Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 81, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1899 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1899.

La Goubran. near Toulon, followed on Saturday with explosions at Itourges and Marseille?, was continued this evening, when an alarming explosion occurred In a laboratory of explosives attached to the War Department, where experiments were being made with a new kind of gunpowder. Chief Knglneer Veil, Assistant Kngineer DOuville and a third official were injured. All the windows in th neighborhood were smashed and considerable damage was dene. Although It Is not believed that the explosion was the result of foul play, great excitement followed.

ItEICIISTAG ADJOtnXS. Flrnt l'a.MM the I! ad fretThe Negotiations with Cecil Rhode. BERLIN, March 21. The Reichstag today passed the budget and adjourned until April 11. During the day Ilerr RIchter, the German Radical leader, asked the government for information on the subject of the negotiations progressing with Ceril Rhodes. The minister for foreign affairs. Baron Von Bue!ow, said the negotiations for a railroad through German East Africa was still in progress, but an agreement had not been reached regarding the laying of a telegraph lino through the East African protectorate, In which the rights and supremacy of German interests were fully safeguarded. The telegraph, he continued, would be constructed at th telegraph company's expense, and would be competed within five years. ' The agreement arrived at between Mr. Rhodes and the German government includes the erection by the Trans-African Telegraph Company of a second wire through German territory for the exclusive use of the German government. LIGCItIf; IX EUROPE'S LAP. .Winter Tarrying Lods In Great Britain and the Continent. LONDON", March 2L Severe weather continues throughout Great Britain. In Leicestershire 20 degrees of frost have been reported. Great loss has occurred among the live stock and London has experienced the heaviest snowfall of this winter. BERLIN, March 21. There has been a recurrence of snowstorms, accompanied by 6evere cold, throughout Germany. A great amount of damage has been done to vegetation. At Hamburg the thermometer registered four degrees below freezing point and In the Hans mountains it was ten degrees below freezing point. An enormous amount of snow fell in there mountains. The weather has aggravated the Influenza epidemic In Berlin alone thi3 month there were over two hundred deaths from Influenza. The tx-hools have been closed. In east Prussia this week owing to the spread of the disease. TRISTE, March 21. The heaviest gale which has swept the Adriatic sea for years Is now raging and has caused a suspension of all shipping. An Austrian Warning. LONDON. March 22. The Vienna correspondent of the Times says: "The Deutsche Zeitung publishes a long article showing how the United States are slowly but surely obtaining a commercial footing In Turkey and the East generally. The writer warns Austria and other European states of the danger with which they are threatened. America Is described as a 'serious trade rival. The article goes on to point out that the United States have carefully prepared the ground by extensive missionary enterprise, have raided their minister at Constantinople to thw rank of ambassador, have organized a direct line of steamers between New York and Constantinople and appointed commercial agencies in southern and central Russia. The article gives statlatlcs aa to the growth of American trade," The rope's Health Good. ROME, March 2L The Pope's physician, Ir. Lapponl, and Prof. MazzonI visited his Holiness aty 5 o'clock this afternoon and fotfnd his general health good and the seat of the recent operation In excellent condi tion, w nue conversing wun tnem tne 'ope expressed deep grief at the false stories circulated as to his health, especially the reports about a second operation, which so disturbed Catholics deeply interested in his welfare. After the visit the physicians declared that his condition of health, all things considered, could not be better. Baroness Robbed of Jewels and Caah. ROME, March 2L Baroness Von Ion Kvlckburg, according to a dispatch to the Trjbuna from Paza,, has Just been robbed Jewels valued; at jw.ouo francs and casn " to the amount of 3)M francs. Suspicion points to a servant who has disappeared. The baroness is a daughter of Count .Von Munster. German ambassador to the French republic i Cnrabon to Act for Spain. MADRID. March 2L The Queen Regent has signed the decree giving Jules Cambon, French ambassador at "Washington, full RAIN AND COLDER. Damp Weather, Followed by Clearlnjr. and Lower Temperature. WASHINGTON, March 21, 8 p. m. Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio Rain; brisk to high couth winds. For Indiana Rain; followed by. clearing Bnd colder; winds becoming northwest. For Illinois Colder and generally fair;' winds becoming west. Weather Conditions and General Forecast The Pacific coast storm has reached Illinois, but Is lagging on the west side, with a secondary center of disturbance In the Texas Panhandle, There are some Indications that the storm will be divided Into two parts by a high area, moving southward by ray of the Missouri valley. During the past twenty-four hours there have been rains and snows in the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys, and from the lake regions west to the Rocky mountains, except In Iowa and Kansas. The temperatures show a general and substantial rise from the Gulf States northward, while elsewhere the changes have been unimportant. Rains and imows have continued in the Pacific coast and plateau regions, except in the southern plateau. General frosts occurred on the north Pacific coast Monday night and it Is snowing In that section to-night. Rain or unow is Indicated generally for Wednesday from the upper lake region and upper Ohio valley eastward, and rain In Virginia, North Carolina and probably in the northern portion of South Carolina. It will be warmer In the middle Atlantic States and New England and colder in the central valleys, the west Gulf States, the Southwest and the middle slope. The temperature will also rise in Montana and western North Dakota. Increasing easterly winds will prevail on the Atlantic coast, becoming brisk to high on the middle and northern portions. Storm signals are displayed on the Atlantic coast, from Delaware breakwater to Portland. Yntrrday'a Temperatures. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p.m. 'Atlanta. Ga 44 7 M Himarck. 1 O 4 0 liufTaJa. N. Y 1 SI 34 algary. Alberta 12 6 2 Cairo. Ill W 62 CO Cheyenne. Wji 30 4 30 Chicago, III 20 42 42 Cincinnati. 0 24 5S 4S Concordia. Kan 24 4 4 DaTenport. la ?S 45 3 Des Metros, la 24 34 2 Galveston, Tex C2 70 64 Helena. Mt 8 6 Jacksonville. FIa 40 74 64 Kansas City. Mo SO 44 42 little Rock. Ark M TS 72 Iaroutte. Mich 3 2 22 Memphis. Tenn 43 73 70 Uinnedoea, Man 10 .. . .. Moor brad. Minn 8 .. .. Nashrllle. Tenn 44 2 62 New Orleans. La M ?S 70 New York 50 U Jorth Platte. Neb IS 3a 20 Oklahoma. O. T 24 66 64 Omaha, Neb 28 32 28 Pittburjr. Ta 22 46 44 Qu Apiwlle. Afsin IS 8 8 Itapi 1 City. S. I) 4 1) 4 Fait Lake Cltj, Utah 24 44 34 Ht. Louis, Mo 44 'A tS F.U Taul. Minn 12 2 IS Fprtnjrtleld. Ill Z6 12 12 tVlriKfield. Mo 4 62 12 Vlckfbury. Mlss 2 7 72 JVahir.Tort. I- C 3 41 23 Ltelowr rero. Local ObaerrAtlon on Tnenday. Bar. Ther. JUL Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. 23.81 36 77 S'eaet. Cloudy. 0.00 7 p.m. 23.70 46 74 South. Cloudy. 0.40 Maximum temperature. 46; minimum temperature. 23. Followtn I a comparative statement of the temperature and rreciitta.tlon March 21: Temp- Pre. Normal - Mean 40 0.40 Departure from normal 2 0.23 Departure lnee March 1 24 0 63 Jjeparture alnca Jaa. 1 0.34 Pit C. F. TL WAPPENHAN3.

power to represent Spain at the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace with the United States.

Jerry Slmpaon'a Political Opinion. WICHITA, Kan., March 21. Jerry Simpson, who is In town to-day. expresses the opinion that the Democratic campaign in ll-jo will be anti-expansion ond anti-trust, with tha money question a subordinate third. Wireless Teletrrnphy. BERLIN. March 21. Emperor William today witnessed practical demonstrations of wireless telegraphy on board the German third-class cruiser Grelf, at Kiel. Gibbons May He Pope. LONDON. March 21. A dispatch to the Evening News from Brussels revives the rumor that Cardinal Gibbons may be the next Pope. PRIZE FIGHTS ARRANGED. Tom Sharkey and Ivld 3IeCy to Have Another Rout. NEW YORK. March 21. Tom Sharkey's manager announces that the sailor and Kid McCoy will fight at the Lenox Athletic Club late In June. The twenty-round bout between Tom Sharkey and Charley Mitchell, which was to be decided at the Eollngbroke Club, of Ijondon, on May 20, has been practically declared off, as the club has failed to post a forfeit. Jack Downey, of Brooklyn, and Jack O'Brien, of this city, were matched to-day to box twenty rounds at the Broadway Athletic Club at 123 pounds on April 7. Billy Needham and Sam Bolan will meet la the preliminary contest. Casper Leon and Danny Dougherty, the Philadelphia bantam, signed articles to-day to fight twenty round at the Greenwood Athletic Club April 1, at 106 pounds. Terry McGovern and Johnnie Ritchie, of Chicago, were matched to-day to box twenty-five rounds at the Broadway Athletic Ciub in three weeks, at 116 pounds. Bogan Knocked Oat by Gardner. HOT SPRINGS. Ark., March 21. Oscar Gardner, of Pittsburg, easily beat Freddie Bogan, champion of the Pacific coast, In five rounds at Whittlngtoi. park this afternoon. Bogan was game, but could not stand the constant hammering over the heart administered by Gardner while he was playing for a knockout. Soon after the bell tapped for the fifth round Gardner knocked Bogan down and he took six neconds. Soon afterward a heavy swing on Bogan's right ear put him completely out. Gardner escaped