Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 126, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1899 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1899.

which owns the underlying storage battery patents. That company will supply the vehicle and transportation companies with storago batteries. The electric vehicle Interest have recently purchased the substantial control of the solid rubber tire patents and Industry of the United States. The ch!ef owners of the electric vehicle and storage battery enterprises are Wm. C. Whitney, I B. Widener. YV L Elkins. M. Maloney. Isaac I Rice, Thomas Dolan. Anthony N. Brady and Thos. F. Ryan." The Siemans & llalske Company is capitalized at ,C,). Chas. T. Yerkes and his son. Charles E. Yerkes, have held a controlling Interest In this company, and the younger Mr. Yerkes was Its president, being now succeeded by Isaac L. Rice. In the opinion of Mr. Mayer the new company will have a line of automobiles running: in the streets of Chicago by the middle of June.

f 23,000,000 Transportation Trust. TRENTON, N. J., May 5. Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state this afternoon of the Illinois Electric Vehicle Transportation Company, with an authorized capital of JX.OOO.OOa The company Is authorize to operate automobiles in the State of Illinois and is one of the several companies organized and controlled by the Whltr.ey-Elklns syndicate for the manufacture and operation of automobiles. The incorporator of the company formed to-day are Jas. EL Hayes, Augustus Treadwell and Arthur Phillips, of Camden. .Million-Dollar Vehicle Company TRENTON. N. J.. May 5. Articles of incorporation of the Chicago Vehicle Company with an authorized capital of Jl.OOO.OfW were filed with the secretary of stat to-day. Of the stock HOO.OW is preferred with 5 per cent, annual dividends. The company Is formed to manfarture, sHl and operate all kinds of vehicles. The incorporators are: Orson O. Fox, Smith C. Shadrick. John T. Trier, Gustav Iueas. M. Chescown. James W. Cteekmur, all of Chicago, and David Hart. BOTTLE GLASS "COSiniXE." 912,000,000 Company That Han Absorbed Many Eastern Plants. NEW YORK. May 5. The Times will tomorrow publish the following: "Arrangements have been completed for the organization of a company with a capital of $12,000,000 to absorb the principal bottle-glass manufactories of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The company will be Incorporated within a few days in New Jersey, and Its headquarters and principal selling agency will bo established in this city. The capital of the company will be divided Into $S,COO,000 of 7 per cent, preferred cumulative stock and $1,000,000 of common stock. The new concern will be known as the National Glass Company. The officers of the company will be: President, Charic3 A. Tatum, of Whltall. Tatum & Co.; vice president, Wiliiam M. Brookfleld. of the Brook field GIH53 Company; temporary treasurer. Richard Delafield, vice president of the National Park Bank: secretary, John Whltall. cf Whltall. Tatum ik. Co. Besides the officers the board of directors will include the following: John Moore, Clayton, N. J.; C. N. Shoemaker. Bridgeton, N. J.; John V. Craven. Salem. N. J.: Richard M. Moore, Bridgeton, N. J.; F. Fox, Philadelphia; A. Garwood. Williamstown, N. J., ana George Jonas, Minotola, N. J. 'The concerns which thus far have entered the combination are Whltall, Tatum & Co., New York and Philadelphia; Brookfield Glass Company, Brooklyn; Moore Bros. glass works, Clayton, N. J.; Cumberland glass works, Bridgeton, N. J.; Salem glass works, Salem, N. J.; H. C. Fox & Sons, Philadelphia; Bodine glass work?. Williamstown. N. J.: the Moore-Jonas glass works. Bridgeton, N. J.; George Jonas &. Co.. Minotola, N. J.; F. M. Fierce & Co., Elmer, N. J.: Standard glass works, Philadelphia; Lockport glass work?, Lockport, N. Y.; S. M. Basse tt & Co., Elmer, N. J.; T. C. Wheaton & Co., Mlllvllle. N. J.; Jeffries glass works. Rochester, Pa., and Fairton. N. J., and the Elast Stroudsburg glass works. East Stroudsburg. Pa." Englishmen After Cotton Mills. NEW YORK, May 5. It was authoritatively slated to-day that a syndicate of English capitalists Is negotiating for the purchase of a number of cotton mills In and near Fall River. The English syndicate concerned Is said to be the Cotton Spinners' Fine Yarns Association, which a year ago purchased nearly all the smaller English concerns. It is at the present time negotiating for the purchase of some ten of the Fall River mills and Is conducting an investigation into their affairs through a New York accounting house. It Is thought likely that the deal will go through. Another report Is that the American Thread Company is attempting a consolidation of the cotton yarn mills of Fall River. An official of the thread company is quoted as saying that if such a combination is formed it will probably be formed by the American Thread Company. Inasmuch as English capital Is behind the thread company, it is regarded as likely that this latest report Is but the reappearance of the first In a different form. Senator Hanna's Trust. CLEVELAND, O., May 5. It develops that. Senator Hanna la the largest owner of stock in the new American Ship Building Company, representing the consolidated ship yards of the great lakes. Mr. Robert WalFORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Partly Cloudy Weather, with Showers In Sonthern Indiana. WASIIINGTOX, May 5, 8 p. m.-Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio Fair on Saturday, except showers In extreme southwest portion; showers on Sunday; fresh easterly winds. For Indiana and Illinois Partly cloudy ca Saturday, with showers in southern portions; probably showers Sunday; fresh easterly winds. Weather Conditions and Forecast An area of high temperature has overspread the Atlantic, causing somewhat lower temperature, cloudy weather and light rains from the Ohio valley over the South Atlantic States. Cloudy weather has also prevailed in the central valleys and the Southern States, with heavy rains from southwestern Missouri to northwestern Texas. The barometer is low over the Rocky mountain region, where the temperature is now generally slightly above the seasonal averageSaturday promises to be generally fair In the north Atlantic States. In the middle and Fouth, Atlantic States the weather will be more or less cloudy, but probably without rain. Rain Is indicated for the States of the mldd'.e Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys and the Interior of the southwestern States. By Sunday showers arc likely to occur throughout the Ohio valley and the middle Atlantic States. Along the New England and middle Atlantic coast the winds will be variable; on the south Atlantic coast fresh easterly winds will prevail. . s Local Observations on Friday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. T a.m. 3.2t " 73 X'east. Oar. 0.00 7 p.m. 33.13 68 54 Neast. Cloudy. 0.00 Maximum temperature. 73; minimum temperature. 4. Comparative statement of temperature and precipitation on Mar 5: Terns. Pre. Normal .. 63 0.13 Mean 0 0.00 Departure from normal 0l .13 Depaxturo since May I Z7 t.H Departure since Jan. 1 234 3.C3 I'his. C. F. R. WATTEXHAJCS. Local Forecast Official. .Yeaterday'a Temperatures.

Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta. Ga 64 T 70 :i5roarck N. D 30 6 5 riuffalo. X. Y. ....... ............ 43 02 44 OUcary. N. W. T 2S v Cairo, 111 6 74 72 Cheyenne. Wjo 23 C2 S Chicago. Ill r m Cincinnati. O 63 74 70 Concordia, Kail 72 65 Davenport. I. 64 72 6 pee Alotne. la 62 70 If, OaJveston. Tex 73 It ' 74 Helena, Mcnt 34 (I 60 Jacksonville. Fl 70 78 Kiea City, - Mo 54 M 2 little Rock. Ark CO 74 70 Maniu.'tte. Mich 42 .. 4 Minpl'.i. Tenn 0 74 72 Nashville. Tenn 2 7 74 Ntw Orleans. La. 73 K 7 New York. N. T 60 M 62 North Platte. Neb 4 M m Oklahoma. O. T 64 ft Omaha. Nb t52 70 Ct Pittsburg. P U fcg C Qu Apprlle, N. TV. T 20 4 44 riaptd City. 8. D 34 W M tlt Lake City, Utah S e ft. Louis, Mo 64 74 ft Ct. Paul. Minn 4 74 i 70 rrrtnrfleia. m r-o ? es 1 -rtnrSeWL llo 63 ' CO i U Vlekabur?. Siiaa C M 32 .rrr-xj, d. c, u a u

lace, cf Geveland, Is second on the list of stockholders. The holdings of the Hanna and Wallace families are, of course, very much larger than the amount of stock owned by these Individuals. The Union pry Dock Company, of Buffalo. Is to be a part of the consolidation, and would have been Included when organization was effected In New York two weeks ago, but for delay in concluding a lease of the plant on account of its control by the Erie Railroad. At the first meeting of officials of the new company. Just held here, it was decided to allow all matters pertaining to the management of the several plants to -eontinue without change of any kind until contracts are completed. Another Anti-Trust Mensnre. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 5.-The Whaley bill, a measure prepared by Attorney General Crow, defining trusts, was passed by the Senate to-day. The bill defines as a trust any two persons or concerns who combine for the purpose of restricting trade or controlling prices or those who refuse to sell to others In the same line of business. The bill provides that persons or corportlons injured by trusts may recover three-fold damages, the costs of the suit and a reasonable attorney's fee. No further penalties are provided by the measure, which declares trusts are illegal and gives the court the power to restrain them by writ of injunction.

Trait That Will Affect Railway. ! CHICAGO, May 5.-The Chronicle toI morrow will say: "Manufacturers of ; specialties used In the manufacture of rail- ! way rolling stock have united and will transfer their plants to a new corporation I which will bear the title of the American Railway Equipment Company. A charter will be secured in New Jersey and the company will bo capitalized to the amount of tzlStJO.VOJ. Of this amount J10.000.00o will be preferred stock and the remainder common. The president of the new company will bo a Chicago man. The officers and general offices will be located In this city." Chance for Indiana Gas Belt. CHICAGO, May 5. The Chronicle says: "Makers of steel fence wire who are outside the trust are meeting In Chicago for the purpose of forming a combination and erecting a plant at some point within the Indiana gas belt. The companies number fourteen and have been compelled to get together in order to compete successfully with the steel and wire trust. The latter has advanced the price of raw material to such an extent that extreme economy of management and manufacture is essential to the securing of any profit from production." OBITUARY. Rev. Thomas Duncan, D. D., an EmK nent Presbyterian Divine. HALIFAX, N. S.. May 5. A cablegram received here to-day announced the death of Kev. Thomas Duncan. D. D., formerly paster of St. Andrew's Church here, at lirldge-of-Weir, Scotland. Mr. Duncan was a prominent member of the Presbyterian courts In Canada. He returned to Scotland seventeen years ago, where he has since been engaged in the active ministry. Although about seventy years of age he had been elected a delegate to the Philadelphia Pan-Presbyterian council. A widow, three daughters and two eons survive him. Cardinal Philip Kremets. COLOGNB, May 5. Cardinal Philip Kremetz, archbishop of Cologne, who attalned the cardlnalate In 1S03, Is dead. He was in his eightieth year. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Lucanla, which will sail from New York for Europe to-day, will take out 3S5.W0 ounces of sliver. Knox College defeated Monmouth In their annual athletic meet at Galesburg, 111., yesterday, 93 points to 50. The death of Miss Lillle Cunningham, at Kirksville, Mo., makes the, thirty-fourth death resulting from the tornado of April 27. Others are still in a critical condition. The McLectl act, through which Governor Pinree is endeavoring to secure municipal ownership of the Ftreet railways of Detroit, Is belns tested in the Supreme Court of Michigan. The bicycle race meets of the Baird brothers at Charleston, S. C, May 11, and V. P. Hutchsteiner, at Terre Haute, Ind.p May 6, have been sanctioned by the L. A. V. racing board. Governor Stephens, of Missouri, has signed Senator Rollins's bill requiring that all barbers working In Missouri procure license and providing a state board of Inspection to pass on applicants. A big forest fire is raging In York county, Tennayivanla, across the Susquehanna river from ciafe Harbor. Fifty acres of valuable timber belonging to the estate of the late Henry Baumgartner have been destroyed and the tire is still beyond control. Judge Shiras, of the .Federal Court, made a decision at Dubuque, la., yesterday established a precedent in bankruptcy cases. He ruled that the United States Court has no Jurisdiction in bankruptcy proceedings. The District Court is the only tribunal. The opening session of the sixth annual convention of the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses, was held yesterday In New York city. About fifty delegates from various parts of this country and Canada were present. The burning of GV.neral Wade Hampton's home, at Millwood, near Columbia, S. C, Tuesday night, has excited warm sympathy throughout the State and a conference of his friends has already been held to take immediate steps towards replacing the structure. Among the passengers on the Moana, which arrived at San Francisco yesterday, were Bishop Verder, of Dunedin, New Zealand, and Hon. John Mackenzie, minister of lands of New Zealand. He Is accompanied by his wife and daughter. They are en route to England. Cracksmen blew open the safo in the Standard Oil Company's office at St. Joseph, Mo., Thursday night and partially wrecked the brick building. Several hundred dollars and valuable papers were taken. Dynamite was used and window-glass In surrounding buildings was shattered. Florence Kroeber has been appointed receiver of the F. Kroeber Clock Company, of New York, in proceedings brought by a majority of its directors for the voluntary dissolution of the corporation. The directors allege that the corporation is insolvent and deem it wise to wind it up. The liabilities of the company are 350,000, with nominal assets. LoMae by. Fire. GREENVILLE, N. C. May 5.-f ire started at 10 o'clock last night In the upper floor of the two-story building occupied by E. M. Cheek as a barroom. An entertainment was In progress in the opera house at th time, and the pople rushed out almost panic stricken. The fire raged two hours betora it could be got under control. Twen ty-five stores and olllces. the King House and the nostoftice are among the buildings uestroyed. The total loss is estimated at from $h0,000 to Lrf.tuu, with about $40,000 in surance. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., May 5. The plant of the Lookout Sewer-pipe Company, li-oatpfl fiv mlipi snuth of hpr was com pletely destroyed by lire early this morn ing. The Iops was about SiiO.Ouo, covered by insurance. It is thought the fire was of Inctndiary oricrin as there was r.o tire about the works. The plant employed 20 men and was owned by Chattanooga patties. Italian Counterfeiter. RICHMOND. Va.. May 5. Two Italians. Carlo Fasi. aged forty-nine years, and his son. George Fasi. aged sixteen years. wer arrested nere to-night on a charge oi pa?ng spurious money and later Madellna Macnespi. who claimed to be the wile of the elder Fast and the mother of the younger one. was taken into custody as a suspicious character. When searched at the station house the two males had on their persons fifty-four bogus 50-cent pieces and three bogus dollar pieces. Spain's Warrant to De Pnld In Gold. NEW YORK. May 6. The warrant for the 3."V.0O0.OijO turned over tn !n:i1n. In tvirt payment of indemnity passed through the New York clearing house to-day. The subtreasury, against which the warrant is drawn, will pay the amount in gold at such time or times as the clearing house may desire. The sub-treasury had a debit balance of SjTs543.S32 at the clearing house to-day. Gen. Force Probably Dylna. SANDUSKY, O., May S.To-night the condition of General Manning F. Force, commandant of the Ohio Soldiers' Home, is very critical. His death is exrected momentarily. Mrs. Force is also ill and will not long survive her hLsband. Juat Try Yonr Complexion Chaxnplln'a Liquid Pearl. 60c, pink or white, lluvolouj beuuuner. Great rtnown. No equal.

