Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 172, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 June 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOIAti JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1899.

President concludes to 'make up the remainder of the provisional?, the desire Is to enlist the regiments as much after the methods of the regular army as possible. "When he decides that the tin2e hascome the President will announce the nam;s of men selected for officers of the new regiments, from colonels down to captains. Colonels and lieutenant colonels, majors and captains will be scattered so that the officers of a single regiment will represent several States. The officers will proceed to recruit their regiments, and. the regiments will be made up of men so scattered that there will be no identification of the organizations with any locality. "With due regard to the magnificent services the volunteers have rendered In the Philippines, the President and the War Department believe that it will be better to have the provisionals stand upon the same

footing- as the regulars. Where state or local pride enters in strongly It is liable to get unduly sensitive. State and local sen tlraent may make things uncomfortable for the general government upon very small provocation. The least worthy element In the ranks has no difficulty la arousing this sentiment. Such conditions are not con ducive to the highest efficiency. Further more, In accepting troops from States the President would be obliged to take officers chosen by the Governors. The idea of the President and the War Department is to make up the-skeleton official organizations from the very best material which the war developed in the line of the volunteer armj Some regular officers may be detailed from lower rank In the present regiments to take command of the provisional regiments. but most of the officers wiH be from those volunteers wno showed the greatest efficiency. , - "The War Department is now engaged preparing for the President's use a list of regular officers and ex-volunteer officers from which to make the appointments for the provisional regiments Ehould the need become clearly manifest. With this list In fcand the President could immediately upon his decision to raise the troops announce the principal officers. It is thought in army .circles that the first official Information the country will have of such a decision will be the announcement of the officers who are to rals-e and command the regiments. "In other ways than by the preparation of a list of possible officers the War Department is getting ready to reinforce Gene ral Otis heavily if the President decides it Is advisable. Volunteer regiments now returning from the Philippines are leaving behind their arms and tents and other equipments. Stores are being provided under contracts for a larger army. Within a week the government ha3 added to the fleet four additional transports. Everything short of the actual recruiting is being done to make possible an addition of 20,000 men to the army of Otis In September." . A GL003IV PICTTRE. Lieut. Ilayne Cites Some of the Drnwbacka to Life In tbe Philippines. WASHINGTON. June 29.-The Agricultural Department has received an Interesting report from Lieut. A. P. Hayne. California heavy artillery, on agriculture in the Philippines, dated Manila. Lieutenant Hayne has been able to make no personal observations beyond the American lines, but he transmits the translation of an article prepared for him by Senor Manuel de Buato. chief of the agricultural experiment station In Manila. The most remarkable feature of the report is the almost hopeless picture painted for the conditions prevailing Id the island. The great fertility of the soil is pointed out and it Is said that only In a few restricted areas where three crops a year have beeen gathered without interruption for several years Is there any apparent need of fertilizers. In spite of this, all attempts at colonization have failed, either through the poor class of 'emigrants secured, the financial Instability of the various companies, or the corruption or oppression of the Governors and government agents. The result Is that the middle and lower classes in the Islands arn almost of the worst possible type. In addition to this primary difficulty in securing reliable labor, the agriculturist Is confronted at the start with the necessity for an immense amount of work In clearing new land. When this Is accomplished and a luxuriant crop raised it is at the mercy of the first typhoon. Besides the typhoon there is to be feared . In certain provinces the "dagudo. or dry land wind, which dries up and destroys vegetation. Diseases so far hardly known to European doctors, result from the turning up of this virgin solL According to competent medical authorities many of these strange disorders cause death within a few hours, while from others, even if the patient recovers, he is condemned to a "wretched and lingering existence. . Another of the great difficulties irixthe way of agricultural development is the uter lack of roads and shipping points. The native Filipino la unable to do any large amount of work and cares to do less. He is indolent and given to gambling. All these vices have to bo taken Into account in any undertaking where labor is employed. The lack of credit Is another serious handicap to enterprise. The minimum cost of money in the Philippines, regardless of security, is 12 per cent. .At present the Philippines are cursed by a well-organized body of the worst sort of ururiits. The price of nearly all crops is steadily falling as the production retrogrades In quantity and quality. Lieutenant Hayne, in transmitting this interesting document, states that he would strongly recommend special quarantine measures against Philippine plants, as there exist an Immense number of very Injurious parasites in the Islands and many private parties are already preparing to import botanical specimens. Miles Saya the Situation la Serious. NEW YORK. June 20. "The situation in 4lhe Philippines Is vety serious," said GenFORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Threatening Weather Cooler In Southern Part of Indiana. WASHINGTON. June 20. S p. m. Forecast: For Ohio Threatening weather, with cooler in southern portion- Wednesday; Thursday, threatening: fresh 'northerly wind3. becoming northeasterly. For Indiana and 'Illinois-Threatening on Wednesday; Thursday, probably showers; cooler In extreme southern portions Wednesday; northerly winds. . Local Observations on Tuesday. Par. Thr. n il. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m.. 27-92 73 67 R'west. Cloud j. 0.00 fp.m..3 ? St North. LtRaia. T Maximum temperature, S3; minimum temperature. 70. Tns following is a comparative statement of tha temperature and precipitation for June 20: Ther. Pra. Normal 74 0.1 Mean T IVparture firm normal 0.1 Departure inc June 1 Z.i Departure !ac Jan. 1 21") 3.01 Plua. C. F. R. WAFFENHAN'S. Local Forecast OttlcUl. Yesterday Temperature. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p. tn. 'Atlanta. Ga 70 94 M Ksmarck. N. D 74 72 Buffalo. N. Y M 7 M CVjary. N. W. T 4 62 44 Cairo. 111., 79 SO M Cheyenne. Wyo 12 tZ 72 Chiearo. Ill 3 74 1 Cincinnati. 0 70 SO S4 Concordia. Kan S 4 W laventcrf. Ia . W 2 6 Da Home. Ia 68 W 78 Galvetcn. Tex 7S 14 S2 Helena. Mont 4 4 M Jacksonville. FU M S4 7 Kansas City, Mo 7D 82 FS JJtU RotJc. Ark M 93 M llarqueite, Mich M 60 M Jiernphia. Tenn 79 S3 M XashvllI. Tenn 64 M 92 Nr Or lean, it 73 gg S3 New York. N. Y M S$ 74 rrth Platte. Neb 60 14 7$ Oklahoma. O. T ft U Omafca. Neb H 3 7 rmiburr. Fa 72 8? 74 Qi Arr-eile. N. W. T 44 1 tS 3tarid City. 8. I) M M TaJt Lake City, Utah M 7 72 ft. Ivuiis. Mo 72 92 M St. Paul. Minn It 7 72 tsprtnifrtel.l. Ill TO so 7 t j.-rlr, field. Mo ( H 12 Vlcatburr. Mian 6t ) E Caa hicr-cn. I. C (I SO - f 4

eral Miles at the Waldorf-Astoria last night. "I know nothing concerning the story that the War Department is suppressing the news from Manila, but everybody knows that things are very serious there. The question of Issuing a call for vo!unteers has not. I believe, been decided. I do not care to discuss the Philippine matter. I am here on private business." MOVING OUT OF OHIO.

Standard Oil Company Preparing to Surrender State Charter. CLEVELAND, O., June 20.-The Standard Oil Company Ls preparing to get out of Ohio. Its headquarters will be removed from this city to New York and on the 1st of July its Ohio charter will be given up. The office force here will be reduced from about sixty men to less than one-tenth of that number. The recent incorporation of the company in. New Jersey, with capital of $110,000,000 was the first step in the abandonment of Ohio. An officer of the company today confirmed the report of the removal of the offices, and said that Cleveland would hereafter be only a branch office like those maintained in several cities. It was suggested that the action of the company was prompted by a desire to avoid further litigation, such as was instituted by Attorney General Monnett, but the officer who gave the information denied that such was the case. Virgil P. Kline, the attorney of the company, also said there was no desire to escape litigation, and he scouted the idea that Attorney General Monnett had driven the company from the State. Grass Twine Combine.' OSHKOSII, Wis., June 20.-The Wlscon sin grass twine plant, of this city, has been consolidated with other similar plants in various parts of the country into an asso elation to be known as the American Grass Twine Company. The capital stock of the reorganized corporation is J15.000.0u0. The companies Included in the combination are the Northwestern Grass Twine Company of which the Wisconsin gra?3 twine plant of this city and the Minnesota grass twine plant of St. Paul are subcompanles, and a new plant to be erected at Superior. Wis. The new plant at Superior will employ 500 hands, which will be Increased as soon as Dossible until the asrerefcate number of per sons on the pay roll numbers 1,500. The consolidation took place in Delaware, where the articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary' of state. xThe Atlantic Clay Company. NEW YORK. June 30.-The formation is announced of the Atlantic Clay Company, a corporation organized to supply the Atlantic coast with sewer pipe, flreprooflng, conduits and other manufactures of clay. The capital stock of the new company is J3.ow.ow, or which Ji.ow.owis rrererrea. me company will erect a large plant on the Raritan river. In the Amboy district, in order to take care of the Eastern and export trade. The directors of the company are Henrv B. McDowell, president: Percy C. Hamilton, of Pittsburg, vice president; Geo. B. studwell. treasurer: rJ. u. buxton, secretary, T. Reginald Horley and J. V. Clark. Will nnild Soda Ash Plant. PITTSBURG, Pa., June 2). The controlling stockholders of the Pittsburg Plateglass Company have formed a company and decided to build one of the largest soda ash plants In the world, at a cast of $3.000.0.10. The plant will probably be erected at Barberton, near Akron, O.. where 300 acres of ground has been bought for the purpose. The new company will be known as the Columbia Cnemical Company, and application for a charter will be made in Pennsylvania. The capacity of the new plant will be 120m) tons annually. Printing; Ink Trust Incorporated. TRENTON. N. J., June 20. Articles of incorporation of the Federal Printing Ink Company were filed to-day at the state department. The company is formed for the purpose of manufacturing printing ink and has an authorized capital of $20,000,000. HEflYY TAX ON THE OLD. Assessment Rates Rained by Knights of Honor Supreme Lodge. DETROIT. Mich.. June 20. The. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor to-day disposed of the most important question before the body during its annual session, namely, the fixing of a new table of assessment rates. The committee of fifteen submitted' a report on the subject which was discussed in committee of the whole and after being amended, at the committee's request, was adopted by eighty-seven yeas, one member voting blank and two being absent on leave. The yearly step rate plan of the order was not changed, but the figures of the present. table, which range from a monthly assessment of 93 cents at ages eighteen to twenty-one, to $6 for ages sixty-one and over for' insurance of J2.O00, were Increased to 11.20 at the youngest ages and JS at sixty years and over. The annual Increase of monthly as sessments ls 5 cents from ages twenty-one' to twenty-nine: 10 cents from age twentynine to forty-six, 15 cents from forty-six to forty-eight, and so on until the maximum monthly rate of JS ls reached at sixty. By the adoption of this new table the order avoids the necessity of levying extra assessments, as formerly, and also provides for the accumulation of a surplus for future contingencies. The new rates are to go into effect on the August assessment. The expense assessment was fixed at 40 cents per quarter, an increase from 20 cents, with a proviso that not less than one-third of the amount contributed by the grand jurisdictions where active work is being done for the propagation of the order shall be returned to and used In those Jurisdictions under the supervision of the supreme officers. Reports were adopted and amendment of the laws passed making the sitting past supreme dictator a member of the advisory board. Hereafter there will be but one meeting of the advisory board between the annual meetings of the Supreme Lodge, instead of two. as formerly. The session will close to-morrow with the installation of officers and appointment of stand ing committees. HER SHAFT BROKEN. ' The Steamer Montana, Captain Watkins, Disabled at Sea. LONDON, June 20.-The Dutch tank steamer' La Flandre, from Savannah for London and Antwerp, passed the Lizard today and signaled that she spoko the Atlantic transport line steamer Montana, Captain Watklns, from Baltimore. June 4, for London, with shaft broken, in latitude 4S, longitude 21 Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. June 3). -Arrived: Barharossa and Koenigin Louise, from Bremen; Mongolian, from Glasgow; Western land, from Antwerp. Sailed: Kaiser Frlederlch, for Bremen, via Southampton. CHERBOCRO. June 20. Arrived: Penn sylvania, from New York, for riyroouth. via Hamburg. GENOA. June' 20. Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm II, from New York, via Gibraltar and Naples. ROTTERDAM, June 20. Arrived: Rotter dam, from New York, via Boulogne. BREMEN, June 20. Arrived: Bremen. from New York, via Southampton. MOVILLE. June 20. Arrived: Anchcrla. from New York for Glasgow. ANTWERP. June IS. Arrived: Noordland. from New York. LIVERPOOL, June 20.-Arrived: Sylvanla. from Boston. AMBULANCES LOST. Fifty Forwarded to Cuba Over a Year Ago Cannot De Fonnd. CHICAGO. June 20.r-Fifty hospital am bulances shipped to Tampa, Fla., over a year ago by the local army officials to be forwarded to Cuba for the use of the United States troops have been lost. The matter was brought to the attention of General Anderson to-day by a letter from Washington stating that the War Department's search for the missing property had been unsuccessful and suggesting that the Chicago officials Join In the hunt. What makes the loss more astonishing ls that it took a freight train 01 seventeen cars to haul the amDuiances irom tne city. Dad Complexions Need Champlln's Liquid Pearl. 50c. A lovely. nannies ceautiner. No equal.

KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS

ALLEGED .COMBINATION TO DEFEAT GO. P. WAT HARDIN. W. J. Stone and William Goebel Strlving to Secure Control of tbe State Convention To-Day. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 20.-About a thousand representatives of Kentucky Democrats are busily engaged to-night with the most Interesting political contest that has come up within their ranks for a number of years. The state convention, which meets in Central Music Hall to-morrow afternoon to nominate a full state ticket, promises to be long and bitter. The sharpness of the struggle between the three leading candidates for Governor Gen. P. Wat Hardin. W. J. Stone and William Goebel has not been lessened by the numberless conferences which have occupied their followers to-day and" to-night." The general trend of these maneuvers has been toward a Stone-Goebel combination for the organization of the convention, and late to-night this was practically agreed on. The plan is said to be to throw the combined vote of these two candidates for Stone for Governor if Goebel after a full test of his individual strength in the convention shall fail of a nomination. Goebel, who is credited with being the shrewdest political manager of tfie three aspirants, has 200 delegates instructed for him first, last and all the time, and with this fulcrum he has given tonight's conferences a turn much more favorable to himself than might have been expected, as he has the smallest number of instructed delegates. Falling a nomination for Governor. Goebel, it ls said, is to secure the minor offices for his friends and control the state central committee. With the party organization in his hands during the campaign ho will be In a strong position for the next senatorial fight. General Hardin's friends are confident tonight, but his position as the leading candidate in point of Instructed delegates apparently has served to weaken him by bringing together his two opponents. There are a large number of contests, and the disposal of these is likely to give a winning advantage to the combination that organizes the convention. There is little interest, comparatively. vln the race for minor positions on the ticket. These nominations will depenc altogether cn the result of the gubernatorial contest. John S. Shea. J. D. Carroll. Ollle James and Major P. P. Johnston are prominently mentioned for temporary chairman, but none of the factions has decided on the man it will put up. Late to-night the Stone-Goebel combination assumed definite shape, an agreement being reached on every point except as to the chairman. Captain Stone's representative withdrew Congressman John Rhea and proposed ex-Governor John Young1 Brown, who was entirely acceptable to the Goebel representative. But Governor Brown declined and it became necessary to seek another man. Judge Samuel Jones, of Barren county, was suggested by one representative and Congressman-elect Henry Allen, of Union, by the other. At 2 o'clock no decision had been reached, but it ls believed Jones or Allen will be selected. Committee Room Ransacked. COLUMBUS, O.. June 20. It was discovered to-day that the headquarters of the Republican state committee had been entered by thieves and several desks