Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 342, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1899 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

committee, was in the hall throughout the session and occupied the seat ho selected on Monday. The committee oa rules will meet to-morrow at 11 o'clock to frame a special order for the financial bllL The Republican leaders of the House have talked the matter over and a virtual decision Has been reached to give the whole of next week to debate on tne bill, with provision for a final vote on the following Monday, Dec. 13. - m SEXATJ2 PROCEEDINGS.

Chandler and Hale Engage In a Col Inqor Orer Athletic Sports. WASHINGTON', Dec. 7.-Routir.e proceedings of the Senate to-day were enlivened by a colloquy between Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire, and Mr. Hale, of Maine, over a bill introduced by the former, to promote athletic sports at the Military -Academy at West Tolnt. and the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Both Senators became facetious and at times sarcastic, over the growth of athletics at American colleges and Mr. Chandler advanced the proposition that the cultivation of such sports as football and s'mllar sports at the government academies ought to be given the sanction of law. Mr. Chandler asked that the measure be referred to the committee on education and labor. Mr. Hale took it, he said, to be a bill to encourage football and other similar games and he could hardly stand as sponsor for such a preposition. Mr. Chandler replied that he thought athletic contests among the college men ought to be encouraged. "The proposition I present Is." he said, "th.' these athletic contests shall be regulated by law and that International and intercollegiate contests shall occur at salient points. Free trains are run by the railroads to these affairs in order to increase the interest and attendance, and I propose that this shall be .done without violating the interstate-com--merce law." The bill waa referred as desired by Mr. Chandler. An invitation was extended through Fresldent jro tern. Frye to the Senate, to attend the George Washington centennial memorial service to be held in this city on Thursday, Dec. II, under the auspices of the Improved Order of Ked Men. Senator Depew 13 to deliver the oration upon tho occasion. - Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire, offered resolutions Instructing the committee on privileges and elections to investigate the right of William A. Clark, of Montana, and Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia, to seats in the Senate and to take testimony. The resolutions were referred to the committee on contingent expenses. rRUI'OSLD LEGISLATION. Senator Chandler Wants Soldiers and Sailors Tnnght Athletics. WASHINGTON. Dec 7. Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire, to-day Introduced a bill providing for systematic athletic exercises at. West Foint Military Academy and Annapolis Naval Academy. The title of the bill sets forth its object to bo "to Increase tho efficiency of the West Point Military Academy and the Annapolis Naval Academy and to qualify and stimulate the American youth for actual military service by suitable physical training instead of excessive mental education." It provides that the course of instruction at the two academies shall dispense with th study of higher mathematics and the foreign languages and substitute a course in athletics to embrace especially golf, bicycling, football and baseball. The bill also provides for annual athletic contests between the students of the academies at Boston. New York, Philadelphia. Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago. St. Louis. Richmond, Atlanta, New Orleans. Omaha and San Francisco, at which suitable prizes shall be awarded. An appropriation sufficient to pay the prizes is provided for, but the railroads are required to carry the cadets free to the places of contests, and also the reporters of such reputable newspapers as the secretaries of war and navy designate. Among other bills and Joint resolutions of the day in the Senate were the following: By Mr. Foraker: To Increase to $100 per month the pension of Nelly Young Egbert, widow of the late Col. Henry Clay Egbert, of the Twenty-second Infantry, who was killed in the Philippines war. By Mr.. Harris: Joint resolution providing for the limitation of the time a President shall be elected to one term of six year? and making the terms of members of the House four years. By Mr. Tillman: A bill giving soldiers of the Spanish war the same preference in tt vil-service appointments given to solders of the civil war. ! By Mr. Stewart: A bill appropriating $173.000" for the purchase of the submarine torpedo boat Holland. By Mr. Harris: A bill granting pensions to persons who served in the Confederate " service and afterwards in the armv and navy or me united states. , Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, reintroduced in the House to-day his bill of the last Congress to appropriate S14O.0J0.0O3 for the construction of the Nicaragua canal. Representative Sherman, of New York, reintroduced the antl-scalplng bill. Mr. Srairue. of Mnss.irhnsptt intro M A. W ' duced a bill to retire army officers below ' tne rank of brigadier general who served in the civil war as of the grade next above that which they held at the time of retirement. general sews. Carriers In Free Delivery cities Will Register Letters. WASHINGTON'. Dec. 7.-The postmaster general has Issued a general order announcing the determination of the department to provide for the registration of valuable letters or first-class matter by letter carriers on their routes In free-delivery cities. This new service will be inaugurated in some of the leading cities and extended to others as rapidly as possible. