Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 269, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1899.

. finar.cl.t! crisis probably will force tho cnlcny t appeal to the outside world for o?istanc. Lieutenant T. W. Iiyan lias been detached frm the New York navy yard and ord.-n-.i to command th Viking. Lieutenant V. II. Faust. C. S. N.. ha. been retired. The collier Nero has arrived at Yokohama. To-day's statement of the condition of the trea.ury shows: Available ca.h balance, JS.121 ia; gold reserve. $25-,0.";.a.j3. NASH AND GP.OSVENOR.

Two Ohio Repnlilicans Discuss Prosperity ami Trust. M'ARTHUR. O., Sept. 25.-To-night Hon. Gtorge K. Nash, Republican candidate for Governor, and Gen. C. H. Grosvenor addressed a largo meeting: here In the opera house. Mr. Nash's speech was largely a ' compari?on of the business prosperity now with that before the marking of the Dlngley bl!!. lie advocated, further progress by authorizing tho government to construct tho Nicaragua canal and otherwise promote the enlargement of the merchant marine. Ills - speech was brief. , General Grosvenor followed, him with an elaborate discussion of State affairs. He called attention to the improved condition of the State treasury and to the advanced wages of 21 cent3 a ten now paid to miners in the Hocking valley. In answer to the charge that the tariff was the mother of trusts he cited the sugar trust and the Standard Oil trust, which, he said, grew up under comparatively free trade. Col. R. E. Nevin al?o spoke very briefly on account of the lateness of the hour. Press Stterer Devlin Dismissed. CHICAGO, Sept. 23. The Record to-morrow will say: "Samuel B. Cook, who manages the ways and means bureau of the Democratic party, returned yesterday from a trip to Missouri. He said that executive Chairman Johnson, of the national committee, would remote the Democratic press bureau from P. J. Devlin's office when he returned to Chicago, about Oct. S, and that thereafter Mr. Johnson and himself would . tupply the Democratic press of the country with campaign literature. When Mr. Johnrcn was here recently he notified Mr. Devlin that his services would be dispensed with on his return. The bureau will be established In Mr. Cook's Unity building office. Next year a special editor will be appointed. Mr. Cook's intention is to sup-" ply the press with signed articles from party leaders each week. 'Wellington Resigns. BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 23. United States Senator George L. Wellington to-day resigned the chairmanship of the Republican State Central committee, in accordance with the recent written request of Governor Lloyd Lowndes, who is a candidate for re-election on the Republican ticket. General Thomas J. Schrock was elected to succeed him. General Schrock Is State treasurer. In tendering his resignation Senator Wellington delivered a speech in which he accused the Governor of double-dealing and treachery, and alleged that in conjunction with Senator McComas. Congressman Mudd and others the chief executive had gone into a combine to destroy the speaker's future political prospectsv Jones Offer Declined Tqy Nash. COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 23. Judge George K. Nash addressed a letter to-day to Mayor S. M. Jones, of Toledo, who has challenged him and all the other candidates for Governor to debate the proposition that political parties have ceased to be useful or necessary, Jones taking the affirmative, declining the challenge on the ground that the question is not an Issue of the campaign. PLOWS WILL BE DEARER. Price Advanced 23 Per Cent, "by the Sorthvrestern Association. CHICAGO. Sept. 25. A special meeting of the Northwestern Plov and Implement Association was held to-day. The condition of the steel market was discussed and it was decided to make another advance of ; about 23 per cent, above the schedule made at the meeting of the association held last July. It was announced during the dlscusslon that iron and steel has advanced .within the last ten days considerably and the association decided to adjourn until Oct. 31. when another meeting will be held for the purpose of making a further advance, and all contracts let after Nov. 1 will be under the new schedule. Mar Erect Plants in Germany. LONDON, Sept. 23. The Berlin correepondent of the Daily Mall, In a dispatch dealing with the great increase of American Iron and steel Imports Into Germany, says: "I learn that the Garvin Machine Company and the Niles tool works are going to erect large plants in Berlin. Other important American firms, including the Buf- . falo Forge Company, are expected to follow suit. There is an average of 2.40) ' value of Iron tools alone imported weekly from New York." Marquette Clnb Banquet. CHICAGO, Sept 25. The Chicago day banquet cf the Marquette Club, to be held at the Auditorium Hotel Oct. 7, will this year be on a more elaborate scale than ever before. Besides President McKInley, who will be the club's guests of honor, the following have notified the committee they will attend the banquet: Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul: Secretary of War Elihu Root; Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana; Gen. Charles King, of Milwaukee: James E. . Boyd, of North Carolina, and Judge II. II. Hamlin, of Illinois. "The American Republic" will he Archbishop Ireland's topic, .and "The Present Administration" will be Senator Falrbanks's subject. XefT Cases of Yellow Fever. KEY WEST, Sept. 23. The new cases of yellow lever number twenty-six, the deaths one. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 23. Three new cases of fever were this morning reported for the past twenty-four hours, making a total of twenty-one and six deaths. FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY. Warmer In Indiana To-Morrovr Fresh Xorth to Cast AVLnda. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday; For Ohio Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday; fresh northerly winds. For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday; warmer on Wednesday; frtsh north to east winds. Local Observations on Monday. Time. Par. Ther. R.H. "Wind. Pre. 7 a.m. 20.S3 M Newest. 0.34 7 p.m. 20.9 M TO North. 