Indianapolis Journal, Volume 48, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1898 — Page 5

MPLACEFORBRYAN ILLINOIS MAX TO BE GIVEN THE COXSTAXTIXOPLE MISSION, And Mlnixfer AiikHl to He Appointed Charlex Denby' Successor as Minister to China. GROSSCUP’S NAME MENTIONED FOR CHAIRMANSHIP OF INTER. STATK-COMMERCE COMMISSIOX. Appointments by the President mid Confirmations by tlie Senate—Hawaiian Annexation Treaty. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—The snarl over the appointment of Charles Page Bryan to the Chinese mission was settled to-night. Bryan is to go to Turkey and Angell is to be transferred from Turkey to China. It is reported on apparently safe authority that Judge Groscup. of Chicago, has consented to accept appointment as a member of the Interstate-commerce Commission, vice Col. Morrison. The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nominations: Francis C. Lowell, to be United Stater district judge for the district of Massachusetts, Henry 1.. Burnett, attorney of the United States for the Southern district of New York. To be Marshals of the United States—Aulick Palmer, for the District of Columbia; William Edgar Stern, for the district of Kansas; George Louis Siebricht, for the Western district of Texas; Frederick C. Leonard, for the Western district of Pennsylvania Owen L. Smith, of North Carolina, minister resident and consul general of the United States to Liberia; James G. Stowe, of Missouri, consul general of the United States at Cape Town. Cape of Good Hope; Herbert G. Squies, of New York, secretary of the legation of the United States at Peking, Chfna. To be Consuls of the United ta:es— Adolph L. Frankenthal, of Massachusetts, at Berne, Switzerland; Neal McMillan, of Michigan, at Port Sarnia, Ont.; James M. Ayers, of Ohio, at Rosario, Argentine Republic; John H. Grout, jr., of Massachusetts, at Malta; Edmond Z. Brodowskl, of Illinois, now consul at Rreslau, Germiny, at Furth, Bavaria; Charles W. Erdman, of Kentucky, now consul at Furth, Bavaria, at Breslau, Germany. Leander P. Mitchell, Os Indiana, to be assistant controller of the treasury: John Fox, collector of customs for the district of Oregon; Char’-s H. Morrill, surveyor of customs for t. a port of Lincoln. Neb. To be Collectors of Internal Revenue— Thomas F. Penman, Twelfth district of Pennsylvania; John W. Patterson, Third district of Iowa; John M. Kemble, Fourth district of lowa. To be Pension Agents—Charles A. Orr, at Buffalo, N. Y.; Jonathan Merriam, at Chicago. 111.; Sidney L. Willson, at Washington, D. C. Frank A. Morris, to be surveyor general ot South Dakota. To he Receivers of Public Moneys—Felix S. Baker, at Harrison, Ark.; John E. Bush, at Little Rock, Ark.; Lloyd L. Carter, at Redding, Cal.; John Wesldahl, at Huron. S. D.; Frank A. Brown, at Aberdeen, S. D.; Charles L. Broekwayf at Chamberlain, S. D.; Thomas H. Conniflf. at Pierre. S. D.; George A. Smith, at Salt Lake City, Utah. To be Registers of Land Offl es—Frank M. Swazey. at Redding. Cal.: Charles A. Fiake. at Huron, S. D.; George K. Foster, at Mitchell, S. D.; John S. Vetter, at Aberdeen. S. D.; Prince A. Gatchell, at Buffalo, Wyo. Wallace K. Deem, to be postmaster at Knightstown, Ind. To be Third Lieutenant in Revenue Cutter Service—A. H. Buhner, of California; G. K. Mann, of Michigan. The Senate to-day conlirmed these nominations: To be United States consuls general Charles M. Dickinson, of New York, at Constantinople. Turkey: Hezekiah A. Gudger, of North Carolina, at Panama, Colombia. To be consuls— Church Howe, of Nebraska, at Palermo, Sicily: P. C. Hanna, of lowa, at San Juan. Porto Rico; John Jenkins, of Nebraska. at San Salvador, Salvador: James W. Ragsdale, of California, at Tien-Tsin, China; William K. Herzog, of Illinois, at Zittau, Germany; George R. Pettit, of Pennsylvania, at Dusseldorf. Germany. Archibald A. Young, of Indiana, to be surveyor of customs for the port of Indianapolis, Ind.; Edward A. Schicker. of Texarkana, Ark., to be receiver of public moneys at Camden, Ark. Alko a number of promotions in the navy.

THE HAWAIIAN TREATY. Senate Will Consider It In Executive Session Next Monday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Senator Davis, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, gave notice in the Senate today that he would call up the Hawaiian annexation treaty in executive session on Monday next and ask the Senate to consider it each duy thereafter until the treaty should be disposed of. His announcement was preceded by some active work on the part of the friends of the treaty prior to the opening of the Senate and also on the floor after the Senate convened. They do not feel absolutely sure of securing the sixty votes necessary to ratify the treaty, hut are to-day very hopeful of getting that number, it was positively announced that the Republican side of the chamber would be a unit on the vote. Senators Morrill, Hoar and the two or three other Republican senators who were classed as doubtful prior to the holiday recess now being considered as committed to the treaty. The supporters of the agreement also expect to have the aid of the silver Republicans, with the exception of Senator Pettigrew The Populists will divide, and a majority of the Democrats will be against ratification. The Democrats. however, have given up any idea they may have had of making the annexation question a party issue, and it is believed that this action will have the effect of increasing the affirmative vote on that side of the chamber. There is no doubt that the situation in China is largely responsible for the improved prospect of the treaty, as many senators hold the opinion that for the United States to hesitate in this matter at the present critical time would lie to manifest a serious weakness. The advocates of the treaty announce their Intention to make few speeches, but they expect stubborn resistance from Senators White, Pettigrew, Gray and others. IN SILVER DOLLARS. Senator Teller Wants Hoimlm Made Payable in \\ bite Metal. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Senator Teller to-day introduced a concurrent resolution declaring the bonds of the United States to be payable in silver dollars, and asserting that. “To restore to their coinage such silver coins as a legal tender in payment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith, nor in derogation of the rights of the public creditor.'* The resolution is in the language of the resolution introduced by Hop Stanley Matthews in the Forty-llfth Congress, and Official facsimile of Medal Awarded no pptrnc c J m I ijK WORLD’S FAIR,CHICAGO, 1893