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair To.I)ny unci To-)Iorroir, with Fresh Westerly Winds. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7,-Forecast for Friday and Saturday: For Ohio, Indiana and Illinois -Fair on Friday and Saturday; fresh westerly winds, becoming variable. Local Observations on Thursday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Pre. Weather. 7 a in. .30.30 35 66 South. .00 Cloudy. 7p.m. .30.30 41 55 N'west. .00 Clear. Maximum temperature, 47; minimum temperature. 33. The following is a comparative statement cf the mean temperature and total precipitation for Dec 7: ' . Tem. Pre. formal 34 10 Mean i 40 .00 Departure 6 io Departure since Dec. 1 n Departure since Jan. 1 142 345 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. YMterday'a Temperatures. Station. Mln. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta. Ga 3k 54 43 Bismarck. N. D. IS 50 35 Buffalo. N. Y IS 40 36 Calgary. N. W. T 30' 40 2i Chicago. Ill 36 46 40 Cairo. Ill 40 r; 4s Cheyenne, Wyo 14 46 23 Cincinnati. 0 30 CO 44 Concordia,' Kan &S 12 2.1 Davenport, fa 34 4; S8 Des Moines. Ia 54 50 40 Galveston. Tex SS CO 60 Helena, Mont 26 42 3S Jacksonville, Flo. 42 68 56 Kansas City, Mo 2S &) 43 Little Rock. Ark 36 64 IS Marquette. Mich 24 55 34 llemphls. Tenn..... 40 62 53 Nashville. Tenn 23 56 , 60 New Orleans. La 43 Gi New York. N. Y 22 26 36 North Platte, Neb 16 50 3S Oklahoma. O. T 31 50 4-5 Omaha, Neb 20 43 41 Pittsburg; Pa 20 41 4" Qu' Appelle, N. W. T.... U 06 26 Rapid City. S. D 22 45 3J Salt Like City, Utah.... 1$ 36 2S St. Louis. Mo 42 52 4S tit. Paul. Minn 2J 42 2s f Ming field. Mo 40 52 45 Vicburg, Miss 42 C 60 TSashlfif ton, D. C 20 33 32

At first it will be confined to purely residential districts, excluding business houses and individuals who have large numbers of letters for registration at any one time. The extension of the system to business districts Is left to the discretion of tho postmaster. The postmaster general has received information that some postmasters and employes, in order to avoid the labor Involved, are advising the public that the registered malls are not a safe means of transportation of valuable matter, and he has given warning in a rigorous order issued to-day that such disregard of duty will be sufficient ground for removal from office. The State Department has no information that will enlighten the Senate as to the reported attempt of Gieat Britain to acquire the .Galipagos Islands, as set out In the resolution Introduced yesterday by Senator Lodge. For many years past rumors of the sale of the Islands by Ecuador have been In circulation-at intervals. In each case a different nation being named as the purchaser. In fact, the United States government Itself has been cha-ged with such an acquisition, and it was at one time specifically set forth that Mr. Mahanay, at the time United States minister to Ecuador, had secured the cession of the islands. As a matter of fact it is said that Ecuador is very Jealous of this possession and had looked with disfavor upon all attempts by other nations to secure even a coaling station in the group. The Senate committee on privileges and elections to-day arranged the preliminaries for consideration of the protests against Senators Quay, Clark and Scctt. In the Quay case It was decided to hear counsel on Saturday. Dec. 16, and that the hearing should be concluded on that date. Only legal questions are Involved in this case and no witnesses will be heard. The preliminary preparation for the Clark and Scott cases was placed In the hands of Senators Chandler and Pettus. They were authorized to decide for the committee what persons should be summoned and when they should be heard. The Senate, In executive session, confirmed he following appointments: Joseph W. Flfer, of Illinois, to be a commissioner of interstate commerce; Frederick W. Wines, of Illinois, to be assistant director of the census. The President to-day sent to the Senate 294 names of census supervisors appointed during the recess of Congress; also many army and navy appointments and promotions, which have heretofore been announced. The bonds purchsed under the recent offer of the Secretary of the Treasury sq far reported, amount to 51S.0S1.CCO. The investigations of the Department of Agriculture concerning the agricultural possibilities of Alaska were continued during the past season. The special agent of the department. Prof. C. C. Georgeson, who is In charge of the work, has just returned from Alaska. He brought with him a collection of very fine samples of grain and vegetable grown on the newly established experiment stations at Sitka and Kenal. Cook inlet. The samples include several varieties of spring wheat which matured perfectly, and also a dozen varieties each of barley and oats, besides rye, flax and buckwheat- All of these grains compare favorably with grains grown anvwhere in the United States. Among the collection of vegetables are some remarkable specimens of potatoes, onions, carrots, parsnips atid rutabaga. Prof. Georgeson says all hardy vegetables can be grown with great success in the coast regions of the terrlto-y. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic caucus of the Senate, today announced the membership of the caucus committee to make the committee assignments for the Democ.atlc side of the Senate, as follows: Senators Jones, Cockrell, Martin, Bacon. Rawlins, Turley and Money. The Repuollean caucus committee made little progress to-day In its work of assigning committee places owing to the absence of Senator Aldrleh. The committee will resume its sittings Monday. To-day's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, J286.331.115; gold reserve, $233,41)2,213. RESCUE AT SEA.

