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night and put up again every morning over the roof of this Senate chamber, where it is in its rightful place, must never he taken down where it has once lloated. whether that be its rightful place or not, a doctrine which is not only without justification in international law. hut if it were implanted there would make of every war between civilized and iKtwerful nations a war of extermination or a war of dishonor to one party or to the other." Mr. Hoar then entered upon a critical analysis of Mr. Platt’s speeen. After summarizing the argument, he said: "The constitutional argument for slavery was ten times as strong as the argument of the senator from Connecticut. The slave master laid he owned men for their good. The senator from Connecticut proposes to own nations for their good.” He set forth his own constitutional doetrine. which he desired to oppose to that of Mr. Platt. He declared that the people of this country had not deposited all sovereignty anywhere, and had authorized no agent of theirs to exercise all sovereignty, unlimited and uncontrolled. "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people. (Amendment. Article 10.) "The sovereignty which can be exercised by the Nation as a unit is only that which is necessary for accomplishing the purposes of the Constitution, and must be either expressly granted therein or necessary or convenient. in the judgment of Congress, to accomplish the purposes expressly declared therein. "All other sovereignty is reserved to the States or to the people. "The. power to conquer alien peoples and hold them in subjection is nowhere expressly granted. "The power to conquer alien peoples and hold them in subjection is nowhere implied as necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose declared by the Constitution. “It is clearly shown to be one that ought not to be exercised by anybody—one that the framers of the Constitution thought ought not to he exercised by anybody. (1) Because it is immoral and wicked in itself. (2) Because It is expressly denied in the Declaration of Independence, the great interpreter and expounder of the meaning of the Constitution, w'hich owes its origin to the same generation and largely to the same men. 01) It is affirmed that it is immoral and unfit to be exercised by anybody—in numerous instances by contemporary state constitutions and the contemporary waiters and authors on public law' who expressed the opinion of the American people in that generation who adopted the Constitution as well as of the men who framed it.” MAY ACQUIRE TERRITORY. In discussing how territory may be acquired constitutionally by the United States, Mr. Hoar said: ”It may also acquire adjoining outlying territory, dispose of it, make rules and regulations for it for the purpose of national security and defense, as in the ease of Hawaii, although it may not be expected that the territory so acquired, held and disposed of shall ever come into the Union as a State.” However, immediately, following the statement. Mr. Hoar set the Philippines against Hawaii in this declaration: "Mr. President, you are not now proposing to acquire or own property in the Philippines with dominion as a necessary incident; you are not to own a foot of land there; you propose to acquire dominion and legislative power and nothing else. Where in the Constitution is the grant of pow'er to exercise sovereignty where you have no property?” In support of his interpretation of the Constitution, Mr. Hoar cited numerous authorities mong them Charles Sumner, Mr. Justice hews and Mr. Justice Brew’er. He quote. i * statement of Louis Napoleon, made in In.l. teat “the time of conquest is past, never to return, for it is not by extending the boundaries of its territory that a nation can henceforward he honored and powerful, hut by placing itself at the head of generous ideas and spreading everywhere the empire of right and justice,” and added: "Napoleon forgot what he had said when he grew a little stronger. He saw his opportunity in Mexico, as our friends think they see ours in the Philippine islands. But the sure and terrible fate of destiny overtook him in the midst of his pride and power. “Our commissioners come hack from Paris bringing with them the east-off clothing of this Pinchbeck Napoleon, and ask us, who have seen his fate, to discard for them the spotless robes in which our fathers arrayed the beautiful genius of America. A year ago last December the President of the United States sent a message to Congress. In that message he said: ‘I speak not of forcible annexation, because that is not to he thought of. and under our code of morality, that would be criminal aggression.’ WHO SHALL HAUL DOWN M’KINLEY? “ ‘The time of conquest is past,’ said Louis Napoleon. Ah, Mr. President, President McKinley but repeated Louis Napoleon, though in louder and clearer voice. President McKinley, when he spoke, was not thinking even of honor or of pow’er, inspiring and alluring as are honor and power. He placed himself and placed the American people on the stern, enduring and perpetual rock of righteousness; that forcible annexation is not to be thought of, under our code of morality; that would be criminal aggression. Who shall haul him down? Who shall haul down the code? Who shall haul down the President?” Mr. Hoar dwelt with emphasis upon the large increase in national expenditure w'hich the policy of expansion, advocated by Mr. Platt, would entail, placing the amount at $160,000,000 annually. He argued that the adoption of Mr. Platt’s doctrine W'ould reduce wages, increase taxation, place an armed soldier on the back of the workingman. and by the act of the government, every American’s dignity would be dishonored and his manhood discrowned. In conclusion, Mr. Hoar said he could not agree “that the lesson of our first hundred

FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. lonrtnxliiK Clondlnes*. wUli Rain In Sonlliern Portion of Indiana. ■WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 8 p. m.—Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio—Snow; collier in southern portion; brisk northeasterly winds. For Indiana and Illinois—lncreasing cloudiness, with rain in southern portion; northeasterly winds. Weather Conditions and General Forecast—The storm has remained nearly stationary in the west gulf. A second storm of great intensity has appeared off the north Pacific coast, Portland reporting a pressure of 29.16 Inches. The high pressure area has moved from Manitoba to Ontario, causing a sharp fall in temi>erature in the St. Lawrence valley, Montreal reporting a fall of 54 degrees In twenty-four hours and to 8 degrees, and Oswego r fall of 28 degrees and to 8 degrees. The temperature has risen in the upper Misi<ippi valley and south Atlantic States, and has remained nearly stationary elsewhere, including the Pacific coast. Light snow may he expected in the lake regions and New England, rain in the middle and south Atlantic and gulf States, light snow in the upper Missouri valley and generally fair elsewhere. It will grow warmer in the Lake Superior region and lted river of the North valley. Brisk to high northwesterly winds and much lower temperature will be experienced on the middle and north Atlantic coast, and moderate variable winds on the south Atlantic coast. Local Observations on >lonlny. Bar. Thar. It.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. Ta. ni 30.2S 52 95 S'west. Lt. snow. O.iKt 7p. m 30.28 36 89 N” west. Cloudy. 0.05 Maximum temperature, 36; minimum temperature. 31. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Jan. 9: Temp. Pre. Normal 24 0.09 Wear. 34 6.11 Peuarture from normal 10 *0.02 departure since Jan. 1 S *0.82 •Plus. C. F. It. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7p. m. Atlanta. Ga 56 52 50 Bismarck. N. D *l4 0 *2 Buffalo, N. Y 14 18 11 Calgary. Alberta 6 24 6 alro, 111 40 44 40 * Iteyenne. Wyo 14 411 28 Chicago, 1U 21 30 28 Cincinnati, O 32 42 34 Concordia. Kan 14 44 32 Paveni<ort. la 12 34 28 Pea Moines, fa 12 26 26 Galveston. Tex 54 60 36 , Helena. Mont 14 26 20 Jacksonville, Fla ,32 66 .38 Kant-as City, Mi 32 38 36 Little Rock. Ark 44 58 54 Mari|U*Ue. Mich *4 6 4 Memptds, Tenn 40 68 50 Mtnnedosa. Man *32 Moorhead, Minn *l4 Nashville, Tenn 34 48 44 New Orleans, La 46 CO 54 New York 32 40 38 North Platte. Neb 10 48 31 Oklahoma, O, T 32 44 40 Omaha, Neb 14 34 26 Pittsburg, Pa 32 40 :16 Qu’ Appelle, Asatn *22 *lO *lO Rapid City, H. D 20 42 32 Halt l.ake Otty, Utah 2t ,32 28 St. Louis, Mo 32 * 42 36 St. Paul, Minn... *2 10 6 Springfield, 111 32 40 34 Hpringfleld, Mo 36 42 4<i Vicksburg, Mins 46 68 64 Washington, D. C ...32 It Sr •Below zero.

years is that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are a failure, and that America Is to begin the twentieth century as Spain began the sixth. The Monroe doctrine is gone. Every European nation, every European alliance has the right to acquire dominion in this hemisphere when wo acquire it in the other.” It may be thought that, he said, in a tempest of popular delusion, a cloud might for the moment cover the great truths of our declaration. He had encountered such storms in his experience, but the clouds had passed and "he sunshine had come again. "Mr. President, this spasm of folly and delusion also, in my judgment, will surely pass by. Whether it pass by or not, I thank God I have done my duty, and that 1 have adhered to the great doctrines of righteousness and freedom, which I learned from my fathers and in whose service my life has been spent." Mr. Hoar spoke two hours and ten minutes. concluding at 2:30 p. m. Only once was he interrupted, and then*by Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, at whom the speech was directed. When Mr. Hoar said that within the past few months Mr. Platt had changed his position, as during the Cuban discussion he had supported the proposition that the Cubans are and of right ought to be free and independent, Mr. Platt, interrupting, said: "I think the senator has misstated my position. I did not vote for that proposition.” In reply Mr. Hoar inquired if Mr. Platt, while he may not have voted for the propositic n, did not actually think tne people of Cuba were entitled to be free and independent. Mr. Platt—The senator is tempting me into a speech which he would not tolerate if I should deliver it here. MR. PLATT’S SPEECH.

