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constructed the track, and a number of riders and trainers. The meeting was held behind closed doors, und at its conclusion Chairman Mott made the following statement: ‘We cannot make public the testimony until a decision has been rendered. All of the testimony taken to-day will be mailed to the different members of the racing board. After they have reviewed it carefully they will write their decision and the punishment merited, if they find that there has been anything wrong, and send it to roe. When all this has been done I will immediately send out the final verdict.” Chairman Mott admitted, however, that there had been little if any conflicting testimony. In reference to Ashinger’s examination. he said that Ashinger had made a statement, but the nature of this statement he refused to divulge. Kraenxlctn’is Story Denied, PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 23.—The statement made at Milwaukee, by A. C. Kraenzlein, the fast hurdler, that the University of Pennsylvania track team would visit England next summer to compete in dual games with Cambridge University is denied by Frank B. Ellis, chairman of the University of Pennsylvania track committee. Mr. Ellin say?: "Either Kraenzlein was misquoted or I is imagination has run away with him. Tnere has been absolutely no correspondence between Pennsylvania and Cambridge in the matter. At the annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association in New York, the last Saturday in February a motion w ill be made to open negotiations with Oxford and Cambridge to have a team composed of the first and second men in the intercollegiate championship meet, thepick of the two big English Universities The team which will go to London, if this scheme is carried through successfully, will be a representative one from ail the American colleges and in no sense a Pennsylvania team.” W. C. Sanger Makes a Xew Mark. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 25.-At the Exposition building indoor track Walter C. Sanger lowered his own world's half-mile unpaced bicycle record of one minute flat, riding the distance in 59 3-5 seconds. On the same track Edward Aldridge, of this city, broke the world's record for tw rentylive miles, unpaced, his time being one hour and four minutes and tvt nty-eight seconds. The* previous record for this distance was one hour and five minutes and thirty seconds. Stopped l>y Police. TOLEDO, 0., Doc. 25.—Johnny Lavack and Eddie Burns met at A1 Wood’s Champion Athletic Club to-night in a fifteenround contest at 123 pounds. The police stopped the bout during the fourteenth round. The cause of police interference was the bleeding of Lavack. whose wounds, received in the fight with Gardner at Cincinnati, were broken open by blows struck by Burns. The honors were even. Won vvitli a Solar Plexltt Blow. ZANESVILLE, 0., Dec. 25.—" Kid” McGlenn, cf St. Louis, won the fight here today against George McKenzie, of Australia, by a solar plexis blow in the sixth round. It was feared that McKenzie was fatally Injured, but he is all right to-night. Bn 11 Magnate Byrne's Condition. NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—There has been little change in the condition of President H, C. Byrne, of the Brooklyn Baseball Club, to-night. His physicians say they have not yet given up hope, but his condition is very critical. Long- Jump on Skates. 'MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Deo. 25,-Frank McDaniels, of this city, broke the world’s record for long jump on skates here today, cleaning 21 feet and 7 inches. The previous; record, held by himself, was 18 feet 7% inches. FORECAST Tor SUNDAY. Generally Fair Weather, with Fresh West to Northwest Winds. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—Forecast for twenty-four hours ending Sunday at 8 p. m.: For Ohio, Indiana and Illinois—Generally fair; fresh west to northwest winds.

Local Observations Christmas. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m.. 30.30 IS 68 South. Clear. 0.09 7 p.m..30.10 33 GO S west. Clear. O.W Maximum temperature, 36; minimum temperature, 17. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Dec. 25: Temp. Prec. Normal 32 0.00 Mean \ 26 0.00 Departure from normal —6 —0.23 Departure since Dec. 1 L. —69 —0.98 Departure since Jan. 1 *l4B —1.38 ♦Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local' Forecast Official. Yesterday’s Temperatures. Stations. 7a. m. Max. 7p. m. Cairo, 111 24 34 32 Cheyenne, Wyo v 24 36 28 Chicago 16 32 30 Concordia, Kan 26 44 40 Davenport, la 20 34 24 Des Moines, la 26 32 24 Dodge City. Kan 26 48 38 Kansas City 34 40 34 Little Rock, Ark 30 38 38 Memphis 28 38 36 Nashville 24 38 31 North Platte. Neb 24 46 36 Oklahoma 38 42 38 Omaha 28 32 26 Pittsburg 12 42 40 Rapid City. S. D 24 44 38 Salt Lake City 14 30 24 St. Louis 26 44 40 Springfield, 111 22 40 32 Springfield, Mo 24 44 38 Vicksburg, Miss 40 42 42 Arctic W eather in Colorado. DENVER, Col., Dec. 25. —Arctic weather still prevails west of the Great Divide. The warm wave which visited Denver a few days ago did not climb the mountains. According to the weather reports received at the general offices of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad the temperature ranges from zero to IS degrees below zero in the towns below the Western slope. BOLD PLOT FRUSTRATED. Indinniun nnd Two Others Wanted to Kidnap an Ex-Mayor of Memphis. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Deo. 24.