Hovr the Passengers of a DarninK Steamer Were Saved. NEW YORK. Dec. 7.-Capt. F. B. Knight, Of the Ward line steamer City of Washington, which arrived at this port to-day from Mexico and Havana, took off on the outward trip nine women and children and seven male passenger from the burning Munson line steamer Ollnda. as partially told in dispatches at the time. Purser A. M. Scott, in speaking of the rescue, said: "We had an uneventful trip till about 10 o'clock one starlight night, when we sighted a steamer displaying signals of distress. The sea was comparatively smooth. When first sighted the steamer, which proved to be the Ollnda, was about ten miles off our port bow, running due west at top speed. Sharks were flying from her ventilators, which made a brilliant display. The Ollnda's captain reported a bad fire In the forward hold. whih as beyond control, and he asked 'that we take oif the passengers. The lifeboats of the Washington were ordered away, and both ships lay to while the passengers, stewardess and most of the personal baggage were transferred to the Washington, lne captain refused to leave his ship, and as the 4ast boat left the Ollnda's side he rang fui speed ahead and stood away for JJ.PeK11,enr?' Iifty m,Ies to the westward. Vc.h 1 ;tterward learned he reached safely. The City of Washington proceeded ?? er rya,ge soulh and tne lat we saw or the Otlnda was a trail of sparks in the northwest. The Olindas rassengers said they did not-know the ship was on lire until arter dinner Sunday, when the captain told them to pet their personal belongings together and be ready to leave at a moment's notice. They said the officers and crew acted quietly and codly." Movements of Steamers.. LIVERPOOL. Dec. 7.-Arrived: Teutonic, from New ork; Waesland. from Philadelphia; Laurentian, from Montreal. fr?Vf.YORK Pi?' --Arrived: Willehad. Havre n" ed: ChampagneJor NAPLES, Dec. 7.-Arrlved: Werra, from New crk. and proceeded for Genoa OBITUARY. James P. Ileed, Formerly Champion Checker Player of the World. PITTSBURG, Dec. 7. James P. i:ed. the famous checker player, formerly champion of the world, died at the Homeopathic Hospital from an epileptic fit. Reed was forty years of age and single. The death of Reed removes one of the most prominent figures in American sporting circles. As a checker player he had few equals. He was recognized as the greatest player In America and claimed the championship of the world by forfeit, as Champion Wiley, whom he challenged, refused to meet him. Reed won the championship of the United States from Barker, by whom he was defeated in a second match some time ago. This was his last match of importance, although he afterward took part in a contest in England. Admlrnl Sampson's Mother-In-Lavr. ROCHESTER. N. Y.. Dec. 7.-Mrs. C. A. Burling, mother-in-law of Rear Admiral Wm. T. Sampson, died at her home in this vity, aged seventy-six years. She had been In feeble health for some time past and her death was not unexpected. Chanted with Embezzlement. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Dec. 7. William M. Butts, until a month ago secretary of the Worden Grocery Company, was arrested to-day, charged with embezzling $35,000 .'rom the company. Just Try for Your Complexion hamplin's Liquid Pearl. 50c. pink or white. Marvelous beautltter. Great renown. No equal.

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TROCHEI) OF A TRUST EXECUTED TO A CHICAGO COJIPA-W. Churches, Charities and Schools Provided For State Dairymen's Con vent I on Mancie Hantlnff Affray. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. An instrument was recorded with the Cook county recorder, today, by which Caroline E. Haskell, of Michigan City, Ind., conveys to the Chicago Title and Trust Company of Chicago, as trustee, property at Nos. 2S and 23a Monroe street in consideration of $1 and the fulfillment of several conditions. The company la to see to the care of the property and pay to Mrs. Haskell the net Income thereirom, during the course of her natural life. Upon her death the proceeds are to be distributed as follows: The Congregational Church Building Society, of Chicago. $10,000; Congregational Church of Michigan City. $10,000; Humane Society, $10,000; Seventh Day Adventlst Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association, of Battle Creek, Mich.. $10,000, for the purpose of endowing the Haskell Orphanage Home of that city; Mrs. Caroline Reed, of Chicago. $10,000; the Rev. John Henry Barrows and wife or descendants, $10,000; University of Chicago, $10,000, to promote and extend the study and teaching of the Bible and preferably the study of Oriental literature In relation to the Bib.e and Christian teaching; the residue to the trustees of Obcrlln College, Ohio, for the use of the college. The property Is valued at $100,000 for the land and $47,000 for improvements. Mrs. Haskell already has given the Uniersity of Chicago at various times sums amounting to $145,000. Haskell Oriental Museum, one of the finest buildings on the campus, cost $:00,000. Mrs. Haskel. also endowed the Haskell and the Dr. Barrows lectureships. INDIANA DAIRYMEN. They Hold n Profitable Convention at Cambridge City. Sneclal to the Indlanarolls Journal. CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Dec. 7. The tenth annual meeting of the Indiana Dairy Association is being held in this city. Today was the opening, and the session will continue lo-morrow. Delegates and members are in attendance from many parts of the State and the programme, while not as elaborate as In former meetings, covers a variety cf subjects and contains much that Is of interest. The absence of a state appropriation this year renders it Impossible to have as many prominent lecturers from other States as In former years, and Instead the papers and lectures of this year's