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that can be construed a unfavorable. The lion trad?, having finished the most eventful half year In its history, and most of Its contracts secured at the old low prices, faces a very good outlook for the balance of the yar at prices which guarantee lrg profits, providing Rdcquate supplies of raw ' and rartljr manufactured materials can be secured. It is not unrrajonabS to look fotf Rome check. In fact, to business In the metal consuming industries owing to the scarcity of thene materials. One of the latest Instances of this cited !; the srious delay reported tc th ship bullulng industry owing to th scarcity of steel plate. The labor ttnatlon has been one of th most satisfactory features of the half year's business, voluntary advances havingral.ec' the cementation of thousands of operatives and labor t rotables being conspicuous by their absence, till toward the clv of tho period ;nder revnew. when failures to agree upon wares and hours in the Colorado smelting lr.du.-try and in tinplate manufacturing renewed a lrg number of workmen Idle. In th case of the latter industry, however, the suspension, it is hoped, will not exceed the vsual summer shut-down. In agricultural lines, the outlook, though somewhat irregular, is in the main favoraMe. Th smaller yield of winter wheat sema at the present moment likely to be partly made, up for by an increased yield of corn, and spring wheat prospects, though impaired somewhat by too much rain, are regarded a encouraging. Good weather throughout the country has allowed a rather better outturn In winter wheat than was looked for earlier, tnd general rains throughout the South have helped the cotton crop situation, while rice and sugar hare also measurably improved. The closing week of the half year finds special strength and activity In iron, lumber and wool and woolen goods, the latter Industry having at last apparently begun to nhare in the prevailing prosperity. A feature of interest in this connection 13 the advancing price of fine wools abroad, which teems to insure, temporarily at least, a foreign market for considerable high grade domestic wool. Manufactured fabrics share in this strength, but manufacturers are not credited with having large stocks of raw material. Confidence In a good fall trade is evidenced by reports coming, from many markets of good orders already booked, the volume of such business already done varying frcm 11 to 30 per cent, in excess of last year, which it may be recalled, was quite a satisfactory one in this respect. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the -week, aggregated bushels, against 3 last week; 4.71S.401 in the correspond ing week of 18;,2.7TS.S4S InliVMin ISIS, and 2.0C7.0C1 in IS. Since Jan. 1 this sea-on the exports of wheat aggregate 2SCS.670 bushels against 233.7M..M bushels last year. Corn exports for the week aggregate 4 I4S2 116 bushes, against 2.872.432 bushel la t week; 2.flol.:. in this week a year Jro- 1 in I: 1.333.G1 In IS and w vft in lZ Since Jan. 1 this season corn esrti aeeregat? 170.7Sa.274. against 137.307.V)1 during the same period a year ago. EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES. They nir Constitute Over One-Third of All Products Sent Abroad. S;U1 to the Indlanapc-Us Journal. WASHINGTON. June 30. Manufacturers are now forming more than one-third of our total domestic exports. During the last month they were 33.77 rer cent, of the total domestic exports; during the three months ending with May they were 3T.jO per cent., and during the fiscal year just ending they will form a larger percentage of our total domestic exports than in any preceding year, and exceed by many millions the total exports of manufactures In any preceding year. The fiscal year 1S3S showed the largest exports of manufactures in our history, $230,697.XI. and in the eleven months of the fiscal year 1S?0 the increase over the corresponding months of the preceding year has been 145,164.000. so that it is now apparent that the exnortfi of manufactures in the fiscal year now ending will be' about $335,000,000. as against the high-water mark $230,637,354 In tho fiscal year 1SDS. Iron and steel continue to form the most important or at least by far the largest item of value in tne exports of manufactures, in the month of May. 1SD9. the exports of Iron and steel and manufactures thereof amounted to lS.frl.U4. making the total for the eleven months $$4,873,842, against f3.233 02U in the corresponding months of last var. a gain in the eleven months of over J2l.0K.ttX. The recent advances In prlcea of iron and fteel caused the belief that a reduction in the exports of iron and steel would follow, but certainly thlahas not been realized up to the present time, since the exportation of Iron, and steel In the month of Hay are 20 per cent. In excess of those of May of last year, while those of April m nearlv Hi Der cent, in excess of April,

