. View* of Dr. Guiteru*. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.—Dr. John Guiteras, employed by the government as an expert on yellow fever, is registered at the Southern. “I have visited Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Scranton, Cairo, Vicksburg, Mobile, Memphis, the northern parishes of Louisiana and New* Orleans,” said he, "and I can sty that the present yellow-fever epidemic Is of average severity l found the health boards in the infected districts efficient, and they are using up-to-date science. It is owing to these scientific methods of operating in the infected districts that the scourge has been kept from spreading more than it has.” Dr. Guiteras says St. Louis need have no fear of the fever, as it is too late in the season for the scourge to gain a foothold here. Growing: More Malignant. BILOXI. Miss., Oct. 2.—A study of the w’eek’s reports does not offer much of an encouraging nature as to any effect of the measures put in practice to ’check the fever. The disease has probably invaded every quarter of the city and there are but few families who do not report cases of fever. From two to three new cases the fist has gradually increased to twenty or twenty-five cases a day. The type is becoming more malignant. The Health Board reports: Yel-low-fever cases under treatment, 114; total yellow-fever cases to date, 208; total deaths to date, 7; new cases to-day*, 16. McHenry, Miss., reports all fever patients doing well, with no new* cases. One Cane anti One Death nt Mobile. MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 2.—Frank Pierre, a mulatto on Conception street, is the only new case to-day. There was one death, that of Alexander Sellers, on Bayou street, near Elmira. Two patients were discharged. Total cases to date, 82; total deaths, 13; total discharged, 42; now under treatment. 42. The occurrence of one case, only* is taken as evidence that the work of disinfection is having its desired effect. St. Elmo, Ala., has one case, George Cassibry, jr. At Fernland there are two cases —Mrs. Mary Deekle and Miss Rosiine Deckle. At Scranton, Miss., there is reported five cases and three suspicious cases.

PiNGREE’S MISSION. Object of the Potato Patch Governor'll Trip to Venezuela. DETROIT, Oct. 2. The Evening News says: “Governor Pingree did not go to Venezuela to secure a concession for a railroad or anything else from the Venezuelan government. The Governor carried a letter from President McKinley to General Crespo, President of Venezuela, and one from Jose Andrade, Venezuelan minister at Washington, to his brother, President-elect of the republic. Both stated that Governor Pingree was visiting South America for recreation and incidentally to see how the Venezuelan government is conducted.” Colonel E. S. Sutton, however, who accompanied the Governor, has an idea of organizing a syndicate to purchase from the government an asphalt lake in the Interior of Venezuela. FIRST AMERICAS NEWSPAPER Wan Printed in Boston, and Lived but One Day. Boston Transcript. In an article on “The Prehistoric Newspaper,” in the National Magazine, Edward Everett Hale speaks of the Boston NewsLetter as “the first newspaper in America.” We are accustomed to the saying that the first newspaper published in America was the Boston News-Letter (the first issue of which appeared on April 24, 1704), and the saying is true if the first permanent newspaper is meant. It is untrue, however, if it be meant that no newspaper preceded the News-Let-ter, because the first newspaper published in America was issued on Sept. 25, 1690, or about thirteen years and seven months before the News-Letter began its existence. The first newspaper published on this side of the Atlantic lived only one day*, and only one copy* of it is known to be in existence. That specimen sheet that curiosity in newspaper literature—is in the colonial state paper office in London. The paper consisted of four pages, one of them being left blank, in order that a letter might be written upon that page and be sent to any distant triend by mail f>r otherwise. The paper was printed two columns to a page, and in size was 11 by* 7 inches. The historian of Salem. Rev. Joseph B. Felt, in his researches for facts connected with that ancient commercial town, discovered in the state paper office the only known copy of this, the first paper published in America. The date of its issue, Sept. 25, 1690. was, as has been said, about thirteen years and seven months before the Boston News-Letter began its existence, the latter, as already stated, being first issued on April 24, 1704. Until Mr. Kelt's discovery of the copy of the previously published newspaper it was supposed that the Boston News-Letter was the first gazette published in America. The first and only Issue of this previouslypublished newspaper had no title, but that issue contained a prospectus beginning with the words “Publick Occurrences” (in large letters), and it is thought that perhaps it was the intention of the proprietor that that should be the paper’s title. It was not the fault of the publisher of this newspaper, but that of the officials then in power, that the paper was not permitted to live, but was killed in less than twenty-four hours after its birth. Very likely but for tlie circumstances that a copy* of it was placed m the colonial state paper office in London and thus preserved in spite of the efforts of the public officials, it might not now be possible to prove that sueh a newspaper was ever issued, for the officials decided at the time that the paper was issued contrary to law and that all copies of it found should be destroyed; and in order that the offending publisher should not print any* more newspapers without a license, severe penalties were enacted to prevent such an offense. It Is supposed that the publisher cf this first newspaper in Aomrlea had s id something, or that the authorities feared that If he was permitted to publish an unlicensed newspaper, he might say something reflecting upon the govt rmnent. Frederick Hudson. In his “Journalism in the t T nlted State®.’ expresses himself eu. hinking It not unlikely that Boston derived its sobriquets of "the Athens of America" and “the Hub of the Universe” from the important fact that the first American newspaper was published here.

