Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1899 — Page 5

j[ 1899 51 Our salesmen on the road are carrying complete lines EARLY SPRING MERCHANDISE, representing all departments. Orders placed now will secure best selections at possibly lower quotations than later. We offer shipments at any desired date, at lowest competition prices, and on most liberal terms. VVe open this week 100 CASES PERCALES. All the best-known mills are represented, from 64x64 to the new, fine English finished 108x112. Stocks complete throughout the house. Mail orders solicited. MURPHY, HIBBEN & CO., IMPORTERH, JOIiHIJRS. Dry Goods, Notions, Woolens, Etc. (Exeliißlvely Wholesale.)

BONDS #14,000 Cass County, Ind., 6 Per Cent, Maturities. $6,500 .due June 13, 1900 $7,500 ....due June 13, 1901 Price and particulars upon application. We Offer 105 for \ew Government 3'*. CAMPBELL, WILD & CO. 208 Indiana Trust Building. SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS DEFORMITY APPARATUS. Trusses, Elastic Hosiery. .Largest stock of ARTIFICIAL EYES in the Stats. XV.M. H. ARMSTRONG A CO. (New No. 127) 77 S. Illinois st.. Indiana noils, Ind. to Jerome K. Jerome. The wit is subtle enough to please people who do not want a joke labeled, and the style oi the story is most pleasing. The plot—but there is little plot to it. It is simply a pleasant little tale of some brothers and sisters and a rich uncle, and it has a happy ending; in fact, is happy from beginning to end. It is such a story as a man enjoys when he wants to “rest h*s brain” and a woman will like because te women in the book are so bright and interesting. Peep* at People. This is a collection of John Kendricks Bangs’s burlesque interviews with notables. In the book Mr. Bangs makes his heroine, Anne Warrington Witherup, interview Hall Caine, Fridtjhoff Nansen, Emperor William of Germany, Alfred Austin, and other celebrities. It is a very clever specimen of satirical writing. The sketches began appearing when the journalistic habits of interviewing prominent people became popular. The book is a sharp satire on this system, and also brings to light prominently the foibles of the people supposed to be Interviewed. Anyone familiar with Mr. Bangs’s style will know how well her does this, while those who have not met Mr. Bangs through his books ought to read this to see: what they have missed. Harper & Bros., publishers. Twenty 1 ears After. . A beautiful new eeiltion of Alexander Dumas’ famous romance. “Vingt aus Apres,” anglicized ‘‘Twenty Years After,” has been published by T. Y. Crowell & Cos. The translation from the French was done expressly for this edition, and is claimed to be superior to any previous one. The typography is admirably clear and attractive, and the illustrations, by Frank T. Merrill, also specially prepared for this edition, are full of life and spirit. This is undoubtedly the finest English edition of “Twenty Years After” ever put on the market. It is uniform in style and binding with the handsome edition of “The Three Musketeers,” issued by the same house. A I’lonerr from Kentncky. Col. Henry Inman, formerly a quartermaster in the United States army, has written several good sketches of early frontier life, of which he saw much. “A Pioneer from Kentucky” is a story of a Kentucky pioneer’s trip “across the plains” to the Raton mountains, a spur of the Rockies in New Mexico. The trip is supposed to have been made in 1848, and the story deals with the pioneer family’s home life on the frontier and their experiences with the Indians. There is not much plot to it, but It is an interesting sketch of Western mountain life and the story is cleverly told. Topeka: Crane & Cos.

Historical Title?*—Spanish. Whatever may be thought of modern Spain in her days of decadence, it must be admitted that in the days of her national infancy and later prime the history of Spain abounded with picturesque and romantic incidents. Some of these are grouped in the form of brief stories or sketches with historical settings. Beginning with the earliest times, they come on down through the Middle ages to comparatively recent times, presenting something like a continuous though disjointed series of Spanish historical pictures, representing the romance of reality. The author is Charles Morris, and the publishers J. B. Lippincott Company. Miss Wlnpenny'i* “Amateur Art.’’ C. E. Hollenbeck has published for Miss Ellen E. Winpenny, an artist of this city, a little book called ‘•Amateur Art,” which treats of "The art of flower and fruit painting in mineral, water, oil and metallic colors." It has sixty-two pages of clearly written instructions to the novice and gives explicit directions as to the mixing of paints for the depicting of different kinds of flowers. The art of china painting is dealt with extensively, considering the size of the book, and altogether the little volume is one of apparent value to the beginner in the field of painting. Diet In I line ft-* nnd Convalescence. This book, by Alice W. Winthrop, is a new, revised and enlarged edition of “Diet for the Sick." published several years ago. As that book is out of print, this one is issued to fill its place and a still larger one. The author, a trained nurse, cook and dietist. has had large experience in testing the curative effects of diet in illness, and has embodied in this volume a mass of information concerning the science and practice of dietetics. It is a good book for nurses, for physicians and for family use. Harper & Brothers. C’oininereiii 1 Cuba. This work, by William J. Clark, is well named, for it has a very commercial and statistical atmosphere. It. is a book for business men, and its itiO pages are packed from laginning to end with facts, figures, statistics and tables showing the business, lesources, products and possibilities of the Island. "Commercial Cuba" is not a book to attract general readers, but the searcher after information will find it a mine of facts regarding any phase of the subject one may wish to investigate. Charles Scribner’s Hons. I nfolding Leave* of Tender Thought. The semi-arboreal ana semi-sentimental title of this volume would scarcely fit anything but a collection of verses, and yet the verses are not particularly suggestive of unfolding leaves or tender thoughts. They evince kindly feeling ami an earnest, thoughtful nature on the part of the author, Kate Goideboro McDowell, but these qualities do not constitute poetic inspiration. Many of the poems would read just as well in prose and the lines are not always smooth. Ixuisvilie: John P. Morton & Cos. Untidy Darwin's Dovecote. This iittlc storv by Juliana H. Ewing is very English and very pretty. It tells how a little workhouse boy. fatherless, motherless and homeless, commended himself by his good qualities to a well-to-do old gentleman. was apprenticed to him and made himself ssi useful that in the end the gentleman adopted him and left, tdm a snug for* tuna, The story carries a simple love

