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each cast' and while some arrests hai e been made the Americans in J :.pan feel that the I>* rpotrators of the murders are still e.t large. It is said that every Japanese boat In the harbor Is obliged to register its paus< ngers before carrying them oIT shore j,o that under ordinary conditions it should be easy to tint! the guilty parties. At the Japanese legation to-day It was stated that the matter had not yet been brought to the minister’s attention. The legation officials do not regard the matter as serious. They say the Japanese government gives the amplest protection to foreign citizens and sailors, and that if there has been any laxity in these cases the government undoubtedly will make the fullest Inquiry and reparation. It is pointed out. however, that crimes of a local ami Individual character cannot assume an interrational aspect, as tho government is in no way connected with them; its only province is to see thaj the laws are executed Impartially, giving the same protection to foreigners as to Japanese subjects. In the affray at Kobe. Japan, last September, in which a number of American sailors from the Yorktown were injured, it is said that the trouble was between the sailors and ccolies, and that the Japanese police came to tho assistance of the American sailors. The cases are said to be substantially similar to a number which have occurred in the Western States, in which Japanese objects have been assaulted by mobs. Several of the latter eases are now pending before the State Department, complaints having been made bv Japan. *. GAGE TO GOMPERB. Secretary of the Treasury Replies to Labor Federation Resolutions. WASHINGTON. Dec 22.—Secretary Gage has written the folowing letter to President Oompers, of the Federation of Labor: “I have read with care the resolutions adopted the 20th Inst, at Nashville by the convention of the Federation of Labor, which recite as follows: ■' ‘Resolved. That we declare ourselves most positively opposed to the Gage financial bill recently introduced In Congress by the secretary of the treasury. It fs a measure that, if adopted its a law. will only the mere firmly rivet the gold standard on the people of the country and perpetuate its disastrous effects In every form. ’’ ‘Resolved. That we pronounce the Gage bill an undisguised effort to retire our greenback currency and all government paper money, with a view to the substitution of national bunk notes in their stead, and thus fasten the national bank system for years upon the American people.’ “Now, if It be true that the gold rlandard—by which things have been measured as to price for the last sixty years in this country—is inimical to the interests of the laboring classes of the United States, then 1 think it inimical to all classes. In other words, I do not believe that the exploitation of one class by another, either through false weights, partial laws, or a bad monetary system, can be made to work for tne permanent benefit of the exploiting class itself, or for the general weal, even were it defensible on any ground of right or justice, which it is not. Granted, therefore, that the permanence of the gold standard (for which I argue) operates in this evil direction, then your resolutions of condemnation are well founded, and I am justly c harged, either with an ignorance which constitutes me a foolish adviser, or with a perversity of motive waich makes me an evil adviser. “I have a right to disavow' the charge of perversity or evil purpose, since there is nothing in my whole life, as related to my fellow-men. either In word or deed, from which the possession by me of such characteristics can be Inferred, much less demonstrated. But ignorance often unconsciously works as deep injury as evil intent might do, and to this sin of ignorance (if it be a sin) I must confess myself to ne a possible victim. This confession, however, ought rot to classify me as separate from my fellowmen generally, whether they be considered as individual units or as congregated in groups. Ignorance is a relative, not an absolute. term, since few are totally ignorant, and none is absolutely wise. Nor does the number constituting the group change this fact, since the wisdom of a group, however large, cannot be greater than that of the wisest, man in it. This remains true whether the subject matter involving knowledge and judgment be astronomy, physics or iina.ice. The condemnation, then, involved in the resolutions referred to is measured by the just or imperfect apprehension of questions relating to monetary science held by the wisest men who supported them. ‘‘Laying these general considerations aside, let me say to you, and through you to the great body you so honorably represent, that if, Instead of denunciatory resolutions, which are not argument, you, or any one on vour behalf, will show that the views I entertain and advocate are other than salutary the great economic body of which we are all independent members, I will abandon them without hesitation. My present conviction, the honest fruit of sincere study and reflection, is that a breakdown in our present money standard would be a most disastrous blow' to all our commercial and industrial interests, and that upon the wage workers, as a class, would be entailed the most serious effects of the disaster. Believing this, I must so bear witness.” NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED. Little Probability of Reciprocity Treaties with Germany and France. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The reciprocity negotiations between the United States and Germany are practically suspended. They never got beyond the initial stage. There appears to have been a willingness on the part of both governments to look into the subject, but dhe inquiry did net develop any prospect of material concessions on either side. The articles on which a reciprocity “agreement” can be made are produced in France and not in Germany. The utmost extent of a reciprocity treaty between the United States and Germany, under the present law, would be a 20 per cent, reduction of duty on certain agreed upon German products. Germany is chiefly concerned about sugar, but the 20 per cent, reduction in duty permitted under the Dingley law. it is said, would be of insignificant consequence. Moreover, some doubt has arisen as to whether any concessions on this article would be granted by the United States, in view of the tendency toward building up tho American sugar trade as against that of bounty paying nations. It was thought that the arrival of the new German ambassador, Fr. Von Hoileben, would give an impetus to the negotiations and perhaps result in the conclusion of a treaty, hut. on the contrary, the subject has lapsed, and neither government is showing any anxiety to urge the matter to a conclusion. The negotiations with France are similarly at a standstill, owing to the course of the French government in raising the duties on lard and other American products. The reciprocity negotiations with Great Britain to the British West Indies are proceding slow ly. but an agreement is not expected in the near future.

