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THE INDIANA OIL FIELD ♦ ~' RICH PERI POOL, WAS RUINED BY LETTING IX FRESH WATER. ♦ Labor C’ominls*loiicr* Culleil to As*i*t In Settling; IMate-Gl* Strike at Elwood and Kokomo. <■ Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER, Ind.. Dee. s.—The great Indiana oil field is still in its Infancy, and will be for the next ten years to come, as there is a very large scope of territory to drill that is considered within the oil belt of the State. Over ten thousand wells have already been completed in the State and the output of oil amounts to about 25,000 ■barrels. Following the Alexandria boom came the greatest boom ever experienced since oil was found in the United States, and that is the Peru field. This field will develop into a big loser for the trade, as the wells located on the hill in the richest part of the field are now troubled with fresh water, which within a short space of time will kill the production as it did in the Portage oil field in Ohio, some years ago. It is reported from good authority that the cause is from a well owned by Part Black, which was shot and the explosion blew out the casing .and let the fresh water into the Trenton formation. By the closing of the year there will be at least 209 wadis completed in the Peru field proper. r i he . completion of this number of wells in about foor months is a record for the great oil field. E. C. Storms has finished his first well t on the B. F. Kelley furm, in Section 16, Washington township, Blackford county, and it started off at a hundred-barrel clip. The Diamond Oil Company’s last well on the A. H. Meyers farm, in Section 30. Harrison township, same county, started at 150 barrels. The Elcho Oil Company’s No. 5, on the A. Schwab farm, in Section 21. Jackson township. Wells county, did 30 barrels. E.H. Montgomery finished his seventh well on the G. F. Gemmill farm. In Section 27, Penn township. Jay county, and it failed to produce the first tw'enty-four hours, but will probably develop into a light producer. C. K. McFadden has completed well No. 1, on the H. North farm, in Section 3, Jackson township. Jay county, and it is a ten-bar-rel producer. The Sun Oil Company’s No. 3, on the J. Hoover farm, in Section 25, Salamonie township. Huntington county, did 20 barrels. Eminerson Priddy has finished a well on the F. O. Engle farm, in Section 1, Jackson township, Jay county, and it did 60 barrels. The Connolly Oil Company has left the Peru field disgusted after completing a dry hole on the Bearss farm, as did the Mook Oil Company on a farm south from that town. Rljr Wells Xear Snmmitvllle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SUMMITVIELE, Ind., Dec. s.—The oil well drilled in on the Livingston farm, four miles east of here, is showing no diminution in its flow of 4CO barrels a day without pumping. The well on the Broyhs farm nearby, which was drilled two months ago, is flowing seventy-five barrels a day, the same as w'hen first opened. These wells are operated by the Allegheny Oil Company, and show signs of a long life. The company Is now putting up three rigs in the same neighborhood and is preparing to develop the territory. The Gaston Oil Pool. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. s.—Reports received in this city state that oil operators near Gaston, northeast of here, have just opened up a wonderful oil pool. A well was opened Friday that runs three hundred barrels per day. GLASS >1 EX JUBILANT. Ready to Vote on Manufacturers’ Latest Offer. Spec'a I to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind., Dec. s.—The news received late last night from the wage conference at Pittsburg that the window-glass blowers and gatherers had finally decided to submit the manufacturers’ offer to a national individua, vote, was received with a great deal of rejoicing throughout the Indiana gas belt, where thirty-two of the seventy-one plants in the United Stares ere located. The blowers and gatherers in all of the Indiana glass centers, with the possible exception of Muncie. where they held a meeting late last night and decided at midnight that nothing less than 20 per cent, advance would be acceptable, are heartily in favor of the move and state that the vote will be almost unanimous in favor of accepting the manufacturers' proposition. This proposition has several side issues, but is equivalent to about a 16 per cent, advance over last year’s wages, with the guarantee that those wages will be as great as those paid at any time under the old McKinley law. The plants, with the exception of eight which have been operating independently for a month, have been closed down ever since last July. The workers and manufaoturers have been disputing ever since. Both made concessions at the Pittsburg conference yesterday. The cutters and llatteners have at last succeeded in breaking away from the old association and yesterday the blowers and gatherers recognized their independence. They say the manufacturers will have no trouble in coming to terms with them in the very shortest order, intimating that they stand ready to accept the 15 per cent, advance.

