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governments, but It would be a mistake for her to expect any effectual support from either Oreat Britain or the triple alliance. Before all she must rely upon herself." LONDON. March 14. The Paris correspondent of the Dally Mall declares French support of Spain “would not exceed platonic sympathy,” and that there Is no likelihood that the friendliness of Austria or Germany would extend further. ARIZONA GOLD LEDGE. Wonderful Find tin!<l to Have Been Made by a Miner. PHOENIX, Ariz., March 13.-Michael Fitzpatrick, from the Harquahale mountains, brings news of the discovery by him of one of the most wonderful gold ledges of Arizona, a statement that is apparently borne out by the specimens at hand. Fitzpatrick says that shortly after he made the discovery, three men who had been working a copper claim near by raided his claim with shot guns and drove him from the plaee. Fitzpatrick and an officer will leave In the morning for the mine. Stickfen Route a Failnre. VICTORIA, B. C„ March 13.—The steamer Amur, from Fort Wrangel, reports that the Btickeen route to the Klondike is a failure as a water route. On account of the mild weather there is slush on the ice and it is Impossible to make any progress. The report that the steamer Cottage City Is again ashore is without foundation. She was seen at Mary’s island by the Amur, peeking shelter from the ptorm. She should arrive to-morrow. F,nßllMh Swells Off for Klondike. VANCOUVER, B. C., March 13.—The steamer Ning Chow sailed to-day for Alaska with 600 passengers and 1.000 tons of freight. Among her passengers were twenty-one members of the mounted police; ninety Australians and Hon. Aiex. Boyle, brother of the Earl of Glasgow, with a party of swell Englishmen. This is the King Chow’s first voyage to Alaska. Klondiker Lose** Both Feet, SEATTLE, Wash.. March 13.—The steamer Noyo. from Alaska, brought down several of the crew of the steamer Whlteiaw, ■which was destroyed by fire at Skaguay. Among her passengers was E. J. Robinson, who came from Fort Wrangel. His feet were so badly frozen that It was found, on his arrival, to be necessary to amputate both above the ankle. RUSSIAN NAVAL CREDIT Aot So Large When the Time It Cover* 1* Considered. LONDON. March 14.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times minimizes the significance of the Russian naval credit. He says: “The sum is not so large, in view of the fact that it is to be spread over the next seven years. The minister of marine, Adtpiyal Tyrtoff, asked 200,000,000 roubles s.x months ago. but owing to budget considerations only 90,000,000 were granted, which practically exhausts the free balance.” Knitter Dictate* to Court*. PRETORIA, March'l3.—Judge Kotz, who was recently removed from his office as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the South African Republic by President Kruger, but who disputes the President’s power of removal under existing law. has declared, while addressing a deputation that waited upon him. that while the case of the American engineer, R. F. Brown, who sued the Transvaal government with reference to certain claims at Witfontein, was proceeding. and before judgment had been given in his favor in the high court, President Kruger, in an interview with him (Judge Kotz), threatened him with dismissal unless, he obeyed the Volksraad resolution. This statement has caused a sensation.

Russia Control* the Finance*. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.—‘The steamer China, which sailed from Hong-Kong on Feb. 12, and from Yokohama on "Feb. 24, arrived here to-day, bringing the following Oriental advices: The Corean finances will hereafter be managed by Russian bankers, residing at Seoul. All the monetary transactions of the kingdom will henceforth be conducted by the Russian-Ccrean bank, which whs opened at Seoul on Feb. 13, with a capital of $500,000. On the first day that the bank was opened for business the Corean treasury deposited SIOO,OOO with the Russian financiers. The building of a first-class Japanese cruiser Is about to be begun at Yokosuka for the Mikado’s government. The Japanese standing squadron held a naval maneuver off the Port of Shlnidlu for a fortnight from Feb. 15 to Feb. 29. The results are highly satisfactory to the Japanese government. The Japan Mail deprecates the Idea of any disturbance of Oriental peace relations through the possible failure of China to pay the Installment of the indemnity due in May, and amounting to seventeen and onehalf million taels. No difficulty is anticipated In raising the same by means of the Chinese “sincerity bonds,” which are virtually compulsory to the nobility and to civil and military officials, all being expected to subscribe for these bonds in proportion to their rank and income. These bonds are to be guaranteed by the land taxes and salt duties, Golil Standard In Japan. TOKIO. March 13,—Since the adoption of gold monometallism in Japan on Oct. 1, 1897, up to and including Feb. 17, IS9B, the amount of silver and notes exchanged for gold has aggregated twenty million yen; one-seventh was silver. In order to facilitate the adjustment of coinage the government has resolved to shorten the period for exchanging ♦He yen piece, which will be limited to June 30 next. A glass manufacturing company has begun operations In Yokohama. Owing to a change in their pay day, contrary to their wishes, 500 Japanese female operatives are on strike in Tomioka. The Japan Railway Company is preparing to run sleepers on its lines. Japanese Fleet Anneinhling. BERLIN. March 13.—A dispatch to the Tageblatt. from Peking, says it is persistently reported there that a Japanese mercantile fleet is assembling In the Sea of Japan. .According to the same correspondent, the Dowager Empress of China will shortly inspect the railway from Peking to Tien-Tsin (the port of Peking) and this s*tep is considered important for the development of the Chinese railway system. Victoria at Clmles. LONDON, March 13.—Queen Victoria arrived at Cinder to-day. Her Majesty is In her usual health. A STUPENDOUS FARCE, Central Labor t'nion Stigmatises Acquittal of Sheriff Martin. NEW YORK. March 13.—At the Central Labor Union meeting to-day a strong protest in the form of resolutions was entered against the acquittal of Sheriff Martin and his deputies by the jury at Wilkesbarre, Pa., and against the court proceedings. The resolutions are as follows: “Whereas, organized labor, as represented in tho Central Labor Union, of New York, has learned from the daily press of the of the stupendous farce called the trial of the sheriff and deputies at Wilkesbarre, Pa., for the wanton and premeditated murder of twenty men at Lattimer. “Resolved, That the Central Labor Union, in the nape of organized labor, and is citizens of the commonwealth, protest against the outrage perpetrated in the name of law, abridging the liberty of every citizen, and warn all citizens that if this outrage is permitted to pass unnoticed it may form a precedent from which they themselves, at some future time, may. suffer, and, be it further • Resolved, That we counsel the survivors of that terrible massacre to respect the laws that no longer protect them, in the hope that in the near future a long-soffer-ing people will take such action a, will render even, hired murderers amenable to such laws as will secure protection to all who geek it iu this hitherto free country.”