romance and is prettily told. It is published by Dana. Estes & Cos. in the Young of Heart series. Hooks Received. “A Queen of Sinners,” by Winfield F. Mott. G. W. Dillingham Company, New York. Current Magazine*. The Arena offers a college scholarship as a prize to subscription agents. The Parisian will make a specialty of a series of iilustraled articles on the Paris Exposition of 1900, beginning with this issue. The Art Amateur for January contains a color-plate, “Winter in Holland,” which is a well-executed snow scene. The supplement designs are equally practical at;d are for China painting, wood carving, pyrography and embroidery. The January Atlantic opens with a discriminating comparison between the “Destructive and Constructive Energies of Our Government,” by President Eliot, of Harvard U niversity. President Eliot pays a high tribute to the skill and energy developed by our government in the management of the late war. Miss luise Imogen Guiney furnishes a personal appreciation of the late Harold Frederic to the January Book Buyer. Many extracts from familiar letters add to the interest of the sketch. A critical sketch of the work of Mr. W. S. Gilbert, with a tine portrait of the dramatist, is a prominent teature of the same number. Modern Machinery, of Chicago, has as a frontispiece in its January issue, which is an unusually attractive number throughout, a tine pen portrait of Herbert Spencer, who is described, in connection with the consideration of the relation of evolution to engineering, as “the engineer who has reproduced the blue prints of the universe.” Avery curious presentation of the number of Irishmen, of the stamp of Wolseley in England, the Duke of Tetuan in Spain, Gen. O’Brutscheff in Russia. Viscount Taafe in Hungary, who are leaders in many nations, is given in the January Cosmopolitan under the title, “Irish Leaders in Many Nations.” It will be found interesting to all who have even a drop of Irish blood in their veins. “The Jews in Jerusalem” is another article in the same number possessing interest for a large class. In the current number of Harper's Bazar appears the first installment of a serial by S. R. Crockett, entitled, “Kit Kennedy, Country Boy.” Among other valuable features is an extremely interesting article on “Goldsmith’s Deserted Village,” by J. Howe Adams. in the department Club Women and Club Work, Margaret Hamilton Welch discusses the political influence of women's clubs. The number contains the third paper on “College Days and the Their Sequel,” by Adaline W. Sterling. The Chicago News Almanac for 18!*9 is the first of the newspaper annuals in the field. Lt contains the usual agricultural, educational. financial, political, industrial, naval, military and other statistics, bringing them up to date and making a valuable book for daily reference.' but its spechil feature is a concise account of the SpanishAmerican war, with valuable articles on the Philippine Islands. Porto Rico, Cuba and the Ladrones. The w-hole subject of the annexation of Hawaii, supplemented by a description of the agricultural, mineral and industrial value of the islands, is given the importance It deserves. Current History for the third quarter of IS!)8 contains 256 pages of reading matter, illustrated with eighty-four portraits, thirteen maps and two full-page views. It is a handbook of information on all questions of the day—not an almanac, but a philosophic presentation of the essential facts of progress the world over, concise, clearly written and conveniently arranged for reference purposes. With this it combines the features of a dictionary of general biography and a portrait gallery of national and international celebrities. Bach number is full to overflowing with useful and interesting information worthy of permanent preservation. Price, $1.50 a year. The frontispiece of the January number of the Critic is a portrait of Mr. Thomas Nelson Page, and in "The Lounger” column are portraits of Dr. E. E. Hale, Mr. Joel Chandler Harris, E. A. Poe, Miss Pamela Colman Smith, M. Boutet de Monvel, Mr. Kenneth Grahame. Mr. Lang and Count Leo Tolstoy, with a picture of his home in Moscow. There is a full-page reproduction of the late Burne-Jones memorial to Miss Christina Rossetti, the last work from his hand, beside other illustrations of varied interest and value. This is the first number of the Critic to be issued from the Knickerbocker press of Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons, and it is an excellent illustration of the advantage of good printing. The literary features are all that could be wished. The Wide World Magazine for January has been received, the table of contents being as follows: “The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont” (Part V). illustrations by Alfred Pearse; “The Votaries of Eternal Silence.” by Herbert Vivian; “Saved by a Horse,” by E. G. Henham; "A River of Red Lava,” by Overend G. Rose; “Abandoned,” by Morgan Andrews; “Klondike Pictures,” by Eustace Macdonald: ’The Voyages of the Mole Hill.” by T. Webster Smith; “Curious Birdo’ Beaks.” by W. Pereiva* Westall: “Private Hunting in China.” by Admiral J. Moresby; six short stories-—“ Ho- the Maid of the Mist Shot Niagara Falls.” “A Fight lor a Safety Valve.” “How I was Hanged.” "Used as a Bait for a Tiger’s Trap.’ “A Fifty Minutes’ Horror” and “A Queer Explosion;” “The Indian Child and His Toys.” by Mrs. A. H. Dickerman and E. A, Davis; “Christmas in an African Desert,” by F. C. Selous, and odds and ends. For sale bv the International News Company, New York.