—Three desperate men who plotted to kidnap Dr. D. T. Porter, a wealthy citizen and ex-mayor of Memphis, In order to force him to sign a check for $15,000, are prisoners at police headquarters. The prisoners are William Roberts, alias Ryan, alias Kelly, forty years old. who ela|ms to be a lawyer from Pensacola, Fla., ringleader of the gang; W. H. Bennett, aged twenty-seven, a sewer-pipe burner from Brazil, Ind.; J. R. Womack, aged twerty-six, a railroad brakeman and ex-subfireman on the Louisville fire department. Womack “peached” on his “pais,” and it was througn his arrest on a charge of carrying concealed weapons the plot was brought to light. The prisoner confessed that the object of the kidnapers was to force the capitalist to sign a check for, $15,000. They were to secure the money before releasing their victim, and then if the check was cashed to flee before the police could bo notified of the disappearance of their victim. Womack was loeked up pending an investigation. Chief Moseley has received a message from the chief of the Louisville fire department saying Womack was well known in Louisville. Mortgage* to Be Foreclosed, - DETROIT. Dec. 25.—'Two mortgage foreclosure suits have been commenced against the fourteen-story Majestic office building, corner of Woodward and Michigan avenues, one by the New York Insurance Company on its SBOO,OOO first mortgage, and the other by Jacob Seligman and the Fisher estate on their second mortgage of $300,000. The building company has failed to pav the Interest on the first mortgage, although granted an extension, and the foreclosure suit is brought by the insurance company to protect itself. The Majestic Building Company is made up of the contractors who took the property and mortgages off the hands of Godfrey and Hyde, the original owners. The heaviest stockholder is Winslow & Cos., Chicago. From present indications the property will soon change hands. The Manitoba School Question. TORONTO, Ont., Dec. 25.—Referring editorially to the Pope’s encyclical on the Manitoba school question, made public in Rome yesterday, the Globe says: “There Is no room for the supposition that the paper is issued without full knowledge of the facts. Bo far as federal action is concerned, the matter is settled and cannot be unsettled by any ecclesiastical decree. The situation Is not In the slightest degree altered by the encyclical and the prospect of federal legislation is as remote as ever,”

ASANTA CLAUSCANTATA ONE CHRISTMAS FEATURE OF KXIGIITSTOWN ORPHANS’ HOME. - ♦ Doth Rnnhvllle Victims of the C., 11. <& D. Crossing Accident Arc Dciul —Other State News. ♦ ; f. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind., Dec. 25.-A beautiful cantata, "Santa Claus’s Arrival,” was given by the children of the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home, In Lincoln Hall, last night. There were seventy characters. The choruses of newsboys, fairies, Esquimaux arid brownies were very much enjoyed by all present. Little Fern Lynch delighted the audience with the graceful manner in which she acted the part of a fairy queen. Chester Gilbert was Santa Claus. As he came on the stage the little ones clapped their hands for joy, thinking that at last Santa Claus was fairly caught. The home is beautifully decorated with evergreens and holly. Much preparation was made for the children’s Christmas dinner. The W. R. C. visiting committee, the children’s Santa Claus, came to the home yesterday to assist in the distribution of presents, given by the order which they represented. Every Christmas the Woman’s Relief Corps contributes liberally to making this a joyous occasion for the soldiers’ orphans. The guests at the home are Mrs. Smith, of Frankfort, Mrs. Smock, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Wink, of Knightstown, who compose the visiting committee; Mrs. Travis, department president of the W. R. C.: Mrs. Parrett and son, of Circleville, O.; Mrs. G. Nixon, of Carthage; Howard and Mrs. Tompkins, of Columbus, and Lulu McCoy, of Broad Ripple. The home schools closed Friday for-one week’s vacation. Holiday at the Asylum. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 25.—Special efforts are being put forth at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane to give the attaches and inmates a pleasant holiday week. The programme includes two dances for the patients, the presentation of a farce-comedy, a distribution of presents, two socials l'or the employes, the presentation of a drama, two musical concerts and religious services. At State Soldiers’ Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 25.—A full Christmas dinner was served to the dwellers of the State Soldiers’ Home to-day. The menu embraces all the good things of the season, oysters, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, vegetables, fruit, pie and coffee. The home closed its second year this month. Salvation Army as Santa Clans. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 25.—The Salvation Army gave one hundred poor children of Anderson a Christmas dinner to-day. BOTH VICTIMS DEAD. Result of the Crossing Accident on the C., 11. <& D. at Grililn’s. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Dec. 25.—William Edgar Pearsey, the young law student injured in the C., H.. & D. crossing accident at Griffin’s Station, died this morning at Dr. J. C. Sexton’s sanatorium, in this city. He died without ever regaining consciousness. His father, mother and two sisters compose the family. The funeral will take place at the Main-street Christian Church Monday afternoon. Miss Ida Florence Brooks, Pearsey’s companion, who was instantly killed in the accident, was buried from Little Flatrock Church this afternoon. Rev. J. N. Jessup, of Vincennes, assisted by Rev. J. H. Mac Neill, of Rushville, and A. B. Houze, of Little Flatrock. conducted the funeral services. This has been an unusually sad Christmas day for Rushville.