which passed both houses. Senator Teller s purpose is to secure a vote upon the resolution, which received an almost ;wo-thirds majority when previously considered. The resolution was referred to the finance committee, but. as a majority of the members of that committee are friendly to silver, Mr. Teller anticipates that it will be favorably reported. The Bering Sea Award*. WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.-Don M. Dickinson, who represented the United States government as counsel before the commission which adjusted the amount of the awards to be made in the case of the British sealing vessels which were seized in Bering sea before the adoption of the modus vivendi. has arrived in Washington. At the same time his fellow-counsel, Messrs. Warren and Lansing, put in an appearance, and there was a conference at the State Department to-day between these gentlemen and exSecretary Foster respecting the conclusions arrived at by the commission and subsequent steps to be taken to give effect to them. The fact that the commission found for the British case makes it necessary now to frame some legislation to be submitted to Congress to make the necessary appropriations to reimburse the owners of the seized vessels, for the awards having been made under treaty provisions, the United States is bound to pay them without further question. A report will also be made to Congress to explain the outcome of the commission’s work. Deficiency Estimate*. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—The secretary of the treasury sent to Congress to-day deficiency estimates of appropriations for the current fiscal year to be inserted in the urgent deficiency bill. The additional items includes: Salaries and contingent expenses in the office of surveyor general of Alaska, $3,209; examination of public lands surveys, $20,000; Bureau of American Republics, $41,972; geological survey, $64,319; Indian service, $20,660. Postmaster General Gary has asked for an additional ittm of $20,000 for the enlargement of the space of the New York city postoffice building in the way of widening the streets, removing a sidewalk, etc. The postmaster general also hAs submitted additional estimates of $956,070 on account of the effect of the sale of the Union Pacific Railway for the appropriations for the fiscal year 1899. A Premature Announeement. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Assistant Secretary Howell was to-day shown an announcement from Mr. Sifton, minister of the interior at Ottawa, stating that he had arranged for the passage of Canadian goods across American territory via Dyea and Skaguay without inspection charges. Mr. Howell said that that question was still before the department. It was the desire of Secretary Gage and himself to provide all reasonable customs facilities for the crossing of American territory by miners and others from one point in the British possessions to another en rout, to the Klondike, but the plan had not yet been fully worked out. Regulations, howev r, would soon be prepared by which it was ‘xpected that the embarrassments incident to so complicated a situation would be reduced to the minimum. An lonnii'n Financial Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Representative dark, of lowa, has introduced a bill making the gold dollar the sole unit of value, directing every national bank to redeem its notes in dollars of such value, restricting the denominations of treasury or national hank notes to $lO or Its multiples, those outstanding of less called in and standard siiver dollars given in exchange apd certificates destroyed, while after July 1, IPJO, the treasury is to refuse all such certificates as payment of public dues. The national bank acts also are amended to charter banks with a paid up capital stock of $20,000, which may issue currency to the amount of the face of their securities they deposit with the government, the tax on circulation to be one-half of l per cent, payable annually In January. Snlisidy for a Pacific Cable. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Representative Taylor, of Ohio, introduced a bill to-day to encourage commerce with Hawaii and Japan by authorizing payment for twenty years of not exceeding $160,0u0 per year, payable quarterly, for telegraphic communication from San Francisco to Honolulu, and via the Midway islands to points to be selected on the Japanese coast. The money is to bo paid on a contract to be entered into between the United States and a private enterprise for the operation of a cable. After the twenty years the messages are forever to be sent free.