meeting are from the successful men of Indiana. There are many exhibits of dairy products from creameries and cheese factories competing for tne Dairy Association's butter and cheese premiums, and while the premium list Is also smaller this year, by rsason of the premiums being made from contributions of some of the prominent members of the association, yet the honor of place i3 not governed by the value of the premium. The morning ses?Ion opened at 9:30. F. C. Mosbaugh. on behalf of the city, welcomed the visitors, and was responded to by 8. B. Wocds, of Lottaville. T. S. Nugen, of Lewlsvllle, read an interesting paper on "Mixed Farming." In which he advocated the practice of general farming rather than specializing. "Dairy vs. Beef" was the subject handled by C. B. Benjamin, of Leroy. and "Skim Milk for PJrs" was considered by H. N. Parker, of Lafavctte. President J. J. BUMngsley, of Indianapolis, called the afternoon session to order and announced the committees. The treasurer's report was read and referred to the auditing committee. The report showed the association to be In a healthy and prosperous condition. A paper was read by S. B. Woods, of Lottavlllr. on "Sorghum, Oats and Peas." The subject was handled In a masterljr manner and brought many responses and questions, closing with the experience of President Blllingsley on the question. Prof. T. F. Hunt, of the Ohio Slate University, of Columbus. O.. was introduced and made an address on "The P.ace of Cornfodder in the Feeding Ration." The next paper was by David 6hellenberger. of Dublin, entitled. "The Advantage of the Creamery and Cheese Factory to the Community," after which the meeting adjourned. In the evening President Billlnpsley made h.s annual address, and the following sub dustries " by Prof. T. F. Moran. of Purdue rnlverslty. Lafayette. Special music was furnished by a local orchestra. An elaborate programme has been prepared for to-morrow's meeting, and Governor Mount has promised to attend and address the convention. He was to have been present to-day, but found it impossible, and sent a telegram stating that, nothing preventing he would be in attendance tomorrow. The annual election of officers and awarding of premiums will also be considered to-morrow. SHOT BY HBR BROTHER. The Accidental Killing of a Flre-Year-Old Dunkirk Girl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DUNKIRK. Ind., Dec. 7.-Early this morning Carl Eifler while playing with a revolver shot his five-year-old sister Blanche in the temple, death resulting three hours later. The father of the children was so frenzied over the death "of his child that the police had to be called In to prevent him committing suicide. Watchman Fatally Wounded. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind.. Dee. 7. George Lee, night watchman at Alexandria, was shot three times at midnight to-night when entering an alley opposite the Kent Hotel. All three shots took effect near the heart and he is now dying. It is supposed it was by burglars breaking into some store near by. Fatally Wounded by IIU Father. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., Dec. 7.-EImer De Long, son of William De Long, was accidentally shot by his father near Pinkstaff to-day. He was wounded in the stomach and cannot live. INDIANA OBITUARY. The Rev. George II. Thayer, a Pioneer Indiana Methodist. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PLYMOUTH, Ind., Dec. 7.-The Rev. George H. Thayer, father of Senator II. G. Thayer, of this city, died at the home of his daughter in Bourbon, twelve miles eatt of here, yesterday afternoon, aged ninety-two yeais. He was born in the State of New York in 1S07, and began life as a Macksmlth. After his connection with the M. E. Church he became one of the leading: ministers of that denomination. lie a as, probably, the oldest Methodist minister in Indiara at the time of his death. He retained his mental faculties almost mlmpaired until within a few hoars of nls death. He had been a resident of this county almost fifty years, and was well known throughout Northern Indiana A. C. Keel, of Fort Wayne. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Dec. 7.-A. C. Keel, a prominent Republican politician of this city, died to-day of paralysis. He was slx-ty-llvc years of age and a native of Stark county. Ohio. He served In the Nineteenth Ohio Regiment during the civil wir as lieutenant and captain and afterwards, having been permanently crippled at Stone River, .vas given a commission in the Veteran Revucs, t-i i ui uMtingiun. lie came t here In liG3 and has been in business here J

jects were discussed: "Why Have a Special Training for the Dairy?" by G. P. Newsom. al.ey Mills, and "CiHzpnshin and th. in

ever since, lie was for years prominent in politics and in ran for county auditor but was defeated -- Other Death. GREENSBURG, Ind.. Dec. -.-Granville Johnson, a prominent farmer residing five miles east of-this city, is dead at the age of seventy-eight years, of cancer. Orlando Johnson, of North Dakota. Mrs. Julia Styers. of Irvlngton, Mrs. J. C. Prevett and Everett Johnson, of Greensburg, are children of the deceased. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Dec. 7. -Thomas Baldwin, an old resident, died to-day. aged seventy-seven years. lie had been blind for nearly two yean. He formerly was engaged In the mercantile business at Lafayette. Ind., and in 1S70 came to this city and w-as ticket agent for the J., M. & I. Railroad several years. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Dec. 7. At 2:20 o'clock this mcrnlng Seellg Pottlltzer died at the family residence, after a year's illness. For two weeks past his condition had been regarded as hopeless. The deCeased was born in Frcistadt. Prussia, and came to this country' thirty-three years ago. t BURNED TO A CRISP.

