Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 310, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 November 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER (5, 1895).

tlons. The addition to the gold in circulation during the year was jn.Sll.3T3, and this, added to the Increase of the paper outstanding, nukes a total increase of Jlw,731.01 4. "Much of the exchange of currency was made by deposits with the assistant treasurer In New York, paid for by other officer nd chiefly by shipments to various points from Washington. The total of the deposits made In New York under this arrangement wan $3.4S2.tvO and the total shipments from Washington 31,l57.0Qa. The rest of the distributions were made from Chicago. St. Louis and New Orleans. "In the fiscal year 13 the ten treasury offices paid out $10,832,143 In standard silver dollars and in IXft Ji2.K2,:M. an increase of S1.T0O.147. At the same time the receipts of standard dollars were 4.007.934 in lXii and !7.51.043 in ISM. a decrease of HS.42S.fcD4. Thew changes Indicate a growing circulation of these coins. Previous to this year the maximum of sliver dollars in circulation at the close of any. month was reached in Dtcember, T& as the resuit of urgent efforts to promote their use, when the record was "From" the end of 1H7 to July. 1S5J. the receipts of gold In New York from customs were le than 1 per cent., then for sven months they ranged from K.l to 17 ler cent. After January, 1504, the proportion rf gold was nominal, but in December, 1S37, It was 9.7 per cent, and then ro.so rapidly to 7S rr cent. In September, l&i, and to K1.3 In September, lj. The percentage of gold for the whole fiscal year of ISIS was 20.4: for 1M. 7S.5, and for the first qaartr Of 1D00 S4.2. RECEIPTS OF COLD INCREASING. The increase in the receipts of gold from customs was not exceptional', for a like growth has taken place in all government transactions. In the fiscal year 159$ gold coin was taken for 10.03 per cent, of the receipts, amounting to $2,076,738, 5S7 and given for J1.S3 per cent, of the disbursements, amounting to 12405,973,013. In 1800 the receipts of C233,1'A747 showed ZlZ per cent., and the disbursements of 12. 371,23,623 showed 35 37 per cent. In gold com. For the Quarter ending Sept. JO gold formed 33.5 per cent, of the receipts and 35.2 per cent, of the disbursements. For twenty-one years there has been a natural and healthy Increase of gold In circulation. "While disbursements of gold have "been so hetvy the holdings of the treasury in cIn and bullion have surpassed all previous records, both In pros a amount and In net excess over outstanding certificate. The former gross maximum is found in September. 18S3. at 1232.531.3 and the net maximum before was J21S.818.253 In March of the same year. On June 30, l&s. the gross gold In the treasury was $2u2.S23,tM9 and the net J16T.CM.4lO. These figures rose to r3.1002.2a)' gross and J2G4.32S.S21 net Sept. 30, 1. "These statistics make plain a tendency to an Increase In the use of coin of all kinds. On Oct. 1, ISC, the estimated amount of gold In circulation was 33. IS per cent, of all the currency, and the gold In the treasury was 60.44 per cent, of the United States notes and treasury notes outstanding." These resources, tie treasurer suggests, would make It easy to establish a permanent and adequate gold reserve. We points out that while the reserve of J10)(juO,(Xa several times has been trenched upon under pressure of necessity, the trust funds set apart for a specific object, as the gold pl-dprd for gold certificates and the tandard dollars for silver certificates, have alfruys been kept Intact. A fund of $150.UO.OOG devoted by law to the purpose, with a provision that the notes once redeemed in gold should not be paid out again except for told, would be self-sustaining find would prove a perpetual guarantee of safety. "With reference to the appeals for notes and certificates which the treasury has had to refuse because it had already gone to the limit of Its power. Mr. Roberts points out that the existing national banks of the United States have the right under their charters to add J345A.U413 to tluir circulation. Of this 42).ll.fW) would go to the city of New York and fl5.925.70o to Chicago, from both of which places there have been persistent applications to the treasury for paper. In race of the assertion that the far western State are suffering for want of currency their own banks could l3sue additional notes to the amount of J1S.2S5.245. The treasurer offers no criticism upon the banks, but puts it to them whether their sphere ends with cent per cent, or Involve also an obligation of service to the community. GOLD CERTIFICATES. Treasurer Roberts continues: "On Aug. 7, lslsi, wu resumed the Issue of gold certificates after an almost uninterrupted suspension from April 14, 103, during which the amount In circulation was reduced to $02,587,340. By the end of. October thia amount had been increased to J127.C33.519. Within, this period the treasury paid out J15G,u2,C40 of the certificates, of which JS3,5.220 were for gold coin and J72.9.250 were current disbursements, while JG2,022,25 were returned to the treasury in the receipts. The rapidity of the outgo Is notable, as well an the proportion of the denominations under Sl.fcUO. "As a relief to the money market the payment of the Interest due on Nov. 1, amounting to $4,363,241. was anticipated. The coupons were received on and after the 16th, and the checks for registered interest were xnal'ed on the 23d and 25th." The number of 1-cent and 5-cent counterfeits detected at the offices of the treasury during the year was S0.92iS, all but 2.S27 of which were cents, a largo Increase over previous years. There were unusually heavy movements of bonds' deposited by national banks, ami an additional trust arose out of the sale of the Central Taciflc Railroad, the purchasers of which deposited promissory notes for J5.S.812.715 and J47.(5I.QW in bends as collateral. Four of the notes, representing onellfth of the total, have been paid. Although there was an Increase of $13.000.000 int the volume of national bank notes outstanding, the redemptions at the treasury were less by J7.000.OW than the year preceding. Deposits amounting to J23.639.615 were made for the retirement of notes and the balance of this fund In the treasury was Increased from 130.493,117 to J33.817.3S1. The cot of maintaining the redemption system. Including- the charges paid for transportation, was f 121.231. which sum has been assessed upon the banks at the rate of J1.S4611 for each J1.0C9 redeemed. GENERAL GltEELY'S REPORT. Army Telegraph and Cable Lines In Late Spanish PoftieNfttonit. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. The extent to which the government 13 constructing and cperating cable and telegraph lines as a result of recent territorial acquisitions and control la brought out in the report of Gen. WEATHER FORECAST.

