Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 216, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1899 — Page 1

1' IMBIANAFOLI JOUKNA WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1S2J. (VAT "VT IV VA dailt established 1900. VJJU. -A-LiIY In W. 1U. INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1899. TTTnr o m?xTo,o ut railway scsws stands, on i TRAINS AND SUNDAYS CENTS.

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PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA EX ROUTE TO RIO DE JANEIRO, On Board the Cruiser San Martin, and Accompanied by Some of Ills Minister and Many Legislators. AT MONTEVIDEO YESTERDAY WHERE HE CONFERRED WITH PRES. IDENT CUE5TAS, OF URUGUAY. Said to Be Trying to Arrange an AIllanee of Sonth American Repub ' lies Against This Country. TROUBLE IN SANTO DOMINGO AHMED IXSURRECTIOX IN FAVOR OS J 131 INEZ, THE FLOTTER. Several Army OClcers Reported to lla-re Joined the Rebels Political Situation tn Haiti Improving. n BUENOS .-AYRES Aug. 3. President Itoca. of Argentina, accompanied by the minister of foreign affairs, the minister of war. the minister of marine, thirty senators end deputies and a number of Journalists, left here to-day on board the armored cruiser San Martin for Brazil. MONTEVIDEO, Aug. I President Roca and h party, on board the Argentine cruiser frin Martin, arrived here to-day to visit President Cuestas. of Uruguay, on bis way to Braiil. This evening President Roca was present at a banquet given la hi honor. He expects to leave to-morrow. LONDON. Aug. 3. The London Times .published a dispatch from Buenos Ayres July 1 saying President Roca, of the Argentine Republic, would leave that country about the. middle of July for Uruguay and Brazil, with the Intention of inviting the Presidents of those republics to meet at Buenos Ayres In tho autumn and confer with the President of Chile. Senor Errazurix, on the question of reducing South American armaments. It was added that he would also propose an alliance of the four re publics. A dispatch from London to the Associated .Press Aug. 1 gave the substance of a mes as re sent by the Rome correspondent of the Horning Post to his paper. lie said: "Ac cording to news received here the victory over Spain and the growth of Imperialism In the United States has led the large South American republics to talk of an alliance a fains t the .Vnlted States, and it is alleged ""that the preliminaries of such an alliance have been concluded between Brazil and Argentina." ..... , .- UPRISING IN SANTO DOMINGO. Insurrection In Favor of Jlmtnes, av Woe Id-Be President. ' CAPE HAITIAN, Haiti, Aug. l-It has Just become known that an armed Insurrection has broken out at La Vega, a town seventy-five miles northwest of Santo Domingo, in favor of Jlmlnex. who aspires to the presidency in succession to the late ' Heureaux. At 8antlago de la Cruz 200 well-armed men have risen under command of Gen. Ramon Pacheco, and Gen. P. Reyes, who Is very influential In those districts. ha3 Joined the Insurgents, with several other generals, each commanding fairly important forces. The Dominican Plotters. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 1 Owing to the efforts of the government of Santo Domingo to suppress news and information about the recent assassination of President Heureaux and the reported revolution In Santo Domingo, the facts in the case are difficult to obtain, but a dispatch received by a messenger who has passed through Haiti indicates that the assassination of Heureaux was not on the programme, the purpose of the revolutionists being to capture Moca, with the President, thus decapitating the Dominican government at the first blow, the Insurgents not possessing the means of prosecuting a protracted conflict. The premature departure of President . Heureaux threatened to frustrate this scheme, whereupon an enthusiast, who was watching the President's movements, committed the act. A subsequent attack on Moca being repulsed, the Insurgents withdrew intolhe fastnesses between Moca and Porto Plata, hoping to secure sufficient accessions of men and arms to attack Porto Plata and prosecute the movement In spite, of its initial failure. Commenting on the London cablegram relative to possible American Intervention in Santo Domingo, the Gleaner to-day says It anticipates the "finding of an excuse to add the island of Haiti to the string of Antllllan gems of America' and Invokes the powers to "curb America's ambition." SITUATION IN HAITI. Foreigners Pleased with the Prompt Aetlon of Minister Powell. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti. Aug. 2. The political situation here has Improved and the city is calm. The prompt action of the United States minister here In the case of M. Duvivier, the newspaper man, who was taken by police officers out of the American legation, has created an excellent impression among the foreign population, who think t?e action of the Haitlen government in surrendering the prisoner to the minister on his demand probably avoided serious trouble. The people who have been arretted here are accused of plotting the overthrow of the government, and ths American minister has asked the latter to exercise clemency towards the prisoners. WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 Acting Secretary of State Adee has received a cablegram from Minister Powell, at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, confirming the newspaper reports of the violation of his legation by police officers who were making an arrest. The minister added the person who was arrested Is a citizen of Haiti, and he seeks to know what disposition shall be made of him upon his return to the legation. The department Is now giving this query consideration, and It will probably direct the minister to surrender the man to the authorities if it shall appear that the proceedings are regular and that he will be given a fair trial. If the Haitlen government expresses regret at the Invasion of the legation the State Department will be satisfied. No License for Athletic Clnbs. DENVER, CoL. Aug. 1-Mayor Johnscn t3ay vetoed the ordinance placing the li

cense for athletic clubs which conduct sparring contests at 51.500. In his message the mayor said: "I am unwilling to approve an ordinance which would make it possible to have repeated in Denver such a bru'

test as was witnessed in this citj )JeJ ; one weK ago at one oi mese jo-cauta trrrrletlc associations." It is not likely that the ordinance can be passed over the veto. TRIAL OF JIM BAKER. Foor Witnesses Testify In Dehalf of the Prosecution. BARBOURVTLLE, Ky., Aug. 3.-In the Jim Baker trial the prosecution concluded Its testimony to-day by Introducing four witnesses. A. B. Howard testified that he was wounded at the time his son Wilson was killed. As they were riding along the road they were shot at by persons In ambush. He recognized Tom Baker and some one whom he thought was Jim. James Robinson, who was working at Baker's house when the killing took place, testified that soon after the shots were fired Tom and Jim came home greatly excited. Just before the shooting, he said, Tom went down the road in the direction from whence the shots came, with what he thought to be a gun. Robinson testified in the examining trial that Tom and Jim were both at home when the shots were fired. Now he claims that he was forced by the Bakers to swear to a He, as they threatened to kill him. John Collins testified that when he heard the shots he Immediately ran up the hill in their direction. He saw' two men enter Tom Baker's house, bit could not identify them. Fuller Barrett had testified twice before that Tom and Jim were at home when Wilson Howard was killed. This time he swore that he, in company with Jim, Tom and Wiley Baker, were together in the road when Howard came up; that Tom fired and Burch Storr fell dead and Bat Howard was wounded. Jim Baker fired and there was a fusillade of bullets. He said the Bakers forced him to swear falsely the first two times. Barrett was indicted with the Bakers for the murder, but after his indictment had been canceled by the commonwealth he turned State's evidence. He is a first cousin of Tom Baker. The defense claims to be able to prove an alibi. Another Outbreak. LONDON, Ky., Aug. 3. A new feud Is reported to have broken out on Barnes's fork, in Lacher county. Kentucky, between the Wrights and Holbrooks on one side and the Reynoldf.es and Bentleys on the other. Each faction is heavily armed with Winchesters and are occupying adjacent hills. An outbreak Is expected at any time. TRAPPED BY THE YflQUIS STONES ROLLED DOWN A MOUNTAIN ON MEXICAN SOLDIERS. An Indianapolis Gold Hunter's Story -General Torres Preparing; to PnnlshT the Rebellious Indians. AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 3. There passed through Austin to-day on a north-bound express train for Indianapolis a gold hunter named Arnold, who said that he was but recently from the scene of the Indian uprising in Mexico.' Unreports that he has not seen the Taqul Indiana proper, nor been near the scene of action for a week or more, but that Just before leaving that section it was reported the Taqui Indians had entrapped a force of several hundred of the Mexican soldiers into a defile in the mountains and Inaugurated an old-time warfare In throwing rocks down upon them, with the result that many of them were killed. He says the war Is being conducted on a guerrilla plan and that the Indiana have sufficient force to maintain the war for months to come, as they are perfectly at home in the mountain fastnesses and the Mexican soldiers are no match for them. The reports coming to the mlnlng'camps to date are that the Mexicans have lost a number of soldiers, while the Indians have lost comparatively few of their number. General Torres's Plans. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Aug. 3. Marshall P. Wright, son of the late Judge Wright, of Kansas City, has arrived in this city from Mexico. Speaking of the Taquls, Mr. Wright says there is no doubt that from 2,000 to 3,000 men are under arms and engaged in a bloody conflict. The entire country is in a state of terror and people are fleeing to the larger settlements. Mr. Wright does not know the cause of the present trouble and says the outbreak came as a surprise to General Torn, who, after a two years' campaign, subdued the Yaquls in May. 1S37. "At that time, when the treaty of peace was being signed," remarked Mr. Wright, "General Torres told the Taquls that if they ever broke the treaty and caused more trouble It would be taken as a signal for war and it would be carried on to the point of extermination, as quarter would be neither asked nor granted." Mr. Wright says that General Torres Is now in the field and that his policy will be to drive the Indians to the mountains. The Twelfth Mexican Regiment and other volunteers have been mobilized, and Colonel Kosterlltzky, formerly of the United States army. Is gathering troops near Magdalena and he will soon reinforce General Tories. Miner Lives in Danger. AUSTIN, Tex.. Aug. 3. A dispatch received here this evening from Casas Grandes, State of Chihuahua, Mexico, states that four American miners had Just arrived there direct from the upper Yaquiriver country. They were driven out by the marauding bands of Yaqui Indians. Thomas Harvell, one of the members of the party, who formerly lived in Austin, stated that there are probably two thousand miners and prospectors scattered through the Yaqul country, and their lives are in imminent danger, as the Indians are getting bolder and more desperate each day. TO DEPORT ALL NEGROES. Congrni Will De Asked to Send Southern Dlacks to Africa. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Aug. 3.-A sensation was created at to-night's session of the African Methodist Episcopal presiding elders' council of Georgia and Alabama, when the committee on the state of the country reported a resolution recommending that a committee be appointed by the council to set before the United States Congress the deplorable condition of the negro population in several of the Southern States and to petition Congress for an appropriation of 1100,000,000 to start a line of steamships between the United States and Africa in order to enable all negroes who may desire to do so to emigrate to Africa. Bishop Turner, of Atlanta, who presided, explained that he did not desire the government to csrry emigrants free to Africa, but to take them direct at reasonable cost. He said that European emigrants are landed in his country at from S10 to J15 each. "But," said he, in going to Africa one must go via England, thus crossing the ocean twice at a cost of J10O." The ' resolution waa adopted.

FOR THE MAILS

HORSELESS WAGONS MAY SOON BE EMPLOYED IN THE DIG CITIES. Question of Using Automobiles In In dlana and Elsewhere to Be Investigated by a Fostofllce Official ALLEGED SWINDLING SCHEME ATTEMPT TO MAKE PEOPLE PUR. CHASE HOUSE LETTER BOXES. Circular That Conveys the Idea Uncle Sam Has Ordered Everybody to Furnish Receptacles for Mail. ANOTHER BLOW AT OUR BEEF CATTLE SLAUGHTERED IN BELGIUM BARRED OUT OF GERMANY Letters from American Consuls on the Subject Another Remedy for Tuberculosis Discovered In France. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Assistant Superintendent Edens, of Chicago, has been detailed by Assistant Postmaster General Heath to visit the various large cities of the country to Investigate the subject of re-, placing the mail wagon drawn by horses with the automobile or horseless wagon. Superintendent Edens has been In Washington several days looking Into the subject, and will within a few days start West, visiting all the first-class postofflce cities of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and States further West. The Postofflce Department is known to indorse the proposition In general terms, and the postmaster of Washington is anxious to try experiments with the automobile for the collection of local mall. He believes such an innovation would Improve the service in many ways. It is his Intention to give the automobiles a thorough trial .within a few days. Should the experiment prove successful, an automobile or horseless wagon collection service may be Inaugurated In other cities of the country, . . During the past few days several persons have been distributing among residents of Washington circulars that convey the impression to tho unsuspecting housewife that the Postofflce Department hag issued an order requiring every householder to purChase a letter box. In many instances the Innocent housewife has been Imposed upon to the extent of 50, cents, the sum required for the letter box, which "is manufactured' by the "United States Standard Letter Box and Plate Company." "Important Notice" is the heading of the circular, which states that "the order has been reaffirmed directing postmasters, postal clerks and carriers to recommend and urge on householders tho use of mall depositories." Then follows garbled extracts from the postal laws and regulations, which convey the idea that the Postofflce Department has issued a general order requiring every householder in every city where there Is free delivery to provide a letter box for the reception of mall. The agents are supplied with printed receipts, which are given in return for the 50 cents, with the promise that the box will be delivered in ten days, and