Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 107, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1899 — Page 2

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he says himself, he la a poor ir.an and thinks It time that he should make some money, which he cannot do If he remains In Congress. The question has been raised whether the ex-speaker can resign from Congress before he has actually become a m. rr.ber of the House. To be sure, he was elected a member of the Fifty-sixth Congres;t by hU district in Maine and his credentials are on rile in the clerk's onice of the IIous of Representatives, Put he does not become a member until he is sworn in next December. He is drawing the salnry because ho has ben certified as having Won elected, but technically he Is not a member." The correspondent goes on to say that In accordance with a recent agreement entered into by Mr. Reed at a dinner in New York the Maine statesman will throw his Influence, in tne balance in favor of Representative Sherman, of New York, for the speakership. Mr. Sherman, it will be remember d. was recently appointed to a lu-f-ative ct?1c n New York, but declined it under pressure from the White House.

urrmnn Amused. "WASHINGTON, Apiil 1. Official German circles here are not a little amused at the latest Chinese news which ascribes to Emperor William the Intention to make hi3 brother Henry a German king on Chinese il. The tatrment is characterised as a wild and baseless invention and the fame. It is announced on the highest authority, can he said cf the allied interview published by the Paris S4r and cabled to some American r w;iiers quoting the fir?t secretiiry of the (x.;in fr.ba-.'y in Paris as ayir. that the Americans must take the responsibility for all that has happened In ritnxut and that they. Intoxicated by their victories over the Spaniards, consider themselves a military nation of the first rank. nvnl Promotion Posted. WASHINGTON. April 15. The naval orders posted yesterday announce the promotion to the rank of .rear admiral of Sampson, f.hley and Farquhar, the latter commandant of the Norfolk navy yard. This is under the operation of the personnel act. and has no reference to war service. The list tIso contains the names of twenty-five persons promoted to bo captains. Including Bradford, chief of the equipment bureau; Converse, of the navigation bureau, and McCalla, of the Marblehead. Representative Dulrd Dyinff. "WASHINGTON, April 17, 1:40 a. m. Representative Baird, of Louisiana, was a great deal worse early this morning, and the end cannot be far off. Representative Hilborn. of California, who is dangerously ill at Garfield Hospital here, thowid no material change to-day. Mr. IIobart Condition. WASHINGTON. April 1 Vice President Ilobart is holding the slight gain shown Ian week. He Is able to partake more beartily of food, tits up about a half hour tialiy row in his rorn and Is a constant reader of the rcwrpapers. "COMBINE" OF SHIPYARDS. It In Said to Have- Heen Perfected, vrith $30,040,HM Capital. CHICAGO. April 16. The combination of the Great Laks ship yards, so long planned jmd talked about, has finally been brought about. The capkal stock of the new concern is Va), and its name will be the American Shipbuilding Company. The new company includes the Chicago Shipbuilding Company, the Globe iron works, the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company, the Milwaukee Drydock Company, the Detroit Drydock Company and the American Steel liargu Company. Tne owners of the plants selling out agree to takb 50 per cent, of the amount to be paid for them in stock. Ice Trust to He Perfected. TOIKDO, O.. April 16. Toledo ice dealers who have been approached concerning the trust which It is proposed, to form were yesterday notified that the organization 'is assure) and that it will be formed within the next week. It is expected that a meeting will be held in Chicago within the next few days. Ineffective Proselyting. Chicago Tribune. Iirinv the fnnr-ve.qr-oTd member Of the fumllv. had heen trained to believe in the deep-water form of baptism, i This is believed to be the reason why he was trying to plunge the household cat into a bucket of water. The animal resisted. It howled, and scratched, and clawed, and used violent language, Finally. Benr.Ie, with his hands covered with scratches and with tears in his eyes, gave it up. "Darn you!" he soid. "Go an be a Methodic If you want to!" FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. "Warmer "Weather, Increasing; Cloudiness and Probably Thunderstorms. WASHINGTON. April 1. 8 p. m. Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio Fair and warmer Monday; winds shifting to fresh southeast early; Tuesday, showers and warmer. For Indiana and Illinois Warmer, with Increasing cloudiness on Monday; showers aad probably thunderstorms Monday night; titherly winds-, becoming high; Tuesday, dealing and cooler. Weather Condiuon ar.d General Forecast The disturbance which occurred on the Georgia cons Saturday evening has moved rapidly northeastward, and is central tonight off Cape Cod. An area of low barometer haa moved from the British Northwtst Territory southeastward over the upper Missouri valley, lu the middle and South Atlantic States rain has been followed by clearing weather. In New Kngland snow is reported along the immediate coast. Showers have occurred from the North Pacific coast over the northern Rocky mountain region and along the middle arid west gulf coast. The temperature has rist-n decidedly in the We?t and Northwest, with maximum readings of S3 to Si degrees in western Nebraska and western South Dakota. Suniay morning warnings of frost for Sunday night v.' ere telegraphed throughout the middle Atlantic States, and the Interior of the south Atlantic and east gulf States, excepting Florida. The temperature will moderate rapidly over the Kastrrn and Southern sectfriv Monday arl Tuesday, ana In the upier Mississippi middle and lower Missouri valleys and western lake region thunderstorms are likely to occur Monday and Monday luKht. Alon the Atlantic coat northwesttiny winds will diminish in force. The display of vfind signals in the great lakt-a will not be resumed until the breaking up of Ice opens navigation. Thi3 may not occur belore April Local Observations on Sunday. Par. Ther. It. II. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a.ro..5.US irt 74 N'west. Clear. UVO 7 p. m..3UC 52 63 West. Clear. O.uO Maximum tmeperature, 5i; minimum temperature. Co. Comparative statement of temperature end precipitation April 10: Temp. Pre. Normal i0 .12 Mean 41 .j Departure from normal ti ,12 Depar jre since April 1 ;i 1.30 lXpaj ire sinc Jan. 1 m 1.51 C. V. It. WAFPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday T Stations. eiuperutures. Min. Max.