JASON BROWN’S FUNERAL GREATEST EVENT OF THE KIND EVER WITNESSED IN SEYMOUR. Injunctions Served on Standard Oil Company and Well* ClosedOther State News. - Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind.. March 13.-The funeral of Hon. Jason B. Brown, which took place to-day, was the largest ever seen here. The programme, ao published in the Journal this morning, was carried out. At 9 o’clock the city officials conveyed the remains from the residence to the First M. E. Church, where it is estimated five thousand people passed the casket until 1 o’clock, when the city officials returned the remains to his late residence. At 2 o’clock the remains were given in charge of the Bar Association, which had selected the following pallbearers: Hon. O. H. Montgomery, Carl Wood and T. M. Honan, of this city; Judge Willard New and Lincoln Dixon, of North Vernon, and Senator Joseph H, Shea, of Scottsburg. The honorary pallbearers were: Ex-Attorney General Alonzo G. Smith and ex-United States Attorney Frank Burke, of Indianapolis; F. M. Trissal, general counsel of the Southern Indiana Railway, of Chicago; Judge Ralph Applewhite, of Brownstown; Hon. Charles L. Jewett and M. Z. Stannard, of New Albany; Judge W. K. Marshall and B. F. Price, of this city. The funeral procession, headed by sixtyfive members of the bar, proceeded to the First Presbyterian Church, where services were conducted by Rev. T. J. Charlton and Rev. J. M. Baxter. The beautiful church was inadequate to accommodate one-third of tho people who desired admittance. The procession from the church was the longest ever seen here. The body was deposited in the vault in Riverview Cemetery. The Southern Indiana Railway Company ran a free train from Bodford to accommodate the members of the bur and their friends. Among the other.prominent raen who attended the funeral and are well known were: Col. C. C. Matson, -of Greencastle; Judge W. H. Martin, of Bedford; Judge Gardiner, of Washington; John Overmyer, of North Vernon; P. C. Donovan and Northan Sparks, of Jeffersonville; C. W. Crusen, of Scottsburg, and W. H. Edwards, of Mitchell. The floral offerings were many and very fine. Judge Biekle'* Funeral. Special to ihe Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND., Ind., March 13.—The funeral services over the remains of Judge William A. Biekle took place this afternoon at his late residence. The Wayne County Bar Association attended in a body. At the meeting of the bar held yesterday a committee was appointed to draft resolutions on the death, and this committee will report at a meeting to be held in the morning, at which time various members of the bar will make short talks. The following were the pallbearers; Judge J. F. Kibbey, Judge D. W. Comstock, Samuel W. Gaar. James F. Griffin., Thomas J. Study and Elgar G. Hibberd.

OIL WELL INJUNCTIONS. The Standard Forced to Plug; Up It* Hole* to Save the Gas. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. March 13.—Late last night Judge McClure granted the first injunction under the ruling of the Supreme Court, which declared the constitutionality of the anti-waste natural gas laws. The injunctions were to shut off five of the Standard's oil wells in this county which are blowing off gas. They were plugged today. The Ohio Oil Company Is also plugging all of its wells to-day and other operators are doing the same thing in order to head off injunction suit costs. By tomorrow it Is thought that the oil industry in the Indiana gas belt will be entirely closed down. State Gas Inspector Leach will begin a flying tour of inspection throughout all of the gas belt to-morrow under orders from Governor Mount to use the injunction freely and shut off everv oil well that :s wasting gas. The Standard is rallying the oil men and preparing to appeal the case to the United States Supreme Court. At present the oil men are completely whipped. Oil BnNineMM in February. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER, Ind., March 13.—The following figures show the conditions of the oil business of the Indiana and Ohio fields at the close of business, February 28, 1898: Gross stocks 23,719,943.08 Sediment and surplus.. 2,108,202.59 Acceptances 16,500,090.00 Credit balances 5.111,740.49 Net liabilities 21,611,740.49 —Receipts.— Runs from wells 1,275,149.87 Other receipts 192,388.25 Total 1,467,538.12 —Deliveries.— Regular 1.944.249.18 Other deliveries 192,388.25 Total 2,136,637.43 t —Refined oil.— The following is the statement of refined oil for February: Receipts for February 41,179.00 Deliveries for February 55,116.79 Stock for Jan. 31 65,520.84 Stocks for Feb. 28 51,583.05 ♦ COMING G. A. R. MEETING. Preparation* at Colunibn* for the State Encampment in May. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., March 13.—The people of this city are more interested in the event of May 18 and 19 than any other city ever was before in a State Encampment of the Grand Army and the State convention of the Women's Relief Corps. Columbus will have more, than these two, since the Sons of Veterans have wisely decided lo meet here and thus give anew and vigorous interest of the State Encampment. “Our people are all in earnest,” said Mayor William J. Beck. “We shall be able to take care of all the people who come here. The response of our people to those who are canvassing the city to find out how many people families can care for is most gratifying. Many families will literally turri their homes into barracks for the entertainment of the city’s guests, if necessary. If zealous attention and genuine evidences of hospitality will make our guests at home, they will imagine that they have always lived in Columbus. The response for funds has been most creditable to the citizens of Columbus. All are taking an interest. There are no jealousies, no partyism, but every one vies even with the veterans in showing that Columbus can take care of the State Encampment as