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Southern roads. The several roads which had fully compiled, those which had between 71 and 100 per cent, of their cars equipped and those with between 70 and 75 pr cent, were called and the representative of each gave an estimate of time in which the work of complying with the law could be completed. After a recess Mr. Julius Rosendale, of Philadelphia, on behalf of himself and many eminent divines whom he said he represented, and among whom he mentioned Cardinal Gibbons, entered a protest against granti.'ts any extension of time. Counsel for various roads which announced the ab.Vity of their own roads to comply with thG law’ within a very brief period urged the futility of separate action in the case of th* various roads. They all urged that the ro.ids be treated as a unit and a general ordeV of extension be made. The representative <>f the Cleveland. Lorain A Wheeling suggest*el that the commission, instead n't granting ji five-year extension with conditions as to .die percentage of cars to be equipped eac h year for one-fifth of the equipment of each road, grant at the end of each year following to the fifth year an extension for an additional one-fifth. Then, in case of the default in any road, it could be made to suite." the penalty. This plan he thought would a foid the* questions of the commission’s power to impose conditions. Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, joined in Mr. Morrissey’s protest against any undue extension of the time for compliance with the law. The lives and limb* of, tbe railroad employes which were in peril, he said, cried as loud and appealed as strotgly to the commission as the dividends nf the railreads. On one point Mr. Gompers was very emphatic. He thought that no extension whatever should be granted to any railroad that had paid dividends since the law was passed. Mr. dark, representing the Chicago Great Western, said that his company could not afford and had not the facilities to equip the unequipped cars with couplers within one year. There were about 3,000 of these. “What were the earnings of your road last year?” asked Commissioner Prouty. “Over $4,000,000.” “Why could not the road apply SOO,OOO next year to equipping its cars with couplers?” “It would not lie economical,” replied Mr. Clark. MR. CLARDY’S VIEWS. Ex-Congressman Clardy, of Missouri, representing the Iron Mountain road, argued that the commission was charged with the execution of the law and had plenary powers. Tlio commission, he declared, had the power to extend the time, with forfeiting conditions. He indorsed the suggestion of Mr. Cowen and the committee. The railroads whose equipment was below W per cent, were called, and the counsel of particular roads, in many cases, explained the reasons why more progress had not been made. Commissioner Knapp asked if the commission granted an extension for one year, with the understanding that one-fifth of the cars should be equipped in that period, and there should be default, whether there would not then be the same practical difficulty to face as existed now. Mr. Cowen replied In the affirmative, and insisted that the commission must allow sufficient time. To grant two years’ extension, for instance, he said, with the absolute certainty that the roads could not comply, would be a continuous invitation to the roads to default. The hearing to-day closed with a somewhat sensational exchange between Mr. Cowen and Mr. Morrissey. Mr. Cowen, in closing, indignantly repudiated the idea that Mr. Gompers or Mr. Morrissey in any way represent* and the employes of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Those employes, he declared, had not been consulted, and he resented the quiet assumption of the labor leaders that they represented the workers on his road. He warned the commission against the humanitarian view urged by these gentlemen. The perils of the new appliances, he said, had not been established. Statistics on his road showed they killed more but maimed less than the old system. In a business matter, he said, with some temper, it was always dangerous to yield to alleged humanitarian considerations. He used no veiled irony in his references to Mr. Morrissey’s assumption of authority. The latter jumped to his feet when Mr. Cowen sat down. He had tried, he said, to occupy a dignified attitude throughout the hearing. He did not desire to give offense, and he had maintained silence while tne statements of the representatives of the railroads wore being made, but he said he deemed it his duty to reply to the insinuation of Mr. Cowen that he did not represent the railway trainmen. He refused to be discredited, and he denied that he had assumed authority not vested in him. Eightyfive per cent, of the employes of the Baltimore & Ohio, he said, wen- members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and at the Toronto convention last year he had unanimously been empowered to state the position of its members to the Interstatecommerce Commission. Every division of the Baltimore & Ohio had been represented at the convention. Upon that authority, he said, he denied Mr. Cowen’s statement. ”1 said the question of a year's extension had never been presented to the employes Os the Baltimore & Ohio,” interrupted Mr. Cowen, "and I repeat it.” “The Toronto convention.” retorted Mr. Morrissey, "voted against any extension.” ile then explained further that he had appealed to the convention not to tie his hands, but to leave him free to use his judgment, and that that discretion had been accorded him Soon afterwards the hearing was adjourned until to-morrow.