The Increase which the year a exports of manufactures will show over earlier years lends especial interest to a table prepared y the Treasury Bureau of Statistics showing the exportfltlons of manufactures by great classes In each year from lbS) to 1K. This table will appear in the next monthly summarv of commerce and finance. The following extracts from it show the exportation in 1SS3 and 1S3S of all articles whose 1SS3. .1S33. Iron and steel and manufactures of $21,136,077 r0.4O6.SS3 Itcnned mineral oil 44.830,4r &1.7S2.315 Copper, manufactures of. 2.343,954 32,180,872 Leather, and manufac- ' ture of 10.747.710 21.113. WO Cotton, manufactures of. 10,212,644 17.024.t32 Wood, manufactures of.. 6.150.2S1 9,038,213 Chemicals, drugs and dyes 4.732,831 $.633,473 Agricultural implements. 3.C23.753 7.609.732 Cycles and parts of 6.816.523 Iararfin and paraffin wax 2,023,602 6,030,232 Paper, and manufactures of 1,191.0G5 5.434.564 Tobacco, manufactures of 3.708,600 4.S1S.431 Fertilizers 9S8.5C3 4.353.S34 Instruments for scientific purposes 1,033,SSS 2,770,903 Flax, hemp. Jute, and manufactures of 1,644,405 2,537,463 Books, maps, engravings, etc 1.712.073 2,434.323 India rubber ami gutta 1 percha, manufactures of S31.74S 1.9-S1.S01 Spirits 2.21S,101 1.S50.353 Marble and stones, manufactures of 510.034 1,702.582 Cars, for railways 1,426,237 1.738.581 Clocks and watches 1.053, 219 if 1,727,4 Carriages and horse cars. l,G64,2Sl 1.6S3.833 Gunpowder and other explosives 8S3.637 1.395,406 Soap S33.33S l.SO.GOa Musical instruments S.072 1.3S3.S67 Ftarch 272,630 1.371.549 Zinc, manufactures of.... 2S.6S4 1,333, 668 JJrass. manufactures of.. 321,137 1.320,093 Oils, vegetable (omitting cotton and linseed) 244.415 1.267.3C5 WEATHER FORECAST. Fair To-Day V.'nrmer In Northern Indlann -Fair on Sunday. WASHINGTON, June 30. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: For Ohio and Indiana Fair Saturday, with warmer in northern, portion; fair Sunday; variable kinds becoming southerly. For Illinois Fair on Saturday, with warmer In extreme northeast portion; Increasing cloudiness on Sunday; south to southeast winds. Local Observations on Friday. Ear. Thr. R.1I. Wind. Weather. Pre. Ta-m. 30.27 61 53 N'east. Clear. .00 Tprn. 30.16 81 46 N'easL Clear. .00 ' Maximum temperature. S3T minimum temperature, it. Following Is a comparative statement of ths temperature and precipitation for June SO, 1339: Temp. Pre. Ncrmal ; 73 0.15 Mean 63 0.00 Departure from normal 7 0.13 teparture lnce June 1 Ml 2.50 Departure since Jan. 1 23S 4.40 riua. C K. It. WAPPE.VHANS. Local Forecast UfflclaL Yesterdays Tern pe rat area. SUtlons. Mln. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta. Gx 70 y & )lfmrck, X. D C3 M SO I-UlTalo. X. T U 70 M Canary. N. W. T. 71 M Cairo. Ill n $.1 7S Chryenne. Wjo S4 9 S2 Chicaso. Ill 73 CS Cincinnati M M 78 Crncordla. Kan I ) 74 ITenport. Ia 16 S SO l)e lcicf, la M $9 78 CiIvton. Tex SO S3 SO Helena. Mont It 79 70 JackiwnvUl'. Fla 74 St 74 Kama City. Mo CO S3 SJ Utt! Ilock. Ark a Marquette. Mkn Si M Memphis, Tenn SZ SI SO NaihTliJe. Tenn si 12 New Orlea.na. L 78 eg 7j New York. N. T 6) TS 74 Jv'orih rutt. Neb G u st Omaha. Neb CO ' S3 7S Jnitsbur. ra ro k -4 Qu' Anll. N. W. T U 73 CO Ttapld City. P. D 74 U U l Lake City, UUh 70 84 84 M. Louis. Mo 4 14 W Kt. Paul. SJlnn...... M 71 7s rprlnytield. Ill t4 R3 7H f -rtr.jiie!!. Mo 15 fij 75 VUksburc 2Ji 70 1 f Xtinstn. l. C Si W 11

OIas and glaware Woel. manufactures of... 343,313 1,0.C2 Ilnt and painters' colors 507,713 l.OTO.SlS Suj;ar. refined and confectionery 1,1.921 1.C32.275 Stationery, except of paper 471S3 DAMv CLEARINGS. . Gain nt Indianapolis This Week 13.1 Per Cent. Over Last Year. NEW YORK. June 2.-Th! follotcia tabl. rcmpned by Bradstreet, rhotrs t. bank clearing t the rrinclral cities for tne week en4ei Jar.e y. with the percentair rf tntreaf sni decrease, as compared with the corref ron'llr.r week fast year: New York S1.TC3.82M81 lne..W3 Boston 12C.074.1M Inc.r.S Chlrajo 12.7C.123 Ino..23.S Philadelphia, lon.Hl.7S5 Inc. .330 Ft. Louis S3.537.040 Inc. .31 3 ritttburs 2T.7TQ.&24 Inc. .33.8 Paltimore 1VC73.331 Inc.. 5.8 Fan Francisco 17.7&S.194 Inc. .14.3 Cincinnati 14,M3.0O Inc.. 16 Kansas City 21.51fi.S7 Inc.W C New Orleans .s:2.931 Inc..r7.1 Minneapolis . 9.2C7.093 Inc. .57.5 Detroit 6.7')1674 Inc.. 16.5 Cleveland M2-..79S Inc.. 13.2 Louisville .219.242 Inc. .20.4 Providence 5.4H:o Inc.. S.4 Milwaukee 5.544.51 Inc. .13.4 St. Paul 3.7O7.410 liuffalo 4.2'rr.l30 Omaha 5.4."3.9:4 Dec..l?9 Indlanapoll f.872.351 Inc. .13.1 Columbus, 0 4,Si,700 Inc.. 36.0 Totals. United States J1.6.,A.524,137 Inc. .41.1 Totals outside New York.... &2,503.9: Inc.. 27.5 MRS. S0UTHW0RTH DEAD

AVKLL-KMJWN AUTIIOHKSS DIES AT 1ICII WASHINGTON II031C. Trostrated by Heat a Jlonth Ago, and Did Aot Itallr Bccanne of Her Advanced Ace. WASHINGTON. June CO.-Mrs. Emma D. H N. Southworth, the authoress, died at her residence in this city at 8:30 o'clock tonight after an Illness of several weeks. About a month ago Mrs. Southworth was prostrated by the heat, and the infirmity of advanced age, she being In her seventyninth year, rendering her unable to recuperate from the attack, she grew rapidly worse until a few days since it was seen death was inevitable. She was attended by her son. Dr. Southworth. She had lived for many years a retired life in a picturesque mansion of the old-fashioned type located on a hill In "West Washington overlooking the Potomac and the hills of Virginia. Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevittc Southworth as born in Washigton, Dec. 2C, 1S19. She was educated by her stepfather, Joshua L Henshaw, at whose school she was graduated In 1S35. and in 1S40 she married Frederick II. Southworth, of UUca, N. Y. She taught In the public school in Washington in 1S44-49. and while so occupied 'oegan to write stories, the first of which "The Irish Refugee." appeared In the Baltimore Saturday Visitor. Subsequently she wrote for the National lira and became one of its regular contributors. In its columns appeared her first novel. "Retribution." It originally was intended to be a short story, but grew into a long novel and was afterwards issued in book form. With unusual rapidity she wrote her succeeding ctories, issuing sometimes three in a year. Her work9 display strong dramatic power and contain miny excellent descriptive pasasges of Southern life and scenery, to which they were chiefly devoted. In 1S3 she settled in a villa on the Potomac Heights, near Washington, where she lived until 1ST6. when she removed to Yonkers, N. Y. She later returned to Washington. Mrs. Southworth claimed to have invented for her own use the manllla box envelope that wafl afterwards patented by others. Her published noveto were, in 1S8S, about fifty-six in number. A uniform edition beginning with "Retribution" and ending with "The Fatal Secret." was issued in Philadelphia in 1872. It included forty-two stories. Since 1S74 her stories comprise "Unknown." "Gloria." ' The Trial of the Serpent," "Nearest and Dearest" and "An Exile's Bride." Many of Mrs. Southworth's works have been translated into French, German and Spanish, Gen. Delaware Kemper. WASHINGTON, June 30. Gen. Delaware Kemper, consul to Amoy, China, under tne first Cleveland administraton. died at his heme in Alexandria, Va., to-day. General Kemper was a distinguished soldier in the Confederate army during the civil war, was wcunded in the second battle of Manassas and was subsequently In command of tho Confederate forces in Charleston. He was a prominent member of the Confederate Veterans' Association, and up to a year ago was in charge of the Alexandria Times. Mr. Amanda Dnfonr. WASHINGTON, June 30. Mrs. Amanda Dufour. daughter of Bishop Calvin Ruter, ono of the earliest pioneer Methodist ministers of Indiana, died yesterday. She was married to Oliver Dufour in 1S42 at Vevay, Ind. They came from there to this city. Mrs. Dufour's husband died six years ago. Mr3. Dufour was the mother of five children, all of whom are living. One sister of Mrs. Dufour is the wife of ex-Congressman Springer, of Illinois, and her other sister is Mrs. Armstrong, residing in Florence. Ind. Mrs. Dufour was a woman of considerable poetic genius. The burial will be at Rock Creek Cemetery. J. V. Beekman. ARKANSAS CITY. Kan.. June 30. ExState Representative J. V. Beekman is dead here. Last night about 10:43 May Miller, the proprietor of a rooming house, notified the Kolice that Judge Beekman came to her ouse and asked for a room and requested her tp call h!m at 10 o'clock. At the time stated she went to call Beekman and found him dead. Beekman came here about ten years ago from Lincoln. III. He was a very prominent and successful lawyer and haci served one term in the Kansas State Legislature. 0 Capt. J. A. Simpson, L. S. A. PRESCOTT, Ariz., June 30.-Capt. James A. Simpson, U. S. A., retired, 'died here after a short illness. He went through many Indian campaigns in Arizona with General Crook. He was retired on account of physical disability a few years ago. Other Deaths. QUINCY. III.. June DO.-Willlam j. Sprague. retired merchant and banker, of l'alznyrta. Mo., dropped dead of heart disease while going up the Congregational Church steps to one of the concerts of the State Music Teachers' Association. He was sixty years old. His wife is crazed w ith grief. NEW YORK. June 30. Tavid Krakauer, pf tie piano-making nrm of Krakauer Bros'.! Is dead at his home in this city, aged tiftvone years. ERROR IN HIS SENTENCE. Embenler Deeler May De Released from a. Texas Prison. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. June 30 An error In the sentence of Charles A. Beeler, convicted of embezzling $30,000 from the WellsFargo Express Company, was discovered to-day. Ono of the district clerks, Nat Ijtwis. employed in recording the minutes of the May term of the court at which Beeler was convicted, wrote the name of "J. T. Evans" in place of "Charles A. Beeler" in the sentence. The minutes were feigned up and court adjourned before the error waa detected. Habeas, corpus proceedings in bemvlf of the prisoner will be begun at once. Will Erect a Small Station. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. June 33. The railroad lines entering East St. Louis will obey the mandate of the State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners to begin the construction of a union relay passenger station within sixty days but Instead of the Improvements they were talking of. they nrill erect a J30.0CO passenger station oa the site purchased from the Vandalia road. SBBBBVBBlBBSHBSSSSlBBBSSHaSSHBBBSBaaSMSJSaSBBBasaSSSB MoTcmenta of Steamers. LIVERPOOL. June 30. Arrived: Derbyshire, from Boston: Germanic, from New Ycrk; Belgenland. from Philadelphia.. NEW YORK. June 30.-Arrlved: Britannia, from Liverpool; Island, from Stettin. Beautiful Couplexlona by I'slncr' Champlln's Liquid Pearl. ZOc'. pink or white. Delightful, marvelous results; fcarcaleja.

