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for the paymasters not to come ashore at Ponce, to avoid possible infection. More troops, said the witness, were sent to Porto Rico thar. were desired by General Miles, but only a few more. General Corbin was asked how it happened if there was anything wrong at Chickamauga or Camp Alger that the inspectors general did not report it. He replied that he did not see any of the inspectors’ reports from Chiekamauga. DAILY REPORTS. General Dodge asked if reports were received as to equipment and supplies daily by telegraph from the various commands. Gen. Corbin replied: “Yes, sir. And as fast as they were received by me a copy of each was sent the same day to the heads of the departments concerned. Often the secretary himself indorsed them with the order to hurry along the things needed. Very frequently the secretary would call for the official and discuss with him the best way of attending to the matter. I want to say that all deficit ncies reported were due to lack of the existence of those articles. From these daily reports we not only knew what had been received, but .also the number of uniforms, wagons, etc., issued and to whom every day.’’ General Corbin then volunteered to supply the commission with any records in his office. At any time he would be pleased to furnish everything desired. Colonel Denby—What are the duties of the inspector general? General Corbin hesitated and then slowly responded: “It should be, in time of war as well as in peace, to Inspect the camps of soldiers land report their condition.” Colonel Denby—Are the duties of his subordinates the same? General Corbin—Yes. sir. Their reports are forwarded to the adjutant general, who transmits them to the secretary of war for hie information. Colonel Denby—How does it happen then that the conditions at Chiekamauga were not reported by the inspector general? General Corbin—l have not seen any report of inspectors at Chiekamauga. They were sent to the commanding general there*. It was his duty to remedy any defects pointed out. Colonel Denby—We are in a very difficult position. General CorbinGeneral Corbin—-I've occupied one myself for some time. It is not anew thing for mo Colonel Denby—There has been talk that the efficiency of the inspector general’s office was not kept up. What do you think about that? General Corbin —t think that is largely an error. There was no interference. In answer to questions he said he knew of no contracts during she war that were influenced by anything which was not entirely honest and fair to the government, and that there was no instance of favoritism In making appointments. “How do you account.” asked General podge, “for all these complaints against the various departments?” “To a want of realization of the severities of war." The commission then adjourned until tomorrow.

REVENUES OF NEW POSSESSIONS Klrtt Report Issued by the Wnr Department on Insular Affair*. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The new bureau of the War Department, the division of customs and insular affairs, to-day made its first public report on the revenues of the new insular possessions of the United States, including Cuba, which is being considered for the present as United States territory. The statement says that it should be borne in mind that the collection of customs, as far as Cuba is concerned, has been confined to the eastern province of the island, of which Santiago is the chief port. On and after Jan. 1 the revenues of the Island of Cuba will be largely augumented by reason of the fact that all of the ports of the island will then be in full possession of the military forces of the United States. So far as the Philippines are concerned only the chief port of these possessions, Manila, has jeen legally under the control of the United States forces since the capitulation of the Spaniards to General Merritt and Admiral Dewey. The customs receipts at the port of Santiago de Cuba under the occupation of the United States forces up to Dec. 1 are: July, $6,389; August, $94,350; September, $44,187; October, $69,005; November, $60,627; a total of $275,218. The gross total of receipts from customs received up to Dec. 15, 1898, from the date of the military occupation of the Island of Porto Rico by the United States forces, is 761,278.25 pesos. The total receipts from all sources of taxes, exclusive of custom is 91,083.30 pesos. The gross sum total of taxes and customs received up to Nov. 30, 1898, at the port of Manila, since the military occupation of the port by the United States is 1,577,978 pesos. No statement has yet been given of expenditures in these territories. Cuba, under military occupation, however, will not add anything to the revenues of the United States as under the laws of military occupation the income of the island must be spent upon its own improvement and in internal adminstration. There is no question at the War Department of the right of this government to apply the revenues of Cuba to sanitary and road work. The most interesting question remaining is whether or not any part of the prospective surplus revenue can be applied to the payment of the arrears due the Cuban army, as is urged by the Cuban provisional government. The War Department has reached no conclusion on this head, but as a measure tending to Internal harmony and prosperity, it is understood that the department is inclined to give it due consideration. BIG CONSOLIDATION. ♦•Combine" of Gas, Light and Hunting Companies, with $20,000,000 Capital. PITTSBURGG. Dec. 22.—The consolidation of the local gas, light and heating companies was consummated to-day. The capital Invested exceeds $26,000,000. An Idea of the Incorporation of the com.t>ine will be appreciated when it is stated that one company will in the future control the gas, light and heating supply of Pittsburg and Allegheny, and will have absolute power to make, raise or lower the price to all consumers. It Is stated that the trust will operate under the omnibus charter of the Philadelphia company and In that. name. This charter embraces nearly every concession within the scope of human ingenuity, and it is, in fact, carte blanche. When the details of the combination have been further perfected, it is said that the Philadelphia company will issue probably $10,600,000 debenture bonds, but this has not been positively determined as yet. New Rnbber Trust. NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—A new combination of some of the leading rubber firms in the United States is now in process of formation and is expected to be completed in about a week. It is understood the organization will have a capital of $30,000,009, $15,090,000 to be preferred stock and the other $15,000,000 common shares. It is understood that Charles R. Flint has charge of the organization. HIS PENSION STOPPED. Civil War Veteran Who Saw Service Against Spain Dropped from Roll*. CHILLICOTHE. 0.. Dec. 22.-John W. Kelley, a veteran of the civil war, received notice from the Pension Bureau to-day that his pension of sl2 per month, issued for general disability, had been stopped because he did service in the war with Spain. Kelley first ofTered to enter the service as a soldier, but was rejected on account of disability, and then secured a place as mule driver. Speaking of Hobson. Washington Post. We think we may safely say that Hobson Is rapidly diminishing his own proportions and alienating the respect of the American people by this barn-storming tour of his. His persistent posing before audiences in different parts of the county, and—worst of all—his nauseous osculation of the semihysterical women who throng to hear his so-called lectures—these aspects of the case are taking on the properties of ipecac. He Is making himself both cheap and tiresome. He is diluting the worth of military achievement and clothing renown in the cheap habiliments of theatrical display. The country ts sick of the whole tawdry, melodramatic performance, and sensible and ' thoughtful men are wondering why the Navy Department permits such melancholy nonsense. If Mr. Hobson had modeled himself upon Captain Clark, of the Oregon, who. after accomplishing one of the most brilliant exploits of this or any other war. retired from public view", he would have today a much finer hold upon the respect and approval of the American people. Since he i has chosen another and less admirable course, however, the Navy Department would do well to consult the dignity of the service and to call him in, Cameron pianos are fine at Wulschner’s.

