Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 96, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1899.

the. meat- At Jacksonville the men had found It necessary to cook the refrigerator meat as soon as received, as otherwise it became tainted- In one instance an entire company of troops had been made sick, stn ho believed, by eating1 the meat. However, as a rule, the beef was carefully protected In the warehouses. One consignment of canned beef was very offensive and would have been cremated lut that It was rescued by the Armour?, who had furnished It. They took It and oxerhauled It. The one Instance of sickness believed to have been caused by the refrigerator beef occurred In a company of the Seventh Illinois regiment. Many men had been made violently sick, the gastrointestinal organs being especially affected. It was also notfeed that an unusual proportion .of the men thus affected went down with typhoid fever. It was afterwards developed that the cook knew the meat was tainted Wore he cooked it. Colonel Maus was on luty at. Havana during the past winter. 31 said the mt.it supply there had been entlrelv satisfactory. Dr. Samtel A. Currie. lieutenant colonel rf the Second New Jersey, was in charge of a detail of 1W men to con.nruct a rifle range at Jacksonville in June and July. Often the men were compelled to throw away the meat sent them for dinner. On one occasion there was especial trouble, and the next clay after eati::g this meat only twenty-four men were able to report for luty. He had tested a piece of this meat for salicylic acid, getting a decided reaction. On another occasion he secured a loracIcacid reaction. "One peculiarity of the meat." he said, "was that it kept so well sir.d i-melt so badly." When men would throw it uj. often many hours after eating. It was still found undec. omjosed. He had considered the canned meat unfit for his TTi'ii to eat and had advised them not to cat it. Dr. Currie expressed the opinion that the Tefricerator beef had been soaked in some preservative fluid containing salicylic acid, but he afterwards said his lirst idea had Ven that the acid had been Injected. Dr. Currie ald h hid discovered some ten or twelve years ago. by actual tests, that Swift & Co. used salicylic acid to preserve their mats. Two months hro he had made a !milar tet of beef furnished by Armour & Co. at his own home In Knglewood. N. J., and had found that it contained salicylic acid. Major asked that some of the men on th rifle-rang? detail bo summoned before the court, but. the court did not respond to the request. 'Miuzs'S request. Major Le then read the reply of the court to General Miles's request for summoning of 131 witnesses named by him. and General Mlks's reply, asking that they be placed in the record. The letter to General Miles was written by Recorder Davis, of the court of Inquiry. It was dated yesterday, and read as follows: "I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 3d inst., inclosing the jlnal list of witnesses. I am directed to say that such of the persons named as appear.' from the statement submitted, to be In possession of facts not already covered ly the testimony of witness will be sum raoned to appear with the least possible deJay." General Miles's reply said, in part: "It Is ttij leUf that at least 25.0)0 men. and undoubtedly a much greater number, would ccnrlrm the testimony that has already l.een given that a portion of the food supplied the army was unwholesome and unsuitable for ue. I therefore request that the small number of witnesses (1.11) whose names have Just been submitted may be called upon to give their testimony before your court." The general understanding about the court ts that the request will not te complied with. Henry Ilappatl. manager for Armour & Co.. In New York, who had been called at the instance of General Miles to testify. Paid that last May he had In stock 1100O-) pounds of canned roast beef. 'Later in the reason he received more, some coming from 'hltas:o and some from cities in England. The beef from abroad had been there from me to two years. This he had turned over to Colonel Woodruff on the dock. Asked if any of the meat sent abroad had been rejected there, he said: "I know positively that none of it was rejected. I know this from our firm In Chicago and from the condition of the beef." The meat had been returned to fill contracts with the government, some going to the army and some to the navy. Altogether, about 450,000 pounds had been sold to the army. Mr. Itappael said the government's purchases were always made on samples, selected generally by himself. These were Inspected, as was also the beef on delivery. Only three cans of the entire ale to the army had been refused, and these had been replaced. Harvard Debaters AVon. PRINCETON, N. J.. April 5. Harvard ot the decision over Princeton in the intercollegiate debate to-nlsht in Alexander Hall. lrinceton had the affirmative and Harvard the negative side of the question: "Resolved. That a formal alliance between the United States ami Great XJritain for the protection and advancement of their common interests is advisable." SHOWERS TO-DAY.

"air "Weather, However, I Predicted fur All Indiana To-Morrow. WASHINGTON, April 3. S p. m.-Forecast for twenty-four hours: ; For Ohio Increasing cloudiness, with ehowcrs Thursday: possibly showers Friday; fresh easterly winds. " For Indiana and Illinois Showers Thursday; fair on Friday; easterly shifting to northerly winds. Weather Conditions and Forecast The low barometer which was central over southern Colorado this morning has been forced southward to the Rio Grande valley by an -area of high barometer, which covers the northern Rocky mountain region and the Missouri valley. The barometer is also high over the lake regions. Rain has fallen la the States of the middle and lower Missouri and extreme upper Mississippi valleys and thence southward over the States lying letween the Mississippi river and the Rockymountains. East of the Mississippi and west of the Rocky mountains fair weather has prevailed. The temperature has fallen In the middle Rocky mountain region and has risen over the south Atlantic States and in the extreme Northwest. The weather continues cold for the season, except in the Lakc Superior region and the middle and north Pacific coast districts. The Ohio river continues to fall slowly. The Mississippi Is falling slowly at Memphis and has risen slightly at Vicksburg and New Orleans. At New Orleans the danger line was reached this morninjr and it is probable the rier at that joint will reach a stage ol' l-.5 feet, or live-tenths of a foot above the danger line by Saturday. The indications are that the rain are., will extend over the Ohio valley, the east gulf and South Atlantic States Thursday, and possibly reach the middle Atlantic States Friday. Fresh northeasterly winds will prevail along the middle Atlantic and New England coasts, and the winds will te fresh from east to northeast along the South Atlantic coast. Yeterday Temperature. Stations. .Atlanta. CI a .f. ........ ItlsmarvW. X. 1 I".ufTalo. N. Y Calgary. Alberta Cairo. Ill Cheyenne. Wjo Chloajco. Ill Cincinnati. O. ........ Concordia. Kan Iavenport. la I- Moinetf. Ia CUhfUon. Tex JJelena. Mont Jacksonville. Fla Kansas City. Mo Little Rock. Ark Manjuette, Mich aiemjhi. Tenn illnnedosa, Man Mnorht-aJ, Minn Xaahvllle. Term New Orleans, La New York North Platte. Neb Oklahoma, O. T Omaha, Neb ntttburir. Pa Qu Awhile. Afstn.... Itaplt City. H. 1 Fait Lake City, Utah. ht. Ixiul. Mo M. l'aul. Minn hprinsriel.l. Ill HprirurfelJ. Mo Vlcktbun;. MIwh Wahlni:tcn. I. C... tciow zero.