MAYOR DOYLE IN JAIL Wealthy Colorado Alt Her Utility of Contempt of Court. COLORADO SPRINGS. Col., Jan. 8. - James Doyle, mayor of Victor, Col., and a wealthy owner of mines in the Cripple Creek district, occupies a cell in the county jail here, having been committed by Judge Lunt. of the District Court, for contempt of court. His alleged disregard of an injunction issued by Judge Lunt against him not to prosecute a suit brought by him at Council Bluffs, la., against James F. Burnes. of the Borland Gold-mining Company, to recover several hundred thousand shares of Portland stock, caused Judge Lunt to order his commitment. Mr. I>oyle was in Denver when the order was issued, but after learning of it took the first train for this city and accompanied the sheriff to jail. L>oyle spent the day reading the papers and has seen several friends. He declines, however, to say anything about his case. His relations with the officers are of the most friendly character and he seems to appreciate the novelty as well as the unpleasantness of his detention. It Is expected that an effort to secure his release on a habeas corpus writ will be made to-morrow. Cashier'll Nentenee Commuted. FORT SCOTT. Kan,. Jan. B.—Governor la*(dy has commuted jhe sentence of J. R. Colean, who, while cashier of the State Bank here in 1895, stole ss2,<*iO of its funds, wrecking the bank. His sentence of five years was reduced to four nnd he will, under the good-behavior rule, be out In about three months. The announcement of the commutation here created indignation among the stockholders and depositors of the bank.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1899.

BUSY WEEK IN CONGRESS ♦ SENATOR HOAR’S ANTI-EXPANSION SPEECH COMES TO-DAY. Morgan Still Urging Vote on Nicaragua Canal Bill—Record Vote on Civil Service in the House. ■ WASHINGTON, Jan S.—The week promises to be a busy one in the Senate. It will begin with an elaborate and carefully prepared speech by Senator Hoar, to be delivered Immediately after the transaction of the routine business to-morrow, in opposition to the extension of American territory. This speech is of considerable length, and, with the interruptions that are likely to occur it will probably consume the greater portion of the day. Tuesday Senator Mason will discuss briefly his resolution in opposition to this country’s asserting sovereignty over Cuba and the Philippines, taking strong ground for the independence of the people of those islands. Senator Morgan will make an effort early in the week to get the Senate to name a date for taking a vote on his bill for the construction of the Nicaragua. canal, and, whether he succeeds or not, will press the bill as continuously on the attention of the Senate as circumstances will permit. Unanimous consent is necessary to the fixing of a time for a vote, and it is not probable that this will be secured for some time to come. It is the expectation that the peace treaty will be reported on Wednesday, and also that some of the appropriation bills now in the hands of the committee on appropriations will be brought in toward the close of the week. Immediate consideration will be asked for the appropriation bills, but it is possible that the beginning of the debate on the treaty may be postponed until next week. There is an effort on foot among the opponents of the treaty to have it discussed in open session, but the indications are against such a course. Appropriation Hills in the Honse. WASHINGTON, Jun. 8,-The time of the House will be fully occupied from this time forward until the conclusion of the session. Appropriation bills, which are already in an unusually advanced stage, are to be kept to the fore, but there is a quantity of other important legislation which will press for consideration at every opportunity. Perhaps the most important single measure is the bill for the reorganization of the army, lt was the general understanding before the recess that this bill would be given consideration immediately after the holidays, but the illness of Chairman Hull, of the military affairs committee, will delay this measure until he is sufficiently recovered to attend the sessions of the House. His illness will also delay the Military Academy and army appropriation bills. Meantime the friends of the navy personnel hill are pushing for its consideration, and the rules committee may give a day to it during the present week. The bill represents a complete agreement between the line and the staff. These two branches of the. service have been at war for many years, but now that they have at last got together and agreed on a measure, its passage, once it gets to a vote, is assured. The only opposition to it is likely to arise from the fact that the organization it contemplates involves an additional charge on the treasury of several hundred thousand dollars. The final vote on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill will be taken to-morrow. The opponents of the civil-service law- succeeded in striking from the bill, while the House was in committee of the whole, the appropriation for the maintenance of the commission. To-morrow when the vote is taken in the. House, where members are obliged to go on record, there is little doubt that the appropriation will be restored. The diplomatic and consular and the naval appropriation bills are the next budgets to be taken up and either or both of them may be considered this w-eek. Such time, as intervenes will lie consumed in the consideration of the bill for the codification of the laws of Alaska. The hill has been made a continuing order. Portions of tw'o days have already been consumed by it, and less than seventy of the 232 pages of the bill have been disposed of. The lawyers of the House show an inclination to go over it critically, section by section, and it may be before the House for an indefinite period.