BUFFALO'S DOCK STRIKE

FRUITLESS EFFORT TO ADJUST THE TROUBLE BY ARBITRATION. Lake Traffic Xot All Tied Up, as Predicted Many Arrests of 3Iinera at Wardner. BUFFAIA N. Y., May 5. The leaders of the State Board of Arbitration and Mediation have worked hard to-day in an en deavor to settle the existing troubles on the docks. Conferences have been held with the strike leaders, meetings have been addressed and speeches listened to, and . at midnight a conference is going on at the Iroquois Hotel, at which representatives of all Interests involved are present, and a most determined effort Is being made to bring about a settlement of the difficulty. While there Is every indication that Contractor Connors is willing to grant conces sions to the strikers In the way of advanced wages and the removal of the saloon bosses, the strikers show a most unyielding spirit. A meeting was held this afternoon, at which were present fully two thousand 8coopers. When a member of the Sta$e board advanced to the front of the stage and, addressing the men, asked them if they would return to work If all of their demands save one that of the withdrawal of the contract from Mr. Connors were conceded, there was a great shout of "No, never; we will not go to work again unoer any contractor." In the face of this spirit the members cf the State board feel far from encouraged, and, should no agreement bo reached at to-night's conference, the board will cease Its endeavors In that line and order a public investigation of the wnoie matter. The strike of all union men employed on the docks, which was prophesied for noon to-day. did not occur. President McMahon, of the new scoopers' union, said that, at the request or the state board, it was deferred twenty-four hours. The situation in the harbor is. If anything,, worse than last night. So far this season eighty grainladen boats have arrived in port. Of this number but twenty-live have been unloaded. leaving iiity-nve still to be handled, witn the prospect of further arrivals during the night. The freight boats are also beginlng to come in. and there are several now at the docks waiting for men to handle their car goes. The contractors claim to be worKing twelve elevators, but. while this is probably true, the number of men placed on each boat is so small that but little progress is being made. Traffic in the canal is threatened with almost a complete stoppage as a result of the strike, lioats are arriving with freight to be unloaded and others are waiting here for loads both of grain and heavy freight, but men cannot be had to do the work. At 1 o'clock this (Saturday) morning the conferences between the different interests were closed. Nothing was accomplished. Mr. Gould, of Cleveland, as counsel for the Lake Carriers Association, made the argument for the vessel owners. He said that while the associitlon would see that the coopers received fair treatment, it could not and would not abrogate Mr. connor a contract. Representatives of vessel owners In Buffalo and Cleveland and others pleaded for a settlement of the strike, but President McMahon. of the new Scoopers' Union, and his associates would consent to nothing until the contract system was abolished and the men allowed to deal directly with the Lake Carriers' Association. Thus the matter stands. What the next move will be it is impossible to say. The Lake Carriers' Association has ordered the masters or vessels to put their crews at work shoveling grain. In case the men refuse, which is likely, another complication will arise. Bartholomew Conner, secretary of new local No. 61, grain shovelers, this afternoon drew a revolver on Secretary-Treas-urere Barter, of the International 'Longshoremen's Union. Barter wrested the revolver from him and ordered him out of the room. According to Barter, Conner had annoyed him off and on ail day. Finally, Conner called Barter a liar, and the latter started to open the door to eject him. Conner then drew his revolver, but was prevented from shooting. IndnMrlnl Commission Hearing:. WASHINGTON, May 5. G. W. Perkins, of Chicago, president 'of the International Cigar Makers Union, and David Ross, secretary of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, were before the Industrial Commission to-day. Mr. Perkins expressed the opinion that If It "had not been for organized labor Chicago might have been laid in ashes during the last industrial depression." They had exerted a mollifying influence when excitement among the unemployed was running high. He said there had been no general reduction of wages among the cigar makers for past six years and that the cigar makers now lived better than formerly. "We live better," he said, "but we deserve to live better, and, having had a little of the Improvement, we want more." The Increase in wages had not kept pace with the general improvements in society. Mr. Perkln9 ex pressed himself as opposed to Indiscriminate immigration, saying that because of this It was Impossible properly to organize the cigar men in New York. Mr. Ross expressed himself In strong terms as opposed to black-lists. He said he was not an advocate of the boycott, because it was impracticable and also because It failed to reach those against whom It was directed. He said that while he had formerly been opposed to compulsory arbi tration recent occurrences at I'ana had Inclined him to chnge his opinion. Mr. Ross declared the employment of the injunction In labor troubles h;d been mischievous and had failed to prevent the troubles at which It aimed. Tin-Plate Scale Adopted. COLUMBUS, O., May 5. The National Protective Association of Tin-plate Work ers adjourned to-day, having adopted a scale which is being carefully guarded from the public. The association selected Elwood, Ind., for permanent headquarters and decided to hold the next convention In Pittsburg. Hugh J. Scanlon was elected delegate to the next annual convention of the American Federation of Labor and was also commissioned as organizer for the tinplate craft. Officers were elected as follows: President, George Powell, New Castle, Pa.; secretary-treasurer, J. F. Berry, Elwood. Ind.; vice president, W. O. Moore, Elwood, Ind., for first district: vice president, John Roombolt, Elmwood Cltv, Pa., second district: vice president, Hugh J. Scanlon, Pittsburg. Pa., third district; vice president. A. L. Harris. Wheeling, W. Va., fourth district; executive board, Charles E. Lawyer, Atlanta. Ind.; A. H. Fox. Gas City, Ind.; A. Q. Wilson, Martin's Ferry. O. ftSO Miners Arrested. WARDNER, Ida., May 5. Three hundred and fifty miners accused of participating in Saturday's riot are now confined here under guard of United States troops. With today's arrivals five hundred troops are in the Couer d'Alene district and all fear of further outbreaks Is pa.t. The charges against the prisoners will be rioting, destroying property and stopping the United States mails. It is unlikely that all the prisoners will be tried, but they will be held until evidence is collected against the leaders. The Inquest over the bodies of Smith and Cheyenne will probably last for at least a week, as there are about a hundred wit nesses to be examined. Street-Railway Strike Ttlot. DULUTH, Minn., May 5. The first serious demonstration , by the street-railway sym pathizers and strikers occurred to-night. They used dynamite to stop traffic. Four cars were derailed, three at West Duluth and one on Garheld avenue. One of the cars in West Duluth was smashed almost beyond repair and all of the glass In the other two as DrcKen. The car on Garfield avenue was ssrved likewise. One man was seriously, if not fatally.-injured, and four others were sngntiy hurt. When Manager Warren, of the street-railway company, ap peared on the sene with a wrecking car he was set upon by tne strikers'. Inei eaie of 25 Per Cent. WHEELING, W. Va., May 5. The Semett-Solvay Company, of ,. Syracuse, which operated by-product coke plants in the East, central and South, granted an lrctcase of 23 per cent, in the wages of its worKmen to-uay. About men are af fected. The company has plants in Boston. Blrminrham. Ala.; Dunbar. Pa.: Syracuse. N. Y., and Benwood. W. Va. The advance was secured through the efforts cf the union organized by the men at the Ecnvrood plant twenty cays ago. lO Per Cent. Increase tow BOO ZXen. XEN3A. O., Maay 5. The Hooven & Al llton Oordtf t Company t&a iinou&ci& aa