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CItllSER CHICAGO AT THE NEAREST SEAPORT TO THE TRASSVAAU Admiral Hoirlion on a Visit to Pretoria More Concessions Prom Ised to Vltlanders. LORENZA MARQUES. Delagoa Bay, June C&. The cruiser Chicago. Rear Admiral Howison'a flagship, has arrived here. Her commander will rroceed to Pretoria. The Chicago palled from Ntw York in April last to circumnavigate. Africa, but owing to the unsettled state of affairs in the Transvaal may remain there to protect American interests. WASHINGTON, June 30. The Chicago, which arrived at Delagoa bay yesterday, is several days ahead of her schedule time. According to the itinerary arranged before the ship sailed from New York she was to arrive at Delagoa bay July 5. The visit of Admiral Howlson to Pretoria is said to havno political significance, although It is not usual for an admiral to leave his ship to proceed overland into another country. Undoubtedly the admiral will consult with tho American consul general at Pretoria respecting the outlock in the Transvaal and will be guided largely by his advice as to how long the Chicago will be detained at Delagoa bay. which is the nearest port to the Transvaal. Concessions o t'ltlnndcrs. LONDON, June DO. The Digger News, the Boer organ in London, prints a dispatch from Johannesburg to-day, announcing on reliable, authority that the Volksraad wTill be asked on Monday to confirm an arrangement made by the executive council; acceptable to the British high commissioner, Sir Alfred Milner, and the British government. It is believed the arrangement grants a seven-year retrospective franchise to uitlandes resident in the Transvaal beforei 1S0O. who will be immediately admitted to burghershlp. with other modifications in the naturalization laws. Americana Ask for 31nrlnes. LONDON, July 1. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "The'Germans and Americans in the Transvaal have appealed to their consuls for marines to protect their property in the event of hostilities." DIKE OF ALBANY WILL REIGN. All Others Have Renounced Their Claim to the Coburj? Throne. COBURG, June 30. It was officially announced that the Duke of Connaught, brother of the reigning Duke of Saxe-Co-burg and Gotha and the son of the Duke of Connaught, Prince Arthur, have renounced their claims to the Coburg succession in favor of tho Duke of Albany, son of the late Prince Leopold of England. The Duke of Albany, who was born in 18S4. and whose mother was Princess Helena of Waldeck, will be heir to the throne of Coburg, under the guardianship of Prince Hohenlohe-Lang-enburg. The Duke of Connaught's son reserves the right to the succession in the event of the death of the Duke of Albany or the extinction of the latter's male line. The Duke of Albany will immediately come to Coburg and receive a German education previous to entering the German army. Tho minister of etate-fn-chief, C. F. Von Strenge, Informed the Diet that the Duke of Connaught's reason for the renunciation oflhe succession was his unwillingness to pirt from his only son, and because ho could not abandon hi responsibility for the care and education of his son while Prince Arthur of Connaught was compelled to reside in England; and the duke recognized that the heir to the throne of Coburg required a German education. The Queen and the royal family, he added, all had the most tender love for Coburg. to which they were Joined through Prince Consort. The Peace Conference. THE HAGUE, June CO. The first committee of the peace conference discussed today the reports of the war and marine subcommittees on the Russian proposals not to Increase the effectives or military budgets, lhe subcommittees recommendation that the proposals, be referred for ulterior decisions to-rfhe governments was adopted. uith a view of avoiding a direct vote against Russia, both M. Beermaert and Baron Bi'dt urged that the reports on disarmament be merely read, and not put to vote. This suggestion was adopted. The Figaro Entertains Harrison. PARIS, June 30. The members of the Editorial Association were the guests this afternoon of the Figaro. Those present Included a committee of which Gen. Horace Porter, the United States ambassador, was chairman, formed to entertain the delegates. Former President Benjamin Harrison and other members of the Venezuelan commission and a number of prominent Americans were among the visitors. The affair was a great success. Cession to Germany Perfected. MADRID, Jure 30. The treaty confirming the agreement of Feb. 12 ceding the Caroline, Pelew and Marianao islands to Germany, and the declaration granting Germany the most favored treatment from July 1, were signed to-day by Premier Sllvela and the German ambassador here. Count Von Radowitz. Sent Poisoned Cake by Mali. LONDON, June 30. At the Holtford Assizes to-day Mary Ann Feld was found guilty of murdering her sister, an inmate of an asylum for the insane, by sending poisoned cake by post. She was sentenced to death. The condemned woman had previously Insured her sister's life, giving a false description. M ASPHALT TRUST. Company That Alms to Control the World's Paving Dnslness. PHILADELPHIA. June 30. The articles of the Asphalt Company of America, which has just been incorporated in New Jersey with a capital of $30,000,000, and which wfll probably be known as "the Asphalt Trust," authorizes tho company to "manufacture, to produce, purchase or otherwise acquire and use asphalt, stone, wood, bricks, blocks, tiles, natural and artificial pavements and paving materials and supplies of all kinds and all