KANSAS REDEEMED. Republican Governor Will Be Inaugurated at \oon To-Day. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. B.—William E. Stanley, Republican, will be inaugurated Governor of Kansas to-morrow and the new Legislature will meet at noon Tuesday. During the last two weeks political activity in Topeka has been confined to Populist circles, but this condition has undergone a sudden change and the Republicans are coming to town in crowds. The Populist extra session called by Governor Leedy to pass Populistic measures will have adjourned by to-morrow noon. Among the Republicans, which party will control the coming Legislature, there are several important contests on. The one which is attracting the most attention is that between Judge S J. Osborne, of Salina, and E. D. McKeever. of Topeka, for the speakership. The Republicans will probably caucus on Monday night to dispose of this question, as well as to nominate a sergeant-at-arms and select other employes Other minor contests are on, and there is a large delegation of office seekers in town. West Virginia Legislature. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. B.—The Legislature assembles next Wednesday, and party leaders are already here for the preliminary work in the organization of that body. Although the balloting for a successor to Senator Faulkner does not begin till Monday, Jan. 23, two weeks hence, the most important action, affecting the senatorship as well as both parties in the State, will be taken within the next three days. The Legislature is so close politically that its control will depend on its organization, as that will carry with the probable settlement of contested seats. Among these contests are two for the seats of Republican members wfto served in the army during the Spanish war. Although they did not resign, the Democrats elected members in their places and have entered proceedings in the courts to secure the seats. There are many candidates for senator, but the contest this week is first and solely on the issue of organization to determine which party will have the senatorship. Social Democratic Movement. BOSTON, Jan. B.—The Social Democratic party of Massachusetts held a mass convention in the city to-day, at which Mayor Chase, of Haverhill, presided. It was voted that all possible honorable assistance be given to the trades union movement. It was voted to hold a state convention in Boston in May for the nomination of candidates for state offices A slate committee was also chosen. Will Drop Contest for Governor. PIERRE, 3. D.. Jan. B.—The determination has been reached to drop the contest for the governorship in this State. The conclusion of leaders on both sides is that such a contest would take several months to carry to a successful issue and no benefit of administration could be secured to the winning party after that time. Fitleld Has Mot Accepted. MONTPELIER, Vt„ Jan. S.-B. F. Fifleld, in an interview' to-day, said that he had not accepted the appointment as senator and will not give his answer to Governor Smith's offer util he has fully considered it. He also declines to express an opinion on any national topic. Oregon Legislature To-Day. SALEM, Ore., Jan. B.—The Oregon Legislature will convene at noon to-morrow. Both liouses were organized at the special session in October last, and it is probable that the organization will be continued. *I,OOO Reward for Murderer**. NEW CASTLE. Pa.. Jan. S.-The City Council and County Commissioners met this afternoon and each body offered 12.0J0. making a total of for the arrest and conviction of tiie murderers of John Blevins, city treasurer of New Castie. The police are wholly at uca regarding the crime, and so far as car, be learned they are entirely without a

clew. It is now certain that the murder occurred about 10:15 o'clock last night, although the crime was not discovered until after midnight, ft is not known just how much money was taken, but it is thought the robbers got about SSOO. The police are of the opinion that the crime was committed by someone who was well acquainted with the office and with whom the dead man was also well acquainted. DINGLEY IS BETTER. His Nervousness and Delirium Have Partly Subsided. WASHINGTON. Jan. B.—The reports from Representative Dingiey's bedside are a trifle more encouraging to-night, and his family believ.e there is still a chance for him to rally. Extreme weakness and the poison in his system as the resultant effects of his sickness are the principal symptoms wffilch the physicians now have to combat, which in a man of Mr. Dingiey’s age make the outcome uncertain. The nervousness and delirium have partially subsided, and the periods of consciousness are more frequent. To-night the patient is reported to be resting easier, although one of the physicians is still in attendance. The President called in person at the hotel to-day and made inquiries concerning the sick man. Mr. Dingiey’s two sons from Kalamazoo, Mich., have arrived in the city, but have not yet been permitted to see him. Ex-Gov. Ogletby Serinnsly 111. SPRING-FIELD, 111.. Jan. 8.-Former Governor Richard J. Oglesby is reported to be very ill at his home in Elkhart, Logan county. He is a victim of the grip. The members of the family have been summoned home. MISREAD THE ORDERS FOUR TRAINMEN KILLED IN HEADEND COLLISION IN TENNESSEE. Belated Pirns eager Train Crnihfn Into a Double-Header Freight on the Southern Railway. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. B.—Four dead, two injured, one of these perhaps fatally, and the loss of property of the Southern Railway to the amount of about $109,000, is the result of a wreek which occurred this morning on the Knoxville & Ohio branch of the Knoxville division of the Southern Railway, one and one-half miles west of Elk valley. The dead are: J. D. MAXEY. engineer. FRANK READDY, fireman, colored. lONZA HOOVER, brakeman, colored. W. A. DILLON, flagman. The injured are: ENGINEER GOFF, badly, but not fatally cut on the head and bruised. FIREMAN GEORGE 11USKISSON, badly burned and may die. Maxey, Readily, Hoover and Dillon were burned to death or killed underneath the ruins of three engines and a number of cars and coaches of the two wrecked trains-. This morning, at 11:30 o’clock a doubleheader freight train loaded with coal and merchandise crashed into a mixed local passenger train while both were running at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. The engines met head on, the force of impact being terrific. The coming together of the two trains was so sudden that the train men w-ere unable to jump and save their lives. The passenger train was running fifteen minutes late, having waited at Knoxville for connection with a Western train and had the right of way. All the freight trains on the Knoxville & Ohio division had been notified that ,(hp passenger train was on a late run and the only cause for the accident that can be given is that Engineer Maxey, of the freight train, misread his orders. Immediately after the crash the wreckage caught fire. The fire could not be controlled and this city was asked for a fire engine by the Southern Railway. The engine left Knoxville at 5 o’clock and had the fire under control at about 9:30 o’clock. Travel on the branch on which the wreck occurred has been suspended until to-mor-row. The passenger tr? in carried about tw-enty passengers. None of these was injured.