When Mr. Hoar had concluded Mr. Platt addressed the Senate. He said: “I cannot ask the indulgence of the Senate at this time to reply extemporaneously to the carefully prepared argument of the senator from Massachusetts. I can only say that I have listened to it with great attention and interest. The senator is a master of language and an adept at the use of sarcasm. He has succeeded in conjuring up a specter which is really only a specter, lie has spent a large portion of his argument in erecting a man of straw and the remainder of his argument in demolishing that man of straw. He has not answered the argument which I had the honor to make, but has misrepresented what I said.” Mr. Platt maintained that Mr. Hoar had admitted his contention that this country had the right to acquire and govern distant territory, hut that lie had unfairly presented what he (Platt) had said about the acquisition and government of such territory. He then read from his own speech a paragraph showing that he had held it to be the duty of this country to provide for acquired territory a most liberal and enlightened system of government—a government in accord with the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution. "Yet,” said Mr. Platt with emphasis, "he holds me up here as opposed to applying to the people of this acquired, territory the principles of legislation in accordance wdth the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution. The United States never has legislated in opposition to the Declaration of Independence and to the Constitution, and it never will. I want to say that an application of the doctrines of the senator from Massachusetts Would have prevented our expansion westward across this continent to the Pacific coast. We found here this continent in the hands of the Indians, who did not want us here, nor did they want to be placed under our government. Notwithstanding that condition we established our government here, and now at last we have brought many Indians to a. state of civilization and citizenship. 'You violated your Declaration of Independence,’ says the Indian, ‘when you legislated for me.’ But who, Mr. President, would turn back the hands of time to meet the requirements of the doctrines of the senator from Massachusetts? “It is the spirit of the Declaration of Independence that gives it life. It is perfectly well assured that no attempt will ever be made to legislate for the people of this country or of our acquired territory in contravention of the Declaration of Independence. I am one of those who believe that we shall not ring the doom of this country when w r e shall place over the inhabitants of our acquired territory legislation which will confer upon them the blessings of peace, happiness and prosperity.” Mr. Caffery inquired of Mr. Platt whether he would force upon these people our system of government against their will. ITS OWN ANSWER. “That question,” replied the Connecticut senator, “is a part of the argument of the senator from Louisiana and the senator from Massachusetts in support of the pending resolution. They hold that we cannot go into an enemy’s country', even in time of war, without the consent of the inhabitants Qf the country. The argument contains within itself its own answer.” After alluding to the late war and the responsibilities entailed by it upon this country and explaining briefly his own position with respect to the war, Mr. Platt said: "We propose to proclaim liberty and justice and human rights in the Philippines or wherever else the flag of this country sh-U be planted. Who will haul those princip • s down? No, Mr. President, this entire argument of the senator from Massachusetts is a specter conjured up by him m support of his position. I cannot be accused of not loving justice, and purity, and unselfishness as devoutly as the senator from Massachusetts loves them. I shall meet the responsibilities that are to arise in connection with this great question in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution, ar.d could never be persuaded to do otherwise.” Mr. Hoar briefly replied to the statement of Mr. Platt, reiterating and elucidating some of the points of his own speech which he conceived Mr. Platt had mu-understood. Mr. Caffery concluded his speech in opposition to the Nicaragua canal bill, but an effort to fix a time for a vote upon it failed. Mr. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, to-day reported from the military affairs committee a hill providing that all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served in the war of the rebellion and the volunteer soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812 and of the Mexican war. and of the war with Spain, who may be disabled in any way. shall be admitted into the home for disabled volunteer soldiers. It was passed. A bill to authorize the revival of suits and actions commenced lawfully against officers of the United States as such on the termination of the terms of such officers was passed. Mr. Gallinger offered an amendment to the naval appropriation bill appropriating $2,000,000 to pay the officers and men of the navy and marine corps the bounty and other allowances due them under Section 4635 of the Revised Statutes for the capture or destruction of ships or vessels of war during the war with Spain. BANKS BURGLARIZED. Safe and Building Dynamited and About $2,000 Stolen. ASHBURNHAM, Mass., Jan. o.—The safe of the First National Bank of Ashburnham was blown to pieces by dynamite about 2 o’clock this morning. Tho interior of the bank was badly wrecked, and all windows were blown out. Deputy Sheriff William H. Rlneheardson, whose home is next to the hank building, was awakened by the shock of a heavy explosion, which made the house tremble and windows rattle. Locating the source of the explosion, he at once gave the alarm. The bank is on the second floor of a two-story building. The street door of the main entrance had been forced open with a jimmy and a similar process was applied to the door of the bank upstairs. The burglars evidently charged the iron safe heavily with dynamite, for the safe had been blown to pieces. Two of its doors were found half way across the room and a bar of iron had been blown through tho w'indovv and nearly across the street. Ail the windows in the place w'erc demolished and the furniture was badly splintered. A large quantity of notes and drafts and about $lO > in money was found scattered about the floor. Cashier Sawyer estimates that the rohrvrs took about $1,500 and perhaps the plunder may amount to $2.0C0. The damage to the building is about $2,000. It is not believed that any large quantity of notes or drafts was taken. From the havoc created it is judged that the burglars’ knowledge of safe-blowing was limited. The authorities have in mind the work done recently by burglars at the Bethel. Me.. Savings Bank, the Wrentham National Bank, the Phoenix National Bank of Phoenix, R. 1.. and a Vermont hank within the past few months, although there is nothing in the line of positive evidence to show that all these banks were visited by the same men. An lowa Dank Itobbed. ROCK RAPIDS, la., Jan. 9.—The Farmers* Bank of In wood has been robbed of $2,000. The vault was entered and the safe was blown open with explosives. The robbery was evidently tho work of professionals, who entered and left town on a railway handcar. TO CURB A tOLD H OtE DAY Take Laxative Bromo-Quinlne Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. 1). Q. on each tablet.

THE INDIANA VOLTS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1899.

