Indianapolis Journal, Volume 48, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1898 — Page 4

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VICTORY FOR MISERS r KUtftliUL ♦ MEW SCALE ADOPTED THE CHICAGO JOIST CONVENTION. * Wage* of Nearly 200,000 Digger* of Soft Coal to Be Increased lO Cents a. Ton on April 1. # * . WORK DAY TO BE EIGHT HOURS UNIFORM RATES TO BE PAID LABORERS IN ALL THE FIELDS. Operator* Seemingly as Much Pleased aa Tlielr Men at the Result of the Long Conference. CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-The interstate Joint convention of bituminous coal operators and miners came to an end at 10 o’clock tonight. The miners were jubilant over the results of their ten days’ session, for it means ta nearly 200,000 soft coal miners an advance of 10 cents per ton and a uniform day of eight hours at uniform day wages. And the operators congratulated one another with a victory over themselves. The following are the resolutions adopted with but two dissenting votes: ‘"That an advance of 10 cents per ton for mining screened coal take effect in the western Pennsylvania district, Hocking Valley (Ohio) district and Indiana bituminous district, the Ist day of April, 1808, and that a relative run of mine price he determined in all the districts named, by a unlform flat or acorn-shaped bar screen of seventy-two feet superficial area, one-and-one-fourth-ineh space between the bars; that the price of run of mine coal in Grape Creek district and in the Indiana bituminous district be 40 cents per ton for the same district, based upon CO cents in the Pittsburg thin-vein district, and that on and after April 1, 1808, the eight-hour day shall be in effect in all districts litre represented; that uniform wages for day labor shall be pajd the different classes of labor in the field named, and that internal differences In any of the States, both as to price and conditions, shall he referred to the States affected; that we further agree to the use of the diamond bar screen of present pattern in the block coal districts of Indiana, with tho privilege of run of mine, as may bo desired by the market conditions.” SCALE COMMITTEE NAMED. The convention completed its work by naming a scale committee, to consist of the national executive board of the mine workers, the district presidents and secretaries and two operators from each State, to tabulate the scale and perfect all arrange ts for putting it into effect _on the date oet. It was determined that hereafter the miners artd operators will meet in January e: cd year to fix a scale for the twelve men hs beginning April 1. Pittsburg was selected for the next annual joint convention, which will meet on the third Tuesday of Januarx, 1899. i

The afternoon session of the convention to-day was very stormy and for a. few hours appearances led to the belief that after ten days’ hard work the convention would fail to reach a settlement. The scale committee’s final report, as outlined above, was presented and with it came the protests of two Hocking Valley operators, Messrs. Morton and Ellsworth. They insisted upon a /differential being established between ttteir scale and that of the thin vein of Pennsylvania and quoted masses of statistics to show that if the plan were put Into operation Hocking Valley mines would be compelled to close down in face of competition from Pittsburg and West Virginia. Operator Robbins, of Pennsylvania, finally proposed that the question of differential In favor of the Hocking Valley district be left to arbitration. This was at once accepted by the Hocking Valley operators, but brought out a demand from the operators of Ohio outside the Hocking Valley that they be included in the arbitration and be allowed a differential as well. % When the Ohio operators got through objecting to the plan, the Indiana miners, or a part of them, announced that they could not support the new scale. Instead of basing on the Grape Creek scale of 40 cents, they demanded that it be made 40 2-3 cents. In the midst of this tangle the convention took a recess. No further trouble was made by the Indiana miners, they bei'ug prevailed upon not to w’reck the work of the convention. THE VOTE ON THE SCALE. On reassembling a roll call was ordered on the resolutions. It resulted: Yeas, 34; nays, 2, as follows: Illinois operators, 4 votes yea; miners, 4 votes, yea; Indiana operators, 4 votes, yea; miners, 4 votes, yea; Ohio operators, 2, yea, 2 nay; miners, all yea. Mr. Morton, of Ohio, in casting the two negative votes explained that they were against the 66-cent rate for Hocking valley. Mr. Chapman in casting two votes yea explained that he cast them for the balance of Ohio, except Guernsey county. In order to ascertain the standing of Guernsey county operators President Ratchford called for a vote from them. This plainly meant that if it became necessary to tie the Hocking valley mines Guernsey county was to be included if they voted nay. After a short conference the Guernsey county men voted for the resolution. President Ratchford then moved that the majority vote on the resolution made the sense of the convention by u vive voce vote. The motion carried unanimously and the convention applauded wildly for several minules. President Ratchford addressed the convention, urging the operators of Hocking valley and Pennsylvania to get together and adjust their differences, so that on April 1 they would be able to give their miners the advance and better hours which would then become effective elsewhere, and he promised to use his best endeavors to bring them together. Operator Daizell, of Illinois, put through a motion that the scale adopted be in effect from April 1, 1893 to April 1, 1899, and that the miners and operators meet in joint conference in January. 181®, to adopt a scale for the rate of mining for tie ensuing year. The arrangement of the slate scales was then discussed. President Ratchford explained that the adjustment of the day rate would be arranged by each State, the day men to have an advance in ratio with the mining rate, eight hours’ labor with eight hours' pay, forty-eight hours' labor per W’eek. Mr. Ratchford expressed the hope that at the end of tho year perhaps even better hours could be obtained. The eighthour day lie considered even a greater victory than the 10-cent advance and one of the greatest movements yet accomplished by organized labor. Operator Robbins, of Pennsylvania, congratulated the miners on the grand victory. In conclusion, lie moved that the same relative price that has existed between pick and machine mining shall be In force during the ensuing yeur. The motion was unanimously carried. Arrangements were made for the meetings of the various committees to arrange •tate differentials, .aid the convention adjourned sine die. . WHAT THE LEADERS SAY. President M. D. Katchford. of the United Mine Wo*'k<*. expressed himself aa highly