Mother and Child Found Near at n Open Grate at Seymour. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR. Ind., ' Dec. 7. Mrs. William Fleming, aged thirty-five years, was found dead this afternoon with the clofhing burned from her body. Her one-year-old baby was also found with its face and body so badly burned that it will die. Mrs. Fleming lived with her husband and five children on a farm four miles east of Seymour. When the accident occurred her husband was at work on the gravel road seve al miles from home and four of tho children were attending the public school. She was found by her brother-in-law, Elmer Fleming. Mrs. Fleming was subject to epileptic fits, and It is supposed that she had been attacked and had fallen into an open grate, near which her body was found, burned to a crisp. 31 AY EE A MtRDER. Hunter Probably Filially Kicked by a Farmer !Vear Muncie. MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 7. Frank Miller is lying at the point of death, with his skull crushed in, suffering from injuries received in a fight that promises to add another to the recent big list of murders in Delawarecounty. Miller and Will Rock were hunt- U ing east of the city to-day and had trouble with Arch and Henry Beall. well-known farmers. The Bealls ordered the young men from their farm. Miller and- Rock drew their guns on the Bealls and a fight resulted. Miller was knocked down and kicked in the head by one of the Bealls. Arch Beall is held under $5,000 bonds, which his father furnished. Muncie Club Women Meet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., Dec. 7. The fourth semiannual meeting of the Federated Clubs, representing 4o0 Muncie club women, wa3 held this afternoon and evening. Mrs. Rose Eudd Stewart, the president, presided at both meetings, the first being held this afternoon at High-street M. E. Church, and the evening meeting at the Eastern Indiana Normal University building. The feature of the meeting this afternoon was an address by Professor Mlnetta T. Taylor, of De Pauw University. Her subject was "Ethics of the Elective Franchise." She declared that women should vote at all elections. The discussion showed the adherence of the club women to the doctrine. At the university assembly room to-night a drama was presented, with music by Miss -Clarissa Koons and Mr. J. Bert Shick, Miss Charlotte Bishop accompanist. The introduction was the march rrom "Tannhauser," by Mrs. F. A. Z. Kumler, Miss Laura Craig, Mr. Seldomrlage and Mr. McKinney. Special Election. Ordered. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLES VILLE, Ind., Dec. 7. Samuel Rauh and Henry L. Smith, of Indianapolis, promoters of the Indianapolis & Fort Wayne Railroad Company, were here today arid filed a petition with the board of commissioners, signed by twenty-five voters, asking the board to order an election in Noblesville township upon the question of aiding In the construction of said road. The board granted the petition and fixed Jan. 18 as the date for holding the election. This company Is asking a subsidy of ;i2,000 from Noblesville township and probably will ask aid from Delaware and White River townships, through which the road is to run. It is believed ft here will be a large majority against the proposition. Wage Conference Called. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 7. William B. Rosenbaum, of thU city, who is a member of the wage committee of the Windowglass Cutters League of America, was called to Pittsburg this afternoon to attend a wage conference with the officers of the American Window-glass Company, or trust, Friday. This is the first meeting which the trust has called with the cutters, and is a step toward the resumption of the trust window-glass factories, twenty-nix of the largest of which ore located in Indiana. The wage scale of the Window-glass Flatteners Association will be adjusted after the meeting with the cutters. Diamond Thief Taken to Elkhart. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind.. Dec. 7. Sheriff Elliott has brought to Elkhart county Charles Russell, alias Charles Evanston. who was surrendered by the Kalamazoo authorities after a habeas corpus fight. Russell is wanted in this county for complicity in stealing diamonds from the family of W. B. VanderlIp,.of this city, after the family had been attacked by three masked burglars ono night in July, 1S0S. Russell is the member of the notorious Slater-Allison gang who escaped punishment by turning state's evidence at Kalamazoo. Russell's wife, nee Lulu Copeland, accompanied him to this county. Crror In Reporting- n. Jndfre Rutins'. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In to-day's issue of the Journal your correspondent at New Albany misinterpreted a ruling of mine as to a building and loan decision. He states that I decided that an obligation executed by such association for money borrowed was null and void. That question was not before me and I did not so decide. There Is another case pending, however, which may raise that question or a similar one. What I did decide was that there was no law for issuing preferred stock. Corydon, Ind., Dec. 7. C. W. COOK. Votlnff Machines Belnff Tested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDS VILLE, Ind., Dec. 7. A representative of the United States Voting Machine Company has a machine on exhibition at the courthouse. A large number-of persons inspect the machine every day and try their hands at voting. It is thought that if machines were used in Montgomery county twenty-two precincts could accommodate all the voters. There are now forty-three precincts in the county. The County Commissioners are considering the advisability of purchasing the machines. Vein of Zinc Ore Fonnd. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES. Ind.. Dec. 7.-At Blcknell, Knox county, zinc has been found in abundance. John Lawton discovered it while dicing a well and had the mineral tested, which proved to be rich zinc ore. There is intense excitement over the find, and a company will be organized at once to work the vein, which seems to te very prolific. Leirnl Victory for Richmond. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 7.-The ten suits pending in the Circuit Court against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for failure to comply with the city's lights-at-crossing ordinance, were to-day dismissed

at the defendant's cost. The company has decided to put up arc lights, as asked by the city, and there will be no further litigation.