iHE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1897.

DEATH OF GEN. NEAL DOW ‘FATHER OF PROHIBITION’ GRANTED HIS WISH TO IIE FREE. 0 Conscious Before the Final Sninmon* Came—Gen. Minor T. Thomas and Major Glnter Also Dead. 0 PORTLAND, Me., Oct. 2.—Gen. Neal Dow died at his residence in this city at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. The end was peaceful, and he retained consciousness until an hour before he died, recognizing his children, who w*ere gathered at his bedside. General Dow's death was due to the infirmities of old age. A week ago to-day he was obliged to take to his bed. His mind was still clear, how*ever, and only a few* days ago he called for the daily paper and read a portion of it. His great w*eakness made talking difficult, but the little he could say* and the gestures w*ith which he made his meaning plainer made it clear that he knew* those about him and that he was aware that the end was approaching. Once he said: “I am very* v*eary. I long to be free.” Last night he said to his nurse: “This is the end, and it is all right.” At another time he referred to his funeral, and mentioned the names of several of the Portland clergy* whom he wished to be asked to participate in the service. He also indicated his desire that the arrangements should l>e simple. General Dow's death had been expected at any time for a week or more, and this afternoon it became evident that he had sunk into a state of weakness from which he could not rally. Early* in the afternoon he lost consciousness and an hour later he passed away*. No definite arrangements have been made for the funeral. A large number of messages of condolence from various parts of the country have been received. General Dow came from a long-lived Quaker family. His father lived to be ninety-five years old and his mother was a centenarian. Up to the time of his last illness he was in the habit of rising at 5 o'clock every morning and taking a long w*alk. He would often drive twenty miles of an afternoon, and was remarkably* active for a man of his age. General Dow achieved national fame as the father of the Maine prohibition law. Since 1840 he w*as the leader of the Prohibitionists in Maine, and was oftentimes their champion in other Commonwealths. He was perhaps the most influential temperance advocate in the United States. Twice he was called on to go to England in the interest of the temperance cause, and he spoke in all of the large cities of Great Britain. He was mayor of Portland several times and served two terms in the State Legislature. His bravery* in th civil war won him the rank of brigadier general. Neal Dow was born in Portland March 20, 1804. His father was a well-to-do tanner. After being educated in the academy the son engaged in business with his father. Young Dow* had always been taught to abhor liquqor. On every occasion he used his influence against the traffic, but it is said that only by accident he w*as led to take the field in an open fight for prohibition. A woman whom he knew asked that he use his influence to keep her husband from drinking, as he was about to lose his position on that account. He was in the habit of getting his liquqor from a certain place, anu she thought it the saloon keeper couhi be persuaded not to sell to him he w*ould reform. Dow* made the request for her, but was rebuffed by the saloon keeper. This treatment led him to begin a war on the traffic, which resulted in driving every liquor dealer from the State. In 1841 he gave up his business and started on a campaigning tour through the State. He traveled in a carriage in summer and a sleigh in winter, visiting every section of the State, delivering speeches and leaving a wide trail of temperance tracts behind. When he had saturated the State with prohibition sentiment he prepared a bill for the Legislature which pronibited the manufacture and sale of liquor in Maine. It was passed in 1851, and every* saloon was driven out of the State. Mr. Dow was serving his second term as mayor of Portland when the law w*as passed. When the war broke out Mr. Dow raised a regiment and went into the field as colonel of the Thirteenth Maine Volunteers. He rose to the rank of brigadier general. During a whole winter he was confined in Libby* Prison, and in 1864 was exchanged for General Fitzhugh Lee. He was twice wounded in battle. In 1866 he spent some time in England, working for the abolition of the liquor traffic. Os late years he was much at home, attending to nls business affairs, reading much and writing some.