Fair on Monday and Tnenriny, with Variable Winds. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: For Ohio Fair and warmer on Monday and Tuesday; fresh northwesterly wind, becoming variable. For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Monday and Tuesday: variable winds, shifting to fresh southerly. Local ObrTmtlonH on Snndny. Bar. Ther. ti.ll. Wind. Pre T a. m ?i.2." 35 73 West. .00 T D. m 30.35 46 39 North. .00 Maximum temperature, 53; minimum temperature. 31. Following is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation for Nov. 5: Temp. Pre. Normal 47 0.12 i Mean 44 o.oo Departure '.. C 0.12 departure since Nov. 1.... 29 1.0i Departure jlnce Jan. 1 3$ 1.11 Plus. RICHARD II. SULLIVAN. Observer in Charge.

Yesterday Temperatures. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta, Ga 62 54 Bismarck. N. D 50 Buffalo. N. Y 42 40 iTalgary, N. W. T W 44 Chicago. Ill 38 41 41 Cairo, 111 St C2 54 Cheyemiei. Wyo 30 M 4S Cincinnati, 0 3 54 46 Davenport. Ia 32 iV) to Je Moines. Ia ( H Galveston. Tex f2 fl IcKna, Mont 4H 42. Jacksonville. Fl iS Is Kana City, Mo fc2 M Little Rock. Ark 31 ct H Marquette, Mich 4-; ?2 Memphis. Tenn 34 M M Nashville. Tenn 2S 2 T.4 New Orlins. La M t New York. N. V 54 M North I'leU. NH 2 '-2 .V Oklahoma, O. T "i r:: 52 Omaha. Neb 34 U! 51 Pittsburg, Pa Xi 4 Qu" Appelle, N. W. T I-. 42 Itap'id City. S. D 2 4H fkilt Lake City, L'Ukh... 41 54 4i IxaUs, Mo 36 W 14 IM. Paul, Minn 5 prlns;rw-ld. Ill 34 m 12 Fprtr-neJd, Mo 22 n) 64 Vlcki'burg. Iis 42 iA W .Washington, D. C . 3 4S

Greelj-. chief signal officer. This shows1 that the telegraph system of Cuba, formerly owned and operated by Spain, has been taken over and developed by the signal corps, and that at the clo? (t the fiscal year 2x miles of line were In operation, of which 0.0 mile were absolutely new llns and the remainder largely reconstructed. General (Jree-iy dfcsctif the question of Cuban cable and telephone concessions, showing the legal and diplomatic difficulties ftrrreur.dlng them, as well as the practical dlfhcultle. under which the military cablo lines are kept in operation. He recommends lh laying of a deep sea cnble between I'orto Hlco and Cuba, which would cost atxut J'O.(00. Hy this means all communications bc-fttveen Porto llico and the United States wo'jld pai over fctrictly American lines. In the, I'hlllppine General Greely shows that the efforts of the United States to lay cable for military operation was antagonized by the private companies owning lines there. General Greily s.iys there are certain provisions of the Spanish cable concessions which plainly cannot be acceded to by tho United States, e-gpeclally th exelusive cable rights fcr an Indefinite period, not only in tlie I'hlllpplnen. but In all Spanish pj-sioiis In the I'aciflc. He said it !s only a matter of time when Luzon will onnct9d with F.rmoi bj an international cat. Id, thu giving an outlet to Japan and China. A vattue idea of the maeraltude of the signal corps work under Major Thompson's supervision In the Philippine, he say?, may be convoyed by the statement that over the lelecTapu sytem alone more than 2fi0.0 me??ag:?. many Ion? and all on public businfs. were transmitted in the ten months ending June 30. and over 45,000 in May ilone. Ail to a Pacln cable tho report says In part: "In order to Join doner together the United State and Its Pacific colonic, it is CNwntlal to Bpan the Pacific by a sub

