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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUHNAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1899.

battleships and the thre armored cruisers authorized by ttc act of March 3, R3." The secretary then shows that 7.2.'$ tons of armor are needed for the battleships JIalne, Ohio and Missouri, about 9.0UJ tons for tho battleships not yet begun and about 5.100 tons for the armored cruler already authorized, a total of abjut 21. ICS tons. Ho says that Jico a ton probably will buy armor made by the ordinary process of facehardenlng. which, though good. Is not the best, and the department does not therefore consider !t suitable for vessels of the Maine class. After pointing out the features of tho new process of making armor and Its adoption by leading maritime nations except the United States the secretary nays: The department desires to make use of tucii armor for the vessels now building which are yet unsupplled with armor and for the armored vessels authorized and not yet contracted for." Hl3 recommendation 13 as follows: "It Is urgently recommended that In the early days of the next session Confess enact special legislation, by joint resolution or otherwise, as may be necessary to enable the department to make contracts early In the coming year for 7,333 tons ot armor of the best quality that can be obtained In this country for the Maine, Ohio and Missouri, and that the provision of the act of March 3, ISO), limiting the price of armor to SCO per ton. and the restriction preventing the armored vessels therein authorized from being contrarted until the armor therefor Is contracted for, be removed. Whatever may be the future action of Congress regarding the establishment of a government armor factory, it can hardly affect the supply of armor for the Maine, Ohio and Missouri, and It will under any circumstances be impracticable to obtain it from such a source In reasonable time to complete the vessels above referred to." TRIBUTE TO DEWEY. Secretary Long refers to the return of 'Admiral Dewey and his enthusiastic welcome from the whole country. After speaking of the New York reception and the sword presentation In Washington, the secretary turns up by saying it was the Nation's tribute. Among the many other topics treated lo that for fostering the naval reserve, the consolidation of the naval bureaus of construction, engineering and equipment in the Interest of more harmonious action; tlu construct?on cf barracks for enlisted men, and a review of the various bureau recommendations, the desirability of changing the material of the League Island and Mare Island dry docks from timber to stone and concrete. The warships claiming bounty and prize money from their captures and engagements during the war are set forth In detail. Secretary Long says the survey of the trans-Paciflc cable route Indicates that it will be entirely practicable. It is Intended also to survey a cable route from Guam tt Yokohama. It is proposed to supply all new ships with smokeless powder. The twelve-inch gun has been so greatly developed that It has been designate the heaviest gun for the latest battleships instead of the thirteen-inch gun. Many improvements In naval ordnance are under way, Including uniform calibre for small firms and machine guns. Work on the design of gunboat No. 16, to replace the Michigan on the great lakes, has been suspended pending negotiations with Great Britain for a modification of the treaty. Secretary Long reviews also the various naval incidents of the last year. The secretary gives a table showing naval construction going on abroad, as compared with that In the United States. From this tt appears that Italy and Japan laid !own less tonnage than this country during the present year, and that Italy alone had less tonnage under construction. The total tonnage under construction Is: England. K1.6S0; France. 255,533: Germany, 14S,. Italy, lr).5W; Japan. 130,000; Russia, 222,076; United States, 123,23(1.

ADt'SR OF THE MAILS. Twrntr Million Dollars Wanted Each Yen r, y. r Smiths ays. WASHINGTON. Dec' 3. The annual re-portf,-f ostmaster General Charles Emory S-ith was made public to-night. Its chief ;eature is a plea for congressional action : to stop the abuse of second-class mail priv ileges, which, he says, results In an annual I -waste of upwards of 2O,OX,000. The financial v exhibit for tho fiscal year shows total expenditures' of $101,622,161 and total receipts of 533.021,24. the deficiency; being $2,422,747 less" than last year. The Postmaater General says: "The moat urgent need of the postal service is the rectification of the enormous wrongs which have grown up in the perversion and abuse of the privilege accorded by law to eecondclass matter. There are many Improvements and advances waiting development and application; opportunities for speedier transmission and delivery; fields for broadening tho scope of the mail service and bringing It closer home to the people; possibilities of reduced postage; but above and beneath and beyond all of these measures of progress, which experience and Intelligence are working out. is the redemption of the special concession which Congress granted for a distinct and Justifiable public object from . the fungus growths and the flagrant evils that have fastened upon It. For this costly abuse, which drags on the department and weighs down the service, trammels its power and means of effective advancement in every direction, involves a sheer wanton waste of 2OuM'0 or upwards a year. The WINTRY WEATHER. Lore Temperature and Snow Predicted for Indiana. WASHINGTON. Dec. 3,-Forccast Monday and Tuesday. for For Ohio Light snows and colder on Monday; fair on Tuesday; continued cold; fresh to brisk northwesterly winds. For Indiana Fair; continued cold on Monday and Tuesday, probably preceded by snow In eastern portion on Monday morning; fresh to brisk northwesterly .winds. For Illinois Fair; continued cold on Mon day and Tuesday; fresh to brisk northerly winds Local Observations on Sunday. . Bar. Ther. R.I I. Wind. Pre. Weath. 7. a. rn.2D.Sl St 81 N. .01 Lt. Snow 7 p. ra.2J.0-i 31 72 W. T. Cloudy Maximum temperature, 36;- minimum temperature, 30. Following Is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation Dec. 3: , Temp. Pre. jsormai '......................7.. 3 11 lean 33 loi ueparturo 3 io Departure since Dec. 1 j 32 Departure since Jan. 1 l.6a 6 03 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local orecast OiQcial. Yesterday's Temperatures.

