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Philadelphia Telegraph. “Well, If there is anyone who thinks the men employed here have nothing to contend with he is vastly mistaken,” remarked the chief weigher in one of the largest of the several big grain elevators in the city a day or two ago. lie drew a long breath, coughed until he grew red in the face, and murmured softly to himself at the dust that rose lazily from a huge hopper near by, settling into every nook and corner in the great barnlike structure and tilling the air until one was reminded of a misty midwinter morning when objects are seen but indistinctly through the haze and everything takes on an unreal, ghostly look. “That's what makes work in a grain elevator so hard on the men,” resumed the weigher, after a moment’s pause; “it isn’t the hard w'ork they have to do, nor the long hours which fall to their portion, particularly during the fall and winter months. It s the dust —the everlasting, all-pervading and unescapable dust. I’ll tell you,” and his manner grew more earnest, his tone more confidential, “there isn’t a man who sticks to the business for any length of time who doesn't suffer from its ill effects. You show me a man who has been working in a grain elevator for four or five years and I’ll show you one who is either suffering from catarrh or some lung trouble. Why, the dust settles in your throat and permeates jour lungs, until at times you can scarcely draw a breath. Now, there goes a man,” pointing to one who had passed at the moment, “who Is fast reaching the tinal stages of consumption, and yet when he first came here some ten years ago he was as healthy .:nd robust a chap as you would meet in a day’s journey. “Why does he stay here? Well, he has his living to make—we all do, and the field here is not overcrowded. No, there are not many people who have any idea that handling grain Is detrimental to a man’s health, hut it is for all that, and while I am at it. 1 can tell you another thing that is not generally known about this business, and that is that we who work here live in dailv, hourly dread of the whole place going up in <=mokn and flames. “The dust from cereals is extremely combustible. Unless the utmost caution is exercised in having all the machinery care-* fully ami thoroughly cleaned after each day's work the dust is likely to gather in such quantities that the moment the machinery is again put in motion spontaneous combustion occurs and a fierce, almost unconquerable fire is the result. It is to the spontaneous combustion of accumulated grain dust that recent disastrous fires which destroyed several of Chicago’s elevators can be directly traced, and it is against this danger the owners of the Philadelphia elevators guard more carefully tbau any other.” But, apart from what one can learn concerning the dangers incident, to work in the elevators, a visit to one of these monuments to the progress of the aee will prove vastly interesting and will give the visitor a clearer idea of the great advance made in the handling of the vast cargoes of grain that p arly leave this country for consumption in other lands. Whereas in the not far distant past the work of loading a cargo was a matter of a week or more of continuous, uninterrupted labor, thousands of tons of grain are now daily transferred from the big elevators to w thing vessels, and no one seems to think there is anything remarkable about it. Machinery now does most of the w’ork and the manual labor employed has been r duced to a minimum. It is, of course, only the men who actually work within the building where the grain is being carried from the hoppers to the bins and thence to t!i pipes leading to the vessel to be loaded who finallj' fall victims to chronic catarrh, hut there is no one who can stand in the dust-laden atmosphere for any length of time without feeling a burning sensation within his throat. A "Working Day. Brooklyn Life. She—People talk of Sunday being a day of rest, and vet look at the way the poor women have to work to get their husbands t" go to church. He - Yes. and yet look at the wav the poor husbands have to work to get out of going. “77" Is Dr. Humphreys’ Specific for Coughs, Colds, Influenza and GRIP Advantages of using “Seventy-seven.” The early use of “77” prevents the Grip, if you have the Grip and take “77” you won't have Pneumonia. You W'on't have to stay in bed. You won't have to stay indoors. If you take “77” and exercise proper care, keep your feet dry, don’t stand in the street, keep moving, wear warm clothing and don’t get over-tired, you will be able to attend to your duties, keep about your business and cot have to lay up. Always keep a bottle of “77” in your pocket and take frequently. At druggists or sent prepaid; 25c, 50c | and sl. Humphrey** < 0 ., cor. William and John streets, New York. Be sure to get i HUMPHREYS’a

LARGEST IN THE WORLD —• BOSTOX’S $14,000,000 RAILWAY STATION TO BE OPENED TO-DAY. * Cover* Thirty-Five Acres, Thirty Miles of Rails and Has Room for More than 100,000 People. —— ♦ BOSTON, Dec. 31.—The largest railroad station in tho world will be thrown open to the public on New Year’s day, when trains will begin to leave and enter the new South l- nion Station in this city, a structure vfrhlch takes tho place of four older and somewhat widely separated stations in the southern part of the city, and which has been planned and built on a scale ample enough to provide for at least half a century to come, When all the trains of the roads that will use the new station are turned into it, which will be in a few' weeks, travelers to and from Boston will enjoy the advantages that come from having all the railroad business of a great center done in only two places, there being now two great union stations in the city, closely connected by several genuinely rapid car lines. The North Union Station w r as completed about four years ago, and was then the largest passenger station in the world, capable of handling 1,400 trains a day. A Western city, a year or so later, had a larger one. To-day Boston again takes the lead with a station capable of receiving and sending out four thousand trains in a day of eighteen hours. Here are some facts about the new station; It is the largest one in the world, building, shed and yards immediately connected covering thirty-five acres of land. The roof of the shed alone covers acres. It has cost about $14,000,000. To make room for it more than two hundred buildings were torn down, some of them fine new business structures. The station itself contains fifteen miles of tracks and thirty miles of rails. There are 344 “clearing” switches and 354 “fouling” switches. The train shed will hold 404 ordinary passenger coaches at one time. ROOM FOR 100,000 PEOPLE. Twenty-eight thousand people can take seats at one time in the cars In the train shed on the Greet level, and several thousand more in the substation under the other. The platforms will accommodate more than ICO,OOO people at one time. Thirty-two express trains can be unloaded at one time. The city of Boston gave up streets and wharf property to the assessed value of about $4,000,000, receiving in return two new 100-foot wide streets, making the net cost of the enterprise to the city $1,238,324.15. The granite eagle on the top of the front of the station was carved from a single block w r hich weighed twenty tons. It took four granite cutters three months to do the work, and the figure now weighs twelve tons. The clock under ls,e eagle Is the largest In the world, the dial being fourteen feet in diameter. It is warranted by its makers not