Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 196, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 July 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1890. - "

U3.C tons, and In the half year 6.S44.215, for the fact that steel makers have ::'.;cd heavily against orders running i-zcu'h most of the year, drawing from ut:iue supplies, so that consumption may ; rove only .700.tfft tons, or even less. Prices i.m climbing, but only for the trifling surI lus not covered by contracts, so that quotations represent but an Insignificant part ct the actual business. It Is of more Importance that new orders, though very many, seem no lender equal to the weekly output, except In a few branches, while furnaces and other works practically abandoned for many years are being started again. Copper Is a shade weaker, at lSUc for lake, the government reporting the output in 1?&S H3 52S,C7d,c:'l pounds. Tin la strong, with London speculation at 2S.2iC. ar.d lead Is advanced by the smelting company to 4.S5c. The largest shipments of boots and shoes in any year for the- season. 193,09) cases in two weeks, greater by 17.4 per cent, than last year, 8.5 per cent, than in 1S37 and 29.4 rer cent, than In 1SS2, result from very extensive pressure to anticipate orders for Auuit or September, distribution far exceeding ex'peciatlons, but there are reported with such appeals not nearly as large tnough numerous duplicate orders. Hemlock sole leather sells largely, but some kinds slowly with slight yielding In prices. Though cotton Is steady In spite of Texas floods, at 6.13 cents, and the general demand for cotton goods is full and sustains prices, a reduction of half a cent in some fancy prints is reported. In wool a great speculation Is in progress, sales in two . weeks reaching 22.261,1(0 pounds. It is worth noticing that no purChases by manufacturers are mentioned, ave one for 4.000 pounds, though there is much calculation that "the manufacturers must buy" at any price asked. Western frenzies sometimes make Eastern markets, but as a rule consumers make prices in the end. In striking contrast with official and other wheat reports are the recorded receipts at Western ports, 8,0$M4i bushels in two weeks, against 1.471,733 last year. It is not strange that prices have declined IY cents and exports, flour included, were from Atlantic ports In July thus far 4,13.914 bushels, against 4.0S3.2 last year, and from Pacific ports 1.010.483. against 801.1C0 last year, besides fA,5$5 bushels this year from other ports. Corn exports are also surprising, 5,15,21 ! bushels in two weeks, against 2,r'7.9 last year, but less surprising than Western receipts, 10.512.241 bushels, against 4.561.071 last year. Nevertheless the price advanced of a cent. Failures for the week have been 169 in the TTnited States, against 215 last year, and 24 in Canada, against 23 last year. m 5EAIILY TWO BILLIONS. Cask Clearing" This Week Show a, Gain of GO.O Per Cent. NEW YORK. July 14. The following table. compiled by Bradctreet, shows the bank clearings at the cltlta named for the wk ended July 14. with the percentage of increase-and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: New York JLM3.e74.150 Inc..7S Boston 134.241,778 Inc. .(3.9 Chicago 134.1 40.040 Inc. .343 Philadelphia. 99.133.814 Ir.c..51.3 Ft. Louis 31.661704 Inc. .13.2 Pittsburg 24.S20.357 Inc. .34.2 Baltimore 24.978.77J Inc. .43.5 Fan Francisco 18.762.07s Inc.. 20.8 Cincinnati 14.32.203 Inc. .10.9 Kansas City 12.4.0.61 Inc. .20 New Orleans ,297.24 Inc. .ICS ' Minneapolis ,10.993.341 Inc. .90.9 Petrolt 8.420. 55 1 Inc.. 23.2 Cleveland , 10.741.83 Inc. .34.0 Louisville 8.316.157 Inc.. 26.0 Providence 6.347. Vi Inc.. 23.0 Milwaukee MD.005 Dec.. 3.4 Ct. Paul 4.S50.3C2 Inc. .28.2 Buffalo 5.197.551 Inc. .34.0 Omaha 6.032.S31 pec. 7.2 Indianapolis 7.52U33 Inc..3S.2 Columbua. 0 5.441.SOO Inc. .30.8 X:vanvUle 1.007.0SO Inc.. 30.0 Totals. United States $1.913.94kS35 Inc.. 60.9 Totals outside New York.... 70, 272.685 Inc.. 37.6

LYNCHINGS IN TEXAS. Two Xearroea Pat to Death for Criminal Assault and 31 order. HOUSTON. Tex.. July ll.-Specials to the Post tell of two lynching In Texas to-day. Abe Brown, a negro, who murdered and outraged a Bohemian woman Monday, was shot to death near Gilead, and an unknown negro was lynched near Iola, Grimes county, lor murdering a white boy, Lemuel Char p. Ilatflelfl May Be Lynched. CHARLESTON. V. Va.. July ll.-Gov. v Atkinson to-night received a message from Sheriff Walton, of Cabell county, saying he had Information of a probable lynching at Huntington and asking authority to call out the militia. If necessary. Governor Atkinson wired the sheriff to summon a posse to prevent violence of any sort, ajid after exhausting all means at his disposal, if he failed, to "call on the Governor for assistance. Ellas Hatfield, who killed 'Doc" Ellis. Is In Jail at Huntington. STILL LOYAL TO THE SOUTR Reason Why 3Ira. Jeff Davis Lives in the Xorth. RICHMOND. Va.. July 14. The complaint from Mississippi papers that Mrs. Jefferson Davis has taken up her permanent abode In Vermont la stated upon good authority to be a mistake. The fact, however, that the widow of the President of the Confederacy has spent so little of her time in the South Is admittedly an obstacle In the way of obtaining contributions in the South here to talninjr contributions in the South to the her late husband. Mrs. Davis's friends hre insist that her ctay in Vermont is only temporary, and that sh has lived In the North because it afforded her a better opportunity to supervise the publications in which she was interested -Irs. Davis, it Is insisted by her Richmond friends. has never failed to manifest her loyalty for the South. The death of her daughter. Mlas Winnie DavK is believed to be largely due to that young lady's visit to .the Confederate reunion at Atlanta two years, ago. Deaf and Dnmb Association. ST. PAUL. Minn.. July 14. The closing session of the convention of the National Association of the Deaf and Dumb was WET WEATHER PROBABLE, lowers Promised for To-Day and To-Morrovr Variable 'Winds. WASHINGTON, July H.-Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: For Indiana Showers on Saturday and probably on Sunday; variable winds. For Illinois Showers on Saturday and probably on Sunday; cooler in southern portion on Sunday; variable winds. For Ohio Threatening on Saturday, with showers on the lakes; probably showers on Cunday; variable winds. . Local Observations on Friday Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. 