Atlanta, Ga W PiSmarck. N. D Puiralo. N. Y 42 24 Calgary, Alberta to zf Cairo. HI 41 w tV Chejenne, Wyo 34 TO Chicago 33 64 bi Cincinnati Zi M y) Ihivenport. Ia 21 2 ix lX-s Moines. Ia 23 64 t-J tialvtston. Tex o Helena. Mont I 4.) Jacksonville, Fla f Kansas City, M S C2 little Ilock. Ark 12 ' t4 Marquette. Mich 43 5 Memphis, Tenn 4 C3 M Nar.ville. Tenn 42 . tj i New Orleans 6S 64 New York 41 I.'orth Platte. Neb 43 tl h2 Oklahoma. O. T Zi 72 ts Omaha. Neb 12 To c-; J'lltsLurg 1 4 44 Qu AriH-ile. N. W. T Id 44 JlaxA d City. S. D Z) U 4 Salt Ixxke City. Ctah 4-J T4 45 tit. Louis 40 63 LM M. Paul, Minn 1 ) Springf.eid. Ill 31 , m K tMr!nvre!d. Jlo 2t Ot i fi Viclohurg. libs 62 fr i C2 WaiUnt&a 1 : U ; 41

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HCV. ERXCST AVDRCX, PRIHST S3 YEARS, IX CRITICAL, CONDITION. Preparation Complete for the Hnrl-hact-Indluna University Debute Strike at Little'. 3Klne Settled. J E FFERSO N V I LLE, Ind., April lC.-The Rev. Krnest Audren, one of the best known and most popular Catholic priests InIndiana, la critically ill at his home, adjoining the St. Augustine Church, leather Audren has been pastor of St. Augustine's for twenty-five years. He is seventy-six years old and has been a priest fifty-three years. On April 28, his golden jubilee was celebrated in Jeffersonvllle and prominent churchmen from all over the country were present. The affair wa3 one long to be remembered by those who were fortunate enough to be present. Father Audren was born in France but came to thl3 country at an early age. For years he was in charge of the church at Diocese. He has given his salary and bis all for the cau&e of religion. Intercollegiate Debate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. April 16. The arrangements are complete for the debate on Friday night between Earlham College and the Indiana State University, which takes place at the former institution. The judges chose-n are Hon. John L. Griffiths, Rev. Frederic E. Dewhurst and Professor Miller, all of Indianapolis, the latter being connected with the University of Indianapolis. Earlham has the 'negative of the question, which is: 'Resolved. That it is desirable for the municipalities in the United States to own and operate the plants for supplying light, gas, water and street-car transportation." The Earlham team is composed of I 'arl E. Widup. Karl li. Barnes and George IL Ford, and the Indiana University boys are W. C. Welbourne, K.. C. Dockridge and A- W. Hanson. Prlent Changed After Working Hard. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 18. The chapter of the Order of Franciscans, which is now In session at Trenton, N. J., is said to have decided to supplant Father Scharoun, of St. Benc-dlct's German Catholic Church, with Rev. Ronaventure Zoeller. Father Scharoun has been with the church fix years and leaves on the eve of tho dedication of the new edifice, which is the most costly one In the State. Father Scharoun feels hurt that after he had worked himself down in the cause of the new building that he should be taken away. He says he will rest and travel for some months. Funeral of a Soldier. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., April lb-The funeral of Private Harry C. Whiteman. of Company C, One-hundred-and-rifty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, who died in the Insane hospital at Washington, D. C, took place to-day. The services were attended by the members of Company C and the city officials, and were conducted by Rev. J. W. Ciokey, former chaplain of the regiment. A salute was tired by a equad of soldiers at the grave. Snndny School Convention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGBURG, Ind.. April 1$. The Dubois county Sunday-school convention convened in this city yesterday afternoon in the Fifth-street M. E. Church, and closed to-night. The address of welcome was delivered by Miss Wllla McMahan, of Huntingburg, and was responded to by R. M. Mllburn. of Jasper. C. D. Mei;s, of Indianapolis, state superintendent of Sunday Fehools, was in attendance and delivered several interesting addresses. Concession to Miner. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April J. President Van Horn, of the Indiana miners' organization, has effected a settlement of the troubles at Little's mine, on the Evansvillo & Indianapolis road, where men were out because the company was refusing to check off from the men's pay the dues for the check weighman. The company has conceded the point. Spinal Meningitis at Richmond. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., April 18. Spinal meningitis, which has been proving so fatal In the southern part of the State, has appeared here and one death, that of Miss Earla, Tack, is reported. Indiana Obituary. RICHMOND, Ind., April 16.-reter Wright, one of the oldest citizens of Wayne county, eighty-nine years, was buried yesterday at Arba. He came to Wayne county in 182( and was a resident of it for seventythree years. Mrs. Elizabeth (Mendenhall, aged sixtyfive, a prominent member of the Society of Friends, was buried this afternoon from the North A-street Church. Indiana Note. John W. Hammond, of New Albany, late of Company C and of the drum corps of the One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, was stricken blind Saturday. It is thought the affliction will be only temporary. At the closing session of the convention of the Christian Church for the Terre Haute district Mrs. C. D. Creal, of Kdwards, was re-elected district manager. It was decided to hold the fall meeting at Ruosellville. The contract has been let at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane for tho construction of a cold storage and ice p!ant. The Henry Vogt Machine Company, of Louisville. Ky., secured it. The plant will have a capacity for over a ton a day. Auditor Soules. of Vitro county, has received seventy-live certificate for exemption from taxation under the new law, which provides for a deduction of ST). It is estimated at Terre Haute that the tax duplicate will fall $4.u.w short by tho operation of tho new law. A citizens benevolent association Is being formed at Richmond, the object