without a scratch. Whipped In the Eleventh. DENVER, March 21. Kid" Parker,' of Denver, knocked out Jack Garrlg, of Chicago, In the eleventh round here to-night. The fight was a very pretty one, and neither had the advantage till the sixth, when Garrlg received a cut over the left eye, the blood Interfering with his sight. In the eleventh Parker landed a right swing under the left ear, which put Garrig out. FAST IN THE ICE Steamer Atlanta In Trouble, hat All Her Passengers Landed. MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 21. The steamer Atlanta, Captain Cochrane, of the Goodrich Transportation Line, which left Chicago for Milwaukee last night, is stuck fast in the Ice a few miles south of Racine, where she will probably be compelled to remain until the wind shifts, taking the extensive field of Ice out into the open lake. The Atlanta was caught in the Ice during the fierce southeast gale, which brought an Immense Ice field from the east side of Lake Michigan. A westerly wind will release the vessel. All the passengers, fifty-three In number, were landed during the day and left for their destination by train. The passengers were landed by the Atlanta's boats, ihlch were- rowed to shore through light slush Ice. The Ice field on the outside Is so thick that tugs, which wero sent to the Atlanta's relief, were unable to get near her, but no apprehension 13 felt for the safety of the vessel. The steamer has a valuable cargo, and is fully insured. The boat Is valued at JlOO.onO. She is a wooden vessel 210 feet long, sixty-two feet beam. Transport Wrecked. BUENOS AYRES, March 21. The Argentine transport Villarelna has been wrecked In Camerones bay, between Cape Rasco and Cape De Bahals, northern Patagonia. No loss of life Is reported. Movements of Steamers, NEW YORK, March 21. Arrived: Nomadic, from Liverpool. Sailed: Lahn, for Bremen; Georglc, for Liverpool. ANTWERP, March 21. Arrived: Southwark, from New York. NAPLES, March 2L Arrived: Saale, from New York. BAILEY AMBITIOUS. - The Texan Representative Anxlon to Sit in United States Senate. HOUSTON, Tex., March 21.-Tho Post will to-morrow print a staff special from Gainesville, Tex., in which It is definitely and decisively announced on authority of himself that Congressman Joseph W. Bailey, Democratic leader in the late Congress, will be a candidate for United States senator to succeed Mr. Chilton, whose term expires March 4, 1901. Mr. Chilton will also stand for re-election and there are also mentioned other prominent Democrats. Ilrymf at Nashville. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 21. Hon. W. J. Bryan arrived heve to-night from Chattanooga and was met by a committee and escorted to the Tulane Hotel. Later he delivered" a lecture upon "Pending Problems" at the Tabernacle before an immense audience for the benefit of the Ladles' Hermitage Association. To-morrow morning he will speak before the Legislature of the State at the State Capitol, lie will be introduced by Governor McMlllIn. o Democratic Ticket. NEWARK, O., March 21. Secretary of State Kinney this afternoon decided that there Is no Democratic ticket In Newark this spring, because the executive committee certified the nominations to the county instead of to the city. It is now too late to correct the error, and thus the Republicans have a clear field. TUPPER CRITICISED. Canada Common Scold Denounced by Sir Wilfrid Lnurler. OTTAWA, March 21. In the House of Commons to-day Premier Laurier replied at length to the attack made upon the government's general policy yesterday by Sir Charles Tupper. The premier accused Sir Charles of preaching a policy of retaliation against the United States. This, he said, the government would not countenance. In referring to the Washington negotiations. Sir Wilfred said that the Canadian commissioners had acted as honorable men in adjourclng the commission and not terminating it. as Sir Charles wanted done. The adjournment had been taken so as to give the British and United States government time to come to a settlement over the difficulty in dispute, which was the Alaskan boundary. It also afforded another opportunity for the whole question to be amicably settled. The Canadian people, the premier declared, would support the action of the government In the matter. Workmen Fell Forty Feet. ASHTABULA, O., March 21. By the falling of framework on the Mahoning and Snenango docks this afternoon six workmen were thrown a distance of forty feet to the ground. John C. Sturgis, of Ashtabula, died within two minutes from his injuries. Elmer Peterson and U. Belonge. both of Cleveland, are probably fatally hurt. Three other men escaped with slight injuries. Dank Wrecker Sentenced. LINCOLN. Neb.. March 21.-Federal Judjre Carland, of South Dakota, actlnn for JudKe Munger, of Nebraska, this evenLng sentenced Frank M. Dorsey to six years in the penitentiary at Sioux Falls. Dorsey was convicted of wrecking the First National Bank of Ponca, Neb., of which he TTflj cashier and manager.