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Local Oharrvntlom on 'Wednendny. liar. Ther. It.li. Wind. Weather. Jre Tarn. 30.41 33 7') North. Clear. C." 7 p.m. 3.32 47 71 North. Cloudy. O.ft Maximum temperature, 4; minimum tempera ture. 23. Following is a comparative ttatement cf th temperature an4 precipitation April i: Temp. Pr isormai fl Meaa 33 Ieparture from normal 12 Iieuartur since April 1 72 Departure aiieUan. 1 447 . c. r. n. wappcniians. . Ical Furecaat OfflciaJ

MORALITY GONE TO SEED

MAXV 310XTri:MER CIT1ZC5S AIU IIUSTIZD OS CH.WK AVAItltAXTS. retltlon to Clone Even the rostofllce on Sunday and m Crime t Take a Uui;uy Hide Stute Xcv". Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ilONTPELIER, Ind., April 5. A moral wave has struck Montpelier, and in addition to arresting people for sweeping out their places of busing on Sunday, running pool tables and doing other technical crimes, a petition la being circulated to close the postofflce on Sunday. Nothing but dining rooms can remain open herealter. A batch of affidavits is made out each day by some one who is arrested for violating the old Sunday law and who "wants to "get everf on-his neighbor. Warrants have been taken out for news dealers, and even Mayor Tonham is found guilty of allowing his livery barn to be kept open on Sunday. A man caught shining his shoes on Sunday will be in danger hereafter. Prosector Emshwlller said this morning to the correspondent that "all cases looked alike to him," and he would impartially prosecute all that are brought to his notice, but he thinks the good work ia being run Into the ground. The war all came from the closing of the pool tables in the saloons. A man cannot get a drink without an affidavit that he is of age and is not taking the bread out of his starving children's mouths. MACIIIMi MINEIIS STItlKK. Opernluri and 31 en Fall to Agree and TOO .Men Are Idle. :peclal to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., April 5. The miners com mittee and a committee of the operators of machine mines met here to-day for the third time to arrange a scale. Ihe miners' demand for a 10-cent advance in all depart ments was refused and the meeting adjourned. The miners refuse to work until scale is signed and consequently the four machine mines are closed down and the em ployes, seven hundred in number, are idle. Some of the lead in i? machine men urn anmat the pick miners for signing the scale until me macnine woriters nau incir irouDie aaJusted. The contention between the macnine ana pick men may cause a serious disruption in the miners' union. District Missionary Society. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. April 3. The Sixth district convention of the Indiana Christian Missionary Societies convened at the Christian Church to-day. The State is divided into fourteen districts and the Sixth district Includes the counties of Wayne, Henry, Randolph, Delaware, Jay and Black ford. It contains about forty-six congregations and over five thousand members. The Sunday school, church. Christian Endeavor and Christian Woman's Board of Missions are represented. Among the prominent women present are Itev. C. C. Smith, of Cincinnati, associate secretary of the American Christian Missionary Society: Rev. John E. Founds, of Indianapolis, financial agent or Butler College: Rev. B. I Allen, state superintendent of Christian Endeavor; Kev. T. J. lcg. state Sunlay-chool evan gelist, and Mrs. S. R. Jones, state organizer of the Christian Woman's Board of Missions. Rev. A. M. Hartman. of Union City. district president, is presiding. Fight with Telephone Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBY VI LLE. Ind., April 3. The Central Union Telephone Company has a gang of men here moving its lines off the principal streets into the alleys. Yesterday afternoon the men dug a hole at the corner of a building owned by Oscar Williams and erected a pole stringing some wires upon it. Mr. Williams objected, claiming that the location of the pole prevented the undisturbed Use of his property. He consulted attorneys and white they were preparing injunction proceedings, the pole was erected and the men left. Some time late in the night, some one sawed off the pole at the height of the Williams building and dropped the upper part with the cross arms Into the alley. This morning the workmen attempted to replace the pole, but were driven away by Mr. Williams. H. C. Moore, local manager of the Central Union then began civil and criminal proceedings against Williams. Religion and Inmirance 311ied. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., April 5. Rev. S. H. Baumgartner, pastor of the Wabash Church of the Indiana Evangelical Alliance, who has just been made presiding elder of the Eouisville district, at Louisville, states that the new insurance organization forming within the boundary of the Indiana Conferer.ee. to take up as a conference risk the insurance now carried by the regular companies, is nearly completed. The policies now outstanding on aii the churches and parsonages in ti e conference will be canceled July 1. It is found that a great saving can be effected by the conference insurance plan. Trc amount of insurance now 1 eld by the old line companies on church property in the conference is nearly J-kW,0Cv. Suicide of Tear! Weaver. Special to the lndianaiolls Journal. GREENFIELD. Ind., April 5. Mrs. Tearl Weaver, wife of Reuben Wt aver, committed