marine cablo, as recommended by the Presi dent to crni?resH in nls special me-sape of Feb. 10. W.Q. The great value of such a cablo 1j not alone tor military purposes, but more especially for the fostering of industrial interests in the new colonies and In order to facilitate commercial operations." General Greelv sueeests that an Interna tional cabl conference should consider the whole subject of the riehta of cable oroocrty in time of war. Marconi Sytem Rejected. WASHINGTON. Nov. 5. General Greely, chief signal officer, says there will be no practical demonstration of the Marconi sys tem of wireless telegraphy in connection with the s!gnal service of the army. It is understood the instruments brought by Marconi to this country are unsulted to greater distances than twelve miles by ird and thirty miles by water. The signal corps, which operates a system of its own m a ais;ance or twelve miles, was unwilling to have demonstrations made unless there could be assurances of greater distances than those promised. This concluded the negotiations which have been In progress lor some time, it is understood Marconi will sail to-morrow for England in connection with the use of the wireless system in South Africa. TWO VESSELS DAMAGED. Steamer Tallahassee and Schooner Senator Sullivan In CollUlon. NBW YORK, Nov. 5. The steamer Talla hassee e, Captain Askins, which left her dock at 6:45 p. m. last night for Savamwh. returned to her pier at midnight. Captain Askins reports that when off Long Branch at 9:10 p. m. his steamer collided with tha four-masted schooner Senator Sullivan, which struck on the forward lort bows, the Jib boom going through the plates on the main deck In the forecastle. The bowsprit then struck tho ship about fifteen feet further aft and ten feet lower down, about five feet from the water line. Each hole is from four to six feet square. The steamer was stopped, and after investigating to see what damage was ruffered, circled around to find the schooner, but could see nothing of her. The Tallahassee then steamed back to her dock. The steamer was discharged to-day and will go in the dry dock in the morning. She had but few passengers on board and they will probably sail Monday on the steamer City of Macon, of the same line. The Senator Sullivan was towed here today badly damaged. She lost her Jib boom, bowsprit, cutwater and had all her headgear carried away. She left Fernandlna Oct. 19 with lumber. Movement of Steamers. NEW YORK. Nov. 5 Arrived: St. Paul, from Southampton: Umbria, from Liverpool; Barbarossa, from Bremen and Southampton. QUEENSTOWN. Nov. 6. Sailed: Lucanla from Liverpool, for New York. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 5,-Arrived: Etmria, from New York. HAVRE, Nov. 5. Arrived: La Bretagne, from New York. SEMINARY STUDENT SHOT. With Others lie Had Darned the Presi Ident In Kfllary. BUCKIIANNON, W. Va., Nov. 5.-Martin Williams, a student at the seminary here. In company with other students la&t night burned the president In edgy. The seminary special police hastened to the scene, when the boya ran and to stop them several shots were fired. Williams fell and must have lain unconscious for an hour or more. He made his way to hQ room later and fell unconscious to the Moor. It was found that a bullet had entered the head below the left eye. piercing the brain. Williams is In a dangerous condition. No arrests have been made. NASH MAY WIN. (Concluded from FIrnt Paae.) county In the State, conveying conservative estimates of the vote of Tuesday next. Mr. Iteeder declined to make public any of these county estimates, but said his estimate, based on these returns. Is that the Republican state tlcket'will have a plurality of at least 175.CO0 votes. Democratic State Chairman Rilling, In summing up the situation to-night, said: "We frankly state that we cannot hope to win if the fraudulent conditions In Philadelphia that have existed in the past are to continue next Tuesday." Should these alleged fraudulent conditions not prevail Mr. Rilling expressed the opinion that Mr. Creasy, the Democratic candidate for state treasurer, will be elected by a handsome majority. To sustain this conclusion, Mr. Rilling says the Democrats will benefit by the stay-at-home vote on account of Its being an off year; that 50 per cent, of the 130.0U0 votes cast for Swallow, the Independent candidate of last year, will go to Creasy; that 23,00 independent Republicans will vote for Creasy, and that "by the action taken by different organizations we hope to prevent at least 2T,000 illegal votes from being counted in Philadelphia. Frye Scorn the Vice Presidency. PORTLAND, Me., Nov. F Regarding reports that Senator William P. Frye had been mentioned as a possible candidate for the nomination for Vice President by the Republicans nxt year the senator said: "I am a running mate for no man. I am the preident pro tem. of the Senate, and what could be the object to induce a United States senator to abandon his office for the privilege of being the presiding officer of the Senate, a practical nullity, with a vote only in case of a tie? I have never countenanced the use of my name in this connection." County Klectlona Only In Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 5.-Elections will be held In all of the counties of Kansas next Tuesday. Only county olhcers are to be elected. Including- district Judges, sheriff, county clerk, court clerk, register of deeis, county commissioners, county treasurer, coroner and county surveyor. Interest during the canvass nas been slight. Cardinal Glhbcns's Mere to Wed. BALTIMORE, Md.. Nov. 5. earrHnal Gibbons left tonight for New Orleans, where he will perform the marriage ceremony of his niece. M;ss Kate Gibbons. Ills Eminence was accompanied by Father? lioland and Reardon, of thi city, and will be Jo'ned en route by Bishop John Foley, of DetroitTho party will be th jruet. while In the Crescent City, of Cardinal Gibbons brother, a resident of New Orleans. ftiin Down liy n Train. RACINE. Wis.. Nov. 3.-Peter Olson, ased twenty-six. and Chris Nelson. aed fiftyone, were run drwn by a youth-bound passenger train on the Chicago A: Northwestern Railway to-day. Ne!..i, died ten minutes after the actident and Olson expired this afternoon. The men were returning from church and presumably did pot hear the tr?ln coming. Doth leave lare families. IJutl Completion Meed Champllrs Liqu:d Pearl, ie. A lovely, harmless teautiller. No eaual.