to vary more than one second a month. The station is the first one in the world to provide for anew suburban surface motive power, such as electricity or compressed air. It has taken eighteen months to build the new South Union Station. The foundations of the structure are seventy feet below the level of the streets and land which it covers, and besides the work necessary to make room for the main station the tunnel out of the city to the southwest, owned by the Boston & Albany Railroad Company, has been doubled in width its entire length, necessitating the destruction of scores of fine buildings and the rebuilding of a dozen great steel bridges where the streets cross the tunnel. Three-quarters of a mile to the southwest of the main station is a smaller new union station, itself larger than most great stations in other large cities, built especially for the accommodation of people who will w r ant to leave and enter trains at a point a little nearer the residential section of the city proper than is the main station. The completion of the South Union Station marks a concluding step in the great work of consolidating the terminal facilities of Boston, begun some, years ago by President McLeod, of the Boston & Maine system. who had recently come from the Reading Railroad and introduced some ideas here that were a little startling at first. FATHERED BY JOSIAH QUINCY. He found the Boston & Maine system doing business in three separate stations, the Haymarket square of the Boston & Maine road and the Causeway-street stations of the Boston and Lowell & Eastern roads. On Causeway street was also the station of the Fitchburg road. He proposed that the three stations of his road be replaced by one new, large structure and that the Fitchburg road also use it, consolidating all the terminals on the north side of the city. Other propositions followed, one that all the stations on the south side of the city be included in the plan. But a suitable site was impossible to find and the latter plan was abandoned. The North Union Station w t hs built on the site of the former Ixjwell and Eastern stations, and, as stated, when opened was the largest in the world. In March, 1896, Mayor Jcsiah Quincy* announced a plan of having a i jouth Union St ition to replace the terminals of the New England Railroad on Atlantic avenue, the Boston <fc Albany and Old Colony roads on Kneeland street, and the New York, New Haven & Hartford—which now controls the Old Colony and New England roads—in Park square. The plan as outlined was to build a station on tho site in part ol' the New England station at the foot of Sumner street. Between this point and one near the North station runs a fine, wide avenue, which would afford sure means of rapid transit between the two stations. There was at once great opposition to the plan on the part of South Boston, which, with a population of I<X*.OOU, alleged that its means of getting to and from the city proper would be cut off. South Boston is a peninsula attached to the Dorchester district by a narrow neck of land, and the quickest way to get there from the city proper is by means of bridges, so long and expensive to build and maintain that only two have ever been built. The objection raised was a proper one, and it cost the engineers a good deal of trouble to get around it. Finally two new one-hun-dred-foot streets and bridges were promised the district, and the plans w T ere approved. WORK BEGUN IN JULY. 1897. The state railroad commissioners gave their approval of the plans in December, 1896. The Boston Terminal Company w r as organized, its stockholders being the New England, Boston & Albany, Old Colony, Boston & Providence and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad companies. The special legislation and charter were secured that winter from the Legislature and the bills were signed June 10, 1897, by Governor Wolcott. In the meantime the terminal company had sent its engineers and architects to Europe and to Western and Southern cities to examine existing stations, and work was begun on the new terminal here about July 1. 1897. The plans adopted were the result of long and careful study by a board of expert engineers, amplified by what they saw in other cities. When they were first made public special attention was called to the track loops that run under the station for the special accommodation of suburban traffic. This presents a feature nowhere else found in connection with a steam passenger station, and is designed to relieve the surface trackage of all trains making short runs. The front of the main building at the junction of Sumner and Cove streets is built on the arc of a circle for a distance of 228 feet. Here is placed the main entrance, f>2 feet wide, fac*ng directly up Federal street, a main thoroughfare. The clock at the top of this corner is one hundred feet above the sidewalk. On either side of this curved portion of the main building it is carried along Sumner and Gove streets for a distance of 320 feet. Beyond the main building, on the Uove-street side, extends a baggage house, ,•>SO feet to the end of the train shed. On the Sumner-street side extends a two-story building to the corner of Dorchester avenue. The whole of the Dorchester-avenue front is occupied by a two-story building, which is devoted to a carriage concourse, 36 by 180 feet, and a baggage house. On Sumner street the building is set back twenty feet from the lot line to allow of two wide incline sidewalks leading to the trains In the substation. In addition to the main entrance, access to the trains on the street level is provided from Cove street, Sumner street and Dorchester avenue. To the left of the main entrance on Sumner street, and almost in the ceifter of the head of the tracks, is the gener J waiting room, 05 by 22a feet and 28 feet

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high. The ticket office on one side contains twenty-four windows and is 12 by 92 feet. It Is accessible from the tratnhouse and waiting room. The remainder of this side of the larger room is occupied by the bureau of information, telegraph and telephone offices, and an inside entrance to the substation. OFFICES FOR THE RAILROADS. Other rooms on the main floor are a retiring room, for women, 22 by 34& feet; women's lavatory, 40 by 44 feet; restaurant, G 8 by 73 feet; barber shop, 35 by feet; smoking room, 37 by 60 feet; men’s lavatory, 30 by 70 feet; parcel room, 42 i>y 64 feet, and carriage offices, kitchens, lunch counters, news stands, etc. In the upper part of the main building are offices for the terminal company and the railroads which will use the station, permitting them to abandon their present offices altogether. In the midway, which is the one-hundred-foot-wide space between the head house and the gates leading to the trains, are a number of wide stairways leading to the substation. In this substation are baggage rooms, ticket offices, w’aiting rooms, etc., making it complete for the work it will have to do. From the outside the building presents a quiet and dignified appearance. Its principal attractions are presented in the rounding portion at the junction of Sumner and Cove streets. The first two stories are a simple, strong treatment of masonry, the only richness being at the three great arches of the main entrance. At the level of the third floor begins the great colonnade of columns, four and a half feet in diameter and reaching up to the cornice of the building. This colonnade extends across the whole width of the circular portion, 228 feet. The train shed is the great feature of the station. Here the