30.00 6 South. Lt. rain. 0.01 7 p.m. 29.91 75 E2 6' east. Cloudy. T Maximum temperature, 76; minimum temperature. CT. Following 1 comparative statement of the temperature ana precipitation for July 14: Temp. Pre. formal 73 0.14 Wn 72 0.01 Departure from normal o.w rPrtur since July 1 23 1 26 Peparture since Jan. 1 264 7 56 C. P. It. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Officii!. Yesterday's Stations. 'Atlanta. Gi Llvmarck. S. D ZufTalo. N. f... ....... Caljarv. N. YV. T Cairo, III Cheyenne. Wjo Chicago. Ill Cincinnati. O Ccnccrdta, Kan Iavenpirt. Ia Ies Moines. Ia Galveston. Tex ;TIena. Mont 'Jacksonville. Fl Kansas City, Mo ' Little Rock. Ark Marquette. Mich I l!rrnih!a, Tenn. I.'ashvllle. Tenn New Orleans. La. Temperatures M!n. :t Max. 94 7 p.m. 90 74 70 74 U tt 70 78 72 7S 82 ft 71 84 82 SO 48 IS 94 82 71 84 SO 74 72 72 84 84 74 80 84 84 71 ......... Q 62 50 7S 71 7 92 78 72 SO M 84 S4 M 71 94 M 94 74 94 9S U 80 81 83 82 80 7 7S IS 92 r 81 88 92 12 ......... a E4 C 6t a ct 70 74 S4 7J 73 72 M 74 71 New Tork. N. Y I.'orth Platte. Neb OVIahomji. O. T 19 V) 72 4 S M 2 3 7 3 70 ex Cmaha, Neb l ltubure. Pa A pi lie. N. VT. T. : -apid citj, b. d :Jt Lake City. Utah. t. Louis. Mo Z. Paul. Minn -rlntrmd. Ill rlnrfleM. Ma .kiburg. Mlaa ... 74 . M.iiojton, V. C 1

held to-day at the Capitol. National officers were elected as-follows: President; J. L. Smith. A. M., Faribault. Minn.; first vice president, G. W. Vedith. A. M.. Colorado Springs. Col.; second vice president, P. Axling. Sioux Falls. 8. D.; third vice president. Miss Schoorberger, Ashland, Pa.; fourth vice president. Theodore ITEstrella, Berkeley, Cal.; secretary, T. F. Fox. New York; treasurer, N. F. Morrow, Indianapolis, Ind. SETTLERS PERSECUTED.

Alleged Outrages by Freneh Warships on Newfoundland's Coast. ST. JOHNS, N. F., July 14. The French warships continue" to persecute the settlers along the treaty coast. Two colonial vessels have been driven out at Port-au-Port harbor by them this week. The colonial government will urge Rear Admiral Bedford on his arrival here on Sunday with the British fleet to take steps to prevent the repetition of these outrages. The Peary expeditionary steamer Diana. Capt. Samuel Bartlett. will sail from this port to-morrow mcrnlng for Sydney, where she will take on board the exploring party under Professor Llbbey and Mr. Russell Porter, sailing thence on Thursday next for Greenland. MR. TRACEWELL SPEAKS CONTROLLER OF THE TREASURY DEFENDS SECRETARY GAGE. Snys Civil-Service Reformers Are Criticising Their Rest Friend The Decision of April 1. WASHINGTON. July 14. Mr. Tracewell. the controller of the treasury, has returned to the city after three weeks' absence in the West. He said to-day that he had not read the letter of the Civil-service Commission to the secretary of the treasury asking that he request the controller to review his decision of April 1 last upon the subject of the appointment and pay of deputy United States marshals. Although he had seen numerous extracts from the commission's letter as printed In the newspapers and the comments thereon, he was not prepared to make any statement as to his probable action except that he undoubtedly would make a reply thereto. He was somewhat surprised, he said, although he made the statement In no spirit of criticism, that the commission did not select a live issue. The President had settled the matter completely by taking out of the classified service deputy field marshals and there the controversy might properly end. He was frank to say, however, that so far he had seen nothing to change the views expressed In the decision of April 1. He had no doubt3 of the correctness of the views therein expressed and he even might have gone much further than, he did. He said lt had been settled by the courts in repeated Instances and In the United States Supreme Court that deputy United States marshals were not "federal officers" within the meaning of the law and consequently the act of one of the former Presidents in placing them within the classified service was clearly illegal. He had no doubt whatever on this point and In all probability in his answer to the commission's recent letter he would treat the subject from that point of view. The controller said that he had heard that some member of the Civil-service Reform League at Newark had criticised Secretary Gage in connection with the President's recent order exempting deputy marshals and certain other positions from' the classified service. "Thes-e gentlemen." he said, "apparently do not recognize their best friends, for Secretary Gage Is, and always has been, a stanch friend and supporter of the civilservice reform principle. I have watched his course carefully during the last two years and more and I have never known of a single Instance where he has made the least exception on account of the politics of a man he wanted for the service, and I venture the assertion that he has never made an appointment or approved of a promotion that was not. In his Judgment, for the good of the service. Republicans and Democrats have been treated, to my certain knowledge, with exact Impartiality, and It Is a mistake for any one to attack his course in the name of civil-service reform." Immediately on its receipt Secretary Gage sent to the controller's office the commission's letter asking for a review of the controller's decision, but this was done only as an act of courtesy, as the secretary hah no authority whatever over the controller, whose decisions are final so far as the secretary is concerned, he having no power under the law either to reverse or modify them In the least particular. DIXON BESTS SANTRY. Receives the Decision at the End of a Six-Round Bout. ' CHICAGO. July 14. George Dixon was given the decision over Eddie Santry in their six-round bout at the Fort Dearborn Athletic Club to-night. There was no damage done In the first round, but after that the work was fast. In the fifth round Dixon landed a number of body punches and while Santry did not fall to count, his blows did not seem quite as effective as those of his opponent. Santry showed well In the last round, but as usual Dixon did the leading. It was give and take until the sound of the gong. The referee announced Dixon the winner and was greeted with