Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 July 1899 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1899.

STOPPED THE MAIL TRAIN

A RUNAWAY HORSE STOOD OX THE RAILROAD BRIDGE. Owners of Kankakee Sit amp Lands Hat Devised n Plan to Reclaim C0O,OOO Acres. F pec U I to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBURG, Ind.. July 26. Last night while Warren I. Coots and Mrs. Jennie Snyder were riding In a buggy their horse was frightened by an engine on the Big Four road and ran away, overturning the buggy and throwing the occupants out. The horse ran west on the railroad track and rounded up on the bridge over Muddy fork, just ahead of the Chicago mall, delaying the train for two hours while the wrecking crew removed the horse from the bridge. Mrs. Snyder sustained a fractured arm, while Mr. Coots escaped with a few bruises. Mrs. Snyder Is married and has a small familyv When taken to her home it is stated Jier husband denied her admission. She was later taken to the Seitz Hotel, where she was given medical attention, and to-day taken to the home of a relative. She has been prominent In church and W. C. T. U. work. Mr. Coots Is a piano and organ agent and Is a favorite in society. He was recently divorced from his wife. 8 AT WIXOXA LAKE. Sirs. Georee C. Hltt, of Indianapolis, Made Ttto Addresses. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' WINON'A LAKE, Ind., July 25. It is estimated by 'the management that a larger number of people are on the grounds now than ever before In the history of the assembly. A directory of the park is being made. This morning Mrs. George C. Hltt, cf Indianapolis, delivered a lecture on "Memories of England and the English." To-night the Cincinnati College of Music gave a concert. The Woman's Club held a meeting this afternoon, at which an address was made by Mrs. Hltt, the lecturer of the morning. A public athletic meeting was held at 5 o'clock to try to infuse a little more Interest in athletics. Very few have taken advantage of the opportunity to secure coaching in field and track sports. Among the late arrivals at the hotels are: Winona Hotel H. M. Ayer, Kankakee, 111.; Henry Nyce, Peru; Susan S. Ball, Terre Haute: J. A. Crawford, Miss Kate N. Crawford. Edward L. Warren, Louisville, Ky.; Henry Webb Johnson. South Bend; Mrs. Susan Hoffman, Fort Wayne; Elfle Stafford, Mayme Digging, Mrs. George C. Hltt. Lawrence -N. Hltt, Indianapolis; Alma Fredln, Gertrude Zimmer. Glsela. Weber. Cincinnati, C; Dr. Charles Little and wife, Wabash; C C. McCabe. Fort Worth, Tex. Mlnnewawan Inn Mrs. Jane Lewl3, Jennie Grelough, Center, O.; Douglass Pugh, Miss Edith Vermllian, Ada. O.: S. F. Carey, jr., S. C. Haysllp. Cincinnati. O.; George N. Crist,- Roann; E. G. Young, Indianapolis; Mrs. N. E. Freeman, Mrs. Carrie Martin, Cleveland. O.: Mrs. L. Z. Taylor, Anderson; Mrs. F. R. Waldo, Waverly, N. Y. a A HUGE SUCCESS. Rashvllle Glories In the Dlggeat Show In Its History. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., July 26. To-day was Connersvllle and Liberty day at the fair and large delegations from the two cities, headed by brass bands, were present. A vaudeville company of twenty-one people furnished continuous free performances on four stagesi Band concerts, balloon ascensions and special attractions for each day occupy all time. Fifteen different shows are under canvas. The decorations of the city are elaborate and give the streets a festive appearance. This afternoon at 3 o'clock John Buell and Miss Effle Rraer wrrp mar. tied on the public stage by Rev. W. J. Russell. The juvenile cake walk was won by George Peed and Marie Brown, of New Castle. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoagland won the honors in the baby show. Yesterday was Rush county day. when addresses were made by Mayor J. M. Frazee. Representative James E. Watson and Col. . x. xuiuiii, .rtuuei suii. lo-morruw is Greensburg. New Castle and Knightstown day and bands from those towns will be present. THE KOKOMO AUTOMOBILE. It May Make a Trip Across the Continent. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., July 26.-To-day the Koiomo automobile was heard from near Buffalo. N. Y. Yesterday Messrs. Haynes and Apperson, manufacturers of the Ko-j korao automobile, received a telegram from the New York Herald asking them to substitute the Kokomo machine for the Duryea horseless carriage, which the Herald started across the continent a week before the Kokomo wheel started. East. The Duryea has not yet reached Buffalo on its westward Journey and is making such' slow progress that the Herald wants the Kokomo machine to. take its place when the two meet at Buffalo. This proposition cannot be accepted, as the Kokomo machine has been sold to a Brooklyn man and Is now being delivered to him. Another machine from the Kokomo factory may be substituted for the Herald automobile. The Duryea is an electric motor and the Kokomo machine is propelled by gasoline. DAMAGE FR03I ELECTROLYSIS. Marlon AVI 11 Hold the Railroad Company Responsible. ' Epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind., July 26. The Union Traction Company will receive notice to-morrow that Marion will hold the street-railway FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Fair Sky, bnt "Weather Prophet Prom lea Lower Temperature. WASHINGTON, D. C. July 26. Forecast for Thursday and Friday: .vFor Ohio Fair Thursday; probably fair and cooler Friday; variable winds, becoming northwesterly. For Indiana and Illinois Fair and cooler Thursday; fair Friday; northwesterly winds. Wednesday's Local Observations. Bar. Ther. R.II. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a.m..29.97 (? IZ N'east. Clear. 