commodities, goods, wares, merchandise, articles and things which can be used as a part thereof or in connaction therewith, or as a. substitute therefor: and to sell, exchange, pledge, deal in or otherwise dispose of the same in any manner whatsoever for the purpose of paving, rooting or similar purposes, or any protective, ornamental or useful purpose to which any form of natural or artiiicial asphalt or combination thereof or substitute therefor may be applied." "The corporation," said George A. Halm, "haa been formed to control the sale of asphalt in the United States. It will have charge of the entire output of Trinidad asphalt and whatever other natural beds can be obtained. In this way we expect to control all the asphalt in the world. We shall absorb a great many smaller companies in this country. The main business of th concern 'will be carried on in Philadelphia. The Edible Nut Company. NEW YORK. June 30. The American Edible Nut Company, to control the peanut trade, Is about to be incorporated In New Jersey. The capital stock, it Is stated, will be $3,000,000. Tho charter of the combination will permit it to handle nuts other than peanuts, and the product of nuts grown in this and other countries. The company will control, it la claimed, tho entire peanut market of the world. Peanuts have teen advancing for some months from natural causes, there being an active demand and scant supply. When the company begins operations, the nuts. It is believed, are likely to advance still further. Writ of Ouster Issued. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., June 20. The Missouri Supreme Court, en banc, to-day awarded a writ of ouster on the information of Attorney General Crow, against seventythree fire insurance companies doing business in St. Joseph. Mo., for violating the state anti-trust act of 1S35. Under this decision the seventy-three companies cannot continue doing business in the State. Anti-Trust Rolllnc Mill. TOLEDO. O., June 30. An independent roillB nil! of lsuaeasa proportions b to

be erected in Toledo, and.it i:i be out?lde the trust. The deal is being engineered by W. Houston, ex-presldent of the Maumee mill, which has gone Into the trust. The capital of the new concern i to be largely local. The mill will be located near the Maumee mill, in Ironvllle. FLOODS IN TEXAS.

Mny Farmers Reported Drowsed Bodies of Five Negroes Found. HOUSTON. Tex.. June 30. The remarkably heavy rains of the past four days in Texas have done damage which will amount to hundred of thousands of dollar?. Rallicad traffic is suspended in south Texas because of the numerous washouts and many bridges are gone. Every stream in this section of the State is above high water mark and the angry waters hive deitroyH thousands of acres of cotton, corn and cane, besides houses and cattle. At Calvert the rise was so sudden that when the water went through th town several negroes weie drowned and five bodie9 have been recoveicd. It is rumored that many farmers, white and colored, living in the Brazos bottoms, hive been drowned, but neither names nor reliable particulars are yet obtainable. The Big and Little Brazos rivers have Joined at Navasota, where they are ordinarily three miles apart, and toe whole country between, mostly cotton and corn land. Is ruined. It is reliably stated that one family of six persons perished. The loss In cotton and corn alcne will reach a million dollars, while another million will not cover the loss to railroads and other property. WACO, Tex.. June 30. The Brazos river reached the highest point to-day it has attained in fourteen years. Crops in the Brazos bottoms are inundated from six to fifteen feet, and in most cases are a total loss. Hundreds of people have fled from the valley and have taken refuge in this city. In East Waco the main street is six feet deep and the business houses are completely under water and all merchandise is ruined. All trains entering this city have been abandoned, the tracks having teen washed away for several miles. The water to-night stands six feet deep in the passenger depot. The river is slowly falling, but the rain continues. GEN. PACKARD IN CHARGE CHANGE IX ADMINISTRATION AT SOLDIERS HOME LAST NIGHT. The State's Institution to De 3Ianaged Yrith a Vlerr to Making It Attractive to Inmates. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 30. The inauguration of a new regime at the Indiana Soldiers Home took place to-night at the home chapel, with introduction of Gen. Jasper Packard as successor to Commandant Megrew. The trustees and many inmates believe that the change will result in a better state of affairs, although to the retiring officer is conceded earnest endeavor, consistent effort and untiring industry in building up the institution. The only excuse given for tho change is that eloper sympathy is desired between the head of the Institution and the Inmates. It is conceded that Colonel Megrew has made great progress in nearly all his work, whjch began when the site waa but a wilderness, and that the business management has been satisfactory, but the home, it is said, has not succeeded in impressing its Importance on the State at large, and this Is believed to be partly due to his lack of acquaintance with the people. Colonel Megrew and trustees admit that some minor mistakes have been made. Prestige can be gained, it is thought, by putting at its head such a well-known man as Packard, and the board thinks the wisdon of this move will bo demonstrated in a &.K.rt time. To-night's 'meeting was in the pr3ence of- a 'crowded audience room. The commandant opened it with few remarks