WABASH FACTORY BURNS

GXPLOSIOX STARTS A FinE ASH CAI'SES A LOSS OF $0,000. List of Companies in the Citnss Table ware Combination Xo Change In Dlgr Four Headquarters. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Nov. 5. -- Gas escaped from the mains Into the stone building of the South Side Manufacturing Company, causing an explosion, about 4 o'clock this afternoon. The flames spread rapidly to all parts of the factory, causing damage to the amount of 56,000. Fortunately there was no one In the building at the time. The factory was gutted. Insurance, $3.3W on building and stock $2,300 in the Phoenix of Brooklyn and $1,000 In the Lancashire. of Manchester, England. Lom of Half a Million. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Nov. 5.-Half a million dollars' worth of property was de stroyed early this morning by fire that started in Jones Bros. big department store. on North Main and Sixth streets, and spread to half a block of other buildings on Main and W'alnut streets. The aggregate Insurance Is estimated at J373,O0Q. The heaviest losers are Jones Bros., who estl"i1. thtIr loss at TaiO.OOO. with insurance of fc2 per cent, of the loss. It was the most destructive fire that has ever visited the up-town business district. The other heavy losers are: Jones building, owned by W. C. Lobenstein, New York, $60,000; Jones annex, owned by Majors Investment Company, $13,000; Humboldt building, owned by W. C. Lobenstein, $20,000; L. M. Emerich, stock of dry goods, $lo,0u; M. Quinn. groceries, J23.0UO; St. James Hotel (unoccupied), $18,000. The Flavel Shoe Company, Snodgrass Drug Company and the Chandler Commission Company suffered minor losses. Firemen had narrow escapes from falling wails. Dan Donovan fell thirty feet through a skylight at the St. James Hotel and was seriously hurt, but will recover. NO CIIAXGB TO ANDERSON. Biff Four Division Ilendiinartern Will Remain at W.ihnih. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Nov. 6. Superintendent Bllzard, of the Big Four's Michigan division, positively denies the statement sent from Anderson that the Big Four manage ment Intended making Anderson the headquarters of the Michigan division, the story being based on the fact that the Big Four Is constructing two miles of track in a switch-yard there. It was alleged that Anderson is the half-way point between Benton Harbor and Louisville, but this is not strictly true, the distance from Anderson to Benton Harbor being 15 and from Anderson to Louisville 140 miles. The Big Four uses flfty-nve miles of It. & O. S. W. line from North Vernon to Louisville, on which Its trains do not stop, and the switching on the north end, together with the many grades, make it more than twice as hard for train and engine men on the northern part of the line. These points considered. Superintendent Bllzard says, Wabash, is practically the half-way point. The new yards are to obviate trouble with the city of .Anderson, which was determined to extend streets across the old yards, and also to provide storage room for cars. Twothirds of every train on the Michigan division. Superintendent Bllzard states, is sidetracked, awaiting trains on the Indianapolis division for Indianapolis, and this exchange business necessitated supplying more room at that point. A year ago he advocated running freight trains between Wabash and Benton Harbor and through to Indianapolis, saving the transfer at Anderson, but the management decided not to make the change then. Under no circumstances, Suerlntendent Bllzard says, will the Michigan leadquarters be removed from Wabash. As to the effect of the construction of lnterurban electric lines paralleling his line between Wabash and Indianapolis, Superintendent Bllzard sas the passenger earnings of his division, at competing points, are much larger than ever before, and the lnterurban traffic is rapidly coming back. So pleased is the management with this condition that the matter of putting on dummy trains between Marion and Anderson, and Anderson and Indianapolis, had been abandoned, the company feeling It can more than hold lt3 own. Superintendent Bllzard thinks It will not be long until all freight and passenger trains on the division will be run through to Indianapolis regularly from this city. The Glass Tableware Trust. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITr, Ind., Nov. 6. Along with the big window glass trust formed last week was also formed a trust In tableware. It will be known as the National Glass Company. It represents a table capacity of 5T3 pots, and will be capitalized at $4,000,000. The officers elected at the meeting at Pittsburg were: President, H. C. Fry; secretary, C. J. Bockius; treasurer, J. M. Jamison, and the directorate composes the above and A. Hart McKee. W. J. Alford. Addison Thompson, O. A. Strasberger and L. C. Fletcher. They disposed of $2,000,000 worth of 6 per cent, bonds and cash paid for the plants. The plants In the combination are: Beatty-Brady, Dunkirk, Ind.; Canton, Marlon, 'Ind.: Central. Summltville, In?.' Indiana Tumbler. Greentown, Ind.; Model. Albany, Ind.; Crystal, Bridgeport, CX: Cumberland, Md.; Dalzell. Findlay, O.; Fairmont, W. Va.; Greensburg. Pa,; Keystone and Rochester, of Rochester, Pa.; McKee & Bros., Jeannctte. Pa.; Northwood, Indiana, Pa.; Riverside, We'lsburg, W. Va.; Robrnson. Zanesville. O. : Royal. Marietta, O.; West Virginia, Martin's Ferry, O.; Ohio Flint. Lancaster, O. The outside or Independent capacity Is 500 pots. It is in good hands and will rurnisn tne trust iiveiy competition. At present there will be no change in the management oi in various concerns. The 'combine" will be ooerated much on the same plan as the old Window Gla?s Company all orders to go through the same sales agency, and all buying to be done by the trust. At the outset it will be merely a selling pool. One of the Immediate results will be an advance in prices. Stolen Goods Identified. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 5. The work of Identifying the $4,000 worth of stolen goods found yesterday in the Seman store at Alexandria was begun to-day. The When Company has Identified $1,600 worth of the clothing. Til Big Four officers have identified $1,6,7) worth of the shoes, silks, satins and clothing as having been taken from their cars at Anderson, Marion, Alexandria and other places. The Zohmer & Bally Company, of Windfall. Identified $CT0 worth of general goods carted away from its store, and there yet remains over $1,000 worth of good of all klrds, ranging from go!d watches to dry goods and shoes and millinery, yet to be Identified. It is thought that the millinery was stolen from Mar.on and Muncie houses and the Jeweiry from Elwood, Frankton and other points. - Preferred Jail to Paylnjr Fine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 5. As a result of the trouble In "Squire Fisher's court last week. Attorney Samuel Brannen and his client, Mrs. Gottlieb Kuhner, are in Jail, tho former for one hundred dayj?, the woman for. fifty. Both refused to pay fins and court costs. Mrs. Kuhner is the wife of a wealthy German J-ewtJcr. who is suing for a divorce. Last week she stood off the officers and a lunacy commission with a revolver, and Attorney Brannen also used a revolver in defense of his client. For ten days the Kuhner residence was In a state of siege, the warring husband and wife being in alternate possession, the woman tinally coming off victor. Neighbors of the warring factions manifest no grief over the Jail sentences accepted by the-woman and her lawyer. Attempt to Kill a Girl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., Nov. 5. An attempt was made at ? o'clock last night to assassinate Miss Luna Carpenter, sixteen-year-old danghter of George Carpenter, a prominent farmer who resides near Uniontown, eight mlies southeast of this city. The person who did the snooting is said to be a discarded lover rt the girl. List night Ml?s Carpenter was seated In the front room, when a ball, fired from a 22-callbar revolver, came crashing through the window and imbeded itself in the wall near the girl. Smallpox In Fort Wayne. Spial to tl.o Imlli.nai.Ul3 Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Nov. 5.-SmalIpox has been discovered in the family of Chas.

Axt. on Lewis street. To-day th Board of Health decided to quarantine the entire neighborhood If . another case develops., as the children have been going to school and man' are supposed to nave been exposed. Orders have been issued closing the schools In the vicinity. The Council has been called to meet to-morrow at 10 o'clock to take measures for stamping out the disease. Churches and 'Schools Closed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLFAX, Ind., Nov. 5.t-On account of the presence of scarlet fever in this city and diphtheria In the country near by, the Sunday schools and all religious services were abandoned to-day. The public schools have been closed for one week, and the Board of Health has extended the vacation one week longer.