INDIANA OBITUARY. Mn lan ley Anderson, Aged 108, In Dead In JeffcrNunville. Sliec- - ?' to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. Dec. s.—Mahsiloy Embrey Anderson, 108 years old, is dead at the home of htr daughter, Mary Berkley, in this city. For seventy-five > ' ars she was a servant in the Wintersmith family, one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in Kentucky, and until recently was in the employ of Col. Dick Wintersmith, of Louisville. Joshuu Wooden. Spot 'hi so the Indiani>oHs Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Dee. 5. —Joshua Wooden, aged seventy-two, died at his home in the west part of the county yesterday of heart trouble. He was one of the most substantial men in the county, and has resided here almost all his life. LABOR COMMISSIONERS Have Been Summoned to Take a Hand In I'lute Gin** Strike. ANDERSON, Ind.. Dec. s.—The state labor commissioners have been summoned to take a hand in the strike at the Pittsburg plate-glass plants at Elwood and Kokomo. Iwo hundred polishers and grinders are out, and it is feured the strike will close all of the company’s plants, nine in number. The company has attempted to put new working rules into effect at all plants, and workers protest. Unless the labor commissioners are able to bring about an early settlement it looks as if till the workers at Elwood, 800 in number, would walk out this week and call out the 7.000 in other plants belonging to the company. Wultnsh College Note*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. C RAW’FORDS VILLE, Ind., Dec. 5. After reconsideration the junior class has decided not to attempt the publication of a Ouiatenon, or annual, this year. It will, however, leave the college somo memorial of a material kind, the nature of which has not yet been decided. Although there will be no Ouiatenon. it is likely that a souvenir descriptive of the various departments of the college, and, in some measure, of the cl tv. will be issued by someone some time this year. George L. Denny. Indianapolis, has been elected secretary of the Wabash Oratorical Association, in place of B. F. Armbrowster, who failed to return to college. Th* biological department is ~i receipt of supplies of bacteriological preparations from Professor Horton, formerly a professor here, and also from Dr. Wynekoop, of tiie College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago. Howard Shedd. 1901. Danville, 111., is pledged to Beta Theta Pi. The Phi Gamma Deltas danced Saturday evening. Failed to Secure Damage*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Dee*. s.—The Jury In the case of John Demaree for SIO,OOO damages •.gainst the Big Four Railroad agreed on a verdict last night In fuvor of the defendant, after being out eleven hours. Demaree was injured several months ago, being struck by • passenger train as he was crossing the

track In a wagon. He claimed that his injuries were permanent and brought suit. It was proven in the trial that just before the accident he had taken several glasses of beer, and this fact seemed to convince the jury that his condition at the time was such that the responsibility for the accident rested almost entirely with him. Sawmill and Factory Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. URAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Dec. s.—Fire this morning destroyed the sawmill, slatfence factory, brickyard and tile mill of Armentrout & Childers, at Newmarket. The dry sheds were full of finished lumber and there were four carloads of walnut gun stocks destroyed. The total loss will reach SIO,OOO, with little insurance. Cause of fire unknown. Caldwell and S6OO Missing. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. s.—Charles Caldwell, foreman of the Central Union Telephone gang, building a line from lx>gansport to Indianapolis, has been missing for several days. Company officials came here to investigate, and found that S6OO sent him to pay the hands was also gone. Officers are in pursuit of the fugitive. Indiana Votes. Citizens of Paoli arrived in Anderson Saturday night and contracted with expert gas well men to go to Paoli at once and take charge of a gas well which has just been opened. A natural gas explosion in the home of John Knotts at Elwood, Sunday morning, blew the stove into pieces, hurled the table across the room and badly wrecked the furniture. None of the occupants were seriously injured. Inspector Fletcher, who was sent to Elwood by the Postoffice Department, found Elwood clearly entitled to free delivery, having more than the necessary population and the receipts of the office exceeding the requirements. He has gone to Washington and his report is expected to be a recommendation for free delivery for that city. Sheriff Larsh. of Wayne county, went to the home of Lafayette Smith, colored, near Richmond, Saturday night to arrest him on a warrant from Athens, Ala., on charges of burglary and robbery. At sight of the sheriff Smith fled and several shots tired after him only had the effect to increase his speed. An attempt was made once before to take Smith, but he was released, owing to a faulty warrant. WARM AND'FAIR TO-DAY. Weather Prophet Predicts u Spell of Indian Summer. Forecasts for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 11 p. m.— Warmer; fair weather on Monday. General Conditions Yesterday—Moderately high barometric pressure prevails except in the Northwest, where the pressure is low. Higher temperature and fair weather prevailed except from the Ohio valley and North Dakota northward, where snow fell. FORECAST FOR THREE STATES. WASHINGTON, Dec. s.—Forecast for Monday—For Ohio—Snow flurries in the early morning, followed by fair; light to fresh westerly winds. For Indiana and Illinois—Fair;, westerly winds. Sunday's Local Observation*. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m... 29.92 25 77 S’w’est. Cloudy. .01 7 p.m...30.03 29 100 S’w'est. L. snow. .03 Maximum temperature, 29; minimum temperature. 21. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Dec. 5: Tern. Pre. Normal 36 .11 Mean 25 .04 Departure from normal —ll —.07 Departure since Dec. 1 —23 —.12 Departure since Jan 1 *194 —.87 ♦Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yewterday't* Temperature*. Stations. Min. Max. 7p. m. Atlanta. Gd 42 36 Bismarck, N. D 32 32 Buffalo. N. Y 36 32 Calgary. N. W. T 34 26 Cairo. 11l 22 38 56 Cheyenne, Wyo 16 48 44 Chicago ... 18 26 24 Cincinnati 28 30 30 Concordia, Kan 24 Davenport, la 16 28 20 Des Aloines, la 16 24 14 Dodge City, Kan 20 50 40 Galveston 56 54 Helena. Mont 46 38 Jacksonville, Fla 64 50 Kansas City 22 3.8 34 Little Rock, Ark 22 48 44 Memphis, 22 46 44 Marquette, Mich 30 22 Nashville 24 36 32 New Orleans 52 48 New York 44 36 North Platte, Neb 16 42 30 Oklahoma 26 50 40 Omaha 22 34 26 Pittsburg 30 30 30 Qu’ Apixdle, N. W. T 34 20 Rapid City. S. D 18 42 38 Salt Lake City 16 36 30 St. Louis 22 36 30 St. Paul 24 26 Springfield. Til 18 32 26 Springfield, Mo 20 3.8 32 Vicksburg. Miss 26 54 50 Washington. D. C 44 36

COST OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE. If Bible* Estimate* Be Correct, $524,117,0214,8<7.4<t Was Expended. Philadelphia Record. A noted statistician and investigator who has lots of time for such work has been doing some figuring on the cost of the Temple of Solomon, and says few people, even in these days of plenty, extravagance and millionaire display, have an adequate impression of the enormous cost of the great temple. According to Villalpandus, the “talents” of gold, silver and 'brass were equal to the enormous sum of .EG,879,822.000 sterling. The w*orth of the jewels is placed at a figure equally as high. The vessels of gold, according to Josephus, were valued at 140.000 talents, which, reduced to English money, was equal to £575,296,203. The vessels of silver, according to the same authority, were still more valuable, being set down as worth £646,344,000; priest’s vestments and the robes of singers £2,010,Ui0, and the trumpets £209,000. To this add the expense of the building material, labor, etc., and some wonderful figures result. Ten thousand men hewing cedars, 60,000 bearers of burdens, 80,000 hew'ers of stone. 3 300 overseers, all of whom were employed for seveq years, and upon whom, besides their wages. Solomon bestowed £6,733,970. If their daily food w r as worth 50 cents each, the sum total for all was £63,577.05S during the time of building. The materials in the rough are estimated as having been worth £2,545,337,11)0. This gives a total, just for this much of the expense, which by no means expresses the whole cost, of £10,719,760,261, or about 552,117,021.867.46. Losses ly Fire. NEW YORK. Dec. s.—Fire to-night did $125,000 damage in the five-story stone building at 148 Duane street occupied by Julius Wile, Brother & Cos., liquor dealers; Rice Brothers and Tiffany, manufacturers of perfumery; J. L. Alboez. dealer in atomizers. and the Whiting Paper Company. Twelve engines fought the fire, which was difficult to control. TULSA. I. T.. Dec. s.—Fire originating in the general merchandise store of Price & Gillette, this afternoon, destroyed over SIOO.000 worth of property. Other losers .ire F. J. Scott. Lynch Mercantile Company, the Tulsa Banking Company, the Commercial Hotel. George B. Perryman. Lewis & Brobeck, and Egan Bros. The insurance will not exceed $25,000. CHARLESTON. S. C.. Dec. 5.-Fire this morning destroyed the acid chambers r.t the Reed phosphate works, a few miles out of this city. The mill building was saved by heroic work of employes. The origin of the fire is unknown. Loss about $60,000, which is covered by insurance. PITTSBURG, Dec. s.—The warehouse of Julius De Long At Cos., hair, felt and carpet lining manufacturers, on Concord street. Allegheny, was destroyed by fire to-dav. The loss is estimated at $50,000; insured. The origin of the lire is a mystery. named to the Water's Edge. CHICAGO, Dec. s.—The steamer George W. Morley, of Cleveland, was burned to the water's edge on the beach at Evanston, tonight. Her crew of thirteen men got ashore without difficulty. The Morley was bound from Milwaukee to Chicago, without cargo, and when off Evanston a lamp exploded in the engine room, scattering burning oil in all directions. Before the pumps could be started the tire was beyond control and the boat was beached at Greenwood boulevard, the crew wading ashore. The Morley was a wooden steamer, and valued at $35.w0. Liberal* Win in C’olonibiu. COLON. Colombia, Dec. 3.—The result of the returns for electors in the first elections in this city to-day is that the Liberals have defeated the government party by 59 against TO LIKE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablet*. All drugglfctß refund money If It fall* to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1897.

FIRST DREYFUS DUEL ■ * TWO PARIS EDITORS TAKE A COUPLE OF SHOTS AT EACH OTHER. Emperor William Asked to Interfere in Behalf of Exiled Captain— Italian Ministry Resign*. PARIS, Dec. 5.—A duel was fought to-day between M. Millerand, the well-known Socialist deputy and editor of the Petite Republique Francaise, and M. Joseph Reinach, Conservative deputy for the district of Digne, a well-known journalist and author, editor of the Republique Francaise. The encounter grew out of some hot words exchanged in the Chamber yesterday during the Dreyfus debate. Both men fired twice, Neither was hit, and their seconds declared that honor was satisfied. Le> Journal says that in reply to an appeal by the family of former Capt. Alfred Dreyfus to Emperor William, begging him to declare Dreyfus innocent of the charges made against him, Prince Hohenlohe, the chancellor, has replied that he has looked into the affair, but is unable to advise Emperor William to comply with the request. The French newspapers generally counsel avoidance of agitation on this subject and urge that justice be allowed to take its course, most of them agreeing that the statement of General Billot, the minister of war, in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, when he declared that “as a soldier and the chief of the army” he regarded the sentence as just, has placed the honor of the army on a plane above all discussion. MORE GERMAN MARINES Arrive at Klhii-Cliuu Ray to Force Chinese Reparation. BERLIN, Dec. s.