increase of 10 per cent, in the wages of its employes. This affects two of the largest mills in the country, both located here. About 500 operatives will receive the increase. INTERSTATE ORATORY.

De Pauvr TJnlTerslty Representative Won Second Place In the Contest. LINCOLN, Neb., May 5. The twentysixth annual contest of the Northwestern Interstate Oratorical Association, comprising colleges of the ten States of Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri and Indiana, was held here to-night, and first-place honors were awarded the Wisconsin orator. R. E. Lyman, of Beloit. his subject being "The Altruism of American Expansion." Second place went to George E. Farrar. of De Pauw University. Greencastle, Ind., and third to s. li. Holliday, Simpson college, Iowa. DR. E. E. GRAY, MURDERER TRIAL OF TITB I1LOOMF1ELD PHYSI CIAN TO BEGIN' 310XDAY. Comes from a Prominent FamilyKilled 3Iallssa Skinner After Both Had Deserted Their Families. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOOMFIELD, Ind., May 5. The trial of Dr. E. E. Gray, the slayer of Malissa Skinner last December, will be called in the Greene Circuit Court Monday morning. Judge W. W. Moffett, of this district, being Gray's uncle, has appointed Hon. John S. Bays, of Sullivan, as trial Judge. He has ordered Sheriff McLaughlin to bring the prisoner from the Jeffersonville Reformatory, where he has been confined since the commission of his crime, and have hlra in court. Judge Bays has ruled that the at torneys for the state shi.H turn over to the defense all the letters in their possession that passed between Dr. Gray and Mrs. Skinner. The greatest legal battle ever fought In this county is expected and the greatest Interest Is manifested in the case by all classes. Gray will be defended by Hon. Cyrus E. Davis, Emerson Short, William L. Slinkard and Thomas Van Buskirk, while the state will be represented by Prose cuting Attorney Charles D. Hunt, of Sul livan, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John A. Riddle, Seymour Riddle, Webster V. Moffett, of Bloomfleld, and ex-Judge Buff, of Sullivan. The plea of the defense is thought to be Insanity, although It is barely possible that It may plead Justification. Owing to the large number cf murders in the county recently, there Is a strong feeling among the citizens for a rigorous enforcement of the law. To that end a number of leading citizens of the county have called on Governor Mount and Attorney General Taylor and asked that the state provide for a strong prosecution In the case of Dr. Gray. For three years prior to the murder Dug Gray (as he was commonly called) and Malissa Skinner had been fast friends. He deserted wife and child for the woman and he deccrted husband xnd child for him. Gray first met her when on a professional visit to her home. In her youth the woman had married Richard Spears and up to tho time that Dr. Gray came into her life had escaped scandal. She was divorced from her husband and then lived with Gray. Gray boarded at a hotel and seldom visited his home. Dr. Gray became Jealous and on the day of the murder he had learned that Mrs. Skinner was going away on the 11:15 o'clock east-bound Monon train and presuming that she was going to see- aL lover at Bedford, he determined to stop her. Concealing himself in a sawmill near the. station he waited her coming. Malissa Skinner told her sister-in-law she was going to the depot to mail a letter and would be back In' a minute. When within fifty feet of the depot Gray met her. After a few words the woman tried to pass him, but drawing a physician's scalpel from his coat struck her four blows in the breast. She died almost Immediately. The Monon train had Ju3t pulled in and a number of the trainmen and passengers were witnesses to the tragedy. After the murder Gray camo to town and gave himself up. He was taken to jail at once and secretly driven out of town that afternoon and taken to the Reformatory at Jeffersonville for safety. During the thirty-mile drive to Bloomington Gray spoke but once, saying: "Oh, how 1 loved her." Dr. Ephrlam Ellsworth Gray Is thirty-six years old and a son of Dr. J. W. Gray, one of the oldest and best practitioners in the State. He went to the St. Louis Medical College and grodua-tedi in 1802. He practiced in his father's offlcel but soon opened an omce of his own. He gave little attention to his practice, living a rather reckless life. In 1SS2 he married Miss Lou Newsom and has a daughter twelve years old. Malissa Skinner, his victim, was a goodlooking woman, of humble parentage, and was twenty-three years old. She was educated hero in the public schools. It was common talk that there was to be a reconciliation between her and her divorced husband. Richard Spears, who at the time of the murder was working In Tennessee, but who came here immediately upon hearing of the tragedy and has since been an interested party in all the proceedings. MURDERS IN GREENE COUNTY. Nine murders have been committed In Greene county within a period of three years. Out of this number two have resulted in convictions, manslaughter being the verdict. Three remain to be tried. Readers are doubtless familiar with the murder of Robert R. Taylor, a wealthy Bloomfield lawyer, in September, 1S96. Ho was killed by Grief Hill, who was a tenant on Taylor's farm in the north part of the county. They had some dispute about sharing the crop, and Hill sent Taylor word to come up; that he "wanted to settle with him." Taylor drove up to the farm, and the two men were alone in a little log hut on the place, when some dispute arose and Hill blew out Taylor's brains with a shotgun. After killing Taylor Hill buried the body under the floor of the cabin till night, and then tied it in Taylor's buggy and turned the horse loose in the road. The horsti wandered twelve miles across the country with Its dead master, passing through the village of Jonnstown about midnight, when a number of people saw the rig, but, noticing the dead body reeling from one side of the buggy to the other, thought the occupant drunk Instead of dead. The horso and buggy halted in front of a farm house, where it was found at daybreak next morning. Hill had In the mean time made his escape, but was subsequently captured in lowa and brought here ror trial and given a sentence of eight years. Ancther recent murder in the county was the killing of Lewis Rusher by Gilbert Waggoner, at Lyons, Nov. 13. 1S9S. The two men Quarreled in a restaurant, when Wag goner drew a revolver and shot Rusher to death. He was allowed to walk out of town that night, but was afterward ar rested In Texas and brought here. He was Indicted for murder In the first degree and is now out on bond. Four men under indictment in this county for murder In the first degree are now at large on bail. Melvin Heaton shot Ed Walls to death on the Worthington bridge last March. Beaton claims he took Walls for a burglar, but the coroner found a ver diet of murder in the first degree. The only other conviction for murder In this county recently was that or Jesse Mavity, of Linton, for killing Henry McDonald Marity. who was a young miner, beat Mc Donald to death with a pick handle. Mc Donald was an old man. but bore a bad rep utation. Mavity was given an indeter minate sentence for manslaughter. The only hanging that ever took place in Greene county was that of Hiram Bland on June . ll. Bland killed his brother-in law, William Walker, cutting him to pleres with a tobacco knife out in the field. The murder was committed In the fall of IS'ji). and Bland was arrested and placed in Jail In Bloomfleld. He escaped in a few days, and no trace of him could be learned anywhere. It developed that Bland had made a large hole under his house and .secreted himself there, his wife feeding him and caring for him. He threatened to kill her if she divulged his whereabouts. A nlav mate of Bland's little bov one day found the pl;ce and saw the old man under the house In hi ling and gave the news to the officers. He was again brought to Jail and was tried and sentenced to death In Mar. 1831. Bland was on the scaffold and the rope around his nck when the Governor Lranted a respite of thirty days. Bland wai executed m&da the mm'! ccCla and burled

him. After the hanging of Bland there was not a murder in Greene county for twenty years. MEDALS FOR SAILORS.