Gen. Minor T. Thomas. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Oct. 2. — Gen. Minor T. Thomas died at his home, in this city, to-day, aged sixty-seven years. General Thomas was a native of Indiana, but came to Minnesota when still a young man, and at the outbreak of the war of the rebellion was chosen second lieutenant of Company B of the now famous First Minnesota. His advancement was rapid until near the close of the war he received his commission as brigadier general. Since the war he followed the profession of civil engineering, being connected with the old St. Paul & Pacific road, now a part of the Great Northern system. As a railroad builder he has lived in Detroit, New Orleans, Texas, California and elsewhere. His widow and one daughter survive him. The remains will be interred at Galveston, Ind. Prof. Guy V. Thompson. BOULDER, Col., Oct. 2.—Prof. Guy V. Thompson, formerly a member of the Yale faculty* and a prominent educator, died here to-day of consumption. Guy V. Thompson was born in Michigan in 1864. He was a graduate of Colorado State University and also of Yale. In 1896 he went to Europe and w*as married to Embassador Uhl's daughter at Berlin in January, 1896. In June of this year his health failed and he came to Colorado, accepting the position of assistant professor of Latin in the State University. Maj. Lento Glnter. RICHMOND, Va„ Oct. 2.-Maj. Lewis Ginter, head of the Allen & Ginter branch of the American Tobacco Company, died at his home, “Westbrook,” near this city, at 11:20 o’clock to-night, aged seventy-three years. Major Ginter was a native of New York, but came to Richmond when quite a young man. At the. breaking out of the war he entered the Coniederate service and rose to the position of major in the quartermaster's department. His private charities w*ere very* extensive. Major Ginter never married. His death resulted from consumption, complicated with kidney trouble. George H. Lewis. BUFFALO, N. Y„ Oct. 2.—George 11. Lewis, proprietor of the Niagara Hotel, and formerly pr< sident of the Bell, Lewis & Yates Coal Mining Company, died to-day, aged fitty-seven years. Sen ora, De Calvo. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Cablegrams received at the Costa Rican legation convey news of the death of Senora de Calvo, mother of Mr. Calvo, the Costa Rican minister at Washington. Max Ilorwitz. BERLIN, Oct. 2.—Max Horwitz, the wellknown writer, is dead. THE TRI E CULTURE. It I* Hardly a Thing to He Consciously Acquired. Helen Watterson, in Scribner. Well, to blurt out the awful truth at once, I have never thought so highly of intellectual stimulation as I have of some other things in life. It is by no means clear, as yet, that the power of intellect upon life is of the greatest value; just as the history* of human nature does not go to show that seeing clearly and doing well have been invariably associated. One man or one woman, with that extended and clarifying vision which is occasionally the flower of a well-informed mind, but is oftener the fruit of a beautiful spirit, is a greater power for all right-mindedness than the most active intellect, under the most conscientious stimulation. And as to the opportunity for culture offered in the woman’s clubs, it seems to me that In a last analysis true culture eludes any* conscious effort to acquire it. I have liked to think that culture, like all other graces of the mind and