—When the German reinforcements, consisting of four companies of marines, numbering 23 officers and 1,200 men and a company of naval artillery numbering 290 men, arrive at Kiao-Chau bay, for which point, as already cabled, they will soon set out, they will bring the total German force there up to 4,566 men, the largest body Germany has ever sent beyond European waters. It Is understood that the reserves had to be drawn on. The Admiralty denies that other European squadrons have entered the harbor at KiaoChau to watch Germany’s proceedings, and it is believed that Aumirai Von Diedrich would protest vigorously against such an attempt. The Klintz Zeitung regards the expedition as having a two-foid aim: First, to obtain missionary reparation, and second, to obtain the cession of Kiao-Chau as payment for past services rendered China by Germany in connection with the conclusion of peace with Japan. There is much selfcongratulation among the Germans that the missionary incident absolves the government from the tedious and perhaps abortive process of diplomatically claiming a coaling station in the form of a demand for a treaty port or a settlement on perpetual’ lease. It is believed unnecessary to take Great Britain into account, as she is overoccupied elsewhere, while Japan is not likely to resist the coalition of Germany, Russia and France. This is the contention of the Kolnisch Zeitung. At the same time it says that Germany will not be led by the allurements of France, Russia or England to deviate from a policy of moderation in China. ITALIAN MINISTRY RESIGNS. Marquis Di Hud ini Take* Advantage of Gen. Pelliux'* Action. LONDON, Dec. 6. —The Rome correspondent of the Morning Post says: “The Cabinet has resigned. General Pelliux’s action is regarded as a political move to make it possible for the Marquis Di Rudini to secure a unanimous Ministry. The ministers of finance, justice and public works in the Cabinet will not appear in its successor.” General Pelliux, minister of war, maintains the attitude he has taken in consequence of the action of Parliament in amending the bill dealing with army promotions against his advice and persisted in his resignation. King Humbert, the Marquis Di Rudini, the premier, and the other members of the Cabinet urged General Pelliux to reconsider his action, but he refused. In view of this it was expected that the entire Cabinet would resign. The Marquis Di Rudini wall reconstruct the Ministry. The present Italian Ministry is constituted as follows: President of the Council and minister of the interior, the Marquis Antonio Di Rudini: minister of foreign arfairs, the Marquis Emilio Visconti Venosta; minister of the treasury, Prof. Luigi Luzzatti; minister of finance. Signor Ascanlo Branca: minister of justice and of ecclesiastical affairs, Prof. Luca Emanuele Gianturco; minister of war, General Luigi Pelliux; minister of marine, Admiral Benedetto Brin, inspector genera! of naval engineering; minister of commerce, industry and agriculture, Conte Francesco Guicciardini; minister of public instruction, Conte Codronchi; minister of public works, Giullo Prinetti.

Sympathy from Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. s.—At a mass meeting of the Bohemian citizens of Chicago this afternoon, the following message to the lord mayor of Prague was prepared and cabled: “To Dr. Julius Podlipny, Lord Mayor, City of Prague, Bohemia: “The Bohemian-Americans, in meeting assembled at the Bohemian Turner Hall, in Chicago, desire to express to their brethren ii Bohemia their heartfelt sympathy for the cause for which they are struggling, and commend the firm stand taken by them in their fight for the preservation of their language and their national existence. Polish and Slavonian representatives joined the Bohemians with words of encouragement for the Bohemian cause.” Comte**** Eloped with a Valet. LONDON, Dec. 6.—The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Mail describes a sensation involving the Comte-sse Eugenie, daughter of the wealthy Comte Cerehi. who eloped some time ago with a Servian named Chevitch. supposed by her to be a captain in the Servian army. He ill treated her and recently they separated. Now it turns out-that Chevitch was only an officer’s valet and had already married a Servian kitchen maid. Kece** for Punitive Expedition. LONDON, Dec. 6.—According to a dispatch to the Morning Post from Bombay, the operations of the British punitive expedition under Sir William Lockhart, on the northwestern frontier of India, which began about the middle of September last, will cease presently and be resumed in the spring. Fire In Lambetli Palace. LONDON, Dec. s.—Fire broke out to-day at Paiace, the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was quickly extinguished and did but little damage. * TIP ON M’KINLEY'S MESSAGE. Word Sent to Spain that It Will Be ••Very Gratifying;.” MADRID, Dec. s.—El Liberal, the official organ, contends to-day that there is no ground to fear that the United States will recognize the insurgents as belligerents or otherwise interfere in the settlement of the Cuban difficulty, "inasmuch as Spain has accorded her colonies in the antilies the maximum of liberty that other- powers accord to their colonies.” “Therefore,” concludes El Liberal, “the United States ought to be grateful to Spain. But if America’s good will is hampered by offensive or restrictive conditions we must ignore them and act in accvdan e with our interests, our honor and our sovereignty.” A member of the Cabinet, in the course of an interview, to-day declared that, according to the communications received by the government from Senor De Lome, the Spanish minister at Washington. President McKinley’s attitude toward Spain is “very gratifying.” “The government.” continued the Cabinet minister in question, “does not believe that President McKinley will demand the termination of the war in Cuba witldn any specified period, for President McKinley knows that Spain's first desire is a conclusion of the war, and that she Is putting forth every effort to end it.” The Spanish government, he further asserted. is now studying means of mobilizing the volunteers in Cuba, and Senor Puigeerver. the minister of finance, is considering proposals to raise money, which will be