suicide this afterncon by shooting herself throujh the heirt with a &-callber revolver. The cause is domestic troubles. She was proprietor of the leading millinery Ftore here, and was very ixjpular. Her uncle. Jchn II. Hamilton, at whJ.se home she did th' doe J and who had been in poor health. is prostrated. Her father, Henry Stone, is lying at the poitn o' d.rith at his hjine near Freepirt, of pneun-.onla. Before she was married she was employed at L. S. Ayrcs's milliner, and is remembcre J as Berl Stone. Itev. Johnson on Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind.. April 3. Rev. Albert Johnson, of Huntington, is on trial before a committee of ministers of the United Brethren Church on rive charges, which embrace cruel treatment of his wife, accusing her of immoral conduct, threatening her life, refusing to support her and of conduct unbecoming a minister. Rev. William Dillon presides at the trial, and the committee consists of Rev. C. Weimer, of North Webster; J. F. Mygrant. of Huntington; Rev. Akrlght, of Servla; Rev. Clay pool, of Goo.e Lake district, and A. A. Powell, of Huntington. Some very sensational testimony is being intreduced. Col. DurlluM Plan. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind., April 5. The Evening Bulletin, of this city, states to-night that the intimate friends of Col. W. T. Durbln, of the One-hundred-and-slxty-lirst In diana Regiment, say he has concluded to make Indianapolis or Wf.slingtcn his residence after he returns from Savannah and Ms regiment Is mustered out of service. Mr. Durbin has recently disposed of ik interests in the Diamond Paper Company nd some other manufacturirg Intt rests rtre. At the same time the paper states that he will probably enter "otliclal life." Teneliera to Have a lMcnlc. Special to the Ind!anaiolls Journal. SEYMOUR. Ind., April 5. Thursday the teachers of Washington, numbering thirty. will spend th? day here visiting tho city schools and in the evening will accompany forty of the teachers over the Southern Indiana Railway tn Shelbyville to attend the meeting cf the Southern Indiana Teachers' Association, which convenes In that city Friday and Satuiday. The railway com pany has furnished two special cars. Automobile Tower Wukud. Special to the lnllnrfj oil Journal. COLUMBUS. Intl., April 5.-The Reeves Thompson Motor Company of this city re celved an order to-day to build an automo bile tower wagon for the Columbus (O.) Street-railway Company. The wagon will be of huge proportions and will carry a rower of sufficient height to enaLle linemen to work on the wire from the top without the inconvenience of having to use a ladder. I as Is now tho case. This will be the first

automobile tower wagon ever constructed In

the United States. A 3Iynterloa Affair. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI, Ind., April 5. Last night about midnight a man forced a window and entered the home of Miss Lucy Mowrer, two miles east of Monticello. Miss Mowrer was awakened by the odor of chloroform and discovered the man in her room. He was armed with a bottle of chloroform. The screams of the girl brought her brother to her room. and the invader escaped. A neighborhood alarm was given, and officers were sum moned from Monticello. who at once took op pursuit with a pack of hounds. Blood was found on the window curtain, supposed to be from a wound In his hand, inflicted by Miss Mowrer 3 teeth. Ihe trail was fol lowed to Buffalo, thence to Monon, twelve miles north, where it was lost. Ollieers and r eighbors are still in pursuit, and it Is not believed that the offender can escape, me believed that the offender can escape. Chaplain Visas at Conference. DECATUR, Ind., April 5. The fifty-sixth annual conference of the Methodist Epis copal Church of Northern Indiana is now In session, with Bishop Andrews, of New York, presiding. The attendance at the meeting Is far beyond expectation. The weather so far has been perfect, and it is estimated that two thousand ministers and others interested in the church will visit Decatur during the week. Among the prominent guests who arrived .o-riay were Bishop Bowman, of Evanstoi. 111.:. Prof. John Bigham. of Ann Arbor, Mich.; the Rev. V. Bishop Andrews, of New York, and many others. The Rev. W. J. Vigus, chaplain of the One-hundred-and-sixtieth Regiment, and the Rev. J. P. Albright, chaplain of the Prison North, of Michigan City, are also in the city. Another Would-Ile Tax-Dodger. Special to the Indianajolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., April 5. The Enter prise Building and Savings Association to day filed injunction proceedings in the Circuit Court against the treasurer of Bar tholomew county to prevent the collection of taxes on $7,730 worth of building and savings association stock. The complaint alleges that the collection of taxes on tho above amount Is contrary to a law of 1S97, which exempts building and savings asso ciation stock from taxation. Lawrence County Honda Sold. Srcial to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., April 5. County Treas urer Brown this afternoon sold Shawswick township gravel-road bonds to the amount of J1S.3G7 at a premium of $2.53S.73, which is over 6 per cent. Walter Bruce, repre senting the new I lrst National Bank of Columbus. O.. was the successful bidder out of eleven. Fifteen thousand dollars' worth ol Guthrie township bonds will be sold soon,. and he told Treasurer Brown he would take them at the same figures. - Parry Dnys 11 Summer Home. Special to the Indlanaitolls Journal. CONNERSVILLK. Ind.. April 5.