COST OF ARMOR PLATE. Itrimrt of the Hon rt Provided for at the Last Session of CooKreNi. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—The naval armor factory board made its report to S3Cretary I<ong to-day. The board consists of Commodore Howell. Captain McCormick, Civil Engineer Endieott. Chief Engineer Perry and Lieutenant Fletcher. Summing up the practicability, necessities, advantages and disadvantages of the proposed government factory it says: “In accordance with your views that the Congress would wish from the board a statement in the rough, of the practicability of putting up an armor plant, we respectfully submit the following considerations: "First—An armor factory comprises essentially a collection of special furnaces, heavy machinery, tools and appliances that are not needed in any other class of work, and a class of labor specially skilled in the business. J "Second—A government armor factory not connected with an establishment eng iged in other branches of the steel industry would depend for its success and economic administration on a constant demand for tin out- it nearly approaching Its full capacity. “ i rd—ls the government should establish an armor factory the efficient and economic maintenance or working of that factory would necessarily depend on a constant yearly appropriation for ships to be provided with armor. because the armor produced at any time must be specially designed for and fitted to those ships Any failure to appropriate for those ships in any one year would require the cessation of work and the laying off. indefinitely, of the skilled experts and laborers that had been trained to this industry. A resumption of wotat a biter period would require the training, at a considerable expense, of a new set of men. In the meantime progress of the art would, perhaps, have been such that difficult and radical changes would be required which, under continuous working, might have been gradually and easily made. "Estimates are given below for the cost, exclusive of the land, of a plant capable of making and furnishing ready for the installment on board ship of six thousand tons per year of nickel steel, face-hardened, relorged armor. As the size of the largest single armor plate to be produced fixes the si-/,, and number of melting furnaces required and the size of forging anti bending presses, which are about the most expensive part of the plant, and as the melting furnaces and presses, thus determined, are capable of producing a much greater quantity of armor than herein required, it follows that the cost of a plant of increased or diminished capacity will not be In direct proportion to the greater or less output, but will be in proportion to the greater or has number of cementing furnaces and machine tools supplied. Those estimates are made without exact knowledge of the local conditions of the site that may lie selected. No freight is included and the foundations for building and tools are of sufficient depth to secure stability and j>erm-tnenee on good hard pan or gravel only. Nothing has been included for grading or for excavating except so far as necessary for the proper construction of the plant. Should the ; jte selected la* of such it character as to equire piling or deeper foundations than herein contemplated, the cost may be increased. Five per cent, has been allowed, however, for erecting and engineering expenses, and it is thought that 5 i>er cent, additional allowance will cover all contingencies under the worst conditions that may be encountered. The estimates follow: Name of Department. Estimates. Open-hearth department .. 1541,914 Forging and cementing, shop j.. 1,356.237 Mending and tempering shop i4i>.us:i Machine shop .' 6)0,651 Erecting shop iM.4'll .toiler shop 119.574 Power plant JUl.Hoji Blacksmith shop 32,411 t.ueomotlve shop 7,21!) Carpenter shop

Office balding 13.000 Chemical laboratory 25,000 Physical laboratory 33.000 Railroad tracks and equipments 86,642 Latrines 11.112 Water supply, sewerage, etc 33,298 Total $3,747,912 After a careful review of the advantages And disadvantages of establishing a plant, in connection with an armor factory, capable of producing the steel ingots needed in n aking plates tthe chief disadvantages being the first cost of $519,133 and the force of labor that would have to be employed), thrt board says: "The board considers that the. capacity to produce the steel ingots is so Important to the successful and economic administration of an armor factory that it dots not recommend an establishment designed to obtain the ingots by purchase. A (Visting department for the molds, anvils a. id such eastings as need occasional replacement is necessary in either case, and can he profitably combined with an openhcnirth steel plant as herein outlined. In vie*v of the advantages above mentioned, and notwithstanding the greater first cost of the establishment, the hoard recommends that the government armor factory includes a plant for the production of open-hearth steel ingots.” On the subject of sites the board says: "The board, in its instructions, was not charged with the selection of a site or location for the armor factory. It appends to this report a list of places recommended to the board as sites and showing also the names of the persons so recommending them.” The report contains much in the way of appendices. There are thirty-eight drawings besides the specifications, details of estimates. list of places to recommend for sites, form of proposals, besides much other matter. The board says it will be impossible to furnish copies of all these matters to applicants, and intending bidders will find it imperative to come to Washington if they would make intelligent bids. RIOTING AT PRAGUE. <Concluded from First I’aße.) the -general simply remarking that he considers the court-martial definitely settled that point. Italy’* Financial Exhibit. ROME. Dec. I.—The minister of finance, Signor Luzzattl, made his financial statement in the Chamber of Deputies to-day. It showed a surplus of 34,000,000 lire for the financial year of 1890-97. The result was considered especially gratifying as the abundant wheat crop of Italy has largely decreased the customs receipts, which only totalled up 33,000.009 lire, the lowest on record. The revised budget for the current year showed a surplus of 40,500,000 lire. Part of the surplus will be devoted to the establishment of a consolidated fund, to be devoted to the withdrawal of state notes, ns the most efficacious method of extinguishing the premium on gold. Thus, next year, over 20,000,000 lire of state notes will be redeemed. It is proposed to reduce the expenditure in Erythrea. the Italian colony on the east coast of Africa, from 9 000.000 to 5,000.000 lire and to gradually withdraw tho Italian troops from the Platea to the coasts and to Masscwah, the port of debarkation and embarkation. Turkey Disclaims Responsibility. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 1. —The U nited States minister to Turkey, James B. Angell, has renewed the demand of the United States for an indemnity from the Turkish government for the pillage of the American miss-ions at Kharnut, Marash and Haskongi. Armenia. The Porte denies any responsibility for the pillaging on the ground that the government acted under the stress of unavoidable circumstances. Minister Angell, however, insists upon the government’s responsibility, as Turkish troops and gendarmes participated in the outrages.