PwlßK** Stomp* tor the Oinnlin Show. WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.—Postmaster General Gary has decided to order a special issue of stomps commemorative of the holding- of the transmississippi exposition at Omaha, the coming year. This is done at the request of persons prominent in the management of the exposition. They will be of the denominations of 1-cent, 2-cent, 5-eent. 10-ctnt and 11. Suggestions tor designs for the new issues will he received at the Postoiflce Department from any persons who desire to submit them. There will be no attempt to withdraw- from sale the regular Issues with a view to the exclusive use of the new stamps, as was the case during the world's fair, when almost ah postal business was transacted with the Columbian stamps, but they will be freely supplied whenever there is a request for them from postmasters. The new issueswill be different in color from the existing ones, so that they may be readily distinguished apart. Nuliroiiiiiilttcei* on Appropriations. WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.—Senator Allison. as chairman of the Senate committee on appropriations, has announced the subcommittees on the regular appropriation bills for the present session as follows: Agricultural. Cullom, Quay, Perkins. Pettigrew and Berry; army. Quay, Hale, Scwall, Faulkner anil Berry; deficiency. Hale, Allison, Quay. Cockrell and Teller; diplomatic and consular. Hale, Perkins. Cullom. Faulkner and Murphy; District of Columbia. Allison. Collum. Sewall, Cockrell and Gorman; fortifications. Perkins Hale, Cullom. Murphy and Gorman; Indians, Allison. Perkins, Bewail, Cockrell and Pettigrew: legislative, Cullom. Sewall. Allison, Teller and Cockrell; military academy, Sewall, Perkins. Quay, Teller and Murphy;-navy, Hale, Quay, Perkins. Gorman and Teller; pensions. Perkins, Cullom Sewall, h°rry and Faulkner; postnfhet Quay, Allison. Collum. Pettigrew and Faulkner; sundry civil, Allison. Hale. Quay. Gorman und Cockrell The river and harbor bill will go to the cxinmUtee on commerce Asphalt Company Sues Mr. Dllss. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The American Asphalt Company, of Colorado, to-day brought suit against Cornelius N. Bliss, secretary of the interior, und William A. Jones commissioner of Indian affairs, to enjoin them from declaring void a lease to certain mining lands on th Uintah Indian reserva-

tion. and from interfering in the necessary operations of the company on their property. It is asserted in the company's declaration that it had a valid and recognized lease from the Indians to lands on the reservation. but that the government forfeited its lease and its deposit of $5,000 on the ground that the company did not complete and file its surveys of the leased lands within the time prescribed by the Interior Department. The delay, it is asserted, was caused by a railroad accident while the company’s agent was on his way east with the maps of survey. The Harvey Process Patent. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Representations have been made to the Navy Department. in behalf of certain European inventors, which, if true, would invalidate all patents now covering the Harvey process of armor manufacture. It is claimed that the principle involved in making Harveyized piates is covered by international patents taktn out in England. Italy, Germany and the United States seven years ago. This, if true, would wipe out the royalty of one-half cent a pound now paid by the United States on all Harveyized armor and would hold up about $96,000 due the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies on such contracts. The Navy Department has asked an investigation by the Patent Office, but no decision has yet been reached. Pensioners* Names May Be Printed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Commissioner Evans, of the Pension Bureau, is a strong advocate of the policy of publishing the entire list of persons who draw pensions from the government. He expects that a biil for this purpose will be introduced in Congress when it reassembles in January. A recommendation that a list be published was made by the commissioner in ins annual report, as he expressed the belief that it would be particularly valuable tor the use of the special examiners in the field. In 1882 the bureau published a list of pensioners. but since that time there have been many additions to and eliminations from it. besides additions granted, etc., so that it is not of practical use at this time. •Tnpun and Haxvaiiun Annexation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Minister Hoshi, of Japan, was in conference with Secretary Sherman at the State Department to-day. The status of the Hawaiian negotiations has changed materially since the minister’s return from Japan. There is no further protest on the part of the Japanese government to the annexation of the islands, and, indeed, it is asserted that Japan s policy never went to the extent of a positive protest. In any event that branch of the question is considered closed, and the present purpose of the Japanese authorities is to secure specific assurances from the United States that in case Hawaii is annexed all Japanese interests will be fully protected. Mr. Load's Postal 11111. