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being who for three year* has been expiating. under atrocious conditions, a crime which he never committed. '* General Pellieux. who was detailed to investigate the charges brought against fount Ester ha iv, accused of the authorship of the letter which brought about the arrest and sentencing of Captain Dreyfus. leli\ered his report to General Saussier. the military governor of Paris, this afternoon. The decision of General Saussier will, it is expected, be announced to-morrow. ———♦ BELGIUM BACKS DOWS. Americans Hereafter .Need Sot Serve In the Civil tinaril. BRUSSELS. Dec. 3.—The government has decided that Americans residing in Belgium will hereafter be exempt from service in the civil guard.— In September last, in spite of the fact that, according to the treaty between the United States and Belgium, neither country can call on rhe citizens of the other country for military service, the Belgian government proposed to compel foreigners to serve in the civil guard, on the theory that that body was not part of the army. Thereupon, the Americans residing in Brussels held a meeting and decided to oppose the action of the Belgian government, and resolutions were adopted and forwarded to the United States minister at Brussels, Mr. Bellamy Storer, asking for the intervention of the United States government in the matter. It Is. doubtless, due to the efforts of the United States that the Belgian government lias now decided that Americans residing in Belgium w ill hereafter be exempt from service fn the civil guard. STORMED BY THE GURKHAS. Strongholds of Indian Tribesmen Taken by British Troops. SIMLA. Dee. 3.—Further dispatches from the front say that the Kurram column of the punitive force of British troops, which net with fierce resistance on its march into the Uhamkanni country, where thirty villages of the insurgent tribesmen were burned, has continued its advance and inflicted heavy punishment on the Chamkannis. These tribesmen held an almost inaccessible position on heights, which was stormed in fine style by the Gurkhas, who captured the position at the point of the bayonet. Many of the tribesmen were killed and the bodies of thirty of the dead were left behind them. Os the British forces Major Van Sittart and two men were wounded and two privates killed. It transpires that.Majarajah Sir Prattabe Singh was shot in the hand during the '•sniping” or night firing at the enemy at the headquarters camp on Monday night. But he said nothing about it until questioned respecting the bandage about his hand. The incident is said to be typical of the spirit of the India princes. HER DEATH A MYSTERY. Princes* Da igorouky’* Friend* Refuse to Pay for Slirond or Coffin. NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-A dispatch to the Herald from Panama says: Concerning the death of Princess Daigorouky in San Salvador, the Hf raid’s correspondent in that city sends word that it occurred on Oct. 27 in the yellow ftver pesthouse. Edmond Moreau, who had been traveling with the princess. refused to provide either shroud or coffin for her body. Moreau, Artprio Ferrary and Count de Castro were arrested at the request of the French charge d’affaires In Guatemala, on the accusation that they had appropriated the money, jewels and Stradlvarlus violin belonging to the woman. APer being in jail for some time the prisoners were released on the request of the same French official. There is an air of mystery about the case which has not been explained in San Salvador. German Murine* for Chinn. BERLIN, Dec. 3.—The Naval Department lias sent instructions to Kiel to dispatch two hundred artillerymen, with field guns, and one thousand marines to China. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 3.—Great reticence is observed in official circles here regarding the political situation in the far East, but the opinion prevails that Germany will not permanently occupy Kiao- , chau bay, on the Shan-Tung peninsula. The Russian newspapers protest against the occupation of Klaochau bay as being calculated to injure the interests of Russians in the far East, and they say that the Russian government ought to demand its evacuation or else obtain an equivalent. LONDON. Dec. 3.—A dispatch to tile Times from Shanghai says that five Russian instructors have recently arrived in China, and that Russians have also been appointed customs officers, two at Canton, one at Swatau, province of Quang-Tong, and one at Fu-Chou, capital of the province ©f Fo-Kien.

Onr Claim Against Turkey. WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—Edhem Bey. the new Turkish charge, who recently arrived here, states that he has received no instructions thus far relative to the reported demand made by the United States minister at Constantinople, Dr. Angell, for a speedy payment of indemnity for the destruction of American mission property in Turkey. It is believed that Turkey will postpone a settlement on the ground of a depleted treasury. This was the basis for a former postponement. The excuse is less effective now, however, as Turkey is to receive a large cash indemnity from Greece. It is felt that Dr. Angeli's pressing for payment of the American claims is due largely to his knowledge that Turkey is about to have a replenished treasury. It is said at the Statfc Department that no new claims have been bled since Mr. Terrell’s presentation of ihe subject, and that Dr. Angeil is simply pressing these to a definite conclusion. • English Engineerit Warned. I.ONDON, Dee. 4.—Mr. Sinclair, editor of Locomotive Engineering, of New York city, has a long letter in the Times to-day on the engineering strike. He describes the greatest economy of production in America resulting from the adoption of Whitney’s principle of interchangeable parts of machinery. He says that during a single week, as a consequence of the strike, tifty-elght foreign orders were received in the United States for locomotives, which under normal conditions would probably have been placed in Englund. He warns English engineers that it they attempt to follow the trade they are banishing to America they will be obliged to work harder and longer hours than they are accustomed to at home. The Times comments editorially oil Mr. Sinclair's letter and commends it to the notice of English workmen and trades unions. Strikers and Employers Fail to Agre*. LONDON. Dec. 3.