submitted to the Cortes. Senor Sagasta, the premier, is indisposed to-day and confined to his room. If President McKinley’s message to Congress bo not hostile to Spain the Cortes will be dissolved and the elections for the next body fixed for February. United States Minister Woodford gave a banquet to-night to the members of the diplomatic corps in Madrid. Senor Gullon, minister for foreign affairs, was present. Ravaged by Smallpox. HAVANA. Deo.'s.—lt is reported that the leader, Mario Adam Betancourt, a brother-in-law of Gen. Alejandro Rodriguez, died recently from illness in the insurgent camp in Puerto Principe. Reports frorii Pinar del Rio city ray that smallpox is rapidly spreading there and thirty deaths occurred daily from the disease. Many deaths from the same cause are reported from other towns. Dr. Jover, of the Havana Sanitary Board, has been commissioned to proceed to Pinar del Rio for the purpose of vaccinating the inhabitants and thus prevent the further spread of the scourge. “STRAW BAIL” DENOUNCED. Notorious Practice In Federal Courts in Alabama. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. s.—The United States Court grand jury, just prior to its final adjournment yesterday, rendered its report. United States commissioners were censured for allowing defendants in many cases to give “straw bonds,” accepting as sureties “persons whose irresponsibility is notorious.” The laws for the suppression of illicit distilling and sale of liquor were severely criticised, being characterized as cumbersome, extravagant, ineffective and dangerous, and designed chiefly for securing fees to officials, witnesses and informers. The report, continuing, says the grand jury found a great disregard for the sacred nature of an oath among informers and witnesses.' It says that action against such persons for perjury is the only redress, and that it was through such action that the grand jury was made acquainted with “these outrages.” Judge Boarman, in replying to the report, said that he recognized the existence of such practices, which was greatly to be deplored, and that he had recently consulted with the attorney general and several congressmen w r ith a view to remeding the defects. TOBACCO HIS RUIN. How Morgan, the* Escaped Triple Murderer, VVa* Caaglit. RAVENSWOOP, W. Va„ Dec. s.—John F. Morgan, the triple murderer, Is in jail at Ripley, awaiting execution on Dee. 16. It was intended to bring him here out of precaution against lynching, but that danger is over at Ripley and he will be kept there. He entered a store at Walton, Roane county, after dark last night to buy tobacco. Constable John Camp happened to be in the store. He recognized Morgan and covered him with a revolver. Morgan surrendered and was shackled and guarded till this morning, when he was removed to Ripley. He is in mortal terror of being lynched. Enallxu Ignornnce of American*. Col. T. W- Higginson, in December Atlantic. My first experierice in England was, of course, to ascertain my proper position as an American and to know what was thought of us. This was easier twenty-five years ago than now, since the English ignorance of Americans was then even greater than to-day, and perhaps even more frankly expressed. One of the first houses where I spent an evening was the very hospitable home of a distinguished scholar, then the president of the Philological Society, and the highest authority on the various dialects of the English language, but I was led to think that his sweet and kindly wife had not profited by his learning. She said to me: ”Is it not rather strange that you Americans, who seem such a friendly and cordial race, should invariably address anew comer as ‘stranger,’ while we English, who are thought to be cold and distant, are more likely to say ‘my friend’'’ ” She would scarcely credit it when I told her that I had hardly ever in my life been greeted by the word she thought so universal, and then she added: “L was told that Americans begin every sentence with ’Well, stranger, I guess.’ ” I was compelled to plead’ guilty to the national use of the first and last of these two words, but still demurred as to the "stranger.” Then she sought for more general information, and asked if it was really true, as she had been told, that railway trains in America were often stopped for the purpose of driving cattle off the track. I explained to her that in some regions of the far West, where cattle abounded and fencing material was scarce, this might still be done, and I did not think it necessary to say that I had seen it done, in my youth, within twenty miles of Boston. But I explained to her that we Americans, being a very inventive race, had devised a little apparatus to be placed in front of the locomotive in order to turn aside all obstructions, and I told her this excellent invention was called a cow-catcher. She heard with interest, find then her kindly face grew anxious and she said, hesitatingly, “But isn’t it rather dangerous for the boy?” I said, wonderingly, "What boy?” and she reiterated, “For the hoy, don’t you know—the cow-catcher.” Her motherly fancy had depicted an unfortunate youth, balanced on the new contrivance, probably holding on with one hand, and dispersing dangerous herds by a gesture from the other.