it is said that often the box never comes. A. W. Machen, superintendent of the free J delivery division of the Postofflce Department, when asked about the matter, said this morning that it was a swindling scheme, but that the department could do rothlng as the men who operated the game do not claim to bo agents of the Postofflce Department, nor does the circular state on Its face that it is issued by the department. Whenever the matter has been brought to the attention of the officials the department publishes a notice in the city where the agents of the letter box company are canvassing, to. the effect that no one Is required by the Postofflce Department to purchase a letter box. When the agent falls to send the box. Mr. Machen said, a case of false pretense could be made out, but that It would be for the local and not the federal authorities to prosecute. The boxes cost about 3 cents to manufacture. Official letters received here from the representatives of the United States, In Germany, bring many details concerning the recent action in that country looking to the exclusion of beef slaughtered In Belgium, from the German markets, and leave little room for doubt that this is done for the purpose of preventing the Indirect introduction of an American product. The letters state that proclamations have been issued by the authorities of the Prussian provinces of Aachen, Dusseldorf, Osnabruck. Luneburg, Schleswlg, Danzig and Gumblnnen, and also in the grand duchies of Oldenburg and Mecklenberg. and by the ministry of Alsace-Lorraine against the admission of beef slaughtered in Belgium. These subdivisions of territory cover the entire Belgian frontier of Germany and render it Impracticable to Introduce any Belgian beef Into the empire. While, the central government of Germany takes no official action in the premises it is pointed out here that the course of the subordinate governments is inspired from Berlin, and some of the proclamations set forth that the action 19 taken at the instance of the imperial chancellor. Others proclaim that the reason for the step Is the fear of introducing Texas fever through the American beef cattle slaughtered in Belgium. The exclusion orders went into effect on the 13th of July. In his message to the Nlcaraguan Congress yesterday President Zelaya referred to a treaty made with the United States of date April 29 last. It la learned upon inquiry at the State Department that this was merely an agreement entered into between Minister Merry and the Nlcaraguan. government by which the $3,000 in duties collected from the American merchants in Blueflelds against their protest by General Torres was placed in the hands of the British consul at Biuefields pending an agreement as to Its disposition. Up to this moment the two governments are still in negotiation on this subject. Senor Correa, minister from Nicaragua, has returned to Washington after a two months' visit home, during which he conferred with President Zelaya concerning the Biuefields a flair and also the Nicaragua canal question. During his visit the Nlcaraguan government honored Mr. Correa by appointing him minister to Chile. As he had numerous private interests in Washing

ton the appointment was finally changed so as to make him minister at Washington instead of charge d'affaires. Secretary of the interior Hitchcock will join the President at Lake Champlain about Aug. IS for a stay of about a week. He will leave in a few days for Marlon, Mass., to visit a daughter and after a brief visit in New Hampshire will proceed to Lake Champlain. A new remedy for tuberculosis developed In France has been reported to the State Department by United States Commercial Agent Atwood at Roubalx. It is a treatment called to the attention of the Academy of Medicine by Dr. Mendel and consists In the daily injection into the bronchial tubes of essence of eucalyptus, thyme and cinnamon, held in solution in olive oil. Tho oil in descending slowly comes Into contact with th walls of the tube and upper lungs. The gas set free saturates the air In the lungs .and acts on the mucous membranes. In sixteen cases treated, after one or two weetei there was in all a lessening or complete cessation of the cough or expectoration as well as a return of sleep, appetite and strength. The dispatch boat Dolphin put In at Wood's Holl yesterday and forwarded to the Navy Department a report on the recent collision with the ferryboat New York In New York harbor. It was based on the finding of a board convened on board the Dolphin Immediately after the accident In