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Chairman Loud, of tho House committee on postoftlces, has been working during the recess on the report of the committee on the Loud bill, and has practically completed it. He believes that the measure will effect a sating of at least $10,000,000 annually, and will wipe out the enormous deficit that confronts the Postolflce Department every year. The report wiil be submitted to the House the first or second day after Congress reconvenes. The bill is a sweeping one, and eliminates several volumes and sample copies from the second class of mail matter. General Notes. N. B. Scott, recently appointed commissioner of internal revenue, has notified the department that he will be in Washington on Dec. 27. It is expected that Mr. Scott will take charge of the office about Jan. 1. Mr. Forman, present commissioner, will return to East St. Louis, 111., and resume the practice of law. STRIKE IMPROBABLE. Fall Rlx-er Cotton Mill Operatives May Not Accept Lower Wages. FALL RIVER, Mass., Dec. 22.—The cotton manufacturers are confronted with the prospect of a strike, as many of the operatives are determined to oppose the reduction ot wages. A section of the union officials and members favor a strike at seven mills on Jan. 3. The mills which they suggest art the Union, Sagamore, Border City. Shove, Durfee, Cnace and American. These mills employ about 11,006 operatives. Another plan of .action proposes a strike at all of the mills on March 1. The manufacturers arc wailing to hear from M. C. D. Borden, of New York, owner of the Iron-works mills, who has as yet taken no action on the wage question. Marching Miners Restrained. POMEROY. 0., Dec. 22.—The expected invasion of Ohio miners into West Virginia to-day to nonunion miners from working at New Haven was a failure. The hundred who did get there were served with injunctions by United States deputy marshals, restraining them from going on to the premises of the Consumers’ Coal Mining Company. Fifty nonunion men worked in the mines to-day undisturbed. The sheriff and his deputies left the scene to-night, the United States officers are still there, but no trouble is anticipated.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Canadian Parliament has been called to meet on Feb. 3. The. Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the new jury commission law. The Mechanical Rubber Manufacturers’ Association has decided to advance the price of rubber cotton hose 10 per cent. David S. R. Lambert, who was wounded jy masked burglars at his home in Wilton, Jonn., last Friday night, is dead. James K. Haekett. the actor, who is ill with typhoid fever at New York, was said last night to be somewhat improved, though not out of danger. The schooner yacht Yam pa, which is said to have been purchased recently for the Emperor of Germany, sailed from City Island, New York, yesterday for Southamp,on. The special grand jury at Kansas City, Mo., returned an indictment yesterday tgainst Ross W. Latshaw, charged with at.unpting to bribe veniremen in the Dr. GodJard murder trial. The Republican state committee of Pennyivania has decided to hold the next state convention at Harrisburg June 2. I*9S. The invention will select candidates for Governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of in.trnai artaiis and congressmen at large. The soldiers’ and sailors’ monument to be erected by the city of New York will be placeel one thousand feet from the tomb of General Grant. At n meeting of the commission having In charge the construction of the memorial. Claremont, on Riverside drive, was chosen as the site. John Delp, a molder. died at Dayton. 0., yesterday from a fracture of the skull. A negro laborer. Charles Strather. with whom ne was working at the malleable iron works, slipped up behind him and struck him with a shovel. They had quarreled a few hours before. Strather escaped and is still ut large. Albert Warner, the chief conspirator in the plot that resulted in the kidnaping of little Johnny Conway, and who was recently arrested in Kansas, arrived at Albany, N. Y.. yesterday in charge of detectives, and was looked up in the county jail. The extreme penalty for his crime is lifteen years' .mprisonment. Bersts Crafford. of Westberne. N. Y.. and Charles Clifford, a woodsman, were yesterday blown to fragments by an explosion of twenty-tive pounds of dynamite. They were employed in the construction of a branch railroad at Clearwater, five miles above Oh Forge. N. Y., and were warming the dyna mite before a fire when it exploded. The Southern Express Company yesterday paid to tht* National Park Bank of New York SIO,OOO in settlement for the loss of that amount of money by the robbery of the express company's safe at Columbia. S. C.. last Monday. The National Park Bank was the shipper of tin* stolen package, which was for a bank at Newberry, S. C. Charles Kunzmiller, the assistant cashier and the lowest of the three officials of the German National Bank o£ Denver, who were indicted for false reports to the controller of the currency and other actions it; violation of the national hanking laws, was found guilty by a jury in the United States District Court yet>terb*v • *ul sentenced to five years In the penitentiary. Alleged Hank Hobiter. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Dec. 22.—William Sauer, who claims to be a son of W. G Sauer, a Detroit publisher, is under arrest here charged with complicity in a bank robbery at Vermillion, Kan., some tim* ago. Sauer was found last night suffering from injuries which will tost him an eye tnd which, he said, to-day. were receiver while preparing nitroglycerin for others vho. he alleged, committed the actual rob bery. Sauer was arrested here last nigh is a common vagrant. He gave an assume*’ name und his identity did not becom mown until he made a confession to-day Sauer says he is a graduate of Trinity Col ege. In Michigan. Chief Hays will ho! Sauer until his parents decide what they want to do with him. He is now without money and very willing to return home.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1897.

OIL STRUCK AT WALTON * A NEW FIELD OPENED AND CASS COUNTY PEOPLE JOYFUL. Mis* Elite Webb, of Fortville, Found Hanging In a Smokehouse—An Old Murder Mystery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Dec. 2i—A good oil well was bored in at Walton, this county, this afternoon, the drill penetrating the sand at a depth of something over 1.000 feet and the oil rising within a few minutes to a height of 148 feet, indicating one of the best wells that has been drilled in this section outside of the Peru field. The new well is owned by Chicago people, and other wells will be put down at once. This gives the oil business in this county a big boom. The Logansport Company, which is drilling north of the city, has several leases in the vicinity of Walton. Mr. Henry's View* on Congreni. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. Dec. 22.—Congressman C. L Henry is home from Washington. He thinks Congress is making good headway, is inclined to believe the civil-service laws will be modified to a certain extent and many of the minor offices taken out from under the Cleveland blanket. He thinks the Dingley bill will not need any changing to produce enough revenues, as he considers the shortages in the past largely due to the rushing in of goods before the law went into effect. He says Congress is awaiting the report of the Indianapolis monetary convention with a great deal of interest. He hardly expects favorable financial legislation this session, owing to the complex nature of the membership. Mr. Henry is in exceptionally good health. (liner Marin's Friends Alarmed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSSIAVILLE, Ind., Dec. 22.—Omer Maris left this city last summer and went to Alaska in the employ of the Chicago Record as correspondent. His last letter was dated Sept. 24, and was received by Mrs. Maris Nov. 8. No word has come from him since that date and great uneasiness is being experienced by his family and friends. The Record Company has written Mrs. Maris stating that they had received no recent correspondence and inquiring of her as to the whereabouts of her husband. This gave still more alarm. In his iast letter he gave every encouragement to the family as to his thorough equipment for the entire year, having plenty of provisions and other necessaries, and, as this is his second triji to that country, but little alarm was felt until the time lengthened. Banker and CommlHßloner Indicted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NORTH VERNON, Ind.. Dec. 22.-The special grand jury in session in this county last week found an indictment against John S. Morris, cashier of the First National Bank of Vernon, charging him with having paid SSO to Charles G. Beatty, county commissioner, to induce him to award a contract for furnishing the county a fifty-five-thousand-dollar loan. Two indictments were also returned against Charles C. Beatty, one for accepting the bribe and another for being interested in a contract with the county for some pike work. The accused have been arrested and have given bond for their appearance in court. Work for Window-Gins* Men. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Dec. 22.—Fires have been placed under both the big tanks at the Hartford City window-glass factory and everything is being placed in readiness for resumption on Jan. 8. The Hartford City plant is the largest west of the Allegheny mountains and has a capacity of 114 pots, on which are employed 108 blowers. These blowers give the factory a capacity of 40.000 boxes (approximately 2,000,000 square feet of glass) each month. The lumber required to pack this amount of glass is 3,000.000 feet. .Altogether over six hundred men are employed and $45,000 is paid out each month in wages.