To Tax Mixed Flour. WASHINGTON. Jan. s.—Senator Mason to-day introduced a bill lixing a special tax upon the manufacture of mixed flour, manufacturers being required to pay SIOO. Mixed flour is defined by the bill to be the food product made from wheat and mixed with ground corn or other foreign substances. A fine of SI,OOO is imposed for the manufacture of this product without paying the tax, and like heavy fines are provided for other violations. An internal revenue tax of 4 cents for each ten-pound package in addition to the customs duty is imposed upon imported mixed flour. Will Fight tlie Monetary Plan. NEW YORK. Jan. s.—Senator Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, formerly chairman of the Republican national committee, who was in this city yesterday, said that an attempt to pass a measure through the Senate based on the plan proposed by the monetary commission tvould be like “squirting water against the wind.” The senator said there was no possibility of the passage of such plans. Senator Dee Mantle, the Republican free silverite of Montana, who also was in the city to-day, said that he believed no currency legislation would be enacted at this session. Bills Introduced by Intliatiians. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Representative Zenor to-day introduced bills to pension the widow of Rev. William Martin, of New Albany. chaplain of the Fifty-third Indiana Regiment; Rebekah 8. Allen, widow of James M. Allen, of the Mississippi Marine Brigade, and Nancy Thurman, dependent mother of John Thurman, who was killed in the civil war. Representative Griffiths introduced a bill for the relief of Mrs. Sally Pleasant, for barges loaded with hay that were burned during the war. The Indianapolis Plan. WASHINGTON. Jan. s.—Representative Overstreet, of Indiana, will to-morrow introduce the currency-reform bill of the Indianapolis Monetary Commission and it will be referred to the committee on banking and currency. It will then take its place with Secretary Gage's bill before the committee, which meets on Jan. 12 to consider these find other official bills now pending. General Notes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Controller Dawes has appointed William C. Oakley, of Chicago. national bank examiner to succeed Joseph T. Talbert, resigned. To-day's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $233,200,118; gold reserve, $160,987,199. Representative Johnson, of North Dakota, to-day introduced a bill to repeal the law which has just gone into effect relative to pelagic sealing and the importation of sealskins taken by pelagic sealers. The hearing of the Alabama contested election case of Crowe vs. Underwood in the House elections committee No. 1 has been postponed from Jan. 7 to Jan. 14. The committee on postoffices and postroads reported the Loud bill remedying abuses in the privileges of second-class mail matter to the House to-day. Chairman Loud, in making the report, said Congress must stop the second-class matter abuses or the government should go out of the postal business. William F. King, president of the Merchants' Association of New York; James B. Dill, counselor of the association, and William R. Corwine arrived in Washington tonight and will to-morrow appear before the Interstate-commerce Commission in favor of the anti-scalping bill. J. Walter Blandford, private secretary to the attorney general, was married to-day lo Miss Alice F. Middleton, who is well known in JVashington society. This evening tiie young couple left on a tour through the South. _ Double Murder and Suicide. FAIRBURY. Neb.. Jan. s.—The body of William Baker, who is supposed to have been the murderer of Farmer George Baker and wife, who was shot yesterday morning by an unknown assassin, has been found. Bloodhounds were put on the trail and about four miles from the scene of the murder Baker’s body was found, the top of the head having been blown off by the same shotgun used to commit the murder. There, is no explanation for the crime.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1898.

TO REFORM THE LAW ■' ♦ SWEEPING CHANGES PROPOSED IX THE CIVIL-SERVICE SYSTEM. + Bill Prepared by a Special Committee of Republican* Ready for Presentation to the House. WILL LEAVE MANY PLACES TO RE FILLED BY PERSONS NOT EXAMINED BY THE COMMISSION. 1 Change* SuggcNted by Cabinet Officers in Their Replies to Senate Resolution of Inquiry. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—The bill for the reform of the civil-service law, which has been drafted by a committee of Republican members of the House of Representatives opposed to the system in its present form, makes sweeping changes in the present system, the most important of which is the establishment of a five-year tenure of office for those government employes who are brought within the terms of the bill. The measure limits the application of the civilservice system to the departments in Washington and to such other localities where the total number of employes exceed twen-ty-five. All appointees are commissioned for five years, with the power of removal clearly regulated and vested in the appointing power. It is provided, however, that no removal shall be made for political or religious causes, and in case of removal the causes shall be specified and the papers made a record of the office. All persons now in public service are to terminate their service five years from the time that the act takes effect. The measure recognizes the general eligibility of these persons for reappointment. It includes in the civil service postal clerks and letter carriers in offices having over ten employes, exclusive of subordinates. It limits the civil-service regulations to clerks whose compensation is from S9OO to SI,BOO per annum, and includes as clerks copyists, computers, counters and draftsmen. It is pointed out thai the essential idea of the foregoing bill is to take out of the civil service all responsible and important offices, limiting it only to clerks in Washington and certain large cities, and in these cases fixing a tenure of office of five years. The members of the special committee framing the bill are well pleased with their labors, saying that the original purpose of the civil service has been retained, and that its radical expansions have been cut off. The bill was submitted to the Republican conference this evening and was adopted unanimously, with a few amendments. Representative Evans, of Kentucky, was instructed to introduce the measure in the House to-morrow. It will then be referred to the committee on civil service reform. A steering committee, to wait on the committee on rules, to secure the fixing of some date son considf lation of the proposed legislation, and to ascertain the sense of the House and the exact support that will be given it, was appointed as follows: Messrs. Grosvenor of Ohio, Hepburn of lowa, Evans of Kentucky, Pearson of North Carolina, Quigg of New York, Lacey of lowa and Steele of Indiana. Tjie conference was held in the House interstate-com-merce committee room, and about twentyfive members attended, including Messrs. Hepburn, Grosvenor, Pearson, Evans, Steele, Linney, Lorimer, Brown, Brownlow, Barber and the entire West Virginia delegation—Belknap, Reeves. Pugh, Shattuc, Bromwell and Fenton. The report of the special comrpittee which has been going over the various civil-service bills on the calendar during the recess as a basis for the one now framed, was made by Mr. Evans. When the section relating to postoffices was reached Mr. Steele of Indiana moved to strike out the provisions which exclude part of the postal service' from the operation of the law. This, however, was defeated, and, with the exception of several minor suggestions and changes made, there was a general unanimity among the conferees. The leaders of the movement are not yet able to definitely fix the number of government offices affected by the bill, but they say it will certainly leave 60,000 positions under the civil service, while there are now over 87,000. It is asserted that there is a majority on the civil-service committee in favor of modifications of the existing law. An ieffort will made to have the bill reported to the House by Friday, and action had immediately.