most absorbing problems have been met by the engineers and solved. It is probable that nowhere in America are such populous suburbs extending in so many directions. Therefore study had to be made for the greatest development of trackage, taking Into consideration the high cost of real estate in this section. In the four old stations about twenty-five tracks were in use and greatly overtaxed. The largest number of tracks that the new station can contain is only thirty-one, no more than the number needed at once, and not permitting of future growth. The engineers, therefore, planned the loops in the substation, it being well known that the greatest speed can be obtained by means of these instead of switches, which most terminals are obliged to use. The lower level of the new station will be used exclusively for suburban service, and the trains, of about three cars each, will run Into it from either side, swing around the loops to the platforms, be loaded and sent away again. These loop tracks will begin the descent to the lower level about half a mile from the station, and can, if necessary, run on one-minute headway. Fourteen trains of three cars each can be loaded at one time, and allowing four minutes to unload and load two thousand trains can be handled in eighteen hours. Os course, steam could not be used in this substation on account of the smoke and gases from the locomotives, but the thirdrail system has been so far developed and successfully used in and about Boston for some years that it will for the present be employed in the suburban service, the same tracks and cars being used for both steam and electric power. As the tracks in the main shed are more and more crowded more and more trains will be equipped with the third-rail motors and run from the substation. until in a tew years it is expected that all the suburban traffic from the south station will be handled in this way. The tracks in the train shed will suffice for through business for many years to corue, certainly half a century. This train shed is in three spans, with a roof of one sweep, which, with the roofs over the baggage houses and one over the midway, gives a roof area of more than 700 by 650 feet. The switch system will be governed by the men in the towers through the pneumatic system of interlocking, and accidents within the station or its yards will be well-nigh impossible. Until now cosmopolitan Bombay, in faraway India, has boasted of the largest railroad station in the world. The next in rank has been the one opened last year in St. Louis. Then come the big union stations in London and Glasgow, with others trailing in the rear. “A PACK OF LIES.” Colonel Brinsniude Snjs Mr. Monnott'* Statements Are False. CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 31. —“I don’t propose to he imposed upon by a pack of lies.” So spoke Colonel Allen T. Brinsmade, master commissioner in the Standard Oil cAse, to-day. Colonel Brinsmade referred to the statements made by Attorney General Monnett in his petition to the Supreme Court, asking that Colonel Brinsmade be removed as special commissioner in the fight against the Standard Oil Company being waged by the attorney general of Ohio. The master commissioner was not only indignant—he was thoroughly mad. He characterized all the statements of the attorney general in asking for his removal as absolutely false. Every statement was false, the commissioner declared. There was not the slightest doubt in his mind, he said, but that the Supreme Court would sit down on the attorney general good and proper. *‘J shall prepare a 6 statement,” said Mr. Brinsmade, “to be presented to the Supreme Court next Thursday, showing to the court that the attorney general has made statements that are untrue, and which he knows to be untrue. by which he has not only placed me in a false position, but has also imposed upon the court. Last week I set Jan. 4 as the time for resaming the taking of testimony in this case. I shall subpoena witnesses, and will be ready at that time. The case will be resumed unless it is again delayed by the attorney general.” Monnett After Another Trust. COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 31.—Attorney General Monnett is going after another company which he regards as a trust. It is the American Biscuit Company, of which B. F. Crawford is president. He is preparing a petition to file in the Supreme Court to oust the company, which is capitalized at $55,000,000, but which he has been informed is doing business on $5,000,000 capital. Some of the wholesale grocers have made complaint. Things Qaeen Vietorla May Not Do. Mainly About People. The Queen has no power over taxation and could not create any new office with fees attached to it. The Queen cannot exclude a member from Parliament after he has been duly elected, nor can she delegate the duty of signing laws to any one. Though her Majesty cannot pardon a murderer, she is debarred, by an act passed in the reign of George 111 from extending royal clemency to Sabbath breakers. The Queen could sell or give away the royal navy, or declare war with Russia, but she could not spend a single farthing of public money without the consent of Parliament. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India though she be, her Majesty cannot increase the pay of her own footman unless she does so out of her private funds. The Queen cannot communicate with her subjects as can the most menial of her servants, nor can she receive presents from her people save through officers of state or friends personally known to her Majesty. Though her decision is absolute after a prisoner has been sentenced, she could not interfere with the source of justice before the sentence has been passed, neither could she Interfere in a.case of private as opposed to public wrong. Her Majesty is subject to the laws that she signs, and cannot issue a proclamation contrary to law. If, for instance, it were the law of England that no train should travel at a rate exceeding fifty miUs an hour, the Queen could not issue a proclamation exempting a certain train from the operation of the law. Though the Queen could recall any subject from abroad, she cannot compel a subject to leave Gr6at Britain. This disability does not cease to operate even in time of war. and though at such a time the Queen could call upon every able man to take up arms, she could not force a single civilian to leave the country, even to carry on a necessary war. The Naughty Creatures. Criterion. A unique sin and one of the kind that charity covers is that perpetrated by the young woman who, with a large social acquaintance and a very limited income, takes the opportunity of the Christmas season to draw from the pockets of the well-filled some little lining for her own. It is her halcyon time, for the raffle is in its glory She approaches her victim with a notebook and pencil and says, determinedly, coaxingly or sadly, as the case may be; “May I put your napm down for a share in a picture for a nursery, a kindergarten, a poor washerwoman with ten children, or some other worthy cause?" The victim hands her a dollar or two, according to his sympathies his purse or his friendship for her. This is one side of the story. The other side relates to the new- gown, the sable muff or the plumed toque with which she soon appears It seems hardly possible that women of social position would lend themselves to such pitiful methods of obtaining money for their luxuries, but the raffle stories coming in leave no doubt In the mind that this departure from the line of strict duty is not as rare as it should be.