a volume of dissenting remarks. In point of blows landed there was little to choose, Dixon probably being the more effective, while his aggressiveness no doubt counted for something in getting him Jhe verdict. Tim Krnrnn 'Whips Jack Daly. NEW YORK. July 14. Tim Kearns, or Boston, knocked the wind out of Jack Daly, of Wilmington, in less than twelve rounds before the Broadway Athletic Club to-night. Kearns is now entitled to meet the lightweight champion, Frank Erne, of Buffalo. Daly was very weak as he came up for the eleventh and he got all the worst of the argument. In the twelfth Kearns bored in with body blows and Daly was forced to clinch repeatedly. Daly backed Into his own corner, where Kearns threw his left into the stomach and quickly brought It up with an uppercut on the chin, flooring Daly. Jack fell flat on his back on the floor of the ring, where he remained. Time of round two minutes fifteen seconds. Refused to Fight. COLUMBU3, O.. July 14. The glove contest between Denny Gallagher, of this city, and Ed Bennett, of Dayton, at Lockbourne to-night came to an unexpected end in the fifteenth round when Bennett quit because the referee pushed him back when Gallagher slipped and fell after making a vicious swing. The decision was given to Gallagher, who had rather the best of the fight. SHAFTER MAY RETIRE SOON. Friends of the General Are, However, Seeking Ills. Retention In the Army. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July H.-MaJor General Shatter will have reached the age limit In about three months, and lt Is laid his friends are working rtuletly, but none the less energetically, to secure his retention in the service u few years longer. The friends of General Shifter argue that since the Department of .h Pacific has become so important by reason of the acquisition of tn Philippines it is an inadvisable move to make a change in ts comm uvler Just at this time. It !s runmred that lingadit-r General Merrlam. at rrf-nt in rsninind of the Department jf the Oolimb'.i. Is likely to succeed Shatter in th-s event of his retirement. Three Oak Wins n Cannon. NEW YORK. July' 11. The village of Three Onks. Mich., has won-the cannon which Admiral Dewey sent from Manila for the Maine monument fund. The cannon was to be given to the city or village making the largest contribution In proportion to Its population. Three Oaks, with a populat!on of from 800 to 1.X people, raised 11,132, representing more than $1 per capita. Dad Complexions Xeed Champlln's Liquid Tearl, A lovely, harmless beautifier. No equal.

TEN STRIKERS CONVICTED

FOL'XD GUILTY OF TERRORIZING 131PORTED 3EGRO MINERS. Tried on the Charge of Violating a Federal Injunction racking-House Strike Adjusted. FORT SMITH. Ark.. July H.-Ten of the striking miners were convicted in the "Federal Court to-day of entering into a conspiracy on the evening of July 5 for the purpose of intimidating and terrorizing the Imported negro miners In the employ of the Kansas and Texas Coal Company, in violation of the injunction issued by. Federal Judge Rogers, restraining the strikers from interfering with the company's employes. It developed In the testimony that the r trlkers armed themselves and searched the homes of the negroes and took therefrom the Winchesters which had been supplied to them by the company for the purpose of protecting themselves. The negroes were forced at the muzzle of guns to attend a public meeting which was held in the city, where speeeches were made. Over one hundred of the negroes promised they would quit the employ of the company and leave the city, but they have since changed their minds and are at work In the mines again. Ultimatum to Meat Workers Union. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. July li.-The management of the Echwarzschlid & Sulzberger Packing Company, which was 'shut down yesterday because some of the employes refused to abide by the agreement made between the packing company and a conference committee of the Meat Workers' Union, made a statement to-day, which is in effect an ultimatum. The management says it will wait a reasonable length of time for the leaders of the union to Induce the disaffected ones to accept the scale of wages orlgfnally agreed on. As soon as the company becomes satisfied there is no prospect of the men coming to terms the unions will be given twenty-four hours In which to discharge from their organizations the twentysix men who are alleged to have repudiated the action of the committee. If they fall to do this the plant will be thrown open to union and nonunion labor. One thousand men are affected. The men had not changed their position to-day. At a meeting to-night of the Amalgamated Association of packing house employes lt was voted to accept the terms and to discipline the twenty-six butchers whose walk-out caused the shutting down of the big plant. It Is now believed that the plant will resume operations on Monday. Action of Retail Clerks. KANSAS CITY. Mo., July 14. The Retail Clerks National Protective Association, In annual convention here, has voted to admit girls over sixteen years of age to membership. Heretofore the age limit has been eighteen years. The convention also adopted a resolution declaring that women giving equivalent services should receive the same wages as men. The convention decided on Buffalo. N. Y., as the next meeting place and elected the following officers: W. A. Dolllson. Zanesville. O., president; Max Morris, Denver, secretary and treasurer; O. M. Dick. Albany, Ind., sixth vice president. Max Morris, of Denver, and John O'Brien, of Buffalo, were chosen delegates to the American Federation of Labor. Labor Commissioners Adjourn. AUGUSTA. Me.. July li.-At the closing session of the convention of national labor commissioners to-day representatives of twelve States reported on the work done and in progress at the present time. Carroll D. Wright delivered an address on the work of the United States Bureau. The election of officers resulted as follows: Carroll D. Wright, Washington, president; T. P. Rixey, St. Louis, first vice president; John McMackln, Albany, N. Y., second vice president: A. P. Montague. Richmond. Va.: secretary; executive committee. Halford Erlckson. Wisconsin; Martin McIIale, Minnesota; James S. Clark. Pennsylvania. Milwaukee was designated as the place of next meeting. Industrial Commission Inquiry. DENVER, Col., July 14. David C. Coates, president of the State Federation of Labor, appeared as a witness before the subcommlsslon on mining of the United States Industrial commission. He declared the Importation of laborers to take the place of strikers had proved detrimental to the interests of the State. He favored the arbitration idea, but could not say he favored compulsory arbitration. The only remedy for strikes, he believed, was a complete change from the competitive to the co-operative system. The smelter strike, Mr. Coates said, was caused by an attempt by the smelter trust "to rob the laboring classes of the benefits of the eight-hour law." Wages of Miners Advanced. KNOXVILLE. Tenn., July 14.