0.00 Maximum temperature, Cl; minimum temperature, 47. Following Is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total rainfall for .Sept. 23: Temp. Pre. Normal 63 0.09 Mean 54 0.34 Peparture 9 O.is Departure since Sept. 1 60 0.05 Departure since Jan. 1 Ill 4.43 Plu. C. F. R. WAPPENIIANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperatures. Station. Atlanta, Ga Rixmarck. N. D Buffalo, N. T Mln. Max. SO 70 62 7S 16 c "i 4 7 60 62 U S2 ts 63 7J 4a 1 61 70 71 6 CI 71 72 C 1 i CG 71 :& 7 p.m. IS 62 52 es CO 5S 64 56 4 52 ti S3 7S 7S 6J 64 44 62 CG 76 es ei 64 64 62 70 61 74 6-) 52 64 eo 61 S3 Canary. N. W. T... 42 50 4) 53 Chicago. Ill Cairo. Ill .... Cheyenne. Wyo Cincinnati. O Concordia. Kan Davenport. la ., 4t 44 Dea Moines, la 42 72 50 eg C3lveston. Tex Helena. Mont Jacksonville. Fla Kansas City. Mo Little Rock, Ark 50 62 I 5S U 6t 64 Marquette. Mich Memphis. Ter.n Nashville. Tenn New Orleans. La New York. N. V North Platte, Neb Oklahoma. O. T 4) 54 4 C2 Omaha. Neb ritteburr. Fa Qu Airelie, N. W. T. Rapid City, . D Fait Lake City. Utah., ft. Lnuls, Mo.... Et. Iau!. Minn rprinrflelJ. ia 23 & 54 52 42 41 41 M 4 tlJnjj:!9iJ, Mo Vickhburs. Has TVaaLlcxtoa, L. C

THE UNION WAS IGNORED

CIXCLNXATI STIIEET-R AILRO.tD ME!S ACT FOIl THEMSELVES. Xo Strike Is Feared Yesselinen'a AVnnrcn liaised from lO to 20 Per Cent. 10,000 Slen Benefited. CINCINNATI. Sept. 23. A committee consisting of Rosin Orr of Detroit, secretary of the Amalgamated Association of Streetrailway employes, Frank Reisel, president of the Cincinnati Labor Council, George Thobe, president of the Central Labor Council at Covington, Ky., one discharged employe and two employes of the Cincinnati street railway called on President Kilgour to-day and presented demands for 23 cents per hour, ten hours per day, stools for motormen to use at certain points, arbitration previous to discharges and on other matters, reinstatement of all discharged since Sept. 2), when a system of examinations was instituted. President Kllgour refused to receive officially any except the two employes and he would not treat with them as a committee of the Amalgamated Association, of which a chapter has recently been Instituted here. President Kllgour said he would receive commlttes of employes any time and present their grievances to the directors, but he would not recognize a committee of the Amalgamated Association or any representative of it. A large meeting of the street-car motormen and conductors was convened after midnight to-night. They modified their demands on President Kllgour so as to make them come not from the union, but from the railroad employes, a committee of whom was appointed to present their petition to Mr. Kilgour to-morrow, with the request that an answer be given by noon Wednesday. The men claim that no strike was contemplated or precipitated by them, but that President Kllgour was the aggressor in discharging men simply because they have become members of the union. BEYOXD THEIR DEMAND. Nearly lfLOOO Men Will Receive Increased Wages. CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 23. As a result of a meeting of the executive committee of the Lake Carriers Association held here this afternoon the wages of nearly 16,000 men employed on the vessels of the great lakes will be raised from 10 to 20 per cent., beginning Oct. 1. This includes 2,000 engineers, who demanded an advance of 122 per cent, and threatened to strike should It not be conceded. Instead of the 12 per cent, asked for by .the engineers they, will receive an advance of 20 per cent. The advance, as authorized by the executive committee, is as follows: First and second mates, first and second engineers, 20 per cent.; all other members of crews, including firemen, wheelmen, lookouts, cooks, deck hand?, etc., 10 per cent. On Aug. 15 last tin Lake Carriers Association raised the wages of. firemen, deck hands, cooks, wheelmen and lookouts 10 per cent., so that the advance of 10 per cent, made to-day makes them a total of 20 per cent, increase since that date. Members of the Lake Carriers' Association, when their attention was called to the fact that the engineers had been given 7V per cent, more than they had demanded, said that no such demands had been received from the engineers. The Lake Carriers' Association has never recognized the Marine Engineers Union. Maxes Reduced by Tnbnrro Trnsts. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The Industrial commission to-day listened to a statement concerning the operations of the Tobacco workers' .International Union from Mr. E. C. Evans, of Louisville, Ky., founder of the order and now Its secretary and treasurer. He said that about 80 per cent. of. the tobacco manufactured in the United States was produced by the two combines known as the American and Continental Tobacco companies and he expressed the opinion that such combinations were not beneficial to labor. He cited one instance in -which three manufactories had been absorbed by the American Company, resulting in throwing five hundred and six hundred employes out of work. In another case wages had been reduced from $2.50 to $1.25 per day after consolidation. Mr. Kvans said the women stood on the same footing as men in the union, voting and holding office and drawing the same wages. He considered the indifference of the negro to regular hours or to a systematic scale of wages as the greatest obstacle In the way of the organization In the Southern States. The commission will not meet again to take testimony until Oct. 5. Mr. Trnax Will Resign. CHICAGO, Sept. 25. It was announced tonight that Charles Truax, president of the fall festival, will resign his position tomorrow If he is assured that his withdrawal will make It possible to settle the controversy with the labor unions, which has so far greaty hampered the preparations for the fall festival. His letter of resignation will not be submitted, however, unless .he is assured that all differences will be settled by his retirement. The labor leaders tonight refused to pledge themselves in advance of Mr. Truax's resignation to any course of action, but intimated that they are willing to make concessions which would be in the Interest of peace. Mr. Truax offered his resignation some time ago, but it was declined by the committee. Senator Hanna Courteous. CLEVELAND, O.. Sept. 25. A committee from the street-railway's men union called upon Senator Hanna, who is the proprietor of the Cleveland City Railway Company, to-day. The conference was secret. At its conclusion the men said they had been received very courteously by the senator, who admitted that the strikers on the Big Consolidated lines had grievances which should have been adjusted, and which would have been adjusted if they had worked for his company. It was denied that a demand was made for the recognition of the union on the senator's road. A Sympathy Strike. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. The boiler makers in tho Fulton and Rlsgon iron works struck to-day out of sympathy with the boiler makers employed on the United States transports who have demanded $3.23 for an eight-hour day and double pay for overtime. It is possible the strike will extend over the Union iron works unless the strike is settled very soon. The contractors state that the transports now in repair will sail without delay but that no new contracts will be taken until the matter Is settled. Journeymen Plumbers. PEORIA, 111., Sept. 23. The International convention of Journeymen plumbers opened to-day in the assembly room of the City Hall. Seventy delegates were present. Mayor Lynch extended a hearty welcome to the visiting delegates, to which John Kelley, of Chicago, president of the International Union, replied. The master plumbers of the city entertained the visitors tonight with a smoker. 3Ilnes Tied Up by Fireman. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Sept. 25.-The firemen in all of the coal mines in the Danville district went out to-day for an Increase of wages.Though the firemen are not members of the United Mine Workers of America, they have tied up all the mines in the district, throwing 2.0u0 union miners out of employment. Strike of Union Tailors. TORONTO. Ont., Sept. 23. All the members of the Tailors Union in this city, between 400 and 500. struck to-day because the employers refused tc rrant their request for a 10 per cent, advare in wages. Death of n Japanese Top Spinner. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 23. Tatsugora Ogawa. one of only three professional Japanese top spinners in the United States, died at the Agnew Hospital hire to-day of consumption. Ogawa was born in Toklo thirty years ago. He was taken sick from overwork, in the East and came to this city last Thursday. .Mln Horlocker'a Case Continued. HASTINGS. Neb.. Sept. 25. Miss Viola llorlocker, charged with attemntlne to murI der Mrs. C. F. Morey, May 11, by sending her poisoned candy, was arraigned In court

to-day and her case continued until the December term. Her bond for $3,000 was renewed.

OBITUARY. Consul Wiltshire Butterilcld, n nrothcr of Pcre Hynclntlie's Wife. OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 23.-Consul Wlllshlre Butterfield, a brother of the wife of Pere Hyacinthe. whose marriage created such a sensation in Catholic circles some year3 ago, died at his home, in South Omaha, today. Mr. Butterfield was the author of several widely-read historical works, principally relating to revolutionary times and the years immediately succeeding. He was born in Oswego county, New York, and most of his life was spent in the East. The manuscript of his last book. "Brules Discoveries and .Explorations, 1610-1628." a book dealing with exploration around the great lakes, was donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society, of Cleveland, O., and was published by the society. Cnpt. Francis S. Haarcerty, U. S. X. NEW YORK, Sept. 25. Cap t. Franeis S. Haggerty, United States navy, retired, died to-day, aged ninety years. His first service was on the schooner Experiment at Charleston, S. C, during the nullification excitement of 18U3. As a lieutenant he went with Commodore Perry on the Japan expedition of lJw2-t5. He commanded the sloop of war Vandalla in the attack on Port Royal Nov. 7. 1S61, taking an active part in silencing the enemy's fire and subsequently in blockading the mouth of the Savannah river. Commander Haggerty received the thanks of Congress for meritorious service and conduct. He was In charge of ironclads at New Orleans during 1S67-68. He was lighthouse Inspector of the Seventh district. Key West, Fla., 1870-71. John Sleeper Clarke. LONDON, Sept. 23. John Sleeper Clarke, the celebrated actor and theatrical manager. Is dead, aged sixty-four. Other Deaths. NEW YORK. Sept. 23. Jared B. Flagg. sr., an artist, died suddenly to-day at his home, this city, from heart disease, aged eighty years. He was one of the oldest members of the National Academy of Deflgn. Ono of Mr. Flagg's daughters is the wife of Charles Scribner, the publisher. LONDON, Sept. 23. Mrs. Baker, custodian of the cottage of Ann Hathaway, at Stratford-on-Avon, died to-day as tho result of an accident. She was a descendant of Hathaways. DES MOINES, la.. Sept. 23. M. S. Shields, of St. Paul, a traveling salesman for a Cincinnati soap house, was found dead in a hotel here to-day from heart disease. STEAMSHIP FOUNDERS. The Aduln Sinks Off the Jamalclnn Coats and Five Lives Are Lost. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 23. The Atlas Steamship Company's steamer Adula, Capt. McAuley, from Kingston for Baltimore, foundered at 3:30 to-day off Port Morant, on the south coast of Jamaica. Five lives were lost, Including Mr. Percy, the first officer. The Adula, which was built in Belfast in 1889. was of SH2 tons burden. She -was 212 feet long, 2y.l feet broad and 12 feet deep. Fifty-Three Victims of a Storm. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 23. The loss of another schooner is reported to-day as the result of the recent gale. She foundered with six nen, bringing the total loss of life up to fifty-three. Reports from remote sections of the island confirm the fcais as to an extensive destruction of shipping property. Vessels returning from northern Labrador are also badly damaged. Movement) of Steamers. NEW YORK, Sept. 25. Arrived: Marquette, from London: Phoenicia, from Hamburg; Frlesland. from Antwerp; Trelslon, from Rotterdam. QUEENSTOWN. Sept. 25.-Arrived: Pavonla. from Boston, for Liverpool, and proceeded. SOUTHAMPTON. Sept. 2.i.