Dr. A. E. Graham Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Dec. 25.—Dr. A. E. Graham, one of the oldest practitioners of Rush county, is dead of cancer of the bowels, after an illness of several months. He located in Richland, this county, forty years ago, and practiced his profession until disabled by disease. He ranked high in the profession. The remains were interred at Greensburg. MEAT AVAR AT MARION. Armour & Cos. Fighting Retail Butchers by Selling; at Half l sisal Rates. Special to the Indiarapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Dec. 25.—Armour & Co.’s fight against the boycott of the Marion* Central Trades Council was pushed again to-day with uprelaxed vigor. In one retail market Friday the sales of Armour meat, at less than half price, amounted to more than $2,000. Farmers and people from surrounding towns took advantage of the prices. To-day J. C, Whisler, a prominent local dealer, closed his shop. The retail butchers met this afternoon in secret session, and refused to talk after meeting. They will meet again Sunday right to take definite steps to protect themselves. The butchers assert that union men buy their meat of Armour and refuse to give (hem support in the boycott. They say it is a matter of going out of business or buying Armour meat, as many formerly did, for business has been practically at a standstill with them during the two days of the Armour retail cut. On Monday the Chicago dealer will open a retail meat'market in a South Marion building and one at Gas City. It is also reported that Armour wiil open groceries in the city, and the grocers have joined the butchers in their demand for protection from the Trades Council and labor unions. A fine of $lO is assessed against each union man buying of Armour The fight is a bitter one. M’KIN LEY’S OWN COUSIN. rntrique Flannfgiiu Thought to Have Been Burned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, MUNCIE. Ind., Dec. 25.—The residence of Patrique Flannigan, in the suburbs of Congerville, was destroyed to-night with all the contents. Mrs. Flannigan is visiting at Alexandria and it is believed that Mr. Flannigan is cremated under the ruins. He is employed at the Indiana iron works, and has been on the turn that required him to sleep in. the fore part of the night, and is believed to have been in the house when the lire broke out. It was impossible to get in the house and nothing was saved. A block distant there was a Christmasi entertainment at the Dunkard Church. The lire caused a stampede and several persons were hurt. In some manner two chairs feil across the doorway and at least a hundred l>eople fell over them, pitching out of the house on the ice head first. Mr. Flannigan is a full cousin of President McKinley and the two have been warm friends since childhood. The search for the body Is skm work. Murdered anil Robbed, Perhaps. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILEE, Ind., Dec. 25.—Winfield Haymond, a wealthy farmer and one of the best-known men in this county, was found dead near the Big Four depot of Waldron, seven miles south of here, at daylight this morning. There was an ugly gash in the back of the head, and he evidently had been dead several hours. His body was frozen stiff. He had hauled a load of corn to St. Paul yesterday to get Christmas n oney, and it is thought that he was murdered for this money and the body placed near the railroad to hide the crime. Only a little small change was found loose in his pockets. The other theory is that the train, possibly the Knickerbocker, due at 7 o'clock, killed him. Coroner Booher is investigating. ‘ Haymond leaves a wife and three children. Easy on Morrlsson’s Estate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind,, Dec. 25.—A compromise has been reached in the case of the Morrisson estate tax, which has been troubling the Wayne county auditor and State Board of Tax Commissioners for so long. The question involved was the proper valuation at which 166 shares of stock in the MorrisscnPlumber Drug Company, of Chicago, own*d by the Morrisson estate of this city, should be listed for taxation. The matter was taken by Mayor M. M. Lacqy, tax ferret, before the State Board and that body ordered

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the estate charged with tax on $150,000 from 1885 to 1596, inclusive. A restraining order was issued, permanently preventing the officers from collecting the tax, and JTudge Fox annulled the contract made by the county Commissioners for ferret work on the ground that it was illegal and contrary to public policy. After this it lay with the auditor to place the stock on the duplicate at whatever valuation he thought proper. By the terms of the compromise the Morrisson estate is charged with tax on $65,000 from 1885 to IS9O. inclusive, and from 1891 to the present time no valuation is made. The state law was changed in 1891 in such a way that it makes questionable the taxing of stock in Indiana when it exists in some other State. This statute is now before the Supreme Court for interpretation and further action will be delayed until the interpretation Is given. Oil Tank Work* Burned. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 25.—Fire broke out in the paint department of the Bowser oil tank works about 2 o’clock this morning. It rapidly spread, until the whole of the paint, carpenter and machine departments were involved. Before the fire was brought under control half of the entire plant was destroyed. The origin of the fire was in the hot air flues under the floors. The loss is about $35,0C0, with the possibility of some salvage. The insurance is $14,500. The firm manutactures oil tanks and patent specialS. F. Bowser reports that the work of rebuilding will begin Monday morning. Four years ago these works were totally destroyed by fire, and rebuilt on the present extensive scale. Serious Christmas Runaway. Special to the Indiarapolis Journal. GREENFIELD, Ind., Dec. 25.—Isaac Shepherd, wife and children spent the day with their daughter, Mrs. Elijah Manion. Starting home at 4 o’clock their team ran away and after going four squares turned a corner, upset the carriage and all were thrown out. Mr. Shepherd had his face and head badiy skinned, and Mrs. Shepherd was dangerously injured. Her left arm was broken at the elbow, all the bones being shattered. Her arm was caught and nearly torn off above the elbow. Her left side was also injured. The two little boys escaped unhurt. Mr. Shepherd is a prominent glassblower, having been connected with the Pendleton factory for years as a double-strength blower. First Mass in the New Church. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 25.—Services were held in the beautiful new Catholic Church at the corner of Spring and Water streets for the first time to-day. The edifice is one of the finest in northeastern Indiana and cost $30,000. Rev. Father Charles Dhe conducted the services, the first of which were at 9 o’clock this morning. At 11 o’clock there was solemn high mass, with all its attendant beautiful ceremonies, with deacon and subdeacon, master of ceremonies, censor bearers and acolytes carrying candelabra, all dressed in the ministerial robes peculiar to their offices. The beautiful house of worship will not be dedicated until spring. Two Hourti on the Mat. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 25.—The wrestling match between Herbert Hale and Charles Ward, at the opera house in this oily last night, has set the sporting fraternity to talking. The match was for SIOO a side, tw r o best in three falls, GraecoRoman. Hale was decidedly the superior in weight and strength, weighing no less than twenty pounds more than Ward, who weighed but 133 pounds. Hale’s brute strength no doubt kept him from losing the match, for if Ward had been his equal in weight and strength Hale would not have been a good breakfast for him. The match lasted tw r o hours and neither got a fall. String of Tipton Accident*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON, Ind., Dec. 25.—For the last four or five days Tipton has been coated with a perfect glare of ice, and a large number of people have fallen and several received serious injuries. Mrs. E. B. Martindale fell and broke her arm and dislocated her wrist. Smith Fish has an ugly scalp wound, Mrs. M. W. Pershing fractured several ribs and received internal injuries, Mrs. Mollie Burns broke her leg near the ankle, Mrs. W. M. Grishaw broke an arm, John Childs broke his hand, William Rice broke his knee cap, Artie Haskett received serious internal injuries and Mrs. Mattie Langley fell and received a dislocated shoulder.