Heroic Services of Rescuers Rewarded by President 3IcK!nley. WASHINGTON. May 5. The President has presented gold medals to a number of persons In recognition of their heroic services in effecting the rescue of American citizens from disabled vessels. The following persons of the British steamship Pinner's Point for rescuing the master and crew of the American schooner Angle L. Green, Dec. 7, 1S3S, were thus rewarded: John Davis, first officer; Carl Hulln, boatswain; Albert Simmons, seaman; G. Macakay, sea man; Geo. Smith, seaman; Christian Peterson, carpenter. Also the following members of the British steamer Eric, concerned in rescuing the captain and crew oX American schooner Bertram N. White, Dec. 2, 1S0S; Tbos. Thistle, Daniel Hughes, boat swain; Chas. W. Leverick, Frederick Westfield and John Snlke, seamen. The following of the British steamship Orthla, who participated in the rescue of the captain and crew of the American bark St. Lucie, wrecked at sea Nov. 29. lSys. were given medals: Andrew Matcom Reid, chief officer; Hugh Gray, carpenter. James Halden, boatswain: Harry Gordon, Joseph Arwoodson and li. Hansen, seamen. Movements of Steamers. QUEENSTOWN. May 5. Arrived: Cym ric, from New York, for Liverpool and proceeded. GENOA, May 5. Arrived: Aller. from New York, Gibraltar and Naples. NEW YORK. May 5. Arrived: Britannic. from Liverpool. NEGRO AWARDED $50,000. While Caps Mulcted Heavily liy a Jnry of Kentucky White Men. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 3. George Din ning, colored, was awarded JjO.000 damages by a Jury of white men In the United States Court this afternoon. Tho defendants are farmers of Logan and Simpson counties. The award Is the full amount sued for. Din ning killed Jodie Conn, who, with the de fendants against whom Judgment was rendered visited his homo at midnight in January, 1S37, to drive him therefrom. His home was afterward burned and his family, including his wife and ten children, were driven away from home. 200 MEN STARVING. Mall Carrier Mnkra a Perilous Trip to L'ru;e Immediate Relief. VICTORIA, British Columbia, May 5. Mall Carrier Bryant has made a perilous trip from the Stickine river to urge the Dominion and provincial governments to send Immediate relief to upward of two hundred men who are facing starvation on the Ashcrof t trail. Mules and dogs had been the sole diet of the men for weeks past when the mail carrier left. PREVALENCE OF ENGLISH. Three-Fonrtha of the World's Written Business Done In It. New York Herald. English is written more than any other language. Statistics for 1S93 emphasize the fact that more letters are written in English than in all of the other languages together. To be more exact, three-fourths of all the letters that go into the mails of the world are in English. This remarkable fact is the more impressive when we remember that only about one-fourth of the civilized wcrld speaks our language. There are substantially 500.000,000 persons who speak the ten chief modern tongues, and of these 150.Ouo.000 speak English. But the number is Increasing rapidly beyond all proportion as compared with the growth of other languagesand as the English-speaking people Increase in numbers, not only do the letters in the language increase, but the number of letters per capita also increases. At the beginning of this century about 12 per cent, of the civilized world ppoke English, at the middle of the century it was 19 per cent., and now, at Its close. It is 30 pr cent. The increase in letter writing has been far more rapid than this, and now out of the enormous number of 10.640,000,000 letters posted last year 8,000,000.000 were written in English. The march of Intelligence headed by the English-speaking races, the wonderful decrease of illiteracy among them, and the demands of commerce, with these same races in Its van, have brought this result. Commerce has extended the postoffice system to all parts of the glote. Into every nook and corner of the civilized world, and its language has been evolved from the English totigue. All races that enter into commerce of necessity learn more or less of the English language, and to some considerable extent carry on their business correspondence In English. Any one who goes among the native merchants of Hong-Kong will be impressed by this fact. If you move with the world you must do It in English. Then, English-speaking persons write more letters because more of them know how to write, for while 91 per cent, of them have this accomplishment, but a little more than one-half of the persons speaking other modern languages can write their names. Tbis is why the mall matter of the world for last year held thirty-one letters for each English-speaking person. German comes next with twentyfour, and French followed with seventeen for each person. In the United States alone last year there were mailed thirty-seven letters for each inhabitant, which aggregated 40 per cent, of all the letters written In the world, and equaled the number written by all of the nations of continental Europe. Next to the English, with Its 8.0O0.000.000 letters written lat year, comes the Germnn, with l..mO0O.0OO: French. 1.000.000.000; Italian, 220.000.000: Russian. ISO.OOO.OiiO: Spanish. 120.OOO.OOO: Dutch. 100.000.000; Scandinavian, &),- 000,000; and Portuguese, 24,000,000. A Typical American. New York Commercial Advertiser. Colonel Funston Is one of those men for whom rules were not made. The foreign attaches who saw our men storming fortified redoubts, unsupported .by artillery, said that such thines could not be done according to the rules of war. But men of this best type of American haven't time to study rules. They are too busy doing the impossible things to stop and study out whether they are doable or not. Colonel Funstons are not found every day. But it is our belief and our pride to believe that the American system makes more of them than any other. The Kansas editor who estimated that there are several hundred thousand men of the same stuff In Kansas may be oversangulne; but he was probably speaking In general terms, not as a statistician. Colonel Ingrernoll Affirmed. New York Commercial Advertiser. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll was a defendant In the Sixth Municipal District Court, today, in a suit brought by Dr. E. M. L Bristol to rrcover the alleged value of a statuette of Charles Dickens. The colonel moved recently out of a house owned by Dr. Bristol, and the men whom he had hired to take his furniture from the house, damaged the statuette. When the case was called Colonel Ingersoll was asked If he would take the oath. He replied with a smile: "What's the use of troubling the Almighty about such a little matter as this?" He affirmed and the case was adjourned until late this afternoon. Broker Convicted of Larceny. NEW YORK, May 5. Charles B. Towns, a stock broker of this city, was to-day found guilty of grand larceny in the first degree. He was charged by Surgeon J. B. Cordiero. U. S. N., of the cruiser New Orleans, with appropriating, during a stock transaction, seventy shares of stock of the St. Louis & Southwestern preferred. Towns was remanded for sentence. Victims of an Explosion.' YARDLET. Pa.. May 5. As a result of a premature explosion at the stone quarries of James Shuvelin to-nlghL Shuvelin, the lessee, and John Bums, the foreman, were instantly killed. John Pott, another employe, had his right leg crushed, and three Italians who were engaged in loading carts directly beneath where the blast exploded, were severely injured. A Great Truth. Chicago Record. The Governor of North Carolina has never had occasion to remark to the Governor of South Carolina that it is a long time between lynchlngs. Xegro Poet Seriously III, NDW YORK. May 5. Paul Laurence Dunbar, the negro poet, is eerloualy ill with pneuaonla la this city.