soul, is not attained by* being too consciously* sought. It droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven, and in solitude and self-de-pendence. It is a “quiet fireside thing.” which neither needs nor desires the contribution of the exchange place. One gets it, as one gets grace, from above, in the seclusion of one's closet, and as the guest of one’s own soul. So far from ministering to real culture and scholarship. I make so bold as to say that no club, social or technical, male or female, bond or free, can do more than to receive the results of individual scholarship and culture, or offer more than mere stimulation. This of itself is good, if one does not make too much of it, and in small towns, where the wheels of life go slowly, where books are scarce and the resources of the individual are not abundantly developed, a woman’s club is. no doubt, a necessary* means to growth and diversion, even though the work undertaken be solemn enough to make a German university* professor laugh. But, that was a profound truth of Margaret Fuller's. "The soul that lives too much in relations becomes at last a stranger to its own resources,” STREET RAILWAY SUIT. Frank De H. Robison "Want* Affair* of a Company Investigated. CLEVELAND, 0., Oct. 2.-Late this afternoon Frank De Haas Robison, the baseball magnate, began suit in equity against the Cleveland City Railway Company, M. A. Hanna, the president; J. B. Hanna, the secretary, and John J. Shlpherd, one of the members of the board of directors, asking for relief and the appointment of a referee to investigate the affairs of the company, as well as an injunction to prevent the payment of the dividend declared at a recent meeting. In the petition, which is voluminous, Robison charges that after the consolidation of the Cleveland City Cable Company with the Woodland-avenue and West bide Company* into the Cleveland City Railway Company, the secretary and treasurer of the consolidated company signed in blank certificates of stock that was to be exchanged for the stock of the old companies. These certificates were given to Shipherd, who was the transfer agent. It is alleged that of the eight millions of stock, $1,01)0,000 worth, which w*as to be held in the treasury, to be issued on the order of the board of directors, was wrongfully* issued by* Shipherd. w*hile cable stock which would have been canceled when turned in was used by Shipherd as collateral for loans at three banks, which are made parlies defendant in the suit, president and Secretary Hanna are accused of carelessness in permitting Shipherd to issue the stock without authority from the board of directors. Secretarv Hanna say*s in reply to the allegations of the petition that Shipherd and Robison were named in the agreement of consolidation as the trustees of the cable company, and that the stock which was to be issued to the cable stockholders was given to him as such trustee; that neither the president nor the secretary of the consolidated company had anything to do with the settlement with the cable stockholders; that matter being left to Shipherd, who was the treasurer of the cable company at the time of the consolidation, and to Robison, w’lio was the president of that company*. “If there has been any* mix-up in the affairs of the company because of that,” said Mr. Hanna, “these two trustees are legally* responsible for it.”

ALLEGED MISMANAGEMENT. Suit Against Officers of a Life* Insurance Clearing Company. CHICAGO, Oct. 2—A special to the Chronicle from St. Paul says: A sensation was created this evening in insurance and other business circles by the bringing of a suit against the Life Insurance Clearing Company, asking for the suspension of Thomas B. Scott, president, and H. Burton Strait, secretary, for mismanaging the offices of the company. This suit is brought by Russell R. Dorr, owner of seventy shares of the capital stock. The business of the company is given as in excess of $2,(500,000, ad its capital stock SIOO,OOO. The last statement tiled shows that the concern’s surplus Dec. 31, 1895. was $113,004. and Dec. 31, 1896, it had grown to $135,840. Mr. Dorr declares the statement last issued is grossly* fraudulent and intended to defraud the holders of both insurance and stock. There are other charges of fraud of quite as startling a nature. Besides asking the suspension of the officers of the company Mr. Dorr prays that the court decree and compel the payment to the company .of all money or property* that Scott and Stfait have acquired for themselves or has been lost or wasted by the violation of their duties by these two officers. COWARDLY ESCORTS. Saved Tltelr Own Live* and Let Fonr Young Women Drown. HAMILTON, Ala., Oct. 2.