-The wages of the coal miners at the Glen Mary coal mines were to-day advanced 10 per cent. Three thousand men are affected. The same advance will be given to the Coal Creek district Aug. 1. The situation in the Jelllco district is still unsatisfactory and"B,000 men may go cut If the advance asked for by them is not granted. Fighting the Tobacco Trust. CINCINNATI, O., July 14.-The Tobacco Workers National Union has begun its threatened war on the members of the tobacco trust. The product of a Cincinnati firm was attacked to-day. It is stated that Henry Fischer, of St. Louis, president of the international union, will be here next week to manage the movement. SEPARATED SIXTY-SIX YEARS Brothers Have Not Seen Each Other Since They "Were Sold ns Slaves. CHICAGO, July 14. After a separation of sixty-six years Nathan B. Branch, the oldest colored man In Evanston, will meet his brother Lee, of Macon, Ga. The last sight they had of each other was In an auction eer's room on a plantation in Chesterfield county, Virginia, when they were offered for sale. It is by the merest chance they will meet again. C. 11. Callum, a real-estate man at Evanston, spent last winter in the South and at Macon saw a man whom he supposed was Nathan Branch. The man was bent with age. Callum was surprised to And that he was a brother of Nathan. The Evanston man told Lee Branch of Nathan, of another brother, Jordan, and what he knew of the family history, and Lee recognized many of the facts as tallying with dim memories of his boyhood Gays. V hen Callum arrived in Evanston a few days ago he told Nathan of the incident and letters were Immediately sent to Macon and replies are expected next week. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Will Wilson, colored was hanged at Eastman, Ga., yesterday for the murder of Marshal Osborn. He denied any complicity in the crime. The French colony, of New Orleans, yesterday celebrated the Hth of July In elaborate style, with a festival for the benefit of the school where French Is taught free. Annie and Mary Kinney, aged seventeen and twelve years, respectively, and their cousin. Ella, aged fifteen, were drowned last night while bathing in the Housatonlc river at Lower Derby, Conn. Lieut. Samuel C. Hazzard, adjutant of the post, announce!, yesterday, that the supposed cases of scarlet fever at West Point are nothing more than a mild type of scarlatina, that there are only eleven cases and that not the least danger is apprehended of the disease spreading. On Monday a reward of $1,000 will be offered for the capture of Daniel Coughlln and William Armstrong, who recently evaded trial for alleged jury bribing. The reward will be offered by the board of commissioners of Cook county. No trace of the men has been found as yet. Movements of Steamers. LIVERPOOL. July 14. Arrived: Britannic and Etruria. from New York. Sailed: Cevic. for New York. NEW YORK. July 14. Arrived: Thingvalla, from Copenhagen; Cufic, from Liverpool. GENOA. July H. Arrived; Aller, from New York, via Naples. Nebraska Troops Leave Yokohama. LINCOLN. Neb.. July 14.-Governor Poynter to-day received a cablegram from Yokohama. Japan, announcing the departure from there of the transport Han

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utan nailery on board it is saia xne health of the troops was excellent and that the Hancock would reach-San Francisco the 2Sth inst. . HIS PRISON LIFE WAS EASY. Ducket-Shop Keeper Permitted to Take Walks in the City. KANKAKEE, 111.. July 14.-Sheriff Matthew Coulson. of La Salle county, waived examination before United States Commis sioner Hanna to-day on the charge of allowing William Hennlg, a United States prisoner, too much liberty. Hennlg Is a bucket-shop man cf Chicago, who 19 undergoing a nine-months sentence in the Ottawa Jail for violating the postal laws. He had been allowed liberty of the city and did about as he pleased. TO OPPOSE G0EBEL. Steps Taken to Nominate a. Second Kentucky Democratic Ticket. LOUISVILLE. Ivy., July 14. At a meeting of the Joe Blackburn Democratic Club to-night steps were taken looking to the ncmlnation of a Democratic ticket in opposition to the one headed by William Goebel for Governor. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the action of the recent State rnnvonllnn nnii nnnolntincr a committee tO co-operate with dissenting Democrats in other part3 oi xne oiate. CUBAN PRONUNCIAMENTO ATTEMPT TO 1XFLAME THE PASSIONS OF ANTI-AMERICAXS. Copy of nn Appeal Signed "Betancourt" "Mysterious Detention of a Steamer Explained. HAVANA, July 14. Many Cuban papers flatly deny the existence of "plots' against American visitors who remain here a few days and then return to the United States, but there is undoubtedly a considerable element endeavoring to sow dissensions among the Cubans and using every means to array them against the Americans. The province of Matanzas. which is supposed to be the most peaceable district, has such malcontents within its borders. Recently 2,000 leaflets were Issued in the city of Matanzas in the form of an address to the people, in the following vein: "Cubans, you men of honor, whom Spanish bullets respected, and whom fever and hunger only served to make doubly strong, your mother country calls you to make her stronger and grander because there are those who wish to humiliate her. You who have been proved in fray and hardship, ycu who have helped to convert your family hearthstones Into bread, clothing, medicine or arms, you who have been ready to give vour very lives, even when you would have left your adored ones to a miserable orEhanage, to know only the pain of living y menial toll, their beautiful eyes full of tears; you whose women were born to be happy only as their country is