CROKER OFF HIS THRONE

TAMMAXVS nOSS A NOBODY AVIIEX AWAY Fn03I SEW YORK. Boycotted by T. B. Reed, the Pauncefotes and Others at Sea Made Himself an Odorous Siuisance. London Cablegram to New York World. The American liner New York arrived here early Friday morning. Richard Croker celebrated the successful termination of tho voyage by donning a high shirt collar, the first he has worn since the operation in New York on the eve of his departure. The trtp across the Atlantic was not pleasant. There were only two bright days, then strong head winds, heavy sea and dreary weather generally. It was particularly dreary for Mr. Croker. The ship was full of notables, but the Tammany chieftain was socially sidetracked. Croker's prestige vanished when the steamer left New York. At the moment of farewell he was the star attraction. Ten minutes later, before the steamer fairlj swung out into the stream, Croker was the most solitary man on shipboard. Health Officer Jenkins stuck to him until Scotland lightship was passed, then he clambered over the side of a tug, carrying a great market basket. That basket had contained choice old wines and prime cigars, offerings from the faithful to their departing chief. "Here, Doc," said Croker to Jenkins, as they stood together in the chieftain's flowerdecked cabin Just before Faying good-bye, "take a lot of this truck ashore with you. You drink wine and I don't. As for cigars, well, I couldn't puff my way through this bunch," pointing to a small mountain of boxes on the cabin floor, "In ten years." So Jenkins departed In triumph with cigars and costly wines with which a lot of smallfry Tammanyltes had hoped to regale the great Croker. It was money wasted. He didn't even bother to look at the cards accompanying the offerings. The litter they made in his expensive suite of deck cabins simply bored him. It was unfortunate for Croker the ship s company was so distinguished. To Sir Julian Pauncefote, Sir Tatton Sykes. the Duke of Castagreta and all other foreign notables aboard Croker was an object of rare interest. They studied him fur;ively through their monocles, but always at a tafe distance. It v as a chill scrutiny, colder than the head winds that bucked the gallant vessel, and Croker didn't like it. On the second day out .an Incident oc curred which brought smiles to many faces. Sir Julian Pauncefote, faultlessly groomed, and looking the aristocrat all over, sat alone on a settee at the edge of the deck promenade. Along strolled Croker in a rusty green ulster, bandaged neck and a little steamer hat. "How de do. Sir Julian," said Croker, dropping into a vacant place beside the ambassador. "Fine day, ain't it?" SNUBBED BY PAUNCEFOTE. . The watchful occupants of the steamer chafrs in the vicinity Eaw Sir Julian's lips move in brief reply. Then he edged alongside, inch by inch, peering seaward, as if something caught his eye. An instant later he was on his feet, heading straight for the seclusion of his cat In. Sir Julian, before the ship started on its voyage, had been given a peep at the Croker cabins, bowcred in roses and lilies. He smiled coldly and rebarked, "Yes, quite right, Tammany can afford to send him roses. He is reciprocating most substantially, if I have been correctly informed." But coldness on the part of the aristocracy was not so hard for Croker to bear as the behavior of Thomas B. Reed. When Croker learned Mr. Reed was to be a fellowpassenger he evinced positive pleasure. "I'm right glad," said Croker; "Tom Reed is a good friend of mine. He is one of the best story-tellers in the world. He's Just the right kind of man to sail with." Croker will now probably tone down this eulogy. Reed fully justified the Croker indorsement, taking the smoking room by storm. But Croker was out of it. There was one meeting between them, on the promenade deck, as the ship left the pier to the accompaniment of Tammany cheers. A handshake, cordial on Croker's fart, placid and flabby on Reed's; a few ow-spoken words and the speaker strode away, ostensibly to look up the steward. Four days later they met again, among a little group of passengers huddled under the lee of the deckhouse, in a savage gale. "How like some human beings I know of," remarked Reed, in a deep bass, as he watched the gale at work. "See that wind, how it takes the crest of those waves? Well, Just so these people I speak of must have their little rake-off on everything that comes along." Men snickered behind the upturned collars of their storm coats, while Croker looked seaward with a wooden, expressionless face. Once again during the voyage Reed scored on the Tammany chieftain. Croker voiced his views on the Filipino sltu ation with considerable directness. "It would be a national disgrace to abandon the conquest of those Islands," said he to a group of fellow-passengers. "We must conquer them and then decide what to do. We can keep the islands, sell them, trade them or give them away, but we must not draw back from the work of conquest and civilization. American civilization must nevsr knock under to savagery, not much." In the pause which followed this