.... Zlln. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta. Ga 00 44 Bismarck. N. D 14 4 Buffalo. N. Y 3s 34 Calgary, N. W. T 2$ nj Chicago. Ill 31 28 Cairo. Ill 36 40 36 Cheyenne. Wyo. 12 35 2G Cincinnati. 0 34 43 34 Davenport. Ia. 24 30 ' 24 Des Moines Ia 24 32 24 Galveston. Tex 0 5 Ifenela, Mont 2ti 24 Jacksonville. Fla GS f Kansas City. Mo 30 40 34 Little Rock. Ark 44 4? 44 Marquette, Mich 26 20 Memphis, Tenn 41 4$ 44 Nashville, Tenn 36 4 2d New Orleans, La 7 11 N'er York. N. Y 54 CO North Platte. Neb 24 40 2S Oklahoma. O. T 4 40 Omaha, Neb 25 " 20 Pittsburg. Pa 36 4 26 Qu' Appelle, N. W. T O 10 K.ipid City. 8. D 16 22 1 P lit Lake Cfty. Utah 21 42 26 Ft. Louis. Mo 31 3 s 34 fit. Paul. Minn 21 16 FnrintrTcld. Mo S- 40 21 Vicksbursr. MI?a 4 f 4S Washington, D. C CO 10

The Pint Sleighing. MARQUETTE. Mich.. Dec. 2,-The first snowstorm of tho season occurred to-day and is reported general all over the upper peninsula. It has been snowing steadily since late last night. Several inches are on the ground and a few sieifhs are out DETROIT. Dec. 3. Specials from the upSer peninsula report heavy snowstorms toy. At Marquette several incl fell and tne sleighing was good. Reports from the western part of the State Indicate some enow through that eectlou.

postal deficiency for the current year Is 13.610,776. But for this wrongful application of the second-class rate, instead of a deficiency there would be a clear surplus of many millions. It is not now proposed to restrict the privileges of legitimate publications or to modlfv tne de-sign of the law, but only to bring Lack its application to its original and Just scope. "It i believed that fully one-half of all the matter mailed as second-class, and paid for at the pound rate. Is not properly sec-ond-c!ass within the Intent of the law. and ought justly to be paid for the third-class rate. This gives the enormous quantity of 176. 2. 1, CIS pounds from which the department derives only a fraction of the revenue to which It is fairly entitled. The department arctually derives a revenue of 14.75 cents a pound for the thlrd-clar matter mailed last year, and on this basis the department would have received for this wrongly classed second-rate matter $26.011. CG3. Instead cf 11,763.516, which lt actually received, and the pcstal revenues would have been Increased by the handsome sum of S24.24S.347." Mr. Smith concludes that over one-fourth of the entire volume and weight of the mal's paj's as second-class matter when it should pay third-class, and that this furnishes only one-fifty-fifth part of the postal revenue and its carryine, reckoning at eight cents a pound, costs J14.10S 120. while revenue from it was S1.7C3.516. thus causing a loss to the government of over $12.WY. "If there is to be a favored class." Mr. Smith snvs. "let lt embraces all the people. With this class paying properly even penny postage, with reasonable limitations, could be anplied to letters without entailing a deficit larger than that of the last few years, and possibly with none at all." Regarding our new possessions, the postmaster general says: "The presence of United States troops In the new Island posFcrslons and Cuba In constant communication with home, constrained the establishment of mall facilities for their' needs and tho practical obliteration of the n'd local postal system with the extinguishment of Spanish authority compelled a reconstruction of the whole service for the requirements of the native population." SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE

THIRTY-EIGHT MEN START IN ANOTHER LOG CONTEST. Each to Ride Twelve Honrs Oat of Twenly-Fonr- Miller In the Lead This Morning. NEW YORK. Dec. 3. Another six-day blcycle race was started at 12 o'clock to-nigh at Madison-square Garden. Thirty-eight men lined up for the opening pistol, which was fired by James J. Jeffries, the pugilist. The first relay of eighteen men rode for ter aps. Positions were secured by lot, each man being warned that he must not at tempt to get in a lap on account of his tem porary advantage until after the first mile. The start was witnessed by about 4,000 peo ple. The thirty-eight men are divided into nineteen teams, as follows: Team No. 1, The Favorites," Louis GImm, of Pitts burg, and Burns Pierce, of Boston; No. 2, The Canucks," Alf lleake and Harley Davidson, of Toronto; No. 3, 'The Pa risians," Jean Fischer and M. Chevalier, cl Paris; No. 4, Oscar Aronson, of Sweden and George Kreamer, of Chicago ; No. 5 The Marseilles Pair," Marius The and M Paslter, of Marseilles, France; No. 6, Thi Two Freds." Fred Schineer and Fred Fos ter, of New York; No. 7, "The Likely Com bine." Earl D. Stevens, of Bulfalo. and Charles Turvllle, of Philadelphia; No. 8 "The Unpaced Champions," Otto Maya, ol Erie, Pa., and Archie McEachren, of To ronto. Canada; No. 9, "The Indoor Kings,' " Jay Eaton, of Elizabeth, N. J., and Robert Walthour, of Atlanta; No. 10, "The Pennsy Pair." Edward Thomas, of Reading, Pa.. and W. E. Dickerson. of Beaver Meadow Pa.; No. 11, C. V. liabcock, of New York and W. C. Stimson. of Boston; No. 12. "Th SIdewheelers," Robert Miller, of New York, and A. B. Stone, of Denver; No. 13. "Ttu Newarkltes." R. S. Ireland and John Ruol Newark: No. 14. "The Jerseyltes," Adoipt Michaels and Steven Fallon, or New Jer sey; No. 15, Emile Itivierre, of New York and W. A. Brown, of Brooklyn: No. 16, E O. Peabody of Lynn, Mass., and A. J. Pel tier, of New York; No. 17, The Un knowns," Andrew Johnson and Normal Comeau, of Brooklyn; No. 18, "The Flyin. Dutchmen," C. W. Miller, of Chicago, and Frank Waller, of New York: No. 19. "Th Swedes," Ocsar Julius and Gus Lawson, of Sweden. The thirty-eight riders were 01 the track for several hours before the start They did some fast riding. The present race is radically differen from former six-clay contests, because oJ tne law passed at the last session of th Legislature prohibiting continuous six-d.n races. Each rider in this race will ridi twelve hours out of the twentv.fnur Th garden record under the old system foi 1 uays continuous riding is 2,100 miles For twelve hours a dav It i 1 rj, tii The record of this race should be well up to The prizes are: First tpm 1 nm. T'11 . fourth team . ..V U"V SIXin and seventh learns. iw eacn; total. $2,800. Individual prizes: First rider. third rider. S200: fourth n.UV Z.Z: it rw Thl 1 ' . ' rana lolal r Prizes. X4.00!. The race is undpr tho ro.,JT. . of the American Cycling Racing AssociaMiller led at the flraf tii v 1 m i piace Dy virtue of his rank as champion. Tho score at 1 o'clock Name. ifiiao t , v. ?. ............. ... rl n riAA ri p At .V. ' f U," 21 5 '" 'SI Ullll'JUr .................... TTI K wirKerson 23 F nancocK 23 p Robert Miller '5a r Boake 22 a Julius 23 4 rraroay 23 I'asiaire 22 ? Michaels 22 3 Jtivene 22 1 aronson ii 3 Ituel ?i Comeau 20 ? ALLEGED TO BE A TRUST. Kansas City Typothetne Sned by the Printers L 11 Ion. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 3. A suit was filed In the Circuit Court yesterday on In formation of E. C. Crow, attorney general for the State, charging that the Kansas City Typothetae is a trust, and as such ought to be dissolved and Its members fined and the franchises of the corporations that compose It revoked. The Kansas City Typothetae Is composed of sixteen of the lead ing job printing firms of this city. While the attorney general of the State appears in the suit as the representative of the State, the suit was Inspl-ed by the union printers and pressmen, who are out on a strike. Dins to Be Renominated. CITY OF MEXICO. Dec. 3.-The Liberal party committee has called a national convention of the party to assemble here to nominate n candidate for President of the republic. The local committee.? report general enthusiasm for the tan.1M.iey of Presi dent Diaz, and political meetings and pro cessions are being held ail over the re public. The Conservative party has made no sign of putting a candidate In nomina tion. Killed Ills Kthfr-ln-I.nw. CHICAGO. Dec. 3.-Kxclted by liquor and enraged by the flight of his wife to the home of her parents. Charles Lamb, a blacksmith, employed by the Illinois Steel Works, to-night shot and killed his father-in-law, Charles Hurbert. Lamb has not yet been captured. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. Dc. 3. Arrived: Pretoria, Tom Hamburg; uoiteruam. rrom Rotter dam. PORTLAND. Me.. Dec. 3. Arrived: Vanouver. from Liverpool. QUEENSTOWN. Dee. 3.-SaIled: Lucania, ror isew iorK. TO CURE A COI1I IN 0!E DAY Take Laxative Promo Quinine TaMets. All drujaL'ta refund the money if It falls tn cur, il. W. urove f signature Is on each box. Zc.

SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS

INTERESTING TALK WITH J. C. LEACH, THE STATE INSPECTOR. 3Iany "Wellw Drilled in Old Territory with Good Results Status of the Salt Against Oil Drillers. Special to the'Indimarolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Dec. 2. J. C. Leach, of Kokomo, state gas inspector, was in the city a short time yesterday afternoon, hav ing been called here to look after some gas leaks that had been reported to him. Mr. Leach says lt is no longer necessary for him to sperid much time in looking up gas leaks, as the people throughout the State have become so interested in the care that is being taken of the natural fuel that they immediately notify the Inspector whenever a leak appears. The waste of gas Is becoming less every day," says Mr. Leach, "and the public deserves commendation for the interest it Is taking in the welfare of the fuel." Mr. Leach has just finished an inspection of 12S wells In southwestern Grant county. As evidence of the gradual decrease of the fuel he states that he had examined these wells last year and now finds that the aver age pressure has decreased from 1S3 pounds to 154 pounds. The production of the well 4, however, is yet very gocd. Regarding the gas that Is being taken to Chicago from this section of the State through the medium of pumping stations. Mr. Le'ach saya the reports are greatly exaggerated. "Of course," he says, "considerable gas is being taken frcm the Indiana field in that way, but at the same time the quantity, when compared with the consump tion in the field, is very light." The most encouraging feature in conection with the life of Indiana gas at the present time Is the number of wells that are being drilled in the old territory with successful results. Mr. Leach says that in southern Grant county and northern Madiion county wells have been drilled in within fronn fifty to 130 feet of old abandoned wells, with the result that fairly good wells are secured. The wells are drilled only about one-third the distance Into the Trenton rocK that the old wells were, and then they are ?hot with a small amount of nltro-glycerin. Mr. Leach says that It Is doubtful if the wells will be of long life, but they will probably last for a year or so, and he believes that sooner or later the entire territory throughout the Indiana field will be redrilled into and worked over in this manner. The inspector says that the reports cir culated regarding the revival of interest in the Alexandria oil and gas territory are greatly exaggerated. Oil men are not flock ing to the territory, as has been reported. One company the Aiken-Redway Oil Companywhich drilled wells in the Alexandria territory some time aco. and which were closed down pending the decision of the supreme Court regarding the operating of wells unless the gas can be prevented trom wasting, is endeavoring to separate the gas from the oil, nd intends, if successful, to furnish the citizens of Alexandria with the fuel. There Is a sort of a fight on U the present time between Alexandria cillzfns ind the jraa company operating in .hat city, and the oil company has hort-s of tacreysfully operating the gas bustn-sj in th.it city. The gas pressure in the wells jwned ly the company wid average about 123 pounds. The aLility of the wells t produce o:l is not good as the gas outoat. Mr. Leach says at the present time there ire fifty-four wells containing oil and cas that are closed down throughout the Indiana gas belt awaiting the decision of the Su preme Court in the case of the State of Indiana vs. The Ohio Oil Company. This company was operating wells near Alexan dria to secure oil, and was permitting the gas to be wasted. Mr. Leach