on his departure and expressions of best wishes for his successor, whom he introduced. General Packard spoke briefly, reviewing the .purposes of the institution and making a plea for the loyalty of inmates one to another and to the officers. He was followed by Trustees Foster. Carnahan. McDonald, Murphy and Levering. McDonald sounded the keynote o the new policy when he said: "General Packard was a good soldier and is a good citizen. He will be good to you, if you are good to him." All of the trustees spoke kindly of Colonel Megrew. The meeting closed with an informal reception to the new commandant. General Packard said he had no defined plans to announce. He would take up the work where his predecessors had left off, hoping to make the home one in reality as well as name. His policy was not shaped and would not be until he became better acquainted with the details. The old employes will be retained. No changes are contemplated and none would be made if present employes remain faithful. At to-day's meeting thirty-five applications for admission were acted on favorably. An order was Issued for a new cottage residence for the surgeon. Capt. D. B. Kehler was elected adjutant for three years. Plans were also agreed on for improvements of grounds and surroundings. Colonel Megrew left the institution immediately after to-night's meeting. He will leave the city to-morrow for a visit in South Dakota. His subsequent plans are undecided, but it is not improbable he will locate in Indiana. EFFECT OF THE TRUSTS. President Done Says 35,000 "Drummers Have Deen Dismissed. ALBANY. N. Y., June 30. President Dowe, in his annual address to the Commercial Travelers Association, in convention here to-day, dwelt on the effect of trusts on commercial travelers and what the commercial travelers should do under the circumstances. He declared that he had obtained from the best possible and most reliable sources, that thirty-five thousand commercial travelers had been thrown out of work through trusts and hat twenty-five thousand more had had their salaries reduced. One in every ten was affected. In conclusion President Dowe said: "As to actions on trusts. I would not advise positive or overaggresslve action. As against trusts, we are novices. We would simply get whipped In a haphazard fight. It would be to our interest to see whether any one of the great political organizations deserves our approval. I have thought a monster nonpartisan organization might be formed to fight trusts regardless o politics. We are undoubtedly confronted with a demoralized and un-American situation." The following resolutions were adopted after-protracted debate: "Resolved, That we commend most heartily the work of the president of the Commercial Travelers National League in all of his labors in behalf of the commercial travelers, and especially in relation to his demonstration of what trusts really 'are and showing the speculative reason for their organization and consideration of effects of trusts. "Resolved. That we thank him for the courageous stand taken confronting this vital issue. "Resolved. That we. the Commercial Travelers National League. In convention assembled, deplore the organization of trusts, the Generalization of capital and the curtailment of individual possibilities as a species of speculative conspiracy and a menace, especially to the employment of commercial travelers. "Resolved, That we condemn as un-American combinations or syndicates of Incorporated or private business concerns for the purpose of controlling- products and In restraint. of trade and competition." MISMANAGEMENT ALLEGED. Receiver .Asked . for a f 75,000,000 Balldlns and Loan Association. PITTSBURG. June 30. A bill In equity filed to-day by John G. Fouse and fourteen others, asks for the appointment ot a receiver for the New York National Building and Loan Association, capitalized at $73,000,000, with its chief offices Th New York. The bill charges the association with Insolvency for the past six years and tha officers with gross carelessness in the management of the concern. -

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"WESTERN WRITERS WISD t'P COtVEYTION WITH A BANQUET. Xetr Officers Elected and a Fetr Choice Literary Treats for the Last Day at Winona Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINONA LAKE. Ind., June O The annual meeting of the Western Association of Writers closed to-night with a banquet, the last regular session being held this morning. The association elected officers for the coming year as follows: President Lee O. Harris, Greenfield. Vice Presidents Indiana: James Whitcomb Riley, W. W. Pfrummer, Mrs. E. S. L. Thompson, Mark L- De Motte: Kentucky: Young E. Allison; Illinoi?: James Newton Matthews; Ohio: F. P. Oldham; Kansas: Eugene T. Ware. Secretary Mrs. Maud C. Snolley, of BrooLvillp. Treasurer Mrs. I. M. Davis, of Huntington. Chairman of Executive Committee Hon. Will Cumback, Greeneburg. Programme Committee Judge W. P. Fishback, of Indianapolis. The association met this morning for the la9t regular session and an excellent programme was presented. E. B. Helney, of Huntington, recited a beautiful little poera and Mrs. Jennie Ray Ormsby, of the Westminster Seminary, at Fort Wayne, read a paper on "How to Awaken a Keener Appreciation -of Literature." Miss Idael Makeever recited an original poem, and Mrs. May W. Donnan. of Indianapolis, was called upon for another story, and she responded hy reading a short story entitled "His Chrismas Turkey." It waa witty. and bright and was received by tho audience with much applause. The writers