-D. M. Parry, of Indianapolis, was here to-day and contracted for the erection of a line business block on the site of the one recently destroyed by a gas explosion. He also leased the old homestead of ex-UnlJed States Treasurer J. N. Huston, which he will oc cupy as his summer residence, expecting to move in about the first of May. 'o Cement "Combine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind., April 5.The effort to form a combination of the cement mills of the country has not yet been successful. Several firms In this vicinity are interested and hopeful the trust will bo organized. Indiana Obltnnry. VALPARAISO. Ind.. April Z. Mrs. Maria C. Talcott. wife of the venerable editor. Wil liam C. Talcott. died to-day. aged eightyfive. Their sixty-second wedding anniversary would have come next month. They married In this county. NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. April 5. J. S. Coyner died at his home, in this city, this after noon, of pneumonia, age. fifty-two. He was at one time surveyor or Hamilton county and last year was city engineer for Noblesvllle. He is a brother of the surveyor of Marion county. A wife and three daughters survive. His daughters are Mrs. Earl Gentry, of Indianapolis; Mrs. W. II. Merriman, Washington City, and Mrs. W. H. Sumner, of Peru. Ind. CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., April 5. Mrs. Luclnda Lynn, a well-known resident, died last evening, aged eighty-three. She was born In Butler county, Ohio, on April 2', 1S13, and came to this county in 1824 with her parents. She was married in 183a to James W. Lynn, and two of their four children survive, Mrs. W. W. Seawright, of this city, and Mrs. H. C. Patterson, of Danville. 111. Her only surviving sister is Mrs. Jane Benenel, of this city. JEFFERSON VILLE, Ind., April 5. Joshua S. Bennett, one of the best known men in the county, died at the home of his son, Felix Bennett, In this city to-day, at the age of eighty-one years. He leaves a largre family. William Baxter, aged thirty years, a prominent young business man, died to-day after a week's illness of typhoid fever. Ho was a son of former Sheriff G. W. Baxter, and leave3 a wife and two children. RICHMOND. Ind.. April 5. Calvin R. Johnson, the veteran newspaper man, whose career was detailed in the Journal last week, died this morning at his home in this city at the age of seventy-five. He was a member of Whitewater Ixlge Odd Fellows. A wife and elpht children survive him. The children are: Mrs. Ida Glasco, Peru; Mrs. Jennie Rhodenberg. Bessemer, Ala.; Mrs. Ixu Schmitz, Evansville; Samuel Johnson. Eogansport: Mrs. Anna McMinn, William, Edward and Frank Johnson, all of this city. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon. Indiana. Xoten. The Windfall Odd Fellows have purchased a site and will build a block at once. A company Is beinfr organized at Wabash to make Rettlg fc Alber s brewery a stock company, capitalized at $73,O0. It is one of the oldest breweries in the State. Anderson citizens at a mass meeting last night TnauV arrangements to give Comnany I.i. of th.- One-hundred-c.nd-slxt!eth Indiana Volunteers, a great welcome on their return. There has been presented to Sol Meredith Post, G. A. R., Richmond, the complete files of the Cincinnati Commercial's account 'of the civil war. The papers are bound in ten volumes. The name of the donor is not announced. Columbus citizens and the G. A. R. are making arrangements to give Company K, of the One-hundred-and-slxty-tirst Indiana, a big reception and dinner when the boys return to their homes In this city. The company Is composed almost wholly of Columbus boys. The Gibson county courthouse Is to have a clock In the tower. Ever since the courthouse was built, eleven years ago, there has been a constant fight between the town of Princeton and country people on the question, and the town has finally won against tho farmers. WIFE BEATING JUSTIFIED. St. I.oulw Jndi;e Hold that "Women Sometimes Merit Punishment. ST. LOUIS. April 5. A decision was rendered by Judge Peabody In the city Police Court to-day that under certain conditions a husband has the right to beat his wife. The case was that of Bernard Kretzer, charged with beating his wife because she would not agree with him in the management of their children. Judge Peabody said. In passing judgment: "In this case the wife was more guilty than the husband for trying to contradict and thwart her husband's will in the presence of the children and setting them a bad example which he had a right to rebuke. There are times when a wife irritates her husband to such an extent that he cannot control himself and uses his hand or fist. As long as no serious harm is done, I don't believe in punishment." MESSAGE FROM GILLETT. The Cattle Plunder Anxloun to Settle with 111- Creditor. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 3. The follow Ing unsollcted dispatch was received to-day from Grant G. Glllett. the Kansas City cattle plunger who left his Woodbine, Kan., ranch last fall owlr.g several hundred thou-.-.ir.ds of dollars, and who Is now in Chihuahua. Mexico: "Mrs. Gillett will be in-Woodbine April 1'J and in Kansas City about April 13. We will do all we can for our creditors. I will remain in Chihuahua. We want to settle beet we can."

JANE MORGAN DEAD.