-Salled: Werra. from Bremen, for New York. BREMEN, Sept. 23. Arrived: Freidrlch. der Grosse. from New York. GLASGOW, Sept. 23. Arrived : Pomeranian, from Montreal. GENOA. Sept. 23. Arrived: California, from New York. LIVERPOOL. Sept. 23.-Arrived: Umbria, from New York. PRISON CONGRESS. President Hert's Address Read at the Third Day's Session. HARTFORD, Conn.. Sept. 25. Vice President Wright called the third day's session of the National Prison Congress to order in Kennedy Hall to-day. The annual address of President A. T. Hert, the superintendent of the State Reformatory of Indiana at Jeffersonvllle, was read by Warden Scott, of Concord, Mass. Two papers were read, the first on "Punishment of Prisoners," prepared by Warden Clarence P. Hoyt, of the Colorado State Prison, and the other on "The Employment of Convict Labor," by Warden Henry Wolfer. of the Minnesota State Prison. Warden Hoyt's paper advocated the use of the paddle in punishing prisoners and stated that its use had a more lasting effect than a term in the dungeon. Wrarden Wolfer's paper called out a long discussion. . The evening session was addressed by Charlton T. Lewis, of New York. In favor of the Indeterminate sentence. The discussion of the paper was carried on by Genera L Brinkerhoff. of Mansfield, O., and by Z. 11. Brockway, of Elmlra. TWO BOILERS EXPLODE. Three Men Killed nt One Gin and Two Men and a Dor at Another. PALMETTO, Ga., Sept. 23. D. P. Hearn, J. P. Hearn, brothers, and Penn Hearn were killed by the explosion of a stationary engine boiler In a ginnery owned by the Hearn brothers to-day. The bodies of the dead were horribly mangled and the building was almost entirely destroyed. The explosion was caused by letting cold water into the boiler when the gauge showed the boiler was almost empty. POTTSBORO. Tex., Sept. 23. The boiler at Henderson & Mangus's gin blew up this afternoon, demolishing the building and killing Engineer Grant Cordor, Pressman Nunn Steele and a boy named Jones. Miss Jones, sister of the boy. had both feet blown off and a thigh broken In two places. NOT BRIGHT'S DISEASE. Vice President Hobart -Merely Sufferin from Overwork. NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-Hobart Tuttle, Vice President Hobart's brother-in-law, said to-night In answer to Inquiries made at the home of Mr. Hobart at Paterson that there was no truth in the report that Mr. Hobart had Brlght's disease. The Vice President, he said, was suffering from overwork, but he has been slowly but continually Improving. Mr. Tuttle says that he has not ventured out to-day, but he passed a good night last night and was in good spirits. Mr. Hobart, it was claimed, had been about the house all day and expected to be out In a few days. Losses by Fire. MUSCOGEE, I. T.. Sept. 23. Spalding Institute, an educational Institution, controlled and supported by the Methodist board, was destroyed by rire to-night. AH of the forty students in the building escaped. The property loss Is $30,000. . BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Sept. 23. Fire yesterday destroyed one of the roundhouses of the Birmingham Rallway"and Electric Company. Several dummy engines, motor cars and coaches were burned. The loss Is $00,000. Business Troubles. NEW YORK. Sept. 25. Through the filing of a petition in bankruptcy Sept. 20 by Cohn Bros., Klee & Co., an advertising agency, the name of Klee & Co., tailors, has (become associated in the matter. Klee & Co. are in no way connected with the failed firm. NEW YORK. Sent. 23. II. J. Schloss. manufacturer of cJothing, to-day filed a petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities'. $735,1C2; no assets. TO CIHE A COLD IS OXE DAY Take Lax itlve Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drurgifts refund the money If it falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. Sic.

CONVICTED ; AND SHOT

FORMER KIXG 31 1 LAVS ASSAILAXT FOUND GUILTY AND EXECUTED. Ills Alleged Accomplice Given Lone Terms in Prison Funeral of 31. Scheurer-Kestner. BELGRADE, Servla, Sept. 23.-The court this morning rendered Judgment in the case of the prisoners who have been on trial for some time past, charged with the attempted assassination of former King Milan of Servia. July 6, when he was shot at by a Bosnian, named Knezevic. Knezevlc and Paisitch, the leaders of the conspiracy, were sentenced to death; ten others were condemned to twenty years imprisonment; one to nine years imprisonment and seven to five years imprisonment. Six of the men on trial were acquitted. Knezevic was shot publicly this afternoon In the presence of a large crowd. In view of the absence of trustworthy evidence, the finding of the tribunal is the subject , of general condemnation. After the sentence was read Paisitch was Informed that King Alexander had pardoned him. . SCIIEURER-KESTXER'S FUNERAL. Henri Brlssott Delivers an AddressDreyfus Sends a Wreath. . PARIS, Sept. 25. On the occasion to-day of the funeral of M. Scheurer-Kestner, former vice president of the French Senate, who died Sept. 20. the day pardon was granted to former Captain Dreyfus, whose steadfast champion he had been from the outset of the revision movement, several speeches were delivered at the eastern railroad station. Henri Brisson, former prcmiei, who was greeted with loud cheers, said ho had always reverenced the noble figure of M. Scheurer-Kestner, who was a soldier of Justice and who all his life combated the plebiscitary regime, which had been so fata) to France. Senator Arthur Ranc. Republican Radical, who is president of the Association of the Republican Journalists, also extolled tho deceased, by whom, he said, the greatest error had been repaired and fair fame of France saved. On the termination of the ceremony the spectators cheered M. Brisson and surrounded his carriage, crying, "Vivo la Republique." M. Brisson, who was anuch affected, replied: "Yes, my friends, let us love the republic, but let us not cease to defend it." Colonel Picquart, who was among the spectators, was received with loud cries of "Vive Picquart" and ."Vive la Republique." The Figaro says that among the numerous wreaths on the coffin was one bearing the inscription, "To M. Scheurer-Kestner infinite gratitude,". and