- Farmer' Neck W'ni Broken. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. AUBURN. Ind., Dec. 7.-WlllIam Morris, a farmer who lived Just outside of town, fell from his wagon while intoxicated yesterday, when on his way home, and was caught between the thill and the wheel. His neck was broken and he had been dead some time when the body was found. He left a widow and several children. Polo and Bowline at Richmond. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 7. The polo season opened to-night. The Henley team, of Richmond, defeated Dayton (O.) by a score of 4 to 1. In a bowling: contest to-night the Richmond Monarch team defeated the Portland team two games out of three. Highest score of the Monarchs. 797. Appointed Church House Secretary. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Dec. 7. The Rev. Frederick O. Granniss, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Richmond, has been appointed honorary secretary for the diocese of Indiana of the Church House Corporation of London. Drag Store at Dunkirk Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Doc. 7. -Adam Kennedy's drug store and the building containing it were gutted by fir'j at Dunkirk this afternoon, the loss being several thousands of dollars. A defective Hue caused the blaze. Indiana Notes. The new Liberty creamery is receiving over 10.000 gallons of milk dally, is turning oujlover 00 pounds of butter every day, and has a monthly pay roll exceeding $2,500. Joseph Tlbbets. of Patoka, a work train employe of thi Evansville & Terre Haute Company, was killed by the cars near Princeton. He was forty-five years old and left a widow and two children. The Daviess County Farmer's Institute is In session at Washington, with a large attendance and much interest is being manifested. O. F. Lane, of Bainbridge, and Dr. H. S. Wolfe, of New Albany, are the principal f-peakers. OPERATORS CONFER. Preparing for the Joint Meeting: to De Held In Indianapolis. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. A special session of the Illinois oal Operators' Association was held here to-day to discuss plans for the approaching conference between operators of soft-coal mines and the miners, nearly fifty operators being p'resent. The operators and the miners have been at war for some time over the scale of wages paid and the prices fixed on coal. The miners demand that they be allowed, through their officers, to fix the market price of coal in competitive districts, and that their wages be fixed on a sliding scale, according to the market price of coal. The hoisting engineers demand shorter hours and higher wages. The conference will be held in Indianapolis In January. It is thought an amicable settlemeat will be made with the miners. Painters and Decorators. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 7. The two factions of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators are still at variance and considerable doubt is expressed by many of the delegates in the convention that a conciliation between the two bodies will be effected. While the sessions are held behind closed doors it is learned that the main difficulty In arriving at an adjustment of differences hinges on the division of officers of a consolidated body. Most of the officers express hope that a settlement will be reached before the convention closes, and as it looks now that will not be before Saturday. Buffalo is the leading candidate for the next convention. Hard to Secure a Jury. SPRINGriELD, 111., Dec. 7. Great difficulty is belrg experienced in Vienna In securing a Jury to try the nine Cartersville strikers on trial there on the charge of murdering Mrs. Mninle.Cars, a negress, on the train of the nonunion miners being taken from Pana to Cartersville. So far eighty talesmen have been examined and not a Juror accepted. Both sides seem determined to exhaust the ISO peremptory challenges allowed each side by law. It appears that defenaants want only farmers on the jury and peremptorily challenge worklngmen employed by corporations, and vice versa. COPYING AFTER AMERICANS. ' Germans Preparing? to Establish a Commercial Museum. BERLIN, Dee. 7. Since the return of the German delegates to the Philadelphia exposition deep interest has been manifested here in the plans for founding a commercial museum in Berlin on the Philadelphia model. The-bureau for the preparation of commercial treaties, which is a private organization of manufacturers, held a meeting to-day and decided to draw up a plan for presentation to the government, expecting to get a large appropriation. Herr Vosbergrekow, the bureau's general manager, has delivered an address before the Society of Berlin Merchants and Manufacturers on the Philadelphia congress and museum, in the course of which he spoke with enthusiasm of American achievements in manufacturing and in the export trade. "The invention and organizing talent of America." he said, "will play an enormous role in the world's trade. We Germans must bestir ourselves in order to keep even. American manufactures, however, have developed one-sidedly. Many branches are neglected. But when the Americans once take up a new branch they will knock out European methods. The information bureau of the Philadelphia museum is most admirable and already exercises an influence upon the whole world, although only founded in 1S94." Herr Vosbergrekow said he examined the system of meat Inspection in Chicago and found it as thorough as it could possibly be, thus destroying the claims of the German Agrarians. Consul General Mason will make a special report to Washington of the statement of Herr Vosbergrekow. Pope Leo's Illness. ROME, Dec. 7. Cardinal Rampolla, the Papal secretary of state, has just notified the diplomats that the Pope is suffering from a slight cold, and keeps to his room only as a precaution. MANY MILES AHEAD. Leaders In the Bicycle Race Breaking; ' All Six-Day Records. NEW YORK. Dec 7. The leaders in the six-day bicycle race at Madison-square Garden are more than two hundred miles ahead of the record made when individual scores and almost continuous riding were the rule. The score at 2 o'clock this morning was: Miller-Waller, 1,001 miles; Maya-Eachern, 1.500.9: GImm-Pierce. 1.900.8: Fischer-Chevalier, l.A0.6; Stevens-Turville. 1J00.7; Bab-cock-Stlnson. 1.900.2; Schineer-Forster. 1.S'.;.8. Individual scores: Walthour, 9G8.5; Aronson, 13; Pastalre, G01.4. Rulings on Trotting Disputes. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. The board of appeals of the American Trotting Association, before adjourning to-day, gave out a list of decisions on appeals. Among them was: A. B. Price and others, Goshen, Ind., vs. Boonvllle Fair Association and others, appeal from decision of Judges in 2:17 pace at