OUR TRADE WITH TURKEY. I'uited State** Seems to Be in the Rear of All Other Countries. WASHINGTON, Jan. B.—Consul General Dickinson, from Constantinople, makes an interesting report on commercial conditions in Turkey. The statistics of imports and exports he transmits date back to 1884, the Ottoman government being that far behind in making its reports. These show that the American trade with Turkey is outranked by almost all the European nations, and especially by France, England and Germany, who hold the bulk of the trade. The Germans, however, have acquired such a reputation for cheap and worthless goods that their market is declining despite the fact that they give seemingly unreasonable inducements in long time to apparently irresponsible merchants. The chief handicap to American trade is the high freight rates, amounting to about $lO a ton on American manufactures, which is nearly prohibitive except as to classes of novelties and goods in the manufacture of which America has decided advantages. The American goods are sold almost entirely for cash and at higher rates as a rule than are charged for European manufactures. This speaks well for the reputation of American goods in the Turkish market. The principal American products now sold are carpenters’ tools, house hardware, clocks and watches, manufactured novelties, machinery for flour mills, iron and steel products, sewing machines and flour. An experiment was recently made by a Turkish firm in ordering two hundred bags of flour from Duluth. In spite of the fact that the freight was forty English shillings a ton there was a substantial profit in the transaction, and the same firm has telegraphed further orders for 2,300 tons. There is already a demand for American unbleached cotton goods. The chief handicap of American trade, as has been stated, is excessive freight charges. This season, however, several cargoes of manganese and chrome ores have been shipped from the Black sea to the United States for $2.91 a ton. The flour dealers here who are best capable of judging believe that if such reasonable freight rates could be obtained as would naturally result from a direct line of steamships the principal markets of Turkey and Greece could easily be supplied with American flour. DEWEY A REPUBLICAN. His Brother Charles Says the Admiral Merer Was a Democrat. DES MOINES, la., Jan. B.—Admiral Geo. Dewey is a Republican. His brother Charles said so in this city. Since Henry Waterson headed his star-spangled banner ticket for Democracy in the Louisville Courier-Journal with the name of Dewey, it has been generally believed that Dewey is a Democrat. Mr. Charles Dewey, of Montpelier, Vt., was in this city for several days on business during the latter part of September. He is the eldest brother of Admiral Dewey. On Sept. 21 he was interviewed for the lowa State Register. Dewey’s brother said: "Another statement so frequently made concerning George is that he is a Democrat. Nothing could be further from the truth. He is a Republican, though not a politician. He is a Republican from birth and conviction, as all the Deweys are.” He had referred to the statement that Dewey liecame a hero by chance, declaring Dewey forecasted possibilities and sought it place in the Asiatic squadron, gaining it through Senator Proctor. Decker to Die To-Day. NEW YORK. Jan. B.—Bailer Decker, colored, who murdered his wife near Tottenville, Staten island, last March, will be electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison to-morrow Governor Roosevelt having refused to interfere in his behalf.

ADAMS POISONING CASE e QAR NET’S TRAINED Nl RSI' MAKE? STATEMENT TO THE POLICE. e More Mynlery Regarding the* Note Signed “Blanche” Found by New York Police. 1 NEW YORK, Jan. B.—No apparent progress was made to-day in the solution of the mystery attached to the Adams poisoning case. Miss Addie E. Bates, the trained nurse who attended Henry C. Barnet, the Knickerbocker Club member who is alleged to have died from poison, called to see Capt. McCluskey to-day. Captain McCluskey gave out the substance of his talk with her us follows: According to Miss Bates’s statement she was sent for by Dr. Henry B. Douglass on Nov. 1 to take care of a case. She called at Mr. Douglass’s office and was directed to the Knickerbocker Athletic Club to attend a diphtheria patient, a man. The patient had a sore throat and Dr. Douglass came in the- afternoon and gave directions for giving medicine and spraying the throat. The doctor also told ner to admit no one to the patient's room during his illness. She gave him medicine at different times and refused to let any one see him. Many messages came to him, but they were answered by her over the telephone. ‘At different times,” the statement continued, ‘‘a gentleman having a room on the same floor in the club called to Inquire for him and also sent him flowers. On Monday afternoon before he died (he died on Thursday, Nov. 10) some flowers came to Mr. Barnet with a note. He was sleeping at the time. When he awoke I told him some flowers were there and also a note. He requested me to read the note and I did so. After reading the note he just closed his eyes and said: T wonder how she knew I was ill.’ ‘‘After I had been there two or three days Dr. Douglass asked me if I had seen a box marked ‘Cut Now.’ I answered that I had, and we found it on the dresser in the wathroom and Dr. Douglass took it away with him. He afterwards said that it contained mercury. At the time of his death there were in the room Dr. Douglass, rnyself and Miss Jennie Callender, the other nurse. His brother had been there, too, but at the particular time he died he was not there. During Mr. Barnet’s entire illness he was in such a condition as a man suffering from diphtheria. At no time was I suspicious that his illness w’as due to any other cause. He w'as uncommunicative through all his illness. I paid r.o attention to the sores on his mouth and sprayed his throat.” Miss Bates denied that she had ever said to any one that Barnet had been poisoned before the poison with which he was affected just before his final illness. The most important part of the interview with the nurse is that which relates to the sending of the flowers to Barnet and the note which accompanied them. This is supposed to be the note signed “Blanche,” about which much has been written and about w'nich there has been much speculation as to the identity of its sender. Captain McCluskey now has this note in his possession. He would not permit it to be seen or tell whether it is now in the hands of the handwriting expert. He would not admit that the note was signed “Blanche,” but when in discussing some point one of his listeners asked if the note referred to was the one signed “Blanche,” Captain McCluskey replied in the affirmative. He quickly corrected himself, however. The captain said that the interview with Miss Bates threw no light on the Adams case and said that he had not requested Miss Bates to make a statement.* He said that Miss Bates could not recall the name of the man who had sent flowers to Barnet at the club on two or three occasions. When asked as to the time when Mr. Klnsiey, the expert in handwriting, might make his report on the specimens in his possession, captain McCluskey said that it might be in forty-eight hours. With relation to the possible exhumation of the body of Barnet the captain said that matter was in the hands of the district attorney and tire coroner.