Home and Furniture in Aslien. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 25. Christmas eve Mrs. Belle Carpenter and her sons, four miles east of this city, attended a Christmas entertainment in the neighborhood, and when they returned found their home in ruins. The house was recently built by the husband, the late Jap Carpenter, a member of the Indiana Senate, at a cost of $5,000, and was the most elegantly furnished country home in this part of Indiana. The house was insured for $2,500; contents, SI,OOO, both in the Hartford of Connecticut. All the family papers, together with a fine library, were destroyed. Beating for Country School Teacher. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 25.—Yesterday William Miller, teacher of Woodland school, Clay township, reproved a thirteen-year-old son of Bryant Robinson for refusing to write a Christmas essay, and the boy attacked him with a knife. An older brother, Dave, aged eighteen, also struck the teacher on the back of the head with a stick of wood. The teacher received a severe scalp wound and his shoulder was broken. School was dismissed and the injured teacher is said to be in a dangerous condition. Diamond Oil Company's No. 13. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 25.—Yesterday the Diamond Oil Company, of Indianapolis, drilled in the No. 13 well, on the Meyers farm, on the Godfrey reserve. The well is eighty feet in the sand and Is showing for a gusher. Next Tuesday the well will be shot. If the well proves as productive as tho others the monthly pipe-line report will show something like 17,(KK) barrels. Baseball Pitelier Durrctt Shot. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCKVILLE, Ind., Dec. 25.—Ike Durrett, the well-known Rockville baseball pitcher, was shot to-night at a public dance. The bullet, a thirty-two caliber, entered his stomach, and it is thought he will die. The man who did the shooting has not been apprehended. His coat and hat were left in the hall. Frank Jeffrie* Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., Dec. 25.—Mr. Frank Jeffries, aged twenty-six, a popular merchant tailor of this city, died this morning of hasty consumption, after six weeks’ sickness. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon. Dublin. Wedding*'. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DUBLIN, Ind., Dec. 25.—Mr. Robert Hicks, son of grain dealer William Hicks, and Miss Nora Huddleston, a popular school teacher, and Horace Ellabarger and Miss Myrtle Huddleston, both popular in society, were married here to-day. Dr. W. "YV. Steele Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCKVILLE, Ind., Dec. 25.—Dr. W. W. Steele, aged forty-two, died this evening. He was born at Waveland and graduated from the Rush Medical College at Chicago. Indiana Note*. Notices were posted on the gates of the plate-glass works at Kokomo yesterday that the factory would resume operations this week. The pots will be filled Monday and casting will commence Wednesday. The strike was declared off a week ago. The Republicans of Boone county have decided to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday with a banquet on the evening of Feb. 12. Hon. Z. T. Sweeney, of Columbus, has been invited to deliver the principal address. State officials and several prominent Republicans, among them Gen. Lew Wallace, of Crawfordsville, will be invited. The banquet Will be given in Lochinvar Hall. Huron Must Fay Her Debts. SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Dec. 25.—Judge Carland, of the Federal Court, has entered a decree of judgment against the city of Huron for $56,000 and interest in a suit brought by the holders of school bonds to recover their face value. The town of Huron sought to repudiate payment, claimirg that the bonds were illegally issued, because the legal amount of indebtedness had been exceeded. The bonds were held by Eastern banks. Suicide of Herman F. Dale. NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Herman F. Dale, a young man of good family, and a member .of a fire-insurance firm, committed suicido ‘at his home, in a fashionable apartment house in Gramercy square, U>-i*ht. by swallowing carbolic acid.

CHRISTINAS CASUALTIES * THIRTY OR MORE PEOPLE INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION OF POWDER. Fj Several Blinded and Others Suffering; with Severe Burns—Sleighing Party Struck by a Train. — * ASHEVILLE, N. C„ Dec. 25. A crowd of one hundred or more men and boys were firing a Christmas salute from an old cannon on the outskirts of town to-day, when a can of thirty pounds of powder exploded in the thick of the crowd. Thirty or forty persons were injured, but none, it is believed. fatally. The cannon was fired several times, and then Joseph Finch, an employe of the Souther Railway Company, picked up the powd< an and began to reload the piece. The gun had not been swabbed and the moment the tiny stream of powder struck the heated metal there was a flash and the powder exploded with a report that made the earth tremble. A moment later there was a scene that made sick the hearts of those watching from a nearby hill. In the smoke that rose from the explosion they saw beings run blindly here and there over the hill, failing and rising only to fali again as they frantically rushed about, blinded and pow-der-burned, madly trying to extinguish their flaming clothes. Those w r ho were unhurt ran to the relief of the unfortunate ones, smothering flaming clothing or cutting the garments from their bodies. One man was olown or roiled completely down the high bluff, 200 feet, nearly to the river. The hill was dotted with blackened, groaning figures, some of whom lay almost perfectly nude. A number of the injured were able to walk from the scene, while cots were provided and the more seriously wounded piaced on them and conveyed to an old residence near by which was improvised into a hospital. The worst injured are: Joseph Finch, Edward Miller, John Ingle, Barton Means. Clarence Ledford, Vernon Sentell, Charles Earwood, Hay Eaton. Eugene Wynne, D. Bennett, Dexter Aldrich, John Powell, B. L. Gowan, Henry Mclntyre, Buck Trivett, Dell Bishop, George Eaton, J. E. Hamilton, James Warren, Frank Pratter. Joseph Finch is among the more seriously hurt, his nose and mouth being torn out of all shape and he is probably blinded. Clarence Ledford, who stood near the cannon when the powder ignited, was thrown more than fifty feet. His clothing was torn or burned entirely off and a part of the skin on the forehead burned loose. Charles Earwood and John Ingle also are seriously hurt and several others probably will lose their sight or be disfigured for life. Postal Clerk Killed. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 25.—Vestibule passenger train No. 6 on the Norfolk & Western Railroad, which left Bristol, Tenn., last night at 9:05 o’clock, came in collision with a freight at Clark’s summit at 11:30. The engines of both trains were badly wrecked, as were a number of freight cars and the baggage and postal cars ot the passenger train. R. H. Ashmore, express messenger, was badly injured about the head and chest, and it is thought he will die. Postal Clerk Hoffman was instantly killed, his body being ground to pieces and thrown under the second-class coach. Fireman Collis had both his legs cut off and was otherwise horrible cut and bruised, and was thought to be dying from the effects of his injuries. Engineer McCarthy was severely cut about the head and neck, and suffered a number of contusions on his body, and is thought to be internally injured. He will die. The wreck was occasioned by the engineer of the freight train mistaking his orders. None of the passengers was hurt, all escaping with a severe shock.