0.00 7 p. m..23.S7 87 55 West. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, SO; minimum temperature, 65. Following Is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation July 28: Temp. Pre. Normal 77 0.13 Mean 78 0.00 Departure from normal 1 0.13 Departure since July 1 15 1.17 Departure since Jan. 1 256 7.57 Plus. . C. F. R. WAPPENIIANS. Local Forecast Official. . Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta. Ga 72 S 73 Bismarck. N. D 54 7S 78 Buffalo. N. Y 70 78 74 Calgary, N. W T 42 Cairo. Ill 74 S6 l Cheyenne. Wyo 54 76 70 Chicago, 111 73 PO 86 Cincinnati, O M 84 Concordia, Kan G S 86 Davenport, la &S 14 h2 IX s Moines. Ia 6S .. K Galveston, Tex 74 73 78 Helena. Mont 53 7$ 78 Jacksonville. Kla 76 & So Kansas City, Mo cs S3 fc$ Little Rock, Ark 74 SO &6 Marquette. Mich 60 6i 60 Memphis. Tenn 74 &S Si Nashville, Tenn 72 .86 W New Orleans, La 76 K 83 New York. N. Y 68 85 78 North PUtte. Neb C6 80 76 Oklahoma. O. T 70 &0 M Omaha, Nb 70 81 76 Pittsburg. Pa 70 &J 84 Qu Appelle, N. W. T.... W 76 ti ltpaM City. S. D GO 74 60 Calt Lake City, Utah.... W gr 86 Gt. Louis. Mo 61 V) 8S tU. 1'aul. Minn CS 7S 7 Cprlngn!d. Ill C so tprtngneld. Mo 70 92 M ickaburr. Miss 74 M W Yashir.ston, D. C 73 U U

company responsible for any damage that may result to water pipes of the city through electrolyse. The Mlsslsslnewa Gas Company and the Citizen's Gas- Com pany will also go to the railway company for damage. The report of the expert on electrolysis was made to the City Council last night and shows that the water mains of the city carry 4') per cent, of the total voltage from the trolley wires. About SO per cent, returns by the rails and the remainder is equally divided between the Mlsslsslnewa and Citizen's gas companies' gs pipes. -The only remedy proposed by the expert is a complete change In the plan cf returning the waste current by sending It back to the power house by overhead wires. The expert rays the conditions here are almost identical with those in other cities.

HALF MILLION ACRES Of Kankakee Marsh Lands Will De Reclaimed. Special to the Indlananolls Journal. CROWN POINT. Ind.. July 26. At a meeting in Chicago to-day between John Brown, president of the First National Bank, of this city, and an extensive ranch owner In the Kankakee marsh, and Nelson Morris.. B. J. Glfford. J. E. Carman and others, owners of great ranches there also, plans were devised .to reclaim 50O,OX acres of marsh land by a thorough system of drainage. The quartet of men own the whole southern portions of Lake and Porter and northern part of Newton and Jasper counties, which is all marsh land, only fit for pasture during dry seasons. This rtep has been figured on for several years, but Nelson Morris fought It bitterly until now, when he has given consent to go ahead. He feared if it was drained it would it;Jn the marsh pasture for his thousands f cattle, but now believes ihe system is all right. Immense ditches will be used. . WOST DO THE WORK. Temperance People Will Not Make a Personal Canvass. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL, Ind.. July 23. The temperance people of this place have appealed from the decision of the Board of Commissioners in granting saloon licenses to Joseph S. Johnson, D. Jones and Francis Stage over a remonstrance filed in each case signed by a majority of the legal voters in tae township. The point in each case is whether or not a legal voter of the township can delegate to an attorney In fact the power to sign any remonstrance against all applicants for license. If the courts decide that such power can be legally given there will be no licensed saloons in Windfall for years to come. The temperance people will not remonstrate against applicants if they have to make a personal canvass over the township to get signers to a remonstrance against each applicant. These cases will go to the Supreme Court for a final decision. PECILIAR KID OF ILL IIEALTn. Sam Evans Compelled Ills Mother to Take L'p Carpets. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR. Ind.. July 2S.-Sam Evans, recently discharged from the Jeffersonville Reformatory on account of falling health, is causing the officers here considerable trouble. To-day, during the absence of his father-in-law, Evans went to the house, and with a revolver, in hand, compelled his old mother to take 'up a Brussels carpet from the parlor floor and roll it up, when he put it in a hand cart and disappeared, Officers found him in the Chicago & Eriefards. but ne escapea. ihe carpet was found in a box car, as was also a garden hose and some clothing. It 13 thought he Joined a gang of thieves who were taking stolen goods to pals In Chicago. A few years ago it required Just twenty-six days for Evans to squander a fortune of $30,000. After a $250,000,000 Estate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. July 26. A large number of claimants to the Andrew Valentine House estate, comprising a large tract of land near Harper's Ferry, in Maryland, now valued at $20,000,000 or more, held a meeting here this afternoon. Under the laws of Maryland House Is said to have forfeited his estate for a period of ninety-nine years because ho,falltl to make certain improvements on the streams of the State. The ninety-nine years expires soon and the heirs are claiming that the property reverts to them. Considerable valuable evidence has been collected and steps were taken at this meeting toward bringing legal action to recover the property. An organization was formed with Charles Ellison, of Noblesville, president; Mrs. L. R. Adams, of this city, secretary. Harmon Markworth, of Cincinnati, is the attorney. Clerk Who Sold the Poison. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 26. The police to-day succeeded in finding the drug clerk who sold the arsenic that is supposed to have been used by Mrs. Martha Hasenfuss in the alleged murder of Karl Westenfeld. Lawrence Heine, clerk at Pellens & raster's drug store, to-day stated that he had sold an ounce of arsenic to Mrs. Hasenfusa about a week before the death of Westenfeld. He was taken to Jail and identified Mr?. Hasenfuss. When he saw her she showed no outward signs of emotion, excepting a faint smile that crossed her face. The police claim that the evidence already securea is sumcient to secure a conviction. Muncle Telephone Rumors. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., July 26. There are rumors to the effect that the sale of the Muncle telephone plant for $40,000 last week to Cant. Allen, of Frankfort, was really a purchase for its competitor, the Bell Company. Both companies have maintained plants In this uuy ior mreo years, eacn witn 500 subscribers. The old company is alleged to be negotiating for the independent lines at Albany Dunkirk. Pennville. Redkey, Eaton, Hart ford City and Sallmonla. Recently a $6,(XXUXW mortgage was filed by the Bell Com pany and these are alleged fruits. Fought with Knives. Special to the Indlantpolls Journal. BEDFORD. Ind., July 26.-A cutting af fray took place on Spider creek. Just outside of the city limits, last night, between Buck Johnson and Jack Gaines. They were dis puting about some trivial matter and agreed to settle it with knives. Johnson received ten cuts, of which some were serious. The worsi wouna was one which required thirty six stitches to be closed. Gaines also re CelVeu a number nf riit nnr t .v, tended clear across his forehead, and looks as it jonnson intended to scalp him. Wants Ills Mohey Back. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CROWN POINT, Ind., July 26.-C. C. Griffin, brother of Charles F. Griffin, of Hammond, ex-secretary of state, to-day filed suit against John Condon and others. owners of the Roby race track, to recover $i00, which he alleges he lost while playing me races mere. Jir. Griffin is a leading business man of Hammond and the suit is creating much surprise. Looking After Fish. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind.. July 26.-Luke Northern, Jr., was placed under $300 bond yesterday to appear in Circuit Court on the charge of attempting to dynamite fish Deputy Fish Commissioner Newhouse ij prosecuting the case. Northern is thought iu nave u-tn wun jonn 1'arKer when the Jattcr was killed two weeks ago while dynamiting fish. Will Teach In Turkey. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., July 26. Mr. Albert LIbyer, of this city, will occupy the chair of mathematics in Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey. The trustees of the Institution requested Professor Fine, of Princeton, to name a professor, and he. recommended Mr. Libyer. He left Monday for Bar Harbor, Me., to see the trustees of the college. He will go to Constantinople soon. Younjr Forger Captured. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON. Ind.. July .-Arthur Vol!va, a young man living near Newtown, fifteen days ago presented a check bearing his mother's name for $3j0 at the Covington Banking Company. Cashier Layton paid it and it proved to be a forgery. Vollva iled and his whereabouts were unknown until to-day, when Sheriff Miller captured him at Lafayette. .Suicide In the Family. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., July 26. Robt. Masters committed suicide last night by taking morphine. He was employed at the car works and worry over tno Inability to take

proper care of his aged father and mother l ..M V, n ha frx flf hlS aCtlOn.

He was twenty-one years of age. March zs, l&4, a Drainer or tne aeaa iuu ell Dy taKing roorpmne. . Well Attendea Meetlna Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. July . 26. The Bihie conference being conducted at Earlham Col lege by the workers of the Indiana and Western Yearly Meetings of Friends is largely attended. Sixty workers are present rtm AttteMa a ryA a KrtMt trlTPP hundred ftt il yj ill uuiciuc aim tend the various sessions. Mrs. Lamoreaux, oi inicago, iook pari iu nigittiumc aay. Closed the Store. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., July 26. The large clothing house of A. I. Friend, who recently came here from Fort Wayne, has been closed in bankruptcy by Judge Baker. It is alleged that he has recently converted tl6.003 worth of property into money and has given a chattel mortgage upon stocks in the stores here and at Fort Wayne to secure $3,500 borrowed money. Unknown Man Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON. Ind.. July 26. An unknown man was struck by the Big Four passenger train this morning near Foster. Warren county. He was brought to this city and died in a short time. He was asleep on the track and it is supposed he was a brakeman on a freight train and had been sent back to flag the passenger. Rurned by Incendiary. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SCOTTSBURG, Ind., July 27. The Methodist Church here was destroyed by firv at 1 o'clock this morning by an incendiary. The loss is $2,500, and the insurance about $500. The contract had been let for the con-: struction of a new building and work on demolishing the old building was to begin to-day. Took Poison In Family Vault. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLWOOD, Ind., July 26. To-day Dr. S. W. Edwins, a prominent physician of this city, went to the cemetery and locked himself in the family vault and attempted suicide by taking strychnine. The cause is unknown. He has represented this district in the Legislature and Is at present a member of the pension board. A 3In nine's Deed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., July 26. Charles Waughfangle, living twenty miles south of here, is reported to have become Insane to-day and killed his wife and two daughters, after which he is said to have committed suicide. Captain Cosby Held. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., July 26.-Captaln C. E. Cosby was to-day bound over to the grand Jury on the charge of forgery. His bond was fixed at $500, which was furnished. Indiana Obituary. MARTINSVILLE, Ind.. July 26. W. 11. P. Woodward died to-day at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dan C. Hadley, near Monrovia. Mr. Woodward was born Sept. 30, 1816, near Jonesvllle, Lee county, Virginia. He came to Mooresvllle in 1835 and walked the entire distance from Virginia. MUNCIE. Ind.. July 26. Henrietta, wife of Dr. Shldeler, Samuel Jones, a pioneer farmer, and Mrs. Thomas Stafford, another pioneer resident of Delaware county, all died yesterday. Indiana Ifbtes. Marshal Leach, of Fairmount, had a des perate struggle in capturing Alonzo Thomas, an insane man. Geo. Fox, of Elkhart, was accidentallyi shot in the leg while drawing a revolver from his pocket. An explosion of a gasoline torch caused a fire for the Home Telephone Company, of Richmond. Loss, $1,000. Trof. W. D. Weaver, who will retire as superintendent of the Marlon schools next Monday, will move to Indianapolis. Twenty-five men have arrived at Alexandria from Crystal City, Mo., to work In the American Plate-glass Company's factory. The refuse from the strawboard mills that empties into the Mississinnewa river has become so thick and coagulated that at John Dunn's flour mill, thiee miles east of Matthews, chickens walk across the mill race on the scum. The stench which arises from the refuse is sickening. TRUST REACHES OUT. Independent Illcyele Tire Factory la Sow Absorbed. NEW YORK, July 26. The Press says: It Is announced that the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company has absorbed the Dunlap Rubber Tire Company. This concern is one of the largest of its sort In the country and was organized as an independent company, but in connection with the Dunlap Company, of England, a concern with $3,000.000 capital. Charles R, Flint admits that all of the capital stock of the Dunlap Rubber Tire Company has been purchased by the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company, which was organized by Mr. Flint. He refused to make the terms public. The Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company already owns ceveral companies that make a specialty of manufacturing tires, and the absorption of the Dunlap Company, the officials say. will be followed by the purchase of nearly every company in the field. The prospect is that the business of making bicycle tires will be entirely in its hands, and that it will co-operate with the bike combine. AND ROSSITER DECLINED. Elevated Engineers May Xovr Know What to Expect. - NEW YORK. July 26. A committee of the locomotive engineers of the elevated lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, who by their refusal to go out, defeated the recent strike of the trolley car men, called on President Rossiter to-day. It had been stated that when electricity Is substituted for steam as the motive power on the elevated roads, the steam engineers would be graded as motormen and their wages reduced from $3.50 to $2.25 a day. It 19 reported that the committee requested Mr. Rosslter to sign an agreement r.ot to reduce the wages of the engineers for one year, and that he refused. The Brooklyn trolley strike now appears to be wholly a thing of the past, and the company's lines are in complete operation. Most .f the strikers are seeking re-employment on the road, and the cornpanys' offices ere being besieged daily by hundreds of men. . TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. L. B. Faubre. of Elyria, O., has been appointed census supervisor for the thirteenth census district of Ohio. F. L. Stocking, assistant postmaster at Tacoma, Wash., has been appointed assistant director general of posts at Manila. He will be next In rank to Director General Vallle. Governor Wolcott, of Massachusetss, has nominated Judge Oliver Wendall Holmes to succeed the late Walbrldge A. Field, as chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. An Increase of 25 cents a day in wages has been granted all the molders employed In the various foundries of Youngstown, O. The increase dates from July 24. and affects about 500 hands. Messrs. Greyson, Crowley, Switzer and Jones, expert clerks In the postal service In the Philippines, are being invalided home on the transport Sherman that sailed yesterday from Manila. ' Gustav Willus. president of the recently closed St. Paul Germanla Bank, a State institution, has been appointed receiver. In his applications for the receivership the public examiner states that the assets will pay all claims in full. Sheriff W. F. Pierce, of KIrkwood county, Oklahoma, arrived at Los Angeles yesterday to take Clyde Mattox. who Is to stand trial for murder. The crime for which Mattox has been held to answer is his fifth murder. He was pardoned once by President Cleveland and once by President ileKlnley. Mattox will be shackeled and no chance given him to escape. TO CURE A COLD IX ONE DAY Tk Laxative Bromo Qutnln Tablets. AH lrugflats refund the monej If it falls to cur. 2ic. Tht (tnulne has L. B. Q. on each tablet.