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WINDOW-GLASS ' 31 ANUFACTTItERS DEXY CIRREVT RUMORS. William Loefler's Statement The Tarnish "Combine Oyster Farmers Orsnnlzlnsr a Trout. CHICAGO, March 21. Several leading window glass manufacturers throughout the country held a conference here to-day for the purpose. It is said, of forming a combination of all window glass Industries of the United States with a capital of $2o,000,030. The representatives of the combine say the meeting was merely called to discuss questions relating to wages. On the other hand, a member of one of Chicago's leading glass companies said the object is to extend the combination which already exists, but which has not been able to control the trade for the reason that only 73 per cent. of the manufacturers have been in it. To-night William Loeffler, who attended to-day's meeting, gave out the following statement: "The story published that I and others came here to form a trust is absurd. A committee of window glass manufacturers met In Chicago to discuss the rebate system of the American Glars Company, and as this is a very large distributing center we, of course, considered the prospects of trade. Another question that was talked over was the strike of the flattening house hand3 In some of the factories, but as it is as yet a local question -and as this committee had no authority the matter will be referred to the directors of the American Company." Xevr Fnrnacen to Be Started. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 21.-Because of unprecedented demand for Southern pig iron, furnace operators are preparing to increase the output of this district 50 per cent, within the next sixty days by blowing in seven furnaces now Idle and undergoing repairs. Thl3 will make twenty-one furnaces in operation with a dally productive capacity of 3.G00 tons. Plans are also maturing for the erection of six additional furnaces within the next twelve months, giving a total furnace capacity to the district of 5,000 tons daily. Outside and home capitalists who are large iron consumers are behind this project. Iron men say that the demand for Southern pig iron has far surpassed anything dreamed of and that the increased production is the only solution of the problem. To further cheapen production all the Iron companies here ure now operating their own ore and limestone mines. High iron prices are expected to cause another advance in the wages of 10,000 miners April 1, according to the sliding wage scale, which is regulated by the iron market. Importunt Oil Denl. PARKEHSBURG.W. Va., March 21. Very Important negotiations have just been closed whereby the Henry OH Company, the Peerless Oil Company and the (McDonald Oil Company become one corporation, which will bo one of the largest oil companies independent of the Standard in the world. These three companies have been extensive operators in the old Sistersville and Llk Fork pools, and have been very successful. The combined production of the three companies will aggregate 2,4A) barrels of oil dally, all of which i3 sold -to the Standard Oil Company. It has been the design of the Producers' Ilpe Line Company to enter the West Virginia fields, but never until now has It been in a position to secure sufficient oil to pay for putting in a line. Now that the Producers' company is on the safe side, with 2,400 barrels dally production to start on, and with the co-operation of the many Independent operators In West Virginia fields, it will build Its line direct from Pennsylvania to all the fields in this State, VarnUh Manufacturers. NEW YORK, March 21.-The Tribune tomorrow will say: ' The movement which began among the varnish manufacturers several months ago for a consolidation of their Interests was advanced another step to-day by the filing at Jersey City of articles of incorporation of the Federal Varnish Company. A preliminary agreement for the formation of the company has been signed by euch a large number as to require at this time the incorporation of a company to complete the plans proposed. The present capitalization is nominally $100,000, which, however, is to be enlarged to cover the value of the plants and their good will as soon as those values, now estimated approximately at $30,000,000 are ascertained by actual appraisements. The appraisements are being made by representatives of the association and the owners of different plants. The actual assets are to be paid for in money or in 7 per cent, preferred cumulative stock, at the option of the owner, and the good will is to be paid for In common stock. Oyster Farm Trnst Formed. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. March 21. In Jersey 'City to-morrow, under the laws of the State of New Jersey, an organization will be formed which will control the oyster grounds on both sides of Long Island sound, the New York and New Jersey bays where oysters are grown, the oyster farms at Narragansett bay and Rhode Island and the oyster grounds of Massachusetts. The new combination, it is said, will have a capital of over $3,000,000. PROVIDENCE, R. I., March 21. Following the semi-official announcement at New Haven of the details of an oyster combination, a survey of the local oyster grounds was begun to-day. An off-shoot of the ,larger company is to be the National Oys ter company, oi tnia cny, organizea unuer West Virginia laws. The statement that the oj'ster plants along the greater part of Narragansett bay had already been secured Is premature. Linseed Oil Stock. CHICAGO. March 21. A local financial bureau to-day says: "After all the indebtedness of the National Linseed Oil Company has been taken care of, about $1,500,000 each of common and preferred stock of the American company will be left for distribution among the holders of $l$,0oo,000 stock of the National company, which means that stockholders of the National company will receive one share each of new common and preferred for every twelve shares of old National stock. Distributions of new stock in exchange for the old ones will be made July 1. A 'ew Industry. PITTSBURG, March 21.