—The delegates of the Biriking engineers who have been conferring with the representatives of the employers have been unable to accept the proposals of the latter, and have deckled to submit all the points In dispute to the several unions. The conference between the representatives of the engineers and those of the employers will be resumed on Dec. 14. The employers decline to recede from their position respecting freedom in the management of their business from the interference of the unions, and emphatically pronounce against a reduction in the hours of labor on the ground that such a diminution would mean a diminished output and inability to meet foreign competition. Jlrtiniu Rebuffed by Germany. BERLIN. Dec. 3.—The llamburgische correspondent says that the German government has emphatically refused to entertain the proposal of England that Germany should cede to Great Britain her protectorate over the German portion of New Guinla. which is the northern section of southeast Papua, established in 18S4 under the hame of Kaiser Wilhelm’s Land. It is supposed here that England is casting envious eyes upon the newly discovered gold fields. A Sensitive llavartun Renin-ms. MUNICH. Dec. 3.—During mi altercation in the Chamber here to-day between Herr Helm, Centrist, and Herr Casselmann. Liberal, the president of the house was twice compelled to call the latter to order. Herr Casselmann appealed to the house, which decided that the president’s action was not warranted, the Centrists voting in the minority. 'ihe president then tendered his resignation, which created quite a sensation. Cuble Notes. Col. Cecil Rhodes, former premier of Cape Colony, intends shortly to visit Engl md. The coroner's Jury, which has been inquiring Into the death of Cecil Barnard, the well-known London society entertainer, who was killed on Wednesday evening last by falling from a second-floor window of the Savage Club, rendered a verdict yesterday of accidental death. The German Colonial Council, at its final Bitting, recommended the formation of councils composed of the most prominent Ger-

mans in the various protectorates of the empire to act as advisory bodies to the governors of the colonies. It is said that Oscar Wilde has arranged to publish in London and in New York city k poem entitled "The Ballad of Reading Jail, by C., 53.” During a quarrel between some officers and students at Kieff. Russia, recently a student named Ulyunitski struck an officer, whereupon the latter drew his sword and ran Ulyanitski through the body, killing him on the spot. The London Daily Chronicle says it has good reason to believe the Khedive of c-gypt will refuse to allow his brother, Mehmet Ali Pasha, to marry an American in view of the fact that the child to which the Khedivah recently gave birth is a girl and that Mehmet Ali is still heir presumptive. The French Council of State has vested full power in the hands of prefects of departments to annul municipal authorizations of bull fighiing. The decision has caused a great sensation at Nimes, capital of the Department of Gard. Bayonne and other cities where bull fighting has been frequent. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury in the Case of the Central Accident. COLD SPRINGS. N. Y., Dec. 3.-The sixth and last session of the coroner’s inquest to inquire into the cause of the death of nineteen persons who were in the New' York Central accident at Garrison was held at the Town Hall in this village to-night. At 9:15 the jury retired and they were out one hour and a half before they brought in the following verdict: “We, the jurors, agree that the persons came to their deaths at about 5:30 a. m., at an accident on the New York Central Railroad neav Garrison, N. Y.. when six cars and an engine plunged into the Hudson river, and that the nineteen persons were drowned with the exception of one, Williams, who came to his death from loss of blood and shock and the cause of this accident is unknown to this jury.” WIZARD SCHAEFtRWON ♦ DEFEATED "NAPOLEON” IVES AT BILLIARDS LAST XIGHT. ♦- Rest Game of the Tournament, nnd Witnessed by a Large Crowd— Sntton Beaten Ity Daly. ♦ NEW YORK Deo. 3.—The game tins afternoon in the billiard tourney at Madisonsquare Garden Concert Hall brought together Maurice Daly and George Sutton, both of whom up to date had lost all their games. Daly won the game. 500 to 317. There was considerable interest manifested in this exhibition by the spectators owing to the fact that the losing man would occupy last position in the tournament at the close. Sutton at times put up a brilliant game, but as in his previous exhibitions during the present series, in a general way he was very erratic. The same might be said of Daly, although he made one of the best runs of the entire series this afternoon—seventy-three points. The score: Daly—3, 15, 12, 0. 6, 0. 22. 1. 0. I, 0, 73. 8,3, 5, 16, 1, 0. 0,9, 5. 24, 2. 2,1, 14. 4, 13. 0. 4,8, 8, 0. 0, 16, 8, 16, 5. 10. 10, 2,0, 1,2, 1, 0,1, 0. 32, 5, 4 12, 1,2, 24, 18, 32, 12, 10, 6, 10—,i00. Sutton—l, 1,7, 5,6, 52, 2. 4, ”, 25. 1,0, 8, 1,0, 0, 0. 14. 4. 3, 1. 19, 16, 0,0, 0,2, 0,0, 12, 4, 10, 0. 0. 0. 6. 5,5, 13, 4,1, 0,1, 0,0, 0,0, 4. 4. 17. 10, 6, 4. 9. <. 13, 3.3, 4. 0-317. Averages—Daly, 8 12-61; Sutton, 5 12-61. High runs—Daly, 73; Sutton, 52. It was anew champion against the old to-night—" Napoleon” Ives against “Wizard” Schaefer—and the old champion won. By far the largest crowd that has yet attended any match of the tournament saw the g-.me, which was worthy of the two experts who crossed cues. There were several brilliant runs in the game, and Schaefer topped the list with 85. The score by innings follows: Ives-0, 4,0, 46. 1,6, 0. 3,1, 27, 0. 0,40. 18. 28, 24, 9, 48, 3, 38, 0,0, 32, 1, 20, 12, 18, 6,0, 0,0, 4. 12—401. Schaefer—4, 8,0, 56, 2, 20, 15, 20, 8,3, 19, 2. 85, 8, 15, 51. 1, 43, 1,0, 9,6, 37, 0,0, 5, 17, 0,0, 34, 0, 24, 5—500. Averages—lves, 12 5-33; Schaefer, 15 5-33. Highest runs—lves, 48; Schaefer, 85. •lack Mon and Jeffries to Fight. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3—Peter Jackson and Jim Jeffries have agreed to fight twenty rounds before the Occidental Club, at the Mechanic's Pavilion, early in February, for 75 per cent, of the receipts. The preparations tor the fight were made last night by young Mitchell, who represented Jackson, and Billy Delaney, on behalf of Jeffries. The two heavy-weight pugilists will meet on Monday evening to sign articles for the fight.