A SOLDIER MURDER. Louisiana Private Murder* a Messmate in Cold Blood. HAVANA, Jan. B.—Private John D. Hughes, Company E, Second Louisiana Volunteers, was shot and killed yesterday by Private Joseph Buckley, of the same company. The trouble began In a trivial quarrel at mess time yesterday afternoon at Camp Buena Vista, when Buckley threatened to kill Hughes. Hughes paid no attention to the threat, but Buckley proceeded to another camp, secured a rifle and cartridge, returned to Buena Vista, waited for his opportunity and shot Hughes through the heart, killing him instantly. Buckley then surrendered to Captain Hernanden, officer of the day, and was conveyed to Camp Quemados, where he was placed under guard. When questioned about the murder he said he was not drunk, but had killed Hughes deliberately. Buckley, who is a New Orleans man, had a bad reputation before his enlistment. This is said to be his third homicide, it is said he killed a man named Laeosta in New Orleans, but was acquitted on the ground of insanity. Private Hughes, whose home was at Plaquemine, Ha., w r as buried this afternoon at Marianao Cemetery. Lieutenant Colonel Dur'or is in command of the Second Louisiana Regiment. No disorder has followed the murder. Want Autonomy nt Santiago. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Jan. B.—Scnor Bacardi, the mayor of Santiago, is cabling to Havana each day regarding the situation, explaining that the local excitement growing out of the proposal of the United States authorities to concentrate the customs receipts at Havana, is not allayed, and that the people want provincial and municipal autonomy. It Is understood that General Wood, governor of Santiago, with General Castillo, will reach the United States on or before Tuesday next, and arrangements have been made for a special cable service to inform the people here as to developments after General Wood's arrival in Washington. Lieutenant Colonel Ray reports from Guantanamo that a Cuban major a short time ago took to the woods with several of his men became a bandit and killed five rm n. The entire band has been captured and will be put on trial. Senor Bartolome Maso. who arrived here to-day from Jamaica, was enthusiastically received and escorted from the wharf by a torch-light procession. The Spanish Club was closed by the authorities and an extra guard mounted. This week the Cuban negro who, on Dec. I*>, killed a Baracoa merchant, who had landed here to purchase supplies, mistaking him for the guerilla Godrkjuez. will be put on trial for murder. A considerable sum has been subscribed towards his defense. Accoutrements sufficient to mount 1,000 men have been received and horses are expected shortly for that number. The United States cruiser Detroit arrived here to-day. The United States collier Southerey, now at Guant&namo, is under orders to return to the United States. Belief Work In f.'nbn. WASHINGTON, Jan. B.—The secretary of war has furnished the Cuban industrial relief fund of New York with credentials to General Brooke, military Governor of Cuba, commending the relief association to him as a distributing agent of the food supplies sent and to be sent by the Governor to the suffering Cubans. A second ship load of these supplies, now preparing, will include food especially adapted to the needs of women and children, as well as the Cubans and laborers. It Is believed that a discriminating use of this food, In connection with the industrial features of the relief fund, will result in the gradual transfer of many

from the charitably aided class to the selfsustaining class. This recognition of the industrial relief fund and acceptance of its co-operation in the charities to lie administered by the War Department will undoubtedly inspire the philanthropic public to furnish promptly all the money that can profitably be used in equipping this work with implements, seeds, cattle and all the industrial necessaries which the government has no legal means of providing. Mr. Richard Howland, of Providence, whose recent report of the results of his inspection of conditions i" Cuba has greatly stimulated government activity, has recommended the industrial relief plan as the best practical form of aid to the ;ural Cubans. Cuban Commission Home. TAMPA, Fla., Jan. S.—The members of the Cuban evacuation commission, w'ho left Havana yesterday evening on the steamer Mascotte. arrived at Port Tampa to-day. The party left this evening for Washington in a special Pullman car attached to the Florida & West Indian limited via the Plant system. The commissioners will arrive in Washington early Tuesday morning. INSPECTING THE TROOPS. Gen. Luwton Want** the Finest for Service In the Philippines. CHICAGO, Jan. B.—Major General H. W. Lawton, who w’as recently assigned to the command of the military forces in the Philippines, arrived in Chicago to-day on a tour of inspection of the troops that have been ordered to Manila. A rigid examination of the Fourth Infantry at Fort Sheridan was made during the day, wdth the result that forty or fifty of the soldiers were disapproved and will not accompany their regiment to the Orient. General Bawton said his command would ba made up of the flower of the American army. “The United States,” he said, “will be on exhibition before the powers of Europe, and it is important that we have the finest type of American manhood represented in our army. It is for this reason the inspection is so rigid.” The tiUth New York to Go Houie. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The Sixty-ninth New York Regiment of volunteers will be mustered out of the service of the United States in New York, in accordance with a decision reached by Secretary Alger to-day. This action is taken in response to the requests of the citizens of New York and Governor Roosevelt, who were anxious tl at the men should return in a body and be accorded the honors due them. The question of quarters while in New York, pending muster out, has been solved, the Governor telegraphing to Secretary Alger that these would be provided. The regiment is now at Huntsville, Ala., and will leave for be me as soon as the rolls can be completed. Trip to Manila Postponed. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Jan. 8.-General McCaskey, of the Twentieth Infantry, has received an order from General Sumner, department commander, postponing the departure of the regiment until Jan. 21. The message stated that the transports would not be ready to leave San Francisco for Manila until January 25. The order caused disappointment, as everything is in readiness to leave Wednesday. Advices from Washington Indicate that the Second Infantry wlil probably be ordered to Fort Leavenworth soon. The regiment is now at Anniston, Ala.

