Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 248, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 September 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1899.

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between Johnson and the glass blowers had been revived. According to the story related on the streets, Johnson declined to order out the glass cutters some time ago, when the glass blowers were on strike, and the members of the latter organization felt that they had not been well treated. Yesterday, It Is said, the glass blowers at first declined to march In the parade with Johnson, and an argument on this account occasioned some delay. It was finally adjusted, however, and Johnson rode at the head of the gla?s cutters. It was nearly 3 o'clock before the exercises announced to take place at the Elwood fair grounds began. The grounds were filled with people and the amphitheater was crowded. The capacity of the Union Traction Company, which controls the Elwood street-car line, was taxed in getting the people to the ground. The afternoon programme consisted of speeeches by prominent orators, music and bicycle and horse racing. One of the best features of the afternoon was the rendition of the Star-spangled Banner" by sixty Welsh voices. The singers were all young men and women of Elwood. At 3 o'clock Mayor Harbett, of Elwood, delivered a brief address of welcome. He said he spoke In behalf of a city which is the home cf worklngmen. He assured the people that there had been no pains spared by the city of Elwood to make the Labor day meeting an occasion that would be a credit to the laboring men of Indiana. "If you den't have a good time while here," said the mayor. In conclusion, "it will not bo our fault." MIL GRIFFITHS S ADDRESS. John L. Griffiths, of this city, was then Introduced and in the course of his remarks said: "We rejoice that organized labor has accomplished so much in the last quarter of a century. The statute books are crowded with laws which show that the wage earners are at last receiving the recognition to which they are entitled, and whlcn was so long withheld from them. Pluck-me stores have been abolished; the hours of labor have been reduced; the arbitrary imposition of fines has been declared to be Illegal; safeguards are required when dangerous machinery is used; the weekly payment of wages is now Imperative; the Inspection of a factory Is made with the same thoroughness as the investigation cf the assets of an insurance company; child labor can only be employed under proper iestrictlons: the health and comfort of wbu en are provided lor and boards of artltiatiuf are appointed to adjust the differences which may arise between labor and capital. "These beneficent changes have not been brought about by b.oody revolutions, by the destruction of life and property, but through the gradual education, of publio opinion. The American peop;e like fair play. It i3 an Anglo-Saxon instinct. Our sympathies go out impulsively and unerringly to the man or woman or child who is being imposed upon. We will make many sacrifices for a cause that we believe to be Just. Our forefathers cheerfully threv the tea Into Boston harbor tA gladly wo;e homespuns Instead of broadcloths rather than pay an Iniquitous tax. The men employed in the stores and shops, in the mills and factories may always be assured that a meritorious appeal to their countrymen never fahs on dull or Indifferent ears. "The time was in a more primitive state of society when employer and employe sat at the same table and were members of cue great family. In these latter days, wer. hundreds and thousands of men and women work In a single factory, this personal relationship has disappeared and the good will and sympathy Mowing therefrom no longer exist. Antagonisms spring up and hostilities are engendered which estrange men who under more favorable conditions would realize that they were partners in a common undertaking. This is largely due to the misunderstandings and misconceptions which arise from imperfect and inadequate knowledge. The partners are simply not acquainted with each other and right at cross purposes. Could they be brought into closer touch, into tenderer sympathy much of the friction would be avoided. It is for this reason that I think the wage earners should have a representative on the board of directors of the corporations by whom they are employed. They are entitled to an authorized spokesman In all bodies having to tin with nufstlnns rnnrcrnln f their wplfar

Employer and employe should meet on a plane of equity and discuss and settle their - differences in a rational way. If the former would take the latter more rrequently and more fully Into his confidence many, of the labor problems now so vexatious and distressing would be solved in a spirit of mutual good will and helpfulness. The politician who for personal gain or party advantage seeks to keep the employer and the employe apart and to influence the one against the other by his demagogical appeal and Incendiary utterances is the foe of both labor and capital. lie Is a breeder of dissensions and strifes. He is a betrayer of his fellow-men equally with Judas, who rendered up the Christ for thirty pieces of silver, aitnougn he lacks the discretion of the treacherous disciple, who went out In an agony of remorse and hanged himself. . VIOLENCE DEPRECIATED. "The American people are not tolerant of the use of violence to accomplish an end, however desirable. Gunpowder and dynamite as social reforms do not harmonize with our institutions. The Anarchist has no part In our form of government. When Injustices exist we believe they should be temedied by peaceful methods, by discus sion and agitation persisted In until the wrong is righted. This Is the attitude of " all self-respecting wage earners. They deprecate the use of the torch and the bombs. ana reel mat tntir cause is nindereu rather than helped whenever the desperate agencies are employed. They recognize that long periods of time are often required to ork out God's purpose In the world. Though sore tried and hard pressed they have learned the value of patience and are willing to wait, as Lowell says Abraham Lincoln always waited, for the right moment to bring up hi reserves. They know that as God is Just the right must ultimately triumph. The employer is entitled to a fair return on his investment and the wageearner Is entitled to a fair day's wage for an honest day's work. When either party to the contract becomes overreaching, avaricious and greedy the situation is full of peril, not only to those Immediately conWEATHER FORECAST. ' Fair To-Day and ToMorrow- Warmer In Northern Indiana. WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.-Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday: For Ohio Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday; warmer on Tuesday In northern and eastern portions; winds becoming fresh southeasterly. For Indiana Fair on Tuesday and "Wednesday; wanner on Tuesday in extreme northern portion; fresh southerly winds. For Illinois Fair on Tuesday; warmer In extreme northern portion; Wednesday fair; fresh southerly winds. Local Observation on Monday. Bar. ThT. R.H. Wind. Pre. 7 a. m 30.03 3 69 N'east. 0.00 7 p. ra 23.93 ' S4 64 8' east. 0.00 Maximum temperature, SS; minimum temperature. 60. Following is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total rainfall for Sept. 4: Temp. Pre. Norm il 73 0.10 Mean 74 0.00 Impart ure 2 4.10 Departure since Sept. 1 34 0.10 Departure since Jan. 1 '.. 14) 4 5S I'lua. C. F. R. WAPPEN'HANS. Local Forecast OOclaL Yesterday Temperatures. Ftatlona. Mm. Max. 'Atlanta. Ga rt Illjmarck. X. D fz Ituffalo. N. T 70 Calgary, N. VV. T 54 Chicago. Ill 62 71 Cairo. Ill 74 H Chexnne. Wyo 52 16 Cincinnati. O 66 Si Concordia. Kan 74 lu) Iavenrcrt. la &S Pes Jluines. Ia. 66 $1 Galveston. TV 52 Helena. Mont 66 Jacksonville. Fla 8S Kansas City, Mo. 74 M Little Rock. Ark 72 9i Marquette, Mich 64 Memphis. Tenn 79 94 Nashville, Tenn 72 H New Orleans. La 94 New Tork. N. Y 74 North Platte. Neb 6 H Oklahoma. O. T 72 S4 Omaha. Neb , 74 s IMttsburr. Ta 60 76 Qm' ApprMe. N. W. T M r.apli City. 8. D co M Clt Lake City. Utah 16 t rt. Lsnjls. Mo 73 96 Ct. Paul. Minn n fprlnjrflel.i. Ill q 91 TprinKfteM. M. 74 $6 Mcksburg. Ml 76 TUhtr.fton, D. C , 71 7 p. m. IS 74 6-) CO 74 S8 hi U 94 S6 f 6 4 SO w 33 64 IS M 14 at u K M 72 to SO SO 2 S4 M 2 81 es

cerned but to the community in which they live and to society, of which they are mem- -bers. "The submission of disputes between Individuals as well as between nations to arbitration marks the coming of the time when righteousness shall rule the affairs of men. Since the enactment of the law in this State many contentions have been peacefully settled through mutual concessions and a better understanding of each other's point of view, and large sums have been thereby saved alike to employer and employe. A court of arbitration is an important tribunal. Judicial in its character, where evidence is heard and a conclusion reached and Judgment pronounced in harmony with the facts. RIGHTS OF LABOR. "Neither in great affluence nor In abject poverty, it has been truly said, do we find the hope of the Republic, but In the vast multitude of our people, who are in comfortable circumstances, earning not only enough for their immediate wants but with a margin for the education of their children and a tidy sum in bank or in a building and loan association to provide for the rainy day which, sooner or later, is sure to come, and for the twilight of age. A government rests on thr shifting sands, the majority of whose citizens receive only a sufficient sum from day to day to cover the bare cost of subsistence. The soil In such a land will yield among its other harvests a plentiful crop of poverty and misery, of wretchedness and woe. Sooner or later tho discontent of the creators of wealth will display Itself in some unpleasant manner that will cause the economists of the old school to rearrange their premises and reverse their conclusions. The hand of labor has felled the forests, bridged the streams, constructed the highways, laid the cables, built the cities and made civilization possible. The laborer Is worthy of his hire. He is entitled to something more than food and clothing and shelter. Heart and mind and roul must not be starved while the body is nourished. The trade unions have fought for higher wages and fewer hours in order that the men who toil may have the opportunity of becoming acquainted with their families and of giving to wife and little ones privileges nay, the rights which they were denied. I long for the time when the Saturday half holiday will be universally recognized. We do not allow sufficient time for recreation in this land of strenuous endeavor and boundless achievement. The man who tolls from Monday morning until Saturday night without relaxation becomes in time a part of the machine he manipulates. He loses the stimulus which springs from the occasional Interruption of his customary activities. It Is necessary on economic, if not moral grounds, to refrain from toil on Sunday, or else the body would soon wear out. If the best work is to be done the worker must have his rest, his recreation, in order that both mind and body may be In perfect condition to perform to their utmost capacity. "A great deal of apprehension is felt at this time concerning trusts. Whether, as the advocates claim, they cause a reduction in the price of the manufactured article and an Increase in the wages paid I know not. but this I do know, that any aggregation rf fanltal t.-h!ph flnat it cipnirltles nn an

) overvaluation and waters its stock, and I rays dividends on an entirely different basis from that on whlcn it pays taxes, 13 obnoxious in principle and vicious in practice. Means should be devised to correct this growing evil and to render it impossible for similar combinations to be formed. I trust that the way to do this may be pointed out in the conference soon to be held in Chicago. "The capitalist should remember that he must be Just before he can afford to be generous, and that the founding of a university or the endowment of a hospital will not atone for any wrong that he may have inflicted upon those in his employ. The wage earner should also remember that In the performance of his duties he murt practice the virtues of industry, sobriety and honesty to assure a favorable hearing of his Insistence when he is compelled to appeal to that final arbiter of all disputes betweeen capital and labor, public opinion." Among the other speakers were Alfred Ellison, of Anderson, and Mayor Dunlap. of Anderson. Both spoke briefly. Mayor Dunlap declared that organized labor was the only element that could successfully combat trusts and combinations. He urged laboring men to go on organizing until the end for which thev are striving shall finally be attained. The last speaker of the afterj noon was Mrs. Sarah Crossfield, of Muncle, International president of the Women s Union Label League. This organization has in the last few years grown to be a powerful ally of organized labor. Women who Join the league pledge themselves to purchase, as far as possible, only such articles as bear the union label. Mrs. Crossfield Is a bright woman and in her talk yesterday made a strong appeal In behalf of the cause she represents. After the speaking the crowd made its way back to the. amphitheater to witness the conclusion of the events on the race track. REPRESENTATIVE CROMER SPEAKS. Last night the streets of Elwood were again thronged with people. There was more speaking and some creditable fireworks to entertain the crowds.1 Among those who spoke were Representative Cromer, of Muncle. He said that Labor day is the herald of a new civilization, quite different from that which has produced the Industrial slums of the large cities and a multitude of tramps upon the highways; a civilization in which Justice and a proper regard for the righto of others prevail; a civilization in which the brotherhood is acki owledged and the golden rule. "Whatever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them." is written above the doors of s flops and factories; a civilization in which the interests of men are so closely related that the good of one becomes the good of all, and the Injury of each is the concern of all "Labor unions are a great force." declared the speaker. "Direct them wisely and great good will flow, from them. In union there is strength. Heal up all dissensions in your own ranks, go forward toward the common purpose with a united front and the future wlil see the producers rightfully -nd justly enjoying the comforts and luxuries of better homes, better food, better clothin?. better education and some leisure between t.