signed in small letters, "Alfred Dreyfus." Capt. Freystaetter Made a Commander PARIS, Sept. 25. Captain Freystaetter, who was a member of the Dreyfus courtmartial of 1S94 and who testified before the court-martial at Rennes that his original belief in the guilt of the accused was largely the result of the reading of the documents of the secret dossier, communicated to the Judges In a private room without the knowledge of Dreyfus or his counsel, has been appointed a commander of marine infantry at Rochefort, in the department of Charente Infcrieure. - - - HARRISON'S ARGU3IENT. The General Again Takes Issue with Britain' Contention. PARIS, Sept, 25. Before the Anglo-Ven-ezuelan boundary commission to-day former President Benjamin Harrison continued his argument on behalf of Venezuela. Mr. Harrison contended 'that, while the Dutch rights in the socalled "intermediate territory" had been acquired by conquest, these rights must be limited by the law of conquest, and the treaty of Munster strictly limited them. - . . , M. De Martens, president of the tribunal, asked Mr. Harrison -where - he found the word deUmltizatlon in the treaty. Mr. Harrison replied that he would show that deUmltizatlon was a necessary effect which did not, as had ibeen claimed by Sir Richard Webster, on behalf of Great Britain, permit the Dutch to acquire concessions except from the Portuguese in Brazil. The Ameer Aaraln Reported Dead. LONDON. Sept. 26. The Times publishes the following dispatch from Simla: "It is persistently rumored here that Abdurrahman Khan, Ameer of Afghanistan, is dead and that a war of succession has already begun. So far as the Indian government is aware the report Is absolutely unfounded." The Kaiser Starts for Home. MALMO, Sweden, Sept, 23. Emperor William bade adieu thla afternoon to the crown prince of Sweden, Prince Oscar Gustavus, and embarked upon the imperial yacht Hohenzollern. Klpllnfc Going? to Australia. LONDON, Sept. 25. Rudj'ard Kipling Intends to visit Australia and will possibly stay for a short time Jn South Africa while en rout. PREACHER UNFROCKED. Rev. J. M. Life Convicted of Making Improper Proposals to a Girl. COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 23. Rev. John M. Life, chaplain of the Seventh Ohio Volunteers, was to-day found guilty by the Ohio Methodist Conference or conduct unbecoming a minister of the gospel in having made improper proposals to Miss Rose Lee Burch, daughter of the lieutenant colonel of the regiment, and was expelled from the ministry. An appeal was taken. The case has been under investigation by a committee of the conference for the past week. Chaplain Life is now suffering nervous prostration as a result of the ordeal and is confined to his bed at a local hotel. The charges were preferred by the girl a year ago and created a great sensation. Another Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. SIOUX CITY, la., Sept. 23. Rev. T. M. House, who has been pastor of the M. E. Church at Ida Grove for the past two years, has been deposed from the ministry of the Methodist Church. At his trial before the select number appointed 'by the Northwest Iowa M. E. Conference it developed that he had been writing letters of anonymous nature to a young woman of Ruthven, and passing himself ofT as an unmarried man. VENEZUELA'S REVOLUTION. Situation Is Said to De Serious Battle Expected at Victoria. PONCE, Porto Rico, Sept. 23. Advices received here to-day from Caracas describe the situation in Venezuela as critical. The revolutionists are approaching Victoria, where the next battle will be fought. People desiring to proceed to Puerto Caballo, on Gulf of Trlste. are not allowed to depart. The government is very unpopular and very suspicious. . Revolution Suppressed. BUENOS AYRES. Sept. 23.-A revolution broke out at Catamarca against the local government of that province. The government re-established order after a fight, during which seven were killed and twelve were wounded. The senate has approved the conversion scheme proposed by the government. VERDI IX A CHATTY MOOD. Story He Told of Rossini the Other Nlcht During a Game of Cards. Pall Alall Gazette. Verdi, the great Italian maestro, has left iMontecatlni, whither he went ostensibly lor a cure, but as he hates medicines, has little faith in doctors, and has perfect health, one must suspect that it was simply for a change. Every, evening after dinner he sat down to a game of cards, which was played, strangely enough, on the very table at which he composed the fourth act of Othello." and on whic?i he ruled hotel paper for his composition, his supply of music piper being exhausted. The other evening during his game. Verdi, feeing in an unusually expansive mood, told several anecdotes. The conversation had been on the length of musicians' lives. "It

was in 1S62," he began, 'Hvhen one evening Rossini was playing cards with the wholehcartedness of a boy.- It was one of those gay and happy evenings that only a mediaeval poet could describe. In the midst of the mirth, Meyerbeer entered. Rossini suddenly fell back on the sofa, and began to groan in the most dismal manner, holding his hand to his side. ' What is it what is it?" cried all. Meyerbeer most concerned of anj'. "Ah! Maestro," groaned Rossini, "I have really one foot in the tomb, and the other nearly there; I have only a few more breaths of life left, and then you will see me no morel" This lasted, Rossini every moment more lackadaisical, until Meyerbeer left, when he sprang up with a laugh, and took up his cards again. "Why this comedy. Maestro?" But no explanation was needed as it was generally supposed that Meyerbeer would not have been brokenhearted at the removal of his rival. Verdi also recounted that one evening" at Passy he found himself alone with Rossini and the King of Portugal. The King first sang, and then invited Verdi to accompany him on the piano while he played the violin. "It was awful," said the Maestro; "such noises I never heard. At last even my respect for him gave way and I brought him to the right pitch by repeatedly striking loudly on the note. Rossini, who was an amused spectator of the scene, said, 'Let him alone, let him alone: something else is needed besides the right notes I" STEAMER PURLOINED.