Albanian Revolt Suppressed. CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. I.—According to advices from Turkish sources, the revolt of the Albanians against Turkish rule at Diakova, northeast of Scutari, has been suppressed, and Riga Bey, the leader of the insurgents, has been arrested. The foregoing is at variance with the report on the same subject which was cabled from Vienna last night, which was to the effect that the insurrection is increasing in seriousness. For Love of nn American W idow. LONDON, Dec. I.—According to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Vienna, Baron Pasetti shot himself outside the residence of an American widow, Mrs. Kittinger, to whom be had been making love for some time. Having seen her in company with other men he became infuriated with jealousy. He called at the residence of Mrs. Kittinger after midnight to demand an explanation, but was refused admittance. He then drew his revolver and shot himself. Metemmh Deserted by Deri lshe*. CAIRO, Dec. I.—lt is rumored here that the Anglo-Egyptian forces have occupied Metemmh, on the Nile, the main Dervish position between Berber, the headquarters of the expeditionary force, and Omdurman, near Khartoum, the stronghold of the Dervishes. The latter are said to have evacuated Metemmh previous to its occupation by the Anglo-Egyptian troops. Metemmh Is less than 150 miles, as the crow flies, from. Omdurman. Dentil tenuity for Native*. BERLIN, Dec. I.—The Colonial Council, in discussing the penal code to-day, approved the proposition to extend the death penalty to natives of the German colonies for crimes in the case of which there is milder punishment in Germany. The members of the council took the ground that it was necessary to ensure the safety of the white settlers and to uphold German dominion. Thirty Killed and Forty Injured. KAISERSLAUTERN, Rhenish Bavaria, Dec. I.—A fire dump explosion took place in the Frankerholz coal mine, near Homburg, to-day. Thirty miners were killed and forty injured. Homburg is a fortified town of Rhenish Bavaria, six mi'.es north of Deux-Ponts. Cable Notes. The German Reichstag yesterday reelected Baron Van Boul-Berenberg to the presidency of the house and also re-elected the vice presidents. Herren R. Schmidt and P. Spahn. The next sitting of the Reichstag will take place on Friday. The German imperial budget for_ 1898-99 balances with an expenditure of 1,437.139,979 marks. It includes an increase In expenses of the office of the imperial chancellor, bringing his salary up to the amount which he received as stadthalter of the Reichsland. It includes, also, large increases in the army and navy. A BOMBASTIC BOOMER. Captain Hne, of tlie “Sooner” Army, Writes* to Secretary Bliss. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 1.-Capt. E. L. Hewos, the boomer who claims to have enrolled in Wichita 300 recruits to the "sooner” army with which he hopes to invade the Wichita mountain country within the Kiowa, and Comanche Indian reservation in Oklahoma Territory, left here to-day for Oklahoma City. where he will continue his recruiting. Twenty-five men, with nine wagons, accompanied him from here. Today, as “commander-in-chief” of the "sooner” army, he addressed a letter to Secretary Bliss in which he asserts that there is no desire on the part of himself or his men to net in defiance of law or the principles of justice, “but by the memory of George Washington, sir.” he adds. "•** have trie right ot free born American citizens to expect consideration from you and all other servants of the people.” The boomer calls on the secretary of the interior to state the grounds on which ho forbids the would-be prospectors from operating in the Wichita mountain country under the act of Congress approvtd May 10, 1N72. He adds: "We are in earnest, sir. and will stand no trifling or arbitrary treatment from the Indian agents and government officials.” This is supposed to mean that the boomers are determined to invade the reservation, and to-day the* boomer chief declared that his army would be ready to move by the middle of the month. Am Old Concern Change* Hands. ST. LOUIS, Dee. I—The entire stock and good will of the E. C. Meacham Arms Company was sold to-day to the Simmon’s Hardware Company, but the terms of the sale were not made public. The Simmon’s Hardware Company took imrnedi ite possession. The Meacham Arms Company was one of the largest sporting goods concerns in Urn Southwest. It was capitalized at $300,000. E. C. Meacham, the founder, died three years age.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897.