—While returning from a party here late last night six people in a boat w*ere thrown into the river end four of the occupants drowned. Those drowned were Misses Lizzie Smith, Belle Key, Mary Swearingen and Elia Phillips. Their escorts. Robert and John Wright, brothers, who caused the boat to capsize by* rocking it, saved their own lives. Feeling is so bitter against the two men that they have left town. SAME OLD STORY. Fair and Warmer, and Not a Drop of lialn in Sight. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.—Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio—Warmer; light winds. For Illinois—Fair; warmer in northwestern portion; easterly to southerly winds. For Indiana—Fair; warmer; southeasterly winds. Local Observations Saturday, Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m. .30.2S 58 72 North. Clear. 0.00 7 p.m.. 30.30 73 42 N'east. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 83; minimum temperature, 57. Following is a comparative statement of temperature and precipitation Oct. 2: Temp. Pre. Normal 02 .09 Mean 70 .00 Departure from normal *8 —.09 Departure since Oct. 1 *2l —.lB Departure since Jan. 1 —56 —1.60 ♦Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperature*. Stations. 7a. m. Max. 7p. m. Cairo. 11l 60 83 76 Cheyenne, Wyo 54 72 66 Chicago, 111 62 66 64 Cincinnati, O 60 80 76 Concordia, Kan 64 88 80 Davenport, la 56 86 78 Des Moines, la 58 88 78 Dodge City, Kan 62 84 76 Kafisas City, Mo 62 90 80 Little Rock. Ark 56 90 82 Memphis, Tenn 66 90 80 Nashville, Tenn 60 90 82 North Platte, Neb 62 84 76 Oklahoma, O. T 64 86 76 Omaha, Neb 62 88 80 Pittsburg, Pa 52 72 58 Rapid City, S. D 66 72 68 Salt like City*. Utah .. 44 64 60 St. Louis, Mo 64 90 84 Springfield, 111 60 90 84 Springfield, Mo 64 86 80 Vicksburg, Miss 66 86 80 September Condition?*. Following is a summary of the meteorological conditions existing at Indianapolis in September: Mean atmospheric pressure, 30.17; highest, 30.38. on the 21st and 28th; lowest, 29.93, on the 19th. Mean temperature, 71; highest, 96. on the 17th, lowest, 41. on the 21st; greatest daily range. 36. on the 29th; least daily range, 14, on the 17th. Mean temperature for September in 1871, 62; 1872, 66; 1873. 64; 1874, 69; 1875, 63; 1876, 64; 1877, 66; 1878, 67; 1879, 60; ISSO, 65; 1881, 74; 18S2, 66; 1883. 63; 18*4. 72; 1885, 65; 1886, 67; 1887, 66; 1888. 63; 1889, 64: 1890, 63; 1891, 71; 1892, 67; 1*93, 69; 1894, 70; 1895. 71; 1896, €4; 1897, 71. Mean temperature for September for twenty-six years, 66; average excess of daily mean temperature during the month, 5.5; accumulated deficiency of daily mean temperature since Jan. 1. *7; average daily deficiency sim e Jan. 1, 0.3. Prevailing direction of wind, southwest; total movement of wind. 4.649 miles; maxmum velocity of w ind, direction and date, 66 miles, west, on the Ist. Total precipitation, 0.79 inch: number of days with 0.1 inch or more, 3. Total precipitation in inches for September in 1871. 0.89: 1872, 2.81; 1873. 1.76; 1574, 2.C9; 1875. 1.34; 1876. {.90; 1877 . 2.04; 1878, 3.35; 1879. 6.94; ISSO. 1.56; 1881, 3.25; 1882. 0.72; 1883, 2.72; 1884. 3.09; 1885, 3.50; 1886. 3.43; 1887. 2.11; 1888, 1.23; 1889, 3.79; 1890. 2.31; 1891. 0.74; 1892 , 2 42: 1893, 3.03; 1894. 1.82; 1895. 7.46: 1896. 8.17; 1897, 0.79; average precipitation for September for twenty-six years, 2.90 Inches; total deficiency during the month, 2.15 inches; accumulated defl■lency since Jan. 1. 1.42 inches. Number of clear days. 26; partly cloudy lays, 4; cloudy* days, 0. Date of frost, killing, on the 21st.