Crew Sent Ashore and the Boat Stolen by Captain and Engineer. HOUGHTON, Mich., Sept. 23.-The first time on record of a man purloining a steamer occurred to-day. Capt. Purdy, who commands the Silver Spray, and his engineer, named Berry, who had been off duty several days, went on board to-day and sent the rest of the crew ashore. The engineer went down to the engine room and the captain took his place at the wheel. Away they steamed and It took them but .a short time to get out of the canal Into the broad and open Lako Superior. As soon as It was learned by the owners, the Pryor Fishing Company, they sent a tug to overhaul the stolen boat, but up to a late hour to-night no word had been heard from them except that they were headed for Duluth or Superior. YEE GUEN A CITIZEN. Federal Judge Admits a. Chinese to a Stay In This Country. FARGO. N. D., Sept. 23. This afternoon Judge Amidon. of the United States Court, decided that Yee Guen, of 291 Clark street, this city, was an American citizen and entitled to admission to the United. States. Lee Lai was ordered deported to the Flowery Kingdom, he failing to prove his claim to a former residence in this country. . The men are two of fifteen arrested by treasury officials at Portal for attempting to enter the United States illegally. The others will be tried at once. There are said to be about 103 other Celestials Just over the American line at Portal awaiting the result of the trial. It 13 thought two more of the men here can prove former residence in this country. NOTORIOUS GAMBLER DEAD. Lew Hook. Who Boasted He Had Beaten H. R. II. at Baccarat. COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 23. Word was received to-day of the death of Lew Houk, a once notorious Ohio gambler and criminal, at Durango, Mexico. Houk was sentenced In 1S83 to sixteen years in the Ohio penitentiary for killing a traveling salesman named Paul Lohman, whom he had fleeced In a Hocking Valley train. After serving seven years he was pardoned on his promise to leave the country. During his residence abroad, it is claimed, he plied his profession with an adept hand among the nobility. He boasted that he had beaten the Prince of Wales at baccarat. BIG FOUR EXTENSIONS. Bridge Across the St. Joseph River Planned. ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Sept. 25. The announcement was made here to-day that the Big Four Railway system contemplated the erection of a $30,000 swing bridge across the St. Joseph river, - thus extending the line to thi3 city and thence along the south lake shore. The present terminus is Benton Harbor, Just across the river. The Big Four will put on several trains and make closer connections with fruit and express business to Southern cities. The officials will be in the city in a few days to make final arrangements. SUICIDE OF A TEACHER. Dr. Herman Wndsworth Haley Fears Insanity und Cut His Throat. BOSTON, Sept. 25. Dr. Herman Wadsworth Hayley, thirty-five years old, instructor of Latin In Wesleyan University and a member of the faculty, was found dead In his room in the United States Hotel to-day with his throat cut. He had committed suicide. He was one of the finest classical scholars in the country. Lately he had been haunted by a fear of losing his mind. ' FOOTBALL VICTIM. Connecticut Furnishes the First Casualty of the Season. MERIDEN, Conn., Sept. 23. Thomas Kelly, aged seventeen years, a member of the Mlddletown High School footbaU team, died to-night from Injuries received in a football game with the Mcriden High School team last Saturday. He sustained a concussion of the spine. Corn Suppers. New York Commercial Advertiser. One of the latest fads of the ultra-fashionable set in Newport and Narragansett Pier is giving roast corn suppers. Of course they roast the corn in big beds of live coals from fires built for that purpose either in the fields or in some part of their grounds, and roasted in this way corn is delicious. It is very good, however, roasted on the coals of an ordinary kitchen range or under the broiling flame of a gas range. Select fine fresh ears of evergreen corn, and after removing the husks anl silk put them on a broiler and lay it closely over a bed of live coals in the range. They must cook quickly. As soon as they are done to a deep brown on one side turn and roast on the other side. If roasted under the llame of a gas range put the corn as close to the flame as posiible without burning. Serve it at once ard cover it with a napkin to keep It hot. Sv eet butter, pepper and salt are all the seasoning required with roasted corn. No Occasion for Arrogance. Detroit Journal. We found Agulnaldo very arrogant. "And why not?" demanded the dictator, haughtily. "Am I not the George Washington of the Philippines?" "But George Washington was not from Ohio," we objected, as gently as possible, since we pitied the Ignorance of this unhappy Malay. Agulnaldo paled; he knew enough of American affairs for that. An Aboriginal Difficulty. Washington Star. "There was a time," remarked the affable pedant, "when people used nothing but simple pictures when they undertook to make a record of anything." "It must have been hard, said the lawyer, thoughtfully. "Half the time you wouldn't know whether to summon a witre ?s as a handwriting expert or an art critic." Druggists Indicted. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Sept. 23. The grand Jury to-day returned indictments against the twelve leading retail druggists for selling liquor Illegally without the requisite county license. Warrants were immediately sworn out for their arrcsL Nine People Badly Burned. BOSTON, Sept. 23. Nine people were badly burned at a tire In a lodging house in the South End to-night. Mrs. Rena Butler Is probably fatally injured. Bad Complexion Need Champlln's Liquid Pearl, 50c. A lovely, harmless fceautifler. No equal.