THE FIGHTING ENGINEERS. An Editorial Response to Captain Chadwick’s Reply to Warren, The Engineering Magazine, in its next issue, will contain the following editorial comment upon Mr. Warren’s article “The Fighting Engineers at Santiago, and Capt. Chadwick's reply thereto.” The thanks of the Engineering Magazine are due, and are most cordially extended to CaDtain Chadwick for his atttention to Mr. Warren’s article in our January issue. It is a matter for further satisfaction that his comment “has the indorsement of Admira} Sampson.” The essential thing is that the truth be made clear, by resort to the fixed facts and the highest authorities, and the Engineering Magazine welcomes correction, where it is needed, as warmly as it does indorsement. If the distance from the Morro to the Colon be forty-nine miles, instead of fortyfive, as Mr. Warren stated, it is right the fact should be brought out; but Captain Chadwick himself suggests a doubt as to the accuracy of the chart on which all the measurements are based. Mr. Warren’s purpose, however, was not to establish any geographical details, but to serve the nation and the navy, in all its branches—the bridge as fully as the engine room—by drawing serviceable lessons from the first actual test of the existing order under fighting conditions. It is here that Captain Chadwick's contribution is most valuable. He strongly confirms Mr. Warren’s argument—exactly in some points, generally in others—in which a dirferent basis of measurement makes a close comparison impossible. Mr. Warren states botn times and speeds between start and finish; Captain Chadwick takes intermediate points. Thus he gives the New York’s time "until site slowed down as she neared the Colon;” he states the respective speeds ol the New York and Brooklyn as being 14 and 13.2 knots (Mr. Warren gave 11.06 and 13.06)—but Captain Chadwick’s figures are between "points of departure taktn after the chase was well begun,” while Mr. Warren considers the whole time of running, including the slow getting under way due to the unpreparedness which is his principal theme. Mr. Warren strongly—even picturesquely—describes the tremendous eliorts made to remedy the original unpreparedness of the fleet. He says that ‘‘at the end of the battle, all the Brooklyn's boilers were steaming at maximum pressure,” and that "three hours after the New York started on her westward chase she had steam in all her boilers. ” The fact that this was not so at the start is undisputed. Taking the speed, as C’Upt. Chadwick does, "after the chase was well begun,” the New Y'ork shows fourteen knots, when she is rated at twenty-one, and the Brooklyn thirteen and two-tenths, when she is rated at twenty-two. Mr. Warren says tne forward engines of the New York were disconnected; Captain Chadwick confirms it, and. the same thing applies to the Brooklyn. Indeed, it is so stated in Admiral Sampson's official report. Mr. Warren says of the New York, “There were boilers disconnected, empty, and, of course, tireless.” Captain Chadwick agrees that there were—two disconnected and fireless. one of them empty. He says nothing about the steam pressure in the four which were fired. Captain Chadwick says no salt waiter was put into the New York’s boilers. Ir. Warren did not assert that there was. He does say the Brooklyn's empty boilers were filled with sea water after the chase began, and he knows his facts. That it was true of more than one ship, in spite of the “circular order of Sampson of May 29,” which “covered this matter in great detail,” is established by authority of Engineer-in-chief Melville, who says: "There was trouble on several ships with collapsed furnaces due to the formation of scale in consequence of the forced use of salt water for extra feed.” It is freely indicated in Commodore Melville’s official report and officially admitted as regards the Texas. It is evident that, with this possible exception. there is no real controversy in matters of fact between Captain Chadwick and Mr. Warren. Indeed, they must confirm each other, for the captain speaks with the authority of the commander of the flagship. while Mr. Warren's information comes from sources above suspicion or cavil. Much of it may be found in Admiral Sampson's official report, already published. The significant part of Captain Chadwick's statement is his extenuation of the facts. “The New York was using forty-five tons of coal a day on the blockade as it was.” and coal economy, he thinks, was more important than readiness to use full power at any moment. Mr. Warren gives the idea that the bridge officers did not realize, when they imposed these conditions of economy, how hard it would be to rise to the alwaysimminent emergency when it should finally come. In this connection his paper has its immediate value. It makes clear the difficulty which will be necessary and permanent so long as the ordering of the movement of the ship and the management of her motive power are in the hands of different authorities, neither of whom understands the work or the difficulties of the other. From the nature of the case, the source of the Information in Mr. Warren’s artlele cannot be disclosed. The Engineering Magazine assurts its readers that the information is beyond all question. With this reaffirmation of the accuracy of every essential particular. the Engineering Magazine desires to couple a most earnest statement of Its position. It desires to create no sensation, to excite no controversy, to make no