Passenger Train Ditched. ATCHISON, Kan., Dec. 25.— I The Missouri Pacific's south-bound limited passenger train, that left Omaha at 3:05 o’clock this afternoon, was ditched between Becker and Willis, thirty miles north of Atchison, at S o’clock to-night. The tender, the combination baggage and mail ear and the chair car left the track. The combination car turned completely over. J. J. Pike, the baggage and express messenger, was painfully bruised, but no one was seriously hurt. The passengers were transfererd to a special train. Sleigh Struck ly a Train. LITTLE FALLS, N. Y„ Dec. 25.-A sleigh containing seven people returning from a Christmas entertainment was struck by the Lake Shore limited at the central crossing in St. Johnsville, ten miles east of this city, last night. Nine-year-old Millie Play was killed instanty, her head being severed from her body. Five were seriousy injured, and one escaped injury. A Mrs. Smith and her daughter were wedged on the pilot of the engine and were carried five hundred feet. They were painfully injured, but will recover. Deaths Around the ChriNtina* Tree. , NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Deaths around the Christmas tree have been a feature of the day. Three have been reported. William Gottzyer and Mrs. John Rice, both of this city, dropped dead last midnight while trimming Christmas trees for their children. The six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Field, of Keyport, N. J., pulled a lighted tree over on himself to-night and was burned to death. • Brothers Mangled at a Crossing. GREENVILLE, Pa., Dec. 25.—Janies and Samuel Lytle were killed on the Erie Railroad to-day near Atlantic. The brothers were driving to a relative’s, house to spend Christmas. While they were crossing the track a west-bound train struck their vehicle broadside. Both men were hurled high in the air and when picked up were dead. Samuel’s body was thrown ahead of the train and run over, mutilating it horribly. French Naval Officers Killed. PARIS, Dec. 25. Two passenger trains came into collision at Lepeage du Roussillon, Department of Isore, during the prevalence of a dense fog last night. Captain Blouet, of the cruiser Foudre, of the French Mediterranean squadron; Captain Lota, an instructor at the Military Sciiool of St. Cyr, and M. Mathieu, a naval engineer, were killed and fifteen other persons were injured. FRUITS OF SCIENCE. Research That Ha* Resulted in Great Industrial Changes. Philadelphia Record. German chemists have long led the world in their marvelous discoveries in synthetical as well as analytical chemistry of organic and inorganic compounds. The discovery made in 1869 in a dingy little laboratory by a German chemist that th# coloring matter found in the madder root could be artificially produced has entirely wiped out of existence an industry of enormous extent formerly carried on in India and elsewhere at large profit. It is estimated that in India alone between there and four hundred thousand acres of land were utilized in growing madder prior to this discovery. The average value of the crop exceeded $5,000,000 annually. In 1868, the year preceding this remarkable discovery, the vast importance of which was rot at first appreciated, the enormous quantity of 60,000 tons of madder root w r as sent to market. Ten years later a quantity of artificial alizarin (the name of this coloring substance) equal to the natural product of 60,000 tons of madder was sent out from chemical factories. Avery conservative estimate of the value of the artificial alizarin produced annually would be $10,000,000, and the cost of the artificial dye is now less than one-third the former cost of natural alizarin produced from the madder root. The immense economic value of this great discoverj' is hard to fully appreciate. The land which was formerly used for growing madder is now utilized in growing coffee, cotton, corn,, wheat and other food products. This artificial alizarin is produced from a material which was formerly refuse, and, withal, a most disagreeable substance—namely, coal tar. There is perhaps no other material which ha3 formed the foundation of so many and such various useful, beautiful and sweet-smelling products. There is in Switzerland a factory commercially producing from simitar refuse a substance called "saccharine,” which is sold everywhere as a substitute for sugar, especially for invalids who are afflicted w ith ailments which prohibit them from the use of cane or beet-root sugar. This material is also produced from coal tar; and it is so intensely sweet that a single grain dissolved in coffee, water or other solvent will actually sweeten the fluid aa highly us will 700 grains of ordinary sugar. Visitors to the Commercial Museum are now Bhown a piece of beautifully woven silk having a soft texture, a bright sheeny surface and dyed with beautiful colors. This exquisite fabric was woven from silken threads which were artificially made. A clever inventor discovered that a certain mucilaginous solution if allowed to fall drop

by drop in the air from finger tip or other point of support produced fine filaments resembling raw silk as it is reeled off from the cocoon. Reflecting upon this, he co°" ceived the idea of ejecting the solution through numbers of tine openings in little glass tubes inserted in the bottom of a receptacle, and of reeling off the filaments formed when the beads or drops appearing on the ends of the tubes were touched. Many experiments, of course, were made, and many failures encountered, before final success was attained; but recent Information conveys the belief that the future commercial success of the artificial silk product is now asured. This material can be produced from a celluloid base in unlimited quantity at a cost which will probably make adulteration of artificial silk unprofitable. Many silk goods at the present day actually contain a greater weight per yard of tin than of silk. This has been proven by analysts, and the woven silken materials which when free from such adulterants are the most durable of all fabrics are now often the most perishable. Some years ago the importation of indigo Into England averaged $10,000,000 a year, and the total production was estimated to be at least twice that amount. About ISSO Prof. Adolph Baezer, a German chemist, discovered how to make indigo artificially; and although we believe his process has not proven as successful as was anticipated, it must be remembered that the cheapness of ordinary aniline colors and the improvements which have been made In “fixing” them have supplied the market with a perfect gamut of all the desirable colors and of the most brilliant and beautiful shades. The greatest of all prizes are awaiting those discoveries which shall prove most beneficial to the health and happiness of the human race. The chemist who shall, for instance, discover the means of artificially producing cinchonine and quinia—which are now obtained from the bark of the cinchona tree and from morphia obtained from the juice of the poppy—of