broken open and ransacked. Leading Republicans discredit any attempt to make a political sensation out of the affair. The fact that a large amount of lead pipe was cut and carried away by the thieves indicates that the only motive of the burglary was to secure plunder and that the thieves were not after documents or papers belonging to the committee. PRAISE FOR AMERICANS. Publication of a Financial Statement Wins Commendation. HAVANA, June 20. The administration Eccnomica, which Is charged with the disbursement of the finances of the provisional government of Havana and the province, publishes a statement showing that from January to May. inclusive, the receipts were J763.1?4. and the expenses J17S.22S, the balance being cash on hand. This causes general astonishment among the Cubans and is unprecedented in the history of Havana. Never before have the figures been published openly. The officials formerly made semi-official statements which were not Itemized. No two years of the Spanish regime have yielded as much as the past five months. The English La Lucha. in an editorial based on this fact, says the Cubans and Americans are watching the results of military rule, recognizing the immense influence which will be exerted in the future' political struggle by the present campaign, and adds: "The greatest praise ls duo to the Americans here at this evidence of their intent to maintain methods of the strictest honesty." Will Accept the GratnltrSANTIAGO DE CUBA. June 20. At a meeting held at the Cuban Club last night a resolution was adopted recommending that the soldiers should accept the American gratuity and surrender their arms. Several politicians objected on the ground that it would be more dignified to surrender the arms and refuse the money, but they were in a decided minority. In local business circles it is expected that there will be a marked improvement in business after the disbursement of the share of the fund, something over $1,000,000, which will come to this province. Diver Finds a Dag of Money. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 20. A native diver while getting metal from the wreck of the sunken Spanish cruiser Almirante Oauendo vesterdav found a bag containing $8,0)3. half coin and the other half In Spanish paper money or little value. NEGRO LYNCHED. Daniel Tatrlck Pnt to Death for Assaulting: Bessie Ireland. MOBILE, Ala., June 20. Daniel Patrick, the negro who ls accused of assaulting Miss Bessie Ireland In her home outside of Scranton, Miss., Monday, was captured to-day. He was taken to Jail, where he confessed the crime. At 1:20 o'clock this (Wednesday) mornlnj he was taken out by a mob and lynched. FRENCH CRISIS. (Concluded from First Page.) Americans, such as protection of Individual property rrom seizure at sea. they have all been Irredeemably lost, according to this rerort. RIOTS IN SOUTHERN INDIA. Policemen Deaten aud Their Ears Cut Off in Order to Obtain Rings. BOMBAY, June 20. lhe riots in southern India have spread to Travancore, where the police have been severely beaten and forced to retire. The rioters have seized a number of guns and a quantity of ammunition. They are cutting off the ears of their opponents in order to obtain their ear rings more expeditiously. About 4j0 houses have been burned at SamboovadagaraL Troops arc now patrollng the disturbed dis trict. LONDON, June 21. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Simla says: "Over fifty small villages have been looted and burned in the Tinnevelly district. At one town more than a hundred murders were committed. The victims In many cases were literally hacked to pieces and then thrown into the flames of their burning homes." English Scandal Aired In Conrt. LONDON, June 20. The hearing was com menced to-day of the application for divorce of Mrs. Chandos Pole against Samuel Chandos Pole, whom she charges with cruelty and adultery with Miss Inez Broome, now the wife of the Hon. RuDert Cecil Craven, brother of the Earl o? Craven. wno married Miss Cornelia Bradley-Martin. The allegations are denied. Extraordinary letters from the husband to his wife and

mother-in-law, full of abuse, abominable language and threat?, were read in court. Rt. Hon. Edward Henry Carson. Q. C, formerly solicitor general of Ireland, counsel for the petitioner, . described in detail the connection between Mr. Chandos Pole and Miss Broome, whom, it appears, he took to his home and Introduced to hl3 wife, who did not suspect them. The petitioner then testified in corroboration of the charges. After other witnesses had furnished testimony tending to prove the intimacy between Mr. Pole and Miss Broome, the hearing was adjourned. - 1 ; Scores of the Chess Masters. LONDON, June 20. After some discussion this morning the committee agreed to play the rest of the international chess tournament according to a Berger schedule, which was later announced. The scores of the contestants to date are: Won. Lost. Bird 44 10i2 Blackburne S1 64 Cohn 8 7 Janowskl 10 4i Lasker 12 3 Lee 4 11 Mason 5 9 Pillsbury 104 4i Schlechter 94 54 Showalter 74 Stelnltz 64 84 Tinsley 3 11 Maroczy 104 44 Tschigorln 9 6 The Duke of Orleans Shaken Up. LONDON, June 20. The Due d'Orleans narrowly escaped serious injury this afternoon. On arriving at Waterloo station in an electrical brougham, in consequence of the Jam of traffic the duke was driven violently against a brick wall. The front wheels and panels of the motor car were demolished. The occupants escaped, but not without a bad shaking up. Troops ' Fire Into a Mob. BUCHAREST, Roumanla, June 20. In a conflict to-day between peasants and police, arising out of election riots at Slatlna, on the Aloota river, about one hundred miles west of this city, the troops were called out and fired upon the mob. several persons being killed and many others wounded.' Cable Notes. The bill authorizing the acquisition of the Caroline, Ladrone and Pelew Islands by Germany was submitted to the Reichstag yesterday. It is said in London that Spencer Eddy, who was private secretary to Col. John Hay, while the latter was ambassador to Great Britain, and who has since been third secretary of the United States embassy In London, has been appointed second secretary to the United States embassy at Paris. KENNEDY CONVICTED.