well as It has been done elsewhere. lam told,” the young mayor continued with evident pride, “that we have one of the best public halls in the State.” The Grand Army has not had in recent years so fine an assembly room as is this new city hall, which has been built since Mr. Beck became mayor. “We will have Washington street asphalted in season for the encampment.” said the mayor, “and the work is now going on. As to hotels, we think we have better than any city of our size In the State. The Grand Army headquarters will be at the Belvedere Hotel, and those of the Sons of Veterans at the St. Dennis.” One of the prominent Grand Army men was as enthusiastic as the mayor. “We may not do the thing on a grand scale, but It will be hounteoas hospitality. We do not propose to keep people for nothing, but the rate all over town, outside the hotels, will be $1 a day. We would like to have our old friends and relatives who will take that occasion to visit us to know that they had better come some other time when we can entertain them, because on May 17, 18 and 19 we are going to entertain the Grand Army, the Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans.” There is every indication that the encampment will be largely attended. It is

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probable that the procession will be the largest a State encampment has turned out, for the reason that Columbus is so near Indianapolis, Franklin and other towns having large posts that hundreds will be able to go in the morning and return in the evening. Change* in I. IT. Faculty. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 13.-The trustees of Indiana University have closed their regular March session, all the members being present except Hon. B. F. Shively, who was detained by the death of his father. The trustees were much pleased with the general condition of the institution and no changes were made in the faculty other than the granting of several leaves of absence and some additions. Albert F. Knersteiner was elected professor of Fr.ench. He comes from Johns Hopkins, is thirty-two years old and was born at New Orleans, his parents being Swiss. He graduated from the Cincinnati University and was connected with Wabash College for several years. He spent one year in France and one year in Spain. Professor Knersteiner begins his duties with Indiana University In the autumn. Dr. Lindly, now in Europe, is to be here again and Dr. J. F. Brown goes to Earlham as vice president. Dr. Marsters and Dr. D. M. Mother are also to return for their respective places in the geological and botanical departments for next year. Prof. Henry Stephenson, now at Harvard, is to take up his work in English and Mr. Rothrock, now in Germany, will return to the mathematical department. The following professors will be absent next year for study: S. C. Davisson, mathematical department; J. F. Neusohn, geology; W. G. Moenkhaus. zoology; C. T. Knipp, physics; W. A. Rawles, history. One of Ritter’* Delusion*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., March 13.—Oris Ritter, the German who attempted to butt out his brains against tho walls of the Muncie jail, Is the man who created considerable of a sensation in this city a year ago, when he was engaged in business here. He came forth with a story in detail to the effect that John Wilkes Booth was still alive, vididly describing the scenes in which he participated on the night of the Lincoln assassination, when he and others succeeded in spiriting Booth away, and finally landing him in Brazil, where he still lives, accordig to Ritter. He claims Booth and he are broth-ers-in-law, and first met in Stuttgart, Germany. The story was so very well connected that it attracted much attention at the time and the more so because he presented some evidence in the way of letters. He was then in the hospital here. His story was told in Utica, N. Y., seven years ago, and he was later in the insane asylum at that point. No Opposition to Lundl*. SpeciaLfo the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI. Ind., March 13.-The Republicans of Carroll county met yesterday to select delegates to the congressional convention for the Ninth district, to be held at Crawfordsville May 24. The meeting in this city was well attended and the old-time enthusiasm was manifested. The resolutions, which were adopted unanimously, gave emphatic indorsement to the policy of the President in the crisis affecting Cuba. The resolutions also indorsed the state administration of Governor Mount, the record of Senator Fairbanks and the Hon. Charles B. Landis, commending his attitude on the currency question and his efforts for a revision of the civil-service law, and commended him to the Republicans of the district for renomination and re-election. News from the other counties in the district choosing delegates yesterday indicate that there will be no opposition to Mr. Landis in the nominating convention. Stranger Badly Injured. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., March 13.—This morning a man giving his name as David Thurber. and claiming Syracuse, N. Y., as his home, was run down by a switch engine in the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway yards and seriously injured about the back. He claimed to be a railroad man on his way to St. Louis to visit a brother. He had no money to employ a physician and William Humes, township trustee, had him taken to the Berkdoll House for medical attention. New Landlord for Gentry Hotel. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 13.-The Hotel Gentry, one of the leading hotels of southern Indiana, is to change management April 1. Frank Whitted, who has been here for two years, will return to Chicago and his place will be taken by B. F. Jones, who comes here from Cincinnati. Mr. Jones is well known throughout the State, having been located both at New Castle and South Bend.