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ALL THE UNIONS IN HAVANA 3IAY GO ON STRIKE TO-DAY. Laundry . Establishments Already Closed and Clean Linen at a Premium Cuban Politics. HAVANA. Sept. 23. In srite of the leaders a general strike to-morrow seems inevitable. The only union that has not decided to Join is the cartmen's union, but it is expected the cartmen will go with the rest. The strikers are confident of winning. They say they have withstood a blockade of three months' duration and after that there is nothing to fear. A manifesto has been issued by the general committee, calling on all to help the movement. The various laundry establishments are closed and it is impossible to get laundry work done a very serious matter in Havana. It is not known how long the strikers can hold out. They say that even if they lore they will have struck a blow in the right direction. The closing of the laundry establishments is a veritable godsend to the dry goods stores, as people are literally driven to buy extra linen. Senor Lacoste, the mayor, is endeavoring to protect some of the laundries, with a view to keeping them In operation, but it is impossible to extend this protection to anything like an indefinite number. It is probable that Havana to-morrow will be without bread owing to the bakers striice. The election of delegates to the municipal committees has taken place, the voting tables being well attended. In some instances there was an utter lack cf order, the crowd taking charge of the tables and these coming actually snatching the cards from others who were about to vote against the candidate of the former. Juan Gualberto Gomez asserts that all kinds of political opinions are represented in the men chosen. Some favor Maximo Gomez, others support the members of the former Military Assembly, and others still desire to raise the race question. "Nothing," he declares, "could be expected of a definite character from people who had such difficulty in agreeing with respect to delegates in the first instance." Senor Pierra. commenting on the election, said: "These elections are mere an experiment than anything else. Their object is to train the people to vote. The municipal councils will proceed to elect provincial councils and the latter will choore the national council, a body which will be fairly representative. Then when the time comes for legal voting our people will have had some experience." ENGLISH RULE IN INDIA. Service Is Competitive and the. Best Fad in the World. New York Tribune. "The Indian Civil Service,' said R. T. Ashford-Berkley, of Bombay, India, "is the best and highest paid in the world and is competitive. Naturally only the cleverest boys from the great public schools get the appointments. Great fanatical feeling exists in India between the Mohametans and Hindoos, which occasionally culminates in riots so serious that the rioters have to be fired on by the British soldiers. But this is of course only done when it is absolutely necessary. I believe that the natives thoroughly recognize the benefits of English rule, as railways have opened up the country and English capital haa started factories and various industries. India is to-day beautifully irrigated, one ditch alone being 3,000 miles in length. The production of all kinds of cereals is on the increase, and our grains are shipped to all parts of the world. Slnde, which but a few years ago was a barren desert, has. through irrigation, now become a beautiful grain producing country, and through Karrachee ships large quantities of wheat to foreign countries. The poor ryot (farmer), under our rule, can now earn a living, whereas previously. If he got anything more than a bare subsistence, the rajahs, or their agents, swooped down on him and took It away in exactly the same manner that the mandarins now do in China. India is a magnificent country physically, and during the cold season it is visited by large numbers of Americans, and all I have met express themselves as charmed with It. With Its famous mutiny scenes and many of the Mogul emperors hundreds of years ago, it is historically a country of absorbing interest. Authorities say that life in those parts of India as yet undisturbed by Caucasian Invasion Is going on in precisely the same way that it was thousands of years ago. They are a wonderful race. Schools are on the increase, and some of the natives are extremely brilliant and well educated men, recognized the world over as authorities in the particular lines which they have chosen. "The fanaticism of the people Is nowhere displayed more than in the case of the fakirs, a fanatical people who have devoted the rest of their lives to God. This devotion takes peculiar forms. Some of them think it a fine way to crawl through the rest of their lives on their stomachs, and never again do they rise from this posture. Another holds his arm aloft until It withers and remains Immovable In that position. I have seen a man sitting on sharp spikes who had been so sitting without moving for years. They are, too, wonderful conjurors. I have seen the mango tree trick, where the seed is planted in the ground, the tree sprouts into life, attains its full growth and gives forth fruit, of which you partake, but it is only an immensely clever trick and not a case of wholesale hypnotism, as many people have maintained. ."The roads throughout India are so good that you can ride a bicycle from one end of the country to the other. "My business not only carries me from India to this country, but to Japan as well. I was at Yokohama, Japan, when Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, of your navy, died. It was he who fought the Olympla. Dewey's flagship, in the great battle of Manila bay. If ever a man gave his life to' his country's service Captain Gridley was that man. And If die he had to, it seems almost a piiy tnat death could not have come to him but a short month sooner, and his life gone out amidst the noise and excitement of battle. When he went Into the fight he was very ill. and knew he was practically signing his own death warrant, but he felt it to be his duty, and as such he did it. Already almost forgotten, it seems a pity and a shame that the memory of this gallant officer should not have received better treatment at the hands of his countrymen. While, of course, I am an alien, I knew Captain Gridley well, and was at his funeral. I would dearly love to see something done to perpetuate his name and fame, and there could be no more opportune time than the present. Admiral Dewey is on the eve of arriving in this country, which is preparing to render him his due of gratitude and praise with all the magnificent pomp of a magnificent people, but I would that they at the same time would render Just tribute to the man who stood at his side and in his confidence, and whose courage and acumen added so largely to that splendid victory." BIG DEPART3IENT STORES. Buildings for Two 3Iore in New York to Cost a. Million Each. New York Letter In Philadelphia Press. A week ago plans and specifications were filed with the building department of this city describing a proposed new business structure on Sixth avenue, covering the greater part of a block, fireproof, ten stories high and to cost about $1,000,030. Yesterday other plans were filed describing another proposed building up on Sixth avenue, on the block next above that upon which the million-dollar structure Just described is to be erected, and this latter purpose Involves a gigantic business building that will cost $1,000,000. and be unsurpassed In size or equipment by any building in this city devoted to a business carried on by a single corporation or partnership. The merchants who propose to erect these buildings carry on department stores, selling everything that may be included under the general title of dry goods, house-furnishing and clothing. Some of their neighbors also sell groceries, and one department store was established a few sears ago with the Intention of selling everything short of live stock, that is essential for supporting life, and for clothing human beings or giving them comfortable homes to live in. This corporation does not sell houses or horses or cattle, but it sells everything necessary to maintain a home and it surprised this community by establishing upon an upper floor a market which, on certain days of the week is so thronged with customers that It Is often a half hour's hard work to force one's way through the crowd so as to get waited upon. The corporation which built the great building In which this business is carried on. which is the latest of the department stores established In New York, Is said to have spent nearly $2.000.0i before Its first customer entered the building. There were ominous predictions, some of which affected this corporation and others cast a shadow over older establishments that had been for some j-ears succesfully conducted. It was said that either this new corporation would succeed at the expense of tha older ones or else it would fall by reason