VIEWS OF CABINET OFFICERS. Secretaries Gage. Sherman and Wilson Reply to the Sennte. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Secretary Gage and other Cabinet officers to-day replied to the Senate resolution of Dec. IS, calling on the heads of the several executive departments for information as to what positions in their respective departments should be excepted from the civil-service laws and rules. Although treasury officials are reticent on the subject, there are good reasons for the belief that the secretary’s letter is practically in substantial accord with the views of the President, and it is altogether probable that in the absence of congressional action on the subject he will issue new rules which will carry into effect the charge,* suggested by the secretary. Mr. Gage’s reply in part says: “I believe that experience has taught that the order of May 6, 1896, was too sweeping and that there should bo taken out cf the classified service a considerable number of places that were at that time classified. The most important of those places are in the internal revenue service. The difficulties which the department has experienced in the administration of rules as they now exist, as applied to the internal revenue service, have become intolerable. I believe that all positions of deputy collectors of internal revenue should be made excepted places, subject, however, to noncompetitive examinations. The collectors, who appoint the deputies, are personally responsible for the conduct of their subordinates. his responsibility covers, not only the fidelity and integrity of those subordinates in their relation to the government, but extends to a personal liability to those who may be injured in person or in property by inconsiderate or malicious trespass committed by such subordinates in the course of their duties. It is obviously wrong that a collector, after assuming the heavy responsibility that he does, should be tied down to an eligible list. I believe that it is desirable that the collectors be free to select their subordinates from among men concerning whose personal characteristics and integrity they have knowledge. “Another branch of the service where experience has demonstrated that classification was ill advised is the custodian service in the public buildings throughout the country. There are in the service a large number of low-salaried positions where no academic ttst is required or desirable. I believe that it would be of and stinct advantage to take all portions in the custodian force, including elevator conductors, firemen, dynamo tenders and employes of a similar character out of the classified service.

“The employes of the light house establishment have been under civil service rules since May 6. No improvement has resulted, but on the other hand vexatious delays have occurred in filling vacancies which fortunately so far have not resulted in serious disaster. For all employes in this service, save the clerical force, the best Interests will be conserved by removing them from the classified service. I would also exempt the positions of shipping commissioner at the various ports.’’ “I would further suggest such a modification of the rules as would permit, when no eligible register exists, a permanent appointment to be made, in the discretion of the head of the department, subject to a noncompetitive examination by the Civilservice Commission, and also that the rules be so modified us to permit the head of a department to transfer any person in the

classified service of one branch of his department to the classified service of another branch, without regard to apportionment.” • • • Secretary Sherman, in response to the Senate’s resolution, recommends the exemption of the heads of bureaus and the chief clerk of the State Department from the operation of the law'. ”1 found,” he says, in his statement, “upon entering my duties as secretary of state that the entire clerical force of the department, including the chief clerk, at $2,500, and six chiefs of bureaus, at $2,100 each, were under the civil-service law. under a presidential order extending its operations so to embrace those officers. My opinion,” he continues, ‘is that these seven positions should be excepted from the operations of the laws governing the civil service, and I so recommended, should any changes of the civil-service law' be contemplated. These officers should be either appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate or the secretary of state should be, as formerly, acting for the President, empowered to appoint them. All these officers bear a close personal relation to the secretary of state in the conduct of the department s business. It is through them, under the assistant secretaries, he is enabled to transact his onlcial duties, and it would seem to be the part of prudence and discretion that they should be in sympathetic touch with the head of the department, to insure co-opera-tion and harmony of action. ’ The secretary concludes with the statement that he makes no complaint against the present occupants of these offices, but he thinks that upon general principles the secretary’s hands should not be tied. “This freedom of action on the part of the secretary of state, which should never have been curtailed, ’ he says, “would. I believe, promote public interest. It should certainly instill in those officers a desire to render the best possible service to the department and stimulate their highest endeavors to discharge their official duties in harmony with the wishes of the secretary of state.” * * * Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, sent the following letter: “The chief trouble 1 find in the Department of Agriculture exists in the Bureau of Animal Industry between inspectors, assistant inspectors, sto*:k examiners and taggers, covered into the service without examination: and the only marked inefficiency I find In the work of any class of employes in the department is among the above-mentioned employes of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and in certain of the state statistical agents, who were also covered into the service without examination. These matters can be remedied by the President by exempting certain positions from the classified service, or by the head of the department, through departmental examinations.’ AN ALLEGED BIGAMIST. Actor Ratcliffe May Be Tried for Another Serious Offense. NEW YORK, Jan. s.—The argument on the application for a certificate of reasonable doubt of the legality of the conviction of Actor Edward J. Ratcliffe for wife-beat-ing was on again to-day before Justice Dickey in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn. Should the certificate be granted, Ratcliffe would be released on bail pending an appeal to the higher courts. Assistant District Attoney Lloyd says that the grand jury will be asked to indict Ratcliffe for perjury on the statement of Caroline Ravenshill, of I/indon, that he married her in 1883 and deserted her and her baby in September, 1885, Ratcliffe having testified on his own trial for beating Alice De Lacey Ratcliffe that the latter was his only wife. District Attorney Gardiner has cabled to London asking Caroline Ravenshill to come to New York and appear as a witness against Ratcliffe. Howe & Hummel, attorneys for Ratclfffe’s wife, received a cablegram to-day frepn their London representative stating thAt he was mailing to them an official copy of the marriage certificate of Edward J. Ratcliffe to Caroline Ravenshill, a fishmonger’s daughter, on Aug. 19, 1883. Their representative also state* that several columns regarding Rateliffe’s antecedents were published in to-day’s Mail. Howe & Hummel instructed their representative to send the woman to this country on the next steamer. According to Howe & Hummel, their London representative obtain and confirmation of the story of Raiclifte’s English marriage from the fathers of both parties to the alleged marriage. They also declare that the father of the Ravenshill woman has a letter written by Ratcliffe to his daughter wfiyile the actor was in this country, in which Ratcliffe is alleged to have asked after the health of his son. THE DREYFUS CASE. Gen. Roseeraii* Think* tlie Frenchman Should Have a Rehearing. LOS ANGELES. Cab, Jan. s.—Gen. Rosecrans, in response to a request for his opinion on the Dreyfus case, has given out the following: “The case of Captain Dreyfus is one that appeals to the sympathy of every true American. A rehearing of the case under impartial influence would certainly do no harm were he guilty or innocent. If guilty, a conviction would accentuate the majesty of the law more forcibly. His gallant and patriotic conduct when his sword and insignia of rank w'ere tom from him when his sentence of dismissal from the army was being carried out; his devotion for his country, manifested by his cheers and cry of ‘Vive la France,’ in the midst of his scene of obloquy and degradation, appeal to every loyal soldier and certainly do not bear the marks of treason to his country.”