brought suit against lt in behalf of the State of Indiana, in wnion a permanent Injunction was asked for. The court decided against the oil company, granting the State a Dermanent in junction. The Ohio Oil Company took ex ception to tne ruling and appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Leach stated to-day that the case was to have been argued next Mondav. hut that other cases had been advanced ahead of it. and that the argument had been postponed for several days. "The life of the Indiana gas field depends materially on this decision." says Mr. Leach. "If the Indiana court's decision is reversed the entire Indiana gas field will be punctured with holes uy ine o;i companies. I do not believe, however, that it will be set aside." Of the fifty-four wells now Hrvirwl Hr-n in the Indiana gas belt awaiting the decision of the United States Supreme Court thirty-at-ven 01 mem nave oeen Closed vo nntar v by the oeprators and seventeen by. perma nent injunction secured tnrough the courts. . EDIMURG SUFFERS. Livery Rnrn Bnrned, Causing a Loss of Six Thousand Dollars. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EDINBURG. Ind.. Dec 3. This mornlnn at 2 o'clock the large livery barn operatec? by W. J. Parrish and G. G. Arnison was discovered to be on fire. The fire department was promptly on hand, but the flames had made such headway that It was found Impossible to save the contents of the barn or the building. Adjoining buildings were, however, saved. There were in the banv seventeen head of horses, a large number of rigs, twenty tons of hay and about the same amount of baled straw and all the equipments of a first-clasi livery. The only property save- was seven head or horses, among them the big fire horse belonging to the town. The loss on the contents of the barn is placed at $2,500, insured in the Maley & Sconce agency, Home of New York, $1,050; Prussian National, $1,000; loss on-building, brick, $3,500. Insured in the Phoenix, of Hartford, foi $1,100. and Hartford National for $1,100. W. J. Parrish. of the firm, was sleeping In a room in the front part or the stable and was so nearly suffocated with the smoke that he staggered and fell, but soon made his escape. The firm is almost positive that the fire was the work of an incen diary. - GAMBLERS MIST QUIT. Paradise for Sports of All Decrees to Re Made a Moral Town. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Dec. 3. The police have served notice on the proprietors of public gambling rooms that they must close shop. This order came as a surprise, as it had been expected that with a more or less strict compliance with the Instructions from Governor Mount to the police commission ers in regard to enforcing the saloon-closing law there would be no Interference with gambling. The Anti-saloon League last week sent to Governor Mount and to the police commissioners statements showing when and what places the law had not been enforced, and it is thought the order to the gamblers was the result of this further effort of the league. The commissioners held a long secret session over the matter and the order to the gamblers followed at once. . A DYING WOMAN'S REQUEST. Site Did Not Wish to He Buried In Ground Covered frith Snow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Dec. 3. When Mrs. J. R. Blttenger died yesterday s:.j laid an Injunction on her family not to bury her remains if the gTound was frozen or cov ered with snow. She had Ion? entertained a peculiar horror of such a burial. To-day It snowed and turned cold and the husband gave orders that the woman's dying wish should be carried out. Accordingly the remains will be placed In the receiving vault at Lindenwood Cemetery until spring. Prehistoric Corn. New Castle Press. The Press has on exhibition an ear of corn raised on the farm of the "Sage of the Garden of Eden," James H. Edleman, which has a history behind It. The corn planted was found In sealed-up stone Jars In an Arkansas cave, and when taken out and exposed was found to be In a well-preserved condition. From certain markings on the jar and other attending clrcum-

stances lt is supposed the corn had been sealed up as found more than three thousand years. The seed after planting by Mr. Edleman gvew very rapidly and yielded a prolific crop. The corn itself is of a dark brown color, small of ear and small or grain, but sound and well formed. At maturity some cf the stalks showed a gro.vth of about twelve feet In height and at the ground was fully as big around as a man s wrist. There arc no leaves nearer than three feet from the ground. Three then shoot out. They are heavy and long, resembling a cactus leaf in seme respects'. About two feet farther up are the ears of corn. Many stalks bear six and none has fewer than four ears. At this rate the yield would run 230 bushels. Found Dead on the Railway Track.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL. Ind., Dec. 3.-At 11 o'clock last night the dead body of ex-State Mine Inspector Robert Fisher was found on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Railroad just north of his residence. The skull was crushed and the neck broken. The coroner Is investigating the case. It Is thought Fisher may have been murdered. Marshal Prince arrested two susoects and piaced them in Jail. They are strangers here and one is said to bear the description of the man seen with Fisher some hours prior to the finding of his body. A letter was found In one of the suspect's pockets bearing no date line and addressed to Charles Greenwood and signed "mother." She states that she had sent him all the money she could spare and warned him that he was living in peril at Brazil, as his whereabouts was known. The letter was mailed at the Momence. 111., station and indicates that he is wanted some place for a crime which he has committed and came here to elude arrest. HlKher nates for Electric Light Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Dec. 3.