THIRTY CITIES SHIVER ■ -♦ EXPLOSION AT RED KEY BREAKS NATURAL-GAS OHIO PIPE LINE. -■ ♦ Body of Druggist Nehf Found in the Fire Rains at Terre Haute— Other State News, e Special to the Indianapolis Journal. REDKEY, Ind., Dec. 31.—8 y the explosion of a gas pipe at 6:39 o’clock this morning in the pumping room of the Ohio and Indiana Gas Company’s pumping station at this place, which was followed by fire, that company and the Redkey Transportation Company met with a loss estimated between $60,000 and $75,000. Those injured were: WILLIAM ROBINSON, engineer. * FETE NICELY. CHARLES WILSON. FRANK ABRAHAM. JOHN LUCAS. CHARLES POWELL. All were on duty at the time and all had narrow escapes. Robinson was caught by the falling timbers and death seemed imminent, but an exhaust pipe partially lifted the debris, thus allowing Robinson to crawl out. He was knocked down two two or three times in his efforts to get out. This plant furnished gas to Lima, Piqua, Dayton and about thirty towns in Indiana and Ohio, and owing to the cold snap it was running at full capacity when the accident occurred. The only building saved was one large engine room containing ten large engines. The loss is covered by insurance. The companies will clear up the wreck and rebuild at once. This station has met with other loss by fire and explosions In the last five years. One occurred Jan. 21, 1897, that nearly wiped out the plant, killing two men and wounding several others. Ohio Cities Without Fire. LIMA, 0., Dec. 31.—There is great suffering here and in the other towns supplied w r ith natural gas from the Redkey, Ind., pump station, which was destroyed by an explosion this morning. Wapakonetta, St. Mary’s, Celina, Coldw'ater, Fort Recovery, Hume and a number of other towns are on the line and are probably worse off than this city, as their source of reserve fuel supply is not as great as here. The mercury is hovering near zero and the gas is out in nearly every Instance and only burning a blaze as large as a candle light and is growing smaller. Few' consumers had any preparations for a sudden, shut-off, and the demand on coal and wood yards and every available team is suoh that all cannot be served until to-morrow, even with the teams and wagons running all night, as will be the case. Hundreds of families have not had a warm meal since breakfast, and there is no likelihood of being able to get better gas before Monday evening. The demand for plumbers is so great that those who have succeeded in getting fuel cannot get the full benefit of it, as they are unable to get their burners arranged, the plumbers having more than they can do. What wood and coal is being used gives poor results on top of the gas burners. The natural gas company received word from Redkey to-night that part of the pumps w r ould be running by Monday evening. MAY BE “DOPE” FIEND. Dr. Gray, the Murderer, Is Nervous, and Asks for Opiates. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Dec, 31.—Fqrethourht on the part of the authorities of Green county, Indiana, prevented Dr. Ephraim E. Gray from becoming a victim of mob violence, and had the murderer of Lizzie Skinner been detained in Bloomfield, the scene of the crime, the second lynching to occur in Indiana within a week would have been recorded instead of the story of Gray’s arrival at the Jeffersonville Reformatory at 7:39 o’clock yesterday morning. Gray walked with drooped head into the wating room of the Institution, sank into a chair, buried his face in his hands and sobbed. Superintendent Hert and Assistant Superintendent Garvin took the man in charge. To Superintendent Hert Dr. Gray was no stranger. He had been the physician of the Hert family at Bloomfield for years. Not one word escaped from Gray. He nodded recognition to Superintendent Hert. As soon as he had been placed in a cell in the new hospital he removed his coat and vest and threw himself on a cot. Soon afterward he seemed to be sleeping. A Courier-Journal reporter called to seo Gray and Assistant Superintendent Garvin tapped on the cell door. Gray did not awaken. He was called several times and he slowdy arose and came to the grating. Asked if he cared to make a statement, Gray, in almost a whisper, said: “T have nothing to say.” The. doctor seemed to be suffering intensely. His hand swept over his face repeatedly. His eyes were swollen. To Assistant Superintendent Garvin he said: “Does the doctor come around often? I am so nervous.” % Dr. Sharp happened along, and he Inquired of Gray how he felt. “The pain in my head is very acute. Can t you give me an opiate?” he asked. Gray’s hand clutched at his black string tie and then he began rubbing his face, meantime gazing through the window of his cell into the open air. Sheriff McLaughlin, who brought Gray to the Reformatory, says that unquestionably he would have been hanged by a mob, as he and the prisoner were pursued across the country. It was known to everybody In Bloomfield that the physician was infatuated with Mrs. Skinner, who was a grass widow of more than ordinary beauty, aged only twenty-two years. Gray had forsaken his family for her, and most of his time he spent in her company. Mrs. Skinner a few days ago told Gray she never wanted to see him again. Os late he had been drinking to excess and gambling. It is believed that he is a slave to some drug, although io Dr. Sharp he denied that he was. Gray’s appearance, however, in the opinion of Dr. Sharp, justifies the supposition that he is a fiend for opiates. The presumption is that Gray had been on a protracted spree, and when Mrs. Skinner, of whom Gray was jealous, disappointed him after promising to meet him, and he learned of her intention to go to Bloomington Thursday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock, he determined to kill her, and when he encountered her on her way to the station stabbed her in the left breast, severing the thoracic aorta, the nstabbed her in the right breast and next severed her jugular vein with a surgeon’s knife, after w'hich he wiped the blood from the blade on the victim's wrap and surrendered to the officers. Since his arrival at the Reformatory he has expressed no regrets. Dr. Gray is intelligent ooking. and has the reputation of being a good physician. He has always been more or less dissolute. His age is about thirty-five years. He is slightly built and not tall. His mustache is light and thin. He wears it trimmed close. His hair is light and he is nearly bald over the forehead. * * SLANDERED A FIRE HERO. Terre Hante Gossips Rebuked by Mute Lips of a Corpse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 31.