being to give public entertainments for the benelit of local charitable institutions. The first Kiven will be, a society circus, on July 4. The association is now raising money to purchase a large tent. ODDITIES IX PORTO RICAX LIFE. Snrprlnlntc 'Mrrliodn of the Xntlve Fire and Police Departments. New York Sun. The Porto Rlcan our new fellow-cltlzens by act of Congress, are small of stature; the American soldiers are giants In comparison. The upper classes are Spaniards and dwell in houses: the middle classes live In shanties, and the tower classes the peons exist where convenient. Their children go around without clothes of any kind until they are ten or eleven years old. and even grown-up persons of both sexes bathe together in pun's naturalibus where the water is no higher than the knee. The bulk of the people are a composite race Spaniard. Indian and m gro. As regards religion they are Roman Catholics, although the rules of the church do not bind them overmuch. Indeed, very few of the men go to mass. The churches are not Inviting, for, although unlversa.ll paintrd yellow on the outside In accordance with th Spanish law, tho interior is rather bare. Thre rows of seats stretch in front of th altar and parallel with it. but the rest of the space is bare, and tho worshipers who d r.ot bring their own conveniences have to stand or kneel during service. The Spanish women of the aristocracy may be seen going to mass on Sunday preceded by a nej;ro carrying a chair nnd followed by another with a pria Dule. The men crowd the churches on grand occasions, the grandest of which is the feast of the "Three Kings." which w. call tho Epiphany. That is th I'orto RIcan Christmas. The country fo!k come down from th mountains to San Juan aixl Ponce, and after drinking rum. compared with which Bowery whisky is a mild br-verage, they go to church. In church when tney meet old friends they embrace therti effusively; when they meet old enemies machetes are drawn and used with skill; but all the time the service goes on. The tire department m I'orto Rico Is In rather a primitive state. There is no water available in summer fresh water Is sold by the barrel, bucket and even the glass and when a lire is olscovered the firemen take their axes and chop up the adjoining houPs to Hive the block. As the houses nr mershanties, a few boards thrown together regardless of architectural design, axes may not be necessary; a few kicks do the business. The. peons do not live in houses at all: they Just lie down when tl ey are !erv and go to sleep. They are .'azy, but the

climate Is to blame for that. They work about four months in the year, that is to say, in the sugar-cane cutting season, and spend the other eight months playing "loo" and other games, including a sort of roulette. They quarrel frequently while gambling, and then the machete, which most of them carry under their shirts, comes into play, and they slash each other without mercy. But as a rule the Porto Rican is inoffensive. When the Forty-seventh New York was at Caguas, Humacao nnd other towns, the regiment found no difficultv in ruling there. Two or three of the boys regulated a town. The police department Is still more singular than the tire department. Before the American occupation a detective department existed under a chief. The detectives, in hunting a criminal, went around in detachments disguised as doctors or priests, reading books and looking so sagacious that every one knew what they were. Of course, they never captured the criminal. On one occasion a man stole S5.000 worth of jewelry In San Juan and went to Humacao for concealment. Tho chief thought this was a case that demanded the ability of a master mind, so he went in quest of the thief himself. He had on his person two revolvers, a dagger, a machete and a carbine, and thus equipped he went to the house where the thief was In hiding. "If you don't come out." thundered the ch'ef, shoving a pistol through the open window, "I'll blow you to the infernal regions." There was no answer, and the chlf emptied all his pistols and carbine through th window, the thief all the time lying on the floor. "Wi:l you surrender," shouted the chief; "I have 150 rounds more." For answer the robber got up from the floor, went out by the back door, came round to tho veranda, and, taking the chief prisoner, bound him fast and left him there.

OBITUARY. Lndy France Anne Emily, Dnchess of Marlboro ti k1. LONDON, April 16. Lady Frances Anne Emily, Duchess of Marlborough, daughter of the third Marquis of Londonderry, and widow of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, died suddenly this morning of bronchial cattrrh, after a short Illness, at the residence of her daughter. Lady Anne Emily. Duchess of Roxburgh, widow of the seventh Duke of Roxburgh. Ezra AVlllln Onhorne. NEW YORK, April 16. Ezra Willis Osborne, a well-known newspaper man, died to-day after a brief illness of pneumonia. He became assistant business manager of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in the fall of 1S97, and later was assistant business manager of the New York World, the place held at the time of his death. Mr. Osborne had long been prominent in the affairs of the American Newspaper Association. Captain Cook's Wife. ANNAPOLIS. Md., April 16. Mrs. Cook, wife of Capt. Frank Cook, who commanded the Brooklyn during the late war, died here this morning after a lingering Illness. Captain t'ook had lieen cabled for and Is expected to arrive in New York to-morrow. Mrs. Cook leaves two sons, one a surgeon and the other a cadet, both in the navy. Other Deaths. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. April 16. Judge Charles 11. Woods, a prominent lawyer and member of the Board of Park Commissioners, died to-day at Hot Springs, Va.. where he was sojourning for bis health. He was born in Newport, N. H.. lS3t. was a captain in Company F. Sixteenth New Hampshire Infantry, during the war, and had resided here since ISiJ. PHILADELPHIA. April 15. Thomas F. Kelly, part owner of the National Theater and its manager, died to-day at his home in this city. The cause of death was rheumatism of the heart. He wjb fifty-three years old. PITTSBURGH April 16.