AFTER THE LYNCHERS JI DGE NEW’S INSTRUCTION'S TO SCOTTSBIRG GRAND JURY. investigation Started and Tangible Results Expected—Evansville Dos Mystery Cleared Ip. Serial to the Indianapolis Journal. SOOTTSBURG, Ind., Jan. 9.—A special grand jury drawn for the purpose of investigating the lynching, of Marion Tyler was sworn in to-day and instructions delivered by Judge New. The jury consists of John W. Montgomery, a merchant of Austin, as foreman; Isaac A. Bridgewater, ex-county treasurer; Asbury Thompson, blacksmith, of Scottsburg; William P. Shea, farmer; Samuel R. Smith, farmer, and J. M. C. Richey, farmer. Judge Willard S. New delivered the usual charge given to grand juries, which was supplemented with a special charge, in part as follows: "As you well know a horrible crime has recently been committed in this county, and on account of that crime I directed the clerk of this court to proceed in the w r ay known to law to draw a grand jury for this term. It is to you that the people must look for prompt action and satisfactory results. No men were ever called to serve as grand jurors who w r ere confronted with duties of a more serious nature and the result of whose labors were more anxiously awaited than yours. I have no reason to believe that you would fail, or even hesitate, to do your full duty, but so anxious am I that the persons who perpetrated this crime be punished that I say to you now, that if any one of you would have the slightest hesitancy in performing your full duty you should at this time make the fact known in order that someone else can be selected to take your place. There is no county in this State, gentlemen, in which the people have manifested a more anxious desire and determination to punish violators of the law than in Scott county, and it is of the first importance that you so discharge your duty in'connection with this crime that the good name of Scott county will continue t3 live and be respected as it has been in the past. "When this mob took from the jail of Scott county Marion Tyler, and murdered him, it not only committed the crime of murder, but it inflicted a wrong upon the people and a stain upon the good name of Scott county. It rests with you largely whether or not this stain shall be removed. From the day this crime was committed to this time the people all over Indiana and even beyond the borders of our own State have rested their eyes upon Scott county and anxiously awaited to see whether or not the perpetrators of this crime, or any of them, would be punished. It is your duty as grand jurors to investigate this matter, to honestly. faithfully and conscientiously endeavor to ascertain the guilty parties. No matter how' much time or labor may be required you should leave nothing undone and not be satisfied until you have either returned indictments, or exhausted all honorable means to do so. You will not be without able assistance, for you will be given all possible help that the law' and State can furnish syou. You should not fail to indict any persop on account of fear, favor or affection, but you should be guided by an honest desire and a firm determination to conscientiously discharge your duties.” The grand jury organized and got down to business this afternoon. Subpoenas for nearly a score of witnesses w r ere at once issued, and within a very short time the grand jury had begun the investigation. The reports heretofore published that officers were in possession of the names of many members of the mob is considered as being somewhat premature. However, it is generally believed that the officers are in possession of some clews that point toward the identity of some members of the mob. but it will require more evidence than is now known to cause the arrest of any. The local officers appear willing to do all in their power to bring the guilty to justice, and in this determination they have the support of nearly every citizen of this county. The Hunker llill Murder Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANS PORT, Ind., Jan. 9.—The trial of William Fitzgerald, charged wdth the murder of Quincy Bebee, a fourteen-year-old boy of Bunker Hill, Ind., was begun this morning in the Cass Circuit Court before Judge,Chase, the case coming to the county on a change of venue from Miami county. Last October a trainboy on the Panhandle Railroad, while awaiting connections at Bunker Hill, discovered the body of the murdered boy lying in a shed near the railway station. His neck had been broken and the prints of boot heels on his abdomen indicated that he had been brutally killed. The death was surrounded by mystery for some days. It then developed that the deceased had last been seen with William Fitzgerald, a dissolute character of that neighborhood, who had but lecently been released from the Columbus penitentiary. The tw'o had been drinking together, and were in a state of intoxication. Detective Silas Morgan, of this city, took up the case, and with the assistance of the father of the murdered boy captured Fitzgerald hiding in the woods about six miles from Bunker Hill, two weeks after the murder. With Fitzgerald w ? as a tramp, who gave the name of Edwards. This man related that Fitzgerald had told him he had kicked a man to death. The two were taken to the jail of Peru, the tramp being held as a witness.