—The body of Henry Nchf was found in the ruins of the Ford & Overstreet store this morning. He had been missing since the big fire last week and it was reported that he was near the store when the firemen entered the building with a line of hose. Other people claimed they saw him much later. His family did not seem to think that he was in the ruins, and it was not until two days ago that a search was begun for his body. The pitiful part of it is that there have been all sorts of stories about the young druggist’s absence, which are much regretted now that his body was found lying alongside the nozzle of the hoze which he helped take into the dangerous place. It w ? as the fall of the floors of this store which caused the death of John Gsterloo, of the fire department. The funeral of Osterloo will be held to-morrow afternoon, and arrangements are being made for a large representation of the organized bodies of the city government. Several years ago Nehf owned a drug store in Indianapolis, at the corner of Bates and Noble streets. Another Miners' Struggle Likely. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 31.-Through-out the Indiana coal field to-day meeting* of miners were held to instruct their delegates to the national convention of the United Mine Workers, which meets in Pittsburg, Jan. 10, to adopt a policy for the conference with th© operators of the several States which are paries to the wage-scale contract that expire® pril 1, next. In nearly all localities la thisfSiate the men are in favor of asking for aA. advance of Id cents

a ton, from 66 cents, for bituminous coal and from 76 cents for block coal. It is the strong feeling of the men that they will not be able to secure the advance, except after a bitter struggle, for which they have little or no heart. The Indiana operators at their meeting here Thursday night instructed their representatives to the joint conference, which follows the convention of the miners, not to consent to an increase in the price for mining. On the other hand, there was a sentiment in favor of asking for a small reduction, but it was the understanding that no demand would be formally made for it. I>r. Ford’s Funeral To-Day. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind., Dec. 31.—Dr. James H. Ford, for nearly sixty years an honored resident of Wabash, died at his home in this city yesterday. He was afflicted with no disease and succumbed to old age. Though very weak he retained his mental faculties to the end. Dr. Ford was born in Cadiz, 0., Jan. 19, 1812, and came to Wabash from Connersville, where he practiced medicine under Dr. Mason, four years, in 1841. He was the second man in Wabash county to enlist after the rebellion broke out and served as surgeon of the Eighth Regiment, as brigade surgeon, and in 1863, when he resigned, as medical director in the field. He was among the incorporators of the Northwestern Christian University, at Irvington, and for eleven consecutive years was a trustee of that institution. He had a large practice in Wabash, until fifteen years ago, when old age caused him to retire. Six children were born to Dr. Ford and his wife, the latter of whom died in 1891, and four are still living—Dr. J. H. Ford, chief surgeon of the Big Four Railway; Mrs. B. F. Williams, wife of the auditor of Wabash, county; William Ford, at Hartford City, and Edwin Ford, superintendent of the Hartford City waiter works. Dr. Ford left quite a large estate. A year ago he called at the Wabash School Furniture Comp ny and had his coffin made in advance. He selected some fine quartered qak, gave explicit directions how he wished the casket finished and left his measure. It was completed, approved and paid for and has reposed in the wareroom ever since. To-day it was taken to the residence and applied to the purpose for which it was intended. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 o’clock. A Protest Aguluiit Jobbery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 31.—The taxpayers of Shelby county held a mass meeting at the courthouse in this city for the purpose of protesting against the extravagances of the Board of County Commissioners iii letting contracts for six bridges. Investigation developed that the contract w T as made without any advertisement, and at figures which would make the six cost about $109,000. The courtroom was crowded, and open accusations of jobbery were uttered. Attorneys are to' be employed for the purpose of enjoining the construction and fighting the case to the end. A subscription was taken and names representing nearly threequarters of a million dollars are pledged to see the movement through. Both Democrats and Republicans were present. The sentiment against the jobbery in county and township affairs has reached every neighborhood. The Telephone Girl’* Romance. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 31.—Miss Martha Skinner, of the Centra! Telephone Exchange, has resigned her position here and returned to Muncie, and there is a romance connected with it that interests two States. Some weeks ago a young business man of Gordon, 0., a small town near Arcanum, called up Anderson and asked for one of the manufacturing industries. The line was busy at the time and during the interim in which he waited he chatted with the “girl at the exchange.” Gordon, 0., and Anderson were in communication frequently since that time. Wednesday the Ohioan visited Anderson. Miss Skinner resigned at once and returned to Muncie to prepare for the wedding, which is soon to take place. Thi Suit Against the C. S. E. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 31.—Madison county is prosecuting a suit against the “Old Midland," now the C. & S. E. Railroad, for taxes, and to collect the delinquent sum of $3,801.78 is asking that a receiver be appointed by the court. County Treasurer C. F. Haritage, ex-Treasurer W. B. Boland andvT. B. Orr, attorney, are looking after the county’s interests at New Castle, where the case is being tried. The officers are determined that there shall be no further delays or postponements, and nothing short of a settlement in full will prevent vigorous prosecution of this suit. Old-Time Fox Hunt in Pnwpaw. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dec. 31—A grand fox hunt was held in Pawpaw township, this county, yesterday, participated in by live hundred men armed with horns and tin pans. Sixteen square miles of territory was covered and five fine foxes were driven in, but the formation of the lines not being maintained three of them escaped. The others, with tails heavy with moisture and mud, were so exhausted by the chase that they were easily captured alive. Another big drive is being arranged in Pleasant township for Jan. 12. No Holidays for Hat Worker*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dec. 31.—Although It Is customary for manufacturing concerns to cease operations or reduce the force of workmen at the beginning of the calendar year, the Pioneer hat works, of this city, to-day announced that it would not shut down for the holidays, but would increase its force by fifty men Jan. 1. A large number of hurry orders have been received in the last fortnight and the works will be run continuously to their full capacity. Ex-Sheriff Dohle Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 31.—Henry Doble, one of the best-known men in this part of the State, died at his residence in this city this morning, aged sixty-seven, of tumor of the brain. He was sheriff of this county for tw T o terms during the war. For years he w r as engaged in the hardware business in this city and as a public auctioneer. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, which will have charge of the funeral Monday afternoon. Trying to Bnrn the Jail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Dec. 31-Jailer Smith, this afternoon, found Randolph Burry, an insane miner, who had been placed in jail temporarily for safe keeping, trying to burn himself to death in his cell. When discovered he had the mattress in flames. Although nearly suffocated, he struggled against being tuken out. He was removes! to another cell, and while the jailer was putting out the fire the maniac set fire to the mattress in the cell to which he had been removed, but it was quickly discovered. Married Sixty-One Year*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 31.—Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Kinsey, who reside in the northwestern part of Wayne county, to-<iay reached the sixty-first anniversary of their marriage. They are the grandparents of Dr. Joseph H. Kinsey, of this city. Rev. Kinsey is eighty-one years old, and his wife is seventy-nine. They are in fair health. They have three children, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. They are members of the Dunkard Church. Gold Badge for Chief Adam*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Dec. 31.—Superintendent William Adams, of the Metropolitan police force, was to-night presented a handsome gold badge, the gift of citizens. The badge weighs thirty-five pennyweights and is appropriately inscribed. Superintendent Adams has been at the head of the police force for the past two years and is a very popular and efficient official. A Warrant for Officer Hannon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 31.—Sentiment in Anderson and Summitville is running high against Officer Pat Hannon, who locked FTed Barton in Summitville Jail and left him to be burned to death a few hours later A wairant was sworn out here this evening by the mother of Barton, charging Hannon with manslaughter, and an officer hastened to Summitville to arrest him. Old and Oaly la the Way* Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 3L—Benjamin St. Clair, aged eighty, one of Terr* Haute's oldest residents, ha a brought suit to set

aside a deed for SIO,OOO worth of real estate which he gave to his two daughters in 1888. He alleges in his complaint that the deed was made on condition that the daughters would provide him and their mother with a home the remainder of their lives, and that as the daughters have failed to do so the deed is void and the property reverts to him. He says the stipulation is in the deed. One daughter, Martha St. Clair, lives in this city, and the other, Mrs. Lou Hague, lives in Minneapolis. Slninger’* Paper Solil Ont. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dec. 31.—The Warren Independent, owned by Cal Sininger, who enlisted in the One-hundred-and-sixtieth Regiment at the outbreak of the Spanish war, has suspended publication. The material and good will have been purchased by the Warren Tribune, which will become a Republican newspaper. There are still two papers at Warren. FAIR WEATHER IN INDIANA. Cold Wave 1* Headed Toward* the Orange Groves of Florida. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 8 p. m.—Forecast for twenty-four hours for three States: For Ohio—Threatening weather, followed by clearing; northerly gales. For Indiana and Illinois—Fair; northerly winds, becoming variable. Weather Conditions and General Forecast —The cold wave extends from the lower lake region, the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys to the Atlantic coast, except in the south Atlantic States. Albany reports a fall of 38 degrees in twenty-four hours, to 12 degrees; New Orleans and Washington a fall of 36 degrees. The temperature has remained stationary from the Mississippi valley to the Pacilic coast, except a fall in the western gulf States. Snow or rain has occurred in the lake regions, the north Atlantic States, the Ohio valley and the interior of the middle Atlantic States, and rain in the middle and eastern gulf and south Atlantic States. The trough of low pressure, which extended Friday night from the western gulf t'j the mouth of the St. Lawrence, has moved to the Atlantic coast, and has developed in intensity in the middle Atlantic States. A second storm has appeared off the north Pacific coast, and has caused rain or snow in that region. The high-pressure area, which was central Friday night to the north or Montana, has moved to lowa. The cold wave will extend across the south Atlantic States and will cause very low temperature Sunday night, reaching to or below freezing In the south Atlantic States and northern Florida, with violent nortnerly gales, which will prevail in the Atlantic Slates Sunday. Rain may be expected in the south Atlantic States, which will turn to mow in the interior of the northern portion, clearing Sunday afternoon or night. The weather will clear on the middle and north Atlantic coast. Storm signals are displayed on the Atlantic coast from Jacksonville to Eastport, and on the gulf coast from Mobile to Tampa. Local Observation* on Saturday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m.. 30.48 19 78 North. Pt. cl’dy. T 7p.m..30.62 19 59 North. Cloudy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 26; minimum temperature, 18. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Dec. 31: Temp. Pre. Normal 31 0.10 Mean 22 T Departure from normal —9 —O.IO Departure since Dec. 1 —ll4 —I.OB Departure since Jan. 1 *349 *1.14 •Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. •Yesterday’s Temperatures. Stations. 7 a.m. Max. 7p. rn. Atlanta, Ga 60 Bismarck, N. D *lB Buffalo, N. Y 14 Calgary, Alberta *3O Cairo. 11l 16 20 16 Cheyenne, Wyo *4 16 10 Chicago 2 12 6 Cincinnati 20 26 20 Concordia, Kan 0 14 10 Davenport, la *6 10 4 Des Moines, la *8 6 2 Galveston, Tex 40 Helena, Mont *l2 Jacksonville, Fla 54 Kansas City, Mo 0 14 12 Little Rock, Ark 20 26 24 Marquette. Mich *6 Memphis, Tenn 22 Minnedosa, Manitoba *32 Moorhead, Minn *22 Nashville, Tenn 24 30 24 New Orleans 54 New York 42 North Platte, Neb *6 18 8 Oklahoma. O. T 8 36 is Omaha, Neb *8 4 2 Pittsburg 18 26 18 Qu' Appellr, N. W. T *2B Rapid City, S. D *6 o *t Salt Lake City', Utah 12 26 24 St. Louis 10 14 11 St. Paul. Minn *2O Springfield, 111 4 28 10 Springfield, Mo 6 18 14 Vicksburg, Miss 28 34 28 Washington 5-1 ♦Below zero. "Will Continue to Wear Wraps. ST. PAUL, Minn., Dee. 31.—The weather bureau promises that to-night it will not be “quite so cold,” but as It was officially 20 and unofficially 24 to 26 below in this city, while other Northwestern temperatures ranged down to 32 below at Winnipeg, none coming up near zero, the prediction was not considered sufficient to warrant doffing heavy wraps. The sky is clear and little or no breeze is stirring. Thirty-Five Degrees Below. IRONWOOD, Mich., Dec. 31.—The coldest weather experienced here this winter is general throughout the peninsula. Last night the thermometer reached 35 below. At Washburn, Wis.. the thermometer registered 35 degrees below this morning. About half the members of the tire department were frost bitten while extinguishing a small fire. Thirty Below at Calgary. DENVER, Col., Dec. 31.—Sixteen degrees below zero was the minimum temperature recorded last night at the weather station in this section. The coldest place on the eastern slope of the continent divide was Calgary, where the thermometer registered 30 degrees below. Sleet nml Snow in Kentucky. LEXINGTON, Ky„ Dec. 31.—The worst blizzard of the winter struck central Kentucky to-day. A hard rain turned into a sleet, which was succeeded by snow. Electric cars cannot pull along and trains are hours behind. IN' MODERN DAMASCUS. It* Fascinating Streets nml the Picturesque Bazaars. London Standard. Cross-legged, upon a red velvet couch, the citizen of Damascus smokes his cigarette or nargileh, sips his coffee or araki—a strong drink flavored with anisseed—and looks dreamily out upon the worlo. In the heat of the day his favorite resort is the shadow of orange or mulberry tiees on the banks of those rivers which Naaman preferred to “all the waters of Israel.” The rippling Barada is a flute note in the lazy' drone of conversation. When the dark blue shadows have crept down the mountains, the Damascene seeks the crowded street or square, and his long robes and turban are added to the bright lines that extend in front of the cases. There he sits for hours without opening his lips except to draw in the thin, acrid smoke of the hubble-bubble. Thus the sober citizen takes his pleasure. If he is “a young man about town.” he may plunge recklessly Into the excitements of the case chantant, and still with coffee and nargileh before him, listen to adaptations of Western songs and “sketches” sung and played by Greeks and DaJamatians. Women may not share these public amusements, and not even a progressive county councilor could find fault with the performance. It is blamelessly dull and as respectable and almost as stupid as a suburban drawing-room party. The only difference is that the performers are a little more noisy, that all the ladies smoke—openly—and that the dancing girls would shrink from the skirt dance. Like the Japanese Geishas and the Indian Nauteh dar.cers. they seldom move their feet from the floor. No, even ir. Damascus, where nature has laughed and been radiant for centuries of centuries, the Oriental is a dull person, whose features rarely relax from their intent look of dignified contemplation. There is only one place in which he appears a natural man, and that is the bazaar. There, in these long passages with vaulted roof, life palpitates hot Blooded. Sleek Syrian, hungry Turk, apple-cheeked Druse and stealthy Bedouin are men and women when they come to barter. The bazaars of Damascus are famous In the Bast. Their importance has become less since the opening of traffic on the Red sea and the Persian gulf, yet their picturesque interest is still great. They form a labyrinth of courts and arcades, ©pen to the sky or under lofty-vaulted i umdcs long, straight and broad, with mod- 1