-Joseph Eichbaum. aged seventy-two, head of the well-known lithographing and stationery firm, died suddenly to-day of heart disease. Mr. Eichbaum was a thirty-third degree Mason. NEW YORK, April 16. Robert Blissert, a woll-known labor leader who founded the Central Iabor Union of this city in died to-day of pneumonia, aged nfty-eight years. CLEVF.IaAXD. O.. April 16.-Stiles Curtis, of the wholesale tea, coffee and spice lirm of Smith & Curtis, died yesterday. MRS. GEORGE'S TRIAL Rnmor that Mr. Altboane, the Mlaslntf AYltne, Will Testify. CANTON, O., April 16. It is now the expectation of the State that the direct testimony against Mrs. George will be concluded by the time court adjourns to-morrow evening. All of the witnesses called on behalf of the State cannot be examined by that time, as Monday's session will be a short one, court not convening until 10 a. m., but a number of witnesses who have been subpoenaed only for corroboration will cot be put on the stand. There is a rumor afloat that Mrs. Althouse, the missing witness, wanted by both sides, is in the city and that she will bo the central figure ini "surprise party" to-morrow, but no substantiation of this is obtainable. The defense will probably occupy more than a week in submitting its testimony. Even in that time it will scarcely be possible to examine all of the witnesses that have been called up to this time and the list is being Increased nearly every day. Attorneys for the defense say they have not and will not, until tho State has closed, outline the full scope of the testimony they will introduce and they give no intimation of what particular line of defe-nse they will emphasize. Tho cross-examination fo far has suggested little more than a chain of grievances on the part of the defendant against Saxton and the State claims this is not without advantage to its side, because it establishes a motive. Mayor Rice, it is definitely announced, will go on the stand as a privileged witness on behalf of Mrs. Ceorgo to answer certain questions with which his namo has been associated. The principal one of these matters is the revolver story of former Police Sergeant Hasler. The attorneys for the defense say Mrs. George may go on the stand herself, bui they will make no definite statement on this subject. Mrs. George saw only her sister and one or two other women friends to-day. Reporters who called were Informed that she would see thtm later after she had dressed, but that she would not talk on the case. I.OMNPM ly I" I re. BLOOMTNGTON. 111., April 16.-The busiress portion of Rutland. Lasalle county, was destroyed by tire this morning. The blaze started from an exploding kerosene lamp in Cline & Krueger's saloon. The flames spread to Austin's general store, I'landin's drug store. Wadleish's general merchandise. .Messenger's general store, Lawrence's lumber yard. Sauer's elevator, and several other buildings. The total loss Is $75,(M). with small insurance. The Ger-n-an Insurance Company, of Freeport, 111., has risks to the amount of $10,700. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., April 16. The plant of the Little Rock Oil and Dellnting Company and the Aurora Manufacturing Company were this morning partiallv destroytd by tire. Loss. $7o.0")0; insurance, about one-half. The Aurora Manufacturing Company is the only plant in the South n;anufacturing castor oil. ST. LOUIS. April 16. Elevators Nos. 1 ar.d 3 of the St. Louis Hay Exchange were , destroyed by tire to-day. entailing a loss ! estimated at $J0.O. The elevators were ! used for storing hay. Five cars loaded with hay, standing on the sidetrack, together with four empty cars, were burned. Guns Our Soldiers Lse. Washington Letter. There have been many queries at the War Department and some newspaper criticism as to why the department has not Mipplied troops in the Philippines with Krag-Jorgensen rifles, instead of letting them use o'.d Sprinptields. All the regular army members now in the Philippines have the Krag-Jorgensen rifles, and a cable from ! General Otis. re. ived yesterday, says that with the 3.M10 new rifles en route he will have, all that Is necessary. The volunteers prefer the Sprlngrields. as they are used to that make. Less than a year ago the army officers who cried loudest for KragJorgensens made reports arainst them. General UreckinrMffo's last report contains pages of complaints from officers against them. It is also a fact not generally known in this country that American troops In the Philippines havo been using smokeless powder since Christmas. The tirst consignment for our troops reached Manila at that tim and has Ken usd during the war with the insurgents. This is one of the reasons why our so.diers have been able to do buch terrible execution. Ilenntlfnl Complexion ly I'slntr Champlln's Liquid -Pearl. f.0c, pink or white Delightful, marvelous results; unequaled.

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SPAIN RESTORING DIPLOMATIC reLATIO.NS WITH THIS CO LATHY. Appointment of Representative GaBettedThe Cortes Election More Drefn Cane Revelation. MADRID, April 16. The Official Gazette to-day contains a royal decree appointing the Duke De Arcos to be Spanish envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States. The decree also creates consulates at Havana, Manila, San Juan de Puerto Rico and Cienfuegos. Senor Larrea, now Spanish consul at Antwerp, Is transferred to Havana. Senor Douilla, row at Shanghai, is appointed to Manila, and Senor Uriarte goes to Antwerp. The election to the new Cortes has passed off quietly in Madrid. Some disturbances occurred at Bilbao, and many persons were injured at Valencia and at Cullar de Baza, In Andalusia. At Granada an election agent was murdered. In consequence of a bull fight here about one-third of the electors of the city went to the polls. The election seems favorable to the government. PICQUART'S EVIDENCE. Testimony Defore the Court of Ca notion In the Dreyfus Case. PARIS, April 1C The Figaro, continuing to-day its publication of the testimony offered before the Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus revision proceedings, prints some