THE DREYFUS DOSSIER ♦- ITS CONTEXTS TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE EXILE'S WIFE. ♦- Disturbance* at Toulouse United State* Protest* Against French Aggressions in China. a LONDON. Dec. 23—The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "The government has decided to hand the Dreyfus secret dossier to the Court of Cassation. It will also be communicated to Madame Dreyfus and to M. MornarjJ, the counsel for Dreyfus.” TOULOUSE, France, Dec. 22.—Serious street disorders occurred here this evening between the promoters of pro-Dreyfus and anti-Dreyfus -meetings. Several persons were severely injured and the windows of a number of Jewish shops were smashed. Mndnmp Henry Detie* Reinacb. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—The Journal’s Paris correspondent says: Mme. Henry, dressed in widow’s weeds, bowed by many sorrows, and almost penniless, is waging a valiant fight against the traducers of her husband's memory. “The crusade against my dead husband is abominable,” she said to-day. “Relnach, whom the army degraded, would not dare attack him were he living. If my husband did forge the Dreyfus documents his acts lacked malice. He acted on the principle Ihat public safety is supreme to everything. I have sent this letter to Joseph Reinach: “ ‘Sir—From the day of the death of my poor husband J determined to preserve silence in response to all rumors or accusations against the name I bear. In the presence. however, of your infamous calumnies 1 can no longer suppress my indignation, and am forced to protest. You advance the most abominable allegations against my husband, who is no longer on Curth to defend himself, having left only myself and a four-year-old child to perpetuate his honor. I can readily establish and demonstrate the economical mode of life, of Colonel Henry and the great services he lias rendered his country. And now. sir. without a shadow of proof, you pretend that my husband, who had an income of 8,509 francs per annum, spent much more. 1 challenge you to prove this.’ ” The American Defeated. BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 22.—At the Olympic Club this evening, in a twenty-round glove contest between Mike Sears, of Boston, and Wright, of Plymouth, England, the American was defeated in the fifteenth round. Sears started a slight favorite, and in the early rounds had the advantage. Once or twice he looked like a winner. In the twelfth round Wright rolled him over with a smashing hit on the chin, from which he never recovered, although he held on until the fifteenth round, when the referee, seeing that Scars’s chances were hopeless, stopped one of the gamest fights seen here in a long time. Protest Against Frcncli Aggression*. PEKING, Dec. 22.—'The United States minister here, Edwin H. Conger, has entered a protest against the proposed extension of French jurisdiction at Shanghai. This, added to the vigorous British protest on the same subject, will undoubtedly stiffen Chinese resistance to the French demand, hut, unless the Chinese are sustained, they will be compelled eventually to yield. Two Gift* Aggregating $2,000,000. LONDON, Dec. 22.—Lord Iveagh (Edward Cecil Guinness) has presented the Jenner Institute with the sum of £250,000 in aid o? scientific research in bacteriology and other forms of biology. The Jenner Institute includes most of the leaders in medicine and its allied sciences in Great Britain. Lord Iveagh also proposes to expend £250.000 upon the improvement of the insanitary Bull Alley area, in the heart of Dublin, Oregon anil lowa Leave Valparaiso. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—A dispatch from Valparaiso says: “The under secretary for foreign affairs has been dismissed from office under grave charges. “The Oregon and lowa sailed yesterday. The people gave the American sailors a cordial reception. The United States minister visited the battle ships.” Senor Snga*tn 111. MADRID, Dec. 22.—'The premier, Senor Sagasta, is worse to-day. He is very feverish. His condition caused Spanish interior securities to fall from 56.25 to 55.30. Cable Note*. M. Jules Cambon, French ambassador to the United States, will probably be transferred to Berlin. The British Admiralty, it is reported, has just placed orders for four war ships with ship builders on the Clyde. The French Chamber of Deputies has unanimously voted a credit of 66.000,000 francs to complete the new artillery. No confirmation has been received of the report circulated that a powder magazine in the center of the Chinese camp at HangChow had exploded and killed three thousand soldiers. The North German Gazette in announcing that the imperial meat inspection bill is now' ready to be submitted to the Bundesrath says: “The introduction of a uniform system of inspection has long been contemplated and Is purely a German affair with which w r e alone are concerned.” The London Yachting World apparently confirms the report that Sir Thomas Lipton has Intrusted the building of the Shamrock, challenger for the American cup, to the Thorneycrofts. The paper adds that the yacht will be built of poplar. The Thomeycrofts have never yet constructed a racing yacht.