-i&ks for the reasonable enjoyment of these ccmforts and luxuries. In short, the Jaborer will have his share of the benefit that flows from this vastly increased productiveness cf labor that has come to pass In mi3 progressive age. You yourselves are the repositories of ultimate political power. You are lawmakers. You have the ballot. It Is a power which, if Judiciously wielded by a large class of intelligent and aggressive voters, will often cause the scales to fall from the eyes of the blindest and most obdurate opposers. Of this you have an exemplification in the laws that have been enacted in your interests only since you organized and agitated. Your ballots and your labor union have brought these things to pass. The same forces that caused these enactments will cause others more Important and far-reaching if you are wisely and discreetly persistent in your demands for them. Inasmuch as you are lawmakers, you should not be lawbreakers. Everything depends upon respect for the law. With the power to make and unmake laws, wisdom and selfishness alike dictate that you should make it your shield and also your weapon, and that you especially should stand for its sacredness and its enforcement. Endure its hardships until you can amend, that you may have all the better right hereafter to Insist on Its enforcement in your own behalf. We are in the dawn of another century which promises to be more glorious and. progressive than any that has gone before; a century vhich promises an abundance for all by moderate exertion of all. Laborers all strive to so' amend our institutions that this ideal condition may be reached or at least approached, by giving to the laborer the results of Its toll." The state Labor day committee held a meeting yesterday evening to decide as to future celebrations. There has been some question as to the advisability of continuing to hold general celebrations in any one city and some of the labor leaders are of opinion that it would be best to allow each city to have its own demonstration. At the meeting yesterday evening It was decided to indefinitely postpone the state celebration. It Is the opinion of many of the leaders, however, that no more state celebrations will be held unless it Is decided to invite organizations to come to Indianapolis each year and participate in a demonstration here. RAILWAY COMPANY "FLl'XKED." Furnished Only Half Enough Cam for Muncle Labor Day Excursion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., Sept. 4. Muncle labor union men are in a bad humor on account of the great disappointment caused by the failure of the Lake Erie Railway Company to provide ample accommodations to convey them to the state Labor day demonstration at Elwood to-day. The company signed a contract to have from sixteen to twenty coaches at the disposal of those desiring to go, and when the train backed up there were only eleven cars. These took 1,000 people, many of whom had to ride on top of the cars, and there were as many more left behind. One hundred members of the Union Label League, composed of women, and the three brass bands were among those who were left, and these were to be a feature of the bjg parade. The company

claimed that It could not secure cars, and Informed the crowd that the train would make two trips. The first train left here at 9 a. m. and it was 12:15 before it returned for the second trip. Hundreds of tickets were returned to the agent, but at that more than five hundred went on the second trip, arriving too late for the parade. This confusion prevented Muncle from making the grand show she had prepared for the parade, and President Orebaugh states that the company compelled them to deposit $33) to secure the special rate and train, and that It will be prosecuted for not complying with its contract. It was an angry crowd and several rights resulted at the depot by some persons who dared offer any excuse for the action of the company. Proper train service would have taken 2,000 to Elwood this morning from Muncle. XaftzKer'a Idea of Labor Troubles. MUNCIE. Ind., Sept. 4. Rev. Leslie J. Naftzger, pastor of High-street M. K. Church, and a leading spirit in the North Indiana Conference, caused a sensation by his sermon on labor last night, in which rather startling statements were made, and viewed by the organized labor people here as slurs hurled at them from the pulpit. The minister concluded his sermon by saying: "If Just four things immigration, intemperance, infidelity and ignorance can be properly adjusted the great labor problem will solve itself." For the above reasons the minister says he does not expect labor unions as they now exist will never succeed. There was a full house to hear the sermon, and some not in sympathy with the assertions arose and left the church.

Favor District Celebrations. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 4. Labor day was observed in Anderson by all 9tores remaining closed. There was a parade previous to the unions taking the train for the State celebration at Elwood. It ia estimated Anderson had two thousand representatives present. Though this city has always fared well in the celebrations here, it is thought the move to abandon State celebrations and have districts is advisable. The State celebration has never been anything more than local . to Indianapolis and the gas-belt section. THE TRUST CONFERENCE. Chicago Civic Federntlon Will Not Attempt to Dictate Its Work. CHICAGO, Sept. 4. To correct an Impression that a programme has been prepared in advance for the Civic Federation conference on combinations and trusts, to be held in Chicago, beginning Sept. 13, the committee on arrangements has sent out the following letter: "The committee desires to state that the Civic Federation will not presume to organize or forestall the work of the conference, but that where certain data and phases of the problems under discussion require careful