fourteen columns of matter. A good part is devoted to a further statement of Colonel PIcquart's evidence. He told the court that the document bearing the phrase "Canaille de D " was in no way applicable to Dreyfus, on account of the incredible explanations given as to the manner in which it was acquired. Colonel Picquart said he believed it impossible that the documents constituting the secret dossier could refer to Dreyfus, and asserted that at the close of the conversation he had on the subject with General Gonze the latter exclaimed: "Then it seems we are mistaken," and told him (Picquart) to convey to General De Boisdeffre. chief of the general staff at the time, his (Gonze's) advice that the two matters ought to be distinct. Dealing with the Irregular manner in which the bordereau was obtained, Colonel Picquart recounted a conversation in which Colonel Du Paty de Clam told him that Dreyfus, after denying the authorship of the bordereau, said its writing resembled that of his friend. Captain Brault. In this connection Colonel Picquart noted a story told by Commandant Lsterhazy at his trial to the effect that a certain Captain Brault had asked for a specimen of Lifter hazy s handwriting. Colonel Du I'aty de Clam had aiso informed Colonel Picquart how he had attached the "Canaille de D " document found in the intelligence bureau to the bordereau. Colonel Picquart then alluded to the protests of innocence made by Dreyfus and to the fact that the alleged confessions to Captain Le Brun Renaud were never verified, and therefore could only bo regarded as baseless rumors. He said that when he first took over the direction of the Intelligence Bureau General De Boisdeffro told him the Dreyfus affair was only beginning and asked him to Investigate It. Describing these Investigations, he related how Captain Lauth, in endeavoring to reconstitute the fragments of the Petit Blu, found there were apparently two separate letter cards. NO BETTER THAN THE BRITISH. Encrllhmans View of the American v Automatic Coupling; System. LONDON, April 16. J. Constantlne, assistant superintendent of the Midland Railway; R. P. Ellis, assistant superintendent of the Great Eastern Railway; T. O. Moin, second assistant 3 superintendent of tho Great, Eastern Railway, and H. J. Ivatts, chief locomotive superintendent of the Great Northern Railway, who were recently sent by their respective companies to the United States as a special deputation to study the American automatic coupling sjstem, returned on board the Cunard liner Lucanla. Mr. Constantine asserts that the American system of coupling is no better than the British, but he declines to anticipate the official report of the deputation. Richard Bell, secretary of the Railway Servants Society, who accompanied the deputation on the tour representing the employes of the roads, warmly advocates the American system as a great saving to life and limb. CHINESE PUNISHED. Killed for Burning British Sheds nnd Flriuf? on Troop. HOXG-KONG, April 17. The villagers of Tal-Poo-Su, one of the newly acquired places ln the British territory on the HongKong mainland, who broke out In rebellion on Friday, burned some of the British mat sheds and then retired to the hills, firing upon tho British troops who were sent to quell th3 disturbances. The British returned the fire, scattering the Chinese and killing some. The British suffered no casualties. As a result of the conflict the Governor of Hong-Kong went immediately in the cruiser Brisk with another regiment, landed and hoisted the British flag in the KowLoon extension. The Chinese headmen sent a deputation to apologize for the disorders. GERMAN Pit ESS ALARMED. Opposed to the Ivalner Plan of DeWlvlnp Berliner of Self Rule. BERLIN, April 16. The entire German press is greatly alarmed by the news, first published here through the instrumentality of the Associated Press, that Emperor William intends to Introduce in the Prussian Diet a government measure creating the city of Berlin and its suburbs into a province and largely destroying the present self-government of the municipality. Dcr Reichsbote and other conservative papers approve the project. A Vatican Protest. ROME, April 16. The Tribune asserts that the papal internuncio at The Hague has been ordered to absent himself from the city before the meeting of the peace conference on May 18. Assuming that the statement of the Tribune is correct, the instructions to the internuncio are the Vatican's protest against nonrepresentation at the peace conference, which the I::lian government insisted upon as a condition precedent to sending an Italian delegate. An English Cycler Won. PARIS. April 16. The first great bicycle match of the season came off to-day at the Pare des Princes. In the fifty-mile race Walters, of England, won in 1 hour, 34 minutes and 43 seconds, lowering the record made in 1S16 by A. D. Frost, of Londoti, whose time was 1 hour, 21 minutes and 4 seconds. Dlgon, the Frenchman, was second, and Tom Linton, of Wales, third. J. Frank Starbuck. of Philadelphia, abandoned the contest midway. Tried to Kill the Ameer. LONDON. April 16. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mail fays: "An Afghan has been arrested on Russian territory, to which he had fled after making an attempt on the life of the Ameer of Afghanistan with a revolver. The bullet missed the Ameer, but wounded an Afghan general standing near." French Officer Commit Sulelde PARIS, April lS.-The Petit Bleu alleges that Lieutenant Mijan, who died at Zanzibar, on March 2. while on the way to assume the governorship of Ras Jibutll. the French post and colony on the west coast of the Gulf of Aden, committed suicide. Hoynl Betrothal Announced. CBTTINJE. Montenegro, April 16.-R is officially announced that the Montenegrin crown prince, Danllo Alexander, now In his twenty-eighth year, Is betrothed to Duchesa Augusta Charlotte Jutta. of MeeklerjburgStrelltz, now in her twentieth year. Strike of Miner Ordered. CHARLEROI. Belgium. April 16. The National Federation of Miners has issued a call for aa Immediate strike for a S per

cent. Increase In wages In all the four great coal basins In Belgium. 524 INCHES OF SNOW.