Slater of Minn "Mldy," the Famoni New York Live Stock Reporter. NEW YORK, April 5. Miss Jane Morgan, sister of Miss "Midy" Morgan, the famous live stock reporter. Is dead at her home In Livingston, S. I., of diphtheria, aged sixtyseven years. Miss "Midy" Morgan died in lSt-2 In her sixty-fourth year. Miss Jane Morgan was an artist of some repute, and studied several years in Europe, going to Rome In company with her sister in 1SG3. The two sisters designed and had built in Livingston, S. I., the extraordinary house In which they continued to live for many years. This edifice, which was said to have cost &,000, was two and a half stories in height, with a mansard roof, and was thoroughly fireproof, all the beams being of iron and many of the floors being laid with marble and tiles. Situated in a clump of forest trees, there was only one door on the ground flocr. and that was of heavy quartered oak. crossed and recrossed with iron bars. All the windows on the ground floor were heavily barred. The two sisters, who alone occupied this dwelling, lived only on the upper floors, and gained access to the second story by means of a ladder, which was drawn up after their ascent. After Miss "M'.dy's" death, however, her sister constructed a stairway and lived alone. She decorated many parts of the house and spent much time and labor In its embellishment, numerous panels and wall paintings remaining to testify to her work. Warren F. Leland'M Funeral. NEW YORK, April 5.The Church of the Heavenly Rest was crowded to-day during the short and simple funeral services for Warren F. Leland, the late proprietor of the Windsor Hotel. The Rev. Dr. D. Parker Morgan, rector of the church, read the funeral office. There were, no pallbearers. The Immediate members of Mr. Leland's family present were Charles W. Leland, his eldest son; Miss Fannie Leland, his daugh ter, wno came on from Chicago yesterday. and his youngest son, Ralph W. Leland. Mr. ana Mrs. wurren inland, Jr., of the Grenoble, Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Leland, Mr. aid Mrs. John S. Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. . kt. ueiana, 01 tne urana iiotei, were the other near relatives present. Mr. Leland's three children will accompany the body to Chicaco. where a funeral service will be held at the Leland residence, on Fri day aiternoon. The body will be interred beside those of Mrs. Leland and Miss Helen Leland, who were among the fire victims. Joseph D. Strong, Artlnt. SAN FRANCISCO. Anrll 5.-JoseDh D. Strong, the artist, died hero to-day from the eftccts of an operation. Josaph D. Strong was born in Connecticut forty-five years ago. His parents went to California in his early youth and it was there that he received his first instruction in art. He advanced rapidly and was sent to Europe for a course of study. Letter he went around the world, painting the por traits or many celebrities. Air. btrong was twice married, his first wife beinar the daughter of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson. His first wife died after glvlry? birth to a boy. who is now in New York bein educated. Mr. Strone's second wife was .. a niece of ex-Govemor Haight. The second marriage took place about a year ago. John P. Conlnn. SAN JOSB. Cab, April 5. John P. Conlan, said to have been a rich man, whose home was in New York city, died here to day of aioplexy. He was stricken last Friday evening. Mr. Conlan left New York city Jan. 10 last and came around by the Panama route. He landed in San Francisco twenty-five dayj aeo and came here. Mr. Conlan was accompanied by a woman giving the name of Mrs. Klnes, who says she is a niece of the deceased. The body will bo sent home at once. Thomnn Edward Kill. LONDON, April 5. Thomas Edward E11I, advanced liberal member of Parliament for Morionetshire and chief opposition whin, is dead. He was born in ISGy. Thomas Edward Ellis was Junior lord of the treasury and parliamentary charity commissioner in 1S92-04, was parliamentary secretary to the treasury and chief ministerial whip from March, lsT4. to June, 1834. and after the election of lSrwas chief whip of the Liberal opposition. William C. WrlKhl. CEDAR RAI1DS, la!, April 3. News was received at the headquarters of the Order of Railway-Conductors to-day of the sudden death at Chetham N. Y.. of William C. Wright, of Toronto. Ont. Mr. Wright was chairman of the board of trustees of the order and was known all over the United States. Dr. Richard Kap. NEW YORK, April 5. Dr. Richard Kap, who Introduced American cattle, threshing machines, peas, tomatoes and cabbages In Japan, is dead in. this city, aged fifty-five years. He was formerly a cattle breeder in Illinois, and was for four years connected with the Department of ARriculture, Lawrence 1. Ileadlenton. NEW YORK, April 5. Lawrence P. Beadlestyn, of the well-known brewing firm of Beadleston & Woerz, of this city, is dead in Blankenburg, Germany. JnmeM Wvlle. GLASGOW, April 3. James Wylle, the fotmer champion amateur checker player, is dead. LOOKS OMINOUS. (Concluded from Firnt Page.) and genial manner in which Mr. Austin introduces tho question by pointing the demonstration occasioned by Mr. K.Ving's illness as a proof of the literary sympathy between the two countries," says: "'t will be interesting to hear Mr. Hay's reply, for he Is a man of letters with an audienee on both Fides of the Atlantic. We rather suspect that an attempt to disturb the existing arrangement might only disturb a hornet's nrst. Perhaps Mr. I lay's reply will throw light on this important point' Drejfim Case Kvltlence. PARIS. April 3.-The Voltaire, emulating the Figaro, to-day publishes an installment of Dreyfus evidence in the shape of some Foreign Office documents, in which ii Is Set forth that the Foreign Cfllce received several official denials from Colonel Schwartzkoppf, the former German military attach, here, and from the Italian government, especially denying that they had relations with Dreyfus. The documents published by the Voltaire also show that the French Foreign Office intercepted a coded telegram addressed by Colonel Pannisardi, the former Italian military attache at Paris, to his government, showing that he did not know Dreyfus. MewKUKTCJ from the Eiffel Totvcr. PARIS, April 3. In view of the success of the experiments with the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy across the Strait of Dover, the authorities propose to transmit messages to England from Paris. The terminal here will probably be the Klffel tower, the distance to South Foreland being 10 miles. The Bolivian Revolution. LIMA, Peru, April 3. According to the latest advices from the seat of hostilities in Bolivia, the Federalists, or Insurgents, now hold Cochabampa. Potosi and Santa Cruz, but President Aionzo has reduced their positions near Oruro. Cattle !ote. Emperor William is recovering from the severe attack of rheumatism which for a week past has necessitated his remaining part of the time in bed. The French public prosecutor will open an Inquiry into the proceedings of the Jeunessa Royaliste, the society of young royaiUts. which is charged with violating the law of associations. Andrew I). White, United States ambassador at Berlin, says he knows nothing of the report that he has been appointed to represent the United States at the peace conference called by the Czar, which is to assemble at The Hague on May 1. Detention Camp for Volunteer. SAVANNAH. Ga.. April 3.-Daufuskie Island will be used as a camp of detention for volunteer regiments bound from Cuba to muster out. An inspection proved that Sapelo was unfit for the purpose and the men will be taken from the transports, disinfected at the city quarantine station, transferred on lighters to Daufuskle, seven mlies away, and after being detained five days will be brought to the city and established in camp. Burned to Death in Florida. PENSACOIA. Fla.. April 3.-A Mr. Smith and nls wife, recent arrival from the

'MIK; mlo 3HTo BLOCK COo To Our Out-of-Town Acquaintances Like shopping at home. Only so much more advantageous, when you consider the great inducement we are offering. The saving of 15 per cent on Dress Goods will more than pay your railroad fare. Then there is the phenomenal Sample Suit Sale, the Great Bargains in Rugs, Curtains, Mattings and Other Draperies, and all over the store there are myriads of bargains for your choosing. Special attention is called to the great spring Houseware Sale. You can have your purchases expressed to you v out cost. This we do on amounts of $5 or over. Not having time to get away, drop a postal for sample' y9l come quickly.