No Connection with Germans. BERLIN, Jan. s.—The Cologne Gazette reiterates most categorically that the Dreyfus affair has “absolutely no connection with Germany or the Germans in any way whatever.” This statement gives great satisfaction here. It is supposed to be a final challenge to the French government to repudiate the insinuations against Germany. The Vossisehe Zeitung says Count Von Munster, German ambassador to France, volunteered to make a similar statement at the trial of Dreyfus, but the French authorities declined his offer, fearing press attacks upon the ambassador. COL J. w. "clous ill. His Withdrawal from Carter CourtMartial Due to Sickness. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 5.—C01. John W. Clous, who has recently been relieved as judge advocate in the coming court-martial of Captain O. M. Carter, is seriously sick in his room here. On account of reports that Colonel Clous was relieved for other reasons, Captain Charles McClure, of the Eighteenth Infantry, w T ho is associated with him, said to-day: “In justice to Colonel Clous, I must state that he has been verv sick and confined to his room since Saturday. Oh Monday his physician informed him that in bis condition he could not continue the work in the Carter ca-e, and that if he did so he would not be answerable for the consequences. The order relieving Col. Clous from duty as judge advocate states that it was at his own request, on account of sickness. This request was made on nis part with great reluctance and only on the urgent advice of his physician. It is a gross injustice to Colonel Clous to say that he is not a sick man.” In the Interest of Mine Owners. DENVER, Col.. Jan. s.—Ex-Congressman Lase Pence, of this city, chairman of the committee appointed by the mining congress to take sieps to secure the establishment of a department of min?s and mining, wall soon leave for Washington to take the necessary steps to secure the passage of the law. Mr. Pence said that the committee had arrived at the conclusion that the best thing to do is to present the matter orally to the committee having it in charge. The committeemen are E. V. Smalley. of St. Paul; J. P. Hedges, of Pittsburg; W. F. Bechtal. of Omaha, and Lase Pence, of Colorado. Mr. Pence stated that gold and silver mining would be put in second place in ihe presentation of the committee’s argi ment and that the advantage of such a bureau to the general mining industry. including lead, zinc, iron, copper and coal would be dwelt upon. Trying to Escape t’uiiislinien t. ST. LOUIS. Jan. s.—The street-railway presidents who were arrested last week charged with violating the vestibule lawappeared in court to-day and were granted continuances until Jan. 8. Defendants Charles H. Turner, of the suburban road, and Edward Whittaker, of the Lindell line, have already filed motions to quash the prosecuting attorney’s information, and it is expected the ethers will do the same. The chief point of attack by the defense is that the vestibule law is class legislation and unconstitutional. When the cases are called Saturday the motions to quash will be argued.

NOTED RUSSIAN DEAD * DR. ZACHARIN', THE PHYSICIAN OF CZAR ALEXANDER 111. Once Called a Charlatan, bnt Later Recognized as One of the Lenders of His Profession In Russia. HOW HE RAISED HIS FEES BATCH OF INCIDENTS ILLUSTRATING HIS ECCENTRICITIES. Death of Gen. Yeatmon-Riggs, Who Commanded the British When Dargai Ridge Was Stormed. MOSCOW, Jan. s.—Dr. Zacharin, the famous physician of Czar Alexander 111, is dead. Dr. Zacharin (pronounced Zacharin), shortly before the death of Czar Alexander 111, which occurred on Nov. 1. 1894, was accused of having made a mistaken diagnosis of the Czar’s malady, negligence and lack of professional skill also being alleged. When the death of the Czar became known the populace of Moscow wrecked the doctor’s house. Later the medical students in St. Petersburg made a hostile demonstration against the doctor. In connection with the Czar's illness many stories were told about how Dr. Zacharin shocked the courtiers by his unconventional ways and how he used to attend the Emperor in a dressing gown and the boots of a peasant. Some correspondents even went so far as to declare him insane. It cannot be denied that Professor Zacharin was indeed a very eccentric man. with many a strange whim. He was what Americans might call a “crank,” and what Russians call “original." Zacharin was a self-made man in the fullest sense of the word. Os very poor and humble parentage, his youth was not of the brighest. His parents were too poor to pay his tuition fee at the gymnasium and it was only through his admirable faculties, his self-denial and hard labor that he managed to obtain the “attest of maturity,” as the diploma of a gymnasium is called in Russia. Zacharin’s medical career was a success from the very start. Having received his diploma he at once put out a hand-written sign, “Dr. Zacharin.” Fifteen minutes later someone in a carriage was looking fcr a doctor and Zacharin was hurried away to attend an aristocratic lady who had fainted. He found her already revived, but the gentleman of the house handed him a 3-ruble bill for his trouble. "My name, sir, is Dr. Zacharin,” said the doctor, indignantly returning the note, “and my fee is 10 rubles a visit.” He was paid and listened to an apology. RAISING HIS FEES.