Total Winter Fall of "the nenntlfulM at One Point In Colorado. DENVER, Col., April 16. According to the latest report of Weather Forecaster Brandenberg, the total snowfall at Leadviile during the winter was 2o2 Inches, at Breckinridge 3TS inches and at Ruby 524 inches. The South Park line of the Colorado & Southern Railway Company Is still blockaded by snow beyond Breckinridge, but the rotary Is making good progress and the ltne will probably be opened before tho end of the week. The Cheyenne & North lire of the Colorado & Southern is again open after two months' blockade. The Colorado Midland, which was closed by the snow west of Leadviile for seventy-seven days, began its regular day passenger train service today and will send out its first through night west-bound train Tuesday night. Severe Storm In Texan. SAN ANTONIO. Tex., April 1G. Several towns were visited by a terrific wind and hailstorm to-day that followed the heavy rain that began yesterday. At Lytttle the building on the "XL" ranch was demolished and a Mexican cowboy killed. At Weimer, the home of City Marshal Insad was blown down and Mrs. Insall and her two children injured. The schooihouse at Medina was overturned and the teacher. Miss Minnie Halstead. received internal injuries. Two pupils, Tom 'Mast on and Henry Wllla rd, were seriously injured. The coast country around Rockport and Corpus Christl is flooded and communication with those towns shut off. Telegraph wires are down, and the Aransas Pass Railroad has temporarily abandoned its trains on this division. Spring Flood In the Wet. WILLISTON, N. D., April 16. The Missouri river is higher than for years. Many miles of track is gone west. One hundred and sixty passengers are delayed here, as there has been no through trains since last Monday. PIERRE, S. D.. April 16. The Tiver is higher to-night than since the flood of with a mark of 14.7 to-night, having risen a foot during the day. People in the lower part of Fort Pierre have been compelled to abandon their homes. The water is still risinsr. VIOLA HARLOCKER RETURNS Will Anmver the Charge of Attempting to Poison Mrs. Slorey. HASTINGS, Neb., April 16. Miss Viola Harlocker returned to Hastings to-night In company with her mother and friends and will face the charges of having attempted to kill Mrs, C F. Morey by sending her a box of bonbons containing arsenic The accused, in company with her attorneys, will go before the County Court to-morrow, when the sheriff will place her under arrest. She will furnish the necessary bond for her preliminary hearing and will then return to her homa The case will be pushed. Miss Harlocker has been in safe hands during her absence and a close watch has been kept over her to prevent her committing suicide. It has just developed that Miss Harlocker contemplated resigning her position as stenographer with Tibbetts & Morey, as she was deslrious of securing the position of music teacher in the Hastings public schools, intending to go East to take a course in musicaJ training to especially fit her for tho position. Analysis of the poisoned candy here shows that each bonbon contained four grains of arsenic. The state chemist at Lincoln is also at work on the siuff and his report is anxiously awaited. Mrs. Morey and Mrs. Gaslin, who ate of the candy, are out of danger. STRIKE DISTURBANCES. Wheellnsr Street-Railway Company Aot Permitted to Rnn Cam. WHEELING, W.1 Va., April 17. It lias been a Sunday in name only on the lines on the Wheeling Railway Company. There were several disturbances, the most serious" occurring to-day in Martin's Ferry, attendant on the company's first attempt to run cars through that town. A car was surrounded and a spectator attempted to pull a deputy marshal from the car, but the officer drew his revolver and the crowd retreated. After much difficulty the car got back to Wheeling. The tracks In Martin's Ferry and North Wheeling have been loaded down with obstructions. To-night it is learned United States Judge Jackson will come to Wheeling and open a special term of court Monday. Persons arrested for violation of his injunction will be given trials at once. The situation shows no improvement and a prolonged struggle seems the only outcome. RUNAWAY ACCIDENTS. Seven People Injured at Fnnernl in a St. Louis Cemetery. ST. LOUIS, April 1C Four runaway accielents, in which seven people were Injured, one probably fatally, occurred to-day within five minutes of each other in three funeral corteges at Calvary Cemetery. The following persons were injured: Miles J. Bradley, cabman, internally and probably fatally; Mrs.-Meagher and young son; Miss Nellie Conway, Mrs. Ellen O'Shea, Mattie and Ralph O'Shea. Mrs. Meagher was badly cut and rendered unconscious for some time. Her son's arm was broken and he was badly bruia"d. The others received cuts and bruises. The harness of Dradley's team broke and his horses ran wild. Other teams were frightened and the general runaway ensued. IN INTEREST OF HOTELS. Hallway Will ot Let Veteran Stay In Sleeping Car on Sidetrack. CHICAGO, April 16. The railroads have made a new rule for the Grand Army national encampment, in Philadelphia, ntxt September. Heretofore it has been customary to sidetrack sleeping and dining cars and allow them to be used by the veterans for sleeping and eating purposes during an encampment. The railroads have given notice that such a custom cannot be followed this year or hereafter. It is claimed that the cars cannot congest the side tracks. It also appears that the hotel owners and business men, who contribute largely to meet the expenses of the meeting, object to the storing car arrangements, saying that it keeps money away from those who niako the encampment possible. ETHICAL SOCIETY WEDDING. 'o Reference Made to Religion or Any llellslou Subject. ST. LOUIS, April li The first public wedding in St. Louis under the ritual of the Ethical Society was celebrated to-day at the Musecm of Fine Arts by Lecturer W. L. Smeldon. Herman Schwartz and Miss Lulu Rheinlander were married with the Ethical marriage ceremony. After taking customary pledges Judge Klein pronounced them husband and vkife. During the ceremony no reference was made to religion or any religious subjects. A large assemblage was present. TOCA GROUP OF ISLANDS. Hotr They Were Recently Added to Iirltln Colonial Ioaealon. Chicago News, The details of the taking of the Tonga groups of islands under the Rritish flag have only recently been made public in this country, but there is a vein of humor running through the afTalr that gives It a more thf.n usual amount of interest. The Tonga group forms a portion of the Friendly islands, and is located a little north of tha tropic of Capricorn, between It and the Fiji archipelago, and southwest of Samoa. While the Tongas are ot no great commercial value, they form a hereditary monarchy, governed by a king and a legislative assembly, composed of thirty-one nobles and thirty-one representatives elected by the people. This little kingdom embraces three groups of lslandh the Tonga. Haapal and Vavanr-coverin aa area of 374 equar

miles, with a population of lT.riOO. the capital being located at Tongatabu. The islands have several of the best harbors in the south Pacific. For years Germany has been scheming to get possession of Tonga. Last winter the German vice consul at Samoa, Mr. Grune. arrived at Tona and presented claims amounting to JKO.CxiO, as being due from the Tonpar.s to German traders, and demanded their immediate payment, but as some of these claims were more than twenty years old the king repudiated them. When Mr. Grune found he could not secure the mciity for his claims he departed with the official notilication that within a few months a German war vessel wou.d arrive at Vou-Vou and enforce Immediate payment, or. in case of further refusal, seize the islands. The consul had no sooner departed than the King communicated with the liritish authcrities at Sydney and the cruiser Tauranga was at once dispatched for Tonga, arriving early in Iecember. The officer in command had a conference with the King, and after some three hours of debate the sovereignty of the entire group was transferred to Great Britain, the fongan government remaining a dependency of the Pritish crown. The captain of the Tauranga turned over to the King S125.0"0. and the next day the liritish flag was raised with all necessary formalities and great rejoicings on the part of the people. Great Britain guarantees peace and order to the islands, secures fiexity of land tenures and additional rights to foreign settlers on the group. The German war ship, when it arrives to enforce the claims presented by Mr. Grune, will find the Rritish flag flying over the coveted ilands, but the King will have the $Kj.(XO demantled, as Great Britain acknowledges tne validity of the claims and provided funds to liquidate them. The secure possession of the group is cheap at the price. The news of this bit of sharp practice was brought to Apia, in Samoa, by the Taurar.ga, which arrived at that port the day the Mariposa, which brought the story to this country, sailed. DANGEROUS DERELICT.