free you. that mother asks to be ready to hurl from the country the crafty eagle as you have removed the haughty and hungry Spanish lion. "Let one thought only be ours.' So long as our flag does not flutter from Cape Maisi to Cape San Antonio there will be only ruin, desclatlon and vandalism for our fertile fields, our rich treasures, our wealth and our beauty. The Americans deceive us. They tyrannize us. They are masters of our palaces and forts. They make a display of wealth and power and reduce us to the level of men without a country and without a faith. No. This cannot continue. The Intervening power must keep its, promises or give quantities of blood to pay for its ambition. Be ready to answer the cry of the country. While we men do our duty let our sisters. If necessary, convert their Jewels Into rifles and cannon, as they have already done. Let them at the same time make bandages of lint to stanch the blood of liberty. Therewill be with you all the soul of your chief. "BETANCOURT." One copy of this pronunclamento is in the possession of General Ludlow. The name Betancourt is common among the Cubans and while an address like this, though inflaming the passions of those who read it, scarcely points to any present danger, still, in the opinion of men prominent In Havana business circles, it indicates some possibilities of the future. The facts have Just been developed regarding the alleged "mysterious detention" of the Spanish steamer Humberta Rodriguez at Nuevitas last week. It wems Lieutenant Merchant, of General Ludlow's staff, heard of one of the many "plots" that are constantly floating around the cafes, and reported the details to the military governor. General Ludlow, though he usually ignores such rumors, occasionally investigates one, and he concluded to allow Lieutenant Merchant to travel with the supposed plotters in order to see if there was anything tangible In the story. He was also willing to allow the lieutenant to get the sea. air for a few days, as he had long been closely confined to the office. This was all there was to it, and Lieutenant Merchant did not close the telegraph office at Nuevitas, nor did he search any of the passengers, although one lady, who was under suspicion, insisted on being searched. Miss Clara Barton leaves for the United States to-morrow. She has established twelve asylums In this province, having obtained as many buildings from the mayors. All are thronged with children, mostly orphan reconcentrados. About three hundred are now under care in the various institutions, where they are kept clean and wvll fed. Cuban women brought their sewing machines and made the necessary clothing for the orphans, the Red Cross Society furnishing the cloth and the military authorities supplying the rations. Corporal punishment is not allowed in the asylums. The larger children are given tools and seeds, together with a small plot of land to be tilled, and many are already, eating their own lettuce, radishes and potatoes. Ml?s Barton expects to take up a hundred children" weekly until she has them all under tutelage. Wood Enforcing: Sanitary Orders. SANTIAGO DB CUBA, July 14. The strict enforcement of General Wood's quarantine and. sanitary order seems to be repressing the yellow fever outbreak. One death and three new cases were reported today, but there have been no new cases among the United States troops. Many American and Jamaican vagrants have been arrested and taken to the detention camp. Dr. Chilis, an American, was arrested, subjected to fumigation and locked up for concealing a ca$e of the fever at his residence. This patient, an English employe of the North American Trust Company, died to-day. The troops at Songo and headquarters at Crlsto are comfortable and in good health. The weather is extremely hot, but the city is in good sanitary condition. MRS. CRARY'S BEQUESTS. Sllsslonary and Other Societies Enriched by a Benevolent Woman. BINGHAMTON. N. Y., July 14.-The will of Mrs. Horace C. Crary, late' of this city, was admitted to probate to-day. Among other bequests are the following: The Woman's Missionary Society, of the Methodist Church, a corporation organized and incorporated under the laws of Ohio, $25,000; the Missionary Society of the M. E. Church, $10,000; to the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of the city of Brooklyn. $25,000; to the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educational Society of the Methodist Episcopal Chuch. $15,000. to be expended for the Morrlstown Normal Academy and school for colored persons at Morrlstcwn. Tenn. To the trustees of the Wyoming Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, incorporated by the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania In 1S53, is given $10.00. Preachers on a Strike. Chicago Post. One of the most curious of strikes is that recorded in Iowa, where a group oC preachers has struck for a raise of pay from $3 to $5 for preaching on Sunday afternoons at a soldiers' home. Ordinarily strikes are not popular, but here is one which will enlist general sympathy. Does not the book out of which these parsons preach proclaim that "the laborer Is worthy of his hire?" And who could be a better Judge of worth than the preachers themselves?-

FATHER SHOT HER BEAU

FRANK PAGE, A CONTRACTOR, WOUXDS YOUXG REX FAl'LKNER. 3Iet the Lad, Who Was Escorting Miss Faulkner to Her Ludlovf-Ave-nue Home. Frank Page, a contractor and builder, living at 1066 Ludlow avenue, called up the police about 12:20 this morning and notified them that he had Just shot and, as he believed, killed Rex Faulkner, a young man living at Jm Bellefontalne street. The announcement was accompanied by the statement that he would report at police headquarters as soon as he could walk down to the station. - For over an hour no details of the affair were known, although Captain Dawson and Detectives Stout drove out to the scene of the shooting as soon as notified. At 1:30 Page and his wife drove up to the station, made themselves known and told the story of the affair. His sixteen-year-old daughter Lutle is a member of the chorus of the Epworth League, and haa been practicing in Roberts Park Churclt for the big convention next week. Last night, as usual, she went to rehearsal, telling her parents that she would return by 10 o'clock. They became tired before that time and retired. At midnight Mrs. Page was awakened by the striking