A few years later, when he was already visiting his patients in a carriage drawn by a pair of black Orloff trotters with a footman and an assistant, Zacharin thought it was time to raise his fee. This is the way he did it: After a visit to a patient he was handed a 10-ruble bill. He took the paper note, spat upon it and stuck it on the door, and, without a word, left the room. While Zacharin treated poor people free, his charges for those who could pay was not less *han 100 rubles a visit. There was no limit to his fees, which depended on the social position and financial standing of the patient. He hated vanity and knew how to avenge the slightest disrespect shown him, especially by the higher class of nobility. This story, which will serve as an illustration. was told to an American when a student in the Moscow University. The superintendent of the imperial estates in Moscow was Count Orloff-Davidoff, one of the most aristocratic nobles of Russia. He had a sister, a, young and charming lady, who, being suddenly taken sick, was pronounced by the attending physician to be in a very dangerous condition. Finally the family sent for Professor Zacharin, who appointed an hour for the consultation. The appointed time arrived, half an hour passed, and then an hour, but no Zacharin. The attending physician, greatly incensed, finally left the patient. Zacharin’s two assistants arrived, and ten minutes later the professor himself made his appearance. “Good morning: good morning, sir.” said the count briskly. He left the professor’s hand untouched, and, pointing to his sister, said: “There is your patient, doctor; feel her pulse. I am all right." Zacharin swallowed the rebufT in silence, examined the patient, left a prescription, received his fee of 100 rubles and left. Next day the patient's condition was very alarming, and Za,charin was sent for again. But the messenger got only as far as Zacharm’s door, for no sooner had he declared that the message was from Count OrloffDavidoff than the door was slammed in his face. The count then sent a written request. which elicited no reply. Finally the count himself drove up to Zacharin’s residence and sent in his card with these few words written on it: "For God’s sake, doctor, come at once, my sister is dving.” Two minutes later the card was returned with these few lines on it in Zacharin’s hand"One thousand rubles a visit and nowhere to meet the count.” Orloff-Davidoff accepted this humilating condition, and during the next two weeks, in which Zacharin visited the count’s sister twice a day, he never saw the count's face, and was paid 1,000 rubles for every visit. The lady got well. Once Zacharin attended a wealthy merchant. On the mantel in the sick chamber stood a costly bronze clock under an exquisite crystal cover, which was somewhat too heavy to be removed. While examining the patient the professor heard the clock strike. “Oh. that clock!” he exclaimed. The wife of the sick man hurried on tiptoe to remove the offending clock, and as she did so she sneezed. This mark of disrespect aroused the eccentric medico to open wrath and he shouted, “Silence!” so vigorously and suddenly that the frightened woman let fall her burden and broke the clock into a hundred pieces. HIS SELF-CONFIDENCE. Zacharin placed his diagnosis beyond any criticism. To this absolute defiance of the profession must be attributed a great part of his success. The world admires selfconfidence. This story, told among the students, shows how rarely he made a mistake in diagnosis. A gentleman from the government of Toer imagined, probably with some reason, that he had heart trouble, and went to Moscow to be examined by and to consult Zacharin. After the examination he asked what his chances for life were. “You may live one year,” was the professor’s verdict. Almost a year later the patient called on Zacharin again. “Don’t you remember me, professor? About a year ago you said I had only twelve months to live. I have gained thirty pounds since, and hope to live many a year to come.” Zacharin's face was a study. “Did 1 predict it?” he asked. “Yes, right here, in this office.” “How long is it since you were here?” “Just eleven months.” “Well, sir, that leaves you still thirty days. You shouldn’t have troubled me. Professor Zacharin never makes a mistake. You’ll die within the time.” Next morning the gentleman was found dead in his bed. Zacharin was a man of quick, sharp wit, and always fertile in expedients. Some years ago he was appointed Investigating physician in one of the lunatic asylums in the vicinity of Moscow. While making his rounds he was approached by one convalescent patient, who complained on the quality of the food, especially the soup, which he said, was unfit for gentlemen. Zacharin, followed by the patient, started for the kitchen. As fate would have it. none of the attendants was present. Approaching the huge cauldron in which the soup was boiling he lifted the lid, took a spoon, tasted the soup and found it excellent. However, to humor the patient, he said: “You are right, sir; the soup is very bad. I shall see the steward and tell him to discharge the cook at once.” As he started to leave the kitchen the patient, a giant in stature and strength, bent over the doctor and whispered teasingly in his ear: “You know, doctor, you are such a wise-looking fellow- that you would make a delicious broth, besides improving Its nourishing qualities; don’t you think so yourself?" As he spoke he seized him by the shoulders to hurl him into the boiling liquid Quick as a flash, and with the utmost composure. the doctor exclaimed: “What a cap-