Jockey Bean Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBY VI LLE, Ind., Dec. 3.—Joseph Bean, a sixteen-year-old jockey, of Joliet, 111., jumped or fell from an early morning train near the Big Four depot, this morning, and was instantly killed. He was on his way home from Louisville to spend Christmas with his mother. He had been riding running horses at Roby and other tracks last month. His father sent for the body to-night. Bicycle Record Broken. DAYTON, 0.,< Dec. 3.-Earl H. Kiser broke the five-mile record here to-night before an audience of 2,000 people. He made the five miles in eight minutes and thirteen seconds. Jacquelin, of France, previously held the record at eight minutes and twen-ty-eight seconds. PROBABLY FOUNDERED. British Steamer nnd Crew of Twelve Men Supposed to He Lost. LONDON, Dec. 3. —It is feared here that the British steamer Bordeaux, of Glasgow, which left London on Saturday for Methill, Firth of Forth, and which has not been seen since, has foundered, with her crew of twelve men. The Bordeaux is an iron vessel; was built at Leith in 1884, and is of 550 ton.; register. She halls from Glasgow, and is owned by Glen & Cos. A Seaman’s Story of Suffering'. LONDON. Dec. 3.—According to a dispatch from Blyth, Northumberlandshire, the bark Vesta lias landed there a Scotchman named Rice, who is the sole survivor of a crew of four of the ketch Maud, which was lost in the North sea. Rice says the captain and one seaman were washed overboard and the gale curried away the sails. He and the mate took refuge in the rigging, where the latter died from exposure. Lashed to the rigging. Rice drifted four nights and three clays before the gale, without food or water. When rescued lie wfts in a pitiable condition. Several Ship* Overdue. SINGAPORE, Dec. 3.—Some uneasiness is felt here at the nonarrival at this port of the British steamer Lady Furness, Captain Tregarthen, from Kuchinotzu on Nov. 8 for Singapore, and also in regard to the nonarrival of other ships from the same quarter. A severe* storm, lasting several clays, swept over the China sea after the Lady Furness and other ships had sailed for tins port. Movement* of Steamer*. NEW YORK. Dec. 3.—Arrived: Campania, from Liverpool: St. Paul, from Southampton: Bremerhaven, from Antwerp, LIVERPOOL. Dec. 3.—Arrived: Luo in la and Nomadic, from New York. Sailed: Cufic, for New York. NAPLES. Dec. 3.—Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm 11. from Genoa, for New York. AMSTERDAM. Dec. 3.-Sailed: Edam, for New York. MOVILLE, Dec. 3.—Sailed: Ethiopia, for New York. Exempt from Duty. NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The United States board of general appraisers to-r!ay rendered a decision to the effect that under tlte Dingley tariff act imported calfskins, raw, are not to be classiued as uncured hides of cattle, which arc* subject to a duty of 15 per cent, ad valorem, but are wholly exempt from duty and come under the head of the raw skins included In the tree list. The decision is important to the shoe and leather manufacturing interest.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1837.

THE WAGE SCALE NEXT s XVIX DO W-GLASS WORKERS SETTLE THEIH IXTERXAL TROUBLE. ■ ♦ Wage Committee Hastily Called to Pittsburg. nnd the Strike Expect* ed to Be Deeiured Off. * PITTSBURG. Dec. 3.—The trouble in the National Window-glass Workers’ Association was amicably settled this afternoon by President Burns paying over $28,000 to the cutters and fiatteners and the latter formally withdrawing from the association. There be two organizations of glass workers hereafter, one composed of the Mowers and gatherers and the other of the fiatteners and cutters. The wage scale will now be adjusted, and a general resumption of work is expected before the end of the year. The court proceedings have been called off. PLATE GLASS STRIKE GROWING. All the Plants of the United States Company May Have to Close. Special to the Indianaiiolig Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 3.—The strike at the plate glass factory here has assumed larger proportions. The polishers voted to return to work, but before their action was known the grinders also went out, and both departments have been idle since Wednesday morning. A similar strike is said to be on at all the eight factories owned by the Pittsburg Company, of which the Kokomo plant is one. The change of the wage schedule from regular daily pay to “piece work” is objected to by the men. Sixteen hundred men are involved in the strike in the eight factories—two hundred in each plant. A dispatch from Elwood, where there is another branch, says: “The strike in the polishing department at the plate-glass factory still continues and neither side is show/ ing any disposition to yield. Unless settled in a short time the other departments will have to suspend work until the polishers resume again.” Reports to-night indicate that President Burns has ordered out all the glassworkers at Pendleton because the company is alleged to be paying- the cutters and fiatteners under their own separate scales. Gin** Fire* Reported Started. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 3.—The report has gained circulation that the fires had been started under the two big tanks at the Hartford City window-glass factory. The report is denied by the managers of the factory, who state that the fires will not be started until the wage scale is settled.