of the clock, and not having heard her daughter enter the house, awakened her husbaniT and reported that Lutle had not returned. This alarmed Mr. Page, who began to be apprehensive for her safety because of the lonely part of the city through which she would have to pass in returning home. He therefore arose at once and started out to meet her, if possible, and escort her. home, but not knowing what he might encounter cn the way, put a 32-callber revolver In his pocket. On reaching the street he became confused as to which direction to take to meet his daughter, remembering she might return by two different routes. While considering the matter, he heard voices Just below Hill avenue and directly afterwards saw a mm and woman picking their way through the mud caused by the digging of the ditch along Hill avenue. He walked towards them and Just before meeting them, stepped into an alley In order to allow them to pass without seeing him. His daughter recognized him, however, but hardly had she done so when he started to reprimand her, saying: "Lutle, what are you doing out so late as this?" PAGE STEPPED OUT. Page's tone was rather sharp and evidently startled young Falkner, who had the young girl upon his arm and an umbrella in his right hand. He Jumped away from Page, releasing the girl, as he did so and changed his umbrella from hi3 right hand to his left, at the same time time reaching his right hand in the direction of his hip pocket. Page claims. Page then called to him to take his hand out of his pocket, but seeing that the young man refused to do so, he fired. Almost instantly he saw that his shot had taken effect from the blood running down over Falkner's face. The latter at once cried out: "Oh, you have killed me," and started to run toward Hill avenue. Page then realized the gravity of what he had done and, jinking he had killed the man, started and ran towards his own home, in the hope of being able to see his wife and two little children before the police arrested him. His daughter accompanied him home where she became hysterical. After informing his wife of what he had done Page called up the police, as stated. His wife insisted, however, on accompanying him to the station. In the turnkey's office both showed .the mental strain under which they were laboring. Page, in telling his story, showed that he was a man of nervous temperament. He said that at the time of the shooting he did not know who Faulkner wasi, had never seen him before and only learned his name from his daughter after he returned home. After relating his story of the affair he gave directions for the conduct of his business to his foreman, who had been summoned, and then announced himself aa ready to be locked up. His wife, who had been sitting beside him, cheering him, although herself suffering perceptibly from nervousness, broke in at this point and said: "Will he have to be locked up now?" "Yes," replied the turnkey. "Can't I stay with him?" she asked again. "No," replied the Jailor, "I could not do that." She accepted this statement with resignation, but her head sunk on her arm as her husband was led away to the cell. THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S STORIES. Faulkner was shot through the fleshy part of the nose. He immediately set out in search of a doctor. Faulkner went home after his nose was dressed by Dr. Conger, and explained the affair to his father, with whom he lives. "I was accommodating Mr. Page," he said. "I met his daughter at a party at North Indianapolis and there was no one to go home with her. I told her I would accompany her home and on the way she said she hoped we wouldn't meet her father. I told her I didn't want to have trouble with her father, but she asked me to go the rest of the way with her. When he stepped put of tho alley I heard him say 'Look here I stepped out Into the street and began to explain to him when he shot me. I had no weapon, not even a pocketknlfe. I did not put my hand to my hip pocket." Captain Dawson was satisfied with Faulkner's story. Miss Page is a pretty girl, seventeen years old. She said she had never been out with Faulkner before, but she had known him at school. "When papa stepped out of the alley." she said, "I spoke to him and put my hand on his shoulder. He said, 'This is a pretty time for you to be coming home. Then he said something to Rex. Rex put his hand to his hip pocket, and papa said, 'Take your hand away from there. Rex didn't take his hand away, and papa shot. Rex said 'You've killed me,' and ran away acres the street." Retirement of Mrs. Lease. Alas, that we shall never hear Acain. in accents thrill and clear. Her voice break over field and fen. And wall through mountain gorge and glen, Portraylns every eahly grief. For which there is no sure relief. And charglcr ill, with base Intent, To unjust modes of government. No, he has struck another lead In which her genius may succeed Upon the lecture platform she Will nnd an opportunity To let that matchless voice resound At greater length, and more per sound. Than when she battled In the war That PefTer grew his whiskers for. Who now will take that woman's placs And get right out and save the race By peerless eloquence of tongue And quite unmeasured strength of lung? In all the years of mortal strife Since man first breathed the breath of life. No female voice h ever chased Itself across the desert waste. And echoed 'mongst the pines and firs. That ever could compete with hers, lienceforth the only views she airs Relate to commonplace affairs. As "Who and When Should Peonle Wed?' Or this "How Goes It to De Dead?" The wretched plutocrat may still Ills helpless victims bleed at will. The venal vampires hour by hour Pursue the ones they would devour. Why should all this disturb the peacs Of Mary Ann Eliza Lease? No longer forced to scrimp and pinch. She has on fame a lead-pipe cinch, ' And. with lt. she can let her feet Tread the brick walks on Easy street. Let Democrats and Peps unite And fuse for what there Is In sight; , Let Wharton Barker bear Ms load Along the middle of the roadFair Mary Lease will never mix Again in party olitlcs. Which fact wou! J clearly Indicate That Mary's head Is set on straight. Nebraska State Journal. TO CIRC A COLD IX OXE DAY Taka Laxative Bromo Quinine TabUts, All drug, gists refund the money if It falls to cure, 2ic The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.