SCORED BY LIBERALS LORD SALISBU** Y’S GOVERNMENT SEVERELY CRITICISED. Peppery Speeeh by the Hon. Georgre W. G. Rmuell—Tronble for Great Britain in West Afrieu. (Special Cable Letter. Copyright, 1897.) LONDON, Oct. 2.—The question ironically asked by the Conservative press relative to the whereabouts of the Liberal leaders has been answered in triphammer style during the past week by the speeches of Mr. John Morley, the former chief secretary for Ireland; Mr. H. H. Asquith, the former home secretary, and Mr. George W. E. Kusseil, former under secretary of state for India. “Disgrace abroad” and “disaster at home” were the tenor of all the speeches, as was to be expected, but it must be admitted that the arraignment is approved by the consciences of many Conservatives when they recall the record of the last few years. Mr. Russell, in dealing with the subject, recalled Prince Bismarck's verdict of Lord Salisbury as being “a lath painted to look like iron,” and Lord Randolph Churchill’s later estimate of the premier as being “the greatest funk iri Europe.” Mr. Russell added his own opinion of Lord Salisbury namely, “Frailty, thy name is Cecil.” The recent bye-election in East Denbingshire, resulting in a greatly increased Liberal majority, seems to be a warning that the people are wearying of the blundering which has marked Lord Salisbury's policy. Mr. Russell recalled recent instances in which he said the premier always started with a line display of vigor, which “oqzes away so soon as his opponent shows fight.” Continuing, Mr. Russell said Lord Salisbury oaeked down before Secretary Olney and is now backing down before Secretary Sherman, and that during the course of the peace negotiations between Greece and Turkey the Czar and Emperor William handled Lord Salisbury so effectually that he was made to eat his own pronouncements. Mr. Russell concluded with remarking: “His Lordship has just conceded to the French full sovereignty over Tunis, and signs are not wanting that they will soon begin to elbow us out of Egypt. Even the Mussulman savages of India have taken heart, knowing they are dealing with a mere man of words. In short, there are no limits to the endurance of poltroonry in high places.” • * * Unless the signs are deceiving, trouble is brewing in West Africa between the British and the French, who since 1889 have trebled their protectorate in Western Soudan, and the great bulk of the accession to French territory has been carved out of country generally regarded as being within the British sphere >f influence. There are mysterious stories afloat of disturbances at Lagos, on the west coast of Africa, and the movements of British troops to that part of the world from adjoining colonies,' coupled with the news that the French colonial minister is going to Senegal. The Mahommedan chief Samory is operating in the Hinterland of the Gold Coast, and other signs lead to the belief that the situation is dangerous, and that the conflict of interests is becoming acute. A high Colonial Office official said: “The native ferment amounts to nothing, but the fact is, the French are hemming us in around Lagos and pushing us into the sea, and unless we are rehabilitated by a commission to delimitate the Anglo-French frontier more successfully than formerly, there is bound to be trouble.” * * * The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hieks-Beach, returns to London next week, where his arrival is eagerly anticipated by the United States monetary commissioners. "While the chancellor of the exchequer may communicate a message immediately to the commissioners, it is not unlikely that it w T ill be a notification that the government is still unable to give them a definite reply to their proposals, but hopes to be able to announce its conclusions at some specific future time. Public men who are in the best position to judge think that recent developments foreshadow a negative answer. The situation has resolved itself into a contest between the banking interests and the bimetallic forces in the government, and the impression in the latter circle is that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. who is personally an advocate of the gold standard, but who seemed disposed to accede to the wishes of the bimtallists, is being turned against the project of Great Britain’s co-operation by the pressure of business interests. * * * Maj. Moses P. Handy, the special United States commissioner to the Paris exposition of 1900, has had a cordial interview with the French minister for foreign affairs, M. Hanotaux, in regard to the objects of his visit to Europe, but he and his associates are dissatisfied with the small amount of space allotted to the United States and threaten to withdraw. It i3 practically impossible for the authorities to extend the space. Apart from the fact that the ground has been definitely chosen, the horse car and railroad lines approved and the concessions granted, there is no available space whatever in proximity to the building. * * *