BATES FAMILY HOODOO. Sullivan County People Wlio Are Meeting- with Violent Dentil. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 3.—The burning to death of a daughter of the late George Copeland, of Sullivan county, has increased the belief in Sullivan county that the Bates family is hoodooed. George Bates and his unmarried daughter were indicted about a year ago for infanticide, being accused of killing an infant child of the daughter. George Copeland, a relative, fell dead while consulting with the family about the case. Soon after Mrs. Copeland died suddenly. George Bates was stricken with paralysis while consulting with his attorneys. Yesterday a daughter of Copeland was burned to death by her clothing taking fire at a grate. A sister was perhaps fatally burned in the effort to rescue her. and the grandmother, with whom the children have been living since the death of their parents, also was badly burned in her efforts to save the two girls. Golden Eagle Knights Growing. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER. Ind., Dec. 3.—William H. Bales, of this city, grand chief of the Knights of the Golden Eagle Lodge for the State of Indiana, has just returned from Fort Wayne, Columbia City and Huntington, where the lodges are flourishing. This is a comparatively new order in the West, there being but fifteen lodges in this State, seven of which are in this county, with a membership of about four hundred. There are two lodges at Muncie, one each at the cities recently visited by Mr. Bales and one at Marion, Anderson and Albany. There are eighty-two lodge s in Ohio, over five hundred in Pennsylvania and several other Eastern States, notably New Jersey, where the order is quite strong. An Erie Locomotive Explodes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGTON, Ind., Dec. 3.—Thursday morning, near Lima, 0., a locomotive exploded while pulling a freight train on the Erie Railroad. The train was under good speed and the wreck was complete. Engineer Doolittle, Fireman Bieber and Brakeman Plank, of this city, were on the engine at the time, and all were seriously hurt. Fireman Bieber was so badly scalded that his eyesight will be destroyed. The injured men were brought to Huntington this morning. Many theories are advanced as to the cause of thfe explosion. Miss Clawson to Become a Missionary. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Dec. 3.—Miss Bertha Clawson, one of Henry county's most popular young women and most efficient teachers, has announced her intention of going to Akita, Japan, as a missionary under the direction and support of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Christian Church. Miss Clawson is at present one of the teachers in Spiceland Academy, but will close her work there the last of this month in order to arrange to sail in April. Suicide of a Young Mother. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Dec. 3.—Mrs. Effie Nash, the eighteen-year-old wife of Charles Nash, committed cuicide this‘afternoon at her home, north of this city. She gave biith to a child Sunday, and had since been in a serious condition, but seemed a iittle better to-day. Shortly after noon she was alone for a moment, and. seizing a razor in a near-by drawer, she cut her throat from ear to ear. She had not shown any signs of insanity, and it is supposed she became suddenly deranged. Little Girl Burned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, Ind., Dec. 3.—A three-year-old daughter of Frank Mattox, at North Salem, yesterday set fire to her dress with matches and was fatally burned while her irother was out of the house. When the mother returned the little one was still living, but all her clothing was burned off save a collar. Even the shoes were burned. A little brother was badly burned trying to save his sister. The girl lingered six hours before she died. Driven Insane by a Widow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Dec. 3.—Absolom Townsend, a farmer in Washington township, was declared insane in 'Squire Clifton’s court this afternoon. Townsend is an old bachelor, and one of the wealthiest farmers in the county. Some time ago he fell in love with a young widow at Marion, and it is supposed she jilted him, as he raves continually about her. .lull Breaker Chapman Located. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., Dec. 3.—Ed Lesser, who is under arrest for burglary, at Mount Vernon. Ind.. is said to be George Chapman, who broke jail at Madison two years ago, and who lias served one term in the penitentiary. ' Driven to Suicide by a Womutt. Sicoial to the Indianaiolis Journal. VeVAY, Ind., Dec. 3.—Andrew Miles, jr., aged twenty-three, a farmer, living at Patriot. Ind.. committed suicide to-day by taking strychnine, because of a lover’s quarrel. litdiunu Obituary. SEYMOUR. Ind.. Dec. 3.—Dr. G. O. Orvis, aged forty-eight, died last night of Bright’s disease. He has been a practising physician here for twenty years and made a specialty of treating diseases of the eyes. The body will be tuken to Charlestown to-morrow for interment. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. Dec. 3-Henry C. Phillips, of Shelby township, aged about six-ty-five, last night went into the ;>arnyard

and this morning was found dead. He was a veteran of the late war. Heart disease is the supposed cause cf death. RICHMOND. Ind., Dec. a—Francis M. Jones, aged fifty-nine, died this morning, at his home, near this city. Mrs. Charles J. Geier. aged sixty r six, died last night. A husband and seven sons survive her. littlianu Note*. One of the oidest justices of the peace in Indiana is ’Squire John S. Lyle, of Richmond. He is riw seventy-six years old and in 1855 was elected a justice on the Knownothing ticket and has served forty-two years. Mrs. Lyle is living at the age of sev-enty-four, and the couple recently celebrated their fifty-third weddfng anniversary. Sol Meredith Post, G. A. R.. at Richmond, has elected A. G. Compton commander, succeeding John W. Tingle. H. H. Hoover. J. L. Smith, Capt. W. H. Lough and George Muhl were chosen delegates to the state encampment. A committee was appointed to co-operate in the movement to get Oliver P. Morton’s statue restored to its former place in front of the monument at Indianapolis. The W. R. C. also held an election, choosing Mrs. Kate Scott president. WILL DIE IN SING SING THORN SENTENCED TO BE ELECTROCUTED IN WEEK BEGINNING JAN. 10, * Heard Hi* Doom Pronounced with the Same Stoicism That Marked His Demeanor During' the Trial. NEW YORK. I>ec. 3;—Martin Thorn, or Torceswisky. convicted on Monday of the murder of William Guldensuppe, was today sentenced to be electrocuted in the week beginning Jan, 10, 1898. When Thorn was brought into court in Long Island City he stepped as briskly, walking between the two officers, as he had done on the days when he was on trial. He preserved the same calm, imperturbable expression of countenance that he had worn at every crisis in the working out of his fate during the trial and when, as a preliminary to the passing of sentence of death, Justice Maddox put the customary questions to him, he responded promptly, collectively and without outward evidence of emotion: “My true name,” said the murderer, “is Torceswisky. I was born in Germany and am thirty-five years old. I am a barber and have never been in prison before. I was brought up in the religious belief of the Roman Catholic Church. I can read and write. My father is living. I am not married.” • Then Judge Maddox proceeded to pass sentence solemnly and impressively. He said: “Thorn, you w f ere indicted, charged with having premeditatedly and deliberately designed and caused the death of William Guldensuppe. You have had a fair trial in the course of which you were defended by the ablest and mpst astute counsel. They could not have done more for you. Every effort was made by them to save you. After that the jury found you guilty of murder in the first degree and the punishment for that is death. Reflect upon it. Reflect upon the death of him whom you slew. It is the duty of the court to fix a time for the execution—the law pronounced the punishment. I shall give you a reasonable time—the law permits me to do that. It is needless for me to state anything touching the facts in this case more than to say that the evidence justifies the verdict. The judgment of the court is that you shall be taken hence to the state’s prison at Sing Sing within a reasonable time and that there you shall be executed in the form prescribed by law in the week beginning Jan. 10, 1898.” Thorn listened without moving a muscle and when the judge had finished he inclined his head slightly forward as if bowing to the court. The prisoner’s lawyers then handed up an affidavit applying tor an appeal. Justice Maddox took the affidavit and wifi pass on it later. Thom was then led to the jail below. It te likely that Ihe condemned man will soon be removed to Sing Sing. EMCiipe of u Condemned Man. RIPLEY, W. Va., Dec. 3.—John Morgan, who was sentenced to be hanged Dec. 16, played a sharp trick on the jailer here last night, whereby he walked out of jail and took to the woods, where bloodhounds are on his track. A short time ago he sold a confession for $25. With the money he bought anew suit of clothes to wear on the gallows. Last night he made a dummy' of lus old suit and put it to bed in his eeij Donning his new suit, he climbed on top of the cell and lay there till it was locked for the night. Then he escaped and was not missed till this morning. A reward of SSOO is offered for his arrest. His crime, the murder of Mrs. Green, her son and daughter, was committed Nov. 3, just a month ago, near Grass Lick, this (Jackson) county.