PERILOUS BALLOON TRIP. Incident* of the Voyage of Aeronaut* Aero** the En:l!sli Channel. NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-A dispatch to the Times from London says: “The Chronicle will publish to-morrow an account from its correspondent sent in a balloon trip across the channel, showing that the Andree steering gear was tested with perfect success. The sail used was eighteen feet square instead of twelve feet, the one used in the land experiments. The aeronauts took their course when the 200-foot trail rope was in water, and found that they had deflected three points, or about double what obtained on land in Essex several weeks ago. This was not surprising, for the frictional resistance of the trail rope in water was immense. Another test gave the same result, but this time the balloon descended within tw’o feet of the waves. To keep the balloon at even altitude was a task of the greatest difficulty, and, owing to cold air on the water, the sun-heated gas cooled with lightning rapidity, demanding constant expenditure of ballast to prevent falling into the sea. The balloon again rose 2,300 feet, but dropped behind a thick cloud. The sudden eclipse caused a rapid descent, and in a few minutes the balloon touched the ocean. A was struck the car. It was an exciting moment for the aeronauts, their gum boots being filled with water. Pereival Spencer, the famous aeronaut in charge, promptly threw out ballast and saved himself from the situation. The balloon rose 7,000 feet after clearing the French cliffs and landed safely amid Norman peasants four miles east of Havre, having in five hours covered 150 miles, of which seventy-five miles were over the sea. Claim for Rejected. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Dec. 22.—The Court of Claims has denied the claim of Isaac R. Hitt, Mary S. Logan, widow of Gen. John A. Logan, and Catherine Wiltshire for $36.600. The claim was for services alleged to have been rendered by Hitt. John A. Logan and Wiltshire in securing the refunding of the direct tax to Illinois. The claim was rejected because not tiled with the state auditor within two years after it matured, and on the ground that the Constitution provided that the Legislature shall not authorize payment of claims based on contracts not expressed or implied by law. Mules anil Horses for Philippines. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-The ship Tacoma sailed to-day for Honolulu with 111 army mules on board. At Honolulu the mules will be turned out for a few weeks’ exercise and will then be shipped along with two hundred mules and horses already In Honolulu and the whole lot will be taken to Manila for the use of the United States troops stationed there. In addition to the live stock the Tacoma carries in her hold a large assortment of wagons, dump carts,

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grading plows and other things necessary for the work of improving the roads in the Philippines. “DEMON OF THE NIGHT.” Gold Broker Who XVnn a Millionaire Before He Readied Thirty. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Thomas S. Marler, of Brooklyn, Conn., who died suddenly while on a visit to this city, was a famous speculator in Wall street thirty years ago. He came to this city from England, where he was born in 1839. Young Marler received but little school education, and at the age of tw’elve was put to the trade of engine turning, but, the concern failing, he went into a wholesale jewelry store for a year or two and thence into a dry goods establishment, where he was a cashier for a business of from ssw to SI,OOO a day, and at the same time buyer for a jewelry house, receiving $3 per week. Though but fourteen, Marler soon doubled his pay by going into a real estate office, where in a few months his salary was increased to SBOO per annum. At seventeen he embarked in the gold pen business and exhibited ms pens in the American Institute fair and received a diploma. When tne panic of 1857 came Marler was eighteen years old. He was forced to suspend his business, and after settling his affairs returned to deal in real estate. In 1863 he had a few thousand dollars in the bank and resolved to try his fortunes in Wall street. After flattering success for a time an unlucky turn of the wheel in a single day deprived him of s22,waj, almost his entire capital. He men became a broker of “the street,” and was one of the first members of the Gold Exchange, doing business for several large houses. After a varied experience in this line he opened a banking houes In Wall street, known at S. B. Benedict & Cos. His partner died in a few months and he went out alone, and after doing a large business for three and a half years retired in 1868. It was during the sixties that Marler made most of his money dealing in Wall-street stocks. Old brokers say that these were days when gold was picked up in the streets, and the shrewd operations of tne young fimioicier made him several times a millionaire. When the "Evening c.xcnange ' was in operation at the Fifth-avenue Hotel he was nicknamed by his associates the “Demon of the Night, for luck seemed to be with him at every turn. He made deals in gold specie with as much abandon as the ordinary operator buys and sells wheat, and used to go as high as $4,000,000 in a single night. He was a millionaire before he was thirty years old. Percy M. Jaffrny. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 22.—Percy M. Jaffray, the tall center of ’varsity football eleven, died to-day of blood poisoning. He was not taken violently ill until noon, and after that physicians worked incessantly to ease his sufferings. When death ensued the physicians were somewhat in doubt as to the exact nature of the disease and spinal meningitis was suggested as probable. To-night, however, an autopsy was held, attended by a number of prominent physicians, and the following official statement was issued: “The cause of death was acute general septicaemia. This condition was the result of an acute infectious inflammation of the lungs, which was followed by a general infection of the blood. There was no injury which in any way could have had an influence in producing these conditions.” Patrick Haggerty. 100 Year* Old. MALONjcj, N. Y„ Dec. 22.—News of the death of Patrick Haggerty, probably the oldest man in the State, reached his friends in Malone to-day. Mr. Haggerty would have been 109 years old the 17th of March next, and was wonderfully preserved mentally and physically. He enjoyed his newspaper, reading the finest type readily without glasses. He was regular in his habits, and w r as always an early riser. He was an inveterate smoker from childhood, when he commenced the use of tobacco on the advice of physicians. He resided* a few miles south of Rotsdam. Andrew Wanle**. DETROIT, Dec. 22.—Andrew Wanless, a well-known literary character of Detroit and poet and prose writer of no mean ability, died at his residence here to-day of pneumonia. For many years Mr. Wanless had conducted a second-hand book store that was a resort for local literary men. He possessed a magnificent library of about 22,000 volumes, comprising some very rare old books and manuscripts. Scotland saw Mr. Wanless born in 1824, he removing to this country in 1851, eventually settling here in 1800.