-The raise of rates by the Kokomo Electric Lighting Company, which took effect Dec. 1, has resulted In open rebellion by the consumers. Public meetings are being held dally by merchants and citizens for united action In resisting the advance. The increase was from $4 a month to $6 for 2,000-candie arcs and from 23 cents to 40 cents a month for incandescents. a rate much hlgner man the average Indiana cities, it is claimed. The business men have decided to either organize an independent commercial lighting company or return to the use of gas for Illumination. The electric company has offered some concessions, but they have not been accepted by. the patrons. Woman Awnrdcd $25 for Slander. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 3.-The $10,000 slander suit of Emily Cox against John McCain has occupied the attention of the court during the past week and was given to the jury last night. At 11 o'clock a verdict was returned, giving the piaintiu $275. The case has been closely contested and the costs will foot up over $1,000. McCain was charged with circulating rumors ajaout matters which were said to have occurred eighteen years ago. Result of a Quarrel. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 3. As a result of a quarrel between brothers-in-law Elmer Conway, bf West Liberty, Union township, Is reported at the point of death, with no prospect of recovery. Edward Langston is charged with the shooting. At first it was supposed the wound was not dangerous, bui complications appeared and lt is said that Conway cannot recover. The brothers-in-law are neighbors and the trouble was over family matters. Barn and Contents Bnrned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO, Ind.. Dec. 3. The large barn of Jesse Casbon, south of town, was set on lire early this morning and destroyed, together with contents, including fourteen cows, three horses, hay, grain and farm Implements. Loss $3,500; partly Insured. Indiana Obituary. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 3.-Frank Werber. aged fifty-eight years, a member of the City Council and for thirty years the superintendent at the Hubbard spoke factory In this city, died this morning of dropsy. He was prominent In local affairs and a member of several secret orders. Funeral on Tuesday. EDINBURG. Ind., Dec. 3. Mrs. Huff, wife of Faro Huff, of Edinburg, died early this morning, aged seventy-five years. Her husband Is now nearly ninety years old. Howard Romaster, aged sixteen, an employe of the Terre Haute car works. Is dead from lockjaw, caused by stepping on a rusty nail. Attorney Gregory states that a motion for a new trial in the case of Clifford Morris, convicted at Muncie. Ind., of the murder of Elmer Hamilton, will be made Tuesday. The Rev. Frank Fox, from Ashevllle, N. C, preached his first sermon ns pastor of the Washington - avenue Presbyterian Church, Terre Haute, yesterday morning. Mr. Fox succeeds the-Rev. John A. Blair, formerly of Crawfordsville. who has gone to tne Presbyterian church of Paris, 111. The first rural free delivery of mall out of Terre Haute will be established to-day. with Wood McComb, a former employe of the postofflce, as carrier. The route is south from the city, and in the round trip the carrier will travel twenty-three miles. There are C52 persons on the route. ( HELD FOR QUARANTINE. Four Steamers with Coffee from Santos, a Bubonic Plague Port. NEW YORK, Dec. 3. Four steamers from Santos, Brazil, with coffee, are de tained at Quarantine, having come from a bubonic plague port. They are the J. W. Taylor, Roman Prince, Lassoll and Ragusa. Seven lighters with the cargo of coffee discharged from the J. W. Taylor are an chored off Clifton, S. I., under close observation of the police patrol. Three lighters of the seven have served the eight days' detention required by Health Officer Doty, and are free from further quarantine restrictions as far as Dr. Doty's department is concerned. The plague patients on Swinburne island are doing well. There is no illness among the crews or the steve dores detained on board the vessels or at Hoffman island. KENTUCKY LAW. (CONCLUDED FROM. FIRST PAGE.) in the cases of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and to this state board. whpn hereafter convened as a contest board, for other state offices. There can be no contest under the law until a certifi cate of election has been issued by the canvassing board, after which the law pro vides how contests can be macie, aiier uue notice concerning them has been given. Quite a number of Republicans from Clay and Laurel counties arrived to-day and reported there would be others in town in the mnminf?. Mn of both parties are very quiet and there has been practically no bluster or loud talking. It is expected there will be a large crowd In Frankfort to-morrow In any event, as It Is county court day. which means an accession of about 1,500 to the usual population. John Marshall, the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and a number of other candidates for state offices on the Republican ticket arrived to-night to watch the canvass of the votes. Iieim uruce ami Augustus E. WlUson, the attcrneys from Louisville who will have charge of the Republican interests before the board, also arrived to-night. They had nothing to add to what has been already printed about the case. Judge Thomas F. Hargis. of Louis ville, and R. F. Peak, of Shelbyville, will represent the Democrats before the board. Mayor De Honey, of Frankfort, has decided to swear in sixty extra policemen tomorrow. This is not especially on account of the gubernatorial contest, but on account of the crowds which are expected at the opening of the congressional campaign here to-morrow. Rig: Deal In Wool. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 3. A syndicate of Eastern mills has consummated a deal here for 1.250,000 pounds of wool. The terms of the sale were private, but It is expected the wool sold for 4 cents a pound more than the price at which the same lots were offered a short time ago. and the deal amounted to more than $250,000. All of this wool Is known to the trade as "territory wool." Sixty cars will be required to transport it to its destination in the East. This Is the largest sale of wool ever made in the West. Beautiful Complexions by Uslne Champlin' Liquid Pearl. 50c. pir.k or white. Delightful, marvelous results; harmlew.