The Good It will do you to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla H beyond question. It will give you warm, rich, nourishing blood, strengthen your nerves, tone your stomach, create an appetite and make you feel better in every way. It is a wonderful invigorator of the system and wards off colds, fevers, pneumonia and the grip. The best winter medicine is Hood’s Sa ; a ; illa Sold by all dealers in medicine. Price $L Hood’s Pills cure biliousness, indigestion. SEALS. STENFII.S. STAMPS. !jj&n TMAYEIE SEALS.*?®I STENCIUSSTAMPS, CATALOG UEFFIEX BADGES. CHECKS Ac. Igjw,ia.llß6. 15 SLMERIDIAN SL GrouitP Floor. charges, least of all to detract from the credit of any gallant officer or of the fleet which won so magnificent a victory at Santiago. Ft desires solely to advance the effectiveness of tha navy; to help every officer to a position of fuller command of his ship, in every phase of its structure and work; and to aid in establishing, throughout the entire boqy of officers of our navy, a standard of ability as high and as single us their devotion to duty and to the flag. FROM DEWEY TO COXEY. Queer Results of Vote on Greatest Living American. Galveston News, The Sunday Press-Post, of Columbus. 0.. has invoked the coupon-voting proccs*. to ascertain "the greatest living American.” We are told that 70.000 votes came up from the great body of the people, without regard to race, color or condition. Os these 9.500 selected Admiral Dewey as the greatest Living American and £92 chose Joseph Jefferson. Between these extremes of choice there were twenty-five others, each with Ills following, but let the fist speak for itself, omitting a few tail-enders: Admiral Dewey 9,500 W. J. Bryan 7,5!>6 President McKinley 7,758 Admiral Schley 5,5X0 Lieutenant Hobson Thomas A. Edison " 261 Gen. Fitzhqgh Bee Admiral Sampson 3,524 Colonel Roosevelt 3.343 John Sherffihn 3,096 General Miles 2,386 General Shafter 1,240 T. De Witt Talmage 1.174 John J. Rentz J.o.'S Mark Hanna * 904 Senator Foraker 660 William R. Day (WO Gen. Joseph Wheeler tdtl Thomas B. Reed w)> Chauncey M. Depew 470 Benjamin Harrisqn 454 Robert G. Ingersdll 550 James Whitcomb Riley 300 Governor Bushnell 250 Captain Sigsbee 216 Clara Barton 2u6 Joseph Jefferson 303 No one can dismiss this showing as nonof the people. The vote was taken in a State of the Middle West, a truly representative State of the Union. As for that section of country the expression is doubtless a fair one. It seems to signify that people are. thinking of other things liesides war heroes. It might be expected that Dewey would figure as the war idol, and to step right off into politics next and nama the two leaders Is not at all surprising. * * * Doubtless in almost any locality where the stars and stripes wave Dewey would lead as he does in and about Columbus, O. But even there we are. confronted! with the astonishing fact, iif view of Dewey's fame, popularity and picturesque attitude, that, while 9,500 pepole consider him the greatest living American. 60.500 out of a, total of 70.000 voting have other idols In their mind’s eye. About one out of seven votedt for Dewey in the Press-Post contest. Among the minor favorites or tail-enders there are some amusing combinations. Booker T. Washington conies ahead of James Gordon Bennett, and Mary E. Lease ranks with Bishop Potter ami Senator Frye. Bourke Cockran is away down in the list, far below Altgeld and Debs, hut Secretary Bong, General Brooke and Julian Hawthorne and Sousa are still lower. Still beneath these come Senator Hoar, John B. Sullivan, Hon. J. W. Bailey, James J. Corbett, Thomas Sharkey and John G. Carlisle, while. Joseph Pulitzer and Seth Row go hand in hand among the tail-enders. We find Richard Mansfield and Henry Cabot Bodge away down where the list begins to taper, with Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Henry Wattersom right in the trail. There are Mark Twain, Julian Hawthorne, Buffalo Bill and Dr. Parkhurst, even Coxey. The name of Grover Cleveland does not appear in the fist. * * * Os course the opportunity for poking fun at people couldn't be resisted, and some were voted on the list as the greatest living joke.

DISCOVERY IN ELECTRICITY'. The Inventor In Now Securing HIM Patent*. Washington Special. A wonderful discovery in electric force is announced, whereby the Inventor claim* that he can send a million volts through the human body, kill all forms of bacilli, including tuberculosis, without, incidentally, annihilating the patient. A New Y'ork attorney is now in this city filing with the Patent Office the papers necessary to protect this ruynarkable discovery. He. is very reticent, and frankly admits that he fear* ridicule. From what was divulged, however, it appears that the inventor propose* to take advantage of the fact that glass is not an absolute resistant or nonconductor, but that a tremendous electrical current: striking against a glass case, in which t enclosed a human body, is diffused over tha wide expanse of glass plate, and henca permeates all parts of the human body insida the glass case. The theory upon which electricity is to he employed in therapeutics by this inventoi* is that repeated charges of static electricity* are not only certain death to various forms of bacilli without injury to the patient, but that each “cell” of the human body is a separate and distinct living organism; in other words, that each cell is a tiny electric battery. An ordinary current of electricity travels along certain nerves, which are the telegraph w’ires of the body, and convey sensations to the brain. Electricity invariably travels along the shortest route, hence thesi currents, as ordinarily applied by physicians, are "short-circuited.” Thus the current does not permeate all parts of the system, but by employing a tremendous electrostatic current and diffusing it over a wide area of glass it can be made to permeate every cell of the human frame. The inventor aserts that one charge of such a current w'ould vitalize tho countless tiny electrio batteries and give energy to the w'ornout body and to the wearied brain. Everv bacillub, he says, will be killed, and the patient on emerging from his glass case will be Ilka anew man. What the President Said. New York Advocate. YVhen President McKinley was in Alabama Governor Johnston, of that State, is reported to have said to him unequivocally but pleasantly: “The South lias no apologies to make and nothing to take back.” Tho same report says that the President replied: “We had something to take back; wo took you back; we were glad to take you beck and you were glad to have us taka you back.” Considering the struggle and Its result, and the fact that the President was a guest of the State by vote of the Legislature, this reply was one of the smoothest yet sharpest in the history of repartee. Mercy on the Mormon. Washington Star. Nobody has been quite unfeeling enough to spring a triple mother-in-law joke or Mr. Roberts during his present embarrassment. Mr*. W inslow’* SonthiiiK yruj Has been used over fifty years by millions of cothera for tleir children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens th* gen:*, ay.iys pain, cures wind colic, regulates th* bowels, and is the best remedy for diarrhea, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by druggists ,n everT part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25 cents a bottle. How the rich may do good. Thousands of pool l are suffering from coughs and colds caused by exposure. Send to each of these, one bottle of Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar. Thus countless lives may be saved at a trifling cost. Th* remedy is admitted to be infallible. Sold by ail druggists. Pike s Toothache Props cure In 1 minute. Bad Complexions PIMPLES BLOTCHES BLACKHEADS Red, rough, oily skin, red, rough bands with shapeless nails, dry, thlu, and falliug hair, and >ai>y blemishes prevented by Ci-tutra &*--*< , the moat effective skin purify ing and beautifying soap in the world. Absolutely pure, delicately medicated, exquisitely perfumed, surprisingly effective, it produces the whitest, clearest skin, the softest hands, anil nwst luxuriant, Lustrous iu>r-

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