accordance with naval regulations. The board blames the ferryboat captain for inefficient lookout and vacillation. The damage to the Dolphin is slight and all above the water line. Repairs will cost $1,200. Secretary Root left this evening for New York, to be absent until Monday. It is quite likely he will see the President before he returns to Washington. MANY DISEASED COWS. Effort to Prevent the Sale of Tuberculosed Milk nt Fort Dodge. FORT DODGE; la., Aug. J. As a result of the tuberculin tests which have been, made on the dairy herds supplying milk in this city the City Council has taken vigorous action toward protecting the citizens from danger of contracting the disease from tubercular cattle. Thus far 1S1 cows have been examined. Of these twenty-one, or a little over 18 per cent., have been condemned. At its meeting last night the Council passed an ordinance providing that no milk be sold in the city from cattle that had not been tested and found free from tuberculosis. At the same time all milk venders shall be licensed, tho requirements for license being that all cows In the herd from which milk is supplied shall be tested and found free from tuberculosis. JUMPED FROM BRIDGE WILD - LEAP OF HENNA RAISER, TREASURER OF A THEATER. Sprang from the Brooklyn Structure In Order to Satisfy the Curiosity oi a Little Girl. NEW .YORK, i Aug. 3. Henna Hauser, treaaurer-of the Herald-square Theater, In this city, jumped from tha middle span of the Brooklyn bridge at 5 o'clock this afternoon. He was resciied from the water and will recover. Hauser was a passenger on an electric car bound from Brooklyn to New York. He sat calmly reading a newspaper until about the middle of the bridge was reached, when he Jumped off the car. Throwing off his coat, Hauser climbed upon the outer railing to leap. The bridge policemen, passengers on the cars and the carmen made a rush for the man. He regarded their approach coolly, hesitated a moment and then leaped clear of the structure. He struck the water just astern of a ferry boat. A passenger sprang overboard and seized Hauser when he re-appeared on the surface, He was lifted aboard, taken to shore and sent to the hospital. One story, which Hauser confirmed tonight, .was to the effect that a little girl, on her way back "from Coney island on a third-avenue car, commenced to Interrogate her father concerning the big bridge just about the time they reached the Brooklyn end. This child, perhaps seven or eight years of age, finally Inquired whether any one had ever Jumped from the bridge. The parent replied In the affirmative and attempted to induce his daughter to keep still. Seated just back of the man and the little girl, so the story runs, was Mr. Hauser. Suddenly and without warning the child began again with the remark: "Say, papa, I would like to see somebody Jump off." "Well, I am afraid you won't get your wish to-day," replied her father. "Won't she?" came a voice in reply. "I'll Jump for the little girl." This "much is certain, that Mr. Hauser did spring up from his seat and dropped from the car into the roadway with an agility that surprised the spectators. So sudden were his movements that the conductor had no time to stop the car, and a hundred feet had been traversed before the motorman finally succeeded in bringing things to a pause. By this time Mr. Hauser was high upon the rail ready for his plunge. Pausing for a single instant, he waved his hand towards the people on the cat, then sprang into the air and went down like a shot, turning over and over as he fell. He struck the water with a splash which was heard both on the bridge and shore. Then followed the usual scenes incident to an event of this kind. The passengers deserted the cars and attempted to see what was going on from ovar the rail. In a few minutes the entire traffic on the bridge was suspended. There was the usual quota of excited men and hysterical women, and for half an hour bridge policemen and trolleycar employes had their hands full in trying to straighten out the tangle. When asked why he made the jump he said It was because he was a drunken fool. He Insisted that he had had no trouble of any sort, either In family or financially. Finally, he jokingly remarked: "That's what Coney-Island booze does for a fellow." Hauser is about thirty years old and Is very well known in the theatrical fraternity. He started as an usher at Hooley's Theater, In Chicago. Then he became assistant treasurer and later treasurer. He was connected with the Hooleys for ten years. He came to New York In 1836. MORMONS ASSAULTED. Two Preachers Clubbed, Thrown Out of a Church and Ordered Away. . PINEVILLE, Ky.. Aug. 3.-Two men. claiming to be Mormon preachers, passed through here en route to the mountains of Tennessee. They say while preaching at Middle Fork creek, twenty-six miles east of here. Sunday, about a dozen armed men came to the log church drunk and attacked them. They were thrown from the church and clubbed. The assailants then riddled the church with bullets, and gave ths Ereachers two hours to leave. On arrival ere the preachers looked like tramps and were badly used ui.

AFTER THE COP