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A POPULIST LAND TRUST EX-SEXATOR ALLEX GETS A CIXCir OX THE ri'BLIC DOMAIX. Taklnsr Advantage of Reservoir Act, Rushed Through Congress In Last Days of the Session. Washington Letter In New York Tribune. Ex-Senator William Vincent Allen, of Nebraska, Populist statesman and long-als-tance orator, has been and still Is entering quarter sections of land under a law rushed through Congress in the late days of the session. Ills activity In this direction is, in fact, fast becoming an issue In Nebraska, where he now Is a Judge of one of the district courts, having been appointed to a seat on the bench by the Topulist Governor. This monopoly of the public doman under an apparently innocent and proper law has led to close scrutiny in the sections of the country most concerned, resulting In a protesting clamor whos noise has finally penetrated the corridors of that routine and red tape bound bureau known as the General Land Office. How Senator Allen and those associated with him hapened to secure such a monopoly of the public domain, such a "cinch" on government land. Is an interesting story, and Its recital briefly ought to be Instructive in throwing a side light on the ease with which questionable legislation is often put through Congress. Mr. Allen and others have simply taken advantage of the law as it stands, and if he is shrewd enough to see through the legal verbiage of an act and grasp its possibilities long before others less skilled in legal lore can, it ought, possibly, to be ascribed to superior knowledge and insight, and not to a conspiracy to plunder the public domain. ENGINEERED BY MR. PETTIGREW. The law giving these men the right to "enter" the public domain and divert it to their own use and benefit is known as the "Reservoir act." It was passed ostensibly for the protection of cattle ranchmen who have gone to the trouble and expense of digging reservoirs to furnish water for their cattle. The Mil was framed by Mr. Pettlgrew, the Populist senator from South Dakota, who had always been the self-heralded friend of the larmer, the protector of the worklngman and tne arch enemy of trusts. As chairman of the committee, he engineered the measure through the Senate. Under its provisions any person is authorized to enter upon arid or seml-arld lands and construct reservoirs, and for each reservoir constructed there Is given to him the absolute control of 160 acres of land, the quarter section on which the reservoir is constructed, provided only that the ?ise of the reservoir is permitted to the general public for s-tock watering purposes. It is interesting to note that in his bill, which Mr. Pettlgrew explained so clearly to the Senate, there is no requirement as to the capacity of these reservoirs. A good sized old-fashioned watering trough would probably answer all the requirements of the law. Another clement of weakness in the law is that the reservoirs provided for do no have to be completed until two years after the enactment of the law. Meanwhile there are two good seasons during which the land can be utilized and controlled by the mere act of filing a formal entry. At the end of two years. If the person who entered it sees fit, he can relinquish it without constructing a reservoir and without the expenditure of a dollar, although he has enjoyed the usufruct for,two years. TEN THOUSAND ACRES SECURED. This remarkable law went into effect without attracting any public attention. It was only because the Broken Bow (Nebraska) land office officials noticed that exSenator Allen was "entering" two or three quarter sections a day in that district that comment was aroused. It Is reported from that office that Mr. Allen has entered and now controls about ten thousand acres for his own benefit. Instead of buying cattle and going to some convenient spot for his ranch, digging a reservoir for his own and the public good, Mr. Allen has simply entered the land and will control lt if some other enterprising cattle raiser wishes to graze cattle thereon. Under this loosely wcrded and poorly constructed piece of federal legislation a tingle person can "enter a whole township or a whole county or several counties of government quarter sections and control all this territory for two years before making a reservoir on each quarter section. Nobody can graze cattle on these tracts without the consent of those who entered them, and, not being able to graze their cattle, the reservoirs would be useless to them, even If built. At the present rate of entering and locating reservoirs, lt will be only a short time before Mr. Allen and his associates will control the entire public domain, at least all that is worth anything for pasturage, and will be In a good position .to farm out the public domain to such cattlemen as may have a desire to pasture their stock on government lands. Whether the act will give any one a vested right of permanent value is problematical, but the steadiness with which that distinguished farmer, lawgiver. Jurist and statesmen, William Vincent Allen, is reported to be gathering to himself much of the government land in the Broken Bow district has surprised and to a great extent alarmed the natives of Nebraska and the other semi-arid sections of the West. The proceeding opens up a question of great Interest to those localities, and the way in which protests have begun to come in indicates that the people at large finally have had their eyes opened to what has been going on. ALLEN LOST NO TIME. Mr. Allen began to file his claims and "enter" the choicest sections Immediately after he went home from Washington on the expiration of his senatorial term in March last. He has been emulated and his proceeding Indorsed by a former oil Inspector, Mr. Edminston, of Nebraska, a prorali.ent Populist of the State, and by Mr. Schwlnd, of Nebraska, the law partner of William Jennings Bryan, late candidate for the presidency, both of whom have gathered unto themselves large parcels of land well worthy of gathering. When the subject of reservoirs on arid lands was up for consideration In the Senate Senator Warren, of Wyoming, contended for a proposition that had merit to commend it, but he met with ignominious failure. Senator Warren was supported by the National Irrigation Congress and the National Live Stock Association. They urged that all the arid lands vacant and unentered be ceded by the United States to the States and Territories in which they were situated, to be by them leased or sold for the benefit of their respective school funds. This proposition was rejected by the Senate?, and the Populists, under the lead of Mr. Pettlgrew. assailed It bitterly. The reservoir bill as it became a law went through practically without debate under the assurance that lt was a simple measure of Justice to the cattlemen and utterly devoid of any semblance to those land Jobs that sometimes creep into legislation about which nine-tenths of the Senate know nothing. Believing there was nothing loose In It. the bill became a law. Now lt Is learned that under this law a monopoly of the public land la possible, and those close to the men who engineered the legislation through Congress appear to be enjoying the monopoly. Wbnt Hard Work 4s. Kansas City Journal. In answer to a question by the Academy as to the best method of spending a month's vacation, Mr. Maurice Hewlett recommends going to the north of England and catching (or trying to catch) trout. But Mr. Hewlett himself seldom takes more than a week's vacation at a time, because he doesn't regard his own particular vocation as hard work. "Hard work, to roe, is work which I don't want to do. but am compelled to do by circumstances." Whether consciously or not. Mr. Hewlett has hit upon the root of much of the trouble in the labor problem. Great numbers of those who complain of the grinding toll under which they suffer, do not, in fact, work harder