Rev. John W. Kramer. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Rev. John W. Kramer, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, of Bensonhurst, died suddenly to-day. Dr. Kramer was a native of Baltimore and was sixty-four years of age. He was prominent In the affairs of the Episcopal Church in this diocese, and had written several books on religious subjects. Lieut. .Sumner C. Paine. ASHEVILLE, N. C., Dec. 22.—The remains of Lieut. Sumner C. Paine, U, S. N., retired, who died here yesterday, were taken to Washington to-day. He was executive officer of Commodore Dewey’s flagship, the Olympia, just previous to the beginning of the late war. Mnj. Mortimer Denring. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 22.—Maj. Mortimer Dearing, capitalist, is dead of Bright’s disease. He w>as born in Lynchburg, Va., in 1827, came West in 1849 and for a time engaged in freighting across the plains. Col. John Hemenwny Robert*. BOSTON, Dec. 22.—C01. John Hemenway Roberts, former commander-in-chief of the Union Veterans’ Union, died suddenly at his home, in Chelsea, this afternoon. MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY. Robber Found Dead Sear the Window of n House He Had Plundered. QUINCY, Mass., Dec. 22.—The most peculiar shooting affair which has ever been brought to the attention of the police of this city occurred early this morning at the winter home of John Shaw in this city, when a robber, w'ho had plundered the house, lost his life. The whole affair is very mysterious as the occupants of Mr. Shaw's house declare they beard no shot fired and did not know that their home had been entered until the body of the man was found by a servant w r ho was the first in the house to arouse them. The body was directly in front of the window, which was open. The dead man wore anew suit, in the pocket of which a gold w'atch, diamond pin and two pairs of eye glasses belonging to members of the Shaw family were found. A piece of paper marked “James Emerson, Greenstreet, Jamaica Plain.” w r as also found. The man was probably thirty-five years of age. The police are working on the theory that the robber was shot by a “pal,” who was watching outside and who may have mistaken the robber for the owner of the house, just as his companion came toward the window. BOSTON, Dec. 22.—James Emerson, whose home address, Green street, Jamaica Plains, was found on the body of the man shot in Quincy, is a clerk employed in the office of the Cunard Steamship Company. Mr. Emerson professes utter ignorance as to the identity of the man and is at a loss to know how he came to have the address, unless he had picked it out as a good field for his operations. Gen. Bate* Ordered to Cnbn. MACON, Ga., Dec. 22.—Orders were received here to-day for Maj. Gen. John C. Bates and division headquarters to proceed to Charleston and take transport for Cuba. The order also directed that the Sixth Ohio Regiment, now at Knoxville, Tenn., proceed to Charleston and sail on the same transport not later than Dec. 26. It is believed here that the rest of the First Army Corps, under General Wilson, will follow' In a few days. Wlttnier Thrown by the Turk. CINCINNATI, 0., Dec. 22.—After the regular performance at the People’s Theater, Hali Adlal. the Turk, and Charles W’lttmer. of this city, wrestled. Grneeo-Roman. for the best two out of three for a purse of SSOO and $230 a side. The Turk threw Wittmcr in the first bout in twenty-two minutes and forty seconds, and It required one hour and twenty-five minutes for him to throw Wittmer in the second bout. In n Good Cause. Washington Post. A Buffalo man died the other day while engaged !n shoveling the snow off his sidewalk. Here is a novelty In heroes. Wulechner’s folding music str.nds, 4Se.

GLASS FACTORY STRIKES ANOTHER EFFORT TO UNIONIZE REMAINING NONUNION WORKS. Labor Troable* nt Swayiee, Redkey, Greenfield and Noble*ville—Life Verdict for Mu**er. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Dec. 22.—The Swayzee fiuit jar employes, at Swayzee, ten miles west of here, have gone on strike against another reduction in the scale. There has already been one reduction this season. The blowers of the Redkey Fruit Jar Company ar.d of the Streeter Fruit Jar Crmpany, at Greenfield, have also gone out this week. Delegates from the Redkey blowers met a delegation of the Swayzee blowers at Swayzee. Tuesday, and from there the tw'o delegations went to Greenfield, where they held a secret conference Tuesday night. 'Hie men agreed to stand together, and declare there will be trouble if either of the firms attempt to start with other men. Dennis Hayes, president of the Fruit Jar Blowers’ Union, who is now in Toronto, Can., will be here in a few days to assist in unionizing the plants. Glass men predict a warm time before the strike is settled, as these three factories are the largest nonunion fruit jar factories in the world, the Swayzee factory being the largest of the three. The Swayzee factory employs forty-eight blowers, the Redkey plant forty-five and the Greenfield plant forty. The strikers say the demands of the firms are unjust in the first place, as prices are better and demand more than has been for several years. All the factories were running night and day. The Swayzee firm declare they will put in machines. 'Winiiow-tilaim Worker** Muddle. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 22,-The arbitrators in the window-glass dispute have been unable to secure an umpire and President Burns has instructed the representatives elected by the window-glass workers to demand a settlement to-day. Governor-elect Roosevelt, of New York, was agreed on, but he declined to accept, saying he was too busy. The arbitrators are now considering two propositions—one to select the umpire by drawing lots and the other to request Governor Buckner, of Kentucky, to name a suitable person. When asked if he would attempt to close the factories controlled by the combination if an agreement be not reached Mr. Burns refused to answer. Strike nt Bottle Work* Still On. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVTLLEv Ind., Dec. 22.—W. J. Smith, president of the Glass Blowers’ Union of the United States, was in the city yesterday trying to adjust the differences between the managers of the bottle works and the striking employes. He was in conference with Secretary McElfresh and Superintendent Johnson for two hours, but no satisfactory arrangement could-be made. The officers here refuse to take back the strikers or agree to employ union labor exclusively. President Smith left the city this morning. • HONEST JAY COUNTY JURY. It Send* One of tlie Stoltz Murderer* to I’ri*on for Life. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 22.