-A new industry will soon bo established by Pittsburg capitalists, who propose to engage in the manufacture of steel barges and steel boats. The promoters are Capt. S. S. Brown, the wealthy coal operator, and the Messrs. Schultz. of the Schultz Bridge and Iron Company. The first meeting was held this afternoon, at which plans were discussed and arrangements made for forming a comFanv. The capital stock will probably be 1,000,000. nrldgc Muterlal Scarce. CLEVELAND, O., March 21. Bridge men are alarmed over the scarcity of building material. They say it is well nigh Impossible to secure plates, as all the rolling mills are overstocked with orders. A meeting of leading bridgemen was held here to-day. One of the representatives of a prominent bridge company stated the meeting was not held for the purpose of forming a trust, but to discuss the present difficulty In securing supplies and to find a remedy for existing conditions. Will I'ne Union Labels. DETROIT, Mich., March 21. John N. Bagley & Co., tobacco manufacturers, today entered into an agreement with the Tobacco Workers' Union to use the union label on their packages of tobacco hereafter. This is taken to mean that the Bagley company will not become, part of the trust, and that the negotiations to that end have been declared off. Winners of Oratorical Prizes. PRINCETON, N. J., March 21. The Balrd prize, a contest in oratory, poetry and deputation, class of IX'?, was held to-night. G, W. Gordon, of Illinois, won the Balrd prize of Gordon's subject was "Realism and Idealism in Literature." W. G. Krdman, of Pennsylvania, won a' prize of $50 in oratory, his subject being "Mormonism." The prize of tr0 for the best poem was awarded to C. H. Norton, of Kentucky; subject, "The New Pastoral." . .

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Just between the brilliant Millinery showing, and the precious display of ready-to-wearables HAS SOME STRIKING STORY TO SPIN Never before have the styles in Ladles' and Children's Footwear been so pleasing to the eye and foot as those offered this season. The extremes of the past twelve months have given way to the more moderate and graceful shapes and effects, the varieties remaining as numerous as ever. My lady has her choice of patent leather, black kid and tan, in several new shades, lace or button, vesting tops and inlaid facings or plain soft kid. We further claim three additional points in favor of the goods now on our shelves and ready for your inspection. Comfort, wearing qualities, popular prices.

Shoes for Ladies French calf, patent leather, vamps, black cloth top, hand-turned soles, for dress occasions or streetK"i Oft wear JKJmZJ Our special "Fit Easy" line In all the various styles, black and chocolate, patent leather and kid tips, vesting and $2.98 soles Street Boots, with hand-welted soles, broad, easy toes, softest offiO kid uppers, button and lace..kP' Our popular priced line, tan and black, with neat coin toes, button and lace, some with patent leather, others with imitation tips, neat and per- Li Oft feet fitting kPI.VO Shoes for Children Soft hand-turned soles, neat coin toes, pretty, new effects, sure to tCf f e please kpiie me iiiio OOOO C DEBS ON PRISON LABOR. Terre Hrnite? Agitator Tnlk to DnU npxit, Professional and Scientific 31 en. NEW YORK, March 21. About 230 members of the Nineteenth Century Club gathered at the ballroom of Delmonlco's tonight to listen to an address to the organization by Eugene V. Debs, the labor agitator. There were a number of substantial business, professional and scientific men present. The interest in Mr. Debs's words was rather out of the ordinary and the speaker was applauded mildly several times during his remarks. Mr. Debs spoke on "Prison Labor, Its Effects on Industry and Trade." Among other things Mr. Debs said: "Here in this proud city, where wealth has built its monuments, grander and more Imposing than any of the seven wonders of the world named in classic lore, if you will excavate for facts you wi'i find the remains, the bones of tollers buried and imbedded in the foundations. They lived, they wrought, they died. In their time they may have laughed and sung and danced to the music of their clanking chains. They married, propagated their species and perpetuated conditions, which, growing steadily worse, are to-day the foulest blots the imagination can conceive upon our much vaunted civilization, and from these conditions there flow a thousand streams of vice and crime which have broadened and deepened until they constitute a perpetual and ever increasing menace to the peace and security of society. Jails, workhouses, reformatories and penitentiaries have been crowded vUh the victims, and the question how to control these Institutions and the unfortunate inmates is challenging the most serious thought of the most advanced nations on the globe. "The pernicious effect of contract labor upon 'free labor, so-called, when brought into competition with it In the open market is universally conceded, but it should not be? overlooked that prison labor Is itself an effect and not a cause and that convict labor is recruited almost wholly from the propertyless wage-working class and that the inhuman system which reduced a comparative few from enforced idleness to crime has sunk the whole mass of labor to the dead level of industrial servitude. "It Is popular to say that society must he protected against its criminals. I prefer to believe that criminals should be protected against society, at least while we live under a system that makes the commission of crime necessary to secure employment. Developing along this line it would be only a question of time