Cayenne Pepper for Bloodhounds. SfTlal to the Indianapolis Journal. SULLIVAN, Ind., Nov. 5. The residence of Wilson Tnieblood, a farmer, six miles wejt of this city, was burglarized last night and nearly $:w in money secured. Bloodhounds wera taken to the scene of the robbery to-day. They could not get trail because the thief had sprinkled cayenne pepIr about the premises. 'Squire Orr Absent from Frankton. Sjiecial to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. Nov. 5. Justice of the Ffaco M. U. Orr, of Frankton, has mysteriously disappeared. No trace of him can be secured. His affairs are in good cond tlnThis is the tccond justice to disappear at Frankton In lees than a year. i i . Indiana Obituary. RICHMOND. Ind., Nov. 5. George W. Stevenson, aged seventy-eight, died this morning at his home, in this city. He was born in Boston township, this county, Nov. 29, 1821, and was a son of Joseph and Sarah Stevenson. Most of his life was spent as a farmer, but several years ago he took up his residence in this city. He was married in lbii to Mary Burke, who died In 1SS1. They had a family ot eleven children, three of whom survive and reside here Joseph W. Stevenson, a promising business man, and Misses Julia and Eila, who lived with their father. MADISON, Ind., Nov. 5. Dr. George B. Lewis died to-day, aged seventy-three. He was the father of Dr. J. Frank Lewis and father-in-law of State Senator William A. Guthrie, Indiana Notes. Zach Jenkins, a tough character of Oovirgton, was dangerously stabbed yesterday by his brother-in-law, Stephen Lyons. John Casey, who tried to end his life in the Muncie Jail last Friday morning by butting his head against an iron pillar, died last evening. Casey was a victim of delirium tremens. Th Barbee Fishing Club house in Kosciusko county has been looted by thieves. The membership of tho club includes eome of the wealthy men of Anderson and a few India na pol i tans. Ruth, tho nvo-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schwartz, of Anderson. gulled a bucket of boiling water over on erself Saturday night and received scalds wjhlch may prove fatal. At Fort Wayne last night Julius Rudolph, while Insane, attacked his brother with a hatchet and wounded him. He then fled to the roof and fortified himself against capture. The police finally dislodged and capturd him. Burglars "cracked" the safe of the Ohio Falls chain works, at Jeffersonville, Sunday morning, and got away with $30. A police sergeant had a shooting duel with one of the thieves and wounded him, but the burglar got away. NOT YET TAKEN. (Conclnded from Flrnt Page.) Boers are again urging Chief J'nathan and the other Basuto chiefs to rebel, threatening to shell the officials out of Maseru and Thlotsi, north of Maseru, and to destroy all British sympathizers. The chiefs, however, maintain their loyalty and the defense of Maseru has been strengthened by two machine guns, the presence of which inspires confidence among the natives." At 6 p. m. the Colonial Office announced that no further information had been received regarding the retirement of the British forces from Coleno, and that the reported rising of the Basutos had not been confirmed. Several belated dispatches were received in London to-day. One dated Colecso, Nov. 2, says: "The Boers have opened fire on Ladysmlth from the south side, with guns posted between Colenso and General White's camp. Their fire in the direction of Colenso ha3 not thus far proved damaging." Another message from the same place, dated Nov. 2, 2 p. m., says: "Heavy firing is now in progress at Ladysmith, which the Boers are shelling from their positions on Grobler's Kloof hill, this side of Ladysmlth. Two trains have Just arrived here from Ladysmith. Wrhen near Pieter's Station they were fired upon by the Boers, but were not In serious danger. The train guards report that Nordenfeldt quick-fire guna were used in addition to Mausers. The Boers continue to shell Colenso and Fort Wylle, but thus far the firing Is futile. They have placed heavy guns In position, but their shots are all falling short." At 9 o'clock in the evenJmg of the same day th telegraph operator sent the following: "Colenso at this hour is threatened by th enemy. Hig patrols, In advance of Boer forces 2,000 strong, but without field guns, are marching in an easterly direction to the north of Cotenso. Shots have been exchanged between the British and Boer patrols, tho latter being driven Inward upon the main body. The British patrols lost one man killed and the Boer patrols lost two." A special dispatch from Ladysmith, de scribing the engagement at Bester's Hill, cays th Boers were completely routed and suffered heavy loss. Their entire camp was captured. The correspondent goes on to say: "An artillery duel Is in progress. A British shell struck a Boer forty-pounder and completely wrecked it." Another siecial dispatch from. Ladysmith. filed Thursday afternoon, pays: "While the naval brigade was pounding away at the Boer batteries this morning a party of British cavalry and volunteers were sent out. Creeping round the hills, they surprised and captured one of the enemy's camps." From Cape Town, under date of Nov. 2, comes the following: "The Cape Argus has received this dispatch from Ladysmith: 'On the suggestion of General White the women and children were pent south last evening. A large number of men left at the eame time. Some of these behaved badly toward the women. Entire confidence is still reposed in General White and his staff, and it is expected that another pitched battle J will dispel the lingering hope of the Boers that they will be able to take Ladysmith." "Another dispatch from Ladysmith says the Boers have proclaimed the upper Tugela division of Natal annexed to th Orange Free State." A dispatch from Durban, Natal, dated Nov. 2. delayed In transmission, says: "The official roll call shows that 843 members of the Gloucestershire Regiment and of the Royal Irish Fusiliers are missing as the result of the . engagement on Farquhar's ; farm. Thirty-two members oi the Glouces1 tershire Regiment, ten members of the Royal Irish Fusiliers an5 two members of the Tenth Mountain Battery were found killed. Between seventy and on hundred escaped and returned to Ladysmith, whither 130 wounded have been brought." - SITUATION AT KIMBERLEY. All Safe Lant "Wednesday, bnt an Atnck Expected Soon. LONDON. Nov. 6. Sir Redvers-Buller has wired the War Office from Cape Town, under date of Sunday, that Colonel Kekewlch. In command at Kimberley, reported under date of Oct. 31, that all the w;ounded are doing well. A dispatch from Orange river, Cape Colony, dated Nov. 3, says: "Kimberley was safe on Wednesday night, but an attack was expected at any time.", Colesburg reports under date of Nov. 3, that the mounted police left there that day for Naauwpoort. The scouts were sent out on Nov. 3 on the report that the Boers were on the Colesberg side of the Orange river.

returned that evening bringing word that tne Boer camp was pitched on the Boer side of the river. Evidently it was the advance guard that appeared on the Colesberg side. A dispatch from Stormberg, Cape Colony, south of Burghers Dorp, says the trains have ceased running between that point and Allwal North, on the Cape Colony side of Orange river. TO PREY OX 11RITISII COMMERCE.