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Boonvllle Sept. 2S, ISO0; appeal dismissed. In the demand for identification of the brown gelding "Van niake" and protested first money in 2:40 class, at Grand Rapids, Mich., July 27, lSd9. J. Wells. Cleveland. O.. V. J. Knisely, Springfield. O., and the horse Van Blake are fined 5100 and suspended until fine is paid. It was also ordered that W. R. Franc!?, Marion, Ind., and the bay beldlng Strange Boy be released from suspension. The board adjourned to meet on the first Tuesday in May. 1900. Negotiations to Sell the Colonel. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. President Barney Dreyfuss and Secretary Harry Pulllam, of the Louisville Baseball Club, to-day called on President Hart, of the Chicago team, and offered to sell the Louisville club to Chicago. President Hart refused to pay the sum asked but made the visitors an offer. The meeting was secret and neither side was willing to say what were the figures named by either side. .At 3 o'clock the Louisville . men left for Pittsburg, where the negotiations will be resumed for some sort of a deal between Louisville and Pittsburg which may result n the consolidation of the strong players into a team to represent Pittsburg. President Hart will start for New York to-morrow. CORNER IN BROOM CORN. Price Forced t'p to Two Hundred Dollars a Ton. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. The stockholders of the Union Broom Supply Company held a secret meeting here to-day and decided to make the price on broom corn $200 per ton. This is the first time the company has given a quotation on the supply held by it and It is said by stockholders that this price will advance materially within another month. The Union Broom Supply Company, according to W. L. Roseboom, president, holds fully 90 per cent, of the raw material. The company has bought broom corn whenever available, storing it away in warehouses, chiefly in Chicago. Efforts will be made by the company to purchase the remaining 10 per cent, of broom corn in the country and advance the price again. It is said the broom corn supply is more than 15,000 tons short of the demand and the dealers give that as the reason for the extraordinary price put on the vislblei supply, which is the highest mark reached in years. Another Advance of Five Per Cent. EAST LIVERPOOL. O., Dec. 7.-The manufacturing potters of the "West, including representatives from Wheeling W. Va,, Cincinnati, Akron. Steubenville and East Liverpool, Ohio, at a meeting held hen have decided to advance prices 5 per cent., making an advance of 10 per cent. In the last sixty days. The new schedule goe. Into effect Jan. 1. PAIN COMPANY FAILS. Assignment of a Well-Known Manufacturer of Fireworks. NEW YORK, Dec 7. Pain's Fireworks Company, whose headquarters are in this city, made an assignment to-day in Brook lyn to Bertram Gardner, a lawyer of Man hattan. The following statement has been given out: "The cause of the assignment is stated to be principally due to complications arising from an accident occurring at Cxffumbua. O., during a sham battle, resulting in a large number of suits for damages for injuries, as well as from the disastrous fire which occurred at the company's factory last summer. The fireworks trade has also been depressed for severu months. The amount of the liabilities is stated to be afeout JT0.0CO, with asset which are believed to cover fully the indebtedness if carefully handled." J, K, Einmett a Bankrupt. NEW YORK. Dec. 7.-Joseph K. Emmett, the actor, to-day filed a petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities of J17.000 and no assets. The debts were contracted from 1891 to 1S96, and are for printing, royalties, salaries, borrowed money, clothing and merchandise. There are thirty cerdltors, among whom are the Thomas & Wylle Lithographing Company, $3,598; Gillin Printing Company, $3,uCrf; Enquirer Job Printing Company, Cincinnati. $C12; G. H. Hart, $2,500, note and professional services. FOUGHT A BURGLAR. Noted Red Cross Worker Had a Desperate Fight at Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. Mrs. L. Schurtzenburg, a national delegate from the Red Cross Society to the Philippines and a personal friend of Resident McKInley, is lying at the home of Mrs. S. S. Wise under a physician's care, with her face bruised and swollen, and her arms and body black and bluo as the result of a struggle with a burglar last night. Mrs. Schurtzenburg is a member of a prominent family and was on her way to Washington after being In the Philippines since last May. Early this morning she was awakened by hearing some one in her room. Mrs. Schurtzenburg Jumped up and. grappling with the burglar, screamed for help. In the struggle for the possession of Mrs. Schurtzenburg's Jewel case sne was struck time and again. The burglar finally plunged through a window and escaped. Mrs. Schurtzenburg was to have left for Washington to-day, but protably will be confined to her bed for some time. She saved her money and Jewelry. STATIONS RAIDED. Ule Four Railway Operators Held Cp by 3Iasked Men. CHICAGO. Dec. 7 With n.nsks. jrags nn-J revolvers, f-ur men nided elation alon? tho Big Four Railroad, sixty mile tnjm Chicago, early to-day. Their plunder in money consisted of 50 cents at Coster, 111., limbed fiom the poel ets of :hj telegnili operator, and 60 cents at Gardner, rifled fiom a slot machine. At Clark City, where they tried to break in the postofllce, they got nothing. H. F. Broekelmeyer, night operator at Coster, was plundered and left bound hand and foot, but finally released himself after five hours struggling. Walter Falls Heir to a SHIllon. CHICAGO. Iec. 7. Henry Fuermann, a German waiter, who came to Chicago a j ear ago, recUved a cablegram to-day from Munich. Germany, Informing him that he had fallen heir to an estate valued at $1,000,000. The bequest, which ctmo from an vncle, was a surprise to Fuermann. as the eld gentleman had children of his own. Fuermann will leave at once lor Germany to claim his heritage. r Chanced with Soliciting a Bribe. LANSING, Mich., Dec. 7. State Rcpresenatlve D. J. Hammond, of Pontlac was arraigned to-day under two Jury Indictmenu. One charges Hammond. "with eoUclt