until the State would be manufacturing all thinjrs for the use of the people and then perhaps the inquiry would be pertinent: If the state can give men steady employment after thy commit crime and manufacturing can be carried forward successfully by their labor, why can it not give them employment before they are driven to that extremity, thereby preventing them from becoming criminals? "Prison labor is not accountable for the appalling increase in Insanity, In suicide, in murder and a thousand forms of vice and crime which pollute every foundation and contaminate very stream designed to bless the world. Prison labor did not create our army of unemployed, but has been recruited from its ranks and both owe their existence to the same social and economic system. These conditions are as fruitful of danger to the opulent as they are of degradation to the poor." DR. KENNEDY ON TRIAL Cltarsed frith the Murder of "Dolly" Iteynolds Iant Anfirnnt. NEW YORK, March 21. Dr. Samuel K. Kennedy, the dentist accused of the murder of Emeline C. Reynolds, appeared for trial to-day in the criminal bench of the Supreme Court. "Dolly" Reynolds was found murdered In a room at the Grand Hotel, this city, on Aug. 16, 1SJS. There were wounds on the head and at the base of the skull. Her neck had been broken. The weapon used was a piece of cable covered with lend and wrapped with paper. It was bent like a hook at one end. Under the dead woman's corset was found a check for $1.1.000 signed Dudley Gren and Indorsed by Samuel K. Kennedy. This aroused suspicion against Kennedy and led to hi arrest. Five Jurors were secured before adjournment. A Renl Test. Kansas City Journal. It is cited as a remarkable evidence of the histrionic power of Mad&m Modjeska

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This is very good, but we should consider it evidence of much more remarkable powers if the gifted lady could sit and laugh over many of the caricatures that appear in the comic papers. It strikes us that the supreme test would be the ability to laugh over Gibson's society drawings. Only a great actor could do that. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. John BIgby, who was shot by the Palmetto. Ga., mob, last Thursday, died yesterday. His death makes the fifth victim. Two others were wounded. The Illinois House, yesterday, passed the Senate bill to prevent the Introduction and spread in Illinois of the San Jose scale and other fruit insects. Nina Raymond has been, arrested at Wichita. Kan., charged with the murder of Edwin C. Jones. She admits she struck him over the head with a bed slat. During the absence of John Dlan and wife, of Greenfell, Manitoba, from their farm their residence caught lire and their five children were burned to death. The British steamer Dunstan, Captain Jones, which arrived at New York yesterday from Para, Brazil, lost tvo members of her crew during the voyage from yellow fever. The delegates to the convention of the "Woodmen of the World, In session at Memphis yesterday, selected unanimously Columbus, O., as the place for their next biennial meeting place. Charles Haun and a boy named Hull were struck by an east-bound Rio Grande passenger train, while crossing the tracks in a wapon. seven miles south of Salt Lake City, and both instantly killed. There being sufficient water in the rivers Pittsburjr coal men took advantape of the rise esterday and thirteen tows were started southward with twenty-one boats, seventy-four barges and fifteen flats. At Maysfield, Ky., yesterday, Thomas Stubllefield, nephew of Circuit Court Robbins, was shot and fatally wounded by Joseph Hammonds, of Clarksvllle, Tenn., at a low resort in what is known as Black Bottom. Judpe Blanchard, of New Ycrk. yesterday granted the application of counsel for Roland B. Molineux. accused of having poisoned Mrs. Kate J. Adams, for permission to inspect the minutes of the grand jury that indicted Molineux. Maurice Chaney. who is wanted in New York, charged with operating a swinllinr game among the wholesale druggists of that city, was arrested in Chicago yesterday. Chaney represented himself as a leading druggist of Chicago. Senor Manuel Azpiroz, Mexican ambassador to the United States, who, with hts wife and two daughters and Captain Alfredo Barros. are In St. Louis as guests of the Iatin-American club, visited the Merchants' Exchange yesterday. The Illinois House has passed the Senate bill for the incorporation of pawners societies. The bill limits dividends to fi per cent, per annum. Pawnbrokers In Chicago have been operating under un ordinance authorizing them to collect per cent, per annum. The Medway, Mass., Savings Bank's vaults were blown open by burglars Monday night. From the fact that a second fuse, applied for the purpose of forcing oien the strong box, had not been lighted, it is thought the men were frightenul away by the noise of the explosion. The bank office was wrecked. The committee on fellowships of the American School, at Athens, announces, through its chairman. Prof. B. I. vvheeler, the appointment of Miss Harriet A. Boyd, at present a student In Athens, to the Agnes Hoppin memorial fellowship for ISM and lf00. This followship is open 'to all women of American colleges and yields $1,000 a year. A Child's Guide to Literature. London Literary World. Q. What is a Christmas book for children? A. A book to make fathers laugh. Q. And what is a Christmas book for grown-ups? A: Ono of Jane Austen's novels, with too many pictures. Q. What is a Christmas number? A. A collection of advertisements which appears in October. RelfRlou Item. Kansas City Journal. Chicago high-salaried preachers are moving to New York to obtain higher salaries, but Chicago is not to be given over wholly to wickedness, nevertheless. Evangelist Moody begins a series of meetings there this week, and Evangelist Moody has quite a batting record.