Four More I.netgert Jurors. CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—Pour more jurors were accepted to-day to try Adolph L. Luetgert They are J. J. Lieb, student, twenty-four years old; William Edwards, clerk, twentytwo years okl; Walter H. Fisher, machinist, twenty-four years old, and Harry E. Reed, electrician. Four jurors yet remain to he selected. About 223 veniremen have so far been examined. Condemned Murderer Escapes. RIPLEY. W. V;i„ Dec. 3.—John H. Morgan, the murderer of a family, who was sentenced to be hanged Dec. 16, escaped from the jail last night. CARNETS '^ALASKA. Five Hundred Pounds of Precious Stones Piekeil I p by One Man. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 3.—Advices from Alaska and the Yukon district received today per steamer Corona are as follows: The Chilcoot Railroad and Transportation Company made an attempt to build through the town site of Dyea. It was opposed by a force organized by Healy & Wilson, the original locaters of the town site, and had to give up the attempt. During the trouble a man named Peterson accidentally shot himself, inflicting wounds that may prove fatal. Among the passengers who came down on the Corona was Capt. A. Pendleton, of Boston, Mass. He located a large deposit of garnets on Stiekren river, several miles from the range, and he Is now on his way back to Boston to organize a company to work his find. He brings down about five hundred pounds of stones and a number of pieces of rock with red crystals sticking out. The Canadian Navigation Company will begin their service between this port and Fort Wrangel, Skaguay and Dyea on Dec. 12. The first steamer to sail will be the Tees. She will make two trips per month from Victoria to ports from which the different routes have their starting points. The Alaskan Boundary Question. OTTAWA. Ont., Dec. 3—Hon. Clifford Sifton, minister of interior, has returned from an extended trip to the Klondike. Speaking of the Alaska boundary question, hi- said: ’’There are certain phases of the .{Uisticn which have to be looked into carefully and Mr. King, our chief astronomer, went out with me for that purpose. As to whether there will be v commission on the question appointed by the United States and ourselves, I do not know. The subject is a very grave one.’’ Mr. Sifton will cause the mounted police force in the Yukon district to be increased, the present contingent not being sufficient. Miss Richardson Has No Case. FRANKFORT, Ky.. Dec. 3.—The controversy between the friends of Miss Richardson, the Lexington girl, who claims that she was selected as sponsor for the battle ship Kentucky by former Secretary Herbert. was set at rest by Governor Bradley making public an official communication from Secretary Long, asking him to name a woman to christen the ship. Governor Bradley will name his daughter Christine. Blackenrth Shaken. MADISON. Wls.. Dec. 3.—The village of Blaokearth. about twenty miles west, of this city, was shaken by an earthquake soon after last midnight. Windows rattled and buildings shook, but no serious damage resulted. The shock lasted about a minute. Many people were awakened. GALENA. 111., De. 3.—A sharp earthquake shock at 3:BU this morning awoke many residents. Houses shook and windows rattled violently.

WINTER IN THE WEST SEVERAL STATES COVERED WITH MAYTLES OF THE “BEAUTIFUL.” Suoh Fulling in \el)r:inku, lona, Ivana and the Dakotan—Haihvay Trains Delayed by Drift*. CHICAGO, Deo. 3.—There was a heavy fall of snow to-day in the Northwest and West. At some points railway traffic has been blockaded by drifts. Omaha reports that snow has fallen in Nebraska continuously for twenty-four hours, and in some parts of the State it continues. At Omaha the fall amounts to about eight inches, and in the northern part of the State it is much heavier. Hartington reports sixteen inches and still falling. The snow is general in western lowa and South Dakota. The storm has stopped the gathering of corn, with fully a fifth of Nebraska’s big crop yet in the field. The movement of trains is greatly hampered, and the wind, which is rising to-night, may cause troublesome drifts. At Sioux City, la., where the fall has continued for over forty-eight hours, the snow is a foot deep on the level, with drifts wherever the wind has had a sweep. Des Moines reports that it has been snowing there for twenty-six hours without interruption. The fall has been between* six and seven inches. Street-car and railroad traffic is much interfered with by drifts. If the wind increases in severity railroad men fear that all the roads centering there will be blocked. There are no piesent indications of a cessation of the storm. SLOPPY WEATHER TO-DAY. Occasional Rain or Snow Predicted by Forecaster Wnppeiiimns. Forecast for Indianapolis and Vicinity for Twenty-four Hours landing 11 p. rn., Dec. 4—Cloudy weather and occasional rain or snow on Saturday. General Conditions Yesterday—High barometric pressure continued; the small area of depression moved from the Gulf almost due north, with its center to Kentucky. No great change in temperature occurred except in eastern Texas, where it fell from ten to thirty-two degrees, and in Montana, where it rose fifty degrees. Between the Rocky mountains and the Mississippi the temperature is low, freezing south to Texas; higher temperature prevails east of the Mississippi. Snow fell in the Missouri valley and rain from the Ohio valley southward. FORECAST FOR THREE STATES. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—For Indiana— Rain; probably clearing and colder Saturday night: northerly winds, becoming northwesterly. For Ohio—Rain; clearing Saturday afternoon in western portion; probably colder Sunday morning; brisk northerly winds. For Illinois—Snow or rain; clearing Saturday afternoon; colder; northwesterly winds.