ANTI-MORMON CRUSADE

WASHINGTON CLERGYMEN OPPOSE THE SEATING OF ROBERTS. Mas Meeting at Which Dr. Josiah Mronff SpokeA lews ot J. j. Abbott, of Ohio. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The crusade In this city against the seating of Brigham H. Roberts, as a representative from Utah, culminated in a largely attended mas? meet ing in the- First Congregational Church this afternoon.- As many prominent clergy men of Washington as were in a position to be present, occupied seats on the plat form or in the audience. Dr. Josiah Strong, president of the League for Social Service, of New York, under the auspices of which the meeting was held, presided. Addresses were made by Rev. Randolph II. McKim. rector of Epiphany Church; Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, pastor ot the Metropolitan Church; Rev. Dr. S. M. Newman, pastor of the First Congregational Church, and Mr. A. T. Schroeder, of Salt Lake City. Several other Salt Lake clergymen were present. including Dr. T. C. Illff, superintendent of the Methodist Mission in Utah; Rev. G. I. Martin, a Presbyterian, of Salt Lake City, and Dr. Sarah J. Elliott, who has lived in Utah as a deaconess in the Episcopal Church for seven years. Dr. Ilifl is president of a committee in the Methodist Church which was appointed to oppose the seating of Roberts and to disseminate In formation in various parts of the country. He has Just completed a tour which Included most of the States between Maine and Florida. . Dr. Strong briefly outlined the object of the meeting as follows: "We are here to protest against the representative of an alien civilization taking his seat in our next Congress. We are met to protest against admitting among our lawmakers a man who is an acknowledged lawbreaker. We are Democrats-, Republicans, Methodists, Presbyterians. Baptists. Episcopalians and others, but are not met as such. We are here to Join hands in protecting the sanctity of the home and thus preserving the life of the Nation. We are not here to oppose the Mormon religion, only po far as the religion of the Mormons affects the political interests of one of the United States. We believe it to be necessary to make it a crime against the United States. In order to do so we must have an amendment to the Constitution. This legislation is1 in fact the first step." - FAVORS SEATING ROBERTS. J. Q. Abbott Says the Mormon Repre sentative Is a Pure Man. McCONNELLSVlLLE, Ohio, Dec. 3.Hon. John Q. Abbott, who represented this district in" the Ohio Senate for years as a Republican, is home after spending a year in Utah as a member of the Ute Indian commission. Ex-Senator Abbott says: "I am in favor of giving Representative Rob erts his seat because I know him to be morally a pure man. Roberts was a mem ber of the Constitutional' Convention In Utah which prohibited polygamy in the future. He was one of the most active ad vocates of the abolition of polygamy. Hi did not believe, however, that it would be right for men who had been led by a wrong religion to take unto themselves several wives to cast them all off save one when polygamy was abolished. He believed that those who had more than one wife should care for them as before and sustain them in the relations of matrimony Into which they had entered. Under the circumstan ces I believe this was right, Roberts is one of the most able men in all this country. He is eloquent as Foraker and as clean politically as any statesman Ohio has evei brought forth. He arose from the humble walk of a blacksmith to his present position. I believe he Is entitled to his seat and should have lt." Action of Utah Democrats. SALT .LAKE. Utah, Dec. 3. A long session of the executive committee of the Dem ocratic state committee last night resulted in the defeat of a prepared resolution declaring that the commltte had not repudi ated Roberts, that he was not nominated nor elected by Mormon Church Influence and Indorsing the statements of Senator Rawlins, together with his proposed resolu tion of the senate. Every gentile present opposed the resolu tion. Some members declared that it was proper for Congress to Investigate the charge that one of its members was living in polygamy. The following substitute was then adopted, five gentiles voting against it: "Whereas, It has been represented that the executive committee of the Democratic party of Utah did, at a recent meeting. repudiate the Hon. D. H. Roberts, our duly eitcteu congressman, now therefore, be lt "Resolved, By the executive committee of the Democratic party of Utah that said statement is false, and we solemnly declare that no such action has been taken. Mr. Roberts was nominated and elected by the Democratic party of Utah and neither the party nor any committee of the party has repuuiaiea ir. itoDerts. FOR CUBAN ORPHANS. Home to Re Named After Senator Thurston's First Wife. NEW YORK, Dec. 3. A movement for the raising cf funds for a memorial orphan asylum for Cuban children which shall bear the name of Mrs. Thurston, the first wife of Senator John M. Thurston, and who died shortly after a visit she made to Cuba, was started to-night in the Madison-avenue Presbyterian Church under the auspices of the Thurston Memorial Association. The name of the proposed home is to be the "Thurston Home for Orphans and Homeless Children in Cuba," and Gen. Vandervoort, of Nebraska, one of the managers of the Cuban Mailship Company, has offered a tract of ground for the institution. General Vandervoort and Mrs. G. L. Andrews, of Echo Lake, N. J., were the speakers at the meeting to-nignt. General Vandervoort told of the large number 01 orpnans in uuoa ana 01 the need of some institution to care for them. The borne id to be an industrial school, he said, as well as a mission, it is especially fitting. he thought, that this work be started as a memorial to Mrs. Thurston, whose death. he said, her iriends believed was caused by a broken heart, the result ol her visit to Cuba and seeing with her own eves the condiiions there. The coi;ection to-night was devoted to the fund, and contribution slips were handed around upon which a large number of the members of the church pledged themselves to larger amounts. PICTURES OF LEONIDS. What Can Be Done by the Use of Curved Plates. PITTSBURG, Dec 3. Experiments which may revolutionize astronomical photogra phy were made here during the recent flight of the meteors. Six excellent photograpns of Leonids were secured by Profs. John A. Brashear and F. Lt. O. Wads worth on curved plates specially made for the pur pose. Of the six views three have been developed, and the photographers will furnish data astronomers have long been trying to secure. The photographs were taken from the Alleehenv Observatory and from Greentree Hill, the latter point bemg one of the highest in Allegheny county. lrofessor Brashear said to-day: "While the night was very bad for photographic purpos-eo. the pictures of stars which I ob tained were the best I have ever eeerr. We covered ten times the area that was possi ble with the ordinary plates, and the pic tures of stars are well defined and continue fo clear to th edces of the plates, a condi tion which lt was formerly impossible to obtain. Curved Dlatcs are the proper thing for astronomical photography, and have opened up new possibilities in this field. In the plates developed the field covered was