unexpected outburst an English tourist irrelevantly referred to his visit to Chicago, remarking that "it was a bit wild" for a big city. "Do you know," said -he, "there were fifty-seven 'hold-ups,' I believe you call them, during the four days I passed in Chicago?" "Yet, strange as it may seem," came the deep voice of Reed, "this is the civilization which the Filipinos refuse to accept. How blind these savages are to the beauties of good government." . There was a challenge In every word, but Croker moved off without a sign. CROKER'S IODOFORM. Altogether the trip was not an agreeable one to the Tammany boss. Little things contributed to annoy him. The first night aboard whei the passengers assembled in the dining room there was a general sniffing and interchange of suspicious glances. The strong, nauseating odor of Iodoform was unmistakable. There was no escaping It Women left the table only to return with the report it was unbearable In the upper cabins and even on deck. Lady Mary Sackvllle nearly coUapsed under the mys terious infliction, wuite like a hospital." said he. whereupon a small army of stew ards under the command of Purser Hinley started out to investigate. The ship's doctor was totally in the dark for twenty-four hours. The odorous nuisance made life al most unbearable. Mme. Emma Eames Story stood it with fortitude for half a day and then retreated to her cabin, declaring loudly human nature could bear no more. The women of the Pauncefote familystrong, athletic women next beat a retreat and the ship a officers redoubled their ef forts to locate the nuisance. It was traced finally, step by step, right to Croker's cabin. A broad grin spread through the ship. The Croker carbuncle was at the bottom of the trouble. Croker's man applied iodoform Vith a lavish hand. all unconscious of the effect on the passen gers in general, croker was chagrined and did not appear at the table for two days aiter tne incident. The Tammany chief Is accompanied by his sister. Mrs. Samuel Warren, and her daughter, Mrs. Stella Bowman. A cruel result of the anti-Croker feeling aboard was an act of regrettable discourtesy to Croker's niece, Mrs. Bowman. She Is bright, obliging and popular, a skilled pianist and a charming vocalist. A concert was planned for the last night of the trip under the direction of tho Countess de Brcmont and John Shaw, of Boston. Mme. Schuman Heinck held a position In the programme and Croker's niece was billed among others for two songs. Musical people were aboard in numbers. Volunteers for the piano were many but, strange to say. Counters de Bremont cou'd find no accompanist for Mrs. Bowman. There was a general feeling of indignation among the passengers. Whatever the. opinion on Croker's case his niece should rot bo made to suffer. She had been pleaant and obliging throughout the voyage, "and the attempted Indignity was reeognljcd as cruel and unjust. Miss Ethel lnman. daughter of th founder of the American line, slipped into the breach and played the accompaniments. Croker was sallow and sour throughout the trip. He made but two appearances in the smoking room and did most of his walking alone. Two or three commercial men vnknown to fame, joined him now and again, but his mood was surly, rather than confidential. AIRS HIS OPrNIONS FREELY. But thera was no difficulty in getting Croker! view ca ell ntter-that la U5

to the pclnt at which he has placed the real of silence on his Hps. lie sneered at the Mazet committee, and loudly announced his willingness to return and face his inquisitors at any time. "Let 'em go on with their attempt to pry ?nto the private affair of the men who happen to bo In btilnes rivalry with Republican concerns. Every day they keep It up means thousands of new vote for Tammany." said Croker. He assured a small circle of listeners that the Mazet committee would never be able "in a thousand years" to prove the misappropriation of a dollar of public money during the Tammany Hall administration, but that the reign of Mayor Strong was a sad era of extravagnces, .thievery, and corruption. The Tammany chief expressed positive anxiety for what he was pleased to term "an honest investigation of the city departments." "Give us three straight Republicans and as many Democrats?, with any man who is cn the level at their head." said Croker; "then 1st 'cm go ahead ami place the burden of guilt right where it belongs." Mr. Croker opened fcis eyes in astonishment when asked about the alleged police fund for use In legislation, professing total Ignorance of the subject. He scored the Republican Legislature as corrupt, and intimated a good time was coming when Mazet might be called upon to tell what he knew about the Astoria gas bill and other grabs which Piatt's firm has been Interested in, and which were directly against the publio good. Croker made no concealment of his position on national politics. The Chicago platform Is as little to his liking now as before, and William Jennings Bryan may reckon upon the determined opposition of Tammany Hall. "Let the anti-trust planks be a prominent feature In the Democratic platform. That