Local Observations Friday. Bar. Ther. R. H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m.. 30.34 33 60 N’east. Cioudy. T 7p.m..30.16 34 95 N’east. Lt. Rain. 0.22 Maximum temperature, 40; minimum temperature. 30. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation on Dec. 3: Tern. Pro. Normal 36 .11 Mean 35 .22 Departure from normal —1 *.ll Departure since Dec. 1 —lO —.lO Departure since Jan. 1 *207 —.85 ‘Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast official. Yesterday’s Temperatures. 7a. m. Max. Bp. m. Atlanta, Ga 44 46 C 4 Bismarck, N. D *l2 18 4 Buffalo, N. Y 24 30 24 Cairo, 111 32 40 38 Cheyenne, Wyo 6 18 14 Chicago. 11l 28 32 32 Cincinnati, 0 32 40 38 Concordia, Kan 6 12 10 Davenport, la 16 32 32 Des Moines, la 10 20 16 Dodge City, Kan *2 8 8 Galveston. Tex 48 48 36 Helena, Mont 0 14 Jacksonville, Flu 60 68 64 Kansas City 14 20 18 Little Rock, Ark 34 38 30 Mi lined osa, Manitoba —*l2 Memphis, Tonn 32 42 Marquette, Mich 10 28 20 Moorhead, Minn *l2 .. .. Nashville, Tenn 44 58 08 New Orleans 68 76 72 New York 30 34 30 North Platte, Neb *4 6 4 Oklahoma. O. T 8 Omaha. Neb 6 12 12 Pittsburg. Pa 34 40 .18 Qu’Appelle, N. W. T *l6 22 18 Rapid City. S. D *l2 20 2 Salt Lake City 20 32 26 St. Louis V.. 30 34 -A St. Paul 2 14 10 Springfield, 111 30 32 ->2 Springfield, Mo .....26 26 18 Vicksburg. Miss 52 6* 40 Washington. D. C 32 <j6 •** •Below zero. , Suffering; fur Lark of Fuel. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 3.— Though the snowstorm of yesterday and to-day has been general throughout Kansas and northern and western Missouri, railway travel has been but slightly Impeded. In southern Kansas, where the fall of snow has been unusual for the season and where zero weather was experienced this morning, there is some suffering among settlers who had neglected to secure fuel. The Blizzard Cniiaea an Accident. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 3.-T'ne first accident due to the present blizzaid occurred at Durham, Mont., this morning. A Great Northern passenger train was derailed. Engineer Wiliam Clark was killed and three other trainmen injured. Cedar Rapids. la.. reports eight inches of snow and a suspension of street-car tranic. Heavy Full of Haln. VICKSBURG, Miss. Dec. 3.—Floods of rain fell here this morning, delaying trains and doing great damage to the cotton crop. Since the beginning of the storm, yesterdav, 3.31 inches of rain have fallen. Heavy rains are also reported all over this section. Losses by Fire. LACROSSE, Wis., Dec. 3.—Fire destroyed the McMillan Opera House and Pomeroy blocks at an early hour to-day. Loss. $200,000: covered by insurance. The third floor of the Pomeroy block was used as the armory for Company M of the National Guard. On this floor all the stores of the company were kept and when the fire reached the powder and shells the explosion was terrific. Six firemen were injured, three seriously. The McMillan Opera House was owned by the McMillan estate and will probably be rebuilt. KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. Deo. 3.—This afternoon the Tennessee Medical College was discovered on fire and on account of poor protection it burned slowly to the ground. The college was one of the best institutions in the South and was well attended. The building cost $25,600 and was comparatively new. The owners claim the contents were worth $12,000: in* uranee, SIO,OOO. ROME. Dec. 3.—A dispatch from Cueno, province of that name, in Piedmont, south of the Leopontine Alps, says that twenty heuses in the village of Roviera have been destroyed by fire. One man was burned to a crisp. The calamity has rendered thirty families homeless, and. as the ground is covered deep with snow, their condition is desperate. ONTARIO, Cal., Dec. 3.—The Southern Pacific Hotel in Ontario, one of the finest buildings in the town, was burned to the ground this morning. lxss, $60,000, with $15,000 insurance. The ground floor was occupied by the postofflee. a real estate office and the Ontario Observer. The fire was caused by th<* crossing of electric wires. NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Dec. 3.—The hotel and various buildings at Red Boiling Springs were destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The loss is estimated at $50,000. The fire originated in the parlor of the hotel. National Live Stock Exchange. SIOUX CITY, la.. Dec. 3.—The ninth annual convention of the National Live* Stock Exchange began here this afternoon. President YV. H. Thompson, jr., delivered an address in opening the convention. It was decided that next year's convention should be held in Omaha. A request from the Chl- *

cago Board of Trade for an indorsement of the candidacy of Col. YVm. li. Morrison for reappointment as a member of the Inter-state-commerce Commission was refused. The question of changing the; federal quarantine* line was given to a special committee consisting of two members from each exchange*, which will make a report at the regular session to-morrow. POSTAGE STAMP "FENCE ” Saloon Keeper Charged with Acting us Agent for Robbers. NEW YORK, Dec. 3,-Charles E. Moreson, a Coney island saloon keeper, was arrestee! to-day on the charge of having received stolen postage stamps from a gang of Western robbers, the majority of whom are in prison. Postoffice Inspector Waterbury. of the Denver division, who. in company with several officers, made the arrest, said that during the last year stamps worth more than $150,000 had been stolen from postofflees in various parts of the country and of this amount he said the greater part was brought to New York, where it was disposed of by fences. It was when some of the members of the gang broke into the postoffice at Cripple Creek. Col., that W. H. Hostetter and Oscar Dickens were captured. Dickens wrote Moreson a warning letter, which was intercepted by Inspector Y\ f aterbury. Later he traced a package of stamps to the Coney island ualoon keeper and gained possession of a letter containing a check for $319 which Moreson sent to Hostetter in payment for $432.90 worth of stamps. Moreson was given a preliminary hearing and was held in $3,500 bail, the case going over until next Wednesday. SEEKING $30,000 DAMAGES. Conductor O’llara Claims to Have Been Blacklisted by a ituihvuy. OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 3.