-The jury in the Musser murder case found the defendant guilty of the murder and robbery of Mrs. .Louisa Stoltz, at Portland, on the night of Feb. 10, and fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. An agreement was reached after deliberating only six hours. The first ballot stood eight for conviction and four for acquittal. None was for hanging. Musser played bravo during the entire trial, and only once did he evince any emotion, and that was when reference was made to his mother, who died during his incarceration here. Some old friends from Geneva called on him yesterday in the courtroom, and it so affected him that he refused his supper and breakfast this morning. When he appeared in court this morning he looked pale and haggard. As the verdict was read he endeavored to appear indifferent, and at its conclusion made an effort to smile that was ghastly. The verdict was no surprise to those who have watched the case. The acquittal of Samuel Marshall by a Winchester jury on the same evidence has not shaken the belief of the people of both Portland and Hartford City that he was a lucky man to escape. By the conviction the SI,OOO reward offered by the executor of the Stoltz estate will fall into the hands of Constable Allen, of Portland, Marshal Houseman, of Alexandria, and Officer McMullen and Frank Markle, of Terre Haute, the men who ran down the murderers. The estate of the murdered woman is valued at nearly $40,000. The trial cost Jay county $3,000. A brother of the prisoner is assistant attorney general of the State of Colorado, and he sent $l5O to assist in paying the attorney for the defense. If Musser is derded anew trial it is believed he will contess and implicate others who are suspected of having a hand in the murder.

Another Murder Mystery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Dec. 22.—The news of Albert Musser’s conviction w r as received here this morning within a very few minutes after the verdict and met with general approval. For several days there has been a story which seeks to connect the Stoltz murder closely with the supposed murder of Clarence Kirkland, a Muncie bartender, who was found dead in Brastus Whipple’s cornfield, east of Portland, one week after Mrs. Stoltz was murdered in her cottage. Kirkland is alleged to have worn a stiff hat when he came to Portland, and when his dead body was found a cap was pulled well down over his ears and forehead as if he had done it himself, laid down in a shock of cornfodder and went to sleep, never to awaken. His body was held for several days in a local undertaking establishment and finally buried. ApplaiiKe Diiring Murder Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCI-E, Ind., Dec. 22.—Mrs. Lavlna Black testified in her own behalf to-day In the murder trial and occupied the stand for five hours, relating the assault she was subjected to by John L. Bailey, the man she killed. She said her mind was blank on the day of the shooting from the time she went to the pump at the Childs home for water and then espied Bailey standing near. She says she saw him sinking, and then all was blank until she was behind the bars in the Muncie jail. The ease is the one thing alone being discussed here, and the sympathy for the defendant is great. This morning there was handclapping and loud laughter at a point in evidence favoring the defendant. Judge Leffier threatened to clear the room of the thousand or more people who were crowded in the courtroom. The verdict, no matter what it is, will most likely come Christmas eve. Actv Englfliiii Society Banquet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 22.—Thirty-six members of the New England Society of Anderson held their fourth annual banquet at the Doxey Hotel last night. George S. Parker presided, and the toasts were by Noble C. Butler, of Indianapolis, on the “Manliness of Puritanism;” Charles R. Cravens, on “Plymouth Rock.” and Rev. W. B. Street on “The Faith of the Puritans.” Mr. Parker was re-elected president, E. R. Cheney vice president, Mrs. F. E. Ireland secretary and treasurer, and these, with Mrs. W. B. Cutter and I. D. Bosworth, constitute the executive board. Thonia* Wa* u Tnx Dodger. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 22.—Madison county has brought suit against the estate of Western B. Thomas, demanding SII,OOO back taxes on omitted property in Madison county from 181)0 to 1896. Thomas had been paying on only $5,000. and after his death an inventory showed him possessed of bonds and stock amounting to $451,000. Thomas is the man w ho was killod by Winnie Smith in Indianapolis several years ago. A Baby Found in Logan*i>ort. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, ind., Dec. 22.-Tuesday night a woman stepped Into the toilet room at the Panhandle station In this city and discovered u bundle lying in one corner of the room containing a baby boy, about three days old, wrapped in an old white wool

shawl. The infant was turned over to Mrs. Charles Kleckner. of this city, who asked to care for it. The police have no clew. The discovery was made shortly after the arrival of the local passenger train from the east, and some think it was brought in by someone on that train, who left a few minutes after on the train for Chicago. 975.000 Timber-Land Deni. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind., Dec. 22.-The sale of the Woods timber land of 1,100 acres in this and Wabash counties is causing a flurry among timber men all over the State. Many have long been after it because of its rich timber, and Strauss Brothers, of I.igonier, have tinally purchased it for $75,000. It is one of the few large tracts of virgin forest remaining in the State. It lies along the banks of the Mississinewa. and within a few miles of two railroads. Experts say it contains 1,000,000 feet of black wulnut. 1.000,000 feet of hard oak and more than 3,000,000 feet of other marketable timber. ArkunsiiH Moonshiners taught. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Dec. 22—Wesley Knight and son, Henry Knight, were arrested to-day. the former in Dubois county and the latter In Orange county, on a charge of violating the internal revenue laws in operating an illicit still in Van Buren county. Arkansas. Henry Knight was brought to this city and arraigned before United States Commissioner Cardwill. He waived examination'and will be held to await the arrival of officers from Arkansas. Wesley Knight was taken to Evansville to be arraigned. Ex-Soldlers Take the Train. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MITCHELL, Ind., Dec. 22.