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rquare miles was all that could be in cluded." WYOMING AMAZONS. Women Go Gnnnlns for Nonunion Miners and Get Them. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Dec. . A week ago six hundred miners employed In the mines of the Diamondville Coal and Coke Com pany at Diamondville, Wyo., struck for an increase In wages. Their demands were refused by the company and after a short shutdown operations were resumed with a small force of nonunion men. Early this morning a mob of ZOO women and girls, armed with guns, knives, clubs and stones. marched on the mines and compelled the operators to flee. The miners at work were dragged from the mines and also driven away. Several were injured by being struck with clubs and one man was shot at, pre sumably by one of the number of strikers concealed near the mines. The small force of deputies guarding the property of the company was powerless. To-morrow It is expected there will be more trouble when the company attempts to resume. The miners have been importing arms and ammu nition. GUNNING TOR ASSASSINS. Baker Faction of Kentucky Feudists Hunting for Murderers. LONDON, Ky., Dec. 3. The Baker feud ists are still hunting for the men -who am bushed Jason Bowling and Joseph Johnson last Friday and fatally injured the former It is announced that there will be ovei 1,000 citizens from Laurel, Knox, Whitley ind Clay counties go to Frankfort this week to watch the proceedings of the Statu Board of Election Commissioners, and thesi vlsltinir statesmen will include lead ers of both the Baker and the White factions in Clav countv. who may ztt together at the state capital. The unprovoked attack on Bowling nas causea great wcuemcnu MAKING NO PROGRESS CUBAN POLITICIANS HAVE NOT YET REACHED AGREEMENT. Poor Attendance at Meetings of the League Comments on Secretary of War Root's Report. HAVANA, Dec. 3. Owing to the poor at tendance at the meeting of the Cuban League and National party delegates great difficulty is experienced in getting business, done. Out of a possible 190 lt is not often that more than eighty or ninety are present, and it has been found necessary to accept one-third of the total number as constituting a quorum. The other provinces are waiting to see what the Havana delegateb will do, and the fact that at a recent meeting lt was decided that the national assem bly should have provincial representation as a unit, each province being equally rep resented, has caused many delegates to feai that owing to the enormous inequality oi the provincial populations the national as sembly will not be accepted by President McKlnley as fairly representing Cubai, opinion. The Patrla, discussing the references to Cuba In Secretary Roofs report, pro nounces these "very satisfactory" and sayb that "Independence is safe. The Nuevo Pals says: "We can see noth ing In the declarations of Secretary Root that can be called new. The Americans evidently still believe that the Cubans are not fit to govern themselves owing to then lack of education, and they still intend tc educate us until we are fit for self-govern ment. Mr. Root does not discuss the ques tion of Independence, leaving lt where lt wis on Jan. 1. The Havana Commercial Company is plac intr armed guards on its plantations in the province of Pinar del Rio and will apply ;o Governor General Brooke for an lnfan try contingent. Mr. Merryless, the man ager, says: "The company wouid not go to the expense of arming a number ot men unless this was thought necessary for the protection of its interests. We do not be lieve there is any immediate cause for alarm, but we do consider that the spirit of disaffection is spreading and Is liable soon or late to burst into name whenever the United States government does or re frains from doing something which the Cu ban leaders oppose or desire." The widow of Gen. Antonio Maceo arrived here to-day from Santiago de Cuba. She was received at the. railway station by a large crowd and was escorted to the house of General Gomez by General La Crete and other Cuban olficers. Santiago Police In New Uniforms. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. 3. Yester day the municipal police were transferred to the military department Under command of Capt. Pierce 1E0 men in new gray uniforms and wearing felt helmets similar to those worn by the New York police, paraded, making a line appearance. Until now the force, owing to the jealousies of municipal politics, has been inefficient, and the mayor and Council requested the transfer tlrus accomplished. Many former mem bers failed to pass the rigid examination Insisted upon by the American authorities and the present personnel is a great Im provement upon the old. Capt. Pierce will require daily drills. In conformity witL army regulations. This change is In line with General Aood s recommendation. NEW ENGAGEMENT RING. Precedent Established by the Hon. Lillian Pauncefote. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The Hon. Lillian Pauncefote, the fiancee of Mr. Robert Brom ley, of the British embassy, has established a precedent in the way of engagement rings. Hers Is not the conventional solitaire, but an exquisite combination of sapphires and diamonds. The sapphires are shaped lllro two hearts held together by a true lovers' knot formed by email but perfect diamond and set on a band of heavy Tuscan gold. The ring was d-eslgned by Mr. Bromley, with the assistance of his future wife, and is pronounced the most beautiful creation seen here for many years. Obituary. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3. Joseph Brown, exmayor of St. Louis, died here to-day of a complication of diseases, aged sixty-six years. Before be entered politics he was probably the most prominent steamboat man on Western waters. He ws promlmently identified with splritualltm in a local as well as a national sense. Ho was very wealthy at one time, but lost his fortune late In life. He served two terms as mayor In tho early seventies. LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. 3. Mrs. Brtdret Fitzgerald, mother of John Fitzgerald (deceased), former president of the Irish National Leaprue of America, died to-night at the age of ninety-eight years. She had lived in Lincoln many years. Want a Curie vr Law. TOLEDO. O.. Dec. 3. Members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, clergy and other church workers have called a meeting for Thursday afternoon at one of the local churches to memorialize the Common Council to pass a curfew ordinance. Nine o'clock is agreed as the time limit for minors to be on the streets at night. For Increased Pensions. - LEXINGTON, Ky.. Dec. 3.-Oeneral Wilbur It. Smith, secretary of the National Association of Mexican Veterans of thir city, has written letters to prominent men all over the United States asking their assistance with ConjT-css for increased pn-