preparation to be of any value the committee has taken the liberty of inviting recognized authorities, speaking from dliferent standpoints and holding dirrerent views, to be prepared, the conference, however, to determine the use of such data or the position on programme of such speakers. A full report of the conference will be published ana distributed throughout the country in pamphlet form. Every delegate who dtslrcs should come prepared, and if more papers are ottered than tne conference decides to hear, such papers may beordered published." Mayor S. Mi Jones, of Toledo, has sent his opinion of trusts to Secretary K. M. Easley in advance of the conference. Mr. Easley wrote to Mayor Jones for certain information and to-day received a long reply. There are two reasons for the organization of trusts, writes Mayor Jones first, to effect the saving that may be accomplished by eliminating the waste of competitive strife, and, recond, because men long to be at peace with one another. They see a way of escape from this unnatural competitive warfare by organization for a common purpose. The trust, then, is a natural development and strictly in the line of economic progress. NOTES FROM CUBA. Disorder at Guaaubacoa Colored People Seeking: Recognition. HAVANA, Sept. 4. There were disorders last evening at Guanabacoa in connection with a meeting called to protest against Mayor Hyatt. Stones were thrown, some damage to buildings was done, and a riot was barely averted. A number of prominent Cubans were present. General Gomez has informed the Mayor of Bejucal that he gratefully accepts the offer of the municipality to erect a mausoleum for the remains of his son and of General Antonio Maceo by public subscription. The vault will be in form of a five pointed star, and the railing crowned by macheta points. The returns as to yellow fever up to the end of August show fifty-five cases and twenty deaths. Of the cases sixteen were Amertcans and deaths, eleven. La Lucha publishes to-day a short item from the eastern part of the Island asserting that the colored popoulation intends to be heard from in the event of the Independence of Cuba, as the colored leaders claim that their race did most of the fighting and has been unfairly treated. The paragraph goes on to say that such assertions, on Investigation, will prove to be well founded. In the country districts of Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba colored clubs have been formed to promote the theory that to the victors belong the spoils and h. slate has been prepared with Gualberto Gomez, a mulatto, as president; Demetrio Castillo, a white man, as vice president, and Quintin lianderas, a black, as commander in chief of the army. Pugnacious Editors Arrested. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 4. The duel between the editors of the Porvenir and Cubano Libre, which was to have taken place yesterday morning, did not come off, both having been arrested. The pugnacious Journalists were liberated after a short detention. General Leonard Wood, commander of the district of Santiago, left to-day for Porto Principe on board the steamer Mortera. Suggestion to G. A. II. Philadelphia Record. There Is one most befitting thin.r which the Grand Army might do luring its coming gathering In this city, it irjght speak authoritatively and with tne greatest propriety in vindication of the thor.;ugnly efficient and incorrupt administration of the affairs of the Pension Office at Wellington. The liberality of the people of the United States in dealing with their veteran soldiers is unexampled. The deserving have not been left to shift for themselves. The undeserving in thousands of Instances have availed themselves of what has been practically an lndlscrimlnating solicitude for the welfare of the survivors of the civil war and of those dependent upon them. The effort to protect the government against an abuse of Its bounty and to administer the pension laws with strict regard to justice ought at all times to have the sturdy support of the Grand Army. The veterans who fought for 'the country cannot afford to rest under the Imputation of indirectly assenting to its spoliation, and least of all through the prostitution of the pension laws to the purposes of sharks and schemers who stand between the soldier and the government and rob both. Xew Drink. Washington Post. In a party that went up to Great Falls one afternoon of the we?k there was a girl who mixed for me a new drink, and, inasmuch as she implicitly believes that the thing Is of her own invention, I sincerely hope you haven't heard of it before. She called for a bottle of the very best ginger ale, a long glass, a brand-new egg, a small bowl and a fork. She rroke the egg Into the bowl, whipped it with the fork till it was a yellow froth, and little by little she stirred the ginger ale into it. Then deftly she poured the foaming mixture into the glass, and I shall not soon forget the comfort that lay in the drinking of it. The girl who believes she invented it calls U a Rag Time Fizz." Personally, I call it good. Twain and G. C. In Same Town. PRINCETON. N. J., Sept. 4. "Mark Twain" has engaged rooms at the Princeton Inn and expects to spend the fall and winter here. It is also stated that Mr. Clemens has signified his Intention of making Princeton his permament home if he should like the town. Death of Custer' Xephew. TOLEDO, O.. Sept. 4. Charles Custer, nephew of the late Gen. George A. Custer, hero of the Little Big Horn, died to-day at his home, at Ralslnvllle. Mich., from a bullet wound inflicted accidentally by John Russell. The shooting occurred Saturday. Dad Complexion Need Champlin's Liquid Pearl. 50c. A lovely, harmless bcautlner. No equal.

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THE ADMIRAL RECEIVED WITH HONORS AT THE FORTRESS. Visit Exchanged by the Hero and General lildduph Resignation of Prussian Ministers. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 4. The United States cruiser Olympia, with Admiral Dewey on board, which arrived here at 9:13 o'clock this morning, fired the usual salute In honor of the garrison and the compliment vas returned by the batteries on shore and the battleship DevastationAdmiral Dewey Is slightly indisposed at present and intends to live ashore during his stay here. Horatio L. Sprague, United States consul at Gibraltar, an c!d friend of Admiral Dewey, warmly welcomed him. At noon the American commauJcr landed, the batteries again saluting. With the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards in attendance Admiral Dewey rtrcve In the carriage of General Sir Robert RidJuJph. the governor and comman ler-in-chief, to the palace for the purpose 0! paying Central Biddulph an official visit. The Olympia is expected to sail Kept. 11 direct for New York. The members of the crew of the warship arc all well. In the course of the afternoon Sir Robert Biddulph returned Admiral Dewey's visit, receiving the usual salutes on his arrival. The Devastation manned yards and her band played "Hail Columbia," the Olympia returning the comnllment with the British national anthem arid dipping her flag thrice. While the Devastation was firing the salute in honor of the American admiral Gunner Pepplatt's hand was shattered by the exploding of a charge which he was ramming home. GREAT STRIKE BEGUN. Seamen and Steamer Firemen Ordered to Quit Work. LONDON, Sept. 4. The general strike of seamen and steamer firemen, which has been threatened for some time, was declared to-day, the ship owners refusing to accept the invitation of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union for a conference regarding the fixing of wages for firemen and sailors on vessels at 6 and for sailors In sailing vessels at 4 monthly, a slight advance in the average wages now paid at the various British ports. Reports as to the effect and thoroughness of the movement have not yet been received, except from South Shields, where It is stated 2,000 men have gone out. Many meetings have been held in the vicinity of the London docks, the speakers expressing the determination of the men to remain idle until their demands have been f ranted. But traffic at this port has not yet een affected. It is not likely the strike will be completely organized for several days, and until then its extent will not be known or Its result keenly felt. The manifesto of the union ordering the strike Includes all the ports of the United Kingdom. Lonar Lockout Ended. COPENHAGEN. Sept. 4.-The lockout of employes in the building trades, which has been in force here for some months, has been ended, a satisfactory agreement having been reached. There were 33,000 persons Involved In the trouble, but It is expected that all will be working again by Thursday. . . TWO 3IIMSTERS RESIGN. Dr. Bosse and Daron Von Deer Recke Von Der Horst Have Retired. BERLIN, . Sept. 4. The official Staats Anzeiger to-day says that Dr. Bosse, Prussian minister of public instruction, and Baton Von der Recke von der Horst, minister of the interior, have been relieved of their portfolios at thir own request. The paper adds, however, that they will both retain their rank as ministers of state. Dr. Bosse has received. In addition, the crown of the Grand Cross and the Red Eagle, while Baron Von der Recke von der Horst has received the Grand Cross and the Red Eagle. Herr Studt, governor of Westphalia, will succeed Dr. Bosse as. minister of public instruction, while Baron Von Rheinbadon, governor of Dusseldorf, will succeed Baron Von der Recke von der Horst as Prussian minister of the interior. W ilhelm to Ills Soldiers. STRASSBURG, Sept. 4. At the banquet of the Fifteenth Army Corps this evening Emperor William, addressing the commander, said: "It affords me great pleasure to express to you my congratulations upon the result of to-day's parade. You will, I feel sure, not think It out of place if on this occasion I refer once more and sorrowfully to your predecessor, thankfully recalling the years during which he devoted his mental and physical powers to this corps, receiving his supreme chief in the last moments of his life. On the foundations he laid you. continued to build, enabling you to-day to farade the corps in exceptional efficiency, hope that in the new century and at all times the corps may continue its pacific development with equal loyalty and thoroughness, and so may remain ever worthy of its high mission. Under the cathedral spire of this splendid city I empty my glass and drink to the health of the Fifteenth Army Corps." Venezuela Boundary Arguments. PARIS, Sept. 4.-Slr Robert Thresle Reed, Q. C, former .attorney general of Great Britain, to-day concluded his argument before the Anglo-Venezuelan boundary commission, presenting the case for England. Counsel said that England and Venezuela before the tribunal hold absolutely the same footing, the question being of comparative title. Mr. George Askwith, Junior counsel, con tinued the argument of England's case. He expressed regret that his adversaries had not yet given the legal view of the present controversy. Mr. Askwith referred to Spain laying claim to the whole of America, calling the presentation of Venezuela's case whimsical. . Mr. Askwith said that no European nation admitted this Spanish claim, and that the Dutch, when they obtained their Independence, upheld their right of settling in the West indies and carried it into effect. To Reclaim "Hunger Steppe." LONDON, Sept. 5.-The Standard publishes the following despatch from Odessa: "Engineers representing a - big American syndicate are now at Tashkend, in Syrdarya. Asiatic Russia, with a project of reclaiming the immense region of Turkestan known as "Hunger Steppe" by a system of canals and irrigation works in connection with Syrdarya. As a guarantee of the enterprise, which is estimated to cost 150,000,0u0 roubles, the American concessionaires will receive a long lease of tne steppe." Severe Fighting: in Persia. BOMBAY, Sept. 4. The Civil and Military Gazette reports severe fighting in the direction of Penjdeh, a Turcoman camp In Khorassan. about thirteen miles north of Herat, between Sirdar Mahomed Iriail Khan, son of Isa Khan and Coloner Mr Mohamed Khan, commanding the troops of the Ameer of Afghanistan. The Afghans suffered heavily until reinforcements arrived, when Ismail Khan was defeated. The latter escaped into Russian territory. Italy Wants More. PEKING, Sept. 4. The Tsung U Yamen (Foreign Office) has offered the Italians mining rights in the Nlng-Hai district, but the grant is entirely unsatisfactory to Italy and is likely to cause complications. Cable Note. The Czar and Czarina arrived at Bellevue yesterday. They were greeted by the entire Danish royal family. Baron Von Tell, a. Russian, has purchased a sealing vessel and will undertake an expedition into north polar regious next spring. The Dublin corporation has granted a site near the Rotunda, in upper Sackville street, for the proposed statue of Charles Stewart Parnell. The Brills !i Trades Union Congress opened at Plymouth yesterday. 3 essrs. O'Connell and Tracy, the American delegates, were among those present at tiie initial session. The British Foreign Office denies the statement cabled to a New York newspaper that concessions upon the Alaskan boundary question have been decided upon. . - Chanted vrlth Slurderlnff Ills Wife. TRENTON, .Mo.. . Sept. 4. James A. McCracken, a druggist ol Gait, was arrested

to-day, charged with the murder of his wife. Mrs. McCracken died very suddenly -last week, and the coroner, after holding an inquest, placed tha stomach and Internal organs In the hands of a Kansas City chemist to discover if any poisonous substances were used. McCracken Is a son of Judge McCracken, and his arrest created great excitement. His father furnished oond for Ms release.