—A passenger train was held here several minutes this morning and the conductor sent for the city marshal to arrest several soldier boys, who were becoming boisterous in the coaches. The soldiers belonged to a Mississippi regiment, and were mustered out yesterday. They were all drinking, and one kicked out a window before the train reached this place. The marshal could not be found and the boys were not molested. l'onng Soldier Attempts Suietde. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind., Dec. 22.—Alva Dlffenderfer, a young man living two miles north of this city, attempted suicide this morning by shooting himself with a revolver. A love affair is supposed to be the cause. He was a member of Company G, One-hundred-and-flfty-eighth Indiana Regiment. David Williams, aged forty, living at Stringtown, seven miles south of Covington, committed suicide last night by hanging. No cause given. Atlanta Tin-Plate Deal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 22.—The people of Atlanta are jubilant to-day over the prospect of the removal of the Montpelier tin-plate works to Atlanta. Representative stockholders from Chicago, Kokomo, Noblesville, Terre Haute and Klwood were in session at Atlanta to-day. A bonus of $3,000 is asked. This amount is nearly all raised, and the removal seems like an assured fact. This will make the Atlanta plant one of the largest. Receiver for Stone Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Dec. 22.—Robert F. McKinney, of this city, has been appointed receiver of the Sterling Stone Company by Judge Martin, with a bond fixed at SIO,COO. Indiana Notes. George C. Heckman, for the past three years superintendent of the Richmond district of the Prudential Insurance Company, has been notified of his transfer to the Dubois, Pa., district. Mrs. Surah Helms, the widow of James Helms, died suddenly Wednesday at her home in Centreville, Ind., and within two hours Mrs. Rebecca Williams, wife of Louis Williams, living on the adjoining lot, died suddenly. The farmers’ institute of Hamilton county closed yesterday. The next annual meeting will be held at Westfield. The officers for the ensuing year are: President, Thomas E. Bowles: secretary, Milton Hanson. Resolutions were passed favoring the abolishment of the truant office. MARRIAGE IS SUFFICIENT. Alien-Born Women liny Vote When They Marry a Citizen. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 22.—1n the contested election case of O. H. Brigham against P. C. Stanford, the court lays down the rule that alien-born women become naturalized when they marry citizens of the State. The appellant was elected a member of a board of education in Livingston county and his election was contested on the ground that a number of alien women, the wives of citizens, had bean permitted to vote at the election. The court declares that the marriage of an alien-born woman to a citizen is sufficient to make her a citizen and that she may vote under the same laws that other women vote. Municipalities Are Ungrateful. W. E. Curtis, in Chicago Record. S. M. Inmann, the foremost citizen of Atlanta, one of the richest and most progressive men in the South and the largest cotton factor in the world, who handles about one-third of the entire exports of that staple, has been taxed out of town. His residence, which is the finest in Atlanta, is closed. He did not appear during the President’s reception, and we were told that he had gone to New York to live. In explanation it was said that Mr. Inmann objects to the taxes which have been imposed upon his property and the ingratitude which has been shown by the citizens of the place for his efforts to promote their welfare and prosperity. When the recent exposition was on the verge of collapse from financial difficulties Mr. Inmann stepped forward and placed $50,000 in cash in the hands of the treasurer, with the understanding that he would be reimbursed to the extent of $45,000 by public subscriptions, the remaining $5,000 being his contribution to the relief fund. For some reason or another the understanding was not fulfilled, and the entire loss fell upon his shoulders. It is also said that when the street-car service of Atlanta was denounced as inadequate and a disgrace to the community Mr. Inmann stepped forward, reorganized the company, changed the motive power from mules to electricity, and, with his great business ability, placed the company upon its feet and extended the tracks into the suburbs, where a Hus could not be self-sustaining for years. As long as, he lost money he was eulogized as a public benefactor, but the moment his investment began to pay and he received some returns for his publie-spiritedness everybody pitched upon him, and he had to fight the Common Council, the County Commissioners and even the State Legislature fp prevent the confiscation of his property. This made him so disgusted that he removed his residence to New York, although he still retains his business office in Atlanta. Why Bryan Left the Army. Washington Special to Chicago Record. Col. William Jennings Bryan did not leave very pleasant recollections with the Third Nebraska, the regiment he commanded. It is composed of a fine set of men, and they have the prettiest camp in the South, which has been decorated and embellished with artistic skill under the direction of Lieut. Col. Vifquain, who has been promoted to Bryan’s place. The men speak very freely and not very respectfully about their former colonel. Last Sunday morning as I stepped out on the porch of the De Sota Hotel at Savannah I found a corporal's guard from the Third Nebraska on provost duty. In answer to my inquiries they said they came from Lincoln, and when I asked why Col. Bryan resigned his command one of them replied: "He got all there was in It for him and quit.” “How Is that?” I inquired. “When Bryan wont into the army he was only playing politics. He came down here to pose, and when he found that nobody was looking at him he was disappointed. He wasn’t any bigger than anybody else in the camp. He was only one of twenty colonels, and nobody pays any attention to them. He saw there wasn’t anything in it for him politically and so he resigned. He promised to see that we were mustered out as soon as he got to Washington, but it looks as if he forget it. and the next election the boys will forget him.” Possible Successor to Faulkner. Washington Special. It is generally believed in Washington that ex-S**nator Henry G. Davis will succeed Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia. ExSerator Davis is a Democrat and served twelve years in the Senate. He is an enormously rich man and the father-in-law of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, from the same State. The West Virginia legislature appears to be Democratic, according to the latest advices, and If ex-Senator Davis should be sent to the Senate the two seats in that body credited to West Virginia will be In one family. Muaic cabinets $5 at Wulschner's.