Found Guilty of Train Robbery and Given Seventeen Years in Prison. HARTVILLE. Mo.. June 20. The Jury before whom John Kennedy was tried for complicity In the robbery of an express train on the Kansas City. Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, at Macomb, Mo., on Jan. 3 last, returned a verdict this evening adjudging Kennedy guilty and fixing his punishment at seventeen years In the state penitentiary. Strangely enough, it remained for Kennedy to be convicted by a Jury of farmers here In Hartville, over twenty miles from any railroad, for the authorities in 6uch a railroad center as Kansas City had signally failed to convict him of any of the numerous charges of train robbery which they had brought against him. Six men were actually engaged in the Macomb hold-up. Of these Jake Fegely, who received a penltenttlary sentence of fourteen years, and John Kennedy, have been convicted. Old Bill Ryan, a member of the notorious old James gang, Joe Shepherd, son of a member of the old gang, Louis Nigh, a young farmer, of this county, and Elmer Byram. also a farmer, are the others accused of complicity In the hold-up. Their trials will follow that of Kennedy. Elmer Byram. having aided the state in convicting Fegley and Kennedy, will probably not be severely punished. MORRISSEY NO GOOD. Knocked Out in ' the. First Round by .His Countryman, Peter Maber. , NEW YORK. June 20. Peter Maher, the Irish heavyweight pugilist, scored a quick victory over his fellow' countryman, Mike Morrissey, of Tipperary, before the Lenox Athletic Club to-night Morrissey had been heralded as an Invincible Irish champion. Maher sized his man up quickly and went for him straight away. There was apparently no fight In the newcomer. Alight punch on the breast and a right cross to the jaw were the only blows struck, and these were delivered by Maher. The blow that Maher landed on the jaw was insufficient to knock out any man. Maher weighed 174 pounds and looked fit and well. Mike Morrissey had a retinue of handlers when he reached the ringside and said he weighed 1S2 pounds. The moment that tho mei shaped it was clearly evident that Morrissey was afraid, and that Maher had the easiest task ever given him in his fighting career. Doth fiddled for a few moments', and tht-n Maher went to his man with a light left lead, which landed lightly on the chest, and sent his right over to the jaw. Morrissey fell in a neutral comer and lay there, re&ting cn his right elbow, while Maher strutted about the ring until the referee counted off ten seconds. Maher then walked to his corner and the master of ceremonies announced that Maher had won and that tha time of the bout was 35 seconds. ELKS AT ST. LOUIS. Welcomed to tbe Mound City by Mayor Zleglnheln-Parade To-Day. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 20. The thirtyfirst annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks began to-day. Several thousand Elks are In attendance. To-morrow there will be a grand parade and prize drills. Louis P. Aloe, chairman of the local executive committee, made the opening address of welcome, followed by Mayor .Henry Zelgenheln, who welcomed the Elks to St. Louis. Hon. John Galviri, of Cincinnati, the grand exalted ruler, responded. After addresses by M. D. Detwller, past grand exalted ruler, and Hon. Howard McSherry. of New Brunswlci Lodge. New Jersey, the Grand Lodge went into secret session for the transaction of business. The first thing taken up in secret session was the annual report of Grand Secretary Reynolds. This showed a total membership of 56.000, divided among 515 lodges. During the pat year seventy-six new lodges, with a membership of eleven thousand, have been added to the roll. The report was referred to a committee for action. The report of the grand treasurer .was read and also referred to committee for action. Consideration of a new constitution was made a special order for to-morrow afternoon. TROUBLE ON TREATY COAST. French Warships Said to De Remov9 n ST. JOHNS, NNS., June 20.-The British armed sloop Buzzard and special service vessel Columbine left St. Johns to-day for Bay islands to inquire Into the alleged misconduct of French war vessels on the treaty coast. A colonial magistrate reports that the French commodore sent a boatload of armed men to remove the fishing nets of the settlers, against which the colonial government will protest as an assumption of territorial rights by the French. Colonial agitation in the matter is very keen. PRACTICE SHIP LAUNCHED. The Cnlted States Vessel Chesapeake Christened by Miss Bradford. BATH, Me., June 2"). The United States practice vessel Chesapeake was raunched to-day from the Bath Iron works yard. She was christened by Miss Eliza Bradford, daughter of Rear Admiral Bradford, chief of the Bureau of Equipment at Washington. The launching was successful in every particular. The Chesapeake will be taken to Charles town navy ya"d, where she will be rigged and fitted for sea duty. Four Men Fall 200 Feet. RAT PORTAGE. Ont.. June 20. By an accident to the hoisting apparatus at tho

Black Sturgeon mine last night four men were precipitated to the bottom of the two-hundred-foot shaft. Charles Adams of. Nova Scotia, Charles Haas of Sudbury and John Howe of this place were killed, and Charles Anderson was seriously Injured. WILL USE COMPRESSED AIR.