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SUITS of All-wool, homespun, black and blue Cheviot Serge, Venetians, Coverts, Broadcloths, Herringbone, plain and fancy Silk-lined Jackets, Percaline-lined Skirts (some are Taffeta Silk-lined), fly front and tight fitting Jackets, $12.0 and 15 1000 qualities, opening: price lvvU SUITS A collection of choice Suits of newest materials, linings, trimmings and makings in all the new spring shades. SIS and $20 qualities, C C (III special opening price iu,uu SPRING JACKETS Of All-wool Kersey and Covert Cloths, fly front and 6button box styles, full ?llk-CC Qf lined, special opening price. .4'CUl SKIRTS Of Black Taffeta Silk, Velvet Ribbon trimmed, open-tf:; Oft ing price

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SALOON BOILER GIVES WAY. Three Commercial Traveler and Ttto Other Men Injured. SEATTLE, Wash., March 21. A boiler In the basement of a saloon at Washington and South Second streets exploded to-night. Injuring five men who were passing by. The man who had charge of the boiler is missing. Beyond the breaking of glass no damage was done to the building, which is a three-story brick. The Injured men were thrown thirty or forty feet In the air. Three of the Injured men have been Identified as D. N. Jacoby, Alfred Sawtelle and Burns W. Beal, all commercial travelers of Chicago. Ileal is not seriously injured. Jacoby and Sawtelle have been taken to the hospital. Both are unconscious. PALACE OF ROCK SALT. Capital of I'tali Propose Something t'nlqae in the- Way of a Show. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 21.Somethlng new and fresh in the way of palaces is to be erected in this city shortly. Cities in a cold climate erect ice palaces, but Salt Lake intends to put up a salt palace. Millions of tons of rock salt are available and a committee already appointed is to meet to-morrow night to complete the arrangements. It is said that there are no difficulties in the way of making the proposed palace entirely of salt. When completed it will certainly be a novelty and will doubtless attract visitors not only from the interior mountain section, but from all parts of tho country. Fate of a Traitor. Philadelphia North American. Kipling would enthuse over the dramatic possibilities of the simple tale of love, treachery and death that comes from the I hilippines. To the American patriot it carries, on the one hand, a great moral lesson, and on the other an impressive illustration of the swift and appropriate vengeance of fate. Corporal John W. Hayes, of Company D, First California Volunteers, went to the Philippines with his regiment with the first expedition leaving these shores. At Manila he met and loved a native woman, whom he married shortly afterward, signalizing his union with her by deserting his regiment and dishonoring the uniform he wore and the flag under which he served by joining the rebel army, in which he was mado a lieutenant. Last week, after the Filipinos had been routed in one of the engagements near Manila, his former comrades, in burying the slain, came across Hayes's dead body among a group of rebels who had fallen honorably in the cause. With that charity which may properly be extended to the dead, he was buried with the men whose cause he espoused, and the trench was filled level with the earth. There the traitor and his name and record may be left, forgotten, blotted out, as it deserves to be. His was the melancholy distinction of being the only one among all the brave fellows who enlisted under the flag at the outbreak of the war with Spain to go over to the enemy, and he has met the fate reserved for such. Yellow Journalism. Springfield Republican. The un scrupulousness of the yellow press was illustrated in the way a New York paper treated a recent article in the Lancet of Ixndon, written by Dr. Althaus, on "Rejuvenescence in Old Age." Dr. Althaus had remarked that a veteran actor after being treated exclaimed. "I no longer crawl. I walk." The New York paper declared that this actor was Sir Henry Irving, and went to the length of publishing a picture of the famous actor seated In an armchair, with the doctor applying electricity. The actor was not Sir Henry Irving, the portrait of Dr. Althaus was "faked" and the process of treatment was as badly misrepresented as the other fac:s. Victoria Great-Grandchildren. London Mall. The children of the Duke and Duchess of York are very natural, and are loved by every one. The Queen is especially fond of them, and constantly gives thtm fairy Kreat-grrandmother Rifts, one of the mwt recent being a complete Highland dress, in the royal Stuart tartan, having all the correct accessories, brooches, buckles and weapons beautifully designed in miniature. This she presented to Prince Edward, who is highly delighted with his gaudy costume, and U th hero of tho nursery. Both. th