which enormous quantities ore annually consumed, will not only be assured of fortune but of fame. As these alkaloids are all true "salts” formed by the union of an organic acid and a base, there appears to be no insuperable reason why they may not be produced economically in the laboratory of the chemist as well as in the laboratory of nature. The energies of American discoverers and inventors have heretofore proceeded along other lines which proffer quicker returns with less expenditure cf tedious) labor. They have thus developed to a high degree the application of scientific principles to the useful arts, and have improved mechanism in every detail. The dynamo is. in this sense, an American creation; and it is not at all improbable that when the harry and rush incident to making practical applications of electricity to railways and other similar utilitarian purposes shall have subsided the electric current wall then be employed in a way never before contemolated—namely, in the building up, atom by atom, cell by cell, of the organic struct ores which nature alone knows how to construct. Once having penetrated this mystic veil, anew vision will appear before the astonished gaze of mankind. It Is at the present moment beyond the power of man to imagine—much less to see—the end <’f the vista which has already been opened to view through the marvelous researches of the chemists, fleeting glimpses of whi-ffi we have endeavored to give to our readers. DUEL OVER A WOMAN. Mack Clayton aml Jefferson Parks Fight with Pistol and Knife. ALTON, 111., Dec. 25.—Mack Clayton and Jefferson Parks, both of Upper Alton, fought a duel to the death at the latter's home this evening over a woman. Clayton used a pistol and Parks a knife. Both will die. Two years ago Parks ran away with Clayton’s wife. The men quarreled about this for a year, and Parks finally compromised their differences by paying Clayton $lO. A quarrel over this sale of Clayton’s wife caused to-day’s killing. NEGRO GUARDS ROUTED. Put to Fliffht ly a Band of Kentncky Tollgute Haiders. FLEMINGSBURG, Ky., Dec. 25. Five negro guards sent to protect a tollgate near here on the Maysville pike last night were attacked by raiders and put to flignt. The tollhouse was set on fire, but the green boards would not burn. One guard received two birdshot in his neck. As far as is known none of the raiders was hurt. Turnpike officials may ask the Governor for troops to protect this property.

TOYS THAT MEN BUY. Sturdy Protest Against Them from an Apartment House Mother. New York Sun. i "I hope none of the friends of the family will be moved to send Christmas presents lo my children,” said the apartment house mother, plaintively. “Men friends, especially, think it’s a civil thing at Christmas to remember the children of the families where they have dined, and, of course, it is kind; but dear me, the things men buy! Anil it's all the fault of the toy shops, too. “For instance?” asked her friend. “Well,” she answered, “some toys, you know, are made only l'or children who have large nurseries; they were never in the world meant for apartment house cr boarding house children. But it’s these big showy toys that attract the poor lone man’s eye whenever he wanders into the toy shops. He doesn’t see the modest little tin ‘chuchu’ cars; he makes straight for some big cast-iron abomination with three or four yards of real steel tracks, and that’s what he buys without any regard to where the thing is to be kept. , , . . "Now, if toy shops would only have departments labeled off. For instance, one department could be ‘Toys for Flats and Boarding Houses,’ and in that department there should be no toy higher than ten inches or wider than two. Another department could be ‘Toys for the Suburbs, and there you would find wheelbarrows and shovels and drums and buckets and all those outdoor things. Don't you see with an arrangement like that it would be safe for a man to go into a toy shop and buy and be quite independent of the cierks? Now they have everything their own way, end as the average man goes to them without an idea of what he wants, as a rule, they palm off something on him that no mother would buy or permit her husband to buy—some big-as-life mechanical goat, for instance. Yes, they have such things. One was sent to the baby last Christmas. It kicked out its legs far too naturally. The older children were black and blue fr'un it, and the baby was scared into a every time he saw it. The man who sent it didn’t know, of course, and the saleswoman probably declared it was exactly the kind of thing a btxby would like.” More Competition for New Englanders DENVER. Col., Dec. 25.—The Overland cotton mills, of this city, have carried the “war into the enemy’s country” with a vengeance by securing contracts which will place their product in Boston, Mass. They have also secured, in close competition with the Eastern manufacturers, the contract for furnishing Claus Spreckels material for sugar bags. This contract alone is sufficient to keep a large mill in almost constant operation. A Kentuckian Murdered. COVINGTON, Ky., Dec. 25.—Charles H. Weaver was found last night in an unconscious condition near his residence and locked up. r io-night it was found that his skull was fractured and that he had no doubt been murderously assaulted, and he was transferred to the hospital, where he died. Weaver was foreman of a planing mill. As he never regained consciousness there is no clew to the murderer. The Safe Company Receivership. HAMILTON. 0., Dec. 23.—1n the case of William Mosler and others vs. the HerringHal l -Marvin Company, in which S. D. Fitton was appointed receiver of the company’s safe works, the defendants have hied a petition for the removal of the case to the United States Court. The court set the hearing of the case for the motion to remove for Tuesday. Situation at Dawson. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23.—George Ruth, of Flathead, Mont., reached Portland on the steamer Elder yesterday, having come direct from Dawson City, which point he left Nov. 5. Mr. Ruth says there were from 5.000 to 7.000 people congregated at Dawson and vicinity, and he estimated the provisions there are sufficient to winter only about 2,000. James S. Warren Dead. NEW YORK, Dec. £s.—James S. Warren, one of tne leading wall-paper manufacturers of this country, died at his home in this city to-day. He had been in poor health for two years. For some time past Mr. Warren was president of the Wallpaper Manufacturers’ Association. Mr*. Saeltett Meaile Dead. CINCINNATI, 0., Dec. 25.—Mrs. Sacket Meade, sister-in-law of Admiral Meade, and mother of Wiliyun Meade, commander of the United States war ship Norfolk, died to-night at her home in Covington, Ky., after a brief illness. Death of William H. Grace. NEW YORK. Dec. 25.—William H. Grace, a leading Republican of Brooklyn, is dead, aged fifty-seven years. He was conspicuous in the Harrison campaign, was one of the founders of the Home and Protective League, and was a candidate for Congress a few years ago.