Another Company to Supply Chlcogoam with Automobiles. CHICAGO. June 20. Carriages and vehicles of nearly every description, driven by compressed air, will be running . cn the streets of Chicago by next January, if the plans of the Hartley Power Supply Com pany are consummated. It Is asserted by those Interested In the company that ar rangements have practically been completed for erecting a compressed air plant on the West Side at a cost of at least $130,000, to establish over fifty air supply stations in the city and maintain them at an -annual cost of about 5100,000, and to establish a plant for the manufacture -of vehicles at Janesvi'le. Wis., at a cost of 25.0O. The company was incorporated in 1S95 and capi talized at $1,000,000 and it is claimed that fullv this sum In actual cash has been em barked thus far In the enterprise, which the promoters claim to revolutionize the transport and carrying trade of tne country. CAUGHT WHILE ASLEEP, Arrest of Two Men Vho Arc Supposed to Be Train Robbers. DILLON, Mont., June 20. Yesterday even Ing word was received here that two dos perate looking characters who answered the description of two robbers for whom $3,000 each was offered ''for the hold-up and rob bcry of the Union Pacific fast mall-near Rock Creek, Wyo., June 3 had been seen near here. Sheriff Moore organized a posse and effected a capture without resistance, the robbers being asleep when overtaken. There seems to be no doubt but the two men captured are a part of the gang, as they show the effects of hard travel and much 10. s or sleep, rney were Drougnt to Dillon rMs evening and are" being held for Identiucation. DUEL IN VIRGINIA. . Tvro Nude Doys Leave the Water and Shoot Each Other. PULASKI, Va.. June 20. A unique duel between nude boys of nineteen, resulting in the death of both, took place at Wygal's Bridge, west of th place on the Norfolk & Western road. John Raines. and Madison Pratt were bathing with a party when Raines accidentally kicked Pratt. Angry words followed and both left the water.- ran to their clothing, secured revolvers and began firing. Pratt died almost instantly, but Raines, who was shot in the abdomen, lingered until morning. THE DEFENDER FAST. Beats the 'nvahoe in a Ten-Mile Race Off Newport. NEWPORT. R. I., June 20. The Defender showed her heels to the crack cutter Navahoe in her first competitive trial of the season, off this port to-day. The distance was ten miles and the brush was in response to a request from Butler Duncan to Royal Phelps Carroll. The wind was strong from the southwest and the course was laid to windward. The Defender beat the Navahoe by nearly four minutes In the ten miles. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The International - Association of Accountants began its twenty-fourth annual session at Saratoga yesterday. Justice Griswold, of Cleveland, last night dismissed the charge of embezzlement preferred several days ago against Judge W. C. Ong by a former client . During a storm Monday a boating party at Dunbar. Wis., was capsized and six were drowned, four adults and two children. Their names are not known. The three men arrested south of Yellowstone Park on suspicion of being the Union Pacific train robbers have been released. They were not thejnen wanted. A petition in bankruptcy was filed at New York yesterday by Henry A. V. Post, banker, as copartner in the firms of Post. Martin & Co. and Post & Pomeroy and individually. Gordon Clarke, the famous ex-quarter back of the University of Chicago football eleven, has accepted an offer from the University of Texas to coach the eleven of that institution this fall. Joseph C. Myers, a prominent merchant, died at Lyons, N. Y.. last night from injuries received in a fire on June 8. He was at one time prelate of the Supreme Tent of the Knights of Maccabees. Dr. C. W. Super has been elected president of Ohio University. He occupied the position twelve years prior to 1SS6. when he declined the honor. J. H. S. Sylvester, of Cambridge, Mass., and J. P. McVey, of Huntington, W. Va., were elected to the faculty. The Probate Court at Toledo yesterday handed down a decision in which the Manufacturers' Railroad wins in litigation to secure the use of certain streets for a right of way. The court holds that the city must show material damage before evidence can be introduced. George Waldvogel. twenty-nine years of age, a New York fish dealer, died yesterday from the effect of a stab in the abdomen, inflicted by Philip McDermott. The murder Was the outcome of Jealousy, both men having been attentive to the same young woman. McDermott escaped. The schooner Anita has returned to San Diego, Cal., from the lower California mines with fifteen miners and sixty ounces of gold. The men say the placers extend over twenty-three by four miles, but are not rich and most of the Americans will leave for home. About $60,000 has been taken out so far. Junius Dreyfus, a glass manufacturer, residing at No. 63 West Eighty-eighth street. New York, was stricken with paralysis while on a train between Cincinnati and Columbus. He was removed to the Protestant Hospital on arrival at Columbus. His ten-year-old son Walter accompanied him. Among the 'passengers who arrived at New York yesterday on board the steamer Orinoco 'from Bermuda were Lady Barker, Gen. Russell Hastings and Hon. A. Allison, colonial secretary: J. B. Trlnlngham, jr.. and Hon. J. T. Madson. reciprocity commissioners of Bermuda, en route for Washington. W. A. Boland. a New York banker, has bought the famous herd of shorthorn cattle owned by Aaron Barber, of Avon. N. Y.. and will In the next three weeks have them shipped to his stock farm at Grass Lake, Michigan. The herd Includes the famous champion cow Mary Abbottsbury VII. which has taken Innumerable first prizes at the Western state fairs. Isaac T. Jobe, formerly a captain of the Sixth United States Volunteers (Immunes) is under arrest at New York charged with fraudulently obtaining transportation over the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio roads, representing that he was acting for Colonel Kimball, deputy quartermaster general, who desired to send returned soldiers to their homes in the West and South. A Terrible Chinese Weapon. Chicago News. In connection with the order of the Empress dowager of China to place the army on a war footing so as to drive out the German and Italian invaders It is interesting to know that an Ingenious Chinese military man has recently invented a weapon which the mandarins at Peking think will cause terror in the hearts of the invaders, and an order hasbeen issued for the manufacture of a large supply to be distributed throughout the army. According to a description that appears in the Chinese papers this terrible weapon is a combination of spear and shovel. At one end of a pole there Is a large, sharp pike, such as knights of mediaeval times used to carry. At the other end there is a shovel, or spade, with a blade about eight Inches wide, which can be used both as an intrenching tool and as a weapon. It is especially handy in beheading prisoners, and all the Chinese soldier has to do ls to stick the pike at one end of his pole through the body of his enemy, and then turn around and cut off the head with the shovel. Instead of sending the Inventor of this terrible weapon to The Hague to represent China at the peace conference, the Empress dowager rewarded him with a button of the second class. Netv Constitution Rejected. PROVIDENCE. R. I., June 20. The revised state Constitution, the question of the adoption cf which was submitted to the voters of the State to-day. was rejected by a vote of almost 3 to 1. The vote was light and the Interest small. With two towns missing, the vote stood: For. 4.7H; against.