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Goods, Including Colors and Blacks. Early-in-the-week buyers are our heaviest advertisers now and we thank them for their kindness. The great advantages at a sale of this nature are best seen when you have once purchased; thereafter you will never sta' awa3' frcm another one, and you will inform your friends, same as others who have previously attended do. Although there are three more days of the sale, you should call early to get the pick from the present grand assortment. Just a few more of those fine Sample Suits for today's selling at the same discount Viz., 25 per cent less than the maker's price. A grand opportunity to buy a real fine tailor-made at the price of ordinary kinds. Two additional Suit bargains as well as a Silk Waist and Underskirt special. SUITS Of all-wool Covert Cloth, silk serge-lined Jackets, percaline-lined (jJF AH Skirts, interlined with grass cloth; our 7.50 quality J)0Ul SUITSA variety of materials, in pleasing shades, full silk-lined Jackets, soft, percalino-lined Skirts, trimmed with buttons and loops; 1'.00 and Qy $ 12.50 kinds; choice tPI O SILK VrAISTS About ten in this lot.. Made of fancy stripe and check taf- rt A A feta silks, lined throughout; fl.98 quality : pO.UU

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North, were burned to death In their house last night near Harp's Station, ten miles from this city. Tneir bodies were found today. Sheriff Mitchell, County Judge Holley and a coroner's jury from Milton, in Santa Rosa county, left immediately for the scene to make an investigation. Nothing Is known here of the full name or former home of Mr. Smith. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. It is stated $22.".H30 has been subscribed toward the construction of the 1,wu,Cm) alumni hall at Yale University. The United States transport Crook sailed from New York yesterday for Santiago to bring back another consignment of bodies of soldiers and sailors. Hon. George W. Hull, former collector of the port of Toledo, under President Cleveland, has been appointed chief of bureau of publicity and promotion of the Ohio centennial. John Campbell, colored, and Arthur Cun ningham, a white boy, eleven years old, were shot and killed at Nashville, Tenn., .by G. D. Atnip, whom the police believe to be demented. Bishop O'Connor, of London, has received the appointment to the archbishopric of the Toronto diocese, made vacant by the death of Archbishop Walsh. Bishop O'Connor will be installed early In May. Selection of a jury at Canton, O., to try Mrs. Annie S. George for the murder of George E. Saxton, was not completed yesterday. The regular venire has been exhausted by challenges, and a special venire will be drawn to-day. Henry Watter.son says the statement re- ' cently made by a correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal that the late Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia, was "scheming for a senatorshlp when he died" was not an editorial utterance. Lieut. Frank Z. Curry, Third Georgia Volunteer Infantry, who shot and killed Private Leo Reid, Battery I. Second Artillery, last January, at Savannah, will not be tried by court-martial, but viil be delivered Into the hands of the civil authorities. The Iowa Board of Control of State Institutions has dete-rmined to establish a factory for making binding twine in one of the penitentiaries. The board claims It will produce a large part of the twine used In Iowa and reduce the price from 25 to 33 per cent. The steamer St. Joseph broke her shaft and blew out both cylinder heads yesterday, below Vicksburg. A colored woman, a deck passenger, became excited, jumped Into the river and was drowned. No others were Injured. The loss to the boat is about $3,u03. The ice in the Straits of Mackinac is very heavy, reaching far into Lakes Huron and Michigan, as solid, apparently, as at any time during the winter. It will take three weeks of warm weather to clear the straits. To-day is the first warm day of the season. The City Council has declared the charter of the Dubuque (la.) Water Company forfeited and ordered legal proceedings lor the purchase of the plant by the city. This action Is the outcome of a long struggle on the question of municipal ownership. The company values the property at &aX,0v0. The Missouri senate has passed a bill Intended to prevent the. operations of trusts. It allows courts to issue restraining orders and persons injured by trusts to recover three-fold damages. The Senate also passed a bill which is intended to aid the attorney general in getting testimony against trusts. Insurance agents in Texas are alarmed over the probable action of the Iesislature on the insurance bill, now pending. They say that if it passes the effect will be the same, as In Arkansas and Kentucky, practically killing the insurance business. The insurance men of the State are making a strong light against the bill. Under suspension of the rules the bill providing for incorporation of the St. Louis world's fair to celebrate in l!Mtt the centennial rf the Louisiana purchase was passed by the Missouri Senate yesterday. It has already been passed on by the House, and under th emergency clause which the bill carries It will become a law as soon as signed by the Governor. Judge Ricks, of the United States District Court, at Toledo, has rendered an opinion in the bankruptcy case of Joseph Flllerath, In which he holds that a creditor's bill, mad before action was commenced in the United States Court, is not alid and orders the sheriff to return the amount of the bill, thus holding that the national bankruptcy act takes precedence over any action under the Ohio insolvency law. Ioraln of the Staifc. Miss Gilder, In the CTltlc. Apropos of Miss Bell's denunciation of our Puritanism, a friend of mine sent a play to a well-known manager, within a few weeks, which was returned with a letter praising It In most complimentary terms and comparing It with some of the best comedies of the past twenty years, but adding, "It is too sweet and wholesome, and the public don't seem to care for plays of that sort." and again: "I am ashamed to be obliged to write in this strain, but I think that you will agree with me that just now It would be hazarduous, both to author and manager, to produce plays like this." Mr. Daniel Frohman. whom I met only the other day, remarked on the change In public ideas of morality. When "Sweet Lavender" was ilrst produced at the Lyceum Theater, he wrote to Mr. linero that certain changes would have to bo made to suit the American ideas of propriety. Mr. linero resisted stoutly, but finally yielded, and the girl who was Illegitimate in the original play was made to be the offspring of a secret marriage In the revised edition. A few years later, however, the original state of affairs was restored and the public was more pleased with the play than ever. And so it goes from bad to worse from -Sweet Lavender" to the unsavory "Mile. Fltl" of to-day. Murilereil by Highbinders. ST. IOUIS. April 5. The mutilated dead body of Joe Choung, a Christian. Chinaman, was found to-day under an oil tank on Gratoit street. Iinned to the clothlns was a note, written In Chinese characters, and near by an empty opium iot, both trademarks of highbinders. A cousin of the dead Mongolian identltied the body and said that he had been pursued by highbinders for a year, goinc from New Orleans to San Francisco and from there to St. Louis. TO Cl'HC A COM) IX O.XK DAY Take Laxative IJromo Quinine Tablets. All dniffKlsta refund the money if It falls to cure. 2ic. 