Kokomo Bidding for tlie Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., March 13.—This city is making a strong bid for the Indiana Odd Fellows’ Home. The soliciting committees submitted their reports for the week Saturday evening, reporting donations amounting to $8,500, a building site and free natural gas fuel in perpetuity. The Odd Fellows of this city and county have subscribed $6,000 and the merchants will increase the amount to SIO,OOO. Northern Indiana Teacher*. Special to the Indianepolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., March 13.—The sixteenth annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association, to be held in this city March 31 and April 1 and 2, will probably eclipse all former annual gatherings of the association. The local committee has already received assurances that more than two thousand teachers will be present. The attendance at Elkhart last year was 1,500. Fire at MechanlcNburg. j Social to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Mach 13.—At an early hour this morning the general merchandise store of J. R. Stearns, at Mechanicsburg, this county, was destroyed by tire, together with the Masonic lodge room and Dr. Walker’s office. The total loss is about $4,000, partially insured. The origin of the lire is unknown. Indiana Note*. The Rowlett Desk Manufacturing Company, which has been closed down at Richmond for some months, will resume operations this week, and will put on force enough to turn out fifty desks per week. Preparations for putting the Pingree plan into effect at Richmond for the third year are now in progress. The superintendent of the work reports that'he has about sev-enty-five applications for lots, which is in excess of the lots he has at his disposal. M’COY-RUHLIN MATCH. New Hnven Athletic Club Offer* $5,000 for Twenty Round*. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 13.—The New Haven Athletic Club has offered a purse of $5,000 for a tweny-round contest between "Kid” McCoy and Gus Ruhlip, to tako place at New Haven May 30. • The offer was telegraphed to the managers of the pugilists to-night. Chicago Win* Bowling Trophy. CHICAGO, March 13.—The series of bowling games between New York and Chicago for a silver punch bowl was finished tonight. Chicago won the trophy. Total pins and not games counted. The locals scored in to-day’s six games 4.804 points, against 4,729 made by the visitors. The New Yorkers took four out of six games at to-day’s play. The score: New York. 863. 763. 730, 798, 773 , 802; Chicago, 825 , 757, 729 , 865, 836, 792. The New York team will leave to-morrow for Detroit, where they will play on Tuesday. Movement* of Steamer*. NEW YORK. March 13. —Arrived: Mississippi. from London; lax Normandie, from Havre; Norge, from Copenhagen. LIVERPOOL March 12.—Arrived: Umbria, from New York. Sailed: Roumanian, from Glasgow, for Philadelphia. SOUTHAMPTON, March 13.—Arrived: Friedrich der Grosse, from New York, for Bremen. QUEENSTOWN, March 12.—Sailed: Campania, from Liverpool, for New York. Young Blair Held to Court. NEW YORK, March 13.-Fred J. Blair, of Toledo, said by the police to be a son of President A. G. Blair, of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, who was arrested yesterday, charged with passing worthless checks, was held in the Jefferson Market Court to-day.

DOLE BACK IN HAWAII ♦ BELIEVES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALL FAVOR ANNEXATION. Admit* the Maim* Disaster Ha* Temporarily. Cast a Gloom Over the Pro*pect* of the Treaty. " ♦ SAN FRANCISCO. March 13.-By the steamer China, which arrived to-day, the Hawaiian correspondent of the American Press sends the following: Honolulu, March 6.—President Dole returned to Honolulu on the morning of the 4th. After a cabinet meeting held immediately on his arrival, he was interviewed by an Associated Press reporter. He spoke very frankly on matters pertaining to his mission to Washington. “Yes, I shall be very glad indeed to tell tho people anything I know relative to annexation.” Said the President. “The Maine disaster absorbed the attention of the statesmen in Washington previous to my departure for Hawaii. When that has quieted down, I believe Hawaiian annexation will be paramount in Congress. When I was in Washington I met many friends of Hawaii. They feel confident that annexation will come. While there was a doubt whether the treaty would secure the required sixty votes in the Senate, still it was the consensus of opinion that a joint resolution would carry in both houses. I place much reliance in what was told me by Senators avid Congressmen who are fighting for Hawaii, for I know thorn to be working faithfully and earnestly.” “What is Speaker Reed’s attitude?” the President was asked. “When I was in the American capital I learned that he always opposed annexation, although he has made no demonstration against the treaty. “My impression of President McKinley? Well, I will reply that it is extremely favorable. I found him to be an unassuming, frank and sterling man. He seems to have heart and soul in the annexation treaty. Our reception was extremely cordial and hospitable. All along the line to and from Washington, throngs of people came to see me. We shook hands und in many instances I was obliged to speak briefly from the car platform. It was from these people that I gathered the impression that Uncle Sam's adoption of Hawaii was the popular sentiment tnrougout the land.” A MINE FOUND. (Concluded from First Page.) Tortugas. She will relieve the torpedo boat Porter, now at the Tortugas. The torpedo boat Porter has arrived from the Tortugas. This afternoon the British war ship Cordelia sailed for Palm Beach, Fla. This has been the most quiet day in Key West since the day' following the Maine explosion. Wonderful New Machine Gun. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 13.-J. W. Greer, a mechanical engineer, of this city, is now negotiating with the War Department for the purchase of an automatic machine gun for fortifications and floating batteries, which he has invented and patented. The department is making a test with a gun constructed on the lines of Mr. Greer’s patent which will shoot three hundred three-inch projectiles per minute, the fastest machine gun heretofore invented throwing but eleven three-inch shots per minute. The Greer automatic machine gun can be constructed for still heavier ammunition and wiii shoot four-inch projectiles at the rate of 250 per minute. A feature of the gun which recommends it at this time is that the invention’bah" be employed on the guns now in use by the department and can be manufactured in a very short time.