satisfied with the work of the convention. He said: “I consider the establishment of an eight-hour day for the miners opts of the greatest labor victories of the century. It Is, in my estimation, of far more importance than tho 10 cents per ton advance. We are bound to consider the conditions of the coal industry in asking for an advance in the mining scale and, perhaps, when we meet in annual conference next year conditions may be such that the advance would be lost. But the uniform day of eight hours’ work and forty-eight hours for the week will stand as one of the greatest achievements in the history of the miners or any other organization. It may he that the new scale is not ail that the miners In some districts have desired, but as a whole I consider it as an eminently satisfactory one.” Colonel W. P. Rend, of Chicago, who owns and operates coal mines in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, express**! himself as highly pleased with the results of the convention. He said: “When the convention met a week ago last Monday, I predicted a peacqible settlement. Os course, there were many young delegates who insisted on being heard, and the deliberations were long drawn out, but moderation, which I havei counseled from the beginning, has prevailed, and 1 congratulate the miners of this country on their splendid achievement.” Waiter S. Bogle, an extensive operator in Indiana, expresstjd himself in a like manner. Mr. Bogle was perhaps the strongest ally the miners had among the operators for a uniform day of eight hours. He said: "The convention has been a grand success. Thq miners have been very considerate in their demands, especially as to the date of anew scale, changing their period from Jan. 16 to April 1, and in so doing went far to conciliate the operators in regard to the general tqrms. We of Indiana have made a strong light for the eight-hour day, and I consider its establishment as the grandest step forward in the history of organized labor.” f Fall River Spinners. FALL RIVER, Mass., Jan. 26.—Althovg’i the striking frame spinners at the Iron Works mills have no union and are not in the regular labor unions of the city, they are making a fight which bids fair to be a stubborn one. They succeeded in getting some of the operatives out of the No. 1 mill, thus making the strike include and affect three of ihe four mills operated by this company. The strikers at the Sagamore mill say that their places have been partially filled by help from the otner mills, but they refused to go to work to-day. They claimed that their pay was reduced about 13 per cent., and, besides this, the speed of the machinery was increased. They informed the mill authorities to-day that if the fast pulleys are removed they will accept the reduction. The loom fixers have decided to support their brethren in New Bedford by assessing each member 25 cents a week. This afternoon the cardroom operatives of the King Philip mill met and devised a plan whereby those locked c>ut may report and be paid. To-night the carders of the Granite mill reported an excessive reduction in their wages, in some cases as high as 22 per cent. Secretary Lansey was instructed to interview Agent Shove and ask that the schedule be revised. The union will not accept the reduction as it now stands and will order a strike if the wages are not revised. Investigation Proposed. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Jan. 26.—1n the Housq of Representatives to-day a resolution was introduced providing for the appointment of a special committee to investigate the causes and report a remedy for the depressed condition of the cotton industry of the State. The House refused to pass the measure and it was referred to a committee.

RUSH OF KLONDIKERS. About 1,000 Left Pacific Coast Ports for Alaska Yesterday. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 26.—The steamer City of Seattle sailed to-day for Alaska, carrying six hundred passengers. General Merriam, commanding the Department of the Columbia, to-day chartered a steamboat to convey the supplies and baggage of the Alaska relief expedition from Vancouver barracks to Portland, from which point they will be shipped to Dyea by the steamer George W. Elder on Feb. 1. Most of the pack animals and packers huve been sent to Seattle, and from there will go by steamer to Dyea. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 26.— Three crowded steamers sailed for Dyea and Skaguay within a few' hours of eacl\ other to-day. Five hundred people left this city for the north, and from other sound ports combined almost as many again are booked by the three vessels making the departure for Alaska from Puget sound in one day—nearly one thousand. The Clara Nevada made her initial voyage and carried one hundred first-class and sixty-five second-class passengers. The steamer City of Seattle sailed with fifty-eight first and 150 second-ciass passengers. Her bookings at other sound ports will swell the number to almost six hundred. The Utopia sailed in the afternoon wit h over one hundred people aboard. The steamer City of Topeka will sail tomorrow' at 9 o’clock for Juneau and Sitka, and before she leaves the sound will have over two hundred passengers, a majority from this city. Her accommodations were sold out some time in advance. Contract for a Railway Signed. OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 26.—The contract for building a railway from Telegraph creek to Teslin lake, leading from the headwaters of the Stickeqn to Dawson City, has been signed by McKenzie & Mann, the road to be commenced at a point not yet decided upon near Glenora and run to Teslin lake over a country not very difficult for railway construction. Thu distance is about 130 miles. The Canadian government has agreed with the contractors to give 25.000 acres of land per miie as a subsidy. The railway will btj completed in time to permit of supplies being stmt into the Yukon before next winter sets in. Steamur-s are to run from Teslin lake to Dawson City. Stocking l j on Canadian Soli. VICTORIA, B. C\, Jan. 26.-W. L. Gorstle, of the Alaska Commercial Company, who has been here for two weeks purchasing goods for the company’s stores in the Canadian Yukon, has closed contracts with local merchants for $170,000 worth of goods, principally drugs and provisions. The Alaska Company purchasui here to save the duty which is charged on other than Canadian goods entering that district. DR. C. L. THOMPSON CHOSEN. New Secretary of Presbyterian Board of Home Mission*. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—1n accordance with an agreement of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which met at Eagle Lake, Ind., last May, Dr. C. L. Thompson has been named as secretary of the Presbyterian board of home missions, r placing Rev. Dr. W. C. Roberts and Rev. Dr. Duncan J. McMillan, who for several years have divided the duties of the corresponding secretaryship, Mr. Roberts being the senior secretary. Dr. C. L. Thompson is at present pastor of the Madison-avcnuo Presbyterian Church of this city. >1 4 t SHOULD BE AMERICAN. W hy the I’nited Stutes Should Control the Nicaragua Canal. Senator Turpie in February Harper's. There is no reason why. if our government is to furnish the funds for the construction of the canal, it should not also directly control and administer the same, in cc-njunction with the Central American governments interested, under a treaty with them concluded for that purpose. There is certainly no reason why the government of the l nited States, in relation to the building, completion and future operation of this grtjit canal, should treat with a private corporation, whose only claim to consideration rests in the total discredit and disaster which have accompanied its attempt in the execution of the work. And it is to be especially noted that although tht* government of Nicaragua publicly charges the Maritime Canal Company with violations of the concession, and with inexcusable breaches of contract, yet neither of the Centra! American republics has made any opposition to the enterprise itself, or to ti>e construction of the canal by our government. A condition quite fortunate is thus shown, because it is not possible that any power could not build or operate this ship canal

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In the country of an unfriendly population. This work is not like that of Suez or Corinth. Those are canals built by excavation on the sea level, as before stated. To destroy them w'ould require the slow process of the excavation of another channel to drain away their waters, or the filling up of the present one in use; but the Nicaragua canal, with its double aysttjm of dams and locks, would be peculiarly sensitive and liable to injury, by either public or private enemies, as there are many places along the line at which an hour’s work with the* pick and shovel, to say nothing of the use of explosives, would let the water rapidly escope, and so wreck the whole system. CRUISING SOUTHWARD. Mysterious Mission of British Ships of the Etiquimalf Station. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 26.—Much mystery attaches to the destination of the British cruiser Pheasant, now here, en route southward. While the officers convey the impression that their trip down the coast is merely an ordinary cruise, the more communicative subordinates say that the ship is being hurried to reach southern waters, where she is to join the big cruiser Amphion and that the two will go to Iquique. The Leander and the torpedo destroyer Sparrow Hawk are also understood to be on their way south and were to have left Esquimau yesterday, it is impossible to learn what trouble is anticipated off the coast of Chile, but it is considered significant for the Leunder and Sparrow Hawk to be ordered from Esquimau south so soon after their long voyage from England. WESTERN BIRDS GAME FOUGHT BETTER THAN THE FOWLS FROM MASSACHUSETTS. Cocking Main Near Chicago at Which Much Money Changed Hands— Bicycle Contest Scores. CHICAGO, Jan. 26.—Chicago birds defeated the Eastern representatives yesterday in one of the greatest cocking mains ever held in the West. The cocks w’ere furnished by John Mackin, of this city, and Frank Casey, of Blackstone, Mass. The latter was accompanied by about a dozen prominent sporting men from Boston, who were anxious to back his birds. The main was for $5,000, and large amounts were wagered upon each battle. On account of threatened prosecution by the Illinois Humane Society, which offered a reward for information, the battles were fought at Antioch, about four miles from chc city. Twenty-one birds were shown by each side, of which fifteen fell in. The weights were four pounds and six ounces to catch weights, alternating heavy and light birds. The Eastern contingent was well supplied and bet the Western men to a standstill both on the main and on each battle. Casey won the first four without much trouble, and the score was 5 to 1 after the sixth. Mackin had fought three Japs sent especially by Grenn, of Sacramento, Cal. In each instance they lost without even putting up a good fight. He then changed his tactics and refused to throw any more Japs in, using birds bred by himself and Groves. With the score 6 to 2 against him he won six straight battles. One cock w r on twice. Oldtimers said it was the fastest fighting they ever saw. The birds on each side were game to the utmost degree. The main lasted six hours. It was a hard one for Casey to lose, especially as his chickens lost two of the critical battles after having a big advantage. Casey is said never to have lost a main before, while Mackin has not been defeated for several years. The Eastern men are supposed to have lost between $5,000 and $6,000 on the result. Their gameness aroused favorable comment. Tom Hanton, of this city, officiated as referee and timekeeper. The principals were such thorough sportsmen that he was not called on to decide a single protest. Although the battle was fought yesterday, the party did not return until to-day. It was caught in the blizzard five miles from a railroad station. Casey and his friends are anxious to arrange a return main in the East and have secured a partial promise. Where New Yorker* Will Bowl. NEW YORK. Jan. 26.—A1l arrangements for the proposed Western trip of the Greater New York bowlers have been completed. The first game will be rolled in Toledo, 0., on March 1, and the other places to be visited and the dates of games follow: Columbus, 0., March 2 and 3; Cincinnati, March 4; Newport, Ky., March 5; Fairview', March 6; Dayton, 0., March 7: Covington, Ky., March 8: Indianapolis, March 9 and 10; Chicago, March 11, 12 and 13; Milwaukee, March 14, and Detroit, March 15. Games will also be played in St. Louis and Louisville, and the Eastern team will split up to go to these cities, while the others are playing in Indianapolis and Chicago.