2,500,000,000 BUSHELS. Corn Crop May De Greater This Year than Ever Before. CHICAGO, Sept. 4. The Tribune says: "Only an accident can prevent the breaking of all previous records by the corn-crop production of the United States this year. A canvass of the eight States which raise the bulk of the corn of this country warrants an estimate above that of 1S06, which heretofore has been the record, and there is much In the advices received to Justify a prediction that the crop will approximate 2,530,00X000 bushels. The first corn crop of the country to reach in round numbers two billion bushels was that of 1SS3. Including the crop now to be harvested, only nine crops of two billion bushels or over have been produced." COL. BRYAN'S BOOMERS CHICAGO PLATFORM DEMOCRATS HOLD A 31EETIXG IX XEW YORK. Altseld, Tarvin aud Lents Make Speeches and All Declare for the Renonilnatlon of the Xebraskan. NEW YORK, Sept. 4.The Chicago platform Democrats held a meeting to-night In Cooper Union, addressed by ex-Gov. John P. Altgeld of Illinois, ex-Judge James Tarvin o Covington, Ky., and Congressman John J. Lentz of Ohio. Each one of them declared for the renomlnatlon of William J. Bryan and against the policy of President McKInley in the Philippines. Cooper Union was crowded to its capacity with an appreciative audience. Judge Tarvin, the first speaker, had to pause many times on account of the enthusiasm of the audience, which applauded every point of his speech. . ' At the conclusion of Judge Tarvin's speech resolutions were read indorsing the whole Chicago platform and each of its specific details, recognizing William J. Bryan as the leader of the Democracy and the exponent of the principles contained in the Chicago platform and pledging the earnest efforts and endeavors of those present to elect him to the presidency In 1900, declaring that the war against the Philippines is a grossly Immoral assault on American principles of government and a brutal attempt to crush a weak people who are bravely contending for the exercise of the natural, and Godgiven rights of self-government, condemning the action of President McKInley in relation to the Philippines as a gross perversion of the power given him and calling upon all lovers of liberty to do their utmost to preserve the spirit of freedom that inspired the fathers of the country and which is being threatened by the un-American desire for foreign conquest; declaring in opposition to entering into alliances witn foreign kingdoms and empires; holding that all trusts are destructive of industrial and individual liberty; favoring the abolition . of all special privileges and governmental ownership and operation of all monopolies; recognizing that the liberty of the American people is being destroyed and urging the nomination and election of William J. Bryan that the people's government shall not perish from the earth. The resolutions were enthusiastically adopted. In introducing John P. Altgeld the chairman compared him to the late Henry George as "a man with the courage of his convictions, a man who had the courage to pardon the alleged Anarchists of Chicago, despite his knowledge of the unpopularity of his act." Mr. Aitgeia s reception was flattering. His speech was in line with his irevious utterances. Nearly the entire audience sat attentive until Governor Altgeld finished his speech. Now and then they applauded. The seats were emptying quickly when Mr. Altgeld sat down, but at the urgent appeal 'of the chairman to "hear something good from Ohio" those who had arisen sat down again and Congressman J. J. Lentz. of Columbus, O.. was introduced. Mr. Lentz criticised the administration severely and declared the war against the Philippines more cowardly and brutal than the war of George III against the American colonies. He declared that if It was reasonable and American to buy the Philippine3 from Spain It was reasonable and American to sell them again if any one offered a better price. He averred that Thomas B. Reed lett the speakership and Congress because he could not afford to risk his reputation by participating In the policy of the McKInley administration in Its scheme of "benevolent assimilation," otherwise "criminal annexation." "If we have gone Into the business of selling men." he said, "why not sell the State of Maine? England and Canada would like to buy the State of Maine, as it would increase their seaport facilities vastly. If the next census shows a million people there Mr. Altgeld, Judge Tarvin and I can go to -England and Canada and sell them with the State for $20 apiece. Some day perhaps we may be able to sell New York if we can find a nation wishing to buy. Pshaw? I thought that idea of dealing in men had been shot to death at Appomattox." Mr. Lentz referred to the President as the 'helpless and defenseless President with a mortcage of $190,000 on his backbone." He Ldid not blame Mr. McKInley and "could only suppose mat air. aicruniey naa odtalned his nomination at St. Louis by agreeing to let Wall street run the financial policy of the government. It was in endeavoring to keen that agreement that he outraged the Constitution of this country." "McKlnley's a traitor," shouted a voice. "No," replied Mr. Lentz slowly, "I do not think that. I think he is only an agent." Speech by the Pltchforker. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Sept. 4. The second meeting of the New England Bimetallic League at Crescent Park this afternoon was very largely attended, and representative Democrats from all the New England States occupied the platform. Gen. A, J. Warner, of Marietta, O., was introduced as "the oldest warrior in the silver cause in the country." Resolutions declaring for free silver, against militarism and urging the nomination of W. J. Bryan for President were unanimously adopted. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, was then introduced, and his address was punctuated with cheers throughout. He stated that the Spanish war was worth all It cost if it has proved nothing else than that the South will fight for the stars and stripies as eagerly and as well as the North. He declared that unless the policy of the government is changed soon the Republic is doomed and will become a government of oppression of the many by the few. He praised New England for what it had done for the country, but called attention to the fact that there were people enough south and west of the Potomac and the Mississippi to elect a President without the aid of New England. He said that while he believed, and always would, that the negro is not the equal of the white man, still he believed in giving him his legal rights, barring the political side, lie said the negroes did not know enough to vote, and in South Carolina the white people had succeeded in disfranchising them until they can read and write. Mr. Tillman asked: "If it was right to free Cuba because Spain was shooting Cubans to death, how is it to be reconciled with the fact that the United States, which now owned the Philippines, was now shooting the Filipinos to death. He said that he believed the President is honest in his belief that ho is doing his duty, but claimed that he only looked at the one fact that the United States bought the Islands from Spain. He asked where the honor was in the Philippine war. The South and South Carolina will at any time send as many men in proportion to its population as any State to any war of decency and honor, but it will not send a regiment to the Philippines. Preacher Expelled from Conference. LEXINGTON. Ky.. Sept. 4.-Rev. J. Reeves, presiding elder of the Lexington district of the Methodist Conference of Kentucky, was to-night found guilty by the investigating board of the conference of conduct unbecoming a minister and was expelled from the conference, which means he cannot preach hereafter. The charges were not given out, but are said to be sensatlonl. TO CI HE A COLD IX ONE DAY Take Laxative Brorao Quinine Tablets. All druggtsU refund the money if It falls to curs. E. W. Grove's 3ifcatur U on each box. c