HOW A SHIP GOES INTO ACTION. Stripped of All Wood and Direeted Solely by Signal*. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. So perfect is the discipline and training on board a war ship that even the most ponderous fighting battie ship can clear for action in a very short time with but little tumult or confusion. Yet a great deal of work must be done before the ship is stripped for the fray. Take the big armored cruiser New York, in our own navy, for example. Vessels or her class carry twelve small boats and about 450 men. She is steaming along at peace with herself and the World, when the lookout reports an enemy in 'sight. “Clear ship for action,” is the first order given by the captain, and every man hastens to his station. With the headway sufficiently checked for that purpose the men detailed for this duty lower the boats over the side, all watered, provisioned and provided with compass, mast a and sails. Steam is raised in the launches and the fleet drops astern in tow of the ship. Keepers are placed In charge of the boats, which may be needed if>r abandoning ship. Hence their equipment. While this is going on other preparations are being made for the conflict. One detachment of men unship the boat davits, awning stanchions, scupper gratings, deck ladders and all small wood and ironwork that might be splintered by a shot and inflict damage on the crew. The marine guard in the forehold assist in stowing away this paraphernalia, all of which is handled easily and quickly. The glass deadlights in the deck and on the sides of the ship are removed, and into their places the men screw battle plates of Iron. Shattered glass flying abcut is quite as unpleasant as slugs of lead or iron. Down come the forward and after bridges and the flying bridge over the forward one, all of which airy superstructures are built in sections, with trained men detailed for every part in such an emergency. The various appliances in the pilot house, more or less delicate and fanciful in construction, are hurried below, as the handling of the ship in action is directed from the conning tower. The paymaster locks his safe, and the surgeon’s department, consisting of eight or ten men, brings forth lint, bandages and litters, and stands by in the sick bay for patients. To the captain's hand, and kept close by, is brought the signal book, with the lead-bound back. In the event of capture the book is thrown overboard, thus foiling the enemy, who would like to obtain our secret code. With the lighting deck cleared of everything movable except the guns, the captain gives the order for quarters. This alarm is sounded on the bugle, and the gun crews, top fighters and powder divisions bound to their stations. Should this order come in the blackness of midnight the agile tars reach their posts with but little loss on their day records. The New York carries four ten-inch guns, two in each turret, located one forward and the other aft. A crew of twenty men is stationed at each gun, in charge of three officers. The sole duty of one of these officers is to sight the piece, while the others direct the passing of ammunition and the loadi % of the guns. Asa battle ship is seldom required to spit fire from both ends simultaneously, the work of manning turret guns can be facilitated by doubling up the crews. Six five-inch rapid-fire guns on a side, each with a erew of twelve men, constitute the broadsides. With the enemy engaging at one side only, the opposite broadside is moved across the deck, enabling the ship to pour out a volley of twelve guns if necessary. One officer directs the action of a broadside gun. which can be loaded and fired with great rapidity. Along the rails and in the lighting tops are stationed the machine guns, ranging from one to fivepounders. One man can handle the smaller gun. It is fashioned like a breech-loading rifle, with a stock resting on a swivel and framework that protecjs the gunner from the shock of the recoil. Three or four men can work a Gatling, sweening the decks of an enemy within range or checking the advance of small boats. The machine guns in the tops are better calculated by reason of their elevation for plcking.off men who expose themselves on the deck of an opposing ship. While the battle thus rages above the powder division is busy below passing up ammunition from the magazines. Hoisting gear carries the heavier munitions into the turrets. The lighter projectiles are forwarded to the guns by hand, the apprentice boys being impressed usually for this service under the title of "powder monkey*.”

At the flood cock of each powder magazine is stationed a man whose duty in case of fire is to let in a deluge of sea water that renders the explosives harmless. If from any cause whatsoever tho magazine is threatened the order comes to turn the flood cock. The engineers' department, while taking no active part in the battle, responds to general quarters, and all hands in the stoke hole and engine room are ready for duty In case of accident or disaster. During the engagement the only flag displayed is the stars and stripes flying at the masthead, usually the fore. On the flagship the admiral’s colors, a small square blue flag, is shown at the head of the main mast. Signals and orders to the fleet, if there he one, are transmitted by means of the code sent aloft on the signal halyards. OBITUARY. E. C. Ihissiek, the Silver-Mine Millionaire, Falls Dead. DENVER, Col., March 13.-E. C. Bassick, locater of the famous Bassick silver mine near Silver Cliff, Col., died in this city last night of heart disease. He was sixty-six years old. He lived at Bridgeport, Conn., and came to Denver last week to attend the trial of the suit of Alexander Barclay and others against the Bassick Mining Company, which was set for hearing tomorrow. Mr. Bassick was a poor man in 1877, when he located the Bassick mine, out of which he took $450,000, afterward selling the property for $300,000 cash and $1,000,000 stock in the company which took possession. The m.ne has not been operated for nearly a dozen years on account of litigation. Znchnrie Topelius. HELSINGFORS, Finland, March 13.Zacharie Topelius, the Swedish poet, historian and litterateur, is dead. Zaeharie Topelius, who was of Finnish origin, was born at Kuddnas, Jan. 14, 1818. He began his studies at Uleaborg, was subsequently a pupil. of the poet Runeberg, at Helsingfors, and finally took the courses of history and natural sciences at the Helsingfors University. In 1854 he was appointed professor of Russian and Scandinavian history at the university, holding the chair until 1878, when he retired to devote himself entirely to literature. In addition to two collections of poems “Ljungblommer,” and “Nya Blad,” M. Topelius published a series of short works, widely circulated throughout Sweden, Norway and Finland, whose subjects were taken from the history of Finland, and a number of tales for children, marked by glowing religious and patriotic sentiments. Lieut. Osvvin W. l oWry. NEW YORK, March 13.-Lieut. Oswin W. Dowry, United States navy, died to-day in this city of pneumonia, after a week’s illness. He was born in Ohio in 1852, and was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1868. From ISB2 to 1884 he was acting superintendent of the House of Reformation at Randall's island, having received a leave of absence for that purpose. At the close of that period the permanent superintendency was offered him, but he returned to active service in the navy. His last sea duty was on the cruiser Columbia and on the monitor Amphitrite. One year ago, having completed a cruise, he was assigned to the hydrographic office in this city, in charge of which he was at his death. He leaves a mother, several sisters and one' brother, Prof. Lowry, of Chicago. Mitchell Mathers. Special 1o the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 13.—Mitchell Mathers, one of the best known citizens and an old soldier, was buried to-day from the Kirkwood-avenue Christian Church. Rev. T. J. Clark preached the sermon, and the services were in charge of the Grand Army. Mr. Mathers was sixty-two years old, and one of thev well-known Mathers family, of Clear Creek, where he was born. Richnril fluain, Her Majesty’s Doctor. LONDON, March 13.—Sir Richard Quain, Bart., physician extraordinary to her Majesty, president of the General Medical Council. and editor of ‘‘The Dictionary of Medicine” is dead. He was born Oct. 30, 1816, was a fellow of several learned societies and the author of numerous medical and scientific works.