ital idea! Why. sir, 1 couldn’t think of anything better. But I fear that my clothes, which, as you know, are saturated with medicines, will spoil the flavor of the soup. Just let me go for a second to take them off." To prove his sincerity the professor began to unbutton his coat. The crazy man seemed to recognize that it was a reasonaole request, and with a hearty laugh let the doctor go. Two minutes later the soup improver was confined in a cell. Fourteen years ago, at a meeting of the Moscow- Medical Society, over one hundred physicians denounced Zacharin as a charlatan, but ten years later the same doctor was the most trusted medical adviser of his imperial Majesty, the Czar of all the Russias. NOTED BRITISH SOLDIER. Mnj. Gen. Arthur Codolphin YcntnianRlftKM Dies in India. LONDON, Jan. s.—According to a special dispatch from Peshawur, Major General Arthur Godolphln Yeatman-Biggs. in command of the second division of the Ti’-ah expedition in the northwest frontier of India, died on Tuesday of dysentery. The news is confirmed from various sources. Major General Yeatman-Biggs was a son of the late Harry Farr Yeatman, of Mans ton House, Dorset, and w-as born in 1843. He entered the army in 1860, became captain in 1874, major in 1880, lieutenant colon-*' in 1882, colonei in 1886 and major general last year. He served in China in 1862, during the South African war in 1879, and with the Egyptian expedition in 18S2. In 1878 he assumed by royal license the additional surname cf Biggs. He was created a Companion of the Bath (military) in 1891 and from 1895 had commanded the presidency district of Bengal. Some of the most effective work of the British forces on the northwest frontier of India during the campaign against the rebellious tribesmen has been done by the troops of the second division. The most brilliant exploit of the punitive expedition was the storming find recapture of Durgai ridge on the Samana range by the Guirkhas and the Gordon Highlanders of the Yeatman-Biggs Brigade last October. Edward Harford. LONDON, Jan. s.—Edward Harford, one of the delegates of the British Trades Union Congress to the American Federation of Labor congress held recently at Nashville, Tenn., died yesterday of pneumonia while returning on the American liner St. Paul, which arrived at Southampton to-day. Louis Hanger. NEW YORK, Jan. s.—The death of Louis Ranger, a prominent member of the Cotton Exchange, was announced to-day. Mr. Ranger was also a member of the Coffee, Produce and Corn Exchange. He was six-ty-live years old. MINT IN THE SWAMPS. Ohio Counterfeiter!* Alleged to Huve a Seeret Silver Coinuge Mill. TOLEDO, 0., Jan. s.—Deputy United States Marshal Shannon and Captain Webb, of the Secret Service, returned to the city-to-day from Paulding county, having in charge Henry Luce and Dr. Alex. Thompson. two residents of that county, charged with passing counterfeit half dollars. The coins put out by the two men are good plaster casts, but lack the weight and ring. It is known that an organized gang of counterfeiters inhabit the swamps and forests of this county, and the officers believe they have secured two members of the organization. When searched several blank certificates of membership in an oath-bound society were found on Luce.

Another Bogus SIOO Note. NEW YORK, Jan. s.—Two of the counterfeit one-hundred-dollar silver certificates have made their appearance in this city. Detectives purchased one this morning from a bank, where it had been received in the ordinary course of business. The subtreasury received the second note. Ilud Dollars in Texas. AUSTIN. Tex., Jan. s.—Counterfeiters are active in Texas, and this city and section is flooded with bad silver dollars. The counterfeit is an excellent one and only an expert can detect it. JAMES FRANEY AMBITIOUS. Wants the Notoriety of Being Knocked Out by Kid McCoy. CINCINNATI, Jan. s.—James Franey, of Portland. Ore., deposited with Harry Weldon to-night S2OO against SSOO to be put up by Kid McCoy that the Kid cannot knock him (Franey) out in four rounds. The fight is to take place in Cincinnati or Covington within six weeks. The Kid says his "Pacific Mail” contract controls his dates, but he would be glad to meet Franey in Dayton next w-eek. Prohibited by Police. NEW YORK, Jan. s.—The fight between Sammy Kelly and Billy Rotchford, of Chicago, scheduled for to-night at the Polo Athletic Club, has been postponed. The club, through a misunderstanding of the new charter, failed to obtain anew license, supposing that a license obtained last month would run for a year. To-night the police notified the club that the fight could not come off in an unlicensed club A MANIAC AT LARGE. J. W. Stone Shoots Two Men in n Store and Tries to Kill Others. DES MOINES, la., Jan. s.—An insane man named John W. Stone this afternoon entered the shoe store of C. L. Kahler, stepped up to Frank L. Kahler, the son of the proprietor, and fatally shot him in the abdomen. Stone then turned on Clifford Childs, who took to his heels and escaped. The third victim was Arris, one of the partners of the firm, who was shot through the left arm. Stone next ran toward Earl Smythe, a clerk in the store. Smythe dodged him and. while the maniac was trying to take aim, Smythe Jumoed on him and tried to disarm him. A desperate struggle ensued, in which two shots were fired, neither of which did any damage. Smythe succeeded in holding the maniac until the police came and took him away. Stone was undoubtedly insane at the time of the shooting. No other motive has been discovered. Brutul Robbers Foiled. DENVER. Col., Jan. 5. —A bold attempt w-as made to rob the home of Peter Magnes, at Rosedale, two miles southwest of Littleton, by two masked men, who bruaily assaulted both Mr. Magnes and his wife before they were repulsed by neighbors. Mr. Magnes is suffering from three deep gashes on his head, inflicted by one of his assailants with a revolver used as a. club. Mrs. Magnes is almost prostrated from numerous woimds on her face and body, made by the men, who beat her into insensibility. The purpose of the robber was to blow open the safe in the house, in which it was thought Mr. Magnes kept large sums of money, but it was frustrated by the escape from the house of Daniel Young, the seventeen-year-old nephew of Mr. Magnes, who summoned help. Travel to and from tli* Orient. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. s.—The annual report of the passenger business of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has been filed with the government. It shows an increase in travel between this country and the Orient, which is little less than phenomenal. The approximate number of passengers carried both to and from China and Japan during the year was 12,000, which is an increase of 25 per cent, on the previous year, and 40 per cent, more than the number handled for the corresponding trips during the same seasons of the year 1895. Though the report does not distinguish between cabin and steerage, yet it is a fact that the bulk of the increase has been in the cabin and consists of the very best class of tourist travel. Bartley’s Sentence Affirmed. LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. s.—Tht Supreme Court this evening rendc-ed a decision affirming the penitentiary sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment imposed upon ex-State Treasurer Bartley, convicted in the District Court of Douglas county of embezzling $735/40. The opinion is very lengthy, and Is concurred in by all of the judges. Bartley. since his conviction last fall, has been in the county jail at Omaha. Train Robbers Secured Little. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. s.—Last night’s bold-up on the Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad appears to nave proven a wind haul. Wells-Fargo Messenger M. E. Hayden, who was bound and covered by one of the robbers while the others rifled the local safe, sent his company a message this morning to the effect that the robbers took nothing of value. This statement is adhered to by the local officials of the express and railway companies, who