—Following up the verdict in the court of Judge Clifford in Chicago, Nov. 18, awarding damages against the Chicago & Northwestern Railway to Fred R. Keteham in the sum of $21,600 because of blacklisting, which prevented his securing employment, there was filed in the District Court at Ogden to-night the complaint of John O’Hara against ti.e Oregon Short-line Railroad and receivers of the Union Pacific Company, claiming damages to the amount of $30,000. O'Hara had been a conductor and brakeman for twenty years at the time of the A. R. U. strike in 1894, and has been unable to get steady employment since that time. There will be about thirty cases filed here on the same basis. WILL NOTJOIN PLATT. Stvnyne-Brookficld Republicans AY nut a New Organization, NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—A conference was held to-night by what is known as the Swayne-Brookfield element of the Republican party, at which Gen. Wager Swayne presided. The attendance was not as large as was expected and the meeting was held behind closed doors. After Its adjournment It was announced that a resolution had been adopted to the effect that under the existing conditions the only solution of the situation was the forming of an entirely new Republican organization in the city and county of New York, and that action be taken at once to carry out this measure. I'lngrec on the "Warpath Again. LANSING, Mich., Dee. 3.— Governor Pingree lias determined ..o lend his personal efforts to the rigid enforcement of the state law against the manufacture and sale of colored oleomargarine. State Dairy and Food Commissioner Grosvcnor has met much opposition to his efforts to carry out the provisions of the law, which was passed by the Legislature last winter, and to-day prevailed upon the Governor to enter the fight with him. Attorney Genera' Maynard will at once assume command of the state forcds, and prosecutions of the most vigorous character will follow. Illinois Legislators to Meet. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 3.—Gov. Tanner late this afternoon issued a proclamation calling a special session of the General Assembly to meet here Dec. 7. The session Is called to consider amendments to the laws for the assessment of property for taxation, and regulating the manner of conducting primary elections, and to pass a reapportionment bill. The Governor will also ask for an appropriation to defray the expenses of testing the constitutionality of the inheritance tax law and its enforcement.

SOLDIERS OF THE CZAR. Reasons for the Awe with Which the Kusftinu Empire Is Regarded. E. C., in Chicago Record. Recently I saw one of the most impressive sights it has ever been my lot to behold. I was in the town of Samara, on the River Volga, in eastern Russia. 1 had just rung for the samovar for our breakfast when I heard a sound outdoors like the tramping of many feet. 1 went to the window and looked out. Down the street I saw marching toward us the first body of Russian soldiers I had ever seen. At the very first glance they impressed me most strongly. The tall redcoats of Great Britain, the crack bersaglieri of Italy, Germany’s countless troops, prim and trim to affectation—none of them resembled these Russian soldiers. The Czar’s men had no bright uniforms, no shining accoutrements, no smart caps or jackets. Their clothes were of a rough brownish cloth. There were no gilt trimmings. no brass buttons even, nothing to show a soldier's uniform except that the clothes were all alike and trimmed with a little braid. Across their backs were slung their blankets, and every other man carried a tin teapot. The infantry troops of most of the European countries must wear mustaclies. and must be clean-shaven otherwise, but of these Russian soldiers almost all wore beards. It was not the trim, pointed beard of western Europe, either, but of the full, tawny-colored beard that is so characteristically Russian—the beard that comes from never shaving, that helps to. keep a man warm when the thermometer is 30 degrees below zero. Presently I looked around for the band. There was none. And I soon saw why. For in a moment 1 heard the faint notes of a single fife and then suddenly the whole troop burse into singing. That was their music. It made me think of the times when primitive peoples went forth to battle singing, and I felt. as. 1 have so often felt in Russia, that I had been carried bodily back hundreds of years in the world’s history. The song of these Russian soldiers was timed to their march, and like a chant, strong and resounding, and with risings and fallings that gave it a strange force. No soldiers that I had ever seen had the look of rugg*d hardiness and endurance, of solidity and power, of imperturbable d© termination, that these men possessed. As they marched by, keeping step to the time of their war song. I began to realize why it was that nations called Russia the “peacemaker of Europe, ’ why Germany, and France, and Austria vied with one another in seeking the favor of the great Slav empire. Russia is composed of one hundred nations, fron: the Lapps of northernmost Scandinavia, to the Persians of India. In a trip of five hundred miles along the Volga I have passed through the country of fourteen different peoples—all Russians. I began to search out the reasons for the respectful awe with which European nations look on their young overgrown neighbor. And 1 had not far to look. Spread out as she Is, composed of many different peoples witn almost nothing in common, Russia nevertheless has a compactness that England never possessed—there* is a unity about her people that is enjoyed by no other civilized power on earth. There are many reasons for this. In the first place there* Is not a spot in this great empire that the strong arm of the government does not reach. The Persian and the laipp are, first of ail. Russians. They arc Russians chiefly because they want to bt—because they want the protection and fatherly care of the great Emperor. Probably no other government of to-day is closer to the j>eople than the Russian. Secondly, the Russians live exclusively in cities or villages. I have traveled over seven thousand miles in Russia and Siberia without ever seeing ;• single farmhouse standing by Itself. Every farmer In Russia—and 90 per cent of the Russians are farmers—lives in a village, and each of these villages Is responsible to the general government for the taxes, debts, etc., of all its members. It even owns all the land held by its members, and over this land has absolute power. The natural result of all this is that each village is one of the most compact political units of modern society, with a power over its individual members that is held by no other civilized political body. If Russia were to go to war she would huve these thousands of villages, all organized and ready to furnish both men and means. Is it any wonder that the powers look up to a nation that cun command