1 iitoriuilium To-Day. Harper’s Weekly. President Eliot, in addressing the Ilni--tarian ministers of Massachusetts on Nov. 22, told them what an advantageous place the Harvard Divinity School w r as for intending ministers to study in, and mentioned it as strange but true that now almost every year Unitarian students find themselves in a minority in that school. The school, he said, needed help from the Unitarian churches in recruiting for the ministry, and he noted it as a matter worthy of comment that while lawyers and doctors usually sent their sons to the school they had been to themselves, and brought them up to their own profession, it seemed not to he so with Unitarian ministers. They are not generally disposed, it seems, to make Unitarian ministers of their sons. Dr. Eliot may. with entirely good grace, express his surprise at this shortcoming, for his own opinion of the Unitarian ministry as a profession is indicated by the fact that one of his sons has already won distinction in it. There are those w*ho think that the Unitarian Church has done its work so effectually as to stop its own growth and make its future somewhat doubtful. All the other churches have become so much more liberal since the Unitarian movement began that zealous young men with liberal ideas of theology are more comfortable in any of them than they could have been in the Unitarian Church if it had made no progress since it started. Consider that Theodore Parker was dropped from Unitarian fellowship because he disbelieved in the verbal inspiration of the Bible! What an immense modification of theological requirements there has been since then. People who want religion usually want just as much beuti as they can assimilate. It may be that the contemporary young theologian feels able to assimilate somewhat more of positive belief than the Unitarian Church at present offers, and is therefore attracted to other churches. National Prison Congress. AUSTIN. Tex., Dec. s.—The members of the national prison congress spent a very quiet day to-day, taking Sunday as a day of rest The annual sermon was preached this morning at the Methodist Church by Rev. R. C. Briggs. This afternoon the prison chaplains had their “experience meeting,” at w hich a number of interesting views were exchanged. To-night President George T. Winston, of the State University, delivered a most interesting address on the subject of "The Prevention of Crime.” The Rale. Detroit Journal. “Why.” asked the Bold Spirit, “do you wear that?” “It’s what everybody wears, answered the Woman. “Put why don’t you wear this?” the Bold Spirit persisted. "Oh, because everybody is wearing it,” objected the Woman. A rule may work both wavs and still be poor; labor aoes not invariably bring riches. Movement* of Steamer*. NEW YORK, Dec. s.—Arrived: La Bretagne, from Havre; Werkendarn, from Amsterdam. via Bologne. Sailed: Furnessia, for Glasgow. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. s—Sailed: Umbria, from Liverpool for New York. HAVRE, Dee. s.—Arrived: La Champagne, from New York. l)iure*-Ciioptnir Treaty Defeated. GUTHRIE, O. TANARUS., Dec. s.—At yesterday’s election in the Chickasaw nation, the ratification of the Dawes-Choctavv treaty was overwhelmingly defeated. The adopted and intermarried citizens were not permitted to participate in the election.

IVES WANTS REVENGE SMARTING UNDER DEFEAT BY SLOSSON, ISSUES A CHALLEXGIi. Big Six-Day Bicycle Race Started Last uuil Smith Breaks First Hour’s Record. NEW YORK, Dec. s.—Frank C. Ives, smarting under his defeat by George F. Slusson last night, has issued a challenge to Slosson for a match game of billiards, according to championship rules, which are that the game shall be played within sixty days of the issue of the challenge, for a stipulated amount, and shall be of six hundred points. In case Slosson should wish a change in the rules, Ives agrees to play him a game of 3,000 points, 500 per night for six nights, and will wager $5,000 to $2,500 that he can defeat Slosson. In behalf of the challenge, Ives has placed a check for $250 in the hands of a billiard company as a forfeit. BIG SIX-DAY BIKE RACE. “Teddy” Hale’s Record of 1,010 Miles Expected to Be Broken. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—At 12:15 a. m. Starter Eddie Bald fired the pistol and the thirty-six men were off in the six-day bike race at Madison-square Garden. They rode in nine columns, four men in each. Hale, the winner of last year’s contest, led the first lap, and Rice, who came second in last year’s contest, led the first mile. Time for first mile, 2:28 2-5. Jimmy Michael rode two miles in 4:02 2-5 before the big event was started. He tied his Chicago indoor record. Twelve thousand people cheered the riders at the opening. Three hours before the time for starting fully three thousand persons interested in the contest were gathered in Madisonsquare Garden. Every few minutes the gathering was enlarged by persons anxious to see the men down on the programme start in what will probably be a recordsmashing race. The contest, which is announced as for the championship of the world, will last 142 hours. A dozen nationalities are represented among those entered in the big race. The speediest distance men to compete are “Teddy” Hale, who won In 1896, with a score of 1,910 miles to his credit; Joseph S. Rice, of Wfilkesbarre, Pa., who fed himself on pie and Ice cream while he covered 1.882 miles in last year’s contest; “Ned” Redding, of the United States army, stationed at Fort Omaha; Albert Shock, the German w r ho has ridden in more six-day contests than any living man; Gaston Rivierre, the Frenchman who has ridden 537 miles in a day; Fred Titus, the middle-dis-tance speeder; Peter Golden, the old-time six-day walker and amateur champion distance runner, and a host of the fastest riders in the world. The American Cycle Racing Association which is managing the race, has offered $4,200 in prizes, to be divided among the best eleven men at the finish. The winner will get $1,300 and the championship of the world. The big saucer-like track is nine laps to the mile and Is banked seven feet at the ends. It was built by Charles W. Ashinger, one of the contestants. It Is a better track than that of last year and it is believed by every one of the men best calculated to know—the riders themselves—that the old record will go. Tha score at 1 o’clock was: Names. Miles. Laps. Chas. W. Miller, Chicago 20 3 E. C. Smith, Saratoga 19 3 Fred J. Titus, New York 18 2 Edward Hale. Ireland 16 4 Joseph Rice, Wilkesbarre 17 1 Albert H. Schoch, Brooklyn 15 8 Gaston Rivierre, France ..16 7 Fred Schineer, Chicago 15 3 Maurice (Von der Eynd), Belguim.ls 8 A. Stepnane Etienne, France ..16 5 Thomas A. Barnaby, Boston 17 7 Oscar Julius, Sweden 15 2 Edward Redding, Omaha 15 4 Burton Blakeslee, Boston., 13 4 James Busteed, Jersey City 16 0 Edward Deacon, Ireland 17 0 W. H. Hicks, Brooklyn 17 0 Chas. W. Ashinger, New" Hope, 0..17 0 Fred Foster, Germany 17 3 Frank Waller, Germany 17 1 B. W. Pierce. Boston 17 1 D. McLeod, Scotland 16 6 Andrew' Johnson, Long Island 16 3 Frank Albert, New York 16 0 Peter Golden, New York 16 2 H. D. Elkes, Glens Falls 17 4 Leo Bace, Scotland 16 4 L. J. King, Bloomfield, N. J 16 3 Albert Enterman, Germany 16 3 J. F. Egray (colored), New' Y0rk..15 7 E. C. Moore, Philadelphia 16 8 J. R. Gannon, New York 16 3 Stephen Fallon, Jersey City 16 2 Harly Davidson, Canada 17 2 George Cartwright, England 16 6 At 1:15 a. m., the end of the first hour. Smith was leading, having 25 miles 1 lap to his credit, smashing the previous record of twenty-three miles, made by Linton, of England, last year. A few minutes later Fallon fell on the Fourth-avenue side of the track. Davidson. Pierce, Julius and Foster piled on top of him, making a nasty spill. Several riders went over Foster and he was badly hurt. His nose was broken and he had to retire from the race. The others continued.