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ing a $500 bribe to influence his vote on the anti-trust bill, the other with demanding this sum and promising to vote and woric against the same bill. Hammond pleaded not guilty and furnished C3,iw0 ball. The grand Jury flled a report with the. Circuit Court to-day stating that Land Commissioner Wm. A. French, who was indicted list month, has never qualilied for office, having failed to tile the required official bond, and that it is doubtful, therefore, whether an indictment charging official misconduct could lawfully be found against htm. SAMUEL G0MPERS HURT. Fell from Ilia Bicycle and Received i Internal Injuries. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. Samuel Gorapers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is seriously ill at his home In thts city, as a result of a fall from his bicycle yesterday. After the accident Sir. Compers was removed to his home. It was thought his injuries were of a trivial character. It is now feared that he was hurt internally. . ' vaiaaBaiBaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaasasaaBaaaBaaaaBiaaBaaaasaaaaisBasaaa TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. A seat in the New York Stock Exchange was so'.d on Wednesday for $10.0), the highest price ever paid. A movement Is on foot backed by Eastern capital to purchase and consolidate tha rice milling industry of New Orleans. The Rev. John Rrld, pastor of one of tha biggest Presbyterian Churchra in Detroit has been called to the Memorial Presbyterian Church. New York. It is stated that Dr. Patrick, of Dundee, Scotland, will be offered the prlnclpalshlp of Manitoba College. Winnipeg, in succession to the late I lev. King. Marty McCue. of New York, and Billy Whistler, of Baltimore, fought twenty rounds to a draw laut eight before tht Eureka Athletic Club, of Baltimcre, The Manufacturers Association, which includes the cotton mills in Augusta. Ga., and thebe in Bath and Langley, S. C. has determined to make a rubstantial Increase in wages Jan. 1. MIfs Mary Hall'day. of New York, will have a 10,0X drinkn.g fountain ereced la WaMilitgton Park. CTairo, III., in n emor of her father. Captain illlam P. Halliday, who dW.d in r.hicago rently. The contest of the will of ex-Judge Henry Hilton, of New York, instituted by his son, Henry G. Hilton, who was cut ofT with ih interest on fcS.OOO, which he was to share with hla wife, has been abandoned. aaiaiaaBaaHHaaiBaaBaaaaaaBBHaaaaiaaaisaaaaaaaaBB Miller Said to Have Deen In Mexico. MONTEREY, Mex.. Dec. 7. A man answering the description of Wm. F. Miller, the fugitive manager of the Franklin Syndicate of Brooklyn, N. Y.. arrived in this city five days ago. He registered under an assumed name at the Hidalgo Hotel, but aroused suspicion by the close guard which he kept over two large valises which he carried. He was identified by the likeness of Miller published in American newspapers tthich reafhedLhere after his arrival. Ha went from here to Tampico, and Is raid to have sailed from that port on a coast steamer for Central America. Alleged Rnsnlan Thief Captured. NEW YORK. Dec 7. After a hunt starting in far away Russia and ending in Montana, where the fugitive was finally trapped. Anthony Petrow Schulten, alias A. E. Klutchlnskl, was to-day brought to this city from Seattle by United States Marshal Ide, of Washington, and arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields, who, at the request of Vladimir Teplow, Russian consul general to the United States, on Oct. 20 last issued a warrant for the man's arrest on charges of forgery and grand larceny. He Is charged with stealing over 14,000 roubles. rrobable Victim of Foal IMr MACON. Ga., Dec 7. The body of Mrs. Eugenia Pottle, widow of the late Judge Joseph Pottle, one of the mot prominent men in this section, and a daughter of Colonel John Hamilton, who took a prominent part in the border troubles in Kansas and Missouri before the war, was found in the Ocmulgce river to-nlgnt. Mrs. Pottle disappeared while on the way from Macon to her Jones county plantation Monday, Nov. 20. The belief was prevalent that she had been the victim of foul play and Allen Fuller, a negro, has been arrested. W. C. Llller Removed. COLUMBUS. O., Dec. 7. The general order No. 1 of the commander-in-chief of the National Army of Spanish War Veterans, Gen. J. Warren Kelfer, was issued to-day. The only cogniance taken of the recent bolt headed by W. C. Llller, is the following: "V. C. Llller, who has been actln? temporarily as adjutant general. Is removed for incompetency. He is directed to turn over all property to Gen. H. A. Axline, who Is appointed to succeed him." With the exception of Llller. all officers remain the yme as originally chosen. Want the Coffee Landrtl. NEW YORK. Dec. 7. Fifty-four etesmrhlp companies have united In a petition to the mayor and Board of Health, ntk'.ng that the present prohibitive orJer regarding the landing of the cargoes of toffee on tho teamera from the plague Infected port of Santos. Brazil, be reconfldered and that there .be adopted sanitary and sclent iflo measures which will permit of a continuance of the commerce with that section of South America. Reporter and Jeweler In a Row. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 7. In an altercation, to-day between G. C. l'octr. a newspair correspondent, and Albert IMholm. a leading Jeweler, in the lattcr's store. Edholm was seriously wounded in the face He says Porter shot him, but Porter insists that a hole under the eye was made by the hammer of a revolver with which he admits having struck IMholm. Porter was arrested and released on 51.W0 bond. Han a Woman's Ilueket Shop. CHICAGO. Dec. 7. Mrs. Marlon t Touchen was to-day bound over to tho Criminal Court on two warrants charging her with keeping a bucket shop at 1C7 Dear born street. 11 tne witnesses ta the cao

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