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$1.25 MURDEROUS SOCIETY. How (he Cnntoiiene at Bangkok run--ifth Those Who Dlnohey It. VANCOUVER, B. C. April 3. Bangkok. Siam, reports by steamer say that the murderous conclave of the Cantonese Secret Society is again at work, and those who do not obey the laws of its leaders are arrested, punished by mutilation and loss of membership, and even assassinated. The authorities are powerless in the face of this formidable confederation, which pursues the even tenor of its way as if it were the only government in Slam. Recently one of the Cantonese members of the society had his ear cut off at Bangkok. A week later another young member was attacked and badly beaten. The next day a third had his eye knocked out, but on this occasion two of his assailants were arrested. The last and bloodiest exploit of the Cantonese was accomplished in one of the busiest streets of Bangkok. A Chinaman who had offended against the laws of this secret society was murdered In cold blood. The authorities suspect that some dangerous and far-reaching plot Is being hatched by powerful secret societies of Bangkok. It is reported at Tokin that the Foreign Oflice has ordered Kang Wuur and other Chinese refugees in Toklo to leave Japan, after present intr them with a large sum of money. Therefore Kang Wuur and other J Chinese refugees win snortiy proceeu to America and England. Count Okula is reported to have raised their expenses. Japanese papers publish further details of the recent earthquake. The center of the quake was In Nara prefecture. The Governor's report from that prefecture shows that three persons were killed, eleven injured, thirty-one dwellings c-ollapsed, one hundred were badly damaged, while sixteen other buildings were demolished. About two hundred Japanese prisoners In Nlgata prison have been simultaneously taken ill. They are supposed to have been poisoned. The Japanese Herald says that the principal employes until recently of the National Bank at Kyoto must have been a lot of scoundrels, as the. charges against them, which have been for months under investigation, amount to infringing banking regulations, embezzling trust money, uttering and forcing documents and obtaining money under false pretenses. They were ail committed for trial. WATF.ll THAFFIC. FrelKht Carryintr Itecortl on the Cirent Amerlcun Lakes. George E. Walsh, in Cassier's Magazine. The craze on the Atlantic ocean to break flying records to Kurope linds its counterpart on the great American lakes in trying to break carrying records. Kach new steel steamer built is known by its wonderful capacity for transporting enormous cargoes trom one port to another. Thus the record for 1S shows that each succeeding ship was built for the purpose of carrying a little more than the largest then in existence. Kirly in the year the steel freighter Andrew Carrcgle broke the record by carrying a carKO of 2:J0.(om bushels of corn, equal lo 6,440 tons. When the steamer Iinn was? launched she carried a cargo of f,314 tons of ore, and later tons of corn, just breaking the record established by the Andrew tarne1. Following this steamer the Superior City was launched, and she easily broke all records by carrying a carKO of .".'$ tons of corn. This steamer holds the record for her class to-day. The steamer Morse, constructed after the Superior City, is twenty-five feet longer, but she has not yet attempted to lower the carrying record. The same attempt to break rne carrying records Is made by the owners of the wooden vessels. The schooner John A. Koebiing holds the record for these ships. She carried on one load 7.KV, tons of ore. and her sister ship, the schooner John Fritz, carried 7.7IC tons of ore at one time. Prior to the launching of these two big vessels the schooner Australia held the record of 6.316 tons of wheat. The immense carrying capacity of these vessels makes them valuable Investments If no accident happens to them, but the system of overloading makes their powers of navi gation a little uncertain In rough weather. Some of tn- steamers carry a whole levator load of grain, and do the work with such dispatch ihut the cost was never before so low. The Superior City carried a load of 7.."r2 tons cf ore, and discharged It in twelve hours, breaking the lake record for rapid unloading, as well as for carrying the largest cargo. These steel freighters are what is known as the 40o-foot class, and they are the favorite ones on the lakes to-day. They ranee from 4x to 47:. feet in length, and they cot from $3X1.000 to ?,((0; but they frequently carry cargoes valued at twice their own cost. The Sbake-lp nt Havana. Letter in New York Mail and Kxpress. Ten of the most influential inspectors In the custom house were removed from office this mornin by Col. Tasker H. Wis for receiving what are known to the native 'i gratifications " One of the shining lights of the deposed olflcials Is an ex-colonel of the Cuban army. who. w hen appointed, demanded the immediate discharge of every Spaniard In the establishment on the ground of nationality, and. above all. dishonesty. Ten men Just discharged have i!,-v MS naving accepted the sum of j,) per month for dock privileges. Col. Illiss has the names of the merchants who subscribed to the fund, and he also has documentary evidence to shDw how It was divided amonir the ten men. acordinjr to influ' nee In the Cuban ranks. 'Strange as It may appear, quite a big number of Havana's merchants, while bitter rivals in the matter of sales, have their regular meeting places and organize syndicates to raise funds to bribe the custom house officials. The syndicate which gave per month to the ten men just decapitated was interested in the rice and Hour business, and thrcuch these ten men were permitted to let their consignments remain on the piers for days over time, to the detriment of other merchants. The? decapitation to-day Is said to be but the beginning. Mr, t'levrlnml tin She Appear To-Dny Washington Special. Fourteen years ago Frances Folsom was the loveliest of all the graduates that stepped across the threshold of Wells College into the big world beyond, and to-day.