Mrs. Joseph Rallnrd Carter. LONDON, March 13.—Mrs. Joseph Ballard Carter, mother of Mrs. Ronalds, died here to-day at the residence of her daughter. Danker Francis M. Harris. NEW YORK, March 13.—Francis M. Harris, president of the Nassau Bank, died here to-day at his home in this city. LIFE ON A NEW ORLEANS LEVEE. Happty-Go-Lucky Roustabout* Who Only Work When They Please. Leslie’s Weekly. The negroes move continually at a jog trot, and as there are some thousands on the levee the scene is a most busy one. Every here and there on the edge of the wharf stand barrels of river water, and by each barrel two or three tin cans, which are in constant requisition by some of the numerous workers, who seem to be ever thirsty and drinking. The steamer has received all her freight: she is only waiting now for her working crew of fifty or sixty hands, who will unload and load her at each stopping place up the river. These hands are negroes, who between the landing places have nothing to do but to eat and sleep: at each place, however. where the boat slops, they must be quick and energetic—“always on the jump," as they say in river Vernacular. It is the business of the mate to hire them, direct them, make them work* even to the extent of using some terribly strong language and emphasizing the same with his stout walking stick, if occasion should demand. The negroes know this and expect it; it is a part of river life which could not be dispensed with. When he is ready to employ them, the mate takes as many yellow cards in his hand as he needs negroes and goes on the wharf at the end of his gang plank and waits. The steamer then blows her whistle ir. a particular manner which means “We want a crew:” presently the hundreds of negroes within hearing collect about the male. “Come, boys," he says, “who wishes to go with us?” “What yo’ gwine gib us?” “Seventy a month.” There is not an answer; seventy ft month means at that rate; but a trio lasts about a week and the hands are paid off at the end of each trip. When in twelve hours the boat is ready to start again, there is a repetition of the same trouble—for the average negro will not work as long as he has a little money in his pocket; it is only when he is "done dead broke" that he is ready to ship again—which will give him four square meals a day in addition to these large wages. The busy season on the river being also the time of demand upon the sugar plantations and in the cotton fields for hands, the negro knows his power and uses It. Not one accepts the offer of S7O. The mate waits; at last a man says: "Make it eighty an’ we is wid you.” Trie mate does not hesitate a moment, but calls out: "Pile aboard; we’ll give it.” But the negro has craft and no principle; not one moves. The mate says. "Eighty-five!” Still silence and inaction. "Well, ninety, then.” Still not a movement. In a minute a burly negro calls out: “Say SIOO, man; we got yo’ cn de hip, an’ we won’t go for less dan dat.” The mate has to acquiesce: his ship is laden and the goods must be delivered on time, or the company will suffer; so “the hands” have it all their own way. A rush is made to secure a place at the coveted price; but “first come, first served.” The sixty cards are soon distributed; the happy possessors file on board; the cable is slipped, the wheel revolves, and the steamer Is oft and away on her trip up this most wonderful of streams, the Mississippi. Oil. Nay! Puck. Editor—The meter in this poem is defected ive. Contributor—l meant it to be— the poem ia entitled, "The Charge of the Gas Company.” Hi* Fate. Puck. “Ah! Here's a report that one of those Arctic explorers has come to grief.” “What has happened to him?” “Well, he’s on a lecture tour, and they say he's stranded in Wisconsin.” t A Theory. Springfield Republican. “Why,” we have been asked, "is Chicago so hot for war to knock out the Democrats?" Because it is one thousand miles inland. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablet*. All druggist* refund money If it fail* to cure. 25c. The genuine bi-s L- B O. on each tablet

THEUNITEDSTATESARMY .4. CONSTANTLY INCREASING PERCENTAGE OF WEST POINTERS. Gossip Concerning Retirement* and Promotions—Many Promotion* to Re llnde in the Artillery.