GENERALS IN DANGER

Zl'RLIDE THE XEXT FRENCHMAN TO DE DEGRADED AT PARIS. The Franchise Law rromuluted at Pretoria Has Not Helped the Situation Interview Trlth White. PARIS, July 2C An evening paper is authority for the statement that General Zurlinden, former Military Governor of Paris, will be removed from the Supreme Council of War. as was General De Negrler yesterday. The depres'ion In rentes, which declined nearly a quarter of a point to-day, is attributed solely to the action of the Ministry yesterday In the case of General De Negrler, of which M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the prime minister and General the Marquis De Galllfet, the minister of war, gave new proofs of their energy in dealing with all elements of trouble. General De Negrler is acknowledged to be one of the best French generals, and as inspector general of four army corps and a member of the Supreme Council of War, enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-officers and the public. The compromising statements he made at Bourges smack so strongly of a coup d'etat or some form of pronunciamento in posse that it has created anxiety among financiers and speculators, who do not know what may be the upshot of the government's strong step or how far military officers are Inspired with sentiments similar to those expressed by General De Negrler. The Eclair says that M. Castelin, Republican Revisionist, deputy for Aisne, will interpellate the government in the Chamber of Deputies on the concession of a minimum tariff to the United States. The Petit Journal says that Captain Dreyfus Is ill with fever, and that his condition is serious. FAVORS ARBITRATION. Andrew White . Discusses Attitude of the United States. LONDON, July 26. The Hague correspondent of the Times reports a long conversation with Andrew D. White, United States ambassador at Berlin, and head of the American dlegation, in which the ambassador, after referring to the earnest desire of the American people for a comprehensive arbitration scheme, as proved by the constant petitions and resolutions of large meetings held in all parts of America since the conference has been sitting, says: "I believe that a vast majority of our people will welcome our arbitration treaty and see in it a serviceable plan from the outset and a germ from which a more com plete system will be evolved by future conferences. As time progresses, without doubt references to the tribunal will become increasingly natural and normal, and thus we may hope to have every advantage claimed for obligatory arbitration without Its overwhelming disadvantages. But it could hardly be expected that we should be willing to accept the requirement to sweep away at once, here and now, the policy of Monroeism. - "If any modification is every made of that policy it must be made by the United States after it has had the fullest opportunity to study the subject in all its bearings. Such a change cannot be made here by implications in a treaty made distinctly for another purpose, and It is important that there should be no doubt on this point." Mr. White then referred to the "deep, almost religious conviction in the hearts of the American people against any foreign entanglement.'.' . . - He added, however that the declaration of Monroeism would leave the United States policy exactly what it had been heretofore, and would not in the slightest degree hamer the operation of the arbitration plan. On the contrary, the United States would fully and faithfully co-operate In the Judicial settlement of the international difficulties by means of the agency and machinery provided In the convention. The past history of the United btates abundantly shows, declared Mr. White, that they had not manifested the slightest desire to Interfere vit or hamper arbitration proceedings. The ambassador then mentioned numerous cases of arbitrations arising under four classes which might be regarded as involved in the Monroeism declaration. First, between the United States and European powers; second, between the United States and another American power; third, between two American powers, neither being the United States; fourthbetween an American power other than the United States and a foreign power. "In every instance," said Mr. White, "the United States has regarded these arbitrations as promoting peace and therefore there is nothing in our history to warrant the idea that our attitude would be hostile to any settlement possible under this convention." Form of Aevr Convention. THE HAGUE, July 2S.-The drafting committee of the international peace conference to-day decided on the form of a convention, on the laws and customs of war and the adaptation of , the Geneva convention to naval warfare, as well as formula for accession to the arbitration scheme by nonsignatory 'powers. It is hoped that the conventions will be fully signed by Saturday. Sir Julian Pauncefote, having demanded that the nonslgnatory powers be entitled to adhere to the arbitration convention only by the unanimous consent of the signatory powers, Count Nigra, chief of the Italian delegation, proposed an amendment permitting such adhesion If no power opposed. It is hoped that the British Foreign Office will accept the amendment. W'EYLER TURNED DOWN. The 'Butcher" Genernl nebuked by Senor Dato In Spanish Senate. MADRID, July 26. The discussion of the army bill in the Senate to-day led to an exciting scene. General Weyler, arguing against any reduction of the strength of the army, warned the government that the present situation made a revolution highly probable, since It had never been so easy for the array and the people to make common cause. He himself, he said, had never thought of heading a rising, but it must be confessed that revolution sometimes cleared the political atmosphere and accomplished the work of regeneration. Senor Dato. minister of the Interior, replying, severely censured General Weyler, declaring that a general who, with 3(X,000 men, had failed to suppress the Cuban rebellion, had no right to make such threats and that any attempt at revolution, no matter by whom, would be proceeded against with the utmost rigor of the law. The senators warmly applauded Senor Dato'a speech. The army bill was adopted. TRANSVAAL FRANCHISE. The Xew Luvir Promulgated, but Wholly Unsatisfactory. PRETORIA. South African Republic, July 26. The new franchise law was promulgated in the Gazette to-day. JOHANNESBURG. July 26. A rumor is current here that the Raad at first refused to accept President Krugers resignation only by the chairman's casting vote. Any way, the dynamite company appears to be alarmed at the apparent determination of the Volksraad to cancel the monopoly and have submitted to the government proposals for the reduction of the prices of dynamite gelatine. These are accompanied, however, by certain stipulations, one being that the reduction should be dependent tn the annual sale of 25O.0GO cases. The Volksraad adjourned the discussion ot thesa proposals. It is itated that tho

executive council at Pretoria has adopted the new distribution proposal, ivlni? -the Witwater Rand gold fields ten members in the Volksraad instead of fotir. and an additional six members for Klerksdorp. Htiuelberg and Petchefstroon. An irr.mer.se rating of outlanders was held here to-n!rht. They adopted resolutions denouncing the franchise law as wholly inadequate, and demanding effective guarantees and a proper redistribution scheme.