Postal Telegraph Extension. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind.. Jan. 9—Sheriff M. D. Moore, of Anderson, Attorney Charles Baggatt, counsel for the Postal Telegraph Company, and a jury of six men from Elwood, were in Marion to-day to assess the damages to the Big Four Railroad Company by the Postal Telegraph Company being allowed to erect and maintain a telegraph system on their right-of-way between this city and Anderson. The jurors are Messrs. Charles Whitehead. Louis Allen, James Wells. Ollie Frasier. Herman Harvey and Jack Applegate. The Postal Company endeavored some time ago to secure privileges to erect a line between the cities in question, but the Western Union Telegraph Company claimed the exclusive right to operate a telegraph system on the right of way of the Big Four. Suit was brought and a strip on the east side of the track between Marion and Anderson was condemned and the Postal Company allowed to erect its poles by paying damages to the railroad company. The object of the jury is to determine the amount of the damages. The Postal Cimpany will extend its line to Union City after completing its Marion and Anderson line. Iron and Brass Bed Trust. Special to the lndianaixffis Journal. MARION, Ind., Jan. 9.—And now the iron and brass bedstead manufacturers are forming a trust to regulate the sale of the output of their factories. It is not called a trust, but it is to be known as an “association.” G. C. Harwood and Charles Michaels, representing two of tho bedstead factories in this city, have attended two of these meetings. but have not joined. Nussbaum Bros., proprietors of the other factory of this city, while having been invited to attend the meetings, say that they have not joined, and it is not their intention to do so. The Eastern manufacturers have united, and their association is working well. It is understood that there are now eighteen of the Western manufacturers united to regulate the prices. The starting up of several new factories has had a demoralizing effect on the trade. Prosperous Insurance Company. to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 9.—The Madison County Farmers’ Insurance Company, composed alone of farmers, met here to-day and elected officers for tho twelfth year’s business. The rules of the company permit none but farm risks, and there is now in force insurance to the amount of $1,410,000, which is a decrease from last year of S7OO 000. There are 1,370 members of the association. and they paid out in losses last year $20,000. The officers are Joseph Saunders. president; R. F. Hamm, vice president; C. C. Mays, secretary; R. A. Kirkham, treasurer. Messrs. J. F. Mauzy. J. O. Beesom. W. T. Cartwright. 1. C. Cardwell, J. D. Kinnard, G. Haas, J. T. Johnson. A. J. Barracks. J. M. Hughes, B. F. Kessler, Herman Hughel, Fremont Busby, Arthur Hughe!, John R. Allen constitute the board of directors. ••Jolly Frank" Frail Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, ind., Jan. 9.—Frank Frail, one of the oldest and best known citizens of this city, was found lying in an ally in an unconscious condition early this morning, and died after being removed to the City Hospital. There were no marks of violence on his body, and his sudden death is a mystery. "Jolly Frank,” as he was familiarly known, was on the streets yesterday in his

usual happy disposition. He was known hy nearly every citizen of Adams county; was honest in all his dealings, and had very few enemies. He was born in Ireland, but came to this country when a boy. He has a wealthy son doing business on Wall street. New York city, where at one time he was a prosperous business and society man. Glnncy Gets S I,■*>(a Damages. Special to the tndlanaixfffs Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Jan. 9.-F. D. Glancy, of this city, who was injured while acting as brakeman on the Texas & Southern Railway, has recovered $4,500 from the company. He sued the company for SIO,OOO and was awarded judgment in the sum of $5,000. The case was appealed to the Appellate Court, but Glaney’s attorneys compromised for $4,500. After deducting the attorney's fees Glancy has left something over $.‘1,000. He formerly lived at Huntington and for a number of years was brakeman on the Wabash. “Kid” Meyers Badly Wounded. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Jan. 9.—John Cummins, known as “Kid” Meyers in this city, was shot and badly w'ounded at Spokane, Wash., several clays ago. He went to Spokane about six months ago and opened a gambling room. He was shot in an altercation with a man from whom he had won some money at cards. One bullet struck him in the forehead and the other entered his jaw. He is in a Spokane hospital and may recover. Cummins’s home is at Peru. He spent a year in this city before going to Spckane. Window-Ginss Plant Running: Again. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD City, Ind., Jan. 0.-The plant of the Hartford City Window Glass Company, which was partially destroyed by fire four weeks ago, entailing a loss of $50,000. resumed operations this morning. The several hundred employes are again at work, and it is thought the American Glass Company will permit the company to make up the time lost on account of the fire. The rapidity with which the plant was rebuilt breaks all records. A force of workmen w'ere employed night and day. A Little Fortune in Ills Belt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Jan. 9,-Joshua Hilton, a well-known citizen of this city, died Saturday after a brief illness of pneumonia. When his body was being prepared for burial a belt containing SI,BOO w'as found buckled around his waist. Hilton had been night watchman at Howard’s shipyard for twelve years and the money saved from each week’s w'ages was added to the sum in his belt, which he carried with him day and night. His wife knew nothing of the money until found after his death. . Ada Henry Burned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Jan. 9.—Ada Henry, a sixteen-year-old girl living near Fairland, while filling a lamp with coal oil, accidentally dropped the lamp on the bare floor, scattering the oil on her clothing. In order to remove the oil from the floor she lighted it with a match. Her clothing took fire and her body was blistered and blackened from head to foot, and after twelve hours of agony she died. Until death came she was entirely conscious and gave directions about the funeral.