PECULIAR MURDER CASE * Ml* S. PORTER HEMES THAT STURGEON HAD BEEN IN HER HOUSE. Two Decatur W hite Cap* Plead Guilty and Others Held for Trial— The Mining Trouble. ♦- u Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCKVILLE, Ind.. Dec. L—The killing of James T. Sturgeon in Greene township yesterday by Harry Porter has created much excitement in that neighborhood, made up of some of the best families in the county. Sturgeon was met in the road, horseback, eariy in the morning, and when spoken to by a neighbor, whom he chanced to meet, said he was out looking for a “black sheep.” He was not seen after this until found dead. Harry Porter, the boy who did the killing, was told by his mother to get a Winchester, which had been loaned to Mr. Harbison to shoot hogs, and wa.s to be left at the school for Porter that morning. The son got the gun and took it home at recess, about 10 o’clock, accompanied by Harbison’s boy. On reaching his home, it is said, the Porter boy went in the front door as Sturgeon left by the rear door and ran for the woods. Young Porter caught sight of him and fired several times. The ball which killed entered Sturgeon’s left shoulder and was found protruding from his right breast. Sturgeon was wounded by other shots and ran over one hundred yards before falling. His body was found on his own land, which adjoins that of Porter. His horse was hitched in the woods near where he died. William Porter, the father of Harry, was in the corn field near the house, gathering corn, when the firing commenced. He and the son notified John L. Sturgeon of his brother’s death. Mrs. Porter, in her statement to the coroner, said Sturgeon had not been in the house that morning, nor had she seen him, and the only one' present when the trouble occurred was young Harbison. Sturgeon left a wife and several children. Mrs. Porter is the wife of William Porter, and they have children. One young daughter is at work in Rockville. She Was thrown into spasms on hearing the news. Both families are well known. The boy is still in jail. Sturgeon’s body was taken to his late home last night. NEGRO MINERS ARRESTED. Worn cii Stopped on the Street and Washington Citizens Terrorized. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. I.—The Indiana miners believe they will bo justified in asking for an advance in the price of mining when the operators and miners meet in interstate conference at Columbus in two weeks. The understanding of the Indiana miners is that Ohio will ask for the scale of 1892, which was based on a 79-cent price in the Pittsburg district, W’here now the price is 65 cents. The 9-cent differential would make the Ohio and Indiana price 70 cents as against 56 cents now’. Secretary Kennedy, of the Indiana District of the United Mine Workers, says the number of miners at work is eight thousand in Indiana. of which three thousand are in the Brazil block field. This is a larger number of men than has been employed in the State in ten years. With the settlement of the strike at Star City and Hymera there is no place where the men are not at work, except the Cabel mines at Washington, and the problem there is being solved by the departure of strikers to other fields in the States, leaving the mines to the negroes brought from Kentucky. These negroes, by the way. are beginning to make a good deal of trouble and Washington people are in a humor to take summary measures with them. Ten of them terrorized a section of the town the other night. When arrested each one had a revolver and a flask of whisky. The mining company went on their bends. Within a week several women have been stopped on the street by negroes.

GAS BELT TROLLEY STATIONS. Oh Henry’s Line They Will He at All Principal Cross-Roads. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. I.—Congressman Henry's Gas Belt Electric Railway Company to-day began locating stations through the country and figuring on tariff schedule. It has decided on a rate of 15 cents a trip from Anderson to Alexandria, or 25 cents for the round trip. The Big Four rates are 35 cents and 65 cents. The rate to Marion will be on the same proportion —about 75 cents for the round trip. It has been decided to erect stations at every cross-road of importance. These stations will be about a mile apart and will probably be named instead of lettered or numbered. The work of laying the track is progressing rapidly. Cars will be running past Linwood by Saturday night and it is thought, that everything will be ready to run cars into Alexandria on Christmas day. The wire is all up and the current has been turned on and tested. The Alexandra street-car service will be put into effect about the time the through line is opened into that city. The line w r ill be Into Summitville by the latter part of this month, and it is possible that the cars will be running into Marion by April. PLATE GLASS MEN STRIKE. Polishers and Grinders Object to ClutiiftinK' the Wage System. Special to the Indianapoli3 Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. I.—A strike started at the plate-glass works here to-day and two hundred men are out to-night. The Pittsburg Plate-glass Company inaugurated anew wage system in the polishing department to-day. putting the men on "piece" work instead of on weekly salaries. The polishers refused to work on the piece system find left the factory, and to-night the grinding men also quit. The men declare the new system means a cut in wages by making the operatives responsible for faulty and broken glass. After a conference to-night the men agreed to return to work on the company’s terms. Strike at Eltrood Branch. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EL WOOD, Ind., Dec. I.—The polishers employed in the plate-glass factory walked out this morning when orders were received from headquarters requesting the men to work by piece instead of by the week. Six-ty-four men are out, but it is thought the differences will be adjusted before other departments are affected. The factory is doing .in immense business. WHITE CAPS It IN DOWN. Part of a Decatur Gang Plead Guilty to the Charge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Dec. 1.-The grand jury now in session is making a thorough investigation of the recent whitecapping affair in this city. Indictments were returned against Henry Ashbaucher, son of Sheriff Ashbaucher, Edward and “Buck” Rhoer, Leo Smith. Jacob Gross and Alva Nichols. All are prominent citizens of Decatur. Ashbaucher, Edward and "Buck” Rhoer and Nichols have been arrested, while Smith arid Gross have tied. To-day Ashbaucher siral Nichols, both of whom are minors, pit tided guilty, but Judge Heller refused to sentence them until he heard evidence in the cases. It is thought he will not pass sentence on either until the others are tried. (Hi the night of Oct. 2 whltecaps dragged Constable James Parrish from his home and lashed him nearly to death wit it a cat o’ nine tails, since which time officers have been unceasing in their efforts to capture the perpetrators of the crime. It is thought other attests will be made soon. The prominence of the parties arrested has caused a sensation. OWENS’S VICTIM DIES. Terre Haute Tombstone Denier Held for n Murderous Assault. Special to the Indianatxilis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. I.—Alexander Owens, a marble dealer, was arrested at an early hour this morning for a murderous assault on Alexander Lawrence during a quarrel yesterday at the side of a grave in the cemetery, where Owens was placing a monument. Lawrence died to-day. Owens took one of the wooden rollers used in moving the monument and struck Lawrence on the head. One eye-witness says Lawrence hud made no attempt to lilt Owens. The