gathered at 2 o'clock to listen to a paper sent by Benjamin S. Parker, who was unable to attend ort account of sickness. The meeting closed with a banquet at the Winona Hotel to-night. Plates were laid for sixty. Judge Fishback was toastmaster. The list of toasts at the banquet follows: Mark I. De Motte, "Our Better Half;" Judge S. P. Thompson. "Judge Not;" W. W. Pfrlmmer, poem; Mrs. Carroll, "Winona Mosquitoes;" Prof. A. W. Butler. "Birds of Prey and Birds of Song;" Hon. Will Cumback, "At Large;" Mrs. May W. Donnan. poem; George Cottman, "In Bohemia:" Mrs. I. M. Davis, "A Gentleman from Indiana;" Mrs. Maud C. Smolley, "The Secretary;" Mrs. Martina Swofford. "Charter Members;" E. B. Helney, poem; Idael Makeever, poem: Joe S. Reed, poem; John J. Curtis. "The Book Publisher." John Clark Ridpath was taken sick yesterday afternoon and was compelled to return to his home at Greencastle this morning. The writers took a farewell steamboat excursion at 5 o'clock this afternoon. They will begin to leave In the morning. BIG TRUST ENJOINED. Federal Steel Company Restrained from Paying: Dltidends. NEW YORK, June 30.-Judge Edward B. Thomas, in the United States District Court for the Southern district of New York, tonight granted two-injunctions restraining the Federal Steel Company from paying dividends on its stock one of 1U per cent, on its common stock and another of 1 per cent, on preferred stock both payable July 20. The injunctions are obtained by Louis Schae.fer. and Frederick E. Marquand, brokers, of this city, who are Jiolders of preferred and common stock, respectively, in the Federal Steel Company. The injunctions were obtained on the ground that the company has no right under its charter to declare a dividend before the end of the present fiscal year January, 1900. These dividends are quarterlies and at a meeting of the board of directors of tho company, held some days ago, the sum of $1,5&7,&30 was ordered set aside as a fund to pay them. Tne complainants believe that the directors, in declaring dividends based on a short period of prosperity and distributing a surplus then on hand, but without waiting for the close of the fiscal year, have acted "In defiance of tho essential of a sound financial policy and in defiance of the clear and absolute requirements of their charter; that it is not equitable that this money should be distributed to the stockholders of the Federal Steel Company until such time as, according to the terms of its charter and by-laws the same was due them, or that the company should meanwhile be deprived of the use of said money. As no specific day or days are fixed in the charter of the company It would seem that the directors of the company cannot pay dividends until January of next year.". The injunctions granted by Judge Thomas are to hold untii final judgment. TOD SLOAN SETTLES. Pays an English Walter $1,000 for Assault and Battery. LONDON, June 30. The Star this morning says: "The Tod Sloan assault case has been finally settled by the payment of $1,000 to the waiter." At Newmarket to-day Sloan rode In five races, but won none. His mounts finished second in two events, third in two and was unplaced in the other. J. Reiff. the American jockey, was presented to the Prince of Wales by Lady William Beresford at Newmarket yesterday. The prince was obviously interested in such a tiny jockey and asked his weight, whether he could ride awkward horses, and put qther questions to him. Reiff, who was self-possessed, answered intelligently, and subsequently departed in company with Mr. Richard Croker. L. B. and Anna V. Won. JACKSON, Mich., June 30. The weather to-day was beautiful and the track was fast. Results: 2:33 Trot; purse, $300: L. B. won in straight heats. Best time, 2:31. Survey, Executrix, Lake Shore Girl and Ed V. also started. 2:19 Pace; purse. $300: Anna V. won third, fourth and seventh heats. Best time, 2:134. Pearl won first and second heats and was distanced in the fifth. Aethon won fifth and sixth heats. Fought to a Draw. NEW YORK. June 30. "Mysterious Billy" Smith, of this city, and Charley McKeever, of Philadelphia, met at catch weights before the Broadway Athletic Club to-night and fought a twenty-round bout to a draw. Smith was a trifle the heavier, but McKeever administered the most punishment. FEAR THE BUBONIC PLAGUE Authorities Will Not Allow Any One to Leave the Steamer Mppon Maru. SAN FRANCISCO, June 30. There Is a clash between the federal authorities and the Board of Health over the Nippon Ma'ru affair. The federal authorities have received instructions from Washington to release the vessel from quarantine, but the Board of Health has gone into the matter more deeply and has stationed a squad of policemen around- the steamer to prevent any one from leaving the suspected vessel. Dr. Barbat. the bacteriologist, has propagated the bacilli found on the bodies of the two Japanese who tried to escape from the Mam and is convinced that the bacilli is that f bubonic plague, but will go further into his examination and will inoculate a pig or some other animal with the germs to finally determine the question. In the meantime the steamship company will apply for an injunction permitting the cargo of the vessel to be removed. The cargo has been thoroughly fumigated throughout. It is probable that the Mara will again be ordered into the stream on the strength of Dr. Barbat's second analysis of the bacilli. The passengers who arrived on the Nippon Maru are still at the Angel island quarantine station. : R CENTENARIAN'S FEAST. Tobacco and Onions Among: the Lux urlea Enjoyed by Leonard It better.