MOZART'S “REQUIEM." He Composed It When Oppressed by n Feeling of Melancholy. Harper’s Young People. The famous composer Mozart was so completely wrapped up in music that he was almost like a child in every other respect. Like many weak-minded people, he was always in constant fear of death, and it was only by constant application to his work tha,t he kept his spirits from sinking totally under his apprehensions of approaching dissolutions. Whenever he was not occupied by his studies he was the victim of a profound melancholy, and occasionally these gloomy forebodings possessed him even while he was at his work. The circumstances under which he composed his celebrated “Requiem” were remarkable. One day, when he was feeling unusually depressed, he received a call from a stranger—a tall and dignified man, whose manners were unusually dignified and impressive. He told Mozart that he came from a person who did not wish his name to be known to ask if he would compose a solemn mass as a requiem for the soul of a dear friend who had recently died and whose memory he wished to commemorate. Mozart undertook the work, and promised to have it finished within a month. The stranger asked him the price of the work, and, after paying him 100 ducats, took his leave. The strangeness of the visit seemed to have a powerful effect upon the mind of the master. He brooded over it for several days, and then, suddenly calling for writing materials, began to compose with extraordinary fervor. The incessant application was too much for his strength. It brought on fainting fits, and increasing illness forced him to stop work. “I am writing this requiem for myself,” he said one day to his wife; “it will serve for my own funeral service.” And he was never afterwards free from that impression. At the end of the month the mysterious stranger called and asked for the requiem. “I have found it impossible,” said Mozart, “to keep my word. The work has interested me more than I expected, and 1 have extended it beyond my first design. I shall require another month to finish 't.” The stranger made no objection, but stating that it was only just to increase the premium for the additional labor, he laid down 50 ducats more, and after promising to return at the appointed time, departed. Mozart, much astonished at the whole proceeding, ordered a servant to follow him. but the man lost sight of him in the street and was obliged to return without having learned anything about him. Mozart was now ttrmiy persuaded that he was a messenger from the other world sent to warn him of his approaching end. and he applied himself with fresh enthusiasm to the requiem, in spite of the exhausted condition of his body end mind the work was finished within the month. At the appointed time the stranger returned; the requiem was ready; but Mozart was no more. Practice Vs. Theory. New York Evening Sun. A woman had occasion the other day to visit the editorial office of a magazine devoted to the interests of health. Health in all its forms, too—gastronomies, wearing apparel, exercise, mental training, ventilation. bathing and all the rest pertaining to the sanitary—but upon no point is it more pertinacious than upon ventilation. For month after month do its pages teem with rules, and regulations, and advice, and bescftchmants, and threats, and all upon the

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one subject—fresh air. According to this periodical poor ventilation is the cause not only of ill-heaith and disease, but melancholy, insanity and even crime itself. The woman found the editorial “rooms” to be in the singular number, consisting of one small apartment way up under the roof of what had once been a dwelling house. But even more singular than the number was the fact that when the woman opened the door it was all she could do to enter. Such a blast of smoke, and steam, and heat, and foul air as burst forth. It was some time before her eyes could become accustomed to the haziness of it all, but when they did she discerned faintly the figures of four men, each puffing away at a big pipe. The one window was closed, and although the day was mild, that champion ozone-destroy-er, a gas stove, was in active service. The woman stayed just two minutes in the room, and she left then, not because her errand was accomplished, but because she knew it was a case of being carried home on a shutter if she remained longer. It was a significant commentary upon the great gulf that divides preaching from practicing. BIRDS BETRAYED. Volney W. Foster's Kindness to Feathered Songsters All for Nanght. Chicago Times-Herald. Bird boxes have stirred up the latest tremendous excitement in lively, sensational Evanston. Last week the city was shaken to its center by Bogart’s return. The week before blind pigs caused a social earthquake. The week previous the order ot keeping the college girls indoors was the ground on which the regular cataclysm was based. Evanston is beating Niles Center as a place where there Is always a thrill. The bird box sensation is the liveliest that has struck the town. Families are being torn apart by it. The whole municipal fabric is tottering. The collegians forget their numbers in their football practice. The servant girls break the dishes and men swear to perpetrate deadly feuds. And Volney W. Foster is to blame. Mr. Foster is kind. He is as fond of the dog as he is of the master. The little bird, to him. is as dear as the boy who shies the rock