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As sung by the Bostonians 150 Nights at K nicker. bocker Theater. New York. PRICES—Lower floor, $1.50; balcony, fl, 75c, 50cj gallery. 25c Seats now on sale. PARK | To-Day, j £ ft THE POPULAR DIALECT COMEDIAN, SAM MORRIS In the thrilling comedy-drama, “ON THE YUKON” A Great Scenic Production of the Klondike. I’RICES—IOe, alle, <iOc. Matinee Dnlly. EVERYBODY GOES TO THE PARK. Next week—‘‘Hopkins’s Trans- Ocean icq." EMPIRE Delaware and Wabash Matinee ut 8. To-Night at S. ROSE SYDELL’S LONDON BELLES Comedy, Vaudeville and Extravanganza( TO-NIGHT— Hale-Mu rltii rge r Con teat COMING—Reilly & \Vool' Ui|g Sliotv. " ABSTRACT HR OF TITLES. THEODORE STEIN, ABSTRACTER of TITLES Corner Market and Pennsylvania streets. Indianapolis. Suite 229, First Office Floor, "Th 4 Lemoke.” Telephone 1760. SEALS. STENCILS. STAMPS. seals'^T STENCILS,STAMPS! Si CATALOGUE FREE BADGES. CHECKS &C. | j glfo 1EL1386. 15 SLMERIDIAN SI Ground Floor. I assert that nothing- but a few packages of jewelry, of no particular value, and no money, were secured. The robbers were two in number and are described as being* about twenty-rive years oid and clean shuven. They have apparently made good their escape. AN OLD THEORY. Dr. Rporge F. Shrudy’s Opinion of the Sex-Inttuent?lnK Discovery. NEW YORK, Jan. s.—The medical fraternity in this city is much interested in the report from Vienna that Dr. Schenck had discovered the secret of exercising an Influence over females so as to fix the sex of their offspring. Dr. George F. Shrady, editor of the Medical Record, to-day said: ”1 think Dr. Schenck’s discovery is probably a revival of the old theory which holds that the sex of a child is determined wholly or partly by the manner in which its parents are nourished. The study of animals has shown that the female, when confined to a low- diet, if it conceives at all, will bring forth a male. Contraxily, when the diet is of high nutrition, the issue is likely to be a female. The breeders of all sorts of animals have gone to great length in attempts to indubitably prove this theory and to a certain extent the results bear it out. Os course, there are exceptions.” Huilwuy Employes Injured. MANISTEE, Mich., Jan. s.—The rear end of a Toledo. Ann Arbor & Northern freight train rushed down Church hill past the village of Copemish to-day and dashed into a Manistee & Northeastern freight engine standing on the crossing, taking water. The engine was wrecked. Conductor Jones is reported to be dying. Engineer Andrew Fritzell and Fireman Ercott, of the Manistee & Northeastern, are at their homes in this city with more or less serious injuries. The accident was caused by the Ann Arbor brakeman cutting the train in two on a steep grade on the supposition that tha conductor would hold It. Only Twenty Deaths. LONDON, Ont., Jan. s.—lt now appears that there were but twenty deaths from the collapse of the floor in the City Hall. To the list of the dead the name of John Hamilton Fortner has been added. The boy Allen Town, although seriously injured, is still alive. The others heretofore reported dead, but who are alive, are: Wilson Carot Iters. John Burgess, Herman, Hilbert, John Fellows and James McLean. Will Hung fur Killing His Child. SPRINGFIELD, Maas.. Jan. L-Dc**-inque Krntho->ki, charged wlt.h the murder of Victoria Pinkos, his sixteen-war-okl stepdaughter, was to-day convicted of m J*der in the first degree. The trial \va- ona of the shortest murder trials uu record.

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