QUINCY," III., June 30. Leonard Reeder celebrated his one-hundredth birthday yesterday. He was in the Mormon and Black Hawk wars, and always made all the boots vorn by John Wood, Governor of Illinois from 1S37 to 1SC0. Roeder is In rood health and his centennial feast consisted larrrly of tobacco and ocicca.

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4 ADDRESS BY GEN. MILES HE SAYS JUS SYMPATHIES ARE WITH THE 3IAX WHO TOILS, And Those Who Seek Honest Occupation for lie Hcneflt of Themselves and Families Are Patriots. PITTSBURG. Pa., June SO. MaJ. Gen. Nelson A. ifiles, who Is in the city as the guest of "All Organized Labor," had a busy time to-day sight-seeing, holding receptions, and addressing meetings. He and his party left for Cincinnati late to-night. In the course of General Miles's address at the Grand Cpcra House he said: "I may on this occasion and in this presence repeat what I stated several years ago In a public document, at a crucial time in the history of labor, that 'so far as I am concerned, I believe that I can sincerely say that my sympathies have.been from boyhood to the present time, with the man who labors in an honest and honorable occupation.' From the earliest records and traditions we find that the people who have been industrious, prudent and temperate have been prosperous, happy and strong. Labor has been gradually ascending to a higher mean, to the clear sunlight of reason and progressive thought. It is being more intelligently directed and better utilized: more generally respected and more highly appreciated. There was a time when there was a far wider gulf between him who toiled and him who did not, than there Is to-day. "It is possible that sometimes our advantages and Institutions may not be fully appreciated. If there Is any body of people in the United States that constitute the strongest patriots it is that body of men who toll and seek honest occupation for the benefit of themselves and their families. They cherish the institutions of their country and I have witnessed the grandest manifestation of their patriotism. "While the Republic has in a hundred years vastly outgrown the proportions and conditions anticipated by its founders, the principles of government, the responsibilities of citizenship and statesmanship remain the same. While there are new and complicated problems without that must be settled on principles of Justice and humanity, there are still mighty interests and responsibilities within affecting you, your children and children's children, requiring the most earnest and unselfish wisdom on the part of all citizens, and no national duty is of more vital importance than to protect and promote the tollers of this great Nation in all that contributes to their welfare and prosperity." MINERS SHOOtT (Conclnded from First Pace.) employes of Brooklyn assert that if the Rapid Transit does not accede to the demands of the men a strike on the entire system will be inaugurated at 7:30 a. m. on Sunday. A secret meeting of the delegates of the Nassau Division, District No. 75. Knights of Labor, was held to-nignt at Exchange Hall, In Brooklyn. Grand Master Workman Parsons, li. of L., was present, as was also William H. W. Webster, commissioner of the state bo:d of arbltratiom It was learned that Mr. Webster had a conference with Master Workman Hines to-day. and that afterwards Mr. Webster had gone to see President Rosslter, of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Mr. Rossiler exElalned to Mr. Webster that no grievances ad. been presented to the company by the men, and that, therefore, there was nothing to arbitrate. At the meeting to-night Mr. Webster was given full authority to act for the trolley men. He is to see the Brooklyn Rapid Transit people to-morrow. The only thing which the trolley men are determined to hold out for is the strict observance by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit of the ten-hour law. ringree's War on Unionism. DETROIT, Mich., June 30. The "Pingreo & Smith shoe factory lockout Is In full force to-day. Frank C. Pingree, brother of Governor Pingree, who is manager of the businss, said to-day: "We have stood a great deal from the unions on account of Governor Pingree's position in politics. No: there will be no decrease in wages if the men return. It is simply a question of who Is golnjr to run this business. We have not heard from the men yet." In reply to statements by Mr. Pingree, striking employes said to-day that Pingree & Smith had not kept an agreement as to an increase of certain wages, reached by arbitration, as a result of a strike four years ago. The men want settlement for alleged arrears in wages and a new wage scale adopted. "As to the. firm treating us better because Pingree was running for office. It is not true," said one. "The fact is that we have been more considerate of the firm because its head was in, politics, and have held off time and again on that account." Miners Ask the .Federation Aid. WASHINGTON, June30. The American Federation of Labor In this city to-day received a telegram from Edward Boice, of the miners union In Montana, asking cooperation and support In a national labor convention to be held in Chicago to protest against the action of the military authorities m Idaho. President Gompers. while expressing sympathy with the object of the convention, declined to have the American Federation drawn officially into action with th.'3 particular movement. - President Gompers replied: "The A. F of L. authorizes its officers to take every action in defense of and to furthfr labor's Interests, but special conventions have superfluous and wiit uuuvuc 01 iae purposes ror which they were called. We shall leave no effort

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