Steamer La Tourulne Almost Runs Into an Abandoned Wreck. JCEW YORK, April 16. The French-line steamer La Touralne, which arrived at Havre to-day, reports that last Tuesday afternoon she almost ran into the abandoned wreck of the British bark Siddartha. It was a close shave, for the derelict was almost even with the surface of the ocean. The Siddartha hailed from Sackville, N. B. She left Jacksonville on Jan. 16 for the port of Liverpool in charge of Captain Gerard. What happened to the craft has not been learned, because none of her officers or crew, if picked up, has arrived at any port. It is believed, however, that the bark was in a collision. The passengers on the La Touraine who saw the derelict say the wreck looked to them as if it had been caused by a coUsion, as all the masts were then gone by the board. Movements of Steamer. NEW YORK, April 16. Arrived: ArgloChidan, from Sunderland; Sorrento, from Hamburg; Fororic, trom London. ISLE OF WIGHT. April 16.-Passed: oordiand, from Antwerp lor New York. ROCHE'S POINT. April 16. Passed: Italia, from Philadelphia lor Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON, April 16. - Sailed: Bremen, from Bremen tor New York. Q U E EN STOW N, April 16. a lied: Umbria, from Liverpool for New York. QUEER STORY FROM OHIO. City of Co In in It u Said to Have Deen Without a 3Iuyor Yesterday. CHICAGO, April 16. A special dispatch from Columbus, O., says: This city got along to-day without a mayor, as the result of a bitter fight between two factions of the Republican party. After fifteen years tf Democratic administration, Samuel J. Swartz, Republican, was elected mayor at the recent spring election. His promise to divide appointments fairly between the two factions was attacked immediately after the election by men who wanted everything. Swartz was spirited out of the city. It is said. The term of Samuel I. Black, the outgoing mayor, expires at midnight Saturday, but Mayor Swartz could not be found to-day and consequently the city ran itself. Leaders threaten to have Mayor Swartz impeached as soon as he takes his seat for the alieged violation of the Garfieal corrupt-praciices act, which Imposes a penalty for making ante-election promises and spending over a certain sum of money to secure election. Samuel Black, the retiring mayor, is president of the American League of Municipalities. Another dispatch from Columbus says Mayor bwartz was sworn in last week. COST OF FILTERING WATER. Details of an experiment vtitu a Filtering Plant in Cincinnati. Baaltimore Sun. Cincinnati has Just spent $3S,2G0 cm an exSerimental filtering plant, and the report of lr. G. W. Fuller, chief chemist and bacteriologist, on the result is now published. Two methods were tried, the one involving subsidence in reservoirs prepared for the purpose, together with filtration through sand; the other Involving the use of smaller filters with a coagulating material to aid in catching impurities hed in suspension. At certain seasons the water of the Ohio river is very turbid. On Jan. 10, lsi, for example, the suspended matter in the unsubsided Ohio river water at Cincinnati constituted l',b33 parts pr million, while six months later the impurities were but seventy-six parts to the million. It is found that the sand filter would be inefficient on l&J days of the year, unless aided by a preliminary period of subsidence. The water of the river must be allowed to stand for from one to two full days before it is passed througli the sand filters. If a fair result is wanted. "In fact." says the report, "the sand filters could not have been u.-e-d with success for ten days at a time in K'b, except during the months of June, July, September and October." Subsidence for three Jays was found to remove 75 per cent, of suspended matters present iu the river water. Subsidence and filtration, in short, if ued together, give a satisfactory result at an expense of about SlO.oi per million gallons. Iho 'American system," with the use of coagulating chemicals to aid the processes of subsidence and filtration, is preferred by Mr. Fuller as being "jess difficult to operate, somewhat cheaper, and substantially as satisfactory" as the method above described. This system permits the use of smaller filters and greatly increases the speed of the process of filtration. The chemical employed preferably is sulphate of alumina, which costs 1.4 cents per pound. This is dissolved so as to form a solution of 1.6 grains per gallon, and mixed with the water to be purified immediately after it leaves the subsiding reservoir. The carbonates naturally present in the river water decompose the sulphate or alumina, forming aluminum hydrate, a white jelly-like solid which catches the impurities much after the manner in which the white of an egg clarifies coffee. The coagulated matters are allowed to subside. or may be removed by nitration. The carbonates of lime and magnesia in the river water are in this process converted into sulphates, but the quan .us are so small that they are not injiwious to health. The cost of tho American sytm. with the use of sulphate of alumina, w uld be $3.10 per million gallons, or somewhat less than the system previously described. It is possible, of course, to combine the two systems to use the coigulating material in connection with ordinary subsidence and hand filtration when the latter processes do not at certain times of the year give perfect results. Roth methods with and without the coagulant are pronounced baeteriologlcally efficient if "well managed." Either removes, it Is stated, over per cent, of the liver water bacteria. In neither case, it is confessed, would the filters be gim proof, although, practically speaking they would be very nearly so. Far Off. Kansas City Journal. Hon. Tern Johnson, of Ohio, fays the time is coming when the people will ride free on all street-car lines. When that time comes there is no good reason why the people would not al.o eat free at all hotels and restaurants, drink free at all saloons supply themselves without cost at all clothing stores and shoe stores, and satisfy ail their natural and artificial wants without money and without price. But that Rood, easy. lazy, dad-lat-everythlr.g time is far off as far off as Hon. Tom Johnson. lrofelonal Appreciation. Puck. "That." cried the great painter, ecstatically, as he surveyed his daughter's first attempt with a camera, where the cow was blurred into the rail-fence, and the railftr.ee was blurred into the apple orchard, ajui the apple orchard blurred into the landscape generally: "that, my dear thlld, is not photography that Is art!" And Croker Smiled. Kansas City Star. When the Kind plaved "Hall to the Chif" at the ten-dollar Iemc ratic dinner in New York, the chief referred to wh not ThomaJ Jefferson, but Ricfc&rd Croktr.