The Box Mystery Cleared Up. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 9.—The box mystery has been cleared up. The cadaver was sent from St. Louis by Ed I* Thuman, a medical student, consigned to himself, and was a subject obtained at the Sims College. He intended to clean and mount it. His relatives were out of the city and failed to get either his letter or the notices sent by the railroad company. Today they returned and were horrified at the publicity and sensation that had been caused. Want Power to Fix Rates. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 9.—The natural gas litigation here has resulted in a determination on the part of the committee representing the people to ask the Legislature to pass u law that will give the City Council power to regulate the price of gas. An attorney has been instructed to draw up the bill, and a persistent effort will be made to get it through. Officers Want to See Farmer Brock. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBURN, Ind., Jan. 9.—The officers are hunting to-night for John Brock, a farmer living two miles in the country, for selling impure meat. He brought a dressed hog to town and sold it to Mr. Ocletree Carrithers, and it has since developed that the hog was killed by accident and lay three days before being dressed. Suit Against a Steel Company, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER, Ind., Jan. 9.—United States Marshal A. Boyd, of Indianapolis, was in the city to-day and served papers in a civil suit involving SO,OOO against the Indiana Steel Casting Company, of this city. The officials here refuse to give out any information concerning same. Meisner’s Hotel Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind., Jan. 9.—Frank Meisner’s Cottage Hotel at Milford was burned to the ground this morning. Loss $6,000; uninsured. Indiana Obituary. RICHMOND, Ind.. Jan. 9. Christian Lammert died yesterday at Chicago, aged seventy-four. He was formerly engaged in business here, and the remains will be brought here for interment. A wife and three children survive. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Forkner, aged seventy-seven, died yesterday at her home, in the western part of this city. Nine children survive, among them being Mrs. L. M. Jones, Roswell Forkner and Misses Cora and Elizabeth Forkner. Ilarmcn H. Earwig, aged flfty-slx, died suddenly this morning. John M. Neal, aged fifty-six, is dead of paralysis. He was a member of Sol Meredith Post, O. A. R. The remains will be taken to Hagerstown for interment. Word was received to-day of the death of Samuel Rowlette, of Covington, Ky. He was a brother of Jacob and Joseph Rowlette, of this city, and father-in-law of H. R. King, of this city. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 9.—Matthew Murden, one of the oldest pioneer residents of Indiana, died at his home in this city last night, aged eightyfour. He was born in England June 27, 1815, and came to America with his parents in ISIS, settling first at Baltimore. He came to Indiana in 1834, locating first in Miami county, he being among the earliest to settle among the Miami tribe of Indians. IP moved to Kokomo in 1852. He was city civil engineer for nearly a quarter of a century, retaining that office until seventyeight years of age. For more than twenty years he was superintendent of the Kokomo Union Sunday school. A widow and font- children survive, the latter being Lafayette Murden of Peru. E. F. Murden and Mrs. A. W. Smith and Mrs. Clinton Smith, of this city. ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 9.—George M. Welker, ex-chief of police in Anderson, died in this city to-day. He is widely known in the gas belt, having been connected with j>olice and detective agencies for a number of years. Mr. Welker removed to Anderson from Henry county on the discovery of natural gas. He was a prominent Red Man, and his funeral Wednesday will be conducted by a local tribe. MONTPELIER. Ind., Jan. B.—Frank Courtney, one of the oldest pioneers in this section, died at his home, near Poneto, Wells county, early this morning. He had resided on one farm for fifty years. Aged seventy-six. Mrs. Julia A. Woods, mother of Dr. S. A. Goodin, of this city, died last night, aged sev-enty-three. DUBLIN, Ind.. Jan. 9.—Mrs. Mary Smith, aged eighty-one, widow of Wayne Smith, an old and highly-respected citizen of this place, died today at the home of her son. T. P. Smith, near Brownsville. Ind, She suffered with cancer of the lace. She has been a resident of this place for fifty years. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Jan. 9.—Christopher Htzor. an aged farmer, residing in Harrison township, was found unconscious in his bam at re-on to-day. He was conveyed to the Ivouse, and expired a few minutes later. He is supposed to have been a victim of heart disease. MITCHELL Ind., Jan. R.--J. W. Farley, aged sixty years, a well-known livery tnan of tills place, died suddenly this morning of rheumatism of the heart. His remains will be taken to his old home, Harrodsburg. Ind., for interment. He was a member of the G. A. R. GREENWOOD, Ind., Jan. 9. Robert R. Jennings, a prominent man of this place, died last night of pneumonia. He was eighty-five years old, and a pioneer of this county, having lived in this vicinity fifty years. MPNCIE. Ind., Jan. 3.—Mi's. Lewis Kre*s, aged twenty, died yesterday after two days’ sickness. Her husband is a well-known grocer. Arrivals* from I’orto Rico. NEW YORK. Jan. 9.—The United States transport Berlin arrived this afternoon ftt m Santiago, Ponce and San Juan, with about £OO passengers. among whom were La utinant Colonel Eames, Captain Evans and family. Mrs. Rockwell, wife of Colonel Rockwell. chief of ordnance, Porto Rico; U. S. Grant third. Master Henry, son of General Guy V. Henry, and fifty discharged and convalescent soldiers and teamsters; thirty female nurses from Santiago, fifteen postal clerks and a number of commissioned officers on leave of absence.