RAVAGES OF THE GRIP MANY DEATHS IN F.ASTERN CITIES DUE TO THE DISEASE. ♦ Thousands of People Afflicted in New York, Washington, Philadelphia and Elsewhere. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Tlie epidemic of grip is still in marked evidence. There was one less death from influenza in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx for the statistical day, ending at noon, than were reported for the previous day, hut, on the other hand, there was just as many from bronchitis and more from pneumonia. Many of the recent deaths from pneumonia have been indirectly due to the grip. Furthermore, physicians say that the prevalence of the grip, with the consequent general weakening of the system causes an increase in mortality on all lines. The deaths from all causes reported to-day numbered sixteen more than the day before. During the last four days, according to Dr. Rodgers Tracey, register of records of the health department, the death 1 from all causes have been 530. This is a daily average of 132%. On the corresponding days of last year, Dec. 19, 20, 21 and the deaths from all causes numbered 388, a daily average of 97. Many school children and teachers are suffering from the grip. There are about 225,0(8) children enrolled in the public schools in this city. The normal ra o of absentees is about one in two. To-day Superintendent Jasper reported that thdre were about 45,000 absentees among the pupils, or 20 per cent. Os the 5,380 teachers about 7 per cent, are on the absent list, whereas 3% or 4 per cent, is the usual ratio. There are 381 sick policemen to-day, as against 36S the day before. President Murphy, of the Board of Health, expressed the opinion to-day that the city would be fully able to control the epidemic of grip which is now prevailing here. The injunction by the Board of Health to elevated roads and city transportation companies to fumigate and thoroughly clean their conveyances is being carried out. The health authorities of Brooklyn report that during the twenty-four hours preceding 10 o’clock this morning twenty deaths from grip and pneumonia occurred. The number of cases is increasing rather than diminishing. Government Employes Suffer. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—From the number of persons connected with the various government departments and large commercial houses who are 111 it is apparent that grip is playing an important part in the present health conditions in Washington. Os the 3.000 employes of the Government Printing Office, 372 were away on sick k-ave to-day, and of the two thousand in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 235 were reported ill. Throughout the other branches of the government service the proportion of absentees on account of illness is unusually large, even at this time of the year Many of the large stores, which are now in the midst of their busiest season, are very much short of help, due to the large sick roll. The damp, rainy weather of the past four days has heen especially conducive to the spread of the disease. The Epidemic nt Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-It Is estimated that between 25,000 and 30,000 persons in this city are suffering from grip, and doctors report the epidemic on the increase. At the Board of Health to-day six deaths v/ere reported to have occurred within the past twenty-four hours directly due to grip, and twelve other deaths were traced indirectly to the same cause. Reports received from eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey point to an epidemic of the disease in those sections. Learned It in the Navy. Kansas City Journal. Lieut. S. B. Winram. U. S. N., is visiting his brother-in-law, Thomas F. Callahan, 3400 Independence boulevard. He is a son of the late City Auditor Winram, and has many friends in this city. He expects to be assigned to an arctic 'expedition or to go to Manila. Lieutenant Winram was an upper classman when Lieutenant Hobson was a "pleb.” ”1 have helped to haze Lieutenant Hobson,” said Winram last night, “but there was never anything done which would lower a man in his own estimation. We used to make him sing and dance and do lots of other funny things, but no roughness was Indulged in. “As I remember Hobson, he was solemn and bright—very smart, but serious and religious. He belonged to the Y. M. C. A. and had the respect of his fellows. He was an undeveloped hero, but there are many others who under the same circumstances would undoubtedly have done just as he has done. The w’orld is full of undeveloped heroes, and I don’t say this in disparagement to Lieutenant Hobson. ‘‘About his kissing? Well, I must say I am surprised. He didn’t learn that at the Y. M. C. A., I am sure. That is an after acquirement. He must have learned that in the navy.”