Little Interest in the Bicycle Race. PITTSBURG, Jan. 26.—There was a very light attendance at the seventy-two-hour bicycle race to-day and little interest was manifested. Eddie Bald gave an exhibition ride of half a mile, making the distance in cne minute four seconds The record for thirty-six hours in a seventy-two-hour race was broken to-night by thirty-eight miles. The score at 1 o’clock this (Thursday) morning was: Waller, 681 miles, 8 laps; Henshaw. 527.2; Eikes, 681.8: Dench, 638.4; Garlnon, 608.10; Schinneor, 679.8; Hall, 675.4; Ruckel, 603.7; Walters, 672.5. Horse Review Stake* Divided. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 26.—Arrangements were closed to-day by which the two-year-old division of the Horse Review stakes will be the principal feature at the Grand Circuit meeting at the Fort Wayne Driving Park next August. The trotters ■will go for $7,500 and pacers for $2,500. THE EARTH TREMBLED. Severe Seismic Shock* Felt by Arkansas Early Last Night. HELENA, Ark., Jan. 26.—At 7:50 o’clock to-night this city was startled by a severe earthquake shock. Houses were shaken to their foundations and a succession of noises was heard that sounded like immense explosions. The people who had assembled in the Presbyterian Church for prayer meeting rushed out of the building expecting the walls to tumble down upon them. There were three distinct shocks, the flrst being the most severe, the three occupying less than a half dozen seconds. They were succeeded by a trembling or shaking motion, and not by the usual swaying and waving motions. - Telephone messages from country points indicate that the shock was felt at many places. When Niagara Will No Longer Flow. Dr. J. W. Spencer before the Canadian Institute. From discoveries in the history of Niagara it has been found that the land Is rising at the rate of a foot and a quarter or a foot and a half a century in that district. more than two feet northeast of Georgian bay, and more than four feet a century at the outlet of Lake Ontario. This northwestward elevation of the land is causing tho waters of the lakes to overflow the low country about their southwestern extremities. The inundation continuing, it is estimated that in six hundred or seven hundred years Lake Erie will be on the same level as Lake Huron: in one thousand or twelve hundred years all the upper lakes will have two outlets, namely, by way of Niagara river and also by way of Chicago and the Mississippi. In twenty-four hundred years Niagara falls will no longer flow, as by that time the waters of the upper lakes will be emptying into the Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico. In live thousand years the Niagara river and Lake Erie at Buffalo will be drained. But the Chicago canal, which is now being built, will greatly hasten the change of drainage, but save the low country about Chicago from being submerged. Hanker City Reform Movement. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 26.-A large body of the clqrgymen of this city have begun a crusade against disorderly houses, concert halls and other alleged illegal resorts, after the manner of the Parkhurst reform movement in New York. Rf^v.Charles H. YVolston. pastor of the East Baptist Church, is authority for the statement that a series of public meetings will be held for the purpose) of arousing public sentiment to what he and his associates conceive to be the necessity of insisting upon a more rigid enforcement of the law#

PEACE STILL REIG.NS _4 PRESENCE OF THE MAINE AT HAVANA HAS CAUSED NO TROUBLE. Adniini*t ration Official* Pleased at the Reception Accorded the Battle Ship and It* Officer*. ■ 4 EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TAKEN POLICE PREPARED TO PREVENT COLLISIONS WITH YANKEE TARS. * Additional Guard* Placed at the American Consulate—Spanish Battle Ship to Visit Our Port*. •: , 4 WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—A1l the advices received by the State Department and Navy Department from Cuba to-day were satisfactory. A cablegram from Consul General Lee, dated 5:30 last evening, said: “Have just received a visit from the commander of the Maine, ar.d will return it to-morrow. He has already returned official visits of Spanish and other naval vessels. No disorders of any sort.’’ At 2 o’clock this afternoon General Lee reported that all was quiet and order prevailed in Havana. At about the same hour a cablegram came to the Navy Department from Captain Sigsbee, of tho Maine, saying that general interest was manifested on the arrival of the Maine in Havana harbor, but there had been no demonstration. He had been ashore himself several times officially and had been received with the greatest courtesy. He expected to visit the palace to-morrow.

The officials here are pleased at the success attending their movement in dispatching the Maine to Havana, and at the reception accorded the ship at that port. The report that British and French w r ar ships are to join the American and German war ships are regarded her© as highly favorable, although no official notice of such intentions on the part of the British and French governments has been received. The presence of these nations alongside of the United States war ship will go far, it is believed, to convince the people of Havara and Madrid that there is no sinister purpose in the Maine’s arrival, while it will make it exceedingly difficult for the Spanish government to And any reasonable ground for complaint against the United States government without laying itself ofen to the charge of discrimination, since the same objection must lie against the presence of the war ships of any or all nations. Secretary Long this morning received a cablegram from Admiral Sicard saying that the North Atlantic squadron had gone into the inner anchorage at Dry Tgrtugas. The telegram was brought to Key West by the Fern, which is serving as a dispatch and supply boat for the fleet. The torpedo boats in the vicinity of Key West are under Admiral Sicard’s orders w hile near the squadron to serve also as dispatch vessels, and to give the vessels some practice in the drills for repelling torpedo attacks. This does not, however, interfere w'ith the standing orders to Lieutenant Commander Kimball, the commanding officer of the torpedo boat flotilla, and the little craft will continue on the cruise along the coast as tar west as Galveston, and then returning, go up the Mississippi river in the early spring. The Porter, one of the fleet, sailed ye sterday from Port Tampa for Mobile, in company with the Ericsson, to be present at a local celebration there, but they probably will return to the squadron before resuming their alongshore cruise. Secretary Long said to-day that he had received no notice from the Spanish minister or from any other source that Spanish men-of-war have been ordered to visit United States ports. They were perfectly welcome to come and go as pleased, he said, and as far as he w r as concerned he would be delighted to have them come. Spanish war ships have frequently visited the United States since the insurrectionary movement broke out in Cuba three years ago without having excited the least unfriendly comment, and there was no reason why any significance shomd be attached to their coming again whenever they felt disposed to uo so. 