thqft kills or maims. And so it came that in his tender heart Mr. Foster hit upon a plan to help the birds. He went to the City Council and said: “I will feed the Evanston birds if you will help mo. As the City Council is always holding out Inducements to birds to come here and live I think that my plan is good. I will pay for the construction and placing of 500 boxes to be nailed to trees and lamp-posts, if the city will keep these same boxes tilled with bird seed. The Council was amazed. Then it was pleased. The agreement was made a contract. Up went the boxes with this sign on them: :* FREE LUNCH! * : HELP YOURSELF! : : IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE : THAN TO RECEIVE. : • • Birds flocked to Evanston until the town was in a perpetual flutter, and Mr. Foster was hailed as the greatest benefactor of the sordid age. Sparrows twittered to him as he fell asleep. Swallows fanned his slumbers and owls crooned a soothing lullaby all night long. Nightingales sang in every tree and the festive jay clattered his discordant thanks from the spout of the town pump. Woodpeckers hammered away at the lampposts until their bills were dull, and the Audubon Society made Mr. Foster a life member. . . . Alas and alack! It is all over. The birds have gone to Fcrt Sh* and Eva s on is in tears. The unfeeling City Council, untrue to its promise, unfaithful to the trust imposed and cruel as the grave, has decided to let the bird boxes remain unfilled. They are on every tree and lamp-post, but the seeds that were to gladden the hearts of the birdies and at the same time fill their little crops are not there. Mr. Foster is furious. The inhabitants are in a state of nervous prostration and the birds are flown. The Audubon Society is preparing a bill to present to Congress in the matter. The Back Lot Society is moving for a cancellation of the citv charter, Mayor Dyclie is repentant. but like the man in Sankey’s song—too late. _ New Orleans. Lippincott’s Magazine. Three civilizations —the French, the Spanish and the Anglo-American—have blended in forming New Orleans, the French always dominating in blood, manners and customs. The ideals of the French gentry and nobility were introduced .s far as they were practicable in a young : clony by the Sieur de Bienville, the “father of New Orleans,” and paramount in its development they stamped it with a chrism of distinction up to the time of our oivi war. but the spell which ultimately will make over all American cities into one likeness is notv at work there. .As yet, however, along with the Inherent cosmopolitanism of New Orleans, a strong local flavor is perceptible, and a distinctive civic temperament attracts the attention of the student of sociology. The natives take a light-hearted, child-like pleasure in their Mardl Gras festivities; their ordinary street manners are so amiable and kindly that a well-dressed lady may wander alone through the poorest parts of the city without disagreeable notice from loafer or urchin; but, this sauvity covers & powerful undertow. Suddenly by

FURNITURE, CARPETS MESSENGER’S, 101 E. Washington St. Stool Ranges, Gas Ranges Examine our Ranges before buying, as it will be a few moments well spent. LILLY & STALNAKER. a turn of the current the will of New Orleans can show itself to be fierce and Irresistible In carrying a point; If the wheels of justice tarry In supporting the people, blade and revolver will be brought into use without hesitation to accomplish the end desired. DUTCH BELTED CATTLE. Orson D. Mann's Fine Herd Add • Their Record ns Prise Winners. New York Herald. Mr. Orson D. Munn, one of the editors of the Scientific American, is justly proud of the handsome herd of Dutch belted cattle which are much admired by the lovers of fine stock who visit his place, Llewellyn Park, Orange, N. J. At the New Jersey state fair last week out of the thirteen head exhibited seven took first prizes and two were awarded second. At the livestock exhibition held in Madiron-square Garden in 1895 thirteen prizes were awarded for the herd and separate animals composing it. A herd of sixteen Dutch belted cattle, it will be remembered by breeders, was awarded the biggest per cent, of prizes obtained by any cattle exhibit at the world's fair, when there were probably more cattle of various breeds gathered together than ever before. “The Dutch belted, or blanketed breed of cows,” said Mr. Munn yesterday, “are natives of Holland and are a distinct family from the Holsteins, with which many confound them. Comparatively few have as yet been imported into this country, although the breed antedates the seventeenth century. In Holland they are owned and controlled by the nobility. In color they are very black, with a continuous pure white belt around their body, which makes a strikingly beautiful contrast Their form is usually very fine and their constitutions most hardy, enabling them to stand sudden changes in climate and to thrive on any variety of fodder. As milk producers they are excellent.” The Dialect Pluy. Cleveland Plain Dealer. “What is that peculiar rasping noise I hear between the acts?” “That’s the flies of the stage hands taking the edge off the Scotch burr.”

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