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BATTLE OF MflJUBA HILL THE FAMOUS FIGHT IX WHICH BRITISH TROOPS WERC DEATEX. The Doers Outnumbered the Britons Ten to One, and Succeeded in In. tllcttnff Heavy Losses. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The possibility, not to say probability, of another war between the Boers of South Africa and the English has brought prom; nently into recollection the story of the last conflict between the two races and revived in the British mind unpleasant memories of Majuba hill and the day on which a rabble of Boers, with no more discipline than sav ages, actually stormed and carried a strong position held by regular troops of the Brit ish army. To the Englishmen recollection of any defeat Is a sore memory. It was the death of Gordon, more than any other provocation, which led Kitchener's advance up the Nile and the reconquet of Khartum and the Sudan: It was the annihilation of the British army during the "Terrible March from Cabul" that led to retributory expeditions Into Afghanistan and the advancement of the Indian frontier to the dark defiles of the Khyber pass. In view of John Bull's inclination to allow a grudge to lie in his heart like a stone at the bottom of a well, it is not strange that in the relations between the Imperial government and the South African Republic the mention of Majuba hili to the Englishman, should be like flaunting a red flag before the eyes of a bull. After all. Majuba hill was no victory, and were it not for the fact that negotiations for peace were begun a few days later and before the British army had an opportunity of wiping out the stain on its record, it would have been regarded merely as an unfortunate Incident in the course of a successful war. As It was, however, the war ended with the advantage on the side of the Boers, and these people, knowing no more than the Filipinos, and having the same conceited confidence In their own ignorance. imagined that because they defeated a 3rltish detachment, they were capable of coping with the British empire. The causes of the war of 1SS0 between the English and the Boers were the same a those which provoked every previous con flict between the two peoples, and will prob ably continue to operate until both the South Afrldan Republic and the Orange Rlvr Free btate are completely Anglicized ana noia the same relation to the British empire as that now held bv Care Colonv. The prox imity of the Dutch and English in South Africa has never been agreeable to either. Tfco English are hated as conquerors, and cordially return the compliment by regarding the Dutch as ignorant, stupid louts. hardly advanced In civilization beyond tne native tribes among whom they live. The Dutch regard soutn America as tneir own by right of discovery and settlement, for it was a colonv of Hollanders that, in 3650. founded Cape Town. It remained under Dutch control for nearly loo years, until, in 1795. the Netherlands becoming mixed up in the wars of the French revolution, the col ony was seized by the English. It was restored at the peace or Amiens, in i&k, dui again seized by the English in 1S0G, and confirmed to the British crown by. the Congress of Vienna in 1S14. ORIGIN OF THE QUARREL. The native Dutch, being Inspired by all the love of liberty and Impatience of for eign control that characterized their ancestors, refused to submit to English au thority, but. gathering up all their belong ings into their prairie schooners, they trekked" or traveled along the coast to Natal. In a few years the British followed, and when Natal was ceded to the British crown the Boers again trekked, this time into the interior, settling in the upper valley of the Orange river: there they enjoyed a few! more years cf quiet, but when the British again showed signs of aggression a laree Dortion of the Boerish community crossed the Vaal, penetrating still further into Africa, and establishing a primitive form of self-jrovernment. wnicn anerwarci developed into the South African Republic. There they might nave remainea undisturbed for centuries had it not been for the accidental discovery of the rich diamond mines at Klmberley and of the gold deposits within their territory. The first diamond was discovered in Griqualand in 1S67, and from that time on the English came in swarms, and in a few years greatly outnumbered the Boers even in the territory of the latter, who, however, by cunningly contrived legislation, prevented the outlanders from obtaining any share in the government of the country, yet compelled them to contribute its almost entire support in the shape of taxatiqn. In this state of things is found the explanation of the rnnstam disagreements between the Boers and their neighbors, difficulties which have more than once involved tne two countries in war. The war of 18S0-S1 was but one inMHnt in th lone strueele. and. originat ing in the same causes, would not have been distinguished from others had It not been for the closing scene at aiajuoa nm. tia v.nfriish armv. advancing to the In vasion of the Transvaal, had cleared the country before it of Boers as quicniy as the Americans stormea tne r uipino trenches. The oase with which the English troops drove the enemy from one position after another inspired them with overconttdence In themselves ana contempt lor tne Boers. While Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, the British commander-in-chief, was advancing with the main body, encumbered by a pack train and a host of camp followers, he dispatched before him General Colley with a strong force to occupy and hold advantageous positions. Colley moved forward about two days march, and on the night of Feb. 26, 1SS1, encamped on an eminence known as Mount Prospect, well within the Boer territory, and only a few miles from where the Boer army, under General Joubert was awaiting the coming of the invaders. Between Colley and the Boer camp there rose the rocky plateau of Majuba Hill, and Colley conceived the idea of occupying this during the night, and thus of taking the Boers at a disadvantage. A strong detachment was accordingly moved forward on the night of the 26th to ascend Majuba. and thus take by surprise the Boer camp on the other side. The ascent of the rocky slopes was made with extreme difficulty, the men being forced to climb on their hands and knees and often to help each other up the rugged sides of the cral: but they persevered, and not only succeeded In ascending, but even in drawing up a Gatling gun. with its caisson and ammunition. THE FIGHT AT MAJUBA. On the way they encountered the Boer pickets, who retired and gave notice to Joubert of the movement under way. Tub whole Boer army, variously estimated from twelve thousand to twenty thousand, was at once put under arms, and learning the nature of the demonstration against his camp, Joubert determined to attack Colley and the force on Majuba. As soon as there was light enough to take aim. the Boers advanced to the attack, fighting In Indian fashion, every man for himself. Almost befofV they were aware of the proximity of i