flew to an Old Murder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. aimjeßßON, Ind., Dec. 22.—While moving a house at Huntsville, south of this city, workmen found a box which contained a human skeleton. They brought it to this city and sold it to Dr. Charles Armington. He has investigated and finds there Is a hole in the skull just large enough to admit a 32-caliber bullet. The house was an old one and it is not likely that an investigation will be made of the affair, though it has been reported to officers. The skeleton is that of a man of unusually large physique. Took Hlm Lnst Car Ride. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ind., Dec. 22.—R. A. Thompson, who was killed in the Big Four wreck at Coal Bluff Tuesday, was the son of Benjamin Thompson, living west of this place. Thompson was a young man of good habits. but of a roving disposition, and would frequently make trips through the country in tramp fashion. He, in company with Alonzo Hardwick, who was seriously injured in the wreck, left Lynn on a Big Four freight last Friday evening, saying they intended going to Clay county and secure work in the coal mines there. Coming State- Dairy Convention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. „ .ov ipur,. ind., Dec. 22.—The eighth annual meeting of the Indiana Dairy Association will be held here Wednesday and Thursday of next week. On the first day there will be papers read by George S. Tanpan. of Liberty; J. J. W. Billingsley, of Indianapolis; S. B. Woods, of Lottaville; O. J. Richardson, of Lewisville; Prof. T. L. Hacker, of Minnesota; H. C. Beckman, of Brunswick : Frank P. Johnson, of Howlands”. J. M. T. Wei born, of Bridgeport: Miss Sarah Edgerton, of Spiceland, and Prof. C. D. Smith, of Michigan. Two Died the Same Hour. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND. Ind.. Dec. 22.—Charles S. Chapman and his wife died this morning within fifty-five minutes of each other, the former frcm apoplexy and the latter from pneumonia. So far as known the first instance of husband and wfife dying together here was when the paternal grand parents of President McKinley passed away the same way at their home just w'est of South Eend. Moses Floyd Takes Poison. Sjiecial to the Indianapolis Journal. oiir.ua VVI L.LK. Ind., Dee. 22.—Moses Floyd, aged thirty, attempted suicide last night by taking morphine. Some time ago he lost his wife and child and since then has been growing more and more despondent. Rheumatism has badly crippled him. When the family returned from chur-*h he was lying on the floor unconscious. Towards morning he rallied and is still living. Suicide of Edit* Webb. Sjieoial to the Indianapolis Journal. FORTVILLE, Ind.. Deo. 22.—Miss Kffie Webb, aged twenty-six. committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope in the smokehouse this afternoon. No cause for the rash act is known other than ill health. Tiie family to which she belonged had policed nothing strange about her actions previous to the deed. Hurtled with Gunpowder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 22.—Mrs. Seneca Chambers and child were perhaps fatally burned to-night by an explosion of gunpowder. They were alone in the house and Mrs. Chambers hun not yet. been able to ell how the accident happened. It is thought that she set tbe powder near the stove and it became too hot. Their clothes .vere burned off. JffftTxoniille Wedding. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Dec. 22.—One of the fashionable weddings of the season •vus that of Mr. Granville McDonough and Miss Anna May Wright, which took place it the home of the bride, last evening, at I o’clock. The attendants were Mr. Will Joyd and Miss Laura McDonough. Absconder ( Indwell ( aught. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 22.—Lewis Cludwell, the absconding foreman of the Central Union telephone gang laying the Indian-