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NATIONAL Tube Works ...... i. WrouxbMron Pipe for Gas, Steam and Water. Bolter Tuti. Cat anj Mal.Vable Iron Fitting ttatk and galvanized). Valves. Stop Cockv Enfine Trlmninjc. Steam. Claugf. Pine Tc-nji. Pii Cutters. Yisea. Screwr riatea and El Wrncha. Hum Trai's, Pumpa. Kitchen Sink. IIot. IMtInc. Uabblt Metal. Solder. White anl Colored Wiplnc Waste, and ad other Supplies used in connection .lth Gai. Steam and Water. Natural Gaa Supplier a tpecialty. Bteara Heating Aparatus for Public rtuildinrs. Storerooms, Jit I la. Shops. Factoriep. Laundrls, Lumber Vrj Housea, etc Cut and Thread to order any alza Wroupht-lrrn Pipe, from, H inch to 12 inches dUmeter. KNIGHT & JILLSON. 121 to 127 S. PENNSYLVANIA ST. when the Wells College alumnae, sixty strong, gathered for their annual luncheon at Sherry's, Mrs. Grover Cleveland still "jrru.H eff tVi nilm A tr!fT mnrc m;itrnntA.i.vv. vr iru..a. . . . . . w - - - - - - - - iy than tne sum, nrown-nairea gin oi mo past, she Is in the fullness of her matured beauty. Her black silk gown, with a glimpse of pink at the throat, and th Wff gray bat, with sweeping plumes, made an adniraole setting. Mrs. Cleveland had reason to congratulate herself. The $5,000 fund she started six years ago to add to the huildlur resources of the college was to-day competed. A StrnnjcerTi Charity." New York Mall and Kxpress. One of the oddest ways of being charitable at some one else's expense was related by a well-known restaurant keeper one day last week. He said: "Just at the noon rush hour a well-dressed man entered my establishment, accompanied by three children of various ages, garbed in garments which looked as though they were constructed from his own cast-off clothes. He told the waiter the children were veryhungry, and ordered all sorts cf dainties, which they fairly gobbled up, while he sat and looked at them and ate nothing. As a final treat, he called for Ice cream, and when it cam sent the vaiter back for cake. Then, telling the children he was going to buy a cigar, he left the room anl tho building. The waiter, wondering at hi long absence, after a while asked the children, 'Where is your papa?' " 'Oh. he isn't our papa, nald one of the boys meekly. 'He's Just a man wot see us lookln' in the window and wlshln for the good things, and be tol' us to come alonj and get somethin to eat "WHliam came to me so dumfounded he could hardly talk." concluded the proprietor, "and when he at last made clear tho situation, I went over and sent the children off. with a lot of good things under their Jackets, which l charged on the debit account." l.op Uy Fire. DKADWOOI), S. U, April 5.-Flre at Iead last night destroyed property worth JjOO.CXJO. The lire department was helpless, owing to low water pressure. Among the firms burned out are Henry Jacob?, hardware; Henry Schnieb!, assay oliice and latoratory: J. L. Mareoux. furniture; Cohen. Gumbiner & Co.. clothing. DR, PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION Makes Weak Women Strong. And Sick I Vomer WetL For over thirty years this cil brated remedy has bs-en making women live happier healthier sfe r. Many thousand of women have t stified to its wonderful effect. It is the one medicine that can be depended upon when there i any d rangemetit of the distinctly feminine orj .nisin. It purifies, heals, sciothes, builds :p. It is needed when backaches make li c miserable when a sickening, drazfcin; . faring -down feeling males work a weary agony and play impossible whe . disagreeable drains give proof of bur ing inUammation when sick headache, rrvout irritability, loss of energy and app ite are the reminder of unheallhful irrcgu -xityor painful periods. " I had female trouble for eight vear ' write Mrs. L J. Denni. of 82S i:al Col'.ej Street. Jacksonville. 111. "I was o bad I ouU lie from day to dav and long for death to tne and relieve my suflcrrin. I ha i internal i ilamr.u tioti. a dUscrccable drain, bearing-do u pains in the lower xart of ny bowtl, and r.ch distress every month, lit now I never ha e a p&ia do all my owu work, and am a st jr.f auvl healthy woman. Thank to your rn icine. X never forget to recommend it to all sutlerirjr women. I consider mvelf a livinsi te timonial of the benefits of your ' Favorite 1'rrsc :pt:oa.' Dr. IStrce's Yrasaii PrlUts iielp the effect of all other medicines by keeping the liver active and the bowel oca. At all dealers tt it hat you askjr.

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