't he Spanish flagsnip on tnis station took part in the ceremonies connected with the dedication of the Grant monument in New York about a year ago, and also at the subsequent celebration in Philadelphia last summer, after whicn the Spanish admiral and his staff visited Washington and paid their respects to the President and the members of his Cabinet. Secretary Long said he recalled with pleasure the visit of the party to the Navy department. Secretary Sherman also said lie saw no reason why the Spanish ships should not visit the United States, and, in fact, he would be glad if they did come. They would be welcome. Tti© information from Madrid that tho Spanish government had deemed to send the war ship Vizcaya on a visit to American ports caused no comments in official circles. She is a formidable craft, larger, faster and more powerful than the Maine. Her points as recorded here are as follows: Length, 340 feet; beam, 65 feet; drait, 21 feet 6 inches, two propellers, 13,000 horse power, with a twelve-inch armor belt and barbettes ten and a half inches, and an armored deck varying in thickness from two to three inches. Her battery is made up of two twenty-eight-centimeters, ten fourteen-centimeters, one nine-centimeter (all Honoria gups made in Spain), eight fifty-seven-inilimeters, four thirty-seven-miiimeters and two machine guns. There are six torpedo tubes. The ship was launched in 1881, cost $3,000,000 and is capable of twenty-one knots, while the Maine is but seventeen and a half knots. Altogether the Vizcaya is a formidable ship. Situation at Havana. HAVANA, Jan. 26.—The German' cruiser Charlotte (school ship) has just arrived, and a British war ship has reached here from Key West. This afternoon United States Consul General Lee visited the Maine, returning the official visit paid him yesterday by Captain Sigsbee. He was accorded the usual salute. The local papers insist that the Maine is here on a friendly visit and with the view of “offsetting jingo speeches in Washington.” The government has reinforced the police at the American consulate, along the wharves and on the principal streets, as a precaution against any attempts to provoke a collision when the 'marines and crew of the United States war ship Maine come ashore. La Lucha, replying to an article published in El Diario de la Marina from a New York correspondent, calling for the expulsion of American correspondents from Havana, expostulates with El Diario de la Marina, saying that any such action w’ould have a mbst serious counter-effect, and warning El Diario de la Marina to use more moderate language. General Blanco, who reached Jucaro yesterday, left there to-day for Manzaniila, after inspecting the Moron-Jucaro trocha and reviewing the forces. The city is entirely quiet to-night. The Maine lies at anchor near the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII. Many persons believe that the presence of the American war ship here Is designed to bring about disturbances on the streets of Havana when American sailors and marines land. This morning two battalions of infantry and a section of artillery arrived from the province of Pinar del Rio. * ■ CAPTAIN SIGSBEE. Sketch of the Officer in Command nf the Battle Ship Maine. WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.—Captain Sigsbee, who is in command of the Maine, now lying off Havana, and upon whom peace or war may depend, is by no means a novice in the art of war, having served an apprenticeship during the rebellion, immediately after

graduating from the Annapolis Naval Academy. He was appointed a cadet at the Na\al Academy from New York in 1850. and when he graduated four years later he was promoted to ensign •and assigned to duty on the Monongahela, where he remained until 1864, when he was assigned to the Brooklyn. It was with this vessel that he participated in the battle of Mobile bay under Farragut in August, 1864. Subsequently he was a participant in both attacks on Fort Fisher, as well as the final assault which resulted in the capture of that place in 1865. Shortly after the close of the rebellion he was made a lieutenant commander, and ever since he has occupied positions of trust and responsibility in the navy and the coast and geodetic survey. While in charge of the survey steamer Blake he paid particular attention to exploring the Gulf of Mexico and invented a system of deep sea soundings and what is known as a gravitating trap for bringing up specimens of water from any certain depth. For a score of years he has been interested in scientific and artistic affairs connected with his department, and has a reputation as a clever etcher and free-hand drawer, having developed these talents while connected with the hydrographic office as chief of that bureau. A former classmate of Captain Sigsbee at the Naval Academy describes him as being a man who could be trusted to acquit himself creditably in any emergency that might arise. There Is no doubt as to his courage as well as discretion, and it would have been difficult to find a safer man to have sent to Havana at such a time. He would quickly resent any act of intimidation or insult that might be offered to American citizens or their representatives, and at the same time wouid not do anything that would be considered foolhardy or rash. He is accustomed to command, having been in responsible positions for the last thirty years, ami in every instance he has acquitted himself with credit to himself and the government. His experience during the rebellion will stand him in good service now and his men will find that they have in him a commander who is on a par with lighting Bob Evans, the hero of the Valparaiso (Chile) affair several years ago. While Captain Sigsbee may not be as dashing in ids manners as Captain Evans, he is equally brave in the face of danger. Shortly after becoming a captain and being assigned to the command of the Maine, Captain Sigsbee gave an illustration of his presence of mind in New York harbor. His battle ship was bearing dowrn on an excursion boat in the East river. Ahead was the excursion boat, full of human beings. On either side was a barge. The only clear way showed a pier. The old commander ordered his engines reversed, and to the amazement of the beholders he steered straight for the pier and ran it amuck. The pier was badly torn up, the Maine’s nose was bruised, but several hundred human lives were saved. The excursion boat ran clear, but ten loaded freight cars, that were standing on the pier, went to the bottom of the river. There is no doubt as to Capt. Sigsbee’s relative valuation of human life and property. About $4,000 in property was destroyed, but 1,000 lives were saved. That was not a bad ten minutes' work for a man whose business it is to kill. There was a court of inquiry convened at that time, but Captain Sigsbee was acquitted of any blame in the matter, and, ligurately speaking, was patted on the back by the secretary of the navy, who commended his humane action as the proper thing under the circumstances. Captain Sigsbee has just passed the half century mark in life, and is of a spare figure and about five feet seven inches in stature. His dark hair is just becoming tinged with gray, and a swarthy complexion is accentuated by eyeglasses, which are indispensable for the commander of the Maine. Owing to his artistic and scientific interests there was some criticism as to whether he would be a proper commander for a man of war, but when this suggestion was made to his brother pffleers and former associates they were unanimous in expressing the belief that a more conscientious or courageous officer could not be found for the duty to which he has been assigned.