Hitch In China-Japanese Treaty. . PEKING, July 26. The Japanese admiral and four officers from the squadron at TaKu. Gulf of Pechl-Li, have arrived here to visit the Japanese minister. Prince Komura, who was with the squadron, is expected here in connection with pending treaty negotiations, but there appears to be a hitch In the negotiations with regard to the measure of financial control to be accorded to Japan in return for reorganization of the Chinese army by Japanese officers. In high official circles it is believed that the difficulties cannot be surmounted. Prince Chlng and the dowager Empress are the principal advocates of the treaty. Others, though approving any arrangements that would be likely to secure China from foreign aggression, are fearful that the treaty might involve China in serious complications. Poisoned with American Fruit. LONDON, July 26. Much excitement has been caused here by the mysterious poisoning of a score of guests of the Inns of Court Hotel, which, it is alleged, was due to American canned fruit. A second victim, F. W. Bartlett, of Philadelphia, died during the night. The fruit was eaten a week ago, and all who partook of it were made ill, one of the number dying on July 21. the medical certificate assigning gastroenteritis as the cause of death. An inquest will be held in the case of Mr. Bartlett. The Australian cricketers, who have been residing at the hotel, were happily absent when the fruit was served. The Cxarewitch Burled. ST. PETERSBURG. July 26. The body of the Czarewltch was Interred In the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul to:day In the presence of the Czar, the dowager Empress and other members of the imperial family and Prince Waldemar of Denmark. Cable Notes. t The mayor and sheriffs of Southampton paid an official visit yesterday to the United States school ship Saratoga. They were cordially entertained by the commander and officers of the Saratoga. At luncheon President McKinley and Queen Victoria were toasted. In the match game of cricket begun at Kennington Oval on Monday between the Australian team and the Surrey eleven, the Australians were all out yesterday for their second inning with 194 runs. The total number made by the Australians was 359. while the Surrey eleven scored a total of 452 runs. KENTUCKY POPULISTS. Convention Meets To-Day and Fusion Jiot to Be Considered. FRANKFORT, Ky., July 26. The Populist state convention meets here to-morrow; More interest attaches to the convention on account of the revolt in the silver Democratic party against Senator William Goebel, the nominee for Governor. It is probable that either G. W. Reeves, of Ballard county, of J. H. Lackey, of Trigg county, will be nominated for Governor. The platform will declare for the cardinal principles of the Populist party and will condemn the Goebel state election law. which was indorsed by the Democratic state convention and which Mr. Goebel will make the main Issue In the campaign. The Populist leaders say they will have no more fusjon in this State. Mayor Jones Will Not Rnn. TOLEDO. O.. July 26. The second attempt by Chairman McNamee, of the organized labor of Ohio, to get Mayor Jones to consent to head an independent ticket in Ohio tris fall resulted to-day In the mayor again refusing to enter the contest. Mayor Jones promised to issue thl9 week a letter, in which his position will be given. Mayor Jones will be guided largely by the expresfions he receives in response to this letter. Solid Bryan Delegation. MADISON, Wis., July 26. Democratic free silver leaders of Wisconsin wiU hold a conference with W. J. Bryan here next Monday for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements to have this State send a solid Bryan delegation to the national convention next year. E. C. Wall, of Milwaukee, national committeeman from Wisconsin, has not been invited on account of his hostility to 16 to 1. BRICKMAKERS' strike. Movement in Chicago that Will Paralyse All Building. CHICAGO, July 26. Brlckmakers in all the union yards in Cook county will stop work to-morrow morning in pursuance of an order for a general strike passed to-day by District Council, No. 1, of the National Brlckmakers Alliance. The strike Is considered by the manufacturers and contractors one of the most serious that has occurred in years, and If it continues for only a short period it will paralyze all the building operations In the city and county. NO POLITICIANS YET. Dewey Not in the Hands of Wonld-Be President Makers. TRIESTE, July 26. Admiral Dewey was busily engaged during the day in replying to his Immense American correspondence and in receiving visitors. The rumors that American politicians have arrived 1 ere to consult with the admiral regaining the presidency of the United States aie without foundation. No More Women for Manila. SAN FRANCISCO. July 26. The transports Ohio and Newport are scheduled to sail for Manila at 11 o'clock to-night. They will carry four companies of the Nineteemn Infantry and about 700 recruits and casuals. The transport Tacoma is loading with horses and will probably sail to-morrow. The next vessel due from the Philippines is the hospital ship Relief, which is expected at any time. The camp at the Presidio for the reception of the Nebraska regiment soon to arrive on the Hancock is ready. General Shatter, acting on the advice of General Otis, has decided that no more women and children shall be allowed to go to Manila. Record of the Taxeaters. HILLSBORO, O., July 26. The report of a committee appointed three months ago to examine the records of county officers for the past ten years has caused a great sensation by showing that in that time the illegal fees and salaries drawn by different county officials aggregates 556,200. Suits against the various officers to recover that amount will be Insisted upon by taxpayers. Of the shortage 522,500 is chargeable to county auditors. Evaing-ellst Whipple Ia 111. EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass., July 26. Major D. W. Whipple, the evangelist, who became widely known last year through his work in Southern camps during the war with Spain, is at present suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism and neuralgia.1 His physician stated to-day that he contracted his ailments during his stay in the Southern camps and that he had reason to believe that he would recover. Denied by Edvrln Gould. NEW YORK, July 26. Edwin Gould, president of the St. Louis & Southwestern Railroad, denies that the Gould interest has parted with the control of the company or cold a share of Its stock. On the contrary, the Gould interest in all the securities of the road ha9 been Increased from time to time. As far as he has been able to learn, from expressions of many of the stockholders, the road has been managed in a way satisfactory to them. Movements of Steamers. PLYMOUTH. England. July 23. Arrived: Graf Waldersee, from New York, for Hamburg. NEW YORK, July 2S.-Sai!ed: Majestic, for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON. July 26.-Sailed: Lahn, from Bremen, for New York. Chinese Indifference to Pain. New Orleans Times-Democrat "A very curious thing about the Chinese is their indifference to pain." eald Dr. E. Z. Simmons, the veteran missionary of Canton, who was In the city a few days ago. "We do a great deal of turtfoQ vqiK la