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Concealed by rocks, bushes and trees, they kept up a. withering rlre on the British forces. To endure it was impossible, so the officers ordered the men to conceal themselves as wen as possitle and return the fire as effectively as they could. These tactics were partially successful, and the Boer attack was momentarily checked. Only, however, for a moment; the deadly seml-cirple of unerring marksmen crept closer and closer up the hill. An attempt was made to use the Gatllng, c .t the rocks and crags which concealed the Boers from the sight of their enemies also protected them from the missiles of the terrible engine which t-oulfl have annihilated an enemy in the open. Outnumbered ten to one by a force of sharpshooters, who. at little peril to them-' selves, advanced upon a small body of troops unaccustomed to this style of fighting the British line still kept firm. By and by, however, when the semi-circle of .fire; began to extend beyond the flanks and it became apparent that the British force? would be surrounded, the retreat was sounded, and the heroic band, carrying their wounded comrades on their shoulders, began to descend the slopes they had toilsomely climbed the night before. The retreat" was worse than the stand, for close upon thq heels of the UNfated detachment came the Boer sharpshooters, still concealed and thinning the ranks at every step. In pplte of the leaden hail which fell on every side the remnant of the English force fought its way through the swarming Bors back to the camp on Mount Prospect. Why th&isolated detachment was not properly bud-. ported has ever been a mystery. For the numbers engaged, the slaughterwas frightful. , On the night before the battle thirty-five officers and 693 men climbed the fatal hill, and. of these twenty officers and 266 men were killed ot wounded, in--eluding the commander. Major General Colley, who was killed, and over a hundred, more were missing, some of whom weremade prisoners by the Boers, while others were never accounted for. Thirty-six hours after the battle Sir Evelyn Wood arrived with the main body. The Boer army, exultant over its victory, and supposing It had defeated the entire English force, nad become careless, and did not have even pickets on the watch. The Boers were at the mercy of Wood, but while he was preparing an attack which would undoubtedly have annihilated the Boer force the negotiations for peace were begun and military operations were suspended. Thus Majuba hill has remained unavenged and a bitter recollection in the retentive memory of the Englishman, whether soldier or civilian, and not until the memory of that defeat has been effaced by subsequent success will the English be able to forget and forgive Kruger and the Boers. The dead Highlanders are buried under a cairn at the summit of Majuba, and it ls a favorite saying in the British army that when the union jack floats over this cairn then Majuba hill will be forgiven. Waning; Religions Tapers. New York Sun. Twenty-five years ago and even at a more recent period some of the most profitable newspaper properties In this country were weekly religious publications. Very considerable fortunes were made by their profrietcrs. for their circulation was large, and t was maintained steadily by the religious convictfon of the denominations they represented. During late years, however, that conviction has been decreaMng in strength, and the denominational partisanship upon which they depended for support, once intense, has now been succeeded by a spirit of indifference. This looseness of conviction was manifest also In the papers themselves; instead of building up the religious faith of their readers they spread among them teachings subversive of It, or at least they were religious mugwumps, with ro definite cause either to sustain or attack. The consequer.Oi was that their prosperity declined greatlA or gave place to actual adversity. They lost their distinctive character and with it their distinctive soipport. Instead of strong mrat Jor men they purveyed milk for babes literary mush and swash and intellectual slops. The secularized religious newspaper, there fore, has not improved itself by the transformation, but rather has .shown that its excuse for existence was lost when it ceased to perform its distinctive office. It is now neither fish, flesh nor good red herrh.g. and every healthy and vigorous intellectual ap petite rejects it as a savorless ana unnutritious diet. An Expensive Fish. Michigan City News. Charles Jensen, a young man resMIng near Hanson's mill, was arrested Friday afternocn for violating the fish law recently passed by the Legislature. Considerable complaint had came to Clint Thomas, deputy fish and game commissioner for this part of the State, that the law was being violated continually by fishermen on the pond at Hanson's mill, and Friday Mr. Thomas drove out to that neighborhQM. which is a few miles east of the city. He found Jensen at the end of a pole angling for the nny tribe and forthwith placed him under arrest. Jensen had caught a bass about five inches long and had the fish in his possession. Mr. Thomas brought the prisoner and the fish to the city and took them before Justice Cassldv. He made affi davit that Charles Jensen was found with a - bass of unlawful size in his possession, -caught in inland waters. The law specifies that bass must be at least nine inches in length. 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