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In the Midst of The Handsome Black Dress Goods he invincible Crepons i id out boldly. Our stock is chuck full of the choicest of these favored, rich, blistery cloths. Our fame of last fall is on the high road to a doubling o o SILK CREPON. French mike, 45 InrhM wide, stcrlir g quality, ncth- tO Oft Ing ever so popular, $1 quality P--' BLISTERED CREPON. 46 Inches wide, pure mohair and wool, more In demand than ever; we have a complete new line from L4)2 00 CREPONS. 43 Inches wide, very (ZQbright and lustrous, a leader ot..-'C CHEVIOTS, &0 inches wide, strictly all wool, both heavy and me- Cli ff dium weight, Jl.W kind qJl.UU VENETIAN CLOTH for tailored dresses, 54 inches w;de, hand- t'f comely finished Ji.iSO SICILIAN, 43 Inches wide, pure fr Turkish mohair, very lustrous...BRILLIANTINE. 40 Inches wide, JQ. pure mohair, glossy as silk, at..C BROCADED SOLI EL, 50 Inches wide, strictly all wool, guaranteed, to wear, new lino of patterns, Jl 7SZr. kind OU SKIRTS Of fine Black Crepon. the goods In these Skirts sell at bout $2 per yard, good lining, Interlining and facing, $10 and $12 quality, 0;ft Ofl opening price PCJJJ WAISTS Of high-grade Taffeta Silk and Satin, in black and colors, artistically corded and tucked, spe-iJZSi flf clal for opening at 4)cJUU UNDERSKIRTS Of a good quality Taffeta Silk, with deep-lacedCo Ct ruffle, special opening price. UNDERSKIRTS Of fine Taffeta Silks, Spanish flounce and umbrella style, full wide, corded and faced, SLA opening price pA cJ 2Z 3 oooo XATlOXAXf Tube Works WrougbMroa Pipe for CLu, Steam and Water, Hollar Tubes, Ct and Malable Iron Fitting (black, and galvanized). Valves. Ktop Cocks. Cnrine Trimming, St am tiauges, Plie Tonrs. I'll Cutters. Vif-, Screw riates and Dies Wrenches. Ftcam Traps, Pumj, Kitchen Bioks. lIo. lilt!n. J'.abblt Metal. Scolder, White and Colored Wiring Waete. and all other Supplies iiped In connection ttd Gas. Steam an& Water. Natural Gai Supplies a specialty. Steam Ileatlrg Apparatus for Public Huitdlnss. Storerooms, Mil la, 6 hops. Factories. Laundries, Lumber rry House, etc Cut an4 Thread to order any Wroucht-lrcn ripe, from H inch to 12 Inches diameter. KNIGHT & JILLSON, 121 to 1ZT S. PENNSYLVANIA ST. duke and duchess see as much as possible of their children. Dearer. Puck. The shadow upon her husband s brow wat becoming habitual now and It deepened day by day. "Am I as dear to you as I used to be? she suddenly asked him once, for her misgivings left her no peace of mind. The man shivered, but he would fain b candid with her. "Everything is dearer In the suburbs than anywhere else," he exclaimed, taking her hand in his and looking steadfastly down into her great gray eyes. Yon Never Can Tell. Detroit Journal. We have known a man and woman to marry from mercenary motives and be quite as discourteous to each other as a man and woman married from motives of sentiment, Timrly WnrnliiK. Louisville Courier-Journal. In setting up the announcement that th Hon. Hilly Mason Is to have a "pure food ' show the compositor is expressly warned against getting his d's and l's mixedWhat Pepew IVeed. .W'aFhlnjrton Post. We are at a lo?s to understand why Mr. Depew wastes his time in house hunting. Mr. Depew thould hu.stlo for a few new stories. Children fatten like little round white PIGS 0 0 When fed on Cream and GrapeNuts. Taste Is Frequently a Valuoblo Guide In Selecting Food. A little child's taste is often a reliable guide to palatable and desirable food, and it is worth one's while to obsere how the little folks take to Grape-Nuts, the famous new food. They eat It freely without addition of sugar, for it has the peculiar, mild, but f atisfying. sweet of grape mgar uml the natural taste either of child or udult reeognizta at once u food that will agree with, and richly nourish the system. Pound at first-class grocers. Made by the Postum Cereal Co., LIixl, Battle Creek. Mich,

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