Tlie Ruling Passion. New York Evening Sun. A mother was telling her small son about a terrible calamity that had actually happened to a little girl of their acquaintance, “The little girl had been out Christmas shopping with her mother.” she said, “and they were hurrying to get home, the mother loaded down with bundles and the little girl with a big box of candy under her arm. They reached the elevated platform just as a train was moving out of the station, but the little girl, although her mother cried out to her not to, tried to get on. The mother sprang forward, and the guard did his best to stop the train; but It was too late. The little girl fell beneath the wheels, and was not only killed, but frightfully mangled. They had literally to pick her up In a basket. And all because she wouldn’t obey her mother.” For a while the boy sat lost in thought. Then: “Did they get the candy?” A Former Indinninn. New York Mail and Express. Hon. D. S. Alexander, congressman from the Thirty-third district, is being pressed by his friends in the New York delegation for appointment by Speaker Reed upon the rivers and harbors committee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Warren B. Hooker to accept a seat on the Supreme Court bench. Colonel Alexander has both the experience and the ability to perform the important and exacting duties which pertain to membership upon that committee. No State in the Union has more important interests to be guarded by the rivers and harbors committee than New York. Justice Hooker was a faithful, watchful and energetic guardian of those interests at Washington, and Colonel Alexander would be just as active and painstaking a member of the committee as was Mr. Hooker. Gallant “Rob*' Ctanreli Rewarded. Washington Special. Dr. J. R. Church, the surgeon of the Rough Riders, whose gallantry in rescuing the wounded from the field of battle at Santiago was one of the brightest incidents in that campaign, has been appointed a surgeon in the regular army and ordered to report to General Otis at Manila. Surgeon General Sternberg said he would like to get a lot more Just such men, but they were very scarce. “Rob” Church, as he is usually known, is a graduate of Princeton, where he was captain of the football team, studied medicine in Washington and was a house surgeon at Garfield Hospital when he went to the war. He is a con of Alonzo W. Church, formerly a prominent lawyer at Chicago and now librarian of the United States Senate. “Fnra anotit” Blount’* Fate. W. E. Curtis, in Chicago Record. An awful example of the fate of the man who hauls down the American flag appeared In the audience that greeted the President at Macon, Ga.. the other day in the person of James H Blount, ‘Paramount Blount,” whom President Cleveland sent to Honolulu for that purpose, and who passed Into contempt and then into oblivion. He represented the Macon district in Congress for several terms, was chairman of important committees and one of the most influential men in the House, but his constituents refused to re-elect him, and people at Macon told me that since ho returned from Honolulu he could not in? elected dog catcher In any village in Georgia. He is a lawyer by profession and still has an office in Macon, but does not appear in the courts, and is allowed to enjoy his own society in the seclusion of his plantation. Pointer for the fair. Chicago Post. If the Czar thinks there is “nothing ahead but anarchy” he ought to take a good look at Mr. Reed ruling a House of Representatives.

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Tho jury in the case of W. S. Jewitt, formerly president of the Hake National Bank, of Wolfboro, N. H., charged with the embezzlement of $26,000, said to have been committed while settling the affairs of the bank, bas brought in a verdict of guilty. Contracts have been signed for the consolidation on Jan. 1 of the Syracuse (N. Y.) Standard and the Syracuse Post. James J. 'Baldwin will be president and Francis Hendricks vice president of the company. The paper will be called the Post-Standard. Fred Smith, of Victoria, B. C., just returned from Alaska, brings news of two more rich gold-bearing creeks discovered rear Allen. The new find has been christened Moose and Goose creeks. He had both hands frozen and nearly lost his life on the way,out. John F. Miller Post, G. A. R.. of Seattle, Wash., has unanimously ordered that a telegram be sent to President McKinley congratulating him on his loyal reception in the South, and indorsing his acts and speeches, especially in reference to the care of the Confederate dead. *** The Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer Blake left Baltimore yesterday for Porto Rican waters. Her departure marks the beginning of work by this government in the new possessions, this being the first expedition sent to any of these islands for the purpose of making surveys. Dr. John B. Hamilton, the former supervising surgeon general of the United States Marine Hospital Service, who is ill of peritonitis at Elgin, 111., seems to be almost holding his own. Physicians say if he lives a few days longer he will have a chance of recovering. Ho is cheerful and does not give up. Private Tumor, of the Sixth Virginia Regiment, was shot and almost instantly killed by O. A. Thrower, a street-car conductor. at Macon, Ga.. yesterday. Turner, very drunk, boarded Thrower’s car and used vile language in the presence of ladies. He was threatening to cut Thrower, when the latter shot him. Jack Schmidt, a hunter and prospector, who started from Skaguay, Alaska, on Nov. 27 for Juneau, in a fishing boat, was wrecked on Chilkat island. For nineteen days ho managed to exist on raw birds and the flesh of a land otter which he shot. He was rescued when half dead by the little steamer Olympia, and has been restored to health. A call was issued yesterday by Bishop Alexander Walters, president of the National Afro-Arperican Council, for a convention of colored people under the auspices of the council at Washington on Dec. 29. All organizations having for their object the amelioration of the condition of the AfroAmerican race are invited to send delegates. Latest reports from Dawson City, Col., the new mining camp in the Green Horn mountains near Canon City, indicate thatj the rich gold ore found in the Copper King claim by the Dawson brothers came from a small pocket. Experts are of the opinion that a copper mine may be opened on the claim, but do not expect that a gold bonanza will be found there. William G. Spaulding, cashier of the German-American Bank, at Port Clinton, and Mrs. Martha E. Jamieson, of Toledo, have been arrested on the charge of causing the death of Miss Amy Meeker by performing a criminal operation upon her. It is said that Spaulding has made a confession. The dead woman was a daughter of Captain Meeker, a well-known farmer of Ottawa county. Prof. Frederick Starr, head of the anthropological department of the University of Chicago, has left for a trip among the semi-civilized tribes of 'Mexico. He will spend nearly four months studying these people, and expects to return with photographs and plaster casts that will represent races never before studied. The expedition will take Professor Starr among the Mixes, a tribe that thirty years ago were cannibals. A .Misinformed Critic. New York Commercial Advertiser. The Criterion is literary , hut not horticulc* tural. Reviewing Miss Johnston's “Prisoners of Hope.” it says: “What does it mean when we find a Virginia woman in a Virginia story talking about the 'vivid green* of the tobacco fields?” The Criterion evidently thinks tobacco fields are brown: perhaps that each plant has a red label around, its stem; and it may be that cigars ready* rolled take the place of leaves. lobster* don’t turn red till they' are boiled or tobacco leaves brown till they arc cured. Scientific Reflection. Philadelphia Record. There is a theory among scientists that kissing transmits microbes. If Hobson can keep up the practice without detriment to his health in these grip-laden days, and even draw refreshment from it, he will sink the microbe theory deeper than he ever sunk the Merrimae. Regina music boxes at Wulschuer'c.