Boers Again Reported to lluve Insned Letters of Marque. PARIS, Nov. 5. The Temps corroborates the statement of the Eclair that the Boers have decided to employ privateers and says: "There is an immense fleet of transports now at sea carrying troop?. The Transvaal government cannot seriously threaten these, but there Is no doubt that it has issued letters of marque in Europe and the United States, and British commerce may suffer, even if the transports do not." AVntcIilns? for Privateers. MADRID, Nov. 5. A dispatch from the Canaries says that a British warship Is exercising a closu surveillance f shipping there, being presumably on the lockout for privateers. The captain of a merchant vessel reports from Vigo, Spain, that a British squadron of six large vessels was seen off Vigo harbor on the night of Nov. 3, that one vessel reconnoltered the harbor, and the squadron then sailed in the direction of Gibraltar. NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS. Volunteers Given u Hearty Welcome on Arrival at Cope Town. CAPE TOWN, Nov. 2. (Delayed in transmissionO Th British transport Nineveh arrived to-day from England, bringing the New South Wales Lancers from Aldershot. The Lancers on landing were enthusiastically welcomed by the municipal authorities and the populace. The presence of the Lancers was eagerly seized on at once as affording the people of Cape Colony an opportunity of showing' their gratitude for the help tendered by a sister colony. The news of the losses at Ladysmith caused an unmistakable depression, especially when coupled with the fact that the Boers invaded the colony almost simultaneously. The Dutch of the colony are showing themselves loyal to the British government, and so far as haa been ascertained few of them have Joined the Boers. The Boer prisoners have arrived at Si monstown, near Cape Town, where they ate well treated. DEADLY LYDDITE SHELLS. One Will Kill 3(H Men if It Strikes In the Rlsht Place. LONDON, Nov. 5. Transports have Just been secured for the Woolwich Howitzer Brigade, which will be hurried to the Cape. The brigade has 10,000 rounds of five-Inch Lyddite shells awaiting it. According to the estimates', a single shell, falling Into a compact body, will kill 300 men. It was demonstrated in tho batte of Omdurman, which destroyed the army of Khalifa Abdullah, that large numbers of Dervishes were killed by suffocation, while hundreds of vultures and eagles foil upon the battlefield from the same cause. Tenth Hussars Embark. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 5. Scenes of remarkable enthusiasm, attended the embarkation here to-day of the Tenth Hussars upon the transport Columbian. An erroneous report that the Prince of Wales, who is honorary colonel of this regiment, was coming to bid the troops farewell, drew out enormous crowds. Some Life Guards and some Horse Guards also embarked. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Lord and Lady Derby, Earl Cadogan, Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck and other notable people were present to say good-bye to relatives among the officers. Five military attaches, including Capt. S. K Slocum, Eighth United States Cavalry, United States military attache in Vienna, went on board the Columbian, which will sail to-night. Lost 20O Horses. LONDON, Nov. 6. Th troop ship Rapldan, which sailed from Liverpool for South Africa on Nov. 1, but was obliged to turn back owing to damages received in Friday's storm, lost 200 horses overboard In the gale. SPANIARDS TO CHAMBERLAIN. Dons Send a Message Saying The Dead Nations Salnte You' MADRID, Nov. 5. A dispatch from Billboa says that a number of influential Spaniards who were' attending a banquet there yesterday, on hearing the report that Ladysmith had fallen, sent a cable to the British secretary of state for the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain saying: "On the occasion of the latest war news th dead nations salute you," th allusion being to the speech of the Marquis of Salisbury during the Spanish-American conflict, in which he referred to "dying nations." "CHEEIUXQ AND REFRESHING." Comments of the London Times on American Sympathy. LONDON, Nov. 6. The Times, in a careful editorial to-day on the relations of the United States to the war in South Africa, says: "When the continent rings with denunciations of England, it is very cheering and refreshing for the English people to note' the sympathy and intelligent comprehension manifested in the United States. We should prize American sympathy in any case; but it becomes doubly grateful when manifestly based upon the deliberate and well informed Judgement of the essential merits of the quarrel, as well as upon the reciprocation of the kindly feelings with which Englishmen regard American aims and enterprises. The American people are not blinded by the accident that the Transvall calls itself a republic. They know that every essential attribute of a republic is wanting; and they know also that Kngiand stands for equal laws, individual freedom and the energetic progress which together make up the republican Ideal of the Americans. As England plumped for the United States, so the United States now plumps for Kngland. without regard to the tine drawn technicalities of the attorney." Thanks, 3IaJor, Send Vs One. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-MaJ. W. A. Simpson, chief of the military information bureau of the War Department, has compiled a large map showing the theater of military operations between the British and Boers in South Africa. The map is from the latest and most authentic data, and, besides being technically exact, it gives at a g.ance the entire sweep of country in which the fighting is going on. Ladysmith and its environs is shown with the nearby points and the mountain passes through which the Boers have assembled in tne Natal country. The map Is primarily for the use of the War Department, but in view of the widespread public interest In the South African struggle a limited number are being supplied to libraries and newspapers for ready reference during the progress of hostilities. B-S Prayers for the Wounded. HALIFAX. N. S., Nov. 5. At St. Mary'" Cathedral Archbishop O'Brien asked for the fervent prayers of his congregation for the wounded, suffering and dying soldiers in South Africa and for the friends and relatives who are suffering from the lotis of de.ir res. One of the misfortunes of war, mid the archbishop. Is that those who are responsible for It do not go to the front. v SOUTHERN NATAL. Topography of the Country Around Colenso and Pleteruiarltabartr. An Afrikander, in Chicago Tribune. Colenso Is located between two spurs of the Deakeneburg range, and is twentythree miles by rail from Ladysmith, where General White Is confined by the Free State and Transvaal Boers. Anticipating a retreat from Ladysmith to Colenso by Gen. White the Boers placed several guns on the spurs commanding Colenso, but meeting with little opposition invested th town, taking possession of the railway atation.

Between Ladysmith and Colenso ar two forks of the Tugela river, both wide and deep, the rainy season now beginning helping to swell the streams to a perfect torrent, which at times threatens to carry away the bridges of the Natal-Charlestown Railway. The country to the west of Colenso i mountainous and rugged, and affords little opportunity for the quick movement of trocps, while to the east and south the land slopes away towards the coast without much break beyond undulating kopjes and grassy hillocks. East of Lauysmlth the country Is fairly level, and is unbroken by any mountain ranges. The Tugela river flows in an easterly direction, and lies between extremely low hills. Besides the railway bridges the only ford during the present rainy season is Umh'anga drift, between the Helpmakaar road and Ladysmith. The Boers, by seizing the railway between Colenso and Ladysmith. cut off all possibility of the forces under General White retreating In that direction In order to fall back upon Colenso and secure railway transportation to Pietermarltzburg. White.