RIOT IN A HAVANA PARK DRUNKEN SPANIARDS DISPERSED FUH SHOUTING “VIVA WE\LEItl’ Denial of n Rumor that Correspondent Scovcl Had Been Unused by Cuban Insarents. HAVANA, via Key West, Dec. 23.—As is customary here on Christmas eve, large crowds of Spaniards assembled in Central Park and indulged in dancing, singing and other forms of amusement. A large number of those present becoming intoxicated, began to make demonstrations and to shout “Viva Weyler!” “Viva Espana!” “Viva Union Constitutional!” “Down with Autonomy!” and other disturbing cries. The police were summoned, and on their arrival ordered the crowd to disperse. No attention was paid to their orders, and, the officers being reinforced, guards were stationed in all the avenues in the vicinity of the park. In the meanwhile the groups in the park continued their shouting and demonstration, compelling the cavalry, a detachment ol which had been summoned to the scene, to charge upon them, saber in hand, and disperse them. Several of the police were slightly injured by stones thrown by the populace. Eight arrests were made, but no shots, were fired. Rumors which have been circulated here that Sylvester Scovel, a New York newspaper correspondent, had been hanged by the insurgents are untrue. It is reported that he and Senor Rafael Madrigal, the American consul at Sancti Spiritus, were the bearers of an important dispatch from President McKinley to “President” Masso and General Gomez. Generally the condition of the concentrados is as pitiful as it was during the administration of Lieutenant General Weyler, despite Captain General Blanco’s relief decrees. A relief fund of SIOO,OOO will hardly give the sufierers 20 cents each. La Lucha demands that the amounts expended by municipal authorities for the relief of the destitute inhabitants be published. During the last month numerous robberies and stabbing affrays are reported to have occurred in Havana. These outrages are ascribed to the return to Havana from Ceuta Prison of the “Nanigos,” who have been pardoned for political offenses under recent decrees;. It is reported that Brigadier Aranguren was at Guanabacoa night before last. A party of insurgents, it is reported unofficially, recently dynamited a culvert and bridge midway between Sagua and Remedioa. It is reported that in various engagements with the insurgents the forces of General Pando have suffered considerable losses. The column for several days was short of ■ provisions, owing to the vigorous resistance made by the insurgents to the advance of the Spaniards and the many impediments placed in their way. General Pando’s exact losses are not known, owing to difficulty of communication, the heliographic towers at Guisa having been destroyed. Eighty residents of Bejucal, in Havana province, while foraging a few days ago, were surprised by a band of insurgents, who stripped them of their clothing. The insurgents have burned the canefields on the estate of Senor Cardenas at Calabaza Sagua, near Minas, and several in Havana province. While a number of insurgents were carrying a case containing dynamite in the province of Puerto Principe the dynamite exploded, killing seven of the party and wounding eight others.

Senor Govin Changes His Mind. HAVANA, Dec. 2(s.—Senor Antonio Govin, secretary of the autonomist party, who has for nearly a year past resided in the United States, has cabled to the government his acceptance of a post in the colonial Cabinet. In March last Senor Govin left Havana for the United States. On his departure it v/as understood that he was starting on only a short trip for his health and relaxation. Many friends went to the wharf and boarded the steamer to see him off. Once on board, Senor Govin surprised his friends by pointing to the Morro Castle flagstaff and stating that he would not return until the flag was changed. “Up to now,” said he, “I have had confidence and faith in the edifice of Spanish nationality, but now it is crumbling and falling down. I do not wish to perish in the ruins, hence I am going away.” Senor Govin’s remarks created a great deal of excitement. Gomez for Liberty or Death, NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—A dispatch from Maximo Gomez, dated headquarters of the Cuban army, Las Delicias, Cuba, gives the following authorized statement from the insurgent commander-in-chief: “All I have to say regarding this great and heroic war in Cuba is a complete ratification of our manifesto issued at Monte Cristo. You may make, it known to the American people that is is 'the firm resolution of the army and people of Cuba, who have shed so much blood in order to conquer their independence, not to falter in their just cause until triumph or death crowns their efforts.” More Peace Commissioners Hanged. HAVANA, Dec. 25.—La Lucha has published a document, claimed to have been authorized by United States Consul General Lee, saying that Lieutenant Colonel Ruiz was executed because he proposed peace in contravention of a decree issued by General Gomez. Reports from Pinar del Rio to the authorities here say that two commissioners who were sent to propose peace with autonomy to the insurgents in that province have been hanged in conformity with the decree of General Gomez. Texas Cattle for Cabans. FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 25.—Recently Senor Manuel Pichardo came here from Cuba, stating that he was detailed by the Spanish government to buy cattle for the Spanish army in Cuba. He is now buying 500 or (500 head a week. He said that two of the largest cattle importers of Cuba have agents on the way to north Texas to buy cattle for Cuban shipment, and they will buy 350 to 400 head daily. He complains that he Is hindered in his work by discriminations of the railways. FLORIDA ORANGE BELT. Moved Sontli Because of the Freeze of Three Y'ears A pro. Correspondence New York Post. There has been, in short, a great shifting of the orange industry from the northern and central parts of the State to the southern tier of counties. Manatee and De Soto the two most southern counties, lead all of the rest of the State in the number of their oranges this year. Ten years ago there was hardly an orange grove planted in either. \\ hen the orange boom was at its height these southern counties were in wild lands, unvisited by white men except to hunt, and selling at a few dollars per acre The great orange industry was on the Indian river, in Orange county, and even around Jacksonville and St. Augustine Those who remember back half a century or more say that most of the orange trees in this northern part of the State were severely injured in 1835, and that many of the old bitter and sweet orange trees were cut down at that early period. But those who bought land and planted groves the craze seized the public to raise oranges were not familiar with the past history of the fruit trees in the State. Most of their orchards