will rally the voters in every State to a grr.nd fight against the trusts," said Croker. No Democratic President can be elected on the old Issue of 16 to 1." jCroker damned Bryan with faint praise. He described the sliver leader as "a fine man personally, but not as big as some other men in the party who could be readily brought forward when needed." Without exactly saying it. Croker left no room for doubt that Bryan was distinctly out of the presidential running, even if he should consent to sidetrack the money question. "Anti-trust" will be the Tammany Hall war cry for UHX). A mild form of anti-expansion a la Croker may be also expected. In which the conquest of the Philippines will be sanctioned as the first step towards cn exchange of the islands for territory nearer home. Canada preferred. Croker was met at Southampton by three horsy-looking men. who accompanied him to London, en route for the stock farm at Wantage. Croker is honeful for the chances of, his colt Knickerbocker, entered for the Derby, though It is not in the betting yet. Until he has conferred with his two trainers, who preceded him to Wantage a week ago, he will not be able to decide upon his racing plans. Physically Croker profited by the sea voyage, landing at Southampton minus the carbuncle and in generally improved shape. N THE SOCIAL BLUFF People Who Pretended to Hare an Acquaintance vrlth n Ship's O ulcers. New York Evening Sun. A certain officer appeared on the Raleigh's deck cne day to have a man rush forward and grab him by the hand with a "How do you do. Lieutenant Dash, how do you do? Delighted to see you again you remember me, of course Blankie Blank. I met you in the Bahamas In Let me present you to my wife, Mrs. Blank, and my daughters, the Misses Blank. Ah! it's good to see you again, and how proud we all are of you and what ' and so forth. Not only had the lieutenant never been in the Bahamas, but he hadn't the least remembrance of having met Mr. Blank anywhere. He managed to conceal his amazement, however, and tried to be cordial. Presently another officer appeared. "Who's that?" whispered the man. The lieutenant told him "Ensign So-and-so." "Ah!" cried the man, rushing forward, "so glad to see you. Ensign So-and-so; you remember me, of course, Blankie Blank; I met you in the Bermudas in '97. Let me present you to my wife, Mrs. Flank, and to my daughters, the Misses Blank. Delighted to see you looking so well, and oh, how proud " and so forth. A little later Captain Coghlan came on deck. "Who's that?" asked the man. The ensign told him. "Oh, Captain Coghlan." cried the man, rushing forward, "delighted to meet you again, sir. You remember me, of course Blankie Blank; it was off Mare island in '92 you know. Let we present you to " etc Five times did the first officer witness the man go through this same performance, tnd each time in precisely the same way, a.nd with almost the same words. The olllcer later learned that his own identity had been revealed to the visitor by a fellow lieutenant through the same, course of questioning. It was a problem whether the visitor was by profession a book agent or a bunco eteerer. Either makes use of Just such a scheme to discover his victim's identity. Like unto this were the invitations to dine or otherwise make merry that the Raleigh officers received from persons assuming to be long-lost friends cr former classmates or even distant relatives, but concerning whom the recipient hadn't the slightest actual knowledge. "Dear Mr. A.," such an invitation would run, "won't you dine with us on Tuesday next? It has been so long since we saw each other, though I have never forgotten that Jolly summer at Portsmouth, and I'm sure that jou haven't. Be sure to come early Tuesday; with such old, old friends, there need be no ceremony, but you may count upon a very warm welcome. Yours, ." followed by a name that the officer, rack his memory as he might, couldn't for the life of him recall. "Herolng" was what they called it. this being made to pose whether they liked it or not, and it is safe to say that mott of them didn't. "All that I want is to have this 'herolng over with and get down to work." was to be heard upon all sides. Invitations to the officers in general came to be even more unwelcome than individual ones. When such an invitation arrived the captain posted It where all could see, with the notice that the names of volunteers to make up the necessary quota of guests would now be received. There was no such rush as there would have been had the notice demanded volunteers for duty, however, and as the date for the dinner drew near the captain would remark: "Well, there aren't enough volunteers; I'll have to make assignments." Then, with whatever grace they could summon, the officers would submit to the captain's selection or draw lots for the ordeal, as the case might be, and In this manner of "drafting" were the guests recruited for most cf the dinners in honor of the Raleigh. THE DEAF MAY HEAR. Rigid Testa Prove for the "AkoulalIlon All That Is Claimed. Philadelphia Record. Rigid tests made at Mobile. Ala., seem to have demonstrated the practical value of an electrical appartus designed by M. R. Hutchinson to enable th deaf mute to hear. The instrument in question has been named the akoulalllon, from two Greek verbs, "akouo," to hear, and "lalleo," to speak. The apparatus is similar In appearance tothe instruments worn by telephone operators. A steel band holds what. In construction, appear to be flat telephone receivers over each ear. and a transmitter is attached to an aluminium collar in such a position that the mute using it can suit himself as to the wearing distance from the mouth. There are controllers on each side of the collar, which hangs down on the chest for about twelve inches, so as to lessen or Increase the magnifying power of the sensitive plates within the ear attachments. A smnll switch enables the mute undergoing instructions to cut out the Instructor, so as to hear his own voice or to communicate with other pupils on the circuit. The importance of regulating the intensity of sound to each ear is recognized by the medical profession, as in nearly every case of deafness one ear is found to be partly sensitive. The current used in the two sets of instruments at present employed by the inventor Is obtained from a battery of ten cells. The batterv wires are attached to an instrument controlled by the instructor for the purpose of reducing th current as the hearing faculties of these under instruction are quickThe instrument described is intended solely for class instruction, and enables the Instructors to teach articulation and ultimately to recover the power of speech for pupils whose vocal organs are in a state of atrophy through want of usage. In the sami manner the hearing will be benefited through the instruments causing the inert ossicles of the ear to vibrate. Out of one hundred cases tested with the Instrument there was not one failure, and In every caso the patients appeared to be able to distinguish sounds for periods ranging from an hour to half a day after the apparatus had been removed from their previously Insensitive organs. The second Instrument which Mr. Hutchinson ha constructed Is on the principle of the receiver tn the Instruction apparatus, and la portable, the current being obtained from a small pocket battery. It Is somewhat larger, but similar in appearance to a medical phoneidoscope and has a small trumpetlike receiver. The singular thing about this instrument is that persons of ordinary hearing experience r.o discomfort by its use. although Its sound magnifying ower is Intense. The metal used in all the appliances Is aluminium, with the exception of the interior construction of the receivers, and as only the llchtest wire and insulation co:rct the different parts they are not uncomfortably heavy. TO CrilE A COLD IX OXI2 DAY Tax Laxative Bromo Qulnlna Tat It U. All 6113- , gifts refund tht money If it fall to cur. I. Sha taaulQt ha L O, Q. c exci Utltt , '