therefore, will be obliged to retire eastward, keeping to the north of the Tugela river, ' which he can cross it Umhlansra drift, and thus intercept the railway to Pietermaritzburg near Estcourt, the optn country affording excellent facilities for cavalry and artillery operations. It is in this section of the country that the "blauwveldt," for which Natal is famous, Is most generally found, and, while it affords the finest grazing land for cattle and horses raied in the low country of Natal, it Is practically unsulted to the horses of the high veldt, with which the Boctj are provided. The Boers themselves are afraid of getting down on to the Natal "blauwveldt," and, unless they carry forage and feed for their horses, they will be unable to follow the British forces into the Zwartkops mountains north and west of Pietermarltzburg. Scattered throughout this territory are innumerable small tribes of Natal Kaffirs and Zulus. These are "somewhat dl.-tinct from the royal Zulu nntlon of Zululand, and are more closely allied to the British, so that for means of communication there is no question but what General White will make considerable use of them, while, of course, not permitting them to Join in any fighting. From Batcourt the railway runs through the finest farm lands of Natal, a wellwatered but not wooded country. Here is raised th long blue wool of Natal which finds such a ready market in America. Th country slopes gradually towards Howick. a small toivri on a plateau to th west of Pietermarltzburg, to which city It commands the entrance through th Zwartkops mountains. Howick is a natural fortification and is u.d as a garrison town by the regular British troops stationed In Natal, raving mounted there smme of the heaviest guns in tho country. This point Is one of the most strategical for th British troops, commanding as it does the long stretch of country extending westward to Ltdysmlth On account of the ragged nature of the mountains hereabouts It is Impossible fr a Boer assault to be mad upon Pietermarltzburg without coming Into range of the fortifications and guns of Howick. while to the north runs the deep, wide and practically impassable Umeni river. In this locality everything w'oirid be favorable to the British cavalry and artillery operations, and the Boers. In the event of a battle taking place here, would be forced to meet on the open veldt unshielded by mountains, rocks, or trees. The distance from Ladysmith to rietermaritzburg Is 127 miles by rail, but in the event of General "White falling back to the latter point he will cut off forty or fifty mllrs by crossing the Umhlanga drift on the Tugela river. Such a move would keep the Boers occupied near Oolenso and contact could not take place until the open country had been reached by White. If the wires have been cut by the Boers, thu3 destroying telegraphic communication between Ladysmith and Pietjermaritzburg, It will only affect the lines on the railway, and not tho& that run across th veldt to smaller towns, most of which have telegraphic connections. Pietermaritzhurg being practically unassailable, the Boers' object In preventing General White's retreat there is clearlv understood, while at the same time the Boers have expressed their intention of reaching Durban to prevent the landing of General Culler's forces, now due. The impossibility cf any such move or intention on th pnrt of th Bors is apparent when on considers the conditions of the country and harbor at Durban, Port Natal. Th bar at the entrance to the Inner bay has within recent years been reduced so that even th ocean-going steamers can now pass in, and as the transports carry little , or no cargo and are provided with water ballast, it is believed the troops will be landed at the wharves In the inner bay, in which case there will be absolutely no fear of interference by the Boers, who would be unable in any case to invest Durban. GERMANY NOT SATISFIED. "WantM 31ore thnn the Gilbert and Solomon Iftlnndn. LONDON. Nov. 6. -The Berlin correspondent . of the Standard says: "The Samoan negotiations have had a deadlock. Germany does not consider that the Gilbert and Solomon islands would adequately compensate her for waiving the German claims. An agreement, however, would easily be arranged, if Great Britain would cede in addition her portions of New Guinea," King: Alfonso Make a Speech. MADRID, Nov. 5. Prince Albert of Prussia conferred the Order of the lllask Kagle upon King Alfonso to-day. The King, replying: in French, warmly thanked Emperor V 1111am. This was the first time the young monarch had made a public speech. An official banquet wa given at the palcce this evening in honor of Prince Albert and his son. The King, the Quen Regent end the other members of the royal family, togolher with the members of the Cabint and diplomatic corps, with many high court officials, were present. filiftnarv. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-Francis P. De- I wees died here to-day. He was an assistant attorney general from 1SS5 to 1893, since which time he has had an extensive practice in the Court of Claims. Mr. Dewees was widely known as an author and politician. He was for a time an active member of the Greenback party, but in 18S0 a controversy arose between him and General Weaver, the party's candidate for President, with the result that he went on the stump and advocated the eiectlon of General Hancock. From that time Mr. De-s allied himself with the Democratic party. CHICAGO. Nov. 5.-Col. William F. Durant. formerly a prominent railroad contractor and builder, died to-night. He was well known in railroad circles throughout the country, having been in charge of the construction of the greater part of the Chicago. Rock island & Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads. He was seventysix years old. CHICAGO. Nov. 5. M. E. Bagan.. Jr., former superintendent of motive power on the Union Pacific. Denver & Gulf Railroad, died to-day, aged forty-Fix years. He was a brother of John Kagan, president of the Georgia Short line. DETROIT, Nov. 3. Rev. Andrew Tenbrook, who was American consul to Munich, Germany, from 18.VJ to 1SG2, died here today, aged eighty-six years. He was born in Klmira, N. Y. Sadden Death of an Armenian. NEW YORK, Nov. 5. L. Ballozaln. a wealthy merchant of Smyrna, Turkey and 1 1-preventative from Armenia at the International Commercial Congress, which ws recently held In Philadelphia In conjunction with the national export exposition, was found dead on Saturday morning in hla room at the Hotel Bristol, presumably of apoplexy. Mr. Raliozaln was said to be one of the most widely known politicians in Turkey. He was forty-seven years of age, had a fine presence and spoke English and French fluently. He was a member of the Armenian Assembly and came to this coun try several weeks ago to represent the business interests of Armenia at the national export exposition. SBBBMaaaaHBMBasBBaaBaaaaaBsaBBsaBBBBSiaaBBBBBBBBaaBssswiaHHHmaBs Up-lo-Dnte Nursery Rhyme. Memphis Commercial Appeal. Perhaps the Mother Goose of history will record it in this wise: This is the kid That threw the stone That hit the cat That dislodged the rocli That struck the mulo That kicked the gun That scared the drove That swiped tho battery That lost the day for John Bull. Million of Feet of Lnmbrr Cnt. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Nov. 5.-If the FftwmilU here continue running after the lth Inst, the total cut for the yewr will be .V.e,CO;),OV feet, as the cut to date has pa.ssd the half-billion mark. The cut last year, which broke all record, was 40.O..(M feet, so the prospect is that a now record will Iki made by an lncrt-ase of nearly 100.OJ0.w0 feet. Automobile Duuscerous. Paris Edition New York Herald. The municipal Council Is once more making an effort to render th? streets Fafer from the growing menace of recklessly driven automobiles, numerous accidents having occurred In the immediate suburbs.