Marksmen Arriving at Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. s.—Rolla Heikes, of Dayton, 0., and Charles Grimm, of Clear Lake, la., arrived in the city to-day. They will compete in the first race of the shooting match, beginning to-morrow. Heikes is challenger for the Cast Iron badge held by Grimm. J. A. R. Elliott, of the Kansas City party, will arrive to-morow. Among those visitors already here are Fanning, of San Francisco; Captain Bartlett, of Buffalo, and Johnson, of New York city. Several changes are probable in the make-up of the Chicago team, owing to reitrements. Sharkey and Jeffries to Fight. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. s.—The verbal agreement between the managers for Peter Jackson and Jim Jeffries for a twentyround contest in this city has been declared off. lh its stead a match has been consummated between Jeffries and Tom Sharkey, to take place between Dec. 30 and Jan, 7, in Mechanic’s Pavilion. PAPER SKIRTS. Their Frou-Frou Warranted to Equal the Hustle of Silk. New r York Special to St. Louis Republic. Another triumph for American Inventive genius mufet be recorded. This is the creation of the paper petticoat. Frou-frous are being turned out in New York to-day for only 50 cents a frou. Think of it! Froufrous that formerly were cheap at $lB going begging for a world’s fair souvenir! The value of frou-frous to civilization has been known for ages. There is an apocryphal story that Eve quit the garden of Eden because leaves did not rustle in the right way, and as an excuse for donning a skirt that would frou. However that may be, It is an established fact that from the time of Eve the frou-frou has been irresistible. There never was a society novel in which the frou-frou did not play a conspicuous part as the final evidence that the blood of the heroine ran blue. Now it is all changed. Skirts made of paper, warranted to produce a frou-frou with as fine a tone as ever came from Paris, are in the market and may be had for the beggarly consideration of 50 cents. It is possible now for the servant girl to rustie into the kitchen at daylight to start the fire and disturb the peaceful slumbers of the male population of the neighborhood. Even the girl who exists on $3 a week can have skirts which produce a rich, aristocratic frou-frou as they sit at their sewing machines or skip the light fantastic at the union ball. Genius is a leveler. It has brought the frou-frou within reach of every daughter of Eve. So far. these paper garments are little worn. They have just been introduced to the American skirt-wearing public anil are novelties as yet. Possibly they will be prohibited by law and the insurance companies. Paper skirts and “steadies” who smoke cigarettes would make a dangerous combination and offer a menace to the vested interests of the country. However, American ingenuity may overcome this objection by producing a paper skirt that is fireproof. This is a mere matter of detail. American ingenuity accomplishes wonders and no doubt if paper clothing should become the vogue a plan will be adopted to render it harmless. We have of paper now car wheels and pencils and houses and even railroad ties. All these things have been perfected, but never before did the aspiring inventor hope to accomplish a rustling skirt of paper. To make from a thing composed of rags the real rival and successor of the French silk skirt is no small task. Yet the American inventor has gone and done it. The mission of Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is to cure disease, and thousands of testimonials prove it fulfills Us missioo-

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THE WILD PIGEON. South America May Now Be the Habitat of the Passenger Bird. H. S. Canfield, in Chicago Times-Herald. In the December number of Recreation, a sportsman’s magazine, published by Mr. G. O. Shields, better known as “Coquina,” Mr. Stanley Waterloo propounds an interesting query and goes as far toward answering it as he can. He w'ants to know what has become of the passenger pigeon—commonly called “wild pigeon”—which within the memory of middle-aged men existed in North America in billions, and has almost utterly disappeared. The fate of this bird is strangely similar to the fate of the buffalo. Both w ere here in countless swarms, , and both were wiped out by the w r aves of civilization because they were easily approached and slain. Nature, however, generally has its balances, v Anybody could kill wild pigeons by the carload where they were plentiful, but the bird was gifted with an instinct which warned it to forrake a country wherein it w r as ruthlessly slaughtered. This it has done repeatedly since the settlement of America. It was formerly abundant in New York. Virginia, Pennsylvania and other States of the Atlantic seaboard. There the work of extermination began. The bird crossed the Alleghenies, never to return, and made its “roosts v in Michigan, Wisconsin and neighboring Territories. Still insanely pursued with destruction, it moved further west and south. It would not cross the Rockies, and the last “roost” of the old gigantic size of which w r e have any record was made in Indian Territory. When this was broken up the bird disappeared from the United States. This w'as twenty years ago. The dead pigeons were shipped through the country in car lots, and sold in the St. Louis market at 25 cents a dozen. The old “pigeon roost” was a wonderful thing. When the birds came in at night the beating of their wings was like the roar of the league-long roller thundering on the strand. Branches snapped under their weight. Guano next morning lay two inches thick. Pottering about under the trees were foxes, wolves and other smail animals of prey feeding upon the squabs which were jostled from the nests. Describing a “roost” in Kentucky, Audubon says: “When they passed above my head I felt a current of air which astonished me. Thousands were already struck down by men armed with poles, but