SIR THOMAS LIPTON'S YACHT SHAMROCK SAILS FOR AMERICA. Greeted with Cheera and Blowing of Whistles mm She Left Falrlle Under Convoy of the Erin. SEAWANHAKA CUP PROTEST AMERICAN YACHT DID NOT CROSS THE STARTING LINE YESTERDAY. Grounded In Shoal Water, and Glencairn Sailed Over the Course Alone and Was Given the Deciding Heat. FOUR VICTORIES FOR METEOR BRITANNIA DEFEATED AGAIN BY THE KAISER'S FAST YACHT. Engagement of Lady Randolph Churchill and Lieut. G. F. M. Cornwallls West Announced. GLASGOW, Aug. 3. The Shamrock sailed from Fairlie for New York this morning, accompanied by Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht Erin, gayly decorated with flags. As the two yachts proceeded down the river, whose banks were thronged with spectators, they were greeted with cheers, intermingled with singing "Rule, Britannia." The craft In the vicinity of Falrlle displayed flags in honor of the departing challenger. The sound of the whistles and sirens blowing In honor of Shamrock was deafening. As already cabled, Shamrock .will take a southerly course. Captain Hogarth expects to reach New York within twenty-eight days, as he does not intend to push tho yacht to any extent. She Is Insured at Lloyds for 40,000. It was noted as a good omen that the last racing yacht which sailed for America from Fairlie was the unbeaten Minerva, skippered by "Charlie" Barr, now skipper of the Columbia. Shamrock's racing spars will be taken to New York by the Anchor line steamer City of Rome. Captain Hogarth Just before starting said he considered Shamrock to be a perfect racing machine. After proceeding a short distance Shamrock had a slight mishap to her bowsprit and had to return to Fairlie. Escorted by the Erin, she again started for America this evening et S o'clock. A private signal to start came from Sir Thomas Upton, who was on board the Erin. The Shamrock was then lying in eleven fathoms of water near ly opposite the house' in which Will Fife, Jr., the designer of the Shamrock, was born. A stiff breeia was blowing off Ayrshire. Capt. Archie Hogarth, skipper No. 1, took the tiller, and Capt. Robert Wrlnge, skipper No. 2, looked after things forward. The Shamrock swung twico around the Erin, receiving hearty cheers from the crews assembled In Fairlie roads. The crew of a training ship lying n-.r sang out lustily, "Bring back thai cup." When the Shamrock had circled twice around tho Erin Captain Hogarth dipped the blue ensign as the yacht stood off down Bute sound under trysail, foresail, jib head, headed topsail and mlzzen. Addressing the crew on his farewell visit. Sir Thomas Llpton expressed his confidence that they would strain every nerve to win the cup. If they succeeded, he said, he would show his appreciation of their serv ices in a manner that would satisfy all. He bade them remember that the eyes of the clvllzed world were upon them, and he remarked that he was entirely confident that they would get as fair play in the United States as anywhere in the world. Sir Thomas Llpton, Captain Hogarth and Captain Wrlnge, in their concluding interviews, expressed themselves in terms of the utmost confidence regarding the result. lh u breeze gave Shamrock a good run cV v ii Fairlie roads, and even in the broken m te she left practically no wave. She ap-;-6 re 1 to be a good weather boat. If Shamrock .ind Erin lose sight of each other the p an is to run for the Azores, and another rendezvous has been arranged between the Azores and America. Shamrock carries two collapsible boats, a cutter rig and a dingy, and is provided with necessaries for the safety of the crew. Sir Thomas Llpton. having bidden the challenger farewell. Immediately started for London. It is expected the Shamrock will clear the Mull of Klntyre to-night and that the Erla will catch her off Mallnhead. Mr. Martlneau, marine painter for . the Queen, who is on hoard the Erin, will paint Shamrock en route for Sir Thomas Llpton. In order to avoid straining by use of the spinnaker, Captain Hogarth has rigged up the cross jacky-yard with a square sail. Columbia Will Be Ready To-Day. BRISTOL. Conn., Aug. 3. The Columbia's broken mast was taken out to-day and the pine mast will be stepped to-morrow. Rig gers have been working all the afternoon on the rigging of the pine mast and matters were left In such shape to-night that the boat will be all rigged by to-morrow night, so that, if desired, she can leave here Satur day morning. The mainsail, which was spread out to dry, has a rent In it thirty feet long. This will be patched to-morrow morning. A number of steel workers have been engaged to-day in hammering out the dents in the Columbia's sides. The largest cne was about thirteen Inches in diameter. on the starboard side. This was smoothed out. The painters followed after with paint,, and when they had finished the hull looked as good as new. METEOR'S FOURTH VICTORY. Town Cup Won by the Kaiser's Yacht Engagement Announced. COWES, Aug. 3. In the race for the Town, cup to-day, in the regatta of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Emperor William's Meteor, the Prince of Wales's Britannia and Rainbow crossed the line together at the start Bona was last The course was round the east Lepe buoy to the Warner lightship, twice around. The first round was finished as follows: Meteor. 1:32:05; Britannia, 1:39:10; Bona, 1:40:12; Rainbow. 1:4S:45. The yachts crossed the finish line as follows: Meteor. 4:25:50: Britannia, 4:S4:05; Bona. 4:55:00. Rainbow d4 not finish. After reckoning the tlmo allowance the Meteor beat the Britannia by over half an hour. The sensation of the day was the announcement of the - engagement of Lady Randolph Churchill to Lieut. O. F. M. Cornwallis West, eon of the famous beauty.