Strike Quickly. "On the instant when \ a lion shows his tem- ff per ” said a famous lion / / , * tamer “cut him quickly ( •*- j over the face. rinn’t k—wait until he springs at kTT A \ you.” This is equally ' \ good advice for treatiHl i * Ing the lion of disease. Many an attack of dangerous illness would be headed off if at the first premonitory symptoms the victim would strike quickly. Those severe coughs, bronchial affections and wasting diseases which merge into consumption would never get their savage teeth into the constitution if their early signs were headed off by Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It provides such an abundance of rich nourishing blood that tuberculosis germs have no chance to get any lodgment in the lungs. It clears the skin and purges all the impurities from every organ. It invigorates the liver to expel all bilious poisons from the circulation. It creates healthy, tissue, vitalized nerve fiber and gives solid strength. “ I have thought for a long time," writes Mrs. Rose Petty, of Lockville, Chatham Cos.. N. C., “ thai I would not do you justice if I did not •write and tell you how I was cured of that dreadful disease called consumption, by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I had measles and pneumouia both at the same time, and came near dying, and as soon as I was able to go out I was taken with grip, and then followed consumption. My physician did all he could for my relief but I received none. I tried everything that I could hear of that was good for a cough but grew worse, and would have died soon had I not commenced using the ‘ Golden Medical Discovery.’ I felt improved before the first bottle was finished. I took six tiottlcs, and after that I felt better and stronger than in ten year* before. That was six years ago, and to-day do not feel any symptoms of a return of the disease. I remaiu cured, and I think I am the cause of a friend being cured by using the same medicine. He was afflicted as I was, and after every thing failed to cure him he took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and was cured.” 10c Give us and “Y. B.” a call at our new stand. Patton Bros Itmuu DlU>., 14 B.Woah.llt. Nat Open Sundays, “Not How Cheap—But How Good.” | INDIANAPOLIS \ In boxes. The best Is none too good sot you, therefore be sure CRAIG’S name la upon the box. Craig’s Candies 35% Off On CLAY WORSTED SUITS that will cost you $lO more anywhere else. We give you summer prices on OVERCOATS. Samples 39 and 41 Sent out \s£/l'4CG€& s. Illinois of Town. TAILOR Street. ern shops; arcades narrow, winding and ancient, with dark recesses where figures in turbans and long robes squat among merchandise, thumbing the Koran or reciting prayers. .As in western Europe when trades were guilds, each set of merchants has its own quarter, though the tendency is to remove these landmarks. There is, for example. the silk bazaar, where, unless you can haggle over paras, you are likely’ to pay dear for embroideries and delicate tissues of Damascus and Aleppo. Th* goldsmith's bazaar Is disappointing. Jt is a gloomy court with a beggarly array of coins and "antiques” in locked eases. The sound of the hammer leads one to the coppersmiths, who make those enormous trays with which the peasants and Bedouins measure their neighbor’s hospitality. Narrow strips of Persian carpet. “Damascus” blades forged at Solingcn. crimson leather slippers embroidered with silver thread, gaudy saddles and bridles, catch the eye as one saunters through arcade after arcade. SEN ATOR FR YE’S lIA HURT. Trial* ar.l Tribulation* of His Vllt to a Parisian Barber. Lewiston (Mo.) Journal. In a letter to his family In Senator Frye relates a little incident of experience in Paris that takes the form of a Joke on himself. “Mrs. Frye remarked to mo the other day,” writes the senator, “that I needed a haircut. 1 was on m.v way to join anew the company of counts, hereditary dukes, nobl* lords and earls, and. although 1 don't care a rap for all the quarterings on t heir crests, I don’t want my hair to go romping over my coat collar, and that’s just what Mrs. Frv* said It did do. “Now, I am a bit particular about who shears my poll. I know a man in Lewiston | who can suit me. I lie back in bis chair while he talks fishing and fox hunting and neighborhood news, and he shears tt to my taste. I have my favorite barber in Washington, but in Paris I am not on speaking terms with many of the tonsorial profession, and, as 1 said. T am particular about how It Is cut. So J took down my book of ‘t’onversational French In One Hour’ and turned to where a man is instructed how to go to hfs barber’s and get a Lewiston (Me) halr- ! cut. “I put in some time on the matter, and, banishing all thoughts of peace treaty, Spanish ratiocination and attendant annoyances, I went forth in quest of a haircutter. Mrs. Frye telling me not to be gone long. I found my shop and went in. A barber approached me as I took off my top coat and I turned on him, feeling a good deal more embarrassed than I did the first time I ever addressed the House, and that is saying a good deal. He bowed and I bowed, and then T addressed him voluminously in conversational French, describing in choice idiom how I wanted it cut and where. “He looked puzzled. Again I went over it, and, gaining confidence from the attention that I aroused, 1 illustrated it by slgn4 that must have convinced him that I wanted my head cut off right above my coat collar. The man hesitated, and, finally, spreading his hands out in a deprecatory gesture, said to me in choice English: “ ‘Ah, I beg your pardon! You are a Dutchman. I see, and speak no French. We do not speak Dutch. But do you happen to speak English?’ “We got on very well after that, and I got a very good haircut.” Bryan’* Friends Sorely Tried. vVashington Special. Colonel Bryan has a group of war admirers in Washington who have idealized him and who have honestly believed that he was a son of destiny. This coterie of admirers embrace* a dozen or fifteen newspaper correspondents with whom he was < n terms of friendship while ;n Congress. Until lately he could do no wrong am! commit no mistakes. In their estimation. To-day they are full of grief. TKTy saw his feet go up in the air after his resignation from the army, and they observe with consternation that he has not been able to strike solid ground since then. .One of them .-aid to-day: “I fear that Bryan is acting on teal ad vie*. I believe that If left to follow the dictate* of his own judgment he would not have flown in the face of over w helming popular sentiment as he has done Usually his judgment as to the feeling of the masses is .• >rrect, but on this oc -as'oY? i am frald he ■■>* fallen under the influence of a sm ill cabal of obstructionists whose mismanagement during the last three years has set the Democratic party back a generation. A palmist one© told me that Bryan had an unlucky hand and that he would ever full short at great success.” Piping. Detroit Journal. Once upon a time a Bluebird piped hfs lay very early in the season. Thereupon numbers laid aside their winter underwear, and fell accordingly ill. “Unsanitary piping," remarked the doe* tors, acutely, for t:

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