the great City Hospital conducted by the united missions at Carton, and it was at first supposed that there would be endless trouble , in persuading the natives to take anaesthetics, but the doctors found to thetr surprise that anaesthetics were rarely needed, and that their patients endured the most serious operations without flinching the fraction of an inch. The averaee Chinaman will assume the required position and hold it like a statue. When the knife touches his flesh he begins a cllsht monotonous moan and keeps it up until the ordeal is 04-er. but he gives no other Indication ot pain. Whether this Js due to nerve bluntness cr stoicism, or a combination of both. I have never been able to determine, but the fact remains that the Canton Hospital uses less chloroform or ether than any other large institution of this kind on earth." RECAPTURE OF THE HERMI0NE

The Thrllllnfr Attack Made by the Cretv of the Surprise. Household Words. On the night of Sept. 22, 1797. while the British thirty-two-gun frigate Hermlone was cruising off the east coast of Porto Rico a mutiny broke out on board. It would appear that on the preceding day, while the crew were reefing the topsails, the captainHugh Pigot by name, and described as "one of the most cruel and oppressive captains belonging to the British navy" called out that he would flog the last man off the mlzzen-topsail-yard. Captain Pigot was known to be a man of his word in matters of this sort, and, as the "cat" would naturally fall to the lot of the man at the extremities of the yard, two of these poor fellows made an attempt to spring over their comrades nearer the mast, but missing their hold fell on the quarterdeck and were both killed. When this was reported to the captain he Is said to have answered, "Throw the lubbers overboard." This was the culmination of a long scries of oppressive acts on the part of the captain, and the result was that the crew mutinied, and killed their officers, with a few exceptions. Captain Pigot was stabbed, and while still alive thrown out of the cabin window. Thereafter the mutineers took the ship Into La Guayra, and represented to the Spanish governor that they had set the officers adrift in the jollyboat. Soon afterwards the Hermlone was added to the Spanish navy, and as fitted for sea in this service she mounted forty-four guns, while her crew, which in the British service had been 22). was increased by 100. exclusive of about seventy soldiers and artillerymen. Two years later in September, 1799 intelligence reached Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, commander-in-chief at Jamaica, that the Hermolne was about to sail from Porto Cabello for Havana, and, accordingly, on the 20th of the month, he detached the 28-gun frigate Surprise, Captain Edward Hamilton, to look out for her. The total force of the Surprise was 197 men and boys. Captain Hamilton, it seems, . proposed to the commander-in-chief toattempt the cuttingout of the Hermoine If a barge and twenty more men could be given him, but Sir Hyde Parker refused his ainctlon, considering the enterprise too desperate. The Surprise was ordered to cruise about sixty to eighty leagues off Porto Cabello and endeavor to intercept the Hermoine. For some weeks these orders were acted on, but the Hermlone was not met with, and, as the provisions of the Surprise were running short. Captain Hamilton determined on more energetic measures. On Oct. 21 he was off the harbor of Porto Cabello and had satisfied himself that the Hermlone was ctill there. She was moored between two battel ies situated at the entrance to the harbor, and appeared to be ready for sea. The batteries were said to mount some, 200 guns. The Surprise stood off-and-on until the evening of the 24th, when, after dinner. Captain Hamilton announced to his officers his intention of attempting the capture oi the Hermlone. Later the crew were mustered aft, and the captain made a speech, in which he reminded them of their former successful exploits. He concluded with these words: "I find it useless to wait any longer; we shall soon be obliged to leave the station, and that frigate will become the prize of some more fortunate hip than the Surprise. Our only prospect of success Is by cutting her out this night." This proposal was received with great cheering, and the crews for the six boats were immediately selected. Every man was to be dressed in blue, no white was to be shown; the password was "Britain" and the reply "Ireland." At 7:30 o'clock the expedition started. Captain Hamilton leading in the pinnace. It was distinctly laid down that, in the event of reaching the ship undiscovered, only the boarders were to board, the boat's crews remaining where they were, to be in readiness to take the Hermlone in tow directly the cables were cut. The rendezvous was to be the. Hermione's quarterdeck. When within a mile of the Hermlone the advancing boats were discovered by two gunboats, each mounting a long gun, and were fired upon. The pinnace, by the captain's orders, threw oft all attempts at concealment, and with hearty cheers its crew pulled for the prize. The other boats ought to have followed suit, but some of them instead fooled away their time and powder on the gunboats. By the time the Hermlone was reached her crew were on the alert; nevertheless Captain Hamilton and his party made good their footing on her forecastle, and, pushing their way along the gangway, reached the quarterdeck. The cables were cut and the Hermlone taken in tow not a second