were set out in the then civilized portions of the State. The heavy freeze of ISB6 awakened many of them from their dreams of fortunes, and the orange belt was moved fifty to one hundred miles farther south. After that it was not considered safe to plant citrus fruit trees around Jacksonville or St. Augustine. A few of the old trees that had attained a great age and robustness have been able to withstand the successive freezes that have visited the State; but the young trees, especially the Improved varieties of budded fruits, were too tender to live. Now experience has demonstrated that the orange line of safety has had to be moved again. The freeze of three winters ago proved this to the satisfaction of hundreds, and hereafter the new groves will be pushed as far south as the edge of the Everglades. The sudden coming to the front of Manatee and De Soto counties in orange production Is a surprise to old growers; but it is no more than could be expected In the future these southern counties will lead all others in this industry: they are below he frost line, and trees and fruits are considered absolutely safe In the old orange belt some of the and finest groves of Florida are located if absolutely protected from all danger of frost these orange lands would be the most valua ble in the country. There is the old Bishop & Harris grove at Citra, which at one time yielded 2tMJQO boxes of oranges in a the famous groves of Colonel Hart, near Palatlca, which have a record of producing

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Paul 11. Krauss 44 E. Washington St. DFNTRT Dr * A - fc hUCHAiNAN l'UllllOl 32-33 When Building, 18,000 and 25,000 boxes; the Speer grove, near Titusville, and the old Indian grove of Col. Magruder at Rockledge. Some of the trees on these and other famous old groves have great records as producers. An orange tree over seventy years old at Fort Harley, in Alachua county, yielded, back in the eighties, 18,000 oranges in one season; another in St. John’s county produced 15.000. and one in Bradford county over 10,000, and a lemon tree at Fort Reid 20,000 lemons. These enormous yields can no longer bo duplicated. Most of the old trees have been so cut down with frosts that their chances of . making large yields are greatly reduced. In fact, the old famous orchards—those that have not been cut down and planted with other fruits and vegetables—require five to ten years of good w-eather to bring them up to their former productiveness. Even the famous Indian-river orchards were so ruined by the freeze of several years ago that the present crop will not amount to more than 10,000 to 20,000 boxes. Rich and productive Orange and Polk counties have such a small crop that they are classed along with “the rest of the State”—an almost unheardof thing in the past. The steady increase in the yield of the orange groves can be judged from a comparison of crop yields in the past few years. The year following the freeze the crop was 65,000 boxes; last year it jumped up to 160,000 boxes, and this winter it will be nearly 300,000 boxes. This is not due to the recovery of the injured trees in the northern sections of the State so much as to the gradual coming into bearing of the new groves in the southern counties. Thus we find this winter that, what was one time the finest orange territory of the world in Florida, no longer draws its chief revenue from this crop. Oranges have suddenly taken a third and even fourth place in the list of valuable products. Ahead of the golden fruits that first a|tracted the tide of emigration to the State are many vegetables and a few other fruits. In the place of orange orchards, one now secs strawber ry beds, ripening their luscious fruits 1 : the midwinter demand; rows upon rows of cabbages, marshaled like armies in ti field for action; tomato vines, laden dow with the bright red fruits that are almo as attractive to the tourist from the n North as the oranges; green lettuce, fit spring peas, fine string bear.s. kale, spin;! •> and every other vegetable that is in <!■ mand by a civilized community. Even farm is planted with a diversified crop. If a sudden freeze should sweep across the State the farmer would not lose everything. His harvest season begins in November, and his planting season extends through tha wholo winter. If a January freeze ruins his crops in the fields he rejoices in the fact that he has already harvested all of his early crops, and there is ample time for planting anew for the early spring market. In a country where such extremes of climate prevail such a diversified system of farming 5s the only safe and sure one. Then he has not by any means abandoned fruit culture entirely. He raises quantiti* s of fruits that will increase in profit as the years go by. but the new fruits arc not tiekind to he destroyed, even partially, by unexpected frosts. There is first the Pean-to peach, w’hich supplies our Northern markets with the first of these delicious fruits; the luscious grapes that are as prolific here f.s in western New York; the groves of p*-ran-nut trees, which become a stiady source of income in the course of a b-w generations, increasing the profits until the trees are a hundred years old, and, finally, olivo trees, which will thrive in climate where oranges and lemons w’oulil be killed, it Is doubtful If the olive industry will ever attain the proportions in Florida it has in California; hut the trees are very g"Od to add to the list of fruits that will thrive in the South. Fig trees are also planted in considerable numbers in northern Florida, and fresh figs from the South are delicacies that appear in the North in summer. The chief obstacle to success in raising figs has been that tho fruits ripened about the Ist of July—right in the middle of the wet season m Florida—so that, drying was impossible. But there to the front of Manatee and De Soto counties the growers are looking to this for their chief profit. They have no competition in this line either from the Mediterranean district or the Pacific coast. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Arrived: Europe, from London; St. Paul, from Southampton. Sailed: Lucania. for Liverpool; La Normandie, for Havre; Island, for Copenhagen; Amsterdam, for Rotterdam. DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Dec. 23 - Passed out: Belgenland, for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON. Dec. 25.—Sailed: St Louis, for New York. LIVERPOOL. Dec. 25.—Arrived: Umbria, from New York. “Mother” McKinley's W ill. CANTON. 0., Dec. 24,—President McKinley and his brother Abner are named as executors of the last will of Nancy Allison McKinley. The will was filed in Probate Court to-day. It bears the date of May 20. 185*5. All the property, save a little gift to a faithful family servant, is bequeathed to Miss Tleitn McKinley, the daughter who lived with Mrs. McKinley at the old homestead.