blow crushed the skull and completely paralyzed Lawrence. He was conscious for a short time, but could not speak. The police did not hear of the assault until evening. They went to Owens to ask about the accident and he told them that Lawrence was struck by a piece of timber that flew* out of place while they were unloading a monument. It was after midnight that the police learned the facts about the affair' and then they arrested Owens. Lawrence wa.s forty-eight years old. unmarried and had been employed at the cemetery for twelve .years. Owens has been a marble dealer for a number of years. THE VOTE OF L. A. 300. Plan to Divide Fund* with Seceders Probably Defeated. PITTSBURG, Dee. I.—The executive committee of the Window-glass Workers’ Association to-night counted the vote of the preceptories on the proposition to divide the funds of the association with the cutters and flatteners. who have seceded. The committee passed a resolution forbidding any members from divulging the result of the vote until their covnsel had been consulted. but from what little can be gleaned the indications are that the proposition has been defeated because of the legal complications. La*t Chapter in Hln*hnw* Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, Ind., Dec. I.—Just after the Hinshaw tragedy the County Commissioners, on the receipt of a petition signed by a large number of citizens, offered a reward of SI,OOO for the arrest and conviction of the murderer. It took only a few days to fasten the crime on Rev. William E Hinshaw, and a detective firm composed of Harry Webster and others filed their bill for SI,OOO, claiming the reward. The commissioners had made the offer without warrant of law. as afterwards developed, but allowed the detectives S3OO for their services. They then filed suit against the commissioners, William Lewis, John Whyte and A. T. Dooley, individually, for SI,OOO. The judge ducted by a woman who resorted to the complaint, and gave the plaintiffs three days to file an amended complaint. This they failed to do, and when the three days had expired the cause was stricken from the docket. This is believed to be the last of the ease. Colonel Prather’* Old Regiment. Specifil to tho Indianapolis Journal. NORTH VERNON, Ind., Dec. 1.-The annual reunion of the One-hundred-and-twen-tieth Regiment Indiana Volunteers was held in this city yesterday, with sixteen members present. A camp fire was held at Bacon’s Hall last night, the principal address being made by Captain Van Asdol, of Madison, who gave a graphic description of the battle of Franklin. Ex-Mayor W. S. Prather, brother of A1 Prather, the deceased colonel of the One-hundred-and-tw’entieth. related circumstances connected with his brother’s death at Washington in 1891. The following is a list of the surviving veterans present at the meeting: Company A, Dr. William Butler, James Cole and James S. Girard; Company H, John D. Kidd, Joshua Jayne; Company K, Capt. J. D. Hudson, John H. Shamback, John H. Trapp, John H. Rogers, James H. Phiilips, William R. Phillips, James C. Whitsell, Thomas B. Thompson, John Clements, Alexander Shepherd and Fielden Arbuckle. They Prefer “Quart Shop*.” Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSSIAVILLE, Ind., Dec. I.—The saloon war is on again in this tow r n. Notice appeared in the Kokomo papers several w r eeks ago of the application of three saloon men, J. R. Mason, Dennis Kindrick and Benjamin Bond, for a license. Mason already holds a it tail license, and Kindrick is his bartender, so that the three applications are really for two saloons. Remonstrances, with a large majority of the voters of the township, have been filed, and all three of the applications will be defeated under the Nicholson law’. Quart shops will, more than likely, be the result.

Mottle Glass Factory Trust. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. I.—Bottle manufacturers of the Indiana gas belt are forming a combination to control both the Hint and green-glass production. Both are having rather slow demand and production needs curtailing. About 75-per cent, of the plants in the country have been gathered In already. Thomas B Hart, of Muncie, who was at the head of the Western Win-dow-glass Association, is at the head of this organization. There are about one hundred plants turning out bottles. Found the Body Petrified. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. I.—Yesterday while workmen were transferring bodies from the old cemetery to the new, they were surprised to find in lifting the remains of the late Mary Diggins, a woman who was of small stature, to be very heavy. On opening the casket the body was found to be almost petrified and so w’ell preserved that recognition was easy. The body was black and resembled a water-soaked log. This is the third body taken from the cemetery in a petrified condition. \ ’ Grange Hull Pupil* Asphyxiated. Special to the Indianaijolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. I.—The forty pupils of W. L. Benson, at Grange Hall School in the suburbs of this city, were asphyxiated by the fumes of burned natural gas yesterday, occasioned by the clogging of the chimney. The escaping gas was not noticed until the pupils began falling off their seats. The teacher, who was partially overcome, opened the doors and windows and the prostrate children were carried out. The school is closed for the remainder of the week. 200-Barrel Well at Gaston. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. I.—Another big strike of oil has been made in the new Delaware county field near Gaston. A well on the Henry Livingston farm is said to be producing 200 barrels a day. Deep holes are being made in the earth to store the petroleum, as tanks cannot be rtiade fast enough to care for the output. This find has renewed activity in the field, which was being abandoned, and three other wells will soon be sunk. A Runaway Boy’* Sad Tale. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. I.—Omar Compton, aged eight, is at the home of his uncle in this city, having run away from his homo in Anderson. He says that he was whipped by his aunt with a “blacksnakt.” because he did not get up quick enough to suit her, and his body shows the stripes. The ciise was brought ro the notice of J. E. lliff, president of the Humane Society, and he has written to the prosecutor of Madison county. Crashed to Death In a Quarry. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Dec. I.—At quarry No. 4 of the consolidated quarries near this city, this afternoon, Theodore Bigg, aged twenty-three, lost his life while working on a foundation for anew derrick. A block of stone on which he was standing slipped and fell, throwing him underneath. He w r as crushed almost to pulp from the hips down. He lived three hours, being conscious to the last. He had been married but three months. Fireman Thompson Falls Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. Dee. I.—Albert Thompson, aged thirty years, a fireman on the 11. & O. S. W., died suddenly at 6:30 o’clock this evening, while seated at the supper table. His home is at Seymour, but he lias for several years resided with Mrs. Catherine Steidenger, in this city. Died of Appendicitis. Special to tho Indianaitolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind.. Dec. I.—Peter Herrmann. a wealthy manufacturer of wagons and farm implements at this point and Tell City, Ind., died hero to-day, the result of an operation for appendicitis. He was about sixty years old and prominent in Republican politics. Painter Get* a Forty-Foot Fall. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SULLIVAN, Ind., Dec. I.—This afternoon about 5 o’clock while Virgil Stratton was painting on the roof of Miessen fielder's mill he lost his balance and fell forty feet to the pavement. His injuries are very serious. Cathedral Glunk Plant Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. I.—'Hie Anderson Cathedral-glass Company to-day sold its plant In this city to George Harper dc Son and Louis Searmuth, of Frunkton. The

plant will bo changed from cathedral tc window glass as quickly as possible and be started. The cathedral company has built another plant at Falls City, Pa. This has been one of the largest cathedral plants in the country. Fatal Third-Story Fall. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind., Dec. 1.-George Winiger fell from the third story of anew building to the basement this afternoon, sustaining injuries that caused his death this evening. He was a workman on the building. Indiana Obituary. NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. Dec. I.—Francis M. Housholder died at his home in this city this morning, after being confined to his bed for nearly six years with paralysis. He was born in Stark county. Ohio. April 20, 1841. He was an old soldier and there contracted disease that finally ended his life. He came to Noblesville in 1870 and soon was appointed prosecuting attorney for the old circuit composed of Madison and Hamilton counties. He was elected his own successor at the following election. He was appointed postmaster in 1884 by President Cleveland and served three years. He leaves a widow and two children. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Dec. 1.--John T. Tucker died at Roaehdale this morning at 7 o’clock of pneumonia. He was sixty-six years old and leaves a wife. He was a member of the 1. O. O. F. The funeral will be held at Mount Pisgah Church. RICHMOND. Ind., Dec. I.—Miss Bessie Pyle, aged eighteen, died of diphtheria last night at her home, in Whitewater. She was a member of the senior class of the Whitewater High School. liidiniiu Notes. Thieves broke into the I. O. O. F. Hall at Fairview, two miles east of Albany. Tuesday night, and secured SIOB. John L. Dayton, who, on July 22 last, broke jail at Winamac and escaped, was caught at Lebanon Tuesday night and returned to the Pulaski county jail. Eugene Stahl, the Hartford City boy who is seeking a fortune in Alaska, writes his parents in this city that he has established a trading post at Cheap Creek, twelve miles north of Dyea. The Kokomo postoflice passed from Charles H. Leach yesterday to Thomas Taylor Whiteker, with J. Ward Sumption as deputy postmaster. The ten carriers and clerks are Democratic. Citizens from Columbus, Ind.. were at Richmond Tuesday night, and met the exchairman of the late G. A. R. encampment committee' to get information regarding the work of entertaining the encampment. The Grant County Farmers’ Institute began yesterday. O. F. Lane, a farmer of Putnam county, spoke on “Does Farming Pay? If Not, Why Not?’’ George Henry, C. Hetler, T. B. Terry and Mrs. U. S. Candy also took part. Samuel B. Atkins, of Pendleton, was placed in the Anderson jail yesterday for safe keeping. He was recently released frem the Richmond Insane Asylum, where he will be returned at once. For years ha was one of the foremost men in Madison county. About ten years ago he became interested in a series of revival meetings conducted by a woman who resortetd to the trance process. From that time ms faculties began to fail, and three years ago he went insane. QUESTION PUT TO CHINESE. “What IJo You Know About the liepeopling of the Earth.” NEW YORK, Dec. I.—The American Bible Society has received from its correspondent in Shanghai an account of the recent examinations for the master’s degree among students. In all former years the questions asked of the candidates have been on literary lines, and have been limited to the literature of China. The proficiency of the candidates is said to have been shown by their familiarity with the classics and the books of Chinese authors since the days of Confucius. This year the imperial ediet directed that the questions to be asked and answered should relate to matters of importance at the present time. The following surprising question was received by 10.000 students in one of the examination halls: "What do you know of the repeopling of the earth by'Noah and his family after the Hood?” The Peking examination board which framed this question had been reading the Old Testament, which is now recommended as a text-book, and for which there is an increased demand. The statesmen of China, her scholars and her students, are said to be studying the Bible, because it is the classic of Christian countries. They have become acquainted with Western religion, Western science. Western political economy. Western philosophy and they read the Bible among the other books current in Western countries.