FOItCED TO RETREAT. Spaniards Suffer in an Engagement with Cubans—Blanco’s Mission. HAVANA, via Key West, Jan. 26.—Gen. Molina, on the morning of the 20th of January, began a second attack on the insurgent position between Boca Camarioca and and Punta Maya. The insurgents were under Leader Tabarts, and they stood continuous volleys until the Spanish, about 11 o’clock, began an artillery firej. The insurgents, being without cannon, burned their camp and made a flank movement toward the coast and the Spanish rear, obliging General Molina to abandon his position in order to avoid a rear attack and compelling him to retrqat toward the coast. The insurgents immediately divided their forces and invaded the rich zone of sugar cane, burning immense cane fields with incalculable loss. The Spanish had thirteen killed, including a captain. They buried their dead and then retired. They had twenty-eight wounded. In spite of the optimistic cable advices that are being forwarded to Madrid, it is not believed in political circles here that the journey of General Blanco through the east of the island will bring peace. Although he carried about $150,000 with him when he left Havana, no one believes that any important leader will surrender. It is reported that he will soon return, because General Maximo Gomez has fallen back across the Moron-Jucaro trocha into the Camaguay district The presumption is that he went in the expectation of meeting Gen. Gomez. Should he return without having induced the principal insurgent chiefs to surrender, autonomy, it is believed, will be considered a failure at Madrid, a conclusion that would serious affect the stability of the government at Havana and at the home capital. The autonomists, by their illiberal tactics, have excluded the guerrillas from the sufforage. In that way they will lose about 25,050 votes. The guerrillas are at least 90 per cent, natives. Dispatches from Manzanillo confirm the reports that the insurgents have burned nearly all the cane fields of the planters -along the coast. They have also burned a large area on the plantation of Azopada at Matanzas. The insurgents have not burned the town of Cotoro as has been reported, but they re-entered, plundered and practically burned Tapaste, this province. Quesadii’M View of Dlnnco’n Mission. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—“N0, I do not think he has gone on such a mission,” said Senor Quesada, in charge of the Cuban headquarters here, to-day, when his attention was called to a published statement that Captain General Blanco’s trip to the eastern part of Cuba was for the purpose of conferring with General Gomez looking to terms of peace. “His purpose in going there, I think, is to assist in bolstering up as far as possible the Spanish cause,” continued Mr. Quesada. “It has been live days since we have heard from the operations of the armies in that section of the island. General Pando, the Spanish commander, was very* severely wounded and may be dead, and the Spanish army is in a badly demoralized condition, and Blanco’s visit, I think, is for the purpose of strengthening the lines and giving the troops what encouragement he can. Shortly after Blanco was appointed to his present position, General Gomez addressed him. as he had Martinez Campos, a letter urging him. for humanity’s sake, to use his influence with Spain to stop the bloodshed and bring the war to an end on the basis of independence for Cuba. By this means Spain would get the glory of acting as a mother to her son, and independence would be achieved without the intervention of another nation.’’ Spain Will Send Is a Rattle Ship. MADRID, Jan. 26.—The Spanish battle ship Vizcaya of seven thousand tons displacement, has been ordered to visit American ports. Senor Sagasta, the premier, read to the Queen Regent to-day what is described as a very “satisfactory dispatch” from Washington. It is probable that Senor Moret. minister for the colonies, will announce at the next Cabinet council a project of political and udminstrative reforms for the Philippines. Admiral Bermejo, minister of marine, has authorized the officers of the Spanish squadron at Havana to attend the naval banquet to be given by r United States Consul General Lee. The government will ask the next Cortes to vote 8,000,000 for strengthening the navy. For Relief of Recon cent rad o*. NEW YORK. Jan. 26.—The steamer Orizaba, of the Ward line, which left for Havana to-day, carried 400,000 pounds of provisions and 200.0C0 grains of quinine collected by the Cuban relief committee to be distributed among the suffering people of the island under the direction of Gen. Lee. consul general at Havana, and a separate consignment to General Lee of eighteen tons of provisions contributed by the members of the Philadelphia Grocers’ and Importers’ Exchange and six cases of quinine from the Philadelphia Drug Exchange. C laim for fdli.OOO. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 26.—A. A. Heard, Westetn passenger agent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and one of the joint owners of a sugar plantation located near Havana, has tiled with the State Department at Washington a claim of $91,000 against the

Spanish government for property destroyed on the plantation and for loss of revenue for three years. Contribution of for Cabana. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—A substantial addition to tho relief fund being collected for the Cuban suff< reis at the State Departmen was received to-day through Senator Hoar, who handed to Secretary Sherman a check for $6,014 sent him by George H. Lyman. of Boston, the trustee for a public collection in that city. INDIA MAY*HAVE GOLD e BRITAIN’S MONEY STANDARD MAY BE EXTENDED TO HER COLONY. Important Announcement by Lord George Hamilton—British Prose I’rycIng More Ships for Far East Wuter*. LONDON, Jam 26.—Lord George Hamilton, secretary of state for India, speaking to-night at Chiswick, said he thought that during the* course of the next twelve months the government might take steps to establish a gold standard for India. Lord George Hamilton read a dispatch from the Indian government stating that the revenue was coming in well, that the expenditures on the frontier war were much less than had been anticipated and that the government expected to he able to meet without difficulty all disbrusments for the present financial year, with the prospect of a substantial surplus for next year’s proceedings. Discussing India’s immense productive capacity, which he referred to “as not yet fully developed, but capable of being developed by an influx of idle British capital,” Lord George Hamilton said: “A stable exchange, attracting that capital, could be secured either by international bimetallic arrangement or by India establishing a gold standard. The result of the Wolcott mission showed that the former is impracticable, but the difficulties in the way of the gold standard are not so insuperable as some believe.” His lordship said he believed the home government could materially assist India in this matter, and he would venture the opinion that it would do India "infinitely more good than any temporary loan of a million or two to meet the expense of the frontier war.” FEARS OF BRITISHERS. Editors Think John Bull’* Fleet in the Far Must Not Strong Enough. LONDON, Jan. 26.—The newspapers here comment on French, Russian and German reinforcements going to the far East, while no corresponding addition is made to the British fleet, and say: “Happily Great Britain has the countenance instead of the hostility of the United States. But the Japanese navy is a factor of uncertain value.” An article in the Pall Mall Gazette says: “The German fleet may be said to hold the balance between England and Japan and France and Russia. The position of arbiter is the very thing the Kaiser would desire and w’ith the force he possesses in the far East he can dictate terms. If the position is really critical, we run a grave risk in leaving our fleet weak. In fact, we prepare for an open contest by retrograde movements.” The steamer Darmstadt, having on board detachments of marines and artillrymen, has arrived at Kiaochau bay. The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger’s China corre-' spondent says that a German sailor named bchulz, of the cruiser Kaiser, while on outpost duty at Tsimo, the extreme German position in Kiaochau bay, was murdered by the Chinese rabble last Monday night. Detachments of marines have been sent to Tsimo and to the town of Kiaochau. A dispatch to the Daily Graphic from Sebastopol says it is rumored there that a portion of the Russian Black sea fleet will be dispatched to China.