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MOXONGAHEL Y SUPPOSED TO . HAVE FAI.LEX 1XTO THE DOLDRUMS. Parents Who Hnve Sons Aboard the Vessel Are Alarmed, bnt Xaval OfHcera Are Xot Apprehensive. WASHINGTON. Sept. 4. The Navy Department has not the slightest apprehension as to the safety of the training ship Monongahela. which is said to be overdue at Annapolis. Stories of probable disaster to the vessel have flooded' the Navy Department with telegrams from anxious parents and friends of the cadets aboard, and Acting Secretary Alien, after conferring with the experts of the Navigation Bureau and other officers who are thoroughly familiar with the qualities of the vessel, has directed that answer be made to these telegrams In each case that the department entertains no apprehension on her account. The Monongahela sailed from Annapolis on the first of May last on a practice cruise acrosa the Atlantic and back, carrying about 120 cadets from the Naval Academy, made up of the second and third classes and part of the fourth class. She was bound for Plymouth, England, where she arrived July L having taken two months In the passage. She sailed on the homeward trip on July Sth and reported from Funchal, Madeira, her arrival at that port July 24. On July 27 she sailed direct for Annapolis, so that up to this morning she has been out thirtyeight days. The officers of the Navigation Bureau say this is by no means a long time to spend In the voyage, even under favorable weather conditions. The distance from Funchal to the Chesapeake capes in a direct line is about 2,800 miles; but sailing vessels never take this direct route and naval vesesls In particular making a practice of sailing far to the southward after leaving Funchal, in order to get the trades. That makes a route of about 3.600 miles. The Monongahela is commanded by Captain Hutchlns, the commander of cadets at Annapolis, whose reputation is that of a careful and competent sailor. The vessel is stanch and a good sea boat. She is speedy before the wind and running free, but not weatherly. in fact it Is almost impossible to tack with her. and if head winds are met she can only hold her own without advancing on her course. She is of wood, 2.100 tons and in excellent condition. Captain Dickins, of the Navigation Bureau, say that his last passage fiom Madeira on the Monongahela consumed forty days and that was not regarded as a slow passage for her. Judge Advocate General Lemly spent two years on the Monongahela In the South Atlantic station. He says she is a good boat, but slow. Making a computation based on the date the Monongahela sailed from Funchal and the date when the last West Indian hurricane crossed her course, the department officers find that by no possibility could that particular hurricane have interfered with the ship. She must. have been a thousand miles east of the hurricane when she was nearest to it. In the opinion of the Navy Department Eeople about the worst thing that can have appened to her is to have fallen into the doldrums, by which Is meant the region of calm that sometimes prevails for weeks at a time at this season in the South Atlantic. PAXIC OX A STEAMER. City of Rome Pokes Her Nose Info an Iceberfr, bnt Little Damage Rennlta. NEW YORK, Sept. 4 -The chartered Anchor liner City of Rome came into port today, after having been in collision with an iceb.erg off the Banks. She struck the floating ice head on, but did not suffer much damage. When the vessel struck, the first cabin passengers were at dinner, and a scene of wild confusion followed. The passengers who were 'n the dining hall poured on deck to find out what was the matter, and it was several moments before the crew could quiet their fears. Women screamed, and some began to pray, thinking that the liner was going to sink. The officers acted In such a way as to win the admiration of all, and the passengers testify that the lifeboat ciewB were in their stations a moment after the collision. The City of Rome left Glasgow on Saturday, Aug. 26. She carried an unusual number of passengers, there being about 450 In the first cabin, 230 in the second and S13 in the steerage. Her crew numbers 297 souls. The weather at first was fair, but the vessel when some days out ran Into a dense fog. It was while in the fog that she struck the berg. On Thursday, about ten minutes to 6, the crash came. Capt. Young was on the bridge on the lookout for ice. The weather was cold and one iceberg had been seep. The captain noticed that pieces of Ice were drifting past the ship and. believing that there was Ice ahead, he gave the signal to slow down. The big liner was creeping along in the fog when the iceberg looked up ahead. The bell was at once rung to reverse engines and the ship was almost at a standstill when she struck. There was a crushing sound and the steamship seemed to rise, as though running on the ice. Then she settled down and the berg disappeared in the fog. The officers made a hasty examination of the bow and. seeing that there was no great damage, turned their attention to quieting the passengers. Escaped on a Life Raft. SANDUSKY, O., Sept. 4.-The survivors of the tug Red Cloud, which went down in Lake Erie off Cedar Point last night, reached here to-day. The tug was going to Lorain, but was forced to put back on account of the storm, and in making the turn struck the channel bank and went to Sleces. John O'Donnell, engineer, and ames McDonald, fireman, both of Cleveland, reached the Cedar Point beach on planks. Captain Fred Hale of Cleveland. D. A. Simpson and Willie Kennedy of Lorain escaped on a life raft, and after seven hours' battling with the waves reached Cedar Point light at 3 o'clock this morning in an exhausted condition. The accident was caused by the captain losing his bearings. The tug was owned by the Great Lakes Towing Company, fche was built In Buffalo in 1S82 and is a total loss. Seven People Drowned. HALIFAX. N. S., Sept. 4. A sailboat was sunk to-night near the mouth of Halifax harbor and seven lives were lost, the victims all belonging to this city. The drowned are: Robert Davidson, plumber, wife and three unmarried sisters: W. Hamilton, employed in the city clerk's office, and John E. Hancock, a steamship employe. Of the four persons saved Mr. Poole, who is an officer on H. M. S. Talbot, now In port, kept two women atloat and nearly lost his own life. Only one body has been recovered. Unknown Steamer Founders. LISBON, Sept. 4. A steamer of the Clan line, the name of which is unknown, has foundered off Sagres as the result of a collision with a Danish steamer In a fog. The crew of the wrecked vessel was rescued by a Danish steamer. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Sept, 4.-Arrlved: Georgia, from Liverpool; City of Rome, from Glasgow; Friederich der Grosse, from Bremen and Southampton; Manitou, from London. ANTWERP. Sept. 4. Arrived: Noordland, from New xork. HAMBURG. Sept. 4. Arrived: Phoenician, from New York. LIVERPOOL. Sept. 4. Arrived: Italia, from Philadelphia. A Welcome. New York Commercial Advertiser. The oyster has come back to us with the fall. Tj some he Is a compensation for the loss of summer. He is at least a pleasant variety in food. He is a more lordly mollusk than the clam, who has been with us during the hot weather; sometimes good, sometimes bad. The crop is reported large, which is pleasant news now that the rimplemlnded ox has begun to soar to us. at least whatever the oyster himself might think about it. Fortunately, the oyster doesn't think, and, unlike some others of the little thinking kind, he has never been taken up by Boston as a worthy object for indignation ma-jtlngs. We welcome the oyster again into our midst. necoffnlred the Basle Call. Philadelphia Record. A queer Incident that had a tinge of pathos to it occurred yesterday on Bridge street, near the Frankford arsenal. A loaded cart, drawn by a gray horse, was moving slowly along when suddenly the outfit stopped. The horse's strength appeared to have been exhausted, and he could not move an inch farther, despite the urgent manner In which the driver yellrl and belabored