apolis-Lcgansport line, was captured at Memphis. Tenn., last night and is being brought here for trial. His shortage is about SOOO. A Fifty-Year Franchise. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CONNERSVILLE. Ind.. Dec. 22.-The ConnersvlUe Street-railroad Company was granted a fifty-year franchise by the City Council to-night. The company is composed of Charles Mount. G. C. Florea. E. W. Ansted, Thomas Downs and D. T. Roots. The capital stock is $75,000. Under the provisions of the franchise the company has until 1901 to have two miles of road in operation. Franklin Wellingr. Special to the Indlanapolta Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind., Dec. 22.—Mr. Ed Throckmorton and Miss Re Brown were united in marriage this evening by Rev. Hudson, of the Christian Church. The groom is a young druggist and the bride is a leading young woman of the city and a sister of the Demociatic nominee for county auditor. Soldler’M Widow Foils Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind.. Dec. 2“— Mrs. Susan J. Younger, aged sixty, dropped dead on the streets of Heltonville, this county, from heart disease. She was a soldier’s widow and a pensioner. Ten Yearn for Green Slaughter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. * BEDFORD, Ind., Dec. 22.-The jury In the Green Slaughter case gave Slaughter ten years in the penitentiary. Judge Martin has not yet pronounced sentence. Indiana Obituary. GREENSBURG, Ind.. Dee. 22.—The wife of George W. Byers died last evening after a lingering illness. She was prominent in church work. Mrs. James Elder died of paralysis, aged seventy. She leaves a hushand and five children, two daughters and three sons. Indiana Notes. Thomas Johnson, one of the best-known farmers of Washington township, Blackford county, died yesterday of Bright’s uisease. The new steamer John W. Thomas, just completed by Captain E. J. Howard at Jeffersonville, left for Nashville, Tenn., and will,enter the Cumberland river trade. The venerable William Lee, of Jeffersonville, will celebrate the eighty-third anniversary of his birth to-day. Mr. Lee is well known throughout the State and has filled many important positions of trust. He was at one time warden of the Southern Prison. MISS HERBERT’S FUNERAL. Impressive Services at St. Andrew’* Episcopal Uhnrcli, Washington. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Impressive funeral services were held this afternoon over the remains of Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of ex-Secretary Herbert, whose tragic death yesterday shocked both the capital and the country. The services were held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Perry. A large and distinguished gathering was in attendance. The floral offerings were magnificent and numerous and completely hid the black cloth casket containing the remains. The casket bears a heavy silver plate with the name of the lamented young lady, the date of her birth and death. The honorary pallbearers were Senators Pettus and Morgan, of Alabama, Dr. S. L. McCurry, Secretary of the Navy Long, Paymaster General Stewart of the navy, Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn, Charles J. Bell, Colonel Wlnthrop. Admiral Ramsey and Captain Charles O’Neill of tho navy. The active pallbearers were Lieut. Gilmore of the army. Mr. La Shaver, Mr. L. H. Finney, Mr. T. H. Clark. Representative Plowman of Alabama. Mr. John W. Wright and Lieut. Sutherland of the navy. The services were conducted according to thte rites of the Episcopal Church. Ti e choir sang "Lead, Kindly Light,” and "Nearer, my God, to Thee.” Justice WhLe, of the Supreme Court, and many persons prominent in army and navy, diplomatic and social circles were present. This evening the remains were taken to Montgomery, Ala., where they will be interred on Frjday beside those of her mother. Secretary Herbert and Mr. Mieon, his son-in-law. accompanied the remains. The Belknap Monument. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—A handsome granite monument erected in Arlington National Cemetery at the grave of Major General William W. Belknap, who was secretary of w’ar during the administration of President Grant, was to-day turned over to the government. Tho monument was erected by Oeneral Belknap’s comrades of Crocker’s lowa brigade, the Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth lowa Volunteer Infantry, and of the Army of the Tennessee, companions of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the L’nlted States and other friends. Above the inscription on the monument is a heron: size bronze medallion, a likeness of General Belknap, showing him in the uniform of a major general. Colonel 11. H. Rood, of lowa, president of Crocker's lowa Brigade Association, and Major M. A. Higley. of the same State, chairman of the committee having in charge the selection of the design and building of the monument, were present. Major Higley, after inspecting the monument, turned the same over to Colonel Rood, as president of the brigade association, and the latter turned it over to the United States government.