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REV. THOMAS A SOCIALIST. rastor of the People' Chnrcla Belleve ' in Co-Opernllon. CHICAGO. April 17. Rev. Dr. II. W. Thomas broke down the barriers of restraint In the People's Church to-day and declared himself a believer in Socialism. "This subject has cost tne more mental and spiritual struggle during the last three years than any other, but the voice of duty, love of country, of man and God, called me down," he said to his congregation in McVicker's Theater. "The one solution that I can see in the future is some form of co-operationsome form of mutualism. It does not hurt mo if you call it Sociatism." From the galleries there came an answering thunder of applause. There was a silence In the body of the church and in the boxes, broken only here and there with a slight ripple of handclapping. Several times during the last year Dr. Thomas has shown drift toward Socialism. During the mayoralty campaign Dr. Thomas was conspicuous on the Auditorium platform the night of Altgeld's meeting. During the last presidential campaign he was known as an earnest supporter of the Chicago platform, Sprlnjc Chickens In the Sooth. Chicago Record. At nearly every station on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad iu Virginia picturesque colored men and women attend the trains with trays of fried chicken, cornbread, boiled egrs, sandwiches, pie and other refreshments. They wander up and down the platform, crying: "Uyer's spring checkln', tender and nice!" "Where do you get spring chicken this time of year?" asked a passenger of a venerable "auntie" one bitter March day. "You'ans a nawth'n lady, aJn't you, honey?" responded the lunch vender, with a twinkle in her eye. "an" nawth'n ladies is srood to poh kuli'd folks, so you hadn't ought to ask nobody v.har des gits de cprinff chickens." Rallnff I'naslon. Detroit Journal. The Lay Figure had grown reminiscent. "I once knew a boy who killed himself umoklng cigarettes." he was saying, "and the poor lad was so firmly in the grip of the habit that he called for a cigarette with his last words and smoked it with his dyln? gasp!" Ail were shocked avive the Unconscious Imbecile, who chortled. "Why." exclaimed the latter. "I one knew a boy so addicted to this terrible vice that after he was buried he pulled tho nails out of his coffin and, smoked theml Yes, ir!" AVIthdrevr Ills Resignation. NEW YORK. April 16. Rev. Dr. Anthony II. Evans to-day announced that he would withdraw his resignation and that he would remain as pastor of the West Presbyterian Church. The resignation of Dr. Kvans was the outcome of a difference with the trustees of the church, among them Russell Sage, ttho declared that the church was running down financially. This view was not, however, accepted by a majority of the .members of the church. Abducted Sixteen Years Ago. MARION. O., April 16.-Harry Frey, who 'as abducted sixteen years ago. and who was located at Knoxvllle, Tenn., Friday, returned home to-day. His father was waiting him at the depot and there was a pathetic scene as the father clasped his long lost son in his arms. The Only One of Ills Kind. Detroit Tribune. . The most unconscionable liar, perhaps, of the age lives in Detroit. He claims ho doesn't know how the trusts ought to be dealt with. Hint to Cleveland. "Washington Post. Now that Mr. Cleveland knows how to get back Into the Democratic party, he shoalt lay aside his gun and provide himself with a fio-ellver speech. Payment for Street Pavlnic. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: By the terms of the street-railway deal the railway company must hereafter pave between Its tracks and eighteen Inches 011 the sides, thus saving tho property owners a very considerable sum of money. This la but right and just. Rut. bow about thoe who have already paid for street improvements between the tracks? Would It not be just and honest to return to them what they were unjustly compelled to pay for this worK out of the $1,1K.M the street-railway company is to pay the city? J. A. HOUSEIL Indianapolis, April 15. 'Miss KIrby. of Towanda. Pa., will sing Mendelssohn's "Hear My Prayer" at the First Raptist Church next Sunday night. Mr. Vlllers will occupy his pulpit again next Sunday. A New Flavor for Breakfast For "Finicky" Appetites. GrapeNuts 0 "My Investigation further shows that I believe men are more cranky on the subject of food than women. It will pay you to have rome advertisements appealing to men, especially business men. "Keep in mind that men have very finicky appetites for breakfast. "They smoke a great deal during the day. stomach gets- out of order, and the next morning's food must be very tempting to attract their attention, and Grape-Nuts are the one article of food that will find a friend among tuch men. Wishing you continued succese, I am," etc This Is from a letter from a prominent business man who volunteered tho advlca about Grape-Nuts advertising. There is one especial reason why GrapeNuts are popular amonr men who ue their brains. The new food does contain certain natural elements that rebuild the gray matter In the brain, and a person can depend upon it that after ten days or two weeks use of Grape-Nuts be will discover a marked improvement in his mental forces. This is not merely a claim, but the tatemont is borne out by the analysts of the food and by the actual experience of thos who use It. When these facts are coupled wltn the really remarkable and delicious flavor one can realize why It is the factory bss been, running steadily night and dy for over five months txd La bota cadi behind ia filling ordara.

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