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"I had pain ia my left side and back, and had headache alt the time. I tried vour medicine and it helped me. Last spring 1 had a bad cough; I got so bad I had to be in bed ail the time. "My husband thought I had consumption. He wanted me to get a doctor, but I told him if it was consumption they could not help me. We thought we would try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and before I had taken one bottle the cough was stopped and I have had no more of it returning. Your medicine is the best I have ever taken." Write to Dr. R. V. Pierce. He will tend you good fatherly, professional advice in a plain sealed envelope absolutely free. His thirty years experience as chief consulting physician of the Invilids' Hotel, atBuffalo, N. Y., has made him an expert in chronic diseases. Mm. A long line of trolley cars piled up behind the stalled cart, and the conductors and motormen fumed and fretted, but th horse would not budge. In fact, it seemed, es If he could not start the cart. As th crowd stood awaiting developments. th clear notes of a bugle were heard floating from the arsenal grounds. At the first note the old gray horse quivered with excitement, and when the call was changed to "charge" the youthful training of the animal was shown. He had been a cavalry hor3e in his time, and the way he started up the hill on a dead run showed conclusively that the bugle rotes had awakened his lost youth once more. MAY BE REMOVED. Chnrgea Preferred Against Governor Dames, of Oklahoma. NEW YORK, Sept. 5. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: "There seems to be no longer any doubt that the official life of Casslus.M. Barnes. Governor of Oklahoma, will soon terminate. Secretary Hitchcock, of the Interior Department, has made a thorough Investigation of the charges submitted against Governor Barnes, and has prepared a report, to be submitted to the President at the earliest opportunity. "The report is based on a decision handed dewn by Assistant Attorney General Vanderventer, of the Interior Department, who passed on the charges Judicially. Judge Vanderventer holds In his opinion that the approval of the contracts by the Governor with the attorney general of Oklahoma, Harper S. Cunningham, for the collection of moneys due the Territory from the leasing of school lands, for which he receives an annual salary is Illegal and cannot be properly paid. - "It will be remembered that , more than a year ago Governor Barnes entered Into a contract with the attorney general for the collection of all the moneys due to the Territory from the rental of school lands. The contract called for a certain percentage, which would have netted the attorney general, in addition to his annual salary, about or JlO.uOO a year. Because of this contract the Territorial Legislature last winter refused to conllrm the appointment of Mr. Cunningham and instituted a searching Investigation of the administration of Gov. Barnes, resulting in the adoption of resolutions censuring the Goverr.or In strong terms. Judge Vanventer also he ids that the leaning of territorial money to private banks in the Territory by the territorial treasurer, Mr. Thompson, presumably with the knowledge and consent of Governor Barnes, waa not only Illegal, but lays the treasurer .and the Governor liable to criminal indictment. "The charges preferred against Governor Barnes to the effect that he has been disposing of the territorial patronage to the highest bidder are not found to be sustained by the proof submitted, although In some instances the charges, together with the proof, have a bad appearance and have Eatisfled Secretary Hitchcock that tiovernor Barnes is not a proper man to be regained In office. 'lhe report will be submitted to the President, together with all the papers, within a day or two, and it Is scarcely probable that President McKInley will refupe to act on the recommendation oC the Oklahoma Legislature, petitions from leading citizens of the Territory and the request from the secretary of the interior." THE INDIANA DRIGGS CASE. It Attract Attention In Region Outaide. Washington PosL Hon. John C. Brlggt. of Sullivan. Ind.. is about to retire from office and politics, and at the present writing it looks as If his pathway to private life might be liberally littered with lively litigation. Hon. John C Briggs. of Sullivan, has been one of the leading lights of the Democratic party in that particular section of Indiana, and as a reward for his political services he was nominated for and elected to the position of circuit Judge. The honor so befitted and pleased the Hon. John C. Briggs that he gave himself consent to serve a tecond terra in the position. But the propositions of man are not always responded to by the acts of the politicians, and the Indiana wire-pullers made a one-termer of the Hon. John C. Briggs. Briggs naturally felt that his defeat was a calamity to the community, and proposed that it should be felt as soon fs possible, and the Methodist Church waa selected as the medium through which the pangs should be Inflicted. During the Hon. John C. Brlggs's candidacy foe re-election, and Just prior to the action of the heartless Democratic .convention, th Judge subscribed the sum of te a building fund. The subscription was made with an ostentation which should have made the voters of the church solid for Briggs. Perhaps they were, but the other portion of the community was not voting the Briggs direction, and this fact so angered the defeated candidate that he announced that he would not pay hk subscription. The trustees of the church thought the matter over, and decided that they were in no manner responsible for the discomfiture of Briggs. They brought suit before a Justice of the peace, and after a trial which consumed one whole day. secured a Judgment against the Judge. But Briggs Is not to be stumped by such a small thing as a Judgment by the Justice of the peace, and has appealed the case to the circuit court, of which he Is no small part. In his pleadings for a reversal of the judgment. Mr. Briggs makes no denial of the subscription, but sets up a plea of abatement, stating that as the paper was signed on Sunday, it la void and cannot be collected. Mr. Brings doesn't go so far as to express his opinion of church officers who would make an effort to collect an illegal debt, but It Is quite likely that he has some decided views on the KubJecL. The trouble with the Hon. John C. Brlgg. of Sullivan, Ind., is that he Is more frank and direct tn Ms dealings than some of his fellow-polltl-clans. But It is quite likely that his desire to retire from politics wi'i be gratiflvd. Victims of n Cnlclnra Llaht Tank. CHICAGO. Sept. 4 By the explosion of a calcium light tank filled with carbonic acid gas In the Chicago Calcium IJght Company's machine room, on Washington street, to-day. Frank Hopkins was fatally burned and Howard McClar.athan severely Injured. The first floor of the building was wrecked. Several persons who were passing were slightly cut by Hying glass. Appeal In Dehalf of Tortd It leans, NEW YORK. Sept. 4. The central Torta Rlcan relief committee has issued another appeal to the people of the United States In behalf of the sufferers from the hurricane. The appeal declares that Jl.WOoo will be required to procure for the destitute tor necessities ct lift

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