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No victory gained over Russia would lie aught but a barren one. Was any victory ever more triumphant than that over the Russians by Napoleon? Yet did any defeat ever bring more ruin and destruction in its path than that self-same victory? And is there any nation to-day that would care to undertake the invasion of this empire, now many times stronger than when the great Corsican found ruin in its conquest? After all. it Is the people themselves that give Russia her great military strength. About 90 per cent, of this peoole are mouzhiks who live a life that would be one of intolerable hardship to the lowest class of people in the United States, yet that to the mouzhik is one of comfort and plenty. The Russian peasant—and the soldiers are simply peasants doing temporary military service—lives on tea and black bread for breakfast, tea and soup for dinner and tea and black bread for supper. This is his fare every day in the week and every week in the year. Ami he likes it. His clothes are the roughest and fewest imaginable. A cotton shirt and trousers, a pair of tall boots and a cap make his summer costume. For winter he simply puts a long coat of sheepskins over his cotton clothes, substitutes felt boots for his leather ones and buries his head in a fur cap. The Russian soldier lives in content and joy on what the English redcoat would spurn. But aside from all these considerations, there is one quality possessed by that tawny-haired, blonde-bearded troop I saw at Samara that would alone make Russia a dictator. That quulity is obedience. One of the greatest trials of the commander of American troops is to teach them implicit obedience. And that is more or less true of the troops of all civilized powers except Russia. But there is no more need to teach the Russian soldier obedience than there is to teach a duck to swim. The mouzhik obeys by instinct. It is not even second nature to him; it is first nature. For generations he has obeyed. He knows nothing else, he expects nothing else, he wants nothing else. The mouzhik looks upon his employer a* his master. The owner of a large manufacturing plant who employs many hands in St Petersburg told me that once a fire broke out in his buildings near a large oil tank. An explosion was possible at any moment. Yet his men fought the lire around the tank as unhesitatingly as if it were their regular daily work. He said that if he had told one of them to cross a burning plank the man would have crossed it without hesitation. He might have gone through and been killed, but that was a question for his masters to decide; it is none of his busin Thus it is with the soldiers. Russian officers can plan and work with the full consciousness that no matter what orders they may give, no matter if the execution of a command means the destruction of every man in the army, those orders will be obeyed, absolutely. PriNonerK Wreck a Jail. SMITHPORT, Pa.. Dec. 3.—Fourteen prisoners in the McKean county jail attempted to break jail yesterday afternoon while Sheriff Davis and his deputy were away. Two hall men. who were out in the corridor. secured an iron bar, pried off the steel blinds on a cell door, releasing another in ao. Then the three broke every cell lock until fourteen men were gathered in the corridors. They tried to break open the jail door leading to the street, but failed. JJne sheriff's wife, hearing the noise, went for assistance and citizens managed to hold the men in check until the arrival of the sheriff and a posse. The interior of the Jail is a wreck. _ Nix Men Severely Scalded. NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-9 ix men were severely scalded by the explosion of a copper sugar boiler in the candy factory of r>. Auerbach & Sons, in this city, to-day. Some of the victims arc not expected to recover and several of them will in any caso probably lose their eyesight. The in-lur.-d are: Joseph Auerbach, son of the proprietor; John Cheroghini, John Zenolsky. Caesar Donidero, Ix:on . Schaushaues and Erasil Avignon. The clothing of the men wore torn off them by the force of the explosion and they were frightfully scalded. The damage done by the explosion will amount to $5,000. Spiritualists 'Challenged. TOLEDO 0., Dec. 3.— President Becker, of the National Anti-Spiritualist Association, at Adrian. Mich., has just issued an invitation to the National Spiritualist Association to join in appointing a committee to meet a similar one from the Anti-bplritual--Ist Association to investigate the phenomena of modern spiritualism. Full opportunity s to be given the Spiritualists to state their belief and show phenomena, ami equal opportunity for full Investigation of the phenomena. Correspondence is to be addressed to Secretary J. D. Hagaman. Adrian, Mich. Alleged Shortage of #30,000. CANAJOHARIE. K Y., Dec. 3.-The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors have for some time been examining Into the accounts of \Villiam Clark, of Fort Plain, countv treasurer, and It is alleged a shortage of $50,000 exists. A resolution was passed ordering Clark to uppeur before the board on Friday and make his annual report but as he failed to do this. Sheriff Heath was sent to Syracuse, where Clark was reported to be, to look him up. Tortured uud Hoboed. AKRON, 0., Dec. 3.—Two masked robber* entered the home of John Hartong, a farmer eighty-nine years old. in Green township. They tortured and threatened the old man into insensibility, but he refused to give up his money. When he was unconscious ihey searched the house and found in a belt the farmer wore night und day SBOO. Hartong lives ulone and is wealthy. Local talent Is suspected and bloodhounds wIU be out on the track of the robbers.