Fnnernl of Washington Heslng. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—Funeral ceremonies over the remains of Washington Hesing, ex-postmaster of Chicago and editor-in-chief of the Illinois Staats Zeltung. were held to-day at the Cathedral of the Holy Name. Superior and State streets. Previous to the public funeral at the cathedral, private services were field at the residence, 235 Michigan avenue. At the house Wilhelm Rapp, of the Staats Zeitung, delivered a brief commemorative address and was followed by United States Senator William E. Mason and others in short talks. After the services at the residence were concluded the funeral procession was formed and the remains escorted to the cathedral, where high mass was celebrated and a funeral sermon preached by Rev. Nathan J. Mooney. Interment was at St. Boniface Cemetery. Noted True Reformer Deoil. RICHMOND, Va.. Dec. 22.—The Rev. W. W. Browne, president of the Grand Fountain of True Reformers, the most powerful organization among the colored people of the South, is dead in Washington City, from blood poisoning, ho having refused to allow the amputation of his arm as the only chance for his lifr*. He was a remarkable man. and his death will be a loss to his race. He was a slave in Georgia until the war, when he joined the Union navy, and served as a gunner on the United States gunboat National. When mustered out of the service he was a sergeant major. He was one of the wealthy men of his race in the South, being worth $125,000, and on his death bed transferred to the Grand Fountain a tine farm near this city, to be used as a home for aged colored people. Stock Broker Dies of Apoplexy. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Arthur Maurice, seventy-two years of age, a member of the New York Stock Exchange, was found dead in his room this morning In the Hotel Wint hr op. It was said that Mr. Maurice's nose was flattened as if by a blow and tbat there was a deep cut over one of his eves. In the bath tub near,where he was found there was said to have been discovered a hammer, with blood stains on It. Investigation by the coroner, however, destroyed the police's theory of murder, the fact being shown that death was the result of apoplexy. Mr. Maurice had lived at the Hotel Wlnthrop with his wife and daughter for ten years. A son, Arthur B. Maurice, is in Paris. In Memory of Senntor Vance. ASHEVILLE, N. C., Dec. 22.—The corner stone of a monument to lie erected to the memory of the late Senator Zebulin Baird Vance was laid to-day on the public square w ith Masonic .ceremonies. The oration was delivered by Rev. Dr. R. R. Swope, rector of All Souls Church, Baltimore. Owing to the Inclement weather part of the ceremony was held in the courthouse. The monument will be of granite, seventy-five feet high, being a plain shaft, with the single word "Vance” at the base. Prominent Masons were present from all parts of the State. All theYnoney necessary to the erection of the monument has been subscribed.

ROUGHON WARD HEELERS ILLINOIS CIVIL-SERVICE LAW IPHELD BY THE SUPREME COURT. All of Mayor Carter llarriNon'n Ajpcin tiiion 1* at Chicago, Except licit <l* of Department*, I u lawful. \ ♦ CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—The Supreme Court of Illinois, sitting at Springfield, handed down a decision to-day upholding the constitutionality of the civil-service law of the State. The decision was rendered in a mandamus proceeding brought by the attorney general of the State to compel Chief Kipley, of the Chicago police force, to make appointments from the classified list furnished by the Civil-service Commission. The decision is sweeping in its nature and upholds the attorney general in all the claims he makes in behalf of the law. The fight between the chief of police and the civil-service commission arose over the fact that when the present municipal administration came into power, the chi?f of police made his appointments without consulting the commission, and claimed he had a right to do so. The attorney general at once brought an action to compel Chief Kipley to abide by the list of the Civil-service Commission and this he must now' do. The decision also settles the question of what constitutes "heads of departments,” by stating that the head of any department is the man in charge of that dejArtment. He is declared to be exempt from the operation of the law, but this exemption does not extend to his subordinates. Hereafter the mayor is privileged to appoint the held of each city department and the Civil-service Commission will control the remainder of the offices. All the appointments which Mayor Harrison ami Chief of Police Kipley have made since they entered their present positions—with the exception of the heads of departments appointed by the mayor are now, under this decision, rendered illegal, and the chances are that the commission will in a short time inaugurate a grand housecleaning that will take his position from every man not appointed by the commission. In the police department a hurricane sweep through the upper ranks, and but few of the commanding officers will be allowed to remain unless they pass their examinations. Among the positions heretofore filled by the mayor and affected by the decision and brought under civil service are: Assistant chief of police, four inspectors of police, sixteen police captains, seretary of police, private seretary to the chief of police, assistant commissioner of health, secretary of health department, city electrician, superintendent of water office, chief clerk of water office, water assessor, deputy city clerk, chief clerk in city clerk’s office, deputy city collector, tw r elve street sweeping inspectors, sixteen street foremen, secretary department of public works, superintendent of streets, superintendent of special assessments, superintendent of maps, superintendent of sewers, chief engineer of street department, and numerous other positions of less importance.