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Fiona for Mexican veterans, who now num ber only 9.C00. and are passing away at the rate of almost l.OuO per year. DE COSTA A CATHOLIC FORMER EPISCOPALIAN CLERGYSI AN CHANGES HIS FAITH He Is Received Into the Roman Catholic Church, the Ceremony DeIns Private No Rapt lam. NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-Hev. Dr. Benjamin F. De Costa, who in September last resigned the rectorship of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, was to-day received Into the Roman Cathoic Church. The ceremony took place in the Chapel of the Academy of the Sacred Heart. Dr. De Costa, being a married man, is therefore not eligible to the priesthood In the Roman Catholic Church. and havlns no ecclesiastical prospects will return to literature and devote himself to writing and lecturing. Dr. De Costa took a prominent rart ia the controversy over the ordination of Dr. Briggs a few months ago. He was a bitter opponent of the latter and threatened to cause a public protest to be made at the ordination services. He also talked of having Bishop Potter tried before an ecclesiastical court if he ordained Dr. Briggs. He did neither, however, but resigned from his rectorship and afterwards gave up his membership in the church altogether. Dr. De Costa has prepared for publication a statement in justification of his course, in which he takes strong grounds on the Bible question, holding that tne Roman Catholic Church is the true Bible church. The ceremony was strictly private, only a few Catholic and Protestant friends of Dr. De Costa being present, but the chapel had been elaborately decorated with roses and! the altars were brilliant with many candles. It la understood that the candidate's Protestant baptism being accepted as valid, tho baptism was not conditionally repeated, as .9 done in doubtful cases. This action on the part of Dr. De Costa will not come as a surprise, for It has been, long predicted. The majority of those who have hitherto left the Episcopal for the Roman Catholic Church have been ritualists, but Dr. De Costa has never had much to do with ritualism. At one time the ritualists expected that he would Join them, but he pronounced the movement "unreal, hopeless and uncathollc in Its spirit and method." Ritualists, he declared, were merely imitators, doomed to extinction ia the near future by the broad church movement. Since his resignation from the Episcopal Church It appears Dr. De Costa has had Invitations to Join many denominations, Including the Reformed Episcopal, the Catholic and Apostolic and the old Catholic He was even Invited by the editor of the Independent, it is said, to cast his lofwilh the Congregationalists. An end was put to these offers by the announcement that ha was receiving Instruction from the Jetuita in this city. Dr. De Costa was rector of the Chu.xh of St. John, the Evangelist for eighteen years. He preached his first sermon in New York In the church in 1S63, in which year he came to this city after having nerved in the war as captain of the Vifth and Eighteenth regiments of Massachusetts He rus taken an active Interest in labor questions and Is a member of the Knights of Labor. In devoting himself to literary l ursuiti. however. Dr. De Costa will be following bis natural bent. He has written over half a hundred books and pamphlet, mainly t:ion religious and historical ulJoct. besides contributing to magazines and rliurch papers. SIX DAYS OLD. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) be, and long ere daylight Cronje was back to repair damage and arrange his final battle. That drizzly, mlstv night made Cronje a war god among the Boers. "And yet thee sto'.ld veldt men give little demonstration of their admiration. Th Boers are not a gratoful nation as the Americans with their Dewey or we Ilritlsn with our Kitchener are frrateful. Days after the battle I saw Cronje riding heavily down the Kerk staat in Pretoria, a heavy, bigboned peasant upon a shaggy. pony. No man touched his hat to him, few accosted him. "And yet it is significant that Cronje among the Boers is always known as 'Commandant oTonJe. There Is a rude dignity about the man that compels so much of respect. Other men are known by their Christian names, 'Slim Het Joubert. 0 rm Christian Joubert, 'Oom Jan' Hofmeyer occasionally, but rarely nowadays. 'Oom Paul Krugrr. In a place apart stands Commandant' Cronje. "So far as my memory carries. Cronje wtu not even speciricaUy thanked by the Voiksraad for his great services to the State at Doornkop. He was a burtrher: It was his duty to repel the invader; he repelled h inland there the nvatter rested. "They would have censured him had he failed; they refrained from commer.t when he succeeded. "Cronje, riding fcack to Pretoria, had r.e guard of honor to receive him. no great civic function to fete him, no sword of honor to adDrn hln. He was plain Peasant Cronje, returning, heavy-hearted, from his wounded ton's pallet in Krugersdorp Ho-j-pital, somewhat weary in the bones from those long hours in the steaming saddle, nowise elated, nowise altered from his everyday demeanor. "Since then Cronje has received a seat In the Executive Council, and is nw a parsonage with a substantial state salary, but the man ls.no way charged. He was thought to be a supporter of the President's when he Joined the Executive Council, but neither Kruger nor Joubert has found him amenable. He Is not of the rz.ee that makes the party man. "He if as Individual as Kruger. strong in the faith of his own generalship as Joubeit." Rusle Has Not Slgrnrd. William A. Ruj-te, th father of Amos Rusle, was asked last night what the star New York pitcher had done toward signing a contract for next year. He replied that Ruie had done absolutely nothinir. aithcuKi. his name had been connected with the Cincinnati club and also with the proposed Nar York club in the "Hot-air League." A Touch of Winter. The first real breath of winter scampered Into Indianapolis last evening when snow began to fall and later turned to a . uile ot sleet and rain. From many parti of the city came complaints of lack of gas, the usual cry when w later approaches.