too soon, for the shore batteries were now entering a vigorous protest in the form of a heavy fire. Meanwhile, there was hard fighting going on on the frigate, and It was not until an hour after the first attack that all opposition was put down. At 2 o'clock In the morning the Hermlone was safe in British hands once more and out of range of the land batteries. Of the British there was none killed, though Captain Hamilton, Mr. Maxwell, the gunner, and ten others were more or less severely wounded. The Spaniards had 119 killed and 97 wounded out of their total of 365. "It is Impossible," says James, "to do Justice to Captain Hamilton, the gunner, Mr. Maxwell, and the first boarders from the pinnace; they were unsupported for mora than ten minutes, and this gallant handful of men succeeded in possessing themselves: of the quarterdeck. The history of naval warfare, from the earliest times to this date, affords no parallel to this dashing affair; it was no surprise; no creeping upon the sleepy unawares. The crew of the frglate were at quarters, standing to their guns, aware of the attack, armed, prepared, in readiness, and that frigate was captured by the crews of three boats, the first success being gained by sixteen men." DLIXD 3IAN AT A nACE TRACK. Seems as Excited Dnrlng the Rannlng as Are Those Who Can See. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "I was out at the race track one day last winter," said a merchant of this city, "when I was accosted by a man who was holding the hand of a little boy. It was a former friend whom I had not seen for some years and who had become totally blind. He told me that he recognized my voice, and whllo, we stood there talking the bell rang from the track. 'They're going to start!' he exclaimed excitedly. 'Come: Let's get into the grand stand as quick as we can!' After we secured seats I couldn't help expressing surprise at his eagerness. Oh. that's all right, he replied abstractedly, I bet I'll get nearly as much out of it as you do,' and after watching him through the next race I became convinced that he was telling the truth. To begin with, he fired a volley of short, sharp questions at the boy, and In that way obtained a good general idea of the situation. Then he leaned forward like a man about to spring. I never saw such an attitude of fierce and concentrated attention. To say that he seemed to be listening doesn't begin to express it. He seemed to be literally absorbing everything that was going on around him. "His chin was lifted, his lips were a little apart, a red spot came and went on his cheeks and I could see the big veins on his neck throbbing like an engine. It was an uncanny spectacle. I couldn't get rid of the feeling that he was exercising some unnatural, superhuman faculty. After the race was run he dropped back relaxed and sat there listless and Inert until the next tap of the bell. Later, when we were in the street car I tried to learn something of his experience. He smiled good-naturedly, but found difficulty in making me understand. I get a lot of pleasure out of the races, he said, 'and can follow some of them almost as well as if I had my sight. I can't tell exactly how it is done. I suppose my brain has become trained to catch hundreds of little cues the shouts of the people on the track, the exclamations ot the crowd, the cheers, and laughs, and groans and curses, the chance remarks of passers; yes, even the clatter of feet and the way folk breathe everything means something to me, and altogether it builds up a picture in my mind. I feel It somewhere in the air, and 1 get so excited that I forget all about being blind. Oh! no." he said. 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He was to have ben one of Captain Chanler's rough, riding cfllcers, and doubtless would have reaped great glory in such connection had Chanler's ofTer to recruit a troop been approved by the government. It was not and Chanler took his part in a regiment not of his raising; whereas Elliott, together with Herbert Barnum Seeley and Karl Decker of Washington, who gained some Cuban celebrity in connection with breaking a girl out of jail, went on the staff of General Lacret, a revolutionary commander in Cuba. They were) also with Captain Thompson call hira Thompson, although it may not be hl name of the regular army, who had charge, of a vagrant company of negroes in th United States service. Thompson had been ordered for a scouting service. His command was one of the most remarkable of the war. and It is a fact that before Thompson Joined Lacret he had performed more valorous deeds and committed more Spanish slaughter than was done by the entire combination of heroes at San Juan. 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Elliott was taken sick in the middle of the exciting campaign and was left at one of the captured villages with some native nurses. He recovered his health sufficiently to rejoin Lacret. So ably did Captain Thompson conquer Cuba that there waa earnest talk of a court-martial in which he was to figure as defendant on account of complaints to the effect that his men did not properly regard the property rights of the Spaniards or native islanders. The argument Interposed In thlr behalf was that they were following Sherman's example and regarded the surrounding country as the base of supplies. Elliott was present at three or four fights which did not reach the dignity of a battle, but were somewhat of an improvement on skirmishes. He slept with danger for four months, and no one will grudge him hit shoulder strap. The story of Duncan Elliott's highly frescoed past does not require retelling. 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"What do you think of this movement to let women propose?" he afked. "If some such plan isn't adopted." she adventured, "there seems to be little likelihood that you will ever be married." After he had caught his breath he made the customary avowal and their engagement was announced the next day.

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The Noble Scotch Game. Detroit Journal. The hero was beside himself vith race. "The serpent." he hissed, for it waa in these terms that he was wont t refer to the villain of the plot, "has won the golf trophy VGenevieve shuddered. "That's what comes of his having leen icotefced. X doubt not:" the falterM, and would fain have wept. Ah. It vas easy now to SC4 where c:l Ukes c&A beta ciic