ATHLETIC CARNIVAL. Cleveland's l’mviliMis and Wrestlers rifted Against Cincinnati's. CINCINNATI, Dee. 22.-Twenty-five hundred people asembled at the National Guard Armory to-night to witness the intercity athletic carnival between Cincinnati and Cleveland. Cleveland sent a large delegation with her representative athletes, and before the evening's sport started was confident of winning the majority of the contests. The Cincinnatians, however, made a clean sweep. The victories were all clean cut and the contestants were equally as clean in their work. John Simooe, of Cincinnati, was referee in all the events and his work was easy. Henry Holtgrewe, the "Sandow” of Cincinnati, gave a marvelous exhibition of heavyweight lifting, and as Cleveland presented no rival he was declared the champion strong man of Ohio. Then followed a catch-as-catch-can wrestling bout between Ed Barr, of Cincinnati, and Dan McMahon, of Cleveland. Barr won in eight minutes. The third event was to be a six-round boxing contest between Charlie Burns, of Cinciru nati, and Dan O’Neill, of Cleveland, welter weights. Burns won in the fifth round. Jack Doherty, of Cincinnati, and Eddie Burke, of Cleveland, light weights, were the next pair in a six-round "go.” Doherty gained the decision in the second round. The rfi al cities then presented two colored heavy weights— Ed Johnson, of Cincinnati, and Lon Beckwith, of Cleveland. They were to fight eight rounds. Johnson knocked Beckwith out in the third round. The last and main event of the evening was a ten-round "go” between Oscar Gardner. the "Omaha Kid,” and Johnny Lavack, of Cleveland, feather weights. For three rounds the fighting was even, both showing great cleverness. From the fourth round, however, until the finish Gardner outgeneraled and outfought his opponent. In the fifth round Lavack bled from the mouih, nose and above both eyes. During the following rounds his face was a mass of blood. He put up a game defense, however, and stayed the limit. Gardner was declared the winner. Lady Keel Sold for $15,000. SHELBYVILLE, Ky., Dec. 22. Samuel Brown to-day sold to Ed H, Tipton, of Lexington, Lady Reel, the dam of the two-year-old Hamburg, for $15,003 cash. Mr. Tipton, it is said, has the mare placed for $20,000. Lady Reel is in foal to the sire of Hamburg, Hanover.. The price received for her is the highest any brood mare ever brought in Shelby county. Iloxed Six Roundm. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-The Quaker City Athletic Club reopened to-night under new management, with Owen Zeigler and Jerome Quigly. old-time rivals, as the star attraction. They boxed six warm rounds, and Quigley had the best of it throughout, although no decision was given. Betting Rina Scorched. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 22.—The ring was scorched again to-day, Cherry Leaf, the winner of the last race, being backed from 20 to 1 to sto 1, and winning easily. In the other races only one favorite, Glenmoyne, won. AYill Fight Monday. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—The fight between Walcott and Tracy has been finally set for Monday night. Both men have continued their training and are in excellent condition. No Fighting at Oakland. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—A special from San Francisco says Oakland lias declared against pugilism, so young Griffo cannot fight McConnell in that city as planned. NY. <i. Sanger Breaks a Record. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dec. 22.-Walter G. Sanger this afternoon broke his own world's record for half a mile, unpaced, riding the distance in one minute flat. FOUR BURGLARS CAPTURED. Two Wounded' and the Other Two Held i ntil Reinforcements Arrived. CANAAN. Conn., Dec. 22.— Four burglars of a gang of five were captured by Martin Rood in Jackson & Eggleston’s store here early this morning. Rood, who sleeps in the store, was awakened by the movements of the men and by prompt use of his revolver wounded two of the burglars, and captured ail except one. Rood fired his revolver until reinforcements came and his captives were conducted to the lock-up. The wounded are Perry St. Clair, shot in the back, and J. C. Davis, shot in the right thigh. The names given by the other prisoners are Tommy McGraw and White. LtiMMCM by Fire. CHICAGO. Dec. 22.—Fire to-day destroyed the three-story brick warehouse of the A. H. Andrews Furniture Company, Twentysecond and Fisk streets. The warehouse was filled with finished goods, all of which burned. For a time the factory building, a seven-story structure to the south of the warehouse, was in danger, but the flames were confined to the warehouse. Loss about SIOO,OOO. The loss is fully covered by insurance. Three firemen were injured, none seriously. Honolulu to Have u Chinese Bunk. HONOLULU. Dec. 15, via San Francisco. Dec. 22,—Announcement has lieen made that another bank will be established in '->•* *iUv

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