XATIOAL Tube Works WrouttaMron Pipe for Gil, Steam acd VMtcr, Botler Tube. Can ni lt4l&Me Iron Fittings (Mack ind ralvanliu). Valves. Slop Cocka. Kn rtn Trimming. Sltara Caucfs, Tip l.ings. I'll' Ctr. Vl, Screw PIatr an.1 De Wrtnchea. 'Ft-Hm Trai. pumia. Kitchen S.nka. Hoft. IWU In. LJabblt Metal. SolJer, Vnite ni Colored Vtptng Yate, an.1 all other Suppiles tired In connection lih Gas. Steam a.nl Water. Natural Gas Soprlies a sjeoljltj. Steam letting Apparatus for Public nutldjnfta. Storerooms. Mills. Siiors. Faotiri. Laundries. Lumber Pry Houws. etc. Cut and Thread to order any sira VVrouirht-lron Pip-, from H tnch to 12 Inchct duun LMGHT S JILLSON, m to in 8. PENNSYLVANIA BTm Th municipal Council, wishlnp to preserve to the Boise de Boulogne and other pleasure resorts that quiet and sense of repose from the noise of ti city, which are their chief charms, recently instructed one of its committees to regulate motor traffic in the Bo?s de Boulogne and Vincennes. The committee's report, which Is to be submitted to the Council, restricts automobiles to high roads or other regular carriage ways. The Pre Catelan, a popular resort with children, as well an all the cross alleys and pMha through the wood are strictly forbidden. Motor carriages are also prohibited from traveling on the Alice de Long Champs between the hours of 1 and 7 o'clock in the afternoon. The speed of the automobile must in no case exceed tifteen kilometers per hour; in busy or narrow thoroughfares It must not exceed a walk. The report ends' by" stating that these measures are not Intended as vexatious restrictions on an industry which has made remarkable progress in the last few years, but are necessitated in the Interest of public safety. NO HOPE FOR HOBART. Dr. Newton Huyu the Vice President May Die nt Any Sloment. PATERSON, N. J., Nov. 6,2 a. m. Everything is quiet at the Jlobart residence. There is no change whatever In the Vice President's condition. Messages of sympathy were received yesterday from President McKlnley, Secretary of State Hay and Mrs. Hay and Gen. Wesley Merrltt. Among fhe callers at the Hobart residence was Attorney General Griggs. Dr. W K. Newton, who has been rather silent about the condition of his patient, consented to talk yesterday. "He U resting comfortab'y," said Dr. Newton. "Do you think Mr. Hobart has a chance to recover?" he was asked. "I can only compare his. case with others of this kind." "Did the others you refer to ever get better?" "I am sorry to say they did not," Bald the physician. Dr. Newton said he would not give an opinion as to how long the patient might live. He might drop off at any moment and he might go for three or four days so remarkable has been his vitality all through his serious illness. Two Masher Knocked Oat. About 7:30 last evening the attention of the few people who were on Monument place was attracted to two young men who were closely pursuing two young women diagonally across the Circle, much to their displeasure and annoyance. Upon accosting the young ladies they were- met with such a chilly reception that they immediately slunk away from them ami started in au opposite direction. But It seemed that one lesion was not sufficient for them. As they passed the Journal ofllce a young woman, who was passing them from an opposite direction accidentally dropped her wrap, which she was carrying in ner hand, and the fellows immediately seized upon this as an opportunity to Impress her with their Beau Brummel qualities. The young woman gave one of them a resounding- smack on the ears that he will remember for a long time. Nor did the other escape, for sht knocked his hat into the middle of the street. A large, well-dressed man who was passing at the time said it was worth H) to see it. The mashers lost no time in getting around the corner. A SUwtake of Nature. Alden' London Letter. Lucas Malet, the clever daughter of Charles Kingsley, recently said in the course of an interview that a great mistake nad been made in the assignment of sex among1 the Kangsleye; that the men ought to have been women and the women men. I do not attempt to quote her precise words, but only the gist of her remark. This is a luminous explanation of the Klngsleys which ought to have been made long ago. It fully accounts for the femininity of Charles Kingaley, which In spite of his professed admiration of muscle and mettle wa obvious In almost everything he wrote. It also explains the delightful humor of Mla Mary Kingaley and her fondness for undertaking explorations that would appall ninety-nine men In a hundred. Lucas Malet is, however, decldetliy feminine o far as we know her from, her wrltlcgs. Probably In the assignment of eeoc no mistake was made in her case, but as to the other notable Klngsleys, not forgetting Henry Kingsley. whoe capital novels might all have been written by a worn in. H is elr that none of them belongs to the sex which ha been assigned to them by nature, Mnrconl System JWot Perfect. Baltimore Sun. During the recent experiments with th Marconi wireless telegraphing system before the British Association it was found that signals sent from Wlmereux to Dover were detected at, Chelmsford, ninety miles away. Messages went to Chelmsford as well as to Dover, and anybody In a radius of ninety miles from either Wlmereux or . Dover could learn what was being communicated provided he had suitable apparatus. Such a result might be useful in conceivable circumstances, but commonly senders of messages will prefer secrecy. Mr. Marconi thinks he has devised a method, however, of confining menage to the desired route. It Is said that by means of metallic screens the etherlc rays can be cut oft from undesired directions. If po the problem is solved. Distances of five hundred miles for Marconi messages begin to ba talked of. A Vr of Men. New York Tribune, Evidently the Boer war Is a war of men. Every engagement Is stubbornly contested, and the number of killed and wounded in proportion to the number of combatants is, appallingly large. Those who reckoned the war would be a walkover for either party were far away from the truth. The end la inevitable, but it is not yet. and before it is reached we shail doubtless ee more than one truly Homeric contest. More' the pity that two so brave peoples- should be pitted against each other in deadly strife, Xot a Blush to Be Found, Kansas City 8tar. Topeka and the State of Kansas filed an answer yesterday to the whimpering tommy-rot of the Americans who have been blushing for their country because the United States proposes to give to the Philippines a government of law and order and Justice. Billy Mason. Carl Schurt, Edward Atkinson, Mr. Bryan and all of their crowd would not have looked as hg a six cents if they had been at Topeka. yesterday. Chanced -with Stealing Sheep. GREAT FALIS. Mont., Nov. 5. Something of a sensation has been caused by the arrest in cneteau r- vruy of State Senator Phillips and Deputy Sheriff Green on th charpo of Fheep stealing, it 1 alleged that these men got away with a rlook of she p numbering 1.737, ltioni;injf to Taylor Brothers and others. At the preliminary examination both men were held In .mj bonds. rd for Caution. Washington Tost, A Boston man was scalded to death in a bath tub. The Boston pt-ople should exercise a little caution until th bath tub becomes more thoroughly understood la that town. A Fear. Kansas City Journal There Is a pwieral fear that Hon. Billy Mason may not be suttlclently ashamed of his country to take his n&me oft Its pay roll.

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