OBITUARY. Joint I*. Jackson. Editor, Musical Critic mid Opera Translator. PARIS. Dec. I.—John P. Jackson, of the New York Herald staff, died in Paris today after an illness of three weeks from Bright’s disease. Mr. Jackson before going' abroad was foreign editor at the home office of tne New York Herald. Prominent among the musical critics of New York, he was also a writer of exceptional brilliancy upon European politics. After explaining to the Eng-lish-speaking world the intricacies of Wagner’s “Nibelungen ring” and translating two of the great composer’s operas, he was sent as a correspondent of the Herald to the relief of the Jeanette expedition. He successfully performed the perilous mission, crossing northern Siberia and effecting the rescue of the survivors of the Jeanette. New Y"ork opera-goers will recall him as the translator of fully three-quarters of the text books used in the productions at the Metropolitan Opera House In the Rus-so-Turkish war he was associated with such famous correspondents as J. M. MacCahan, Archibald Forbes and Frank W. Millet. Col. W. 1). Chipley. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Colonel W. 'd. Chlpley, of Florida, who has been ill in this city for some weeks, following an operation for carbuncle, died at 4 o’clock this morning. The remains will be removed to Columbus, Ga., for interment. Colonel Chipley came to Washington on business with the secretary of the navy in regard to improvements being made by the government in the magnificent harbor of Pensacola. A small carbuncle, that appeared shortly before he left home, was aggravated by the exposure consequent upon an accident to the train oa which he was a passenger, and immediately on his arrival he went to Gariield Hospital for treatment. His family, consisting of his wife and five children, have been at his bedside for nearly a week past. His only daughter was his companion on the trip to Washington. W. D. Chipley was born in Alabama about sixty years ago. He engaged in mercantile pursuits with success at Columbus, Ga., until late in the seventies, when he removed to Pensacola, Fla., where he had since resided. He became prominently identified with the building of railroads in Florida, and at the time of his -death was president of the Pensacola & Atlanta Company. He represented his county in the State Senate for several years and was one of the most prominent men in the State both in business and social circles. He was mentioned as the most probable nominee of the Democrats for the governorship, and in the contest for the United States senatorship a year ago was the leading candidate. Colonel Chipley was a man of wealth and was noted for philanthropy. His older sons are prominent in business in Florida. Muj. Benedict P. Hobson. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Dec. I.—Maj. l’enedict P. Robson died to-day of Bright's disease. aged sixty-five years. For many years the deceased was employed in an official capacity on various railroads and was well known in railroad circles. He gained national prominence in 1894 through his leadership of the great Missouri Pacific strike, Gen. \elson C. Williams. NEW YOUK, Dec. I.—General Nelson G. Williams died at his home in Brooklyn yesterday. He was a classmate of U. H. Grunt at West Point. At the battle of Shiloh he had a horse shot under him and the explosion of a shell rendered hint totally deaf. For thirty years he had been in charge of the public stores in this city. Ex-Senator Wnlsli Elected Mayor. AUGUSTA, Ga.. Dec. 1.- Ex-United States Senator Patrick Walsh, the citizens' candidate, was to-day elected mayor of Augusta over William Dunbar and Daniel Kerr, by a majority of 824. Mr. Dunbar was. like Mr. Walsh, brought Into the race by popular sentiment in favor of municipal reform. while Mr. Kerr was supported by the present city administration.