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Not only are there many who don't want to do any work at all. but there is atly greater number who have not learned tho celestial fsecr?t of liking the work that they have to do. We admit that this is much, harder In some employments than in others, but If all workers realized that somewnat of the power of this secret has to be applied In every, work, perhaps all would have more of it. MAXY I'SES of; corxstalks. Millions Invested In Its Manufacture Into Cellulose and Gunpowder. Boston Globe. The value of some light substance that will preserve the stability of light armored vessels by displacing water that might enter after a projectile has been appreciated by naval constructors ever since we began to build steel-armcred vesfels. To meet this need the French originated the u.e of cellulose, which, when rired into, swells up under the Influence of water and prevent? further Inflow. After various trials it was adopted in our navy. Thus In the Columbia, the New Yoik and the Olympia there are protective decks of ample strength to keep out the shells of any vessels they are liable to engage, while their stability Is protected by belts of cellulose several feet thick along the edges. No thoroughly satisfactory cellulose material for this purpose was discovered, however, until the pith of corn?talks was utilized in its manufacture by Prof. Mark Marsden. Corn pith absolutely prevents water from coming in by the opening made by an eightinch shell. When chemically treated it is thoroughly fireproof, and in every way it meets the requirements of the situation. Fifty tons of it is required to equip a vessel of the Illinois class, and this is computed to equal 50,1 tons of steel in adding to tho defensive strength of the ship. In trying to find a product that would answer the needs of the navy Mr. Marsden unwittingly stumbled upon a product that is useful in a. greater variety of ways than any other growth of our fields. Since the manufacture of cellulose for the use of tho navy, two years ago. it has been applied to a dozen other practical uses, which ultimately will utilize the whole rroduct of our cornfields. It Is estimated that lSO.OOO.CO tons of cornstalks go to waste every year now. The absorbent qualities which make the corn-pith cellules so valuable as a packing for warships alo makes lt the cheapest and most useful material for the manufacture of smokeless powder. All such powders are made by dissolving gun cotton and nitroglycerin in a solvent and then mixing them. Corn pith makes a cheap and successful gun cotton, and a company has recently been formed, with a capital of llO.OTO.oou. to manufacture this form of powder. Tho company's .works are located in New Jeraejr and are now under operation on government contracts. The absorbent pith makes the best sort or a bath brush. It has also been used as a packing for steam pipes,. boilers, refrigerators and car Journals. The fibrous portion of the stalk is manufactured Into paper and paper boxes, and the residue., the leaves and the outside of the stalks, is chopped up Into prepared food for horses and cattle, that has been adopted for the cavalry and artillery of the United States army. t. These uses and others which will probably be discovered raise the maize plaint from the position of a nuisance to the farmer to one of proud importance as a source of revenue. Three factories now In operation, are employed in turning out the various products mentioned above. Later in the season another factory for the manufacture of the navy product is to be opened. To be useful for manufacturing purposes, the stalks must be well ripened before cutting, nnd must be thoroughly cured. After stripping off the ears the farmer hauls tfm stalks to the factory, where they are paid for at the rate of $3 per ton. The piles of stalks. Just as they come to the factory, aro fed into big cutting machine, which chop them Into short lengths. Elevating shafts carry them to the roof .of the factory, where they pass over great screens with fans to separate the leaves and lighter parts. An Ingenious machine, with upright knives, strips off the "shive." the hard outer portion of the stalk and the tough fibors that run lengthwise of the stem. Only the soft Inner portion is left. From the stripping machines the whole mass falls upon long traveling strips of canvas. The elastic nature of the pith causes it to bound up and down on the canvas until It falls off into a receptacle prepared for It. The chopped-up stalks ard leaves go on to the end of, the traveling curtains, where they are dumped into cribs. The pith goes next to th? compressor, where it Is packed to about one-fourth its former bulk. Even then it is so light that only about three tons can be packed into an ordinary freight car. By the end of a decade the statistics of the cornstalk Industry will probably be counted in millions, and its influence in adding to the prosperity of tho great corn belt should be very marked. A Dear Little Iloy. Chicago Tost. Here Is n pretty story which has Just come to light: The hero is a small Kenwood boy only eight years old. He had heard of the bravery of his uncle, who died in the civil war, so the day before Decoration day he went away without telling his plans to any one and made his way to Oakwoods. where, after inquiring diligently, he found at last the grave of his soldier uncle. He had invested a part of Ms small means in some flags, one of which he planted at the head of the grave. Not satisfied wth this decoration., he went to the nearest florist and bought three flowering plants one with red flowers, one with white and one with blue, the last a forget-me-not These he planted in a neat row on his hero's grave, and. with the flairs, they marked well the last resting; place of a soldier. He alto had an adventure or two which he conflded to his mother when he returned late In the afternoon. "In the cemetery." he said, "I saw a lady dressed in black sitting by a grave and crying, and I was sorry for her and so I went up and asked her what she was crying about, and she said she was crying because her son died in Cuba, and he died because he didn't have good food and good water, and I told hr 1 was sorry and my uncle died In the civil war. And then I saw a girl sitting on a headstone, and I told her to get off, because it wasn't nice to sit on headstores. And when I weht to get on the car I didn't have any money, because I spent.it all for my flags and flowers, so I had one flag left and I asked a boy if he would buy It of me for 3 cents so I could get home. And be did buy It. and I got on the car and came home." It is rather late In the season tor this story, but the sentiment shown bv the little boy is so suggestive bf the "trailing clouds of glory" which most children seem. In this rractlea! age. to have forgotten when they come Into our wlck-1 world, that lt is pleasant to think about It. And who hall say that there is no hope for our country when a boy of eight mingles business and sentiment as this small Chicago boy did. The Difference. Philadelphia Press. As It Is. when anything goes wrong the driver chides his horse. When the automobiles comes, in such, cases they can Jurt blow un the, tir.