PfINAMACANALFORSALE _# FRENCH (iOVERXMKXT NO LONGER INTERESTED IN THE WATERWAY. General Abbott En Route to Wnshiug;ton to Make n Statement—First Mistake* Rectified. NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Brig. Gen. Henry L. Abbott, United States army, retired, arrived here to-day from France on the steamer La Champagne. Ho was accompanied by M. Choron, who is said to be eonected w ith the new Panama Canal Company. General Abbott, who was a member of the international techincal commission, composed of engineers of the United States, France, Russia, England, Germany and Colombia, which recently made an inspection of the plans and work and suggested changes in the route of the Panama canal, is on his way to Washington to lay before the United States government all the information he possesses regarding the interoceanic waterway at the Isthmus of Panama. He said that the French government has no longer anything to do with the proposed canal, and that the new company could dispose of its interest in the work to tho LTnited States without opposition from any source, provided the terms offered were satisfactory. He further said that the new canal company, with the 65,000,000 francs which it possessed when it secured the control of the big cut, has simply been doing the preliminary work necessary on account of the mistaken ideas of the old engineers. Now all obstacles, such as the overflow of the Chagres river during the period of freshets, have been arranged for and the old idea of making the connection between ocean and ocean a tidewater one has been modified so that the part that is yet to be finished will be built on the lock principle. Two-fifths of the entire canal work is now actually completed and the balance under active construction with three thousand workmen and a large force of engineers. Thus far about fourteen miles of the tidewater part of the canal on the Atlantic side have been completed and are navigable to vessels drawing twenty-eight feet of waiter. There are a few bars that only need dredging to make it passable for vessels of greater depth. Beyond that point there has been considerable excavation to the twenty.-one-mile line from the Atlantic. Over four miles of the tidewater work on the Pacific side of the canal tM,ve also been finished. General Abbott said the new plans for completion of the Panama canal are perfectly feasible, and that the canal can he completed in one-half the time and at much less cost than it will take to dig the Nicaragua waterway. “Were the two routes completed to-day,” said Mr. Abbott, “eight vessels to one would prefer the Panama route, because it is only forty-six miles across and the Nicaragua course will he four times that length, and the windings of the San Juan river are very short and sharp. There is no reason why this country should not take hold of and finish the Panama cut. President McKinley has recently been furnished with the full report of the international technical commission, and the present status of the canal as stated may be the means of the abandonment of the Nicaragua project by this government and the completion by the United States of the Panama route. 1 have been called to Washington for consultation and can talk intelligently on any subject concerning the canal. WORK ON THE CANAL. ‘‘The report of the commission is probably the most authoritative document ever presenter! on an engineering subject. It has been prepared with the greatest care after the most thorough and competent investigation and examination, with most exhaustive surveys before the members which cover every foot of the ground to be treated, and r y the most experienced engineers of live different nations. The total length of the Panama canal is 46.2 miles, including 3.35 miles dredged in the Pacific to deep water. The profile of tho canal presents in tfie central part a high summit, from which the ground slopes gradually, although irregularly, toward the low r grounds adjacent to the sea. The portions of the canal adjacent to the sea have been excavated, and although the Chagres river has been for years flow ng through them, they can bo partially utilized. At the present time the topography of all the grounds involved in the project and the character of the materials to be encountered are accurately known and delineated, deep and extensive excavations, as well as soundings and borings, have made known the subterranean strata underlying the surface, and by those means no doubt is left as to the soundness of the materials through which the canal is to be dug to great depths and on which the foundations of the locks, clams and other structures are to be established. Sixteen different plans have been worked out in detail, including estimates of cost and time needed for construction. It is on these complete data furnished by the engineers and by the observations of its own members on the isthmus that the international technical commission has based its conclusions. “The original purpose of the old company was to build a canal without locks, freely open from ocean to ocean, hut after several years of w r ork the plan was abandoned, owing to the enormous excavation necessary to cut the central mass of the mountains (the culebra), and the difficulty and expense of properly taking care of the occasional torrential flow’ of the River Chagres. The alternate plan which has been adopted by the new company Is to reduce materially the depth of the central excavation and to establish therein a system of locks, to be fed from the. Chagres river, in order to properly regulate the flow of the river two large dams will be erected. One of the dams wall he located at Bohio, at the last group of locks on the Atlantic side. This dam will transform the Chagres into a vast lake, which will extend to Obispo, a distance of thirteen miles, and will cover an area of over twenty-one miles. The dam, besides acting as a regulator of the Chagres floods, will obviate strong currents where the canal traverses the bed of the river, an extremely important matter for ocean shipping. "The other dam will be located at Athajuela, on the Upper Chagres, about nine and one-third miles from the canal. It will form a reservoir covering ton miles, which will be a feeder to the summit level of the canal, and will assist in effectually controlling the floods of the Chagres. It will also furnish hydraulic power, transmitted by electricity, for operating the locks and lighting at night the entire canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific. “Both dams consequently can accumulate a storage of at least 66,000,000,000 gallons, which, with proper adjustable weirs, will be more than sufficient to control the largest freshets known. “The stimate of cost of the completion of the canal have been established at the experience acquired during the last four years of actual work on the isthmus, and is reported by the commission as follows: Cost of the work proper under plans adopted, $87,000,000; for contingnecies, $100,400,000; total, $102,400,00. If both locks he built with a width of 82.020 feet the cost would he increased to $125,000,000.”