Lady Cornwallis West. It is said the mar

riage - will occur In October next. Lieut Cornwallis West is tall and good looking and very closely resembles his sister. Prin cess Henry of Pless. Lady Randolph Churchill and her son. Lieut Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, have apartments at the Marine Hotel. Comte and Comtesse De Castellane entertained the Prince of Wales at dinner this evening on board their steel yacht Val halla. Music was supplied by a full Hunr.lrlan Vian1 sn.1 Via Tan Among the guests were Duchess De Lulnes, Mme. De Gallifet. Mrs. Arthur Paget, Lady Randolph Churchill and Hon. Sidney Robert Greville, private secretary to the Marquis of Salisbury. Covers were laid for twenty. The deck of Valhalla was converted Into a regular salon, with carpets, artistic chairs and festoons of electric lights. Roces and carnations were hung on the sames wires all over the yacht The dinner table was extravagantly decorated with flowers, but at the special request of the Prince of Wales the menu was made as simple as possible, as his Royal Highness U disinclined to sit long at dinner. Mrs. Arthur Paget has given up Norrls Castle and Is now staying on board the Valleda. This evening there was a brilliant display of fireworks. All the yachts were illuminated. The principal set pieces were portraits of Sir Thomas Llpton, Mr, Thornycraft and Mr. Fife, and the motto, "Good Luck to Shamrock." After dinner the Crown Prince of Wales, with Comte and Comtesse De Castellane and the chief guests, came ashore to the castle to watch the pyrotechnic display. Late this evening another characteristic telegram was received at the castle from Emperor William. Its contents have not been divulged as yet. The heat during the last tto days has been terrible. Miss Ruby Churchill, Captain Randolph Stewart and Admiral Von Eisdencker of the Meteor have all suffered slight sunstrokes. CONSTANCE DID NOT SAIL. Grounded at tbe Start and. Entered m Protest Against the Race. DORVAL, Quebec, Aug. 3. To-day's race which was to have been the final one for the Seawanhaka cup between the American challenger Constance and the Canadian defender, Glencalrn, turned out most unsatisfactorily, for Skipper Duggan had to sail his boat over the course alone, while Mr. Crane, of the Constance, after protesting the race through having taken ground with her centerboard In maneuvering on the starting line, had the Constance brought down from the course, off Point Claire, to the St. Lawrence Yacht Club house at DorvaL . There was a fresh southwest breeze all the morning., which increased now and again in puffs, but later In the day, when the hour for the start arrived, at 1:23, the breeze was only a very moderate one and had shifted more to the south. The starting whistle blew at 3:06. Tha Glencalrn crossed the line at 3:05:15, but the Constance did not cross, having struck the ground while maneuvering for the start. Then followed Mr. Crane's verbal protest, but the officials decided to continue the race and deal with the protest afterward. By this time the Glencalrn was well up the first leg and a small yacht was sent up to instruct her to complete the course. The Glencalrn accordingly proceeded and with the moderate wind which was blowing finished the twelve miles at 6:25:15, well within the five-hour time limit. . Regis H. Post, part owner of the Constance, gave out the following statement: "By the rules of the Seawanhaka deed of gift the windward and back course should be three miles to windward and return sailed twice. This rule was waived by special agreement and in place thereof the rule was substituted that the course should be two miles to windward and return, sailed three times, and in event of it not being possible to lay out this course one and a half miles, sailed four times. In the first instance the course was laid out two mUes, but the wind hauled so that It blew nearly across the course.' I instructed Mr. Crane to protest for me and to request a windward and return course. The sailing committee acceded and Prof. Capper logged the course from the starting line to windward a little over one mile, when he got into shoal water and had to stop. The sailing committee then moved the starting line Inshore and sent the Monaco to windward for the mark. The line Was so far inshore that the Constance struck her board twice during the maneuvering for the start and finally. Just as the starting whistle sounded, ran aground. I then recalled the Constance and protested the course to the sailing committee. I also offered, If they would recall the Glencalrn, to move the starting line out shore and sail the race on the course as it existed. This was declared impossible and I withdrew the Constance." , The official sailing committee also gave out the following statement: "The course was set southwest by south from upper Dorval light, two miles to windward. On the return of the committee boat, Mr. Crane protested that the course was not due to windward, the wind having by this time hauled southerly. The course was reset, Mr. Post, the representative of the Seawanhaka Club being invited to accom pany the members of the sailing committee In resetting. On it being found that the ccurse was slightly short of the nlle and half, a verbal protest was entered on account of shoal water for maneuvering around the windward buoy. The sailing committee proposed to reduce the course from a mile and a half to one mile, but a protest was Immediately intimated by Mr. Post The committee, therefore, changed the starting line closer into Point Claire. and proceeded to leg the course one, and one-half miles to windward. The prepara tory whistle was blown at 2:55. the first gun at i o'clock and the starting gun at 3:05. Glencalrn crossed the line at 3.