New York Evening Post. Some interesting statistics have been compiled from the army register for IS9B, showing the rapid increase in the number of officers who are graduates of the Military Academy, and incidentally how few of the present generals and colonels have had a West Point training. In 1888 the total number of graduates in active service was 1,108, which has now gone up to 1,502, at the rate of about forty a year, so that 53 per cent, of the list is now made up of West Pointers. Os the nine line generals, but one i3 a graduate, while of the forty line colonels only fourteen are graduates of West Point, the others being appointees from civil life. In the staff corps at the beginning of the year the generals were evenly divided, five being graduates and five having entered the army without any preliminary military training. Os the active officers in the army, 1,327 are West Pointers, 644 are from civil life, and 193 have risen from the ranks. Two regiments. the First and Fourth Cavalry, have no "rankers," but all the others have representatives of the three methods of getting a commission. Forty-nine of the Fourth Artillery’s fifty-eight officers are West Pointers, which Is the largest number in any one regiment, and the Fifth Infantry not only has the smallest number of West Pointers, fourteen, but is the only regiment in which West Pointers are second in number. The engineer corps of 117 alone has no other than West Pointers, but the artillery has for many years admitted no others, with one or two exceptions. That so many of the commanding officers are nongraduates is not to be wondered at, although always a surprise to the public, which has an idea that every officer is a West Pointer, and that the enlisted man has no chance of rising. At the close of the war the reorganized and reduced regular army was recruited from those of the volunteer officers who wished to become professional soldiers, so that in 1870 the West Pointers were few and far between. By the natural, if slow, course of promotion these ex-volunteer officers have now risen to the important positions, as is evidenced by the fact that General Merritt is the only West Pointer among the nine generals. In ten years from now these men will all have passed to the retired list, as any one who enlisted in 1861 at the age of seventeen will have reached the retiring age, and then the West Pointers will probably number fourfifths of the army and hold nearly, if not all, the high ranks. If no war takes place between now and then the United States will at that time have a corps of officers practically without any active service experience except in small Indian fights. OFFICERS BY STATES. Another interesting set of facts gleaned from the register shows that New York has contributed 319 and Pennsylvania 247 officers to the service, Ohio being third with 156, and Illinois fourth with 112. None of the other States except Massachusetts, which has ninety-eight representatives, approaches these figures. The District of Columbia furnishes seventy-five officers, which is easily explained when one considers how many army families reside there, and that the seat of the appointing power is within the District. The event of the pas;t week was the retirement on Friday of Adjutant General Breck and the succession to that position of Col. Henry C. Corbin, an account of whose services has already been given here. The progressive and younger officers are more and more pleased with this appointment, and do not hesitate to express the hope that he will do as much for his department and the army as Inspector General Breckinridge has done in his sphere. The latter officer has, by the way, received the heartfelt sympathy of the service in the loss of liis son, whose tragic death near Havana by being washed oft the torpedo boat Cushing was a precursor of the terrible disaster to the Maine. It has been definitely announced that, instead of Capt. H. L. Scott, Seventh Cavalry, Capt. George Andrews, Twenty-fifth Infantry, a son of Col. George L. Andrews, retired, formerly of the same regiment, will succeed to the vacancy caused by the retirement of Adjutant General Breck. Capt. Andrews was graduated in 1876, became a first lieutenant in 1883 and a captain in 1892. This will promote to captain Lieut. Eaton A. Edwards, who has been in the army as a private hospital steward and officer since Oct. 16, 1861. and Second Lieutenant Harry A. Smith, First Infantry. The vacancy in tbe quartermaster’s department has not yet been filled. ARTILLERY SERVICE. Second Lieut. James Hamilton, Third Artillery, who was promoted last week by the retirement of Major Chester, goes upon the retired list as first lieutenant because of physical disabilities. This promotes Second Lieut. Thomas' W. Winston, Fifth Artillery, and additional Second Lieut. Albert J. Bowley, Fourth Artillery. The retirement on Feb. 10 of Maj. Lewis Smith, Fourth Artillery, caused these promotions: Captain Frank W. Hess, Third Artillery, to be major; First Lieut. William E. Birkhimer, Third Artillery, to be captain; Second Lieut. M. G. Krayenbuhl, Second Artillery, to be first lieutenant, and additional Second Lieut. Bertram C. Gilbert, Frst Artillery, to be second lieutenant. Major Smith woui 1 have been retired for age on May 1, as he entered the army as a private in the Third Artillery July 1, 1851, having thus nea-ly forty-seven years of active service to his credit, all of which service, with tbe exception of the last eleven months, was with tbe same regiment. Major Smith was grad" ited from the Artillery School in 1875, an! became a major on the 30th of April last. Captain Birkhimer served as a private In the Fourth lowa Cavalry in 1804-65. and entered West Point in 1866, so that he has waited twenty-seven years since graduation for his captaincy. During this time he has made a name lor himself as an authority on militiyy law, and as the writer of a history of the United States artillery, which will long remain a standard work, as will his legal text-books. The War Department has settled the longstanding controversy over the command at the Springfield armory by ordering an exchange of stations and commands between Col. Alfred Mordecai, now at that armory, and Dleut. Col. Isaac Arnold, the present commander at the Watervliet, N. Y.. arsenal. Col. Mordecai has been often the subject of charges, mostly preferred by employes or ex-employes, nearly all of which are based upon allegations of severity, or discrimination and such things, but none of which in any manner reflects upon the integrity of the officer. Col. William A. Elderkin, the second officer in rank of the subsistence corps, has been order* and to appear before a retiring board at Fort Sheridan. Illinois. The usual long list of boards of officers for the examination of candidates for West Point at the leading army posts was announced this week. This method of examining candidates near their homes is a great saving of time and expense. The case of First Lieutenant James W. Watson, Tenth Cavalry, found physically disqualified for promotion and recommended to undergo a surgical operation, is now in the hands of Surgeon General Sternberg. It is said that he will soon be in order to undergo the operation, which is not considered dangerous, and that if he does not do so his resignation will be called for. First Lieutenants Henry C. Cabell and Henry G. Learned received orders to join their regiments on February 10, being detached from the National Guard duty to help mitigate the dearth of company officers pointed out in this column last week. Several detachments of the regiment have alreadv started for Alaska, and there Is much sorrow in consequence in Portland, where the regiment, by reason of its long service at Vancouver barracks, is very popular. Kansas City’s IHk Dog Show. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 13.—The second annual dog show, under the auspices of the Kansas City Kennel Club, will open on Tuesday next and continue for four days. • A great array of prize winners at great shows in all parts of the country are entered. The show will. It is claimed, rival any ever held in the country. There are twenty great Danes booked, among them being Sander Vom Inn. who t>eat Leo G. in New York’; eighteen rough-doated St. Bernards, including Le Prince. th $10.00) beauty; thirty-three rough-coated collies, including prize winners Lady Gay and Domino 11, besides thirty-nine’ pointers, thirtythree Enslisb setter*, over forty cocker

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TARKINGTON. .... .Manager. spaniels, twenty-five poodles, and Irish and Gordon setters, terriers of a dozen breeds and bulldogs by the dozen. The cash prizes aggregate upwards of $2,000. James Mortimer. of New York, and Joseph A. Graham, of St. Louis, are among the judges. ARIZONA’S PETRIFIED FOREST. Effort Will He Made to Embrace It In u National Park. W. E. Curtis, in Chicago Record. An attempt will be made to secure the passage of a law by Congress setting aside as a reservation for park purposes a tract of land in Arizona, which embraces the famous petrified forest. This has been recommended again and again by the geological survey, the Smithsonian Institution, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and other sclei tifle organizations, and the increase of population and travel out in that country has caused so much damage through the forest that something ought to be done at once to preserve one of the greatest marvels of nature. Prof. J. Walter Fewkes, of the Smithsonian Institution, who visited the place recently, says: "The place is about fifteen miles from Holbrook, Ariz. There are really three forests close together, the extent of which is. as near as I could judge, about one hundred acres. They are in what is known as the bad lands of Arizona. The trees lie in formations of clay, which underlie some more recent formations. When the layers of clay wear out it seems as if the roots of the trees are below. When the clay disappears from the top surface the trees appear. The butts of the trees are severul feet in height. I measured one which looked higher than my head and which extended one hundred feet in length. They are of all colors of chalcedony. The forms of the bark and other parts of the tree are perfectly preserved. The petrification has evidently been carried on by liquid mixed with silex flowing on the trees and finally tuking the place of the wood as it disappears. None of the trees is standing, all being in an Incumbent position. “The clay formed on the trees and the infiltration of the silex took place. They tumbled down, and when the clay was taken away some of them were exposed in the banks. The clay, by the way, is a variety of black adobe. I went out to the place to visit a ruin which was there and from which I expected to get some valuable specimens, but it yielded little or nothing. Looking down from an elevation in the forest a peculiar sight is presented. The clay is formed in ridges and the whole looks like the back of some horrible monster. In one place I noticed a gulch with a log lying across the top, making a natural bridge. The bark on the trees, the roots, the knots where the branches begin, and everything was perfectly shown. The colors are beautiful, and the exterior appearance even differs. The trees belong to an old flora. "My idea is that where the clay Is not worked out there are probably a number ot other forests similar to this I have just described. The trees are close together, lying in all sorts of positions. Some of the logs are broken into sections which look like thick cart wheels. We took hold of one of them, weighing probably a ton. and rolled it down a hill, where we watched it crash into a lot of other logs. We brought several specimens out with us. The supply there Is almost inexhaustible. I understand the trees are on the government land, but they have been staked out to some extent, I believe, by persons who want to have claims there. Some of them wish to polish the material up into different objects. Tho forest, however, should be preserved as government property. “The Indians are fond of preserving pieces of the fossil wood. At Walpi, the village of the Moqui tribe, I saw a piece of the wood in a shrine devoted to the earth of god."

Joliet Grocer Murdered. JOLIET, 111., March 13.—The body of Thomas Walsh, of the large wholesale grocery house of Walsh & Sons, was found In a ditch near this city to-day. Marks on the head indicated that the man had been murdered and it is believed by his relatives that robbery was the motive. The police believe that Mr. Walsh was drugged carrj.nl to the lonesome spot where his body was found and murdered. No arrests have been made. ' A Prerequisite. Puck. First Citizen—lt was an outrage for De Lome to express such sentiments. Second Citizen- Yes. Indeed. If a foreigner wants to say things like that about the President he ought to take out naturalization papers. belter mtd Washington. Bede’s Budget. Joe belter has made a million and threequarters in his wheat deal by telling the truth. This fact and the life of Washington ought to make a sort of double standard inducement to other Americans to be good. Why is it that nearly all aged persons are thin? And yet, when you think of it, what could you expect? Three score years of wear and tear are enough to make the digestion weak. Yet the body must be fed. In Scott’s Emulsion, the work is all done; that is, the oil in it is digested, all ready to be taken into the blood. The body rests, while the oil feeds and nourishes, and the hypophosphites makes the nerves steady and strong. S<k. and SI.OO, ail druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist*, New York.