AWFUL WRECK. fC'onelnded from First Pane.) other mangled bodies we had extricated. Just as l was leaving f noticed signs <>f life. The baby was alive, and a careful examination showed it had sustained only a bruise of the head. Wo put it in the cars for Plainfield.” This baby belonged to Mrs. Mary Parreca, of Mount Carmel, w ho was accompanied on the train by her husband, two young sons and the infant in question. Mrs. Parreca said: "I was nursing the baby when the whistle began to blow. My husband started to open the window. Then I was thrown to the back of tin* car and lost consciousness. My baby was gone. I almost went frantic when l awoke, but at last I found my child peacefully sleeping in the other train and apparently none the worse for the experience.'' The wreck in the early morning was the third freight wreck which has taken place within a week on that part of the Lehigh Valley line between Boundbrook and New Market. Many of the persons who were on the wrecked train were brought to New York this afternoon. For the most part they were able to take care of themselves and went to the hotels. Harry Rutland was the operator at South Plainfield, and it was he who gave the signal for the local to proceed. Rutland stated that he received no orders to hold the train, and as the track ahead was supi>osed to be clear, he allowed the train to go upon the single track. Five More Deaths. NEW YORK. Jan. 9.—The Herald says that five of those wounded in the Lehigh Valley Railroad collision at Dunnellen died during the night, making the total dead eighteen. W ill lie Investigated. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9.—The Lehigh Valley Railroad officials in this city gave out a statement to-night which agrees with

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the press dispatches as to the number and names of the victims of the accident. It further says that all the valuables found on the bodies or among the debris are in the possession of the county physician of Middlesex county. No responsibility is placed for the disaster, hut it is stated that an investigation is already under way. FOUR KILLED, SEVEN INJURED. Disastrous Collision on the Union Pneiiie Near Sunn], Nel. SIDNEY, Neb., Jan. 9.—Four deaths and injury to seven people were caused by a wreck on the Union Pacific at Sunol, fifteen miles east of here, this morning. —The Dead.— DELL BONNER, engineer, fatally hurt; died during afternoon. JOHN C. COLEMAN, fireman, Creston, la., instantly killed. YOUNG WOMAN, supposed to he Miss Mvrtle Armstrong, of Paxton, Neb., UNKNOWN OLD MAN. —The Injured.— ENGINEER FALL, badly scalded. ENGINEER REESE, cut on head. COOK ON DINING CAR, arm broken, name not given. H. P. THEY, Chicago, head and face scorched and legs bruised. J. C. JOHNSON, fireman, Council Bluffs, scalp wound and face badly bruised. MRS. A. M. STARZELL, Rawlins, Wyo„ leg injured. GEORGE J. HUNT, of Omaha, superintendent Belmont Canal Company, left leg fractured, abdominal injury, badly bruised. An east-bound passenger train had stopped to take the side track, but had not been able to clear the main track, when a westbound passenger train, running at the rate of forty-five miles an hour, crashed into it. The engines were piled up in a mass of scrap iron, and the cars, w r hieh were badly broken up. immediately took fire. The passengers who were not injured at once set to work to rescue those in the wreck. With the exception of Mr. Armstrong and the unknown man, whose bodies were badly charred, the passengers escaped injury by fire. Relief trains were immediately sent to the scene of the wreck and the injured taken to Sidney, where they could he cared for, and it is thought all will recover. Four ears were consumed by fire and several others were so badly broken up as to be practically valueless. The three engines, which are among the finest used by the road, are practically scrap iron. A new track was built around the wreck and traffic was delayed only a few hours. THE ST. PAUL OVERDUE. Amerlcnn-Llne Steamship Probnbly Retarded by Severe Storms. NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—The overdue American line steamer St. Paul has not yet been sighted. The St. Paul left Southampton Jan. 1, and was due here Friday evening to equal her record. At the office of the American line it was said to-day that no uneasiness was felt as to the safety of the overdue vessel. Every liner that comes into port, it was said, tells the story of rough weather. The St. Paul probablj had been hindered by head winds and high seas. There was a possibility, however, that she might have been delayed by broken machinery. Late this afternoon Superintendent Wright, of the American fine, gave out the following: “The following information comes by cable: ‘Steamer American saw the St. Paul on Wednesday, Jan. 4,3 p. m., in latitude 49:43, longitude 29, during heavy snowstorm.’ The position given is 3,080 miles from the Needles. Allowing for difference of time, the St. Paul had been out eighty-six hiurs from the Needles and had averaged over twelve and a half knots. Either th. St. Paul or in her place the New York will maintain the regular sailing from New York on Wednesday.” The American, which is reported as having spoken the St. Paul, is probably the British steamer American, which left New Orleans for Liverpool Dee. 22. Going at the rate of speed at which she was going when sighted, she probably would reach port on Wednesday. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Arrived; La Champagne from Havre; Scotia, from Antwerp. Sailed’: Hekla, for Copenhagen. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 9.—Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from New York. ROTTERDAM, Jan. 9.—Sailed: Werkendam. for New York. BOSTON. Jan. 9.—Arrived; Corinthla, from Liverpool. GIBRALTAR. Jan. 9.—Arrived: Aller, from New York. HAVRE, Jan. 9.—Arrived: La Normandie, from New York. MYRON W. REED ILL. Ills Siiflerina- Mitigate*! by the Manipulations of si Hypnotist. DENVER, Col., Jan. 9.—in the ease of Rev. Myron W. Reed, whose severe illness was mitigated by the manipulations of Captain W. Harry Conley, the hypnotic suggestions were kept up Sunday, and last night the physician issued a bulletin saying the sick man was greatly improved and may recover.

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