they continued to arrive without intermission. Fires were lighted. The birds precipitated themselves in masses and pitched where they could, one upon the other, in large heaps like barrels. Then the branches gave way under their weight, cracked and fell, bringing to the ground and crushing every part of the trees. In vain Itried to speak, or even to call the person nearest me. It was with difficulty I could hear the guns fired. The uproar continued all night. At sunrise all that could fly had disappeared. Now it was the wolf’s turn, the howls of which saluted our ears. Foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, rats, opossums and martens, bounding, running. climbing, pressed to the quarry, while eagles and falcons of different species flew down to take part of such rich booty. The pigeons were piled in heaps. Each took what he wished and the pigs were left to satiate themselves on the remainder.” Even after the great slaughter in Indian Territory millions of pigeons were left. They came no more to this country. In the course of an Inquiry that has extended over many years Mr. Waterloo has discovered tha.t they have come back to the United States in small bunches now and then, revisiting their old haunts in the middle States in a “pitiful seeking way,” as late as four or five years ago. Mr. Edward B. Clarke, a Chicago naturalist, saw one in Lincoln Park four years ago. Two years ago some hunters on the Illinois river found a flock of a dozen and shot a cock and hen. Other small groups have been seen in Missouri and Indian Territory. Early in the spring of the present year newspapers reported that the birds had appeared in Shasta county, California. Inquiry, however, showed that they were the band-tailed or Mexican pigeons. A flock of fourteen now exists in Wisconsin. It escaped from confinement In Milwaukee last winter. Mr. A. Fugelberg, of Oshkosh, has seen different flocks during the present year. He writes: “I saw the pigeons Aug. 14 between 6 and 7 o’clock a. m. They flew from Fisherman’s Point across the bay to Stony beach, on the west side of Lake Winnebago. It reminded me of those years from ’SB to ’76 when I saw them by thousands fly over this same bay and shot many of them. These pigeons of the 14th of August flew in flocks of twenty to seveny-flve. I saw only seven flocks, but others may have passed before I noticed the flight. Two flocks came within gunshot of me. Others were from one-quarter to one-half mile away. In the early part of September I was hunting prairie chickens, when I came across a farmer who told me he had seen a flock of pigeons a few days before. This was on the north shore of Lake Butte des Morts.” I mysenNwiw a group of eight wild pigeons in northern Louisiana in the spring of 1895. They perched upon the upper limbs of a tall dead pine that grew near a country road in Bossier parish. 1 shot at them from tlie saddle, but missed. The millions of surviving passenger pigeons have gone somewhere, but where? Mr. Waterloo inclines to the belief that South America is their present habitat. He says: “With the instinct of knowing when a territory had become uninhabitable, it decided to return no more to the United States. What, then, became of it? Is it not now annually flying southward and making its great roosts in the vast wild region forming the central part of South America, and having for its food the nuts and berries of the vegetation lying between the Andes and the peopled area along the Atlantic coast? This is a portion of the problem yet unsolved. It is a matter of extreme difficulty to reach by mail, or to find in any way intelligent observers in any portion of the region over w’hich, in theory, the passenger pigeon may now be flying.” Where is the passenger pigeon? This is a matter of much interest to the naturalist, of much interest, in fact, to everyone who is concerned in our bird life. THE LOW PRICE OF COFFEE. One of Muuy Imports Selling at Reduced Rates. Philadelphia Record. The farmer who is not happy this year must be a very ill-conditioned sort of per-, son. Big crops and good prices are not all he has to be thankful for. The staple luxury of his table, coffee, is so cheap tha.t it must be a poor farmer, indeed, who cannot afford to drink the exhilarating beverage without stint. The proceeds of a bushel of wheat will now buy twice as many pounds of coffee as In some former years when wheat was worth even 25 cents to 50 cents a bushel more than at present. No. 7 coffee is quoted under 6 cents a pound at importing points—the lowest price on record, excepting possibly that in 1882. Large profits heretofore when prices ruled high greatly stimulated the coffee industry. The areas of production were much extended; and as the young trees are now beginning to bear the yield is becoming excessive. The next crop promises to be even larger than that of this year. It i3 stated that much of the new growth will yield its berries next season. It is, therefore, probable that for some time to come we shall have an abundance of coffee, and at prices that will not only gladden the farmers, but also the hearts of all the good housewives in the land; and experts say that its quality will be superior, as the young .Tees yield a better product than do the old ones. These assursinees should also be comforting to those who count the country's income and outgo, and are anxious about trade balances. This country buys annually more than 4,000,000 bags of coffee, which in times quite recent cost s3<).ooo,oo<> to $40,000,000 more than it is costing now. In other words, we may now keep at home that much gold, or an equal value in products, which we formerly sent abroad in part settlement of our coffee bills, or we may sell the usual surplus and get that ipuch cash. Coffee is hut one of the many important articles of import we are now buying at low and greatly reduced prices, and which are telling factors in the extraordinary for-

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