-05:15. Con stance did not cross the line. Subsequently Mr. Post, accompanied by Mr. Crane, came on board the committee boat and repeated to the chairman of the sailing committee that, after the first gun. the Constance had taken ground with her centerboard In maneuvering for the line. Notice was then given of a formal protest In writing, which It was stated will be entered later." The sail lng committee meet to-night to decide the protest. The question has been raised as to whether the Constance, not having crossed the starting line and therefore not having been In the race has the right to protest it. Later The written protest of Mr. Post was to the effect that he protested the course as not a proper one for the boats to sail on. The sailing committee, after be ing in session from 8:30 o'clock untlt 11:25, decided that the race should be awarded to the Glencalrn. COPPER CENTS DANGEROUS. Jobbing Confectioners Want Alum inlum Substituted. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 3. The delegates to the Jobbing confectioners convention in session here have adopted a resolution urg lng the government to cutstltute aluminium for copper In the material used in making pennlea The argument is that copper cents as used in the candy business are disease carriera,

HOT WEATHER

OLD SOL CONCENTRATING HIS RAYS ON WESTERN STATES. Mercury Forced Up to 10O Degree and 31 ore In the Shade at Several Towns and Cities. ONLY 94 AT INDIANAPOLIS BUT OD 1-3 AT CINCINNATI AND 00 IN THE MOUND CITY No Fatal Prostrations Reportedfl Though a Number of People Were Overcome by. the Heat. TORRID WAVE TO CONTINUE NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. Details of .the Florida Golf Coast Storm Three Towns Destroyed but Few Lives Lost. It is denied that yesterday was hotter than the day before. The highest point the royal high mercury reached yesterday was 94. and the day before It marked M at one time. But because of the thunderstorm the average of Wednesday was not as high as yesterday's. The weather men were firm last night when they were pleaded to promise cooler weather. They said there were no indications of it and they elmply would not tell a falsehood. The weather scale yesterday was as follow: 7 a. m 4 8 a. m ?S 9 a. m $4 10 a. m 7 11 a, m K 12 m W 2 p. ra ?3 3 p. m 94 4 p. ra 5 p. m J3 6 p. ra J 8 p. m 8$ Nebrasltaas Sweltering. OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 3. This Is the third in a series of very hot days in Nebraska. The maximum temperature at Omaha was 90 on Tuesday, 93 yesterday and 92 to-day. High winds make the conditions very uncomfortable. In the southern part of the State even higher temperature is reported. At Syracuse the thermometer recorded a maximum of 102 in the shade, with only a little less the two preceding days. Wyroore reports 107 in the shade for to-day. The corn crop is now in a critical condition and some damage Is likely to result If the extreme heat continues. Copious rains are reported from the northern part of the State, with lower temperature. Shortly before midnight a terrific rainstorm, accompanied by startling electrical phenomena, broke over Omaha and a heavy downpour of rain occurred, effectually breaking the recent heated spell. Straggling reports are coming in from eastern Nebraska of a similar ctorm, with brief accounts of damage to crops. Lightning struck In several places. Hottest Place In the Country. , CINCINNATI. O., Aug. 3. The Weather Bureau reported a temperature of TJ?i degrees here this afternoon, the highest for twelve years! Thunderstorms are reported all around this locality, but no rain reached this vicinity. James Long, Ellen Humelmeyer, George Hellman, Charles Harper, George Shafer, Herman Buerkle and George Stein were prostrated by heat, none seriously. The excessive heat of the past two days Is causing many to leave the city. The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern announced weeks ago an excur ion to-day for Atlantis City. It took ten trains to handle the 2,000 people transported from here to the seashora on this one line to-day. Probably Fatal Prostration. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 3. D. C. Rogers, one of the boss rollers at the National tinplate factory in Anderson, and well known In labor circles throughout the State, was overheated while at work in the mill Tuesday night and his condition Is so alarming physicians say death may come any moment. The heat has been severe here now for three days, and numbers of prostrations are reported from factories, on tho street gangs and among the builders. Dr. W. If. 31 lib urn Prostrated. - LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 3.-Dr. W. H. Mllburn, the blind chaplain of the United States Senate, was prostrated by sunstroke and fell unconscious this afternoon whilo delivering a lecture at the Nebraska Hpworth Assembly at Lincoln Park. He was brought to the city and revived, under cara of a physician. To-night he is much improved and the doctors look for almost complete recovery in time. OO on Top of the Custom House. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3. According to the Weather Bureau St. Louis was the hottest city in the United States to-day. The maximum temperature was reached at 4 p. m.. when the thermometer at the Weather Bureau office on top of the custom house registered &9. At the same time several thermometers in the streets showed 105. Whilo there were many cases of sunstroke, none was fatal. Ten Prostration on the Street. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LA FAT ETTE, Ind., Aug. 3. Ten prostrations from heat yesterday among the men engaged in laying new asphalt street here has resulted in considerable delay with the work. In midday the contractors are now compelled to knock off. the laborers being unable to stand the excessive heat 102 on the Street. SPRINGFIELD. III.. Aug. 3.-To-day wag the hottest day of the season, the government thermometer registering a maximum of 97 degrees, while thermometers on the street registered 1C2 In the shade. There were no prostrations. No Hot Winds. DES MOINES. Ia.. Aug. 3.-To-day was the hottest of the year here, the official temperature being SI Iowa points report as high as 100, but there is no damage to crops, as there were no hot winds. Hottest of the Year. PEORIA, III., Aug. 3. This was the hot test day of tho year. The official thermom-j cter marked JS degrees at. a o'clock, an&