MANY WILL SEEK GOLD GREAT RUSH TO THE KLONDIKE IS EXPECTED IN THE SPUING. Report from Consul Smith at Victoria on the Arrangement* of Cnniidiniis —Plenty of Nnggets in Alaska. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Consul Smith. rt Victoria, in a report to the State Department. discusses the subject • f the Klondike gold fields. The advices received at Victoria, he says, indicate that the rush in 1849 to California and later to South Africa will be eclipsed by the gold seekers headed for the Yukon in the early months of 1898. Agents from England have been at Victoria making arrangements for 3,000 or 4,000 gold seekers. Merchants there have secured great supplies of outfit goods and the transportation companies have made arrangements sufficient to make daily lines between that, port and St. Michael’s, Dyea, Skaguay and Fort Wrangle. The Canadian authorities have made every possible arrangement for an all-Canadian route to the gold fields and are trying to make it to the interest of miners to purchase their outfits in Canada. This is to be done through tariff laws. Hon. Clifford Sifton, the Canadian minister of the interior, made a trip to the Northwest recently and in an address intimated that the hundred pounds exemption now allowed by the Canadian government to the miners would be abrogated by Jan. 1, and that probably everything not bought in Canada w'ould have to pay duty. He declined to give any assurance that the ta.' on mining would be reduced or the “alternate claim outrage” be alleviated. The consul goes to some extent into a description of the methods of mining in Alaska gathered from people tvho have returned from there. One man told him that he. regarded Alaska as a more profitable place for miners to go than to Canada, owing lo the excessive royalty charged by the Dominion government which, it seems, there is no expectation of having repealed. The Klondike stratum runs in the direction of Alaska and those men w’ho have interest in mines there are doing as well as those in Canada. Cripple Creek Gold Output. CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., Dec. I.—The gold output of the Cripple Creek district in November was $1,258,600, the largest for one month in the history of the camp. TWENTY MEN INJURED. Disastrous Result of the Explosion of a Boiler at a Coal Mine, DES MOINES, la., Dec. I.—The boiler in the engine room at the Glenwood coal mine exploded at 12:30 to-day. Tw'enty men were in the engine room and not one escaped injury. The fatally injured are: REECE GRIFFITHS, head, back and hands scalded. DAN WILLIAMS, face, side and arms burned. Others .seriously burned and scalded are: Jim Neslop, Frank Bloomquist, Aaron Hayden, James Hayden, John Hayden, Pat Nichols, Charles Austin, Robt. Marsh, Alexander Culbert, John Warren, John Connolly. The building was wrecked and the end of the boiler room blown one hundred yards. The only explanation offered is that some men must have leaned on the safety valve. The victims all live in Des Moines or its suburbs. FIRE LOSS’of SIOO,OOO. Paper Factory Destroyed and Other Buildings Daiunged. ST. LOUIS, Dec. I.—Fire was discovered in the F. O. Sawyer & Cos. paper factory, cn Locust, near Third street, at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, and within an hour the establishment was in ruins and a number of adjoining buildings were badly damaged. The total loss is estimated at over SIOO,OOO. Just how the fire started is not known, the flames suddenly bursting from the second floor of the five-story building. It contained highly inflammable material, and was soon a roaring furnace. The fire communicated across the narrow' street to the Economic Bindery plant, the Young-McKin-ney Printing Company, the Missouri Engraving Company, Woodward-Tiernan Printing Company and the Higgens Map Printing Company. A general a.arm had been turned in, but the network of wires and the narrowness of Locust street at this point prevented the firemen from getting actively at work at the seat of the fire. There were a hundred employes in the paper factory, but all made their escape in safety. At 4:30 o’clock the walls of the paper factory fell, crushing in the McKinney Company’s plant. At 5 o’clock the flames were under control. The fire continued to burn all night, however, feeding upon the printers’ ink and paper. Whi.e running to the fire a hose reel collided with a street car, and Finley Bruce, the driver, sustained three broken ribs. A conservative estimate on the total loss to-night places the amount at $109,000, with insurance at $75,000. At 11:30 o’clock the fire is still burning stubbornly under the debris.

Bicycle Him Factory Burned. MARIETTA, 0., Dec. I.—The E. J. Lobdell bicycle rim factory was burned to the ground to-night. Some departments were running and the men immediately turned on the factory streams, but without avail. Large quantities of benzine and paint were saved at great risk to the firemen. The storage house and adjoining dwellings were saved, but all else was destroyed. The ruins are burning fiercely yet. The loss is $50,000; Insurance, $20,000. Hotel Destroyed. TROY, N. Y., Dec. I.—Hotel Balmoral, on Mount McGregor, near Saratoga, N. Y., was destroyed by tire to-day. The hotel was erected in 1882 at a cost of $50,000, and the contents were valued at $25,000. Strike of Miners. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. I.—News comes from Walker county to-night that the miners at Coruna, Ballon, Black Diamond. Coal Valley. Mountain Valley and Gas Light, about 1,200 all told, struck today, It is alleged, because of the failure of the operators to restore the 10 per cent, reduction in wages made last spring and which the miners claim the operators promised to restore Nov. 1. The strike leaders claim the strike will spread to other Walker county mines. Prominent Negro Republican 111. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.,' Dec. 1.-N. W. Cuney. the most prominent negro Republican politician in the country, and for several years the recognized leader of the Republican party in Texas, is ill at Borne, a health resort. His condition is pronounced to be hopeless, as he has been suffering lrcm chronic disease for a year. He was collector of the port of Galveston under President. Harrison, and led the Texas delegation at every Republican national convention for the past twelve years. Freight Train Demolished. CLEVELAND. Dec. I.—A disastrous wreck occurred on the lake division of the Pittsburg & Western Railway to-day. While running at full speed a south-bound trair. jumped the track at Chamblin’s cut. and before it could be* stopped it crashed through the Clarldon bridge into the street below. The locomotive and eleven cars were demolished. A cargo of export grain was spilled all over the street. Both engineer and fireman jumi>ed. VeterMii Soldier Cook* HluiMClf. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. I.—A veteran named Patrick Carr was found dead to-day in a bath tub at the Soldiers’ Home, the flesh so badly cooked that it dropped from the hones. The surroundings tended to show that he had committed suicide by jumping into the tub of scalding water. He, was marlred to a young woman and is said to have had domestic troubles. Colombia Preparing for Trouble. NEW YORK. Dec. I.**-Large shipments of arms arid specie havt recently been sent from this port to the republic of Colombia. The Atlas lino steamer Alone carried on her last two trips ninety-seven cases of specie ami a quantity of arms. The presidential election in the republic of Colombia will lake place on Dec. 5. In view of the rumors

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