Poor, helpless. hot less, sick, suffering, miserable woman. Sick be cause she doesn't know any better. Sick because she doesn't really know why. Sick because the organs that make her a woman are not properly performing their functions and so are sending nerve messages with aches and pains and distress all over her quivering body. Nine-tenths of women's sickness comes from disorder of these special organs. The symptoms are various the cause the same. Headache, backache, nervousness, wakefulness, ncuralgii and fifty other troubles of women may nearly always be traced di. rectly to feminine weakness or disease. When the most important organism of a woman's body is disordered her whole physical and mental system is upseL The only way to find comfort is to cure the real cause of the misery. Local doctors in general practice are frequently so hurried and rushed that they treat the syrapttha and not the disease. They give a woman medicine for headhe when the headache is due to the reflex action of the uterine nerves. They may rive her jrood medicine but for the wrong disease. Thousands of women, after years of discouragement, have written to Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., and now thank him for their renewed health and happiness, . For over thirty years Dr. Pierce has been chief consulting physician at the Invalids irotel and Surgical Institute. It was over thirty years ago that he began to use his V Favorite Prescription in bis practice. It is a medicine devised to cure one certain kind of diseases female diseases. It brings ease "and comfort and sleep. It restores perfect health. It fills out cheek- . hollows, brightens the eyes, puts vim and snap into the whole body. It is sold by most dealers in medicine. Don't take anythin? else. Nothing else is "the same M nothing else is "as good.' Get what you ask for. Patronize honest dealers. NATION Tube Works WroaibMroa ripe for Cbk Steam and Water. Boiler Tubes. Cart ana Malable Iron Fittlncs (Mack an ralranlzeri). Valves. Stop Cocks. Unrlne Trimmlr.f. Eteura Gauges. Pip 'Xonjs. Tips Cutters. Vines. Screw riatrtanl Dies Wrench, Ftam Traps. Pumis. Kitchen Sink. Ho. Belting. BabMt Metal. Solder. Vhite and Colored Wiping Vaste. and all other Supfllea ued In connection ith Gas. Steam and Water. Natural Gas Sup5 'lies a specialty. Steam featlnr Apparatus for Public Buildings, Storerooms, Mills. Shops. Factories. Laundries, Lumber Pry Houses, etc Cut and Thread to order any sirs Wroutht-lron Pit, frora Vt inch to 12 inches diameter. KNIGHT & JILLSON, 121 to in S. PENNSYLVANIA ET of the enormity of its investment and its inability to draw trade away from other shops in sufficient quantity to meet even the interest on the money expended in building its vast business structure. It was said that it would be necessary for this corporation to take in Jjo.ivo if it was to pay Its way, to say nothing of making dividends. But the unexpected has happened and instead of destroying rivals or being mined by them, it has seemed really to create a greater business In this city, so that th wonder Is where all the trade comes from. Of course, the recent great Increase In th ability of the community to buy In part accounts for the amazing success of these department stores', and it is partly explained bv the skill and attractiveness witb which their wares are advertised In the daily press, and of course, in part by the growth, of the city. And yet these reasons would hardly be sufficient apparently to explain how it Is that two other shops within an easy stone's throw of this corporation's building; are now concluding: contracts for the erection of million-dollar business structures, the maintenance of which will necessarily require capital reaching well up into the millions. ABUSING THE PRESIDENT. Nevr Yorkers "Mad" Because He Won't Come to Their Shovr. "Washington Tost. Evidently' the great metropolitan dallies, exploiting tho great metropolitan idea, have persuaded at least a section of the provincial New York press that their city represents the whole United States, and, in fact. Is the country itself. We now And the state newspapers taking up the growl of the metropolitan newspapers and revolving vast and frightful thoughts suggested to them from Park Row, hard by the Uiooklyn bridge. We take, as a ppeciraen, the following from the Elmlra Gazette: "The administration is letting the reception to Dewey severely alone. President McKlnley's resolve to stay away was looked upon at first as a magnanimous sacrlnco of a share in the honors of the day. On after another, however, the members of the Cabinet have sent declinations, and finally the secretary of the navy, who. It would seem, should be on hand to welcomo a victorious admiral, has notified the commute that he will not be present. "Much comment la excited. Has the silent Dewey talked too much? Does the precious expansion policy require the snubbing ot the naval hero who Informed the secretary of the navy that the Filipinos are better fitted for self-government than the Cubans? "The administration is warned right here. It may be big enough and strong enough to snub Miles, but it risks its china when it attempts to slight George Dewey." Of course, this Is mert ly part of the general proposition that New York celebrations are national celebrations; that New York has a commission from the American people to speak and act for them on ail occasions, and that any one. frora the PreIdent down, who does not accept this proposition without demur is a traitor and a slave. Such Is the absurd and Insolent attitude that New York has always assumed toward the rest of the country, the object being to induce other States to pay the bl s for her pageantry while the metropolis pockets the pecuniary profits. It was so in the case of the Grant monument. It was so in the case of th proposed relief of tho famine victims in Rimsla. It is the case now. But this abuse of the President and the secretary of the navy seems to us to pass thi bounds of decency and reason. Why, pray, should the President and the eecretary of the navy rush over to Nexr York at the bidding of a local committee and for the aggrandizement of a city which represents American sentiment less than Kalamazoo or Oshkosh does? A Chicago orator ence said before a New York audience: "We are very provincial In our little town. We are actually nerioua in our admiration ot It and consuming desire for its welfare and prosperity. Furthermore, tr-orgh you will not perhaps understand tho feeling, we are proud of it almost as proud of It as you New Yorkers are of London." It waa more than an epigram, and. though It was delivered with a irnille. It cut deep as the orator Intended. There is to be a Dewey celebration here In Washington and the President Is to present the admiral with a sword. The ceremony will have the sanction of the national government and enjoy all the significance that comes with such auspice. It may not be as voluminous or at ostentatious ns the New York demonstration, but it will mean more and it will represent the American people. The President is quite right in his decision. The capital of the Nation is the place for the President of the Nation. Mr. McKInley may disappoint a few metropolitan and provincial New York newspapers by rsrr.alnlng at his po?t while Manhattan gives a show, but he will have the respect and commendation of all intelligent citizens, nnd the expression of New York chagrin such as we have reproduced above will harm him not at all. Voder So Obligations. Kansas City Journal. It may be true, as the New York World alleges, that Dewey Is the only man who can lead the Democratic party to victory. Put why should Dewey sacrifice his principles and Inclination to aid the Democratlo Prv He in no way obligated to look after Its, welfare, A Ynnderbilt Baby Girl. NEW YORK, Sept. 25. A daughter was born ct midnight to the wife of Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr. Mrs. Vanderbllt arrived from Newport yesterday.

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