The Wup Fleets* In Chinese Witters. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26.—Rear Admiral McNair, who has been in command of the Asiatic squadron from November, 1895, until the 2d inst., when he was relieved and ordered home, and who has reached this country on Ids way to Washington, says: “The feeling In China and Japan is one of uncertainty. The fleets of the powers in Asiatic waters have been increased until they are all represented by an unusually heavily armed force, but what they may portend is something I do not know. When I left there were five American vessels there, and with one on her way from this port, and as the Raleigh is due shortly from the Atlantic, we will have a fleet of seven vessels, the best of their class in the world, to protect American interests and uphold, if necessary, the honor of the American flag.” The admiral started for Washington this afternoon. An English Offer to Nicaragua. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 26.—L. Wichmann, the agent of the English corporation, the Atlas Steamship Company, Limited, offers the Nicaraguan government a large sum in silver pesos, advanced from London sources, for Nicaragua’s railway and steamship system from ocean to ofceari, with a view of obtaining tor the company connected interocean transportation across the country, including the canal route. The government is cor. mering the offer. The question of continuing tne grants to the so-calied London bank of Central America (Rank of Nicaragua) is still under discussion. It is not probable that these will be annulled. Where the Afrldltt Got Their Gann. LONDON, Jan. 26.—A dispatch from Muscat, Gulf of Omaneka, says: “The British gunboat Lapwing has seized the steamer Baluchistan off here and her cargo of arms and ammunition has been conOscafed. Her cargo is held by the British consul.” This seizure tends to explain the mystery as to whence the Afrtdis secured their latest style British rifles. The owners of the Baluchistan say she has been released and has proceeded. They add that the arms were shipped to a dozen different Russian firms. Lady Sykes Leaves Eng,land. LONDON. Jan. 26.—The announcement in the morning newspapers to-day that Lady Taton ,Sykes has gone abroad for the benefit of her health has caused much talk and an evening newspaper intimates that she has gone to a country from which there is no extradition. lituly Svkes’s solicitors, however, deny that she has gone abroad or has any intention of doing so. They say she is still in London. BoliviaiiN Honing for War. LIMA, Jan. 26.—According to dispatches from Sucre, Bolivia, there is much excitement there as to the policy of Peru. The press urges the government to increase its armament and to get ready for the impending conflict, asserting the existence of a treaty between Peru and Argentina. But the existence of such a treaty is denied here in responsible quarters. Kedrens Demanded from the Porte. LONDON, Jan. 27.—The correspondent of the Times at Constantinople says: “Baron Do Calice, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, and Mr. Angell, the American minister, visited tiie Porte together yesterday (Tuesday) to demand redress for wrongs done by the Turkish authorities at Aleppo to the American consul there, who is an Austrian subject.” Dr. Schenk’* Secret Pays. LONDON, Jan. 26.—Professor Schenk told a special correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette tha't he would give no interview beyond the one recently published. He has prepared a broehur* describing his system for the German rights for which he has been paid SIO,OOO, and the secret will not be revealed until he has sold the American and English rights. Eleven People Killed. BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 26.—Eleven persons have lieeri killed by an explosion of gunpowder at Flores, in the province of that name. Outrage* ut Algiers. ALGIERS, Jan. 26.--Several isolated outrages were perpetrated htfre to-day. A number of Jews were stoned and badly in-

Jured. A native, a Spaniard, fired at & French noncommissioned officer, missing him, but wounding u lady. LIVE STOCK GROWERS. Subject* of Paper* Read Before the National Convention. DENVER, Col.. Jan. 26.—Chairman Springer called the National Stock Growers’ corfventlon to order to-day, with a full attendance of delegates. A committee was chosen of one from each State represented to draft constitution and by-laws. The first address was on statistics as to values of live stock and prospective conditions by J. H. Neff, editor of the Drovers’ Tele.gram, Kansas City. Governor W. A. Richards, of Wyoming, next spoke on “The Cession of the Arid Public Lands to the States.” Klwood Mead, state engineer of Wyoming, spoke on “How Best to Prevent Clashing Between Sheep and Cattlemen of the Ranges.” R. M. Allen, of Ames, Neb., followed In an address on “The Fattened Steer.’’ Mr. Allen is general manager of the Standard Cattle Company and his address was largely devoted to his experience in feeding. The afternoon session opened with a series of papers on “Contagious Diseases Affecting Values of Live Stock.” Dr. Charles Gresswell, state veterinarian of Colorado, read the first treating on “The Best Methods of Prevention." Dr. A. T. Peters, of the University of Nebraska, spoke on "Advancement in Controlling Diseases.” “Ticks in Texas” was the title of a paper on splenitic. or Texas fever, by Dr. Victor A. Norgood, of Washington, D. C. Colonel W. E. Skinner, manager of the stock yards at Fort Worth. Tex., followed in a paper on the same subject. A. P. Rush, president of the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association, spoke on “Best Methods of Enhancing Live Stock Interests in the West.” M. E. Knowles, state veterinarian of Montana, treated tho subject of “Glanders.” Richard Gibson, of Ontario, read a paper on "Sheep in England and Canada,” and George H. Wallace, secretary of New Mexico, spoke on “Sheep in the United States.” The evening sessicn opened with a paper from Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, on "What is the Government Doing for the Live Stock Interests?” The secretary was not able to attend and his paper was read by the reading clerk. Other speakers were Col. C. F. Adams, of Superior, Neb., and E. J. Berry, of the Union stock yards, Chicago. The committee on constitution and bylaws made its report, and, after amendment had been made, was adopted. The National Live Stock Association of the United States of America was the name chosen. The representation at the annua! conventions is to include state delegates at large and representatives from stock associations, commission exchanges chambers of commerce and irrigation associations. At 11 o’clock the convention adjourned till 10 o’clock tomorrow. • DOESN’T BELIEVE IN PEACE. “Teddy, the Terror,” Prefer* NYur to Present European Method*. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 26.—A largo and enthusiastic meeting was held to-night in Sanders’s Theater for the purpose of organizing the Athletic Association of Harvard Graduates. W. A. Bancroft, ’79, presided, and addresses were made by Mr. Bancroft and Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy. The latter declared that he was a thorough believer In athletics as an Important influence in the development of character. Though he might be considered a heretic, he confessed, also, a preference for those sports which were called rough. It did a man good, he said, to buck up against an opponent and get through him—like a gentleman always, but v.orking for every ounce that was in him. “I don’t believe,” he continued, "in the doctrine of peace. We have seen the concert of Europe keep the peace for the past two years, at the expense of more bloodshed and misery than has been caused by all the wars of the last half century. Lately we have seen ‘peaceful’ acquisition of territory in China made in circumstances of profound peace.” (Laughter.) Mr. Roosevelt alluded to the noble answer made by Harvard men of other generations to the stern call of duty on the battlefield. In the future, as in the past, Harvard should turn out men fitted for service such as Memorial Hall commemorated. The softer virtues were essential to clvilizzation, but in the last resort the man that had it in hirti to give himself heart and soul to the cause in which he was engaged had the qualities that would make him the most useful citizen.

BOLD ROBBER COMES TO GRIEF Inwtend of Getting $5,000, He I* Sent to the Font* Courts and Locked Ip. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26.—About noon yesterday a well-dressed young man walked into the private office of Judge Madill, president of the Union Trust Company, and, pointing a revolver at the gray-haired financier’s head, demanded $5,000 in cash, threatening to kill him if the money was not paid. Judge Madill’s coolness saved him. He engaged the man in conversation, and detectives arrived and handcuffed him. The would-be robber, who refused to give his name, was taken to the Four Courts arui locked up. When searched a small bottle of nitroglycerin was found in his pocket. WILL TEACH" DANCING. Innovation liy Lombard University, a IniveraallMt Church Institution. GALESBURG. 111., Jan. 26.-A decided innovation In educational lines Is an addition to the curriculum of Lombard University just announced. Dancing lessons will b* given to the students weekly under the direction of a professional teacher in the new university gymnasium. The Institution is coeducational. It is supported by the Universalist Church and is designed largely for the education of ministers for that church. SEEKING A DIVORCE. Wife of Senator Hanna’s Son (barges Her Husband with Neglect. CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 26.-Danlel R. Hanna, the only son of Senator Hanna, was sued to-day by his wife, Carrie May, for divorce. The decree is asked for on the ground of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The couple were married in 1887. They have three sons, ag<<d nine, eight and three years, respectively. They separated three weeks ago and have been living apart ever since. Federation of Musical Club*. CHICAGO, Jan. 26,-Mrs. Edwin E. Uhl, of Grand Rapids. Mich., was elected president of the National Federation of Musical Clubs at its final meeting in Steinway Hall tc-day, defeating Mrs. Theo. Sutro, ol’ New York. The other officers elected were: First vice president, Mrs. Chandler Starr, Rockford. 111.: second vice president, Mrs. Philip M. Moore, St. Louis; corresponding secretary. Mrs. James F. Peterson, New York; recording secretary, Mrs. Thomas Ellison. Fort Wayne, Ind.; treasurer. Miss Ada Douglass. Newark. N. J.; auditor, Mrs. Russell Door. St. Paul, Minn. Eight Liven Were Lost. SPOKANE, Wash.. Jan. 26.—As a result of Monday night’s disastrous tire in the Great Eastern business block on Riverside aveniui at least eight lives were lost and the burned remains are hidden in a >pass of debris in what was the basement. The report that G. D’Albert, a violinist, and brother of the famous pianist, was burned to death is unfounded. H<j was not in tho building ut the time and has been located. Liquor Dealer Assigns. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. 26.-Michael Hoffman, a pioneer wholesale liquor merchant, assigned to-day to Grant I. Rosenzweig. The liabilities are stated ut SIOO.000 and the assets and stock worth $40,000 and real estate valued at $40,090. Mr. Hoffman established ids business at Leavenworth. Kan., in P 57. and transferred It to Kansas City when the prohibition law became operative in Kansas. Post ninxtcr lieu ten to Death. WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 20. Ell Blake, postmaster at Tongawa, O. TANARUS., was waylaid last night and beaten to death, presumably by a gang of local toughs. Blake, who was a deacon of the Baptist Church, had been a leader in an attempt to drive the saloons out of Tonga wa. He had been advised by letter to cease the agitation if hq valued his life. The attack upon him followed the arrest of four saloon keepers. The Way to Keep Trade Is to give customers the best goods at.the lowest prices- This fact is being established every day at the Badger Furniture Co.’s colored ticket discount sale: one-tenth to one-half off on every article for the uexi three Java.